The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-11
WHAT WOMEN CAN Do
The Auxiliary at the COnven-
tiOn.
RAISED $4,000 FOR MISSIONS
Bishop Whipple Pays Glowing Trib-
ute to the Work Done by
the Women.

"A correspondent sends the following
from Minneapolis in regard to woman i
work in the church, brought out at the
convention of the Episcopal church now
in session in Minneapolis:
'"The triennlal general meeting of the
womanhs auxiliary to the board of mis-
sfons, convened at $3.50 yesterday morning
at Christ church. St. Paul. The spacious
church was we'll filed and after the
usual ceremonial of hymn and prayer
the Rt. Rev H. B. Whipple, d. D.,
bishop of the diocese of Minnesota, spoke
as follows;
II hardly know how to express the fit
ting welcome that Minnesota gives you,
who have been for so many years help
ers in the Lord. AS look back on 36 years
Of my bishops life, there is very little
work THAT has been done for our Master,
in which your woman's love has not been
the influential part. You are not strang-
ers; some of your number are househoCd
names throughout the length and breadth
of this Northwest. l could not tel you
of all the loving work that has been done
THAT hospital, buiided for those poor
and herples red men was the gift of q
woman. That beautiful chapel, where
those too weak to tell the story Of the
loving hand, where day by day they can
knell at their Masters feet, was the
gift of woman. That beautiful chapel
of our boys school was the gift of q
woman.
And in the very dark days when ]
feared that work begun by my own be-
loved wife, who really founded st. Mary's
ha,ll-that was the work of woman. It
was woman chat buildei in this city
one of the most beautiful churches,
wherein THE weary laden might worship;
and that hospital in tnis goodly city is
the work of woman.
'Dhere are here today names unknown.
but known to Him who treasures in Ills
divine heart every deed of love, whose
loving sympathy has enabled t;iis church
once only known rs n people spoken
against, ito be in the fore front of THAI
mighty movement that is popping this
West with it's millions of souls.
ut ds due to you Christian women THAI
this dear church, the Lambs bride, OF
which you are The daughter, that her
Voice is heard in the wigwam of the In
dian, in THE school houses on the border
in the miners camp, not only telling that
dear story, but, 7 trust, by the love of
the Lord Jesus, preparing the way fer
the reunion of all who are k;nfok OF
Jesus Christ.
II count 1T am honor in these later days
Of my bishops life that there are ilnes
on my cheek THAT honestly earned in my
Masters work, hut my heart, by your
love, thank God, is young. 1 count 1t an
honor THAT in your name I am permitted
to offer your united offerings on the
Lords altar. To some may mean very
little, butt TO that loving eye that from
the realms of Paradise sees all of our
work and treasures 1T in Ills heart, 1t
means gifts to gather tAa weary and the
lost into the fold, that Fe may see that
the travail of His soul may be satisfied.
And There is this to cheer your heart
and mind in Christian work for every
poor soul, that out of the depths of the
needs of the heart the hand Of the Lord
Jesus Christ lis grasped. This is our new
beginning, and the work will go on until
the day will come. God hasten it, when
the churches will sing, the kingdoms Of
this word have become the kingdoms of
our Lord and His Christ, and He shall
reign forever and forever What softens
hard hearts and brings wanderers home
Is the infinite love Of God in Jesus Christ
In days of old there were caught gllmpses
of the majesty the power and the wisdom
of God; but He who thought 1t not rob-
berry ito be equal with God, He came to
reveal to a 0ost world that which is
greater than wisdom, greater than ma
jesty, greater than infinite power, Of
which this is the only manifestation, the
essence Of the befng Of God, His love-
"And THAT love o. the Lord Jesus is seen
everywhere in its absolute 0lopelessness
for humanity in its helpfulness for the
weak and erring; THAT hopefmness and
that heipfulness are intertwining with
the love of every Christian woman who
hlas foupnd the trysting place at the feet
of THE Lord Jesus
The report wals then made of the offer
ing made at the forenoon session at
Christ church, which amounted to the
large sum Of S53,92S53, a most noble thank
offering to the womhns board of mis-
sions of Episcopal Church of America.