Evening star., 1928-09-30

vention is expected to discuss. therefore,
| In the relative rank of their Importance.
! are suggested readjustment of the
quota system. which involves the
method of apportioning among the
dioceses and missionary districts
| throughout the church their share of
| the budget which is provided for each
| triennium by the General Convention
The church operates on the budget sys-
tenn, to whichahas been added the pay
as-you-go policy.
! Annually the national council pre-
/ pareS a budget based upon the figures
| fixed at the last preceding General
! Convention. whereupon quotas to the
full amount of this budget are assigned
! to the dioceses and missionary dis
tricts on a sliding scale basis The
dioceSeS are thereupon requested to ad-
wise the national council in advance of
its February meeting of the amount
which they expect to pay on their as
! signed quota. And if the sum total of
/ expectations to pay does not equal the
amount of the budget for that year, the
council thereupon pares down the
budget to an amount equal to the ex-
| pectations to pay. This forthcoming
convention will be asked to consider a
tiat-rate budget instead of one based
on the present sliding scale method
| At the coming convention the coun-
Gil will present maintenance budget
| for the next triennium of S4,35O. 900 per
| annum. 1t is also planned to raise an
additional S3,000000 for advance work
| during the next three years
! Another matter in which the entire
| church is concerned is the deficit of
S1,500,000. Indications are that "a
church free of debt" will be reported to
the convention.
| A third important matter which the
convention faces is the completion of the
| general revision of the Book of Common
| Prayer. which has been under wav
| since the General Convention of 1913.
THIS revision is practically completed
and only a few touches remain to be
given at the forthcoming convention.
One outstanding problem which the
convention will face will be the propo-
sition to remove from the present
prayer book the 80 articles of religion.
| a MOST interesting detail in connec-
ton with the revised prayer book
is that following the example of his
distinguished father. who financed the
revised prayer book of 1892. the present
J. Pierpont Morgan has advised the
Joint Commission on Prayer Book Re-
vision. that he will finance the printing
and binding Of the revised book, and has
given instructions that no expense be
spared In making the new prayer book
the last word in paper, printing and
olndlnS. 1t is assumed that the cost of
| preparing the book will be about SIOO.-
| 600. When completed. this master prav-
er book goes into the keeping of the
custodian of the Book of Common Pray
er. Replicas, identical in every respect
With the master book are thereupon
made tc the number equal to the exist
ing dloceses of the church, with sufi-
clent additional copies to be presented
| to missionary districts If and when they
are admitted to diocesan standing.
The convention will also give serious
attention to the indifference to religion
! characteristic of the times, and will
have btfore 1t the plans of the National
Commission on Evangelism. which looks
forward. with the cooperation of other
! communities, to an evangelistic cam
paign IN the ensuing three years which
VII carry a militant and practical Chris
tlanity into every. village and hamlet
/ in the country.
Faith healing will come before the
| convention, and the rural problem, the
latter involving critical situation that
will be laid before the convention by the
social service department, which has
recently completed survey of rural
conditions showing an almost complete
| decay in the districts outside the big
cities.
The industrial situation and a new
| church program to relieve conditions
in the United States will come before
| the body in report from the social
SerVicA dpnartuant &