New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1916, Page 10

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HALLIDAY & CO., ISCOPAL DIOGESE | HAS CONVENTION hop Brewster Gives Memorial Addvess in New Haven | ew Haven, June 13.—With dete- | ps, clerical and lay, present various churches about the state, annual convention of the Protes- Episcopal diocese of Connecticut ned here today at St. Thomas ch. It will continue through to- row. Bishop Chauncey B. Brews- presided. Among the business to e before the convention is action the nominations which have been the standing committee of the ese, the delegates to the general vention and deputies to the synod he first province. he nominations are as follows: ftanding committee: Rev. Dr. Sam- Hart, George T. Linsley, J. Chaun- | Linsley, Rev. Dr. Stawart Means, ! . Dr. Storrs O. Seymour, and Mr. brge Thompson. Pelegates to general convention lerical: Rev. Dr. James Goodwin, . John N. Lewis, Rev. J. Chauncey sley, Rev. Dr. Ernest De F. Miel, i John F. Plumb; lay, Gardiner pene, Harry H. Hemingway, Bur- Mansfield, Charles A. Pease, Hen- . Rees and A. Heaton Robertson. Peputies to synod of first pro- ce: Clerical, Rev. J. Eldred own, Dr. James Goodwin, Rev. n N. Lewis; lay, Harry H. Hem- way, Burton Mansfidld, Charles A. ase, Charles H. Tibbitts. | Forenoon Program. [fhe convention was preceded Jur- the forenoon by three gatherings h an hour in length in Trinity urch, and over which Bishop lewster presided. The first was en up to Sunday school auxiliaries h short addresses by Rev. Charles Addison of St. John’s Stamford, on he Model Sunday School,” and Rev. J. W. Suter, Jr., of Christ urch, Springfield, Mass., on “Week y Religious Instruction in the biscopal church.” hen followed the social sence hour ring which Miss Lina M. Phipps, jdent of the New Haven Orphan dlum spoke on methods used in ng for dependent and neglected fldren, and Col. N. G. Osborn, spoke Prison Reform in Principle and actice.” At noon came prayers for mission, d Rev. B. De F. Miel of Hartford, d Rev. C. E. Bettincher, I of h Mission house, New part. to the gathering of the clergy from | York, | luncheon to delegates, in Trinity Par- ish house. In the afternoon Bishop - Brewster delivered the following memorial ad- dress: Bishop Brewster said: “The Reverend Dr. John J. Mec- Cook is just completing the fiftieth ear since his ordination and entrance upon the rectorship of St. John's church, Hartford. Heartily we rejoice with him and his. people in this double jubilee and congratulate bim and them not only upon the length but upon the character of his priesthood, and upon what has been accomplished at St. John’s. The sub- stantial and beautiful pile of build- ings stands as an outward and visible result of distinguished service through all these years most gener- ocusly and self-devotedly given to Christ and His church. “The most important single event of our year was the consecration of the suffragan bishop. I desire to ex- press my grateful appreciation of the help he has given me; and I rejoice with you all in the way he has taken up the work and taken hold of the hearts of the people to whom he has ministered. The Preaching Mission, “The preaching mission W in many churches throughout the diocese. I want to express my recog- nition of the services of the clergy who gave themselves so devotedly to th! sextra and exacting labor of love. The mission, I am confident, did gaod, if to no one else, certainly to us who preached. The experience brought, I trust, to our preaching more humility and more of reality and vitality. People standing outside of visible Christianity were not, I fear, reached as largely as had been hoped. But I have from various quarters evidence of results in a deepening of the spirit- ual life of our own people. in his address Simpler Scrvice and Congregational Music., “Some incidental benefit I look to see follow the informality and flexi- bility that characterized those preaching serv It s, in my opinion, time to inquire whether we should not have more of aggressive evangelistic preaching and whether there should not be oftener used very simple and flexible services adapted to the people we ought to be reaching, without interference with our regu- lar services. It is high time also to consider whether we ought not to bave a much larger proportion of music which, while not poor and thrashy, shall yet be in accord with the democratic principle ential to true catholicity, music wherein we may really let the people praise God; vea, let all the people praise Him. They will be glad to do it, if you will iet them. | The Church Pension Fund. “A year ago the very competent | commission appointed to consider the | ehurch pensian fund reported hd laity in St. Thomas' there was a strongly in favor of the plan, using held | the language: ‘if put into operation its benefit to the church would be inestimable.” In accordance with their recommendation it was voted that ‘the diocese of Connecticut adopts and enters into the system of tke church pension fund.’ A strong committee of laymen has been ap- peinted to start the movement throughout the diocese, Care in Admission to Ministry. “The hoped for inauguration of the Lension system logically necessitates greater care,-as regards candidates pien who really intend and are likely to be, as most of the clergy certainly are, laborers in the vineyard. Cer- tainly we are to take heed that no person be admitted as candidates for Holy Orders but such as give promise of DProving apt and meet to exercise tkeir ministry duly, to the honor of God and the edifying of His church. In this regard an initial responsibility rests upon the parish priest ag wel] as upon the bishop. A bishop at the outset cannot lightly réject a young man recommended by his pastor. It seems well now to remind yoy lay- men that in this matter have a large share of responsibility, Before a man can be admitted as a candi- date for orders, and again before he can be ordained deacon, or advanced tc the priesthood, at each stage there is required a certificate as to his worthiness and fitness, to be signed by a number of laymen. These testi- serious thing to sign. It Is not right tc sign them on behalf of any person unless you have personal knowledge, or actual and satisfactory evidence as to his character and qualifications. Parochial Finance. “It seems further to be necess that I should again address particu- larly the laymen upqn the subject of parochial finance. The weakness of some parishes is to be traced chiefly to a lack of sound business methods. In the handling of moneys certain things ought to be done as a matter of course, for example, offerings tak- en up in church to be immediately counted by two officers and the amount entered, full and detailed re- ports made of receipts and expendi- tures. Upon every vestry rests the obligation to insist upon the ordin- ary rules of business especially as re- gards accounts and auditing, taking for granted. that every treasurer will welcome the adoption of rules which would be a protection to him and no reflection upon his honesty. There ought to be no pessible ground for any complaint by parishioners that they are kept in the dark as to where the funds are or where the money Boes.. The more information given, the greater will be the interest taken and the more liberal the support given, “Every parish ought to have war- dens who will keep watch not only over the buildings and grounds but over the parish finances. Then there should be auditors who Wwill for the sacred ministry, to admit only | monials looking to ordination it is a | audit, examining the accounts, vouch- ers, bank deposits and securities, in | no perfunctory manner. Nothing that touches the church should be done in | a perfunctory manner. Then we may hope to have no more instances of treasurers holding back offerings that have been designated for missionary and other objects. Then also there is hope that even a single case of a treasurer who steals from the church may be a thing of the past, unknown and impossible today. The wardens’ reports have, in a score of instances, where there are invested funds, failed to indicate compliance with the provi- ions of canon iii, “of the Security of Trust Funds.” To this failure I have called attention in each instance. One vestry has formally thanked me for calling attention to the canon and | voted to comply with its specific re- quirements. “While I have found myself con- strained to refer to this subject and to i speak plainly I would here, and in this | connection, make recognition of tle | invaluable service rendered by large- hearted and able men who in the midst of the duties of professional or business life devote themselves so gen- erously for the churches’ sake ,to care of financial details and patient consid- eration of difficult questions, as mem- bers of vestries, and also of the com- mitteces and commissions of this con- | vention. Their devotion and efficiency re greatfully appreciated. Salaries of the Clergy. | “Speaking to such men about paro- | chial finances, let me remind you of | the steady increase in the cost of the | necessaries of life and of the fact that most of the clergy are receiving the same amount of salary that was paid years ago. You can figure for Yourself the actual reduction in the stipend received. Many of the clergy Of this diocese even with the aid of the committee on better support, are receiving less than the minimum paid in the missionary field of the far west. Nor is it enough to look to a few of us to contribute to eke out your pastor’s meagre stipend. Recently I have been glad to learn of two parishes that have increased the salary. There ought to be more. our parishes here assembled seriously of the rector's salary