Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1911 — He Was a ’Piscopal. [ARTICLE]

He Was a ’Piscopal.

A Northwestern missionary bishop used to tell a story which was repeated to us last week by Rev. W. W. Washington of Cuyahoga Falls. “I met an old fanner in North Dakota," he relates, “and in the course of conversation I asked him if he was connected with any religious denomination. 'Tesslr,' he answered, Tm a 'Piscopal.' “Of course this gratified ms, and I asked him what parish he belonged to. “ ‘Hadn’t heard about no parish* he said,* with a puzzled expression, “‘Well, what diocese?’ I persisted. “ ‘You got me there, too.’ "‘Where were you confirmed?* “ ‘Dunno What you mean.’ * “ ‘Then how are you an Episcopalian?’ “‘Oh,’ he answered, brightening up at once. *l*ll tell you. I went to a church down in Bismarck last winter, »n’ they called it ’Piscopal. And I heard the people sayin’ that they’d “done things they hadn’t orter done, an’ left undone things they’d orter done." An’ I says, “That’s me. to a t,” an’ since then, I’ve called myself a ’Piscopal.’ “Now I understand," continued the bishop, laughing, why the membership of our church Is so large.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. P