Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-29
ONE DAYS WAGES FOR
 MISSIONARY CAUSE
Episcopal Church Wants Its Members
 to Raise $4o0,0oo Fund.

The Episcopal church, through it's board of missions, has launched a campaign to raise s400.8o0 extra for home and foreign missions before June 1. The church is calling on all of its members to give, in addition to their usual gifts for missions, the equiva- lent of one days income or wage. The plan is being pushed in all parts of the country and already more than $79, 600 in gifts and pledges has been received, $5, 900.
 This fund, known as 'the s40o,o0o emergency fund" Is in charge of committee of prominent bishops, clergy and laymen- Bishop Lines of Newark is chairman: other members of the committee are Bishop David Greer, Philip Rhinelander and Emanuel Thomas, Rev. Dr. Theodore Sedgwick, Rev. Dr. Ernest Stires, Rev. Dr. Reese Alsop, Rev. Dr. Ernest de F. Miel. George Wharton Pepper, Burton Mans field, William F. Cochran, George Cor don King and John W. Wood
 Through this committee the board of missions is calling all Episcopadang to prayer and is asking that each one give at least one days income, or some equivalent self denials offering. The response has been enthusiastic and widespread. Provinces, dtoceses. par ishes, vestries, women's auxiliarfes. mems clubs, guilds, Bible classes and Sunday schools are working to reach every church member and to bring the campaign to a successful issue,
 In many instances statewide caTn- paigns have been inaugurated. Con- necticut, under the leadership of Bishop c. B. Brewster and the diocesan mis- sionary committee, will do It's part in meeting the emergency. Extensive plans have been laid throughout the state, preliminary meetings have been held. and much literature distributed. Next Sunday is the day designated by Bishop Brewster for taking up this special offering. There will be gen. eral exchange by the Episcopal rain- isters on that day and their sermons will be on missions. Other dioceses are planning similar campaigns, notably Pittsburgh, Mains, Bethlehem and Newark
 The need for this fund arises part ly from the unsettled times brought on by the European war, but mainly by the success of the church's mission aries in distant lands such as Japan and China. The mission workers have, in many cases, found great opportuni- ties awaiting them; in others, they have created the opportunities and then taken advantage of them, and the missionary society has been called on from year to year to increase its ap- propriations for the work Consequent ly, during the last seven years, the board has accumulated a deficit Of $254, 900. The remaining $150,0o0 is the amount needed to close the current year without further deficit
 One of the surprises of today is the way in which the world has given to the missionary cause since the out break of the European war. The Church of England has contributed more than ever before, and five of the missionary societies of Germany have increased their gifts over last year. They feel that the war constitutes a call for the churches to advance. And the Episcopal church. believing that its members are realizing the blessings of peace, is asking them not to fall be- hind European Christianity in the for ward move. The responses are rally ing Loyalty to the standard.