In Raleigh, N.C., 13 Episcopal bishops laid their hands on the head of 30-year-old Rev. William Jones Gordon Jr. When the hands were lifted, William Gordon was not only bishop of Alaska's missionary district but the youngest Episcopal bishop ever consecrated. Said he afterward: "I was trudging along in the snow last year, behind a dog team, when I hear this Indian yelling to me he's got a message. It was from the House of Bishops. I read it and just about fainted."
In Los Angeles, the Rev. Stewart P. MacLennan said he had not realized that he had violated Presbyterian constitutional...
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