The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-04

ting him for whatever OF dignity or au-
thority he is To receivel lie Is 10 respect
the same conviction, and profess the same
Almighty compulsion at his admission 10
priesthood and bishophood, should they
come.
Dear friends. what have these men
done? what have all we of the clergy done
that we Should be captives chained 10
the chariot wheel Of the Almighty Victor?
We are men like yourselves; we have the
same wants: the same passions, the same
temptations. the same ambitions. Ihe
world is as fair 10 us as TO you. Its prizes
are Just as glittering 10 our young men
out of the university as 10 another both
standing together where the rOais part.
Why should the one feel over nedrt ana
conscience, leaving him no peace night
or day. the strange mystical call, wien
will not be denied and the other hear
only the sound of the world, the roar OF
the great city. and the trumpeis calling
to the summit
to the men who are not their OWL Criti-
else them Worry them, Misjudge them!
Turn coldly on them, The poor captives
Of Christ The HELPLESS. on Whpm lie mas
laid the bleeding hands and called away!
Ii is done sometimes. None Know 50 wei
as bishops how often and how bl.sterng-
~ and scaldingly and cruelty II = gone
Have mercy. friends, on the helpless Be
considerate to these pathetic slaves Of
your Lord
For our Lord came. lie declares Him
self, TO establish upon the earth the king
dom of heaven. which was To be the re-
suit Of redeeming men from their sirs.
The Church was, and is sacram entllly
that kingdom. IL was to consist Of Deo-
pie called OUT a select Few nut nt the
great mass. chosen and special, tOt ie-
cause they were better than other men,
nor because they were 10 receive greater
rewards than other men. but because, &C
cording TO the working Of the divine law
in all human history, there must be
first fruit type and model "A Select
organization, a normal body. which was
TO be the seed in one sense, the leaven IN
another into whose shape and kind and
spirit all the rest was 10 grow. Ihe end
iustifies the beginning. The harvest vim
dicates the sanctifed first fruits. The
leaven I'm itself is nothing offensive even,
and not pleasing as an Offering 10 God,
nor fit for the use of men. The leaVen IS
only justified by the leaVening. And the
kingdom of God is like leayen. The
Church's reason for being is that it may
make the whole world a kingdom OF God.
Ii is set to leaven.
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
So, there are Offices and callings and
places OF administration, rule and au-
thority in the church of God, and men
are called to them by the will of God, and
accepted by the suffrages Of men.
But these offices and authorities stand
by the organic, basic and constitutional
law Of the kingdom. and fulfill themselves
and are bound by that constitutional law.
| have, therefore desired on this occa-
sion not to dwell upon the authority, the
dignity. the rights, or the reverence due
20 office IN the church OF God. but rather
to the underlying basic purpose OF the
church and the thing, between God and
man. for which these offices stand.
From the Gospel OF st. John. which
| gives MS the most minute account Of what
| was said and done by our Lord on the
| night in which He was betrayed, except
and 1t is strong exception, which