Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-28
CONVENTION WILL
BRING BISHOP HOME
DR.. Lloyd, to Come Here for
Meeting. Is Native of
Alexandria.

The General Convention Of the Epis-
cnpal Church. which will he held IN
WASHINGTON In October, will summon To
the Can,tal outstanding clergymen and
laymen. some Of whom will be return
Ing To the scenes of their childhood
One of these. Right Rev Arthur Seldcn
Lloyd. Suffragan Bishop OF New YORK,
will be on familiar ground. for he was
born Just across the Potomac River IN
AleXanoria County. Va. on May 3. 1887,
Bishop LLOYD is called by his friends
"a f. old type Of the Southern church
man and ones ideal Of q father III
God. He was educated at Potomac
Academy. Alexandria Virginia Poly
technic Institute. the University OF Viz
GINA and Virginia Theological Semi
nary. and he has degrees from Roanoke
College, as we'll as from the University
Of the South. After serving as rector
Of churches In central Virginia ana
Norfolk, he became i'll 1889 secretary
Of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society Of his church.
Declined Bishoprics.
For 10 years he remained in this posi-
ton. e1lrine which he successfully &C.
clined elections as Bishop Of Mississippi,
Kentucky. southern Virginia and Mary
land. The call came in 1909 from the
Old Dominion and he responded TO II
ard was elected Bishop Coadjutor Of
Virginia. A year later he resigned to
become president of the board OF mis-
SscnS. IN which post he served untll the
board was superseded by the present
National Council OF the Church, lie
Was elected SQtiraean Bishop oI Rev
York III 1921.
Seated with Bishop Lloyd in the
Il NagtAF DaN
Reginald II. Weller. Bishop OF Fond
6u Lac. and Right Rev. William Hall
Morelan1, Bishop Of Sacramento.
Bishop Weller Is one OF the patriarci1s
OF the church-tall, lean. intellectual
and man of fiery zeal and burning
elouuence Yet he is of a sweet and
gentle nature, beloved OF all his fellow
members.
Bishop Moreland is a South Caro-
hlian. whose church life has been
snent largely on the Pacific Coast. He
is distinguished largely for his social
service efforts AS chairman OF the
Joint Commission on Home and Family
Life his Summarization Of the evils OF
divorce, irreligion and the irreyerent
tendencies of the age have held the rapt
attention of three General Conventions.
He is the author of numerous books and
pamphlets.
Prominent Laymen 10 Attend.
The degree Of interest which is at
tachec the forty-ninth triennial Gen.
eraI Convention of the Episcopal Church,
which viii assemble here october 10
next is further indicated by the fact
that bankers. business men. lawyers.
Diplomats, educators. railway heads and
others whose time is generally taken up
with large affairs viii give three weeks
Of their time as lay delegates to the
gathering next Fall, when the presi-
Dental campaign viii be in its most
critical and exciting stage.
Among this galaxy OF men with Ma
tion-wide regulations who viii sit in
the convention as deputies is Robert G.
PylIyn. who viii represent the Diocese
OF Albany Mr.. Pruyn. son of former
Ambassador to Japan, is president OF
the National Commercial Bank d Trust
Co. of Albany, trustee of the Albany
Savings Bank and a director Of the
Union Trust Co. and Of the Delaware 81
Hudson Railroad Co. He has been &C
tive in church affairs All of his adult
life. and has been a delegate to every
General Convention of the Episcopal
Church during the present century.
Another distinguished laynsn who
will sit In the convention is CourtenaT
Barber, a well known chlrca worker
and financier and philanuGopist OF
Chicago; and third, who viii come
from the Pacific Coast, is H c. Wyck-
OF. representing the Diocese Of Cali
fornia. Mr.. Wycknf Is a former presi-
dent OF the California Bar Association
and one-tirne member Of the National
Council Of the Episcopal Church.