The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28
REVIEW OF THE YEARS WORK
LORD BISHOP OF COLUMBIA
URGES DEVELOPMENT.
Bishop Leonard Of Salt Lake on tina
Mormon Question-Services at
st. John the Evangelist
Church.


Diocese of California was held yesterday
| in the Church Of st. John the Evangelist
| on Fifteenth street. Right Rev. Bishop
Nichols celebrated the communion serv-
| ice, which opened the session at IL a. m
| He was assisted by the Bishop of Olympia
as Epistoler, Bishop of Salt Lake as Cos
peler and the Lord Bishop of Columbia,
who preached the sermon. Bishop More
land was also present and Rev. E. B.
Spalding, rector Of st. Johns, acted as
master of ceremonies.
The choir was composed Of Daughters
| of the King, with Miss A. Phillips organ
! ist
Bishop William Wilcox Perrin delivered
an eloquent address, taking for his sub
ject "Woman's Work in the Church" :"
He spoke of woman's work in society, in
education her duty with regard to
| divorce and her duty in the church Of
| God. He asserted that Woman's place
was on the school board, and urged his
| hearers to take an active interest in
! politics affecting the education Of chill
| dren. He was desirous to see the expand
| ing of the Women's Auxiliary, and referred
feelingly to the Episcopalian sisterhood,
who, with a self-sacrifice that is heroic,
! consecrate themselves to God and to
| Gods work. He made plea that strong
| protest be entered by the women against
| those who had broken the laws of the
| church with regard to the sacred nature
| of the marriage ties. He concluded his
sermon by requesting his auditors to use
| the home, in the church or in the world
The offertory was for the benefit of the
auxiliary, and the morning service closed
The society then adjourned to the guild
| hall Of the church with the Bishops and
! clergy as guests for luncheon, and the
| session was resumed at 2:30 in the after
| noon, with representatives from twenty
branches. present.
After the collect and the singing of the
Sixty-ffth Hymn, Bishop Nichols, who
| presided, called on the Right Rev. Abiel
Leonard, Bishop of Salt Lake, for an ad-
dress: He commenced by speaking % of f. his ds
Nevada. all of Utah, about half of Colo
rado and section Of W,yyom1iing. MI The The
strong in Salt Lake, but there are hopes
for a better future; believe we are per-
forming good work am among the Indians s.
| Utah. A chapel has been erected and
placed in charge of a lay brother, who
has accomplsed excellent results. There
trict. Other denominations are teaching
children for whom we should care"
mon question at some length and rAferred
| to the election of Congressman Roberts.
1.-THE process of disintegration in the
Mormon church, Mr ne said, o Is ho,nsS Taplddly d;
Gated away from their belief and GUS
toms. A Mormon has been elected to the
Congress of the United States and he is
charged with being polygamist; Rob
! erts will not deny nor admit that he is
! Nle. He says that the church is opposed
to polygamy.
polygamy in Utah. There is some of it
! going on but can not prove It, The pa
! pers make charges and say the proofs
are clear, but 1 have no knowledge of my
own on the subject. 1 believe that the
| polygamouS practices are growing less as
| the people are becoming more educated,
and it is the education we want to ad-
vance.
Il see much that is good among the
| Mormons We are bound with them in
| business ways and in social relations
! We don't want to fight them. We offer
our teachings and try to do all we can
| in the line of enlightenment OF 25O, 600
people in Utah 100000 are against US. But
| as time goes on conditions are changing
| and the truth is expanding.
Miss Bishop made an earnest plea for
contributions to the mission fund by the
in the diocese with which she had com
municated she had heard from only
twenty-six, and hoped that all would con-
tribute for next Whitsuntide.
Right Rev. William M. Barker, Bishop
of Olympia, then addressed the ladies and
| said that woman eXertS wonderful IN
fiuence for good which should be deyel-
oped for the Masters sake. The possibil-
tiles of influence of the Women's Auxil-
iary were simply enormous. Woman had
shaped the destiny of the world and it
was in her province to shape the deStln1eS
of the glorious Episcopal church.
Bishop Nichols made a heart to heart
talk to the convention and spoke of the
administration of the work. He hoped
that the women would carry the auxiliary
to a high degree Of progress.
After prayer and benedtction the con-
vention adjourned.
The principal officers Of the Women S
Auxiliary are: Mrs. James Newlands.
president; Mrs. Elizabeth f. Noble, first
vice president; Mrs. Richard M. Sherman,
second vice president; Mrs. A. NJ. Law
yer, secretary; Miss Kate w. Stoney, re-
| cording secretary.