New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10
ALWAYS At THE FRONT,
BISHOP SAYS OF WOMEN
Tho Riuht Rev. Daniel Sylvester
1uttIe Gives High Praise
for Mission Work.
Al TAR HEAPED WITH Cash
All Records Broken by Episcopal
Church Auxiliary Organiza-
ton at Great Meet
ing in Cathedral.


:. great was the interest yesterday in
-. Women's Auxiliary offering TO the
r.-s,en Mission Board Of the Protestant
r.,sconal Church that in the afternoon
-, members gathered at a mass meeting
Cornegie Hall kept in constant touch
,t,b George Gordon King 10 learn what
.hs monetary gifts totalled
:, wss understood that Mr. King would
70 Carnegie Hall TO make the an
'.,rcsment. The women waited in the
latest expectancy for almost an hour,
~, Mr. King did not appear.
.ue has a big Job on his hands. count
oil those bills" said one of the
AMEN "and that probably delays him. -
various guesses were made as TO the
.,ount and in this way the time was
.a,mmed until Mr. King sent word that
:. was still uniting the money and
,hecks. ..
oUeu. that's the best Of good omens.
,.a the Right Rev. Arthur s. Lloyd. the
,ssrman. as he adjourned the meeting.
lat. in the night II was announced that
the Offering was S5Oh5O.
Ten Ushers Garry Plates.
Ths offering was taken at holy COM
-urion al 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
rsn ushers carried the heaping plates Of
.bscks and currency to the altar, where
bishop Greer was standing with the huge
,oH aims basin. which was the gift of the
L 20 n
America twenty-four years ago
The burdens Of three Of the ushers filed
The basin 10 overlooking. Bishop Greer
called on Dean Grosvenor and Canon Lit
nA 70 aid him in lifting the gifts and pour
hg them upon the altar.
When the offering was all in the bills
STOOD in a high pile on the altar and over
flowed 10 the floor.
No such offering ever has been known
IN the history Of the missionary work Of
women. II was said. Three years ago. at
the convention in Cincinnati. the Offering
was $4,000. and $500, 900 was the most any
one had dared to hope for this year. The
snormousness Of the gifts was taken
everywhere as a refutation Of the current
Impression that interest in missions was
dying ont. No special effort was made, 1t
vas said, to raise a great sum.
Give Freely Of Their Means.
Women from all over the world gave
the little they could spare for missions,
over and above their regular contribu-
tons 10 their own churches, their own
state conferences and works Of charity.
Indian women from the mission schools
Of North Dakota, mountain girls VINO
walk barefoot to the church school in
North Carolna-all gave their mites.
The Offering Of each diocese was sent
BY check TO the convention. so that there
vas no way Of knowing the extent of in
divdual gifts. The only cash offerings
we're those Of tho congregation at the
service yesterday morning. This, how
ever, was enormous
Crowds OF women, who had learned by
sad experience the day before that II was
fatal TO be late, assembled an hour before
the meeting Late arrivals were obliged
TO stand beyond the doors.
There was no sermon at the service.
Communion was celebrated by Bishop
Greer Of New York: the Right Rev. Ar
thur Selden Lloyd. president Of the Board
Of Missions. Dean William NJ. Grosvenor.
Canon F. T. Little. the Rev. H. l.. Burle-
son and the Rev. Arthur Gray. secretaries
Of the Board of Missions.
5000 Women at Carnegie Hall.
More than FIVE thousand women filed
Carnegie Hall in the afternoon at the
mass meeting for missions. The ad-
dresses were made by Bishop Greer, the
Right Rev Frederick r. Graves, Bishop
Of Shanghai: the Right Rev. Daniel Syl-
vsster futile. Presiding Bishop, and the
Right Rev. Arthur s. Lloyd, president OF
The Board Of Missions
Bishop futile received as great an ova-
uon as ever was awarded any Carnegie
nan speaker. The women got 10 their
ieet and cheered and cheered until the
venerable white bearded bishop arose and
ooSed low 10 all parts of the hall and 10
me women behind him on the platform.
applause too, when he said:
l don't know how much interested you
are In the violent ways of your English
asters for getting what they claim TO be
lner rights, but you are always at the
mont ready 10 fight the good fight, clean,
square and true"
Announcement was made of a gift Of
nAVD, collected in honor OF Miss Julia
Emery, who for forty years has been
acuve in missionary work. Toward this
mere were contributions from eighty
esht dioceses and women OF many for
egn countries.
Serve Tea in Tent.
Alter the meeting adjourned the women
found their way again TO the big red and
'ni'e striped tent at the National
academy OF Design
Inc women OF three churches served
va They were: From the Church OF 81.
nary the Virgin-Mrs. William Raymond
Arman: Mrs. Harlan Cleveland, Mrs.
,n00ert Giles. Mrs. Harry d. Livingston