being. Other items of episcopal and diocesan support will bring the yearly expenditure directly affected by this disaster to something like $55,000. When one sees the resolute determination of the people to rebuild their city and their churches he knows that they will readily share with both parochial and diocesan clergy their own diminished means. The clergy for their part realize that clerical incomes must suffer with the rest, and are applying still more closely the economies in which many of them are already expert. But even after both clergy and people have done their best there will remain a margin of several thousand dollars to be provided for clerical support, if want and suffering are to be warded off. Gifts from congregations in many parts of the country are now being received for this purpose. So far, the Board of Missions has been asked to forward about $40,000 to Bishop Nichols, and some additional sums have gone directly to him. He has been deeply touched by this readiness to give the needed help. A small congregation of colored people in Denver sent him $5, while a little mission congregation, with six or seven communicants, in Springville, Utah, sent its Sunday offering of $2.25 to Ruins of the Church of the Advent, San Francisco. tion of church building. The more one thinks of this matter the more certain it seems that it is the concern of the Church throughout the country. The I Church in San Francisco should not be allowed to struggle along for years with poor buildings and inadequate equipment in its effort to rebuild itself. As the city is equipped for new commercial enterprises, so should the Church be equipped for new spiritual conquests. But this cannot be done without generous aid from abroad. One would like to see the Church throughout the United States provide a fund of at least $1,000,000 to be used under the direction of the Bishops of Calfornia and Sacramento in establishing the Church more strongly than ever. Unless this is done, much that has been gained during the fifteen years of Bishop Nichols's wise episcopate-and only those who knew something of the Church in California in the early nineties can begin to appreciate how great those gains have been-will be lost. The Church's influence has been steadily increasing. A distinguished Presbyterian clergyman told a lay friend one of Bishop Nichols's clergy who once held a service for them in the paint-shop which does duty as a church. Bishop Nichols asked me to assure everyone that the gifts now being received will be distributed as wisely as possible during the coming months. They are being carefully husbanded and not a dollar will be spent hastily or unnecessarily. To aid in meeting diocesan expenses Bishop Nichols is considering renting the new episcopal residence in San Francisco, which sustained no damage beyond the loss of a couple of chimneys. It is impossible to predict with certainty for how long a time help will be needed for clerical support, but it does not seem possible that parochial finances can be restored to their former level within the next three years. What is to be the future of the Church in San Francisco? Bishop Nichols and his clergy believe that the present crisis represents a real spiritual opportunity. One heard frequently the resolution: "We must build a better San Francisco." Following hard upon the question of clergy support, therefore, comes the ques of mine recently that his observation and experience had convinced him that no other Christian body had done so much for San Francisco, or had made such progress, as has the Church during the last ten years. It is no disparagement of other great municipalities, north and south, to say that as the city at the Golden Gate goes, so is likely to go the whole Pacific coast. The present, therefore, is a time when the resources of the Church throughout the country ought to be rallied to the support of the Church in California and Sacramento. The better churches should be rebuilt on a still larger and more substantial scale. Small, unattractive buildings, now gone forever, should be replaced by churches whose very appearance will speak to men of God and His Truth and invite men to come and worship. There should be more parish houses for aggressive work. Hospitals, orphanages and homes must be enabled to continue their merciful ministries. There need be no fear, I think, of impairing the spirit of self-help by giving large aid from the outside. That spirit is already strong, and Bishop Nichols and Bishop Moreland will see to its strengthening and its practical expression. A strong, well-equipped Church in the new San Francisco at the earliest possible day is an end that must command the co-operation of every Churchman who realizes how much the Church has had to do with shaping the life of the nation in the past, and how much still remains to be done in the future. The Crapsey Verdict. We make and find the following conclusions with respect to the said matters and things written and published by said respondent, and we here set forth for convenient reference that portion of the presentment referred to, and herein denominated "Doctrines denied," being a part of specification one, charge one. "It being