The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02

Mason. niece Of Mrs. Hill, in a letter
enclosing her contribution for the
Woman's United Offering of 1907, re-
| ports an enrolment of 200 pupils The
! purpose OF these schools has ever been
not to antagonize the Greek Church,
| but to assist in the enlightenment of
It's ignorant members, and unfold to
them the true ideal of their own
church.
A New Era.
{, The year 1885 marks the beginning
l'of a new era in the church's history
of missions. In that year three events
| of epochal Importance took place.
First: Under canon passed by Cen
eral Convention to provide for mis-
sionary jurisdiction. the Rev. jackson
kemper was elected Bishop to the
Northwest
Second: The Rev. Henry Lockwood,
| of the General Theological Seminary,
and the Rev Francis r. Hansen, of
| the Virginia Seminary. We're sent as
missionaries to China. Though they
/ were unable to enter the Celestial En-
4 pire on account Of the closed door,
still the fact Of their attempt marks
the beginning of a larger and more
successful missionary endeavor
Third: General Convention declared
4 that the church is a missionary So
Iciety. composed of all its baptized
Anembers. These three, facts afford us
three topics for the further consider
alton of our subject; namely: the
.hurch's domestic missions, her foreign
missions, and her missionary organiza-
lions.
First: Domestic missions. When the
General Convention of 1885 adopted
The canon, which provided for mis-
ionary bishops, new lease Of life
was given to the church. Says Dean
lodges: Within fifteen years after
the conservation Of the first mission
airy bishop both tho clergy list and
the COMMUNICATE list had more than
doubled"
Domestic Missions.
The work Of our domestic mission
: aries forms record of heroic self
{ sacrifice and earnest conservation. Tn,
y rigorous work of Bishop Kemper ir
: the four States of Iowa, Minnesota. Mis-
souri, and Wisconsin,; the Rev. Jane:
: Lloyd Breck, founder Of church school:
# in Michigan and on the Pacific
Bishop kips ministrations to the Cali
r fornia miners of '49; Bishop Whip
S Plies devoted apostleship to TIN
' Indians; Bishop Whitaker's faithful
q abors in Nevada; Bishop Wingfeld'
Z heroic struggles against tremendou
: obstacles in Northern California; gu
:. honored Presiding Bishop futile
= twenty years of missionary episcopal
: to Utah, Idaho and Montana; Risho
:, Leonard's wise administrations In Ne
: vada and Utah; Bishop Talbot'r lovini
. service to his people Of the plains
) the late beloved Bishop Spalding'
I consecrated life in Colorado; Bisho
is Brewers success in Montana; TIL
4 + if,,ir TO re Prnn1Sp'
.e episcopacy in Oklahoma; the indefati
l. gable labors OF Bishop Funston in tn
II district Of Boise, and Bishop Nichols
untiring endeavors to repair the raw
lie ages made by earthquake and fire
re all these as we'll as multitude c
p other shining examples illustrate tn
9 sublime fact that holy men to-day ar
4 treading the sacred pathway of tn
t. early apostolic missionaries.
ar Nor is the church to-day forgettin
~ t,er duty to the North America
~ Indians, for whose enlightenment st
appropriated last year $4,000. Mer
81 ton must be made of Bishop Hare's an
&c, Bishop Mann's faithful labors In b'
half Of the red men, and Of presbyte1
q. both white and red, ard also of sue
nj women as Miss Colby and Miss Syh
Carter, native Of the Old Dominic
Among the Negroes.
t. Though the progress Of work amor
ed the coored people has been slow Of
in difficult stiil such large and prospe
n. GUS institutions as st. Marks Acaden
as and Industrial School, Birmingha
us Alabama. st. Augustine's, Of Raleig
So North Carolina, and the st. Pau
ny Normal and Industrial School. OF La
as rencevi!le. Virginia, are lasting mo
yn uments to the churchs wise pr
as vision for her colored members. T
of Bishop Payne Divinity School. of T
las tersburg, Va, and King Hall. Was
ington. D. c., are training a sma
to but carefully selected company
tu young coored men for the ministry
he their own race. The action of t
lat Twenty-third Annual Conference
ch Colored Workers, recently held
on Asbury Park. N. j., with reference
gh the much discussed question Of
D., colored episcopacy, indicates the II
ry. that the Protestant Episcopal Chur
Id is developing loyal, yet self-respe
her ing churchmanship among the CO
S. municants Of that race.
i've Virginia, the cradle of Americ
ent Guardianship, Is ever alive to