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Rudyard Kipling's God of Things as They are might have beamed kindly approval last week as the Protestant Episcopal Church wound up its 50th triennial General Convention in Denver, Col. (TIME, Sept. 28, Oct. 5). Of the controversial subjects discussed, almost all had been settled by compromise between...
Edison's heritage was that of Protestant Western Reserve. He professed no religion, avowed himself a Free Thinker. A sardonic writer once pictured Edison at the Gates of Heaven. Said the Scientist to St. Peter: "I gave the world . . . good light, cheap light. Is it my fault they used it...
Lengthy and heated in its discussions, the 50th triennial General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church continued last week its meeting in Denver, Colo. (TIME, Sept. 28). Work done: ¶ The House of Bishops reelected Bishop James De Wolf Perry of Rhode Island to be its presiding Bishop, 86 to...
Tact and politeness are qualities which usually distinguish the gatherings of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Its bishops are gentlemanly, impressive; its lay delegates potent in calibre. Aware of the Church's influence and its duties. The Churchman pointed out last fortnight (quoting Banker George Foster Peabody) that its membership...
A proposed liberalization of divorce and marriage laws was already plaguing the Church (TIME, May 4, Sept. 14). Birth Control was once more raising its ugly head. The new "American Missal" (mass-book to be used with the prayerbook) was regarded by many as much too High-Church. On these...