The Saint Paul globe., 1901-06-06
DELEGATES ARE DIVIDED
LIES BETWEEN DRS. RAINS
FORD AND EDsALL
CLERGY FAVOR THE LATTER
Laymen Seem Inclined to Chose the
New York Divine-BfshOp Whip
pie Reviews Years
Work.

EIDlSCODal
church of the diocese of Minnesota
opened here this morning, Bishop H b.
Whipple presiding. The Twin City uee-
gates and others, 17S in number, came
on special train and went at once to
st. Pnuls church, where the council
opened with communion, Bishop Whipple
being in charge of the service. The
council then organized and Secretary A.
d. Stone was made chairman of the ere
dentials committee Adjournment was
taken to 2:30 D. m
Upon reassembling the committee re-
ported and the roll was called. being re-
sponded to by 60 clergymen and 10 lay
delegates. Rev. A. D. Stone, of ST. Paul
was reelected secretary and Rev G..
Charles M. Holmes, Of st. Paul, assist
ants.
Bishop Whipple presented his annual
address, at the close Of which the ladies
present adjourned to the parish house
for the exercises of the Women's auxil-
iary and the council proceeded to bus:-
ness.
The first matter to come up was the
election Of a coadjutor bishop, this be-
ing in the form Of a motion to the effect
that when the council adjourn on
Wednesday 1t be to Thursday morning
at which time 1t would meet in executive
session for the purpose of electing a CO.
vigorous debate, and several amend
ments and substitutes were offered. The
idea of an executive session found both
supporters and defendants. A substitute
motion was finally adopted that the
council accede to the request of Bishop
Whipple for the appointment of a CO.
adjutor bishop and meet on Thursday
morning Immediately after morning
prayer for the purpose Of such election.
The indications are that Bishop Ed
sail, of North Dakota, will receive about
two-thirds Of the clerical support, and
among the laymen Rev. w s. Rainsford
of st. Georges Episcopal church, New
York, will have large following. These
two appear to be the leading candidates,
though there are those who insist that
Rev. Harry P. Nichols, of Harlem, N.
Y, formerly of Minneapolis, will have
strong support, especially from the Swe-
dish members Of the council.
WORK OF YEAR REVIEWED.
Bishop Whipple's address was an ad-
mirable document, reviewing very fully
the work and needs in the parish. He
reported that during the year he had de-
livered 239 sermons, baptized 43 children
and II adults and confirmed 622; the total
combinations in the diocese being 87O Re-
ferring to deaths during the year, Bish-
op Whipple spoke feelingly of the deaths
op of London, and the Rt. Rev. Mr..
Stubbs, bishop Of Sanford. He was one
Of the consecrators of the bishop Of Lon
don in 1891. After a eulogy of the late
departed, Rev. DR. Faude, he sa.d
mo loss has touched us more deeply
than that of the Christian hero, Good
Thunder, warden of the Church Of st.
Cornelius, Birch Coulee, who was the
first Sioux baptized and confirmed by
me. His faithful life will be precious
memory to his people," Continuing the
bishop said, in part:
Our Swedish work has progressed In
the past year and the has been an IN
crease in the spiritual life. but the need
Of the extension Of the Swedish work be-
comes mare and more pressing. We
could double yes treble. the number Of
our Swedish clergy to blessed advantage.
No more important work has ever been
inaugurated in any diocese In America,
and I invoke your interest and your aims
in it's behalf The loveawakened in my
heart for this God fearing, law abiding
people of q sister church when [ began
work among the Swedish population of
Chicago forty years ago, has grown and
deepened with a great longing to see
the work Of our own dioces spread out
and take root. Wherever our brothers
may be found looking for a church home.
l have breat pleasure in welcoming to
our diocesan convention the Rev. G.
Floden, distinguished priest Of the
church Of Sweden, to whom in our name
] give a hearty welcome, believing that
his visit will strengthen the ties which
bind US to the ancient church of Sweden.
Regarding the appointment Of a coad-
jutor bishop, Bishop Whipple said:
''I feel that in justice to my diocese
and myself I must ask for an assistant
to help me bear the increasing burdens
and privileges. I pray that the one you
may choose may be great hearted son
of the church, whose passionate love for
men shall have been learned from Jesus
Christ, one whose Catholicity OF heart
will be limited by no party bounds and
will carry out the best traditions of a
diocese which has been honored by the
whole church
HE must be one whose heart is in
touch with all the life of this great
Northwest, one who will make the
schools and institutions of the diocese
his especial care, a man Of faith and
hope, one who knows how to work and
wait. AS you would spare your bishop
heavy sorrow l ask you to elect ons who
will work with me and for you in the
spirit Of that Christian love which has
characterized our past history