The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-05

tho work OF other preachers OF the
old gospel. Tho Mothodists and Ro-
man Catholics f,Nye done pioneer
left out ut the start: We have been
neglected. What can be done? We
need moro money. We must convert
our rich laymen. Tho church has plen-
y 81 money were !. It !, truly tconsecrated
need In tho Middle VESTS q divlncly
appointed apostolic church. not ba-
|tianity." lt {. 81
Here q the u pres!dlns bishop ann ouncea
t was at once moved that tho Bishop
OF Chicago he given an limited time
to extend his renlar ks. the motion be-
Ing unanimously carried, nmid aefthu-
stastic hand -clapping from churcils and
Great Prairie states.
The bishop Of Chicago told Of the
devolopmentgof the Layinen's5 Forward
Movement end Its possibilities, and
urged that the church take hold OF
1t snd nurture 1t. rather than have the
movement dwindle and decay, or to
have an Independent missionary move
ment grow up outsidcsof church con-
troll or authority.
After the singing OF "Jesus Shall
Reign. the presiding bishop intro
duced the Rt. Rev. Cameron Mann, d.
D.. Bishop of3North Dakota, who spoke
on the "Churoh's Duty to the .Anleri-i
Bishop Mann stated tha1 the area
he was asked to represent EMBRACED
the States Of Oklahoma, Kansas, Me-
braska. North and South Dakota, a
territory Of 100000 square miles and
e"3 @hs sFe same sG9eoss psepe
clared. ARE largely States without
large cities: The population Is largely
agricultural. There are no mines and
no manufacturing. It means small
towns with scattered population. and
With no great wealth. and no large
without q millionaire and without a
paSlper. In 4some ways It Is an Ideal
condition. The problem OF the SUM
and the problem or the strike doesn't
touch us.
'"rhc people are our own people
your sons atld daughters from the
Middle West and New England. They
were baptized and confirmed in the
parish church at home, and they have
gone to country where the church
Is not to be found.
+ Then we have the immigrant popu-
lation OF other States, people Of no
Church. T4s = =
Then we have some weird religions
With, fantastic doctrines, What the
farming and less diversity in religion.
THE same emigrant who. when
dumped into the sluins becomes "a pes
Fteting sore. when placed on land
of his own. stands upon his feet and
zen. We need, men. we must be able
when q suitable man offers his SER
vices. to say your salary is guar
janteed. The Board OF Missions must
be. put In n position to- come right up
and guarantee the salaries Of Unsuitable
II, H. a.
great prairie States can only be meas
.ured by the love Of the church, to the
American people" go Z.
In Southern Mountains.
The Right Rev. Lewis w. Burton,
Bishop Of Lexington. was introduced.
and addressed the Joint session on
The Duty the CHURCH Owes to the
Mountains" ~
Bishop Burton spoke for an area OF
mountain ranges known as the Appa-
lachian range, without cities, repre-
sand square miles and two million
people. Bishop Burton told lof q. peo-
pie living In The Southern mountains.
walled in for a century, living fossils.
from the progress Of the world in
arts. commerce. invention and religion.
.The population is all OF American
birth. less than one-half Of one per
cent being Of foreign birth. There
In origin these people are Scotch
Irish, and like all fossils have de-
Perforated during their century OF -fos-
sill life, buried in the heart of the
country as widely separated from tho
world as though they had Chinese
wall. So VI.
Local option has taken liquor from
the. mountain white, and the noun
taineer is beginning to have his own
say as to whether the law is to be
oboycd. ;,$
I'1rwenty-flve years ago the retire
ment OF the mountaineer was broken
into when the hidden treasures OF
coal In the Southern. mountains was
q fscovered. Mines and railroads now
.niash In and people who have been