Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans (from Sourcebooks, Inc. )

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1910 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI THE MISSION OF HELP The history of the ' Mission of Help to the Church in South Africa ' has been published by a skilled and sympathetic hand. Dr. A. W. Robinson, Vicar of All Hallows Barking, in his book on the subject, l says: For the beginning of the movement which led to the 'Mission of Help ' we have to go back to the year 1892. In that year Bishop Wilkinson, who for reasons of health had resigned the bishopric of Truro, was spending some months in South Africa. While in Capetown he was the guest of Sir Henry and Lady Loch at Government House. Under the shadow of Table Mountain they talked much of the importance of strengthening and vitalising the ties between the Home country and the Colonies, and of the sacrifices which might have to be made to bring this about. Years passed, and then came the war. Lord Loch had died, but his widow took up, as a sacred legacy from her husband, the duty of caring for South Africa. She reminded the Bishop of their former talks, and begged him to see whether something might not be done to send help to the Church in South Africa. The Bishop acknowledges that at first he shrank from the task. By degrees, however, it seemed that someone ought to go forward. He wrote to the Archbishop of Capetown, and asked whether the Church of South Africa really needed and desired such assistance as the Church in this country might be ready to render. The answer was made when on August 24, 19oo, the Bishops of the Province of South Africa gathered in Synod and adopted the following resolutions: The Archbishop and Bishops of the Church of the Province of South Africa desire to offer to the Bishop of St. Andrews their most cordial thanks for his interest in the spiritual welfare 1 Longmans, Green & Co., 1906. of the Church in the..