A master builder, being the life and letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, first bishop of Washington . brother Christians inthe far East. That we came to their Majesties for aid inChrists name, and that the feeling was growing among allChristian people that this Turkish persecution was fast growingto be a question that not only affe(5ted our common civilisationbut our common Christianity. After the audience was over Idrove to the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul for my ownprivate thanksgiving service, that God had so signally blessedmy mission. I then made a farewell call upon the Metropolitan
A master builder, being the life and letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, first bishop of Washington . brother Christians inthe far East. That we came to their Majesties for aid inChrists name, and that the feeling was growing among allChristian people that this Turkish persecution was fast growingto be a question that not only affe(5ted our common civilisationbut our common Christianity. After the audience was over Idrove to the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul for my ownprivate thanksgiving service, that God had so signally blessedmy mission. I then made a farewell call upon the Metropolitanof St. Petersburg, and after that upon the Bishop Vicar who hadreceived me so kindly. At the railway station I found a largenumber of Greeks, Russians and Armenians awaiting me, withthe Metropolitan of Silesia. They presented me with a farewellCross in memory of my mission, and then, after an earnestservice of prayer, in which the Metropolitan officiated and thebefore-mentioned choir took part, I entered the train whichmoved off as the choir was singing a parting hymn.^^ Bishops Journal, p. 1896] OR WALK WITH KINGS 201 The following letter relative to the Mission to from the Hon. Clifton R. Breckinridge,American Minister to Russia from 1894 to 1897 is ofvalue and interest: Sept. 6th, 1911. — It is with much pleasure that I attempt torecall the incidents of the visit of the Bishop of Washington toSt. Petersburg in the summer of 1896. The Christian world wasgreatly moved at that time by the repeated menaces of theArmenians by the Turks. The political situation was such asto make it extremely difficult for any power or combination ofpowers to intervene. Jealousy and distrust were the basis ofthe difficulty of intervention. Under these conditions it wasapparent that nothing would be done, unless there arose asentiment among the people of the different nations demandingthat adlion be taken free from selfish political purposes. Russiamore than any other power hel
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