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Title: The conquest of the continent
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Burleson, Hugh Latimer, bp., 1865-
Subjects: Episcopal Church Home missions Missions
Publisher: New York, Domestic and foreign missionary society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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hese principles was im-mediately prepared and unanimously adopted,and the whole scope of the Churchs missionary * Agitation looking toward the formation of a missionarysociety had begun as early as 1815. In 1817 the Rev. JosephE. Andrus, of the Eastern Diocese, offered for missionarywork among the heathen. As we had no organization underwhich he could be sent, he applied to the Church MissionarySociety of England, who responded, suggesting the formationof a missionary society in the Episcopal Church of the UnitedStates, and offering by way of encouragement to pay $1,000into its treasury when established. In 1820 an abortiveattempt was made, which was followed in 1821 by a regularorganization bearing the present title and consisting of themembers of the General Convention and such persons as paidat least $3.00 annually. The business was conducted by aBoard of Directors who met annually and a smaller executivecommittee which met more frequently. There was a treasurerand two secretaries.
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RT. REV. RICHARD CHANNING MOORE, D.D. The Gathering of the Forces 51 enterprise was thereby transformed and en-larged. Instantly the new conception took itsplace among the religious convictions of theChurch, and with it there came an enlargedview of her responsibilities, which were seen tobe not only nation-wide, but world-wide. The missionary sermon preached by BishopMcllvaine before the Convention sounded aThe Whole uotc wliich has echoed throughout Church a Mission- .-. -i • i«ii • -i* ary Society the ycars and IS still a guidmg prm-ciple of our work: *^The Church is a great missionary associa-tion, divinely constituted, for the special workof sending into all the world the ministers andmissionaries of the Word. But if such be thecardinal object of the whole Church, it must bealike the cardinal object and duty of every partof that Church, so that whether a sectionthereof be situated in America or in Europe, orthe remotest latitudes of Africa, it is alike re-quired to attempt t

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