Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-11
TRINITY JUBILEE IMPOSING
Fiftisth Anniversary of Episcopal Cathedral
Observed With Impressive Services
CEREMONIES CONTINUE THREE DAYS
bishop Garrett breaches BRccaIaure-
ate sermon In the Morning to-
Graduating Glass of
BrOwneII Hail.

bration Of the centenary Of the parish.
The size Of the congregation made II neces-
sary 60 place chairs in the aisles and IN
every available niche of recess and vesti-
bule. Music OF an extraordinary character
was rendered by a choir OF seventy-hve
voices under the direction Of Mr.. Ben Stan
ley. by Gustaf Holmquist, basso of Ply
mouth church. Chicago, and special
quartet made up Of men and women who
nave been Identified with the musical his
tory OF the cathedral for years.
The sermon was the baccslaureate dis
course to the graduating class Of Brownell
hall and was delivered by Bishop AleXan-
der G. Garrett OF Dallas, who was dean OF
Trinity IN 1924 Two hundred young
women from Brownell hall. including the
graduates, in white caps and gowns, filled
the seats Immediately before the chaneel
Bishop worthingtOn ut Altar.
At 1890 in the morning Bishop Worthing-
ton celebrated holy communion for the par
ticipatlon. Of former as well as present
communicates. Breakfast for those. who
desired was served later in the parish
house
The chimes summoned the congregation
by the tunes requested played by the
donor, Mrs. Mahlon ogden.
The only special decorations in the edihce
were masses OF cut flowers on the altar
with three bishops and many visiting
clergy the assembly inside the chancel was
imposing No single incident excited more
interest than the singing of shelley's an
them. king of My Love My Shepherd Is"
by the special quartet, composed of Mrs
Herman Kountze, Miss Anna Bishop, w S.
wilkins and Jules G. Hubbard.
Mr.. Holmquist sang the offertory solo, 1T
Is Enough" Mendensshon The Offering
was devoted to the building fund Of Clark
son hospital.
Philosophy of Education.
The baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Gar
rett was profound discourse on the phil
osophy Of education and the relation to
# Of supernatural influence. His text was
the Injunction, IF Ye Love Me, Keep MY
Commandments"
Beginning with history following the
close OF the fall of the Roman empire
the bishop traced the course of educa-
tional revolution through the monastic pc
RODS, through the reformation, the fall
Of the Stuarts the French revolution to
Darwin, Spencer and the present day. He
said that for centuries the monastery
training had fettered Europe. while in
dividual liberty of mind and purpose was
denounced as crime and punished by tor
ture and imprisonment. Among other
things, he ascribed the invention Of the
printing press az one of the levers bring
ing about the emancipation Of the human
mind from the darkness of medievalism.
Two hundred years of effort preceded the
decline OF the Stuarts and the revolution
OF France and the real source of the
power causing upheavals in the existing
-
development.
Beautiful. Good and True.
Whether we consider knowledge to be
the sole object worthy of pursuit, or vir-
tue, or the only guide OF universal appli-
cation as pleasure, the beautiful, the good
and the true are exalted" said the pre-
late. but in all such ethical systems
something is missing, The ancients could
conceive the ideal but could not reealize
IT, II was reserved for Christianity to
show the ideal in the actual-the realiza-
tion OF the good, the beautiful and the
true In Him who was at once the Son OF
God and the Son of man. In Him the
value OF the individual Is proclaimed in
terms OF unspeakable tenderness.
'All moral obligation is used to this
one source, If we love Me keep My COM
mandments' To love all obedience Is
easy" .,
Doctrine of Evolution.
In the doctrine OF evolution as commonly
expounded by science, Bishop Garrett found
the original cause OF the origin of specie.
still unexplained and he insisted that the
power of the Creator must be recognized
to complete a chain of reason. He ex
tended his philosophical and logical con
temptations and continued:
AS YOU stand here on the dividing lin,
between the college and the world. equipped
with high degree of intelligence, cultur,
and tina rare charm of fair young woman
hood l recommend to your hearts tn,
divine examplar OF redeeming love as tn,
nfaliible guide and director of your fu
future. Time passes in centuries, myria,
die and are forgotten. but Jesus Chris
lives on forever, death having no dominion
over Him. II you love Him. keep Hi
commandments
Early Days of sunday school.
"reminiscences of the early days o
Trinity Sunday school were recounted a
the afternoon meeting at the cathedral
Some of those who received their reli
Eious instruction in the church in the 60
and since were present to tell Of the trial
and Joys OF the little church on lowe
Farnam street. One OF the interestin
features was the calling OF the roll OF al
pf the early members of the sunda
School whose names could be secured
: Those present answered to the roll an
I in the list were many business men o
prominence and mothers whose childre
have outgrown the Sunday school az
now,
The meeting was presided over b
Bishop Millspaugh OF Kansas, formerl
dean Of the cathedral He recalled
number OF interesting incidents concern
ins people OF prominence who were pupil
ia the sunday school while he was 1
Omaha. ], Van Nostrand, one OF tn
earliest members OF the church. told @
the efforts OF the early corners 10 estat
fish the local organization in oman,
Miss Francis Butterield read a pape
along the same lines and Dr. George l
Miller, who was introduced by Rev "
H. Van Antwerp as zone OF my boys.
spoke OF his connection with the churc
forty-two years ago.
Rev. Mr. Van Antwerp who was IN
rector OF the old church from 1864 [
1858, discussed the Sunday school as
existed before the first church was bull
and after the church ON lower FarnaI
street 1sSS occupied. He paid a high trit
ute 20 the early workers who. he sar,
laid fie foundation for the Episcopl