Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

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House Of Bishops and the House Of
Deputies expresses its profound convic.
ton that personal allegiance and wit.
ness to Jesus Christ Is the vital matter
in the life Of the. church TO-DAY ant
commends to the church the proerarr
Of the National Commission on Evan.
gelism and urges upon the whole mem.
berShip OF the church, both clerical and
lay, their utmost effort to realize this
program In Its essential principles"
Repeat Act of Dedication.
The church, said the Right Rev
James e. Freeman, Bishop of Washing
ton, Is at the dawn Of the greatest
awakening In its history. The Right
Rev. Thomas @. Darst Of East Caro-
lima called the assembled churchmen
to their feet and made them repeat in
unison an act Of dedication: "lAnd here
we offer and present to Thee, o Lord,
ourselves, our souls and bodies to be a
reasonable. holy and living sacrifice
unto Thee"
A plea for evangelism on the side
walks rather than in the churches was
made by Capt Meuntford of the British
Church army. Preaching in the
churches, he asserted, does the least
good in, spreading the Kingdom. of
Goo" But he warned, THE church is
ms danger OF being an ecclesiastical Ice.
box II new members brought into It by
way OF evangelism do not find true re-
Iision among present Christians"
Rev. Frederick, II. Sill, headmaster Of
Kent School, Connecticut, and q member
Of the Order Of the Holy Gross, said
That In working among young people
the church must meet them squarely
and answer~'th question: Is there
anything beyond this life? If this
question y utaHfswered, he said, youth
WI feel that 1t might as wen 60 ahead
and get as much kick out Of life as
The colleges are oversocialized, said
Rev. Q. Leslie Glenn, one Of the sec
retaries Of the National Council. I'VE
don't need entertainers to play the
piano and sing songs for the boys. The
question isn't what we can do for them
but what we can get them to do for
Christ. The students have never been
searchingly exposed to q challenge. The
older generation seems to have an In.
feriority complex in regard to them"
Organic unity OF all Christendom was
declared not only possible but probable
BY those who spoke on the report Of
the church commission on faith and
order, Bishop william T. Manning Of
New York, Bishop Parsons Of Call
fornia, Frederick G. Morehouse Of MIL
waukee, George zabriskie Of New York
and DR.. George Craig Stewart Of
Judge George Henry Of Des Moines
entered q protest on the report Of the
commission on faith and odrer, de-
claring there are some members Of the
convention who do not agree with the
report and recommendations Of the
commission and would like an Oppor.
tunity to present their views"
The presiding bishop, who acted as
chairman Of the Joint session, ruled
that schedule OF speakers had been
arranged for the session and opportuni.
ty for discussion would be given In the
event Of q surplus Of time.
S115,00o Expenditure Authorized.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the church
yesterday authorized the expenditure of
9116,000. part Of the united thank of
fering recently received from women OF
the church.
The worst county jall in the United
States Is in Maryland, and the fee sys-
TEN in Virginia, whereby the jailer gets
so much per prisoner and makes his
proflt on what he can save out Of feed
Ing them. Is little better, Rev. DR..
Charles N. Latfrop, secretary Of the
church commission on social service,
said last night.
MY great ambition" he said, lis that
every bishop and every clergyman
should be put In jail. / would IKE to
see every bishop thrown into the worst
jail IN his diocese, Bishop Murray In
Maryland and Bishop Tucker in Wiz.
ginia. I'll wager that on the Sunday
after these clergymen got out you would
pulpits, and the jail problem would be
solved by Christian people,"