The Washington herald., 1909-01-25


campaign ended. the walls and rafters OF
Convention Hall rang with the mighty
swell Of hymns yesterday afternoon as
a preliminary to the conservation Of Rev.
DR.. Harding as Bishop of Washington to-
day. A Christian workers mass meeting
packed the edihce 70 the very threshold,
and the throng was swept off its feet
with enthusiastic Christian devotion 10
the cause.
On the eve Of St PsuTs day the mass
meeting vas held. under the auspices Of
the council Of Washington Cathedral. and
or the third missionary department Six
thousand Episcopalians were gathered
within the hall Four thousand OF them
were children
The occasion was deeply significant In
no formal ceremony was il shown. but.
nevertheless, priests and laity and chill
dren bestowed their affection upon Bishop
Harding and joined with him in his life
long dedication TO the cause Of missions.
Vast Sea Of Churchmen.
Il was distinctly a revival meeting IN
behalf Of the missionaries. The vast sea
OF churchmen was thrilled with the story
Of pushing the Gospel in far-cff lands
where the way IS dsrk and all are far
from home. -Four Of the most prominent
bishops Of the American church. incIud-
ing the Right Rev. Daniel :. TuttIe.
Bishop Of 81. Louis. who wiII preside at
the conservation Of this morning. swayed
and inthraIled the audience with their
message.
The voices Of the chrdren's chorus
choir, 80 strong, rose triumphant IN all
the singing Clear. high-pitched. and
vigorous they were. reaching the re-
motest arches Of the huge hall and
drowning out all the others in the vol
ume and intensity OF their outpourinS.
The vast concoUrse Of sound was inspir-
ing Hymns were sung as If the children
were about 10 follow some modern Pete
the Hermit on a crusade 10 the Holy
Land.
The four addresses were evangelistic
in spirit The city. the nation. the
world FOR Christ was both the formal
subject set for the speakers and the pre-
vailing motif in every phase of the
meeting The climax came when the
dox0l0gy was sung with passionate ear
nestness after the missionary offertorv.
one Of the largest OF its kind ever con-
tributed in this city. was taken. The
offerings viii be presented 20 the altar
at the time Of the conservation of the
bishop this morning
Address by Rentucky'S BIshop.
Vigorous and forcefuI was the Right
Rev. Charles z. Woodcock, Bishop Of
Kentucky, in speaking Of The world
for Christ
There are men who sc0h at missions IN
mistaken and perverted zeal" said the
bishop IF the man be a layman. NAV
God convert him; Il Re be a priest. NAV
God doubIy convert him. and If he be a
bishop let him resign at the earliest
possible moment and get out for good.
Some others believe that missionary
work, Ike charity, should begin at home
Did you ever know them 10 do very much
for the heather Of washington? MANY
men are expert dodgers. They sneak
behind q veil OF hypocrisy. We want
more COnseCrated men in the church. mora
OF the stamp Of the men we have now.
We want men 70 give not merely their
money, for that IS the easiest of all
things 10 give We want them 70 give
both time and service-to give OF their
lives
The issue Is square. One cannot be
a Christian and be noncommittal or
vacillating- One who believes in Christ
must believe in missions There is no
middle way. The missions are not the
but the forethought. Of the
church
There is. Of course, a fatal interval
between knowing how TO do a thing and
doing it. mat is the great stumbling block
in human life. I ask you all to make
your religion high enoSgh and broad
enough and deep enough in itself TO
stand for God"
PerfIs Threaten the Nation.
Rev. EtheIbert Talbot. Bishop OF Cen
trail Pennsylvania, was assigned the sub
ject, The nation for Christ"
''The nation is threatened with peril.
loss, and shipwreck,~ he declared. Many
dangers confront US. and we must be-
ware Of the exhaustion of our moral re-
sources. But there is a saving grace in /
the American people. There is salt
enough among them to save the nation.
That has been conclusively shown in
every national crisis.
Never was the doctrine that eternal
vigilance is the price OF liberty in greater
need Of being taught to our people than |
now. Freedom, physical, moral intel /
ectual, spiritual was attained with hard |
ship, and the same hard road must be |
travelled in making the progress OF to- /
There must be cooperation.
comfy, and mutual concession among US |
Statistics prove that over One-half of |
The American population never darken /
the door OF a church. This fact simply
Emphasizes the need of more men. strong /
p men-not men Of the type who can't 1
10 anything else. but men who can do /
else superbly.
National Life Improved.
I'VE have the present administration to I
hank for the present splendid improve /
nent in our national life and our moral
ife. But the great task still remains"
Right Rev. James H. Darlington. Bishop 4
IF Harrisburg, made a stirring address /
upon The city for Christ He gave an /
excellent description Of the recent Pan