Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
GIVES THANKS;
TAKES COURAGE
MINISTER SPEAKS WORDS OF
CHEER
Rev. Walton Hall Doggett breaches
Eloquent Sermon at His Second
Anniversary at Church of
the Epiphany

IF Paul, that poor, shaken Roman
prisoner, could thank God and take
courage because of a few strange
Christian faces, how should 1 feel as
stand here this morning with my church
filed with loyal hearts and true?' said
Rev. Walton Hall Doggett in his SER
mon yesterday morning, marking the
second anniversary Of his rectorship of
the Church of the Epiphany. Rev. Mr..
Doggett took his text from Acts 2S:15:
"Ile thanked God and took courage"
After vivid description Of st. Paul's
Mediterranean voyage as a prisoner,
the storm, shipwreck on the island Of
Malta and the landing on Italian soil,
bound for unsympathetiC Rome to sub.
NIT his cause to a brutal emperor, Rev.
Mr. Doggett said in part:
Under such circumstances Paul
thanked God and took courage when
he saw the faces of a few brethren in
the faith. Wonderful optimism that,
founded on The only source of true
optimism, an unspeakable belief In
Gods oversha dowing care.
The object and end of a Christian
church is not numbers or dollars, but
the salvation of souls.
p aches Gospel of Love
"Just what good has been accom-
plshed during the last two years is not
for me to estimate because l have no
means of knowing. But in order that
] may accomplish definite good l have
held three objects steadily in view
since 1 came among you: First, the
winning of your love; second, the win
ming you to love others, and third, the
preaching of the gospel of love.
The personal, the parochial and the
world wide have been ever in my
thoughts. In endeavoring to win your
love / have not thought SO much of
your likes and dislkes and prejudices
as have of the spread of Christ's
kingdom within your borders. l have
striven to make this Catholic church
"A church in which high and low
and broad can feel at home as they
worship with one liturgy the God and
Father of us all.
THANK God we have a church in this
country which combines reverence and
fervor with breadth and thought. One
can worship decently and in order and
try to save souls on the basis OF the
contemporary aspect of truth within the
confines of, what is called the Episcopal
church. Hence. am an Episcopalian-~
q Catholic churchman.
Takes Courage Again
II have striven to make it possible
for all types of mind, the mystical
the evangelical and the intellectual
to find happy home in the Church
of the Epiphany. And why not? Fer
in every man and woman there is a
trace of each and all of us are
prone to develop some one of the three
at the expense of the other two. We
all need a touch of this trinity if our
lives are to be lived with God.
And so 1 have sought your love, not
by pandering to your likes and dis
likes, but by doing my duty as L see
it. And L am winning that love, slowly
and gradually, but surely. Not only
do the rich and the poor worship here,
but the high and the low and the
broad dwell together in amity and Tor
this | thank God and take courage"
Rev. Mr.. Doggett who is one of
the popular young rectors of the city,
gave a resume of the growth and pros
perity of the parish and made an earn
est plea for an effort to be made to
complete the new church.