The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-05
Church w Ork
Up North.
EPISCOPAL CLUB
Entertains Bishop of the
Land Near the Pole.

The meeting and banquet of the Epis-
copal Club in the Bay State House last
night, was one of the noteworthy occa-
sions when numbers may be few, but
success none the less pre-eminent.
Only about 20 of the club were present
last night, but the function was one of
the pleasantest in the history Of the
society, and was rendered all the more
memorable by the presence Of one of
the best known prelates of the church,
the Rt. Rev. Bishop P. T. Rowe, of the
diocese of Alaska, who has as wide a
reputation as a missionary worker as
any of the members of the church in
this country.
Bishop Rowe delivered an address
that was replete with information con-
corning the country's vast northern
/ possessions that was entirely new to his
hearers and undoubtedly new also to
the majority of the readers of The Spy.
In addition to the subject matter of his
discourse, Bishop Rowe has a very
| pleasing delivery, and is a very grace
! full as well as entertaining speaker
| The other principal address of the
evening was made by Edward l.. Da-
Wis, who has been the lay delegate to
the trieTnial convention of the Episco-
pal Church recently held in Washing
ton. He related the work of the con-
vention. ard told of some of the Incl
dents connected with the more import
ant business that was transacted.
] Previous to the banquet, business
meeting of the club was held, at which
nothing of a public nature was done
! The banquet was held in the dining
room of the hotel the apartment being
divided into two portions by screens.
The tables were three in number, ar
ranged IN three sides of a square, an6
all beautifully decorated with a profu-
sion OF potted plants and graceful
palms. The menu was an extended
one, and required nearly an hour fol
| it's adequaVe discussion.
| When the good things had been fully
enjoyed, the presiding officer of the eve
ming, Charles G. Washburn, raped for
order, and in a brief and timely speech,
inaugurated the after-dinner exercises
| of the occasion.
In the course of his remarks. Mr..
Washburn referred to the policy Of ter
ritorial extension that the United States
is now entering upon, and said that he
was glad to be able to state that the
church had already preceded the coun-
try in the work of extending the sphere
of it's influence.
He then introduced Bishop Rowe, who
made the address Of the evening.
Bishop Rowe, in beginning his talk, re-
ferred pleasantly to the gratihcatlon ne
had recently derived from coming in
contact with parish clubs like the one
he was to address on this occasion. He
thought the movement was a wise one
on the part OF the laymen, for he be-
lieved that the club feeling has been
respensible in the last convention
which has recently adjourned at WASH
ington, for all the social features Lhat
had been so pleasant on that occasion,
and better than that, ne thought TINS
same feeling had been the cause or the
harmony that had characterized this
convention. ,,4
This harmony was the direct result
of tha tendency for the members to get
together a. the club in Washington al
ter the session of each day was over,
and talk over the question concsrhihs
which there had been division uurlhs
tho day past In almost every case
the result was that on the 1oiIowl dl
day a conclusion would pc feacheu a.
most without debate.
The church club also answers announcer
reouisite. 1t furnishes an indication that
church questions are fit for the lalty 70
discuss and that they do not belong 70
fine clergy alone 1t is well to nave tne
sheep in conclave with the shepheros
for their mutual guidance.
Passing from this topic to the expert
enees he has been through in the Iar-
away field of his labors, the olsnop
stated that the establishment OF the
bishopric of Alaska marked an epocn IN
the history of church expansion. AFTER
this there ought to be no fear that uhe
church will not meet every demand that
the growing expanse of the country
shall make upon it. and he would not
be surprised within a few years TO near
of the bishop of the Philippines.
Bishop Rowe spoke very interestingly
of the customs and superstitions of the
natives, and detailed the great work
that the missions of the country We're
doing among the natives and for the
men who flooded the gold regions DUR
ing the past year or more. He viii re-
main in the United States proper until
next February and will then return TO
mis- labors in the north.
DR.. Vinton was introduced to speak
on the results of the recent convention
at Washington, but he declined to do so
on the ground that he was not so we'll
qualified by experience to do SO as Ed
ward L. Davis, the lay delegate from
Massachusetts, who has occupied that
position for the past Is years. Mr.. Davis
spoke briefly and the meeting adj
journed.