 In 1891 he graduated from Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge and was ordained that same year.He held several positions including Holy Trinity Mission, Wallace, Idaho (a mining camp); St. Luke's Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; St. John's Church in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts and Christ Church, Swanee.In 1900 he moved to St. Paul's Church in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1915 became the Bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, Washington.