Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-25 | Page 5 | Church of England Permits Woman to Hold Service

I I I I I I CHURCH OF ENGLAND I I PERMITS WOMAN NOMAN TO 0 HOLD SERVICE LO LONDON DON April 25 Miss Miss Maude Royden Boyden leader of a movement to induce the Church of England to admit women preachers to its pulpits has been permitted to conduct a weekday week weekday day service in St. St Pauls Paul's and St St. Botolphs Botolph's churches despite a protest which had been made by the Rt Rev Arthur F. F W. W Ingram Bishop o of f London The appearance o or ot the woman In Inthe the pulpit an an I innovation in the Anglican church brought crowds to the services Miss Royden was attired attired at- at lUred tired in a a. surplice and a close fitting head dress of dark blue of her Intention to lead the services caused considerable comment in the press revolving about the question of women's fitness to assume mens men's position in religious as aswell aswell aswell well as political fields At the beginning of the exercises the Rev W. W Hudson Shaw rector of the ch church invited any who wished to protest against Miss Royden's ap appearance appearance appearance ap- ap to do so before leaving the building He went on to say however however however how how- ever that under the brawling act of I 1860 anybody who disturbed or interrupted a properly appointed preacher was liable to be fined or imprisoned No one concluded the rector has the tile right to appoint the preacher except the incumbent and I have done it Miss Royden Boyden has participated in several public debates over the question question question ques ques- tion whether women shall be admitted ad admitted admitted ad- ad to tho the priesthood and permitted permitted permitted per per- to become preachers She has declared that women desire to have women act as priests and quoted from the New Testament in an attempt at attempt attempt at- at tempt to show that the commission of priesthood was given to men and women aliko alike at Jerusalem In de defense defense de- de defense of her position she said that the head of the Church of England hadnot had hadnot hadnot not always been a man as Queen Elizabeth Queen Anne and Queen Victoria had hadt all been supreme heads t of the church She declared that Christ suggested nothing that divided men and women in the vocation of priesthood I