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Identifier: spiritofmissions80epis (find matches)
Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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of theKingdom of God. Two convictionshave been borne in on us: First, thatthis campaign and canvass is a thor-oughly efficient and businesslikemethod of dealing with missionarysupport and interest. In the Churchof England, before any change can bemade in doctrine or worship, convoca-tion has to have what they call Let-ters of Business from the King. Sowe have letters of business from ourKing. He calls us to scheme and planand work. He tells us to set the big-gest brains we have to devise the bestmethods to carry out the biggestwork He has ever given men todo; to carry it out with the leastwaste, and to go into such detail aboutit that every man, woman and childshall have a share in it, and feel re-sponsibility for it. All this the Mis-sion for Missions and the every-member canvass does. Secondly, thiswork, as Mr. Patton does it, answersthe complaints which we have beenlately hearing that provincial mission-ary secretaries are an unnecessary partof the Churchs missionary organiza-tion.
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38 The Forward Movement 39 TESTED BY FIRE ON Saturday, October 24th, St.Johns Church, Jersey CityHeights, N. J., was destroyedby fire. On the following morning therector, Rev. George D. Hadley, an-nounced the organization of a com-mittee to canvass the parish, having atits head ex-Judge Robert Carey. Inthis committee 193 callers were enlist-ed to visit the entire communicant list.They were to secure support: 1. For missions and charities sothat our own trouble might make usthink first of others worse off. 2. For the support of this parishso its great work need not be crip-pled by debt and deficiencies, eventhough the building be in ruins. 3. For a Restoration Fund so thatwe may rebuild our beautiful churchhome and equip it for worship andwork, for services and for service. This was the order in which thiscongregation that had been tested byfire rated its own responsibilities.The picture accompanying this articleshows them on the porch of theirburned building, gathered for the cam-paig

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