New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-06
TRANSFORMING PARSONS.
.Yrcnorrs HEARD Ar THE RECENT EPIS-
ropAI GENERAL CONVENTION.

a., th,f recently ended ts s'asloils III bi'i"'''"
AID NO, come out in the daily reports 81 l's ioIi"
| roce,din3, Beside, the regular meetings. WIN"
,,ore of course, important ~ tlef way '"c'o
| we're held day gatherings Of the bishops ana
| dcnutie, i'm the hoiel r''riins-rooms, when were
enliycred with many entertaining anecI yes anu
nersonal experiences. \ few OF these possibly par
took Of the nuturc Of the chestnut. one heard i''
,,,s.a,o. how n hoy once tried to sell SOM, kittens
T., yishop Brooks, Oh the plea that they were EP'7
con,l kittens and how a few days later he 'rIe'
| 49, call rho same kittens to II Baptist clergyman
walking with the bishop alleging that they were
pon,ist kittens ard how he explained Tie us
crenancy In his story 10 the bishop by saying
that they had had their eyes opened IN the b''u''
lile This and few other stories aDolU '''
| bslu d have apparently been touched WIN n"u'''
,.Iitv Lik. the tabled Antac'is, they renew '"c''
strength whenever they fall to the grouhu' ""'
there, wero plcnty Of fresh stories also Inc ni''
| inc after Bishop Brooks preached In imIIa""''
| church a deputy asked a wcil-<nown han'h,o'0
| Churchman who had been present now ,I'' "''''P
had ac1uttcd himself. Ma9nIhcehtly, WIS Wv
on.vor Eleven women tainted before no
| ,o,.a,, - On the afternoon when Bishop Brooh'
| talked TO the Young Mems Christiah hhs''i"
an usher ir the building said to deputy oI
Glad Mr. Crooks is going to speak TO us inns "''''
,an ,or have heard him very well up ken OF
"'O"' ,r..acber A Mississippi Valley ChuFciman
that j. the name now given TO the western H''.
49,. ~ falling about the Episcopalanc OF
! ,r-.ao,.,,ts onc evening, summed them up III
.l,a ,,,.r "Ip the old days of Bishop Essfburn'
whom tbo Churclnen Of the Bay St,t" were se'''
| -. 49, ,,or~ht t,,ey were too good for 'o'
| 90 d,mn. now they think that God Is 100 : ~
:, damn ,ho,o thus proving that the hari 'huro'-
| op and the loose ChurchmaE finally rene" '"'
cam. mint clergyman on certain o'c'''"
- snol,en Of tLc church attendance III W.T.
,oi, tnwn a. rather poor, Bishop Brooks III '"''''
| nucorsciousros- OF his own power o. ui"" '",'
,sc,ad him. saving tlat he had rec'ntN pre"'''
~. town and had found the attendance run
,hlv mood Or arotheT occasion he eNp'e,'''
i;s,greemeut with the assertion thai IL II """
a., NJ ple 10 20 to church. for th" SAM ''''
:, had lao, his experience that people w'r" s'''
- -, to church But these stories th'us" u''''
may be- apocrphal -. Church
1,o solemn debate whether OF not the 'h"''"
forbade going on an mro'rn' ,ou,o,I
Friday nv, H.. ludcrou- as well aS us 'n''''E'
sda The unconscious naiN"ic i III "
,rforminc the High Church brethren '"'' 10"
would y, served NJ the colm'loh j"
t., h,,,e, v,. delightful The whole IN
ctaopt SUGGESTS story which Dr ""' ""',
~, ,,o,.hi, ,,ll. in his nmitablr wov. 'to
frs.or Huxley. he declares was oa'r ''',',S S.ou
g;n,or h.s,l. a 'aly who I'm inpa-@onod 'on'~'
g., -, ,.le.ler Ic did not think l. very
I'll, tliny that the Rev. Nr. Ion'-' ""
,icsr .b,uld have adopted ~" eastward po'u'o.
