Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-04

for the blind or the deaf. our oIpnan ~
lums. our refugees for the desu,uls, az
manifold charities Of CHRISTIAN n,s.,
stand to contradict every axiom OK pna
cal economy. TO laugh at every eo 49,.
sion OF the philosophy OF "surVivaA VI '. -
attest" and natural SELECTION anu
reveal the FACT that the laws OF nc
Kingdom of Heaven are workins a'o
men.
So. too the change In political order
from the kings OF the great dead enlpires'
who governed according to their own Ia',-
cies and used their high estates 10 sl".'
fy their own lusts, are gone he'ei
return. The law OF the kingdom may DO
broken, may be outraged, but IL Is new.
denied, and we remorselessly drag eseiy
leader, lord, and king OF men, Wna.ess'
ne mo we give him. TO the bar of the IN
exorabie law, and demand the 10" ieo'
service from the highest place. the neav-
lest load of care and toll from the ioitiest
honor, and stand upon the reveiaeion
made on Calvary, that the only rea.
human crown. for all mems love anu
loyalty. is a crown Of thorns.
In the lapse of years Christs words ana
deeds have grown to power III 'he iNv'
of the generations. We are more ciearly
seeing how the human answers 10 INC
divine: how the temporal, as we call IT,
lies in the encircling arms OF the EternaI;
how there is but one law, in all the aeohs'
for men and angels, for earth ana MA
ven.
The greatest is he who does the great
est service. The kinglest soul must stoop
the lowest and do the lowiiest service.
1t was a sort of parable, ana tooiisn as
one may think 1t, the loathsomest ols-
ease could be cured only by royal Manu-
The King touched" for the Kings evil!
uTho
days fast coming are not war lords
but peace lords; not leaders and organi-
zers of men armed for ambition or ma
tired. but of men poor and lost and strug-
Cling. to lead and lift them to light, TO
comfort and TO peace. The old, dlapohc
kingship. for it's own glory, has ned to
the Dit whence 1t came, to curse the
earth no more. And the new kingship
divine. that washes the wounded ana
weary feet of the century-worn pilgrim,
humanity. faint and sore-bestead, as II
struggles toward the dawn, this KING
ship of the Kingdom Of Heaven Is coming
to deliver.
For the Divine King showed us the
lesson plain. drew the veil from the
golden law. declared that earth must
| stand as Heaven stands, men must
| stand as angels and God stand, and
earthly kingship answer to the awful
| Kingship above the white heavens.
| Service is royalty.
The highest royalty takes the lowliest
| service. God stoops to cure the leper,
| TO serve the lame, to wash the rect OF
men. And so. men lift themselves ny
| Gods grace to royalties in the Kingdom
| of Heaven, and this earth into the light
| of it's redemption. by gladly recognizing
| the Law whose seat is the bosom Oh
| God" Lovingly living by it's royal de-
mands. they climb to the thrones and the
| crowns which pass not away.
WHAT THE CHURCH STANDS FOR.
And still the Church of God stands for
the type and norm Of the Kingdom OF
| God. Her law is brotherhood or she
has no law at ALL Her work is service,
| or she has no work and no reason to be-
She is worth just the service she does
and no more. A diocese is worth the
good it does. parish is worth the
service Il fulfls. A deacon, priest, or
bishop is worth only what lowliest ser
vice he does for the souls and bodies OF
| those for whom Christ died.
In such service only does church or
ministry find the character for It's claims
| There is no dignity and 20 authority
| that is not buttressed by the service
| rendered. / think We are all seeing TINS
/ am glad to believe l am not uttering
| anything new to you In these thoughts,
| drawn from the wonderful episode or
| that wonderful night l am only hoping
| 10 bring them out somewhat clearer, to
emnhasize the common conviction OF
| living Church more plainly.
And let me emphasize once more the
| fact that the service was mental and
| degrading service. a slaves service. 10
outward eye that only. But done Tor
love! See how that lifts II! Done by
mother to child, by son to father, by
| daughter to mother, by dear friend 20
dear friend, fallen and weary, and the
| service becomes noble and beautiful!
1t was done among the chosen, re-
member that; done as an example OF
Apostolic duty and ministerial obligation;
| done as a revelation of the humility and
| dignity OF the apostaship-'I have given
Won an example that ye should do as l
have done to you!"
The ministry OF the Church or Goa
| IS the servant of all. 1t holds Its dignity
under that law. There is no service TOO
humble, no place of help too lowly no
care too small, and all are royal and
| divine, If so be that love leads. For all
| these poor brethren the Lord lived and
| died and ever intercedes before the
| throne. For these He sent His Church,
| commissioned His apostles to the end OF
| time. and put the law of humility as the
| law supreme.
Dear brother beloved, and friend of
many years. you are called TO the highest
office in the Church of God. You VIII ma
| IL to worldly reckoning the lowest. You
| are voluntarily vowing TO be the servant
| Of all. To you all men will bring their
| burdens. and on you will be rolled the
responsibility of all failures. You VIII
stand as He stood. the servant OF all,
helm YOU. The Ioneliest man on earth Is
a bishop. The great Bishop only Will
| stand with YOU to help. And to have
| Him always shield and help you must
stand az He stood-the servant Of ALL
ready TO lay down your life for the
brethren. The only crown He can give
, YOU here Is the crown He wore himself
| You will watch with Him In Gethsemane;
| you will bear your cross after Him 10
1.-THE place of skulls; you, too, may De
land pray it may be your high honor en-
/ throned and crowned as was He. For
you live not 10 yourself. but TO the souls
| He loved unto the agony and the death.
But this high dignity of service you
| are to bear under conditions which are
| peculiar I'm their helpfulness and their
sustaining power You will execute your
| Episcopate in a diocese whose traditions
are a wall of defence as you go In ana
| out among your people, the consecrated
memories of its great and sanity bishops
| will be a perpetual benediction- YOU are
| to sustain the hands, and, II God so wills
| that he fall and you survive, take tne
| office and the place OF one whom all his
people and the whole Church love ana
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