The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-26
THE BERKELEY SERMON.
BISHOP POTTER breaches Al
CHRIST CHURCH LAST NIGHT.

The Large Edlhce was Crowded to Its
Utmost Capacity--Bishop's Theme
was the Placing Before Young Men
"Hlgh Ideals"--Eminent Speaker Said
He Firmly Believed That the Vast
Majority Of the People of This Coun-
try Were in Favor of the sanctity Of
the Family, Good Government and
High Moral Tone.
BISHOP Potter Of New York last night
preached the second of the course OF
sermons given under the auspices of the
Berkeley association Of Yale university
The large ediflce was filled to overflow
ing, extra chairs we're provided IN the
aisles and at the rear of the church,
but even then the seating capacity was
not sufficient and many We're content %
stand during the delivery OF the SER
mon, the theme If which was the SET
ting up of high deals
The text was taken from jude 2Otn
verse together with John xvi 4
The words which ! have chosen, SAID
Bishop Potter, from jude are the con-
summation of an argument read py
NV brother, the rector Of this church,
against a heresy that appeared IN me
early church. 1t Is impossible to reao
the early books of the Old Testament
without seeing how largely they are
taken IN with rules about domestic,
family and state life from much Oh
which Christ emancipated the people.
In Calcutta, If a native carpenter slts
on bench with ''pariah, ne mus
r., to a temple and make sacrlhce'
and among the Jews there was an &C.
clestastical tyranny when Christ came,
from which He emancipated them as y
expressed in the book Of jude the
brother of the bishop of Jerusalem
which my brother, the rector mere NAG
lust read read in an address belore
the Phi Beta Kappa society of Column
bia university, about Partisan inter-
viewer who had a talk with IolsIof
who said that the Dukhobors "a Rus
sian religious sect, many Of whom came
to Canada year or two ago. had at
talned to the simple life, in that tieS
are steady, industrious, averse 10 an
crime, and anxious to do good Inc
Partisan interviewer asked Iolsto
what nation did he thing lis the mos
opposite OF these qualities. 10 Wh'cA
Tolstoi said that he was not reauy -
reply. The correspondent sald .n'
American, in that Americans thihh
most of making money; that they ar,
averse to all art and beauty any
against ideals. If / were Iolstol
would have told the French correspoh'
dent tina 1.-THE largest part OF the peo'
pie In America are from OUTSIDE Aillel
lea. In Manhattan island, where l lFe
out Of 5000 babies born, $500 are Ger,
man. $500 Irish. 1000 Italians, 2o,o0'
: Jewish-therefore I submit to TINS loi
eign correspondent that the most tllei'
are those who have lived abroad u
arc of foreign descent. A foreign crlti'
: said that the most hideous city III Wv
world Is New York, and the dlrlles
part Of any city that he was ever III l.
the east side of New York, but whef'
do these people come from? ] coulu -
YOU where the majority Of them com
from. AS to the american being des.i
tute Of ideals, I can tell you that Ia
sober, second thought of the vast ma
jority of the people of the lano \
which we live is the sanctity OF Ia
family, good government tand hlsi
moral tone of public life
When that young art student slop
before the work Of Michael Angelo Il
l said: Il. too, am a painter lie wa
4 moved by the inspiration Of the "or
4 of a great master. :.
e All" said young law student an an
1 er hearing an argument by great Jaw
& yer "Ahl if one could only reason an -,
Z then speak like that But what Is u
:, use of trying?"
h General Dick Taylor of the Conlsu
t crate service, after the war "enl
live in Europe, and was at a c'uo 3
e which was a crown price, who IS ny
e an emperor. and one night the youu
o prince walked home with him anu s''i
n to General Taylor: Il am perfectlS 81
n sible of the responsibilities thal Al
h likely to rest on my shoulders "lien
# assume office How can ] be best az
n to do it," To which General Taylor 1,
h piled: "If you ahuld copy the exampI