January IK, 190S.
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Coming Conference Here of
TIG second annual conference of
the Sixth Missionary district of
the rrotestsnt Episcopal church,
to be held In Omaha from Mon
day to Friday, Inclusive, It a
very strong argument that the church ad
vances It l a much stronger argument
that the territory within the Sixth Mis
sionary district is becoming civilized. Is the
home of a people.
The Sixth Missionary district Is com
posed of the dioceses and missionary Juris
dictions In the states of Mlnne-sota. Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Montana and Colorado. In 1856, when the
First Episcopal church was organized In
Omaha, there was probably not half a
dozen little missions In the whole of these
territories. Ten years later there was lit
tle enough to show for the work done
among the Immigrants and for the sprink
ling of churchmen coming In from the
eastern states.
Now these same elate and territories
are the homes of 14.000,000 people. In this
great country of J0,0u0 square miles the
church has a membership of 1W,000. Min
istering to these are 530 clergymen. A
monument this to the hardy young fellows
who came - from their homes amid con
genial surroundings in the old states to
ride the cayuse from sod house to lg
cabin, 'holding services wherever a few
ahould be gathered together; taking long
bone-racking stage rides over the moun
tain trails to marry the living and to
bury the dead. They, with similar men
from other churches, the only influence for
good among the first wave of the adven
turous and the reckless which poured over
the plains and through Uie. foothills Into
the mountain pusses.
Movement for Missions.
To quote a man of the church:
The old government of the church was
becoming unwieldy. The Episcopal church
tins been governed, as you know, hereto
fore by one central body. We were not di
vided Into two governmenta as are some
of the denominations by north and south.
8o what was at one time a very satisfac
tory arrangement has become cumbersome,
in the ist xtraordlnafy efforts have been
made to Inform church people of their privi
leges and duty toward mlanlons. The best
mugnzlnes that the church could publish
have been circulated widely. A great
amount of literature of various kinds has
beep sent out and appeals made for offer
ings to support the work. Too often these
appeals and this Information has gone no
further than the parish clergyman, for it
Is a singular fact that some divinely called
and ordnlned men neglect or refuse to pro
mote the very work which God gave them
to do. But wherever the fault lay, the fact
was that hundreds and thousands of our
church people did not realize that they were
not doing all they were called to do. They
had no idea of the great need for Christ or
of the real working and giving necessary
for the missions. For Instance, of the
clergy in the Sixth district, two-thlcds are
missionaries dependent in part fpr their
support upon the offerings taken for mis
sionary work. A large part of the dis
trict Is simply ftu aggregation of magnifi
cent distances. One missionary priest will
cover as much territory as an eastern dio
cese and will often do much of his travel
ing across country In wagons. To support
these men In their work costs less than
the services of a good cook or a butler. But
consider what It means to send such a man
out Into the field. It means simply laying
the foundation of a great Christian empire.
Under the old central organization the
trouble was to get these facta before the
people.
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So the People Hay Know.
"The bishops, clergymen and business
men who composed the general convention
felt that this was a serious matter and be
lieved that when people generally knew the
facta they would respond with enthusiasm
to the call of the missionary Work. So the
general convention which met In San Fran
cisco in 1901 settled upon a plan of getting
the Information about missions before the
people through the district conferences
which were to take the place of the cum
bersome missionary council. The diocese
and missionary Jurlsdlctlpns of the church
were grouped In seven divisions and a
local secretary appointed for each district.
The Idea was that the workers In the dis
tricts should gather together at stated in
tervals and discuss the work of the church
within the districts and also the general
work of domestic and foreign missions and
gather practical Ideas of the best ways and
means of carrying on the work of God's
kingdom.
"So now we have the seven districts.
The future means a crystallzatlon of these
districts Into provinces. The Idea Is at the
very beginning now isnd but one meeting
has been held so far In each district. But
with the growth of the church the districts
will become provinces and over them will
be set an archbishop or metropolitan. Each
will have a see city aa the provincial sys
tem Is developed. The first meeting of the
Sixth district was held last year In Kansas
City and the second la In Omaha, Next
year probably.lt will be In Minneapolis or
St. Paul. I believe It will not go far from
the river because It la the center of the
district So Omaha has a very good chance
of becoming the capital of the Sixth prov
ince." .
Bishops Are Coming: Here.
AU of the bishops who are now over the
dioceses and missionary jurisdictions in
cluded In, the Sixth missionary district will
be In Omaha this week. They have, many
of them, been identified with the country al
most since the beginning of things, so far
as the white man Is concerned. Aa the
population hus Increased the Jurisdictions
have been cut down from their original
slxe; from missionary Jurisdictions hey
have become regular dioceses, and from
these In tutyi have been cut new missionary
dioceses, which are now. some of them,
clamoring for recognition among the self
supporting units of the church organisation.
