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Many Bishops In Council

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Day
22
Month
October
Year
1897
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Milwaukee, Oct. 19. - Forty bishops and 100 prominent laymen of the Kpiscopal church had seat9 in the missionary council that opened Tuesday. The Rt. Rev. Isaac Lea Nicholson, bishop of Milwaukee, welccmed the members of council in the Cathedral Church of All Saints. A celebration of communion began the ceremoriies in the cathedral and after Bishop Peterkin of West Virginia had responded to the address of welcome the council proceeded to do business. There are to be reports on the progress and needs of Episcopal missions in all parts of the world and the usual planning in matters financial to keep werk going forward. Tuesday evening there was a special service in memory of the late Dr. Langford, sometime general secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary society of the church. Dr. William Bodine preached the memorial sermón. The event of the week, however, will he the interring of the remains of Dr. Breek, one of the greatest missionary workers of the church in their final resting place at Nashotah. All of the bishops and elergy and about 500 others will go out to the seminary on a special train to witness the reinterment of the body, which has been brought from Benicia. Cal., to be laid in a grave selected by Dr. Breck's son, near the tomh of Jackson Kemper, first missionary bishop of America.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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