The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-12
TRINITY CHURCH.
SermoB by Bishop Robertson, of Mis-
sOuri-1he Need and Value of Missions
ary Work In This Country.

SermOn by Bish0p Robertson, of Mis-
sOuri--The Need and Value of Mission
airy Work In This Country.
Though now situated in o section OF the city
wherein there are comparatively few Episcopal
ians residing, Trinity church has q large congre-
CATION every Sunday. From their uptown homes
come the descendants OF those who were COM
municants in this church century ago; and they,
with their numbers eked out by poorer worship
pers from the lower part OF the city, and cdsuals
from Brooklyn and Jersey City, attracted mainly
by the music OF the male choir, make up
gathering that mis- the church Both services
yesterday were more than usually well attended,
and during them worshippers stood crowdlng in
the transept who could not get seats in the pews
nor on the aisle benches. At the morning service
Bishop Wilmer, OF Louisiana, preached. his subject
being ..Men and Their Relations to the Church."
At the afternoon service the Right Rev. DR.. Rob-
ertson, Bishop OF Missouri preached on 'Mis-
sions." He drew his subject rom the text:-"Be-
hold, the Lord thy God nath set the land before
thee; 60 up and possess IT, as the Lord God OF thy
fathers hath said unto thess''-Oeur., l., q,
Blsnop Robertson began with picturing the
rapid growth of our country, the steady overlap
ping o. our population from civilization on to the
pralrles, and the needs and duties which the IN
crease brings to the people OF the older parts OF
the Union. 10 the West, ne SAID, the Atlantic
their interest TO introduce Christian principles
| into the western country The section OF country
said the speaker, it is acknowledged viii
/ be the ruling section OF the country within
| lew years, and Tor this reason EVIL should be
checked IL by the opposition OF moral principles
| At present 1T gives place to all the vices common
TO new settled regions. but little effort ex.
pended now would nave great effect on Its future.
! Now II rs like
whose head is In the SHOWS OF the North. whose
eet are hathed n the Lepld waters OF tie Gull OF
Mexico, and whose either hand rests on the Ale
gnany or the Rocky Mountains He will arouse
and he viii work harm in the future II he IS not
cared for now. The speaker urged that the Epis-
copal Church should put forth Its powers
for missionary work in the new founded towns
and villages OF the West. II the Episcopal Church
church organization will. Brave, sesaCrIfcing,
farseelng men, frn in their faith, are going
or missionary LABOR there, and. as q result, the
region IL mapped out and better known in Rome
than In New York. The Bishop declared that
he did not oppose foreign MISSIONS; he loved
distant countries. He thinks, however, that mis-
sionary work in this country will have enect
determined people, and II they 80 out from their
homes with strong principles they Will impress
their beheis on wnomsoever they meet. One hun
dred years from now the United States will nave
800, 600 OF people, OF whom thousands Will he dis
seminating their ideas abroad. What those ideas
VIII he depends upon the influences TO which our
people are subjected now. and while they are
building their towns and cities on the praires,
| MISSIONARY WORK AT HOME
should be more attended to Oy the Episcopal
Church. Besides the vices OF new civilization to
be conquered there are the evils OF ayarice and
! luxury to be checked in older civilization. That
English minister saw the true necessity when he
exclaimed. "Half the Church should be missionaries
and the other half should work Tor their support"
/ The above are the main points OF Bishop Rob-
| ertson's discourse. de treated them all elab-
! orately and very skillully. His remarks lasted
through three-quarters OIL an hour uiing which
he gave no evidence OF more oratorical power
than is necessary TO make him an agreeable
speaker.