For an example, In 1867 Montana, I'tah ana
Idaho were Included In one puny missionary
diocese. Now that territory Includes many
splendid parishes, strong and self-supporting.
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Presiding; Bishops of the Church,
Most prominently identified with the
northwest of all Uie heads of ths church is
Bishop D. 8. Tuttle, P. D., bishop of Mis
souri, .and by resson of the rule of seniority
and service, presiding bishop of the church
In America. BUhop Tuttle was born In
Windham. Green county, N T., January
SO, 1837. He graduated from Columbia and
from the General Theological seminary In
1862. He wan ordained a year later and put
to work at Mortis In the New Tork hill
country. In four years his work there was
so favorably noticed that he was selected
for the missionary bishop to Montana, Utah
and Nevada. This was when he was 29
years old, and aa the canonical law bars
men below the sge of ft) from consecration
. he did not become a bishop In fact until
almost a year after he twan the work In
the far west. When this young bishop
reached his wide and airily Inhabited Juris
diction the Mormon church was In undis
puted power. He spent twenty-five years In
this country, traveling afoot, mounted and
In stage coaches; welcomed In every mining
camp, beloved of all. He founded two
large schools for boys and for girls in Bait
I.aka City, which have continued pros
perous to the present day. He founded in
he Mormon cubital a hospital, which Is
now the largest In that portion of the wes.
In ISM he was translated to the diocese of
Mtsoouri and In September, 1303. succeeded
Rt. Rev. Thomas W. Clark as presiding
bishop of the church.
Missouri Ecclesiastically Venerable.
Missouri Is Interesting as the oldest
church territory In the Sixth district. Its
people came west by degrees from Virginia
and Maryland, where the early church
strength was concentrated. So as early us
1819 a church was established west of the
Mississippi It blng in St. Louis. There
were long Intervals, however, without ser
vices and the first building was not fin
ished for ten years. Bishop Kemper was
consecrated missionary bishop of the whole
northwest In 1S35 and took charge of the
first church. That was when the church
really began to grow. Ho founded Kemper
college in St. I,oub, which later turned out
genuine frontier clergymen. The first
churches were f und.nl at St. Charles, Boon
vllle, Fayette and Palmyra. Later came
Jefferson City. In 18t Independence and
other up river towns were reached. Mis
souri was organised ns a dloeee In Novem
ber, 18-10. there being at that time eight
clergymen and four parishes. The difficulty
was to persuade ministers to cross the Mis
sissippi. They had the s;tme fear of gulag
into the Interior which now deters the mis
sionary worker In darkest Africa. A great
loss followed the sale of Kemper lolltge
for 116,01X1 debt the ground Is now worth
11,000.000. The slate being in dispute during
the war, church work was not the fashion
and there was a dreadful backwash among
the converts, but after a few years the re
turn brought a very rapid growth in the .
parishes. In 1883. $132,742.77 was raised for
church purposes. The original diocese of
Missouri had been divided and western
Missouri made the diocese of Kansas City.
1U. Rev. E. R. Atwell, D. D., Is the bishop
of Kansas City and will be In Omaha.
RT. REV. FRANK MILLSPAUGH, D. D., RT. REV. WILLIAM H. HARE, D. D.,
BISHOP OF KANSAS. BISHOP OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
This bishop was born at Red Hook, N. Y.. the missionary diocese of Duluth was cre
In February, ls40. He studied at Columbia ated and Right Rev. James D. Morrison Is
and at the University of Vermont, and Its bishop. This Jurisdiction has progressed
became rector of Trinity, in Toledo, whero so much it will be the next to aak for ad
he remained from 1881 until 18H0. He was mlttunee on a self-supporting basis. BUdiop
consecrated in October of that year as Morrison Is also a New Yorker, coming
the bishop of the newly created diocese In from Waddlngton. He held parishes In
western Missouri.
Kansas lias a History.
Kansas Is another old diocese which hus
been divided. The missionary diocese of
Sallna was cut out from it three years ago
and is Itself now prospering. Rt. Rev.'
Frank MUlspaugh, who is so well known,
in Omaha, Is the bishop of Kansas, nnd
Rt Rev. S. M. Grlswold, one of the young
est of bishops. Is at the head of Sallna.
The church history of Kansas begins at
aooui me unie or tne Nebraska-Kansas went to Graee church ,n Kansas City,
act. and the first missionary appointed was wnere he made an envlable raoord. He wa
Rev. John McNomaru, who was afterward com,eerated to North Dakota In 1901. He Is
heaxt of the Nebraska college. He went to a wrlter of poem9 and eccieslastlcal prose.
