Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
PIONEER BISHOP
OF IDAHO RONORED
High Tribute Is Paid Bishop
futile at the Episcopal
Convention.

Last Monday morning at the great
convention of the Protestant Episco-
PAL church at st. Louis, the Rt. Rev.
ID. S. Tuttle, Idaho's pioneer bishop.
who was among the trail blazers of the
northwest, was signally honored by
memorial address given in the name Of
the House of Bishops and the House
of Clerical and Lay Deputies. The st.
Louis Globe Democrat in commenting
upon the tribute paid to Bishop futile
states that tears fell from the eyes of
the aged bishop as he was paid the
public tribute, a portion of which as
printed in the st. Louis paper Is as
follows
The most memorable event. from
many points of view, of the entire
proceedings of the general convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church,
was the presentation to Bishop d. S.
futile at 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning before a crowded house in
Moolah Temple of n memorial adj
dress in the name of the House of
Bishops and the House of Clerical and
Lay Deputies.
The occasion had been anticipated as
a historical happening, and was in
charge of a special committee, and
was in honor of the presiding bishops
fifteenth anniversary in the episcolate.
The spokesman. Bishop David Sossums
of Louisiana, addressed Bishop Tuttle
as "Rt. Rev. Father in God" making
an address which summed up the
bishops life and character.
BISHOP FUTILE IN TEARS.
Bishop futile. like every one in the
house, was deeply affected by the
memorial. with tears streaming down
/ his face and in broken utterances, he
spoke a few words of thanks when the
reader had concluded. The occasion
cast q solemn spell upon the day.
1 The memorial follows:
1 Amongst the causes of qualification
to churchmen in assembling for the
general convention of 1916 in the Do
ccse OF Missouri, and in the city of st.
Louis, is the opportunity of sharing in
the commemoration Of the fiftieth an
niversary of your election to the epis-
copate. Approaching the privilege Of
/ thus assembling in the see city of our
presiding bishop, we feel it a duty and
| a joy to extend to YOU our greetings
upon your anniversary and to place
upon our official records an express
sion of the reverence and love in
4 y
funess to God for the life and work
of a leader so consecrated in char
acter, so eminent in ability, and so
nobly successful in achievement.
while you bear the weight OF many
years, we rejoice that in the provi-
dence of God you stiI move and work
amongst us with a vigor and a power
which promise to us your presence for
years to come; and to our Fluctuations
we join our prayers that our heavenly
Father viii long preserve you, and
long grant to the church the continu-
ance of Your high service, and long
vouchsafe to us the reliance Of your
strength and wisdom.
Serving first as missionary bishop
of Montana, with jurisdiction ln-Idaho
and Utah, and then as missionary
! bishop OF Utah, with juris6ictio in
Idaho, your oplscopate in these vast
missionary fields extended over 10
years, and you brought to this sphere
of service gifts uniquely adapted to
the task, and won under God results
Of great and enduring value.
! "ConQuerins the difficulties of pio-
neer work amidst manifold problems,
exerting an ever widening influence
by your powerful yet sympathetic
manhood, toiling with unwearying
missionary enthusiasm, You laid
strong foundations and achieved
steady progress for the church in this
western field, and your service is
precious tradition to your Successors
and continuing factor in the onward
movement.
May the evening be to you like the
freshness of the morning, and without
WEAKNESS of years may you stll ac-
complish faithful plans; and walking
in the light, may you at last receive
from the Lord, the righteous Judge,