Cn tfje Nation 
 
 They <were true words -which Bishop Lloyd, Presi- 
 dent of the Board of Missions, spoke in his address 
 before the last General Convention when he said: 
 
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 HE Church is confronting tasks which 
 will test its strength to the utmost. For 
 example, hitherto we have taken no 
 part in the work that must be done to help the 
 new comers to our shores understand what true 
 freedom depends on, except as individual dioceses 
 have done what they could. The well-being of 
 the State, as well as the Church's strength, de- 
 mand that the matter be no longer delayed. 
 
 The institutions of learning in the country are 
 the centres of public opinion, since in the long 
 run college men and women are the determining 
 force in social development. In these, especially 
 in the Western states, it is by no means unusual 
 to find young men and women who have never 
 heard of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The 
 Church ought not to allow this to continue, on 
 account of the loss it entails. If what somebody 
 has said be true, that as long as we have the Book 
 of Common Prayer and the Constitution, American 
 institutions are safe, then weight is added to the 
 obligation that rests upon you. 
 
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 Yet one more illustration of the larger things 
 that challenge the Church's endeavor. In" the 
 rural districts throughout the country is found 
 practically a pure American population; yet these 
 are becoming rapidly unchurched, with all the 
 attendant marks of deterioration. Here again 
 
A man may give without loving, but he cannot 
 love without giving* 
 
 the work to be done is generally within the limits 
 of dioceses that are weak financially. They 
 cannot meet the problem as it should be met. 
 Yet from these same country districts constant 
 recruits come to our cities. It is largely for the 
 Church to determine whether the new life drawn 
 thither shall help or hinder a right civic develop- 
 ment, to say nothing of its own safeguarding and 
 enriching. I confess, there is no waste that 
 seems to me so serious as this. 
 
 The Church is strong enough to do whatever 
 its own mission and the best interests of the 
 Nation demand. 
 
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 Money given for "Domestic Missions" aids 
 the work in the United States under 71 bishops 
 in 43 dioceses and 23 missionary districts. The 
 domestic missionary forces number 21 bishops, 
 809 clergy and 566 lay workers, both men and 
 women. 
 
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 Twenty-five years ago a young Negro clergyman 
 in Virginia started an industrial school for young 
 men and women of his own race. He had no 
 money but he had a good name, so some people 
 accepted his notes for $1,000, and with that the 
 work was begun. Twenty-five years later this 
 same clergyman — now known throughout the 
 Church as Archdeacon Russell — is the principal 
 of the great St. Paul's School, Lawrence ville, 
 which had so small a beginning. The original 
 building has been multiplied twenty-eight times; 
 
It it fstir to ash men to 'work <atthoat toots ? 
 
 a 1,600-acre farm is an important part of the 
 school; its property is worth $223,000. Every 
 year it trains about 400 young men and women 
 as teachers, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, 
 farmers, nurses, cooks and milliners. Not a 
 single one of the 3,000 young men and women 
 who have been at St. Paul's since it started has 
 ever been convicted of a crime. The Hon. 
 E. P. Buford, prosecuting attorney for Brunswick 
 County, Va., in which St. Paul's is situated, said 
 at the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration that 
 during his twenty years as a state official he had 
 never been called upon to prosecute a student or 
 graduate of St. Paul's. 
 
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 Bishop Brewer tells of one of his clergy in 
 Montana who has a parish 400 miles long and as 
 wide as he chooses to make it. He has charge 
 of fourteen congregations. Last year he held 
 261 public services, baptized 108 children and 
 57 adults, buried 49 persons and married 58 
 couples. In addition to all his other work he is 
 superintending the erection of two stone churches. 
 Is it any wonder that he is looking for a man to 
 share his field? 
 
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 The central expenses for administration for the 
 year ending September 1, 1913, represented 8.7 
 per cent, of the gross sum handled. 3.1 of this 
 was used for office expenses, salaries, etc.; 5.6 
 for making the work known, or what a business 
 house would call "promotion." 
 
Another man is giving fits life to carry the message. 
 What are you giving ? 
 
 The Rev. A. R. Hoare of Point Hope, Alaska, in 
 a letter written last March which reached the 
 Church Missions House only recently, says: 
 "Already we have completed our apportionment 
 of $50, and have spent about $20 for other 
 objects. Whenever an Eskimo sells a skin, he 
 puts a portion of the price in his can." 
 
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 The Indian Convocation of South Dakota, — 
 a gathering unique in the work of the American 
 Church, — was held at the Sisseton Agency in 
 July. Seven hundred Indian delegates attended 
 and spent nearly a week together discussing the 
 matters relating to the progress of Christ's 
 Kingdom. The Woman's Auxiliary, as usual, 
 brought their offerings for the work of the Church. 
 This year, also as usual, they broke all previous 
 ecords, the sum being $3>575« 
 
 The first industrial school in the world was 
 founded in Hawaii by American missionaries 
 many years ago. From these mission schools 
 have gone out the men who effected the Chinese 
 revolution, as well as political and social leaders 
 in China, Korea, Japan and the Philippines. 
 While the population of the Islands has increased 
 25 per cent., the Church's communicant list has 
 increased 400 per cent. 
 
 Copies of this leaflet can be obtained in any quantity from 
 the Board of Missions, 2S1 Fourth Avenue, New York, by ask- 
 ing for leaflet No. 978. 
 
 1ST ED. H-13 15M C. P.