The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
Energetic "BiIly" Has COMPETE
ton Right Here in Topeka.
PREACH At CONSECUTIVE DAYS
On One Day, "GOod Friday"
His Sermon 31s Hours Long.
And in Every Instance 1t Was
an Original Discourse.


gay Is a person of more or less ac-
knoWledged strenuosity. but he has
Hothlng on the Rev. James p. deBeav-
Trs Kaye of Grace Cathedral-Dean
haye as we speak of him most COM
monty here at home-in endurance, if
me deans latest achievement is con-
sidered
In fact. for all his vast physical ex-
cry newspapers, the redoubtable
Billy appears very mild, conserva-
i've and easy-going pulpiteer, speak
Ihg-or rather writing-from a stand
point of physical endurance, as COM
pared with the strenuous pace from
which Dean Kaye has just emerged.
And the dean doesn't boast of a
wizard frame, either. Nor did he
and lead Captain Ansons famous
white Stockings batting order. In
deed, he is about as unlikely looking
an entry in a contest for staying quail
Thoroughbred, for "a that and a
that, as the well known Mr.. Burns
not Tommy-would say.
Every Day for a Month
At the close of the Easter services
on sunday, Dean Kaye had preached
every day for over a month and a
half, or, to be exact, Al consecutive
days.
on Good Friday his sermon was
three and a half hours in length
And the dean didn't think a thing
about it, any more than the man in
song who was said to be something of
sport lin his own home town
would think of spending five cents.
N or was the fact exploited in the
papers-indicating a distressing
need by Dean Kaye of d press agent.
Championship in Topeka.
Now, if Billy Sunday can beat this
record, let him jump to it-else con-
fess himself no thoroughbred. Mean
time, Topeka lays claim to the worlds
championship for a lengthy sermon
tnree hours and a half, 21O minutes!
A feature of this sermon was that
it was interesting, all the way. Ordin-
arily, this would be taken cum grano
saltus," as Washburn freshman
would say, meaning with a grain of
SALT or several grains if you prefer
more, but those who are acquainted
with Dean Hayes preaching will give
the assertion full faith and credit.
Nothing New in Him.
Let it also be added-and it is now
added-that this month of extraor-
binary pulpit activity is nothing new
to Dean Kaye. He has been doing the
same thing for IS years. 1t is part
of his business. Indeed, it is part
of every Episcopal minister's service,
for Lent is more exacting on the min
istry and membership of the Episcopal
church Cor on the latter is it at least
supposed to be- than in most any 9TH
er. denomination
original sermons entirely throughout
Lent They hold daily services for
their members but do not always
preach.
Some days of this Lenten season
just past, Dean Kaye went to work
with the Santa Fe shopmen (the same
being a. m.) and didn't quit until
or 10 O'Clock at night.
And every one of the 4 sermons he
delivered during Lent were original
discourses, lasting from 20 minutes to
the formidable one that covered three
hours and a half
So the dean fairly broke all Lenten
records this year, outdoing himself.
His friends have suspected that en-
thusiasm over the resumption of work
on Grace Cathedral, whose compile
ton has lain so close to his heart these
five years past and which is to be fin
ished now, after a suspension since
1910. put new strength into his quail
ties to endure.
The long sermon mentioned is
known in Episcopal ministry as the
three hours service It takes up
seven sentences spoken by Christ while
hanging on the cross, and Commute
talks are made on each sentence by
sentences Used.
The sentences used and the main
+boueht stressed in each particular
case by Dean Kaye were as follows;
sFather. forgive them for they know
,,ot what they do The lesson brought
out on this text is forgiveness
Next the following sentences We're
considered together; Lord, remember
me when thou contest into thy KING
dom and This day thou shau be
with me in paradise. The tlrst OF
these quotations. was the request VI
ora of the two thieves between whom
- cax-iorr was crucified and the 9TH
or was the latter's reply
rte lessons deduced from them
ct Ill
were the reality OF the future "orlu
and its character
e,olren nv Christ to his mother as he
tI1rned his eyes toward where she was
Standing in the crowd with the dlscl-
,11ee. woman behold thy son, and
- 3he disciple John, which followed
the others. "Behold thy mother
E,ron, that instant John took Mary,
r.t.,-istis mother, into his home and
adonted her as his mother she must
ba1.a been, at that time, approaching
90 wears of age. The lesson drawn from
this Incident was the sanctity of the
home life and its effect upon the
..Vyhy Hast Thou F'orsaken Me"
The fourth sermon was based upon
tl,asa words as a text: My God, my
CD whv hast thou forsaken me?"
Dean Kaye considered that these
hrourht out the intense humanity of
Tesus and showed that pain is not
o,,nisbment. since he bore all his suf-
ferings-
of the bodv cannot be denied and thus
the fifth lesson is taken from the
words of the Saviour, 81 thirst" They
were uttered shortly before mis- death,
and emphasize the absolute humanity
of the Saviour.
eft is finished,v formed the basis
for the sixth sermon showing that
The saviour realized that all things
were now Accomplished" his work
was done; the great task competed
THE final and seventh sermon based
on the seven sentences was drawn
rx,s- lac ct words hafOre