Leavenworth In 1S6. but the political situ- The diocese has not so much history as the
atlcp was too hot for much religious inedl- 0ider ones. It was formed In 1883 and con
tatlon among the vigilantes, ao he withdrew tained at the time 60,000 square miles and a
to a safe distance and produced a book few other things. Before 1883 Bishop Clark
called "Three Years on the Kansas son had had the Jurisdiction In addition to
Border." The first parish was formed in his other duties. Rev. William D. Walker,
Leavenworth in 186 by Hiram Stone. Later another New Yorker, was the first blshoy
Atchison. Fort Scott, Junction City, Law- and was succeeded by Bishop Mann,
rence, Manhattan, Topeka and Wyandotte South Dakota was formed at the same
came into line. Bishop Kemper, the first time with its northern sister, they both
missionary bishop of the church who had being taken from Nebraska. Rt. Rev. W.
"the northwest," was at the head of the H. Hare was given the Jurisdiction, coming
Kansas territory. A diocese was formed from Niobrara. This has been a very
at a meeting at Wyandotte In 1859. Up to exacting field. New towns have sprung up
1B63 the diooese included "Arapahoe rapidly It has been most difficult to keep
county," which was that portion of Colo- them supplied with ministers. In addition
roda extending below the northern Kansas there has been the Indian work. Bishop
boundary. Then the Kansas diocese was Hare, who resides at Sioux Falls, was born
cut down to the geographical Minlta of the at Princeton, N. J.. and was educated at
state. The church clung to life tenaciously tha University of Pennsylvania, at Colum
through the war, but at a meeting In 1864 b,a- Trlnlty nd Kenyon colleges, and was
to choose a bishop only seven clergymen orQalne1 ,n 1802- He held parishes In Phil
wore present. Rev. Thomas H. Vail bo- B(,eIPnla unt" 187. an(l then became generat
camo the first regular bishop of Kansas. "ecretarJr of ths iBn committee of the
Bishop MUlspaugh, the present bishop, was r,omMtl0 ana Foreign Mission society. He
born In Nichols. V V. W aiianiixi fluf.
tuck school and Seabury divinity school
and became a missionary In Minnesota
during 1873'. In 1878 he became dean of the
Omaha cathedral He remained her. for
ten years. He became the son-in-law of
Bishop Clarksou and the brother-in-law of
I. H. Davis of the First National bank.
In 1886 he went to St. Paul's church in
Mtnneapolls and from there became dean
of the cathedral at Topeka. In 1895 he
was consecrated as bishop of Kansas. He
is well known among the Omaha publlo.
Blshop Grlswold of Sallna. was born in
Delhi, N. Y., In 1861 and is a graduate of
Union college and of the Oeneral Theo-
logical seminary. He was rector of Christ,
church In Hudson, N. Y., for twelve years,
He was consecrated as a missionary bishop
In 1908.
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Iowa's Long; Record.
Iowa became a diocese aa early as 1863.
The initial meeting looking to this or-
ganixatlon was held during 1853 at Musca-
tine. Henry W. Lee, D. D., was the first
blchop of Iowa, coming out from Roches-
ter, N. Y. St. John's parUh at Dubuque
was the first to discontinue missionary
aid and become self-supporting. Grlswold
college at Davenport was begun in 185.
In W76 William S. Perry was consecrated
us bishop of Iowa, taklug orllco two years
after the death of Bishop Lee. When tho
diocese was organized it had ten places
of worship with seven clergymen and
sixty-live communicants. In thirty-three
years the number of stations had increased
to 111, whilu the number of clergymen was
fifty-eight. It Is nuw, of course, very
much greater. Rt. Rev. T. N. Morrison
ls the present bishop of Iowa and will at-
tend the Omaha conference. He was born
In Ottawa, III., In February, 1850. He
studied at Illinois college and at the Gen- '
eral Theological seminary. In 1871 he be-
came rector at tat. Paul's, Pekin. III., and
then went to the Church of the Epiphany,
In the west side of' Chicago. He was there
from 187 until 1889, when he was conse-
crated bishop of Iowa. He is considered
to have made a very envlable record aa
a devoted priest In the hard work of his
Chicago pariah, where he spent most of
his mir.lstiy. He found there a little frame
building with a few communicants and left
a church worth S12o,0no nnd about 1,200 com
municants. Minnesota's Lively Ilecera.
Minnesota was anouier little corner of the
Jurisdiction of Bishop Kemper of the north-
west. When he was not down In Missouri,
or avoiding the hostile red In Colorado, he
was bunking with the stage driver in a
three-man capacity hotel at Juleeburg. or
exhorting the Minnesotans to greater piety.
