Middletown transcript., 1918-06-22
"0lD 81, -AllyE,s DAY"
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The local choir made for their audi
ences excellent music, while these
visiting singers gave a number of fine
solos and duos. their strong, musical
voices adding greatly to the effective.
ness of the Choir and congregational
singing.
The Bishop after reading the 18th
Chapter of Hebrews took for his text
the 10Th verse, ''Whose voice then
ehook the earth, but now he hath
promised, saying, Yet once more will
shake not the earth only but also
heaven. y
He read extracts from old letters de-
scrihing conditions in these parts in
l718, how the churches were few and
feeble, how hard it was to maintain the
gospel in those days.
Then, letters telling how things a
century later 1878, were even worse
"a deplorable picture of churches de-
parted from their first love-only two
of them left He next compared pres
ent conditions with those "deplorable"
centuries. and followed with sort OF
Hooking Backward" retrospect in
imagination from 2Ol8
probably the old Church will still be
standing. and the people will assemble
here, and talk about the times we are
now living IN, looking back upon them
as century of the worlds most won
derful progress"
This idea is the keynote Of the Bis
hops thought-provoking sermon-the
whole past world has been wrenched by
this awful cataclysm of war frJm every
one of its ancient mornings, and set
afloat, all for mankind's hetterment,
though, since the loving hand of the
Divine Architect is guiding it all,
.'making the wrath Of men to praise
Him, and restraining the remainder of
wrath.
He referred to a wonderful book
written 10 years ago by the Boston
Architect Of that magnificent Episco-
pal temple in New York City, St. John
The Divine, wherein the past historical
movements OF the world were divided
into nodes or epochs of 500 years each,
and also told of postscript just added
by the author pointing out the startling
confirmation of his theory in the events
of the past four years.
Zone of these periods closes the 2Otn
century, which will mark the end of
many things which are now falling to
pieces-crumbling about US. What are
those strong pri lciples in human life
which will guarantees the future? One
Of the great watch words is Freedom,
not the narrow Individual idea of free
dom of the past five centuries, but that
idea broadened into the higher concept
that embraces the state-in fact, that
includes all mankind in one big brother
hood.
1.-The Kaiser is a typical example of
this old selfish egotism. 'HencefOrth
nothing shall happen in the world with
out Germany; in Germany there is but
one master, that master is l.. But the
Kaiser is not the only colossal egotist
wanting to have his own way there
are such now within the walls Of this
Church.
This sort of freedom that oyeresti-
mated the individual, develops the worst
form of autocrscy and anarchy. There
was too much indivjdualism in the past.
eve are more and more learning the
truth of Paul's words, No man liveth
or dieth 10 himself. There is NJ such
thing as freedom for men and women
unless all are working together" He
ascribed the amazing results of the
States Liberty Bond, and Red Cross
campaigns to this cause,
IAN the world is learning the mean
ing of brotherhood, its mutual duties
and reciprocal benefits-the keynote Of
the century. The developed qualities
Of each mans individuality are most
valuable when they are used as citizens
of whole community"
Then the speaker prophe7ied COM
ing union between the various Christian
denominations, many Of whose lines are
50 slight as to be negligible, that will
bring the people closer together and
prove blessing to them and to their
children. The broad catholicity and
fraternity of this qtterance, does equal
credit to the Bishops head and heart.
He said we are learning the need of
obedience and humility-the obedience
of the soldier-above all, obedience to
Almighty God, the first great bond of
unity for all mankind.
He referred to the picture by Gibbop
of the court paid by the retlnue Of the
emperor Constantine prostrating them
selves fer days before his cold clay ly-
ing in magnificent state. ''They all
felt that it didn't mean anything, was
only an empty form. for the dead en-
.peror's power was all gone.
Some say our worship Of Almighty
God is just like that; that we are think
ing all the while, He does NOT amount
to much. We have LOST osr feeling of
obedience, our recognition that God
does reign, that He is in our midst
One wonders if many of his hearers
doubted the truth Of this severe arraign-