Arizona republican., 1921-10-17
," Courage" Subject of Bishop Atwood in Cathedral Sermon

work out under God his wise pur- poses. To turn this prophecy into fact he himself and those like minded must be patriots penetrated with the spirit of courage and vigilance which shall make them ever strong to speak out and to withstand with all their might the evils in city and in state, and to watch against and to con- demn all unpatriotic and dishonest attempts to lower the national sense of honor and justice and perfect in- tegrity.
 But let me now speak, in the sec ond place, of the courage that is needed to be joined with faith in ones fellow men if We are to be of service to cur generation, to do Christs work in the world.
 I confess that it is not always easy to retain this faith in the ordinary human nature with which we come in contact, and perhaps we lose faith and courage, too, when we study our own hearts and measure our inclina- tions, our sslfishness and egotism.
 In the earliest chapters of the Bi- ble We are told that God made man in his own image. It is a startling truth and we find it hard to believe. We can never accept and understand it unless we acquire something of Christs spirit of calling out the noblest and hest in human nature and idealizing the men and women with whom we have to deal, and who thus are touched by our faith and sympathy when 1T IS clear and sim pie and rich and are moved to turn away from the life and conduct that nf ne4r. rn 70 rpl in an imperfect and fragmentary manner, purer and nobler image formed of their character by the men of Christ like spirit. Such a man, in the last half of the last century, was i the learned and high minded and simple hearted Bishop of Durham, i Westcott, who was a friend of rich and poor who was pure as a child ! in his faith ant. whose courage was ] as invincible and profound as his 1 learning and his charity. No hero on | the battlefield, no statesman standing against vast numbers in some great national crisis, vituperated and mis- understood. was ever braver than this 1 great hearted bishop in his daily life, l which reflected the simplicity and 1 self denying spirit of apostolic times. i Speaking, not long before his death, ! to a body Of miners assembled in that 1 great cathedral of Durham, half cas- | tie and half church of God, as 1t rises in its splendid proportions high above ! the surrounding city and valley ano | river; this successor of the luNurlous 1 and ambitious prince bishops or an
 earlier day. said in the midst of the
 great uprising of the miners whom ! he alone could calm: "A great mod ] has nh cd I looked l into a mirror and did not see my face
 I should have the same sort of feel ing which actually comes upon me ! when 1 look into this busy world | and see no reflection of its Creator
 This is a startling and terrioh l image" he lntinued. q know none
 more impressive in literature" we
 look upon the life of men, whom Goe has made in his own image, and eN'
 pect to find everywhere tenderness
 self control, self sacrifice, love in ! thousand shapes, and instead Of thes'
 we are met on all sides by selfish
 ness, self-indulgence, passion, care
 lessness o1 all things except the de
 sire of the moment. As Cardinal New
 man said, Tt is as :f we looked lnt'
 a mirror and did not see our face. l
 what we see on the surface were all
 l do not think that life could be en
 dured, but when a sudden crlsl
 comes, commonplace men prov
 themselves heroes. They hear Il
 their own souls the voice of GId, ant
 without one thought lay down thel
 lives to save their comrades. Suci deeds correct our first impressions
 They show the true man, and we re
 joice in the sIgns of a divine end. Not
 withstauding all around us which flll
 us with dismay, we are constant! reminded of the hidden workings O the Holy Spirit and that God will
 us to be his fellow workers. Let u
 then with one heart and soul otte ourselves to gather the fruits of tn } victory of Christ without dissembhni ! the magnitude of evils which we haV to meet, or compromising the claim of the Gospel which We proclaim | Add to your faith, courage. What | ; mere physical courage worth with out faith-faith in man and faith Il
 God?
 There is a Christian courage a ! much as there ls a Christian faitf } There is the man Of crime and eNl