Show 1 STRONG SERMON I I f AT CONSECRATION Ii IiI r I I OF NEW BISHOP w iw d i Chauncey B Brewster Makes i Masterful Plea for Unity of 1 i Christian Churches l SOLEMN SOLEM N EPISCOPAL RITES 1 IMPRESSIVELY Y RENDERED BENJAMIN BREWSTER IS MADE BISHOP OF WESTERN COLORADO I r With solemn and impressive ceremony Benjamin Brewster was wu yesterday orated crated bishop of western Colorado The on eon sec ratten services tees were held yester yesterday y yda day da hi In St Marks Kark cathedral and were wen marked by the most elaborate eIa orAte ritual of the Protestant J Episcopal church hurch Right Reverend Daniel Sylvester TuttU Tuttle presiding ding bishop b hop of the Episcopal church churchin in America conducted the ceremony This venerable churchman assisted by bJ Chauncey Bunce Brewster bishop of Connecticut Co a brother of ot the William Ford Nichols bishop of Calif Bishop Sheldon M K Griswold bishop of ot Saline Salin Kan and Franklin Spencer Spalding 5 ing bishop of ot Salt Lake with hands placed aced on the head of the kneeling bishop elect In a clear dear and impressive voice pro pronounced pronounced him bishop of the Episcopal church in America The consecration services ee began with a procession led by the vested rested choir and As the procession moved the choir sang the tile processional p hymn Rev R RPaul Paul Jenes of Logan LoSan assistant tant master of ceremonies followed l the choir and fol following following following lowing him came ca the members of the cler else clergy clergy gy of the diocese e of ot Salt Lake and the visiting presbyters In fn the th order of ot their ordination Then came callie Rev W W IteM Fleet Fleetwood wood of ot Ogden master maser of ceremonies fol followed fOllowed followed lowed by bv b Rv ft v Charles CharleR E IC Perkins rector of f St Pauls Salt Lake deputy regis registrar of oi the ceremony Following them and Just Jut preceding th wire were w wRev j Rev Maxwell W R t Rice associate mis missionary m of 0 St Andrews Salt kIt Lake and andRev andRev d dRev Rev John ohn WaSte Wallis Ohl rector of ot St It ItI Matthews church Grand Junction the I attending presbyters pre Walking alone aloM and attired in black cassock and white hit sur surplice followed toIl Rev He Benjamin B re water ter Greek Clergy Present Bishop Griswold and Bishop Spalding presenters of ot the bishop l r d t followed him Then Th came Bishop iha t ha In ir i y Bunce Brewster and ani Bishop Ford Kurd Nichols Nich Sieh Nichols Bi op Tuttle came last lat Each In the th proc onil wa was robed with the garments MIT his rank In the th procession v wr r two priests priest of the church of ot Greece ti t the members of which have be always o 1 close doW rela relations relations relations with the Church r 0 f England These priests were garbed in n fl ing ng black cassocks cas CI cassocks socks and Yelled yelled turbans The They presented resented of a unique picture in u the of the less IaN somber robed ts tsAU All AU of the clergy at the ceremony went t tto to the altar and took look seats seat on either M of or the presiding bishop save only the Ute and his attending presbyters who took seats ts near the front of the church Bishop Tuttle led In prayer after attar which the Ute choir and the congregation chanted the litany Bishop Chauncey Bunce Runes Brewster thin then t delivered the powerful consecration ser sermon sermon er ermono mon mono His Mis pulpit address was masterful m and at times almost startling He Hp advocated advocated advocated strongly th the unity unit nf of t all Christian churches church und under r one on brotherhood and urged that dissensions cease Protestant Protestantism s tam ism he be declared was a II spent force fore large 1 Iy because of this lark laek of unity Bishop Brewster declared that a II bishop of ot the Episcopal Ept copal religion should hould be he aleader a aleader aleader leader and not Dot a master The feeling of ot brotherhood and the desire for a greater Christian unity he said were essentials Nevertheless there was need he saM said of virile men who had the courage of ol their convictions He dtp cited it d j the Instants Instance of the time when St Augustine closed closi 1 the tile doors of his church against again t the blood bloodstained b bloodstained stained emperor Industrial Conditions The bishop turned from the tile cal to the industrial world He lie particularly on the warfare of and sad labor He said that there theft wIE wrongs on both bath sides and that the th pear tern lest was waa not easy of solution Res Result Result from this agitation he hp r d l was u a growing tendency toward socialism I He Ns Hes suggested s that though ther there were ma snaky y earnest persons and M nee re thinkers inkers li striving for tor better things through social lao ism H k Is ill possible that socialism whether l ther reached through evolution or revolution might prove only the reverse of the coin end nil that arrogance and greed might pros prosper per P I through socialism us liS through idt Indi Individualism Bishop Brewster cited France a as an sn example There he said in a bloody rev revolution re the French had striven for tor liberty and fraternalism but their attempt to secure liberty had been a miserable fail fU failure ure are and aDd a tragic trape travesty on fraternalism Were there