The sun., 1901-10-13
pr Donald. sensation -

4 great sensation We are told in
.ur Dispatches from san Francisco,
w1s produced IN the Episcopal General
Convention when the Rev. Dr T. WIN
CHESTER Donald II Boston introduced
a resolution allowing Bishops 10 assume
oversight Of congregations not m unl'n
with that Church. Il seems that he had
omitted requirement tnct their minis
tcr4 should bo Episcopal ciergymen. mud
when asked whv he had done 50, replied
calmly that in his oplnion II l. not
necessary for man tn he an ordained
clergyman to oflciatc M a sacrament.
II was not however. n new position with
Dr. DONALD, for long ago he had -s-
planned and defined II
He l. one of the strongest men In the
clergy Of the Episcopal church. and his
attitude toward questions IN dispute
in II was Indicated bv his selection 10 los
the s,lcocssor of Bishop PHILLIPS Brooks
in the rrctorshp ot Trinity Church at
Boston. DR. DoN.Lp Is also man
notable for having tho courage of hI"
convictions He IL never afraid Ia eN-
press the faith that ~ IN h,m. and he
disdains evasion and compromises
4 suggestion as 10 the convictions
which induced him 10 make the reply
which caused So much Commotion M
the General Convention j. furnished m
AN article contributed by pr. DoNALD
10 the outlook two year' ago IL was
entitled True and False Sacerd"tol-
ism" and was marked throughout hv
originality of thought and Vigor oi eN-
prcsSlon. HIS main point was that
the idea of human mediation il fuuda-
mental and elemental truth re pctuat"l
throughout the lifc Of man. tn" priest
hood. he said. j. one ~ the permanently
fixed institutions of humanity, but u
ia indcpcndent of ccclesiasticiSm and
lives con reJcly even when, a. "a thcp-
rs,ically unsound abstraction, Il - dis
credited and discarded
Rome" he saws again. did not
create and does no. now perpetu1tc
the priesthood. m9nklnd's constitutional
belief in mediltor-hip originated aud
maintains Rome This bclet j. pure
huruluitv giving utterincc to it- IN
eradicab,e constitutional feeling that. an
som. mysterious vet very real way, IA"
mower nf mehiainr-hip - lodged in ~,
that what the individual cannot -"cur"
from Heaven through his own act may
be gnined through anoth"rs. and,
as an illustration. he cites the company
of a sinking ship searching out n minis
tor among the passengers IN order 10
h,d him to kn"cl and supplicate Gon
in their behalf " Why. hc asks. i a
minister especially sought OUT The
troubled man goes straight
To- the man who he believes ~ a man
" PRAYER. who impr"ss"S hun as living
dailv IN the presence ni th" Infinite. ~
home with Con. manifrstlv Characterrd
nv Influences which he cannot ira"c -
human snurc.-- " Men do not resort
10 an cvil-doer. 20 fiippant jester, or
tn 'har,i-hcadcl business man for
heln "a draw nigh to Con, but " instinct.
with an almost iuorrant guidance. leads
them tn embodied spirituality. 10 VI"
man who has fought his own haitl"> oH
his knees "
In the ndlufaA NNHNfTt wv 'lfIlA''Il~
tai. universal human instinct tuc~ 20
90, ii4cf orgaius"d. pruo~ol~ nr
poNNp. and therefore natural saver
do, ,lsm DEVELOPS into o'io.Hl sao'rdr'-
allsin' "'hc oaici,l priest - hy ,us''u-
t,nn authunyci ~ d. vha' the natural
pr,..-' has slr~adv dor" thHt l. prob
ally the whole oi O hY' the am
ri'iy haz alwavs i-ru iust tDn many
oni,ia. trr-i- rr- not usiura' rri~-i-
ve have given siuIl'. 'l" g~'"'sl
dr.ft oi nr puNaIp's su..i". hb from
II ~iIl h. discovered that whale hr r-ssri-
~ institutional Jn~sths.d o. n"'.--srv
10 r...ucnIr.Hs 'hHt thsv~ is si-1 ns'urul
Ir,s-iilspl
o. .. v.-s 90 uuieI stand ih.f'i uf".
viiy. ~t'h raoh N"~ - -s0"ft'ial'srp.
tis 49,, no r-r'"r Il TRINITY hur, n
At Eastan would save oIp-u ths douT o.