Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09

w. Miller, Moscow. Idaho; DR.. Charles
M. Whicher, Des Moines; c. 0. Lamson.
Waterloo. Iowa; John d. Alexander,
Brooklyn, N. Y; william F. Leggo.
Rockville Center, Long Island; A. l..
Cram. jr, Roslyn, N. Y; Merton A.
Albee, Los Angeles; A. F. Stepan. Los
Angeles; George M Wiley. South Pasa-
dena, CaliiA J. B. Eppes, Annapolis,
Md, H. w. Atkinson, Baltimore. Md;
Frederick w. Dallinger. Cambridge.
Mass; Linden H. Morehouse. Mil
waukee. Wis; Arthur J. waiting. St.
Louis; Walter Kidde, New York City:
Arthur E. Barlow. South Orange. NJ.
j.; Thomas w. Dennison. Montclair.
N. j.. W. H. Jackson, East orange, N.
j.; j. Henry Wendt, Newark, N. j.;
William T. Entwistle, Portsmouth, n.
H.. James w. A. Smith, Elizabeth,
N. j.; Alexander M. Hadden. New York
City; Henry M Hewitt, New York City;
DR.. Isaac Hartshorne, New York City:
Henry Z. Hanhausen, New York City;
Douglas Smith, Larchmont. N. Y; Will
liam E. Meacham, Cleveland, Ohio:
Doyle z. Hinton, Oklahoma City, Okla. :
@. Ward Kemp, Seattle, Wash; C. NJ.
Lovsted, Seattle, Wash; Blaine B.
NOICS, lldAlA, OICs, EJ0WdAN H. Dull
sail. Philadelphia; E. B. Mccarthy,
Philadelphia; DR.. Charles e. Beury,
Philadelphia: Rodney Bonsall, Phila-
delphia; William A. Cornelius, McKees-
port: Robert J.. Rodgers, Pittsburgh:
Charles E. Wetzell, Quincy, ILL.,; Harry
Huntington Field Providence; James
s. Simmons. Charleston. s. c.; Morton
Mace. Miami. Fla: H. L. Spencer.
Springfield. Ill.,; Benjamin F. Finney,
Sewanee, Tenn; s. Barlow Strang,
Memphis. Tenn; Robert e. Anderson,
Richmond Va; Braxton Valentine,
Richmond, Va: H. Lawrence Choate
Washington: Ben c. Howard, Kansas
City, Mo-; George T. Ballachey, But
falo: James r. Cunning, Buffalo: w. l..
Balthis, Gastonia, N. c. Forest A.
Brown. Charles Town, w. Va. Alfred H.
Lea, Charleston, w. Va.
Family Prayer Urged.
Much of the disrespect of modern
youth for their parents is due to a dis
appearance of the family altar from
the home, in the opinion of Right Rev.
Charles L. Slattery, Bishop of Massa-
chusetts, expressed at the convention
last night. He plead for a renewal of
the custom of family prayer and wor-
ship.
Family prayer makes for effective
ness in all life" Bishop Slattery said.
Makers Of statistics tell us that an
uncornmonly large proportion OF the
leaders in all departments Of life are
the children of rectories and parsonages.
A large part Of that leadership may
be traced to the invariable custom OF
all rectories and parsonages to have
family prayer as part of the daily
routine. To hear day by day the words
and deeds of the men of God is surely
an avenue to sounder and greater lead
an appeal to laymen to introduce FAM
lily worship into their homes
You may not be parSon," he said,
"but you may still bring into your
homes this powerful agency of making
the life of our Master real to yourself
and your children. Family worship pro-
claims that you put religion first in
life. 1t Is a means of the best living
and OF increasing JOY"
AS chairman of the commission of
prayer book revision. Bishop Slattery
said special services for family worship
will be included in the new book, to be
finally adopted at the General Conven-
ton OF the church.
Christianity in America Is in danger
of "degenerating to specialized re-
ligious exercise" confined to a church
building one day a week, DR.. Frank E.
Wilson, rector OF Christ Church. Eau
Claire, Wis. declared last night in
speaking before joint meeting of the
Brotherhood and Daughters of the
King.
After speaking of modern amusements
and the disappearance of the once
dominant home life in America, DR..
Wilson stated these changes have
brought the church face to face with
a problem which may bring its down
fall. Discussing the possible remedies
of the situation, Dr. Wilson said:
The easiest approach is through the
children. Teach the children to set up
Gods corner in their own rooms: a
cross on the wall; shelf or table for
their Bibles, prayer books, offering en-
velopes: religious picture or two.
Teach the children to say their prayers
there. / know Of no reason why every
residence could not have some sort of
little sanctuary"
The Right Rev. Logan H. Roots,
Bishop of Hankow, also addressed the
meeting.