1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

252 THE SCROLL.became a member of Illinois Alpha. While at Evanston hewas an editor of the Northwestern and the annual Syllabus.In 1885 he was ordained a minister in the Methodist EpiscopalChurch. His first charge was in Iowa; then he filledcharges in various towns in Illinois. He then went to Chicago,where he had two or three charges, among them DouglasPark Church. In 1894 he was appointed pastor of GraceChurch at Elgin, 111. During this pastorate came his changeof faith, brought about, after much reading and study, byCourtesy of The Churchman.THE RT. REV. M. EDWARD FAWCETT, PH. D.,Bishop of Quincy.the profound conviction that his place was in the ProtestantEpiscopal Church.Resigning from the Methodist church in 1896, he was immediatelyappointed a lay reader of the Episcopal Church ofthe Redeemer at Elgin. After a six months interval, on May20, 1897, he was admitted to the diaconate, and, on December15, of that year, he was ordained a priest, and appointedrector. After three years work at that church, he was calledto Saint Bartholomew's Church, Englewood, Chicago, onMay 13, 1901, which call he accepted on September i, 1901.