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the grace of God has been, and is, bringing harmony out of discord. That it has so far prevailed under circumstances so opposing and obstructive shows a decided advancement in the Spiritual life of the world, the nation, and the Church of God. I look for much greater and much richer fruits in the more peaceful vears to come.
Of the missionary work in the Diocese and in the world I shall say nothing here. I leave that to our dear Bishop- Coadjutor, and to others. They will tell you more fully than I am prepared to do, what has been done, what needs to be done, what can be done, and what is required of all of us in order to accomplish it. And may the Spirit Divine stir up every soul to perform its duty to God and to man.
On the Festival of the Annunciation of the Blessed Vir- gin Mary the Rev. Caleb B. K. Weed, Deacon, was ordered Priest by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Starkey, in Grace Church, Orange, N. J. I mention the fact as certified to me by the Bishop of Newark, because he, in this case, simply acted instead of my- self, and at my written request. This ordination will be re- ported by Arkansas at the next session of the General Conven- tion, as a matter of course.
As nothing further occurs to me which seems to require saying in this connection on the present occasion, I here add an abstract of my Journal for the year forever ended, that you may, in some small part, see what your Bishop has been officially doing during the past twelve months :
May 8, Sunday. The fourth after Easter. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, Dean Hobbs said morning prayer ; the Rev. A. W. Pierce read the lessons; I said the Ante-Communion ; the Rev. J. J. Vaulx reading the Epistle. The Rev. R. S. James, D. D., preached, and I closed the ser- vice. At 4 p. m. I attended a funeral in Trinity Cathedral.
May 15, Sunday: The fifth after Easter. At 11 a. m. in Woodmen's Hall, Baring Cross, after a special service, said by Mr. J. Huntley, I baptized two children, made a brief address and preached.
May 19, Thursday : Ascension Day. At 10:30 a. m.
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in St. John's Church, Fort Smith, I preached and received the Holy Communion.
May 22, Sunday: After Ascension. At 11 a. m. in St. John's Church, Fort Smith, I preached, confirmed one person (1 female), and made an address. At 4 p. m. I made an address and laid the corner stone of the new St. John's Church, assisted by the Rev. W. T. Allen, the Rector, and members of the Masonic Lodge.
May 25, Wednesday: I this day gave my Canonical consent to the consecration of the Venerable William Mont- gomery Brown to be Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of Ar- kansas. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I confirmed three persons (2 males, 1 female) and addressed the class. These candidates were presented by the Rev. A. W. Pierce, and are registered as parishioners of the Church of the Redeemer, Nashville, Ark.
May 29, Sunday : Whitsunday. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, the Rev. A. W. Pierce said the Lit- any; I said the Communion office; Dean Hobbs read the Epistle and preached, and I celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by the Rev. A. W. Pierce.
June 5, Sunday: Trinity Sunday. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, Dean Hobbs said morning prayer, read the Epistle, preached, and assisted me. I cele- brated the Holy Eucharist.
June 12, Sunday: The first after Trinity. At 11 a. m. I assisted in saying morning services in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.
June 14, Tuesday: I this day gave to the Rev. John Gass letters dimissory, transferring him to the Diocese of Georgia.
June 19, Sunday: The second after Trinity. At 10:30 a. m. in Woodmen's IIall, Baring Cross (St. Barnabas's Mis- sion), I preached, confirmed two persons (1 male, 1 female), and addressed the class.
June 24, Friday : Nativity of St. John the Baptist. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Communion.
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June 26, Sunday : The third after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I assisted in the service and received the Holy Communion. The Rev. Willard II. Roots preached, and the Rev. A. W. Pierce was celebrant.
June 29, Wednesday : St. Peter's Day. In St. Paul's Church, Newport, at 8:30 p. m., I joined in holy matrimony Thomas Jackson Gregg and Miss Lucy Lester Watson.
July 3, Sunday: The fourth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, the Rev. W. H. Roots said morning prayer, Bishop Brown read the lessons, I said the Communion office, Bishop Brown read the Gospel, and the Rev. Mr. Roots the Epistle. Bishop Brown preached and I celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by the Bishop.
July 10, Sunday: The fifth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I assisted in saying the morning service.
July 17, Sunday: The sixth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I assisted at the morning service, and received the Holy Communion.
July 20, Wednesday : The Diocesan Board of Missions. At 5 p. m. Bishop Brown was present, and at my request presided.
July 24, Sunday : The seventh after Trinity. My health did not allow me to attend services.
July 31, Sunday : The eighth after Trinity. Crippled up by rheumatism and unable to attend services.
