The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-06
Work of Protestant Episcopal
Church Is Called to Do in
Latin American Countries Is
Emphasized.
FIFTEEN YEARS SPENT
BY SPEAKER ABROAD
Tells of Scheme of Church to
Supplement Government in
EndeavOr to Advance Neigh
Dor American Nations.

Bishop Colmore of Porto Rico, spoke
to large congregation last night at
Christ Church, in the interest of the
nation wide campaign of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church and especially
of the work that the church is called
to do in Latin-American countries.
Bishop Colmore has recently been in
Detroit, where he was member of
the house of bishops, at the general
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church. Bishop Colmore visited in
Pensacola about three years ago, as
the guest of Rev. John II. Brown.
Arch-Deacon Brown and Bishop Col
more were college-mates at the Uni
versity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
The bishop has spent the past fif-
teen years in Latin American coun-
tries, and his talk was interesting not
only to churehmen, but to all interest
ed in the development of Central and
those under the protection Of the Uni
ted States.
Bishop Colmore has been identified
with the work of the Episcopal church
in Porto Rico, Santo Domingo. Haiti.
and the Virgin Islands, for the past
sixteen years.
In his sermon last night, Bishop Col
more talked particularly on the work
of the nationwide campaign of the
Protestant Episcopal church, and its
relation to the life of the people of
the South American countries.
Declaring the church is prone to
look upon its work from the stand
point of the parish or the diocese. he
said that the work of the church must
be looked at a whole. THE nation
wide campaign places before the
church its duty as whole. A survey
of the whole church has been made all
over the United States and in the diff
ferent mission fields and the results
have been placed before the people.
II, of course, am trying to bring
before you the needs of our work in
Latin-America, which has an appeal
to the people of the United States
through the political condition in the
Latin-American countries.
Besides Porto Rico. which is a gov
ernment possession, a bequest of the
Spanish-American war, and the Virgin
Islands, which the United States pur-
chased from Denmark. two years ago,
the United States government exerts
a direct influence over the affairs of
Cuba, Haiti and Santo Domingo. In
the two former countries, the people
have been made American citizens by
act of congress. In Haiti and Santo
Domingo. the American government is
still employing military intervention.
by means of the Panama Canal,
the United States is brought into df-
rect contact with the people of Central
and South America.
"Our whole object in all of this work
Of the government is philanthropic.
The United States has as its basic idea
to teach these peoples south of us to
govern themselves. The church must
supplement the government in this
work, and, in order to do this, the peo-
pie at home must have love, one to
another.
Haiti is supposed to have been self
governed for one hundred years, yet
nothing but military rule has govern
ed these people in all that period.
Since the Intervention of the United
States, and the more stable govern
ments which have been established.
the church has been able to reach the
people. through evangelical. educative