The conquest of the continent . tt Mines, whoom First ^^^ ^^^ distinction of erecting onr Church £|. building on the Pacific Coast— Trinity Church, San Francisco, which wasopened on October 28, 1849. It was a rudelittle building, whose picture is shown in anold missionary periodical. Three women areat the door about to enter. They were put intothe picture because they represented the entirefemale membership of the congregation at thattime. Mr. Mines had the unique experience ofministering to a congregation where the menwere always in excess of the women. BishopKip says of him: *He was a man
The conquest of the continent . tt Mines, whoom First ^^^ ^^^ distinction of erecting onr Church £|. building on the Pacific Coast— Trinity Church, San Francisco, which wasopened on October 28, 1849. It was a rudelittle building, whose picture is shown in anold missionary periodical. Three women areat the door about to enter. They were put intothe picture because they represented the entirefemale membership of the congregation at thattime. Mr. Mines had the unique experience ofministering to a congregation where the menwere always in excess of the women. BishopKip says of him: *He was a man of energyand talents, and his failing healthand early death prevented the accomplishmentof all his hopes. Things moved rapidly in those days, and in1850 we find the first convention of the ChurchThe First i^ California in session at San Convention Fraucisco, with six clergy present. They did not regard themselves as necessarilya part of the Church in the United States; theyignored the name ^Protestant Episcopal,. CO u <^^^ U:5 2^I—I ^ On the Shores of the Pacific 147 calling themselves ^The Church in California,and they seriously considered asking for theepiscopate from the Greek Church in Alaska—which indeed was much nearer to them in thatday than was the Church in the East. At the end of two years those swift changeswhich marked the gold country had swept awayThe First the little band of clergy. Some had Bishops -, removed, some were smitten withthe gold fever, some had died—among whomwas the Eev. Mr. Mines. The vestry of TrinityChurch wrote to friends in the East seeking asuccessor, and among others the suggestion ofa removal to California was made to the Ingraham Kip, rector of St. PauPsChurch, Albany. The idea fascinated him. Heeven went so far as to consult his old friendand preceptor, Bishop Whittingham, upon thematter. ^^Yes, said the bishop, -you mustgo to California, but not as a presbyter. Wemust send you in another capacity. Doub
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