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finally, at least 5000 Congregationalists'
possihlv many more, Will go to Kansas
City to have part in their national coun-
ell Seventy thousand Is declared 10 be
a low estimate for all.
Episcopalians in New York Will make
some changes in the Book of Common
Prayer, so as to give greater variety 10
the Episcopal Church public worship.
will reorganiZe their general missionary
machinery. will elect new bishops for
New Mexico southern Florida, Porto
Rico a suffragan or coadjutor bishop
for work among Indians of South Da-
kota, and probably create new district
of Panama, to include much OF Central
America and elect bishop for 1T.
At one time indications pointed to
lively argument over a change in the
name of the Episcopal Church dropping
the word Protestant and possibly put
ting in the word American Catholic
hut the controversy spent itself in ad-
vance, and signs just now point toward
peace The women will present some
500 600 for missions. the savings of three
wears and there will be discussion Of
the basis of representation. urged by the
big diocese and opposed by the small
ones.
Within the last five or six years Roman
Catholics. led by Archbishops Quigley
of Chicago. Glennon of st Louis. Mess
mer of Milwaukee and other young and
wide-awake prelates, have organized
effectively for Roman Catholic home mis-
sions, and have made tremendous strides
for the short time they have been at
work A more vigorous and business
like propaganda is hardly to be found
lsewhere-certainly not in all Of the
Catholic countries of Europe. Men In
the movement are interested in world
missions. of course, but they are push
ing Catholic missions in America, espe-
cially in the west and south.
The Pope has appointed Apostolic
Delegate Bonzano to represent him, and
there go to Boston the foremost prelates
in the whole church in America. Cardinal
O'Connell will welcome them. Every
form of missionary work. including a
thriving woman's auxiliary lately start
ed, will be presented. Mass meetings in
numbers will be held. and speakers will
be heard i'm all the Catholic churches of
eastern Massachusetts, on the Sunday
covered by the convention.
Just how many thousands OF Disciples of
Christ will go to Canada to encourage Ca
madam Disciples IS not fully known vet,
but the number will be large. The meeting
is not legislative. but Is a missionary rally
i'm the largest sense. organized home and
foreign work by both women and men,
SUNDAY school work, and. more than all,
the spiritual renewal and fellowship, ac-
uuaintance and exchange of ideas, that
come from great gatherings. Strenuous
efforts have been made this year to in
crease missionary gifts and indications
at this writing are that they have sue
ceeded.
Eight or ten years ago Methodists
planned and held in Cleveland a volun-
teer convention in favor of missions.
home and foreign There was a crisis.
IL was held. and something had to be
done to meet it. This year. with new
secretaries in some of their societies.
Methodists are planning another conven-
ton. 1t is to be held in indianapolis,
and limited to 1900 delegates. The
foremost Methodists from bishops down.
are to he on hand. There is to be aroused
all possible enthusiasm for missions and
for Methodism, but there will be searched