Show annl 29 special the annual convention of ohp episcopal di cete of began this laborn ins in trinity chapel odthe convention aro watched with deep interest by the members of th various churchea of the state as at meeting a successor is to be elected to tu late bishop benjamin henry pd docic there arc many names being I 1 canvassed for the office among them being those of dr philips brooks chambre J lowall edward abbott of cambridge leighton parks of this city W E huntington Hunti naton and J W brown of new york and bishop talbot of wyoming mhd candidacy of philip brooks baa evoked a beneral controversy which evoked some unkind remarks about the distinguished distinguish ad pulpit orator no ona has questioned nis fitness for the exalted office but acme of hit frienda would prefer that ho should remain at ponente claim that he hi crded before liepins placed over tha destinies of the church in at first his frienda asserted positively that he would not accept aba office ant they quickly changed their minds aud have bince then ben making an actie canvass in his interest there ba never been in this state excepting in the cue grosswald Gros awald a man who has carried much inS nence as a religions leader among the people outside of hia own flock and if dr brooks is elected his friends claim they will have a leader in the episcopal church who is more in union with bia own people than he is in touch with other christian families |