Episcopal Ministry
The Re. Dr. Bascom was elected to the Episcopacy by the General Conference of the M.E. Church, South in 1850 at St. Louis. He was consecrated a Bishop in May 1850, just a few short months before his death.
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“the eave-drops fall
Heard only in the trances of the blast,
Or if the secret ministry of frost
Shall hang them up in silent icicles,
Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)