The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-30
DULUTH'S NEW PRELATE A GUEST
OF THE CHURCH CLUB OF
MINNESOTA.
THREE NOTED CHURCHMEN.
RIGHT REVERENDs WHTPPLE, GIL
BERT AND MORRISON, AT
THE GATHERING.
MISSION DAYS IN MINNESOTA
Interestingly Discussed by the
speakers-Nsws of the Mill
City. So.

The EaStertide meeting of the Church
club of the Episcopal diocese of Min
nesota, held at the West hotel last
evening" was a dual affair, in that it
was the occasion for a reception to the
new bishop of Duluth, Ri. Rev. ]. D.
Morrison and Mrs Morrison, and also
to the bishop and bishop coadjutor of
the diocese, Bishops Whipple and Gill
bert and their wives.
The meeting began with an informal
gathering in the parlors of the hotel,
and after dinner, in which about an
hour was. spent discussing the menu,
the real event of the evening took
place.
Judge r. r. Nelson the president of
the club, was unavoidably absent in
the South, and the vice president, Will
lam H. Lightner, of st. Paul, served
as POSTMASTER, and also as one of the
speakers.
Mr.. Lightner said that he was pleased
and honored to welcome the guest of
the club, Bishop Morrison, because he
had met what was at that time DR..
Morrison, rector of one of the churches
OF. the diocese of Albany, and they had
differed upon the most interesting and
important point in connection with the
church in Minnesota, that was, the di-
vision of the diocese. DR.. Morrison
had taken the position that too much
division and the creation of missionary
Jurisdictions were rather to be discour
aged than encouraged. He was at first
opposed to the creation Of the new iu-
rlsdtctton Of Duluth. but it was a plea
sure to annodnce that after the halter
had been discussed the doctor had
changed front and favored it. He re-
Sardeu II as an act of providence that
LII. morrison should have been chosen
70 NIL a see which he had at first re-
garded as unwise to create
Bishop Morrison assured the brethren that
II was pleasure no less than a surprise to
meet so cordial a reception from the Church
cIup. he said there was tradition in what
ne called his home, although he had lived
there hardly more than a week Duluth
that there was tabled fraternity between
the Twin Cities which suggested the fra
ternlty between the sons of Jacob He was
Pleased to see that Ephraim does not make
war against Judah and that Judah does
not VeX Ephraim. This was manifested by
the cordiality of the Church club in Joining
TO show him welcome
Discussing the new diocese which has been
created and placed under his shepherdship
he said that the authorities had been very
generous with him. Out of rs 600 square
miles in the state there mad been given
| MIN 81, GOO of them and he jocularly remarked
that the easiest way to administer the af-
falrs OF the diocese was to live out of it:
that Is, either in Minneapolis or St. Paul
rms was on account of the way these two
cities had made themselves the very CEN
Ter OF the railroads and the business of the
state, SO that when a man varied TO go
anywhere in Minnesota, the best place to
start from was the Twin Cities. He said he
had Travelled over nearly all of his diocese
Minnesota d1rin
months of February, March and April and
while he found lots of snow he had not failed
IN making his appointments. Then he turned
ms thoughts to the great mineral wealth of
the state which seemed marvellous to him
lie described the working of one of the great
mines which is operated with steam shovels
ana which can mine and deliver ore at the
lake Tor 10 cents ton. He was sorry how
ever, that the owners of these mines did not
live in Minnesota and spend their great fort
uneS for the benefit of the state He smoke
encouragingly of the work before him; ev-
erywhere he had gone on his first trip he
heard words of praise for Bishops Whipple
and Gilbert, until he could not tell which
OF the two the people loved the most. His
concluding words were gracious tribute to
Bishop Whipple, who he said was as young
| as he had been twenty years ago, when he
first saw him.
! To Judge Atwater had been given the task
of making the Introductory remarks which
/ should precede the words of Bishop WhppIe
| The Nestor among MINNEAPOLIS churchmen
went back into the recesses of his wonderful
memory, and drew forth few pictures which
were heard with pleasure and interest He
remarked about that being the first gathering
of the club at which there were three bishops
OF Minnesota. one more than the canonical
number. He congratulated the new bishop
upon the extent of the field of his usefulness
and said none would be more pleased to see
! the diocese of Duluth outstrip the present
| Diocese OF Minnesota than the church cIuh
Then he went back to the election of the
| first bishop of Minnesota. There were SIX
| teen laymen and about as many clergy The
| clergy first nominated Rev. Dr. Tucker of
! Troy, N. Y, but the laymen refused to con-
! cur in his election. Then the clergy nonI
mated an unknown clergyman in Chicago
! Rev. ii. B. Whipple. All that was known of
him was that he had taken Horace Greelv's
j advice and came West and that he was a
! friend Of the Door in Chicago These two
/ qualifications were sufficient and he was elect
! ed. Thus began the career of Bishop Wh;n-
/ pie which has been of more practical ben
| ent to the church schools, the up-bu:ld!ng
1 OF the diocese and the work among the In
! dams than would have done credit to the
three different bishops His remarks were
! frequently interrupted with applause and
when ne concluded Bishop Whipple told Of
now much he had been aided by three staunch
laymen Henry T. Well, Judge Isaac Atwater
ana Judge Wilder, of Red Wing. He smoke Of
! the great love which had been shown him
during all the years of his ep:scopate and the
great success which had been due To tha
! hearty cooperation of laymen and clergy In
the work for Christ.
Clarence H. Ch:lds introduced Rishon Gil
bert who also spoke in a similar vein.