The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-24
INTELLIGENCE E
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EPISCOPAL coNVeNTIoN
THIRD Days PROCEEDINGS.

THIRD DAYS PRooEEDINGs.
This morning at9 O'clock the p. e. Convention
reassembled at St Andrews Church for morning
prayer. BISHOP Vail presided. Rev Mr.. Paddock
ana Rev. DR.. Clerc, OF Carlisle Officlated.
D @ soasS @ 9on,
delivered before tue Convention at its request HIs
text was from st; Luke tx 8. "And they departed,
and went through TIE towns, preaching the Gospel,
and healing everywhere"
DR.. Howe referred to the universal practice of the
Protestant episcopal Church to naugurate oil her
Synods with Divine services. But he thought that
to devise and carry out measures tor extending the
gospel Of Jesus Christ through the most authentic,
safest, and most efficient medium to those who know
not OF regard NOT the Lord VINO bought them 1t
was truly mistaken view of the incumbent duties
Of the Convention that cou allo Nv her members to
devote mos OF heir thoughts and clsslons to the
the duties of earnest disciples TO give the main part
OF The Convention to the consideration OF securing
ana perpeiuatng aloneth good works which mad
been achieved. he miss onary spirit should actCae
the dong OF new labors ana the achieving of geaer
victories.
heathen, but TO the Jews, who possessed some know
ledge Of the immO' tai God And the mission the
Church had to-day is quite similar. 1t was to go
among those who know the holy Scriptures, to
arouse them from their indifference; to excite their
enthusiasm Tor spiritual things.
That primitive mission was itinerant. The disci.
pies went forth with no determined place oil rest
be dependent upon the welcOmeness Of their lecep-
ton. Their instructions were, 'rarry awhile wner-
ever you are reclNed." Their first mission was
merely entatye, to try whether there was reepon-
slve sp rit
Ihl, consideration IS well worthy of beinO thought
upon. Many parishes are perpetuated where no
adequate population eXlsts TO support the ministers
who are assigned o their charge. thus many
worthy pastors are dulled and discouraged bv hav-
ing no compensatIve result and whose forecast can
discern DO spiritual good lu the future There are
dom, OF whom he world IS not worthy Did these
ministers take their lives into their hands anu go
among the savages of he world then there is
spirit of romance consciousGess that Tor such there
are enlisted the sympathy and the prayers OF the
This is type of discipline permitted and overru'ed
by HIM without whose will not sparrow falls 10 the
ground, butsurey this is an abnormal type Of what
an enemy hath done TO lhe Church. 1t is not q
type OF the tnerancy OF the first missionaries oil the
Word of our Saviour
It appears that missions new fields were associ.
ate; ot the seventy dlsclpes learn tnat tine Lord
sent them forth TWO ana two They were Tor pioneer
work, to herald the coming OF the Lord. TINS point
presents an action for us, which 1t Is not too late TO
Teinstate among us interchange. such as associate
~ ihOiDels III oal uIanPo anonR tneIlseNos 1naDloS
IN IN TO preserve themselves from eXhausung laDOrs'
Ii is an unmIugated cruelty to require new laborers
to work among the new fields, incessantly produc ng
sermon after sermon without rest and reLiet He
who orks up to tle means and his abilities gains
strength daily, while he who overworks himself is
only lingering on to an inevitable death.
Another feature of the primitive mlsslons was the
fact that they preached the Gospel-the new truth
the cardinal principle that Christ is the Saviour
1t may DC said that now the story has Oecome o'd; ;
but the 'foolishness OF preaching was used to over
turn the wisdom OF antiquity. =
Invite men TO serve Christ, first, in His mad'ato
rial Office, and unfold TO them afterwards the mean
by whiGn they NAV learn that they have rightly re
ceived HIM. The Church, 1t Is humbly submitted.
should BERN not by asserting her services, but by
preaching Christ
Besides preaching the Apostles healed every
where Thev performed MIRACLES and showed that
religion was Denefcent striving TO heal the wounds
OF the fall. II was most fitting that the second
Adam should heal the suerings caused by the first
1he sympathy OF Jesus must Do reproduced in those
who are advocates for HIM. There men who
are speculstively sound and morally correct, but
who are yet 81 alphabetically wanting On! let this
Church be the Church that WINS the reputation of
doing good. Then it will not iall to win adherents
TO its cause Let them seek the publicans and SIM
ners those from whom sanctimonIourness stands
aloof, and welcome them to the sanctuary. Thus TO
hea as wei to teach must be the duty of the
Church II she would gam the world 10 her support.
The electric chain of love must be grasped by
every one OF her ministry, that society may be en-
compassed with vow of adherence to HIM whose
benefcent spirit cannot be resisted. We shall thus
have introduced no novelty, but have endowed our
Zion with other great claims to be Iecognzed as the
Apostolic Church. Is the Church fulfilling her
Divine mission of bearing abroad the holy Word,
when there ten counties within this one State,
wherein hundred and fifty thousand persons are
not recipients OF the Gospel from us?
Great Lord of the harvest renew by Thy spirit
that first mission, and send more aborers into the
HarVestl