St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-02
STORIES OF BISHOP BROOKS
His Christianity and Sympathy for
the Poor Were Unbounded. r
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
An instance of Mr.. Brooks noble
sympathy and great regard for the poor
and distressed is told by the Rev. DR..
McVickar, his devoted friend. A poor
woman living in the parish was sick.
DR.. Brooks visited her frequently, and,
beside ministering to her spiritua
wants. provided i'll a substantial way
for her physical needs. One day the
doctor found her more than usually pale
and miserable in appearance. Believ-
ing that outdoor exercise would greatly
benefit her, he advised her to go out in
the air for recreation. She replied that
she could not leave her sickly babe be-
mind, and she was too weak to carry it.
Then 20 out for while and | will
mind the baby" urged the Doctor The
grateful woman protested against such
seeming indignity to clergyman, but
he insisted. and while S. he enjoyed for
several hours the sunlight and purer
air of the park the great-hearted,
generous doctor. unmindful of his
position as rector of a wealthy and
fashionable church, sat in dingy,
ineanly furnished room in back alley,
rocking the cradle in which lay the
peevlSh infant until its mothers re-
turn.
81 have had no wife, no children, no
particular hOnOrS, no serious miSfOr-
tune and no adventures worth speaking
of. 1t is shameful at such times as
these not to have history, but | have
not got one and must come without"
This was the response of Phillips
Brooks to request to furnish some
personalities for his college class record
when asked to class dinner at the time
he was made bishop. He was always
non-interviewable man, and the dignity
of his privacy was entirely respected by
all writers for the press, who under
stood that the usual sort Of paragraphs
concerning great men were peculiarly
out of place in connection with him. He
desired above all things to let his work
speak for him, and he never spoke for
himself IN the usual sense of the term.
Dr. Bartol and Phillips Brooks were
one day walking through Trinity
church. shortly after it was finished,
looking up at the frescoes and symbols.
AS their gaze rested upon the Apostles
creed, DR.. Bartol said, with his genial
smile: Surely, you don't literally be-
lieve all that, Brooks% The doctor
flushed little as he answered in deep
surprise that he certainly did. But it
was as impossible for the questloner TO
have meant any offense as it was for the
answerer to take offense. Thelntellect-
ual angel of each was the opposite of
the others, that was all. On the moral
ground they were one. q
Before Dr.. Brooks became bishop his
photographs, though much in demand,
could not be had by every one. He1waS
much averse to having them placed OH
public sale, and once when he was asked
to allow some TO be sold at fair in aid
of st. Andrews mission he showed
some disinclination to comply, and re-
marked that they would not realize
much. This was met with the state
ment that it was expected that about $50
would be the result of such sale. The
next day Dr.. Brooks sent his check for
$50 to the managers of the fair, but the
photographs were not forthcoming.