Show The Head of a Unique American Corporation For Years Rector of f Old Trinity Parish all aU Invidious ID D distinctions It cannot be wide of at the th u mark to call Dr Morean DIx DUc rector of ot Trin Trinity TrinIty ity panel New York city eU the most moot i and Interesting ecclesias ecclesiastical figure In to America Others Other there are who have secured for themselves wider tame tam In the th pulpit and on the th platform but the tho white whit haired haloed octo who for tor upward of or years yarn MI has hu been both spiritual and temporal head hd of at th the the most moot Important parish pariah organisation In America la is In Invested vested with a pro that Is la all his hie own Morgan Dix Is le the eon Ben of a fattier father so eo distinguished that his hl hi sons IOna oar career er had It tt proved to b be less lea Ie than tn It has hat b been en mutt must have suffered uttered t j almost total toll obscuration To Tu have hare be begun begun begun gun life as the ton son Oft ot of a man pun who had carved e aa u a cadet cadt on en the Ih Canadian frontier through Ih the tho war of at ISIS 1912 was waa wasa waa a distinction that so ao good an American Americana n nI a at I Morgan Morlan Dix ha hw alwa always appreciated aIl I One On of the Ih unkindest things thine ever said laid of or the rector of Trinity par parish parIah lab ish was a reflection on his hi American Um lam an Imputation aa as I absurd as at It was wa uncharitable ble II H lie cumes from the tile mo most mINt t uncompromising promising Puritan stock k long fished at N X II U At the age of ot thirty hi his father resigned his hM commission oem com mission II as captain and settled In Cooperstown Coopers town N V y where he studied and began to tu practice law Two years later latr he ho was wan adjutant general reI at f r N Nw New NewYork w York lark and a successful politician Thereafter honors hunon tell fell abundantly Secretary e nf or state slate United mates senator sen senator M Mator ator secretary r of the th treasury under ur Buchanan major general In th the Union army fm und end governor vernor of New Nw York all of ot l n were w core tilled fluted most moat ac acceptably acceptably by Uy the th father of ot the rioter of f t Trinity it r General Dix wan wac u a vestryman cf t JInI t and his hM I son on was w born bora borata Ui ta U Unit t parish Nov I I and It if nay wiy ail ma ait aver wu wua born bo hors to 10 till a particular so II position ion Morgan Dix was w df dM lied III to th lb head of TriM TrIa TrIaI Hy Ity I education was wag almost a ape 18 preparation fur tor It His Ilia U childhood was pa pasted pad d In New Sew York Tork Albany awl and andIn In Europe Ill in hi his fathers house HUN were w ascertained men D of affair affairs from all allover allover over the lb world orld contact with whom wh m him a social training that th I be lie could have found In no nu university H KUS U nut not u a robust boy bo and a private private vate vaU tutor was s employed to prepare o ohi him hi for fOI le Duff un an old retired british h luny taught him hl hi his ins and lid and his hie tutorship may mar have modified somewhat the Intense Americanism of ot this son IOn ot of a patriotic Granite State Yankee Yank th man whose wh loyalty to hi his hie country was wa once attested by the fa famous mows mou command It If any man attempt to haul down the American flag IlaC shoot him on the spot w v I It would be almost Impossible for tor n It ItI mortal career earen to run more smoothly I and more certainly toward the tho realization lion tion of an early rl Ideal Weal than has ha that of ot I the rector of ot Trinity As Aa a young man he was a brought directly under the Influence of ot th tb the bishop of th the diocese Ute the well beloved Horatio Potter who wha predicted great things for him If the th choice were your Morgan orn th the bishop asked him one day when thy they had been bue discussing the young y un mans mane prospects prospect which would you OU prefer to be rector of ot Trinity parish porth or to be my tny Id Jd rather b be rector of Trinity par parish parIah ish lall than to t b tie be archbishop of at Canter Canterbury Canterbury bury th the young youns student confessed frankly You will have i u be very try careful Morgan or they will make a bishop of you before you know It th the tho prelate warned him laughingly The good goad bishops b word words were pro prophetic prophetic and Morgan tor an Dix has baa had bad occa occasion sion slon Ion to te recall them Ibm more than U one once There Thre Is I probably pR IM ly no man In the tb Epis Episcopal Episcopal copal church today who has bu been bee given chen more mor opportunities to enter th the episco episcopal pl pal than hs IMY tit lla man It who whose bOlO earthly ambition ha hu hes been satisfied to the th ut ul utmost most molt with willi the stewardship of ot oM oW Trinity perish parish H w Graduated atod Cross t Columbia In ID lit lilt 11 Morgan Mo Dix entered e ter upon UP fl his hi theolog theological ICA ical studios studies at OHO lilt becoming a can caa 0 for far cede at M th tho the General These Theo Theological Tit logical seminary At the completion of th u the prescribe d tar three year yr coume u e In that Institution ho he was w r HiM 1 Into Ih the at It t Johns dl chapel I I on ODe of OC the Ili city elt of oC Trinity Trim y parish A year y later b he be was waa w ordained priest by Alonso Potter of tatter father of th the tbt present bishop of r f NewYork New sew NewYork York with whom h he remain i 1 fur a short abort Urns Um UIn as a a ami mission worker The Th call to Trinity came cam speedily s and an th tile the young priest IUd dui not hesitate U It WM was w the tb on sae OM spot pot on ea Ih th the In 1 horizon upon which lob his hb hi e era were we I fined expectantly It H wa ws w only a IA curacy but It wa WI in abundance abundance dance danco for tor Morgan Marina X I Dix lx b rv n at tt t that early stage Ua of 01 