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Show NON-CATHOLIC PULPIT EXPRESSES GRIEF Bishop and Clergy of Protestant Episcopal Body Voice Sympathy With Church and Community in Public Loss Over Archbishop Montgomery's Mont-gomery's Death. A number of 1 eading Protestant clergymen of the city gave expression in the pulpit last Sunday to the general gen-eral sense of loss felt in relisrious circles cir-cles by reason of the death of Archbishop Arch-bishop Montgomery. Was True Man. "Archbishop Montgomery was the . true man." said the Rev. II. N. Vevier of the Memorial Presbyterian church. "He was always noted for the great I ' breadth of his views, and was willing j, to work in harmony with the Protest- ants as well as the clergv of his own I church in all moral movements. Hcj was especially to be commended fen-1 ! his invaluable work 011 the temperance f. question, and his unceasing efforts to promote moral and religious teaching M in the rublic schools. His cieath is all instinct loss to the city of San Fran-j.; ci.-vo, which will be 'long and deeply !! felt." J .; A Public Loss. Bow Dr. Fue-ndling of St. Marku.S German Lutheran church sooke of -the high esteem in which he had always al-ways held Archbishop Moittromcr, and said that the death, of the dis- tinguisheit prelate would be a great t loss to his own church and to the en- jj tire city, "j deem it mv duty to sr.y 2 this," said Dr. Fuendlmg. A Great Leader. g "The entire religious world regrets t the loss of H great leader in ihe pas--- S mg of Archbishop Momgomrrv." said -the Rev. F. W. Fischer. p.uMor of g l manuel Evangelical church, in his s sermon. "Hp v.as i( man who ?! took a prominent part in Christian fs work, and works for righteousness, a leader in many good caro. He had the bn.gdest sympathies, and entirely R apart from his own denomination. h". U st 'o, in the forefront of those bat- (i tling for virtue, doing good wherever ij he could. He was a man pnt ticularly J strong in his leadership of the voung a m the paths of right living and in his- m uM-ocficy ami his labor for t!ie cause of te n oeraia e. A man of .,r,en and wide heart, his syinpathi-s were human. hu-man. ;:nd in the city of an Francis! o. whf-.e he v.as b"st known, and in ih--('hrisiian world, he will be ereatlv misled." Leader in Israel. Tl;e U-v. t C. MoFarJano. p i u , ,,f the Aknuedu I'hristian eh:.:r: h. in hi--j .service .Sunday morning. said of An M'ii-hop .Montgomery: i j "Our he::it; tii;.,.;:r-d jr, sol--! i'.v this morning at the thought of 1 the j.ece-nt dern'n in oio- sister ciiv of on-.- vht.m all men of Christian faith! .nu:U legal-,; as a lander in Israel, who jiv! fallen ficMing. who had M.nv.-i rait-.iuliy a. id w-1!. as a man whose I : iiici ! ity of pmnose a)Hi broad iiu-I miniity len".-d to ma he r.liaion re-! M o.' tcd and Christianity forceful j;-. j iilcl!v;! (' nvn." j Church and Society Eersft. I The Ke.-. .. y. Hon:, oa.uor of :v ii;':rst Methodist KpK.-oo.il church, i South, said: "1 anpieciate to the hnHest extent ihe worth of Archbishop 1 -Vlontgomeiy. !,o-h as a citizen and :t I -.'hurchman. Sno.'ity a-;d the church ,-"v" suffered a great h.ss in hi;; Bishcp Nlchois' Tribute. "My own foc:i;g is that v. e have I ost one of nui- ix-dt. citi::er,:. :. man or u-ui' principles and of hi.li public spirit. All r:d'siot!s people can well feel that we have lost a leader and can sympathize with Archbishop Iiior-3:'n Iiior-3:'n and his church in thtir own great 'oss." Rev. Dr. Frederick Clampett. Tle-v. Frederick i."l:-r.pett. pastor of Trinity P. K. church, in his sermon !: S'u-iday paid :i tribute to the late , Archbishop. He spoke in part as fol - ' iows: The eeath of the Most Rev. I George .Montgomery. Archbishop To- adjutor of the Roman Catho'i- church, is a blow felt far beyond th-a j jon!in3s of hi;; own communion. j "The strong. wholesome iniiuonej "f his truly consecrated life has im- I pressed itself upon the whole community. com-munity. His prelacy was marked by the building up of splendid principle's and 01 noble purposes, and ( acknowledge acknowl-edge myself to he one of so many outside of his creed who thank God f'r the good that he was privileged by divine grace to do. "The temperance movement had no stuiiiier champion. The men of a i.eneration yet to com who in their youth were influenced by his example and teaching to take the vov of a life of temperance, will be a mighty force for righteousness in the city of San Francisco. "Archbishop Montgomery has been taken to his rest; but he has be-cpieathed be-cpieathed the memory of a life consecrated conse-crated to Godlike purposes, and we share with his own people the deen sorrow that a life of such great us1--fulpcss was taken in the plenitude of his power.' "Reouiescat in pace." Rabbi Nieto. "Archbishop Montgomery v.as a just and upright man, actuated by the highest motives, full of the sincerest sympathy for the working classes and fully alive to the social needs of the day. He was a genrous and warm-hearted gentleman, in whose composition' prejudice of any kind found no place." |