August 7, Sunday: The ninth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn., I preached and received the Holy Communion.
August 14, Sunday : The tenth after Trinity. Too un- well to attend services.
August 21, Sunday : The eleventh after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn., I preached. August 28, Sunday : The twelfth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Communion.
September 4, Sunday: The thirteenth after Trinity.
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At 11 a. m. I received the Holy Communion in the Cathedral, Little Rock.
September 11, Sunday. The fourteenth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I assisted in saying morning service and received the Holy Communion. The Bishop said the rest of the service, preached and cele- brated the Holy Eucharist.
September 18, Sunday : The fifteenth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Communion. The Rev. A. W. Pierce officiated.
September 19, Monday: I this day gave letters dimis- sory to the Rev. Edward J. P. B. Williams, transferring him to the Diocese of Springfield, Ill.
September 25, Sunday: The sixteenth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Communion. The Rev. A. W. Pierce officiated.
October 2, Sunday: The seventeenth after Trinity. Owing to heavy rains and my rheumatism, I was housed all day.
October 6, Thursday: At the House of Bishops, Gen- eral Convention, Washington City, D. C., all day.
October 7, Friday: At the House of Bishops all day.
October 8, Saturday: At the House of Bishops all morning.
October 9, Sunday : The eighteenth after Trinity. At 11 a. m. I attended service in the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C.
October 10, Monday : The House of Bishops.
October 11, Tuesday : House of Bishops and the Board of Missions.
October 13, Thursday: House of Bishops.
October 14, Friday: House of Bishops.
October 16, Sunday: The nineteenth after Trinity. At 10:45 a. m. I preached in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At 7:30 p. m. I preached again.
October 23, Sunday: The twentieth after Trinity. Spent in the country, three miles from Metuchen, N. J., want
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of conveyance, added to bitter cold weather, prevented my attending services.
October 25, Tuesday: At the House of Bishops again.
October 30, Sunday: The twenty-first after Trinity. The weather too cold for me to attend services in the Cathe- dral.
November 6, Sunday : The twenty-second after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I celebrated the Holy Eucharist.
November 13, Sunday : The twenty-third after Trinity. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I read the pastoral letters of the House of Bishops.
November 20, Sunday : Next before Advent. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Communion.
November 23, Wednesday: I this day accepted the letters dimissory presented by the Rev. W. D. Buckner, from the Diocese of Southern Virginia.
November 24, Thursday: National Thanksgiving. The cold weather forbade my attending services.
November 27, Sunday: The first in Advent. Again my state of health and the cold weather prevented me from attending services.
December 4, Sunday : The second in Advent. A snowstorm last night kept me housed all day, the furnace in the Cathedral not being in working order.
December 11, Sunday: The third in Advent. At 11 a. m. in St. Paul's Church, Fayetteville, I preached and cele- brated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by the Rector, the Rev. J. J. Vaulx. At 7:30 I preached and confirmed two persons (2 males), and addressed the class. These confirmations were administered at the request of Bishop Brown.
December 18, Sunday: The fourth in Advent. At 11 a. m. in St. John's Church, Fort Smith, I preached, con- firmed six persons (5 males, 1 female), addressed the class and celebrated the Holy Eucharist.
December 25, Sunday: Christmas Day. At 11 a. m.
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in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I celebrated the Holy Eu- charist, assisted by Dean Hobbs.
January 1, Sunday: The Circumcision. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I received the Holy Com- munion.
January 8, Sunday : The first after Epiphany. I preached in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, at the morning service.
January 14, Saturday : At 3 p. m. in Trinity Cathe- dral, Little Rock, I officiated at a funeral assisted by Dean Hobbs.
January 15, Sunday: The second after Epiphany. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by Dean Hobbs.
January 22, Sunday: The third after Epiphany. I
attended morning service in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. January 25, Wednesday: St. Paul's Day. The an- niversary of my consecration to the Episcopate. I celebrated the Holy Eucharist in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, at 10 a. m. The Venerable Dr. Webber was gospeler and preached. Dean Hobbs was epistoler.
January 29, Sunday: Septuagesima. At 11 a. m. I consecrated to the service and worship of Almighty God the substantial and beautiful new St. John's Church, at Helena. In this service I had the pleasure and honor of being assisted by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Dudley, Bishop of Kentucky, and the Rt. Rev. Dr. Brown, Bishop-Coadjutor of Arkansas. Judge Thweatt read the instrument of donation and Bishop Brown read the sentence of consecration. Bishop Dudley preached the sermon. I said the Communion office, the Bishop of Kentucky being gospeler, and Bishop Brown being epistoler. I celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by Bishop Dudley and Bishop Brown.
