The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-16
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.
Bishop Brooks Distrust of Himself
Justin Mccarthy Religious Belief.

GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.
Bishop Brooks Distrust of Himself
Justin Mccarthy Religious Belief.
In some religious denominations there
is greater liberty Of speech than in others.
A Tory was taking part in a prayer meet
ing and in his intercessions he expressed
anxiety for the union of Tories and
Unionists. Lord" said he, may they
all hang together" "Amenl' interrupted
an other. Not, Lord" said the first
! speaker, Sin the sense which u brother
means. but let them hang together in &C
cord andcoucord." ANY cord will do.
Lord; any cord will do" continued the
Radical interrupter.
Justin Mccarthy, NJ. p, is credited
with answering the query of a corre-
| spondent as to his religious belief, as fol-
lows:-''I AVE no hesitation in author
lzing you to tell any one who feels any
interest in the subject, that | never was,
| am not, and never, please God, shall be
an atheist. lam, as l always have been.
a member of the Roman Catholic
Church"
The pregnant reply of President Lin
coin TO a caller during the wal is worthy
OF frequent remembrance. The caller
said:-"l hope that God will be on our
side" mo, my friend" said Mr.. Lin
coin. "the great anxiety is to be Oh Gods
side"
Ike. OulNCISdlIoU III kto@oW 10
the ouly regularly organized church in
Great Britain that has IL m tor its
fully accredited pastor.
The committee in charge of the Angli-
can Church Congress ave appointed the
next meeting at Folkestone, October al.
.One great feature Of the meeting will be
| the free meeting of ~workingmen, women
and children.
1T has always been characteristic Of
Phillips Brooks" says the Ne1O England
| Magazine for January, ''that he distrusted
himself. He shrank from the response
bility implied in taking holy orders. He
was admitted to the diaconate in June.
1859, 10y Bishop Meade of Virginia, and
| proceeded Immediately to the Church of
the Advent, where he preached his first
| sermon from the text, Master, what is the
great commandment of the law? 1t was
like him that he engaged TO lie u minister
of the parish for only three months, re-
fusing to engage longer lest he might not
come up to expectations. Then he en-
| gagged himself for a year. at a salary of a
thousand dollars, and at once set about
his work in earnest. His parish was in
| one of the poorer parts of the city, where
iC was not easy for a young man to &C.
| quire an outside reputation; but he was
| at once appreciated by the plain people,
who mostly made up his congregation.
His sermons were conceived in such II vein
| that he opened to people a new life. He
luSpIEeu CNclS DUdf L COPIC Sdiu ~ otiC
another as they went out of church,
That was the GOSPEL we had today
| Others would say:-'We never heard that
here before"
When Prince George of Wales tool
command of the gunboat Thrush, he also
took upon himself he usual duty OF con-
Quoting the religious service on the yes
sci Sunday mornings. Everything went
on we'll. apparently. but at the end of
four weeks some one suggested to the
Prince that he was not reciting the litur-
gy according to Craumer, although the
ships company was highly fattered by
his rendering. He had been recitiug fer
vently and humbly, I'VE have done those
| things that we ought to have DONE, and
have left undone those things which we
ought not to hav done"
The ChaTchmdn does not hesitate to
tell his story of u venerable aud a digni-
fed Bishop who was recently having his
portrait painted by an eminent artist
After sitting steadily for about an hour
in silence, his Lordship thought he would
like to break the monotony with a re-
mark. Accordingly he said TO the artist.
How are you getting on?" TO the as
constituent of his sitter. the knight of
the palette, absorbed i'll his work, thus
| replied, Move your head just a little
| that way and shut your MOUTH" Not
being accustomed to being spoken to in
this fashion the Bishop said, May | ask
YOU Why you address me In this manner"
Artist (stiIl absorbed). Il want to take a
little off your cheek" Collapse OF the
Bishop.
A dispatch from London
that General Manager Mccormick has
secured for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair the famous Rihero map of America,
says the Catholic Standard. Although
this is the most important map in exist
eEce relating to America, it has never be-
fore crossed the Atlantic. For more than
three centuries it has been kept in the
archives of the Vatican with much other
material connected with the discoveries
of Columbus.
The beautiful service of the Nativity.
which was celebrated at St. Johns Free
Church last year, will be repeated the
first Sunday evening IN February.