The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-18
STRONG sermon
At CONSERVATION
OF new BISHOP
ChaunCeY B. Brewster Makes
MaSterful Plea for Unity of
Christian Churches.
SOLEMN EPISCOPAL RITES
sIMPRESSIVELY RENDERED
BENJAMIN BREWSTER is MADE
BISHOP OF WESTERN
COLORADO.

With solemn and impressive ceremony,
Benjamin Brewster was yesterday conse-
Grated bishop OF western Colorado The
conservation services were held yester-
dav I'm St Marks cathedral. and were
marked by the most elaborate ritual or
the Protestant Episcopal church.
Right Reverend Daniel Sylvester Tuttle.
presiding bishop Of the Episcopal churcn
in America, conducted the ceremony.
This venerable churChman. assisted By
Chauncey BunCe Brewster, bishop or
Connecticut a brother OF the bishOp-elect,
William Ford Nichols. bishop OF Caltfor-
MIA Bishop Sheldon NJ. GriswOld, bishop
of Salina, Kan. ana Franklin Spencer
SpaldinE. bishop of Salt Lake. with hands
placed on the head of the kneeltng bisnop-
elect, in a clear and impressive voice pro-
nounced him bishop Of the Episcopal
church in America
The consecratOn services began with 2
procession led by the vested choir and
Crucifiers. As the procession moved the
choir sang the professional hymn. Rev.
Paul Jones' Of Logan, assistant master
Of ceremonies. followed the choir and fol-
lowing him came the members Of the cler-
gy Of the diocese Of Salt Lake and the
visiting presbvters. in the order Of their
ordination. Then came Rev. ". ". Fleet
wood Of Ogden, master Of ceremonies, FOL
lowed by Rev. Charles T. Perkins, rector
Of St Paurs, salt Lake. deputy regis
tIar OF the ceremony. Following them,
and lust preceding the bishop-elsct were
Rev Maxwell W. RiCe. associate mis-
siOnary of st. Andrews, Salt Lake, and
Rev. John Wallis Ohl. rector Of ST.
Matthew'S church Grand Junction, the
attired IN black cassock and white sur
plice followed Rev Benjamin Brewster.
bishOp-elect
Greek Clergy Present.
Bishop Griswold and Bishop spalding.
presenters Of the bishOp-elact followed
him Then came Bishop Chauncay BunCs
Brewster and Bishop William Ford Mich
OILS, co-cOnsecrators. Bishop futile came
last. Each in the professional was rObed
with the garments distinguishing his
rank. In the procession were two priests
of the church of Greece the members Of
which have always occupied close rela-
tiOns with the Church OF England These
priests were CARRIED in flowing black cas-
socks and yelled turbaHs. They presented
a unique picture iu tine MIDST Of the less
sOmber- rObed ecClesiasts.
All Of the clergy at the ceremony went
to the altar and took seats on either side
Of the presiding bishop, save only the
bishop-elect and bis attending presbyters.
who took seats near the front of the
church. Bishop futile led IN prayer after
which the choir and the congregation
chanted the Htany.
Bishop Chauncev Bunca Brewster then
delivered the powerful conservation SER
mon. His pulpit address was masterfui
and at times almost startling. He adVO-
Gated strongly the unity Of all Christian
churches under one brotherhood. and
urged that dissensions cease. Protestant
ism, he declared, was a spent force large
y because Of this lack of unity.
Bishop Brewster declared that a bishop
Of the Episcopal religion should be a
leader and not q master. The feeling OF
brotherhood and the desire for a greater
Christian unity. he said. were essentials
Nevertheless, there was need, he said
Of viTile men who had the courage OF
heir tHH
OF the time when St. Augustine closed the
doors Of his church against the blood
stained emperor
Industrial Conditions.
The bishop turned from the eccIesiastf.
cal to the industrial world He dVleit
particularly on the warfare Of capital
and labor. He said that there were
wrongs on both sides and that the prob
lem was not easy of solution. Resulting
from this agitation. he declared was a
growing tendency toward socialism lie
suggested that though there were many
earnest persons and sincere thinkers
striving for better things through social
ism, it is possible that socialism. whether
reached through evolution or revolution
might prove only the reverse Of the coin.
and that arrogance and greed might pros
per through socialism as through indie
viduslsm.
Bishop Brewster cited France as an
example. There, he said. in a bloody rev
OluLlOH Llc french udQ SLrINen Tor liberty
and fratsrnalism, but their ATTEMPT 10
secure liberty had been miserable fail.
ure and tragic travesty on fraternalism.
Were there less talk of liberty and
equality and more attempts to secure a
unified Christian brotherhood" he said.
absolute freedom and equality would
not be far distant"
The following IS an abstract Of Bish-
oP Brewster's address:
An organ Of Brotherhood.
For One Is Your Master. Even Christ.
and All Ye Are Brethren. st Matthew.
XIII. s.
Let me ask you to think at this time
Of the office Of bishop as an organ of
brotherhood. An element Of the gospel
At the first was brotherhood. Tt was not
the brotherhood Of a mere organization.
or Of an exclusive order. It was the
brotherhood of a family. Christ revealed
the Father. He was the Son of God and
he called men his brothers. tt was "A
universal brotherhood, wrapped up in the
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