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Show hEPiSCOPAL CAKN j! COMMITTEE NAMED 1 , Church to Launch Drive for : $20,000,000 for Re-, Re-, ligious Purposes. , ' J. Walcott Thompson Made i Chairman for Utah i District. Willi :t ii u ii ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. of tim com-' com-' null.;., lb!. l "ill l.av -U:irit "c th : rorth. oniii.u 1 ipi-.'-opal rtilll.:ilin for tho minBioiiarv ilittrii'l of I'tan, tin! work . of uru' nlinii in tin: various i.ansln-3 j , at tin-. ilistri.-L will li" ra,i.lly com- ' 1 t - 1 - 'I'Im' rollilinH.i: liamc.t liv tho 1 . Idnlit ll'-w I'rai.k Hal'' Tnur. t, Idilint) - of v.i-.t.Tii I .ilorailn, is follows: .1. Wnlcoit T 1 1 1 1 1 1 ( . -'j M . riiairiiian, Mult l.ako .'. ( ; i I v ; Hi'' li.'V. K.lx in 'I'. Lewis, Loau; .. k. .I.iiii' i, .1. It. Si'li'.li l i.-l.l aii'l Mrs. . , W. W. It .c, rvalt I. all''. 1 The i aiii.uiL.'h of tin: I : j i s. .:t 1 ' '' churi-h is nal mow iili- anil has tor its ol-joi'tivi: ol-joi'tivi: tin: si ri'ii'i Innun' of r)i ti r-h ' work ami lln' .-Uniiilali'.ii of church cf; fort in inn In-rainc of lln: iiroKram of other I 1 1 ' i -1 in" clniri-ln-s to make tho ' chun-li ailciiiaic tu i t the .rohli:ms ' of world r.-coiisl met ion i . r . . 1 ti ..il l.y tho v-ar, ami to secure Ihrounli (,'ifts .ami inter. es.-imi llie imans nhereliy ' l.hn work of the i hur. h inny l.e dovel-I dovel-I oiie.l nn. I l.rnnileiiol both in this i:oun-try i:oun-try ami nliro.'nl. Country Divided for Work. For I he 1 1 u r ( . 1 1 .-. i i of the campnii.'ii the iriilte.l Slates has linen diviilcil iuto four general ureas, the western area in-c.lii.iiiin in-c.lii.iiiin i:alifiiriiia, Washinirton, Orii-iou. Orii-iou. I tah, Arizona unit Idaho. The work in each area, while nominally under un-der the su nT isinn of the area committee, com-mittee, is handled l.v the diocesan and district, commit t ces, which in turn have charne ot' oi-nani.in the churches and their i.iirishe.-. 'fhe iii-riil committee for the west-orn west-orn area, which is i.raclically tho ter-rilory ter-rilory of the Kic,hth jirovincc of the I'rotcstant l-hiiscopal church in Amer-icil, Amer-icil, is as follows: Bishop (it'orc t-. Hunt.inn, of lieno; llishop Herman I'ajrc, I . li.. Spolane, the Jiev. ticormi l)aidson, Los Angeles; it. (J. Wyckfiff, ' Watsoncille, and Airs. A. L. McLoisch, of Berkeley, Oil. The sum of .i:L'ii,liO(i,000 has been set us a f"al by the Kpiscopnlians. But tho , raising of the fund is secondary to the . major purpose of the campaign, which is to quote the words of the national director of organization, Dr. It. V. Cat-ton, Cat-ton, of N ew- York : 11 To brinir the spiritual power of the church to bear upon the church's whole task. "To secure and train an increased . number of people, clerical and lay, for 'j Christian leadership. To Finance (loneral Boards. "To care for. on a yearly basis, for liree years, the financial needs of all Ne (jeimral boards, viz.: The board of i ssions. the ttenernl board of religious ! Ccation, the social service eoinmis-' eoinmis-' 1 together with such general a'en-I a'en-I etms the Brotherhood of St. Androw, l' scrUi Temperance society, Seamen's . leai institute, Church l'erio.lical mif.rls' r'ricudlv society, Daughters 1 VV"C. '' I "in consultation with the proper nu-I nu-I , thorities, to care for the financial needs of all the provinces, dioceses and ' missionary districts of a missionary, re-. re-. liciotis, educational or social service . nat ure. ' ' ; . As a preliminary to tho work of tho , enmpainn, oi,,., eliurcl, and mission was asked to prepare a survev of its par-ticnl.sr par-ticnl.sr needs. These surveys have been practically completed and' are wng ; . forwarded to New York. Thev srive a complete resume of the present status of the Kpiscopal church in America, and based upon them a systematic plan will be outlined similar in its scope to ',. that recently perfected bv the Motho-dist Motho-dist church, and which will be carried out with the aid of the fund raised liv . .that clmrch in a one-week campaign ' durine; the latter part of May. |