The Ocala banner., 1922-08-25

"er his administration the EpisceDa1
church established the first hosnita-
built west Of he Rocky mountains
and he left behind him a trail Of
schools and churches.
Saves Helena Erom Fire
During one OF his PASTORAL visits n
Montana in 1859 fire started in Hell.
ena which threatened to wipe ont the
community. Bishop Dan whipped of
MS clerical coat and got into action
Helena was saved, and the town rec
ords tell today how three gangs Of
ilre fighters saved the day under the
leadership OF the Bishop. Bishop Tut
tie led one of the gangs himself and
the otner two, working under his di-
rection, were led respectively BY pit
ter Root Bill Helena's baddest bad
man." and Gentle Will" the lead
ing gambler of the town, both there
after the bishops devoted admirers
His work as pioneer in the western
country at an end Bishop Tuttle in
1856 was called to the Episcopate of
Missouri, where he is living out his
life amid universal veneration.
He was asked to reminisce a little
On his ffty-fve years as a bishop.
tits not my way to look back
ward" he replied promptly. Young
fellows like myself prefer to look for
ward. When l first met my brethren
in the House Of Bishops in 1868 there
were forty bishops in the house in
all. Now there are 13S, and of these l
have consecrafed eighty-seven. Then
in every 1,214 Americans was a COM
municant of the Episcopal church
now it is one in ninety-nine"
Bishop futile was asked about the
progress of the world IN those fifty
years which have elapsed.
Had the world made good?" he re
peated. Is it a better world than i.
was? Go to the graves OF our brave
honoreG dead and ask that question
Young People Good
Folks say, The young people are
going astray; they turn away from
the sober and thoughtful things and
20 the pleasures and excitements Of
liie as TO things worth while. Some
DO, doubtless. But are you quite sure
that you are right in your sweeping
generalization? Go into homes and
watch Go into schools and examine.
You will find among the boys strong
ana sound notions toward adventure
for the good and outreaching TO be
somebody and to do something to help
on in the strange job OF human life;
and in the girls, unspringings of
motherhood that is shut within them,
the desire to be of use, to care for
someone. to be unselfish and help
full. The young are not all going
astray. They do not differ greatly
from the young of fifty years ago. Not
few of them are trying to make
the world better for their living in
it.
And about prohibition. I am not a
teetotaler; | never have been. But do
you see any drunken men now in the
street? Five years ago our eyes
would have been offended and our
persons would have been jostled on
almost every block Is not such a
change a foundation fact in favor Of
prohibition?
Personal Liberty
"Yes, | note what is said about per
sonal liberty" continued Bishop Tut
tie, "but the unwise and unlawful in
tterference with home rights and per-
sonal liberty and the unwholesome
and injurious restrictions connected
with prohibition in time, and nndeT
the wise care of the American peo-
pie, may be done away with. But in
the IlSdHtiLlS, LACAS 81 < 1<AC AetSlS
The moving picture" it was sug-
gested, is a marked development Of
the ffty-tive years of your bishopric .
YES" he interrupted, "a very pow.
eYful e1nca .ional force. fo1ee Of
great potency for good"
sunday movies?" was asked
why not? Ii they are clean they
win do no harm: and in this connec-
ton l am reminded Of the outery
against Sunday baseball. l can see ab-
sclutely no harm in clean moving pic
lures and baseball on Sunday, pro
viding those who seek these recrea-
tions have first discharged their re
| ligious obligations
Bishop Tuttle was asked, finally,
what message he would give to the