In 1858 Uie church In the Gopher state pre
sented such a busy spectacle that It was
cut out for a diocese by Itself and Henry
Benjamin Whipple consecrated for Its
bishop. The first Episcopal clergyman beat
this record ccniderubly, being stationed as
chnplaln ut Fort Bnelllng, overlooking the
mouth of the Minnesota river and the trans
gressions of his military congregation aa
early us 1839. He established services st
St. Paul, about twelve miles sway, going
over alternate Sundays that is, the Sun
days when the redskins were not oh the
campus. A mission school was opened in
St. Paul during ltCO. A lucky chance led
to the estab.l.'hment of a pans i at the Fa Is
of St. Anthony. The unearned Inclement
helped a lot. During the first j cur the
clergy made fifty baptisms and traveled
R.OuO miles, mostly on foot. In 152 there
were three churches In the state. Indian
missionary work was beginning to Bit up
and take quite an Interest In things, espe
cially at Leach and Gull lakes, but in 1867
an epidemic of alcoholism killed nil the
conversions and made the country hostile.
In 1883 the church had grown to 16,379 mem- '
bcrs. Right Rev. S. C. Edsall Is the pres
ent bishop of Minnesota. He Is an Illinois
man, having been born at Dixon in 1830. Re
cine college and the Western Theological
seminary gave his learning and he became
a priest in IS8& But before this time he
was admi::od to the bar and with his
father, a CLicugo Judge, practiced law suc
cessfully. He became rector of St. Peter s
church In Chicago and In 1809 was conse
crated missionary bishop of North Dakota.
In June, 19ul, he was made bishop of Min- ,
nesota,
Minnesota became too large a diocese, so
Herkimer and Ogdensburg of that state be
fore coming west. He has written consid
erable church literature.
Dakota, Single and Twins.
Bishop Cameron Mann Is at the head oi
the diocese of North Dakota. He resides
at Fargo. lie is another of the New York
ers who have almost a monopoly In the
Sixth district. He Is a graduate of the
General Theological seminary and was rcc-
tor at WatklnB N. Y- untll m2. Then he
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Montana a Youna-afer.
T? f n.u o t. nd, rk .mi
Mnt the dloco9e of MonUna at' lhe conFfer.
ence. He Is a Vermonter, having been bor
at Berkshire In 1839. He served In Carthage
a,i Watertown, N. Y., and In 1880 was
consecrated as missionary bishop to Mon-
tana. He Is one of the elder bishops of the
church and has worked for twenty-five
years In Montana, bringing It in his own
holding from a missionary to a self-sup-
porting diocese. This Is very unusual. Mon-
tana first entered church history together
with Idaho under the wing of Colorado's
diocese. Then the two with Utah were
made one Jurisdiction. Bishop Tuttle, now
hesd of the church, was the first bishop. In
1880 Montana was separated from the
cithers. Then came BlBhop Brewer. The
first services were held Christmas day,
1S66, at Virginia City.
Colorado's Record,
Colorado was first organized with Wyom-
and New Mexico. Bishop Taibot was
tho biehop of the northwest st tiiat time,
Bishop Randall was elected to these ter-
rttorles In 1865. He remained eight years,
In 1874 New Mexico was subtracted. The
church was established In Denver in 1860,
wlth J- n Kehler as rector. Central City
Allowed In 1864, and next came Tduho
Springs the same year. A bpys' school was
DUllt at Denver In 1868, and a girls'
achool at Golden the following year. Bishop
Spalding was the second head of the Jurts-
dlotlon, coming In 1873. At that time there
'ere only seven clergymen at work. The
discovery of gold brought a rapidly in-
creasing population. Even aa early as 18V3
very little special sld was received from
the east. Rt. Rev. 8. C. Olmsted. D. D.,
' now bishop of Colorado. He was born
t Olmstedvtlle. N. Y., in 18CJ; was edu-
rated at the General Theological seminary
and at Hobart college, and became rector
l Bala, Pa., In 1877. He Is the author of
several books. He went to Denver aa
bishop In May, 1902.
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Charca la Nebraska.
' Tn diocese of Nebraska was divided in
liS0- nd froin the state west of Grand
Island and In Wyoming was created the
diocese of Lanunle. Rt. Rev. A. R. Graves
was consecrated bishop In 1890 and resides
st Kearney. ' Bishop Graves was born at
Wells. Vt. Hs was assistant or rector
in Brooklyn. Plattsmouth. Minneapolis
and Northfield, Minn.; Littleton. N. H.,
RT. REV. OEOROR WORfHINOTON. 8.
T. D., LL, D., BISHOP OB" NEBRASKA.
RT. REV. ARTHUR L. WILLIAMS.
COADJUTOR BISHOP OF NEBRASKA.
