Show Protestant Episcopal Church Convention I PiTTaacKG Oct 22At todays session of the missionary council of the Protestant Episcopal church the report of the board of managers emphasized the paramount importance of work among the colored people It commended the work of Rev David Gordon in Mexico and expressed a hope that the house of bishops would at its next meeting elect a missionary bishop of Japan The womens auxilliary board was commended and the great necessity of increasing the missionary bishops fund was emphasized Contributions of the church for missions should not have been less than fifty thousand dollars for the ensuing en-suing year In the afternoon in discussing Indian missions a number of western ministers made a strong appeal for money In the course of a speech regarding provisions pro-visions for superanuated ministers Bishop Tuttle of Missouri said i he had his way he would have every minister and every bishop married A married man is worth four single ones to the church |