The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16

was 1t hfmgJ. know things q great deal worse than that about n1yselfs'
 Another time, he was told of pe- culiariy ascetic clergyman of the dio- cese who. in imitation of the 'Flagel- iants'-certain fanatics of the eafly Christian ages--actuaiiy beat hlmselr with whipi Well said the Bishop, with that gentle smile of his. I don't suppose he ever hit himself a lick
 These two incidents show he pos sessed a very rare virtue, that of hu- mflity. and an almost equally rare quality, that of humor. Both are pow erful factors; in life.
 Great But Not DazzIing.
 Bishop Cobbs was not great with that greatness which da3zIes the mind and fires the imagination, but he was great with a greatness which stands for infinitely more than that kind of greatness. for his was the greatness which stood for service to God and man. His was the greatness which comes from strength of the rarest kind the strength for piety and goodness. the strength of the saint, that is, one who has the indwelling of God in him. Any man or woman who has that. is a saint, truly as St. John or St. Paul.
 And this gave to him the quality of Ieadership.,- You remember Phillips Brooks striking and forceful analysis of leadership that great men have, and which Is of three kinds. That power may be in mere strength of personal ity. of strong individuality. manifest ing itself in acts of promess. This makes what we call the hero--a Caesar or q Napoleon. Again. that power may be Tn some great truth the leader teaches, fin the force of Ideas. of su- YarfAr knauw1nd0a fs,. teacher of men. such as Bacon --and ShalespearegrYet again. that power may be in what we call holiness. And what Is holiness? Surely. 1t consists in the manifest presence of. God in the life of a man, in . nearness to Divinity, expressing itself in doing the Divine will and in showing God to man Here we have the saint. In the leader who is a hero, we have strength for action. Tn the leader who Is the teacher. we have strength for thought. Tn the leader who.is a saint, we have strength for piety and goodness. 4 asa. A.A
 Bishop .Cobbs was q leader, I need hardly say, who was saint. And Greenough White well, scali6 fiinfy "a saint of the Southern EafHfch2' ATik power came. from his holiness, from his humility, from his gentleness. His power lay in his life, in what he was. Therefore, 1t was a power which makes us think Of his character and sinspires us to follow in his steps. He has gone long since from the scene of his earthly labors. but he left behind him in the world much of his power of vitality which stands out and says to this gen. eration of the children of men: Come,
 follow me-" and lays hold of them and turns their lives out of their course to follow his course, Such. seems to have been the character and quality of the man whose portrait the Diocese of Alabama bids me present to the State of Alabama, to be placed in it's Depart ment of Archives and History, where, may # long remain. for men to look upon as an inspiration to seek high and holy things; look upon as the DOT trait of one. who illustrated s4n his daily walk and conversation those DI- vine trnths which he taughtF and who realized in his own life those principles of righteousness and peace which lead to God and to life everlasting in His Beatific Presencer'
 Just as Mir. Mcqueen was closing his remarks the curtain was drawn and the portrait unveiled by two great grandchildren of Bishop Cobbs, NichoI. as Hammer Cobbs, son of --sJohn l. Cobbs. Jr., and Dorothy Cobbs. daugh- tor of Claude c. cobbs.
 Dr. Owen's Acceptnnee. rIr. Thos. Nj. Owen, the Director oi the Department of Archives and Ills. tory of Alabama, in whose keepina the portrait will be entrusted along with other great characters. accepted the picture 6f the saintly bishop in be, half of the State. He spoke as. fol. lows: t4t
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