The New York herald., 1879-11-23
EPISCOPAL MISSIONS.

ADVENT AND EPIPHANY APPEAL OF THE MIS-
sIoNARY coMMITTEEs-NUMBER OF MISSION
ARIES AND COST OF THE WORK.
This Is the season annually when the missionary
committees OF the Protestant Episcopal Church send
forth their appeal to the local parishes for support
in their work. While tho Church s in the world
albeit not Of the world. it must depend in great
measure upon the substance OF the world for its
support. Missionary societies have no regular en-
dowment. nor, as rule, oven . steady income from
year to year. Their work is subject to the fuctua-
tions Of commerce and finance. II they are we'll sup
piled with funds they advance in various direc
tons; if they not supplied they must cartail
every hand During the past few years many of
those societies. boards and committees have been
obliged to cut down expenses greatly as
to cripple their missions, and in q
few instances TO abandon them altogether. But the
cloud that has rested long upon all the material
interests of the land is lifting and the outlook in
every direction is brighter than has been for years.
It ia with increased confidence therefore, in the
ability Of the Church to do better and give more
literally than in the past that the managers OF the
Episcopal missions both foreign and domestic. issue
their Advent and Epiphany appeal for 1s79S0. They
assure the Church that the missions intrusted to
their and oversight are in healthy and hopeful
condition. and that the actual workers are faithful
and untiring and are cheered by manifest tokens Of
Gods presence aud blessing.
FoRKi0N AND DOMESTIC MISSIONS
In tho domestic department Of the Church's mis-
sion work the number OF missionary bishops, cleri-
cal and lay missionaries. teachers and catechists
scattered the country in IL missionary jurisdc-
tions and 28 dioceses from Maine to California. and
from Minnesota to Fiorids 70 So distributed as fol.
226 clergymen; among the colored people. IL white
ministers, colored. lay readers and l5 teachers;
among the Indians. bishop. Ia white and IL native
clergymen. lay missionary. IA native catechists
and IL women helpers For the whole or partial
for the expense Of collection. care
and disbursement of the needed funds the Domestic
Mission Board has appropriated for the year
$l54, COO.
In the foreign department OF the work there are -
In Western AFRICA. l bishop. 10 clergymen. / mis-
and teachers Total, 80. In China there bishop,
clergymen. missionary physician foreign ladies
there are IL teachers and foreign lady; in Hayti,
bishop and ministers; in Japan. bishop. clergy
men; physician, foreign ladies and IL teachers.
bishops-eecr. ministers. foreign and
81 native workers. making total of 65 or
held, to sustain whom and to provide for disabled
missionaries to pay the debt OF $4,000 in which the
ana disbursing the sum Of si3s. 900 is needee. In
addition to this amount the special appropriation of
$1,000 for two new buildings in Japan asked for but
not obtained last year, will be absolutely needed
during the present year. making the total sum
quired by the Board. in round numbers 100000.
This amount. however. 1t should be understood. is
for the prosecution Of work ~ it exists. allow
ing no balance to justify the pushing ont into new
regions home and abroad. inviting and almost de-
mandng the presence. devotion and energy of addi-
tionsl workers.
MISSIONARY INFORMATION NEEDED.
In their appeal the Board OF Managers regret that
the constituency within the Church from whom
they draw their missionary supplies Is very limited,
being only fraction Of the ndividua churche
and y smaller traction Of the membership OF those
churches. There s urgent need for the enlarge
ment of this constituency. we'll for the sake OF
tho gvers themselves for the recipients OF their
liberxity. There Ia abundance of treasure in
Church for all her needs. God 10 the absolute
proprietor OF II ALL and the Board wants the Churchs
Communicates rich and poor. to realize that fact,
and their possibility to that fact, when they
think the streams Of benehccnce small and large.
would how freely everywhere. The Board dissent
mates missionary intelligence to the Church 1t large
through it's organ the Spt,1f cf Nsions the crc
ton OF which s not onetenth OF what 1t ought
even the large citics and wealthy dioceses of tho
Church. In twelve OF the principal cities East and
West, including New York. Boston. Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Chicago Detroit, &c., which contain an
aggregate 2S2 churches and 67 .431 communicates
OILY /, ,l61 copies of the missionary paper are cir
culated. The Board not surprised. therefore,
that contributions for the Of are not
more universal and generous. They cannot be when
SO little missionary information Ia obtained or
sought. The urgency OF this appeal and of tho
which IL represents ought to be sunfcient motive
TO call forth hearty prompt and generous responses
from the entire Church.