The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
MONEY WAN TED
FOR MISSIONS
The Episcopal Convention
Shoulders a Respon.
sibility.
Will Rouse the Diocese to the
Spiritual Needs OF Small
Towns.
Bishop Nichols Ex:ols Coed Samari.
tan Mission as tn, Ideal
Cathedral Type.

livered at the Episcopal Convention yes.
terday and the proceedings were @also
fruitful in a discussion on home mission
work of considerable interest to Episco-
palians and in the appointment of COM
mittees and the discussion of things in
the canons.
The first question discussed at the
morning session was q suggestion OF the
Board of Missions that standard of $4,000
should be set as the annual contribution
of the diocese to the home missionary
field. Rev. John A. Emery, who pre-
sented the suggestion, pointed out that
the proposed contribution was not to be
com pulsory, but merely a standard.
Rev. Dr. Spalding said: This sugges-
ton of The Board OIL Missions is the great
est step forward in catholic lines that our
church has taken for years. For the first
time we formally recognize that every
parish and mission in this diocese has
special obligation to spread the gospel.
Vincent NeaIe of San Rafael moved that
tie standard be made $1,000. The general
discussion which followed brought out the
generally expressed sentiment that the
EpiscopaIians OF The diocese need rousing
to the need of supporting home mission
ing allusions to people IN remote places in
the interior. waiting for missionary to
baptize their children and administer
spiritual comfort to their dying.
AT the sugg -stion of Bishop Nichols,
who presided, some OF tie missionaries
from the San Joaquin Valley.we called
on 10 speak to the point. Rev. l.. q. San
lord, In charge of the missions at Selma
and Sanford, spoke Of the struggles OF his
missions 10 be selt-supporting; Rev. w.
M. Bour. of Merced and MADEIRA told of
the two handfuls of people who were al
most losing sight OF the spiritual object OF
the missions in tine efforts 10 raise enough
10 pay taxes and Indebtedness, and Rev.
c. s. L:nsey of Hanford told The conven-
tion that what the San Joaquin needed
was an archangeI, "tor they live on
heavenly food and do not want appro-
priatiors from the Board of Missions"
Rev. II. Lee OF Contra Costa County and
b. NJ. Nagie, lay man, who has built the
first church at Randsburg, also spoke to
tue need OF a more generous standard.
Bishop Nichols made an earnest plea
for the Board of Missions, saying: "Tne
board has wide ana definite policy, not
only for the present but Tor the future,
policy embracing the establishment of
cna.ns Of missions through the mining
camps, along the coast aud along the
routes OF new railroads. We have plans
to reach the great San Joaquin Valley.
but one part OF our plan is onIy TO put the
Lest men in the missionary field" At the
conclusion of the Bishops address the
motion for q standard of $1,000 was unanl-
mousiy carried.
Rev. A. II. Phelps presented the claims
of the Episcopal church organ. The Pa
cihc Churcnman," tae proprietor OF
winch, Mr. Onver, recently died. Mrs.
Eva K. Oliver, his widow, intends 10
Nichols added a warm appeal for Mrs.
Oliver to that presented by Mr.. Phelps.
the Bishop said: she has shown q
Ready ability in taking the work of the
paper up, and skill which We should
recognize and support"
The afternoon session was chiefly occu-
pied with elections, which resulted as fol-
lows:
Standing committee-Revs. R. C. Foute, Ho-
bart Cnetwood, C. b. Spaulding, E. J. Lion.
Laymen-Major w. Hooper, Z. d. Haven,
Colonel George b. Mendell and J. J. Valen-
tine.
Board of directors-Right Rev. W. F. Mich
OILS, D. D.. A n. Drown, A. II. Phelps, Rev. D.
o. Kelley, John A. Wright, Rev. George T.
Wax, William A. NJ Van bokkeien.
Delegates to the missionary councils, to be
held la Milwaukee Ii October-Rev. W. L. Kip
Jr., Rev. J. ID. V. Middleton.
Rev. DR.. B. Akerly was continued
registrar of the diocese by a rising Vote.
The points of greatest interest touched
Oh In the B shops annual address we're
his illusions to the hopes of cathedral
for this diocese, and his plea to the clergy
to look into and adopt system of sys-
tematic giving, now in use III some of The
parishes of the diocese. Speaking of the
cathedral scheme, be said: 1.-The first
thing TO be secured is proper diocesan
status. The Gvod Samaritan Mission has
been faithfully fostered by the City MIS-
sionary Auxiliary Board, and comes
peculiarly recommended as of the proper
cathedral type. The germs OF the true
cathedral type lie in The Good Samaritan
Mission. We hope and pray Tor its
progress"
The final adjustment of the funds be-
tween the Diocese of California and the
diocese of Los Angeles was announced,
and the BIsnop stated that it was time to
revise some of the diocesan laws, which
had been seven years without q change.
At the conclusion of the Bishops speech
the following amendments 10 the canons
were carried:
The Bishop of this diocese shall become
corporation sole under the laws OF this State,
by the title OF "The Protestant EPISCOPAL
BISHOP OF California" for the administration
OF such temperatures aud the manage ment of
such estate ana property as may be committed
to him for the uses, purposes or behoof OIL this
church; that is to say, the church now known
as the Protestant Episcopal Churcn in the
United States of America or any diocese, dio-
ceses or other subdivisions institutions o.
the said church or any religious, be enevoient
or educational objects connected herewith.
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