Evening journal., 1922-11-17
TAKES HEAVEN
TO DARK AFRICA
tContinusd From Flnet PaEe. }

first announced that noon-ia,
Lenten services would be held in 81
Andrews Church during Lent. n,
urged all member OF tho club {,
give these services their individua
support. He further announced ma
when the Episcopal Diocese o
Delaware holds It's annual conven.
I tion In St. John's Church, this oity
next May. tho Church Club viii
tender dinner 10 the delegates who
attend. He also urged all wha
could 20 attend and hear. the sd
dresses being given by the Rev. DR..
I Floyd W. Tompkins. OF PhiladslphiR.
] svery Monday night in the lecture
room OF the local Y. NJ. c. A. There
are three OF this series OF lectures
yet to be given.
Following those announcements
Bishop Cook gave resume OF the
work done in the Diocese during the
three years he has been Bishop, He
pointed out that the contributions TO
the general work Of the ohuroh had
more than doubled in that time,
When I think Of the preaching and
hard work that the late Bishop Cole
man had 10 do TO keep things going
IN the Diocese and compare them
with It's activities today. have no
doubt that ne would be indeed
pleased a; the work that is being
done and has been done" said
Bishop Cook.
Mr.. Thomas the next speaker
gave an interesting talk from the
lsy-men's viewpoint on the work OF
the church in general during the
past three or four years. He brought
out that only a short time sgo every
diocese was an organization in itself.
Now, however. the churches and
dioeeses throughout the country
have banded together into one or
gsnization that Is doing a great good
and will continue 10 do 80.
TT Is always pleasure TO work
under and take orders from man
suoh as Bishop Cook" said MT.
Thomas. He is not only a Bishop
but a missionary Bishop.
II am a little uncertain IN looking
back on our work. whether we
should boost II or not 1t has only
been a few years ago that We lay
men OF the church we're blind TO the
opportunlties OF the church and re
llglon. A great many OF US had
Just been playing AZ attending
church. speak particularly OF
business and professional men. we
we're ignorant OF the church's tradl-
tions and her history; being ignorant
of II ourselves we were unable 10 tei'
our children what 81 stood for w
ware not faithful az far as our chill
dren we're concerned.
"Ths war came. II inspired In us
a greater feelins OF religion ana pa
triotism. Il also brought out the
astounding fact that OF the thirteen
million young men who formed the
army. eighty per cent. OF them claim
ed no religious Affiliations. Then we
began TO put the church on a hlgher
plane. At the convention OF the
Episcopal Church held at Detroit
three years ago we began rectltyins
mistakes that our church had been
making for years.
practically every church was a
diocese in itself. We began 10 or
ranize and that was a new start OF
new day. We dared 10 challenge the
church TO put Its gifts into individ-
ual service. We had a nationwide
for its betterment.
Then along came the last con
vention at Portland. oregon. Many |
said Il was a poor place for A con
vention. II was pointed out that /
delegates from the east would have ]
10 travel three thousand miles 20 at
tend. However. 1000 delegates reg
lstered al the Portland convention.
against $500 az the one held in De-
trolt three years ago. II required
the Eastern delegates 10 travel II
made US better citizens. IL made us
all realize we are all IN one cause.
II also made US realize that pathetic
condition OF the church. In passing
through Illinois we found that In
.hirty-six or her counties there was
not an Episcopal Church.
throughout the convention we
ound that a great work had been
lone by the new presiding bishop
nd council. not only here. but in
orelgn countries as we'll. And II
rlll continue
The address delivered by Bishop
,vers on his experiences and the
-ork OF the church IN Africa was
ne Of interest throughout His ad
entures and hardships have been
uch that II they were written and
ut into book form they would fur
ish reading quite as interesting as
nything that writers have written !
bout the mysteries Of dark Africa
ishop Overs first began his career
: a missionary in Africa thirty
ears ago. He penetrated and ex-
lored parts OF central Africa where
white mans face had never been
zen before. One time to get TO
le throne OF the, king OF an African
-ibe. the Bishop had to walk over
nman blood smeared on the floor
I the kings hut. because Il was
10 custom of the tribe. One OF the
-eadful evils OF the country the
-elate helped TO overcome was slav-
Y. At one time when he was de-
-ious with fever. a number Of the p
ave raiders tried TO get into his r
II to kill him. However, his ma !,
re servants formed a ring around r
s bed and would let no one come =
ar. II one OF their mum her had =
leave. the rest came in closer to =,
eserve the strength OF the ring. -
shop Overs stated that when he -
st went to Africa he preached ~
out heaven. hut after becoming -
tier acquainted with conditions
ere he changed his plans and set Fl
out making the conditions Of liv-
: among the natives as near like "
aven as possible.