The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-05-29
CONVENTION OF
EP|SCOPAL|ANS
ski Y-NiNTH ANNUAL MEETING
IOWA BODY AT BURLINGTON.
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW
Church Claims Honor of Being First
TO organize-ioWa State Assem-
bly, Being Held in Connection
With Diocesan Meeting.


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Burlington, Ia, May 26-The sixty.
first annual convention of the Episco-
pal Diocese in Iowa, Is largely attend
ed, and the business of the meeting Is
being accomplished with dispatch.
Practically all churches and missions
are represented, and good reports
come from all over Iowa. St. James
church of Oskaloosa was given place
on the honor roll today, as having met
all Of its obligations in full. In his
annual address this morning, Bishop
Morrison said that when he came into
Iowa good men could be secured for
$4,000 per annum; no clergyman
could not get along on less than ST.
200, and rectory, and he urged all par
ishes to pay their rectors all they
could possibly afford The bishop an
nounced that hereafter all the mis-
sionary work in Iowa and the raising
of all missionary funds would be un.
der the direct supervision of Suffra-
gan Bishop Longley. Rev. Johns
Cole, of Waverly, has been elected
permanent secretary of the Diocese,
to succeed Rev. Shut of Des Moines.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
The Episcopal church claims the
honor of having organized the first
church brotherhood and having now
the most effective organization in the
Brotherhood of ST. Andrew The
Iowa State Assembly was held in con-
nectiOn with the Diocesan convention
on Sunday afternoon and was address
ed by Bishop Longley and others.
There are now $50 senior chapters
and $50 junior chapters In the United
States and as whole is in flourish
ing condition. Iowa has been slow in
taking up the work, but of late good
progress ha sheen noted. There are
progress has been noted. There are
others are in contemplation. The
boys OF st. James church in Oska-
loosa are planning to organize in the
near future. The following state Off
GERS We're elected at the meeting yes
terday:
s- Senior Assembly.
President-John p Montrose, Des
Moines
Secretary-C.. w. Dan, Des Mones.
Treasurer-A. l.. Holmes, Lyons.
Chaplain-Rev. w. p. James, Ma.
son City. ri ....' ...4..
s& Junior Assembly ..
Observation-Disclosures Marsh, Keo-
kuk.
Secretary Treasurer Howard
Pierce, Sioux City.
Chaplain-Rev. C. }. Shut, Des
MoineS .".
The Sunday Services.
With four bishops, and nearly one
hundred clergymen present in their
distinguishing vestments, and splen-
did vested choir of twenty-five mem
bers in line, and a congregation that
tested the capacity of the building the
services Sunday morning were an i'm
posing and impressive scene. Prac-
tically every person in the house was
a communicate of the church and par
took of the celebration of the Euchar.
list. The sermon was delivered by
the RI. Rev. Sidney Catlin Partridge,
Bishop of Kansas City, and was a
most eloquent and mastery appeal
for greater effort on the part of all
church people for the spread of the
gospel of Christ to all quarters of
the world
The Reception.
The social feature of the conven.
ton was held Saturday evening in
Hotel Burlington and it was a bril-
liant affair Rev. DR.. r. G. Jones,
rector of Christ church, the vestry
and members of the parish paid their
respects to Bishops Morrison and
Longley, and greeted the visiting del.
egates. DR.. Jones introduced the
guests to the distinguished visitors in
line. Mrs. r. G. Jones, Mr.. s. II.
Jones, senior warden, and Mrs. Jones,
G.. A. Duffy, and others prominent in
the church, formed the reception line
while members of the vestry, and 9TH
ers of the local congregation, acted
as ushers. The scene was an animat-
ed one, and a most pleasant means of
getting the delegates acquainted with
each other and with the prominent
people who did the hard and import
ant work of the convention.
The Mass Meeting.
The Sunday evening session of the
convention took the form of a mass
public meeting and attracted more
than the convention church could
comfortably accommodate. In the
unavoidable absence of Rev. F. NJ.
STOuCH vi the oOCIdl OtINlCc DIdHClI
OF the church. Mr.. Henry of Des
Moines discussed the subject in an
able way. The principal address of
the evening was made by Rt. Rev.
Harry s. Longley, Suffragan Bishop
OF Iowa, who endeared himself to all
who heard him. As Bishop Longley
was elected at the last convention,
this was the first time he had met the
church people assembled, and he
made a fine impression Bishop
Morrison is in fine health and has
kept the business of the convention !
moving along in splendid shape. st. ,
James church of Oskaloosa is repre- /
scented in the convention by Messrs. |
John c. Hammes and Phil Hoffman,, /
and Mesdames Hammes and Hoff- |
mann are looking after the interests |
of St James Guild in the Woman's !
Auxiliary meeting.
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