Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
BISHOP COOK TELLS Of
P. f. CONVENTION
Explains Developments Of I'm
portant Meeting Held In
Portland, Orc.

At Trinity Church last evening
Richop Cook preached on the work
Of the General convention hold In
Portland last month.
The chief work OF the convention.
he said, was TO outline the plan and
program OF the advance OF the gen.
eral work. OF the Church In missions,
education aud social service for tho
next three years. For this the con-
vention pledged the church TO raise
s21 900, 900 In the next three years;
$4,000, 900 TO support the enterprises
already contracted for and begun, 81
100000 for new work. This does not
include what the various dioceses and
parishes spent on themselves. He fur
Their went into detailed explanation
OF the proposed changes In the prayer
book which passed his convention but
added that lnasmuch as these changes
will have to be ratified by two
thirds vote Of both Houses at the next
convention to be held in New Orleans
in 1925 many of them are likely to
| fail. Other matters of importance the
| convention passed upon was to deny
women a place in the House OF Dep
uties since large majority felt That
both the House of Deputies and the
| House of the Woman's Auxiliary did
much better work by meeting sepa-
rately. The proposition TO appoint wom-
| en- as lay readers was also lost and
! the Office CT deaconess'wae not Inter
preted as on a plane with that OF
deacons in the sense that they were
| TO be allowed 10 minister in the SER
vices of the Church. The convention
displayed the mind and feeling OF the
Church by series of resolutions or
conditions in he social life, con
demned lynching and all actions Of
| mob violence. and such secret socie
ties as are unAmerican and foster
race anmosltles. II was interesting &
note that this action was followed
next dy In Portland by the local or.
ganization OF the Ku Klux Khan which
strongly commended the resolution o.
the convention. Upon Industrial con
ditions the convention put itself OF
record as endorsing net only the RICH
but the expediency of labor to or
gRnize and insist on collective bar
gaining that arbitration may take thu
place of the strife of strikes. II ais
sent a message to Washington aek
ing for American interference in tn,
atrocities OF the Near East. It pledg
ed the strength Of it's membership I,
work for permanent peace and war
less world.
The most important changes in tn,
Constitution were made In the inter
est of the movement toward Christian
unity. This had 70 do with the perris
sion that was given 10 Bishops unde
certain restrictions to ordaln men no
TO serve In this communion Blu
through ordination to affiliate with I
in other congregations. This was don
chiefly In response to an appeal from
certain Congregational ministers VIII
desire 10 seek ordination that Their
may be intercommunion between thei
congregations and this Church. II ais
meets the request made by the min
isters OF the Hungarian Reforr
, Church who desire 10 establish tn
, same Affiliations The Commission o
! Faith and Order which has been a
work since 1910 reported that they ha
: received most cordial cooperate
1 from practically all forms OF organic
] ed Christianity. in this country an
, in the Old World except the Roma
= Catholic Communion and through III
= commissions appointed IN the othe
4 Christian bodies the first great NEE
i ing had been definitely set for May
s the city cf Washington and the Pre-.
\ !dent had already expressed his vii
y ingness 10 make the opening adore.
d OF welcome. II the plans are realize
d this Will bring together the large,
4 and most repi esentative gathering
Christians since the days Of the Refo
Y nation. He described this as a worl
a Ing convention alert 10 do It's ou
o work we'll and meet all reSrons.b!litl,
= that rest upon IL as a Church ar
e also a.ert 10 cooperate with all form
s OF Christian fellowship where the doc
It of opportunity are opened for SUE
L cooperation.
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