Arizona republican., 1920-02-11

l clergyman. at a good rental They are therefore a form of endowment, and also often make it possible to secure a minister which would not be possible 1 if the parish was without a house. l Mining conditions owing to the de- i crease in the price of copper are not very favorable, and so we are deferrinS 1 for the present the erection of the guild house to combine d chapel and club house on the fine central lots leased to us by the Phelps, Dodge | Copper company
 Yuma
 St. Pauls mission~has been one of | our failures thus far yet we have one of the best church building in Arizona, and Yuma is destined to be one of the most important town or cities in the i idly and is more prosperous than any other community in the state with the exception of Phoenix and perhaps Mesa. It has an ideal climate for the growth of cotton and citrus fruit, and 1 the development of these two indus tries is already productive of prosper ity, and will be increasingly so in the coming years. The archdeacon and general missionary are in charge of Yuma with occasional visits from the bishop.
 St Marks is the youngest of our 1 parishes organized during the past year. Its progress has been marked since the establishment of it mis- | sion by the bishop, then rector of Trim ity church, Phoenix, twelve years ago It has d we'll equipped plant consisting of church, rectory and parish house The bishops committee and a com mittee representing the people of Mesa asked last June for the organization of the mission into a parish having ] declared their ability to pay off all in debtednesS and to raise a living salary i for a rector with a hope that the ! former missionary the Rev. Francis Bloy, might accept a call and return to them. This was accomplished. MT Bloy, with true missionary spirit holds a monthly service in the organized mission at Wickenburg. which has de- Veloped finely under his care; another monthly service at Chandler within the parish limits of Mesa, and he also has 1 charge of St. James mission, Tempe As president of the Mesa chapter of l the Red Cross, and in innumerable other ways the rector has become one of the leading citizens of the com munity.
 Globe
 What was Mesas gain was Globes loss. but the archdeacon jumped brave 1 ly into the breach and with undaunt- i ed courage faced the problem. Serv 1 ices have been maintained every other week not only here, but also in Miami 1 where the mission of the transfigura . tion has been revived and services reg ularly held in the gymnasium of the | Y. M. C. A. building through the cour- tesy of it's officers. There are perhaps ten thousand inhabitants of this great mining city, and outside of the Roman i Catholic church there are only two churchse to minister to the rest of the people There are probably one hun dred confirmed members of our church living in Miami who need to be looked after. As Globe is only seven miles distant, the work here can easily be looked after for the present by its rec l tor, provided he can have a Ford car 1 as an assistant.
 Through the energy of the people 1 of Globe the valuable corner lot next l to the church building has been bought | and there, as soon as possible, we must erect a parish and community house i This important center and county seat has no Y. M. c. A. building. The l church has been making use of the 1 wretched little old house in the rear l once used as a rectory and now as l substitute for parish house. But it is totally inadequate and unfit. Ii cannot house, for example, the pros l porous branch of the Girls Friendly society, with a membership of 100 ol more, but an even more importan need is for a settled clergyman.
 Ray
 The general missionary has been ir charge of the work at St. Dayid's mis- l sion, whicf, has been going on as usual l with good attendance and interest ir l the services. When we get a clergy l here he can look after the morgan . szed mission at Hayden, where the archdeacon has begun holding serv- | Ices with large attendance.
 Jerome and the Verde Valley No progress in our missionary work l has been more marked than that in the Verde valley. Three years ago the 1 present missionary took up the work l at Jerome, and since then the we'll equipped and attractive guild house 1 has been erected in Clarkdale. The l parish rooms at Jeerome have been renovated and a new mission to be known as St Matthews organized in l Verde. which is destined to be a very l important smelter town. With Ford 1 automobile Mir. Smith can unite and minister to the whole valley. On a recent visit the bishop confirmed four l teen candidates, held services in four ! different places, and gave talks and | addresses and sermons, long and short ! amounting to ten in number.
 Flagstaff
 Under the rectorship of the Rev. L. 1 B. Moore. who was ordained to the priesthood at our last convocation the 1 Church of the Epiphany has received | the gift of new organ as a memorial of the late Prof. Percival Lowell The house in the rear of the church has been bought and thoroughly renovated 1 and partially furnished for the rector
 The Normal school in Flagstaff ren- ders our church there in a strategic position. MT. Moore adds to the care 1 of Flagstaff that of St. Johns mission at Williams, where services are held