The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-01-26

The feature of the services at the |
convocation yesterday afternoon and /
evening were the charge of Bishop /
Gray, the report of the Woman's Auxil- /
larry, read by Secretary DeHart Of Tam |
pa. the meeting Of the officers of the |
Junior Auxiliary and the sermon last
night by Rev. Roche, rector Of st. Bar
nabas church, DeLand.
The bishop made an interesting talk
about the University of the South at
Sewanee, Tenn, and the unselfsh labors /
of a number of celebrated men, who |
built up an institution of scholarship |
second TO none in the land He refer
red TO a circular letter, which could be
had by anyone who desired it, that went
into all the details of the founding and
growth of the instotutiOn.
He said it was believed by some that
Bishop Polk was the founder Of the
school, but this was a mistake. as he
knew personally that to Bishop Otzey
of Tennessee and Bishop Elliot of Geor-
gia belonged the credit. He paid a high
tribute to Prof McCrady who left a
professorship at Harvard which paid
him $4,000 a year for one a Sewanee at
only $500. McCrady, next to AgassiZ,
was deemed the most celebrated natur
alist of this or any other country, and
when Agassiz died Harvard offered his
chair to McCrady, who refused because
Of his love for his work at Sewanee.
He said Sewanee had trained and con-
tributed six bishops to the church; that
Sewanee differed from other institu-
tons of learning in the land because, to
secure degree, a student had to pass
through eight schools. Such classes
as freshman, sophomore, Junior and Sc
nior did not exist at Sewanee. To Sc
cure a degree one had to pass the
most rigid examination, and that he
knew of young men whom it took nine
years to secure degree.
He spoke of the high spirited ele-
ment pervading Sewanee. and the de-
votion to Episcopal doctrines and faith.
So enshrined in the hearts of its found
ers and those now at it's head, that
the university refused the Carnegie en-
dowment il it would forswear it's faith
and make it a secular institution. He
spoke of how the endowment made be-
fore the war was swept away by the
devastations of that war, and what a
struggle the institution had for years
after, but how the faithful had stood
by It and how, gradually, it's growth
and development spread until now its
scholarship stood equal to the best, and
it's enlargement demanded greater as
sistance and endowment, and it was for
this he plead. Let the Episcopalians of
the South show their Willingness to as
sist Sewanee and he felt confident that
there were other friends who stood
ready to give generously for this pur-
pose.
The bishop then read his text, Job
1920, 81 His theme was Unity" and
as this is one of the bishops cherished
ideas and hopes, he spoke eloquently
and convincingly along these lines. His
discourse was purely scriptural. He
took up the human side and interpre-
tation of the scriptures; showed how
the world was growing more tolerant;
how the horizon of religious thought
was widening. and the hope of many of
the leaders in other denominations was
towards the unification of all creeds
into one grand whole for the redemp-
ton of the world and the glorifcatiOn
of God.
He referred to the great Lambeth
meeting in London three years ago,
which was attended by 5000 delegates
from every portion of the world, and
how they felt and spoke on this great
spiritual question. He referred to the
utterances of the great Sturgeon, DR..
Dewitt and the writings of Professor
Shields of Princeton on this subject
That his heart, mind and soul is in this
thought no one who heard the venera
BILE and eloquent bishop can doubt.
Then followed the report of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary, preceded by tele-
gram from Mr.. Lowry, stating that his
absence from the convocation was caus
ed by being called to New York on bus
mess.
The Woman's Auxiliary contribution
for the year was $1877.44 the Juniors,
S173.02h the Baby Branch. s59.58.
There were twenty-five branches;
during the year six had relapsed, but
during that time more than that num-
Der have been revived and new branch
organized. The report spoke of the
labors of the sainted Deaconess Park
hill of Orlando, who had made a visit
over her domain to the various organ
izations and had greatly inspired and
strengthened them. The contribute
of 1910 had fallen short of those of
1909, but the Easter offering was the
largest and best in it's history.
The meeting then adjourned.
At night, to a full house, Rev Roche
of DeLand preached a splendid sermon
on the doctrine of the Epiphany. Space
forbids even a synopsis of this ornate,
impressive and logical discourse. The
audience was highly appreciative one.