Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-18
ANNUAL SESSION
Twenty eighth Meeting of the
Episcopal Diocese Of
Quincy.
EDWARD W. OSBORNE ASSISTS
Ladies' Auxiliary Elects Officers and
Does Much Work-Ordination
of Rev. Arthur Behrends.

| The 18th annual session of the Quin
cy diocese of the Episcopal church wa:
held in Quincy yesterday AT the cath
| edral of st. John. The opening ser
mon was delivered by RI. Rev. Edwar,
W. Osborne. D. D. bishop coadjutor o
| Springfield, who also assisted Bishop
! Fawcett in the ordination TO the priest
hood of Rev. Arthur w Behrends, OF
st. Adams school Knoxville
IL the course of his sermon Dr. Os
borne referred to a recent utterance
Of Prof. Starr, of Chicago. who had de
clared that the idea of trying To chris
tianize the heather lands was all a
mistake. that the heather should be
left in their own hands The bishop
said that the professor seems to have
forgotten the fact that whatever civil
ization there is in the world today is
due to the gospel of Christ. and that
without its mission there. would be no
education, no religion and even the
very institution he is now a member of
would not be in existence.
Women at Work.
The ladies' auxiliary has also been in
session and elected the following Off
GERS:
President-Mrs. Jessie PURGE, CISCO.
Secretary-Mrs. Tiller. Quincy.
Treasurer-Mrs. Wilson. Macomb.
The women voted to raise 800 to
give to Bishop Osborne to further his
work at the university at Champaign.
and also voted To fit up a kitchen in
Chang, China. for DR.. Glenton. The
delegates TO the ladies' auxiliary We're
as follows:
Mrs. Anderson. of St. Johns, Gales
burg.
Mrs. Bernhard, of St. Paul's. Peoria.
Miss Harding, of st. Stephens, Peo-
ria.
Mrs. PURGE. of Grace church, CISCO.
Mrs. Chase, of Trinity, Rock Island
Mrs. Frances Wilson, of St George.
Macomb-
Mrs. Diggs. Grace church. Galesburg.
Mrs. Harvey Richardson. Cathedral.
Mrs. C. H. Bunting, Good Shepherd.
Mrs. Hines, of Warsaw.
Miss LeffingweH and Madame Bow
er, of St--Mary's. Knoxville
Clergy of Quincy Diocese
Following is a list of the clergy of
the diocese of Quincy. most of whom
ATTENDED the convention: The Ri
Rev. NJ. Edward Fawcett. Phi. D.. bish-
op of Quincy; Rev. Frederick II. Bur
rell. Phi D., rector of Christ church
Moline; ReY. Alexander Drummer, min
istering at Saint Ansgarius' church. Mo
line: Rev. b. E. Diggs. rector of Grace
church, Galesburg; Rev. Arthur Ed
gar GOrter. rector of Saint Johns
church, Kewanee; Rev. Webster Hakes
rector of Saint Andrews church. Pc
oria; Rev. Thomas Hines. rector of
Saint Paul's church. Warsaw. and mis-
sionary at Saint Titus church. Hamil-
ton; Rev. Sydney G.. Jeffords. rector
of Saint Stephens parish, Peoria:
Rev. Richard l.. Knox, rector of Saint
Johns church, redemption; Rev. c.
w. Lefingwell, d. D., rector of Saint
Mary's school, Knoxville; Rev Robert
NJ. LaurensOn. rector of Saint Jude's
church. Tiskilwa; the very Rev
Walter II. Moore, dean of Saint Johns
cathedral, Quincy; Rev. Carl A. Ny
bladh, rector of Saint Johns church.
GalesbuTg; and dean of Swedish work:
Rev. Frederick S. Penfold, rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd. Quincy,
and canon of Saint Johns cathredal;
Rev Arthur Pratt. rector Of Saint
James church, Griggsville; Rev VIM
NJ. PURGE. rector of Grace church. Os-
co. and missionary Saint Matthews
Cambridge, Galva; Rev. II. Atwood. d.
D., rector of Saint Paul's church. Pc
oria; Rev. C. II. Sherwood. rector of
Trinity church, Rock Island; Rev. Vic
tor II. Webb, deacon in charge of Trim
ity church, Monmouth. Rev. Fran
els y. Wilson. rector of Saint George
and missionary Saint Thomas
Bushnell. Rev. Payson Young. rector
Of Saint Stephens church. Pittsfeid.
Takes the burn out; heals the
wound; cures the pain. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, the household remedy.