The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
REDED|CATED THE CHURCH,
Bishop GoodSell Officiates at
Very Impressive Cere-
monies.
The Enlarged Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church Opened
for Service.

Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, resident
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
on the Pacific Coast, dedicated the en-
larged Trinity NJ. E. Church, corner of
| Market and Sixteenth streets, yesterday
afternoon He was assisted by Bishop
John M. Walden of Cincinnati, Ohio, who
is on his way TO supervise the Asiatic mis-
sions.
From a financial point of view alone it
was pretty successful dedication. 1t has
cost $500 to enlarge and properly fit up
the church, and at the services little over
$1,000 was subscribed in less than half an
| hour.
Bishop Goodselrs sermon was more in
the nature of a good talk than pulpit dis
course, and he was followed in much the
same fashion by Bishop Walden. sit was
the hardest thing in the world,' observed
Bishop Goodsell. ito get two Methodist
| Bishops at one SERVICE" but he ascribed
that unusual occurrence to the fact that
Bishop Walden was opportunely here on
! his way to Asia.
The words of Nicodemus to Jesus in the
third chapter of ST. Johns gospel, Master,
we know that thou art a teacher come
| from God" furnished the theme of Bishop
GoodselPs talk. He dilated upon the char
acter of the church as a school of Jesus
| Christ, with the Bible for its textbook, the
| Holy Spirit for its teacher and good men
| and women for its examples. He exnorted
| the pastor and his church to constantly
hold up Christ in preaching and in practice
as the true ideal.
Bishop Walden spoke of his love for the
| Methodist church and his zeal for its adj
vancement. THAT church" said he, chad
been started as a great revival of Chris
tianity, and its work in the world was
| peculiarly of q reviving character"
Rev. A c. Hirst of the Simpson Men,
orial Church, Rev. Thomas Filben of the
! First Methodist Church and DR.. John D.
Hammond were present besides the two
| Bishops and the pastor, Rev. William S.
1 Bovard. There will be revival services at
| the church every night for the next two
weeks.
| This is not the first time Bishop Walden
has visited San Francisco. He held the
! California and other conferences on the
| coast in 1887.
He has Travelled extensively, having been
in almost every part of Europe and South
America. This time, however, he will
circle the globe. He viii leave by the
| steamer Australia Tuesday for Honolulu
to supervise the missions of Hawaii. and
thence he will go to Japan, Korea and
| China on the same line of duty Return
ing home he will go by way of India and
Egypt, incidentally visiting the missions
| there, and If he has time he says he will
try to go through the Holy Land. He ex-
poets to be eleven months abroad.
Like Bishop Goodseil, he was formerly a
newspaper man, having gathered news for
the old Cincinnati Commercial previous to
1858, at which time he entered the minis
try. From 1868 until 1884 when he was
made Bishop, he was connected with the
publishing department of the church.
There will be a reception to Bishops
Walden and Goodsell at Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, corner of Twenty-first
and Capp streets, this evening as sort of
farewell to Bishop Walden.
The pulpit of the Simpson Memorial
Church was filed by Bishop Walden yes
| terday morning. He preached from He
brews ii:10, drawing some practical lessons
| from the leadership of Christ as "the cap
| tain of our salvation