intended by said language, words, and terms, to express the presbyter's disbelief in, and to impugn and to deny the following doctrines; to wit: "(1) The doctrine that our Lord Jesus Christ is God, the Saviour of the world, as contained and enunciated in the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, and as set forth, indicated, and declared in the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. "(2) The doctrine that our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost, as contained and enunciated in the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, and as set forth, indicated, and declared in the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. "(3) The doctrine of the Virgin Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, as contained and enunciated in the Apostles' Creed and in the Nicene Creed, and as set forth, indicated, and declared in the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. "(4) The doctrine of the Resurrection of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour, as contained and enunciated in the Apostles' Creed and in the Nicene Creed, and as set forth, indicated, and declared in the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Epis copal Church in the United States of America. said (2) That in the said writings con. tained in the book "Religion and Politics" and quoted in the presentment, respondent expresses his disbelief in and impugns and denies the doctrines referred to and set forth in paragraphs numbered two, three and four of the matters herein referred to as "doctrines denied." And as to specification two of charge one, that by the language contained in a certain sermon delivered by the said accused on or about Dec. 31, 1905, from which quotations appear in said specification two, charge one, the following conclusion is made and found: (1) That the accused impugns, if he does not assert, his disbelief in and denial of the doctrines set forth in paragraphs 1 and 4 of said specification two therein set forth. (2) That by the use of the language quoted from said sermon in said specification two, the accused expresses his disbelief in and impugns and denies the doctrines set forth in the paragraphs numbered 2 and 3 in said specification two. Specification one, charge two, That the said accused, did, by his said utterance contained in said book and sermon quoted as aforesaid in the presentment, violate and break the following declarations made by him at the time of his ordination: "I. I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." "II. Will you then give your faithful diligence always so to minister the doc amend the presentment so as to include the year 1904 within the period covered by the allegations is denied. THE SENTENCE. In accordance with Sec. 18 of the ordinances of the ecclesiastial court of this diocese, we state that in our opinion sentence should be pronounced as follows: That the respondent be suspended from exercising the functions of a minister of this Church until such time as he shall satisfy the ecclesiastical authority of the diocese that his belief and teaching conform to the doctrines of the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed as this Church hath received the same. However, we express the earnest hope and desire that the respondent may see his way clear, during the thirty days which under the canons of the Church must intervene before sentence can be pronounced, to fully conformity on his part. satisfy the ecclesiastical authority of such W. C. ROGERTS, President. A MINORITY REPORT. Dr. Francis S. Dunham filed a minority report as follows: clesiastical court referred to in the fore"The undersigned, a member of the ecgoing decision, makes and files the following separate decision and report: WHEREAS, The respondent constantly af. firms his acceptance of all the articles of the Christian faith as contained in the Apostles' Creed, and, WHEREAS, This sacred mysteries of our Lord and Saviour Creed declares the Jesus Christ and of the most Holy Trinity and a belief in the Resurrection of the body concerning which eternal verities of the Christian religion, the said respondent is called in question, I find from his own statements and the evidence submitted for his defence that his error consists rather in presuming to define what God has not been pleased to reveal and to interpret those doctrines in a manner not generally received by the Church, rather than in a denial and rejection of their truth and authority. FRANCIS S. DUNHAM. Dr. Albert B. Craig, a collaborator and subeditor of American Medicine, has, says The Medical Times in his noble death cian's consecration to his high calling. given a most touching example of the physiSummoned to the bedside of a sufferer from trine and Sacraments, and the discipline fulminant cerebrospinal meningitis, his symof Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, pathies aroused by the absence of all friends, and as this Church hath received the and the serious condition of the patientsame, according to the commandments of God; so that you may teach the peohe gave himself literally night and day in ple committed to your care and charge the patient's service. The loss of sleep, the mental strain, the extraordinary fatigue, with all diligence to keep and observe with the exposure to infection, constituted the same?" "Answer: I will do so by the help of Upon the onset of his symptoms, he diaga risk of which he was fully conscious. the Lord." "III. Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away from the Church all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's Word, and to use both public and private e monitions and exhortations as well to the sick as to the whole, within your cure, as need shall require and occasion give?" nosed his own case, bravely set his affairs in order, prepared his bride of but five months for the probable end, and to the last moment of consciousness comforted her for her trial. His words, "I am neither ashamed nor afraid to die," contain the essence of what is noblest in our profession, and are a worthy epitaph to this latest of our medical heroes. One such sacrifice does more for his chosen profession than "Answer: I will do so, the Lord being hundreds of learned polemics. Though all my Helper." too short, his life was glorious in its fulfilments." Thus states Dr. Gould, in an affectionate eulogy. The application made by counsel conducting the prosecution for leave to Friday-Fast. 27. charist has been made theirs, the merits This is our ideal of a church in use: from publicly expressing it by the shadow of a great name. To proceed at once to the point, then, Sanday says, "The book is planned in three main divisions: considering (1) the earthly life of our Lord; (2) His work; (3) His Person. This threefold division is the carrying out of a very interesting principle laid down in the preface. . . . In pursuance of this prin The Sunday after Ascension Day. can we not each of us do something to ciple the argument works its way up Τ HE Jewish high priest, when he went in unto the holy place, bore the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment for a memorial before the Lord continually. And our great High Priest, the Son of God, now gone to the presence of the Father to offer the avails of His sacrifice, bears on His heart our names, too. What He does in heaven He enables His priests to do here; and so every Eucharist offered at His altar may give opportunity for special remembrance, so that by offering it with intention the merits of our Lord's atoning death may be pleaded for each of us individually, and as petition after petition rises to the throne of grace each will plead for us all that Christ did and does, and each will become a means of special blessing. Are we using our altars in this way, as we should? Let us picture the ideal of what a church should be. Sunday after Sunday, and day after day, as its doors are opened, we see our people coming to gether, eager to enter God's house and to kneel before His altar. We read their hearts, and find that each has its own make the ideal a beautiful reality? A Ascension Day SCENSION DAY is not, and prob- For six years past an effort has been made to arouse Church people to the need A Sunday-school service for Ascension It is hoped that by using these means of educating our children in the beautiful lessons taught us by this great festival the coming generation will keep it as reverently and as joyfully as they now keep Christmas and Easter. H. M. M. wards: first, through the lower stage of from our estimate of His Person. trial, or trouble, or joy; we know that each is coming to spread this before the Lord. Here is a woman whose son is careless, thoughtless, unbelieving, long ago he ceased to observe his religious duties, and the mother's heart is pained at his increasing indifference; here is a man whose business has been troubling and pressing him for months, who knows not where to turn as the difficulties thicken from day to day; here are others in whose family life there are dark shadows-the curse of drink or the evil breath of immorality has touched some one of the members of the home circle, and the others are heavy-hearted; there are some with near friends or rela- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. would have the author "bring in." How tives dangerously ill, or with the gloom of some sorrow upon them, or in the stress of some personal trouble, battling with doubt or struggling with temptation. Others are here as full of joy as these are of pain—thankful for some special mark of God's love and favor, and coming with or N. B. All letters intended for this department must be signed by the writers and the names must be for publication. to get that "higher conception" of the Person of Christ, and justify it, in the presence of New Testament criticism, is precisely the most pressing problem for the theological thought of the Church at the present day. Dr. DuBose has justified light hearts and glad voices to join in Professor Sanday's Review of Dr. the conception of the Person of Christ the praises of the Church. And in their sorrow or rejoicing they are not alone. The priest at the altar has not been left to guess at their needs or blessings; they have taken him into their confidence, have told him the evil and the good together; and they know that their names are on his lips and in his heart as with