The conquest of the continent . orNew York. But Bishop Wingfield, when he came to hisdistrict, found there two men whose memories An Old Friend ^^^ ^ blcsscd heritage to the West rjy^^ ^^^^ ^^g Jamos Lloyd Brock. Here at Benicia, on the straits of Carquinez,he had planted St. Augustines College, a schoolfor boys, and St. Marys Hall for girls, towhich he gave the last nine years of his re-markable life. He laid excellent foundations,but in this third venture he did not soon enoughobtain, as he had done in the two precedingones, the adequate support of the Church. Hisdeath, which oc
The conquest of the continent . orNew York. But Bishop Wingfield, when he came to hisdistrict, found there two men whose memories An Old Friend ^^^ ^ blcsscd heritage to the West rjy^^ ^^^^ ^^g Jamos Lloyd Brock. Here at Benicia, on the straits of Carquinez,he had planted St. Augustines College, a schoolfor boys, and St. Marys Hall for girls, towhich he gave the last nine years of his re-markable life. He laid excellent foundations,but in this third venture he did not soon enoughobtain, as he had done in the two precedingones, the adequate support of the Church. Hisdeath, which occurred two years after BishopWingfields arrival, was a staggering blow tothe new district. The schools, not yet on a suf-ficiently firm footing, were sold for debt atpublic auction. Bishop Wingfield bought themwith his own money and carried them on atgreat self-sacrifice. In 1889 the wanton mur-der of the bishops son, who was head-masterof St. Augustines, brought the schools to anend and forever clouded the life of his Sunday—Ready for service Monday—Ready for a tranp
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