Evening journal., 1922-02-04
MISSION WORK
OF Pc. Church
The Rev. Edgar Jones Meas
ures Church From New
Viewpoint
BISHOP COOK
LAUDS AUXILIARY

AT the Epiphany meeting of the
Delaware Branch of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church
held in st. Andrews parish house on
Thursday afternoon. the Rev. Edgar
Jones. of Newark. addressed the
members on the subject THE Meas
urement of the Church From the
Standpoint of Missions" Mrs. John
p. salisbury. Of Dover, president OF
the auxiliary. presided. Members
were present from Dover. Camden,
Delaware City, Newark. New Castle,
smyrna and all local churches
Or. Jones. in an interesting ad-
dress said:
The measurements OF the church
from missionary point Of view are
found in its length. breadth and
height. The length has reference
10 the achievements OF the church,
the breadth to the spirit and the
method by which those achievements
are attempted and the height to the
spiritual reach of its membership.
Tho geographical extent of the
missionary work OF the Episcopal
Church and the character Of the aim
was then dealt with Reference was
made to the work promoted in Ii
beria China. Japan. the Philippine
Islands. Alaska, Mexico. Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands Haiti. the
Dominican Republic and Brazil ana
figures were given showing the extent
OF the work N those countries and
special reference made to the OUT
standing features medical and edu-
cational and otherwise OF these Sow
eral missionary fields.
Then. in a brief way, the particu-
ar problems of the respective mis-
slonary zones were touched upon in
order to give reason in part for the
low progress Of missionary endeav-
~ Tn China the special problem
is to help a great illiterate nation
breaking away from ancient political.
,ocial and religious ideals. 10 find
liself in a new political and social
order which must be founded on the
principles Of Christian democracy"
In Japan the Christian Church Is
an against a militant Buddhism and
Shintoism galvanized into a show Of
religious life by the adoption OF
Christian methods OF propaganda.
and with all this there IS the prob
lem Of associaung Christian ideals
with the western ideas Of civilization
now dominant in Japan's material
existence.
I'm Honolulu we have the key TO
The Orient. both from a commercial
and military point of view. but Il is
also a strategic point in missionary
enterprise. AT the present time there
are 10000 Buddhists in Honolulu,
and these are most aggressive. re-
iigiously They have f25 schools In
operation and their latest temple cost
800, 900. The aim OF the church is
to put this strategic key into the
hands Of Christ rather than have It
in alien hands
In 1atin-America the problem Is
greater than anywhere for the
church has to rehabilitate itself after
centuries of caricatured Christian
ity. The people In large part have
seen the church and heard its mes
sage and they do not care for IT, Ag-
nosticism and Indifference 10 moral
principles prevail both among the
cultured and peasant classes New
foundations Of religion are there
fore to be laid and adjustment OF
the same TO the changing social and
political order.
The breadth OF the church." the
speaker said. "is the breadth OF tu-
man need. And this is the breadth
Of the love OF God. There are three
approaches to human need by the
church. through her creed. her or
ganizations and her personal work.
ers. No church has a broader creed
than this church Of our allegiance
and yet no church has suffered more
in the way OF divisions, and the rea.
son is that man has been too small
for his message. The creed should
be measured by human need and
not human need by the creed. The
former was our Lords way. the lat.
ter the prevailing way with oui
church leaders in the past.
In organization. the breadth OF
the church should be commensurate,
TO human need. Not only should sh,
function in missionary work bu
also in healing Of the body. in edu.
cation and in all kinds OF socia
service"
A suggestion was made as to wka
might work out more efficiently IN
general organization. I'm the war
victory was achieved largely through
the sanely scientific method adopted
by tho General Staff. Each ally hat
its own sector and concentrated OF
a particular objective. although tn,
whole fighting operation was unde
united commander. Why not
similar method in our organization
for world conquest for Christ? True
If the whole OF Christendom wa
united. il could be done with create
ease and efficiency. But as IL is. VIII,
not let each province Of the churcl
have its own mission field as its par
tcular responsibility II. for ex
ample. this province had Liberia
then a part OF that mission fiel
would be our care and the womei
here. through their auxiliary, woul'
work for the women there. the chill
dren here for the children there. A
II is now. your own society has
bewi1dering number Of objects pre-
sented to you and calling for YOU
attention. You gave 10 no less thar
twenty six different objects last year