The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02

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" commanding figure than the
prcsidiag bishop. who, by
light CT his nc niarity. Is in sense
the prlmate 5of tie American church,
Rt. Rev. Dauscl Sylvester Tuttle, ID. lp.,
Bishop, Of Missouri. Although the
scnor bishop. in point or consecration,
lie la far from being the senior mem
ocr OF the House of Bishops In age
having been consecrated when but
thirty years old. as missionary bishop
Of one OF the most rugged and extern
;ive dioce.es of the far West Bishop
Futile is now but seventy years OF
age. while his junior III point OF Sc
ninrity, Bishop Dome, of Albany. Is
seventy-hyc, and there are quite
number of members Of the upper house
who range above this igure in age,
several redcting into the eighties.
The chairman of the House OF Bish-
ops. Bishop William Lawrence. OF Mas
sachusetts, is 81 much younger man,
and on him the cares OF the admins
tration OF business body sit lightly.
'riic Presiding Eishop.
The Office of presiding bishop in the
church is In large measure an hon
orary one, although 1T carries with II
some administrative functions. of
Episcopal bishops now living, Bishop
futile was the earliest consecrated, his
episcopacy. dating from 1851, when lie
was chosen Missionary Bishop of Mon-
tana. with jurisdiction in Idaho and
Utah. In 1851 he dropped Montana and
became Bishop of Utah, and In 1883
he was made Bishop of Missouri.
Bishop Tuttle is one of the best loved
men in the Episcopal Church. He is
| honored for what he is. and for what
| he has done for his church and his
| country, for there are few men In me
| episcopate to-day who can look back.
! as Gun Bishop Tuttle, to the hard work
of missionary leader on the frontier
| When made a missionary bishop he
had been In the ministry but five years.
This time was spent in a rural parish
/ at Morris, NJ Y, where his successful
| administration caused him to be chosen
! for the larger work.
Something Of what 1t meant to BIO
q missionary bishop on the frontier IN
those early days may be learned from
| Bishop Tuttle,s experiences. On recelv-
Ing hts appointment, which gave him
spiritual charge for the Episcopal
Church Of 100000 square miles of ter
4 rltory, with no railroads and with but
10000 white inhabitants, the bishop
who was but thirty years of age left
his wife and started for his new field
4 He did not see Mrs. futile again for
+ a. year and half, after he had passed
through experiences in the Western
II country almost iinpos sibe now to real.
ize 1t was at the time when 1t took
. thirty days to go from Omaha to Sal,
Lake, and when travel had to be in one
of the two styles Of stage coach sther
in vogue-fhe Concord and the "jerker,
The bishop never complained, and hs
!, faithfully served that pioneer countr!
for nineteen years, making a host Q
friends, many Of whom are held to thu
/. day. .s
5 As Bishop OF Missouri, since 1886
, Bishop futile has continued to show
the excellent administrative ability thu
: marked his earlier years. He makes
! his home In st. Louis, but has to trave
: a great deal, not only In his own do
: cese, but in other parts OF the country
8 performing the duties that come to .hir
as presiding bishop OF the church.
Bishop futile is now seventy year
i OF age. but Is as active as the averag
!, man Of sixty. He is exceedingly popu
Q lar among the men Of the@Episcopa
. Church, both cIergymen and laymer
. and Is In great demand rs q speake
4 at missionary and other sgathering'
t He is not in any sense an orator. blu
}. his addresses are always exceed!ngl
t interesting and original.
: Bishop Tuttle was born in Green
= county, New York. on January 26, 1873
/. and after receiving his early educatio
in the public schools there graduate
@ in 1857 from Columbia College, Ne
York, securing his diploma from tt
g General Theological Seminary In Ne
y York in 1862. After five years Of pal
4 toral work in New York State, he we,
i. out into the then almost unknow
l. West as a pioneer, and has lived
& see the fruit OF his labors.
r Right Rev. William Lawrence, Bisht
a OF Massachusetts. the president of Il
~ ~ House of Bishops, who Is In the cha
Is at the business sessions of that bod
y, was consecrated a bishop in 1893. !
er was born in Boston in 1850. and grad
tn ated from Harvard in 1871. Bish
n, Lawrence received his theological trail
= ing at tho theological seminary, Ca,
: a bridge, from which he graduated
ng 1875. The bishop Is e man OF scht
'al arly attainments, having been profe
he sor of homlletics ard pastoral tt
ology OF his alma mater for elg
! Ia . "a