The Portland daily press., 1893-01-24
Sudden Death Of The Distinguished
Prelate.
HIS DEMISE A SURPRISE AND SAD
SHOCK TO THE COMMUNITY.
Phillips Brooks Dies of Heart Failure, In
duced by Fit of Coughing-His Death
Entirely Unexpected : Sketch Of His

Il
Career.
BosToN, January 23.-Bishop Phillips
Brooks of the Episcopal Diocese of Mas
sachusetts, died at his residence, 1873
Clarendon street, at $50 o'clock this
morning, of heart failure, brought on by
fit of coughing. ss
| His death was entirely unexpected. He
was taken Ill Thursday with sore throat,
but no serious symptoms were apparent
until last evening. DIR. H. q. A. Beach,
his physician. discovered late last evening
diphtheric symptoms ard considered a
consultation advisable. He called in DR..
r. n. Fitz.
At this time nothing of a serious nature
was anticipated and DIR. Fitz remained
only short time. DR.. Beach was with
the Bishop the entire night. About $50
o'clock this morning the patient was
seized with violent coughing spasm,
which lasted but afew minutes, when his
heart ceased to beat
DR.. Beach said this morning that his
death was caused by heart failure and
not by diphtheria. No diphtheric men,
brane was discovered by superficial ex-
animation this morning.
Bishop Brooks preached his last ser
mon in the Church of the Good Shepherd
last Tuesday evening.
The scene at the Bishops house this
morning was one of grief and desolation.
Before Grape had been placed upon the
door. anxious friends, among whom the
news had spread with great rapiditv.
were making enquiries in the street and
in the Immediate neighborhood of any
one whom they saw coming out Of the
house.
Within the house a few of the Bishops
most intimate friends. who seemed hard
ly to realize the terrible loss. were gath
cred in groups in different rooms. The
snir;t tbst peryaded the assemblage was
one Of complete and overwhelming sor-
row They could NOT comnrehend the
fact that Bishop Brooks was dead. and
again and aoain, the question was asked
us the Bishop really dead?', That their
beloved pastor and friend had left them
forever seemed to them too awful and
tbev were unable to grasp the signifi-
canoe of his death.
Phiilips Brooks was born in Andoyer.
Mass. December 13. 1895. He Graduated
from Harvard in 1855. He pursued a
| n01IrEa flf SfIlftV AT the ETiSG0DAi illV1n1tV
Schnol.ar; AIexandr;s va. From his
course onrst,aet nj, that instif1tion Mr.. Brooks
went to his first parish fhe Church Of
the Advent. Philadelnhia S.
In January 1889 he sneceeded Rev.
DR.. V1nton AZ rector of the Holy Trinity
at Nineteenth and walnut streets. in the
same CITY.
Tn 1890 he came to Boston. The fire
of 1875 DESTROYED ssthe Trinity. ), to
which he was called and the erection of
a new church edifice on Back Bay land
cave the congregation. perhans. the most
s ssnccessfuI and remaykable Of church
hn;ldings in American architecture and
hv far The most conspicuous of Boston
churches
Hinder tbe untiring efforts of its rector
the parish became centre of light and
;nfuenca Mr. Brooks was the ninth
rector settled over the Trinity narish.
and he was the fifth rector Of Trinity
who has been consecrated to the highest
ofi;ce f of the E1,isconal church,
Tba conservation Of Mr. Brooks as
h;sbo,, Octoher ID 1851 was an event of
unmsnal interest. moi, onlv to Eniscona-
lians. but also to Christian people of all
shades of religions belief. The election
of Mr.. Brooks to the bishopr,c by vote
OI 100 W ~, dU OllC 1lplcCOPol COAfCubOu
April 80, 1891; the general approval of
the action of that body, and the con-
firmation by the House of Bishops, are
fresh in the minds of the public.
He was one of the busiest men in Bos-
ton. From early morning often till late
at night his work went on seven days in
the week. He was greatly overworked
man. and but for his fine. physique and
his robust health he would long have
succumbed to the burden which has
gradually increased from year to year.
DR.. Brooks was noted for his low
church views and often preached in
churches of other denominations. He
declined many calls after coming to
Boston. among them professorship in
Harvard and the office of assistant bish-
op of Pennsylvania, to which he was
elected in 1885. He seemed to like his
Boston parish and took especial delight
in his work among the younger men.
Trinity church was built for him at a
cost of over a million dollars.
DR. Brooks was one of the most fa-
y,ooua of American A nIllDit orators and