The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-08
THE CLERGYMEN
IN BUSINESS SESSION

IN BUSIHtSS StSS|UN
NEW OFFICERS WE'RE ELECTED
AT THE CONvOCATIoN BUsI.
NESS SESSION HELD IN
AFTERNOON.
Wednesday afternoon occurred the
business session of the Episcopal
tConvocation, presided over by Bish.
OPP Johnson. Aside from the mem.
bers of the clergy the lay delegates
were present and took part in the
deliberations of the meeting.
The election of officers was taken
up at the first by the election of sec.
rotary, in which Rev. A. w. Bell, the
former secretary, and Rev. F.. B.
Barnett, of this city, we're nominated.
Mr.. Bell asked to have his name
withdrawn, in that he had served
in the capacity for some time. Mr..
Barnett was then elected by having
the entire ballot of the Convocation
cast for him. The following other
officers we're elected:
Treasurer. W. Campbell, OF
Huron.
Registrar-Dean Biller. of Sioux
Falls.
Chancellor. Howard Gates, OF
Sioux Fails.
President of the Council of Advice
Rev. DR.. Robert Doherty, of Elan
dreau.
Very Dean Ashley. of Cheyenne
Agency. for the clergy, and Alfred
Smith OF the Niobrara deanery, for
the laymen. were elected delegates to
the general convention to be held at
Cincinnati. Ohio, in October. AS al
ternates Rev. B. s. Mckenzie. of
Yankton, and Hon. j. E. Garland, of
Sioux Falls, we're selected.
Reports of the various committees
were presented to the Convocation.
Rev. F. B. Barnett gave an inter
esting report of the National Mission
airy Congress held in Chicago in
May, and this was followed by a dis
cussion in which many members took
part.
The Convocation was presented
with the statement Of the action in
doubling the amount of money ex-
pended for foreign missions at the
time of the state convention was held
in this city in March, and the body
gave its approval of what was done
at that time.
At S O'Clock in the afternoon the
Cathedral committee held a private
business session which took up the
detailed report of finances and of the
holdings of the body.
Memorial for Bishop Hare.
The evining worship was devoted
to a memorial in honor of the elat
Bishop Hare, in that this was the first
meeting of the clergy since the rev.
erened man had passed away. Bish-
op Johnson presided during the ev-
ening. The church was filled to over
flowing, many of the citizens taking
of the opportunity to lis
ten to the virtues and good deeds of
the venerable and venerated bishop
eNtolled by men who had been asso-
ciated with him in the greater part
of his work in this state.
Rev. Marshal Montgomery, of
was unable to be pres
ent but his paper was read with a
heart full of sympathy by Mr.. Rus
sell, of Deadwood. Mr.. Montgomery
spoke Of the bishop as a leader, one
who vas always at the head 70 the
column OF religious invaders, and
was ever saying to come on" 1t
was a place that the bishop never re-
linquished until death called him
home. Mr.. Montgomery felt an es-
pecial love, a veneration for the bish-
op, for before entering the ministry
he was tutored under his guidance,
beginning sixteen years ago. "He
was fearless and brave, was staunch
and true, and gentle and kind, and
these attributes made the people love
and reverence him., was the closing
tribute.
Rev. A. B. Clark, Of the Niobrara
field, spoke of the early history of
the bishop, when he was sent to the
Niobrara field, and as he expressed 1t
twas the living epistle sent as the
humble channel of Gods graciousness
to mark the way for the conversion
of the red man." He spoke Of the
early work of the bishop among the
Indians and compared the Gene of