Religion: Ugly Churches

Joseph F. Berry of Philadelphia is presiding Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Last week, the Methodist Advocate published an article signed by him wherein he proposed the appointment of boards of censors to pass on church architecture. Wrote he:

"The new buildings as a whole are worse than the older ones. The Mid- dle West, the Far West and the South are dotted with churches that are simply atrocious that have gone up in recent years. I have been a careful observer of church architecture for a good many years. During that...

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