New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
PART III.
TWELVE PAGES.

"A man OF large and generous sympathles'
II was with these words that Bishop Potter
characterized the Rev Dr. David Il Greer On
Ms election last week as Bishop Coadjutor "A
the Diocese OF New York 1t was WIN Ii~oN
the same words that HIS fellow chuTchii'ei.
thought OF him as they watched the rector %
St Bartholomew walk up the aisle o. '"e
Church OF tho Heavenly hest Ias' H''-~'
heard him say: 49, -
81 MAS bappy and contented in my neI1 %
~, and ,.oped in that field l would III Up
-. en- .,eas,l~e Of my usefulness TO my Oo~
o,5 my fellow men. 1t breaks my heerl ~
leave IT, But you have called me-
As he left the chaucel and took seat "a q
80 s,- this high eoclesiastic OF the Prot
ss-arr Episcopal church would have mace
,z-linr study for a stranger. de seemed 10
.,-rls,a Tho r1ildness Of the priest with the ag-
,-ef,-r,ass Of the business man. HIS eyes
,.s~a keen and penetrating. and showed by their
7Yi,k and incisive glances that they could read
character and detect deceit They were the
s,-,s o. q successful merchant. who had built
,,r a Great commercial house through his ability
I'D NICK good men and direct their work But
-r, f-ou WAS The brow of a scholar. 1t was
broad and high and calm. There was sort OF
cra#stral repose about the temples. 1t was the
r-o.y Of meditation and Of peace.
And yet brow and eyes cid not contrast as
s-~orrsy as brow and mouth. The informal
rlg-ache. the firm lips. the strong chin, seemed
20 show physical force and achievement Such
q man could never hide life Of scholastic Sc
r,us.5n His greatest pleasure must lie in ac-
-.1r He would love work for works sake. and
SNORT Tor the exercise and eXhilaration IT gives
such man might be an engineer or a contrac-
tor yachtsman or horseman.
When DR.. Greer first took the rectorship OF 81
Fa--holo1nev's fifteen years ago, there were
-l7r mo-
some on learning OF his love for horses, AID
l,.- he was wont 10 ride along the countryside
on -he gallon. shook their heads with TIE "
mark
y fear that ne is worldly"
And these critics thought that they found
evidences here and there which substantated
their fears When they called to see the rector
st his parsonage they found him talking with
Ills narishioners dressed in an everyday bust
ness suit. Others believed that the reason why
The rich were especially fond Of St Bartholo-
news. and why that church embraced in its
membership SO many milIionaires. was because
--e rastor left out Of his sermons anything
which might offend them, and by his personal
efforts sought to interest and entertain them.
And when these critics went TO visit the rector
TT his country house they found him as eagerly
engaged IN outdoor sports though he were q
young clubrlan.
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