Word: bishops
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bishop Murray, supererogatory chari-tarian, had doubly tithed...
Death last month took John Gardner Murray, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Bishop Murray left a will. But strangely unlike the bequest of a prince of the Church was this last testament. No hospital or needy mission gained by the primate's death. All his estate Bishop Murray left to his wife; there were no bequests to charities...
...Bishop Murray left a letter too. It said: "The reason that no bequests are made by me to agencies or persons other than my own immediate family is because during my entire income-earning existence I have consistently and continuously given one-fifth (20%) of my income from all sources to church, charity and collateral relatives...
...comment on Bishop Jones' statement that patriotism and nationalism were opposed to the teachings of the church, the Rev. Evarts said: "The flag stands for the love of country, and the love of country is not in my opinion inconsistent with the Christian religion and the love...
...Bishop Jones has said, in part, that "today we have two religions, the religion of nationalism and the religion of the church. It is impossible for a man to worship at both altars. "Nationalism has its symbol,--the flag; the church has the cross; nationalism has its national anthem and the church its hymns. Often the flag supersedes the church as when people rise when the national anthem is sung and often remain sitting when hymns are played...