Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-20
The Episcopal Council Expected to
Elevate Rev. Samuel Maxwell.
DELEGATES NEARLY ALL HERE.
Grand Old Trinity Welcomes Two Former
Well-Loved Rectors.
VISITORS FILL OTHER PULPITs

number of laymen, to arrive this morning.
The majority of the bishops arrived on Fri.
| day and Saturday in order to avoid travel.
ing on Sunday, and yesterday filled the
pulpits of local pastors.
Following IS the progromme for to-day's
session of the council:
8P M.-Preliminary missionary meeting
at Trinity Church, Pittsburg. Addresses
by Bishop Leonard, of Utah, and Mr. James
| L. Houghtaling.
The meetings will continue until Friday,
and among the most important business to
come up will be the elevation of two min
listers to the bishopric. They will be known
| as mission bishops, and will not be given a
regular diocese. 1t is stated on reliable
authority that one of these will be Rev.
Samuel Maxwell, late rector of Trinity,
and who is now travelling in Europe for his
| health.
IT WILL BE A SURPRISE.
Ifhe is elevated to the bishopric it will be
surprise to those who opposed him in his
| fight asaipst the majority of trustees on
account OF antagonizing the election of the
late John Shoenberger as delegate to the
Oil City Conference. The reverend gentle
man resigned under pressure. and his many
friends in this city will be delighted to hear
of his elevation.
Grand old Trinity had its share Of divines
yesterday. Three services were held and a
different Bishop preached at each. Two of
them were old rectors OF the church, and
showed their pleasure at the opportunity of
| filling the pulpit in the old church.
mn har ha al of Il
ed the special service in the afternoon, at
which Rt. Rev. John Scarborough. D. D.,
Bishop OF New Jersey, and who resigned
the pastorate of the church 16 years ago, de-
liver a short address. Bishop Scar
borough is a elderly man, short of stature,
with short, iron-gray whiskers and is a
rather fluent and earnest speaker. Before
beginning his sermon he referred to the old
associations formed while at Trinity and
said there were few churches in his diocese
to compare with it. He said the coming
Missionary Council will be an event to be
looked back to with pride, and he was sure
the old parish OF Trinity will not forget its
eld-time spirit of hospitality.
MUST SAVE OTHER SOULS.
Bishop Scarborough took the text for
his sermon from Isaih 1920, BLESSED Are
Ye That Sow Beside ALI Waters" He be-
gan by referring to the custom in ancient
times of sending out bread in boats when the
Nile overhowed in the hope that some one
who was in distress would get it. He said:
"a great many people think that if they
save their own souls they are doing their
part in tine work of Christianity. This is
sad preversion of the spirit of God that bids
his church 60 everywhere and save all sim
ners. 1t is selfish TO merely care for our
selves, and it is not exacting the full meas
ure of Christianity to shut out others from
our hearts. Woe be to the Church if she
folds her hands in idleness and the bishops
are here to awaken new zeal in the work
of the church among the people.
sat home and abroad the ward mission
is generally supposed to be In connection
with raising money to send to some foreign
land. We have missions right here in the
city and true man can labor here as well
as on the frontier among the untutored
savages. Because you have nice church
and have contributed money to help along
some missionary cause you may think your
work is done, but it is not.
WORSE THAN DARKNESS OF DEATH.
''In the courts and alleys, aye and on the
broad avenues of your city there exists
heathenism worse than the darkness of
death. The city missionary and the city
churches have great responsibility for the
tens OF thousands of sheep without shep-
herd. All have an organization that is
nearly perfect. 1t runs like large piece of
clockwork machinery, but without
the motive power it is utterly
useless to try to do anything.
Within nv own recollection there has been
a wonderful change, but we must follow the
sound of the workman's ak and miners pick
into the West and Southwest. The colored
people in the South and the Indians on the
frontier appeal to our hearts. The church
is crippled on account OF lack of means to
carry on the work because people are hold
ing back and robbing God under the plea of
false economy"
The largest crowd that has been IN Trim
itv for long time was present last evening
to hear Rt. Rev. H. G. Potter, D. D.,
Bishop of New York. Bishop Potter is
quite we'll known here on account of the
Iurore he created in his diocese some months
ago. and which was fully reported at the time.
Bishop Potter's text was taken from st.
John L, % and %, "They said unto Him,
who art thou, and He answered 1 am voice
crying out of the wilderness" 1t was
learned discourse full of simple truths and
pnthos. Hejspoke of the wilderness known
to the world-a jungle, place where the
word of God has not yet reached, where
brutes and men act from instinct and know
no better. He said there was worse wilder
ness where Emoral hvenas lurk in their 5ens
in this wilderness, and the latter is worse
than any Jingle. He beseeched his hearers
not to dwell in the wilderness, but in God.
RECALLING OLD "REMINISCENCES.
At the conclusion of his sermon Bishop
Potter referred to mis- recollectlons of Pitts
burg % yet,rs ago. when he made frequent
trips through this section. He said the
new Pittsbbrg was revelation to him with
its stately and magnificent buildings.
There is al brilliant future ahead for the
people. and, glorious opportunity to de-
velope fhe gu .lty of manhood. Pitts
burg has ali the gifts OF nature and provi-
dence. and there is no limit to the sphere of
Christian power and usefulness of the
people.
In the forenoon the sermon was preached
BY Rt. Rev. b. Theodore Lyman, d. D.,
bishop North Carolina. Bishop Lyman,
like Bishop Scarborough, was a rector of
Trinity between 80 and 40 years ago, and
left the church about 1860. His theme was
on the passingI away o. all things earthly,
and laid particular stress on the sight of so
many strange faces. the majority OF those
who went to the church 80 years ago had
passed to the great beyond and the impress
sion left on his mind showed the full mean
ing OF his words. In the next 80 years .
great many OF those now listening to him
will also pass awav, and it is a glorious
thought to know that one is prepared.
At Emanuel Church Bishop Knight oc-
cupied the pulpitin the forenoon and Bishop
Spaldng in the evening. At st. Andrews
Bishop Burgess preached in the morning
and Ri hon Howe occupied the pulpit of the