St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-10
WESTERN MISSIONS.
A Discourse by Bishop Morris on Ore
gon and Washington Church
Work.
Highly Encouraging Progress, but More Aid
Required to Complete 1t.

st. Paul's Episcopal church contained a
large congregation yesterday forenoon, to
hear the address of Bishop Morris, of Oregon,
who spoke on the subject of missionary work
in Oregon and Washington territory.
The address was prefaced by scriptural
readings, appropriate to the second Sunday
in Lent, by the rector DR.. Thomas, the
usual prayer, service and selections by the
choir.
The parable of the harvest was then read
from the Gospel of st. Luke, when Bishop
Morris proceeded to address the congrega-
ton, saying that our Saviour had declared
that the field of the church was the world.
The Lord had declared this great principle
| and it had been fully recognized by the
church, all members of the church belonged
to this great mission field Of the world;
The work belonged to the whole church; no
member could be Indifferent to the great
work going on, which was generally divided
| into two fields; the domestic and foreign de-
partments.
The speaker then gave some account OF
his labors in Oregon and Washington terri
tory, defining at first the boundaries OF his
jurisdiction, including large share OF
the territory in the extreme northwest.
The ownership of great part of the country
had only bern determined by treaty in 1916,
it then became the undisputed possession OF
the United States government. 1t took at
first five months to carry the news OF the
treaty to Washington via of the Sandwich
Island. On this account then, the growth of
the country had been very slow.
Formerly the journey had to be made by
steamship and 1t took month to go; now
the country had been brought right to the
very doors of the east. Oregon and Wash
ington territories now looked forward to a
share of the material prosperity, the tide of
emigration had fingered by the way
but now it had set in in good earnest. The
first bishop sent north was Ri. Rev. DR.. Scott;
this was in 1851; he labored faithfully for
over fourteen years; among the obstacles en-
countered was the difficulty of getting min
listers to take hold of the work. The
speaker had gone to the north
years ago; at that time there was no railroad
in the country; there were now from 500 to
1 Zoo miles of railroad; this did not reduce
the labors of the bishop, they only opened up
wider fields.
Reference was then made to Puget Sound
and the district of the Columbia river; and
the delightful conditions of the climate was
described.
The influence of the atmospheric effect of the
Cascade mountains and the Columbia river
kept the climate mild and lovely to the
west of the mountain range. East OF the
range the climate was entirely different.
When the speaker had gone north the
country was filled with Indians. The fert le
soil, immense forests and solubrious climate
had all tended to populate the country. Since
going there twenty-five churches had been
built, three boarding schools, sixteen parson-
ages, a hospital, etc. There were now seven
teen clergy in Oregon; more than ever be
fore; of course this was a small num-
Der for such an immense field.
The bishops time was mostly spent in the
missionary field, where the demands were so
great. The speaker thought he would soon
add two to the list from the vicinity OF st.
Paul. Allusion was then made to the estab-
lishment in Oregon of parochial schools, col
leges and boarding schools. The speaker
had also established school in Walla
Walla, and it was proposed to
established girls school near the line OF
IDAHO 1t was for the purprse OF securing
funds to complete this school that the speak
er had been east. What they wanted was
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The school was 300 miles from Portland;
the people were scattered, and had not even
the advantages of a common school; the
speaker thought it was a grand opportunity
to improve the interests of the church In
order to carry on the work a head-master had
been wanted; for this service the Rev. Mr.
Powell, of this diocese, had been secured;
the assurance and guarantee for his support
must be given by the bishop, and for this
reason the speaker hoped that the. members
and friends of the church would contribute
literally for the support of this brave man.
In closing the reverend speaker made an
eloquent appeal for funds to aid in carrying
forward the missionary work.
Rev. DR.. Thomas, the rector,
followed with an earnest appeal
to the congregation to aid the purpose named
After the discourse, a collection was taken
up and the contributions were quite liberal.
Bishop Morris spoke Sunday afternoon at
the church of st. John the Evangelist, and
in the evening at Christ church, presenting
the mission in which he is engaged, substan-
TALLY as was done at the morning service at
ST. Paul's. In each instance interested and
generous congregations greeted him. ~