The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-20
Reception mt Rt. Rev. Bishop A. q. Gar
rett's to Rev. Stephen ii. Green.

rett's to Rev. Stephen IL. Green.
Notwithstanding the ugly condition OF
| the streets last evening, consequent upon
| the heavy rains Of the morning, large
number of carriages with guests were seen
winding their way to the hospitable home
! of Rev. Bishop Garrett, the occasion being
his annual reception, and complimentary
to Rev. Stephen III. Green, rector of st.
| Matthew's cathedral. By 8 o'clock quite u
multitude of ladies and gentlemen had
gathered in response to cards of invitation
sent out some three or tour days ago. AT
ter passing an hour or SO i'll conversation,
visiting the beautiful conseryatores, exam
lining the well-stocked libraries, listening to
the sweet strains from Winters band, etc,
ETC.. most interesting episode occurred.
At the suggestion of the good bishop the
ing-rooms, whereupon he requested Mr..
Green to step forward to table centrally
located, which being done, the former adj
dressed fhe esteemed rector in Il few words
felcirous at once for their humor and Their
soberer sentiments. He congratulated him
upon the change he was about to make i'll
going to Illinois, inasmuch as
age, and yet he, in common with the
congregation over which he had for the
past five years presided, regretted to have
to part company with so efficient, so de-
voted, so beloved q rector. He proceeded
to recount in an amusing style how he had
picked the learned gentleman from the
melancholy, ma!arial overlooked districts
Of Mississippi and induced him to come to
THIS HAPPY LAND OF CANAAN.
He felt that minister that could work so
faithfully among the ranches where the al
ligator sported in his glee, and the crocodile
felt himself at sea- could do good service
among the flock OF this city, AT the head OF
navigation ON the Trinity. This was be.
fore 1.-THE great and good Dallas HERALD
had doomed up into its pres
ent proud proportions and i'm
mense usefulness. He accordingly
took him from those high water.marks and
rendered him Green house with A. Gar.
rett, above overflow. He came, he saw, he
conquered the hearts of these PEI pie. He
came at time when Dallas was little
wild, and IN little while he organized a
congregation and church that any one
might be proud of as a reigning rector, OF
regret to part from as rector reslgnlng.
'And now" proceeded the good bishop, the
guests are waiting for my, cold cream ana
your warm words, so will close by tender
ing to you in behalf of several ladies OF
your congregation this
RUSSIA LEATHER PoCKETBooK,
which seems to laugh in its swollen
iatness. 1t is filed with little bits
of paper, little chunks of gold bearing the
stamp of the greatest government the
the world ever saw" And noW,' leeilngly
concluded he, substantially, Ego forth, be-
loved friend, with the gold OF good intent
and bright example. You carry with you,
be assured, the purest feelings, the sweetest
hopes for your future labors, health and
welfare that congregation can oiier. Ana
from me you have every wish that can
come from an associate that knows you,and
a friend that loves you" Hereupon he pre-
scented Mr.. Green the pocket-book.
Mr.. Green then gracefully responded that
he lacked the flow of words that hlled his
heart upon this occasion, at once sweet and
sad. lie appreciated to the full
THIS GRACIOUS RECEPTION
on the part of the bishop, the congregation
and the guests. He parted with the deepest
regret IRON a congregation, with all OF
whom he had ever been on the most happy
terms. He parted with the deepest regret
from a bishop whose constant aid, whose
friendly counsel, whose sympathizing
breast had been part and parcel of his five
wears ministrations here. For him VINO
had thus treated him, he felt the pangs that
farewell brings as keenly as he did those
when he babe adieu to that other bishop in
Mississippi, his own dear father. During his
term of service, he had striven to build up
the church, to improve his charge.
iigion to the glory of his Maker.
He gave a brief history of the church's
progress TO the present day in Dallas, rom
some % years ago, when dry-goods box
was the pulpit, a 2xl scantling the rail-
ing that separated the preacher from the
people, and some Dolly-Varden calico III IT'S
racy hues served to hide the rudeness OF
the primitive boards and boxes needed 10
conduct the Worship. He felt that in lpav-
ing now he was parting from friends, hay-
inc behind no enemy, no opposition, no
unnleasantness. He felt that IT, in the
course of human events, he should ever
HAVE TO RETURN
TO Dallas. his heart would come with
his feet, and his hand be all the reader TO
take hold of the good and glorious work.
The reporter here suggests thai he has
given ouly feebly though substantially
what was there said with fclicitous grace
of speech and idea which it is difficult to
accurately reproduce here.
At the conclusion of these remarks, the
company were notified that
REFREsIiMEETs
awaited them in the rear rooms, 'cool re-
ception in the shape OF ice-cream aud
sherbert, aud also cakes, ETC., etc. Hands
all around" and in short order several
gallons of the creme-de-la-creme" were
demolished By the &C. ID. l.. c." After
this. the hour for retiring having arrived,
tie guests returned TO their homes, de-
lighted with the reception whose annual
repetition il one of the elegant institutions
of Dallas, but with sentiments Of SORROW
that Tins was the last convivial assembling
with a rector who has been as efficient as be
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