The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-03-21
EPISCOPAL MISSION.

Bishop Spalding has addressed the fol- | lowing pastoral letter to the Episcopal churcn in New Mexico and Arizona:
 | To Lae members of tke Epi e2paL ChHych: MY DEAR Having been ap-
 pointed Provisional Bishop of this jurisdic-
 tion; and b ing unable at present to make a gisitati ,n, address to you this Pastoral Letter:
 AS you are not living in communities
 where Missions organized could offer self upport, and as the Domestic Committee of ! Missions have been embarrassed for want of means, and as two attempts to supply you
 with Bishop have only resulted in failure, IL has been impossible, as yet, to initiate
 and carry on church work in such mannei and to such extent as was desirable. You nave felt. at times no doubt, that the church, your Spiritual Mother, was neglecting you; out it is believed that new day is dawn inp. Railway communication across the ,wo Territories is expected in the near fut- ure vour valuable resources wilt attract a large immigration, permanent and promising owns will it is hoped, DC reused to her luty. You will have Bishop of your own. and a working body of faithfui Missionaries, and permanent and strong foundations will oe laid for Christian educatiOn aud the ln- ,titutions of the church of God. Let us pray and labor for this end.
 h the meantime what are we to dOI Our purpose is 10 begin work st the two princi- pal towns in AriZona as soon as the necess. ,ry arrangements can be made. Our one missionary who has been laboring for four years in New Mexico should be supported oy the addition of one or more clergy as
 oon as possible. We must be prepared to take advantage of the new openings for the Church on the line of the railroad as it pro- sresses southwards. The chief permanent centers should be chosen, the work made strong in them,a and developed, and extended from them. At favorable points, where there are even a few church people, suitable persons willing to act as lay readers will be duly licensed when properly recommended. The Christian father should do this in his
 amily and he may call in his neighbors to worship God on the Lords Day. Whenever u is practicable to gather few children in | school house or private room, Sunday school should be established. Any earnest Christian man or woman can Go this, mak
 ing the Prayer Book familiar by use, and teaching the Church Catecism, the Collect, and the Gospel.
 The appropriation of the Domestic Com mittee for the current year is rot more thaI sufficient to support three and to pay tn, trayelIng expenses of the missionaries in reaching their stations, and of the bishop in his visitations. We must labor under diff culties and discouragements, but if we eau get the work we'll Tn operation, and show encouraging eSults this year, we eau doubt Ia riati tor We must work in faith that the cause of Christ aud his church shall not ia for lack pf means, and Me must show our faith by our works. ,.
 am forced to look to you to contribute to the work according 10 your ability. | Without your earnest tco-operation success Is impossible. If you will all give as gene roGsly as possible out of yodr abundance or
 your penury tor the support of such mis- sionaries as may be in the field, sending your offering to me, or regularly to the Rev. | II. Forester, at Santa Fe, they will ue
 faithfully applied to the objecr. It IS i'm
 practicable to keep a missionary in any place where a considerable part of his SUD- port cannot be raised, nor can there be any healthy growth unless self-suppOrt be culti- vated to the utmost extent possible. They | to whom the services of the church involve | uo cost, generally care little for them. Finally, let me exhort you to faithfulness | in your vocation and ministry as christians 1 Y,ur prayers and aims must be relied on to
 bring 0oSn blessings upon yourselves, and
 10 ensure the establishing of the church in
 your midst. Do all you can for the cause
 of Christ by holy walk and conversation,
 by word and deed, by prayers and offerings Let family prayers be maintained in every | Christian household. Let the services of | the church be read on Sunday wherever two or three can be assembled. Work earnestly for the increase and prosperity of any mis- sion formed in your town or neighhurhood
 See that your children be taught the Creed,
 the Lords Prayer, and the Ten Commando ments, and whatever belongs to Christian ! faith and duty. snail ne glad to hear
 from you in regard to points where services are needed, and will arrange, whenever
 practible, for the Yislt of a clergymen.
 hope to be able next fail 10 Fisit personally the principal points of the jurisdiction
 Praying God to bless you m all your dear est interests as connected with his church and the welfare of your souls.
 am faithfully and truly yours,
 JOHN F. SPALDING, Provisional Missionary Bishop.
 DENVER, Colorado, February 20, 1879.