Evening star., 1928-10-18

mothers, will be held in st. Johns
Church this evening
The House Of Deputies and the House
Of Bishops plan TO hold a joint meeting
next Monday for the consideration of
church unity evangelization and work
among young people.
william Green Speaks.
A social order in which there arr
extremes of wealth and poverty is nc&
good for the churches, William GreeJ,
president Of the American Federation
of Labor. told a mass meeting in Me-
mortal Continental Hall under the aus
pices Of the Department Of Christian
Social Service last night.
Religion. morality and spiritual eX-
cellency," he said. attain their high
est influence and strength in communi-
ties where the social and economic
order is equally balanced. Organized
labor wants the help of the church in
creating healthy environment, IA
Vorable psychological condition in the
homes and communities where workers
dwell, so that the seed of gospel truth
may not fall upon stony ground. We
wish to cooperate with the church in
promoting religion and morality and
We ask the church to understand us
and to assist us in furthering our hu-
name undertakings.
"A. civilization without religion is in
conceivable. The organized labor
movement realizes this fact, for it knows
that in the settlement of controversies
between employers and employees reli-
gion and morality must control"
The church is not expected, Mr..
Green said. to inject itself into purely
controversial questions. such as that of
the open or closed shop but should con-
tinue to strive for lust social order"
Spencer Miller, jr., church consultant
on industrial relations, said that the
program of the church for the present
was one of fact-finding in regard to in
dustrial problems Two things are
clear" Mr.. Miller said. IF the church
is to continue to be a living church
in an industrial civilization it cannot
ignore the problems of human relations
that arise in industry. The church in
Its corporate capacity should not take
sides in an industrial dispute, but it
should as spiritual teacher lay down
principles in accord with the teachings
OF Jesus Christ which should prevail
in industry"
warns against opposition.
The viewpoint of the employer was
expressed at this meeting by Harper
Sibley of New York Mr. Sibley warn
ed the church against fighting industry,
but urged that it be led to a more
Christian viewpoint of its responsibility
toward the workers and the public.
Certainly" he said. "the church
must never be afraid to proclaim that
human personality is sacred and the
choicest treasure of our universe.
Wherever selfistness or greed attempts
to sacrifice human values for the gain
ing of undue profits (of course indus
try must make profits or 1t cannot
survive) here is challenge for battle
which the church must never ignore"
The House of Bishops yesterday af-
ternoon adopted a resolution offered
by Bishop Freeman of Washington to
encourage the creation of a national
shrine at Wakefield, the birthplace of
George Washington. The bishops set
what may be a precedent by refusing
to accept the preffered resignation of
the Right Rev. Charles Reifsneider as
suffragan bishop of North Toxic, Japan
on the grounds that he had offered
no canonical reason, such as age or
i'll health
In the House of Deputies a resolu-
tion was introduced indorsing the Kel-
logg treaty for the outlawry of war.
Miss Grace Lindley. executive secre-
tary OF the Womans Auxiliary was
reelected for the next three years at
the auxiliary session yesterday. The
following we're elected members of the
executive board: Mrs. Robert Burk-
ham, st. Louis; Mrs. Alan McGregor,
call, Evanston, ILL.,: Miss Lucy c. Stur-
gis, Boston: Mrs. Blair Roberts, Sioux
Falls, S. D.; Mrs. Harper Sibley, Ro-
chester, N. Y; Miss Mamie Hite Win
ston. Louisville, KY; Mrs. George Wood
ward, Philadelphia.
The society listened 10 discussions on
religious education by the Rev. John
w. Suter, jr., the Rev. DR.. Theodore
r. Ludlow and the Rev. c. Leslie Glenn.
all of the Episcopal Churchs Nation
al Department of Religious Education.
and Miss Hope Baskette of Nashville.
Tenn, who is Episcopal Church stu
dent secretary at the Florida State
College for Women, Tallahassee.
Day of Intercession.
A day Of intercession is to be OBJ
served today by the Woman's Aux
niary at the Church of the Ascension,
Twelfth street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue., beginning with a corporate com
munion at 1880 am, with the presid-
ing bishop, DR.. Murray. as celebrant.
followed by six addresses on the SUBJ
1ect Of Christ and Human Relations. -
by Bishops Page of Michigan, Dallas
OF New Hampshire. Jones mot do
cesan), Roots of Hankow. Brent of
Western New York and Lloyd, suffragan
of New York.
Under the auspices of the Order of
Deaconesses a public meeting was held
last night at the Brighton. 2l23 Cali
forn.a street. 1t was attended by SO
many people that chairs had to be
crowded into the doorways. Bishop
Perry of Rhode Island presided and
after giving testimony of his appre-
citation of deaconesses in both parish
and rural work spoke of the new in
terest in the order shown by the House
of Bishops when the report of the
commission was presented to them dur.
ing the afternoon by Bishop Rhine
lander. The House of Bishops indorsec
the retiring fund for deaconesses now
being raised. This Endorsement was
quickly followed by gift of 81 1000 tc
the fund from Very Rev. Howard c
Robbins.
DeaconeSS Gertrude Stuart, head o1
Philadelphia Training School, spoke Of
the value of training for deaconesses
for church workers, or for a woman.
religious improvement Deaconess Ro.
nola Dahlgren, head of the New Yori
Training School, also spoke OF training
and of vocation. Deaconess Anna
Newell, dean Of the Training School a.
Berkeley, Can. emphasized the chal.
lenge to the church on the Western
Coast to give satisfactory training fol
religious work Deaconess Lillian M
Yeo. spoke of her q years work a:
head Of the House of Mercy in Wash
ington, during which time the worl
has increased many times in size anf