New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-13
THE DEAN OF ELY.
AMERICANS TO HEAR THE VERY REV
DR. CHARLES WILLIAM STCBBS.

One OF the most conspicuous figures in the
contemporary English pulpit is Charles Will
lam Stubs, the Dean Of Ely. In England he
has long been reputed a powerful orator in the
service OF the Church. and not only has he
gained exceptional distinction as a preacher
and a lecturer. but, by his miscellaneous writ
ings, ne has commended himself to the
ceptance OF literary critics and OF a wide pub
nc or Judicious readers. Unlike those clergy
men who devote themselves exclusively 10 theo-
logical studies and abstract dsquistion Dean
Stubs has made excursions in literature and
has examined and discussed some of the prac-
teal vital questions Of tie day.-concerninG
the relief OF the poor. the condition and needs
Of laborers. the welfare Of artisans in the great
manufacturing centres the advancement of
woman. and the education of the masses. His
life. accordingly. has been one of practical in
dustry and effort for the good of others and.
while building honorable renown for him
self. he has been. in large sense Of the word,
a public benefactor 1t was inevitable that
the reputation of such thinker and such
worker should extend beyond the limits Of his
own country, and that the name of the good
Dean of Ely should become known in America
as well in England.
DEAN STUBBsS RECORD.
The Very Rev. DR.. Charles William Stubs.
Dean Of Ely born in Liverpool Septem-
Der 8 1915. He comes of old Yorkshire
family members of which have hOnorably fig
ured in English history ever since the time of
Richard H. He received his education at
Quaker school at Southport; at the Liverpool
ROYAL Institution (where the present Bishop
Of Ripon was Of his companions). and at
Sidney Sussex College. Cambridge: and from
M To-, graduated
with hoaors In 1865 he was ordained curate
OF St Mary's Sheffield and there he began
his practical work as a clergyman. his SIN
cerity humanity. and energetic zeal speedily
endeared him TO his Pensioners, and among
the working people Of Sheffield he gained not
merely popularity but devoted friendship HE
next ecclesiastical office was that Of Vicar OF
scarborough in Bucknghamshre. where he
lived and labored for thirteen years. HIS SYM
pathies were early enlisted in favor or the
working classes, and while at scarborough ne
published his addresses on Village Politics.
book which. with equal cogency and eloquehce
declared and enforced the political and social
rights and claims Of those who toll. Dean
Stubs took an active part in the agitation Tor
the benefit of agricultural laborers which was
carried on by Joseph Arch in 1872. and he
was one of the founders Of the Birmingham
Allotments Associati0n-a society devoted TO
the same interest. From 1878 to 1881 he held
the Office of Commissioner Of Education to the
Government Of Siam In 1881 he became Vicar
of Stokenham Devonshre where he wrote and
published his Primer OF Politics for Working
men," and in the same year he was named
Select Preacher at Cambridge University In
1888 he was Select Preacher at Oxford HIS
sermons on those occasions. published under the
title Of Christ and Democracy" are treasured
as among the most liberal. practical and IN
fuental that have been heard in the Engnsh
pulpit In 1888 Dean Stubs accepted the posi-
ton OF rector Of Wavertree, near Liverpool ana
while there he labored with diligence and sue
cess TO promote the cause OF popular educatoi
In 1894 Mr. Gladstone. cordially recognizing MS
Progressive spirit and eminent services. pre-
fcrred him to the Office Of Dean OF Ely. ana AT
the beautiful Cathedral which in that ancient
city. rears itself in lonely splendor over the
Colds and fens Of Cambridgeshirc, ~ has ever
ance presided.
INFLUENCED by SURROUNDINGS.
No man possessed Of fine and cultivated
mind poetic scnaibility. and a sympathetic tenn
r,o-ar,4nt could dwell in such place as Ely
without being continually and d"eply affected
~ its grandeur. its beauty. its venerable an
t;.ui.y. and its hal!owed associations. Dean
s,,,l,,,s has not dwc!, there in vain. One OF his
mot es,eer.cd works is entitled Historical Me
rr.rioia q !;ly Cathedral.'-a book not less val
80 fc, ecclesiastical history and Archaeology
ca Information than for lncidity Of style ana
<ic,,v - artistic embellishments TO live be
meath the shadow q one Of the stately oid
o,,odra.s az England is necessarily. to be
dominated no: only by the sublime emotions OF
ba alluTrUrutS