RT. REV. S. C. EDSALL. BISHOP OF
MINNESOTA,
RT. REV. D. 8. TUTTLE, D. D., PRESID
ING BISHOP OF CHURCH AND
BISHOP OF MISSOURI.
FRANK SHELBY. WESTERN TRAVEL
ING SECRETARY BROTHERHOOD OF
ST. ANDREW.
HTV. a. . T,I.OTTt D. P., OfRAL
SECRETARY BOARD OF MlbdiONS.
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and Bennington, Vt., returning to Uethcs
niane church, Minneapolis, from which he
was consecrated.
The year 1866 saw the beginning of organ
lied church government In Nebraska, this
state, with the Dakotas, being organized
into a missionary Jurisdiction. Bishop
CJarkson was Its first bishop. When he
entered on his duties there were seven
clergymen and four chuihes. these Wing
located at Nebraska City, Nemaha City.
Decatur and Omaha. Thu white popula
tion was about !o.X. There were also 30.040
Indians. The first residence of the bishop
was at Nebraska City. In 1S67, though, he
saw what a mistake he had made and
tame to. Omaha, and began to build
Browncll hall. In 1871 the Indians were cut
out of the diocese by the formation of the
Niobrara Jurisdiction and the. following
year this was absorbed In the Dakotas,
leaving the diocese within the borders of
the state. Later a dividing lint was drawn
through, leaving only the eastern third of
the state within the diocese bearing Its
name. In this diocese there are now
eighteen parishes, ono parochial mission,
twenty-seven organized missions anil
twenty-three unorganized missions. The
diocese Is divided Into two convocations, the
Platte river being the dividing line. Bishop
Worthlngton is the head of the diocese and
Is known to all of Omaha because of his
long residence here before he removed to
the east. The bishop was burn In Lenox,
Mass., in 1840, and studied at Hobart col
lege and at the General Theological semi
nary, becoming a priest in 1864. He was
an assistant at St. Paul's In Troy, was
rector at Bollston Spa, N. V.; enme to De
troit to St John's and from there came to
Omnha'in 1886 as the bishop. The 'actual
charge of the diocese rests in the hands of
Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, bishop coad
jutor. He is a Cunadlan, having been born
ut Owen Sound, Ontario, In 1856. Ho at
tended Greenwich academy and the West
ern Theological seminary In Chicago. Ha
RT. REV, J. D. MORRISON", D.
BISHOP OF DULUTH.
D.,
became a priest In 18S9 and wus sent to the
White River valley In Colorado as a mls
slonary In 1S89 he went to St. Paul's In
Denver and In 1S92 became rector of Christ
church, Woodland park, Chicago, where he
remained until 1SD9. He was then conse
crated bishop coadjutor to Omaha.
Story In Omaha.
Turning to the history of the church In
Omaha we find that the lots at the corner
of Eighteenth and Capitol avenue, where
Trinity cathedral now stands, were pur
chased In 18S6, and the following year a
church was built there at a cost of some
thing like $15,000. But this was a long
way from the beginning of the church In
Onmlia. The late Dr. Gregory of Syracuse,
N. Y., Is credited with being the first
Episcopal clergyman to enter tho country.
Omaha was not here at the time it was
a very crude iece of frontier then, and
not up to Its social obligations. Dr. Greg
ory, when he visited Omaha, was the chap
lain of an infantry regiment stationed at
Fort Leavenworth. He was on his way
up the river to Fort Calhoun. This was
In 1835, but there Is no record of any serv
ice of the church being performed here at
that time or at a later date until 1865. Rev.
Dr. Peet of Des Moines, which, strange to
say, was a more civilized spot at that
time than was Omaha, visited Omaha and
preached one Sunday In the old territorial
cupttol.
In the summer of 1856 Bishop Kemper,
then In charge of missions in tho north
west, came to Omaha accompanied by the
Rev. W. N. Irish of Missouri and Bishop
Lee of Iowa. They held services Bishop
Lee preaching In the morning and Bishop
Kemper In the afternoon. They succeeded
at tills time in organizing the pioneer par
ish. The exact dato was July 13, 1856, and
the first vestry consisted of Samuel Mof
fat, senior warden; C. W. Hamilton, Junior
warden; Governor T. B. Cuming, A. J.
Hanscom. A. F. Salisbury and Jonas See
ley, vestrymen. The new church gained
the enmity of some of the other congrega
tions In the city, which was not even Im
portant enough ut the time to have a Car
negie library, but It prospered neverthe
less for a time. Rev. George W. Watson,
then missionary to Council Bluffs, was
called to the new parish and a lot at the
northwest corner of Davenport and Four
teenth streets was purchased and the cor
nerstone of a new church wus laid with
much ceremony on August 1, 1857, by
Bishop Lee, ussisted by the rector and by
Rev. EH Adams. The new locatlun was
subsequently abandoned probably too far
out, of town and a lot was leased for ten
years at the southwest corner of Farnam
and Ninth streets.
