Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
WAS MOST SUCCESSIVE:
Mississippi Valley Deanery
Of the Episcopal Church
Was Well Attended

The Convocation of the Mississippi
church was held Tuesday and Wednes.
day, Jan. 26 and 27, in the church OF
Our Savior of this city.
The diocese of Duluth comprising
81, 600 square miles, is divided INTO
three deanerie of which the MisslsslpM
Valley is the oldest and largest.
Ordinarily there are fifteen clergy at
work in this deanery. and most q
them have from two to four MISSION
churches as well as their own parish
in which they hold services. Most Ct
these clergy were present at the con-
VOCATION, including two Of the Indian
clergy, one of them, the Rev. G. Il
Wright, who is chief of the Chippewas.
and the first child born within the
present city limits of Little Falls.
The first session Of the c0nvocatl0n
was held on Tuesday night, when 2
sermon was preached by the Very
Rev. Dean Gates of Willmar. MINI.
At 80 of Wednesday morning the
dean of the convocation celebrated the
Holy Eucharist, assisted by the rector
of the parish. At 9 80 of the same
day morning prayer was said by the
Rev. James q. Ward, assisted by thP
Rev. =. i. Wright OF the Indian
clergy.
The morning session of the convoca-
tion proper was commenced by the
dean delivering an address on The
Field,'' illustrated by large maps
showing the field occupied by the
church in the deanery, which was
followed by an address by Ven.
Archdeacon Parshall, who explained
the condition of every part of the
deanery. =.
Following these addresses, ,busi-
ness session was called by the deans,
and at IL :O0 noon prayers for missions
were read by the dean. The afternoon
session at 2 90 was opened with 9
paper by the Rev. Joseph R. Alten Of
Brainerd. He took as his topic ''The
Special Need of Our Time" and
emphasized the need of cooperation Of
the church with all efforts made to
bring together capital and labor on 2
Just and equitable basis Discussion
followed blythe clergy, and all urged the
duty of the church Oh this particular.
The second paper was by the Rev.
Jno. r. Atwill of St. Cloud. who
wrote on Preparation for Lent, Z
showing that Lent. instead OF being
the dreary religious experience So
many think it to be, is one Of the most
essential religious experiences tp
develop religious character anf
religious strength. A most interest,"
ing discussion followed that was moef
helpful to all. = : - : :
The third and last paper was read
by the Rev. James G. Ward of Fergus
Falls on ''Elocution in Reading and
Speaking. He emphasized the
necessity of so speaking that all might
hear in the best way, as truth, how
ever good in itself, loses much of It's
torce by poor presentation. Discussion
followed by the Rev. E. NJ. Davis Of
Bemidji.
| The last session was held In the
evening at 7 80 when missionary ad-
dresses were delivered by the Rev.
John r. Atwill of st. Cloud, the Rev.
Joseph r. Alien of Bralnerd and the
Ven. Fl. F. Parshall. Archdeacon Of
Duluth.
| The music was ably rendered
throughout, Mrs. C. H. Brown pres1d-
ing at the organ. assisted by a large
vested choir On Tuesday evening
Mrs. C. A. Weyerhaeuser sang selec-
tlon from Largo" by Handel, and on
Wednesday evening the special features
we're an offertory solo by Miss
Brennan, who sang The Penitents
and song Nearer My God to Thee
by the Rev. G. T. Wright and the
Rev. Lewis Mannypenny of the Indian
clergy, and Mrs. Manypenny In the
Ojibway language.
"A very successful convocation was
brought to close with the benedic-
tion by Dean Hudson.