A Bishop's Cathedral Car.

Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1892, Page 3

A Bishop's Cathedral Car.

Tbe Episcopal Bishop of North Dacota describes his " Cathedral Car "as a great success. At many places along the line of railway where he has his car left for services there is not a room large enough to hold twenty persons, and over and over again ninety crowded into the car, which seats seventy. Very often tbe congregation is larger than the whole population of the village. Not only the people of churchless neighbour' hoods, but the railway employes are described as asking affectionately when " their Cathedral " is going to arrive. The Bishop adds : — " My custom is to do all the work necessary in the car with my own hands. It would be very unlike a missionary in this new North-West to bring a uniformed porter oh my journeys. It would give unreality to the work. So I prepare the lamps and light them I weep the floor and make my own bed, and distribute the leaflets, and make the fires, and put the seats in order. About half the time it falls to my lot to play the organ. I find all this no hardship ; after I have three or four hours on my hands while waiting for service time on a side truck, and many come to see me then, and feel disposed to look upon me as a working man like themselves.