St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-11

subject in order to be able to tell her
audience something that they did not
already know. 1t is not supposed, of
course, that the population of the
lower part of New York is altogether
foreign, though foreigners predomi-
nate; but among the foreign popula-
'ioH'~ not less than the American, and
especially among the young, there is
dh eager desire for instruction. which
mas only TO be gratifed to be pro-
ouctlVe of the best results. 7 have
round IL to be, and the testimony of
the noble workers in the cathedral mis-
sioh' III the college settlement, the uni
Versity settlement, and elsewhere.
abundantly proves. The hopefulness
OF that work is sadly underestimated.
Even among the clergy there is a feel
ing almost of despair, as if the task
were too great to be done with anv
means that the church can command.
IKE multitude is great, and all the
'Hurcn can do seems to be so LITTLE
e9 70 De hardly worth counting. RIIt
81 Is the kingdom of God 1t is al
ways 50: The kingdom of God is like
oieo d woman who took a little leavan
aniu Hiu IL In three measures of meal,
nc heaven was little and there was
much meal, but by and by the whole
was sweet and wholesome and nutri-
llouS. The church in the CITY of Now
YORK mas no reason to despair of the
work that God has given her for in
the great city of Rome, far feebler
cHuich dld far greater work in tba
carrier centuries of our era. PerhaDs
'iie peSl result that has yet come from
my personal engagement in the %.
.heural mission is the identification of
Iaith IN the clergy everywhere. The
encouragement of practical svmna+by
e.ioiie counts for much; but the hold
declaration that the work is not hone
less, That 1t is full of hone that r.
ought to be done, that it can he done
'"' 1t snail be done, brings 2 slim
.U9 lhal no man but the bishop of tho
uioceSe can impart. A bishon or oa,
eral who cries Come on. comra5os,
VIII De followed; a general who on1Y
issues command to go on NAV no
ooeyed' out the obedience is not lilxa1y
to be worth much.
The problem Of downtown ob,,,o1,
G ~ eaceeqlngiy difficult Without an en-
thew atte,, onty cannot be sustained II
tbooy dtteinpt TO remain on the ground
uiey once occupied, but from whice
thelr rich .parishioners have renoIreC,
T 1nhey are helpless for lack of means
s,ins h - Tue b neglect neglect OF endowments be-
any organization to sustain them o,t
OF common fund, they are cor
stralned to abandon their ministrv r.,
ever eTop aed w "a snu needs them more than
Sle py whom they can be SUSTAINED
80, with the exception of Trinitr.
cfeur rf the whole of the southern paTt
Virtu nae CITY OF New York has been
SO, II the ministry of the church f.,
that part of the population had beer,
regarded as the work of the Who'll.
d61 1C sS - and not left to be carried on
OF support had left them. Ground hos
been lost, and it is ground which the
church ought to recover; but il can he
[ rec ,e IL, only by the diocese brings
region which has heretofore been too
much neglected. The Cathedral of S.
John and Divine can do no nobIer worIt
t IN a, mat OF regaining the lost ground
New York, and there expending the
NAN energies of the whole body OF
the diocese in the prosecution Of the
very si,A, work for which that body exists.
,,oit ne canohS OF the Cathedral to be
most honored will be those who have
a similar faculty of discourse, or who
possess the faculties of administrative
Whlch are so necessary in mission
n ID II llhSIy Inat SuCh men will
be willing to spend their months of
mission work in Stanton street? Can
they be expected to do so? Ought
they to be asked to do so? Nearly
everybody has answered these cues
uons IN the negative I was not Salts
ned With negative answer. l have.
therefore gone to Stanton street nv
SELF; and although it is in the midst
or summer, / have not seen cause tf,
think that even canon of the
Cathedral need shrink from residence
there. For our own part, we do NOT
believe that a nonresident clergy can
make a full proof of their ministry
anywhere. If a man is to tend the
mock well and wisely. he must abide
with the f1ock;' and if the Cathedral
OF St John the Divine shall lind a cler-
sy who are willing. for Christ's sake
and for the sake of their fellow men
to make full use of their ministry
by living among their people i'm va.
nous parts of the city of New Yor9
where their presence is most needed
then the Cathedral of ST John the Di,
vine will lbe a true American ca.
thedral, because it will be thorough
~ and practically adapted to the work
OF the church in the great city in which
1t has been so honefully established
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