Evening star., 1923-09-29

on earth, but Christ as He now is:
not Christ the Teacher only, but
Christ the Redeemer and Lord and
Judge.
1--WE preach the divine and human
Christ, Who makes God manifest to
all of us. Who brings God into all
the common affairs of our daily lives.
Who brings God within the reach of
plain men and women, within the
reach of all mankind. the Christ of
Bethlehem, the Christ of Calvary.
the risen, ascended Christ, Who still
dwells among us in His church on
earth. Who in His holy sacraments
still ministers to us. still comes to
bless and heal us with His living
touch.
Fathers and brethren, we stand
in world stricken, shaken and be-
wildered. brought face to face with
it's need of God. What we now need
is a new preaching of the gospel in
all it's divine truth and power. Men
are looking now for strength and
help from above.
What they need is not some ESQ.,
teric. intellectual discussion of the
Christian religion reduced, RATIONAL
lied and explained away. but the
ter; the simple gospel of the Eter-
nal Son of God. coming from the
Fathers throne across the gulf that
separates Creator from creation,
across the gulf that separates holi-
ness from sin, bringing God Himself
into the very midst of our human
life, lifting our manhood up into Its
true glory in the image and likeness
of Him Who made us.
Lay Secondary Things Aside.
"This is the gospel of the apostles.
of the New Testament and of the
church from its beginning. This is
the gospel of which we are witnesses
and which we are sent to preach.
This Is the gospel which alone has
power to deal with human agony and
suffering, to overcome the sin of the
world to bring to fulfillment our
visions of justice and brotherhood
and peace among men.
And you, my brother, have II,
know, as your desire and prayer that
you may be a faithful bishop Of
Christ's church. true shepherd OF
His flock, a faithful preacher of His
gospel.
"Those who, under the guidance of
God the Holy Spirit, have called you
to be their chief shepherd are ready
to follow you. They know you. they
them in the way of Christ. On this
day of your conservation as bishop
NAV | repeat to you the words OF the
Bishop of Chelmsford. spoken the
other day just before his deatn: Iur n n
to the deep things of God. Leave, In
these perilous days. all secondary
matters alone. They can wait.
Cites Cathedral Work.
"Our work is to bring Jesus Christ
Himself. the Son of God. to men and
women who deeply need Him. This
cannot wait. All other things are
secondary.
Here in the Nations Capital you
will have great opportunities. Use
them for Jesus Christ and in so doing
you will bring blessing to all: In the
memory of your two faithful and
sanity predecessors, Henry Yates
Satterlee and Alfred Harding this
diocese has a blessed inheritance.
They built their lives into the spir-
itual fabric of this diocese and into
the structure of it's nobly planned
cathedral You will carry forward
the work which they began. We pray
that you may see the spiritual temple
grow in heavenly beauty and also
that you may bring to fulfillment the
great visions out of which the Ma
tional Cathedral has taken shape. so
that, completed. this glorious house
of worship may bear its witness to
the power of Jesus Christ and to His
place in the life of our people.
May He who is the Shepherd and
Bishop of our souls, the Lord Jesus
Himself, guide you, uphold you and
be with you to the end"