his hla mr gar r hud hod d de developed Mist YIt personal Il I ta Kd ld fur furI worldly ohl li II I l been en so u 0 uA I ketI A feature of ot hl hi I a tr r In Inu u 1859 1969 he lie was made assistant rector and three years yeara later latr on the death of ot Dr he became rector Competent man of ot affairs that thet he h has r proved to be It may ma be ai l lof of the man who ha has been at III the head hal halor I l of or Trinity parish for rr forty years yarl that theal he h has hus no worldly tilde side l It would b be more accurate to say Ray that th tN the spiritual In his hi nature is III so eo large largely ly Iy In the ascendant that the material U is I completely overshadowed TO T those titue e I x t tJ 1 J 1 J I r t r i j 1 t f f fi I Irk rk dr e I 1 I Iv v i if f l fr d 1 r i t 11 b 11 i I It t L 4 4 1 H i i il l ti J ee 1 I j ifs 1 LI L Le Ld LII I d e t II I V t JAM wOi Ol OA l L iX r t TO OF OP OlD ID WEW who have lived under his hll mild and be benignant nl rule n he appears always as I one on who his him succeeded In la putting putU behind whIM him the tho grown grossness of th the human ex az existence and Is II already drawing drawl co copiously copiously Copiously piously trim from th the the wells walls of spiritual VIe vic victory tory S Y YA i As A a churchman bu Dr Dix has hu always aI maintained a consistent altitude of conservatism OB Ou Oa of 0 hi his ble fellow work workers ers era has bat spoken of ot him a u as standing landing and for forthe forthe forthe the principles of evangelical YD truth hulk and catholic order Ire His regard rea for tor the latter laUe became apparent a nat on oa his bl accession ac to th the of old lId Trinity Is that parish th the tho rector Is U absolute In la matters matter of pun purely purdy ly eccle erele ecclesiastical ucal import When the Ib business Interests ut of th the corporation are under discussion the rector taunts count as a I a sin ela single Ia gle voice albeit aa as on but when the tN decision oa as to th the form of or worship I la Ie to b lie be mad made tile the corporation leaves everything vUI to lei the discretion dl of Its rector clor From Frn his hi earliest experience In the ministry Dr Dix ha has bun been a profound student sad and disciple of what whal has been termed the Ille Oxford movement In Ih tile the Episcopal church an advocate of th tbs restoration of ot much of nf th the doctrine sad and ceremonial which were war w abandoned during the th trying political time Umea subsequent to t the th English rt ret ormall m Ono Ose of hl hi his first gets ants was 11 to tu Introduce to old id Trinity a more mo elaborate form fonts of f oe than had ever or been hoen n seen ae In m that social t temple 1 In la the ft f face v of tar existing Uon Uca It was all an all that tW k M spoil great groat 1 courage n the part Of at th the now new rector und and n JL IKS Ite Ire man manthan than Morgan Morean I lx must mast have suffered cs shipwreck U It t skinks 11 ak of at his III fore farce uI of character that all alt of or hi his sug sup suggestions strange H In as thy t slat t have hav e et appear appeared t are d t at that time Une wr were w iI CI without organised opposition and that thy they have become OM see of sf most cherished and distinctly distinctive of 01 tb the Trinity of ut today M Y YIn In Ii and spas In Is I manner Dr or Din Dig I to lb the t If It would b be to mistake IU him for anything else U than n a priest The nn of or hi his rae face Ii full of dig dignity ally All nisi un of f that pear peace ce which th tM the wed ln also cannot give elv I III li life ha ha hn been a that of tb the priest 1 hl hut hul t nt n i t that of f tb t the He H Is Isman a aman man of d and is It not nol nota nola a stickler stickier UCk for th the b 11 tv life Ufe fur for the t dory clergy He did nut not marry marr until be he b had reut lt i the th mature are age we of 01 f fony seven In is I hU his hi of lOr John l l II A 1 DU Dla 1 lie lle pk speak of his wife as a woman who doe does honor to the name she hl bore bo and nd flue nils nu nut the t perfect measure of mother mthr friend PAUL C AHRENS n AN AM ENGINEERING GENIUS In all parts part of the world are ire to 10 be found monument of or the genius und and kill skill of Sir Benjamin taker Baker the Ih famous English engineer elneer who recently died I There are two to however hi h illus illustrate brute trat more mo forcibly thun Chun 11 n x tin vise J I hi h his wonderful ability a namely ly h Forth i bridge brill and the uan Urn ism T latter lattera its i Ie a a massive artificial el 1 I thrown across the t Nile a tulle mile mil and nd a 1 quarter In length nod ana IN I d fc t v ugh b ut at utI atI I Its III deepest dee Wt point It t holds hold up UI r i enor enot I moue moua reservoir of r hr all til allI tili i I Egypt The whole cost cant was al under 10 WOW and pd already It has hae pa paid 11 1 Egypt many man liaise that amount In m for r ilia hie a as see a joint join I engineer with air Join John Fowler roler of the troth forth bridge I Br lr was WIll knighted The Th work urk took seven en years ya to complete and dur during during I ing that time Mr tr Baker was Wa on un the Ibe ground early earl l j late r and had hd lu to solve ohe very difficulty as a It cum can up as a there I was wu 11 no experience rt of a 11 tare t to guide tete him During the II nervy Here O which tor tiro t along atone the Forth Furth Fon h c tu pry ary h hi be would leave law hi his bill lath nisi ami 1 i Iduster a hotter M er on the Haw brae and venture fIUr on th tile the wind slept platforms t d dhigh high blab In th the air 10 a observe ove how ow th the 1 h can ean arms alms w withstood the blasts blast Of or Ofton orten Oferl ton ten erl h he had to 10 hold bold on for dear life at atut ut portion pones port of tb the bridge TOO MUCH l du dues s the tho tb king kins of at Warn dram sign himself Tho Th These however i who WM address 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