On this very eligible location was built
a little brick church. Tho arrangement
was that the building should revert toUhe
land owners ut the termination of the
lease, und such became the case. It wus
turned into a. swimming bath and used
as such until burned' not many years ago.
Rev. Mr. Watson continued to minister
to tlio congregation und drive away In
toxicated Iudluns who wanted to sleep In
tho cathedral duiing service hours untll
July, 1860. Then he waa succeeded by
Rev. John West, who canto from the east
with its efete Ideas and only lusted In
the uncouth pioneer surroundings for one
year. Rev. O. C. Dake was next, and
wus In churgo from June, 1862, until Janu
ary, 1S64. He was also the principal of
Browncll Hall ulthough one bardly sees
'where daughters could huve had time to
be born und to grow to school age In so
new a city. Rev. W. A. Vun Antwerp
succeeded Mr. Dako and remained until
1&C8. .During his rectorship thu church
moved to its new house which; had been
built to succeed the little Ninth street
ehai'e!.
Coming; of Ulaliup C'larksoa.
At this time Bishop Ciurkson, L. L. D.,
came to Omaha. He hud been consocruted
In Chicago on November 15, 1866, and Im
mediately came to Omahu, delivering his
first sermon Advent Sunday. The sppoint
, ment of a missionary bishop to be over a
new Jurisdiction including the city of
Omaha, a few other places and several
Indians, was a great date in the htatory
of the church. IJ, meant very much, in
deed, to these who were working so hard
In those years to set up the missions and
build a firm foundation Tor the church.
As a result of this feeling, when Mr. Van
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Episcopal Missions
Antwerp resigned In 18SS the vestry of the
parish offered the new church to the new
bishop for a cathedral to his new diocese.
A provisions! arrangement was entered
which continued until the fall of 1872, when
the cathdral system was established by
the diocesan council nnd the church be
came canonieally what It hail been pro
visionally, the cathedral of Nebraska.
The first rector under Bishop flnrkson
at the cathedral was Rev. George C. Belts,
who aft,er one year gave place to Rev.
John G. daysman. Up to this time pros
perity had been with the congregation,
but in November, 1S6!, ami the loth day
thereof, disaster, through the agency of
fire, destroyed the line new church, which
had stood but two years and was still a
pride nniong the citizens. Hut tire could
not destroy the ci ngregatlon, and a new
and larger frame building took the place
of that which had gone: This building
continued to be the church, home until th
building of the present stone cathedral,
although It had to be twice enlarged to
nccommnilate the growing parish. The
cornerstone of the cathedral was laid
May 25, 1880. and It was near enough
finished In the early part of 1882 to be
occupied fur servke. 11. 13. Harrison ai
th. architect and the stone came from
Gladstone, 111. The c'tsi was more than
lOt.euC.
Some U in a hit tie my
Other clergymen In Trinity since the res
ignation of Mr. Gassman have been Rev.
Alexander C. Garrett, who continued until
December, 1874, when he was consecrated
aa mi&sionary bishop of northern Texas.
Rev. John D. Easter followed, coming from
Maryland, and then came Rev. Francis R.
MIUspatiKh, who was Installed in October.
1876. lie now returns and Is present nt this
convention of the present week. Dean
Charles H. Gardner followed. Rev. Dean
Campbell Fair succeeded Dean Gardner, and
ha In turn is succeeded by Dean Beecher.
RT. REV. E. R. ATWILL, D. D., BISHOP
OF KANSAS CITY.
St. Barnabas' is also an old parish. When
It was organized in June, 1869, It had a
membership of twenty. The first ofllcers
were Robert C. Jorden, senior warden;
James W. Van Nostrand, Junior warden;
. George D. Ruggles, George F. Lahagh,
George I. Mayer, II. L. Seward and F. G.
Mason, vestrymen. They began work in a
small mission church in the east part of
the city, which was moved to Fourteenth
and Cass streets July 12, 1879. In July, 1870,
the present location was obtained and tho
church again moved. In the samo month
the building was destroyed by a storm. A
new one was at once provided, Bishop
Clurksun preaching the dedication sermon.
George C. Betts wus tho iirst rector of St.
Barnabas,' and ho was followed by James
C. Hammond, and In 1877 by Father John'
Williams, who has continued in his charge
for longer than almost any divine Omaha
has known.
