The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-17

ST PAUL, MINI. Sept. lT-Bishop
Henry h. Whip9le of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. died yesterday, at his
nome in Faribault, MINI.
There was no more picturesque figure.
no finer Christian gentleman. no more in
dsfatgahIe and faithful worker on the
bench of American Bishops than Henry
Benjamin Whipplc, the Apostle 10 the
Indians, who called him Straight
Tongue" because IN all the long years
Of his association with them he had never
deceived them. begucd them with false
promises, OF departed from the strict spir-
il or letter of his word. The greater part
~ his life was devoted to the ameIora-
ton OF the condition Of the red man. and
he pursued his Iabors with a sinEIeness
OF purpose, an interchangeable energy. and
a patient endurance in the face Of dis
h,artenirg opposition, which made his
tulscppate one Of the most memorable in
the records OF his Church
te was born in Adams. jefferson COun-
ty- y y, on the 18th of February. 49,
and, as he says in his own "reminiscences.
passed a happy childhood in the care Of
a loving mother, an spite of the appar,nt
oshcacy Of his constitution. At the age
OF ten years ne entered Prof. Avery =
boarding school in Clinton. y. Y: later
he was sent TO "a school under the charge
of the Rev DIT. BOYD and the Rev John
Covert H' then went 10 ObcrIiu. but was
obliged 10 give UP his studies there on
account OF il-heaIth. and accepted an Of
fer from his father. who admitted him 20
partnership in business. From the FIRST
ne had been deeply inters sted in political
affairs, and, through the influence OK
Governor Dix ne was appointed division
inspector. with the rank Of colonel, on
the stan Of Major General Corse.
His last service in the political world
was as secretary Of a state convention.
When ThurlCw Weed heard that he had
become a candidate for holy orders he
remarked that he hoped a good politician
had not been spoiled to make a moor
preacher He pursued his theological
studies with the Rev Dr. W d. Wilson,
and was ordained 20 the diaconate in
TRINITY Church, Geneva. y. Y, August %.
IN5, and to the priesthood in Christ
church, SaCket's HarDor y Y. in Febru-
ny, 100. He was called TO Zion Church
IN Rome. y. Y, in 1919. and at about the
same time was married TO a daughter Of
the Hon Benjamin Wright. In his au-
t'hi"sfauhy the Bishop gives some inter
tStIng anecdotes Of this period. which
throw side light upon the DEVELOPMENT
Of his character
In 1853. owing TO his wife's Illness. he
accompanied her 10 Florida. and for a
time was in charge Of Trinity Church. St.
Augustine, holding services in many
places In the State. After spending the
winter IN the South. ne returned to Rome
In the spring. About 1856 ne accepted a
call l. Chicago. TO the congregation known
oh ~ T..H-
munipn, then holding services ir Metro
p'Itau Han. and entered upon his work
with characteristic zeal. eudearing him
ser among the poor and OutCa ST. In June
lsss, he was elected Blshop Of Affnuee1ta
being cousecrated on October l3. 1888 in
st James Church, Richmond. Va. thus
entering upon his true mission
his first service ia his diocese was on
November 10. at Wahasha. a missionary
station. where h. baptized an i-farf
Very soon after he visited the Indian mis-
sion or ST Columbia. GuH Lake.
At GuI Lake he found few Christians
among the red men, and after his return
FORM ms visit h. resolved 20 ever be the
friend ~ the Indian at his door. At this
time there was not a mile OF railway iu
Minnesota His journeys comprised from
".'" 90 100 miles each year on foot hv
canoe, and by WATSON. and his famous
N-pgue4 morse Ea>l1w, was al-Ggsr as
Vel known IN the state as the Bishop
himself. There We're about 2t"Hb Indians
ia mas diocese which extended over So H.J
-
SIOUX. and w luueaaEues, and +; was not
long before ne earned tLeir esteem and
confidence. and, as he became more lnti-
mate with them. ne was ever inclined 10
put higher estimate upon their personal
qualities.
When President Lincoln called Tor
troops IN 1851 the first regiment that was
mustered IN was from Minnesota and
bishop Wnipp-e was elected cEanIafr Efrt
he declined 10 leave his diocese although
ne stiu continued his visits 20 the M
IA .fH..r. g D..
INDIANS We're imperiIed- and he always
"a. the warmcst sympathy and support
D- ''-r 1-iiIE 'HlcerS. who were most IA
lillildt win the exact situation and knew
now luSt was the cause which he was
ever pleading.
on july I6. 1852. Bishop WhippIe laid the
GgrnsrsJ.ae Of the Bishops Church In
FarihauF. The church was called a..
Cathedral Church Of Our McrciruI Sav-
InAL- Inc idea was 10 make the c..tHc-
dTdl a centre Tor schools Tb. rrer 80
these 10 materialize was tho Ssabt.r, nj
hlAlt[ nan 3 MS cathedral was tho first
one Of the American Church ga tn T'njrgf
states. ana was CouseCTdted in 1867 Ia
$50 ST Mary Han for young girls VS.
opened. and later "a boys school
IN 1873 Bishop WhippIe was Obliged to
spend part Of the winter in Florida. on
account 81 poor health lie there met
some Of his old pariShioneTs and sffar
the death Of his daughter built a meme
RAJ church In Maitland. In ISss i'm 70
Spouse 10 an invitation from TN. Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. on the norni-l.rf,,-,
Of Presiding Bishop Williams. he preach
90 the opening sermon befDT. the Lam
helu I'hIeren@e IN the chapel Of Lam
ntth Fal'cv- IN London He also preach
90 ~ the conservation Of Croydon Church
and delivered "a sermon before m. T-rf-
EtTsiJE OF Cambridge which Institution
conferred upon him the degree of II 4,
IN lhsh ne started on a trip 10 Epz-Ut
w ME On route he stopped In England
spending a sabbath at Windsor. where ba
GtlFered the morning sermon i'm 81
George Church. and met the Oueen IN
IN" afternoon The following fay she
sent him portrait OF herself also q cCU,-
OF Nor Journal In the Highlands" lie
also preached the sermon at the TnvrfIfrss
Of the Icnuyson Memorial In the Isle IF
~ lEht IN August. 1897. In 1899 he r,Dra-
scented the Protestant Episcopal Church
81 the United States at tho centenary c.Ie-
bTaGon o. the Church Missionary Society
Of England. and in 1900 De mad, an official
visitation to Porto Rico.
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