St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-27
Resolutions Of Respect Adopt
ed to the Memory Of
Bishop Brooks.
Bishop McLaren Humorously
Defines the Confines Of
Episcopal Work.
Common Sense Talk by Bishop
Spalding on Church
Finances.

auspices of the church club, diocese of
Minnesota. The occasion was the Epi-
phany meeting. Several of the dis
tinguished clergymen of the church
were present as guests of the club,
among them being Bishop w. E.
McLaren, of Chicago; Bishop j.
F. Snalding, OF Colorado; Bishop
W. w. Barker, of Western Colorado,
and Assistant Bishop M. A. Gilbert, of
Minnesota. There were about 100 gen
tlemen present. A reception was held
in the hotel parlorS between Z and
o'clock, when the company repaired to
the ordinary, and passed an hour in
social conversation and partaking of a
tive-CourSe dinner.
There were five set toaStS for the
evening, and these were proposed by
the president of the club, Hon. r. r.
Nelson, of st. Paul, at the end of the
dinner.
Judge Nelson said it gave him pleas
ure to preside at the meeting, and to
have the privilege of introducing the
guests of the club for the purpose of adj
dressing the meeting. The death of
the learned Bishop Brooks, of Massa-
chusetts, was referred to in all appro-
Sequently announced Bishop Gilbert, of
st. Paul, to welcome the guests. In
presenting Bishop Gilbert Judge Mel
son said of him:
What ere he does, where ere his steps he
bends,
His every act quiet grace attends
We cannot tell where, but when he steps il
walks:
We cannot tell how, but when he speaks ii
talks
Bishop Gilbert assured the guests
that the welcome of the club was
hearty,if seemingly under cold ausp ices
of the weather on the outside, We. at
heart as warm as the sun shine that
kisses Minnesota prairie in midSum-
mer. He complimeEted the bishop OF
Colorado Bishop Spalding) upon his
great financial and church work sue
cess; and, in abiding to Bishp Nc
Laren, of Chicago. said he is from a
city that is the center of energy
of the country. lie also spoke we'll of
Bishop Barker, of Western Colorado.
Taking occasion TO say few words rel
alive to the laity, he complimented
them on the interest taken in the club,
and wanted them to remember that last
nights reception was but getting ready
Ter 1895, whey they would expect to en-
teltain Seyenty-fOur bishops instead of
five, as they did last night
In introducing Bishop w. E. Nc
Larcn. of Chicago, who responded to
the toast, "The Church Club of Chi
cago," Judge Nelson said: mature
speaks in his forehead and his looks and
his soul peeps out of his eyes"
Bishop McLaren brought greetings
from his home club. He told good
story as to how he seemed at loss on
geographical lines, and as to where the
East ends and the West begins; then he
made happy application by saying
that the Episcopal church knows no
North, East, South or West. He had dis
covered some time since that the lines
of progress in church work is NOV
ing westward. He believes the
time is coming when the church will
not be dominated by the Atlantic sea-
board, and the free West, in church
as we'll as state. will not be attached to
the leading strings of the East. He
as reviving intellectual discussion of
as doing much to remove prejudice and
promote liberation. He expressed the
view that the Episcopal church is dis
tinctively American and more tolerant
than other churches. He declared there
is no Cahensleyism in this church.
The Bishop as a Bus ness Man" was
the toast responded to by Bishop j. f.
Spalding, of Denver, Col. In intro
ducing him Judge Nelson said: He
was born, believe me, for great and
noble deeds"
Bishop opauldlng handled his subject
III way that demonstrates that he is a
tinancier as we'll as a bishop. He be-
lieyes that becoming a bishop ought not
to spoil man for business. He gave
an excellent account of his financial
moves in Colorado, and how the
church had accumulated over mill
ion ana half Of property by
investing nest egg of $4,000
in real estate in Denver, Grand juno
ton and elsewhere in the state. He
said that the most able Roman Catholic
bishop in this country lives at st. Paul,
and his pre-eminence is partly due tG
his acCumen in real estate investments
that made the church in his diocese
very wealthy.
The absence of Bishop E. S. Thomas
Of Kansas, who was expected to respond
to the toast, Minnesota the Nursery OF
Bishops" left that subject to Bishop
W. NJ. Barker, of Western Colorado,
who also responded to his own toast
'ProspectS of the Church in the Vest
Bishop Barker is a young man who
formerly had charge of church at Du
luth. He handled both subjects with
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company that he is. the sixth bishop
from Minnesota, and one other ha0
since been appointed. He declared the
church is making rapid progress III the
West and is outStripplng the East. Ii
the East the religion is along the line
of fixed ideas, but in the West the
clergy is confronted by people who
| want reality. The clergyman from the
East must throw OFF surplus baggage a:
! he goes west and confront the everlast
! ing reality in order to reach the people
! He gave figures to show the more RAPID
| growth of the church in the West as
| compared with the East.
L. w. Peet, Rev. Baxter, of Mime
apolis, and w. H. Lightner, of st. Paul
we're named as a committee to draft res
'olutionS of regret at the death OF Bishop
| Brooks. OF Massachusetts.
1t was decided to invite ladies to tht
! Easter meeting of the church club
which viii meet April II.
DR.. Allen, II. p. Nichols, Rev. Haupt
! ID. H. Eddy and Mr.. Ladd were nance
! as committee to prepare list OF OH
GERS of the club to be voted for at the
next meeting. Those present at tn,
| banquet were:
/ Ri. Revs. NJ. n. Gilbert, d. D., st
Paul; w. E. McLaren, D. D., d. d. C..
! Chicago, H.; j. f. Spalding, ID. D..Den
yer, Col; w. NJ. Barker, d. d., Duluth
| MINI.
/ /. c. Forth, S. B. Purves, Charles
! Holmes, Y. Peyton Morgan, J. Salinger
! +. II. NJ. V. Appleby, A. E. Fillmore
! W. c. Pope, of st. Paul; Ii. z. Nichols
| j. W. Prosser, Frank r. Millspaugh, j
j. Faude, Minneapolis; NJ. j. Bywater
! Albert Lea: Edwin Johnson, Lake City
! John Ii. White, Faribault; Howard s
| Clapp. Philadelphia; +. NJ. Bacon
E! Omaha, Neb.; S. q. Jelfords, Peoria. LII
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, st. Paul
| Hon. r. r. Nelson, st. Paul; Hon. JOIN
f. Norrlsh, Hastings; Hon. ID. L. How
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