The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ein Minnesota ; Init it was not until 1850, when Breck and his asso- 1 The Life of tlio llcv. -lames Lluyd Brcck, , chiefly fiom letters written by by Charles lUcck, L>.D. P. 133. PIONEER WORK BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI. 263 ciates, the Rev. Timothy AVilcoxson, of Connecticut, and the Austin Merriciv, of Pennsylvania, tlien in his diaconate, and alay hrotiier came to .Minnesota, fiiat airgressive worlc for Ihe (Jhurchwas begun. On the Feast of St. John the Bajjtist, June 24, 1H.)(), thislittk; band organize
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ein Minnesota ; Init it was not until 1850, when Breck and his asso- 1 The Life of tlio llcv. -lames Lluyd Brcck, , chiefly fiom letters written by by Charles lUcck, L>.D. P. 133. PIONEER WORK BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI. 263 ciates, the Rev. Timothy AVilcoxson, of Connecticut, and the Austin Merriciv, of Pennsylvania, tlien in his diaconate, and alay hrotiier came to .Minnesota, fiiat airgressive worlc for Ihe (Jhurchwas begun. On the Feast of St. John the Bajjtist, June 24, 1H.)(), thislittk; band organized as The Associate Mission for Minnesota, andbegan their work by the celebration of the eucharistic feast. A rus-tic cross was raised beneath a large and spreading elm, and on an altarof stone the elements were consecratetl in this solemn sacrament; andI lie wilbng sacrifice of body, spirit, soul, of each of these devotedMiissiouaries, was solemnly made. Full of interest is the story of thework (if this Associate Mission : the long journeys by foot; the. ^-rr ^r:^^ THE I-niST SEAIIUUY HALL, ^i^*•K^^ MINN. services in tlie shadow of a great rock, cm the broad l)lulfs over-looking the Father of Waters ; in natures oratories, amidst thewell-nigh trackless forests; on the wide prairies, and in liie rudehills and school-houses of the pioneers of the State. Work such aslliese men of God, and those trained in their self-denying ways, diilamong the wliite and Indian jjojudations could not but result inabundant fruit, and ere long tiie time for organi/ation came. Pursuant to a call issued by the .Missionary Hisliop of the Norlli-west, a number of the clergy and hiity assembled, on the liWh ofSeptembci, 1857, in Christ Church, in the city of St. Paul, theUt. Rev. Dr. Kemiier being present, and ))residing. The .sermonwas preached by the Lonl (.])of iiiiperls Land, the Hi. Uev. (>rson. The Charter of Ihe . Cliiiivh Fomidalionwas accept
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