It is to be sent, to go out and do something. It does not mean to wait and to receive. Since Bishop Taylor's time we have one-half the number of churches in our Diocese, and I can assure you that I did not confirm over three hundred this year. Much has happened. River traffic seems to be primarily for those who can afford the recreation.
Railroad tracks are often nostalgic reminders of an earlier age.
Highways and Interstates have defined our area. Our young people have found fertile pastures beyond our fields of corn. Neighborhoods once flourishing now remind us of the parochial schools and churches that formerly existed, but now function as antique shops and tea rooms. And Bishop Taylor's dream seems to have died. The subject of money for missions highlights many meetings in our Diocese, and emotions run high.