The Archive · 1937

Chinese Control of the Church

Take first his manner of dealing with the problem of turning over to Another witness to his wisdom is his dealing with different types of churchmanship among his workers. His sole interest has been to keep them at their Christian tasks and in this to be true to the discipline and worship of the church which made him their bishop. He expects moral integrity at this point and has alwi opposed any condition that disrupts the accepted order of the church. He never objects to a person's "higher" or "low" tendencies but wants him to nay fair. Those who do not will nct last long in his diocese.

Bishop Graves has never taken tion in such matters until there v clear legal proof to offer. Under him, every worker has his or her own work, with its extent and nature perly noted, and a person can pursue that work with complete freedom under the recognized law of the church. One of his favourable mottos, which hangs upon the wall in his office, is "Never say die. Never tell a lie. Never put your. finger in another fellow's pie." It is because of this policy that all his workers thoroughly loyal to him and can ha ly think of a more satisfactory bishop nder whom to work.

In matters of inter-church cooperation and church unity Bishop Graves has very strong convictions. He looks upon the church as the church of Christ, not human being ud upon each separate communion s duly established by its own law and order. He approves of co-opera tion in all good causes and has often himself accepted positions in such work, but he has never confused cooperation He is very sent to human-devised schemes for unity. I think he considers most of them to be lacking in real wisdom.

He has expressed his attitude quite clearly by saying: regard our church as a true branch of the Catho-lie Church and have no use for any movement toward union which would compromise hem creeds, ministry or sacraments as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer."

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