New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-30
ALL PRAISE BISHOP BROOAH
TRIBUTES FROM MANY DENOMiNNi'"-'
CLEEGYMEy DRAW LESSONS FROM HIS LAVE
4 PREACHER AND A BISHOP.

PREACHER AND A BISHOP
In many pulpits In this city yrs,er"'y and
was made to the recent death 81 Philips p,"'"''
I'm not a few one service was devoted 10 ms -"
uc At the afternoon scryic" In 81 b'r'no''" \,
church Dr. D. II. Greer. the rector. said In Ms us
course:
Looking far beyond u.s. the heavens seem TO com. uo.
and ,ouch and blcs, the earth and give their beauty "
II. and yet IL is so. and the heavens arc Iu'' "
10 the earth and just a. near q US ih"'u'', :,
heads az they are viii be then NOW ana 'ou'',
We could only IT, the heavenly oni"f'un''S com " $50
tho heavenly glory appears. and THE heavenly ''.o
may be heard and the heavenly Work may w ~ An
aging this. my thoughts 60 out 10 olie VINO u' SUM
manage to find a. he went along through life In the must
a, s commonpace duties and ariirs heavenly IN aiming
and value, and whom they seemed 10 SIc'N a" WV
some heavenly voice. The dali HOMOGENEOUS roi'"c VI
evervdIv task and toll to him much more tha N'''
IL was GOLDEN stairway reaching from enitA 10 "e'''"'
with the angels ascending aud discerning uo" IT,
The things to others were littc' somehow" VIM "e
touched Them he seemed to make them large Nc WV
e,t , seemed sacd 70 him, ana the dulles, Hic S'o
,rcht and he found hi, beautiful IDEAL not In some
cream Of the future but in the pro'ac reality o. he
present.
i, was not simply the transferring power OF the e'""
I'm him that enabled him do this but the trahsheur"s
uoer of IN. God in him. whom he saw In everything
ana every person about him. Every Gay a. IL cam, ~
him was coming Of the duy oil the L"iu' am !"
every duty which brought, matter how little anu
roor It seemed he heard the Noc" OF the ioru' inc
spirit OF God within him maco everything divine without
him. nc did want for great opportunities OF "'a "
come he them always coming ana s'au'y ana u'''
gently he wa always responding o. them Ana - ~
alyine and consuming energy his No rushed o. ana on
speakne II, divine message 10 men ani doing IL dNnc
work among them. Brave. strong. faithful ana true.
t,y life va, crowded and full. thy zeal was Ina'si'nrl
and strong but my warfare now j. arcoHp'ishca anu
thou art gone to Cod who sent thee. Of whom hon
ha,t taught US and whom thol has, served 30
we'll.
The Christian at Work. In Us issue this week
will devote several pages Z, "1tibutS To Philips
Brooks from wcll-hnown clergymcn OF various d,-
nominations. Fr-m adyanc" sheets OF THIS interest
ing and timely symposium the following extracts ar"
taken
pr william y Donn-l protestant, Fpiacopon-Dd
eyer a sve.ter purer kindly hight fash out
under murray cloud close Of d,v, than that which
bursts through the s'nsc OF our personal and NatohaI
bcre., euent at this tn The g'ncfi almost unN'f'a'
expressions OF sorrow aye Of gricf from al sorts ami
conditions Of men and from organs of all schools and
shades - thought aud oplucn the Death Of Bishop
Philip. have manifested % ~ a. perhaps hohlns
else coull how spontaneously the Fcneru Impulse
ognIes genuine and how closely. after ALL the
great common 81 people l. in touch with the
everlasting truths which AID their expression at the lips
and their dcnnon In the lie Of such an apostle The
hon.g. 10 tho living pastor hated H. the fearful loving
reverence to The departed ssint emphasizes IT, doubt II
ever before this people. which rc--msts In their haste
sricmatls A. csrclss, aud irrcigous have with such
unanim!,y e,ncd their instructive recognition Of Christian
worth and Christi, power by mlngllng their tars aud
presenting their wfeath Of willow and ivy at the grave OF
al cccicsiasiic
Professor Gesrcs i. Fisher Congregational, Yale
Divinity school, Phillips Crooks and loved him.
