The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
BISHOP GILBERT OF ST. PAUL DE-
LINERS A SERMON IN THE
PRISON CHAPEL EASTER
SUNDAY.
About One Hundred Visitors Occupy
Seats on the Platform and
Visitors Gallery.

At precisely $3.50 Sunday afternoon. the in
mates were marched to the chapel where Bishop
Gilbert of the Episcopal church. st. Paul, de-
livered a very eloquent sermon. as has been his
custom for several years.
Shortly after the inmates were seated. Warden
WOlfer ushered in the distinguished divine and
nearly one hundred ladies and gentlemen from
ST. Paul. Minneapolis and saltwater. including
Chaplain j. H. Albert. Mrs. Wolfer. Mrs
Lemon and DR.. Merrill. Mrs. Clara Gish
the instructress of the prison choir and
Mrs. Cenklin organist, were both present with
the prison choir. who assisted IN the musical
program Chaplain Albert announced the
opening hymn 1.-The Golden Morning. which
was sung by the visiting choir. The chaplain
then read DIST chapter of ST. John, when the
Lords prayer was repeated by the congrega-
ton and a short. but very fervent invocation by
the pastor of Episcopal church saltwater. Miss
Searles of St. Paul sang the angels Easter
Song' in magnifcently sweet voice; and the
prison choir sang the anthem "Rejeice, the Lord
is Risen,
We regret that we can give but very i'm
perfect synopsis of one of the most eloquent
and truly impressive sermons that we have
listened to in long time There could be no
question of the deep and kindly interest the
every word that left his lips; words of wisdom,
of hope. of cheer and encouragement. and more.
of profound truth.
| The Bishop prefaced his sermon by saying.
| that Every Easter with one exception. he had
been at the prison to talk to the inmates for
great many years. Many faces had become
familiar to him. That he never came to the
prison through curiosity or sentimentalism, but
that the most anxious sermon he preached
throughout the year. was the one he preached to
the prisoners. He wanted to touch their hearts;
he wanted to say something that would make
their lives brighter, for he felt like saying, with
many others, that but for the grace of God, he
might be here too-fellOw convict like ourselves.
We are all bound to the same end, no matter
what our condition may be, we are all to have
the same destiny. Easter is the one day of the
year when we should be all free, free from SIM.
The reverend speaker then asked, what is this
miserable man? What is there in man? When
we look into cur characters and see what it is,
do we not feel like asking the Lord, what are we
good fer? In this condition we become distrust-
full, cynical But God who sees everything, all
the possibilities of man, finds something in our
natures to trust. He knows there is something
to be trusted, and He has reached us through
Christ. Many think man asort of animal; that
he dies and that is the end of him. But God
sees better than that. He looks down deep into
mans nature and sees the soul of man; his
conscience, a thing that the animal has not. Did
yeu ever see an animal with a conscience? The
lower man gets the less conscience he possesses.
The Bishop here referred to the recently ex-
posed scandal in England, and in unmeasured