Evening star., 1923-11-20
BISHOP URGESU j. S.
JOIN WORLD: court
Pittsburgh PreIate Scores
Tendency Toward Re-
Iigious Intolerance.

An appeal to the seventh synod Of
the Episcopal Church in the province
Of Washington to go on emphatic
record in favor of the United States
becoming a signatory power to the
Court Of International Justice was
made by Bishop Alexander Mann of
Pittsburgh at the communion service
/ today which opened the three day
meeting of the synod at the Church
of the Epiphany.
Asking If Christianity has achieved
anything at all comparable with the
immense majesty" of the Roman
peace" civil peace founded on the
armed force of the legion. Bishop
Mann declared that Christianity has
the difficult task of reconciling the
ideas of free peoples with the ideals
of all humanity
He said that the appeal for peace
comes home with especial force to
the peoples of all the English-speak-
we are not great artists, but who
Will deny, In the providence Of God,
that the English speaking nations
nave worked out practical theory
OF political freedom. freedom of the
individual and the community
Scores Religious Prejudice.
Bishop Mann said that the Episcopal
Church has an especial privilege and
obligation in this matter. "Is II in
munion to another as>no other com
munion CAM" he said, scoring a ten
dency of recent years in America to-
ward pan n-ProtestantiSm.
we deplore it," he continued, re-
Ierrlng TO this movement, "yet all
, over the land men are being gotten
together in a body, which is Simply
racial prejudice"
William CabelI Brown, Bishop Of Vir.
ginia. was celebrant of the comrnu-
MON, which began at 10 O'clock
Bishops Of the thirteen dioceses, com
which includes the District, Delaware'
pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia, participated, There
were. besides the Bishops Of Pitts
6urgh and Virginia. Rt- Rev. Philip
Ethelbert Talbot. Bishop Of the tiio.
cese Of Bethlehem, and Rt Rev. F.
w. STREET.. bishop coadjutor; Rt. Rev.
J; T. Ward. Bishop of the diocese of
ion Er1e Riabon hd ReV, ", James Henry Darling
Philip Mercer Rhinelander, Bishop of
Pennsylvania, and Rt Rev. Thomas
James Garland. suffragan bishop;
Rt. Rev; John Gardner Murray. Bish-
Davenport, Bishop Of the diocese Of
Easton; Rt. Rev. Beverly Dandrige
Tucker, Bishop Of southern Virginia:
Rt. Rev. Arthur Conover Thompson.
bishop coadjutor: Rt. Rev. Robert
Garter Jett, Bishop of the diocese of
liam Loyal Gravatt. Bishop Of west
Virginia; Rt. Rev. Robert E. L. Stri-
der. bishop coadjutor. and Rt Rev
James E. Freeman. Bishop of Wash
ington.
| Session Opens at lao AM.
The roll call began at 1880 am.
In the Epiphany parish house, after
which Rt. Rev William cabeli
Brown. Bishop Of Virginia, read the
address as pre- .ident Of the synod,
reviewing the a1eirs of the province
Of Washington during the past year.
meeting has been held here, the other
meetings having been held In Pitts
burgh, Richmond, Philadelphia, Bal
timore. Norfolk and Wilmington.
! After the appointment of commit
! tees the synod adjourned for lunch
con at the City Club at 1 o'clock
! Sessions were resumed at 2:30 o'clock
| at the Epiphany parish house, with
| reports Of standing committees.
The woman's sections are meeting
! during the synod session as follows:
/ Woman's Auxiliary, st. Johns
Church; Daughters Of the King,
| Church of the. Ascension; Girls'
! Friendly Society, nth and H streets:
/ Johns parish houee. o street anu Po-
tomac avenue: Church Mis- ion Of
Help. Church Of the Ascension and
1 the Church Periodical Club, st.
Johns Church, 10th and H streets
| The first of three night meetings Of
i the synod will be held at O'Clock
this evening at the Church of the
Epiphany, when Rev. William E.
| Gardner will speak on THE Youth
| Movement" and Rev. James S. Rus
sell will give an address on RE
ligious Education Among the Me-
groes."
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock
regular business Of the SYNOD will be
resumed. In the afternooHu at 2:30
o'clock a joint session of the synod