Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-07
1l(osss N6te This sermon Was de-
{Ys9sa a. a. Johns cathedral Tues


y lteSlvGN9A0Y ogAMoN
i9ht Reversnd Bishop. Reverend
lsthezs. vsnerabls sistsrs. and dear
4 fssl little out Of place here today
ana find myself in the position of
GOOD old elderly aunt who was called
Mary who had two nephews much de-
voted to her because they expected one
day to inherit her wealth She had
not very good health and these young
men, very much interested in her, sent
her to Germany. to the hot springs
there. that she, might recuperate. At
the same place there was a. famous
English general who had distinguished
himself in the service of his country
He too, was there for his health. 1t
happened that both the English gem
eral and Aunt Mary passed away and
Of course. thinking of the aunt the
nephews wired that all possible ar
rangements should be made and that
no money should be spared to prepare
her body to be returned to New York.
The same with the English general;
having deserved well of his country,
there was no expense to be spared in
his case either. So the bodies were
ordered shipped home but through a
mistake at the shipping point the bod
les got MIXED up and Aunt Marys body
went to England and the English gem
erals body went to New York. OF
course everything was done in England
and after all these honors had been
given and the ones appointed to de-
clare the person dead went to the cof-
fin to see who was there they found
II was Aunt Mary instead of the Eng
lish general They said nothing about
it. They left the people in ignorance.
But in the meantime the body of the
~ or m SNvIt tn ar
they wired to the nephews, saying,
Aunt Mary buried with full military
honors; give the general a quiet burial
Aunt Mary got the honOrs. and feel
am in that position today, as, for
an occasion of this kind, the honor GER
tainly does not belong to me to address
YOU, but to some one who knows more
about Boise and its history and es-
pecially the founding of the hospital
than / do But as the good Bishop
German said this morning, you can
blame the episcopacy for it, Tnerefore.
have an excuse; IL l do not satisfy
you or interest you, the blame is not
mine, because 1 was called at the elev-
onth hour.
"And so. my friends, as the caves of
ocean and the bowels of the earth con-
ceal gems, so our converts, our mon
asteries and our hospitals contain gems
OF womanhood, the sisters, and just as
the sweetest flowers are often found
upon the desert so, too, in the Catholic
sisterhoods are found the |
flower of womanhood, but they do not
waste their fragrance on the desert
air, like the flowers, but it Is spent
upon all with whom they come in con-
tact. bringing them nearer to God
by an exemplary life.
what then, friends, is the cause that
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bottom of it all? Why did they sue |
coed? 1t surely is not because they |
had money, for they had none. 1t is
not because they had influence, be-
cause they were strangers, and stran-
gers usually have no influence, and |
do not begin to possess 1t until they
become known. Therefore, it much
have been faith, the faith referred to
in my text, when st. John says, This
Ii the victory that overcometh the |
world, our faith And 1t is that ami |
mated that little band of sisters rs
years ago and brought them to the
banks of the Boise river, where they |
have ministered to the people evr
since, and the fidelity with which they
have done so is we'll known to you,
the peoplesof this community.
NEED OF FAITH
What then is this faith that they
possess and which you and ! possess?
1t Is that faith which our Saviour de-
livered to the world and without which
no man can be saved. 1t is the assent
of the intellect, without wavering, to
all that God has revealed, not only
what may seem reasonable to us, but
likewise the things that we can not
hope 10 understand until we meet
God face to face. That gift of faith
is to the soul what the gift of sight
Is to the body, and it would be just as
reasonable to expect that a man born
blind could convince himself of the
beauties of nature and the existence
of light as to expect that man with
out faith could penetrate the hidden
glories Of Him who dwells in light in
accessible. The state Of the man born
blind is not farther removed from the
state of one who possesses the gift
of sight than is the state Of the man
without faith removed from the man
who possesses this wonderful gift of
God for the man without faith is con-