San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-22
SCENES IN WONDERLAND
Episcopal ordiuation-Th Monterey
Athletic Club-Broke Ground
Railway Magnates.

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To the Daily LIGHT:
MONTEREY, Mex, March II, '95.
Last Sunday was big day with
the Episcopal church in pictur.
esque Monterey, for on that day
they held their first services and
ordination.
An ordination to the sacred order
Of deacons was held in the sala Of
the Hotel Hidalgo in Monterey on
Sunday the 10th. The young Mex
lean ordained was Mr.. Samuel v.
Salinas. The Bishops officiating
was the Rt. Rev. w. E. McLaren
DIR. Bishop Of Chicago, episcopal
church), who was assisted by the
Rev. Henry Forester, Of the City
of Mexico. Mr.. Salinas is, and has
for all his lifetime, been member
Of the Mexican Episcopal church.
He was born in Cuernavaca and
has Just passed his twenty-tirst
year. He is a youth Of fine appear
ance, manly bearing, and excellent
education he is an ardent lover Of
his country and devout Christian.
He has a promising future before
him.
The Mexican Episcopal church is
the result OF religious movement
which began among the MeXicans
themselves about thirty years ago.
Several priests became convinced
Of the necessity Of reform, and be-
gan to labor to that end, not
without stout opposition, for
religious liberty was not then
a realized fact IN this coun-
try. They were men Of force
and education and they were
able to make considerable progress.
About 1877, the church, which had
now grown to respectable proper
tions, sought from the Episcopal
church of the United States, for
the perfection Of its organization
by the ordination Of bishop.
Senior Henrique G. Riley was chos-
en- and consecrated, but his has
been a troubled career, and some |
years since he resigned, and is not |
now connected with the church.
There are at present twenty-tour
congregations, mostly near the
capital city, with seven Mexican
clergymen and large number of
lay readers and school-teachers
and a flourishing Orphanage in
which some fifty Mexican girls are
cared for. 1t was founded by the
late Mr.. Hooker, formerly Of Phil.
adelphia. After the resignation Of
Mr.. Riley, the Cuerpo Ecclesiastico
asked the Rt. Rev. DR.. Williams, of
Connecticut, presiding bishop in
the United States, toibc come pro.
visiOnal bishop of the Mexican
church. DR.. Williams is in adj
vanced years and cannot preside
personally. He has therefore APP
pointed the Rev. Henry Forester.
formerly of Memphis, and later for
many years missionary in New
Mexico, to act as his representative
in this city. For strictly episcO.
pal acts to depend upon Bishop
kendriCk. OF New Mexico and Ari
IONA, who in 1894 made a vista.
ton Of the congregations and con.
tirmed over 400 persons. Pressing
duties at home prevented his
coming again this year.
and Bishop McLaren, who
has been for six weeks in Monterey
for his health, was authorized to
act for him and the provisional
bishop in the ordination of Senior
Salinas. The sala Of the IIidalgo
was more than filled on Sunday.
the room having been rendered by
Mr.. LittletOn. The music was
well rendered by choir of Ameri-
can ladies and gentlemen. The
Rev. Mr.. Forester read morning
prayer and presented Sr. Salinas to
the bishop. The ordination service
proper was in the Spanish lam
guage. Bishop McLaren preached
and celebrated the holy cOmmu-
Mon, which twenty-five communi-
cants received. The attendance
would have been still larger if
notice had been more general, al.
though in that case a larger room
would have been necessary.
1t is understood that Sr. Salinas
is to be stationed at NochitlingO.
The Monterey Athletic club was
recently organized, with a cash
capital of $4,000. The board Of di-
rectors are Joseph A. Robertson,
II. NJ. Dietfenbach, Francisco Bel
den, VIM. Mackenzie, j. NJ. Ire
vino, VIM. Simkins, and William
Guggenheim, president. The club
have acquired fifteen acres of land
north of the Monterey and Mexi-
can Gulf depot. Last Monday they