GOWNS WORN E MINISTERS

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27500, 6 November 1954, Page 10

GOWNS WORN E MINISTERS

METHODISTS Sto UNIFORMITT A growing tendency wju. Methodist Church for mfaS? wear pulpit gowns has faith and order Methodist Church of New recommend the Dominion cowl now being held at the Durttos Methodist Church, to sandfe? wearing of a standard gown inX. The report estimates that >2 per cent, of Methodist mint,* city and provincial eircuttsTS’'’ ing some form of gown, m.? elude the Geneva gown, robe and aS hood and gown and bands, ‘S which have little or no meaiJJ" “The committee is of that the time has come wha ference should give such jm, as would officially recognise s! in" of pulpit gowns, achieves; measure of uniformity, dlzntf! impressiveness in the condo, divine worship and bring the 5 dist Connexion into closet hfo with the Universal Church," sS report. Speaking to the report, tl». vener of the committee (the Ba Lewis) said it was desirable hi in some measure of unif<g3 emphasise the tradition to church belonged and the fS to which preachers were caDef purpose was not to direct ala to toe individual minister, bid? lift the corporate dignity church. “This would take mn, element of irrelevance that sob creeps into the Methodist Chme said. Several speakers objected to. was termed “the imposing ots uniformity in the church." . ’ A further recommendation n by a small majority, asked ft gown after the pattern of the 6 gown be the standard gows Methodist preachers and al» conference sanction the weeds the academic gown and hood S collegiate services. The matter was referred to the« ference church welfare comtnliiit further classification. .