Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-03-20

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fall extent OF your ability, aud
whatsoever YOU do, % do il cheer
fully, Aud though at present any
Of you are deprived of the m'nls'
lralions OF lhe ChurUh, wherever
you may be or however situated
hil not 10 assist those who arc no'
able 10 provide a.."gs!hsr for them
selves. Contribute 30 H'r az You
can 10 tho common treasury ~ 'hy
Church for By 10 doing, yon WIZ
not only deliver your souls OF re-
sponsibi,ity, but haston ON the time
when provision shall be made for
you,
am oi(en urged by tho vacant
Parishes of scattered congregations,
to send them a Clergyman. And
would seldom fail To do so, were u
reasonable prospect for a support
secured. But, Tor lack OF this, my
hands are tied, and many who
would otherwise come TO cast In
their lot among us, are kept away
Upon those who are 10 DO served,
therefore, the chief responsibility
rests, aud TO their willing co opera
ton with me rs to means, the re-
suit Is mainly committed, They
must bcsiir themselves actively and
givo literally, il their wants are
ever to be supplied.
TO add TO the present distress,
the General Domestic Committee OF
the Board OF Missions, has been
forced TO reduce considerably the
appropriation of the present ycnr
for Texas. Our Missionaries already
straitcned, will feel this reduction
soroly. In consequence OF the
pressing demands upon them, both
the Foreign and Domestic Mission
airy Committees have made earnest
appeals to the Bishops for special
collections in their behalf. As op.
portunity is given, | trust liberal
response will be made by tie mcm-
bcrs of the Church in Texas, who,
in most of our Parishes, have been
largely indebted to the Domestic
Missionary fund for help in the
past, as they will doubtless continue
10 be assisted in the future. 1t is
also proper for me in this connec-
ton to add, that the annual offer
ing for the Sd Sunday in Advent, in
aid of the University of the South,
so earnestly recommended by the
Bishops of the ten Dioceses united
in this noble enterprise, and which
was prevented by the severe incIcm-
cy Of the weather on that day,
dec. 18TH will, where it has not
since been done, be made hereafter.
| beg, dear Brethren, to commend
it, in common with the other sub
iccts herein set forth, to your sym
pathy and support. The impor-
lance of the University to the
Church, especially in the facilities
which will therein be afforded for
theological training and the supply
of a we'll educated ministry in the
future, and to the rising generation
of the land, cannot be ovor-esti-
mated. Offerings made in its be-
half. may be sent, by check, to Geo
r. Fairbanks, Esq, University
Place, Franklin county, Tennessee.
All missionary contributions or
those for the Clergy, where there is
not a resident minister to take
charge of them, should be forward
ed to Jas. ii. Raymond, Esq,
Treasurer of the Diocese, Austin,
or to myself And now, dear Breth-
ren, commencing you to God, and
''to the word Of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give
you an inheritance among ali them
which are sanctified," ! am affec-
tionately yours in Christ,
ALIEN. GREEG,
Bishop Of Texas
San Antonio, Feb, 25, 1869.