The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-03-14
DR.. DAK|N ACCEPTS
AND WILL Be HERE
ABOUT APRIL FIRST
LETTER RECEIVED BY DR.. VOL.
BRIDGE NOTIFYING vEsTRY
OF DECISION.
GLAD TO RETURN TO STATE

GLAD TO RETURN TO STATE
Columbus Dispatch Expresses Regret
at the Departure of the Rector.
None Have Ever stood Higher in
Mississippi Town.
Rev. w. Z. Dakin has accepted the
call to st. Peters church and will
come to Columbia very soon after the
! first of April. In a letter to DIR. w.
p. Woodbridge this morning he ex-
presses his pleasure at being once
more able to get back to Tennessee,
and the vestry and the congregation
are delighted that they should be
able to get such worthy successor
to DIR. Andrews. Rev. and Mrs. An.
drews will leave for their new home
at Jacksonville, Fla, about the first
of April, aid it is thought that DR..
Dakin viii be able to get here in time
to Immediately follow in the services
of the church. 8
The letter to DR.. Woodbridge, the Sc
nior warden of the vestry,, dated
March 6, is as follows:
MY dear Mr.. Woodbridge:
"At meeting just held by st.
PauPs vestry, my resignation was &C
cepted, and l beg, therefore, to say,
herewith accept the call extended me
by st. Peters, Columbia, and hope to
be with you soon after April first.
Il am looking forward with pleas
ure to being again in Tennessee, and
am praying our work together will be
greatly blessed. Thanking you, and
through the other members of ST.
Peters vestry, for the honor bestowed
upon me, | am, Yours in the faith
walter e. DAKIN."
| The Columbus, Miss, Dispatch OF
March has the following touching
upon the resignation of DR.. Dakin:
REV. w. E. Dakin, who for the
past eight years has been rector OF
st. Paul's Episcopal church in this
city, has filed his resignation with
Col. Richards, senior warden Of the
church, to be acted on by the vestry
a their next meeting. Mr.. Dakin sur.
renders the work here to accept the
position of rector of the Episcopal
church at Columbia, Tenn, to which
he has just received very f1attcring
| call In his letter he asked to be re.
lieved within the next four weeks and
| it is expected that he will remain
there for the Easter services.
Mr. Dakin came to this city eight
years ago from Port Gibson, where
he was as greatly beloved by that
congregation and as generally es.
lteemed in that community as he is
here and in July of this year he would
have served eight years in the rosi
ton which he has occupied. Prior to
coming to Mississippi both he and
his wife were well known educators
of Middle Tennessee, and it is the
call of old friends and relatives in
the Columbia neighborhood which is
largely influential in determining him
lin his present course. The church
at Columbia is especially strong, one
of the Oldest Episcopal girls schools
of the whole country is there and the
field is a particularly fine one for his
talented and splendid services. Com
bned with this is the fact that both
he and his wife have countless warm
friends and relatives in this section
of Tennessee who are beseiging him
to come back home
His resignation causes genuine
and sorrowful regret in the congrega
ltion over which he has presided In
the long list of good and gifted mer
who have served the local parish
none have ever stood higher in the at
Elections of their flock than the gooi
Imam whose surrender of the worl
here is causing such regret. Not only
in his immediate church but in this
community Of high ideals and fine cit
izenshop generally is he esteemed
land appreciated as scholarly gifted
charming gentleman, whose worl
here has been an inspiration fol
right living and right thinking fol
lolI of tho naonle He RESIGNATION IL