Evening star., 1923-05-14
CHURCH ELECT|NG
NATIONAL OFFICERS
Swedenborgians Ba|Ioting at
Church of New Jerusalem.
Committees Report.

Balloting for officers for the ensuing
year and the reports Of many COM
mittees occupied the forenoon ses-
sion today of the general convention
Of the New Jerusalem in the United
States (the Swedenborgian church,.
The report of the teliers of the cleo
tion will be made late this Afternoon.
A particularly happy incident of the
morning session was the presentation
of an especially designed gold watch
fob to Albert p. Carter Of Massachu-
setts. who, after serving twenty years
as treasurer of the convention, refused
all opportunities this year that he
continue in office. The presentation
was made by Rev. William L. Wor-
cester, president Of the convention,
who paid hign tribute to Mr. Carter $
service.
barron to Speak.
Tonight Clarence w. Barron, edi-
tor Of the Wall Street Journal. who
has just returned from an extensive
visit to Europe. Egypt and the Holy
Land, VIII address the convention on
the subject The International Stu
alton in Its Spiritual Aspects"
The principal sermon of yesterdays
services was preached by the Rev.
distinguished author as well as
minister. At the special Sunday
school session earlier in the day. the
Rev. William l.. Worcester of Cam
vention, made an address on His
Own Country" Vesper services in
the afternoon We're addressed by the
Rev. John Goddard of Newtonville.
Mass. on the subject: THE Supper of
the Lord. Jesus Christ" In tho
evening there was d meeting under
the auspices of the Board of Home
and Foreign Missions. with Ezra Hyde
Alden of Pennsylvania, president of
the board, presiding.
There were addresses during the
evening by Andre Diaconof of The
New Church and the Slavic Mind" ';
by the Rev. George Gordon Pulsford.
on The New Church of the Orient"
of the Washington Society Of the
New Church, on "The Response" All
Of the Sunday services were held in
the Church of the New Jerusalem. at
10th and Corcoran streets. the ma
tional church of the Swedenborgians.
The Rev. Dr. Lathbury's sermon
was on The Humanity of Cod" and
in keeping with the general theme
of the convention. he addressed him
self largely to the divinity of the
VI L.
the convention before him. DR..
I.athbury did not take the doubters
of divinity to task. but strove pa
tientIy and logically to show then!
the error of their way. To those who
would say I'VE do not know" DR..
Lathbury spoke particularly.
IF I'VE do not know he said. ait is
because we still are children. We first
teach our own children to walk in
the ways of obedience. We do not
greatly explain, because explanation
is inimical to their young reason.
You must be brave. honest. fair, kind
and pure we say. And when they
ask 'why?' we answer, because it IS
right; some day you will understand.
Most parental regulations must IL
the very nature of the case seem
equivocal to little children. They
must go forward blindly; often stub
bornly. Only the traversed years can
become the commentaries Of expert
ence and the DISCOVERS Of doubts. We
yearn to tell the child, as God yearns
to make clear to us the riddles of our
disciplines, but cannot as vet. The
boy sees little sense in nineteen
twentieths of our demands and i'm
patiently exclaims what's the use?'
And we know how to sympathiZe
with him, having had identical Iela-
tions with the Great Parent.