The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09

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 notable gathering of Episcopal clergy and laity from all sections of the state assembled in convention at Trinity church this morning where, under the presidency of Right Rev. lChauncey B. Brewster, bishop of the Goodwin of Hartford, one of the most forcefu1 sessions of the present con ference in Bridgeport was held
 Arriving at the conference in com pany with Bishop Brewster shortly after the noon hour, the Right Rev. Anthony Mitchell, D. D., Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney was presented to the congregation which well filled Trim ity church.
 The session, which was devoted to missionary, child, ruSab and school and college subjects, brought out some striking themes and showed the ten- dency toward modern and progressive subjects and plans in the extension of work Most strikingIy were presented the problems of the foreign born pop lIation and the work of aiding the individuals in rural communities
 The necessity for spirit4aI co-opera- tion with the needs of the connuni- ties in which the pastor. works was an especial theme of all who spoke to- day.
 Bishop a Busy Man.
 Bishop Brewster. after g. short invo- cation, addressed those present as fol- lows: More and more Seach year we are called to the necessity of making more of our diocesan conventions make them something more than the mere assembling for dry routine-to make them gathering which should 1 lave issue in Impetus and an inspfr- l ation for the work of Jesus-to make
 hem full of spiritual benefit to every 1 body. I think fully as important ae the function itself are these forces l which we are gathering about the func- ton.
 we Had an interesting conference ] yesterday. It cannot fail to help Now from the experience of recent years will be Interesting tosus all. My only regret is that at this time it seems to be expected of me to be in two or three places at the same time, which i is difficult. We are carrying out the rule of St. sIgnatious, O nothing with out the bishop The bishop is expected to be present at several meetings held at one and the same time. will, therefore, have to be absent from this meeting for a short time.
 ssThe first hour is devoted to Sum- day school auxiliary work. There Is nothing more important than the Sun day school If we are looking towards the future and have pleasure in i'm troducihg the first speaker Rev. An thony T. Gessner, professor of the Berkley Divinity School.
 Taking as his subject Missionary lIiterature,'' Prof. Gessner said: @Aa the bishop has said, there is scarcely any work more important than the work of fnstructing and enthusing the young of the church and at the same time interesting those who take part in the missionary work of the church It Is unphsychological to teach ideals of service and not to teach how to serve
 There is at the present time a. great need of increasing the number of candidates for the ministry. The west ern and foreign fields are calling for helpers, while candidates for the min istry are few in number. There are certainly causes and if we wish to change these it must be done by en- thusing the young and making them feel that 1t is service worth en- listing in.''
 The speaker then drew relative com parisons between the growth of pub fishing houses in London and Ger many with the rise and formation of the great missionary societies. He drew the conclusion that literature had a great power in the growth and his tory of both the missionary field and the education of the young. Credit for more growth was given to the woman's auxi1aries, which were formed in 1871, who added to the circulars and literary publications printed that the children might understand and be- come interested in the growth of the church and it's missions.
 Books Interest Child.
 It was necessary, in the speakers be- lief that more and more subjects of interest to the c1Tild-rnind should be printed and called attention to the fact that it was in Connecticut that the woman's branch of the church was organized in 1889 to form a publishing company which resulted in the Mis- sionary Publishing Company, of Hart ford. which since that time has sent hundreds Of thousands of pamphlets broadcast upon missionary topics It was recently noted that, in Alaska alone, 5s districts were taught from the leaflets sent out by this society and there was no reason why the work done by that society should not eventually become as great as some of the most famous missionary societies.
 Exhibits of these pamphlets were to be on display at St. Johns church this afternoon.
 Rev MT. Davenport spoke briefly upon the Spirit of Missions'' and the act of interest in parishes where it had been asked that agents be appointed. He said that from letters sent to ev- cry clergyman in the diocese, there had been but five replies and that there were approximately 12,000 sub- scrtbers out of 10000 commandments. He pleaded for the establishment of clubs in the various parishes.
 The attention of the convention was also called to the Lenders Library at