, 1873-11-23

LY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,
rotot's Guild, md has nlroaly moro lay tnoIu-
9 sera tal po5uesao BY tho parent Guild LILO
niighthohools, froo rea1ing-roou1n, district viz
ititg, M employment aid bureau, lending H.
hrary. and free infusion sorviceB on State Btrcot.
Tho district occupied IA bounded on tho cast by
lilo river, on tho aouth by Harrison stroot, aud
OIL Tho north by tho n,nn riyor,
B1Blrop ouara11Ns.
10 fht Editor AZ Tas Chearo Yasdans:
SIR lnnanluch nH Bovegal lcurroHponuents nave
:rnl,ip and learning OF Biuhop Cumminss, bog
leave to call attention to his biographical record,
q. given tn the Churchman's Calendar for 18G8.
M eaited BY Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Of
Wostern Now York
Tho 1t. Rev. asorge David oarnmins, D. D. Born
picEinaen oocao, "a. graduated @ u il4i; ordained
ans pSiG II f. 94tSesr s
to 4egree q D. D. from Princeton college IN IN 1ese
HE af sr ~ ohr1 Ghrs Norf9 S o
ssS9ssS p 4s
GeffsS oS ssqs & It ky IL r. Il
ieoc BY the glshop VeTnont as.stsd y liz palops
preached tho aermon, Assistant Bishop Of Indiana
9ralbon, Tennessee lQant.sdl, M!ssonarr nlshon 81
kaqies asSsssas eo'rk''n 'a lilo Bishop Of Pittsburgh
1T appears, therefore, that he has boon twenty
eight yonra in tho EpiacopAlian ministry; had re-
oeivod complete collegiate education has ro-
the 81 Tno Is r.
comforting its degrees; and was conaoefated by
sovon Dluhops, who nero fully qualified to confer
upon him all tho mysterious powers. Which, ao-
'cortilng to aorno theologans, are "inhorent" IN
,As somo othora have hinted that Bishop Cum-
minis ia not ofrootivo in tho pulpit, sibjoln
short extract from tho letter Of a corroapondent
to tho Now York Tribune, writton after hearing
Hermon from this divine:
~ + waa ny good fortune on Sunday morning l.at to
lascn to tho ost wonderful pulritorator In Trinity
Church, TINT evor hold congregation apcbound with
IL
that succeeds t. Ho wio can, Without tnterrapting
minds Il tho.e Who havo beon Intent upon ha no1le
prelude to diseeuree aud yorh,y a1'd powerfully ast
Euch d nau heard In Bishop Cumn,ins.
There Ia certain dcgros Of impedcd articulation IN
hs natural utteranco hg.intt Which 10 u compelled to
complete as 10 increase the soclycuesa Of his dlcton.
His boss With tho imrasgioncd foryor OF Ills Bou
arc ever n obedient mad boautiful transparent mo.
dium for tho passaBe Of nobo ideas. Ills hand, up-
70 III 10 raR 1s
thought, but remains poised IN tho air whehc pauaes
a. 10 oavc instant during which ha lcsaon might
lIia teIt was from ono Of the captorn Of tho Acts
Of tho Apostlea:" The disciples were frat called
forget tho 1nannor III Which ho uttered tho following
What, thon, was tho numc by which they wcro call
Cd IN that crowded, busy wealthy, aud imperial me
trepolis whore tic rich regaod themselves in hangng
gardens that were tho wonder of tho world wlerS
whoro oven tho poor toated through life alirfciod
with sn1,lsemsns and ongtossea In self whero gided
, crime a W. srazen III tho thoroughfafes Where, in
uprearcd like hooded adder OF ultst brilliant dyes
and eutwinod itself around tho hearsa aud honaca Of
the Gospel there Not pau.g, Dlahops; rrests. Not
evst, caureA.ntn; They called themselves olrlatIans
noIsolessly through the stalled glaaa of to windows
They who lstcue1 wore equally hushcd With suspend
81 1s1 s1a s hung on a; ac
words too powerful to DO united by s,anud 8iaas
and Gothic arches Of stone: They rend MI barriers
between tho Gospel snd ail Churches.
You1s respectfully, S7. JAarEs.
- THE CLERGY AND THE nA1IItoADs.
TO The Editor If IHe Chicago Tribune:
SIN: In InE TRIBUNE Of Aug. "A md IL The
subject Of oerieal privileges Oh our railroads was
tho ono Of the l4th, by tho Roy. Mr.. Roy, favor
ing tho continuance Of tho existing Privileges
and tie one Of tho 10Th. by tho 1sev. Robert Coll
yer, opposing auch continuance. At tho time Of
tho appearance OF these articles, confess my
own aylnpnthies woro entirely with Mr. Roy;
and there thoy atill romain. 5lr. Colycrs posi-
tion aud circumstances prompt him to certain
viow which am quito Baro he would not enter
tain wero that position aud those circumstances
changed. Air, Roy ia Missionary -Supcriuteud-
pentlH, and cogni2ant Of tho faot that much
travelling is done by many OF these miu-
istera IN performing ther missionary
labors. I1o foresoos TINT those labora will 10
In tst la
faro on the railroadB. THO almost suro offeos
will be their diminution to serious oxtont
1t cannot be doubted that tho favor shown to
tho clergy generally by neutrality-suspicious. has
religion In the Wost, ana has thus benefited tie
whole community, aud holped to build up our
cities. towns, aud villages. When BisIop Leo,
Of Iowa, was on his way to his diocese, III 1854,
Henry Farnham, ESQ.,, then President Of tic
Chicago Hook Island Railroad, WHO passed the
Bishop over the road on that occasion. aud re-
marked to him that, engaged rs ho (the Bishop
would be in organizing and building up churches,
especially on the lines Of railroads, ho ought
never to pay railroad-faro he would bo doing
30 much for the benefit OF tho roads in tho work.
to which his Life was thonceforward to be
devoted. Ever since about that timo, that road
and most others in the Wcat hayo pasted all
Bishops free, and tho clergy generally at half
fare. Why should tho plan 10 now ohauged ?
Ministers generally arc poorly paid, and, as q
class, they aro public benefaotors: such favor
DOES not PlacG Il the1, n1 in the position Of ondi-
Office, and 1t Is simply aud only as ministers
tLat tho favor is recolved. Tho sauo porsons,
In other calliugs, would not haga such priyilegoa
conferred upon them.' The saorodnoas Of tho
office, and its great benefits to the community,
prompt tho bostowmaut OF such favors, aud they
are received by tho Clergy accordingly, The
office is 90 fur from being lowered by such privi-
loges to its incumbolts, That it is actually hon
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