The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
SAINT CORMRLIA.
How the Friendly Sioux Indians
Created a Modern Saint.

How the Friendly Sioux Indians
Created a Modern Saint.
MAITLAND, FLA, March 25.-FOr many
years past the venerable and distinguished
Bishop Henry B. Whipple of Minnesota
has owned a fine orange grove on Lake
Maitland, and for quite number Of years
he has had an elegant residence between
Park Lake and Lake Catherine, opposite
the rectory and Church of the Good
Shepherd, erected in memory Of his de~
ceased son and in which he officiates
regularly when spending the winter here,
as is his usual custom, the exception being
last sea3on, which he spent in Europe.
In appearance the bishop is a striking
figure. Tall, spare, slightly STOPPING, with
long hair, smooth face and clerical dress,
he attracts attention wherever he goes, aud
people refer to him as the saint John" Of
modern evangelists, partly owing TO his
personal appearance and gentle manners,
but largely because of bis lifelong labors
among the Indians on the frOn tier and his
persistent friendship for the better disposed
OF the savage tribes. AT tarlbault, the
summer home Of the bishop, he has built up
a great educational center for the Protestant
Episcopal church in Minnesota, but his as
sistaut bishop the Ri. Rev. DR.. NJ. N. Gill
bert, resides in st. Paul. from which point
the Minnesota Missionary and Church
Record" the official organ Of the diocese, is
issued monthly. The March number cons
tains poem, saint Cornelia," which has
inspired me to write this epistle.
Bishop Whipple's birthday occurs on Feb.
Is, and is generally celebrated at his winter
home here, where his list birthday was re-
Gently attended by an unusually large num-
Der of visitors from town and from Winter
Park, Altamonte Springs and Orlando.
Until few years ago his beloved wife. who
was more Of an invalid than himself, used
to snare with him the honors and pleasures
of the day, but now his widowed daughter,
Mrs. Scaadrett, presides over his beautiful
home here The late Mrs Whlpple was a
woman Of fine character, and thoroughly IN
accord with her jealous husband in his
arduous work among the ''red m IN of the
forest,n and her example and intiueuc3 were
largely instrumental IN Christianlzlug and
improving 10 many ways the wives, or
squaws, and daughters OF the Indians, to
whom the bishop preached.
When the famous Sioux massacre oc-
Cured some of these women saved the lives
OF 200 white people, and Mrs. Whipple took
these women Of the forest and cared for
them and taught them not only in religious
truths but about domestic and industrial
affairs, having desire to make them use
full as we'll as pious. Before her death she
WtuE up 70 DITCH OOulS18 4hAtlbsS W sec bAOlA4t
and when she parted from them, in view of
her feeble condition, each Indian woman,
in giving fearful farewell, added: I'm
heaven to meet you is my hope" Later
on, when Bishop Whipple went there after
his wife's death, to lay the cornerstone OF
their new church building they insisted with
one voice that it must be nau ed
"Seint Cornelta.n in memory of the noble,
sanity woman, who had been so devoted
to their spiritual and temporal welfare.
They presented to him petition in writing,
signed by all interested, asking this singu-
lar favor, has ID upon the ground that when
they were Wild men, he and she led them to
the Light" He was their "father, she
their mother" In laying the corner they
said we ask you, father, TO name the church
after the woman we love 80 well-"Saint
Cornelia" The appeal was so touchingly
made and 30 universal that the kind-hearted
bishop was compelled to grant their request.
And this is why, far out in that western
wild, a modest little Episcopal church
bears the singular modern name OF "Saint
Cornelia !" in. honor Of one who but a few
years ago closed long life Of unwearied
Christian labor for those red men and
women Of Minnesota, who then had few
friends and fewer Influences for good. Out
Of these facts grew the following poem re-