[Project Canterbury] My People of the Plains

Project Canterbury (Anglican History) ^ | 1906 | The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot

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[All, titusonenine provided a link to these memoirs. I have not read them all (yet), but "A Mining-Camp in Idaho" was a delightful read, so I commend this to you all. --sionnsar]

... I recall very vividly my first visit to a certain mining-camp. It involved a stage-ride of seventy-five miles over a rough mountain-road. I reached the place about sundown on Friday evening. As I alighted from the stage-coach in front of the hotel a little man demurely presented himself. He extended his hand and asked:

"Is this the Bishop?"

"Yes," I replied.

"Well, Bishop, I am Brother May, the new minister. I arrived only yesterday. I am so glad to see you, Bishop; for this is the most God-forsaken hole I ever struck."

"Oh, well, do not be discouraged, my good brother," I answered, "for, if it is such a place as you describe, you and I are much needed here, and we shall find plenty of work to do. I shall see you a little later, and we shall have a good talk."

So I passed on into the hotel. As I registered my name I noticed behind the counter all the attractive paraphernalia of a first-class saloon. I was dusty and tired and hungry. After having made myself somewThat presentable, I was soon eagerly paying my respects to the various dishes set before me in the dining-room. Hunger is, indeed, the best sauce, and how I did relish the food in the mining-camps after those stage-rides over the mountains! Dinner over, I returned to the hotel office. There I found Brother May awaiting me. ...

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All, there's an interesting twist to this (if you read the story). In my province bishops are expected to retain parochial duties (in charge of a parish) also, the idea being that the bishop must not lose touch with the laity.