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IBishop Morrisoni(Continued from Page 1)*Imiles from the village of thatHe is ofname. Oct. 16, 1S44.i ] Scotch parentage, his father, the• Rev. John Mtorrttton. having comeor ami testified to his outstandingabilities. His lectures were afterward printed in pamphlet form bythe chumi authorities.BishopMorrison is remembered by theolder parishioners of St. John’s forhis forceful and eloquent oratory.He possts-ed a sturdy Physique andto this country in 1S3S to assume i*r stentorian vrice and his pulpitIcharge of the I nited Presbyterian discourses always made a deep lm-ifchurch in the town of Waddington.His mother was Marv Dow Morrisonpression.Mrs. Morrison will receive the• (IBishopdeep sympathy of a wide circle offison was educated friends in her bereavement.Iat Huntingdon academy in Canadaand at McGill University. Montreal, j ]I, graduating at the age of 2o. Aftergraduationingofool—then of the Clar-enceville Academy, and later wasImaster in the Montreal HighhoolIn 1N6J*. he was ordained deaconIbyillims of QuebecIplacedMagog on Lake Memphremagogasing up a largo conandhoclt;lt;lt;| sufficient funds to build a church. ' j Front Magog, he was transferreds to the charge of Hemingford and]'•j adjacent missions.In 1S71. he was called to Christ* i Church. Herkimer, in the dioceserlof Albany. In the summer of 187S.he became rector of St. John’s !} Church. Ogdensburg, which position he held until 1S97.He was unanimously elected bvthe House of Bishops as bishop ofDuluth. Minnesota in 1S^6. andwas consecrated in All faints'Cathedral. Albany, on February 2.1*94 .This position he retaineduntil June. 1921. when at the agof 77. he resigned, realizing thatwork in the extensive diocese de-j manded the strength of a youngers man.iiedl_ to Harriet Ms Insend, daugthe rector of St. GeorgeClarenceville.andSt.John’sV i church. fXoyan. One^ithe cathedpa r iin Dulutherepresentatives froms 'diocese. recognizedanniversary of their marriage. Ten11} years later the 6**th anniversary'iwas quietly observed in their Og-s densbujg home.hA considerable portion of Bishop.1Morrison’s work in the diocese of 1Duluth was among the Chippewa•f Indians, the Episcopal Church hav-ng 12 mission stations among theo forests and lakes of northern Min-tli-i-esot aministered toi llCSP X^'€Tfeblood Indians who had beentrained for their workArchdeacon Gilhlian. for many years superintendent of thatork.The degree of I doctor of Laws« ] was conferred upon Bishop Morri-d son by the University of McGillie , and the degree of Doctor of DivinIiTity was given him by Union Coi-\lege of Schenect ady1 Early ineightiesDrtMorrison was rector ofJohn’s 1i he built a summer home in the1Adirondack* on Chateaugay LakeY The Bishop built the Churc i of 6IJohn’s by the lake at his summeritilehome in lh*3 and after his retire-i«4fmeet from the diocese of DuHithtIdeeded the property to St. John's('hunch of Ogtimsburg. which subsequently presented it to the dio-He was a delegate to the4 lt;general convent toss of the Episco-epal church18^Bishop Morrfsoa was the oldest1+ lt;prelate of iCie Episcopal charrh ia4’the United States in point of ageIIbut not the senior in the Episco-1He was a pioneer in mis-Ishm work and the extension of thet1church and exercised the4*tec .' the«e*tbood bath a» a greapreacher and a good pastor.HeI«1.1was ad scholar, an indefax tea hie worker iod an able exeti4*k.alive and widely known as an aath-k ority on the Bible. While servingiaas rector of Sc John's church inLiOgdensburg ae was iavited to de-liver the Paddock lectures at theisenary iaIKew York. This was a great bon-
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Ogdensburg Advance News
Ogdensburg, New York, US
Thu, Feb 01, 1934
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