The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-16
METHODIST LEADER
VISITS HERE URGES
SCHOOLS READ Bible

Reading of the Bible, without com
ment, in schools, will be a regular
practice hereafter in Syracuse, N. Y,
DR.. Edwin N. Mills, enthusiast and
world authority on rose culture and
general secretary Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, said Saturday. DR..
Mills, whose home is IN Syracuse, is
visiting his friend, E. Gurney Hill.
81 see no reason why enough in
which all sects believe in common,
cannot be selected from the Bible, to
furnish daily readings" said DR.. Mills.
In Syracse. we think we have solved
the difficulty of the difference in
creeds and sects. After consultation
with the people and expression by
them of a desire for using the Bible
in the schools, the mayor appointed
a committee of two Protestant min
listers, two rabbis and two Catholic
priests, representing all religious be-
liefs of the city. Representatives of
each sect were named by the mem
bers.
This committee has gone over the
Bible and selected it from passages
which do not involve controversial
matters, and daily readings will be
given from those passages.
Favors Using Version
"The Catholic members of the COM
mittee have not functioned as yet, pos
sibly because they believe the Douay
version should be used. ] would be
in favor of its use to satisfy them if
the Tabbis also are agreeable, for it
would furnish a source of as much as
we could get from any other YER
sion"
Referring to recommendation Of Ar
thur E. Hungerford, publicity agent of
the Federal council, in a speech before
the ecclesiastical gathering in Indian
apolis Friday that newspapers should
be used more by the churches, DIR.
Mills expressed emphatic approval
Need to Use Papers.
1.-THE Methodist church, and this is
! probably true of others as WELL" he
said, "does not use the papers a quar-
| ter as much as it should. We have
| fallen off deplorable in this matter
since the days of John Wesley. He
would reveI in the use of the presses
if he were still living, and we are to
I
/ | would approve the appointment Of
| the best qualified man in each church
minister or layman, upon whom the
newspapers could depend to get tho
news. Let him learn how to know
what is news and to get what the
newspapers want
"He must make all his contributions
newsy and in conformity to the stand
81 rNFf y, n n
/ sires to get any propaganda published
to do any preaching through the paper
and the paper consents to let him still
4 do it by using news stories. The Ro
man Catholic church has very fine
publicity service and Protestan
churches could learn much from Cath
olics in this respect.
Urges Love of Roses.
DR.. Mills was far less reticent OF
topics connected with his hobby o
rose culture than on matters of churcl
management Spreading of the Low,
for roses and the doctrine of rose cul
ture, until $4,000 people grow 10 bush
els apiece where five grow 500 bushels
now. was his prediction for the mex
decade.
Everyone can grow a few roses q
least" said the enthusiast. "An,
wherever YOU find a number of ros'
growers in any community, you in
variably will find most of the leader
: in that community among their mum
: ber. | hope to see rose growing sprea'
more and more among the people, in
stead of being confined to people 0
wealth, as heretofore.
Amateur rose growers should star
small only 10 or II, not. more thai
; "a varieties at first. There is hardl.
garden that cannot grow 10 va
rieties Consult with others, and tr
; the varieties best suited to the eli
mate. Many fail because they d.
not consider the country and climat
and choose roses that will flourish
! look to see Mr.. Hills new rose, tn
American, become the most popula
outdoor rose of its kind within fe,
years To my mind it is unquestioT
ably the greatest of the pink rose
now, as the Souvenir Claudius Pine
is the greatest yellow rose. l woul
choose the America as one of the l
best. Both are adapted to outdoo
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