The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-17
Episcopal Diosecau Con-
ventiOn to Discuss
Nation Wide
Campaign

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program of the Nation Wide Cam
paign of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, undertaken for the expan-
son OF the activities OF the church
at home and abroad will be present.
ed to the convention of the Mis-
sionary districts of Utah, which was
held Thursday and Friday of this
week, by the Rt Rev. Frank Hale
Touret, bishop OF western Colorado,
who is bishop in charge of the Dio-
cose of Utah.
Since the preliminary announce
ment of the plans of the Board of Mis-
sions of the Episcopal Church for a
great awakening to the problems of
, reconstruction, large majority of
the bishops of the church have pleds-
ed their support to the movement.
The program has been presented to
numerous diocesan conventions in the
last few weeks and in every case the
response has been emphasized by the
appointment of a campaign commit
tee. II is expected that such a COM
mittee will be organized in the Mis-
sionary district of Utah as a result
OF Bishop Touret's address to the
convention.
The first step Of such campaign
committee would be the conn ilation
OF the results OF an accurate survey
Of the problems of.this diocese. : The
local needs would receive first con-
sideration, according to the program
proposed by the Board OF Missions
in cooperation with the Board Of Re
ligious Education. the Joint Commits
sion on Social Service and the other
agencies of the church.
Already much has been done to
start off the campign in a way that
will insure its success. Each dioces-
an convention that has been held
thus far and was accessible has been
addressed by leaders of the move
ment, who have outlined its scope.
Without exception these conventions
became enthusiastic when they learn
ed how great was the effort to be
made, and they have been unanimous
in agreeing to back the campaign to
the limit of their resources. The
first of these conventions was held
in Pittsburg on April 23 and the pro-
gram outline as presented by the
Rev. Robert w. Patton, d. D., ma
tional director of the campaign, was
listened to with profound interest
At the conclusion of his speech a gem
eral sentiment for cooperation was
voiced and a a result committee
was appointed there and then to con-
fer with the bishop of the diocese,
the Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead,
d. d., for the purpose of selecting
the best committee obtainable in the
diocese to undertake the campaign.
That has been the characteristic at
titude of all subsequent conventions
and the leaders are certain Of the
solid backing of the clergy and the
laity.
Broadly speaking the program OF
the campaign falls into four distinct
purposes, which are: To bring the
spiritual power of the church to bear
upon the church's whole task; to OBJ
tain and train an adequate number
of recruits for Christian leadership;
both clerical and lay; to care, on a
yearly basis for three years, for the
financial needs OF all the general
agencies of the church; and in con-
nection with the proper authorities
to care for the financial needs of all
the provinces, dioces and missionary
districts of missionary, religious
education or social service nature.
That the needs of the church may
be brought out in a clear, definite
and accurate way, diocese by diocese
national survey is being made. To
this end and for the other purposes