New-York tribune., 1907-08-03

Fishop Albion w knight, the Episcopal Bishop
q, the missionary district OF Cuba Will estaoiish
seminary in Havana to- prepare native men oi
Cuba for the ministry. According to MS plans !,
viii be orened about September ], and VIII h"iu
its sessions IN tho Episcopal school ouiioris a.
Jesus del Monte. Havana. where there Is no" d
parochial day school
Bishop knight says there is loss OF ulne anu
money in having TO .enS all candidates Tor hoiy
orders from Cuba 10 seninaries in the olIiteu
States Here they have TO learn tnslisI anu ioS'
much time in theological study
IL IS expected that the students VIII be uSeu aS
teachers In the Episcopal mission ihere are
thirtv-ive mission stations in this missionary os
-ricr In Havana there three congregations
CO ~ w,irh IS English speaking At Bacuranao
TOO E small hamlet only ten miles from NAV.
there is religious training. and a SUNDAY se"o %
has been established by J. g. HuelsenKanlp' an
American and the people raising money 10
build chapel where services may De heiu- -,
The Rev 4 T sharpe has been appointed ~fIoen ~
rf tho seminary by Bishop Knight. Its professors
tnc,ude archdeecon Steele. OF Havana: the htE.
c B. Colmore. Tennessean whom bIsnoP IN niiis 81
took 70 Cuba with him IN le'a ano me re-. Fter. Ho .,
,ehan Norren. According 10 the annual IePot. "a
the Bishop of Cuba in 1906 MI Morre,L Is a' 90
of great learning and eloQoeElce' W. -
work 81 the Episcopal Church great impetus among
the Standards OF Havana
.~7,at our work IN Cuba is becoming more than a
,-sra rreachtng service says the Bishop. rs III
s,ca-ed by the fact that have confirmed four1een
r1-s,,s ,1,tose accession is the influence OF
his service OF this number. more than half are
,,,.le. and the greater number Spaniaros, ana
80 C-,,ar,s make this note because II Is thous NJ
he tied States
r.nRi Influence IN Cuba through the pohocai ot
r.a.i.ion 20 the Church Of Rome, which during 'ne
reyolutioo was allied with the Spanish govern
Tnent- -. ~, o-,
a rar, of Bishop Knights plans is that the ne"
seminary shall ultimately furnish Episcopal priesls
not only Tor Cuba also for all spanish amer
,ca The Episcopal Church has had for some tiIne
q seminary IN Brazil. where L. L. hinsolVllg Is
Risfop OF the district Of Rio Grande DO Sui Here
the work Is entirely IN Portuguese, however. ana
Z. would be impossible for IL TO supply the Teeos
OF Cuba ,.
In writing Of the work which the American
CHURCH can accomplish IN Cuba. Bishop hnlght
has said: ,, -.
IN aiding her fCubel 20 grasp the principles OF
religious liberty also aid her TO grasp the Ir1
rJes of civil liberty. she is built UP IN these
z,rfncples she becomes longer source OF lrri-
fstion 10 our people. She will understand our
ideals and we Will understand hers, for they Will
be one and a deeper and more lasting oono OF
synrpathy will spring up She will then no longer
look across the seas. but 20 her nearer ana NOR
svrapathetic neig3lbor. On the other haTfo shouio
the time when she shall become a por'ion OF
the United States this training will have htted her
for that relationship She Will not come tleh aS
an alien people people with dirferlng loeals
but IL will be people who can readily grasp our
principles Of civil and religious liberty. and VIII
readily become assimiisted into the BODY poiitic