The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-07
CHURCHMEN
AT Dinner.
Club Held Second Meeting Of
Season at the ElOISe.
ADDRESS BY BISHOP ROWE.
He Told Of Vast Area and Varied Resources
Of Territory Of Alaska.
CITIZENSHIP IN GODS REPUBLIC
Subject Of a Scholarly Address BY Bishop Coadlu'
Tor Brewster Of Connecticut The 44th Ami
vsrsay Of Bishop Clark's Conservation

Last evening for the second time TINS
season the members of the Church-
mems club assembled about the mahog-
any at the Eloise and feasted upon the
usual abundance of Ssason with other
good things There was a large audi
ence covers being laid for l36 diners
and at o'clock, when President John
Nicholas Brown formally opened the
banquet, nearly every chair was occu-
pied.
The guests of the occasion were Rt'
Roy Peter Trimble Rowe, ID. d., mis-
sionary bishop of Alaska; RI. rev.
Chauncey Bunce Brewster. ID. d. p'sh-
op coadiutor of Connecticut; Rt. Kew
William n. McVickar, bishop coaoJutor
of Rhode Island and Rev. Johh fa''on
Lindsey. delegate from Japan 10 '"e
General convention. The company was
marshalled to table by Mr.. Il. L. NICK
erson. Mr.. J. f. Bolan, Mr.. Harry H.
Tndan Mr.. Henry w. Cooke ana MI
E,red y Mason. while orchestral music
Was discoursed from the gailelS
throughout the dining peflou'
|
,aant BROWN with appropriate remarks
introduced the first speaker Oh the ~
Ming Rishop Rowe of Alaska, VINO
made n general address on the oio,ese
over which he presides. ne p~,anop ~
| stated that Alaska represented ia ase,,
| section of our country, peihs ohs -
| The size of the United states ana nav
ine a coast line of 300 miles. III IL
| col,ntrv of many resources; It's lur
| hea,iny animals it's fisheries, lts can
| ,a,ias its coal and other mineral ue-
,,osits being important. IL has no Tor
| rsts of any extent The bishop cor
| siders the fisheries question i l"'
! greater Importance than sea'ins O."
! leading national question IN poln thS
! rTni,od states and Great Britain, anu
| !, sbould have more government Con-
| sidarotion At one representative nsh
| inc centre the largest seine hauI 20
| salmon made at one time lanueu lvo'vVo
| of the fish II was nccompHshTu ps
| steam power. one cannery nearly III
the summer employs over 4VV hn,,orr
! No, cold is largely produced, oeins
| eaund i'm rock and slate formation anu
| a,,on I'm gravel deposits at the botlonn
: 80 the lakes. Business men VI Hai'
| L,oncisco are enthusiastic over the
la,,,,,arcial importance OF Alaska'
claiming that but for IL there Woulu pc
more business distress in that CITY,
lNA
! ,,,,,y an Alaska They are all NorhhE
l.n,div and I'm perfect harmony WIN
| ,,Sar missions, the Greek. the ko-
Wv. catho,ic and the Presbyterian
rhe work OF the Episcopal rs peconlins
-, Interesting. IL was discouraslhg
at arst. but the great opportunltes az =
now more distinctly descrleu anu w w
workers are taking advantage vi ''0'"
pisbop Brewster OF connecticut Wa
then presented and talked III a very
scholarly manner mon tne sucJv cJN., !,
..ct,tgonshin i'm the Republic or Zoo.
~ &ner,cans. he said. have recently
W, i,,rod to the sense of citi1enshlI
| ~, thc republic of God; To an luea o'
~, ~ rhrrch as the republic of God. Th'
Gt.tsttan's life is not. isolated, oN "
s.lf lie enters into fellowship Wheh ny
,ntars the church. Man Wh" y p9P
tizrd to christ becomes ILL.,, 49,,
,.,,,,,uity with the hapiiSn tn'
,trtstian is horn into a great catnon'
hrm,hcrhood. The divine purpose ~ !.
-. together all kinds OF men, VIII
- nI,as of views into one FAMILY. lhe,
aro all hound together by the disclpun'
~ family life. " is divine proVlsiol
Co., conpelling men 10 live together u
J poece and brotherly love: W. ,l,,..' snUI,'
h.v,arc az pctty views Of indiNlduahsn
f,nd work FOR the parish renempeIlhl
49, c,,,zcnship in the republic OF God
,rt. rbristian ideal is n city, the sym
III ~ human life at its thickest den
4 s,,y and its highest intensity. tn
4 Gh,,stian citizenship should be broa
, ,nd high. we cannot have one thin
rightly broad unless II Is materiall
: bigh Tht demand is for great Thoughts
= Tor high endeavors. for LOFTY aspiration
u s,cu, those who are citizens In the re
= public of God.
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