The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-28

The sixty-third convention of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church i'll the Diocese of
Missouri began two days session at the
Schuyler Memorial Hall yesterday morning.
The convention proper was preceded by a
special service. in which the Reverend Il. 5.
McKensie of Macon, Mo. c. VI. C. Mason,
the Reverend F. NJ. Weddell OF Rolla, No.
the Reverend l.. F. Potter of kirkwood,
Mo. the Reverend c. +. Collins the Rev
erend Doctor ]. Z. I. Ingraham partici-
pated. The sermon of the occasion was
preached by the Reverend Edmund Duck
worth. Bishop Tutte administered the
holy communion.
The Reverend Mr.. Duckworth took as the
basis of his discourse John X, 49,, where
are recorded certain facts concerning both
John the Baptist and Christ He laid special
emphasis on the statement: John did no
miracle. but all things that John Spake OF
this man were true.
Mr.. Duckworth stated in substance that
while John Baptist had lowly and COM
parativey narrow sphere of influence. he
was faithful and true within that sphere
That while it was not his mission to work
even one miracle. his message was itself
divine hence miraculous. That Johns min
istry stands out in bold contrast with that
of Christ. yet paved the way for his com
ing. That while John seemed obscure, his
true worth was brought out in Christs tes-
timony of him Verify / say unto you that
among them that are born OF woman there
hath not risen greater than John the
Baptist.
New Secretary Elected.
feature of the morning session of the
convention was the election OF Sharles n
Skinler as secretary to succeed Johil X.
Triplett. Mr.. Skiuker is treasurer OF the
vestry of the Church of the Ascension anu
was put in nomination by the REVEREND
Doctor James +. Winchester, rector OF tHtt
church. and as there were no other n1lili ,1
nations the acting secretary was authorized
TO cast the ballot of the convention.
The diocese of Missouri comprises s thil1s
,-Se eyt,a am
Most of the parishes were represented " "
terday by both ministerial ana iay ueIT ,I
gates. The larger parishes 0utSIae o. , i,ou,'
are ClarkSville. Columbia, De SotoI feisu
son. Hannibal. JEFFERSON Ilty, Ntih"2ou; i 90;
Macon. Mexico, MoberlS, Monroe IttS, - -
orchard and Palmyra. ne totai nuii ,,.o.
of COMMITMENTS rePoIteI ias. 49, SSS
699i and the sunday school enroilment 80
The total amount contributed 1or All pui
poses was Sl6ss'I ,,
Bishop iutties Auo'esS.
The principal feature of the afternoon
session was the annual address of Bishop
n : futile. The first part of this address
vas a memorial statement concerning the
four Bishops-Littlejohn. Whittle. Burgess
and Spal;ing-who had passed away in the
last YEAR. Srecial reference was made TO
the two rectors of the diocese who had died
in the year-the Reverend William Bardens
and ~ the Reverend {. q. Davis Mention
also made of the death OF leading lay mem
The Bishop stated that in the year the
confirmations wer, 565. an increase of fif-
teen over last year. He also said that the
condition of the several parishes was bet
ter than a year age, and special mention was
made of Kirkwood Thayer. Trinity Church,
Hannibal. the parishes of Frederic<town;
Poplar Bluff, Epiphany Mission and All
Saints Church Ii was stated that many
narIsbss had either built new churches or
greatly improved those already built. Spe-
cial attention was called to Thayer, which
had built a fine structure and paid for it.
The work being done in the several mis-
sions was also highly commended. special
mention being made OF he ST. Thomas deaf
mute parish OF which the Reverend MIR.
Cloud is minister. II was stated that Mr..
CIoud desired to give up his, position in the
scb0Cls ana rive his whole time to his mis-
Sion and like work m other parts Of the
diocese The Bishop said ii would require
at Ieast 81 30 to propcrIv carry on the en-
Jared work nroDosed
The Rishop devoted part OF his address to
a dissertation of the work of ST. Stephen =
miesion which is unIer the rectorship of
tn. Reverend Mizner. He said it had 175
cn,nmnricants nnd a sunday school of $50
Jts contribI.ion 70 the Diocesan Fund last