The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-07-05
AN OREGON JUBILEE.

Just nfty years ago last Sunday June
~, 1870 young man was ordained
deacon In Philadelphia That young
man ls now the Bishop Of oregon. the
r. Rev. u. wlstar Morris %. D.
AZ the jubilee service IN Trinity
church, Portland Sunday June 2s. 1896,
90 commemorate the event ian event, II
We mistake not. never before commem-
GRATED on the Pacific CoasD there were
IN The chancol with the bishop of Ore
gon. the M, Rey Ethelbcrt Talbot, y.
d., bishop OF Wyoming and Idaho; the
NJ, Rev, Lemuel H. Wells, d. D.. bish-
op OF spokane. and the ~. Rev VIM.
Morris Barker. d. D., the bishop Of
Olympia
In the twenty-eIght years that have
passed since Bishop Morris was sent
by the board Of mission Of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church 10 take the juris-
dlotion II oregon Washington and Ida
no for Christ and His church. he has
seen II grow ana develop into four Jur-
lsdictions There are doubtless children
now living who viii see all Of these
four subdiyided into four. or more.
saoh. The march Of events here In our
midst IL rapid indeed.
Compare this growth which seems No
slow 10 some OF our restless business
mon, with the growth In other sections
and Il viii be seen that we are ahead
Of and not behind many OF them.
What elsewhere has taken 100 or 200
or even more years to develop has been
done here In 90 years In 1876 we are
told that two cabins about n mile apart
were all there was OF Portland In
fact. II was In that year that the trea-
~ was signed settling for all time the
boundary OF oregon. Up to that time
they might be "Britlshers. or yam
KEGS" but after that time no doubt
about their being citizens Of the United
States.
Bishop Wells. In his earnest and
whole-souled address alluded to the
vlgor ~ Bishop Morris by recounting a
conversation he had with q man on a
train near Spokane few weeks since,
who Inquired how young Morris" was.
This was an old-time friend of the
bishops, TO whom he was young still;
but 20 anyone who knows the care and
burden which have been the lot OF
Bishop Morris for az least twenty-eight
years. II Ia marvellous how active his
physical and how bright and clear his
intellectual labors are.
A committee appointed 10 properly
mark this Jubilee endeavored 10 start
a fund 20 be known as the Bishop Nor
ris Jubilee Fund for Diocesan Missions
that u In oregon. the income OF
which IL not TO be used until the fund
shall have reached the sum OF $4,000. II
Is gratifying to know that the gifts and
pledges already amount 10 1880. Moth
Ing Is more needed than fund OF this
kind which can be drawn upon for
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districts Of our own state.
The diocesan convention assembled
Monday and lasted until Tuesday even
Ing Two most important actions re-
ported We're those Of the school board.
announcing the Introduction OF a man
ual training department In the Bishop
Scott Academy; and the election Of a
very accomplished and scholarly lady,
Miss Eleanor Tlbbetts, Phi D.. late OF
Wellesley College, Mass. 10 be principal
OF ST Helen's Hall II is proposed TO
make the Hall second TO none among
schools for girls and young ladies on
the coast
The convention ended with a rousing
missionary meeting at which addresses
were made by the Rev, C. f, Plummer,
Of Corvallis, the 1T. Rev, l., II, Wells
d, D., bishop Of Spokane, the Rev. J..
Ii. DeForrest. Of Baker City, and the
Rev. DIR, Nevlus, Of Tacoma.
The early "reminiscences OF Bishop
Wells and Or. Nevius were touching
and inspiring Both these men have
practiced and preached for years on
this coast and have builded wisely and
widely. OF the latter 1t is said that
he built twenty churches in as many
years, n record which a business man
might envy.
This Jubilee Convention, or golden
wedding will not soon be forgotten by
those privileged To attend. w. S S