less leu talk of liberty and aDd equality and more attempts to secure a unified Christian brotherhood he freedom and equality not he H far tar distant The following Is b an abstract of op Br address add addAn An Organ ef of f Brotherhood ed Trot For One 0 Is Your Master Even Evett Christ c caDel and aDel Alt All Ye Are Am Brethren St Matthew S SLet S i 1 Let me rue ask uk you to think at this the theof of the office of bishop as an organ of at brotherhood An element of ot the gospel I at the first was wu brotherhood It was warn not the brotherhood of a mere organization or of an exclusive order It was the th brotherhood of a family Christ revealed the Father He was w the Son Boa of Go God and aDd he called men his brothers It was a universal brotherhood wrapped up m In In the Continued on Page 2 STRONG SERMON AT CONSECRATION OF NEW BISHOP Continued From Page 1 revelation of ef the God Go and Father of all aU This Thi universal brotherhood was wa on an essential essen essential element emet of time the th gospel gospel It I was wall not the contribution of St SL Paul His Hia service was to assert against harrowing Jewish Influences this cosmopolitan Interpretation non tion of ot Christianity But the worldwide Interpretation was WR already Inherent In inthe the th gospel of or him who wh called cled himself son con conof an ano of o him man and was ws to draw drw all al men unto hi This hl principle of universal brotherhood was illustrated In the th Institution of the church There Tee were other conceptions of the universal relations of men nd md oth other r institutions expressing them The rhe preacher then the compared the Roman em empire pire pir realizing the Ideal of unity by force foree and a selfishness with wih the church the spir spiritual lual society an empire em r built bulf to sacrifice whose whO banner was WS the cross coss Time The church he said sai was wa a great grat family a household 1 of one father of all al wherein alt all were brethren It I was wal thus possible to teach tech the th world a love loye which sur cur surmounted mounted harriers barriers of class cla conditions country and race It I was wa this spiritual society lt which saved the world when the theRoman theRoman Roman empire went to pieces piece because It I was Wa a unity uni not of empire but of brother brotherhood brotherhood hood h at first firt a fellowship with wih the apes apos apostles apo ties as individuals but afterward the apostolate became the th Instrument and or organ organ gan of oC brotherhood This unity nimbly was wa grad gradually gradually uly lost hut but bt today ty we are ar realizing more mr and more me the th Import of or the loss lose or orthe f r the unity unit of o the t church The TIme Abbe Loisy Losy In his hi book bk The h Gospel and the Church declares delar The h main point at Issue be between b between tween Catholic theologians toan and an those tho of the reformed communities may be stated state In these thc simple terms term Is the time gospel gopel of pe Jesus U Ut vise In principle individualist or Errors of Procrastination That which Loisy Lis Lois calls the collectivist interpretation of ot the th gospel gopel has the fu tu future ture Lure Protestantism m is to a large degree deg a spent force tor for tor this thi one reason reon because bu It lacked lacke the constructive principle of ot brotherhood berh Calvin the mighty organ organizer orga organizer izer of Protestantism gave save to society a tonic tommie toi of virility but bt bi his cardinal doctrine of or divine sovereignty made men subjects not n brothers of ot a divine father tather which i always Christianity has bas been be at least the ideal Idel of 01 Today oay mens minds mins are ar turned tur to I great gt unities units of political and commercial of social serial and an of o religious life There Thee is isa isI a B I desire dee for Christian unity such as re recent rent recent cent nt centuries have not no known The Time only oly unity practicable must rUt come ore through the th of brotherhood the principle conception of a family of Df who by b birth In Inherit herit ht a common if e a household wherein men flieR may differ as aa they differ dller In earthly households but ae are bound bund to be broth brothers ers era e by the th family bond bon This unity in I diversity means mens that 0 now no separated part of Christendom shall ahal bring its own particular contribution to the rich rie life of ot th the whole who h Tbt TM path of efforts thereto should shul be b in 18 the words of the time Lambeth Report not nt compromise for the sake ake of ot peace truth but bt comprehension for tor the 1 I the sake Bake of or The h chief f pastors pasos must as at first frt be instruments In In securing a living I In unity but hut the tl bishop must be a chief cho Christ Chrit alone is 1 master muter The Te bishop Is not to lord l rd but to ad The bishop may maywell D wet well 1 summon Christians of all al names pame to I common prayer ray r and conference conference and andI hI there ther can Jn be no sacrifice of pUn prin I f ipie If there theN must bf ho h sacrifice of d cc Many Ma ny t day are arp waiting and lone lonc lonca j t a to t ht h lead d litt Int the th larger fellowship Sf f th hurch I II I lu I Use e I rd there is the thel J i 1 same protest