uplifted hands he petitions the throne of grace. Those who are in sorrow have not come here to pray alone, as they struggle out of their dark ness into light-they can pray So at home. But they have come to plead the merits of their Redeemer, to be present at the lifting up of His sacrifice; they have asked the priest, when He makes the oblation, to offer it for them, with special intention. They are not alone-the Eu From "The Religion of the Incarnation," by the Rev. Charles Fiske. (Young Churchman Co.) DuBose's "Gospel in the To the Editor of THE CHURCHMAN: finally reached by the Church of the first His Person (he will excuse me for so saying), he seems to me quite to miss the point. Certainly the disciples themselves, Professor Sanday would be among the first to insist, did not all at once attain to an "adequate" conception of Christ's work; but did they therefore attach no "special value" to the Resurrection? And I will here remark that the "scheme" of Dr. DuBose's book, the complete success of which is questioned by the reviewer, corresponds with the development which actually took place in the minds of the disciples themselves; viz., first an appreciation (in part) of the human life of Jesus, next an appreciation (in part) of His Resurrection, and finally a belief in the Incarnation. The second part leads to the third. Connected with the death and Resurrection of Christ was the sense of reconciliation and forgiveness. must, in the nature of the case, be connected with the nature or person of one through whom such blessings can be mediated, as in general what one does grows out of what one is. If I should undertake to express in a word the chief benefit to be derived from Dr. DuBose's work (not at all the only one), it would be by saying, he helps one to see that to believe in the Jesus of the Synoptists is to believe in the Jesus of Easter and Pentecost (the Jesus of St. Peter's first sermon); and that to believe in the Jesus of Pentecost is to believe in the Jesus of This St. Paul and of St. John. It will, I think, be admitted by all who are Christian in any historic sense, that to do this, or take any real step in the direction of doing this, is to make one of the most needed contributions toward the apologetic restatement of Christianity to-day. It only remains for me to add that I by no means intend to commit Dr. DuBose to any particular connection I have here suggested between the different parts of his book. I mean to say only that the connection exists, that it constitutes the unique value of the work; that the plan of the work is true to the facts of the case and grows out of the facts exhibited in their true historic order, and that so fruitful is the plan on which the author has written, that it ought to be followed by a work which should do for the disciples what Dr. DuBose has done for the Master, viz., trace in their development and regeneration the life which, as it grew, followed the life of the Master Himself. There will in this manner be exhibited not only the reality of the Divine-Human Person of our Lord, but also the connection be tween faith and life-that divine life which was with the Father, was manifested to us in the Son, and imparted through the Spirit. Atlanta, Ga. C. B. WILMER. Guarding the Creeds. To the Editor of THE CHURCHMAN: I am entirely unable to understand your attitude and the general attitude of Dr. Crapsey's defenders in the matter of the trial at Batavia. You say "the false teacher is, if possible, to be enlightened and saved." As a man, true, but not as a teacher. The Church may tolerate error for a time among its passive members in the hope that under further enlightenment they may finally be led to see the truth; but so long as one is in error he must remain passive, for he has no right to pro claim and to teach others things contrary to what he has been commissioned to teach. The Church is not "afraid to meet" her enemies, and does continually meet and overcome them; but she refuses to permit her enemies to preach treason within her very borders and under her protection. or "The Church states" the Creeds, "because they are true," and she knows they are true because she is the Body of Christ and is guided by His Holy Spirit. One of the facts stated by the Creeds is, in words which you specifically endorse, "that our Lord was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary"; and by no possibility can one who understands the meaning of words at all ever be "driven to the conclusion that the Creed" asserts "Jesus [was] the son of Joseph." tolerates the contrary notion that The speculative interpretation of facts changes as the world progresses; the question as to why Christ was born of a Virgin, or whether He could as well have become incarnate of two earthly parents, may be answered differently at different periods of the Church's history; but the facts as asserted in the Creeds admit of no difference of opinion for any who accept the Creeds at all. The point before the court is simply this: Has a priest of "this Church" the moral or legal right to profess the Creeds in full in the chancel (ashe is bound by his vows to do), and to deny them in whole or in part from the pulpit? Cambridge, Mass. JARED