St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-25
House of the Good Shepherd.

On account of the nclemency of the weather
there was but small audience at yesterday af-
ternoon's temperance exercises at the House of
the Good Shepherd, conducted by Bishop Whip
pie, the lord bishop of Rochester, and Secretary
Graham. of the Anglican Christian Temperance
society, nevertheless the Sabbath school, to
which the service was more especially addressed,
was out In force both In regard to teachers and
pupils, and the exercises of fully hours du-
ration were of unusual interest.
BISHOP wHrpPLE
In an introduction OF the lord bishop, stated
that as he grew in the years bringing him nearer
to the grave he recalled more wildly the
playmates OF his youth than ever before when he
looked upon groups of childhood wherever
gathered. He loved children, even in the spirit
in which Christ loved them when ne said "feed
my lambs" He lately addressed the convicts in
state prison, among whom were thirty persons
who had committed the terrible crime of muir
der and other atrocious deeds, and as he looked
upon them he could not help but think that
every one of these once lay baby boy upon a
mothers breast, and that they had been brought
to the condition they were in by taking in boy
hood the wrong path in life. In reply to his in
Quiries of the warden as to what had caused
their departure from innocence to crime, he had
told him that fully twothirds of these owed
their fall to indulgence in intoxicating
drinks. 1t was q great responsibility
the church that it seek to instruct the youth
| in its care to shun this dangerous habit, that
| it might raise up fol the future brave men to
work in all the professions Of life, and brave sol
| diers in the church of Christ. He happy to
introduce on this occasion Lord Bishop Roches-
| ter whom he loved because he was q bishop of
| the mother church, and because he loves us. He
had crossed the ocean eight times to visit the
| church in the Uuited States, but this was the
| first time he had come to Minnesota. His bish
| opric comprised half of the city of London, or
| 1,sO0, 900 people 1t was the worst half of Lon
| dom and in it his efforts had been signally
1 blessed of the Lord in rescuing multitude of
souls from the very depths of its slums, as well
as in higher places.
| LORD BISHOP RocHEsTER's
remarks were addressed conformity to the teach
ers and scholars of the Sabbath school. He has
q pleasant and happy way such as catches the
attention of the child, and by its simplicity, fas-
tens a thought indelibly upon its memory, az he
| asked them never to touch intoxicating drinks
| except ii be when prescribed by physician as q
| medicine In illustration of the change which
! could be brought about in an incorporate family
by sef-abstaiIing little child, he told the story
| of London character once named 'Brandy
Jack" though the reformation Of the parents
| came through s0e aCClQe0t6l Utstu VI ilttle
boy, who held his little blue card pledge in his
dying hand to give to ''father."
| In child language, IS ii were, the lord bishop
asked the scholars that they carry to their homes
the lessons learned in the Sunday school, and to
let their good temper, kindness and unselishness
shine out there This he beautifully illustrated
with the anecdote of the father who gave his
sons peach each with the understanding that
they should give him an account of how they had
used the gift. John eat the peach and gave the
stone TO his mother; William snapped il OF and
got two, while Charlie, after much confusion.
confessed he had slyly left his on the stand Of .
sick playmate and run of
He also sought TO inculcate the idea that
money making should not be made 3 primary
object in life, and although it is 8 blessing for
q good man to have money. money badly made
| makes the hands dirty and the heart hard. This
was also forcibly illustrated by the story Of the
/ Young man who was bent On accumulation of
! wealth after which he said he would build nice
house and retire, but on being pressed as 70
| what he would do then. in old age and death.
| for the first time realized how foolish was the
course he had worked cut for his life.
The lord bishop concluded in an earnest and
eloquent appeal TO the tesehers a. 70 the respon-
sibility Of their work OF training their pupils
nos IS class OF children but IS the future vel
fare Of each ssPerste child, in learning it needs
4 and contributing 10 them. Each child 10 is
teacher Is seperate trust 70 him or her By the
Lord Jesus Christ, ID mould its own individual
so.I into His own image Every morning. nOon
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