The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

vRFrTTS FOR THE SUNDAY REPCBLIc
IN responss to numerous requests, I pre-
sent this week the names OF q number OF
Gsat1emsn aowne In the councils OF the
ehmch II Is q delicats matter to speak Of
the derry In the columns Of a journal pub
Hshd on Sunday. upon which day they are
sa1oosed 30 have the right Of way. Never
fhsa&ss I hGHs Tentured It hoping that thoss
WON I hETo reached to-day, because they
srS stsTed &e home to read the news. will
kESsh had Ghetr curiosity sufficiently aroused
b. my pm pictures Of the elect to 90 forth
nsza Sunday to hear what these gentlemen
eGPs 70 Ey-ehat Is, unless thu gentlemen
n@S Themselves gone away for the summer,
leasing the city In charge OF the police and
"a 6UTfGr assurance companies, which,
En~t0F6urateSys IL getting, I observe, to be a
Sl<4cai habit. although I do not say that IL
b wholly tne1cusabe clerical error.
WILBERFoRCB JENKINR
Ratnsford, William Stephen.
clergyman. president OF the Protestant
Episcopal Athletic Club chaplain Of the
United States Golf Association and Rector
ct St Georges, Excise Commissioner Of
me Diocese OF New York and Bishop OF
e~tuyTeseut Square- Is a New Yorker by
BIRTH having n-st seen light IN the Bor-
ouSh OF Dublin. Ireland, October 30. 1850.
Yves Oducated in England, where he be-
S~Uo RdOlAC4ouE IN I06 use Oh certain force
Fu Ang4o-SaIon terms, which he has used
with considerable effect in occasional in
FORMAL sermons, which he delivers at pub
lie dinnerA Studied golf at Edinburgh for
. number OF years with ths idea OF becom-
ing q professional, but later changed his
mind In favor Of the ministry, which gives
q man q Useful occupation without neces-
sarfly interfering with his golf.
was graduated St Johns College, Cam
bridge. in N72 and entered the ministry as
eurnte Of St GIles's. Norwich, England
but soon became homesick for the air of
Dublin. and came to the United States "a
missionary. His mission work IN this coun-
Try has been attended by remarkable suo-
cess as shown by the vast number of hos
pitfalls church clubs and golf links which
the heather OF this land owe to his efforts.
Believing that the best missionary effort
can only be performed by personal contact
with those most IN need OF help. he in 1ss3
became rector Of st. Georges Church, Nv
ing among his partshionerz and suffering
with them the privations OF nauseating lux
ury-
Many wealthy men, who might otherwise
rot have known hope for the future.
through his kindly direction and wise ex-
penditure on their behalf, now reckon the
harp and crown among their available as
sets. His sermons plain, outspoken and in
spring, have touched many pockets hither-
to believed TO be impenetrable and unsus-
ceptfbls to the preachings OF the pulpit
while his personality, big, strong and the in |
~osrnaton OF health has done much TO drive |
By sheer muscular force the Maynard from
the path OF vice into the fold OF virtue
It has been said Of him that he can DO
more with a word abruptly spoken than al
most any other clergyman in his baiIiwick
can do with 1000 sentences uttered suavely |
and with much eloquent gesticulation. Has !
incurred much criticism for his invention OF |
the church saloon. where sptrituous liquors
are Licensed to be drunk on spiritual prem
1ses. but he has been persistent in MS advo-
cacy OF his views. holding that you can
drive a man TO water, but you cannot keep
linn from drinking" Has been called by
less fortunate clergymea The Reverend
Spaicer," because OF the frequent
marriages he performs. but the general
quality OF his work IN this direction is excel
lent, his ties being tied well and his knots
as enduring as those OF any other
clergyman in the business.
His marriages are seldom overruled By
the courts, and while in other respects his
judgments are not always as Judicious as
some would like. the high purity OF his mo-
lives Il beyond question and the sum total