The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-09
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CHURCH OF THE IsrasHATlou.

| CHURCH or THE kcAahATgn
Interesting Lecture by Bishop KIP, Of Cali
| The regular service for Sabbath morning at the
Church Of the Incarnation enriched By q lecture
from Right Rev. DR.. Kip, OF California the subject OF
| his discourse being the missionary work accom-
pshed by the Protestant Episcopal Church In that
State, the many difficulties il had to overcome and
what means were necessary now TO speed on Its
labors for propagating the Gospel. The right reve-
rend gentleman commenced his lecture by giving a
description OF the geographical extent OF his diocese,
comprising the whole State OF California Its size
ne said was but little known In the Eastern States
Its shore line on the Pacific extended distance
800 miles from south to north, and it covers 800
miles In direct line to the interior from west
TO east. The length OF coast line OF California, II
transferred 70 the eastern coast OF the country,
nah in Georgia and yst for 80 large district Of our
own country the means provided for missionary
iabors were beggarly In the extreme. The reverend
speaker then referred to the religious history OF the
state Until the close Of the last century # was
wild waste, overrun By savage bands OF Indians,
monks, first entered 1t FROM Mexico, establishing
themselves in several places. They obtained grants
nom the vlcsroy IN Mexico and nom the home
government In Spain and located these grants In the
churches. their converts planted schools, applied
Indians, whom they educated in their own way in
Christianity and to some degree In civilized life.
the territory present within the limits OF the State
OF Callfornia, and even now the old missionary
buildings In the valleys and on hills and by the side
OF moving rivers, can be seen, and he nstanced the
EMISSION Of San Gabriel" with its old. i'm
posing buildings, % one OF the examples,
church, and Of how the adjoining hamlets
nad once been peoped BY thousands OF IN
within s sns Of sSo9
time before our own war with Mexico aud before the
acquisition OF the territory by the United states
most Of the land taken from them. the Indians dis
Rersed and the buildings are now but stately ruins
cities grew up after that. some Of these .smissons
still prosper and have accumulated riches from the
rse sne value OF the lands ana the Speaker re-
property OF q emission" is now included Within
the city and the aggregate value Of which is i'm.
At the time OF the acquisition OF California there
were not 1000 Ambassadors within the limits Of
rush Of people, fortune seekers from all parts OF
tine world and the growing prosperity OF the State
loOk .ss ~ from mat moment the reverend
fifteen years ago, ne landed at san Francisco the
Missionary Bishop Of the Episcopal Church, the first
clergyman OF that denomination who ever set foot
on California soil, when, as In Canada once the
Catholics at that time were still in control He then de-
scribed the character of the population flung together
from all sections Of the globe. There were in1dels
and apOstates from Europe unfeeling and unmindfu
of the monitons OF the Gospel. There were pagans
10000 more dispersed the whole State, who keep
to heir pagan faith, and even stipuate that in
OF death their bodies should be returned and buried
in Chinese SOIL And then there are our own coun-
trymen. and among these many Of the Episcopal
Church who had grown weak IN the faith and re-
lapsed, so that true religious CHRISTIAN sentiment
had become almost extinct.
The cause for this retrogressiOn was obvious. It
was the want OF che benign and refining influences
Of woman OF childhood ana Of old age. The first
immigrants and settlers IN the State were all grown
men OF stalwart health with the fear OF death far
worldly goods. There were no women, the best pro-
m0ters OF the Gospel, to exert their ennobng inu-
enCe the purity and innocence OF childhood was not
there to soften the hearts Of the sturdy peoples Old
age with its whitening hair and lettering limbs. was
not seen to remind the population OF the grave and
OF the life hereafter Amid all these opposing cir
cumstances what means had the bishop to assist
him in his holy work. None whatever. He had not
solitary clergyman to help him, and for the Church
the whole state was spiritual waste. Fifteen
years had now passed, and what is the condition Of
wooden buildings in San Francisco devoted to reli
gious purposes. They had now forty-three clergy
alone there were seven congregations, two Of whom
owned churches costing over 500 each They had
paper disseminating The truths Of the Gospel. And
what aid had they received from the Cfiurchf While
the MehOdists have appropriated SO 600 per annum
SM Ss ss made Sn church 70 re-
that Catholic priest arrived with 100000 In
gold his possession to be applied to missionary
IL
needed three times as many clergymen in the state
about ten towns In which there In the aggregate
over 1900 children. and no clergyman and no
Sunday school, Nowhere else can SO much be
done for the true faith as In that State. San
Francisco destined to be one OF the greatest cities
in the world. It 10 10 be the gate for tie trade OF the
East, and history proves that the wealth OF the
world follows In the track OF that trade. For 1000
miles It has the only capacious harb0r the soil and
climate Of the stats promise two crops every year,
thus inviting the thrifty Of all nations to settle with
In its limits. Whatever Ia to be done there for the
Church must be done now. The question whether
Christianity nddety is to be the rule Ii now to
be settled. The State Ia growing into manhood and
giant strength, passing rapidly BY the intermediate
stations Of youth and the powers OF evil, II not
checked now, will gather strength and become IRE
siBtiblG
The right reverend gentleman then passed an i'm
pressive euogium on Rev. DR.. Breck the founder OF
the theological Seminary OF NeoshOto In Wisconsin,
and last November arrived at San Francisco and
founded st. Augustine College, with four teachers
and q small number Of young men aspiring TO the
ministry, and stated that this college was etil In
debt TO the extent OF six thousand dollars. 1t had
forty boardegs and twenty-five day scholars while
IL could accommodate three times as many, II ade-
| quatS means were provided. The speaker depre-
Gated the practice Of sending Protestant children TO
Roman Catholic colleges, so largely In use In Cali
fornia for want OF proper and available Protestant
schools and be closed with fervent appeal TO the
wealthy or the Church to come TO the rescue.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
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