Evening star., 1926-05-08
BISHOPS TO BACK
RIGID DRY STAND
Board Will Make Official
Pronunciation on Enforce
I ment Monday.


All official pronunciation on the
~ ohibition question. w!7ioh recently at
acted so much attention i'll the near
lrEs before the Senate "C,oIH!ttee, vii
he made Monday by the board o.
bishops, in sem:-annual session mere
NJ tho Foundry NJ. j.. Church, Il
vas learned on good authority TO-DAY
II Is expectei that the bishops VII
call unequ.vocally for an even more
iigid en.o, cement OF the law imam IL
the past
A resolution TO this effect is expect
ed 10 be presented by BisAop Thoma<
Nicholson OF Detroit, who Is tne Ia
rior4l president OF the AM! 9alool
League Ills statement Wnl pe sup
porteG In an address by Dr' t'drellct
True Wilson. correspondIhE Setle'"' :
os the board Of temperance, ploin
bItion and pubic morals oI tne
Methodist Episcopal Church. 6'sllol
William r, Mcdowell, presiHent OF
The board. is one of the dominating
snirifs OF the board o. bishops.
This mornings 5 session OF the hoarc
VAS octHlp.ed bv reDor:s on the Worlc
service program of the Methodist
Episcopal Church,
Methodists lead Field.
d.. X. J. Wane al Chicago. eAecu
tive secretary C2 tie WcElI service
Commission ar0 secretary o. tne
tIenerai Conference. sad that TOR the
first time jN It's history the METHODIST
,rnurch fl q25 led all otAe9 denomina-
ions i'm the increase il church mem
hership :.cl4dinG even the Roman
.atholic. which usuauy holds that
place.
Referring 70 the tota, voluntary
contributions OF more tann $463,
coo, 900 made ;n 1895 by all Protestant
hurches. Dr Wade said that 500
0o0 900 OF this was given by Meth
odistS.
"rhsre IS now" lie added "a steady
Increase In giving for benevolent ana
missionary eaterpriSes. The receipts
for the las, three months are con
siderabiy higher than those OF the
last year"
Bishop Txuest r. Waldorf Of Kan.
sas City. Mo, said that the spirit OF
cooperation among tho many Chris
tian denominations IN America never
had been more cordial. lie also sup
ported statements by DR.. Wade to the
effect that contributions for the work
of the Methodist Church are contin-
1ially growing larger. and declared that
the Methodist Church is better organ-
lzed today than ever before. He eE-
pIained the reduction in the amount
of money for foreign fields, which yes
terday was complained of by Bishop
Grose Of pekug. China, on the basis
uf Il general defiation following the
extensive centenary campaign Of five
years. which ended several years ago.
The assignment Of the bishops for
presiding over the annual conferences
is 20 b. announced tomorrow.
Tour Washington Today.
This afternoon at 4 O'Clock the visit
ing bishops will De taken on an auto
mobile tour OF Washington as the
guests OK the Metropolitan Memorial
Church. 4 number of the bishops. at
5 o'cloch, viii attend the dedication
OF the corner stone OF the Methodist
Home for the Aged. Connecticut ave
nue. at EIilcott street.
In the face OF terrible ODDS, the mis-.
sionsry forces OF the Methodist EpiS-
opal Church in China have justified
by results obtained the years of effort
ana the millions of dollars spent there,
Bishop George r. Grose of Peking,
China, declared last night in an ad-
uESSS AT Iu6 FOutOl Acli4OuLoG
Episcopal Church.
Another message IN support of the
missionary work in the Orient was de-
livered by Bishop Herbert WEIGH,
whose administration covers Korea
and Japan. Senator Tess OF Ohio
presided over the session. which was
attended by an audience OF more
han 900 Re-. Phelps Hand of
Washington. district superintendent
Of the Methodist Church. and Rev.
Fred c Reynolds, pastor OF the Chevy
',hase Methodist church, assisted Ill
he service.
1000, ,O0O Christian Chinese.
Although but 900 900 Chinese out
"f a population OF 4oO,000,000 have
aiken up the cause Of Christianity,
Bishop Grose declared, the influence
of the Christian element has had q
profound effect upon all Chinese life.
Methodist workers there are faced
with many handicaps, however, he
explained. They include the cut in the
budget for Chinese missionary
schools. workers. hospitals and other
institutions: the wave Of nationalism
hat is sweeping the country, popu-
lar1ty- Of the materidlist conception OF
fife, dog1natio denominationalism in
sisted upon by many foreign Christian
workers IN China. failure Of some mis-
.ionary workers to adapt themselves
70 Oriental conditions, rnisrepresenta-
ton Of Christian missionaries by
Oriental sects and bigoted inilitariSts
of China and fnagnates of tho opium
'-Rff1c, whose business Is attacked by
Missionaries.
China is doomed 20 sattle back
spiritually to what it was centuries
ago, Bishop Gruse warned, unless
sirnpie spiritual leadership is sup
Piled by this country. Hospitals and
s,hoois alone will not satisfy, he st1d.
Don't Believe Everything.
; Attacking dogmatic teachings of
sume missionaries, Bishop Grose as
serted that the Oriental mind would
rot accept the age old belief of west
arners In the infallibtlity Of every
vord and tine in the Bible and that
he spirit and fundamental principles,
and not theological dogmas, must he
js.ught In the Orient.
Chinese thinking today is ia terms
If modern science" he said. I'VE
must support our Christian beliefs
wherever possible by modern science. =
Bishop Welch also pointed to the
need of "Christ-but not Il system OF
theology" in Japan. Calling attention
TO the great masses Of Japanese now
without any positive religious beliefs
and TO the numbers il Japanese
schools and colleges, he urged the need
of an extension Of Christian leadership
In the Orient. Declaring results have
been encouraging in Japan, he de,
scribed the purity, Temperance ana
labor movements which are noH. III
progress under the leadership uf Jap
anese.
A testimonial dinner to number
Of the bishops was given BY the col
cred ministers and laymen last night
at Harrtson's Cafe. Honor guests in
cluded Bishop William +. Mcdowell
of Washington; Bishop Wilbur +.
Thirkfield Of Chattanooga, Tenn: Bish-
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