Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-09-06
EPISCOPAL TISIT1TION.

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airy bishop of Idaho and Wyo-
ming, visited the prairie last
week and held services at Mt.
Idaho, Grangeville and Cotton
wood. The services at Mt.
Idaho consisted of evening
prayer and a sermon by the
bishop on Wednesday evening,
and the baptism Of several
children and celebration of
the blessed sacrament Thurs
day morning. The fame of the
good bishop is so well known
that the shortest notice is suffi-
cient to ensure him a large
congregation, and so it proved
on this occasion, for the court
room was well filled with
large and very appreciative
audience, who listened with
rapt attention to the most ear
nest, eloquent and instructive
sermon ever delivered il Mt.
Idaho.
The evening service at the
Grange hall on Thursday even
ing vas so we'll attended that
standing room only was OBJ
tainable for the later arrivals.
The bishop preached on the
resurrection Of Christ as the
foundation Of the Christian
religion, treating it as an his
torical fact which is as truly
attested as the life and death
of Julius Cesar or Washing
ton. The appearance of Christ
to the disciples as he came
from the sepulcher was des-
cribed in such vivid terms
that the scene was almost re.
enacted before the eyes Of the
congregation. He spoke OF the
doubts and slzepticism of some
Of the disciples who could not
believe in the possibility of
the resurrection of our Lord,
even after a physical exarina-
ton Of the wounds received
upon the cross. Later in the
discourse the eloquent divine
dwelt upon the personality of
Christ as being the same in
heaven to-day as when he lived
on earth. The bishop finally
concluded with some remarks
on the alleged conflict between
religion and science, land show
ed how the Christian religion
had withstood the severest ex-
animation in the last twenty
five years on the part of the
greatest scientific minds of this
generation, nearly all Of whom
are firm believers in "the faith
of Him crucified."
1t was a most refreshing
and invigorating sermon and
just the right kind of tonic
needed to brace the souls of
believers up to a more thoro'
comprehension of, and a firmer
faith in the doctrines of the
Christian religion.
Friday morning baptismal
and communion services were
held. Before his departure
the bishop bought a lot in
Schmadeka' addition, on which
it is proposed to erect a church
building to cost 81, 500 when
the funds are raised, of which
the bishop promises to give
$500 as soon as the citizens of
the town and neighborhood
have raised the other ST., 900.
The amount could no doubt
have been raised now, but the
good bishop did not want to
trespass upon the liberality of
our people in this year of hard
times, and so the canvass for
financial aid towards the church
building has been postponed
and left in charge of a COM
mittee, consisting of AT. Par
ker, who is chairman, and T.
W. Nickel and S. p. Bibby.
The bishop likes Camas
prairie and the royal hospital
ity of its people, and next year
he hopes to have his appoint
ments made so that he can
make a longer stay and get
better acquainted with us. He
was accompanied here by the