The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-18
POMP AND CEREMONY
ARE OUT IN colo
Great Missionary Gathering Is
Held in Evening at st.
Marks Cathedral.
VISITING BISHOPS ARE
HEARD TO ADVANTAGE
Congregation Bids Godspeed to
Bishop Brewster, the Newly
COnSecrated.


Bishop Benjamin Brewster, but imbuod
with AS intense n religious ferVor and
showing the pentecostal spirit of the
ancient church, impressive services were
held at a missionary meeting, IN ST.
Mark s Cathedral, Thursday night.
The order Of service was n fitting
finale to the morning s heavy crescendo.
Of the thousands who attended the con-
Secration, many were unable to secure
admittancc, and the evening services
were given in order TO allow these dis
appointed ones an opportunity TO sec
and listen TO the visiting bishops.
The time served, too, as m informal
goodby from The congregation to Bishop
Brewster The man who had served
his flock here so faithfully was greatly
moved by the open manifestations of al
fection and regret at his passing 10 a
new field, and the scene of parting with
his parishioners AT the close of the
meeting was extremely affecting, 1t
showed more than any majestic psen
from laundering organ could, the esteem
and love of the people for their old
rector.
Tho Right Rev Daniel Sylvester Tut
He, D. D., LII. D., ID. &. L., presiding
bishop, presided at the meeting, and
after q short Introductory address, pre-
void, D. D., bishop of Salina, who spoke
IN part as follows:
Bishop Griswold,
eft is singularly appropriate that on
this. my first address before the people
of Salt Lake, [ should be called upon
10 speak of missionary work One of
my first recollections was of tho plo-
ncer bishop Of Utah, Montana and
Idaho For some years ! looked for
ward myself TO missionary work. That
day for doing direct missionary work
came when was sent TO the field in
Western Kansas. When [ went, many
OF my friends consoled with me, and
were sorry that / was going to the
hardest and meanest field But 1 re-
loiced in finding such a task to my
hand, and the difficulties that beset
such field only make il the more at
tractive to the true missionary. But
the missionary district Of Utah is even
harder.
II recall the words of st. Paul that
my old prcceptor gave TO me TO guide
me in my church life: He that plow-
eth should plow in hope.
s'We must awake to the responsible
ity for domestic mission work. BY
domestic / Go not mean TO convey the
idea of purely local and limited fields.
For instance, Porto Rico and Cuba are
JuW 1nCJuuPu "lUnln Tue american HIS
sons. This is as 1t should be. For
this American church takes the posi-
tion that it has jurisdiction over every
land beneath the folds of the Ameri-
eau flag. All American territory is
delegated 10 some bishop.
"The first responsibility of the
American church is the American mis-
sion. We must concentrate our efforts
on the extension of this American
Ill, IN I,a T-,siaJ Sfutac Of h,,,o on
if it were true that this body Of which
we are members Is merely petty sect;
that IL is not the true American church,
then il would be sIIpercilious for US to
keep up old, shallow forms, and we
should cast our lot with some other
sect that is the real American church.
But the conservation of the bishop this
morning proves that We are the Ameri.
can church.
alt is a sad truth. but missionary
work was neglected in this country fifty
wears ago But we must not find the
fault in our forebears. We must eX-
anime ourselves, and see what we are
doing here and now. We must arouse
the people Of the church 80 realization
of missionary work. The fault is. we
arc not approaching the individual re-
sponsibiIity to carry on missions as 81
part Of tho general church work The
bishop longs to go TO his own field.
His work in that direction is TOO valu-
able to have 1t postponed or interrupted
by taking up bis time in compelling him
to go among wealthy people TO get
funds.
Appeal to Citizenship.
"'This should be an appeal to our
citizenship. if we care that our Ameri-
can men be upright and God-fearlng.
eff we caught the spirit of mission
ary work, the divine spirit, which
means the spirit of Jesus in the church,
and the peculiar mission of the Amerj-
can church to reconcile authority and
the private right of conscience, then
our very love for America should make
us not only seek to have cur nation a
moral nation, but religious nation.''
Iu introducing Bishop. Benjamin
Brewster, Bishop Tuttle alluded to the
formers leave-taking for western Colo
Tado, and feelingly bade him God speed,
saying: HAs the Spartan mother, in
saving farewell to her son before his
going to battle. bade him 10 return TO
hcr either bearing the shield or borne
on the shield, Just so faithfully and
hopefully do we send Bishop Brewster
forth, with Iris shield Of faith, to fight
the fight Of faith
Bishop Brewster, after stating that
it was almost impossible for him to saw
goodbye, thanked the congregation for
CHS olJfflnE az inc morning services
for mission work IN western Colorado,
He said. IN part:
F'Much has been said in kindness
and sincerity and good will about the
honor of which ] am the unworthy re-
cipient. But today is nothing To.
morrow the test Will come. The test
is in the future, as to how the work is
done.
''The western slope OF Colorado
like Utah, is typical of the great cos
mopolitanism Of western American
civilization. And it is therein that we
hsvo our strongest hold on the people
For we are a catholic church. and that
is why we can grip the situation Of al
SORTS Of race characteristics and en-
vironments. The idea is 10 meet thi;
cosnopolitanism with comprehensive
message. In home and civil life we car
do missionary work by showing I'm
sclfishness and love for the spirit o.
Christ. it is the spirit of service.
recall the touching case of Bishop Rove
OF Alaska, who was first asked to TAX,
western Colorado He refused bocaus,