where there has been no increase during the past de~ cade. In almost every parish it can be done, if you men will take hold and take the lead. Visiti Recently visiting a state sanitariuim having many patients I found there was no regular visiting on the part of any religious body. Other institutions are visited by our people, for example, in the New Haven and New archdeaconaries. The wards of the Hartford hosp! have for years welcomed Dr. Hart every Sunday. The Rev. Henry S. Harte is doing an in- teresting work at the State prison, the Rev. Henry S, Whitehead is car- of Institutions. London | tered I ask the representatives of | to consider the subject of an increase i there ! pray ! comfortable eas J. D. McDonald, Mgr. 213 Main Phone 470 St,, New Britain ing for the Middletown asylum, and there are other instances. s ““There remain, however, institutions where, I believe, regular visiting would be welcomed. The matter ought to be systematically taken up. I now commend it earnestly to the at- tention of the archdeaconaries. There | are clergymen who might spare time for such duty under the usual direc- tion of the archdeacon. Our arch- deaconry organization, is, I believe, capable of producing more of result. If not, let its machinery be mended and adjusted to greater efficiency. Rural Missions. “In Litchfield archdeaconry we are starting a Missions house at West Mor- St. Faith’s-in-the-Fields, which I visited, which I may prove a center of ministration to many people, young and old, scat- through t region and un- shepherded. “The Emmanuel church, Killing- worth, after notable improvements at the hands of the pastor himself and his people will this month have an interesting celebration. Patriotism, ris, recently and hove “Tomorrow is Flag day. At this time it were ill to forget loyalty to the things whereof our flag is symbol. Patriotism may have sometimes been ‘the last refuge of a scoundrel,’ religion is the primary pretence of a hypocrite, but, as we pray for the in- crease of true religion so we may cherish a genuine patriotism. This is quite in line with that international- ism many of us are now looking for in hope. Said Marcus Aurelius: ‘As Antonius, my city and country is Rome, but a man, the world.’ That personal life is rooted in one’s own home does not prevent love of the whole ceuntry. Even so love of country need not limit one’s outlook and sympathy. To be an American need not mean a single heart-beat less of fellow feeling with democracy and freedom fought for in France, or make one less aspire to be a citizen of the world. It were well for the church of Washington and Patrick Henry, or Madison and Jay, to incul- cate the high patriotism which means to be not recreant to those ideals for which the fathers of this country so devotedly stood, and also to be not blind to shortcomings of the nation as today. “With the continuance of the war, threatens a grave peril, when there is so much of unspeakable suf- fering beyond the seas accomplishing its stern work of chastening, we in America have need to beware of the peril of deterioration. Tt is for us to against that fate of smooth and , to pray for uplift, and for that we on our part lest we become ignoble, may somehow fill up that which is lacking of stren- uous discipline and that this people may turn to the sources of the rever- vision, ence and self control and righteous- ness which alone make nations great. “If this wicked war, so wantonly begun, shall at last end in the tri umph of the cause of right and hu- | manity and liberty, it will be a new | and a different world. May God pre- pare us for what he is preparing for us! In Him is the true prepared- ness. It were well not only to strengthen the national defences but | also to set our house in order. “Not to be neglected is the prepar- | edness that lies in the quality of citi- zenship and the character of public opinion, in deepened popular convic- tions of right and justice between man and men and between nations, a stead- fast stand against the devastating ! march of ignorance and greed and | against their consequent evil, renewed to, and reliance upon, the y as the unit of society, the ending of the present rate of infant mortality, the conserving of child life and adequate training of youth, the welding of these incoming folk of all kindreds and tongues into a worthy citizenship, the realization of finer relations between man and men, the reconciliation of clashing cla and the reintergration of society through the realization of a truer so- | cial organism, by the people, and for | 284 Asylum Street, LEGAL BLANK DRAWERS, SHELF & PARTITIONS VERTICAL LETTER FILE, DOCUMENT FILE SHELF & | FiLes LETTER FILE 3x5 CARD DRAWER_| LOCKER VERTICAL LEGAL FILE J====== STORAGE DRAWER | CHEQUE FILES ROLLER SHELVES [~ LOCKER (S-Cientest the bonds of kingdom earth. 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