Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-26
BISHOP THOMAS
GREETS CLERGY
AND THE lA|1Y
He Comes to Wilmington to Look
Over the Work of the Do
ccse of Delaware
MUST BE SHOWN HE
SHOULD ACCEPT CALL

Rev. Nathaniel s. Thomas, missionary
bishop of the State Of Wyoming and
Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Delaware,
met Protestant Episcopal clergymen and
representative parishioners in Whining
ton. last night. and the manifestation OF
pleasure was mutual.
Should he be governed by personal in
clination alone, Bishop Thomas would not
hesitate 10 accept the invitation from
Dclaware, but before acceptance he must
know why he should accept, he told news
papcr men during an interview. He said
he had come TO Delaware to look over the
diocesan work. In Wyoming, where he has
hccn missionary bishop for II years, the
Protestant Episcopal Church is growing
rapidly and becoming strong. wyoming
is doing fundamental things that are IN
teresting aud hopes to become a great
State. Its problems are changing every
few years The oil industry and foundry
business are new problems. The State
has a future, but il will not be popuious.
II is as lsrge as New England, South
Carolina and Delaware combined. Many
af its natural resources have not been
touched
Bishop Thomas stated Wyoming would
10 wholly intolcrable 60 man entirely OF
Ascholastic turn and Delaware would be
wholly intolerable 20 n man OF purely
administrative turn. He found both
states delightful. Many things done in
yoming could not be done in Delaware,
and many things done in Delaware could
not te done In Wyoming. When things
rrc done in Delaware they are done, but IN
" VomiuE no one knows whom things Will
lc finished Delaware has devoted $50
wears tn doing some things that Wyoming
Las done in ~ wears. He has many years
before him. but what develops in Nyom-
ing during the next 20 years will be unlike
Developments In the last 20 wears Della
ware Is very interesting The burden Of
proof has got TO be in the work here. He
dus-s not have to show why he must come.
bat Delaware has to show why he must
come.
BIsHoP-ELECT At DELAWARE coLLEGE.
Bishop-clcct Thomas. in company with
members OF the notification committee,
spent this morning IN making tour Of
" .lmington and its vicinity. Among
,thcr places he visited Delaware College,
Vncrc he received a cordial greeting,
lnaking g decidedly favorable impression,
Nn,l H. he was favorably impressed with
h. college. faculty and students.
DR.. Thomas addressed the students at
the college assembly hour. Thirty years
ago. while at Princeton, he said, he con-
irac,ed the mind Of the college man. Thir-
~ wears ago a materialistic view OF life
urevsilcd. many being callous 10 the finite
spiri,ualistics of life Since then, however,
many factors, notably the war, have
caused men TO reach out for service. Many
have followed the itiealisms of the soldier
on the battlefield, rather than for money
making. Also, philosophers and thinkers
have taken on a deeper religious view.
Among those accompanying DR.. Thom-
a. was Rev. G.. W Clash, rector of I'm
manuel Church. Highlands, graduate of
Delaware College, IN the class of 1906,
who saw service and did admirable work
on the other side. He was presented to
I he stu de u body and brought greeting.
DIR. Thomas as introduced by Rev.
u. NJ. kirkus. ID. D., rector of Trinity
Church, Wilmington, who made an adj
mirablc address alsb. He said he was
sorry he could not vet introduce DIR.
Thomas as bishop. but only as bishop
elect. He assured tho faculty and students
that if DR.. Thomas should accept his
election he will be a co-worker for all
that makes for good in the life of Della !
ware College. Prof John II. Moore !
presided over the assembly The college |
orchestra. under the direction of George /
ii. Madden and lr4 Miller, playeu ad- /
Bishop Thomas, accompanied by Revs. /
r. NJ kirkus and Charles W Clash, and
George a. Elliott, inspected Christ and /
Emmanuel churches this morning, after |
which he went TO Newark and inspected |
some of the buildings at Delaware Col |
lcge.
Tie will leave this afternoon at 80 for |
Philadelphia, and will go To Pittsburg
tomorrow spending next week there in
preaching special sermons to the Brother
hood
Bishop Thomas was guest Of the
Church Club of Delaware at a luncheon
this afternoon in parlors A and b of the
Hotel du Pont, which was attended by
about 25. The affair began about ] 10
and lasted about an hour.
DIR. Thomas has not reached de-
cision, but Is expected to do so soon.
At TRINITY CHURCH LAST NIGHT
Bishop Thomas met clergyInen and
tarishioners at services held in Trinity
Church for all the parishes of Wilmington
and its vicinity.
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