Show S S TO THE BISHOP P f THE TIIE TELEGRAM gives the foll following wing letter to th he public with pleasure It is interesting and h here re is nothing in it which conflicts in the e least last nth fh any thought behind the policy or government r warm sympathy of this journal We Ye only desire to explain that what was said In n the the editorial referred to in the letter had no i. i to church or orman Williams Wiliams Wil Wil- l an any or man save say Bishop liams iams whose statements we reviewed t 1 Clergymen as a rule are better men than aver averi i f. f S ge e citizens Their occupation calls them to high highS S and clean lives ins When Then fired with the right zeal no work it ems to us can be more cong congenial nial no work ork calli can call canave i ave re higher incentives than theirs theirs the the faithful ving of the Infinite the turning of dulled lulled earth earth- t eyes es up to the celestial light And the mission mission- b work vork that the clergymen of all creeds have haveS Bile in in ill th the settlement an and redemption of the thc S t rid is the brightest chapter in it Jl itt rt clergymen arc human S Some me of them use t. t profession profession as a business merely Some have 5 liTow irOw prejudices and selfish longings Some in inT Tir l T- T ir zeal are unjust It has hac always been so To judge by his words words Bishop Williams does docs 5 ot nough enough weigh the hearts of all men or read all k JJ JJr ir r- r rt t thoughts We referred to him only The Theetter Thet t t letter etter Je ter is IS as follows S f Editor Salt SaIt Lake Evening Tele Telegram As ram ram-As As one of your most constant and appreciative readers and as one ont in warm I sympathy with ma man many y of the editorials of THE EVENING TELEGRAM I I desire if you will allow v me mc brief space to inter a a. respectful protest a against the last paragraph of an anT anfo T fo editorial appearing in the issue of July 13 entitled A S Touch Race VVe We Americans L The editorial in question purports to rive give i e a synopsis of ofa a sermon preached preacher by the Right Reverend Charles D. D WiS Williams Wil Wil- S hams liams ms bishop of Michigan l on the day of July at Pt St t. t church New York City wherein the bishop bishopS bishopS' S' S a 1 warning note to his auditors against too great a at aE desire eshe to lay up treasures where moth and rust doth corS cor cor- S t E 14 S rupt S S v In commenting upon this sermon and md in admitting admitting- that there is is also a good deal in what in-what what the tho bishop had said the theS S editorial in question draws a contrast between our own and andS S other countries end cad to my mind entirely favorable and just to America and Americans J I am entirely in sympathy with the many expressions of THE TIlE TELEGRAM that the theS S love of money money is not greater amon among Americans than among other nations and that in many cases our wealthy men arc are the leaders in o charitable heritable and philanthropic works and that thatto to be successful in one ones one's s business or one ones one's s 's profession or orone's orones orones orone's orones orone's ones one's art is the is-the the ideal that has bas generally controlled our successful suc sue men rather than the hope of mere mere accumulation of wealth and that if great wealth resulted it was the natural result of vell well directed capacity and energy THE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM I. I if I can read and understand its editorial has so frequently and consistently dwelt upon this phase of the ana ana is so entirely in harmony with my own views upon the subject that it t was with deep re regret ret to me that the editorial l in question contained the tho following Vin And the bishop If he had hall a call to preach for tor or a year a and another for which would he think came from r God If the above e para paragraph raph carries the insinuation that clergymen clergymen cler cler- as a class are lar largely ely controlled by commercialism and that the minister of the gospel is is generally by some process brought to believe that heaven directs him to go o where tho the largest salary is offered L I think an investigation will sIll show that it is entirely an erroneous and mistaken in In tho the first place tho the ministry does docs not offer extraordinary inducements either as a II business or sion sion This is so well established that it can almost be said to be a self-evident self fact The mans man many sacrifices in a pecuniary way that cler clergymen are making for tor the tho propagation of the Christian religion the tho world over is the stron strongest est evidence of their self sacrifice and devotion to the service of the Master B But t since the editorial in question refers to a bishop of Ot S the Protestant Episcopal church the tho writer feels that he is entirely justified Instilled in calling the tho attention of the readers of THE TIlE TELEGRAM to three notable instances occurring but recently in the ministry of that church entirely nugatory of any aspersion that her bishops by any process process or of logic or reasoning can be charged with bringing themselves to behave believe be be- lieve have that Gods God's call beckons in the direction of the largest salary Bishop Brent of the Philippine islands was on three thre different different dif dif- ferent occasions and recently elected bishop of the important important tant diocese of Washington with the nationals national's capital capita as his see city a position ion socially and influentially of the highest highest high high- est cst rank Even en the tho President of the United States Mr Roosevelt personally entreated him to accept th the office but buthe buthe buthe he declined decline this comfortable and influential diocese and like the sainted Re Reginald Heber saw Gods God's call in in aiding to deliver those unhappy Lands from rom errors error's chain Another instance is seen in the career of Dr Arthur S. S Lloyd the secretary of the foreign and domestic mission missionary mission missionary ary society of the l Protestant Episcopal church This prelate prelate pre pre- late as a priest of the tho church was chiefly employed in its missionary work On numerous occasions he had been elected bishop of or large lare and powerful dioceses all of which he de de- de- de dined He lie has however been recently elected to and it is said has accepted the of the diocese of Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia a position that cannot possibly be as remunerative as the secretary of foreign and domestic missionary society of the Protestant Episcopal church and not nearly so prominent prominent nent or so remunerative as several dioceses to which he had been heretofore elected And no church man or other person person person per per- son who knows Dr Lloyd or who will investigate his life and character will for a moment believe that any question of salary had any influence whatsoever er in causing causing him either to accept or or decline any an office or position which he ho hohas has been called upon to fill in the tho church of God But the most striking example of what I have been tr try ing to illustrate has taken place in this diocese Wyoming in which a II vacancy until a few months ago existed in the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of bishop 1 The fhe he house of bishops elected as bishop of Wyoming the Rev Hev Nathaniel Seymour Thomas rector of the tho church of the holy apostles pi of Philadelphia one of the largest most influential and desirable parishes in a wealthy and populous city If the writer remembers correctly the church of the h holy ly apostles under Dr Thomas' Thomas was supporting entirely at its own expense two bishops of tho church working i in foreign fields field besides several mil nil sloBs in in tho the foreign fields and in addition it has supported eight or 01 ten assistant rectors and clergymen of that parish resident in the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia-I I only mention this to show the size size and wealth of this parish and parish and upon Mr fro Thomas' Thomas election to the bishopric of Wyoming the question was could ho lie afford to leave this wealthy parish its social surroundings its ease case and its con comfort ort and the he sa salary ary which as rector he received to come to the frontier state of Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming and work among Indians and coal miners and others at the small salary of a year Dr Thomas did not hesitate te The house of bishops had elected him to this field to this field he came notwithstanding the fact that his parish parish par par- ish tried to retain him and on next Sunday and during the next week he will be working an and preach preaching ng his Masters Master's word to many of the people in in the western portion of Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming ining who I hope with pleasure will read in your delightful paper my feeble protests against the last paragraph of the editorial referred to Respectfully yours THOMAS SEDDON TALIAFERRO JR Chancellor of the Diocese of Wyoming Rock flock Springs Wyoming July 14 1909 |