Evening star., 1928-10-10

| 10 remain Protestant.
He holds that 1.-The medieval theology
of the articles about which some lib
erals speak at such length will not en-
barrass us in this task All that Is
asked is that the articles be treated
with the same intelligent emphasis on
their purpose and meaning that is eX-
hibited by liberals in their acceptance
of the Apostles Greed. People who do
not stumble as they repeat the resur-
rection of the body and descended into
hell in the creed, or the phrase about
satisfaction for the sins Of the whole
world in the communion office, nave
no right to make a fuss about some
phrases about original sin in the ninth
article, or about the passing reference
to Christ as reconciling God to us, In
the second article.
Historic documents must be inter-
preted with regard to their meaning,
with the realization that the letter
killeth but the spirit giveth life. The
articles, taken as a whole, are wonder
| fully progressive. Neither for Scrip
ture nor church do they claim infalli-
bility. The doctrinal gains of the
| Reformation are preserved for us IN
| the articles. If we drop them, the bar
rier erected against tradition as an
authority equal to the Scripture will be
broken down and the church will ex-
pose its members to all the crudities OF
medieval theology, with its doctrine OF
purgatory, worshiping and auoratlon
of images, invocation of saints and
other SuperstitionS."
Another question of Importance con-
sidered certain to come before the con-
vention for discussion deals with the
method of administering communion.
Episcopal communicates now receive
from q common chalice-a practice that
has aroused some criticism from sanl-
tary standpoint. One school OF thought
believes that the purposes OF commun-
ion would be served as well by the prac-
tice of intinction-that is, by the cler-
gyman dipping the bread in the wine
and administering it to the communi-
cant. Thus the cup does not touch the
lips.
A prominent advocate of the intinc-
ton method is Rev. DR.. G.. Calvert Car
| ter of Eryn Mawr, Pa. DR.. Carter says:
"I adopted intinction in my parish
several years ago, when there was an
epidemic of the influenza. / have con-
| tinued the use ever since on the ground
| that If it was advisable at such time to
avoid the spread of the contagious dis
ease then prevalent, why should 1t not be
| lust as advisable at all times, as there
| are a promiScuous number of communi-
cants of all public celebrations OF the
| holy communion. We are more and
| more coming to see that preventive
measures in all things pertaining to
| morals and health, If they can be had
and used, are much more desirable than
curative measures. Medical science mas
given us the results of its investigations
and experiments for the preventing OF
scourges.
Danger at Communion.
"Since adopting the method of in
tinction in the administration Of the
holy communion I have personally in
terVieWed several eminent specialists In
| the medical profession as to the danger
of contagion and infection through the
common cup at the holy communion;
without exception, they have agreed
that there is real danger and that wis
dom would counsel the preventive meas
ure of intinction,' where there is, on
the very face of it, the minimum OF
danger.
why should the church be less care
| full of Gods children than the States
| of their citizens? These iatter-many OF
| them. IL not all-have forbidden the use
| of the common drinking vessel, knowing
| the great danger of the communication
| not only of temporary and durable dis
| eases but of those most dreadful, loath-
some, painful and incurable diseases
which incapacitate not only the BODIES
| of men but their minds, also. AND tnis
action by the States is based upon the
results obtained by medical science on
| this important subject
"And If you for moment think that
the alcohol in the wine destroys the
bacilli and prevents their dissemination
YOU should procure the analysis of the
chalice and of the napkin with which
| the celebrant wiped the rim of the
chalice of the Pro-Cathedral, Boston,
which Bishop Lawrence of Massachu-
setts and the dean permitted to have
made by a professor of bacteriology in
the Harvard Medical School. for an
absolute verification OF the fact that
the living, active bacilli remain upon
the rim of the cup and on the napkin
Immediately after communication OF the
sacrament.
when you see the innocent suffering
from the sin of the guilty in that dread
| disease syphilis, communicated as read
| lily by the mouth as in any other way,
you must be impressed with the moral
responsibility of the possibility that you
and /, by requiring communicates to
drink from the same cup at the holy
communion, may become the agents
whereby that most dread disease, tuber-
culosis, and others may be communi-
Gated to those whose bodies as well as
souls are in our care. Is 1t not wrong
for us in administering spiritual rite
to endanger the bodies of men, both
now and for generations to come, when
| it can be avoided almost entirely?
Danger in Common Cup.
IT am ready to and do take my own
chances in the due performance of my
duties whenever there is present any
one or more of five individuals out of
my whole congregation who have told
me they would like to receive the sacra-
ment in the old manner but I would be
utterly wanting in my duty and obliga-
ton Of stewardship If imposed upon
others who have the desire for and feel
the necessity of receiving and sharing
in the blessing and grace of the holy
communion the dangers which have
discovered lie in the drinking from the
common cup.
This is my first and most impor-
tant point in my plea for the use of
'intinction' In the administration Of
the holy communion; namely, the moral
responsibility to guard our fellow Chris
tians and churchmen as far as it is
possible against the danger Of conta-
gious diseases through the common cup
by the use of intinction.
Second, claim for this method that
it fulflls better than the old method
the first assumption of agreement in
the beginning of my paper.
Before instituted intinction' there
were several who abstained from
coming through fear of eontagion, sew
eral who took the cup in their hands
but failed to partake for the same
reason and others who. as soon as I
turned to invite them to come forward.
started at fast pace in order to be
first at the rail- for the same reason.
INow. all these come In q normal man