Evening star., 1942-05-23

considerably dampened the real sig
nificance OF Manchester's religion
in-life observance.
"The Manchester meetings" he
explained, were part Of a series
through which the essential unity
of various communions in funda-
mental faith and moral witness were
displayed as never before-at least
since the Reformation"
The interview was conducted IN
bomb scared Lambeth Palace. The
archbishop has just moved his ofti-
cial headquarters to Lambeth,
although he maintains lodgings at
a nearby hotel. The palace resi-
dence was made uninhabitable by
Nazi bombs.
The primate's study is simplicity
itself, containing plain furniture,
sturdy oak bookcases, desk, sofa and
worn rug. The chairs and pic
lures are still tagged-reminiscelit
of the archbishop's recent move
from York, where he narrowly
escaped DOmDlnR IdlO.
The interview with England's top
ranking churchman was conducted
in a heatless study on a cold, damp
day.
The archbishop courteously of1ered
to build a fire in the hearth-out IN
the same breath he remarked that
he was saving fuel at the request
Of the government.
Convention Season Opens.
The church convention season Is
on. 1t opened this week with the
, annual meeting of the Southern
Baptist Convention at San Antonio
Tex. and with the meeting OF the
general synod of the Reformed Pres
byterian Church at Sparta. Ill.
Four major conventions Will be
held next week. The Northern Bap-
tist Convention meets in Cleveland
the General Assembly of the United
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Columbus,
the General Assembly OF the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States (Southern) at Knoxville and
the General Assembly OF the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States Of America (Northern in
Milwaukee. The latter convention
opened Thursday, will continue until
next Wednesday.
The status of the foreign missions
enterprise in wartime is one Of the
ajor issues slated to come before
the Baptist meeting. The conVen-
ton will also hear an announcement
that Northern Baptists went over
the top of their unified budget by
more than 100000 during the past
| fiscal year, and raised in full their
supplementary world emergency
fund of 100000.
One of the most serious problems
which will concern the various Pres
byterian bodies will be that of filling
the depicting ranks of the min
lstry. The Northern Presbyterians
will hear report by special COM
mntee which has been seeking
means of recruiting more and better
men for the ministry. Acute short
/ ages of ministers are said to exist
as the result of the enlistment OF
so many clergymen in the chap
laincy and because of a decrease in
the number of graduates from the
illogical seminarieS Of the church.
To the United Presbyterians this
is particularly acute problem. Not
only has the chaplaincy quota oi
the denomination been completed
but United Presbyterian ministers
are helping to make up the chap.
laincy quota Of other denominations
This means that the General AS.
sembly faces the problem of man.
ming the pulpits of ministers who
leave for chaplaincy posts.
The various church bodies are ex.
pected to issue pronouncementS af-
flrming their loyalty to the Govern
ment in the conduct of the war
Committees which have prepared
these reports are expected to ask
the churches to reaffrm their sup
port of conscientious objectorS
Such a recommendation has already
been prepared by the Committee or
Social and Moral Welfare of the
Southern Presbyterian group, and g
similar recommendation is expected
to be made by the committee or
social education and action of the
Northern Presbyterian body. But II
Is likely that these recommendation
| will meet with some debate.