Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-27
WORK OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Missionary Council is Addressed by
Various Bishops on Conditions
In Their Dioceses.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 26.-The Missionary
Council of the Protestant Episcopal church
completed all its business at the morning
session today. In the afternoon the delegates
visited the Womans Auxiliary and heard
missionary addresses from the women, while
the evening was largely given to the closing
addresses of the council and farewell So
cial meeting of these who, in three days
time, had become like old friends, although
many OF them were total strangers at the
beginning of the councils sessions
The morning began with the usual re-
ligious services, at the conclusion of
which Bishop Tuttle Of Missouri asked
permission to introduce resolution. This
was accorded him and he read the following
resolution, which he asked to have adopted:
Whereas The people of the state of Utah
have by their suffrage elected Brigham II
Roberts to be their representative in the
congress of the United States; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That a memorial be forwarded
by this missionary council TO the house of
representatives praying its members to Sc
cure, by concurrence of two-thirds of
their votes, the expulsion from the house
of the said Brigham II. Roberts.
Bishop Whipple, the presiding officer,
ruled the resolutions out OF order, saying
that the council had met for a specific pur-
pose and could not consider outside matters.
The bishop of Marquette presented reso-
luton that the Board OF Managers materially
enlarge the free circulation OF the report
OF the secretary of the board Adopted.
In the course Of an argument on a resou-
! tion to make a rule requiring stated con-
! tributions to the missionary fund, which was
| defeated. Rev. w. Mcknight OF Elmira, N
y, commented on the advantage that the
| English church has over the American
| church because of its connection with tn,
| government, and intimated that he woult
| like to see the union OF the church ant
state In this country.
II think our flag would lock better II 4
also had cross on it," is the way he put it
The report of the Women's auxilar!
showed collections Of $40, 1873 for the year
Bishop Gaylor OF Tennessee read the repor
| on the missionary work done among th
colored people. 1t complimented the worl
being done at Kings hall, Washington, d
c.; Payne school Petersburg, Va, and a
! Hoffman hall Nashville Tenn.
Bishop j. b. Cheshire OF North Carolina
! in discussing the report said the colore
people were growing worse instead CT better
1T was not to be expected he said, "tha
people set free because OF supposed po
litica necessity should not retrograde unde
the weight OF responsibility they were no
prepared to assume" Bishop Cheshire dis
cussed the negro from the standpoint Of tn
southern man who has sympathetic regar
for the black man while feeling assured {
the white mans superiority. He paid
strong tribute to the colored men who wer
working among their people IN the intereS
of the church. He advocated the establish
ment Of more industrial schools for then
The resolution IN the report declaring IN
appropriation OF $4,000 insufficient and rec
ommending the appointment OF a field secre
tary was adopted,
The report Of the American Church Mis-
sionary society was read and Rev. f, Estl
D. D., discussed IT, It showed what is bein
done In Brazil and other South America