Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-11-20
CHURCH CLUB
AT SCRANTON

| Episcopal church, was held tuesday
evening ut the Scranton Club, Board
of Trade building, Scranton.
The conccnsus of opinion expressed
by the speakers at the banquet was
| that the Club is destined to become -
potent factor in the Episcopal church
in America. Its peculiar advantage is
in the fact that the clergy and laity
are afforded the one single opportunity
of meeting together several times y
| year and discussing issues paramount
! to the church, not a. laymon to spirit
ual advisers, as one speaker expressed
it, but as gentlemen to and with gent
| lemen. The organization is but of
recent date, April 10, 1902, and has
already given evidence of great
strength in determining church mat
| tcrS.
sSNot only were the leading bishops of
the church among the guests, but also
the representative laity throughout
Pennsylvania. The toIsts were highly
interesting. Previous to the speech
making n short business session was
! held, at which delegates to the nation
al convention to be held at Pittsburg
Jan. If were elected as follows: James
NJ Lamberton, Harrisburg Col. G. NJ
Clement, Sunburv; W. r. Butler,
Mauch Chunk, and Frank G. Angle, Cf
Danvillc.
Bishop Samuel G. Partridge of
Kyoto, Japan, the guest of the Club,
made an interesting response to the
toast: :" The opportunity of the Church
in Japan. In his address he said that
there are twelve Jurisdictions in the
kingdom of Japan, with a Christian
population of 100 souls in each and Il
hcathcn population of 6,000 900.
I'm beautiful language the speaker de
scribcd his own province and diocese,
Kyoto, the glory of the empire. the
home of the true and false prophet, or,
rs his word means, the home of the
practical and theoretical rulcr of the
empire. The word itself is rich il
history and tells OF the division III the
empire resulting iii the contentious OF
two noblemcn for the throne
Church government, peculiar tC
Japan alone, has been wrought to
hlgh state oil perlectlon- Native ano
torelgh CHRISTIANS work harmonlouSlN
together III common cause ana witt
profitable discipline. In fact the
church government IN Japan has reach
ed the highest stage OF development OF
any ch"rch IN tic East. enthusiasm
oi American towns ana tlltt oI hhgllHi
speaking residents cohStl'u'"' strange
TO say, one OF the greatest Hlldrahce'
to the great movement "1 Christian
invasion. In tlelr zeal they 1orGe'
that japanese mnst be educated by
tedious methoua 10 absoluto MINISTRY
and that they cannot by any raplC
TRANSPORTATION assume the perfected
stage OF development IN absolute aht
|
when the natives can stand alone, Will
come, sad the speaker, but 1t is moi
yet.
American MISSIONARIES are "' 1T
tempting To dellatlohallZe tle japanese
SAID Bishop Partridge. Ihe clVlllHa
ton OF Japan Is RAPIDLY nearing com
pletlon. Some OF Its advances are
shocking and demorallzlng. 1t Is 4
common Slght nowadays Sald BIS
mop Partridge, 10 gaze on tllo peautl
ful RUNS OF temple and see across IT.
portals, not the beautiful tlnts ol
Japanese sunset, but the flarlhg colo
OF an advertisement Tor the best brah'
OF American cigarettes.
Japan ministers Will be gwen th'
hand rclnS, not with view OF secur
ing numbers, but with sood, Sonh'
Judgment productive OF Sood results
Many years Will pass before 1t Will b'
safe to admit them to the sacred ora
inanccs OF the church. Bibles are no
disseminated promlscn"usly through
the empire put tlle truthS are present
ed IN limited quantities by texts an'
spreads III legitimate way
Bishop Partridge then sought to dis
abuse the MINDS ol liberal American
OF the foollsl IDEA that TO educate
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