Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-28
EPISCOPAL MISSIONS.
AbOut the Great ReviyRIIsf, Rev. PIiny
B. MOrgan-EGect and Results of His
LabOFs-EIc.

AS the APPEAL has already notified
IFS readers, parochial missions will short
ly be held here under the auspices of
Rev. Pliny B. Morgan, of New York,
who is at present in Cincinnati. A
Emission" is a parish of the Episcopal
church; is series of continuous services
and sermons, or what is called by them
a "protracted meeting" The proposed
mission in Memphis will be, as we have
said, under the immediate conduct of
Rev. PiiDy B. Morgan, of New York,
an authorized evangelist Of the Episco.
pal church, and the agent of the "Epis-
copal evangeliZation society,"" Mr..
Morgan, whose plan is in all the
churches, has been remarkably success
full in other cities, noticeably so
in Indianapolis, year ago, where
crowds fiOcked to hear him, and
many were induced to abandon
their evil ways and to follow the
precepts OF their God. Mr.. Morgan is
now engaged in the same work in Gin
cinnati, and when his work is done he
will visit Memphis, st. Louis and other
important centeTs of life and industry in
quick succession. One who has OBJ
served Rev. Mr.. Morgan in his work OF
evangelization, thus describes him: "He
has been in the ministry tweBty-one
years. In appearance he is more ike a
Catholic missionary than a Methodist
revivalist, but he has the zeal and self
abnegatiOn of the one, with the personal
influence or mesmeric force and tact t'of
the other. In person, he is tall and ex-
ceedingly erect. His figure is certainly
easy, if not graceful, and his gestures
both elegant and striking, and his fea-
lures are singularly impressive, remind
ing one of the ideal apostle or saint. He
has a rich and sonOrous voice, with q
sympathetic infection, which arrests
attention. He does not seem to be more
talented than ordinary, but what he
knows is always perfectly available, and
he has an earnest, face-to-face method
of addressing an audience that is very
effective.n In his visit to this city, Mr..
Morgan will be accompanied by an eX"
perienced clerical helper, and will also
have the assistance Of others OF the
clergy of this neighbOrhOod. The mis-
sion has been for some time in con-
temptation, and is undertaken with the
Endorsement and certain approval Of
Bishop Quintard, who will be present
at these services as frequently as the
pressing duties of his Office will admit.
Emissions" in parishes in the Episcopal
church are already recognized to be an
important agency inreaching the masses
outside Of the congregations who need
instruction and persuasion. To gather
these masses together-to address them
on their highest interest-to bring Chris
tianity and its claims home to them, Is
the object of the EMISSION" In the past
the church has not accomplished this.
The church of Rome has done it in some
measure. 1t has been done with sue
cess by certain Protestant bodies and the
Episcopal church has been left behind.
/ The "evangelists" of the Episcopal
church were never trained to preach )
men with the gift OF preaching devel-
/ Oped In the most effective way. Such q
| man is Rev. P. B. Morgan. The
work Of real evaugelizatiOn was hiE
work, ana nObly was ne doing it, and
the bishops and pastors of the church
wish him a most hearty IOdspeed."