The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30

me that 1 was unable to attend the
meeting of the Women'S auxiliary to-
day and tell its members of the joy it
has given the bishops to contemplate
the hearty assistance the auxiliary is
extending to the church in the mis-
sionary field. But you will rejoice with
me when 1 tell you that in all the years
of my bishopric L have never held such
a splendid missionary meeting as this
one today, and it would have gladened
my heart to have been with the mem
befs on this occasion.
THE subject of my remarks tonight
will be on the missionary aspect of the
Lambert conference just closed in Lon
don. You will first remember that at
the first anglican communion ever held,
ITO years ago, there was not present
a single bishop from outside of the
British Isles, and that today there Is
not a single spot on earth where the
dear church l love as child loves its
mother, has not carried the good news
of the Gospel of jesus Christ to the
people. This was remarkably apparent
at the Lambert conference, and that
gathering was impressive because no
matter from what quarter of the globe
bishop had come 1 did not hear one
utterance of dispair, a single tale sol
hardship. Had you been there and
cCnversed with these men you might
have thought-and it was true-that
they had been leading the happiest life
God ever gave to man.
Bishop Whipple first turned to the
dark continents and dwelt upon the
progress of missionary work in Africa,
referring to the cOntented spirit of the
Episcopal bishops as manifested at
the conference, whose laborS keep
them in far away Africa where the
land was full Of the graves of mission
l.. IL ,.ly.at-
things in Africa than missionaries
graves-it was the awful depths of
degradation to which the natives had
fallen It had not been more than
twenty years ago that Stanley crossed
Darkest Africa. Then he travelled 999
miles and all without meeting single
human soul who mentioned the name
of Jesus. In 1888, after years of labor
there had been five Christians in one
settlement and these native king had
murdered because they had accepted
Christ. In other parts of Africa blacks
converted to Christianity had laid
down their lives for their faith and
finally in the whole land but one ma
tive had been left who dared to brave
the brutalities of his land He be-
came an Episcopal missionary, but
was finally slaughtered. Since then
the growth of Christianity in Africa
had been wonderful.
Bishop Tucker told me at the Lon
don conference" said the speaker,
that now he has seven black chiefs
in the Episcopal ministry who had
witnessed the butchery of a lot of ma
tive Christians several years ago. III
his diocese there are eleven black
clergymen. 600 native laymen, 119
Christian women. In one whole year
he did not give away one copy of the
New Testament, but he sold to the
Qf nrPclOJlS
book. There are 400 churches in his
diocese now supported by blacks. In
building their cathedral the natives
carried the pillars of the edifice ten
miles on their shoulders, and in his
territory there are now 10000 Chris
tians.'
The bishop referred to the practice
of slavery in. Africa and what effect
it had on the disposition of the ma
tives to avert Christianity, and then
he passed to the missionary work in
progress in Japan and China. Until
forty years ago." said the blshop,
"such a thing as Christianity was ull-
known in Japan. Before the treaty
with the United States which opened
that country to the world for 300 years
the statutes of Japan provided that
ANYBODY who should accept Christian
ity would be beheaded, and that IL
.Tes1Is Christ should be found in the
same fate Now we have mission
aries out there and the work Is hope
full. There are thousands of disciples
of Christ among the japanese today"
Bishop Whipple passed over China
with a brief reference to the religious
work in that country and then he
took up the South Sea islands, where
he said, cannibalsm in its most hor-
rid form was practiced fifty years ago
After three years of hard work three
islanders had been brought around to
Christianity. This was the begin
ming of great work for Christianity
and today there were 100000 islanders
who had accepted Christianity. The
speaker told about the missionary
work in the West Indies, and closed
his address with a touching tribute to
the beauties of Christianity and to
the people who are devoting their life
and energies to spreading it's teachings
over the universe.