The Portland daily press., 1893-02-13
How the Religious Newspaper Gets in Its
Work.
TO the Editor of the Press:
Chairman.

TO the Editor of the Press:
In the February number of the North
East, the missionary paper of the Pro
testant Episcopal church in the diocese
of Maine, edited by Canon Stills of this
city, appears an editorial eulogizing the
late Bishop Brooks, and following it is
another editorial entitled, Followers
Afar Off," 1t says;
SIT is amusing to see how some Of the
followers of the late bishop of Massa-
chusetts strive to share in his glory and
shine ia his light. Unworthy to be men
toned in the same breath, unable to COM
prehend his largeness of heart, or to
grasp the thought of his endeavors to
promote the interests of the church as
he understood it and love it, these
would-be followers pose as his champl-
ons and are not ashamed to compare
themselves with that unique personality
that gained the admiration of the world.
What does the man know of the power
of Bishop Brooks who never even tries
to extend the influence of the church of
which he is commissioned servant?
What does he know of the largeness or
liberality of the late bishop, whose ideas
of such liberality are summed up in the
acceptance of every opportunity he gets
to preach elsewhere than in the pulplts
of the church to which he processes his
allegiance, and who never permits him
self or his parishioners to take any part
whatever in the work of the church in
the diocese to which he belongs? Would
Bishop Brooks, whose love and generous
Gifts for the mission work of the church
are we'll known everywhere, tolerate
such small-minded, undutiful church
man as this? Little comfort would such
an one find in the Bishops liberal poll
cy, 1t behooves those who would claim
the right to be his followers to consider
with themselves before they Justify their
claim on the ground of any likeness be-
tween themselves and the great man
who has just passed to his reward. III 1t
is we'll to be able to flatter and euloglze,
it is certainly better to be able to copy
and pattern the life and practice after
that Of the one who is SO euloglzed For
the priest of the church at least, the late
bishor,s ready response to every appeal
for the missions of the church and his
grand and inspiring teaching to his peo-
BE on this point afford a lesson which
we may all proftably ponder over and
practice"
Al ID CR1uCub ulidt oOfiO EesA ciSeeANA ~
SON or persons are referred to in the
above article, that needs no commenting
adjective, since it speaks for itself. There
is a beloved and honored citizen of Port
land. an Episcopal clergyman, whose at
citations with other churches, whose
broad Christianity, whose eloquence in
his own and other pulpits and upon the
lecture platform and whose prominence
in every good movement and efficient ad
yocacy of all beneficent progress have
won him the exalted position which ht
holds in the esteem and affection of oul
citizens. In connection with the fact
that he has been referred to in our pa
pers as the Phillips Brooks OF Maine, II
should be borne in mind that he pursued
the same liberal policy that he does to
day long before Phillips Brooks had at
tanned his celebrity. If he is the MAJ
referred to in the above article, it would
be interesting to Portland citizens tx
know it, and to compare that statemen
with the sketch of him that viii appeSa.
in the transcripts "Pillars OF Portland
series next Wednesday, and Whch wa
prepared over month ago.