Missionary
activities of the Church across the boundary. 250 delegates from
various institutions of higher learning, throughout the country,
gathered in Washington, last August (1920), for the second annual
Convention. Among the delegates, we are proud to note, were a few
Canadians.

(e) The "_follow up_" work is what counts in the long run, in a
movement of this kind. If we do not wish to see all this beautiful
zeal for missions burn away in a passing blaze, we must have a _Central
Bureau_, which will keep in touch with the promoters, and act as the
centre of Missionary activities, in the diocese. There all lines will
converge, gathering information, bringing results; from there, as from
the power-station, will go out to the workers in the field, enthusiasm
and energy. "Unity," says F. Kinsman, "cannot be created by agitated
fragments of a circumference; it must issue from a central force and be
sustained by a centripetal instinct." The Central Bureau, or Clearing
House could be confided to a trustworthy person, who would willingly
give his spare hours to this great Catholic work, until it would grow
to the point of necessitating a permanent and salaried secretary.

It is useless, we believe, to state that a _crusade of prayers_ would
be the sustaining force of this movement. We all know that the
salvation of souls is above all a supernatural process. We may sow,
another may water the seed,--but it is for God to give the
growth,--_Deus autem incrementum dat_.

The _development and fostering of "missionary vocations"_ would be the
natural sequel to this movement at large, in the Church of Canada. How
many young men and women could not the field-secretary find here and
there, and direct to the mission fields where the harvest is plentiful
and the harvesters few.

_III.--Who?_

The function of a field-secretary or organizer is a delicate one, we
fully understand. But we are firmly convinced that priests can be
found, who, with tact, intelligence and enthusiasm for the great Cause
of Missions, and backed with the authority and sympathy of the
Ordinary, are bound to make this work a success. There is a wave of
the missionary spirit passing over the Church of God. The clergy and
the people are eager to help missions at Home and Abroad. But they
desire a concrete, workable plan to pin their activities to; they are
waiting for something definite to act upon, and a responsible
representative of the cause t