The record-union., 1899-02-06
LIVING FOR SELVES ALONE.
BISHOP MoRELAND breaches
ON RIGHT LIVING.
Words Of Christ Applied to the
Ranks Of Mankind-In-
augura1 Sermon.


st. Paul's Episcopal Church yesterday
morning, the occasion being the first
appearance of Rt. Rev. w. H. More
land, Bishop of Sacramento and North
ern California. His sermon, which was
brief. clear and eloquent, was based
on the words of Christ: Il am among
you. as He that serveth."
The speaker began by saying that
there are now, as there have been from
the earliest times, two distinct views
of life-that of those who strive TO get
all they can out of life, and that OF
those who give all they can for the. WEI
fare of mankind.
The work of the Master" he con-
tinued, ''was to serve others, ana he
taught that we should give all we can
of ourselves to. life. I now call upon
every person here to reflect that every
human being now living VIII soon
be dead and, in view of the meet
ing character of life, it is Well
to ask ourselves: What is the
aim and purpose of our lives? TO some
life is a battle from the plane of self
ishness, and their answer would be that
they live for the fruits of fortune
dress, driving, fine homes on the best
streets, amusements, and those things
that minister to their own wants solely.
And if I were to run a line down the
els,es here now, which should separate
those who live for themselves from
those who serve others, fear honesty
would compel you to rush into the
space devoted to those who serve them
selves.
"Rut. my friends, that is not the true
philosophy of life; it is far from the
purposes Of Christ's religion. He taught
that service is the end and purpose OF
life. A bird is not bird unless 1T flies,
q fish is not fish unless it swims-
and a man is not man, IN the proad,
true sense. unless he serves his fellows
and makes the world better for his
presence. The great men served the
race in the past, as they must ever do.
The student over his midnight oil, the
philosopher dissecting the universe, the
nachinist teaching steel and steam to
serve mankind = these illustrate one
form of service.
God hasten the day when the people
will cry 'Shame!' at the public officer
who uses the office for himself. Some
times a rich man dies and nobody but
his own family feels the death more
than if a fly had died. His death af-
fects nobody; his life made nobody bet
ter, and when he goes there is feeling
that no great moral force has been
subtracted from the world. Or it may
be woman who dies, having passed
her life in the service of clothes and
style alone When she passes away 1t
is found that the world has lost only
a dressmaker's model-no more. Some
times poor man dies and the world
mourns and misses him because his life
has been one of loving service, as in
the case of Bishop Phillips Brooks,
whose death made everybody who knew
him feel sad at the worlds great loss.
He was a profitable servant, walking
through the world to do good.
Sometimes we leave rich mans
funeral feeling that the most that can
be said of the dead is that he made
money, built himself fine houses, and
had fast horses He believed that the
country should feed the poor, and often
said that if all men worked as he did
there would be no poor; he gave no
money to the church, and spent no time
or money to better the world. He OBJ
served all the commandments except
the two most vital ones-to love God
and love your neighbor
THE kind of men the world needs is
men like certain Bishop in England,
who was described as "a tall man help
ing somebody When such men die we
miss that vacant place, that empty
chair
In conclusion the Bishop urged all to
help him in his efforts to- make this
part of California purer and better than
it was before, thus realizing the religion
of Christ. Rich and poor alike owe
more than they give to the service of
mankind.
Last night Bishop Moreland preached
at st. Andrews Mission, Twenty third
and X streets The church was well
filed.