Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-21
THEIR WORK BEGUN.
Episcopal Missionary Council in Ses-
sion at Trinity Church.
ELOQUENT ADDRESS OF WELCOME
And Splendid Response by the Right Rev.
DR.. McClarren.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREWS

Beautiful and imposing ceremonies,
splendid music, and brilliant. soul-stiTring
addresses, characterized the opening meet
ing of the Missionary Council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, at Trinity,
last night. H
The services began with the professional
entrance of the bishops and rectors, headed
by the surpliced choir, marching to the
music of the organ swelling forth the en-
chanting notes of I'VE March to Victory"
The regular service of the Episcopal Church
followed, and was participated in by the
large audience. The evenings lesson read
was the tenth chapter of Paul's epistle to the
Romans. Gounod's grand anthem, Lovely
Appear" was sung as an offertory, the choir
doing full justice TO the work of the COM
poser and more than pleasing the audience
by the manner of the rendition. Bishop
Whitehead made the address OF welcome in
his most happy manner, and during the
course of his remarks, said:
"As come forward, my dear brethren, 1 feel
that universal sentiment needs no expression.
1t goes without saying that we have most cor
dial welcome to extend our guests. Why
should we have made such arrangements and
preparations for their eomingH
THE SUN SHINES IN PITTsBURG.
"Pittsburg has hung under a cloud and our
friends of the East and of the West have
thought until now that the sun was quite in
visible. But they have found that they can see
the length of a block and can discern faces
where they excepted to be compelled to feel
for them. am glad to say that notwithstand-
ing the darkness of to-day, the sun shines
sometimes, and when you go away from among
us we want you to feel that if there is no sun
shine in the sky there is sunshine in our hearts.
Piitsburg has a reputatI for hospitality.
Heretofore many of our friends have made
this place to stop and eat as they were pass
ing through to the East or to the West. But
we want them to find this good place to stop
and to receive our welcome.
Bear brethren. we are glad to have you
here, Tor you may learn from us. We are
proud ot our city, of It's past history and It's
great industries. Another reason we are glad
you are here: Because we need you; we need
information for study you give our hearts. We
need You Tor our pockets. There is plenty of
money in Pittsburg if it were spent Alright; and
we want you through our minds and our
hearts, to reach our pockets. We want news
of the kingdom of God, so that Pittsburg may
hereafter be known as liberal in carrying The
gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. We
need you to show our other churches and
brethren that this church is full of the mission
work. But can only say as did one of old,
you have done well that you have come"
The Rt Rev. William E. McClarren. D. D.,
responded for the visiting bishops.
1T affords me great pleasure" said he. "to
come out TO you who have SO warmly received
US. You need not be told that il IS character
istIc of the once Smoky City to give hearty
welcome, welcome in all that the word
signifies.
WHY THEY HAVE COME HERE.
1--WE are well come, not only to receive your
but to wake up our own minds in
the work of spreading the gospel We are
glad to be here, not only to receive your well
come, but we wish to warm our own hearts In
order that we can increase and intensity the
zeal of mission work. unless we choose to fall
back. We come here in this community of
warm hearts that we can learn the pulsations
of our own hearts in missionary zeal, and, while
accepting your generous welcome, feel that
this is emlnently an age IN which the things of
God absorb the attention of men. 1t is no
longer an age of doubt nor an age of unbelief.
We have passed the dark hours, and believe
that the twentieth century will witness triumphs
for the cross not known since the time of Christ
The signs are for a revived zeal in mission
work corresponding with the revived church
zeal.
Japan is not a pagan land. but is advanced
in civilization. They are our equals in inte1li-
gence to-day and are i'll many ways our peers
All they need to give them their true glory to-
day is the sign of the cross in their midst The
nations of the Orient have families equal the
average American family. They have beauti-
full homes and all they want is the full glory of
Jesus Christ that Japan may answer back to
the more enlightened countries to-day.
MY friends, 1 only learned this afternoon
that was to answer your splendid address of
welcome. did not feel equal to the occasion
but finally succumbed TO the demands of your
Bishop and the telephone and promised a word
in response to your most splendid welcome"
e SECURED A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.
he Rt. Rev. DIR. Langford was the gentle
man who was to have secured Mir. James L.
of Chicago. to address the meet
ing. That he failed was no fault of his, but the
that the young man could not
appear caused great regret on the part of the
audience. However. the reverend gentleman
die his best, and succeeded in securing a
splendid substitute to fill up the gap in the
programme left by the absence of Mr. Hough-
telling In the person of Mr.. Smead, of Cincin-
natl who is a co-laborer with the other gentle
man. In introducing Mr.. Smead, DR.. Langford
said:
zone of the chosen speakers for this evening
was that brilliant young layman from Chicago
known as the originator and organizer of the
St Andrews Brotherhood. Fur the past few
days he has been in Philadelphia attending the
annual meeting OF this organization. and had
hoped to be here and had hoped TO see him
here. 1t was my privilege to be in attendance
at that meeting in Philadelphia. Interesting
were its proceedings noble in spirit and lofty
the enthusiasm. Mr.. Houghteling, to his great
regret, was required to hasten back to Chicago
and he could not attend this meeting. But l
found one of his co-laborers. Mr.. Smead of
Cincinnati, who has consented to be with us
and tell of that great Brotherhood of St.
Andrews. am quite sure You will all welcome
Mr.. Smead,"
Mr.. Smead mounted the platform, and it re-
quired no great length of time to prove that he
was prepared TO very ably MI the place of his
friend from Chicago Said he:
when Dr. Langford came to me in Phila-
delphia l emphatically declined. as thought it
required some one better suited to tell of the
glorious work of the Brotherhood of st. An
drews. That brotherhood was organized sew
eral years ago in Chicago by II young men.
That same year another chapter was organ
ized In 1885 there were 26 chapters and 600
members, and to-day there are 443 chapters and
500 members.
RULES OF SERVICE AND PRAYER.
ave have only two rules. They are rules of
service and PRAYER: To pray daily for the spread
of the Kingdom of Christ and to strive to bring
young men into Bible schools. We work
entirely with the Bishops and rectors and if
our work is not to their entire satisfaction, one
word will, cause us TO suspend the chapter in
that parish.
find $50 men of every profession. from Califor-
MIA to Maine and from the gulf to the lakes all
working together with one aim in view is; 1
say truly wonderful. All seeking to find an
answer to the question, How can l learn to
make myself better soldier for Christ. We
want only men who will do their own duty, and
we usually put men on probation before they
become members. In a New York chapter
they had an applicant and they told him he
must go out and bring in man to the Bible
school. The next Sunday this new pupil did
not appear, but the applicant for mem bership
persisted that he had promised. The result
was the same on the second Sunday. But the
third Sunday the young man appeared with his
new Bible class scholar, and when asked how
he got him, replied that he had moved down