The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-05


ed on the lines he recommended. His
suggestions for allaying the ritualistic
strife were also followed, with good
results. The same kind of thing has
happened several times before.
Anomalous as 1t may seem, this man
is not ambitious. He will not leave
his West Indian work for any prefer
ment. The Church of England in ia
maica is disestablished and poverty
stricken, and his stipend is, therefore,
considerably less than $1,000 year.
Some time ago. when Bishop
Creighton died, DIR. Nuttall was Of
fered the Bishopric of London by
Lord Salisbury. The stipend of that
see is $4,000 a year, and the position
is second in importance only to that
OF the Archbishop of Canterbury. to
which it is often the stepping-tone,
as it was in the case of Archbishop
Temple. There was great difficulty in
filling the see satisfactorily. Lord
Salisbury wanted one man, King Ed
ward another. the Primate a third.
Then somebody suggested the Arch
bishop of the West Indies, and all
three agreed that he would be the
best possible man for the position.
But when ii was offered to him he re-
fused it. Money and preferment Of
fered no temptation to him. He liked
his old work and poor pay in ia
maica better than 10000 a year in
London.
The ArchbishOp's Early Romance.
DIR. Nuttall is a remarkable man in
many other ways.
He was born in Yorkshire of COM
paratively humble parentage, and rose
to his high position in the English
Church without any of the usual ad-
! vantages of wealth, influential connec-
tons and special education.
He was a Wesleyan minister in his
| younger days, and was sent out to ia
maica as a missionary. There is a
rule among Wesleyans in the West In
dies that their ministers must not mar
ry unless they have reached certain
position and income, and obtained the
! approval of the ruling body in the
church. Enos Nuttall fell in love, but
| could not get the requisite permission,
as he held an humble position at that
| time. He insisted on marrying with
out 1t. at the cost of leaving the Wes-
leyan community. 1t was a good thing
for him and good thing for the An
glican Church in the West Indies. He
got a beautiful and charming wife,
| who has helped him greatly in his life
work, and to whom he is devotedly at
! tached. while the church got its great
leader and most forceful personality.
Naturally. there was some prejudice
| against him in the church after he be-
| came ordained as an Episcopal clergy
| man, but he soon conquered that, and
4 by rapid degrees became recognized as
| the ablest man, the best preacher, and
the cleverest organizer the church pos
| sessed. When the Bishop of Jamaica
retired in 1880, his election by the SYM
| Cd to fill the vacant see was fore
1 gone conclusion, and he was conse-
Grated Bishop in st. Pauls Cathedral,
London, on Oct. 2S, 1880, by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, assisted by nu-
merous other prelates.
An Ecclesiastical Statesman.
At that time the Church of England
| in Jamaica was in a bad way. Ten
/ years before a law had been passed
| providing for it's disestablishment and
| abandonment 1t had grown very
poor and the stipends of many of the
clergymen were barely sufficient to
keep body and soul together. 1t was
question whether the church would
not have to give up it's work wholly or
| in part. But, under Bishop Nuttall's
energetic rule, it rapidly increased in
/ wealth, influence and usefulness. 1t
| Is still poor, but he has placed 1t on a
| sound basis. Some OF the clergymen
were not all that could be desired in
| holiness of life The Bishop dealt with
them sternly and strongly. turning
them out of the church despite pro-
| tests from influential connections and
| important congregations.
/ Then, having got his own church in
1 to decent order, he looked out for new
/ fields to conquer. He saw that the
| Anglican churches In the various West
Indian islands were isolated commu-
mites, having no connection or CORES
| spondence with one another. which Is
| contrary to Anglican ideas. BY master
| ly diplomacy, he welded them into one
strong, united church. The new title
| of Archbishop of the West Indies was
| created, and DIR. Nuttall was the only
| possible man to whom it could be CIV
| en-.
The Bishops of Barbados, Trinidad
| Antigua, British Guiana, Nassau and
| British Honduras are subject to him.
| That is to say, he is the highest &C.
| clesiastical authority over all Great
south of Canada. By remarkable
craftsmanship, he has succeeded In
keeping this immense diocese abso-
lutely free from the many quarrels
which have agitated the Church Of
| England within recent years. In the
| West Indies, under ID. Nuttalps rule,
there is no ritualistic controversy; no
| Suite over TIE NIlttClSLls
Universal Adviser.
His success in ecclesiastical admins
| tration gave him a great reputation in
| certain circles in England, and won the
admiration OF Mr.. Gladstone, Lord
Rosebury, Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Balfour
| Mr.. Chamberlain and many other lead
| ing English statesmen. This is how he
has become a kind of mentor to the men
who run the British empire.
But these are not the only men
whom he has advised or advises. He
is recognized in Jamaica as the clever
| est man in practically every line of
! business. The officials, from the Gov
| ernor downward, solicit his counsel in
| all their important undertakings. Few
! laws are passed. few policies decided
upon, until they have received his in
| dorsement.
When it was thought that Jamaica
| depended too much upon the American
market for her exports, and had too
| few commercial links with her mother
country, it was the Archbishop who in
| duced Mr.. Chamberlain to persuade the
| British Parliament to give subsidy Of
50 0000 900 for the establishment of a
steamship line to carry Jamaican BAN
anas to England and create a new
market for them there.
The negro peasants go to Dr. Nuttall
for advice about the planting of their
crops, and the best way to get good
sale for them Mulatto schoolmasters
implore him to straighten out their
difficulties with the parents of the
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