The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-15

In the afternoon at ST. Pauls Church
q missionary meeting was held. both
houses taking part. The presiding
bishop was in the chair.
The services were begun by singing
20 Spirit of the Living God" after
which prayer was said by the presiding
bishop. The minutes were read and
approved. The members of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary were given the privf-
leges OF the floor. The general subject
for discussion was THE Churcii's Work
on Behalf of Indians, Negroes and West
Africans"
The presiding bishop presented as
the first speaker the ri. Rev. William
II. Hare Bishop Of South Dakota.
whose part in the discussion was the
work among the Indians. Bishop Hare
began by saying that he had address, ed
the General Convention SO often on the
same question that he hoped II would
forget what he had said before. After
describing the tribes OF indians which
are located all the way from the Ever
glades of Florida to Alaska. he told
the story of how these people are dis
eased. poor. shiftless and broken
hearted. He said that they do not like
us: do not like our schools, and are
full of distrust for us. Bishop Hare
declared that the only way to Chris
tianize the Indians was TO- take their
very small children into the schools
and build hospitals to care for the
sick. He said that the only thing thai
seemed to touch them was to alleviate
their sufferings.
Bishop Hare surrendered the last
ten minutes of his time so that he
might introduce his assistant. the Rt.
Rev. Dr. T. T. Johnson. the Assistant
Bishop of South Dakota.
After paying high compliment to
Bishop Hare. Bishop Johnson entered
at once into the discussion OF the
work among the Indians OF his own
diocese. OF the $500 Indians. he said,
one-half were baptized and one
seventh were confirmed. and no fewer
than 300 were confirmed last year. The
most interesting part OF his short talk
was what he told of the old Indians
who We're being converted to the faith,
among them warriors who took part
in the Custer massacre. and others
who were with Sitting Bull. and
finally OF the conversion of Chief
American Horse. who was the United
States emissary to the Utes. Al
though the house voted to give Bishop
Johnson longer time, he declined to
take it.
Work Among Negroes.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Bratton,
Bishop of Mississippi. was next in
troduced, his subject being The
Negroes in America." Bishop Bratton
addressed his remarks to the question
of the negro in the South, and began
BY saying that any one who attempted
making q generalization of the negro
IS generally wrong.
He said that the emancipation of the
slaves came with as great relief to thc
whites as to the negroes themselves
and that his father. who owned not
fewer than 500 negroes in South Caro-.
lima, said that 1t was the whites who
had been emancipated, and not the
negroes, by the war. He asserted that
the negroes at the time they were
emancipated Were utterly unable tc
take care of themselves without white
leadership and then he pictured II
touching words the horrors of recon.
Btruction days. saying that those hard
ships had been brought about by. those
who did not know much about the
original constructions He told how
much better was the life OF the negro
before the war than the period after
1t, and especially, he said, was, this
true, regarding the Christianity of the
negro, for there We're only half as man,
communicates In South Carolina aftel
the war as there We're before It, be
cause the negroes have become .es
tranged from the church and have
Joined other religions, Where moral!
were not as strongly taughtas by tn.
Episcopal Church. Continuing, he said
that he had come to the parting of til,
ways, for either work among the ne