T. a,,;,i.tc,ino the c-ameut Ny deer Ia'F'
~. ,col,,d nn told hv Sir John l''rN'u'' nav
., Aeon ura N the end Of every MI" " "
,.,..,. nm n uritee- ocean tn ne distance V.
.ho rrar,.t Gyct star would require H''' W
ia nno .li,. each ~ coo tons burden. an '''tE
-, ,,i,h n fall CARO- of p'a9. Now, q" you '''''
e.,,e. - ~ tlc Maker Of the iiA"d STAR con l"
iii, now position % MF Jones -'F.'us ''"F
pi.hop Talbot the "hue'l'ng H'hop :"
,v,.,,nire and idaho was not as unconventional
a. usanl. AMI Tire explanation gwen ""s ''''
som. ~ tie older bishops had 'oid him 70 W
Et,le more dignilcd. BIT dignity d"T"'
acr,c with the popular bishop ana mo a"'''"
~ the missionary meeting. therefore, WIS '.''0
Gr him Bnt nc let himself 90 on" eN'''"-
when he was invited TO address 3uo i-''l''"''
ccwsbov- 10 give the bays GLORIOUS "N
,,,, ,.h., bc finished there va4 not gomn In
IN, hall wlo wou'd not have i"lgh' 'or h."'
u,-.,ui. If Qnccnshcrv rules or otherwise
"You'vc 60, 20 fqht against evil poy-' nv ~
..,d dom, for.o, ~ We must heat gsM -
- .a o. f.
o.,c- fellow" And the WA, in which the wi''r
900 rcl,,d D." orbctt~ was alone worth eotr!
ion, ii stance - hear.
pi.hon >c-.urus. o. Louisiana, tod. ~ llf
.aol...fruI ,yav an experience IN on" 90 h.h
,occn; ,i.ita.,,ns In li- DIOCESE. Va" town.
poyon something or other Wa Hooded, OWING 10
b,.,l IN the l,.v.e-a ctr'ats' they can IT,
u he water WIS ten or twelve i"cf ufP III VIZ
..r.~f,. and ~ tie bishop was making his ViS'-
ta;ion in roVboa' ne passed small h'"''
.h.rc TyeI n GOOD simpic-hearted coior"d mon
\. the bishop glanced mp ~ the hons" he "a"
the co'or,d man sitting in ~" ~'r'nd-st"'N
window Of his little home, with skin fastened
iuq ou,.de. willie he was con'ent"dly PLAYING
me. Srert Home" Oh q cornc' on" alter
ro, nj.bop and Nrs Potter drove ont 10
Alexandria tn visit the theological seminary
tho~,. OF which the bishop is IN aumnus ON
,bo way 10 stopped young negro man t. elrn
from. Linn tie ncar-t way to the seminary
" Which cemetery DO Won want 10 go tor WIS
r,e replv In merry gathering Of parsons, ono
evening tie talk turned on personal experiences.
and one of them told the following: " IL WAS
.omc years aga, when | was rather 'vcaiy''
tboguh | diin't think 80 'hen. One morning /
received a letter from famous clergyman of
neighboring city, who had tle reputation OF
being very stngy-an uncommon wee among Tie
brethren OF the cloth, by the way. In thi+
letter, after saying some very complimentary
things about NE, aud predicting my rapid pro-
motion he asked me 10 supply his pulpit The
mex. Sunday ~ be had 10 h. away, ard didn't
want TO 20 10 the clerical inlirmary for
supply DID so? Well, guess ~, brethren.
There waD thr honor OF preaching IN The pulpit
Of big gun, and there was the honorIrInm, Us
we'll ~ the honor, Which | felt sure would be
III. all
10 make II lons story short. | preached. went
home and waited for the hOnorarinm bat II
peyer came. or rather as niterward learned,
II hid been given 20 me in the form OF tafy
in the old fellows letter. tie played the same
,,,,. an all thr likely youug cier0vuen he knew