The Spirit of missions . oming of last his impatient patience was re-warded as a tall spare figure swung withan athletic stride up the street. Thisalso was a young clergyman of strikingappearance. Toward him the waitingfriend darted and throwing his armsabout him exclaimed: My dear brother,you have been elected Bishop of Min-nesota. The friend who gave the an-nouncement was Robert Harper Clark-son, afterward Bishop of Nebraska, andthe one to whom he spoke was HenryBenjamin Whipple. In St. Pauls Church, St. Paul, the lit-tle band of clergy and laymen who madeup the convention of the
The Spirit of missions . oming of last his impatient patience was re-warded as a tall spare figure swung withan athletic stride up the street. Thisalso was a young clergyman of strikingappearance. Toward him the waitingfriend darted and throwing his armsabout him exclaimed: My dear brother,you have been elected Bishop of Min-nesota. The friend who gave the an-nouncement was Robert Harper Clark-son, afterward Bishop of Nebraska, andthe one to whom he spoke was HenryBenjamin Whipple. In St. Pauls Church, St. Paul, the lit-tle band of clergy and laymen who madeup the convention of the Diocese of Min-nesota had met to elect their first a presbyter of prominence hadbeen nominated by the clergy but wasnot confirmed by the laity. An intermis-sion was proposed for prayer and , during which, in what seemedquite an accidental manner, the name ofHenry Benjamin Whipple was men- tioned, with the result that when theconvention reassembled Mr. Whipplewas elected by a large majority of the. A photograph of Bishop Whipple taken near thetime of his consecration (854) BISHOP WHIPPLE, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKENSHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH clerical vote, and was unanimously con-firmed by that of the laity. It was oneof those sudden influences which occa-sionally lay hold upon a body of peopleand move them to unexpected the moving power was the Spiritof God none who know the life and workof Bishop Whipple will doubt. It was in St. Jamess Church, Eich-mond, Va., during the session ofthat historic General Convention whichpreceded the Civil War, that the youngbishop was consecrated to his highoffice. If it is permitted by the provi-dence of God that a consecrating bishopimpart not only the grace of orders butalso some portion of his own spirit, thereis great significance in the fact that thepresiding bishop on this occasion wasthe Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, the first,and we may dare to say, the greatestmissionary bishop of the Church. Thespirit of Elij
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