Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-17
His Office Inn the Saddle.

gold and copper regions of Eastern
Oregon or amid the cattle plains to
the southwark
Perhaps one of the strongest i'm
pressions ever made by church dig
nitary In these districts of vast re-
moteness was that made in the last
summer by the Rev. Charles Scad-
ding. Episcopal Bishon of the diocese
OF Oregon. He is stationed mt Port
land, and is mt present in the East
telling churchmen and laity there
some of the difficulties he encounter
ed on this famous tour of inspection
| Discussing the journey after his re-
turn TO Portland, he remarked: ut
Is good thing that | am n power
ful athlete, with as hardy physiuue
rs possess. for such excursions into
the almost unknown certainty try
mems souls. ! was Obliged ON this
trip to ride over eight hundred miles
by stagccoach through almost track
less forests. over miles and miles OF
rolling prairie. mp and down steep
mountain roads, ford swollen streams
ana go hundreds of miles on horse
mack where staging was too tedious
and inconvenient. found remote set
Elements where was looked upon MS
n curiosity. places where they had mot
seen bishop for six years. where
they have neither churches. ci,nnels
nor schools convenient for holding
services. In the most distant parts
or my diocese have under my iurIs-
| uiction some thirty or forty scattered
| churches, which, while entirely out of
debt, are closed because | can't get
ciergymen to fiji the pulpits."
Bishop Scadding found little trou-
Die in gaining good hearing wher-
ever he went, for. being an expert
, solf, cricket and baseball nlaver no
nad no conscientious scruples against
taKinE OF his clerical robes and on
gasing In sand-lot baseball of an mr.
terhoon when he thought occasion re-
Qulred.
Hunting and Fishing Bishop.
One of the favorite pastimes of the
'a'e Bishop Morris, who served the
ulocese OF Oregon for thirty eight
yea 5, was to pack his rife and hunt
ing ana hshing outfit with him. and
ne would whip stream all day with
lhch ana boys, or stalk the mountains
ana timber with hunting parties In
search OF elk. deer and bear, joining
'ear'iiy IN -tarbecues and evening
parties: Tor he by long experience
.eurhed ne mad to deliver the goods
uinong the simple minded people he
was irving to reach. Neither he nor
any or me bishops or itinerant preach
ers round 1t, or do now find It. ne
cessary TO be a gun fighter. At the
SAME time there are any number of
{ churchmen In the state who have beep
.nnsu upon 10 suppress rowdies who
tried TO break up meetings.
The late DR.. /. B. Driver, who in nj,
MS long and active life in the work
or advancing the cause of Methodism,
mad never been inside of n theatre.
entered n dance hall in one or the
Eastern Oregon towns n few wears
ago and announced from the platform
mat he would like to have the dance
stopped for half an hour while he
conducted divine service. The rough
element at first protested but the
militant old pioneer stood by his
guns. hguratively speaking. won his
point and after the preaching. song
service and prayer were over the mu
SIC and the dance went on. HIS in
'.'"tion W MS series of revival SER
wees In the same camp was accented
with cheers, and that was how he
started and built up churches. The
dance nall In this case was the only
available place for holding the SER
Vice, and everybody in the camp and
LOT miles around Icing there he knew
lie could reach the whole settlement
py invading the profane crowd. Such
rugged bravery is ono of the essen
tials to satisfactory service of the
Lord In the Oregon mission field.
The Rev. John Finn. of this CITY.
recently retired, for he is in his nine
ty-first year had no fear of hostile
indians and made friends with them
by trading among them. He would
purchase pinto or cayuse from a
tribesman for IS or So and because
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