Foreign-born Americans and their children; our duty and opportunity for God and country from the standpoint of the Episcopal church . hurch they werebrought up to love, if only they knewthat such a one was right near at handand ready to welcome them. / niissioner to the Scandinavians. The above picture was taken after anearly celebration of the Holy Commun-ion at Saint Sigfrids, our SwedishChurch in the city of St. Paul, Minne-sota. Could anything give stronger tes-timony of what our Church is doing andwhat we can multiply a hundredfold ifwe are thoroughly awakened to the needof fulfilling our
Foreign-born Americans and their children; our duty and opportunity for God and country from the standpoint of the Episcopal church . hurch they werebrought up to love, if only they knewthat such a one was right near at handand ready to welcome them. / niissioner to the Scandinavians. The above picture was taken after anearly celebration of the Holy Commun-ion at Saint Sigfrids, our SwedishChurch in the city of St. Paul, Minne-sota. Could anything give stronger tes-timony of what our Church is doing andwhat we can multiply a hundredfold ifwe are thoroughly awakened to the needof fulfilling our full duty? Let me repeatthat it is not a matter of making prose-lytes from other Christian Communions,but to minister to those great numberscoming from sister Churches, who inAmerica are as sheep without a shep-herd. Surely one of the meanings ofthe name Catholic, which we call theChurch in the Creed, is for all we know of those at our very doorswho are growing up without a knowledgeof God, and do not go to them, arewe not like the priest and Levite in theparable of the Good Samaritan, whopassed by on the other side?. A SLAVIC CONGREGATION AND THEIR CHURCH INAMERICA
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