Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-12
PASTOR RESIGNS
EPIPHANY CHARGE
EPIscoPALIANs LEARN DECISION
WITH SORROW
Has Been Extended Several Calls from
the East and May Settle in Dio-
cese of New York-WiIi e
Visit Relatives

1t will be with profound sorrow that
the Episcopal people of Los Angeles will
learn of the resignation of Rev. Walton
Hall Doggett as rector of the Church
of the Epiphany, East Los Angeles. Dur
ing the eight years that Rev. and Mrs.
Doggett have resided in Los Angeles they
have won many friends and their inten-
tion of returning to the east will come
as surprise to their many friends.
Rev. Mr.. Doggett has passed an event.
full life, encompassed within but few
years, comparatively. He is native of
New York and was educated in the
church schools. He came west at the
age of 16s years and for time acted
as clerk, express messenger, sheep herd
er and in various capacities, meeting the
unconventional world in a manner that
has enabled him to be singularly sue
cessful in his ministry of later years.
Later Mr.. Doggett enlisted in the Sew
enty-ffth regiment of the United States
regular army serving three yeaHs the
| life, of the soldier, learning the discipline
OF field and camp later passing from
the militant to the triumphant. 1t was
from the soldier life that ~Mr. Doggett
entered on his preparation for the priest
hoou VI tHe HpiSCopdi cHurcn. Mr. log
gett served in the Sioux campaign in
1S90-91 and was sergeant of MIS- company,
the highest rank of private soldier.
As a Soldier
In the lonely night watches when the
young soldier did picket duty marching
back and forth with rifle shouldered, his
thoughts turned to the General of Gem
erals. and in a family scrap-book are
many 1nteresffnp cIippin of addra.so.
made in various churches by the then
soldier, and of his attendance at the
services wherever the regiment might be
stationed. There are also a series of ar
ticles written by the young soldier to
the home newspaper in which he de-
scribes the march and camp life, but
more and more turns to religious SUBJ
jects. ~ Il.
He was to receive a promotion, but
asked his commander to secure for him
an honorable discharge that he might
enter the priesthood. Though not a COM
municant of the Episcopal church the
commander honored the aims of the SOL
dier and secured for him a discharge
and he entered a preparatory work for
the priesthood as lay missionary at
Green River, Wyo., where with a friend
a former printer. who was also studying
for the ministry Mr.. Doggett built a
prepared large class for confirmation.
After a year he entered upon the direct
studies for the ministry and won high
honors at Jarvis Hall, Denver; Univer-
sity of Wyoming. Columbia university
the General Theological seminary and
Union Theological seminary. New York.
Ordained Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago Rev. Mr.. Doggett was
ordained to the priesthood in st. Peter s
church, Morristown, NJ Y. Eight years
ago he came here and for some time
had charge of st. Luke's church at
Vernon and later the Church of the
Angels.
Four years ago Rev. Mrs. Doggett was
called to the rectorate of the Epiphany
church. Since that time he has in
creased the Sunday school membership
80 per cent, has organized vested choir
a chapter of ST. Andrews brotherhood
and other auxiliaries.
Rev. Mr.. Doggett will preach his fare
we'll sermon October 27. soon after which
he will leave for the east. Mr. and
Mrs Doggett win visit the latter's moth
er, Mrs, Fitzhugh Porter, at Washington,
D. c., after which they will visit Rev
Mr.. Doggett's father in Massachusetts,
Rev. Mr.. Doggett has been rendered
several calls to eastern churches and
expects to settle in the diocese of New
York.