The sun., 1900-12-23

Tho chief man IN n firm Il working to spread
bi- own bread thicker with lam The Bishops
aim I. TO secufr tho sriri,,sl and material
! welfsrs Of others That I. why he has put
| his shoulder h. tho work ~ building cathedral
on tho Heights He has talked for II. preached
for II, raised money for ". and as President
Of the Board - Trustees has been vitality
concerned In the practical construction NJ ~
Services arc being held every Sunday In tho
crypt already. and Bishop Potter believes
that In after years. as the city moves up
ward, the Cathedral will he tho centre ~ tho
work Of tho Church One Of his plans In con-
neotion with the Cathedral II 70 establish a
choir school. like those ut Kings College,
Cambridge, Magdalen College. oxford. and
st Pauis Cathedral. London These schools
have been carefully studied by one Of tho
Bishops representatives 80 that their good
points may be borrowed by the new school
and their defects avoided, This school would
set high standard for church music,
Besides his work with the churches tho
Bishop also has many duties to meet along
collateral lines lie Is President Of the mis-
sionary society. a trustee Of various church
funds. an officer In all kinds Of assoca tions.
from a Sunday-school society to a home for
INDECENT women. or n refuge for poor sailors,
These might seem enough interests for one
man to carry, but they by no means exhaust
the Bishops list, lie is head. also. Of the
Ssterhood Of tho Good Shepherd of New York,
which has under its care home and training
school for girls. another school for young
girls. a summer home for working girls. n
summer homo for women and children. and
a clothing bureau for the benefit Of the worthy
poor. He Is also Official visitor at o free
Church Home for Incurables. at q Conva.es-
cent Hppa for Man md Rows in DutOhesa
county. at the Ssterhood Of St. Mary. at many
schools. and at the Home for the Relief OF tho
Destitute Blind at Amsterdam avenue and
i04th street Even these are not all tile
benevolent institutions In which the Bishop
shows an active interest. but they serve as
| samples Of his activities When he visits an
institution II Is not perfunctory performance
or form al hve-minute call. where he re-
ceives the dry bones OF a report with his hat
In his hand and dashes OF again after hnsty
! good-by. He knows the inmates and they
| know him. and the lame. the halt and the
! blind who have found refuge through the
kindness Of the Church look forward 70 these
visits "a II they were from friend.
Outside of church work the Bishop ls inter-
ested 10 all sorts OF things for the good OF the
! public. He 10 a trustee OF the New York
| Public Library. and Is connected also In an
NI1Clul FfpDclty WIN inc NeW 1OTh We al u
| Ear Inflrmary. Thirteenth street and Second
| avenue. Bat with all his wide ran sc Of benevo-
| lent activity he does not neglect the secular
world He is President OF the Pennsylvania
! Club OF New York and Vice. President Of the
Century Association. The time spent IN meet
| ing the demands OF these Is comparatively
email; but he is q man 90 popular with his
| fellow men. SO much In demand for dinners
| and meetings Of every sort, in town and out,
| that u he accepted all the invitations crowded
| upon him he could do nothing else. He has
| broad syinpathles lie may visit one OF the
strictest religious houses OF the Church one
| hour. and In the next preside at meeting
| In behalf OF church work for members c.
| tho dramatic profession; and in each case
his clear sight shows / IN the governing ethics
| OF the situation. II Ia this breadth Of gym
pathy that makes him appeal TO SO widely
differing classes Of men and women.
Bishop Pottcr's practice always exceeds
| his preccpt. 40 said 10 friend once that
| lie found IL the most difficult thing In the
world to get things well done unless lo did
! them self. People in ger cral. ne tho4GDt,
/ shunued responsibility. They did not like
| to do hard thing. they tried to escape
saying TO those under their charge what
was disagrceable The bishop is never
| cism ia one Of his characteristics. and he Is
| "a prompt TO Ieprove the most powerful
clergyman in his diocese II he needs 1t MS d
servant In his own house The Bishop him
| sell does thoroughly what his hand fnus "a
do and he expects the same OF others. lie
sees quickly where blame ought TO be put
| and though he does not hesitate to locate the
fault he is as quick in giving his praise where
II Is deserved.
Bishop Potter Is tenacious OF his purposes
as one little incident told by an interested
I friend shows well Willie he was a Clergy
man at Grace Church he found among the
force Of men employed in keeping the church
7 repaired and in good condition a carpenter
who was faithful and efficient In the small
work he had to do. After he became Bishop
he wanted trustworthy man TO take charge
OF certain church buildings 1t was a place
| Of responsibility and IL was not carpenter
work Nevertheless. he wanted the oarpen-
ter. The Bishop sent and the carpenter came.
but did not want the place The Bishop did
not press the point but some time aftcrward
summoned him again In spite OF some
urging the carpenter refused again Finally
| the Bishop sent him word to come q third time.
| The carpenter met his appointment. perfe city
| certain that he would not say yes" but be-
! fore fifteen minutes were over the Bishop 9
| sympathy and eloquence had mastered him.
| lie accepted the place. and the Bishop had
| the satisfaction of knowing that he had gained
| his point and had secured also one man ct
! least In n subordinate position who could
| accept responsibility.
The Bishops me Is never his own. Even
at his homo visitors come and 20 constantly.
| In such life as the Bishops dinner at home
becomes luxury. and an unin ntorrupted
hour almost an lmpossbility. Mrs. Potter.
! like the Bishop. is a great worker. In her
way. she Is as busy as her husband
| Ono of the important enterprises UNDER
| taken by the Bishop recently was a trip to
| the Philippines. 10 look over the religious
| situation there. The Rev. Percy Grant went
as secretary to write the report. which has
| not yet been published Recently, of course.
| the Bishop has been most prominently be-
| fore tho public in connection with the anti
vice crusade. lie does not care 10 talk much
| about 1t. But friends. who have his conf
| dcnce, say that with the multitude of his
| duties. he feels that he could not personally
| conduct the crusade. His strong desire
| moreover. is to keep II undenominational.
| He thinks that in this way only can the great
est good bc accomplished. His desire has