New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
PULPIT SKETCHES.
THE REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS. RECTOR OF
TRINITY CHURCH. BOSTON.


eight years old. For some lives this would he high
MONDAY; Cor others differently capitalized it is a
prefatory period after which better things may be
looked for The aftcr-glow in such lives remains an
unfaltrring meridian. Derby. Disraei Gladstone, not
10 mention scores of earlier English worthless with bry-
ant Loreiellcw aud Bancroft show rs that sometimes
the later clusters are as good a. the best
He Is native of Massachusetts,. horn in Boston'
was graduated az Harvard aud is Brahuin oil the
Brahuns far the intellectual caste of The man s
concerned aud yet his individuality is crowded "''
perplexng contrarctcs for there Il not trace "l ms
England lineage be found in any anaiy~ oil MS
springs of action or the outgowth Of lis proic }na
life. For while the New England Cutas D Cooi 3'l
crystalline and rhythmic. his D. hot h''gl '..'
Nesccut daring. spontaneous Boston L. Sc't' ~, 49,
dashed with rcutunic Nh. Brooks L. hail Nti. t'i
ranean half Oriental lie Is severely scholastic ln l'
discipline. hut q tropical cXubcrancc Of glowing ono
rcsocuccs with the hidden fire oi coupic,.ta m,,'
phors tmeaccunics and kudlc. his ut-crapces Iho
New England ideal never lost, sight of -ri De- ' NH
az home with "a stately Difference Tor Jhe
.ifies of schools and society while Mr. BROOK g. vrif
1,a-.,.~ud with au mpcriou> and Tremendous u'n' Us
l1ato mtcrWets. aud 80 be accountable to "' iA" ''
Tc.c contrarctf-s divoigc ga The ltt'c a.l l'r.e
alike The Nev England type !, spare .m.v'. over
mol He'd. he D. hcrcueau IA stature. .a'l-h. ID i'oh
hpg cntlrt9u and already sorcly ovribuf. "'" "'I"
pIs,eci0l- poIfi.Fe~s. The one rpc1E- yum r. '..
real col1slts-. lcg1to delivery. always hN ie'' amy
plummrI always guard. like The chess p'N'i d. I'D
delivery Or argument were cool encounter 90 t'n'i
who waste and m.s- nothing, Whtr odi nan '..l
fired mp 100 thc start; NhTaiss N1i1 Nu.'' .-.'u
from inner CONGREGATIONS; tht machinery b. over
charged . stimulated th, pu-c- iIl'h lld lcp
sprcch staeecr- is chukcd from pressure 1901 th'arH
endangered iu The pc.lWcu crush %. uit. rluor ".t
escape haii-strnCcd u The rapids. No mth con moro
Slender pen produce cleaner clearer. tlf"'f',
sentences. They wear an Attic ntan grace "l l"i'-"
aud structure. To the oliuc ana iht cl' '''- 81
normally ripe and complete and viii bear no after
touch H. papers.-t0r hc is gencfou. contributor
Ia the p.r1odi,a--oueiher with h- written sermons
s.stI n4ND fllt
mate literary art, without spot or ui,hD. o.. hAi
iy yet the heat and energy suffer uetacr c1lI uoi
hnity nor - the perpetual fc-huc.r OF rponin' OF
creative motive wanting There Is SOMETHING remote
tstoa inaccessible Ia his presence while o. th',' who
have approach be Is trustiu and genial '"d "i'r' 81"
child.
TIE SUDDEN SPREAD OF His BFPU14uoN.
A. clergyman of the Episcopal Church Dee h. por-
hans more widely known and more widely celebrated
than any other not only &C home hut iu England.
where he has exbcrienced courtees and received dis
tnctions never before vonch-acd American clergy
man who has not Vet reached the roche and lawn ilc
J. mOrbdly rctiCcut concerning hi past aud present
aud vi-bly experiences such pain under tn most c'l
sideratc inqurc- that il must suffice % mention tt
hi- ministry began In Philadelphia where me costly
aud spacious Church of the Holy itntN IN htcuuuu-c
Square built lor him., the satiug Eoc- That
t. hi- reputation. suddenly risen tc-bc Ike cpnl gyd
roomy and spacious plans from the architect And The
church yy,,s always filled. crowded IN all wcnthcrs
whenever il was known that the young stalwat was o.
preach
anu W u" ~ wv
went under the spell of his unique eloqucuce as Ger
t.ialy NJ the tidc he stood iusouhic puzzle au1
wonder No could make him out No one could
question the genuneness 81 his eloqucnce m le'lsi
Wchcry. and vet could touch the secret ui IT'S
power Perhaps there never Wa developed 90 any
pulpit u parallel experience. Here Werc thousands
crowdng the pews aud standing room If the Holy
Trinity Church sunday after sunday. and year after
year. with growing enthusiasm TOW dd pleach,r VINO
himself never seemed cnthu-cd. Where most Young
preachers hcgn with illjudged vgor on "a htcN
exclamation with significant gesture and the whole
,I oh gufonuf0u phillins Hfunr. 10 I
impassiye. almost statlesquc M mrrtilhd 'le tiau-
Gliiy, rafting Oh IN amonotoue 80 -wi l a. o. lease
and half battle the most watct Al car swallow flights
of thought feeling. poetry. philosophy ctN. biblical
learning sociological wisdom tgenchant crii'ri-u-u
no -yilogiste order or sequence out plainly l4g yt-
mate fruition ~ his theme bed together by blood e.
