The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-07

that ! might have opportunity and
Inspect sumo potion NJ nly Held, Rud
~ decide lnlplligenlly on llo best ppint
for the concentration ol my energies,
and from which NY operations may
be carried an most successfully,
! have now come "a the conclusion
that Dallas offers The greatest natural
advantages for my work, have ae'
cordngly resolved 10 make II my per'
manent home and eenlerof operations,
provided ! can 0hlaln hera such help
aud corporation as are absolutely
necessary for their due execution.
Your resolutions, 30 enlightened,
liberal aud ohurehly In character and
wilhal 30 expressive Of your confidence
In me, have supplied one important
element Of the cooperation aforesaid,
| accept them gratefully, and esteem
them very highly rs giving substantial
promise VI the mutual sympathy and
good will which shall always charac-
terlZe our future work,
The adoption Of your church ~ my
cathedral involves no necessary charge
In It's parophlal character beyond that
expressed In your resolutions, nor any
In lts ministry beyond more frequent
services by myself nor any In lts
ritual beyond that which deoency aud
order require In every well'goyerned
parish church,
We shall | hope, aim to beauty
the sanctuary ~ we may DO able but
this, not because II Is cathedral, hut
for u far higher reason, because II Is
the house Of Coda reason which ap-
piles 10 every church ~ well Ns this.
~. Matthew's Is henceforth TO be
called u cathedral because the bishops
chair of Office IL to he there, M II II not
elsewhere In his Jurisdiction. Here
Is TO be his ecclesiastical home; re.
freshed here he will 80 forth to his
lonely Journeys, and carry still with
him the impulse aud momentum
which his zeal aud love have ac-
quired In this spiritual center Of life
AMI peace. Here will councils as
semble IN days TO come; ordinations
be performed; and missionary efforts
planned and prayed for Here viii
young clergy, by and by, be trained In
sound knowledge and churchly prin.
olple; hither viii they return from
distant fields for temporary refresh
meut and renewed courage. Here, as
NJ central heart, must the warm glow
Of spiritual life be ever maintained,
and the sweet harmony of IN able
ministry, II beautiful ritual, aud pro-
found purity be found IN store to give
tone and vigor to every portion OF our
entire jurisdiction, And thus the
whole bound together by bonds of II
common sympathy, and life will grow
together In the measure of every part
On you, 10y this arrangement, rests
the Obligation
|. That you recognize not only your
parochial out also your diocesan status.
You ARE now called upon to hold alolt
the standard not merely of parish
hut of diocese of immense extent.
.. AS the mother church thereof your
interest, sympathy and aid must no.
he limited to yourselves alone, but
must extend to every member of the
family, however remote his dwelling.
3. You must give the key note of all
diocesan harmonies. Your faith, love,
zeal, courage, morals and liberality
must be such rs rightly to command
the admiration and deserve to be the
example of all surrounding parishes.
Very grave, indeed, are these respon,
sibilities, but grandly do they ennobe
those who heartily sustain them
Whatsoever more is needed to enable
me to reside among you has been
already set forth in print, and is in
your hands and those of the committee
of seven. need not refer to the sub
ject further here than to say, that what
soever is obtained by that committee
for any specified object, will be de-
voted to the furthcrauce of that object
and none other.
Praying that our heavenly father may
always have you in his holy Keeping,
am, gentlemen, your faithful friend
and bishop,
ALEXANDER c. GARRETT.
MRS, LANDER