S. ELLVORE. A Sunday-School Offering for California. To the Editor of THE CHURCHMAN: I would like to suggest to those in charge of our Sunday-schools the advisability of a special offering for the aid of Bishop Nichols and his diocese. The children are willing and able to do a great deal, as our annual offering for missions shows. Why not in each Sunday-school take the entire offering for one Sunday and send to California? The need is great, and the lesson of the catholicity of our Church which can be taught each school-that we are indeed all members of one body-is worth while. I have already taken such an offering in the school of which I have charge, with the result that we send $5, our average weekly offering being about half that sum. I cut all the pictures I could find from the Church papers, of the various church buildings in and about San Francisco, and mounted them on sheets of cardboard, together with pictures of the three bishops in the State of California. These pictures were placed in the vestibule of the church so that the children could see them. I also read extracts from the letter of Bishop Moreland to the school, and used the prayer set forth by our bishop as a part of our opening exercise. Our appointed day proved rainy, with but sixty-five present, but, as I said before, we are enabled to send forward $5 as our share. I am sending this amount through the treasurer of the San Francisco Fund, appointed by Bishop Lawrence. I hope that this plan may commend itself to every Sunday-school in our Church. ALBERT L. SAWYER. Trinity church, Haverhill, Mass. News of the Dioceses. (Continued from page 780.) ferred to the nature of the work among the Indians at the remote post, Fort Norman, to which Mr. Winch is going. After the sermon, in the absence of the archdeacon, Mr. Williams presented the candidate to the bishop, who admitted him to the diaconate. recently a lay-reader in the diocese of Milwaukee. Mr. Winch was There is talk of an appeal being made for a memorial church in memory of Mrs. Reeve, who died so suddenly a short time ago, and of the late Bishop Young, who formerly presided over this diocese. The bishop is about to visit the missions in the Peace River and Mackenzie River districts, and will not be back until about the end of August. Notes from Cuba. Holy Trinity mission, Havana, under the wise and able ministration of the Rev. C. B. Colmore, is making rapid progress. Since Jan. 1, 1905, the beginning of Mr. Colmore's ministry, there have been six regular visitations of the bishop for confirmation. Thirtyone persons have been confirmed, among them, several ministers of other communions, seeking admission to the Church. On Easter Day the chapel was to attend the services. unable to hold half the people wishing Bishop Knight was the celebrant, and Mr. Colmore the preacher. It is hoped that the corner-stone of the new cathedral may be laid in a very short time. The lot has been purchased, and the plans are ready. The present delay is chiefly with reference to getting possession of the lot and clearing away the buildings now on it. The bishop has appointed Mr. Pedro Duarte lay-reader with special license to preach, and he and Mr. Planas are working together in Encarnacion chapel in Matanzas, where there is a marked increase in interest and attendance. Recently confirmed as twenty-eight persons were the result of the joint work of the two men, and a number of others are preparing for the next visitation. Mr. Planas is raising funds for the school, making visitations to all the neighboring towns, where he is meeting with great success. Mr. Duarte, who is a very strong preacher, and is also visiting nearby places, went to Colon on May 6, for the purpose of starting the work in that progressive city. Those interested in the Isle of Pines will be glad to know that the new boat lately put on this run will make the trips far easier than they have been. It will leave Batabano on Saturday night, arriving at Jucaro early Sunday morning, in time for the first service of the day, and will leave there Sunday night after the last service. In this way, instead of a whole week, only a day and a half will be needed for the trip. St. Matthew's School, San Mateo, Uninjured by the Earthquake. The buildings of St. Matthew's School at San Mateo, Cal., escaped the recent earthquake with only slight damage. The topmost section of the tower of Kip Hall was displaced and has been moved. But, aside from broken chimneys and broken plaster, the buildings are thoroughly sound. re The Rev. W. A. Brewer, rector of the school, writes that "almost immediately after the earthquake occurred the bugle sounded, the cadets fell into line in the quadrangle, and a roll call showed that every cadet was present. The boys then provided themselves with boxes and removed all fallen plaster throughout the buildings. The entire school then reported to the chapel, and took part in a most hearty service of thanksgiving to God. The kitchen range and metal chimney had not been Ma injured, so that breakfast was served without difficulty, and the cadets then took up their regular school routine. A full larder and the school farm have enabled us to provide amply for the cadets' necessities. The sanitation is absolutely perfect, the water supply (from the rock) is absolutely pure. Many of the cadets had parents and relatives in San Francisco, and in many cases no news as to their welfare was to be had for days. But the boys showed remarkable self-control, prompt obedience, and the highest kind of loyalty to school authority. They proved the value of military discipline by their manner of upholding it." Stories of the Earthquake in At Santa Rosa, where the new rectory was denuded of plaster and shaken heavily, the rector, the Rev. A. L. well-to-do we were getting heartless.' 