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Theologically the 51st General Convention was stoutly low church. Sociologically it was, in the words of liberal delegates, "yes-but." Rancor flared only briefly during its good-humored deliberations, and just before adjourning Low Churchman Roswell Page of Virginia joined with High Churchman Clifford P. Morehouse of Milwaukee in leading...
Representing the mind of the House of Bishops, this document was written and read by Washington's Bishop Rt. Rev. James Edward Freeman. Ranging over a number of social and economic matters, the Pastoral found in the world all manner of unholy ills: "greed . . . indecency . . . degeneracy . . . corruption . . . selfishness . . . unrest...
If for any urgent reason a Rector or Minister ... or the Parish committed to his charge, its Vestry or Trustees, shall desire a separation and dissolution of the pastoral, relation, and the parties be not agreed . . . notice in writing may be given by either party to the Ecclesiastical Authority of...
When the republic of letters was a monarchy, the grand manner was reserved for such uncommon themes as the death of kings, paradise lost or the celestial city found. Mass education has changed all that. Prizefighters, prostitutes, plain people of all kinds are the modern tragic heroes, and modern authors...
The other motive of the picture, as I remarked above, is to show the social structure of the Eskimo colonies. I cannot, of course, vouch for the accuracy with which this has been done; I imagine that the whole sequence has been rendered a bit too idyllic and too pleasantly...