Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-05
SPREADING GODS GOSPEL
Bishop Garrett Reviews the Work that Has
Been Performed.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS CT MOTHER COUNTRY
Christianity Brings About Great Re.
forms by Teaching the Princi-
pies of Truth, Honor
and Purity.

An eminently scholarly address, couched
In beautiful language and delivered in cap
tivating manner. by Bishop Garrett of the
Protestant Episcopal church, formerly of this
city and now a resident of the state OF Texas
brought together a fair sized audience at
Trinity cathedral last evening. The au-
dience was not large enough to be termed
commensurate with the value OF the brilliant
AID forcible speaker.
In his Introductory remarks Bishop Gar
rett spoke of the different work given TO
different nations by God. ITO England"
said the speaker, God has given the heather
for its Inheritance and the high command TO
colonize. Right nobly has England per-
formed this task 1t has never faited to
send the gospel with its colonists, and it has
selected for its religious work in its colonies
the very strongest spiritual advisers to be
the standard bearers. Great and wonderful
is the work of the mother country, for as
the work OF colonizing still goes on we may
use the present tense. Noby is the mother
country carrying out its religious work con-
comtant with colonizing in Africa, India
and in it's other colonies.
"In the United l.itates God has given His
people distinct and different task bur none
the less important than that assigned the
mother country. There is more wealth
stored up in the land of this country than in
any other similar section of the earth.
There is nothing more remarkable in the
history of the earth than the manner in
which this country has been formed While
this is called the new world 1t is really
the old world. Through uncounted millions
of years subterranean changes were going
on, all for one purpose, to make this the
richest country in the world. Years before
human feet stepped upon the earth God
was preparing this land for his people. Proyi-
dence guarded this country and held 1t in
trust until a people should be developed for
this most wonderful field of action. The
greatest exhibition of proyilential handiwork
ever seen was in the work of preparing the
Anglo Saxon people 10 take possession OF
this country. These people with liberty
for their motto were to undertake to do
things never before attempted in the world
history. The Latin races were not allowed
to become permanent settlers here. 1t is
tn Angio-Saxon people with their Magma
CEarta of liberties and with their open bible
before them that has proved to be the great
est nation the world has ever seen. 1t was
that they should establish the grand princi-
pie of religious liberty that these people were
prepared for this country.
WOMAN AND HER WORK.
There is another topic that we shall do
well to consider at this time. Since the be-
ginning of the Christian era God has given
to woman a decided place in His work. Be
fore the advent of Christianity women were
the toys, tne tOOlS OF men, ana the lives OF
children were utterly diSregarded, and they
are today in the heather nation of the earth.
But Christianity has worked great reform.
The children today have a right to live,
their lives are now regarded with a sacred
care, their right to existence is Gs much con-
ceded as that OF the president of the United
States. What has done this? Some say
civilization. Not SO; it is due to Christianity.
Our duty is to found Christianity in the
hearts OF the children. How? By founding
Christianity in the hearts of the mothers.
1t is right that we should have a reverence
for women, not on the grounds of chivalry
or of gallantry. Far greater than these are
the claims for reverence of woman based on
the teachings of science and the result OF
investigation teaching the sacredness of
motherhood. 1t is the purity and the no.
bility of motherhood that l would emphasize
So we today find woman's work in charity
and humanity spreading throughout the
world. All OF humanity's tepderest feelings
she is able to fully sympathize with and ad
minister what is most needed,
The educational interests of this country
arc Of supreme Importance. No people on
Gods earth now, have ever been in the
pest, endowed with such opportunities for
educational work as are the people of the
United States today. But there is great
room for additions to this noble work. The
higher work is to teach the children to fear
God, to observe the principles of truth. Of
honesty, of honor, of purity and of high
moral courage If We neglect such teach
ings, no matter how extensive and powerful
educational system may be, we must
look for the logical result to follow within
a few generations-our children will grow
to be nation of atheists and sceptics. This
Is grave statement, but 1t is none the less
a fact. The best way is to educate the
mother, and the future mother who shall in
time teach her children, from the cradle up.
with the highest teachings of truth and
purity. Such instruction, placing Chris
tianity far above science, arts. literature,
language or any other branch of education,
is what is most needed today to save the
daughters Of our land"
PrnsneritY cnmes nuickest To the man