A church which Is almost forgotten was
old St. Mark's, which was located at Eighth
and lierce streets. It was -the outgrowth
of Trinity mission. Instituted In 1867. In
1868 S. E. Rogers donated a lot for the
church and St. Mark's parish, of Philadel
phia came dowti with $1,000 through Bishop
Clarkson. So tho new church was built in
1868. It was the forerunner of the present
St. Matthias' parish. '
St. John's Episcopal church was organ-i
Ized in June, 1885, by Rev. William Osgood,
with twelve members. The following year
a $6,000 church was put up and the church
has gradually grown In membership and
prosperity.
fell Suints' church was organized in 18S6
by members of Trinity parish. The old
residence of James M. Woolworth was
moved to Twenty-sixth and Dewey avenue
and became the parsonage. This was
burned a year ago and a $10,000 modern
parish house has been built Rev. Louis
Zahner was the first reclor and continued
untll the spring of 1891. He was succeeded
by the present rector, Rev, T. J. Mackay.
Some of the Later Churches.
Tho Church of St. Philip the Deacon at
1119 North Twenty-first, Is the only colored
parish in tho city. The first work along
this line was begun in September, 1878, when
Dean MUlspaugh began a tentative Sunday
school on Ninth street, using the Cousins
house. The work prospered somewhat and
a few of the parents began to be inter
ested. In 1880 William A. Green was taken
In charge by the dean and Instructed for
the ministry and was ordained. He had
(g'harge of the little congregation uirtil In
1884, It had prospered so, ground was leased
at Nineteenth and Cuming street. Dean
MUlspaugh, however, went away about this
time und the new parish came near snuffing
out. Rev. Mr. Gieen became discouraged
and went away. In 1886 Bishop Worthing
ton revived the mission and John Albert
Williams, who camo out during vacation
time from Seubury Divinity school, was put
In charge. Ho returned again next vacation
and was ordained In 1(91 and became the
rector. In 1810 the lots on Twenty-first
street were bought and the stone church
built as a memorial to Mrs. Milton, Uie
mother of Mrs. Worthlngton. Tho parish
was required to pay the $4,000 for the lots,
which It has done, and Is now out of debt.
St. Andrews', at Forty-first and Charles
atreHs, Is one of the nourishing little
churches of the city. It began its existence,
in 1888 as a mission of St. Barnabas'. Prior
to this time some members of the older
parish had moved out to the western ex
tremity of town and they began a little
mission In the hollow near Forty-second
and I sard streets.' Rev. Irving I'. Johnson
came out from the east and was the first
rector of the little mission, remaining three
years. The church wus moved during his
time to Its present location at Forty-first
and Charles streets. A choir was provided,
new pewa installed and the mission put in
first class shape. Rev. Percy Silver fol
lowed when Mr. Johnson went to South
Omaha, and preached two or three years.
He is now chaplain of the Thirtieth r, gl
nient ut Fort Crook. Charles 11. Young,
who now has Bishop Williams' old church
In Chicago, followed. Then came W. H.
Howard, now dean of the cathedral In In
dianapolis, Louis T. Watson, now in New
York, and then F. 8. Whits, who went to
Atchison last fall. Under Father White a
guild ball was added and the church built
if v-
up very much. Rev. Frederick Graves, son
of the bishop 1 Laramie. Is now In Charge
of the parish.
St. Pauls church at Thirty-second and
California streets. Is the work of Trinity.
Paul Mathews, now dean of the cathedral
In Cincinnati, was the first missionary to
this part of the wilderness tthe cars did
not then run out CaIlfornla. He preached
there about once In six weeks. 8. rt Wells,
son of the late bishop of Milwaukee, was
the first rector He came out from tho
General Theological seminary In New
York and served for five or six years. Ha
built a guild hall and brought the mission
Into g.nxl condition. Another rector of
St. Paul's was W. H. Moor who carried on
the work untll he was appointed general
seen tary of the diocese. Rev. George F.
Pott.r then camo out from Wisconsin and
is now In charge.
A mission which was not successful .was
St. Augustine's. This was started at Thirty-third
and Francis streets and struggled
along for u while, but about two years
ago It was discontinued us not being of
sufficient .Tonilse.
The Church of the Good Shepherd Is ths
result of the labors of Very Rev. Dean
Oardner. who, In April, 18S8, organised tha
mission at the houso of C. T. Brady. John
Ringwalt and Elizabeth Poppleton wera
active . In this work. The services wera
held In private houses and In the old Lake
Street school until the bishop placed It
under the care of the associate priests, Q.
8. Witherspoon and H. L. Gamble. A lot
was leased at Nineteenth and Lake streets
and a 1.6"0 church was built. Rev. X.
P. D. Lloyd of Riverside, 111., was tha
first rector and entered on his dutiss In
October, lxsj. In IS'1 the church was
moved to Its present location, Twentieth
and Ohio streets, on lots purchasod by tha
parish and the building improved and en
larged at a cost of $3,0U0. R. B. U. Bell
Is the txresent rector.
