The Washington times., 1903-10-26
BISHOPS TO ATTEND
MISSION MEETING
Episcopal Dvines Now Here, Together With Dis
tingushed Laymen, Will Address Conference
of Church CounciI-OpenS Tuesday

Bishop Satterlee in his splendid work.
THE Building OF a Cathedral" en-
phasized the fact that the absence of
all local influences in the Capital Of the
country constitutes not only not a dan
ger but an advantage.
"One of the most marked advantages"
he continues, lis the opportunity for
stimulating interest in missionary
work. Washingtonians. by their very
residence in Washington. feel that they
belong not to any particular State. but
to the whole country. Such a
state of mind leads church people to
take a far more vivid interest in mis-
sionary work than II they were differ
emily situated. Their eyes are accus-
toned 10 wide horizons"
So it is most fitting and appropriate
the missionary council OF the church
should be held in Washington. for the
people of the Capital City are so used
TO hearing constantly OF the work OF the
Government in other parts OF the world
they realize the magnitude of the wide
~ separated mission work of the church.
The council opens with a central ser
vice in Epiphany Church tomorrow
morning. and ends with a public meet
ing in the same church on Thursday
night
Devoted to Missionary Endeavor.
The spread Of Christianity throughout
the world by the aid Of missionary en-
deavoreTs has ever been the constant
care Of the Anglican Church. The
mother church I'm England never ne
elected to send a minister of the Cos
pei with each expedition TO the New
World. and that venerable English mis-
sionary body the Society for the Propa-
cation Of the Gospel. which has recent
ly celebrated it's bicentennial supplied
the colonies with clergy and churches
for many years. 1t is the boast of the
English nation that wherever the union
Jack goes an English Bible goes. too
Missionary work in America has
grown slowly, but surely. With a vast
field to work on this continent alone, II
has yet remembered and listened TO the
cry for help from men IN darkness at
the other side of the world. Mission
stations. with large STATS OF clergy and
workers. are maintained in China, ia
pan. Africa, and the western islands.
while two national churches in the Mex
lean and Brazilian churches are the d.
rect outcome Of American missionary
labor. An institutional life has sprung
up around these missions. and thus
they heal and build up the mental and
moral character while attempting to re-
deem the soul.
New Cares to Be Met.
With the requirement, in 1898. Of our
new possess ions. new responsibilities
and cares arose which the church has
nobly met. and the present missionary
council viii discuss ways and means to
larger effort in this direction Domestic
missions hold a prominent place ia the
Anglican Catholic Church life. and the
spiritual and material necessities OF the
poor and ignorant red. black, and whites
OF the United States are not forgotten
The missionary council is under the
1 auspices OF the Domestic and Foreign
Missionary Society, which has charge
of the organized mission work of the
church, making report in general con-
vention years when the general conven-
ton sits as a committee Of the whole
and becomes the board OF missions. In
the years the board OF missions does not
meet the missionary council takes its
place.
The society maintains sixteen bishops
1.O5s ordained and unordained mission
aries in the domestic field. In the for
| eign department are FIVE missionary
bishops, the bishop OF the church II
Haiti. thirty-nine foreign. and eighty
FIVE native ordained missionaries. witt
502 foreign and native laymen. The
Missionary Society is under the con
troll OF board OF managers. selected
from the bishops, clergy. and laity.
Subjects to Be Discussed.
The missionary council is composed
of all the bishops, diocesan and mis-
sionary, the board of managers. those
clergy and laymen designated by the
general convention. and one presbytel
and layman TO be chosen annually by
the convention or convocation OF each
diocese and missionary jurisdiction.
Many important topics relating Il
missions will be discussed by the coun-
Gil Prominent among these is the
question OF the adoption of the proposed
missionary canon. planned to bring the
| church in closer organic relation with
mission work. which will receive the
fullest need of attention. 1t has beer
agitated for some time. and many be
lieve the time is now ripe for its enact
ment.
The following program has been pre-
pared with an unprecedented list of dis
tinguished speakers.