Three Schi»ms Threaten American Religious Life Commotion In Protestant Episcopal Church Over Panama Conference Is Symptomatic (By the Religious Rambler) There 'nag broken Into print, by way of the recent division in the Protestant Episcopal Boa r d of Missions, with the resignation of five members. Includ ing three bishops, the story of a relig ious issue which goes deeper and wider than the general public suspect. It not only reveals the apparently Irre concilable difference between the "high" and "low'" or "catholic" and "protestant" wings or the Protestant Episcopal Church, and other churches as well, but also calls attention to two other lines of cleavage that are being rapidly extended beneath the surface of American Church life. Only when an occasional episode, like the crisis in the Protestant Episcopal Board of Missions, makes the matter "news does the situation come to the public eye; yet In reality It is more important than the specific activities of any re ligious organization. First of the issues which are en grossing the Interest of really thought ful and observant churchmen is this one precipitated among the American Episcopalians by the Panama Confer ence. and long paramount in that hurch—the disagreement between the "catholic" and "protestant" parties of Christianity. Along this same line are the current clashes between Protest ants and Roman Catholics on political and other secular issues. The other two schisms are the growing hostility between "orthodox" and "liberal wings of Protestantism; and also be tween what are called the "second coming" group and the "social ser vice" group. What the Row Is All About To understand the turmoil over this Latin-American missionary conference to be held in Panama next Febuary, one must so back to the World s Mis sionary Conference in Edinburg in 1910. As a concession to the "High Church" party among the Anglicans, that conference excluded all discussion of missions in Roman Catholic Lands. There were hours when the situation was very tense. As one famous Amer ican misionary secx-etarv said to me, as we came down the hill to Princess street, after an epochal meeting. "1 tell you there were volcanoes in that meeting this morning, all ready to ex plode." They did not explode, and so the Edinburg Conference came to a united and triumphant conclusion. But representatives of many of the American mission boards having mis sion work in Latin America, held a meeting at Edinburg and decided to call the Latin-American Mission Con ference. which is to. meet at Panama next February. All the Protestant Churches in the United States are to participate, the action of the Protest ant Episcopal Mission Board in send ing delegates keeping Intact the soli darity of Protestantism. The "High Church" or "ritualistic' partv among Episcopalians, who want ed the name of their body changed to •'The American Catholic Church," vig ■ftusly dissent. They resent all use of the word "Protestant." They seek reunion with the See of Rome, and with the oriental churches. In their view. Protestant mission work in La tin-America is an affront to the Roman Catholic Church. Now the crisis has B><6 7 I—Crowded with flavor 2 —Velvety body—NO GRIT 3—C rumble-proof 4—Sterling purity s—From a daylight factory 6—Untouched by hands 0 lOi-v* * Gum 5 The 7-point PEPPERMINT-IN RED WRAPPER CINNAMON - IN BLUE WRAPPER /V SAFETY fc# FIRST \ The object of "Safety First" la prevention. 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Within that body it is partly an academic discussion of dogma. In another and more preva lent phase It has become one of the gravest issues in American life. For there is no concealing the fact that there Is a widespread tendency toward open antagonism between adherents of the Roman Catholic Church and of Protestantism, especially in public af fairs. There is apparent a deplorable and dangerous Inclination to carry re ligion—or, more accurately, sectarian ism—into politics. This Issue has within a year determined many local contests In various parts of the country and threatens to play a part in the next national election. No other present development of American life is more important, and less freqently treated In the press than this difficult question of sectarianism. Agitators have seized It and have In dulged in reckless and bitter accusa tions. Men of both creeds have or ganized widely and are in secret or open competition, political, social and even commercial. It will take the rip est wisdom of churchmen and pat riots to prevent an unAmerican and unchristian strife. Liberal vs. Orthodox The while these cruder and subtler aspects of the clash between "catholic" and "protestant" ideals are at work, another conflict is raging which bids fair to have large consequences in American religious life. This is the In ! creasing militancy of the disagreement ; between "orthodox" and 'conseva tive" thinkers. I regret to record that this controversy seems to be growing in bitterness. In ecclesiastical circles, this Is the line that is constantly being drawn. Men are elected or defeated for office upon it. Whole denominations are j*being shaped upon this issue. In many cases this zeal for "orthodoxy" or "liberalism" arises from a sincere devotion to men's conceptions of truth; in others, it appears that unscrupulous ecclesiastics are foment Ingtheagitat ion for their own purposes. An intoler ance quite out of keeping with the twentieth century is being manifested on both sides. Nobody knows where it will yet lead. "Second Coming." vs. "Soeial Service" When thoughtful observers of relig j ious tendencies meet in candid and informal conference, one is likely to hear much talk of a real divergence between those who believe In the lit eral second coming of Christ to bring in the mlllenium, and those who hold, either that Christ has already fulfilled, at Pentecost, his promise to come again; or else that his second advent is outside of human knowledge, and that the only concern of Christians is to be found ready. Now this is no mere doctrinal quib ble. It affects all the work of the church. Premilleninarlans hold, for example, that the world is steadily growing worse, and that it will con | tinue to increase in wickedness until ; Christ comes. They point to the pres ent war as a "sign of the times." Their only hope is that a few souls may be saved out of the world to be ready for the Lord's coming. Then ! when He returns in the body, His ( kingdom will rule the world, j One man holding a contrary view declared. "This means that spiritual methods have failed, and that God must win by German methods." A I Chicago preacher, active in huniani ! tarian enterprises, said "That idea puts a crimp in all my work." For | the premillenial advocates estop all 1 social service. The most literal among them say. according to a recent publi j cation endorsed by Drs. Torrey, Scho field and others, that the modern so cial service activities are really of the , devil. With these delicate, difficult and dangerous cleavages, along funda- 1 mental lines, existing among Chris- i jtians. it is clear that an extraordinary 1 \ degree of statesmanship is called for to-day in all the churches. THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER. 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