The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-13
ENGLAND MOURNS
LOSS Of BISHOP
Edward King Was Great
Christian Character
WAS A LoVABLE MAN
Dutch settlers in Minnesota Find
Warm and Friendly Welcome by
People. Who Are Interested in
Their Religious Welfare
RlD.A Y. FRANCIS

New York. April Specal)-England
has been mourning the loss of one of her
truly great and noble men. Edward King
was bishop of Lincoln for over quarter
of century and the charm of his beau
tiful, consistent life as we'll as the power
he exercised as a prominent and most
outspoken Christian man and bishop OF
one of Englands chefest dioceses was
of inestimable helpfulness and power in
guiding all who came within the reach
of his influence, in the way of holiness.
About 20 years ago | had the pleasure
of spending a few weeks in England and
out of sincere admiration for his noble
character I arranged my plans so as to
take one whole week out of my all too
scant vacation for visit to Lincoln. To
me it was an exquisite pleasure just to
! see this holy man at his devotions in the
ancient cathedral over which he presided.
He was an exceptionally tall and COM
handing person, although even as long
ago as the time when I had the pleasure
of seeing him he was somewhat bent
over by the weight of years His face
impressed me as one of the hndliest and
gentlest I had ever seen, and vet withal
marked with manly firmness. The beauty
of his character is well expressed in his
own words in the message which he die
tated from his dying bed TO the people
of his diocese, whom he loved and cher
ished with so holy and sincere an affec-
ton. II fear I am not able to write the
letter I should wish to write. I have
for some time been praying God to tell
me when I should give up my work
Now he has sent me in His loving wis
dom clear answer. 1t is very great
comfort to be relieved from the response
bility of leaving you. All l have to do
is TO ask you to forgive the many faults
and innumerable shortcomings during
the 26 years l have been with you and
ask you to pray God to perfect my re-
pentance and strengthen my faith to the
end All has been done in perfect love
and wisdom. My great wish has been
to lead you to be Christ-liSe Christians.
In Christ is the only hope of unity and
peace. In Him we may be united to God
and to one another. May God guide and
bless you all, and refresh you with the
increasing consciousness of His presence
and His love- [ am to the end. your
friend and bishop, Edward. Lincoln"
Christian parents with their families of
from eight to dozen children, led IRON
their homes by their own pastor, and well
coined by the clergy of the part of the
country to which they are travelling, make
a class of Immigrants of which the United
States may well be proud. We are so
accustomed to having the helpless and
homeless of all parts of the earth dumped
on our shoes by selfish individuals that il
Is most refreshing surprise to read of
the recent Importation of Hollanders who
have landed upon our shores. 1t seems
that out in Minnesota some sturdy Dutch
settlers have so fallen in love with the
country of their choice that they have
been preparing a welcome for a party
of solid and well-to-do fellowmen from
Holland, the first representatives OF
whom have just crossed the sea in the
steamer Lapland.
Bishop James McGodrick of the diocese
of ST. Paul has taken a most enterpris-
ing lead in the matter 1t seems that
he has devised a colonization scheme for
these hardy Dutchmen who are bringing
with them some Ss5,O00 in solid cash, and
they will find a hearty welcome when
they reach the as yet untraveled portion
of Minnesota in which they have elected
to become pioneers. Churches. schools
and dwellings will be built for the inn
migrants and within a short time nearly
a hundred more persons are due to ar
rive to join the colonists. Those who
have already arrived are of the type to
whom new territory has no terrors and
there were several large families Mr..
and Mrs. Elsen were surrounded by their
eleven children. six boys and five girls
and a servant, Matthys Arts.
! Mr. and Mrs. Petrus Van der Kolls
watched carefully that their eight charges
did not stray, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Brouwers cared for five Because of the
illness of one of their little ones MI
and Mrs. Johan Hendrick did not come
on board the Lapland with their nine
children. but will follow on another
steamship of the line. All the members
of the six sturdy Dutch families and a
few scattering neighbors made up the
party, who brought not only their smaller
household belongings, but also carts and
TOOLS wooden shoes and other articles for
farm use-a novel sight to the men
customed for years to the meeting of i'm
migrants on the steamship piers
Money a-plenty the party had, one
family displaying more than 5000, and
when the immigration inspectors had fig
|
ured up the cash and bills of credit 1t
amounted to nearly $4,000 All in perfect
health, there was no delay on account
Of medical inspection, and the only waa
was that caused by the amount of bag
gage presented for the inspection of the
| customs officers
Thirty-five thousand prayer books
more than $1,000 hymn books one
would think would go long
way toward supplying the needs
of the people who found themselves
unable to purchase their own devotional
books during the past year. 1t was the
largest distribution that the New York
Bible and Prayer Book society has ever
made III a single year. The distribution
was made in different portions of the
United States and some books were sent
TO foreign lands. 1t will be remembered
that this religious society last year cele-
brated its centennial anniversary and the
| reDorts at that time showed that this