New-York tribune., 1922-09-03

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gance and waste and of uph olding a
high standard of honor and thor
oughness in work. In word they
must set an example in subordiaating
the claim for rights to the cali of
duty.
Plans for Establishment
OF Noon Day Social Forum
The more radical element interested
in social problems will wish to go fur
ther, but these resolutions are about
as. far as a convention, composed of
the better paid clergy, bankers, law
yers and prosperous business men, will
be disposed to go, and the radicals
will, as at other conventions, establish
daily noon-day social forum
Kindred subjects will be brought to
the notice of the delegates in the re-
port of the commission on home and
/ family life in its relation to religion
and morals. The structures in this re-
| port are very severe, declaring, as it
does, that the average American fam
| lily goes on as "if God has no existence.
Sunday is day for extra sleep, mo-
/ toring, Sunday papers and comic sup
| plements," and urges the restoration
of "the lost paradise of parental con-
troll. Condemning indiscriminate mar
riages, it adopts the warning of the
Lambeth conference of bishops against
\ birth control.
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/ Where family life is dishonored.
welded unfaithfulness lightly re-
/ garded, parental responsibility neg
lected, filial respect and obedience
slighted, there, we may be sure,
society is rotten at the core. We
tremble for the future of state or
nation where lax theories concern
ing domestic life gain ground Even
laxer practices will certainly pre-
vail
There are indications that this re-
port will not pass without challenge
Many deputies feel that its statements
are too sweeping, and there is dis
position to go slowly upon the diff
cult question of the limitation Of fam
lilies.
The report on adapting the Office
of deaconess to the present tasks of
the Church advocates giving to these
women workers IAN unmistakable com
mission, definite and uniform train
ing and an assured support" To this
end it is proposed to admit them to
/ holy orders, and 81 service Of ordina-
tion is included in the report. While
u is contemplated to allow deaconesses
TO officiate in public worship when
licensed by the bishop the commits
sion does not propose to make them
eligible for the priesthood or the epis.
copate; neither is there given express
authority TO preach. THE Living
Church" the organ Of the high church
men, has come out strongly against the
proposed ordination, and the surges.
tion is likely TO lead to a prolonged
debate,
Church unity will loom largely in
this convention, which is the first Il
be held since the issue Of the noble
appeal for closer fellowship by the
last Lambeth conference The Com.
mission on Faith and Order will re.
port arrangements for world con.
ference TO be held in Washington Ii
1925. when President Harding is Ia
make the opening address. Seventy.
eight churches will be represented
and the conference will discuss thu
question as to what unity Of faith viii
be necessary In reunited church
and whether such statement of faith
| shall be embodied in q creed. a com.
mission appointed TO eoafef with the
Eastern Orthodox and old Catholic
churches will submit for approval .
proposed concordat making for closer
relations between those bodies and
the Episcopal Church. Grave theo.
logical questions arc involved. and tn.
convention will proceed with erest
caution, the more so because of tn.
chaotic condition Of the Greek Church
| in Russia and elsewhere. The repet-
of the suggested concordat with tn,
congregations churches is awsise,
with keen interest. Ii is proposed I,
confer episcopal ordination upon suei
congregational ministers as may de
sire it and permit them to remain witt
their own congregations, AS whole
the high charchmen are opposed to thu
plan.
Unity Of Spirit precedes
Unity of Organization
! The Episcopal Church is deeply il
earnest in its desire for the reunion d
Chrisgendom. buf recognizes that suel