New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-17

s..,n OF Or. Brooks was altogether unexpected
W. ,e,t these shores accompanied BY his wife. on
,,a % on the same steamer which bore his dead
,odv back TO this city yesterday.
ria WAS then a very sick man and had just re-
,,rnel from trip to his country home In Minneaua
penn where he had gone for rest MS physician
s.,nr advised quiet month or so for recuperation
Va returned worse in health than when he started
Tho VOYAGE TO Southampton was Of no benefit TO
.,, ard after weeks stay In that port his health
as 50 much worse that he took passage on the
ruda again to die as he expressed 1t, at his nome
and among his friends. DR.. Brooks was carried
.board the steamer in chair and his appearance
s so changed that the surgeon Of the Fulda did
~. recognize him. He could not retain food and re-
csved hypodermic injections OF stimuants
they were unavailing. and he died at 6 o'clock
a M on the 10th inst. one day after the vessel
s,iled The direct cause OF death was tumor OF the
,n,estines 4 complication Of diseases FASTENED the
end.
Tho bo1v was at once embalmed and placed In
the ships morgue where 1t remained last night
awaiting a permit for its removal TO DR.. BROOKS
home in Madisonave
Tho Fulda was met last night by Dr. Brookss
mothers and by the Rev. DR.. Joseph G. Lewis, as
,s,ar, rector of the Church of the Incarnation.
They ACCOMPANIED the widow to her home, at No,
200 Madson-ave.
The Rev. Dr. Arthur Brooks born in Boston,
Mass fifty years ago. He was the hfth son OF
was drowned in the Charles River several years
80 The Rev DR. j. C. Brooks Of Springfield and
william G. Brooks cashier of bank In Boston,
ara surviving brothers. Another brother was tie
late Bishop Phillips Brooks, Of Boston Dr. brooKs
was educated at the Boston Latin School, ana a'er
he entered Harvard graduating from that college
in 1861 Then he studied theology first TOT one
var NJ Andover and afterward for two years at
tho Eniscopal Seminary in Philadelphia. He also
spent one year in the Congregational seminary.
In 1870 he was ordained deacon In Trinity Church
BOSTON OF which members OF his family were MEM
hers and from the calls at that time In MS mana ne
selected one to Williamsport Penn, where ne was
ordained priest In october OF the same year oy
Risbop Stevens Before the Chicago fire he received
call 10 St James's Church in that city and dechheu
H. but when the church had been plunged ihto o'i-
cultes by the fire. the call was again EXTENDED ana
accepted in April 1872. At the same time caii 10
ST. Luke's Church in Philadelphia was declined
During his rectorate at chicago 81 1ai'eS O"''0
was rebuilt.
In 1875 he accepted call to the Church OF the
Incarnation In this city. The church had peeh IN
corporated in 1882 after three years OF existence as
a mission Of Grace Church. and 1t had become one
Of the leading churches OF the diocese on account OF
its size and the amount Of work to be performed III
IT, When DR.. Brooks to 1t after the death
OF the Rev. Dr. Henry E. Montgomery. he set about
the work Of relieving the church Of debt hoating
debt Of $500 was soon paid and In 1878 the church
freed from a mortgage or S4oVU
Under the pastorate of DR.. Brooks the church
has become wealthy and powerful, its annual con-
trbutions, exclusive of pew rents amounting 10
over $4,000. DR.. Brooks was widely known IN the
city and throughout the country on account OF MS
ability. A number Of sermons have been pup
lished In a volume entitled THE Life OF Christ IN
the World" He YVES OF extreme devotion
and zealousness in his calling. the same type OF
man as his brother, Bishop Brooks. with the same
high order of ability. Al.
In 1871 DR.. Brooks spent the greater part OF the
year in Egypt, Arabia. Palestine Asia Minor ana
Southern Greece. He travelled on camel and morse.
back from Suez to Sinai through the desert OF
Arabia Petraea and thence TO Palestine since
then he had travelled extensively in his vacations
In this city DR.. Brooks has been lovingly known
BY many on account of his benevolence, as ne was
known TO give aid TO many in quiet way ne
was selected to conduct retreat for the clergy IN
the pre-Lenten season OF 1891 at New-Rocheile
where he made the acquaintance OF many priests
OF his church. In person Dr. Brooks was tan and
slender. with a scholarly face and voice OF great
power and sweetness. Members of his church were
much attached TO him personally.
Arrangements have not yet been made Tor ms
funeral. Jackson. the undertaken. said last night
that II would probably take place tomorrow. at the
Church Of the Incarnation, and that the burial was
likely TO be in Boston. where many OF the family
h1ri