Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-03
CONvOCAT|ON Of
EP|SCOPAL|ANS
The Sixth Annual Session Is Now
On at the st. Marks
Cathedral,
ADDRESS BY BISHOP SPALDINC.
Pays Glowing Tribute TO the late
Bishop Leonard outlook for
Future Work,

Tho EplscopOllans Of the missionary
jurisdiction Of Sal, Lake are IN their
sixth annual conyocatlon, IN IT. Marks
cathedral, with these clerical delegates
III. Rev r. ), Spaldlng Of the diocese,
Dean Eddy Of this city, Rev. y. H.
Wood Dcl,ai Rev. lIyrum Bulls, Glen.
wood, Colo, Rev Arnodus Miller, Aa.
PEN Rev. e, W, q, Lyon Grand June.
ton, Colo, Rev. j, W. Gum Monlroso,
Colo,i Rev Alfred Brown, ogden; Row
&, II, Perkins ana Rev. George c.
Hunting Of this city,
Al yesterday afternoons session, Row.
o. q. Hunting was chosen secretary
ana Rev G. ~, Perkins treasurer Tho
latter ana Judge Ritche were elected
delegates to the general convention TO
be held at Richmond Va Dean Ia.
die Of ~, Marks ana Rector Perkins
Of ~ P0ul'e and Harry Woodman and
Mr., ljeetloy were elected members OF
the board Of missions
TRIBUTE TO BISHOP LEONARD,
IN tho evening, Bishop spadIng Dc.
livcrod the annual address, IN which
no paid a touching tribute TO The late
Bishop Leonard ana said,
There must be a feeling Of sadness
IN many hearts nv we meet today for
prayer ana counsel, II " indeed sad
mat new relationships are entered into
only NJ the cost OF old and dear asso.
Citations, The district OF Salt Lake has
PAID dearly for whatever the future
may have IN store for her II was
my privilege to know Bishop Leonard,
ana ! can therefore m some degree
sympauizo with YOU IN your sense OF
loss OF not only leader but also
friend For the splendid foundation
WI len he laid, for the tradition Of high
ana faithful service which he created,
for his own example Of unselnsh mis-.
slonary spirit, let VIZ thank God ana
pledge ourselves 10 carry forward the
WORK for whiche he lived and IN the
mldt OF which he died
AND next | feel that my opening
words must be an expression OF graft.
tudo 10 you, my brethren Of the clergy,
who have 40 faithfully carried on he
work of this large district, for the
months after bishop Lconard'e death.
| That my way II plain and my dInlcult.
lea few IN due 10 the faithful way YOU
have stood at your posts and In the
| many stations whore there have been
| no clorgymcn for months, most sincere
| thanks are here given 10 the faithful
| mon and women who have kept church
llfo live through lay services, sunday
schools and guilds,
EASTERN HELP NEEDED,
~ II too soon for your bishop to ven.
turo upon many recommendation for
future work lie must DO familiar with
conditions FIRST and that IN n district
likc this, which presents many differ
cnt problems viii take some time, one
INNS, however a. newcomer may say;
The work here Is much like work else.
where, no harder and No easier The
days have passed when we can truth.
fully anneal TO the people In the east
with wild ana wonderful stories Of
western heAthoniem After spending
from seven years stay IN the cast,
ana ain convinced that In many parts
OF tho west we are quite NJ able to
help ourselves or our eastern friends
] am too much Of q western man TO be
able 10 try TO got money by undar.rat .
ng ana incorporating the west and
It's people For work IN parts ~ Utah
eastern help must DO asked, our splon.
did services 10 the Ute Indians must Of
course be entirely supported by outside
help, hut IN the cities Of Utah and tho
new camps IN Nevada and Colorado
and the rich farming country Of western
Colorado self.help must be counted on
moro than outside assistance,
at must be our policy 10 give 20 ul
tho clcreymcn IN this district enough
salary 90 enable them 10 live comfor.
tNbly ana conloniodly | believe W.
should aim az u minimum stipend NJ
81, 900, We want the best men We car
get and when we get them wo want e
Keep them, n takes n better man q
succeed IN n small western town thar
IN an eastern cathedral This n not
because the people make NO many DO.
mNnda upon him, but because they
make 10 few His own sense, pluck
courage and zeal are all he has 10 de-
pend ON, Tho missionary N IN thu
west, not because the west wants him
bur because the west needs him, ana II
he N not careful he viii In hls own llft
grow weaker and not stronger M
spiritual force ana intellectual force
Wa must help onch other, brethren
spiritually and intellectually porhnpl
one ~ tho reasons Bishop Leonard lef
his valuable library 90 the 0iocos,
was because Ne felt that mon Twins
FAR from library facilities and stimu
latmg intellectual forces were In dan
ger Of ~adng little and carclcwly
have heard moro poor preaching In th'
west than IN the oast, fenr there nr'
quito nv many mental sluggards on
here nv there are IN many other part
of the country, ana vet " the preacher
" 20 make himself felt IN this western
country he must study ana rond NnC
think with all his might
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS,
at n n mistaken Idea that the onl,
requirement for u successful western
missionary " that he be u hearty sor
Of man, n Rrent hustler, n good nike
nnd other phrases which have been m
vented recently 10 describe not III,
Clergyman who N really needed, but IN,
clergyman who thinks he H. We mus
trust people we must believe IN them
They VIII support The man who roAll!
holrs them and without doubt the!
must he prompted to do their share II
many places the church has been wesy
onod by too much outside help, III
bishop win bo behaving In n hoavcnl.
way II he helps those who help them
selves AZ | have already said Their
nro parts OF the district whore selt-holl
cannot he expected, but there are otho
parts whore II ought 60 br oypocto,
and we must all ~ No try 10 doveloI
| II ~ rapidly az possible, IN order tina
money may be released ana approprl
ntod whore II IA more needed This oh
lccl win be gained II every man IN IN
| district not only tries % earn hip sal
, airy, but feels that when he has done nj