The Washington times., 1907-10-01
THOUSANDS STOOD CHARMED
AS BISHOP INGRAM SPOKE
AT SERVICE In GREENWOOD
Man Whose Work Lies A9!ong London Sums Declared
His Message-Choristers and Robes of Clergy
Helped Make Scene Impressive

sitting hundreds OF feet awav. IN the
damp grass. saw one they knew To be
Arthur F. nnington-InEram lord
bishop Of London, mount iato the rude
green-painted pulpit For a moment he
stood searching the multitude with his
Keen, intense eyes Then he knelt,
thrust his long arms diagOnalIy away
from him, looked into the heavy sky,
and there was that in his face no man
could look upon"
It may be IL was only characters
tic Of him not 20 speak from q text AT
any rate, he did not He chose instead
70 describe IN the plainest OF phrases
the gift he bore from the Archbishop
or Canterbury and 10 depict four scenes
illustrative OF mans responsibility for
man His voice sounded clear and YET
raS ner soft. Ike the middle of the piano.
Ills accent was not more English than
tnat OF many OF the old families in Nir-
ginia HIS gestures were few-a thrust
or the right hand forward, often with
thrce fingers extended. the scarlet wrist
Jet OF his robe showing its color bright
y IN the SUM sweep OF the arm. IS
OF one VINO Keeps his muscles flexible:
a polse OF the hand before the eyes with
an effect OF the greatest intensity.
Disregards Literary Style
His speech revealed rather a disre-
gard OF literary style than a searching
after that kind OF a style which would
touch any particular class The final
'-g' OF words Ike running and call
ing" was lost Words were repeated IN
different senses, often two or three times
in a sentence. as when he said he came
70 present present, a present from
the Archbishop cf Canterbury" What
the grammarian calls the loose" SEN
tenee abounded- Reported verbatim
the address would have failed utterly
70 explain This mans power. Here, as
often @ie reporters have done an IN
noticed but a telling service.
Where lay the power. then2 In a
reaching after every mans heart. every
woman's heart, every child S heart IN
the throng. The method Of the bishops
ministry was thar OF t1is sermon To
the farthermOst row Of keareES he talk
ed, and 10 the bandsmen at his feet.
the priests and bishops in the robes
Of their Office around him, the old
ladies' who rad sat there since noon 10
hold their places, and the little boys
IN the choir No one was miss I'd. II
was not a sermon at all 1t Has an
appesl-an appeal 70 YOU snG me-
And when the truth was harsh and
its expression was harsh IL was not
the words the bishop chose but the
sordid. sOrrowfuI hateful thing he en-
phssized which struck in. One OF his
pictures was that Of a mother, with
eight or ten children. keeping her fam
Hy as best she could in a single room.
earning for them by making match
boxes a. 'tuppence and farthing the
gross" He had asked how the prisons
were filled His answer came IN these
words:
-'The only place for these children %
play Is The street There they 20 and
there they stay until they are lured into
some heLhole OF liquor and vice. That's
where our prisons find their supply
And there was probably not a single
one who heard him who didnot shudder.
Equality of Opportunity.
4 Htue later he pleaded for. equality
Of opportunity There was no prellTn-
mary TO what followed II struck the
ear as the fash oE lightning strikes the
eye.
YOU" he exclaimed. with his arm
thrust forward over the rail of the pull
pit-''you, not he or that one or the
man. but you You are the worst
hypocrite alive II you come into church
of a Sunday 10 preach the saving OF
sinners and then go forth on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and every other
day Of the week. to drive your EN-
plOyes into hell
he finished with an earnest but brief
reference 10 the Cathedral When II
Is built" ne said; then with a quick
sweep OF his arm across his body. as
L viii be built. il viii crown this beauti-
ful hill See 10 Il thai IL Is an inspira-
tion-an inspiration 10 the saving CT
souls, TO the work cf the individual, 10
the spirit Of the Brotherhood OF Saint
Andrew.
And as the speaker ps1sed, the
shining moisture IN every eye upt1rned
TO him told that this great congregation
Of Americans, weU-tO-dO, had heard
him and been taught by him ike MS
IOwlier hearers in the Sums Of London