New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-08
TN THE MISSION FIELDS.
porsrNa SPEECHES BY BISHOPS AND
DEPUTIES.

,r nrocEsE OF OREGON ADMITTED BY THE
,,n,scopA1, GENERAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
rop THE PROLONGED PUBLIC DIS
CUSTOM OVER THE NIcENE CREED.
=. che Episcopal General Convention yesterday
,issionary jurisdiction of Oregon was ad-
I'D as the Diocese of Oregon, with It's preseno
";s.ionary bishop, DR.. b. Wistar Morris, as lts
g., diocesan bishop Consent was gwen 10
49, erection of a new diocese within the limits
- tho Diocese Of Missouri. The new diocese
iii consist of sixty counties, ana It's see-city
.,Il probably be Kansas City. DIT lutte, tho
rosent Bishop OF Missouri, has the right 10 choose
either of these dioceSes as his OWL Inc two
houses sat as the Board OF Missions. Bishop
Trttle presided in the morning interesting
oddrossos ,yore made by Bishops Hare, of South
Dakota Whipple of Minnesota, John A Paddock,
:, Tho State Of Washington, w. ID. Walker, of
North Dakota. and the Rev. Messrs. Byrne ana
tIinos two Western missionaries more than eighty
ears NJ age. who are still in active service.
In the afternoon Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island,
nresided. and addresses were made by the Rev
Mr.. Locke. missionary in China the Rev. DR..
poulus Mort a colored clergyman labor1ng at
Cane Palmas, and Bishop Talbot, of Wyoming and
Idaho.
Many deputies regret that any occasion was
given for the discussion which took place on Sat
urday as TO the use and authority Of the Neene
Greed. They think that the publicity given to
the divergent views in regard to that creed which
exist in the Church will prejudice many against
the Church, and tend to foster the impression
that after all, nothing is settled in the Episcopal
Church. But most of all they regret the dis
cussion because they fear that modern men of
the world will not listen to a Church which will
deliberately spend any time over such an ancient
metap physical question when there is such vast
amount of practical work to be done
Mr.. LoclSe's address was strong arraign-
ment Of the un-Chrstian policy of Christian
Nations in China, which, he declared, more than
ncutralizes the missionary work of the Christian
Church in that country and he made an appeal
10 the best and nobest men in the Church TO go
TO China missionaries. go
The Rev Mr.. Moorts speech was listened TO with
interest and respectful attention by an audience
that filed nearly every seat in the body of the
church and in the galleries, and the general YER
dict was that his had no reason to be ashamed
of him. His intelligence, dignity, self-respect
and earnestness won the goodwill of all who
heard him.
The missionaries from the Far West who spoke
would make good boomers" for in presenting
the needs of their work they gave the most
fertility of the great West and the States and
Territories from which they come ought to thank
them for what they said about the future of that
part of the country. The burden of all their
addresses that men of pre-eminent abllty
are needed in the West, not broken-down hacks
who have failed in the East.
There is no doubt that some deputies chafe
under the interruption of the regular work OF me
Convention by the extended meetings OF the
Board of Missions. but the spectators evidently
enjoy these stirring missionary meetings with
their suggestions of hard, active pioneer work
in extending the limits Of the Church On the
whole the Episcopal Church has good reason
to he proud of its missionaries in both the foreign
and domestic fields.