Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-13
Bishop Hughes Address

Bishop Hughes Address
There was a large attendance at the
church last evening when Bishop Ed
win II. Hughes. b. D.. Ill. D., of Nal
den Mass, delivered his lecture upon
the subject The Children Of the
Manse." 1t was a most instructive and
entertaining address and was enjoyed
by all.
Miss Berry, Stanchfeld sang sweetlv
a selection in the evening, being accom-
panied by Miss Carrie Bradford at the
organ
Bishop Hughes lecture was in dis
proof Of the statement sometimes made
that preachers children are not high in
character or successful in general life
1t IS said that the bishop has for more
than 20 years added to his lille of IN
formation on the subject and has ONLY
within recent months put portion OF
the abundant material into lecture form
The method consisted of a study OF the
various departments Of activity and the
places that ministers children had oc-
cupied in these
In business it was found that although
the preachers boy always begins with
out capital, he has reached great sue
cess. Hartman. Morton, Flag ler, Arcn-
bold. the Studebaker brothers. Finley
Shepard " liam c. Brown John H.
Converse, Cecil Rhodes and many 9th
ers We're born i'll parsonages or manses
In art and architecture. McI\im, QUO
leading architect. and Barnard. our pre-
mier sculptor. are preachers boys. while
In Europe the same was true of both
Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Christie
pher Wren
In philosophy. RomaneS. Hobbs Green
Schleirmacher. Mommsen. Muller. stew
ar, Ciedwaite. Reid Sedgwicl; and Wi!-
liam James. and even Nietsche. credit
ed or debited with the great world war,
are all clergymen's sons.
In education. proebal, and Catherine
Beecher. pioneer in womans education.
ana Maxwell. superintendent of the
largest public school system in Amer.
ca were born in pirsonages: while
three Of the six largest state UNIVERSE
Ties. and the three largest womens col
leges. and the two largest Baptist col
legeS have preachers children as their
presidents. In some of our colleges
practically one-half of the faculty are
the sons Of clergvmen. The two largest
educational foundations on earth one
esta blished by Carnegie and the other
by Rockefeller. have preachers sons
as their executive heads. prs. Pritchet+
and Vincent
In politics. John Hancock. first sign
or of the Declaration. was a preachers
boy and has been followed in inhuen-
tai craftsmanship by many others
justices Field Strong, Grier, Brewer.
Hughes, Edward Everett. Governors
Bates. Kellogg. Folk. Harmon and
many others. while the two largest
states. New York and PENNSYLVANIA.
now have preachers sons as governors
Whitman and Brumbaugh. Among Unit
ed states senator's, Quay. HawIey. Dol
liver. Bristow, Shiveley. Thurman. Bur
ton. w olcott, Brice and others includ
ing Lorimer. who won the unenvia HE
distinction Of being expelled from the
Senate. In the last national election the
two great parties both selected preach
ers' sons as their presidential candi-
dates. Prea cheers sons, on the basis Of
their numbers, should have become
Presidents only once In SH wears. ~:
they have reached the White House
three times, . times oftener than their
proportion. Among women. Anne
Hutchinson, the first American suffra
gette. and Harriet Beecher stowe. au
ministers daughters
In journalism. the list is amazing
Stone. the head of the Associated Press
and many of the most distinguished ed
itors of newspapers, and the editors OF
The Nation. The Arena, The Army
and Navy Journal, Appeal 10 Rea-
son, Current Literature. The Outlook.
The Independent. The Saturday
Evening Post and The Literary
Digest and The Century are all
preachers boys.
In history Londe and Hallam in
England and Parkman and Bancroft.
in the United States were all minis
tiers boys.
In poetry. we have Tennyson. Low
ell Holmes. Emerson, Glider, Van
Dyke; in fiction, Kingsley, Gold
smith. James, Marvel, Cowper,
Bronte, Austen, Phelps, Blackmore.
Ralph Connor. Olive Schreimer and
The Duchess are all ministers
children. More than one-fifth of all
writer's named in Female Prose
Writer'S are preachers daughters.
while in England a similar list gives
one in every nine; or almost 80 times
more than their numerical deserts.
In Science, we have Agassiz. Jen-
ner. Linneaus. Barzelius, the Wight
Brothers in Aviation: and Morse in
ventor of the telegraph and field,
layer Of the Atlantic cable. all
prea boys.
In Religion. the list IS most i'm
pressive, Deans Swift. Stanley and
Farrar; Jeremy Collier and Keble
Maurice and Sturgeon: Beecher, the
Wesleys. Potter. Swebenborg. Ed
wards, Glldden We're all sons of
preachers. Nine Of the % effective
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church and 4 of its official editors
and many of its leading pastors are
parsonage sons.
What does the law Of averages say?
Are not these names selected as
special pleaders? In reply note those
two facts:
In the Dictionary Of National
Biography" in England, 1910 names