'Look at me,' said one. 'All gone, you say? Yet the wife and little ones are left, and I thank God.' Everywhere we hear this, so come, bishop, and tell us words of warning, words of comfort in this our day of visitation. 'If thou hadst known,' it says to us. I preached from the text, 'After the earthquake the fire, and after the fire the still, small voice.' One of my men suggested it to me. That proves they are thinking." The remarkable effectiveness with which sick and hungry in San Francisco were cared for after the earthquake is well indicated in the following letter from Admiral B. H. McCalla to Bishop Moreland, with whom he had made arrangements to transfer sick persons to Mare Island: "I went myself, with Mrs. McCalla, a surgeon, bearers, and two Red Cross representatives to San Francisco, after you were here. I had heard reports of distress. Burleson, at once turned the building We were prepared to render every kind over to the public committee as a receiving hospital. Injured and dying persons were borne there from the ruins of the business section, where hotels and brick buildings had gone down with their occupants. The levelling of the business blocks at Santa Rosa indicates that the earthquake was more powerful there even than in San Francisco. Many houses were thrown bodily from their foundations, while floors were split and upheaved under the feet of the people. In this town of 8,000 people the damage was over $3,000,000. Fort Bragg is a mill town on the very edge of the ocean, with perhaps 1,200 inhabitants. It is a prosperous little community, although reached only by long staging over mountains and through forests. Our priest there is the Rev. F. W. Crook, a most devoted and experienced missionary. His report to Bishop Moreland told the story as follows: "Our warden's beautiful home is gone up in flames, so is Mr. French's. Mr. and Mrs. Weller, our communicants, lost their home. Ward's undertaking store is crushed. Every house on Main street is a wreck, except the brick bank. About two business blocks and thirtyfive dwellings are in ashes. The boilers in the Union Lumber Co.'s Mill exploded. Houses everywhere are off their foundation. Several big stores are propped up; one is being carted away. Yet these Californians are wonderful. Already, before the ashes are cold, dozens of teams are on the street removing the débris. Stores are opening in old barns and stables, while more than a hundred men with axe and saw are everywhere erecting new frames. Our fine hall is a ruin. The hospital was knocked out end wise. I can't tell where we will hold service yet. A glor of ious class will come for confirmation on May 20, your visitation, in all about twenty-two. Truly, this disaster has sobered people. You would be astonished to notice the earnestness with which they listen each evening to my lecture, which I try to make as spiritual as intellectual. And no word complaint is heard; all are grateful for life. With brave hearts the men said: 'We can make new homes.' Then, when San Francisco's need was known, the women gathered supplies and sent ninety-three grain sacks of clothes to the homeless people there. Everyone says: 'It is God's hand.’ To me it is all very wonderful, how God is working out His plans. "The hotel where you stopped was moved a foot, propped up, and a later shake actually moved it back, saving the men three days' work. We shall greet you with a great welcome on May 20, and we long to have you impress upon our hearts the spiritual lessons of this catastrophe which has brought God so near to us. In their shattered offices men who yesterday were careless and irreligious are saying, 'God could not have done anything to bring us closer to our fellow-men. We were becoming so of assistance. We could find no one in want of provisions or clothing, and but one mother who had no woollen coat for her child, and she had a golf cape. We disposed of two half-gallon cans of milk among some babies congregated at Fort Mason. We could, however, secure no patients for the Naval Hospital at the We were delighted to find by actual inspection that there was no suffering from want of food, and that the sick had been removed to hospitals." Yard. Meetings of Convocations and Archdeaconries. The archdeaconry of Queens and Nassau (diocese of Long Island) met at Sea Cliff on St. Mark's Day. Bishop Worthington, who preached in the morning, spoke of the disloyalty of those who sought to explain everything in the Bible upon scientific bases. The parish missionary committee discussed the employment of female offenders in jails. At the business session at 3:30 the