The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
BISHOP BRENT TALKS
Addresses Episcopal Mission
airy Mass Meeting.
CONVERTING THE FILIPINOS
Many Children Ia Audience AT Com
tinentaI Hall Yesterday Afternoon.
Chaplain Pierce Describes self
Sacrificing Work of Men Who Are
Spreading the Gospel.

! Spreading the Gospel.
! A great missionary mass meeting Of
the congregations from all Episcopal
churches in the diocese Of Washington
was held yesterday afternoon in Cont
mental Hall
| Bishop Henry y Satterlee. Of Wash
/ ington presided, and made short talk!
His words were addressed principally TO
the hundreds of children who were pres
ent.
Missionary work in the Philippines, in
China, and in other lands was graph
/ ically pictured by Bishop Charles II.
Brent. of the Philippines, and the Rev.
Dr. C. c. Pierce, United States army
chaplain, retired
Big Collection Gathered.
Some 1900 or more people had breasted
the biting wind and cold and were az the
/ hail when the meeting was called to or
der at o'clock The building was not
/ heated. Many tots who had gathered
kept close together and sank deep into
furs and large coats.
/ At the close Of the services a collection
was taken up. II was demonstrated by
their contributions that the people pres
ent were ia hearty sympathy with the
missionary spirit
/ Bishop Satterlee nj the offset thanked
/ the Daughters Of the Revolution for the
use Of the hall a vote Of thanks was
extended TO the president of the aSsocla-
tion.
+ The Bishop OF Washington, in simple
words comprehensive To the children. told
/ Of the first missionary work done, how
/ il was done, and what had been the re-
/ suits. lie introduced Bishop Brent Of
/ the Philippines, who spoke for about
twenty minutes, dealing with the cOnd.-
tions in the islands where bee Is working
ana entertaining and instructing those
/ who heard him
Missionaries Responsibilities.
Two weeks ago. Bishop Brent said. he
was in another city, and had been intro
dueed 20 an audience Of youthful mis-
siOHary workers by "a boy not over twelve
+ years Of age with these words.
we can't go to the Philippines. but
I
am glad 90 Introduce him TO you
/ Bishop Brent said that he had never
/ appreciated the responsibility resting upon
/ him quite SO much as he did then And
/ each missionary had the same response
/ Hllity. he declared. clean heart and
+ the Ideals uf "a child were first needed
and were the secrets of au power. the
foundation of missionary enthusiasm.
/ The meaning of aH missionary causes.
/ be said. was 90 bring together one loving
family iH Christ When this was accom-
pIshed there would be- uo need for
peace conference. Tie spoke Of the little
/ boys and girls In the islands. saying the
girls We're as shy and the boys as noisy
as they are here
HHrdships Encountered.
/ Or. Pierce who, on Saturday. finished
twenty-one years of service AS chaplain
/ In the army, described the hardshIps OF
/ the missionaries in earlier days ia China
'Nhat would you think of O. missionary
who rode I-5 miles through a binding
snow 10 perform the funeral services over
/ the body of one person. What would Won
/ think of "a missionary who rode ninety
miles through a hail storm in order To
baptize a child?
Il nave seen the men who performed
these acts. They are in Shanghai China.
where some of Gods uobl-meu are now
I missionaries
Let "a blush mount your cheeks when
you think that you have not helped 10
carry the Gospel % any of those who are
without it, and that YOU have not tried %
ease the burden upon those who are Civ
ing their lives for the'cause Of Christian
ity.'
Dr. Pierce said he was preaching
! through an Interpreter. in Arizona. iu 1895.
10 many Indians young and old. The
children had learned the Lords Prayer and
We're repeating many things they had
learned 10 their fathers AT one meeting
nc told the interpreter 20 say % the eld-
ers that If they wanted to ask any Ques-
tions they could do so after the services.
As soon as the interpreter had spoken. an
old Indian arose from a squatJng posi-
tion in the rear Of the gathering
Years ago. said the Indian. a white man
had told him there was a God. and every
morning and evening h6 prayed to that
God. But he had never heard of Gods
Book, and supposed that the white man
had had the Book all the time and had
been keeping it from the Indian.
The duty Of every Christian. said DIT
Pierce, Was obvious. He ended with
masterful appeal for greater enthusiasm
for the missionary cause.