January 30, Monday : I conducted the examination of the Rev. Caleb B. K. Weed, Deacon, for the Priesthood, aided by the Rev. A. W. Pierce, and the Rev. William Cross. The Rev. Mr. Weed has recenty presented letters dimissory from the Diocese of Newark, N. J.
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February 4: I this day gave letters dimissory to the Rev. W. T. Allen, transferring him to the Diocese of West Missouri. I was very reluctant to part with so able and faithful a Priest.
February 5, Sunday : Sexagesima. The ground being a glare of ice and the temperature much below the freezing point, I necessarily remained at home.
February 12, Sunday. Quinquagesima. The ther- mometer this morning was 122 degrees below zero, the coldest weather I have known in Arkansas. I could not attend the services.
February 15, Wednesday: Ash Wednesday. Crippled up by rheumatism and at home all day.
February 19, Sunday : The first in Lent. Attended morning service, and received the Holy Communion.
February 26, Sunday : The second in Lent. Attended morning services in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.
March 5, Sunday: The third in Lent. I preached and received the Holy Communion in St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn., at the morning service.
March 10, Friday: In St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn., I preached at the night service.
March 12, Sunday : The fourth in Lent. In the morn- ing I baptized an infant and preached in St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn.
March 16, Thursday : I confirmed in my parlor one person (1 female), registered for Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.
March 19, Sunday: The fifth in Lent. At 11 a. m. in St. Luke's Church, Hot Springs, Ark., I preached and celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by the Rev. W. G. Coote, minister in charge. At 7:30 p. m. I preached again, confirmed seven persons (2 males, 5 females), and addressed the class.
March 26, Sunday: Next before Easter. At 11 a. m. in Christ Church, Little Rock, the Rev. G. G. Smeade, Rec- tor, said the Ante-Communion. I preached, confirmed nine persons (2 males, 7 females), addressed the class, and cele-
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brated the Holy Eucharist. At 4 p. m. I assisted in saying evening service in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.
March 30, Thursday : I this day accepted the letters dimissory presented by the Rev. R. W. Rhames, from the Diocese of Missouri, and sent Canonical notice of said accept- ance. At 4 p. m. I attended services in Trinity Cathedral.
March 31, Friday: Good Friday. I attended morn- ing service in Trinity Cathedral.
April 2, Sunday: Easter Day. At 11 a. m. I cele- brated the Holy Eucharist in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, assisted by Dean IIobbs, and the Rev. A. W. Pierce. At 4 p. m. I preached, confirmed eight persons (2 males, 6 females), and addressed the class.
April 6, Thursday : At 5 p. m. I officiated at a funeral in Little Rock.
April 9, Sunday: The first after Easter. At 11 a. m. in St. John's Church, Helena, I preached, confirmed fifteen persons (5 males, 10 females), addressed the class, and cele- brated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by Dean Lockwood. At 8 p. m. I assisted in saying evening service and preached in St. Andrew's Church, Marianna.
April 10, Monday : At 8 p. m. I said the evening service and preached in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Forrest City.
April 14, Friday: This day I accepted the resignation of the Rev. Douglas I. Hobbs as Dean of Trinity Cathedral, the same to take effect on the 1st day of May, 1899.
April 16. Sunday : The second after Easter. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Church, Pine Bluff. I preached. confirmed eleven persons (6 males, 5 females), addressed the class. and celebrated the Holy Eucharist, assisted by the Rector, the Rev. W. D. Buckner. At night I preached again.
April 23, Sunday : The third after Easter. I assisted at morning service in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.
April 30, Sunday: The fourth after Easter. At 11 a. m. in Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, I celebrated the Holy Eucharist. At 4 p. m. I said evening prayer and lectured. May 1, Monday : I this day gave letters dimissory to
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the Rev. Douglas I. Hobbs, transferring him to the Diocese of Nebraska.
SUMMARY.
Sermons preached 24
Addresses made
17
Eucharists celebrated
17
Number confirmed
65
Ordinations, Priest
1
Letters Dimissory accepted
3
Letters Dimissory given
4
Churches consecrated
1
Corner stones laid 1
Marriages
1
Baptisms (infants)
2
Funerals
2
Miles traveled 7,145
The marriages, baptisms, and funerals referred to here are registered in the parishes where they took place, and will be included in their reports.
CONFIRMATIONS.
