Article September 16, 1916 Issue

As I see the condition, church partizanship has had its...

Excerpts from an article by the Right Rev. Bishop Ussher—Boston, Mass.

Eastern and Western Review

[Bishop Ussher is descended from a long line of churchmen. His great-grandfather was rector of the parish of Clontarf, near Dublin, which was held in the family from father to son for over one hundred and fifty years. He is directly descended from Archbishop Henry Ussher, one of the founders of Trinity College, Dublin, whose brother Arland was the father of James Ussher, the celebrated Primate of Ireland, and Trinity's first student, buried in Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey. The Ussher family have had the honor of having three distinguished church dignitaries,—two Archbishops of Armagh, and the Bishop of Kildare. Bishop Ussher is now a resident of Boston.—Editor.]

As I see the condition, church partizanship has had its day, and it is time that a hungry world should be spiritually fed on something better than religious husks. Behind the old dogmatic utterances a huge interrogation mark is being placed by "the man on the street," as well as by his more thoughtful and highly educated brother. The desire for helpful religious truth is not being met in the churches, and as a result the pews in the places of worship are being deserted, and the depleted treasuries of the various organizations are creating anxieties that are making church officers look disturbed as the bills crowd up and the financial pabulum recedes. Something is wrong. What is it?

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