Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-17

The Protestant Episcopal Church Club
OF the Diocese of Delaware held q meet
ing In the Board of Trade rooms last
nieh', DIR. J. Cummins, Of Smyrna, pre-
siding. A short busiLess session was held
and routine bushes gone through with,
after which the Right Rey. Leighton
Coleman, Bishop of the Diocese ei Della.
ware, delivered promised address, on
"lhc social ald relIg .ous bearings of Or
ganizations If the nstu;e of tho Church
Club. Preceding the lecture the Star
Sextette, select m sical organization OF
male voices, rendered coupe OF splen-
did selections, which were received with
thA heartbeat applause. The first was
The lost ship" which was followed by
"Plain" from Glneck.
The bisheP, in the course of his re-
marks, referred 10 the present time as q
period OF organ zitlons, period oil clubs,
trusts and corporations. II would be
strange, he thought, If churchmen failed
to avail themselves of these opportunities
for church work, He was glad that such
club was organized, ss IL had q ten-
deucy 10 bring together the mt mb.rs of
the diocese from the city and from the
country. 1t would be inpo sibe for
such an organization to exist without
having an important bearing upou the
topics within the scope al It's purposes.
1he Bishop said he remembered time
In his own history when he thought II his
chief aim 10 belong to as m ny societies
as 1t was his privilege to Join. The
church needed these organizations to
bring 10 i,s aid all the moral help possible
that bears upon the social and religions
life of the diocese.
The social bearing OF the church club
had for its object the fmlliarlz iDg the
laity one with another and VITA church
work. The clergy have better oppor-
tunities for aequaintsnceship than the
laity, as The latter are so much absorbed
thag uploss some such opportuuitite as
are off red by this club are gwen them
they fail OF the benefits OF f equent assc-
Citations. Coming together bu. seldom
and that for but q few hours, no oppo;.
tunities are given for the dev8loarient oil
lasting and permanent frlendsnles.
The members of suC.. clubs as this
come together not Is strangers. not IS
mere fe low-cit Z@ns, but as members of
the one im..,cfishalle Church vi Christ.
Core - her as their mother and friend
an:s me,t as kinsman In the ancestral
home. They may be In this diocese to-
day and In another Js-morrow, but are
always and everywhere mt mbers of the
Catholic Church.
The Bishop said that lis observation
led him TO the conclusion that the
churchmcn ara less social than arc the
members of other religious societies
This should To- be so. Our church is
pre- eminently TIE church OF all con niitions
OF mer. 1t is sometimes called the
church OF the rich-of the ar'stocracy. |
would be glad II this were true In regard
to the word aristocracy, using It In the
sense of meaAing the best people.
The object OF this club is t3 welcome
every churchman 10 participate in all Its
privileges. Such associations help to
elevate the tone of society R1d should be
welcomed by every one.
The religious hearing OF the club, the
Bishop said, relates the fact of religious
convictions among its memters which
should cause every aspilant for member
ship to exercise igid determination as
to bis iitn Sc for such associations. There
was no RI ason, he thous hi, for the ex-
istence of the club except 1t he one OF the
spokesmen Of the church. The influence
Of such men organ'z'd as q cub cannot
be aeeu' ately estimated. II breaks
down parochial llLes aud makes power
In removing the prejudice against T.
chu ch which results from ignorance.
The Bishop hop:d the influence OF this
clnt shall make its memb rs so CHEEKY,
happy, jealous and successful in church
work that men shall inquire, &c k the
source of their happiness; shall ask when
and by what means you get your aspira-
tions and help'. And finding them, join
you in swelling It's membership until II
includes all the churchmeu oil this do
ccse.