The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-24

BOSTON, Jan. S3.-Bishop Phillip
Brooks died at 6:3o this morning Of
pneumonia. The immediate cause of
the bishops death was heart failure,
brought on by fit of coughing.
His death was entirely unexpected
He was taken i'll Thursday with sore
throat, but nothing serious showed it.
self until last evening. DR.. Beach, his
physician. discovered late last evening
diphtheretic symptoms and considered
consultation advisable. He called in
DIR. Fitz.
Nothing serious was anticipated and
DR.. Fitz remained only a short time.
DR.. Beach was with the bishop the en-
tire night. About 6:3O the patient was
selzed with coughing spasm which
lasted few moments and his heart
ceased to beat. DR.. Beach said this
morning that death was caused from
heart failure and not from diphteria.
No diphtheretic membrane was discov.
cred by the superficial examination this
morning.
FINE CAREER.
The Rt. Rev. Phillip Brooks, D. d.
sixth bishop.of Massachusetts, was born
in Boston in 1885, and graduated at
Harvard University in 1855. His theo-
logical education was received at the
Virginia seminary, OF which he is
graduate. Ordered to the diaconate by
Bishop Meade, grandfather of Rev. DR..
Meade, of this city, in tue chapel of the
Theological Seminary of Virginia, Fri.
day, July l, 1859. Ordained to tho
priesthood in the Church Of tho Advent,
philadelphia. by Bishop Alonzo Potter,
In 1850. His ministry began as rector
of the Church of tho Advent, Philadel-
phia. Became rector of Holy Trinity
Church, New York, in 1882, when but
26 years of age, succeeding tho Rev. Dr.
Vinton. Since 1869 he has been rector
of Trinity Church, Boston. Declined an
election as assistant bishop OF Pennsyl-
vania in 1856. He has received
the degree of d. d. from Union
College, 1878; Harvard, 1877; OK
ford, 1885, and Columbia, 1887, and
is member of the Massachusetts His
torical Society and fellow OF tho
American Academy. He has been dep
uty to the general convention from
Massachusetts since 1880, member of
the standing committee for many years,
and president since 1890. He has been
an elected member of the missionary
council since it was first created in 1886.
Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in
Trinity Church, Boston, October ID,
1891, by Bishops Williams, OF Connecti.
cut; Clark, of Rhode Island; Whipple,
of Minnesota; Littlejohn, Of Long
Island; Doane, OF Albany; Niles, of
New Hampshire; Howe, Of Central
Pennsylvania; Potter of New York, and
Talbot, of Wyoming and Idaho. The
bishop of New York was preacher.
Bishop Brooks literary works are
numerous, including five volumes of
sermons, one being those preached in
English churches: The Influence of
Jesus, Bohlen lectures for 1879; lee
lures on preaching delivered before tho
Divinity School of Yale College in 1877;
several pamphlets, tracts, &C.
The Review of Reviews for 1891, saws:
The election Of DR.. Phillips Brooks to
be member of the American Protes-
tant Episcopal house of bishops is uni
versally held to be step of marked
theological sifnifcance. DIR. Brooks
represented the broad and modern
spirit at time when the ferment in
American theological circles is interde-
nominational and general. The pulpit
Is more powerful influence in Ameri-
can life to-day than at any time since
the revolutionary war, and DR.. Brooks
has done more than any other man, ex-
cept Henry Ward Beecher. to show the
people wherein lay its strength"