FRONTISPIECE: THE MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN CHINA PAGE EDITORIAL: THE PROGRESS OF THE KINGDOM The Rev. Gouverneur F. Mosher 465 THE TRAVELLING SECRETARY IN THE PHILIPPINES The Subscription Price of THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS is ONE DOLLAR per year. the Postal Union, including Canada, twenty-four cents per year should be added. Subscriptions are continued until ordered discontinued. Change of Address: In all changes of address it is necessary that the old as well as the new How to Remit: Remittances, made payable to George C. Thomas, Treasurer, should be made by draft on New York, Postal Order or Express Order. One and two cent stamps are received. To checks on local banks ten cents should be added for collection. All Letters should be addressed to The Spirit of Missions, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. JUST OUT CHRISTIANITY AND THE RELIGIONS THESE THREE QUESTIONS VITALLY INTEREST EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN AND WOMAN 1. 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LLOYD was elected Bishop Co adjutor of Virginia, by the diocesan council meeting in Leesburg, May 26th. He has anDr. Lloyd to Be nounced his acceptBishop-Coadjutor ance of the election, of Virginia subject to the usual confirmation by the bishops and standing committees. The consecration will take place some time in the autumn. On four previous occasions Dr. Lloyd has been called to the episcopate-by Mississippi in 1903, by Kentucky in 1904, by Southern Virginia in 1905, and by Maryland in 1908. His consistent decisions not to be drawn away from the great work to which the whole Church had called him through the General Convention, has inspired a host of people everywhere with a new sense of the supreme importance of and loyalty to the Church's Mission. His retirement from this place of leadership will be viewed with keen regret by the members of the Board of Missions, by his associates at the Church Missions House, and by all Churchmen familiar in any way with the notable advances made during his administration, Dr. Lloyd became the General Secretary of the Board of Missions in December, 1899. The office had been vacant more than two years. During that time the Associate Secretary, with characteristic devotion, had been carrying the heavy load of double duty. Fully recognizing all the good work done in the past, Dr. Lloyd entered upon the inspiring task of leading the Church to still larger things. His whole-hearted loyalty to the Master and His purpose for the world, his well-disciplined enthusiasm and his broad sympathies have deeply stirred the people of the Church. Many of them, through Dr. Lloyd's words and work, have been led to relate themselves personally and practically to the Church's work for the uplift and betterment of men everywhere. Some of the results of this vigorous and reverent leadership are seen in the larger mission staff at home and abroad, in the inauguration and development of the systematic study of missions, in the greatly increased appropriations and in offerings that grow steadily, though they do not quite keep pace with the needs. The literature furnished by the Board has been improved in quality and greatly increased in quantity. Five department secretaries have been enlisted to make known the facts about the achievements and the needs of the missionary enterprise. But better than any or all of these is the evident growth in the Church of the spirit of consecration to a great |