St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-07
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up completed life in great work.
Bishop NJ. N. Gilbert, the coadjutor
of the diocese, directed the exercises
and opened them with terse address
suited to the occasion. There were
number of Indians present.
Rev. William c. Pope, pastor of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, read a
historical sketch of the venerable
bishop. He spoke Of the work done by
other clergymen pricr to the COM
ing of Bishop Whipple, such as
Bishop Kemper. Rev. Gear. who came
to Fort Smelling Ill 1889; Rev. j. Lloyd
Breck, who. associated with Wilcoxen,
founded the missionary work in this
country; Rev. Scion W. Nanny, the
Trainer of the constitution OF the do
cese': Rev. j. V. Van Ingen, of Christ
church, st. Paul; Rev.-J. S. Chamber
lain. of st. Anthony Falls; Rev. E.
Steele Peak.
There were also present the Indians
Emmegahbowh and Manitowab. These
were in the convention that elected
Bishop WhippIe. The convention was
held liz the old church that stood on the
present site of St. Paul. Those attend
ing that convention in 1859 were the
guests Of Rev. Andrew Bell Patterson,
ID. D., the pastor who founded St. Paul's
parish.
In 1859 there we're twenty-o ne par
iSheS with less than 600 communicates.
Bishop WhippIe was consecrated Oct.
II, 1859. at Richmond, Va. After that
he took UP his residence at Fariba ult.
where Rev. J. Lloyd Brock had founded
system of church schools. For
the first ten years of his work
there was rapid growth in the rural
districts. In the first three years of his
service Bishop Whipple travelled $4,000
miles in the discharge of his duties. He
slept in frontier taverns and preached
in bar-rooms, cabins and log
school houses. At the massacre
in 1862 at St. Peter he bound
up the wounds of the injured. During the
civil war he held services on the battle
fields IN the camps of Gen. Mcclellan
and Gen. Meade. He started missions
among the Indians. In 1868 ne pre-
sided at a convention held in Christ
church, st. Paul. This convention was
the period when more extensive
missionary work among the Indians
began. The first services at
Duluth were held by him i'll 1865.
Churches were founded III various parts
of the state. and more earnest work was
prosecuted among the Indians. In 1879
the close of twenty years work showed
that Bishop Whipple had consecrated
fifty-eight churches, confirmed 6,969
persons, and had delivered 5000 SER
mons and addresses.
lie did much to encourage immlgra-
ton, and in 1882 it was said that 10000
emigrants passed through St. Paul in
single week. He established schools
as well as building up the church, until
now there are 103 clergymen in the
diocese.
The historical sketch closed with
tribute to the character of the venerable
bishop.
REV. E. STEELE PEAKE,
of Faribault. was then introduced by
Bishop Gilbert as the only surviving
clergyman who attended the convention
that elected Bishop WhippIe. Rev. MIR.
Peake said he had never regretted that
he had helped elect Bishop Whipple
and securing such an able leader in the
missionary work. He spoke of how
Bishop Whipple had saved the whites
from depredations by The Indians by
winning the confidence of the sayages
and promising to go to Washington and
secure them aid.
Hon. Isaac Auwater, OF Minneapolis,
was introduced as one of the surviving
lay delegates that attended the conve n
ton thirty-fve years ago. Mr.. Atwater
delivered a good address that was re-
plets with humor and incidents.
He said that the convention met
and the clergy met in a separate
convention and named Rev. Tucker, of
New York, for bishop. The laity met
in separate convention and rejected
the nomination of Rev. Tucker. The
clergy then held another meeting and
submitted to the laity the name of
had ever heard OF Bishop WhippIe
Chicago as the pastor of small church
there, and was noted for his work
among railroad people, he was chosen
by the laity, and the clergy aud
laity elected him as the new
bishop. He was afterwards con-
firmed. and his name has become
household word in the United States,
and as we'll known in England as that
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. And
he is recognized as the greatest Amer
lean who has held seat in the house of
h Thf,r mo Of e
tional and benevolent work was alluded
to.
Rev. John johnson, or Em-me-ga- bah,
the chief Of the Chippewas. was intro
duced as another person who attended
the convention that elected Bishop
Whipple. The speaker IS type OF
the red man that is fast passing
from the face Of the earth. He is
venerable man and a forcible speaker.
His address lasted over a half hour.