The Washington times., 1922-10-08

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THE title Of this book u not
: misnomer. Written BY q
clergyman, reformer, hunter.
traveller ana ''friend Of humanity"
every assand there are as Of
them--is packed chock-a-biock fun
Of .yarietya and 'life."
"The Story Of q Varied Life"
il. a. you have doubtless ,sur.
missed. an autobiography. Most
autobiographies are duii. This
one. however. ID astonishingly
interesting. ~
Its motif IL the story Of q dying
parish that grew to be the mos.
vital Protestant Church in Greater
New York. II Ia illuminated with
pen sketches Of the men who made
New York Of the "nineties''; Of y.
Pierpont Morgan, the senior
warden Of st. Georges Episcopal
Church. with whom Dr, >Rainsford
breahfasted every Sunday morning
and who was aiwayslate for divine
worship when displeased with
something the rector did or said:
Of Theodore Roosevelt. with
whom he made an agreement to
repeat only the unpleasant things
that were said about the volatile
ex-President. and Of Joseph IA.
Choate and other famous New
Yorkers.
DR.. Rainsford also tells some
thing OF the political and finan.
ciai rottenness Of the city and
the terrible conditions on the
lower East side and the Bowery
in the social bettermsnt OF which
the rector and his church played
no small part.
DR.. Rainsford was q native Of
Ireland, albeit he came from q
long line Of distinguished English
warriors and statesmen. His
story Of religious conditions In
Erin form interestipg reading for
all Irishmen, whether Roman
Catholic or PROTESTANT. The
evangelical z movement which
swept Great Britain about The
time Of our own civil war ID ~,
lated m detail. -
But II IL Of DR. Rainsford's ac-
tiyities In. the United States that
we are most concerned He was
a young rector In the cathedral
at Toronto when be was called
to build up 81. GesrEe's parish
and restore II to its ancient pres
tise in New York. How he sue
ceeded forms the principal theme
OF the book.
An athlete. big game hunter.
and a level.hsaded. hard.flsted,
kind-hearted exponent Of "mus-
cular Christianity" DIR. Rainsford
led his CONGREGATION from the old
religion OF pure theology to the
new religion of service. While
still in his fifties. DR.. Rainsford's
career was cut short by q severe
physical breakdown which neces.
STATED his retirement to private
life.
DIR. Rainsford's Credo d suniped
up In the final paragraph Of his
mastery preface. He says:
Mine, then, ID the story Of an
ordinary sort Of boy, youth and
man. who sometimes made q sue
cess Of things, and sometimes
made q mess Of things. but who.
in success or failure. found one
golden thread always lying on the
earthen floor of even the darkest
windings in life's maze. II you
have not already found It. I beg
you look for It now. 1t II easy to
find. Hold fast to It. and you win
never lose either your way or your
courage. am persuaded II 10 the
best guide we have to real influ.
ence. happiness and true religion.
This IL my golden clue: Try
to serve your fellows with an your
heart and you WIN not be far from
your God"
OUR CHANGING coNsTITu-
tion. BY Charles w. Pierson.
New York: Doubleday. Page q
THE theme Of this book Is the
Federal encroachment upon
State power. It traces the pro-
found changes which have taken
place in our political system and
shows how the idea of dual gov
ernment which constituted Amer
ica's most Valuable contribution
to the science OF, government ID
being lost and forgotten.
/. This theme is developed through
through a discussion OF contem-
porary problems Of government,
the Prohibition Amendment, the
Woman Suffrage Amendment. the