Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
BISHOP TALBOT.

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| BISHOP TALBOT.
He Tells How Missionary Work 10 Done in
| tho Far West
| PREACHING TO .'THE Boys IN A MINING TowS--
THEY FEEL sLIGHTED BECAUSE HE WASN'T
''DREssED UP'-How FUNDS ARE GATHERED AND
UNDERWRITING ExPERIExcEs.
The Episcopal bishop of Wyoming and Idaho
is now in this city, and Yesterday he attended
services at several Episcopal churches, giving
interesting accounts of his eventful experiences
q missionary bishop in the far west
/ The staid Washington congregations. at ease
| in their luxurious cdiices Of worship. were in
I PRODUCED by the eloquent Bishop Talbot to
novel scenes and made TO breathe for time
the air Of the mountains, Of crag and canon. OF
desert wastes. of sage brush and sand, OF the
i iussy mining camps and lonely ranches OF that
far country whence the courageous divine and
his thirty Merry clergymen have carried the
banner of the church. With the deft camera
| OF vivid word painting the bishop flashed scene
after scene upon the retina of the mind IS eye
OF the congregation until they seemed TO DO
travelling with him the land of which he spoke.
The clergyman in that new country must
| possess q peculiar fitness. the bishop said. He
must be brosd-ganged man, q manly man,
who can Keep in touch with men, he must be
able to many things without being DIS
Outraged by their presence, must LOOK below a
! surface unfayorable to find the good III others.
Nuggets are found in very hard rock. He must
be a man full Of sympathy and tact. Of tender
ness and sternness, and above all possess that
courage and manly magnetism which only can
draw to him the class of people with whom he
has to deal
THE BISHOPS APPEARANCE.
The good bishop was unconciously describing
himself, for he impresses the observer as pos
sessing those very qualities. Tall, straight as
the arrow of the shoshone. an earnest face
whose clear-cut features denote winning
blending of power, purity and tenderness
with his direct and off-hand mode OF address.
he at once commands the attention of his
hearers and then eniists their interest His
duties are TO visit every outlying parish In his
vast diocesan empire in itsef-establish
churches, preach to the wicked and bolster up
the weakened brethren He has queer expe-
riences, and last night at Ascension Church he
described q typical scene.
TYPICAL SCENE.
He rode up to the little town OF Bay Horse,
| in Idaho, one day, a mining camp in the noun
tains. As he alighted before the door OF the
hotel which was in fact more saloon than hotel,
the landlord, warm friend ana who had often
''chipped in to the church fund.- took his sad
die bags and found place for him at the din
ner table with 1.-THE boys" Pretty soon
booted and spurred individual strolled in, one
of those regulation diamond-in-the-rough kind
of fellows, but whose brilliancy 1T that time
was some what dimmed by whisky. He recog
nized the bishop, however. and made his most
humble bow. He had heard the bishop preach
last month. he said, and wished he would give
the boys at Bay Horse just such rasping as he
gave those fellows down the guich. They were
q terrible hard set at Bay Horse and they
needed TO be brought up with "a round turn.
That evening, while the bishop was inspect
ing his temporary house of worship, the
Fashion Hail" over the Red Iigei saloon
where a big dance had been held the previous
night, the diamond-iu-the-rouSh strolled in
and offered his services ITO round up the boys
They were accepted, and pretty soon, by lusty
use of lungs, he had informed the main street
that the bishop ready to begin church.
The boys responded and packed the ball. The
diamond-in-the-rough sat on the stage, boots
and spurs, with the bishop. As the bishop
scored the boys for their bad habits and raked
them fore and aft the damond-in-the-rough
was delighted and could hardly restrain his
glee. But when reference made to the sin
OF drunkenness he hung his head in shame and
hadn't a word to say.
PROMISED TO DRESS Up MKT TIME.
After the sermon, which was listened to with
most respectful attention by the boys, who
knew and loved the preacher, a group ap-
preached and the spokesman said:
the boys tonight. We like to see you dress up
for us and don't like to be sighted"
The bishop explained that the saddle bags
containing his sarplice and gown had been
mislaid by the hotel keeper and therefore he
could not appear in full canonicals but prom
| isad that the time he Drearhe1 ut RAJ
Horse he would dress up for the boys"
Bishop Talbot is an eMinently practical man,
as evidenced by the way in which he provides
| for the support of the thirty-two clergymen in
his diocese. Every cent of money collected
goes into the bishops fund. This he deposits
| in a national bank at Laramie, and on the first
day of every month each clergyman receives a
check for his monthly salary, forwarded by the
| cashier. The bishops fund is made up of the
sums contributed by his parshioners and of
such contributions he may receive from
other sources. He receives annually a sub
stantial sum from Washington churches where
he Is well known and beloved, and his appeals
for financial aid are always responded to.
THE QUESTION OF FUNDS
Sometimes the fund gets very low. 1t is
rather at an ebb now. The bishop never loses
heart, however. and goes ahead with his work
with the serene faith that help will be forth
coming in the nick of time always. He said
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with disappointment yet
Once upon a time a travelling Englishman,
who was inspecting some Idaho mines. promised
| the bishop TO send him a contribution when he
got back to England. Several months later the
bishop returned from trip into the mountains
and found in his mail a pathetic letter from a
| clergyman who conducting q mission
| in a pioneer district. little church had
| been built at a great sacrifice to the
builders. They bad staked their last
dollar in 1t. One poor woman had sold her
\ COW TO contribute 10 the fund. Another had
parted with her little crop Of oats at. loss for
cash, and each person had made some sacrifice
to raise money for the purpose. But after all
| that they were still $50 short. Tho church
/ was built, but there was no furniture to go in
II. The rector appealed for just ESQ from his
| bishop. The bishop was very sad, for he had
| nothing to give. In the same mail was a letter
| postmarked London. 1t contained Southern
| Pacific coupons to the amount Of $50 and the
| Englishmans compliments.
| The bishop, in acknowledging the gift. re-
ferred to il as special providence and de-
tailed the purpose for which 1t would be
| used.
ANOTHER SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
Several months afterward the bishop wai
negotiating with some real estate agents for a
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