Voice of missions., 1900-02-01
It'll
PISCOPAL
DISTRICT
buring the Year IS0o--Five
Hal Conferences In 0eor-
Il; Three In Alabama.
and COllegeS-Faithful Men,
ThpS Erected and Debts Paid.
hop Turner, Primate of the
.hurch, Should BE Con.
gratulated-Her Posi-
tiOn In the General
Conference of
1900.

Sixth Episcopal District, COM
is it is, of the states of Georgia
5 abama, is very remarkable
- ways than one. The fertility
-dlation of these states are most
bit, in that thousands live here
e largely farmers. The mild
and congenial weather make it
= hn ideal summer home. This is
II the largest district in the
1pos sibilities for the spread of
! lrch, the work that must neces-
d De done, makes this, in many
d +, the most burdensome of any
y in the church. In the district
Ire more than 1,600 ministers,
lvr 105, 900 members, with two
D., hundreds on hundreds of
IN schools, and thousands of
linen and women connected with
NJ. E. machinery; the buying
.Foh property, paying of debts,
ing food and raiment to supply
Y thousands, purchasing a home,
fting newspapers and looking
'4thousand other things that annoy
dfple1, make this one of the hard
Edens for both the Bishop and
ters. But whatever may be said
1ihe men of this district, whether
Aheir department morally or in
actually, to my mind, God has
Y made a more law-abiding, a
VlOyal and faithful class of men
d Hose who compose this district.
Ahave made the A. NJ. E. Church
4 she is in this section. With
3es and dimes, poorly clad, i'll fed,
4 exposed, they have braved the
4 and, like the tenth legion of
4 Caesar, ignorant of their own
be and health. they have tried to
ish the Masters kingdom in
land on mountains-wherever the
Iasshown. The claims of the church
a Nbeen met, when families have
| left without bread and clothing.
1876 this district has put into
pliers of the general church, to
nothing of churches erected,
Us, books and other necessaries,
than $275,000. Can or shall we
ushed aside? Or can it be said
We are not loyal and will not do
1ty?
Fhop Turner came to the district
height of the transition period
church, when the pent-up fires
past and a deep consideration
be present, and when the skies
Indicative of desperate efforts to
forward the work of the future;
time when the financial condi-
Of the country was distressing;
the rains, storms, smallpox and
pv fever were broadcast; when the
: Of justice were arraigning some
d greatest men of the country be-
hem, and when criticism was
All Of this had its effect during
W and '9S. Do you ask, if these
hindrances? They speak for
nselves.
owe very much of our success,
ell as our harmony in, getting to-
aef, to the circulation, monthly, of
ll,OO0 copies of The VOICE OF
sIoSs and the 5000 to 5000 copies
Fky of The Christian Recorder.
'9pense of these papers has been
consideration to those sending
out. The editor of The VOICE
LESSONS ~ has run that paper at a
Alce OF his own personal needs In
Ntaold affairs. Cicero was never
n n determined to lay bare the plans
UIallne than the invincible DIR,
''hS and his very Christian wife have
70 get out the Southern Christian
Ofaer. The Presiding Elders, sta,
nClfcult and Mission men through
ue district meant to rebuke every
auG woman who have attempted
'pSak In derision of the faithful
h., 'uu women of Georgia and Ala
|On., Je,y conference in the Sixth Epis'
|lss s' district n have raised this year
~, 70 $94O dollar money above last
. n win other expenses met, giving
lon Srris aa Brown and Payne College:
NV NJ 1900 to $1,000.
L,o1.t III can truthfully say, that almost
Asn u'e harmony reigned during these
at annual Conferences. Some O
T,est ~ men, along any line in the
are In this district. We art
% confess, that Alabama, in hel
unqat Conferences, simply bea
Many stations and circuits
more than hundred dollar
- year. We ask even our mos
IS II this is not al item of in
n Georgia and Alabama?
as been said about the posi-
IS district and her attitud
eral Conference of 1900; s.
at two or three of the mel
te have become weak a
sy seem to fprget the wor|