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FAMED SPEAKER AT DEDICATIONBISHOP MITCHELL TO TALK HERE ON AMERICA AND WAR AS PART OF HOSPITAL SERVICESBishop Charles Bayard Mitchell of the Methodist Episcopal ■church, who will speak her eat the state hospital d lie ation Sunday is noted for his opfn-*ns and skill is pn senting the present American problem, the war.No speech during tie* past year is h«T i delt;i with as much anticipation by people of all Christian denominations here as does that of iP-hop Mitchell,‘ America and the \\ ;• This address will he given at Ho Methodist church lo re Sunday evening fo*iowi \g the d* ft-t, dory ceremonies * • i.• rospffal inthe afternoon. Th bisho.. will also sfteak at the church u toe m lt;: ning.Is Charming CharacterPersonally, Bishop Mitchell ^ described as one of the most charming m i amiable of men. The many who m say that - I• i I■things lather than just lell about them :!* - i hard man to interview. If hehis reason to brieve that his words will lie published, Im- h k tittle }lt;♦ say of himself, although - h*dp*Ts al-w i\*- receive their shar**Famed for ModestyThis is all that the good bishop al-owed .1 St. Paul paper to say about Itim after a recent interview, it was drawn up in simple statement and Bish p Mitch* IT allowed it to !*lt;• put in quotation marks:As to particular achievements in m area, i cannot catalogue them, i do not ec anything that I have done, except the routine work of administration The Ilamiine campaign f**r *a00.-000 was carried through successfully, but would have succeeded with mt in* As to methods of work, when home, which is not often, 1 give my time to correspondence, with my secretary, and receiving those who com** to talk over Church affairs.I am m i»* rfect io*r*ltti, am careful as to sleep* and diet, but take n* special exercises. Most of my reading is done on trains. 1 have read mure hooks Than usual, since corning int.* this office. I preach every Sunday and speak almost daily: dedications, reopenings, special occasions, etc., t.*k* all my Sundays. 1 am spending ail of January in the Southern camps, preach ing daily and visiting among the hospitals. I do nothing spectacular, hut just keep pegging away.”New Man at St. PaulBishop Mffrhel! is the recently chosen resident bishop of the St. Paul area and .lt;ft» r 18 months there h.*s rec-ived r ecognition as one of the foremost public men of the northwest.In addition t«» an exceptionally ad*-int* II ct il equipm* nl. • nrilt; ed by a deep v spiritual nature, plus years of exp* ri**mv as pastor lt;»n \ar-ious types of charges, from “Soup Bone Circuit” to St. .Tames Church, Misrmp Mitchell r tme to the episeopa. \ .lt;d-vnntaged by a goodly heritage,* the fruitage lt;*f generations ».f parsonage life.Ancestors All PreachersIfe has b*en heard to make the following acknowledgement: *1 wasbrought up in a parsonage My father was a preacher. My father’s father was a preacher. Grandfather's miner wo a preacher My father had six brothers, and they were ail preachers. M mother \v«lt; the «taughter “T a preacher, and always lived in a par--onage. She was horn in a parsonage, married in a parsonage. uni married nf.. a parsonage. My mother’s father lt;nd grandfather were preachers. My mother had seven brothers, and there were s^vTn brothers in my father’s family, every one of them preachers. 1\ father, grandfather, great-grandfather. uni thirteen uucies were all pi • aehers! 1 am not boasting—I amsimply confessing.*’ADELE GARRISC
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Mitchell Morning Republican
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Sat, Feb 09, 1918
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