The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-13
AMONG THE HEIGHTS
Bishop Vincent's Great Lee
ture Last Night
WEATHER WAS INCLEMENT
But the Venerable Scholar Was
Enthusiastically Received.


ing the inclemency of the weather a
large and very attentive audience was
present The bishop spoke on the sub
ject Among the Heights" His hearers
were at once carried by his matches
eloquence to the shining and sublime
peaks Of the highest mountains and then
by comparison on to the grander, nobler
heights of Divine greatness. After TAX
ing his hearers from our own unvarying
elevation Of 1900 feet to the Yosemite, he
described its beautiful grandeur and con-
tinued:
Here, among the natural, rock-tipped
spires, among the towering mountains, a
chapel was founded. Savages looked on in
wonderment to Christian service in the
splendid wilderness Of the west"
Then across the seas, to the Yosemite
Of the Alps, the speaker carried his
thought; TO the spots where mighty con-
Querers Of a younger age had led their
barbarian hosts. To the south breaks
forth Mt Blanc in all his glory and his
wealth Of mist, his crown of snow reared
shimmering in the sun"
And now across the Mediterranean, to
the sandy wastes of barren Egypt where
the pyramids hold their silent sway,
monuments TO the crude, cruel ambition
Of prehistoric Pharaoh
Jaffa was a stepping-stone to Jerusalem
and the Holy Land. In lowly imitation
Of an humble Master, he preached on the
Mount of Olives. In the well from which
he drew his draught he saw the well Of
olden time. the well Of Rebeccah The
Arabs with their wound and rewound
turbans, their flowing robes, were living
Josephs Of the coat Of many colors.
Men, great men, whom others call ag-
nostics, atheists, radicals, yet pay trib-
ute to the powerful, overwhelming infiu-
ence Of Christ Jesus, whose home was
with those earlier Josephs.
1.-THE mightiest peaks the Hottest
heights Of Natures handicraft lose
height and bulk, lose majesty and
strength, when held in comparison with
the character Of those great men whose
lives have left their impression deepest
On the world. The clouds, though enW-
Gus of the mountains, left Oft their strife
with the mountain still unframed, lift
ing its placid head above the storm. The
ctorms OF bitter criticism have rolled
back harmless from the towering ma
iesty Of that Incompatible Man, whose
every thought, though with and ever for
the earth, was still among the heights"
The speaker then made a parable Of the
contest between the clouds and the noun
tain in which he said. in part: THE
% bot CT FoI
= destroy it By storms and tempest, iout
r'-o~ the storm had spent its force the
fountain stu stood firm and immova-
hle. So before all the great characters
Of run'an history, before Washington
and lincoln and Grant. before Napoleon
end Calvin and Michael Angelo and Lu-
Their and Moses stands the illustrious and
wonderful name of Jesus Christ, the
friend OF all true civilization and the
final hope and redemption of humanity"
THE SERMONS.
The capacity of the First NJ. E. church
was never greater taxed than at the
Sunday services when Bishop Vincent
preached. In the morning many went as
early as $40 O'Clock to got seats. Every
seat was occupied by the time the
preacher began his sermon At night the
crowd was greater still The rear outer
aisles were packed with people who could
not secure seats, and every step in the
stadrways to the balconies was occupied,
as we'll as the steps of the large r,.s-
trum. Hundreds were turned away at
the doors
The sermons were eloquent and force
ful. In the morning sermon Bishop Vim
cent talked along educational lines more
or less. He picked up, as it were a poor
waif in the streets and told how the
great educators of the country would
train the walf. by first taking him away
from Its sinful surroundings and placing
st IN good and new surroundings. In the
various steps to high and noble life. he
iilkened the treatment 20 gods kindergar-
ten system by which He first led the
Israelites out Of their bondage. away
from the sinful surroundings and gave
them their first lessons away down on
Mount Sinai
At night Bishop Vincent preached on
the Bible as book of revelation. He
said that the Bible was not intended to
reveal the mysteries Of God, Heaven or
he'll: that Jesus had once answered a
question OF one Of His disciples who had
asked about a mystery: What is that
70 thee?" The Bible. he said. Is COM
piled revelation Of all that man needs-a
revelation Of duty and the divine idol OF
human character.
Bishop Vincent left on the $40 train
north.
REMARKARIE RESCrE