New-York tribune., 1902-12-04
BISHOPS AT C4RNEGIE HALL.
DR.. POTTER AT MISSIONS MEETING
TELLS THE REV s D. MCCONNELL
TO FACE HIS AUDIENCE.

The days missionary meetings ended last
night with gathering at Carnegie Hall THE
Light of the World" was the general subject
for the meeting. and three clergymen-an Amer
lean. an Erglishman and one from Kyoto-were
scheduled to speak. The speakers and their
subjects were: The Worlds Need" the Rev.
DIR. S. d. Mcconnell, formerly Of the Holy Trim
ity Church. Brooklyn. and who recently sue
ceeded the Rev DR.. R. Hcber Newton al All
Souls Church; The Light Of the World" by
the Right Rev. Arthur T. Lloyd. Lord Bishop OF
Thetford and What Missions Have Done, by
the Right Rev. DR.. s c Partridge. Bishop of
Kyoto.
Bishop Potter presided and with him sat the
Lord Bishop Of Thetford and Bishops McVickar.
Of Rhode Island; Ellison Capers. of South Caro-
lima; Peterkin. of West Virginia, and S. c.
Partridge, Of Kyoto. The hall was crowded.
Speaking on The Worlds Need" DR.. McCon-
nell said in part:
be .reduced to two. The needs of men for their
understood. 1t is the need of the soul We must
consider The lack Of need for eifheI IS yo ,a
remember that starvation OF the neeas OF the Soui
The main Thing in the Christian church is to lead
men 70 realize the praetGsi consequences oi he he
greatest are those OF tae parishes Tight e. IN fhs
e el ex6ep in mssons es o People think by this
statement that missionaries must be sent to the
greatest missionary place is right here. In pagan
door Of nsganisr1. and we now must stand for the
first time intelligently acquainted with that world
OF heathsnisT1
yhere any peril thrsasnipE the the PEOPLE o Of the the
world apart from CHRIST Rlght mere We Ioucn t
is it we send missionaries TO foreign lands for?
At this juncture DR.. Mcconnell happened to
be almost with his back to the audience facing
Bishop Potter.
Turn around and face your audience" said
the Bishop in a voice that easily was heard by
those in front.
Dr. Mcconnell seemed disconnected for mo-
ment hut continued:
I do not know whether pagans will be
damned or not. I viii qualify that by saying
God Will punish those that have committed sin
irnocently.''
Dr. Mcconnell was heartily applauded
The Lord Bishop Of Thetford was the next
speaker. He said in part:
Take out every picture in the art galleries in
this country and in Europe bearing directly or IN
composition pertaining directly or indirectly on
tsnne drecfg dG"R to Christ leave cut Of history
every particle pertaining directly or indirectly to
shows shows that hat He is THE Light of the world"
believe that every country excepting Japan-and
advantage Of and that the tb inhabitants may be
cepting Japan, that is progressive is Christian
The Lord Bishop related an anecdote of
Charles Darwin. whom he styled man who
was not bigoted or enthusiastic giver to for
eign missions" in which Darwin had visited
island and reported a class OF people so degraded
that there was little difference between them
and animals. The Missionary Society sent mis-
sionaries there, and soon afterward. after Dar-
win had made another visit. he began giving
an annual contribution to the foreign mission
ary cause. which he kept up to his death
Bishop Partridge told Of missionary work in
China and Japan