New-York tribune., 1922-11-05
Church Fails i'm Interest,
Says Archbishop of YorI
Spiritual Motives Needed to Save Civilization Fro,
Destruction, Says Prelate; Deplores
Effect Of War

corroberation Of che speeches At ii
Church Congress is the fact that. y:
Of the thirteeA great London a,s@
papers, only three saw any reason K
comment editerially on the eonfesa.K
Of failure. They were the uitra-csE
servative Morning Post" she Llhs,a
"DaiIy News and the Cosiition "Dssss
Chronicle"
The former, In long editorial, casS
bied with the Archbishop over ou.8
tions of Interpretation of doctrine. NJ
ended It's article thus:
Under the sound English Law, rs
Church of England is the Church
the state, and 10 would be verv N
day for the state II the disssnsIs.s
within the Church upon niattn&
which, If important, are still not y
the first Importance, should result i
her disestablishment." h
That cpitomizes the Tory view pf
Lang's apologia Ia "not Of the Al
importance; one gathers that ali ts,k
matters is that the Church cling clo,ls
" to its official connection, and "a
will be we'll.
Religious Outlook Changes
With Long Years of War
"The Daily News" regards the naa
ter as Of more Importance, but Ds5
ceives no hope In the remedy sus
gested.
"The truth is," is says. @taas 81
war years produced profound ehanrS
In the religious outlook Of the cfdS
ery person. On the one hand, che NJ
ltgion Of those who had just sueuts
Of IL TO teach men to hats ons anssA@
and not enough to teach them the ss
pei Of love came under very nstua
and very bitter suspicion On Ii
other hand, we have all witnessed d
extraordinary development of the s
Of spiritualism. which seems 20 ts&
been not merely the expression Of {
blind longing on the part Of ies8
numbers Of people TO get into comm;
nication with relatives who wers k!aa
In the war, but a vague, inccherens d
fort to derive from more direct soussss
the consolation which the ChursAS
failed to give.
"Now and then we have 0 ssxs
confession Of failure from q Bishop II
Free Church leader. But nothing 4
changed; nothing happens. Neishss
the melancholy analyses Of defeat ra
the resound'ng appeals to be up ssH
doing have touched any chord Of niI
isterial or popular response"
"Ths Daily Chronicle" is suardsdA
Of the same opinion. L
"The Churct must be duTI,r is rsI
marks, "unIess spiritual problems ard
stated In language which accerds With
the ascertained facts Of modern iifsI
1t must be dull unless the preachers
OF religion can enter into the point Of
view Of the common man. and under!
stand and syuipathize with his ord3
nary needs and ordinary desires"
The one point that nobody ccmmentsI
upon was that the Archbishop Of Yots
bimself should not only have admitted
but proclaimed, that the Church nsA
bestir itself If It wishes to keep il
place. Yet to an outsider that sseEf
the most important of ell.
Another point which layren mai
is that until the rank and file Of u
clergy cease to be largely recruii4
from the ranks OF peers younvh
sons, or Of men who are incompsts$
to hold their own In commercial a
professional life. there cannot b. shA
wider appeal which the Church nsF
seeks. II
This, however, Is matter Of t!nk
What immediate steps the church&
will take to regain their waning PRED
tige remain to be seen.