The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-23
THE NEW MINISTER AT ST. rAuL's

THE NEW MINISTER AT ST. PAUL's.
st. Pauls Church has made no mis-
take in the choice of It's new Rector,
the Rev. Walter Russell Bowie. He
has preached here only a few times in
his new work, and though very young,
he has preached with the wisdom of
the elders and with much more than
their accustomed fire. He must have
been al his best yesterday morning
His text was taken from the account
of Christ's entry into Jerusalem and
His lamentation over its unhappy
estate: And when He was come near,
He beheld the city, and wcpt over it,.
Wept that 1t had not followed in the
old paths, that 1t had lost its vision
of the spiritual. that 1t had sacrificed
its hirthrght, that the time was com
ing when 1t would be destroyed, that
its soul, of which all its people We're
part, was in peril. that ii had refused
when He had called; and as 1t was
with Jerusalem of the ancients so is
II with the Jerusalems of the present
day, these great cities in which men
and women live and labor without any
proper apprehension or their spiritual
obligations TO each other and to the
higher and better life of the commu-
nifty. If Christ should come to Rich
mond, would He not weep at the fail
ure of Its people TO care for the soul
of this great community; at the failure
OF ,.!e people of st. Pauls Church to
appreciate their opportunities for the
alienation of the condition of the un-
fortunate, for the care of the soul OF
this town?
No effort is made 20 give here any
report OF the sermon; our only pur-
pose is 10 speak with appreciation of
the young minister and his high con-
ception Of his chance TO impress his
people with their opportunities OF
making the Church in Richmond an
active force in the larger religious
life of our people. OF making them 20
weep with the Master m His tender
regard for the soul OF the City, this
little Jerusalem of our own in which
there is so much to be done for the
benefit OF humanity. There has not
been more effective plea for high
Christian effort.
Mr.. Bowie is singularly gifted
man. Educated at Harvard University.
where he obtained his Bachelors. De-
gree and taught in Theology at the
school OF the prophets at Alexandra.
hard student and a clear thinker, a
graceful speaker. a hne reader, a man
OF imagina ton, he has al~eady made
a good mark among the clergy of this
Diocese. and has a great future full
of rich promise for his diligence lie
announced yesterday that ne had sub
m!tted 20 the vestry of St Paurs some
plans for the .,w6sk .of'ths year which
will make that Church more than ever
great spiritual power in this town.
Beginning the first Sunday in Novem-
Der he Will preach a series OF six ser
mons for instruction in the Christian
life: % Jesus Life; (2) Jesus and the
Prophets; CD Jesus and the Pharisees;
q Jesus and the Common People;
t6) Jesus and the Romans; t6) Jesus
and the Kingdom OF God These dis.
courses will doubtless be followed by
others. and all for the building up Of
HE people in their most holy faith and
for the teaching of all others who may
wish TO hear
Yesterday morning. M Bowie was
very effective, not to say really clio.
auent. in the announcements which he
made from the chancei, as. for exam
pie when he said something IKE this:
u wish to say to the regular mem
bers Of this congregation that IL
o'clock is the hour for servlce-not
twenty minutes past Ii o'clock. not
ten minutes past II o'clock, not I'VE
minutes past IL o'clock butll o'clock 3.
That was all. but that was enough