The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-08

clergy hnu lhlkN OF tue LtoNeathul I
Episcopal church IA the United States
of America Grace be unto you and
peace, from God our Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
One more triennial convention Of the
church has met and concluded its de-
ii beratious. Never before, we believe,
has a spirit Of profounder seriousness
pervaded the minds II bishops and
deputies; never has a council of this
church felt more deeply the respousi-
biIities Of the hour.
With new and tremendous obliga-
tions pressing upon the church aud the
tion; with prob ems of vast import
for the future confronting us; with
8 roug cries for help from the peoples
OF man. lands sou ding In our ears,
your bi hops and your representative
in convention assembled have prayed
aud have labored, reverently, we trust,
in the spirit of Christ.
Five new missior airy bishops have
been elected, and the Jurisdictions OF
the domestic missionary field have been
redistributed and in some instances
renamed. Amendments TO our consti-
tuition and canons have been nsid-
Z ed and adopted, to meet the actual
needs OF the time, a oove all, the re-
po Is Of workers in the mission aeld
have been heard, and every effort has
been made to lindle in the hearts OF
the people an enthusiasm for the ex
tension OF the kingdom of God.
Assembled here in the capital city
OF the republic, welcomed with gra-
cious kindness by the president OF the
United States and assured by him OF
his appreciation of this ancient
church and its new sowing for the
Master and for man" we are mindful
Of the divine trust committed unto us
aud would urge upon our brethren oi
the clergy and lRity solemn cousid
GRAFTON, in humility and with prayer
OF the vital issues that we must NEE
and for our dealings with which W.
must give account.
Our attention has been specially
called, by a resolution adopted in the
house of deputies, to the fact that mex
WhitsundRy will be the seventh semi
centennial anniversary OF the Fook o
Common Prayer. And we most earn
estly ask that the day m2y be observed
in our churChel as commit emorattug at
event which, more than any oJhel
single gift of God, has reversed thl
confusion Of tongues, by giving 10 thl
lips of countless woI shippers the on,
| "mout th" in which TO snow forth GOD
praise. We hail with satisfaction th'
wonderful harmony wIth which thi
general convention, Oy the proposal o
an amendment 70 our constitution
| has, without weakening the use o
| lowering the value OF the Prayer Book
| opened the way tow ards traiui /
| congregations OF Ch l. tinns unuse,
TO our nturgieal forms, 90 accus
tor themselves, by p oceases O
! education, 10 approach and deslr
! them. Maintaining intact the sacrR
| mental teryic &, and the offices " hlcl
conserve the polily ot the church, IS
are free TO aoopt the ordinary foru
OF eummon praye. TO national an
raci 81 habits of thought and expres
| sion. and as to win them by degrees
To the old ana better way,
And we are Il lad, while insisting up
on the Importance Of keeping he puo
| lie school system OF education tre
from political intrigue or demon ma
! tional intrusion, TO urge all the more
II at II most be complement ed and con
secratsd by more careful and dehnit
training in religious truth in the fam
ly and ia the Sunday school, In churc
schools and colleges, and in the care
full teaching of the clergy of th
church.
We have rec, ived, with mingle
gratitude ana concern, the report G
the committee on the state OF tn
church. We are most thankful for Ia
manifest and manifest and manifol
tokens OF Gods blessing upon tn
faithful labors OF the clergy, and th
consecrated service of the laity durin
the three years lat past.
We gladly recognize the earnest an
effectual work OF the various organ
zations in the church-the Woman
Auxiliary, the Brotherhood of St Al
drew, the Girls Friendly society tt
Daughters Of the King, the de"OI
women who IN sixterhOods and as de'
! coneases are bearing their faithfl
! witness and turning many TO Chris
1t is good for us to know that the nun
bsr Of persons confirmed during u
! laAt three years is thirty-fve hundr'
more than in the like Preeeedir
period that our list of communican
has grown by 63,146, an increase OF Il
? per cent and that the contribltio
OF the last riennium exceed those
- the like preceding period by 81, 90
lo4.70.
N Yet the record Of statistics, spiritu
n and material, while it encourages
4 on the one hand, leaves rs impress
n almost. we may say, oppressed
NJ with q sense OF duties left undone,
n open doors into which we have u
u entered, which must mingle the pei
- tential utterances OF confession wi
the words Of Thanksgiving and prEii
The cry OF the colored people, "
< are our wards as Christian citizens
; America, for adequate expenditure
= labor and money 70 train them TO ci
x zenship OF the nation aud the churc
4 the cal for means 10 seize the oP'
. ings and opportunities In the missi,
Z ary districts, and the J. age uEoecupI
: areas ia dioceses Of the west a
= south; the claims from our stint
< missions in foreign lands all tn
; are painful evidences Of vide indif
z ence and Of inHdequste support.
I Meanwhile, we stand confron
= with large problems, and with larl
= possibilities for the preaching OF
pure gospel, and the extension
z Christis kingdom among people VII
Z the Providence OF God, In strange I
! wonderful ways, has brought wit
the range of our responsi bility,
. tional and ecclesiastical.
\ we dere not face tue future with
A recognition OF the fact that
church needs the stirring up Of
vills az the faithful 10 the plontr
Z bringipg forth OF the fruit OF Z
works. Of the giving OF th ir anhsta
"a t,amselves 10 further the Masl