Evening star., 1898-10-08
bishops in Foreign Churches.
Interesting Contributions to the His
tory of Evangelism.

tory of Evangelism.
The bishops and deputies were again in
Joint session at the afternoon session yes
terday. continuing the discussion of mis-
sion work. Right Rev. DR.. Barker, bishop
Of Olympia. spoke of the great mission
work on the Pacific coast, which by giant
strides, had advanced more in the last
twenty years than had any other locality.
In that period the number of communicates
had increased t1ve-fold, while In all other
branches of church work the progress had
been five-fold. With such great develop
ment, Bishop Barker urged that the board
of missions should readjust their calcula-
tons to the new order of things, giving
greater attention to the expanding west.
They were making the same distribution
OF mission funds now they did fifteen
years ago, and they should examine the
facts of the great VESTS progress, instead
OF limiting their energies to raising funds.
Scope of Indian Missions.
Bishop Hare of South Dakota spoke of
the scope of Indian missions. The work
had been begun by two bishops, but now
eleven were engaged in the work. Great
obstacles had been overcome until now the
christianizing of the Irdisn was an accom-
pilshed fact. In the great Sioux nation the
schools were filled with children, and he
himself had received communicates 6,00O
Sioux. Their interest in church work was
shown in their contributions, reaching
$1,000 year. Bishop Hare refuted the
criticisms that the cnristianized Indian re-
turned to mis- blanket. He was neither
saint nor sinner but was at least ad-
vanced from his state of barbarism and
brought into an intermediate state. The
bishops asked that liberal attention be Civ
en- by the church to this field of Indian
work.
Bishop Nelson of Georgia discussed the
field of missions among the negroes of the
south 1t was the most important field in
the country, he said, owing TO the great
number of those to which church attention
should be given. He spoke of the need of
getting down to the home life of the ne
groes, for in no other way could the work
of elevation and Christianizing be so suc-
ceSSfully carried on. The negroes were
people of hearts, and they offered a greater
field for church work than the tide of for
eign immigrants flowing into the north and
west.
The missionary work in Africa was treat
ed by Rev. DR.. Eggleston. This work is
centered in Liberia, while along the coast
are scattered churches, and the mission
aries are fast pushing up the rivers to CEN
tral Africa.
China and japan.
The report of the bishop of Shanghai,
Right Rev DIR. Graves said the fate of
great nation was in the balance. 1t could
not be said whether the result would be
the cutting up and partition of this vast
empire or the preservation of the countrys
territorial integrity by Great Britain and
the United States for these nations, Bishop
Graves said. We're the only ones who could
accomplish such a work. The Chinese were
longing for education, and civilization was
entering in on every side. In the mission
airy work no institutions We're superior to
those of the Episcopal Church in America
although Bishop Graves urged there should
be greater number of missionaries par
ticularly women.
The bishop of Toxic, Right Rev DIR. Nc
Kim, said the action of the Empress of
Japan in appointing two native japanese
ladies, communicates of the Episcopal
Church. as delegates to a recent Christian
gathering at Japan was notable recog-
milton of Christianity from the imperial
family.
There continued. however, the antago-
nlstc influence of Buddhism, and he said
that amid all the progress in japan the
moral sense among large class was dead
ened.
The mission conditions in Brazil and
Mexico were discussed by Bishop Peterkin
OF West Virginia and Rev Dr. Forester
respectively. showing healthy progress
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