The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
REVISE PRAYER
Important Question Before the
Episcopal Contention.
Nation Wide Campaign Funds
Also To Be Discussed.
ASKED TO RAISE q MILLIONS
In Last Drive Increase in In.
come Was Ten Million.
National Meeting at Portland,
Ore, September 6.
(By The Associated Press.)

Chicago, Aug. 26.-Continuanoe OF
the revision of the Book OF Common
Prayer and plans for carrying on the
nationwide campaign started three
years ago are among the important
questions of legislation to come be-
fore the triennial general convention
of the Episcopal church which opens
in Portland, Ore, September s. The
convention is expected to be lin session
from fifteen to twenty days
There has been a commission on
the Prayer book revision for some
years and at each convention some
definite progress has been made in
the enrichment of the Book on Conn
mon Prayer. Any change, however,
must be approved by both the house
of bishops and the house of deputies
at one convention, referred to the
various dioceses for their considera-
ton, and then must come before both
houses of the succeeding convention
for final approval. No change, there
fore, can be made in the prayer book
that has not been brought before the
whole church for consideration.
The nationwide campaign was in
auEurated at the Detroit convention
in 1919. The church then planned to
raise $2S,00O,O0O for missions, re-
ligious education and social service
during the years from 1919 to 1922.
The dlOCeSeS were organized 10 carry
on this effort and while the amount
actually raised was short of the goal
set, there was a large and marked in
crease in the amount of money con-
tributed thruout the church. The in
come of the presiding bishop and
council for the general work or the
church was almost doubled and there
was a total increase in the income of
the church for all purposes of $a9'-
600, 900 in one year. While only ST.
500, 900 of this was for general church
purposes. the bulk of the increase~was
applied to the salaries OF clergy, con-
struction. and development work in
the dioceseS and in parishes and mis-
sions. The salaries of the clergy were
increased $1,41S,0OO in 1920, with a
still further increase of $4,000 in
1921.
At the coming convention plans will
be decided upon for the work of the
next three years. 1t is probable that
the church will be asked to raise
$z1OOO,OOO for the general work of
the church during that period TO- o put on on
graduated scale of $6,0OO'OOO Tor
1923. 100000 for 1924 and S.
600. 900 for 1925.
The campaign will be conducted this
fall in all of the dioceses and mis-
sionary districts and in every parish
and mission thruout the church.
Meetings of various general organ
izations of the church, such as the
Church Service League. the Woman's
Auxiliary, Church School Service
League, the Daughters of the King,
the Girls Friendly society, the Church
Periodical club, the Church MISSION
of Help and Seaman's Institute, Will
be held in connection with the general
convention.
On September Z. will be held the
corporate communion of the Woman's
Auxiliary, at which there will be pre-
sented the United Thank Offering for
~ s,I1 1iz
sents every three years. The offering
at Detroit in 1919 amounted to more
than s450,0O0. 1t is expected the OF
fering at Portland will exceed $foV'-
600. The offering will be presented
in the gold aims basin which was
presented to the Episcopal church by
the University of Oxford in 1852.
The House of Bishops.
The house of bishops comprises all
the bishops of the dioceses of the
Coadiutor and the Suffra gan bishops
and also the bishops of the domestic
and foreign missionary districts All
of these except the Suffra gan bishops,
who are in reality assistant bishops
have seats and votes while the Suf-
fragan bishops have seats but not
votes. Legislation inaugurated at the
1919 convention in Detroit giving votes
to the Suffra gan bishops probably VIII
be completed at the coming conVen-
ton.
The house of deputies is composed
of four clerical and four lay delegates
from each of the seventy dioceses or
the church who are elected by the
various diocesan conventions; also or
one clerical and one lay delegate from
each of the twenty missionary dis
tricts. In voting. the clerical dele
gates from each diocese have one vote
and the lay delegates one vote Each
of the delegates. clericaf or lay, from
missionary districts has one-quarter
of n vote.
The convention meets every three
years in various cities. and is, there
fore, frequently spoken OF as the trl-
ennial convention. The Right Rever-
end Walter T. Sumner. DID. bishop or
oregon, who was formerly the dean
of the Cathedral of SIS. Peter and
Paul in Chicago, and his committees
have been making elaborate plans for
the convention and for the entertain
ment of the delegates and visitors.
For the first time the entire conven-
ton, including the house OF bishops
and house of deputies, as well as the
woman's Auxiliary and other organ
izations of the church, will be housed
under one roof.
WILL BREAK CAMP TODAY.