The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-20
THE PRELATES AND LAYMEN OF
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT
MILWAUKEE,.
ATTENDANCE VERY LARGE.
OPENING SERMON BY BISHOP NOR
RISON, OF THE DULUTH
DIOCESE.
BY WHIPPLE, OF MINNESOTA
Life of James Lloyd Breck, Founder
of Nashotah Seminary, Sub
ject of His Address.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct. 19.-The
convention of the Episcopal Missionary
council opened at st. PauPs church at
1890 today. The handsome edifice was
filed to overlooking. This is one OF
the largest meetings ever held by the
council, the attendance being consid-
cred phenomenal, partly accounted for
by the interest felt in the semi-cen-
tennial jubilee Of the diocese of Mil
waukee. It was nearly II o'clock when
the beautiful organ gave out the first
strains of the professional, a mission
airy hymn entitled Filing Out the Ban
ner; Let 1t Float" written by Bishop
Doane. First came the full supplied
choir of st. Paul's, leading the pro-
cession about the church with a vol
ume of song. Following the choir
came the long lines of clergy in their
vestments, and these were followed by
the bishops in their robes in single
file. Holy communion was celebrated
by Bishop futile, of Missouri, the
senior bishop among those in attend
ance. Bishop Morrison of Duluth, de-
livered the sermon.
The afternoon session of the mis-
sionary council was opened by an adj
dress Of welcome to the delegates by
Bishop Nicholson. The speaker welcom-
ed the various delegates to the city and
spoke of the money raised during the
past year for missionaries who have
charge here; $4,000 being subscribed,
the largest sum for any one year ever
given to the missionary board by the
diocese of Milwaukee
of ATinnaGnta
of the life of Rev. James Lloyd Breck,
the founder of the Nashotah Theologi-
cal seminary. He told of the sufferings
Of the pioneer missionaries in the
Northwest and how the founder of
Nashotah was obliged to cover ter
ritory of over ninety miles in the days
before the railroads had penetrated the
great forests of the Northwest.
Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, read a
paper on the Lambeth conference, re-
Gently held in London, and it's exam
pie and influence in the missionary
work of the church. After the reading
of the various papers the delegates in
dulged in brief discussions of the pa
pers read.
Bishop futile, of Missouri, was ap-
pointed chairman ofthe council during
it's meeting here, and Rev. Joshua
Kimber, of New York, and Rev. Hen
ry Anstice, of New York, were ap-
pointed secretary and assistant secre-
tary respectively.
The evening exercises of the mission
airy council now in session here con-
sisted in a special memorial service Of
Rev. William Spaight Langford, D. D.,
who was general secretary of the
Domestic and Foreign Missionary So
ciety for twelve years, who died July
2, 1897. st. Pauls church, where the
convention is being held, was packed
to the doors with a crowd of we'll
dressed people. Nineteen bishops and
seventy ministers clothed in the full
regalia of the Protestant Episcopal
church attended the services. The
memorial address was delivered by the
Rev. William Bodine, D. D., of the
Church of the Savior, Philadelphia,
Pa. The speaker was personal and
intimate friend of the deceased thirty
years, and he ably traced Rev. Lang
ford's career from the time he first
entered upon church duties. The speak
er paid a glowing tribute to the de-
ceased and spoke of him as one Of Win
ming personality, great mental ability
and marked intellectual attainments.
He traced his career from the first en-
trance upon church duties Of Rev.
Langford, and the wonderful work he
had accomplished in aiding missionary
work all over the world.