Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-26
BISHOP
CONTINUED from rage One)

been formally transferred to Arizona
during The year and one other, the
Rev. P. S. Smith, in charge of the
Tombstone field, has been resident
since July / but has not yet been for
mally transferred The others, in the
order of their acceptance are the Rev.
E. L. Simpson in the Salome field; the
Rev. F. G. Taylor, rector of ST. An
drew's parish, NogaleS; the Rev. VIM.
B. HeagerCy, M D., our first resident
clerical missionary at Ft. Defiance
among the Navajo Indians; and the
Rev. w. e. Cox, in charge of the Bis
bee field
Changes Within the District
"On October Is, the Rev. Mr.. Walsh
was transferred from Winslow and
Holbrook to the charge of Clarkdale
and, until the division of that field is
effected, temporary charge of Jerome.
The Rev. L. t. Gwynn, of South Da-
kota, another veteran has accepted the
WinsloW-H Holbrook field On December
is, the Rev. Sasse, who had been tenn
porafily in charge of the Bisbee field,
was transferred to the care Of st. An
dreW's, and the new mission known,
Tor the present, as the Canlelback mis-
sion, in Phoenix.
1--WE have lost, by transfer, three
clergymen The Rev B. J. Darneille,
Rev. Mr.. Fryer and the Rev. Eason
Cross.
Two candidates for holy orders,
MeSSrs. VIM. Hugh Fryer and Fred Nc
Neil, and one pcstulant, Matthew H.
Leme1, as well as three lay readers,
have Eeen admitted during the year.
Improvements To- Property
I'VE can record q gratifying advance
in this respect. The new wing to ST.
Luke'S Home, Phoenix, has been of
very great use to that institution, max
ing it possible to take more patients
and to handle them more efficiently.
st. Luke'S-in- n-the-D Desert, Tucson, with
its new coat of paint new roof, trees
and shrubbery, looks like a new place.
At Jerome, thanks to the generosity OF
the two larger mining companies, as
such, and the interest of certain mem
bers of the Clark family as individuals,
we have beautiful new church, which
will soon be completely furnished, to-
getIler with a guild room and kitchen.
We have acquired one of the incest
residences in town for a rectory. The
total cost with all the furnishings will
be around $30,O00 Flagstaff is re-
joicing in the possession OF very
creditable parish house. At Kingman
we were able to pay off the last obli-
CATION upon the rectory; Nogales has
bought and materially improved, q
very nice rectory. A new rectory is
going up st Tombstone; considerable
! repairs and improvements have been
made upon the rectories in WlnsloW,
Prescott and Douglas.
Falling Off In Combinations
.'In only one respect have we fallen
behind and that is very serious one,
namely, in the number of those con-
firned The clergy, particularly, will
bear me out in the statement that ii
there is enc thing on which have
hammered in season and out Of season
it is that our church is not at work
here Cor anywhere, for that matter)
primarily on account Of those of us
who now belong to Her, but she is out
here, and we are out here, primarily
on account of those who are like sheep
gone astray. Surely if the one sheep
in that condition was of more concern
to our blessed Lord than the ninety
and nine who were safely in the fold,
of how much greater concern must be
our situation, in which, if the propor-
tions are not quite exactly reversed;
at any rate in which the number OF
those who are without shepherd is
vastly greater than those in our fold
or any other The success of us OIL
ficial shepherds, as well as of that OF
our many helpers in every congrega-
ton, in bringing these wandering sheep
back is reflected in the number con-
firmed year by year. Taking that as
the basis, the results during my eplsco-
pate, compared with the last two years
Of Bishop AtWood'S are very d1sc0ur-
aging and depressing. In 1926 con-
firned, in Arizona, .174; this past year,
las. In 1926 Bishop Atwood confirmed
in Arizona 215 and in 1925, 305. This
Notwithstanding the fact, as under
stand, that we have had more clergy
in the field the last two years than the
other two. I trust and believe that
this is only temporary slump and
that as the new men, of whom we
have so many, get their work well IN
hand. the number of those confirmed
will increase.
s'For the information of our lay dele
me repeat what / have stressed at both
of the clergy conferences we have had;
namely, that mere numbers are Moth
ing; that I had rather have a Gideon's
Band any day than multitude OF ur-
trained and ignorant soldiers Know
Of clergymen, not in Arizona, how
ever, who work at top speed, practl-
cally up to the night before the class
is to be confirmed drumming up mem
bers and I have reason to believe that
more than one person has been thus
confirmed without knowing a thing
about what was involved and who
never 'darkened the door of the church
thereafter. 1t is not possible, perhaps,
to secure the figures but suspect that
our church has lost more members, in
proportion to our strength, to Chris
tian Science, so-called, than probably
any other body of Christians. Num-
bers, at the price of long and careful
teaching, we certainly do not want and
I have asked the department of re-
ligious education to consider drafting