New-York tribune., 1919-03-17
Rector of Church of Heavenly Rest
Appeals by transformations Sincerity
The Rev. Herbert Shipman
Returns to Pulpit From
First Army Chaplaincy
Avoids Self Advertising
Tells of Work Abroad i'm
Impersonal Manner That
Is Index of Character

This Is the second n, series of
Monday nnorning articles on the
famous preachers of Ne10 York.
The questions have been asked:
"Where are the great preacherss
Does Ne,v York kno,U its o,Om pull
pits, or has the tradition been lost?"
Last Monday morning The Nea0
York Tribune printed study of the
pulpit methods of the Req. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, associate pastor
and preacher of the First Presby-
terrain Church.
Neat Monday the subject Of the
article avill be the Rev. Dr.. NeaOeU
Dwight Hills, pastor of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, the old Beecher
pulpit.
These articles do not attempt to
discover the great preachers. They
are intimate studies of the fcmous
pulpit orators. The articles ain,
merely to present the preachers as
tkey present themselves.
TTIDDEN in the hear. Of a Fifth
i i Avence block, the Church of the
Heavenly Rest attracts little attention.
1t is hemmed in by business buildings.
H. Ia &c Of zoe C%f do
but it occupies only the width of
city lot, and the street widening regu
lations have taken away it's distinc-
tive and distinguishing marks.
The building conforms SO we'll to
its environment that the mother of
preacher who was to occupy the pulpit
on a Sunday morning last year passed
by and missed the service because
she could not find the church.
Just as unobtrusively has the rec
tor of the church carried on his work
He is the Rev. Herbert Shipman, D. D.,
who recently returned from France
where he served as SENIOR chaplain
Of the First Army.
u.
He has avoided all self-advertising
schemes and has been content with
the dignity and quiet service of his
parish ministry.
When twenty-seven years old, Mr..
Shipman was appointed, without any
solicitation on his own part or on the
part of his friends, to the chaplaincy
Of the West Point Military Reserva-
ton. No one was more surprised
than he when the word of his appoint
ment came.
Chaplain at West Point
His service there was SO effective
that Presidents Mckinley and Roose-
velt in turn reappointed him. Then
he was called to the Church Of the
Heavenly Rest as a senior assistant
with the right Of succession to the
rectorship.
The pulpit had been occupied for
more than twenty years by the Rev.
DR.. D. Parker Morgan, one of the best
known preachers of the city.
In due course DR.. Morgan resigned
and Mr.. Shipman became rector. Fifth
Avenue was changing. Fine old resi-
business buildings. A floating floating popuo ,puo
iation filled the nearby hotels. Nothing
IN the vicinity seemed to suggest a
promise of permanency for a work like
that Of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest. 1t was freely predicted that DR..
Morgan's successor could not hold the
parish together in its present location.
Sat witness a Sunday, morning
Field Artillery-the old 1st New
York-had been sent to Spartanburg
lor training. purposes preparatory to
service on the other side. The chap
lain of that regiment was in the pulpit
Of the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
ne had come to New York to say "good-
6y." for he was the Rev Herbert
Shipman, again in the role of soldier
preacher. The church was filled to
anpretentious FACADE, it is not a small
building.
Tribute From Parishioners
AS Chaplain Shipman began his SER
mon there vas sound of sobDing that
could not be suppressed. Before he
nad gone very far the whole congre-
the tribute of affection-the tribute
.hat could not be denied Visualize
the man, VI
NOW look upon another scene: 1t is
night IN camp. The soldiers are VIC
inns Of that most dread affection of the
army, camp nostalgia-plain home
sickness slender figure in a lieu
tenants uniform goes among a proun
and suggests that boxing match be
arranged. The soldiers reply with the
question, "Will you be the referee. so
mat mat we may know that there will be
Tn iair play" The person addressed is
onapialn Shipman, erstwhile rector
on Or Sss r church Of the Heavenly Rest,
now look upon another scene:
ngain 1T is night in camp. A dele
ksuon OF top sergeants waits upon
Tn 1as chaplain in his own quarters.
me ia;ney salute him respectfully and greet
,.m r. win the statement, "Sir, you have
bisfssa sbis. .n our boxing bouts so accept
@n.y tnat we have decided to attend