Evening capital., 1906-11-01
Communicated. }
IN MEMORIAM.
Right Reverend Isaac Lea Eichoi-
son, Bishop Of MiIwau-
kee. Wis.

4 ItNNIItLut lrtAAt Lea Af4GliOAN NNAAs AfANlAOfl
of Milwaukee, some time assistant Of
| st. Paul S, Baltimore. and rector OF
Westminster, Maryland. and ;. Mary ).
Philadelphia. and uncle of Dr. II. II.
Brown, Jr. Mr.. Twamiey WAS intro
duced to DR.. Nicholson many years
| ago by the great DR.. Temple, then
Bishop Of London, and afterwards
1 Archdeacon of Canterbury, who crown
ed the present King of England. II
| was by the indueement OF Bishop
Nicholson that Mr.. Twamley came to
take up ministerial work in this coun-
| try. first at the Cathedral in Chicago,
and then in our midst
| Bishop Nicholson was son of Mary
land and of beautiful Baltimore, and
/ in his student days had some connec-
| tion with Annapolis. on Ash Wednes-
day. 1904. he wrote TO Mr.. Twamley :
II lost some $50. 900 in that fire in
Baltimore property my dear old faith
er left me wnen he died twenty-five
years ago. Ever since then | devoted
the income of il each year 10 the church
-about SO, 600 n year. only regret
the loss on this account. III cuts me
off from doing SO much good that l
have done, chiefly in this diocese; but
God gave and God hath taken away.
Perhaps he no longer desired me TO
do this. / ana glad you speak Of dear
ri. as you do. A heroic soul, in hard
and severe work. Very peculiar /
know, and hard to live with know.
But that you like him and see his
great virtues is proof that God is
with your presence in Chicago. Faith
er Benson once said to me: These
genuine saints-men and womcn-are
always the most unpleasant people in
the world 10 live with. Dear old
man: how much he had seen of this,
and how we'll he knew! | am very
sure Saint John Baptist would not
have been a very agreeable house
companion. But, all the same, he
was the chosen Forerunner of our
Blessed Lord. | have the highest re-
spect for H.. He is one of God S
own, though an iron-clad. That iron
Jaw, inside and out, is typical of the
man. and his character. know you
will put up with his peculiarities. II
is God 5 work you arc doing. l think
YOU are the only man that he has got
along with in that important but ter-
rible work, so far. To me this is a
proof of the calling of God, and of His
presence with you. / am glad you
EAtiiN w Nct ttAtA ,ttA N0AA0teN tAtt' DhA%t
drawn men nearer 10 you.
Bishop Nicholson's life was one of
fourfold chords in a life of harmony
self denial, self-sacrifice, prayer and
service. A genuine growth in holi-
ness and love. 1t was the orange tree
with fruit and flowers on the same
branch. One evening, in his youth,
while still on his knees, the voluntary
sounded from the organ. Art, in its
various forms, deny it who will, has
often its calmpersuasive and eneTgising
religious mission. Both painting and
music, and even the drama, have
not seldom been employed as minister
Ting angels and become "aids to
faith. What painting was to one
TO whom Holman Hunts picture in
KebIe CoIleges oxford, the Light of
the World became solemn preach
era monitor and help to the great
decision-so did the organ strains at
the close of that evening service be-
come to the young Marylander regard
ing his life future. These cadences,
whatever they were, came waiting a
message to his receptive soul. 1t re-
calls Milton's lines in Ill Penseroso- ?
ssStoried windows richly digit,
Casting q dim religious light;
There let the pealing organ blow
Dissolve me into exstasies,
And bring all heaven before mine
eyes.
Not the words, but the spirit and
the meaning of them at that silent
hour fell upon his ear, and rang their
chimes ever after throughout his life,
"Son, go work in my Vineyard. On
| the Feast of fhc TRANSPORTATION, 1904,
Bishop Nicholson wrote to Mr.. Twani-
ley:
81 have just returned from another
absence, on some distant yisitations,
and find your letter. consent TO
| your going to Annapolis. II was once,
/ thirty-four years ago, my old home.
/ studied there, as a boy. on the
1 grounds of :. Johns College, and
| was once lay reader in $. Anne (
| Church. (Mr. John X. Magruder was
| then superintendent Of the Sunday
| school), and DIR. Dashiells, father OF
Prof. Paul Dashiells, Il. 5. Naval
| Academy, was the Bishops tutor. Ht
| writes: II once had many friends
1 in old Annapolis, and warm ones,
| but l presume that Ethey are nearly
all dead. j lived in one Of the red
4 brick houses in the Professors Row
in s. Johns yard, the second ono
nearest the side fence towards the old
mart of The town. That was in 1866
lust after the great civil war.
taught in the sunday scho ol, and
acted as lay reader in Dr. Hammond
rectorship. The Pinkney ladies
| we'll knew, also the Beals and several
Others. His last letter to here is
dated March Z 1905, and is very sweet
and pathetic: Il can write but little,
but let me thank you for your good
letter. l much enjoyed il. Don't b'
worried over the darkness which ye
rests over dear old Maryland, my
own State-the churcht here is yet tils
outcome Of william and Mary in deal
old England. Your very city shows
that in her beautiful name Let us
| he patient Eastport, fron- all yot
say. ought TO be in Milwaukee, ane
not in Maryland. There WIS no sucE
place. in my day. in Annapolis II
1867. II is always Egypt whencs
We call the Divine Son Of Maryland
| and His wonders IncaTnationn. Mary
land is not as dark as Egypt, but Iik'
most places, fairly dark I know
Not without good reason and pro
| found Significance, as friend oncs
remarked TO Mr.. Twamley in Oxford
does Ruskin in his Seven Lamps o
Architecture give the precedence, owe
all others, to the Lamp Of Sacrince
Whatever may have been BlsnoI
Nicholson's S own feeling, that laml
~ him was most assuTedly lighted
- - ~-1- Hon, "a afad and rt2o