The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-17
THOU SHALT GUIDE NE
Bishop Tuttle at st. Johns
Church.
MANY PIONEERS PRESENT
Listened Again to the Man Whose Flo
quence Stirred Montana Thirty
Years Ago-An Able
Sermon.

crowded yesterday morning. Addi-
tional chairs were placed in the aisles
and in that part of the main room ad-
Joining the vestibule reserved for extra
ordinary occasions for standing room
only" In the audience were noticed
large number of Montana pioneers.
whose presence was occasoned by the
desire to see and hear their old friend
and counsellor. Rt. Rev. Bishop D. S.
futile of Missouri, so years ago or more
bishop of Montana, Idaho and Utah.
The bishop is in the best of health, and
he spoke yesterday with that JUNCTION
and earnestness which characterized lis
exhortations in the early days of Mon
tana, when he used to travel hundreds
of miles by stage coach and preach at
every station and school house in the
settlements through which he passed.
Bishop Tuttle is a well preserved man,
large of stature, ditto of heart and
typical Christian gentleman. The music
of the choir was of the excellent order.
The services were opened by Rev. j.
]. Bowker of the Centerville parish, who
read the lesson suggested in the ninth
chapter of Exodus.
Bishop Tuttle spoke from the text
found in the 10th verse of the 14Ith
Psalm: HE giveth snow like wool;
He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes"
The sermon throughout was an exnor-
tation to praise God, to live lives of
righteousness even in the face of the
most adverse circumstances. In the
hour Of poignant grief when the death
of dear one makes the whole world
seem black and froWning, when your
heart beats would seem to be mockins
your very miserable existence by their
tortuous knocks-it is then the glory
of the divine God, the wisdom of His
acts and the great need of His counsel
come before you with the grace of
heaven.
The bishop impressed his hearers
with the philanthropy and thorough
comprehensiveness of the poet which Is
likened unto the psalmist of holy writ.
In a Homer and a Shakespeare the
world clearly sees wherein 1t has prof
tied. The experiences of the poet leave
upon the minds of men a lasting i'm
preston, which in the ordinary condi-
ton of things forms a lesson eternal in
it's fruitful effects. In the Psalms are
found the most precious gems of scrip
ture. Down through the ages, during
the years measured by many centuries
the songs of the Psalms have been sung
by all nations, classes and creeds. The
church choir of to-day continues to
chant the Pslams and thus perpetuates
that which was inaugurated in the jew
ish synagogues 1000 years ago. And
the church of Christ from its inception
has embodied as if by sacred instinct
those things found in the Psalms. They
are intensely human-they are the out-
breathings of the human heart.
REWRITING to the text, the bishop said
that after going but a short ways tut
of childhood the realm of sin bursts
forth in it's hideous brilliancy. There
the world Is seen for the first time since
leaving the domain of innocent and
pure childhood. Who wonders, when
you think of the greatness of the uni
verse and the littlenass f oneself that
God is too busy to have regard for the
Individual? But that, said the bishop,
is dreary thought. The psalnist at
times was veXed and troubled. Just AS
men to-day are worried and grjevcd
over their condition in life. The rsalm-
list, though, turned to God and in Him
and through His spirit of influence upon
the human mind sought and obtained
relief and comfort
To-day the man who is seemingly VIC
timized by adversely wonders and mar
wells at the thought of his fellow man
Nho enjoys the :uXuries 10 be acquired
through the influence Of wealth, and
asks why it is that God in His divine
mercy mas Wllleu SUCH dl uHtNgH u'F'-
tributon of tie things that are consid-
cred earthly good Man brings upon
himself more or less trouble. be he rich
Or poor. It IS mans du'v to frl:uW in
The guiC'irg footsteps of righteousness
of the psdlmist who, in the hour IF
trouble, walke to the temple and there,
in the solemn presence of his own cen
science. said: 'Thout shalt guide me-"
Here the noted preacher drew beau
tiful word picture, adjuring his hearers
to never let faith go out of their hearts.
God, he explained, permits. but does not
appoint sin.
In the afternoon Bishop futile ad-
dressed the Centerville congregation
and in the evening again preached to a
large congregation in st. Johns:
This evening the public will accord
the pioneer bishop a reception in the
| Auditorium. when the guest of honor
will indulge in reminiscent talk of pio-
| neer days in Montana. Tomorrow
| evening the ladies of the church Will
hold a reception in his honor at the
| ros;loroa Of Mr. and Mrs w TiltOD