Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
CAUSE OF MISSIONS.
Great Episcopal Conference
Begins Sessions
AT EPIPHANY CHURCH
BISHOP DoANE breaches THE
OPENING SERMON.
Discusses Race Problem as Applied to
the Church-Holy Communion
Celebrated.
AT EPIPHANY CHURCH

The annual meeting of the missionary
council of the Domestic and Foreign Mis-
sonary Society of the Protestant Episcop al
Church in the United States of America
was formally opened this morning with
public service at the Church of the Epipn-
any. street near 18th. street
The main auditorium of the church was
crowded and many persons were unable 10
get within. Bishop futile of Missouri was
the celebrant at the service. which consisted
of the holy communion and sermon ny
Bishop Doane of Albany.
The service was very much the same as
that at the opening of the all-American
conference of bishops at the Pro-Catheo'ai
last week. Many of the bishops who came
to Washington to attend that conference
were present at the opening of the mission
ary council With the choir and members
of the clergy in the city. they joined IN .i,e'
procession. which was formed OH 'he ~ -.
side, and marched iiito 'he VIM "
the chancei. ..+,,,.,,,
Bishop Doane was listened to attentVels
nv the large congregation. He spoke as
follows
Bishop Doane's Sermon.
"Fire Is at once light and warmth anu
mower. and the origin and pesHiiiihs VI
heat is friction, SO far as eartniy 'li'iie'
are concerned; and friction is part VI INC
essential function and purpose OF ms
slonary council. the rubbing together' IL
nay so say, not in any vulgar use ol W., uS.
of minds ana heaftS anu SUNS '
hands as well.
..And the end and aim or IL Is hsu. anu
warmth and power: that we may oe en-.
Nshtened to see eye to eye, 10 see truth ~
SEQ duty and to see God; that we may We
warmed out of GOODNESS and lndlf1erehce
and indebtedness; that we may pe
strengthened with the energy ana ioice VI
q true power, which, find nS the luici uiii'
can move the world Thank Coo we nave d
heavenly as well as an earthly source "
fire not by a Promethean theft. put by tie
down-comng to earth of the eternal son VI
God: the light that coming into the "o[lu
lighteneth every man, the warmth VI ~
love which condescended to quicken deao
humanity with the resurrection power OF
His indwelling and the power from on nlgn
with which we are endued and endowed py
His gift of the Holy Ghost proceeding
from the Father by the Son
."Tbis * of course the highest ana tne
lest source But the other is a great ele-
ment in human life and human WORK, anu
as | stand unworthily and somewhat I'M
willingly to speak the opening words before
the mis- ionary council of the church, am
sure that | interpret rightly the junction
of a preacher, that l am not s9t mere ~
Mead for the need of miss onS, TO urge the
duty of miss ous to argue the value OF mis-
eions Int only to set in motion the friction
of contact one with another, which snail
send us out and back to our places OF ser
vice. with new consciousness or oppor,
tunity and privilege and responsibility ana
a new consent to face here with one an
other the difficulties and problems or
world to be evangelical and won to Christ
1--WE airs to take counsel one with an
other. here, upon the several subjects Sc,
lected for consideration. taking for granted
the foundation fact that missions were the
purpose of the church's founda ton and are
the breath of the church's life, the aim or
the church's existence. the evidence or the
church's relation to her head, the token OF
the church'S likeness to her Lord the reali-
"a ton of the churchs complementariness as
she is the fullness of Him which illeth all
in ALL