treasurer's report showed a balance of $617, beside a reserve of $1,005. Mr. G. W. Peck was re-elected secretary, and Mr. P. R. Jennings, treasurer. Bishop Burgess told of the wonderful development of the counties of Queens and Nassau, and Archdeacon Bryan of the importance of generous response to great demands upon the Church. At the evening service the Rev. E. W. Hollings spoke of work among the negroes, and Hon. B. S. Coler of the importance of facing the dangers of horse-racing and gambling. At the Easter meeting of the Hartford archdeaconry (diocese of Connecticut), held in St. John's church, Warehouse Point, on Wednesday, May 2, the Rev. Dr. F. W. Harriman, of Windsor, read an interesting paper comparing the Church of thirty years ago in the archdeaconry with the Church at the present time. The first instalment of this paper was given at the winter meeting, and it was voted to print the whole at the expense of the archdeaconry. Addresses on "The Church and Present-Day Social Conditions" were made by ex-Governor Garvin, of Rhode Island, and Professor William MacDonald, at the evening missionary meeting of the convocation of Pawtucket, held recently in St. John's church, Ashton. The annual meeting of the Providence convocation was held at St. Andrew's church, Providence, on April 25, Dean Webb presiding. At the evening missionary service addresses were made by the Rev. Frank Appleton and the Rev. Levi B. Edwards. At the annual meeting of the southern convocation of the diocese of Easton, held in St. Stephen's church, Upper Fairmount, Md., on May 1 and 2, the Rev. F. B. Adkins was unanimously re-elected dean, and the Rev. W. B. Guion unanimously re-elected secretary and treasurer. During the sessions addresses were made on "The Apostolic Church," by the Rev. T. B. Barlow; "The Four General Councils" and "The Church in the Middle Ages," by the Rev. W. B. Guion; "The Reformation," by the Rev. H. G. England; "The Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Bible," by the Rev. J. F. Kirk, and "The American Church," by the Rev. W. W. Greene. At the business meeting the Rev. John Keller, of the diocese of Newark, read an essay on "The Influence of the Church in Building Up the Nation." At the spring meeting of the middle convocation of Easton, in St. Paul's church, Trappe, on May 1, 2 and 3, a diocesan Sunday-school Institute was organized with the following officers: The bishop, president ex-officio; one vice-president from each of the three convocations, the Rev. Dr. S. W. Sutton, of Port Deposit; the Rev. W. B. Stehl, of Centreville, and the Rev. J. F. Kirk, of Snow Hill; secretary, the Rev. Dr. McCready, and treasurer, Mr. B. E. Whitman, both of Easton. Three laymen were also elected, who, with the officers constitute the executive committee. A committee was appointed to present the constitution to the annual convention for ratification. On Thursday afternoon from two to five o'clock, the entire time was given to addresses on "Sunday-school Work," delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Stehl (presiding), Vanderbogart, Williams and Hepburn. At the business meeting, on the morning of May 3, the Rev. James A. Mitchell was elected dean, the Rev. Dr. W. G. McCready, vice-dean, and the Rev. W. B. Stehl, secretary and treas urer. A special service for children was held in connection with the meeting of the convocation of Wilmington (diocese of East Carolina) in Fayetteville, on May 12 and 13. It was well attended and the sermon was preached by the Rev. J. H. Griffith, Jr. At the spring meeting of the Rappahannock convocation (diocese of Virginia) held recently in St. John's church, Tappahannock, a Quiet Hour was conducted by the Ven. J. Poyntz Tyler, diocesan archdeacon. Encouraging reports were presented, and "How the Laity Can Best Help the Clergy" was discussed after Archdeacon Tyler had read an essay on the subject. Sermons were preached by the Rev. Dr. R. J. McBryde, and the Rev. Messrs. Wave, Burks, Cowling and Turner. "The Importance of Associations and the Best Methods of Conducting Them," was discussed at the spring meeting of the Piedmont convocation in St. Luke's, Remington, Va., and addresses were made at the general missionary meeting by the Rev. Messrs. Meade and Neve on convocational and mountain missionary work, and by the Rev. Mr. Meem on the work in Brazil. The convocation sermon was preached by the president, the Rev. Everard Meade. The spring meeting of the northern deanery of the diocese of Chicago was held in Grace church, Freeport, April 30 and May 1. The Rev. F. C. Sherman spoke on "The Church for the Twentieth Century," the Rev. T. W. Jones on "The Inclusiveness and Stability of the Church," and the Rev. J. H. Dennis on the "Rector in Relation to the Finances of the Church." The Rev. F. J. Bate, of Freeport, was reelected secretary and treasurer. A Quiet Hour for women was held on the second day, when helpful addresses were given by the Rev. J. S. Mahood, and the Rev. J. H. Dennis. At the evening service the Rev. W. O. Butler spoke on "Adjusting One's Self to Conditions of Work," and the Rev. N. W. Heermans on "Practical Religion." The deanery was organized just twentynine years ago and the original minute |