The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-27
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MEETING ENDS
Triennial Convention takes
Stand on Many Social
Questions

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct.
27.-The fifty-first triennial gen.
eral convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church came to a con-
elusion here this week, having
adopted a minimum budget of
$2,313,115 with which to carry
forward the work of the ensuing
year, and a supplemental budget
of $386,885 with which to pro-
vide adequately for the church
work in it's various departments.
The church is to be asked to pro-
vide the second. The church coun-
Gil, which has been reorgapized by
the convention just closed, is en-
joined from accommodating a debt.
A drastic change in the methods
of raising the budget has been
adopted. Hitherto, the amount
has been apportioned to the do
cesses and in turn to the parishes
on a purely mathematical basis.
In future these quotas will be
abandoned and each diocese will
determine for itself it's capacity
and Willingness to give to the work
of the general church. The new
method commended itself to the
convention at once and was adopt
ed with enthusiasm. A joint COM
mission is to be appointed to inau-
gurate a forward movement.
Some important steps were
taken to reorganize the National
council Of the church which ad-
ministers the work between general
conventions. Up to this time, the
presiding bishop has combined
with the dutied Of that of flee full
direction of the administrative and
finacial operations of that body.
By action of the convention, he
will remain as chairman of the
council, but the details of admin
istration viii be discharged by a
president and the presiding bishop
will be free to engage in that
spiritual leadership which is inher-
ent in his office. He will be the
official representative for the
Episcopal church in all dealings
with other Christian churches and
other religious organizations. By
very close vote the House of Bis
hops expressed the view that the
official residence of the presiding
bishop should be in Washington,
and it is expected that in future
he will be relieved from diocesan
responsibilities. A proposal to
elect the presiding bishop for life
was defeated, but there is to be
compulsory retirement at the age
of seventy. ..
Without opposition the Rt. Rev,
Philip Cook, Bishop of Delaware
and assessor to the presiding bis
hop, was unanimously elected the
new president of the council. The
following were elected members
of the council to serve for the
ensuing six years: Bishops Henry
St. George Tucker of Virginia and
Warren L. Rogers of Ohio; the
Revs. w. H. Milton of North Caro-,
lima, Paul Roberts of Colorado,
and George PAUL T. Sargent, OF
New York. Laymen on the reor-
ganized council are Philip S. Par
ker of Boston, William G. Peter
kin of West Virginia, Thomas
Fleming, Jr., of California and
Ralph w. Hollenback of Ohio
Three women named to the coun-
Gil for the first time in the his
tory of the church were Miss Eli
zabeth Matthews of Cincinnati,
Miss Eva D. Corey of Massachu-
sets, Miss Rebekah Hubbard of
Los Angeles and Mrs. James R,
Cain, of South Carolina. Their
term Of service begins January l,
next.
The petition of William Mont
gomery Brown for reinstatement
as a bishop was denied. DR.. Brown
formerly Bishop of Arkansas, was
deposed for heresy at the general
convention Of 1925.
The united thank offering, a
woman's offering always present