against and mId longing for cooperation It I Is not strange that many are turing taming t to Socialism So far the Socialist scheme is limited to phy physical fical and an material welfare and an confines its It appeal to considerations of enlightened there might be b questions whether it i be b not a subtle expression or ot individualism a turning turing up of ot the reverse of ot the same medal mel with as selfish a tamp stamp On the th other hand band it I is i fair fall to toLay eay Lay that Socialism as all an Ideal let attracts atra ts many earnest eret sou sull souls la that the th movement tV t ta as a whole Is la not characterized by a sordid selfishness and an that Ut its Is leaders leder are aru arC disinterested and prompted by generous aspiration We must all al recognize riz in present pt con conditions cn much that Is 11 at variance with the primary precepts pr and principles of ot Christianity We Ve are In a stage of transi transition tn tion Uon toward some better things thing God is preparing for us UI There Ther must mut be b a con considerable cn enlargement of the functions of ot government though tough no Interference with wih UM the t free frej development of o manhood and at womanhood Some f feel l that the present system of o wealth must Rive give way to the cooperative commonwealth We are certainly moving personal al Judg judgment judgment ment and aad C s must mut decide pr whether by b evolution or revolution The church however If It It follows the example of Its Ita founder will wl not identify itself tl with wt any ay political politic or s scheme chee for reconstructing the tle fabric of ot society and application of principles After all aU the Christian Ideal is I l not nt the th socialized state but bt the th family The M so 10 elze state must muM not threaten the in integrity no of th tM the family which Is la the true tru unit of o society for to a socialized elle state stat without the principle of brotherhood would be b worthless wor hi Now if it it be b true tr that Christianity Is in principle not nt In but st If Christi Christianity anity while not ignoring personality poly yet has as a Its ideal Idel personality fulfilled In social Sal relations then In a I time like Ule this of transition from Individualistic Ideals and aDd principles principle the th church curch of or Christ Chrt has ha plainly before It a ta task k In time the world worM tal That plain task t Is I to heal 11 tone up and an invigorate the social al system to quicken and guide gl those thol social l aspirations and that social lal conscience c anti and make men me an know of ot a surety by experience that tha democracy de racy means mUI the wider opportunity t we and the larger obligation with Wt respect to t social sl service The church must give the dynamic force fo of o Jesus Jeue JI Christ to move and an quicken quien That spirit t will il not nt iw only teach teh men me the meaning ef of o brotherhood together but will 11 be b an an effective tie te to bind them Need of Fraternity A half bi century age ap Stuart Mill 1 said mid Society has ha now no fairly got get gt the better bete of ot Individuality We We e have hae seen ln however that it Is le still possible for fo to tog g get t the better of society We are ao learn learning ler learnIng ing the tha Imperative fd need of that tt genuine fraternity a growing passion i of ot brother brotherhood brotherhood hood ho that shall be b mightier p than hatred and strife strite and an make maks fop fol fo righteousness and peace pae and loving service c To this brotherhood th the church cannot help bear br ing hg a certain witness wt baU because bo ue Its Is essen essential tal constitution transcends all aU distinctions tione of o class clan caste cute race rac r or cotor Clr Its Ia peat great sacraments are ar signs sIgs and aD seals Heals of brotherhood of birth Into one O household buse of or fellowship at one ne De fathers table tabe To Toward Towan Toward ward wan the accomplishment of this task th the church ought to t hav have an effective instrument Instrument ment in the episcopate e pate For the th office means that single executive found fon every everywhere eVe everywhere where so I effective And An yet an standing ever for brotherhood without which it ft would uld betray its trust treet tnt Unless the stand stad for brotherhood it itte I te Ii I not apostolic whatever Its Is claim may my be True Tre leadership requires that a man shall hall not no hold himself aloof alof from men but that he tie shall get git near ner them and be somehow of them th m As AI chief minister aD the tM bishop may well wen be b a kind kid of ot tribune of the th people pl So S he was wal in ancient days day It I thrills one to 10 call up from fr the pest that tbt scene when Ambrose at Milan Miln closed the church doors dol against the bloodstained emperor Let Lt the th bishop today tay fear ter not notto notto notto to face the world wol to t stand stan up for the pen peo people po pope pie pe or If send need n be b to tel rebuke the madness of the people The h design and aud destinies of democracy who wh may m adequately describe But de democracy moe must not turn from f Its Il Ideals of ot humanity A prime fact tat of ot human nature In is I 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