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


lea and Europe than the Broth
crhood of St Andrew. OF the Twelve
apostles OF Christ Andrew, SIMON
ter's brother, is perhaps we tSese
name Is least frequently mehtioheu
in Scripture. The one stateni zen ~
his iirst appearance in the iiaEtatlnS,
when it is told that on meeting Win
christ. Andrew went and brought his
brother to Jesus. has shown the spirit
of the man. and is The spirit ~ when
the Episcopal layiaen are organizing
to-day The brotherhood is descrlped
IN its charter as Fan organization for
The spread of chs Kingdom alliohs
men"
Great Convention.
DIVIDED into two sections, the JUNIOR
and senior branches. the w
embraces in It's scope the men and
bows of the Episcopal Church, ana
Wherever its chapters have been or
gained it, has proved the strongest
Brotherhood of st. Andrew antedates
by several years any OF the other
organizations for men established IN
the various Protestant churches, anc
most OF these Including the Brother
hood OF Andrew and Philip. the Pres
Dvterian Brotherhood and the Baptist
Mems League, have been more or
less organized on the lines laid down
by The Brotherhood OF st. andrew.
MIR. James l.. i1oughteling, of chicago,
Is generally accepted as the origin"tor
Of the idea and in his church |
ne first chapter was organized a quar- |
ter of a century ago, spreading rapid |
~ all over the church and ming !
long fe,. want In the church macnin-
cry
The brotherhood of st. Andrew has
Just completed its most successful an
nual convention. having been IN SEES
sion in Washington city for the pas,
week closing with a great meeting on
Sunday. at which the Bishop of Lon
ien was present. Practically all OF
the bishops of the American church.
with many distinguished elergymena
and layInen, attended this session OF
The brotherhood convention which was
the largest ever held. The reports
made at this annual meeting showed
the organization to be making rapid
strides. and counterpart in the
Church of England is also meeting
with great success. There We're re
ported at this meeting I ss s,, aetiy in Sc
chapters, making a grand total of
1905 chapters in the United States,
with a total membership Of y, 6l4
retariesg are employed in the work of
the organization, and a central office
is maint tanned In Boston, from which
is#issued a monthly official organ, st.
Andrews Cross.
Mems Thank Offering.
During the past year a new phase
IF brotherhood work has been under
experiment, and serves in itself to il
lustrate the kind of work being under
i taken by the various chapters. Broth
erhood men in various cities have vol
unteered one by one to become respon-
sible for boys under the charge of the
AlthoughGthis system is still on trial
it has already proven that something
of this sort offers q useful field for
brotherhood work 1nd that remarka-
BILE results have been obtained by those
who have followed it faithfully.
One of the most successful features
undertaken by the brotherhood on a
large scale has been the MONDAY Len
ten services in many cities and towns
of this country. "A decided step for
. ward in this work was made last year
when the attendance at the daily
MONDAY services in Lent was reported
as being much larger than ever before
The present president of the Broth
erhood OF St Andrew is the Hon. Rob
ert H. Gardiner. presiding officer 70
the United States. %ho is a membe
of the Episcopal General Convention
from the Diocese of Maine, and VIII
has been a prominent member of pre-
vious conventions and an active la
worker in the Episcopal Church.
While the Brotherhood of st. An
drew has not officially lad any direc
connection with the movement, the in
dvidual chapters have done much I
!, make success of the Mems Thank OF
fering,s the Aunigue expression Of til
power and thanks of the church &c
800 years of American Christianity
Lay ihSh 4uoNcHchi.
The Mems Thank Offering is distinc
4 ly a laymens movement. and Viii
an official action of the General Coz
III vention, and therefore a movement
he church officially. it's backbone
the individual churches has large
been through the medium of the men
organization. the brotherhood, whit
has proved it's efficiency to pastor al
church in many acts of helpfulness
The individual churches and people.
Joint session of Il
General Convention of 1904, sitting
the Board Of Missions. in Boston, tn
Mr.. George c. Thomas, an indefatig
BILE church worker of Plnladelphi
Introduced a resolution. which W
adopted, proposing to the dioceses a
4 missionary districts of the church
* send up to the Richmond General CO
vention through their deputies an G
ira Offering for missions, to be pr
"a sented as a special recognition
M thankfulness for the many blessin
upon the church during the 500 yea
Since it was planted at Jamestown
In carrying out this resolution
special committee was appointed &C
sisting OF Rt. Rev. David II, Gre
George q! Thongs Of Philadeiph
Philadelphia. This committee has
bored with excellent results
spreading Information and enthusia
about the Mems Thank Offering. q
proposition In brief is 10 nave eY
man and boy In the communion
the American church to make a c
tribution to a special fund for II
As sions a condition of the fund is |
II shall in no way interfere With
IN usua, missionary work of each par
s,al but be pure thank offering, G
and above all the regular contri
lions of the church, and taken
@ special acknowledgment of the C
s pletion OF 800 years of Ameri
Christianity.
Special Services.
Wednesday, October 9Th, IS the
{ set apart i'm the provisional prog
for the thank offering service.
offering Will be presented at
riaI service at 1890 A. M when /
Communion will be celebrated
afternoon session of the cqnven
will be given up to the considcra
s Of missionary topics, and in the e
ing viii come a great missionary ]
sl-..N meeting al The CITY AlLditnriun.