In the MasTlo City.
St. Martin's (the John 8. Minor memo
rial). South Omahu, was founded In 1S87.
Rev. C. 8. Witherspoon came to the city
from Toledo to form an associate mission
of priests. The first work was dene in tha
Third Ward school house In 1888 a Church
was built ut Thirtieth and R streets and
dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. Bishop
Worthlngton dedicated It February 24, 1889.
Rev. R. L. Knox came In the spring of
1889 to take charge of the parish. Rev.
Dr. Brown followed and then came Cation
Whitmarsh, who Is now bedridden in
Omaha. In September, 1890, the church was
muved because the city had graded down
R street and the building was brought to
Twenty-third between F and O streets.
The church was consecrated In its new lo
cation by Bishop Worthlngton In April,
1893. Rev. Mr. Sharpley came to the church
In 1892 and was followed by Irving P. John
son, who came from St. Andrew's mission
In Omaha. This was In the spring of 1894.
A boy's choir wus formed and the church
prospered. In 189S the church was mcved
to lots at Twenty-fourth and J streets,
the present location, which were purchased
from a fund left by John S. Minor. In
the spring of 1899 it was decided to build
a church. A committee composed of James
H. Martin, L. C. Gibson, W. S. King, and
Harry E. Taggs was appointed and these
secured the stone from tho ruined house
of Dr. Miller at 8eymour park. The pres
ent church was finished on December, 12,
19u0, and the old building was made Into
a rectory. Mr. Johnson left In 1901 "and
the present rector, James Wise, who waa
hero during the summer, took temporary
charge. John T. Foster came from Em
poria, Kan., and was rector for about one
year, after which Mr. Wise became the
head of tho church. There are now 200
communicants and as many are in the Sun
day school.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew will be
strongly represented in the conference.
Herbert Carleton of Boston, who is gen
eral secretary of the brotherhood, lias a
part In the program and Frank Shelby of
Denfer, the newly appointed western trav
eling secretary of the brotherhood, is to be
here. He has been in ofiioe only two or
threo months. Ills territory extends from
the Missouri river to the Pacific coast
According ffe the constitution the sole ob
ject of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew is
the spread of Christ's kingdom among
men, especlully young men, and to this end
every man desiring to become a member
thereof must pledge hlmBelf to obey the
rules so long as he shall be a member. The
rules are simple there are two: The rule
of prayer and the rule of service. The first
la to pray dally for the spread of Christ'
kingdom among men, especially young men;
and tha second Is to make at least one ef
fort each week to lead somn young man
nearer to Christ, through the church. It
seems simple. The brotherhood Is becom
ing a very strong organization and has
chapters In all the cities of the country and
a large number of the towns. The require
ments are not very strict when the two
great rules have been observed and any
organization of young men in the church
Is eligible which compiles with the two.
Duiing the last year a chapter was or
ganized in Omaha and Is doing nicely. Of
the brotherhood It Is said:
"We are- not writing in tha sand. The
tido does not wash it out We are not
painting our pictures on tha canvass, and
with a brush, so that we can erase the
error of yesterday, or overlay It with an
other color today. We are writing out
lives with a chisel on the murhle, and every
time we strike a blow we leave a mark that
Is Indelible."
Prattle of the Youngters
Small Harold, after sizing up the new
baby, said: "Well, that kid hasn't got
any hair to comb, but he's got an awful
lot of face to be washed."
Tommy When mauked mo If I'd been
stealing Jum, I said yes.
Johnny Aw, why didn't you deny it?
"I didn't have the faco to say no."
Visitor Well, my( little man, hava yea
anv brothers?
Bright Boy Yes, ma'am; I have one, but
mv slater has two.
Visitor Why, how's thatT
Bright Boy Shs has me and my
brother.
Papa homo from Jong Journey, little
May at her evening prayers. Little brothsr
You have forgotten to usk GoJ to tak
care of papa und bring him safe home.
May He is home, and he can take car
of himself.
The logical Infant Bebe, had fallen
from her chair at table and raised a big
bump on her head. Mamma consoling;
"Eat your soup, deary, and the bump
will go awav."
Bebe Mamma, If the camels eat plenty
of soup will their bumps go away?
Just His Symptoms
"Do you ever feel," twittered the young
woman with souiful eyes, to the great
novelist, "as If you must fly from this
world? As If you must bury yourself In
some vast wilderness far from the haunts
of men? Do you ever feel that you will
die If you ars not alone all alone?"
"Yes." hs told her. "Indeed I do."
"Ah! And when do you teal that Wftjrf
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