Of spiritual kiushp, stridng lifting along through the
spaces and reaches OF the inner world, until the great
thrung- IN painful hatbIeathcd, eager "'uct seemed
be thcm-clvCs with prctcrnatulul &c ihsN.
Il VIA something like the glamour 81 I} li- iauo-
,o,na hour after hour u railway travel deep fcg-
erie over the Di,ua Coumedin IN the grand buomo
ii-lf, and get unlike anything else bearing tn, touch
al human arti'ccr II we. NOT the hai mc.llcic - pom
of the mystic and retiet uDr The ia-c nation off Hu i
81 with au irresistible technique md magnetic mdi'ltu-
n.ity There were lightning ~ okt, 40 -.lul.t.ig
o,imaoicncs no p"ssa@' "i SURFING M'y'.", ...' ".'
grandeur; and get there never for "a u.rH-. amy
l,ruIi oI muyng pace found ior thc strained "' 4
cage. scu-hiiic- until Che id,i page Et. li i . 4
It'd h.rcaiafilu ,aid Th'l.ard. v.uI' r..n.ui. fIs
tr4ihflrc.- of thi. remlut-c'uCt ~ .l'r.- through
nearly rNDaty t,li-. and REGAL. 'ua idrIt- DE- c.tN
j.. .ilt.l.u o.d c"Icotu. t winch h..I..4a i.-
yoau- preacher f..m the people.
LEAVING IHIIADTrIfA FOR r'.rHT.
T.s great change today, Tani. D.e u
P,-tou va- founded u 1884. and rta .. Chapel.
1883 ard Christ Church. 1923 constituted u. HG.r
Ta.p,,ai ch1.chc. n Boston with ap ante Revolutions
a., L-to1. But King. Chapel having he.H .""-. Oh
b1 thc iuiHriuus and Christ 'hu'h tom ..ii'. '
1..-.ed Dos the " old south Society ~ tH. ,... Hi
he revolution Trinity Chuch $780, lctt thr -...
sentative of % di>trn-tci and thorough. hate.
Under long .iuc Of rectur- who h.. t.nI ' .. r..
have shaped from one side cor another the Development
Of the Episcopal Church n America .uioe l- ,'i II'.
establishment tid. great corloi.Ioa t4o. u.ot
planted 300 New Boston a- the Bl,h Jay region l...
e. .f,ed among the most beautiful and grI..t ui fh0
learned socieiit and among The strongest IIo most c.
tiDalI-Lcd oharche. which have m later year lI.nI
HON, m this remarkable ncshhorh"od. j. n.". .a'H
b. -,id that In NO eq nal area no The tinted Nif N
l. found ,o many representative in.nttYu. ni I.r-
~. ui and rc don. with such sa-Ec-t aud '..i.
condo Cd mchiectuit-' - Ni,lh "n 'I'4 -I. d
do2eu blocks square which may he traced in thc b1ck
Bti approached from tlc lower boundary .l an. CIV
GaIuel- 10y Boyl-tou--t
Tns uca Trinity Church ocrupic- gono.oa- angle
Of land .f hy tla diagonal intersection. Uf l. t. D..
bs. a.. u1olghfirc-. 80 10 has thc rcI te,tIfI
adttut re- Of nn uninterrupted .tc bouudrJ g. open
stree, AL side- I'D" church Wa Hut iar
III Iius Brook, repeating the old .at ii- .lu o. It
900, b., .ar bere C,r ter. i- hot ro1fI ,t....1 fIf
hith t,e church and IL. rector ia this coluunat 30 i
J.. far ihe costie,t and most interesting 'ccloa,nrlI
el4.e' 900 Ncv England and while D. D. possible 20 d,.
e.iaIc c1sticr structures elsewhere, 30 o. NOT t-t Zoo
mention equal interest to the artist and architect
ruT PEfAcHrR oF TODAY.
Plu n. Brook with q single assistant, minister o.
Tie people and although fu out OF the Way Tor the
multitude and the traveller, The tire.e,- tllolgf
~ the huge church II VIA hitting blillud and the
street. were vcl-ngh impossible aud deserted la-i
sunday. IufTcquclt hT e-eT- laboIod heavily along.
Nmrr ulralsf. seemed % have seized ft0 hH-t'u.
els and TOO church bell sounded boz Wf.i. .iiiI De-
A. .ia. 90 rcnch the church pciI"u- matter and
aiu1-t impossible and once there, would there Do
cougrt CATION and would thg rector pr.t'. iL.i.
va congregation. almost hilig The chu.' 1nd ihc
bod horn .gf ffI fhf TAI of
,.s.f All uncomfortable unrt liue. Ia forced uI hi.