The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-28
BISHOP OSBORNE,S
INITIAL SERMON
NEW BISHOP coADJuToR MAKES
FAVORABLE IMPRESSION IN
HIS FIRST SERMON IN THE
DIOCESE.

corning the lrst sermon of Bishop Co
adjutor Osborne of this diocese:
The union service at Christ church
Thanksgiving morning was exception.
ally interesting because of che fact
that the Right Reverend Edward WI
liam Osborne. late of Boston. Mass.
the newly consecrated bishop coad-
jutor of Springfield. delivered his
first sermon in the diocese There
was large attendance. Tho service
consisted of high celebration oil the
Holy Euchariss, with Bishop Seymour
as the celebrant, Archleacon Freder-
lex A. De Rosset. rector of st. Paul's
Pro-Cathedral as deacon, and the
Rev. Alexander Allen. rector of
Christ church, as sub-deacon. The of.
iertory was for the fund for the aged
and infirm clergy Of the diocese, and
was quite liberal.
Bishop Osborne made a most favor.
able impression on the congregation
both by his personal appearance and
his preaching. He is a man of dis
inguished bearing; six feet one inch
in height, he is built in proportion.
Though his hair is almost Write. and
he is ffty-nine years old he does not
look that old by many years. Straight
as an arrow, with a handsome head.
SQUARE Jaw, large, firm nose. slightly
shaggy eyebrows clean cut face. wi(h
not an ounce Of supernuous flesh on
II. and with ruddy complexion, he
! strikes the beholder as man who is
I vigorous, firm, Yet kindly, dignlfed
I set not naughty, and as possessed of
great will power and bodily strength
and energy.
His sermon was devoid of any
/ fowery Language and rhetorical
fights, yet it made a strong impress.
ion on his hearers. His voice Is not
high, but is well modulated, and ha4
a good carrying quality. Bishop Os.
borne speaks very distinctly, and was
easily heard all over The church. Ills
sermon was a practical, earnest dis
course
Bishop Osborne took for bis text
i1phesians, chapter v. verse l0: "Giy
ing thanks always for all things to
Cod and the Father in the Name OF
eur Lord, Jesus Christ
The bishop dweIt first on the oh.
servance Of Thanksgiving day for
some one hundred and twenty years
u was a gladness to be carrying out
what the fathers Of the nation began.
He then dwelt on the difference be.
tween thanlfullness ana Thankspiv.
ing. The former is a g,adness and
satisfaction with things around us.
conditions in which people found
themselves. Thanksgiving rs an CT |
Icring. a silt of thanks 10 another. i'm. !
plying a person, which is really a no. !
cognition Of God.
II is a matter for Thanksgiying that I
ON at least one day in the year. the /
CHURCH and state, the whole milton I
by its rulers and representatives, un I
lite in confession Of faith IN God.
Gathered In the church of God they I
might well learn what the church
teaches Of Thanksgiving. Tuning
therefore. TO the PRAYER Book, Inc
bishop dgelt on various points in the
general Thanksgiving.
The goodness of Goa--Gods goo3
IN Himself, he one good we ran 10
grateful that IN the minds given ard \
evil the heart can look up and rest
on God MS good.
His loving kindness was to all men (
lifting us up out of selfishness. even
II al any moment Il is hard to raslixa
loving Kindness to ourselves. there
are others near who can. We enter
into their joy with Thanksgiving.
The loving kindness is shown in
creation. Thanksgiving by this tx
rare. People too ready TO With thcy
had never been born. or that tbcv
were dead, thus rejecting tho loyo
that created: turning from the ioy
ana possibilities of life, we are called
TO thanksgiving by IA love thai
created and crowded with life.
Preservation-not simply from nc
eiden's and troubles, but the truth of
life which might ard with
every estimation. but continues with
every respiration or breath. or sin
We live by the continuing will of
God
Blessing of This Life.
Each having our own blessings to
draw on, there arc two great general
ones-werk and the opportunity to
work. While one is often prayed for.
there Is too little thanksgiving for it.
The home, the dav is.in New England
AZ least great part of home. Great. {
err thanksgiving at home would keep '
home the restless and 10 get away .
from it ana be independent. :
Then above all comes the call 10 !
Thanksgiving III the home Of God in {
Redemption, the preacher dwelling /
smphatically on the life to be lived /
By Christians as those who have been 4
redeemed. We mean of grace. pray /
sr, sacramsnt, baptism. conversion. {
ambition, holy communion, by which /,
n redemption is brought near and the =,
redeemed can forever recall bylt
The last and in some way teaches :
lie greatest. the hope OF GLORY Lille !
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