Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-30
ANDERSON
DIES IN CHICAGO.
Death Necessitates Special
Election to Name Protestant
Episcopal Church Head.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 30.-Most Rev.
Charles Palmeston Anderson, Presid-
ing Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States of Amer
lea, died today
Death came at 8:42 am. today, the
result of a heart attack nine days ago,
from which the bishop never rallied.
He was 81 years old.
Bishop of the Chicago diocese for
quarter of q century, he had been
raised to the primacy of his church
only two months ago. His health had
been apparently good, despite q weak
81, q few days after Bishop Anderson
had returned from an Eastern trip.
Mrs. Anderson and their four daugh-
tiers were called to the bedside early
this morning.
The passing of the Episcopal primate
leaves his church without head and
his diocese without bishop or coadjutor
bishop. An election of coadjutor bishop
who would succeed Bishop Anderson
was called yesterday, scheduled for the
diocesan convention here next Tues
day.
Career Is COIOrful.
A born organizer. an able executive
and a powerful preacher, Bishop Ander-
son showed his gift for leadership from
the time he took charge of little
mission in the Canadian North woods
until he was elected presiding Bishop OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The son Of a wealthy Canadian lun-
Der man, Bishop Anderson had for his
first assignment the mission Tor lumber
Jacks at Beachburg, Ontario. His work
there grew so rapidly that he soon
required the aid of three clergymen.
He was discovered" in 1891 by the
congregation Of Grace Church at Oak
Park, ILL.,. a suburb of Chicago, mad
called to be their rector.
At IS he was made Bishop CoadJu-
tor of Chicago, and flve years later
became bishop Of the diocese.
In November, 1929, when he was
GA years old, he was elected presiding
bishop, the highest office of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church.
Bishop Anderson was interested
keenly in church unity, and in 1919
as head of the commission on the
World Conference on Faith and Order
led q group of Episcopal clergymen
through Europe and the Near East in
the interests of the conference. He
conferred with officials of the other
Christian bodies and on his return filed
an encouraging and exhaustive report.
Known rs q Builder.
Known as q builder, Bishop Anderson
saw the number of communicates In
his diocese of Chicago more than double
during the 80 years he was in charge.
Fifty new churches were built, and the
total contributions increased fourfold.
He was principally concerned with
keeping pace with modern develop
mentS, and had little patience with
theological controversy.
Bishop Anderson read widely, study
ing the great writer's Of all time. He
wrote well, possessing . clear and fluent
style. His Letters to Laymen," THE
Religion of Our Lord" and Religion
and Morality" were quoted widely. His
friends regretted that his many duties
prevented him devoting more time to
writing. His sermons, we'll preached,
were equally forceful in print.
One Sermont which brought him Ma
tion-wide attention was made in Wash
ington in October, 1928, at the opening
of the triennial general convention of
the church. 1t was on the eve of the
presidential election, during heated
campaign.
Keep politics out of religion" was
the burden of his address. He reaf-
firmed the separation Of church and
state in America, a subject of vital
interest at the time because Of the po-
litical activities of some churchmen
He pleaded for a free and courageous
pulpit. Instead Of perpetuating the con-
troversies of the sixteenth century, he
asked for devotion to the pressing prob
lens Of the twentieth century.
Declared His Liberalism.
He declared his liberalism in the
statement that the great aim Of the
church should be n maximum of faith
and service without being too meticu-
lous as to rigid conformity to narrow
customs.
On another occasion, Bishop Ander-
son declared there was no rift between
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