Arizona republican., 1922-05-01

:
/ the series which is being delivered by
Bishop julius w. Atwood at Trinity
| cathedral on Great Religious Lead
| ers.' The subject OF the lecture this
week, which was delivered at the ca
! thedral last evening is Arthur Stan
! ley, historian and liberal theologian:
There are few homes that can COM
pare with the English rectories in
| the refining influence. in tie eager
! intellectual activity, in the philan-
| thropic aims and the deep consecra-
| tion to duty and the service of God
| that has been found developed in
! them. In one of the most elevating
and attractive of these country par
sonages the early life of Arthur Stan
| ley was spent From his quiet and
! peaceful Cheshire home he passed
under the influence at Rugby Of DR.
Arnold, who still stands pre- eminent
| as the greatest and wisest school
master of the 18th century. 1t is
| difficult to measure the influence of
a high minded, noble hearted teach
er like Arnold upon the~impression-
able nature of boy like Stanley.
| Speaking of his famous schoolmastef
| later in life, he said: The lapse of
years has only served to deepen in
me the conviction that no gift can
| be more valuable than the recollec-
| ton and inspiration of a great char
| acter working on our own. hope
| that you will all experience this at
some time OF your life as ! have
| DONE"
Here his scholarship was richly
! displayed and he won almost every
| prize that the school could give. From
| Rugby he went to begin his brilliant
| career as a student of the University
of oxford. After leaving Balliol. he
| became a fellow and tutor of uni
versity college. where his fame as a
| teacher drew many students. And
here was written one Of the greatest
biographies of our time, the life of
DR.. Arnold. From oxford he went to
! Canterbury to become one of the
| canons OF that ancient cathedral. It
was during this period and in the
! time of the Crimean war, meeting
! Thomas Carlyel one day in st. James
! park, London. who was railing at
everything and everyone in general
| as we'll as in particular. as was his
accustomed manner. that Stanley
asked him what in the present con-
| dition of affairs. was the duty of a
| canon OF the English church, Car
lyle's reply was; Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do do it with all thy
might" And nobly here and always
( did Stanley follow the advice.
| 1t was a great joy to his heart
| that his sister. Mary Stanley. went
! out to the hospitals of Crimea to do
a brave and noble work. second only
! to that of Florence Nightingale.
Later, with this same sister and his
wife, he was to be associated in the
| lifting up and helping of the poor
and degraded inhabitants of the
| Westminster district OF the city of
London. At the end of seven years
he was recalled from Canterbury to
/ oxford as professor of ecclesiastical
history Here he did a noble work,
He was one of the prime movers IN
the establishment, and one of the
| most influential members of the uni :
| versity commission organized to re-
form the abuses. and to adapt to
modern times and methods the va
rious working agencies of the great
University of Oxford Here he did
for education what was, in some re-
| spects. the most noteworthy work OF
his life Here he wrote and deliv-
cred the first of those great lectures
4 in the history of the Jewish church,
which made vivid and real, almost
for the first time, the pages OF the
Old Testament to vast numbers OF
emderS If you want to have the
| events of the Bible stand out, vivid
and clear, in your mind, if you want
/ to have them touch even upon our
modern life; and above all, If you
want to understand more Of the great
religious teachings of the grand
moral purpose, of the noble and in
spring lessons to be found in Ole
Testament history, read Dean stan
ley's books on these subjects,
1t was at Oxford that Stanley
position as a liberal theologian was
widely made known and acknowl-
edged 1t was here that wac mani
tested that spirit of chivalric cour-
age, that noble defense of the weak
and unpopular, and the misunder-
stood and the prosecuted, that made
him forever afterward the ardent ad-
vocate of such men against the mar
row and petty prosecutions of bigotee
and pharasaic ecclesiastics. who al
this time sought to dominate the
church and the nation. He, through
his conception of the relation OF the
nation to the National Church o.
England, and idea which dominated
the mind and inagination of Or. Ar
mold. which would make the two
almost Identical rose to the true ans
grand conception of the Episcopa
church. not as a sect. narrow ane
limited IN doctrine. but a Cathollt
church. wide and comprehensive II
it's creed, which some of US belieYe
can be realized, even in this country
without the necessity of church es'
tablishment. In it, living in unity
and love and charity. should dwell
the ritualist and the nationalist, th'
high and the low churchman, with Z
. | tolerance extended toward each othei
that would make them, while they
differed in some things. in perfec
agreement in extending the kingdom
of God here upon earth. and WORKING
together against sin and the worlC
, and the power of evil. and covering
] with the wide mantle of charity thos'
who disagreed with them, but whit
{ followed after Jesus Christ as thei
) leader and master. 1t was for thii
great truth that Stanley lived ant
worked, and for this truth be wa
willing to suffer and die.
] From Oxford he was called in 1863
at the age of As, to be dean of West
minister Abbey. and a few month'
, later took place his marriage witt
( the Lady Augusta Bruce. His wife
: equal in personal charm and in mora
and intellectual force and intuitiv'
sympathy to himself Joined in all hi