New-York tribune., 1919-03-17

your divine service in a body to-mor-
row." 1t is the sincerest tribute the
men can pay.
Scene at Death Bed
Now look upon a scene in a hospi-
tai: young soldier is dying of pneu-
monia. There is priest by his side
He. speaks in soft, appealing voice
and there is in his manner something
so sympathetic, so understanding
that the soldier hesitates not at ali
The whole story, all of it, is told; and
then few words are spoken. The SOL
dler's face beams with happiness. He
reaches out and squeezes the hand of
the priest as affectionately as he would
have done his mothers. The priest is
Chaplain Shipman
A week ago the rector of the Church
OF the Heavenly Rest returned to his
,, pulpit. He was greeted by scores, by
hundreds of his parishioners. They
were grateful that he had returned
They had read of his elevation to
the senior chaplaincy, and they were
proud of him and for their parish. He
smiled, and told them there was moth
ing personal In his promotion; it was
just combination of circumstances
that had thrown him into the chief
chaplaincy of the First Army. He is
modesty personified. He is almost self
eHaclng. lie rises to prominence in
spite of himself one might say-and
yet it is very much because Of him
self
He is not always the quiet, sympa-
thetlc preacher of the Word He has
moments when the full organ note
is in his voice. The memory will live
in the minds of hundreds of soldiers
of a sermon he delivered in Y. NJ,
Z. A. hut at Camp Wadsworth when
he startled his hearers by asking them
what they thought Christ would think
of their being so eager to go abroad
and strike at the vitals of fellow
men with bayonets.
Can you imagine Jesus going over
the top to do just that thing?" he
asked. There was noticeable reac-
tlon to his words. Some of the men
seemed to express indignation and re-
sentiment. TO them il appeared that
pacifst was in the pulpit, pacifist
strangely uniformed, strangely out of
place.
Chaplain Shipman continued. at is
difficult to think of Christ that way
but" and he hesitated long time
1T Is Infinitely more difficult to think
of the Master whom we preach stand
ing supinely by while little child is
ravished or a girl led off into some
thing that is worse than death"
Is Not Supine Pacifist
Then Chaplain Shipman proceeded
to refute the arguments of the paci-
fists. He attacked their reasoning in
man fashion He made some of the
soldiers gasp by his realism. His
peroration was a portrayal of the
Christ who was tho Prince of Peace.
He called to mind the figure Of that
strange, mysterious parsonage Of the
Old Testament, Melchisedec
"Our Christ is called a priest after
the order Of Melchisedec," he said,
"and the pacifists tell US that Melchs-
edec was king of peace. Let them
quote all. Let them give you the con-
text. Mclchisedec was king Of right
eousness first, then king Of peace SO
with our Christ. Righteousness first,
then peace"
The sermon set at rest many doubts
in the minds of the soldiers as to
their position as Christian men. 1t
was repeated before several regiments.
Modest as to His Work
Mr. Shipman not only returned last
Sunday. He resumed his rectorship.
He put aside his military air. He
became parish minister again. In
a most impersonal fashion he told of
his experiences abroad. They might
have been the experience of another
man, 80 far as the emphasis on his