40 one him could fail % love him. lie had the
singular attraction which BELONGS 10 great kindness In
con junction with irrn-h. ~ he atoyc the ordinary
statue Of men In like distinguished BY
the elevation OF his mind ami character. He the
soul Of truth and sincerity This part Of the s"crt
Of hi, power preacher. lie preached that which he
md
withouu DISCARDED OF ,peech
Ihcc freshness in the dress well as the sub
pathes and tolerant ~ dvere theological conceptions he
was nevertheless no preacher Of negative His words
always intended to be helpful In no sense did he
ever pr,ech himself lie thoroughly cultured without
being weakened cultivation. fir was fun Of sentiment
without the least faint OF sentlmentasm. lie was
IMAGINATIVE vet always sensible lie OF the nobest
Of men and It 70 know that the NJ his
departure Is universal
Dr. Theodore l.. Cuyler tPrcsbyterlan)1he whole pub
lie career Of Bishop Brooks has been magnificent but
,crhaps the most heroic chapter belongs hi, min
I.try in Philadelphia while he was the rector Of the
ailstocratlc Holy Trinity Church" on RIttcnhousc |
square II during the exciting times Of 1860 md
1901 when conflict slavery up TO fever heat
The prevailing spirit in Philadelphia for compromise
with power but DR.. BROOKS stood before his
influential and conservative congregation and boldly
spoke out In the strain that charles Sumner had
spoken Senate Chamber-for freedom 10 the bond
man, more fearless, man has not stood In the American
pulpit in our This thoroughly independent spirit
manifested tself In his his dress. and his tr'a
mcnt OF his brother Christians OF all denominations lie
too big to be imprisoned In ptclatcal ROBE"
md too broad a nan b. fenced In by chance rail- |
dcourscs his Christian manhood bnlk"d
grandy than speech that he delivered
have read with great profit and delight nearly oil mat
has pubi-hcd; and the only fault that ever
found with him that no was not more clearly on,
spoken upon the great fundamental doctrines OF The atone
mint regeneration and tho work OF tho Holy spirit just
little Of Sturgeon would have made philips Brooks
all the effective cyaugeiIc preacher OF Jesus
Christ.
Dr. Samuel II. Virgin ConrreeatIonal)-Bi'h Brooks
doubtless belonged to the Episcopal Church but fhliips
belonged indeed 10 the whole world
In his opuent life everybody had share iii' treasures
OF thought avshed freely upon ALL and the tender
Of his heart often led him to hestow very choice por
upon the lowly and the obscure some men holu
their theological opinions In such combarc shape that
difference with them provokcs a delae. often hrrce a.
tack; but while might differ with Phillips Brooks
thcologcaly all conflict held In check by the superb
pui pose Of his life strong spiritual up that accom-
Iancd his words the beauty well a. the agcnes OK
the moulds In which thought east. the genuine
Chrsunr-s Of hi, influence. There Is a sense Of loss
which only the assurance Of the higher service In The
spiritual realm ,en relieve lie needed in larger
sphere this by all means let the bronze perpctuatc
his impressive personality IN Copicy Square.
Dr.. Henry NJ. Sanders tBaptsp-I look upon Phillips
Brooks the Of a generation. No man, except Mr..
Eeccher has leh wide and , wholesome influence
on religious thought and life he Great a. he
preacher. he was greatest as man. In his death the
Church universal has suffered lrfcparsbe loss Take
him for all and oil IL will be long time before we shall
look upon his like again, or his equal
The REV Frank d. Wilson Methodist Epscopar- |
Though Phlps Brooks Protestant Ep!scopaian. he
truly belonged To the universal Christian Church No de-
nomination could Keep within i:self such grand ana
colossal character lie was true man. and all that he
ever said done is full OF the nobility OF manhood He
stood Of LIVING preachers in this country ana
must be ranked with the eloquent pulpit orators OF
this century
DR. Charlie, L. Thompson (Psesbyterisn)-In Bishop
crooks were united essential OF great
prachInga broad catholicity and splendid enthusiasm
He took broad views. and they inspired him with
ouenchabe zeal. His eioquence was Ike prairie on
FIRE Breadth did not hinder intensity. The time has