The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-13

her, and the responsibilities devolying on her? How, so far as lies in us, her members, may she more truly snow where she ought to be in the life or this day and land? First of all in an. age which declares that the theological doctrine of the church must not claim less but moro faith.
 "A spiritual presentation of the Cos pei will have its backbone of dogmatic, truth, but will never be rattling or dry bones. The skeleton will be clothed up. It will be the truth living, spiritu- al, in vital relation to men touching not only what they think, but how they Hive. In considering the ethical power of the church we may be thankful something has been done in purifying and uplifting the divorce evil. Wheth- CT we regard civil law or the attitude of various religious bodies there is a brighter outlook. In this movement the church must bear a leading part. While the church women have plain mission to make their influence felt for simplic- ity and purity in social life, upon the
 men devolve grave political responsibil- tiles. Politics, glorious pursuit of the ancient classic states, should not be threatened with degradation without protest and effort by honest men There has lately been inaugurated a move-
 ment against corrupt use of money in politics. At the head of this movement is a priest of this chrch. refer to | this in hope that this example may be 1 followed largely by clergy and ltaty in | the diocese I do not intend to sound a note of pessimism. There is no req
 son for Encouragement. The past year
 will be memorable for the disclosure of
 abuses in American business life. Not wlthstanding the humiliation, it is well l to know the worst and be aroused to I face the situation The church has a | special duty to wake up and quicken | what we may call a public conscience
 regarding righteousness and service, | To show how men may share in re- 1 sponsibility for corporate action, to en-
 join upon men virtue larger and mo- bier than a merely negative and invol-
 untary responsibility, to inculcate pub 1 lie spirit and public service.
 Never must the church as in the days of something like an entanglement
 in England with the Stuart despotism,
 be or seem to be in alliance with any i tyranny or corrupt CT corrupting oli- 1 garchies. In an age when the common | people have in large numbers become alienated from the church of Christ the
 voice and influence of the church
 should be unmistakably on the side of l genuine liberty and humanity, that there may be great wealth which causes
 no envy or bitterness, we have impress 1 i've evidence in the death of a very rich
 man who acquired a vast fortune with
 out iniuring others. The clergy will by
 no means engage in the wicked work l of exciting or arraying class against | class. Clergy and laity alike will re-
 member that all these economic uues- tions have their ethical aspect, and
 that over the iron laws of political ] economy there is also the golden rule
 of morals. The iron age of the last
 century is destined to give way more
 and more to an age comparatively golden, because somewhat nearer that kingdom of God they pray may come"
 Bishop Brewster reported that he had
 visited 129 churches, chapels and mis-
 sions, delivered 254 sermons and ad-
 dresses, ordained eight deacons and
 three priests, consecrated two churches
 and transferred nineteen clergymen to
 other dioceses and received eleven, and
 confirmed 4,71O persons,