Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
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DESPITE SAD NEWS
Rev. Charles T. WaIkley. Sum-
moned to Fathers Bedside,
Waits to Conduct Services.

Although only few members of
the congregation of Grace Episcopal
Church, Orange, yesterday were
aware of the serious illness OF Rev.
Charles s. Walkley. father of the
rector, Rev. Charles Thomas Walk
ley, the latter conducted the service
yesterday morning, az announced. I'M
mediately afterward he left for the
bedside of his parent in'Atlantic city.
1t was In the early morning that
the message came. by telegraph. tell
ing of another stroke of paralysis
that had come to the well-known
clergyman-sol who served in the
Civil War and also many years after
ward in The army as chaplain,
Yesterday was the time of annual
remembrance of the founders of the
parish, and the text for the sermon
was taken from psalm 1854, Great
is the Lord and marvellous, worthy
to be praised; there is no end of His
greatness; one generation shall praise
thy works unto another" The &C.
casion also marked the sixtieth ami
yersary of the parish.
Life Is wonderful gift" said the
clergyman, and the years that mark
the flight of time have in their rec
ords the great variety of human ex-
perience. In the midst of the years
are continuous forces. The Divine and
the human clements are bound up to-
gether In q warp and wool of good
and evil, of love and enmity, of prayers
and decadence. and yet there is the
indomitable evidence that Gods way
doth prosper and that the. sons OF
men are blessed in them.
Many Things to BE Grateful Fer.
1.-THE first note of gratitude, there
fore. is to our God. Great is the
Lord and marvellous, worthy to be
praised; there is no end of His great
ness
"These sixty years have been faith
full witnesses to the Trinity. The
church, the simple prayerboolS. wor-
ship, and the fellowship of many con-
secrated souls. some of whom rest
from their labors and are in joy and
felicity, some of whom have carried
the parish feeling and teaching to
other cities and towns. Many serve
and praise God in our midst and sew
eral ministers at the affairs as priests
of God In the church's ministry, and
we must in a more definite way ex-
press our gratitude to God for those
whose words and examples have
blessed this parish in its pastors.
"'There is more in the word pastor
than in the term rector. The later /.
an official title. and spells authority
will and control: yet, while none tbs
less rectors, this parish has beer
singularly blassed in the pastors of {
generation. 1t is something worth {
life time service to be loved as thoS'
pastors were loved. and, though mos
of US never saw but one of them, We
the years that are passed have gar
landed their memories with thought
of kindness, loneliness, goodness ant
rare common sense. The ministry i!
not free from human limitations. ant
for a parish to have been served a,
the parish of Grace has been wisel,
shepherded is not only cause o
gratitude to God, but also cause o
life itself. Their children rise up Il
call them blessed Wisdom is JUST
| fed by her children. To the vestry
and especially to the wardens, larg'
need of praise is due.
vestry and Wardens Faithful.
The quiet ways of our parish life
are due in a large measure to tn,
|
wardens and vestrymen Some hay,
served more than half of the church;
| life, others have served but a few
years, yet our gratitude goes back
| to all who from the foundation with
their courage and leadership, so have
administered the corporate existence
of the church that she stands out
as a noble factor in the civic and re-
ligious life Of the community and &C.
cupies a place of note in the diocese
There have been times of stress and
anxiety. days of darkness as well as
days of unusual prosperity, and yet
there is a fine record of generosity
and labor In every charity.
The charities never have lacked
either financial support or earnest
workers from Grace Church in their
boards. Today there is scarcely a
charity that has not at least one mem
Der in its board of directors. if not
several or more. We are proud as
well of our men who have served the
municipalities in various ways. We
sometimes ask ourselves If the
churches are failing, and yet no
church fails when its members conse-
crate their money and their labors in
the name of Jesus Christ to the city,
the community, where they live.
- l ne society OF WIlcH VIC are d pdTl
is witnessing great change of base.
There has been a revolution in process
which would astonish the founders of
this parish. Business has been sub
jected to liquidation and economic
changes which make the mart of
sixty years ago seem more like that
of the Middle Ages.
There are standards of response
bility and probity that our fathers
knew not. Social evils are being at
tackled with directness and determi-
nation that in the end must conquer.
But the evils of the human race are
deeper than the laws and education
can meet"
Attention was paid to child labor
and other problems in the process
of solution.