The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-17
HONOR THEIR BISHOP
ST. PAUL METHODISTs TENDER A
RECEPTION TO RT. REV.
AND MRS. JOYCE
OCCASION "a HAPPY ONE
op and Mrs. joyce Were Made by
Prominent Methbdists of the City
at Central Park NJ. L. Church.
Bishop JOyce's Response Received
With Marked Favor.

A Methodist bishop, surrounded by
prominent members of the clergy, rep
resentatives of the Judiciary and state,
and large audience of churchmen, was
welcomed to his new field in the North
! west at Central Park Methodist church
! last evening.
The occasion was public reception
rendered Bishop Joyce upon his assum-
Ing active charge Of the Methodist church
IN the West after absence of two
years in the Orient. Not the last interest
ing feature of the exercises was the
presence of Mrs. Joyce who was well
/ coined in neat speech by Mrs. B. Long
| ley. wife of the pastor of the Central
church.
1 Rev. f. M. Rule, presiding elder of the
district of st. Paul, the chairman
OF the meeting and opened the exercises
| py introducing Mrs. Longley, who cor
! daily welcomed Mrs. Joyce to the church
! IN behalf of the ladies of the district 1t
was not as the wife of Bishop Joyce that
| the ladies greeted her in their midst, but
Tor her personal work, and the help and
inspiration which her example and in
! 1uence had lent to the church Mrs
! Longley assured the bishops wife of a
! loyal support as leader of the church So
| c1ety, and in all the work of the de-
nomination.
Mrs Joyce, as she rose in her place on
! the platform. was greeted heartily with
the ChautauQua salute. She responded
| happily. saying that she had long felt
| the warmth of the welcome which had
! been extended by the st. Paul and Min
neapol1S ladies and the demonstration
only served to strengthen the feeling OF
love and fellowship
Mrs Joyce closed with the prediction
| that the future would see greater activ-
! lty among the women of the Methodist
| kDiScOn2l chnrcb on1x IN
| west but all over the world where Meth
| odism had made its influence felt
! George III. Bridgman. D. D., president
| of Hamline university, spoke for the
clergy of the district. He alluded with
much fervor to- Bishop Joyce's valuable
| services to the Methodist church In many
! lands, and fndulged in a little personal
ity about the bishops early career, when
they were both young men together. The
| doctor spoke cordially of the bishops
democratic personality. and of his sincere
| labors in the missionary field.
Judge Hasca1 r. Brill, representing the
| laymen, greeted the new bishop with
bright speech. Congressman, he, said,
while not as a rule very correct when
quoting Scripture, occasionally injected
some logic into theriattempts at Biblical
diversion. The congressman who said
that a bishop was "a Igood thing was not
very far off, although far from the exact
| tC|At. "A OiSilOp III TIE M6CnOQ1SC clufcl
was no ordinary bishop Judge Brill said
and he thought the people of the North
west were to be congratulated upon hav-
| ing in their midst one so high and spirit
! ually minded.
| Gov Lind, who was introduced by Mr.
Rule, said: Before coming here tonight
L made an agreement with Mr.. Rule that
l should not make a speech, and | am
| going to keep it / can say, however
| that OccunViOp t2n1npra ;.i1yr
| near here that it affords me great deal
OF pleasure to welcome Bishop Joyce as
neighbor Perhaps 1T Is not with the
same spirit that you greet the bishop as
| your temporal head, yet there is side
which appeals to me. Methodism means
great deal to me. My mother was
Methodist. The Methodist church has
never felt the blight of being state
! church. Just as soon as it becomes a
| temporal institution it Will cease to be
church.
! Knowing of your good work in the ed
| ucational, religious, and yes political
world l feel confident that the Methodist
| church will be a factor in building up the
commonwealth to a high standard 1t
will produce better homes, better neigh
! bors, better citizenship and better state
| government. Bishop Joyce whom you
| have praised so deservedly. 1 welcome
as governor of this state, as sincerely
! ana HeafIly as any man in II.
| When Gov. Lind took his seat the au-
dience expressed its Endorsement of the
sentiments voiced by him with loud
| burst of applause.
| Bishop Joyce spoke for an hour, re-
viewing the creed and labors of Method
! ism at home and abroad He explained
! the church organization, which he pro-
! nounced the most effective in the world
| There We're seventeen bishops in charge
| Of the Universal Methodist church and
| two missionary bishops in Asia. These Of
| hcerS had direct charge of II, 900 pastors
| whose influence was felt in every part of
| the earth. OF the laymen the bishop
| spoke at length. He thought the Meth
od1st church was rich in this respect, and
attributed Its great success to It's work
ing laymen.
In closing the bishop spoke in a happy
strain upon the pleasure of the occasion
and remarked that it was not surprising
that Gov Lind could make a good speech
when his mother was Methodist
Before the meeting adjourned Rev. f.
B. Cowgirl offered a resolution pledging
the help Of the ST Paul Methodists In
raising their share of the 500 0O0 900 twen-
teth century thank Offering. Elder Rule
was authorized to appoint committee to
map out the work.
KENNEDY BOUND OVER.