For St. John's Church, Helena 15
For Trinity Church, Pine Bluff . 11
For Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock 9
For Christ Church, Little Rock. 9
For St. John's Church, Fort Smith 7
For St. Luke's Church, Hot Springs. 7
For Church of the Redeemer, Nashville 3
For St. Paul's Church, Fayetteville 2
For St. Barnabas's Mission, Baring Cross
2
65
The Bishop-Coadjutor will report the confirmations made by him.
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COLLECTIONS FOR THE CHURCH DEBT AT DARDANELLE.
Hot Springs $22.00
Christ Church, Little Rock
17.12
Pine Bluff 16.00
Trinity Cathedral
3.26
Helena
6.50
Marianna
2.50
Forrest City
2.11
$69.49
Before closing, I have one suggestion to make. I think that we have all found that in some few points our excellent Code of Canons are too indefinite, and, it may be, in some other points defective. I think it would be wise to create a small committee to carefully examine the matter and report to the next Annual Council what changes are absolutely required. The committee should be small-and it should invite the clergy and laity of this Diocese to express their ยท views to them concerning what they may deem necessary changes.
With this suggestion, I leave you to prosecute the work before you. May the Holy Ghost be with you to guide you in all of your proceedings, and in all of your utterances.
HENRY NILES PIERCE,
Bishop of Arkansas.
ABSTRACT OF JOURNAL BISHOP PIERCE.
May 2, 1899 .- I presided at a meeting of the Board of Missions at Bishop Brown's. We got through about mid- night.
May 3 .- I said the Communion office, Bishop Brown reading the Gospel, and Mr. Vaulx the Epistle. I read my
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annual address, and assisted by Bishop Brown, celebrated the Holy Eucharist. Then called the Council to order and presided all day.
May 4 .- Presided in the Council till 12:30 p. . m., when the Council adjourned sine die.
May 7 .- I celebrated the Holy Eucharist at Trinity Cathedral.
May 11 .- Ascension Day. Attended celebration in the Cathedral and received the Holy Communion.
May 14 .- I said morning prayer in the Cathedral and received. At 4 p. m. I closed the services.
May 21 .- Mr. Coote said the services and I celebrated the Holy Communion at St. Luke's, Hot Springs, and preached both morning and night.
May 28 .- Preached a sermon and received the Holy Communion at the Cathedral and closed the afternoon service.
June 4 .- Attended service at St. Peter's Church, Colum- bia, Tenn., and at night preached the baccalaureate sermon.
June 7 .- Commencement exercises at the Institute, Co- lumbia, Tenn. I made an address and delivered the diplomas and certificates.
June 11 .- At 11 a. m., at St. Peter's Church, Columbia, Tenn., I preached the sermon and received the Holy Com- munion.
June 18 .- At 11 a. m., in the Cathedral, I said morn- ing prayer. and received the Holy Communion. At evening prayer I closed the service.
June 21 .- At 9 a. m. I presided at a. meeting of the Board of Missions, held at the Capital Hotel.
June 24 .- St. John Baptist Day. I attended celebra- tion at the Cathedral and received the Holy Communion.
June 25 .- I said morning prayer at Trinity Cathedral and received the Holy Communion. At evening prayer I closed the service.
June 27 .- Wrote Rev. J. N. Perkins, chairman Church Building Fund Committee, New York, and inclosed a draft for $69.49 for Dardanelle Church debt, leaving a balance of $60.27.
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June 29 .- St. Peter's Day. Received the Holy Com- munion in the Cathedral.
I this day accepted letters dimissory from the Diocese of Kentucky, and sent canonical notice of acceptance of Rev. W. G. Coote. Bishop Brown called and I handed over to him the statement concerning the Dardanelle Church debt, and have his promise to pay the balance, $60.27, out of funds collected by him from my field.
June 30 .- At 2:15 p. m., at Trinity Cathedral, Rev. A. W. Pierce presented and I confirmed three persons and made a short address.
July 2 .- At 11 a. m., at the Cathedral, I preached and received the Holy Communion. In the afternoon I began a sermon on the "Catholic Oranda." At 5 p. m. I closed the Choral Evensong.
July 9 .- At 11 a. m. I said morning prayer and received the Holy Communion. At Evensong I closed the service.
July 12 .- At 8 p. m. I preached in St. John's Church, Helena, "The Spirit and the Bride Say Come." Confirmed eighteen persons and addressed the class.
July 16 .- At 11 a. m., in the Cathedral, I said the Bishop's part in the celebration and received the Holy Com- munion.
July 19 .- The Standing Committee of the Diocese met in my study at 10 a. m., I being present at their request.
