Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES
EPISCOPAL

Sunday, Oct. 10th, 1922. The 18th
Sunday after Trinity.
Services. IL. ~ A. M. Morning prayer
| and sermon.
| u.45 A. M. Sunday School.
| 7.3O +. M. Evening prayer and ad-
| dress.
Prof. d. H. Kabak jam, asst, pro-
lessor Of physics in the University Of
| Pennsylvania, made an excellent ad-
dress last Sunday morning on the Near
East Relief" telling OF the conditions
prevailing in the stricken countries.
Pledge cards were distributed in the
pews and We already have several con-
| Jributions to be forwarded to headquar-
| ters. III you are Interested in the noble
work of the "Near East Relief please
send your contribution TO Mr. Jos.
| Hanson, Treasurer of the Church who
viii see that all funds are acknowledge
| ed. A member of another church has
| handed the Rector h contribution which
| Will De included with the amount sent
from st. Anne's Church.
The Heaviest burden in any parish is
the inactive list, those VINO CRITICIZE
do not help those who want service
ana prominence but are unwilling to
| merit it by faithful service under
| others; those who question the motives
| OF their fellows largely because tney
are self-seekers; those who sometimes
appear when there is WORK to he done; /;
those who so easily find fault with what
Is attempted Or accomplished, but who
give the minimum OF cooperation and
assis tance when their suggestions are
accepted, and nothing Dut criticism
when the judgment OF Others prevails J;
lastly, those VINO pledge support to the
Churcn or the missionary cause and
pay not.
10 we ring true a.? Let US make up
our minds nnally that We are gong to
have convictions about religion. The
rich young ruler came paying Jesus
Christ compliments, instead OF giving
him worship. Some OF US admire the
cnara acter or Jesus Christ but 40 not
put It into action. Do not be- satisfied
with notions about religion but try to
yIeid yourself to something that Is gen.
uine and sincere. DO we ring true
LIVING CHURCH
Among the more important commun-
ions in America, the Protestant Epis-
copal Church is by no means the lar,
gest, but il exerts an influence out of
proportion to it's size. Its triennlal (Gen-
eraD Convention which recently met
in Portland, Oregon, WAS an event OF
wide public interest. One reason Tor
this is The strategic position winch it
holds in certain cenlers of population.
Another reason is It's place in the early
history of the Nation. Perhaps the
chief reason, however, is the fact that
1t is what may be called rool COM
munion.
The Protestant Episcopal Church con-
stitutes a parent stock In Cnrlstian
faith and practice. The symbol of its
ancesorhood Is the Book OF Common
Prayer. though 1t is the authoritative
compendium o1 Episcopal liturgy, 1T is
IN practice the heritage OF as many pro-
testant bodies as may wish 10 cIalm it.
Its collects are the common possession
of all churches. It's pnrasoiogy has
entered into the language almost as
detinately as that oil the English Bible.
The fact that the P. E. Church in a
peculiar sense the trustee for this
treasury of worship and literature is an
indication of the special responsibility
that rests upon that Church and the
public concern in its actions. A mum.
ber of the changes which were adopted
merely record change in the point of
view of the Church as whole toward
certa n customs and in certain human
relationships. For example, it is no
longer contrary to the rubrics of the
Church to read the burial service over
the body of an unbaptlzed person or of
a suicide. This is not to be interpreted
as change in the conscience of the
Church, but rather greater charity
and sympathy. The new prayers that
have been added are also record of
new understanding of fraternity, j..
e., prayers for social justice and for
missions. 1t is significant of a chang
ing view of the marriage re alton that
with the removal of the word "obey"
| from the vow Of the wife there is add
ed prayer for fruitfulness in mar
riage.