The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
NOTES OF THE CONVENTION.

Miss Fanny Grillis, OF the Washington
Womans Auxiliary. has returned TO her
Washington home from Richmond, where
she has been in attendance op the gen
eral convention and the woman's aux
illaTy meetings
The four men who have been elected
to the posts of missionary bishops are all
churchmen of fine calber Rev. Fred
erick Reese. who has been elected Bishop
of Wyoming, is a Southern man, now
rector of Christ Church, Nashville. Tenn.
He is able and conservative, and fer
vent missionary worker.
As a scholar and grammarian. Rev.
Henry Robinson. of Racine College Wis
consin. elected Bishop of Nevada, is we'll
known in the West. As executive of this
large boys school, he has shown tact,
and he will add distinction TO the epis-
copate should he be prevailed on to ac-
cept this high honor.
WashingtOnians will be glad 10 hear
that Rev Robert Paddock. rector of the
Church OF the Holy Apostles, New York
has been chosen as Bishop Of Eastern
Oregon. Mr.. Paddock was favorably
heard several years ago ar an open-air
evensong on the Cathedral Close. TIe
comes of a preaching family, his father
being the late Bishop Of Olympia, and if
he accepts. will be the youngest man in
the Episcopacy, being In his thirty-third
year.
It was in this same St. Johns Church
that Patrick Henry made his famous
speech to the Virginia house Of bur
gesses, which included the immortal
words, Give me liberty or give me
death, the trumpet call of defiance that
opened the hearts of men to the posi-
bility Of rebellion against the injustice OF
the mother country.
A Baptist preacher has gone into poll
tics and running for office in Richmond.
A countryman, coming into town 10 at
tend the State fair, had attended the ses-
sions Of the general convention. mission
airy mass meetings. and so forth. and
had been greatly impressed thereby. Some
one told him Of the Baptist brothers en-
tering the political field. This stumped
him for while, but finally he said In a
caUstic drawl: What is this world COM
ing TO, anyway? Baptists going into poll
tics and Piscopalians into religion" Such
a combination puzzled his bucolic mind.
So much has been said and done these
last few weeks in Commemoration Of
Chaplain Hunts celebration Of the holy
communion at jamestown in 1907, that the
error Of referring to him as the first
messenger Of Christ on the continent of
America" made In the Richmond con
vention notes, and promptly corrected by
reader Of The Washington Herald, was
by no means an objectionable one For
il Hunt was not the first to preach Christ
here. what is the meaning of all this fuss
which has been made about him? Chap
lain Hunt was simply the first rector of
what was practically the first Episcopal
parish in America, but be was far from
being the first TO preach Christ here.
OF Bishop Hare. whose fame as a mis-
sionary among the Indians, and who as
such has been a prominent figure in the
general convention at Richmond, they
tell this story, of a lady being trailed
by Indians I'm New York The bishop had
been wont 10 give 10 the Indians he con-
frmed a silver cross of a peculiar pat-
tern. Visited one day by a lady from
New York, he gave her one of the
crosses. which she always most relig-
.ously wore. Years afterward. when a
general convention met in New York
City, some Of Bishop HdTes Indians were
present as delegates. But New York,
with its crowds. its skyscrapers, over
head trains. and unceasing rush was too
much for them, and speedily they were
lost Presently their eyes frightened, and
they began TO follow d lady on the street
Amazed at first when she saw the RED
men following her, she soon became
thoroughly frightened 10 note that where
ever she went they went; wherever she
stopped they stopped also Investigation
followed, when It was discovered that it
was the cross she wore which attracted
them, for was she not Bishop Hare's
friend, and TO Bishop Hare sooner or
later they We're fully assured she would
lead them safely