Evening journal., 1908-06-13
BISHOP
KlNSMAN HERE
.contInu.d rrom FIrs. Pas.l


Almighty Cod" he said, that Profess
sor Kinsman may come to us and take
up the leadership which was laid down
when leighton Coleman, after a most
faithful stewardship Of nineteen years,
took the reward Of the consecrated and
the true"
Professor Kinsman Is Of stalwart
and dignihed presence. with a strong,
clear-cut features so often seen among
.churchmen. His greeting
was wholly informal. and without eff
fort he had quickly won the sympathy
and understanding Of his audience.
An Informal Address
His greeting was a message OF unre-
stricted effort, fellowship and patriot
Ism I'm the church. Christian unity
was his goal and he presaged re-
vival Of religion in America that
would bring about this end His work
as bishop OF Delaware, he said, II he
accepted. would be paroehial rather
than Intellectual.
II have come to you" he said. mot
so much TO bring a message as TO do
an unconventional and rather daring
thing by speaking in public OF some
OF the perplexitites thot have come
the call which Is sent TO me from Del
aware. For the past two weeks have
been trying to work out in my mind the
right Of my undertaking the terrific
responsibility Of the Office Of bishop of
the Church of God. During the past
week I have received a great number
Of letters. letters from all kinds of
people. Twins hn-and out of Delaware,
undertaking TO tell me what Is needed
by the church in this diocese. / ha1
not had the honor OF knowing the late
Bishop Coleman. but / believe / know
what he stood for in this diocese and
in the church at large. and there could
be no higher honor IN all the church
TO any man than 10 be called to be his
successor.
"In these letters. people undertake to
say many kind things cf what might
do as a bishop and / am bound TO say
fha. have not recognized myself
from some accounts and letters and
from what / have heard from some OF
the ciergv and laitv OF the diocese. for
Il is not myself. but some kind OF ficti-
tious character masquerading in my
name.
MANY have spoken OF the rather
unique and useful function performed
by Bishop Coleman as a man of learn
ing in the church at arge, and many
have said that in a small diocese like
Delaware Il would be Impossible for
another bishop to pursue his studies
and make along that line some cor-
tributions to the church at large And
l.. 81 IUN
from acadefiicaI wdtiC Itrwbtntpl li1g my
duty 20 pursue that line. VIII YOU
bear with me when 7 say that II I
ever come to Delaware shall not take
up anything of that character, was
most myself when a rector OF a parish,
and what do win be something in the
pursuance of parish work. And II
come here a viii be TO do pastoral
rather than intellectual work. / think
know myself we'll enough to know
what my own llne is.
Pastoral Work.
"In asking your advice, therefore, '
would first ask you, do you wish a
pastoral and parochlal bishop, WIN
wholly endeavor to know all the poo
ple OF the diocese. Wouldn't that seem
- YOU what was after all your own
work? Every man mas to follow out
his own mind. and I can't make my
self over. know ve~y wen, II l came
here. that would be the line on which
I would pursue my work. During the
time in which / may be here wish to
hear not onlv from the clergy but the
laity. not only the laymen. but the lay
women. You have tho chance to tell
me within the next As hours of what
you might wish in a bishop Of your
diocese. and i wish that you would do
it. so that could know from all stand
points what Delaware IS looking for In
it's next bishop. Never mind my per-
sonal vanity II It IS best that
should be bishop Of Delaware, II would
be my greatest pleasure TO come. II
YOU want someone else. then you must
prepare to have someone else.
1T might seem almost a pity TO take
the trouble all over again Of choosing
another bishop-elect. But that counts
for nothing. BY taking your time you
may get a man far more worthy of
your diocese. / am not quite 40 years
old and I had a grandfather who lived
101 years. so just think what a terrible
prospect It would be FOR the diocese Of
Delaware If you found me unsuitable
Il know that Il has been asked by
various people. What kind Of church
man is Professor Kinsman2 Some Of
my notions about churchmanship would
apply TO any one asked to be your
bishop. 1t seems TO me that, conscious
ly or unconsciously, at the present time
men ares trying to draw together in
the different lines OF development.
What We call schools and churches
are more or less differences In emphasis.
believe at the present time that more
effort is being made to draw men to-
gether in themselves. and believe that
they always try to do that thing By
which they win get some good. posi-
tive principle and in all movements IN
the church 20 cultivate themselves and
bring themselves together
Best churchmanship.
"rhe best description Of churchman-
ship is the kind which is as much az
possible as helpful 10 all as It is 10
one; IL is the balance. the proportion,
not so much for churchmanship as for
Christianity.
"Now, another thing. and that Is this:
have noticed that in England the
problems that confront the church there
are merely the carrying out of things
that possibly existed hundreds of years
ago. Now. most people who study
carefully the signs of the times seem
to believe that the time is getting ripper
for some sort of great religious re-
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