The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-22

Marks as president. These two So
cieties held successful bazaars and
SoclalS together and later on the young
people held these entertainments on
their own account and realized enough
to supplement the Sunday school Ii
Drary and also buy the font, which is
still part of the church furniture.
successful Sunday school was main
tanned of which Mr.. L. V. Marks was
superintendent. Among the efficient
teachers were William B. Wheadon,
Miss Beatrice Glogau (now Mrs. Frank
I1leham of Newton), Miss Phoebe
Rathburn, Mrs. Lyman Rench of Law
renee, Mrs Brown, Miss Anna Will
hanson and later Mr.. Irving Todd.
Parochial Mission.
The second year, 1SS5-S6 was MEM
orable in the parish history in conse-
quence of the parochial mission-the
first one in the diocese-held in May,
1885, by the Rev. Percy Clinton Web
Der of Tioga, diocese of Pennsylvania.
This mission was largely attended
from both parishes and also by outside
people, the church being packed from
the chancel steps to the door. As
result of this mission new spiritual
and the following Whitsunday the
largest class in the history of the
church at that time, or since, was
presented for confirmation by the rec
tor, twenty-one in all. eleven being
heads of families. lay brotherhood
was organized, the members besides
the rector being Messrs: H. S. Hartley,
William F. Hartley, L. V. Marks, G.
F. Kimban, H. c. Root, Irving Todd,
William B. Wheadon and Mr.. Canning.
Music a Feature.
The music was an important feature
of the church services and in the
choir were many members of Mar
shalls band. the late John B. Mar
shall himself being a communicate of
the church. Mrs. George Parkhurst
also sang in the choir as did the
younger members of the Stafford fam
lily, Messrs. H. c. and Dudley Stafford
and their sister. Miss Jennie Stafford.
all possessors of good voices. One of
the early priests to preach in this
church was the Rev. Francis Key
Brooke, now bishop of Oklahoma a
relative of the Lee family. In later
years Bishop Brooke has frequent
" held services in this little church
where he preached as a young priest.
No history of the Good Shepherd
ing Mrs. William Gilman, widow of
the William Gilman previously men
toned, herself a faithful communicate
and earnest worker, who from the
time the parish was organized until
her death in 1908 could be depended
upon to do her part. No social gath
ering was complete unless Mrs. Gill
man was present.
The late Col. H. H. Stanton and Mrs.
Stanton were also prominently asso-
ciated with the church. Colonel STAN
ton was the manager of the Union Pa
cific hotel and many were the delight
full enterta INN ents which the genial
colonel and his wife gave at this hotel
for the benefit of the church. Others
who helped in those early days were
the J. A. Campbell family, the Peter
Smith family, the Lyman Rench fam
lily and Mrs. Dan Adams. About this
time G. F. Kimball was elected a
member of the vestry and served on
that body either as senior or junior
warden until a few wears ago
Old Fashioned Spelling Bee
AS with every new church it was
necessary to give entertainments to
raise money for current expenses and
in the spring of 1887 an old fashioned
spelling bee was held. Sides were
words were taken from Webster's
spelling book "Sacrilegious' proved
the stumbling block, wardens, vestry-
men and even the Rev. DR.. Lee him
two were left standing, the late Mrs.
G. F. Kimball, who successfully SPELL
ed the word, and an Englishman
left off s tse out T The E Eog
was correctly spelled by his opponent
and once again England was vanquish-
ed by America.
When the Rock Island railroad
came to Topeka, it brought an influx
of people, many of whom were COM
municants of the church or interested
in her welfare. Among them H. F.
Morris, auditor of the road, whose
m other, Mrs. Martha Wright Morris,
was a strong churchwoman, woman
of culture, wide knowledge and execu-
tive ability. She imm ediately took
hold of the work, organized an Altar
guild among the young girls of the
church whose duty it was to look
after the sanctuary. Under the care
full guidance of this gracious woman,
many useful lessons were learned by
those privileged to belong to this order.
Others prominent in the church
were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Giles and
the son of a clergyman of the Church
of England, himself an Oxford man,
and an acquisition to the community.
Ministers of the Church.
Doctor Lee resigned in 1888 and
by the Rev. William Mix, who had
come into the church from the Presby-
terrain ministry a short time before.
After a paStOrate of a year, the Rev.
Mr.. Mix left for the east and was sue
ceeded by the Rev. w. B. Guion, who,
after an absence of years, is again in
this diocese. The Rev. Mr.. Guion was
an earnest, devoted churchman and no
sacrifice was too great for him to
istry there were many baptisms and
combinations. After his resignation
and before his successor was appoint
ed. Miss Kate Adams kept the Sunday
school going by her own unaided eff
forts. Miss Adams now lives in Chi
cago where she at one time served as
private secretary to the chief of po-
lice and earned the distinction of being
the only woman who could keep al