The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-24
NOTED CHURCHMEN
GUESTS OF DIOCESE

SoOoNo III I4IO DAOS~cS III
coming General Convention. For the
convenient entertaining Of these dis
tiguished visitors, Mr.. P. H. Mayo,
of Richmond, a lay member OF the
convention, has offered to Bishop Glib
son, of the Diocese OF Virginia, his
handsome town residence, az the cor
Rer of Jefferson and Franklin streets.
and the house will be used as a sort
of Bishops Club" throughout the
three weeks OF the session, several
men of worldwide note being enter
tanned there, and by special arrange
nent, taking their meals at the JEFF
ferson Hotel, just opposite, where the
headquarters of the officers of the
convention will be located.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
The leading bishops of the English
Church are coming to Richmond to
bear in person the fraternal greet
ings of the Anglican Episcopate, and
both will be the recipients of much
attention while in America. The first
of these will be the Ri. Hon. and Ri.
Rev. A. F. Wilmington Ingram, D. D.
Ii. D., Lord Bishop Of East London.
There is a peculiar appropriateness
in the coming of the Bishop of Lon
don to the ~tercentennial convention
and to a convention held on Virginia
soil, as the Colonial church in the Ola
Dominion from the founding of the
H6lOnU in 1907 tn fho 0naninU Of fhA
Revolutionary War was under the i'm.
date jurisdiction of the Bishop of
London, and was managed by specially
appointed delegates sent out by him,
This is said to be the first time the
Bishop of London a ever come to
American in his official capacity. Ger
tainly he never visited the colony in
the hundred and seventy years il.
which it was a part of his jurisdic-
ton, and in all hat time no conf1r-
sence of a bishop, George Washing
ton and many others, who sat as
vestrymen in Colonial churches, were
for this Isl eve confirmed.
The other English bishop of almost
equal distinction is the Right Rev.
Edgar Jacob. D. D., Lord Bishop OF
st. Adams, whose episcopal residence
is in West London.
AS the official delegate representing
the EpiscOpacy in the province Of
Canada, and bearing the greetings OF
the Canadian church will be the Right
Rev. John Philip DuMoulin, D. D,
D. G. L., Bishop of Niagara.
ARCHBISHOP COMING.
Representing the Anglican COM
muniOn of the West Indies and South
America will be the Most Rev. Enos
Nuttall, D. D., Archbishop of the West
Indies, whose episcopal residence is
at Kingston, Jamaica. Another visitor
of note, who has been invited to make
one of the great popular missionary
addresses, and who will bring to the
convention a special message from
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
primate OF all England, will be Bishop
H. H. Montgomery, formerly Mission
larry Bishop of Tasmania, and now sec
Vletary of the Society for the Propa-
cation of the Gospel, the most ancient
missionary organization in England.
The senior bishop of the American
church, the Right Rev. Daniel S. Tut
tie, D. D., LII. D., Bishop Of Missouri,
and presiding bishop of the church
will also be the guest of the Diocese
of Virginia.
Bishop Gibson, of Virginia, has ar
ranged that the Bishop Of London,
with his two assistants, Rev. Mr..
Christopher and Rev. Mr.. Sanderson,
shall be entertained at his residence,
No. 906 Park avenue, during their stay
in Richmond. Archbishop Nuttall, the
Bishop of st. Adams, the Bishop of
Niagara, n Bishop futile will be en-
tertained at the Mayo house, where
Mr.. Joseph Wilmer, a personal friend
of Mr.. Mayo's and a member of the
convention from the Diocese of Vir-
ginia, will be in charge. Bishop Mont
aOmery will be the guest of Miss
Coles, of Philadelphia, who is active
ly connected with the work of the
WOman's Auxiliary, and who has tax
en- for the time of the convention the
residence of Mr.. Coleman Workman
No. 421 East Franklin street, at the
corner of Fifth.
The Rt. Rev. W. Lennox Mills. D
D., Ii. D., D. c.. L., Bishop of On
tario, who will be accompanied by
his wife, will also be the guest of
Bishop Gibson at his residence or
Park avenue.
Though not members Of the conven-
ton. all of these distinguished visit
ing bishops will be entitled to admis-
sion to the house of bishops, which by
the way is closed to all but consecrat.