Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-01
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I0teoooQ M4of1eo make pllSflm4&0o
% Litehfisld cathedral that they may
kneel before the tomb of the first
biahop Of New Zealand. George Angus
tus Sefwyn. Ono day an old New
Zealand chief, with grotesquely marked
face, knelt beside the alabaster efhgy Of
the bishop. and while tears fell from
his ewes a. he recalled the different
features of the good missionary, said.
That was his very chin, that was his
forehead, and there were the very
nails that saw him bite in his ner-
vousness, when he could not get the
right Maori word in his first sermon"
The Maori chief was drawn to that
tomb by the same feeling which i'm
pelled hard-handed workmen and
poor, toiling women to lift fearful eyes
as the bishops remains were borne to
the grave. and say. He was good
man"
Under every human skin God has
planted human heart; go and find it. !"
He often used these words, and they
ruled his life. They sent him among
the tribes of New Zealand and the
Melanesian Isles. When he was called
back to England to become bishop Of
Litchfield, these words babe him seek
the pauper in the work-house, the pris-
oner in the Jail. the collier in the pit
and the bargeman on the canal. He
was mastered by the conviction that.
rs the servant of one who :i:.l given
him q work to do. it was his duty to
seek out the human heart which God
had planted under every human skin.
At Eton he was the best boy on the
river, and nearly the first boy in learn
ing. He was the greatest diver of the
school, its best swimmer and oarsman.
and its most generous pupil. one who
always took the laboring oar.
In those days athletes were not scien-
tiic. The Eton boats were clumsy
and the oars clumsier To the boat in
which Selwyn rowed there were seven
oars not very good. and one superla-
lively bad. The boys used to run up
to the boat-keepers, where the oars
were, and seize upon the seven moder-
ately bad oars. leaving the .'punt-hole"
to the last conner. Of course he was
sulky; the seven boys abused him for
not pulling, and every one was out OF
temper.
George Selwyn determined always
to come last at the boat-keeper's. He
always pulled the ''punt-pole, and the
other boys chaffed him.
'.It's worth my while taking that
bad oar" he said, with laugh. Il
used to have to pull the weight of the
sulky fellow who had it; now you are
ill in good humor."
At Cambridge university he was the
leader in athletics. and an enthusiastic
advocate of rowing. When he became
. bishop his advice to young men was,
':Be temperate in all things. Bend to
your oars"
THE law cares nothing for trifles,"
says legal maxim; but the Master
cared when on earth. for, having re-
stored to life Jairus' little daughter.
He commanded that something should
be given her to eat"
George Selwyn showed similar
about tribes. While he
was curate of Windsor. long before
the days of cooking schools. he estab-
Gshed a parish kitchen for the relief of
the sick poor and for the education OF
the children in the art OF cooking.
Il contend" he said. THAT every
poor person when sick ought to be
ministered to in the same way as the
highest in the land"
Once when on Il tour of inspection as
bishop of New Zealand, he found Il lid
Of eighteen years, who had come out
with him from England, sick unto
death. He showed his regard for
trifles by nursing the boy. pounding
chicken into powder tina, it nigh: pass
In liquid form into his liberated
making jeliies, watching all
night, and doing everything that a
trained female nurse would have done.
When he rested from his labors. 4
poet struck the keynote of the noble |
life in these lines addressed TO the |
bishops widow:
"Oh, widowed partner of his toll.
Take comfort that his every hour
With men, in books. on wave Or soil
Budded its ADMINISTRATION HOVER"