Evening star., 1909-01-25
Cowboy Bishops Ideals.

The cowboy bishop" Rt. Rev. Ethel
bert Talbot, now of central Pennsylvania
but who formerly had charge of the states
Of Wyoming and IDAHO a forceful speaker
and a most picturesque figure spoke on
The Nation for Christ He held the vast
audience silent while he told of his ideals
for Christian nation.
we want more men, he said; ''splen-
did men. Not men who cannot do any
thing well. but men who can do every
thing superbly. We want men who are
leaders in religion and leaders in every
day life. We want men whose devotion to
their faith is great, and whose devotion
to the nation is equally So
I'VE need more men for the service of
the ministry. What service is so full of
JOY 30 full of real happiness and SO use
full as the service of Jesus Christ? When
each Of US is striving with all his
strength in the ranks Of Christ's army.
then. and only then. will our nation be
fully a nation for Christ
Bishop Woodcock Of Kentucky. chosen
from the entire country to preach the
sermon at the conservation service this
morning, made the final address yester-
day. THE World for Christ as his
subject.
There are men who scoff at missions
in mistaken and perverted zeal If he
be layman. may God convert him.
II he be a priest may God doubly con-
vert him, and il he be a bishop let him
resign at once and get out for good.
He who says he does not believe in
missions unconsciously proclaims he
does not believe in Christianity. Mis-
sions are the forethought Of Christ, tho
vocation of the church and the highest
spiritual exercise of her life.
How little our religion costs US. We
are not giving one dollar a year per COM
does not give to missions Is letting the
religion Of Christ take care of itself.
THE man who says there are enough
heather in Washington to engage the
the man who will never do stroke Of
work either for those heathens or any
other. He is the most expert Of dodgers"
Offering for Missionary Work.
The offering at yesterday afternoons 8
meeting was presented today at the con-
secration service. and will be used for
missionary work.
Gathered here for DR.. Hardng's con-
secration. the following prelates were
present at the meeting: Bishop Gra-
watt of West Virginia, Bishop Edward
Parker bishop coadjutor Of New Hamp-
Horner OF Asheville. Bishop Adams Of
Easton. Md. Bishop Scarborough of New
Jersey. and Bishop Walker Of western
New York.
Nearly every one Of the visiting bishops
preached at churches In the city yester-
day. Bishop Parker of New Hampshire
was at Ascension Church last night
Bishop Talbot of central Pennsylvania
preached at MOUNT st. Adams at the II
O'Clock service. Bishop Horner of North
Carolina preached at ST. Stephens In the
evening and at St Margaret's at the
morning service
Trinity Church was honored with two
bishops. Bishop Walker of New York
preached there In the morning and Bishop
Ciravatt OF West Virginia preached there
In the evening. ST. Marks Church. on
Capitol Hill also heard two bishops. one
of them Bishop Woodcock and the other
the presiding bishop, Rt. Rev. d. s. Tut
tie.
Canon Austin of Jamaica preached at
St. Thomas Church last night. The SER
mon at the morning service was deliv-
cred by Bishop Adams of Maryland
Archdeacon Aliston Was at the Church
OF the Advent in the morning. Bishop
Walker was there last night.
Epiphany Church was honored by the
presence of the presiding bishop at the
morning service. Bishop Darlington of
Harrisburg spoke at st. Paufs in the
morning and At Epiphany in the evening.