were thus brought together in such a way as to make the student of Missions realise the fact that the Church had indeed gone into all lands and that the Gentiles were walking in the light of Him Who is the life of men.  While there were important meetings held by the Auxiliary, and special services were arranged for its members, the greatest interest naturally centered in the service held in Grace Church on Thursday, October 3rd, when the United Offering for the three years ended, was laid on the Altar of God.  Six clergymen gathered the alms, and bearing them to the chancel, they were received in the large gold Basin which some years ago was presented to the American Church by the Church of England.  This Alms Basin is three feet in diameter, and is an object of great interest as well as value.  It is used only at grand functions, such as the meetings of the General Convention.  It was an occasion of great rejoicing as well as a cause for devout gratitude when the magnificent sum of one hundred and four thousand dollars was reverently placed on the Altar.  Behind all this was the love which made the large offering possible, behind it too the devotion which at this most significant and inspiring service, led fully a thousand faithful women to draw nigh to their divine Lord in that blessed Eucharist which quickens the soul into newness of life.  The sermon at the service of the United Offering was preached by Right Rev. Dr. Nichols, Bishop of California, from St. Luke, chapter ii, verses 22-24, and was one of remarkable power, rehearsing the righteous acts and noble deeds wrought by women in all ages.

One of the most noted meetings during the sessions of the Convention was held in Mechanics’ Pavilion, on the evening of Tuesday, October 8th.  It was probably the greatest gathering ever brought together on the Pacific coast in the interest of Missions or of Religion.  There were not less than seven thousand persons present during the evening in the great hall, whose arches rang from time to time with applause at the sentiments of the speakers, and echoed and re-echoed the stirring missionary hymns sung by the vast multitude as led by the vested choirs of the various parishes in San Francisco.  It is said that this enthusiastic gathering of all ranks was equalled only by the thousands who had assembled here only a short time before to pay honours to the memory of President McKinley, whom the people loved.  Bishop Doane of Albany presided with his accustomed tact and force, and, after suitable devotions, introduced the four speakers.  The first of those who addressed the assemblage was the Right Rev. Edgar Jacob, D.D., the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, who represented the Archbishop of Canterbury.  He said that there were four methods of spreading the Gospel in obedience to the command of the Master, “Go, make disciples of all people of the earth.”  These are the evangelistic, the educational, the medical, and the magnetic.  Of this last he said, “It is that the society should attract the individual.  The influence of the individual must be followed by the influence of the society.”  Bishop Potter of New York followed in his usual happy vein.  Then came the eloquent Bishop of Kyoto, Right Rev. Dr. Sidney C. Partridge, and after him Burton Mansfield, representing the laity, who spoke about “Re-quickened Faith as necessary to all.”