The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-24
EARLY HISTORY OF THE PROTEST.
ANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The first Episcopsl clergyman tha.
came TO Oregon WAS the Rev - N.
Fackler. He crossed the plans in
lSi,. In search of health. The first
services OF the church. Of which We
have any record. were held by him in
lSis. IN Oregon City. at Mr. Mckinley 8
residence. As be WAS much out Of
health. he made no effort 20 establish
stated services or TO organize 3 parish.
II was no; til the year 1851. that
any definite steps were taken. by the
church in the east. 10 send a Missionary
to Oregon. Ths Rev William Rich.
mond WAS then appointed to this teld.
In May. 1851. he and the Rev Mr. Fack-
Ter held services sn the Methodist house
Of worship. in Por,lsnd. This place
and Oregon City were chosen - the
best places for central operations. Co
lumbis City. the Dslles, Milwsuaie and
Salem we're selected IS mission stations.
Mr. Fsckler's health had by this tune
so much improved. that be too was ap-
pointed Missionary by the Board. ln
1851. congregations were organized In
Portland. Oregon City. Milwaukee and
Lafayette.
la 1852. church services were held at
Champoeg. Chehalem City and on the
Tusis,in Plans. in addition to th e
work undertaken the previous year, and
the Rev James A. Woodw rd arrived
from PcLnsylvsnis. The \ Joha
McCsrty. ID b. Of New Y D anne
out 10 Fort Vancouver W I. in 1853,
as chaplain in the army. The small
and depressed congregation Of Trinity
Church. Portland. persuaded him to
minister to them in connection with his
work At Vancouver; and this he did
AMID many aud great difficulties. Of
ten. sto meet bis appointments. he
would have to cross long stretch Of
swsmpy land covered with water To a
depth of several foet. aud rather than
d'sappoint his people. hs would strip
of his clothes. tie them up in bundle,
place them upo, his head and wade
through.
On the % OF August. 1858. . meet
ing Of the clergy and laity was held III
st Paul's church. Oregon City. at
which resolutions were p.s.ed. desiring
the ap: ON ui-Et Il Missionary Bish-
"p tar tn. Tcrrit,riss OF Oregon and
Washington. ard iavoiing the estab-
Hshmen, of an institution Of learning
wherein young ,nen could be trained up
on the soil for the ministry. The whole
work OF planting the church in Oregon
had to begin at the beginning. o. there
was not only no nucleus around which
to build. but there we're many prcju-
dices to over come ere much fruit could
crown the Missionary labor.
The General Convention which met
in New York in October, 1883. elected
Rev Thomas +. Scott, Of Georgia, to
be Missionary Bishop Of Oregon and
Washington. He was consccrated Juue
8. 1854, and reached Portland with his
wife April %. 1855. The Rev Messrs
Richmond and Wood ward had returned
east shortly before. so that. on Bishop
SCOTS arrival. there were ouly Two
clergymcn to aid him in his trying
work.
The first Convocation was held in
Portland, June Il, 1855. The first
church consecrsted in Oregon was Trim
ity Church. Portland (Sept 81 1850;
st Johns Church at Milwaukee was the
first church built
Mr. James l.. DAILY was admitted as y
candidate for Holy Orders this year;
sn encouraging event to Bishop Scott
who had not yet recsived one line Of in-
timation of the coming of any Mis-
sionary. (Thc venerable DR. DAILY still
does good work in Portland. superin.
tending st Matthews Miss Sunday
Services at st Stephens ChspeO Soon
after this the Rev Johnstone McComas.
Deacon, arrived and in 1856, the Rsvs
John and James X w Sellwood. These
last had been involved in a fearful mas
sacrs in Panama. where the Rev John
Sellwood was nearly killed and both
were robbed Of nearly sll their earthly
possessions. The Rev j II w Sellwood
took charge Of the church at Salem.
In 1856 boarding school for boys WAS
opened at Oswego under Mr. Barnard
Cornelius; . tract Of land OF nearly
seventy acres, with a large dwelling
situated on the west bank Of the Villa
mette river. having been bo' 1T for
that purpose.
In the fall Of 1857 Bishop scott was
active in travelling over his wide juris-
dictiou and hunting up the scattered
sheep Of the fold. But it Was the sur
vey Of q vast work without the men to
do it. Speaking Of this the Bishop
says-'Sincs my return have been con-
tinually on the tramp-calling occa-
sionally to spend . few day, with my
wife; northwsrd 10 Vancouver Island
and Southwark nearly to the head o!
the Willamette valley; eastward to the
Dalles and westward to the Pacific.
Aud yet alas! in oil this how little have
l done. l can say little else Of each
point than reni. rdi. dissssi. Were
there . faithful clergyman at each poiut
I Waited. how different were the work,
how different we're the frult. how diff
fe.ent the retrospectionr
Bishop Scott consecrsted ST Mary's
Church, Eugene City, Jan. 25. 1859
During this yesr, each clergyman. in
his own field labored quietly and faith
fully iu the work Of building up the
church and leading precious souls TO
Jesus the Saviour Of men. And this
he did. amid many discouragements.
Worldliness ON the one hand, and pref
udice on the other, were two grea, OBJ
stacles every ~ here.
In 1850 the Bishops heart was
cheered by the arrivsl Of fise new cler-
gymer; the Rev Messrs Carlton. P