Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
APPLIED RELIGION STUDY
PART OF CHURCH MEET HERE
Bishops and Missionaries From All Parts of
World Will Contribute to Gathering
IN Fall.

Washington will be treated TO COM
| plete School Of Applied Religion when
the forty-ninth triennial general con-
vention of the Episcopal Church as
sembles here in October
In revealing plans for this school to-
Gay. the national council of the church
explained that bishops and missionaries
from all parts Of the world will con-
tribute to the sessions with personal
experiences. SO that the gathering will
be an ecclesiastical league of nations.
/ The schools sessions will be held in
! the new headquarters OF the Young
Women's Christian Association. Seven
tenth and X streets. while the head
quarters of the womanS auxiliary will
be set up at the Mayflower Hotel The
entire national staff Of the council. in
Guiding the executive secretaries and
heads Of divisions and the missionary
staff, have been enlisted as members Of
the faculty Of the school Thousands
will enroll for the schools courses.
Very Rev Robert s. Chalmers of
! Dallas. Tex, who has had wide ex-
! perience in directing Summer confer
ences and In church educational affairs.
/ will be the dean Of the school.
Study Church Aims.
| The purpose of the school is to afford
| an opportunity 10 those in attendance
| 10 familiarize themselves with the aims
| and detectives Of the church. its world
| wide program, the methods OF financing
great missionary enterprise and how
| the funds are collected and applied In
addition to these courses in organiza-
ton and administration those who en-
roll will have at their disposal! periods
/ in church history. the Bible, the life of
Jesus. studies Of the lives of the proph-
| cts, prayer. social service community
| relationship. work among children and
| adults. rural work. religion in the col
| leges and similar problems which are
| engaging the attention Of church
| leaders
| There will also be a thorough course
! on church unity-one of the most inn
| portant problems which the convention
I will discuss. which will embrace lectures
on the causes Of disunity. the history Of
| the various movements looking toward
| Christian unity and the present trend
| in that direction. Incidentally, the con-
vention will receive and discuss the re-
I port Of its commission on faith and
order regarding the results of the con-
/ terence on unity at Lausanne in the
| Summer of 1927.
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/ in this unique convention school will
/ deal with work in the mission fields.
! There will be present at the convention
1 bishops and missionaries from all parts
| OF the world. and a representative
| bishop or mission worker from each
| feIa Will discuss the habits and customs
/ Of the people among whom he or she
| works, their attitude toward the Chris
tian religion, the progress which has
been mace and the outlook for the
future. large enrolment for this
course. with its sidelights on the dis
turbed situation in China, is also in
/ oicateo China viii also come before
/ ne convention for exhaustive discussion
/ Dean Chalmers says of the school.
/ To Judge from the articles one reads
| very frequently In all the greater maya
I zines today. the supreme activity of the
: modern Christian Church Is either con-
troyersy or the raising of funds One
| would think that the entire energy of
/ Christendom was being expended in the
! controversial issues between modernism
! and fundamentalism. between Catholic
! and Protestant. between traditional and
liberal. To hear certain people talk and
! 10 fean their writings, II would almost
seem as II the principal objective Of
! me Episcopal Church was 10 preserve
1 me SO Articles OF Religion. TO read the
equally ieryent oitbursts Of other
( equally sincfee people. ono would believe
! tnat the only salvation Of the church
lay In the discarding OF those articles
! again. when one reads the uslia1
type OF report OF the current activitleg
! OF the church, one gains the impression
/ mat attention Is concentrated largely
! upon financial drives. and that clergy.
men are always engaged In an annual
every member canvass, or drive Iol
/ pension funds or drive for hospital
iunds---at any rate constantly seeking
hhanical support In a large Wsy. That
these and similar impressions have oh.
tanned vide currency there IS no room
Tor doubt The national council Of thf
Episcopal Church is seeking TO take al
] vantage Ct the opportunity presented
by the convention IN create a different
impression The council believes that
the life OF The church represents adj
venture more thrilling even han the
exploits Of Lindbergh possibilities Of
/ achievement unrivaled among mankind
/ today. human interest stories far more
| exciting than The most realistic hctiCn
I ard above all, opportunity for varied
interesting and worthwhile service. such
IS cannot but appeal 10 all that Is best
and noblest among men and women.
10 900 Expected.
over 10000 leading church men and
women will gather IN Washington dur
Ing The convention period. The ConVen-
ton Itself viii be occupied with the
/ transaction Of the business necessary
/ for maintaining the churchs 0rganza
ton but the council proposes 10 offer q
unique program Of discussion ard In
/ formation regarding The life Of the
church and her work today One might
almost call II university extension
course In Christian living and Christian
projects. A splendid group Of leaders
has been secured 10 make this possible
Capt. M0untfort Of the church army
win Lead the personal evangelism. This
means that he VIII tell Of the rebuilding
Of broken and tbWarted lives along iires
Of positive Christian achievement Or
Ksrl M Block Of ~ Louis and MIS-
Butler Of Chicago viii spesk Of life In
terms of stewardship
The chuchs Programme viii he
treated by the Rev Charles McAllistel
and Dr Lewis n Franklin The Nea
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