The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-12
INDIANA'S NEW BISHOP.
DIR. Knickerbacker's Practitioners Pre-
sent Him with Official Robes.
A Social Event of Great Interest to EpiscO-
palians-The Doctors Work in
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Tribune, Sunday.

1t is time hOnoreG custom of the church
that when the rector of parish is chosen to
the episcopate, the parishioners present to
him his robes of Office. Accordingly, the
ladies of Gethsemane and her missions de-
lighted to honor their beloved PASTOR Gus
tom or no custom, and desiring to give
hearty welcome to his worthy successor
arranged for a reception to DR.. and Mrs.
Knickerbacker and Mr.. Graves at the resi-
dence of DR.. Lawrence. The parlors were
decorated with taste and redoent with the
fragrance of flowers. As the guests entered
the word Welcome" worked in white
flowers on a green ground, greeted them, and
as they departed they read, as they pressed the
hand of their dear old friend and loving
spiritual guide, many of them for the last
time, the sad word, Farewell" Among
the floral decorations was beautiful cushion
of white geraniums with the figures
1856 and 1888" worked in pink fuchsias,
This was a gift from Mr. Kilvington.
The guests were received by DR.. and Mrs.
Lawrence, with DR.. and Mrs, Knick-
erbacker, and Mr. Graves on their right.
The rooms were crowded with the friends
and admires of the bishop-elect and his es
Unable wife, and despite the air of sadness
that was natural it was, in all respects, a
most delightful affair, and this was largely
due to the careful attention of Mrs. Law
renee, who, in an easy and graceful way, made
every guest to feel perfectly at home. At
o'clock the presents, which had been pre-
pared for the Rt. Rev. DR.. were placed in his
hands. The Rev. Mr.. Cole, with well-chosen
words spoke of the character of the Doctors
work, comparing its growth to that of the
oak which strikes its roots deep into the
earth and spreads it's branches far and wide,
offering shade and shelter to all. He dwelt
on the sincere and fervent affection cher
ished for the Doctor and his wife by all the
people, and the heartfelt regret with which
they would part with friends so long cher
ished and so dear. He then presented the
bishop with draft for 1925, the price of his
episcopal robes, and splendid copy Of the
atlas and directory of the world. The for
mer was the joint gift of Gethsemane, Grace,
St. Andrews, Hassan, Rockford and Min ne
tonka Mills mission; the latter was from the
ladies of Gethsemane parish.
The first present was a fine ebony gold
headed cane, accompanied by a warm heart
ed letter from the Doctors Swedish friends
in Minneapolis. The reporter endeavored to
secure an abstract of Mr.. Coles remarks but
could not.
Gen. Runkle then presented Mrs Knick-
erbacker with a very fine portrait of her nus
band. splendidly framed, the gift of Gethsem-
ane and her missions He said, after re-
ferring to the TACT that Mrs. K. had given her
whole life to aiding her husband in his work,
making her bridal trip a missionary journey
to frontier town: And in this span of
seven and twenty years you have seen many
and wonderful changes You have seen the
little village on the banks of the Father of
Waters grow and develop into thriving and
vigorous city, where 'clamorous labor knocks
with her hundred hands at the golden gate
of the morning. A city resounding with
the hum of industry. A city reaching out
for the commerce of an empire. A city feed
ing with her products millions of mankind.
You have seen that little band of commune
cants her faithful few who gathered at the
altar rail in that humble chapel, growing
and increasing to many hundreds, going
forth far and near and carrying the
faith and spirit of the church
until the name of Gethsemane is known
from the great wheat-felds of Dakota to the
orange groves of Florida, from Plymouth
rock to the Golden Gate. You have seen
that little chapel grow and expand with the
increasing demands OF the time, until now
there are rising in beauty the white stone
walls of magnificent temple, which will
stand for ages as a monument to the patient
persevering labor and living devotion of rec
tor and people You have seen the modest
and yet earnest young deacon who first min
istered at Gethsemane's altar also developing
with the years. growing into a steadfaSt,
manly manhood, always first to minister to
the sick, first to comfort the sorrowing, and
first to encourage those seeking the kingdom
of God, until at last, strong in the respect and
confidence of all men, stronger in the lives and
devotion of his own people, and strongest of
all in his unfaltering trust in God, he has
come, in the prime of life to be called by the
word and spirit of God to be numb ered
among the princes of the church. And in
all this it may be truly said of you. dear
madame, as of her for whom memorial is
to be spoken wherever the gospel is preached
until time shall be no more, she hath done
what she could"
After referring to the duties of wife and
especially of rector's wife under the wise
rules and customs OF the church, which ex-
poets no more OF her than tender and loving
devotion to her husband who bears the bur
dens of her people, and after dwelling upon
the parting of the tender ties which bound
them to their Minnesota home, the General
closed with:
knowing and feeling all this, your loving
friends have chosen for you a fitting testi-
monial, appropriate because of all that is
past-most ppropriate because of all that
is to come. They give you
this noble portrait not that you need it. to
remind you of one whose image is craven on
your heart, but because il will always bring
to you memories of gadDess to brighten the
lonely hours of your husbands absence.
Then, in the name of these dear friends,
whose tears, sparkling and precious as the
dewdrops chat rest on the lilies of Paradise
will fall at the last parting, l bid you God
speed and goodbye. 1t is their wish that
you live many years in your new home;
years filled with peace and happiness;
that in all things God, ever our own
God, may give you His blessing, and that
when earth's endless night draws on and