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

terror was most attractive with its
/ heavily beamed ceiling and dignified
chancel.
The first service was held in the
church in October, 1888 and in the
| chancel at that time there were three
| by, Dean of Grace Cathedral, the rec
tor. the Rev. Alfred Brown and the
Rev. Charles Reynolds, u. D., Chap
lain at FIT. Riley, who preached the
the father of DR.. T. B. Reynolds now
of this city and himself a commune
cant of the church.
Mission Organized in 1880.
The mission was organized in 1880.
A parish was first organized in 1882
and given the name of the parish of
the Church of the Good Shepherd
The same year the parish was adj
mitted to the Diocesan Convention
held in Junction City. but by some ac-
cident or oversight the minutes of the
proceeding failed to appear in the
Journal, an omission, it sc ems. noticed
by no one at the time, and the ac-
ton admitting the parish was dupli-
Gated at the convention in 1886 when
the record first appears.
The Rev Mr.. Brown closed his re-
lationS with the parish, to the ex-
ceeding sorrow of the people, the Sun
day before Christmas, 1883, to accept
service at Billings, Mont, whittier he
Immediately removed.
The first baptism in the church was
that of Jessie Ann Campbell, now Mrs.
Edwin Davis of Leavenworth) the in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
CampbelD whose zeal an efficiency in
sustaining the music, as leader and
organist in those early days and later
deserves especial mention). This
baptism took place on the Sunday be-
fore Christmas. 1888. already alluded
to, and was administered by the re-
firing rector.
First Marriage i'm Church.
The first marriage in the church
was that of William Henderson of To-
peka and Miss Emma c. Bull of To-
peka. The Rev. Richard Ellerby Of
ficiated. As a memento of the pleas
ing occasion and of their interest in
the new parish, the happy couple, in
1884 presented to the parish beauti-
full Communion set, which set is still
in use.
The first burial from the church
was that of MIR. William Gilman in
January, 1913, Dean Ellerby officiating.
Mr.. Gilman was the father of Henry
\. Gilman, for a number of years
captain of fire station No. 1 and now
captain at No. 6.
At the close of a period of several
months during which time the Sunday
school was maintained and services
partially supplied by Dean Ellerby and
lay readers, the Rev. ]. N. Lee, D. D..
of Bolivar, Tenn, was called. DR.. and
Mrs. Lee and their family did not
come as strangers to Topeka. AL
though they had never lived on the
North side, they had been prominently
identified with the work of the church
in Topeka in the early days The Rev.
DR.. Lee was for several years rector
of Grace church now Grace cathedral,
and from 1865 to 1873 was head of
the Episcopal Female Seminary (now
the College of the Sisters of Bethany.
At that time the present site of Beth
any college was unbroken prairie but
a fiourishing school was held in the
building at the corner of Topeka ave-
nue. and Ninth street, now occupied
q residence by the archdeacon of
the diocese and by the Kansas theo-
logical school in their semi-annual
sessions. Many of the noble trees
surrounding this building as we'll as
the present college were planted by
the name of the school was changed
to the College of the Sisters of Beth
any and it was moved to the present
location.
DIR. j. n. Lee.
DIR. Lee was a scholarly man,
gentleman of the old school and a YER
liable shepherd of his flock. He be-
gan his labOrS Sunday, August 3, 1884,
and continued in charge until his res
1gnation January 1, 1855. The church
prospered under his pastorate. The
first year of his incumbcncy $500 of
the $4,000 debt on the church was
paid Four persons were confirmed
that year. ladies' society was sue
being the efficient president, until
obliged on account of her health to
resign in 1887. A girls society was
also in operation with Mrs O. F.