The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-27
PREACHES AGAIN TO PARISH
BISHOP LINES THANKSGIVING
SERMON AT ST. PAUL,S.

Former Congregation Deeply Affected
by Reference to separatiOn-APPro-
PIRATE Texts Chosen-seIection of New
Rector s1III Undecided by Committee.
Yesterday at st. Paul's church was a
! day long to be remembered by the peo-
pie of this parish, which was due to the
presence of and delivery OF the Thanks
giving sermon by their beloved ex-rec-
tor, Bishop Lines, now of the diocese
of Newark. The church was crowded
to the doors. The bishop read as his
text the whole of the first chapter of
Philippians, as being expressive of his
feeling at parting with his loved people.
Specially appropriate were many of the
passages, such as the following:
IT thank my God upon every remem-
brance Of you
Always in every prayer of mine for
you all making requests with joy
Being confident Of this very thing
that he which hath begun a good work
in you, will perform it unto the day of
Jesus Christ"
Even as it is for me to think this
of you all, because have you in my
heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds.
and in the defence and confirmation of
the gospel, We all are partakers of my
grace"
For God is my record, how gently
long after you all in the bowels of Jesus
! Christ"
And this pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowl-
edge and in all judgment"
"That We may approve things that ars
excellent; that We may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ
Being filled with the fruit of right
eousness, which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God"
But 1 would we should understand,
brethren, that the things which happen
ed unto me have fallen out rather unto
the furtherance of the gospel"
$50 that my bonds in Christ are man
ifest in all the palace and in all other
places"
For I know that this shall turn to
my salvation through your prayer, and
the supply of the spirit of Jesus
! Christ .-. as.
| According to my earnest expectation
and my hope, that in nothing shall be
ashamed, but that with all boldness, as
always, so now also, Christ will be mag
nified in my body, whether it be by life
or by death" g..
"Only let your conversation be as it
becometh the gospel of Christ; that
whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, may hear of your affairs, that
We stand fast in one spirit, with one
mind striving together for the faith of
the gospel ~ T. .
AS these passages were being read in
tones of the deepest feeling the effect
upon the congregation was apparent.
Many an eye grew moist and the sub
dued coughing from many parts Of the
church was but to conceal emotion. The
loss of the rector who had been called
to the high office he now holds was felt
by ALL and one member of the congre-
CATION remarked in conversation: 'Tru-
ly did Bishop Brewster speak when he
said at the ordination of Bishop Lines
that New Haven could better spare al
DR.. Lines as rector and citizen was in
valuable, and as a citizen he was iden-
titled actively with many of the city's
best interests" ,s
The Thanksgiving sermon by Bishop
Lines was inspiring in it's CONVINCING
proof of the benefits enjoyed by citizens
OF this country. He said among other
things that the abundant crops In the
west may well be taken as evidence of
divine benefaction, since the plentitude
Of cereals has done much to avert what
might have been a panic due to the ca
tastrophe in financial circles during the
past few months.
| The significance of the day, the pres
ence of the beloved bishop and the pur-
port Of his sermon combined to make
the sermon service memorable to the
congregation that crowded the church
The choice of rector to succeed DR.
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