A colored institute in memory of Bishop Dudley has been dedicated at
Louisville, Ky.
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The convention of the Episcopal Church has authorized suffragan
bishops. This will allow the segregation of colored people under
bishops who will act as assistants to the regular bishops and have no
vote in the convention. The colored people asked for missionary bishops
who would vote in the convention. Such bishops are to be permitted only
in case the bishop and convention consent.
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There is considerable interest in Southern white churches over
missionary and educational work among Negroes. The subject was
discussed at a recent Bible institute in the University of Tennessee
and the Atlanta _Constitution_ has had several editorials.
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Bishop John Wesley Smith of the African Zion Church is dead.
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Bishop T. N. Morrison, of the Episcopal Church, says:
“I would impress upon those interested in missionary work my belief
that there is more of a field for good and advantageous work among the
Negroes of the United States than among the people of foreign countries
and I will urge that missionaries’ work begin at home.”
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The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Episcopal Church workers among
colored people was held this year in the city of Cleveland, O.
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