Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-22

ready, since my return, communal
Gated with most of my brethren 0t
= the Clergy, desire IN this mode
> briefly to address myself Ia YOU
Grateful, | trust, as ! ought to bs,
to the Father oi Morosss Tor prcscr-
b walton from the dangers To which
was exposed, wish To assure ynn
of the pleasure with which | haze
come back 10 my appointed field oi
labor, To minister 10 your spiritual
welfare, and, ms in the years that
are gone, TO engage ngain in those
scenes with which my hopes and
affections will bo most nearly. con.
nected until my raoo is run. Tho
feeling with which | have been
greeted has touched me deeply, n Il
the signs of growth in the Church
at various points, encourage mo
much IL WAS scarcely TO be ox-
pected at time like The present
yet, n few church buildings ARE in
progress of erection, while prepnra-
ton is being made for Others -
Several schools have been started
with good prospect of succcss-ap-
plications have been made by somo
desiring to become candidates for
Holy Orders; and earnest appeals
with pledges of support according
to their means, have reached me
from distant Parishes. now destitute
OF service, to supply their wants.
These facts arc stated not only by
way Of encouragement, so far as
they go, but chiefly to express, in
connection Herewith, the scilla.,
conviction with which l have re-
turned, after fruitlcss efforts abroad
to assist in providing for your needs,
that, in the great work Of Church
extension in every department, VIC
must, for the future, rely, mainly,
under God, upon ourselves
1t is wcll, perhaps, that it is so,
if the effect should be, though with
slower growth, to excite Us in faith
to moro earnest and perscvering
labor, to stimulate our zeal, and to
develop that spirit of manly self
reliance, which, with tho blessing
of Heaven, is the surcst guarantee
of success.
In every effort of your own will
co operate with yon to the utmost
of my ability; while to the suffering
Parishes relief will be extended at
the earliest period that provision
can be made. The expense, how
ever, incident to removal to Texas
from older States, and the greatly |,
diminished ability of our people to
provide for Clergymcn coming
among them, are difficulties which
press me sorely, and will, it is to be ,
feared, for years to come, seriously !
retard the progress Of the work.
The effort, Notwithstanding, will
continue to be made in faith to sup I
ply the want from abroad, until |
laborers can be raised up among us,
with enc confident hope or grad =
ually increasing measure of success
to the end. In the meantime, where
clergymen cannot for the present
be secured, | would urge the sclcc-
tion OF suitable persons for Lay
Readers, whom I will gladly ap
point for that work-also the cstab4
lishment of Sunday Schools, where
they are not already in operation -
for which suitable books can be
readily procured, or if the means
are wanting, they will be supplied.
Let me also suggest, that sites be
secured for Church buildings and
parsonages, and a fund in every case
be started upon some systematic
plan for their erection in the future
"a fund, which, though slowly ac-
cumulating, willin its very existence
and increase, prove constant slim
ulus to fresh effort. and afford tho
surest pledge of ultimate compile
ton.
1t is needles to assure you Of the
pain with which l heard, during my
absence, of the ravagcs of the pestil-
ence that weighed so heavily on an
already afflicted people, and caused
the loss of many whose places will
not soon be filed. This sore judg-
ment, with tho heavy losses sus-
tanned by many -four people in the
total destruction or greatly dimin-
ishcd returns of tho fruits of the
earth, should serve TO remind us of {
the precarious tenure by which we
hold every earthly possession, DRAW
us together more closely in the
bonds of a common sympathy, teach I
lis that here we have no continuing I
city, and lead us more ardcntly to q
strive for that which is 10 come. j
Though the pleasure of my visit
,broai was marred by knowledge !,
of the sufferings experienced here,
I vas yet source of much salts
action to me, and of benefit, trust, Z
10 look upon the Church in other
ands, to see the marks of her pro- :,
yress, and to linger for a season
lmid those scenes Of deep historic = !,
interest with which the old world u
iDOunuS.
am happy to inform you that 4
he results of the Lambeth Con- a
erence." where many Bishops were a
gathered from distant parts Of the !,
,arth, were all that conld reasonably =
1ave been cxpected-results for !,
which the Bishops themselves I
God with one accord, and =
;ook courage as they departed to 4
enter again with renewed hopes for =
he future upon their work at home =
L was not proposed in the ouisct- \
or it vould not have been eompe-
.ent for a body such as that wss-io
yet forth any new article Of faith. %
express authoritative judgment up 4
IN questions which might be tenDo- I