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Bishop Charles H. Brent, of the Episcopal diocese of Buffalo, has a record of over 20 years' service in various bishoprics. At one time he was on the editorial staff of The Churchman. He has been a leading member of many national and international commissions on control of the opium traffic...
...Overseer of the University, is one of the most prominent churchmen in America. During the war he was called from the Philippines to serve in France as Head Chaplain of the American Expeditionary Force. He is a well known writer on religious subjects, and was an editor of the Churchman from...
...wishing to submit essays for the "Churchman" prize on "Why Should I Not Go into the Ministry?" should send them to the Prize Contest Editor, The Churchman, 2 West 47th street, New York City, some time today as no articles will be accepted unless received on or before Saturday. A first prize of $25, a second of $10, and a third of $5 will be awarded to the winners of the contest by five judges; the Reverend Samuel McComb D. D., the Right Reverend Theodore Payne Thurston D.D., Bishop of Oklahoma; the Reverend William Gardner D.D., of the Department...
...literary controversy comparable to that between the Ancients and the Moderns is in the making, with the President of the Wesleyan Conference at London as the champion of prohibition, and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, English novelist, taking the side of the temperate wine-bibbers. The eminent churchman decries the charge that complete abstinence will cut him off "from understanding all that is good to understand in Swift or Shakespeare". Sir Arthur, in reply, presents the total abstainer as imperfectly equipped either to create or appreciate high literature, because "high literature demands total manhood, of which teetotal manhood is obviously...
Genuinely worried he seems to be; not by the controversy, but by the apparent imminence of Prohibition. His true and recognized adversary is not the worthy churchman but this stalking ghost, Consider--if you conceivably can--the tragedy of an independent Englishman without his whisky and soda! The conception, however, may become the more awful actuality. From far Australia the soft padding of Mr. Johnson's paws are clearly audible in London; and in London, thirsty longshoremen have voluntarily foregone their beer. To the unfortunate students of literature at Cambridge we extend our sympathy; to them undoubtedly has fallen...