The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-07

on What Shall we Do About It?" i. e
the Missions. He was greeted with q
round Of applause He gave a splendid
talk which he made to fit to that Of the
Hon. Bradford Prince Your pic
turesque display Of the thousands pour
ing out Of the Kansas City depot and
exhortatiOu for US to go get them calls
forth story he said TO the Honorable
An IriShman once had "A. chameleon
and vas telling his friend about it.
'Phat Is a chameleon - says his friend,
Nike Don't you -knOw% say Pat a
chameleon is one av those lizard things
phat If ye puts him on a green cloth he
looks green; If ye puts him on yellow
cloth he looks yellow in fact he is 50
ambitious. he looks like any color he
crawIs on and I had the sIfckest and
IIvest chameleon pElat ever cane
said Mike. I must gaze upon him. 'Oi
can't show him to ye,' said Pat, he got
too ambitious He tried a Scotch plaid
and busted
But what shall we do about it? En-
list the Iaymeu. not as we have been
doing, but get them into the work We
have been going TO them for aid and
they dig into their pockets, glad to get
rid Of the burden Of the church and
back TO business The church today IS
made up of Women and The Clergy.
The men can do more by their conduct
IN their every day association with
their feuowmen whom they meet Tha
popular idea OF missions is too much
ike that jibe of Dickens at the mis-
siouary spirit OF Mrs. JeIIeby in Bleak
House where he has that woman busy
and worried about making little flannel
shirts for the HOtteutotS who never see
any less than 100 degrees of heat An
American priest in q poor diocese. =
dreamer, has given the right idea in:
'YOuder lies the ignorant and savage
Potentially they are as capable as We
-
think; teach their hearts to love They
can be as great as We Bishop Tucker
Of Uganda includes in Christianity for
the natives brick making and eugineer-
ing Civilization and Christianity are
one William H Taft far seeing
statesmen and noble leader. after visit
ing the Orient said No one can study
the movement Of modern civilization
napartiaIIy and not see that the spread
OF CdriStia nifty is the only hope for the
preparation for seIf-governmeut' At a
speech in Manila, Taft addressed the
natives as his little brothers Later
the American soldiers marched down
the streets singing He NAV be a broth
er Of William H Taft but he amt no
brother Of nine That is the spirit OF
anti-Christ- We can not accomplish
much with spirit like that Bishop
Brenk in the Philip pines. broken in
body by the climate there. was offered
a position in Washington and refused
70 leave his work there That Is the
spirit which wins for the spread Of
Christianity and civilization
James Moore Of the Santa Fe sang
the Professional Of kipling and Happy
Three"
bishop Tuttle. the Grand Old Man.
added a few closing remarks and the
benedictiou-
Routine Business of Session
At the session yesterday afternoon
the main business was the selection of
a department secretary 10 fill the va
Caucy caused by the resignation of the
Rev r. W. Patton who IS TO devote all
his time in the future TO the fourth de-
partment OF which he has also secre-
tary- The secretaryship is q very i'm
portant position and the work Of the
in the place Therefore il was moved
that committee of five be appointed
70 find the man
The presiding bishop, the most Rev
D. 8 Tuttle Of St Louis, appointed the
following committee
Bishop 2. K Brooke, oklahoma; the
Rev E \ Temple, Texas; the Rev. L
z. Potter. kirkwood. No; Henry D
Ashley, Kansas City; d. W. NeIIis. To-
2eka-
There was an extra address delivered
at the session OF the council Wednes-
day afternoon by the Rev. Mr.. wilkins
secretary of the $4,000. coo pension fund
commission OF the church, from the do
plea for assistance in the raising of the
s., ,000, GOO. and said in part
The pension idea is very much In
the air Fifteen years ago it was quite
foreign TO our thoughts, but today 7t
Of the largest corporations and IS rail-
roads have established pension systems
which take care of all. from the highest
TO the lowest Our pensions system is
patterned after the one used by the gov
eminent, and provides for the granting
HOf a pension 10 ministers when they
reach the age Of 64, and in case of ac-
cident while in service before that
time"