July 23 .- In the Cathedral, at 11 a. m., I took the Bishop's part in the celebration and received the Holy Com- munion, after which Rev. A. W. Pierce baptized William Starr Mitchell,* of Little Rock, and I confirmed him. At 5 p. m. I closed the Choral Evensong with benediction.
July 24 .- I gave my Canonical consent to the conse- cration of Rev. Joseph Marshall Francis, Bishop-elect of Indiana.
July 30 .- At 11 a. m., in the Cathedral, I said the Bishop's part and received. In the evening I finished writ- ing sermon on the "Catholic Oranda."
*This was the Bishop's last confirmation.
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August 1 .- At 9:10 I took the train for Fayetteville via Van Buren. Rev. J. J. Vaulx met me at the cars at Fayette- ville and I became his guest.
August 6 .- At 11 a. m., in St. Paul's Church, Fayette- ville, I preached the "Catholic Oranda;" said the Bishop's part in the celebration and received the Holy Communion. Rev. J. J. Vaulx celebrated.
The next note found in the Bishop's diary is that on August 8 Mr. Vaulx started for Colorado Springs at 8 a. m.
The last entry, August 9, is of letters written to Dr. James at Eureka Springs, to his wife at Little Rock, and to G. W. Millard at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., which was the last letter written by him so far as known.
On the next day he was seized with the illness which finally resulted in death. Having gone to Fayetteville for the express purpose of relieving Mr. Vaulx so that he might have a month's vacation, the Bishop, notwithstanding his ill- ness, felt reluctant to omit a service, and on Sunday, August 13, he officiated for the last time by a celebration of the Holy Communion, without sermon, at St. Paul's, Fayetteville.
A. D. 1899. At Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, on Wednesday, May 3, 1899, at 11 o'clock a. m. the foregoing address was read by Bishop Pierce before the members of the Twenty-seventh Annual Council of the Diocese of Arkansas, which adjourned sine die on May 5. Hoping and trusting that, propped by the vigorous strength of the youthful Co- adjutor, and relieved of care that had burdened his infirm shoulders, his clergy parted from him, predicting a long sea- son of repose before he should be called to buckle on his armor to meet the conqueror Death. But this was not to be. On the 5th day of September of the same year, after the short interval of four months, he was summoned to "the eternal
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Sabbath of his rest." The morning issue of the Arkansas Gazette, of the 6th, carried a shock to the hearts of its readers in the announcement of his death, which occurred at Fayette- ville, Ark., at 10 a. m. the previous day. Bishop Pierce died there at the residence of Rev. J. J. Vaulx, Rector of St. Paul's Church at that place. For many years he had been accustomed to spend a three weeks' vacation with this stead- fast friend and favorite brother in Christ. On this occasion he was there to conduct the services of the Church, while the Rector, who had been ill, went to the mountains of Colorado for some rest. When it became evident that the Bishop's illness would be fatal, his family was summoned to his bed- side. His wife was ill and could not leave her bed, and Mrs. Lyman was in Paris, France, but his son, Rev. Wallace Pierce, and his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Stevens, were with him to the end, which occurred September 5, and accompanied the remains to his late residence in Little Rock. Rev. J. J. Vaulx and wife also were in the number of this funeral pilgrimage.
From the Southern Churchman, of September 14, 1899, the account of his burial is reprinted :
The funeral services were celebrated at Trinity Cathe- dral, Little Rock, Thursday, the 7th instant, and according to compact between father and son, the Rev. A. Wallace Pierce officiated. The services were very solemn and deeply im- pressive, as well as instructive to those who are unfamiliar with the best usages of the Church.
At 10 o'clock the Holy Eucharist was celebrated, the Rev. Mr. Pierce, celebrant, the Rev. J. J. Vaulx and the Rev. D. B. Ramsay (two oldest priests in point of residence, and bosom friends of the Bishop) being Gospeler and Epistler, respec- tively. Nearly all the clergy of the Diocese, together with the Rt. Rev. Drs. Brown, Arkansas; Tuttle, Missouri, and Garrett, Dallas, were present. On the casket were six candles lighted.
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At 5 o'clock, on account of the heat, the regular burial service was said. At this service all the clergy, and also the choir, were robed. The large building was crowded to its utmost capacity, the people thus bearing silently their testi- mony of love to their beloved Bishop, venerable in years, patri- archal in appearance, and venerated by hundreds and thous- ands of hearts throughout the State of Arkansas, where he gave the best years of his life in the service of the Master and humanity.
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