| Show BISHOP B ROOKS BROOKS of bishop philip brooks who died in boston on monday of last week chauncey M depew says bay among other things the althe mediaeval media medi eval seval scholastics opposed his elevation doubted his bis usefulness ulness and may see something providential in his removal this prompts the traveller of that city to observe that the implication involved in the latter half of the remark is cruel although doubtless unintentionally tio nally so some of those whom mr depew would have designated mediaeval media medi eval seval scholastics worked to secure the confirmation of bishop brooks election in the body of which he was to become a member and it to is not believed that there to is a single man among his episcopal brethren breth reu who voted against his confirmation that does not deeply regret his sudden demise mise one of those thus alluded to is bishop paret of maryland who in the course of an elegant tribute to the great preacher said few men have wielded so powerful a personal influence upon the men of their own time his death Is a great blow to massachusetts and especially to boston it is a loss lose to buman humanly manty hu ty it is a loss to the church it is a large life and a large soul that god has taken away |
