The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
REV. ANSON P. STOKES
BREACHES 4 STRONG SERMON BE.
 TORE THE ENGLISHMEN

: On the Bond of Sympathy Between America and Great Britain Pay,
 Tribute to the Late Queen-The Open
 Eible and Sunday Observance Promi-
 nent Features in the Life of Both
 Nations.
 Red Cross lodge and w. E. Gladstone lodge, Order Sons of St. George, as has
 been their use and wont for many
 years past, attended St. Pauls church
 last night in honor of their patron
 saint.
 The members met at St. Georges
 hall and walked to the church in a
 body where they were accommodated
 with seats in the area of the church.
 They were headed by Albert F. Ras-
 l1ell, the president of Red Cross lodge and Roscoe ". Reeves, president of w. I D. Gladstone lodge.
 r. Rev. pr. Zines, rector of the church,
 welcomed the members to St. Pauls church and referred to the great pleas
 ure it gave him to have them meet there once a year Under the direction Of
 MT Weld the vested choir of the churoh
 rendered special music and the hymns
 sung were appropriate for the occasion. { The Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, curate
 of St Paul's, addressed the members al some length on the bond of sympathy | that united the two great English | speaking countries of the world. | In the opening Rev. MT. Stokes allud- ! ed to the work of this worldwide be-
 nevolent sociaty, and the peculiar fit
 ness by which it's two New Haven
 branches should at leas. once year
 meet formally together under the aus pices of the church.
 The bond of sympathy between our nation and England became especially apparent at the time of the death of England's queen. The Sons of St. George have had a deep and true re- gard for the depth of her character and the cleanness of her life. But her death showed also that she held place in American hearts. The adjournment of congress, the churches all over the land thronged with devout worship pers. the messages of theipresident and state governors, special resolutions of sympathy passed by our legislatures and other public bodies-these all were but the external signs of deep ground ed community of spirit.
 But this community of spirit is not of recent date. This is shown by the ttn otf Nf pfr1Q md n n time of the deaths of Lincoln and of Garfield; her appreciation of our men of letters, such as Lowell, Longfellow Poe, Irving, and other writers-her ef- forts to bring about treaty of arbitra- tion with this country, and her recent | assistance to prevent European com pact against us during the Spanish war, On the other hand, America has not | lacked in her supreme interest in Eng land.
 Gladstone is better known to us than | Bismarck, and our appreciation of him | is greater although historical critic, might name the latter as the greater | statesman. The great budget speech ! lately delivered before the house of commons and printed in our daily news papers would have received no atten- tion by our press if delivered in Russia or in Germany. Since, therefore, this bond of sympathy exists, it would be well to ascertain it's causes. They do not lie in the form of government nor in the structure of society of the two countries, for in these they radically differ, nor in the economic policy, for we are commercial rivals one on a free trade and the, other on a protectionist basis The causes lie in a common lan- guage, common literature, common moral ideals and common religion.
 These four causes are expressed in the King James version of the Bible. In language 1t is the recognized standard, being pronounced by the historian Greene as the noblest example of the English tongue. At Harvard lessons are prescribed from the Bible to the stu dents in English composition
 The Bible is the greatest example of the common literature of England and America. We read the same Shakes peare and Tennyson, Cooper, Lowell and Scott, and these names form stronger bond between us than any treaty But the other of English literature can- not compare in circulation with the Bible.
 The two nations are linked together oy the same broad moral and religious ; deals, as applied to the school the family and the individual. Both are Or political freedom, and this is not he case with Russian or wholly with ( Germany. Both are for the sanctity of ' he home; the French language con- aims no equivalent for the English 1 word home. Both set aside Sunday as l day of rest as opposed to the conti- , rental usages. s So we see that in and through the ( English Bible lies the origin of those intangible ties between Old England f md New England, which grow stronger I md stronger as the years go by. I COT r ,ETNT TN coon cIJADrD c