Evening star., 1896-03-30
WORK COMMENCED
Bishop Satterlee breaches His First Sermon.
Here.
Speaks for Unity and Harmony In the
Diocese Three Services
Held Yesterday.

Bishop Satterlee began his work In the
new diocese OF Washington yesterday un-
DER the most auspicious circumstances
during the day he conducted services at
three different churches and made a most
excellent impression as an earnest, Jealous
man. and as an able pulpit orator At each
service the church was crowded with a
congregation that filled the edifice to the
doors.
At III O'Clock Bishop Satterlee confirmed a
class OF fifty at the Church Of the Epiph-
any. Assisting the bishop in the serv-
ice were Rev. DR.. McKim. Rev. Mr. McBee.
rev. Mr. Ionneil, Rev. j. MacBride Ster-
rett, Rev. w. r. Turner Rev. David Barr
ana Rev. Edward holloway.
tenth chapter of ST. Matthew thirty-eichth
verse. And he that taketh not his cross
and followeth after me is not worthy OF
me; In the course Of his sermon he said:
4; IT, then. the philosophy of Christian
lty. tnat life Of goodness means a life of
suHering! The more We grow I'm grace do
W.. we grow the more in sadness? Ii the Cos
Pei story ends with the cruc;dx;on. Yea
III the story OF Christ's life had ended on
the cross and there vas nothing more 10
teii' II would be one of the most aeonfx-
ing ing recitals ever breathed into language
Inc words God and truth and right
would have to be stricken out of everv
human vocabulary.
we cannot stop at the crucifixion Gods
Ssernai eS law OF fitness must assert itself.
There must be something after to exnlain
mind. ue'eo
You must take up your cross as He did
ms. Here is the eternal life and the cross
Is its inevitable consequence. One cannot
oe nad without the other 1t fs either
CS hai HIe with the cross or 1t is neither
Inc cross OF today is the sin-power of the
lows plainly then that the greater our al.
Vantages the greater our cross will be. for
aosantages av. signify responsibilities and OPP
Speaking of the work in the new d,ocesa
the bishop said:
The first and foremost blessing that
!. ! would ask OF God for this diocese is that
1t may be perfectly Joined together In the
dnity OF the spirit OF love and the bond of
peace; that there may never be any feel
ing OF rancor or party spirit dividing
caersy @ from people or one part of the do
cese from another: that we may all be
OF one heart and one mind ia doing Christ's
work, and that each and all of us will
ieei thc terrible responsibility Of being
bond of union, ~
As for our outward work, we must wait
until 1t shapes itself before us. We cannot
forecast the future. The only wise course
- " pause untll We see what needs deyeloD
themselves or
Gods ways are not always our WAYS.
and we can hope for no success If we sIIl,-
sutute our methods for His own. 1T is sell
don the work we would most love to do
tnat God calls us to do. 1t is oftent.mes
tnat from which we most timidly shrink.
W nat We are all TO aim at is to face
realities and facts and to do Christ's own
work in Christ's own way. If our efforts
Tor the spread of Gods kingdom are die
tatea py any wrong spirit or selfish motive
theh, as all past church history shows
those efforts must sfsnally fail
In the afternoon Bishop Satterlee con-
Quoted confirm alton services at St Johns
Church, and delivered a brief address. In
the evening he confirmed class of sixty
CT at st. Paul's. and spoke eloauent!y
from the text "All things work together
for good to them that love Cod