The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-12
BISHOP NELSON on MISSIONS.
lie Addressed the WomRn's AuxiIi-
airy at St Johns Church.

A special service for the Woman's Aux
Hilary Missionary Society was held yester-
day morning at St. Johns church.
The meeting had been announced the
night before at the St. Andrews Brother
hood services at Christ church, and the
auXiliaries of all the Episcopal churches
Of the city were represented.
me hoiy communion was administered
by Blshop Nelson, who is in the city on a
conventional visit.
Bishop Nelson also preached the sermon
Whicn was directed TO the women OF the
cEurch, showing their place and work. Ihe
woman s Auxiliary IS the missionary So
eiety Of the Episcopal church. and it was
20 the ladies' that the bishop preached along
the line OF missionary work. he took ms
text from one of the Psalms, the passage
reading, The Lord gave the word, and
greaL was the company OF them VINO
The bishop said that in the virginia. He
brew of the Bible the prOnoun slgnitying
the word who is used in the feminine,
showing that 1t was the women that
explanation that it was not from the pull
pit that they preached, but rather II was
by their conduct, speech action ana MODE
OF life they preached the word.
The bishop took up the branches of the
various missionary works of the church,
and compared this work to Harvey the
oryt OF the circulation of the blood, snow
ing how the work Of the missions must
reach the fartherest parts of the world, as
does the blood the parts of the body most
remote from the heart.
Bishop Nelson said that the women OF
the church had been very helpful 70 him
in his work SINCE his coming TO the dlo-
cese of Georgia. He spoke Of their efforts.
Thirty churches have been established
in the state he said, since his installation
as bishop.
In speaking of the idea some people en-
tertatn OF missionaries and their work,
the bishop said that they should not credit
the stories brought from abroad by 9TH
erS, but should rep.y upon the statements
Of the missionaries themselves for what
they were doing and the results Of their
work.
The question of the uplifting and moral
enlightening of the coiored people of the
state was touched upon. The bishop said
that Georgia has more negroes within Its
limits by 100000 than any other southern
state, and the church should do something
for their spiritual regeneration and moral
advancement -
Bishop Nelson will return to Atlanta to-
night he will be back in Savannah on his
of1cial visit in April. On Pam Sunday
he viii be at st. Johns church and, on the
first Sunday after Easter, he will be at
Christ church for the confirmation Of
those entering the church.
The bishop hopes to visit the Lambeth
conference of the Anglican church, which
Will be held in June. Archbishop Temple
OF Canterbury viii preside and preach.
IHese eQ-aerences at Lambeth are held
every four or five years, and are always
attended by the bishops from over the
world.
Bishop Nelson. if he goes, will leave in
the cary part of June and will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Nelson. They viii spend
the summer abroad. His departure will
be deferred until June on account of the
meeting Of the Georgia diocesan confer