Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . was a stanch Rebel and a scorn-er of half-utterance. Hedid all that in him lay topromote the Cause and. toheal those stricken by sick-ness, or sword, or— cathedral pulpit washeld by Revs. Robert , A. L. McMullenand John Hagan. Rev. Leonard Mayer, B., preached at St. Marys,and at St. Patricks Teehng, D. D. These alldid good work, they and theJesuits—notably Fathers Kroes and P. Toale—carried piety and tending RT. REV. RICHARD HOOKER ^o Fortrcss Monroc, Fairfax(WAR DisHop OF MOBILE) ^ud all thc army lines. Another
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . was a stanch Rebel and a scorn-er of half-utterance. Hedid all that in him lay topromote the Cause and. toheal those stricken by sick-ness, or sword, or— cathedral pulpit washeld by Revs. Robert , A. L. McMullenand John Hagan. Rev. Leonard Mayer, B., preached at St. Marys,and at St. Patricks Teehng, D. D. These alldid good work, they and theJesuits—notably Fathers Kroes and P. Toale—carried piety and tending RT. REV. RICHARD HOOKER ^o Fortrcss Monroc, Fairfax(WAR DisHop OF MOBILE) ^ud all thc army lines. Another bishop with warrior soul and unswerving loy-alty to the Cause—and who was later Prelate of the Dioceseof Humor in the American Church—was Rt. Rev. Rich-ard Hooker Wilmer, war bishop of Mobile. Consecratedto that see in 1862, he forbade further use of the perfunc-tory prayer for the president of the United States. Whenthe end came and General Thomas was in command, hesent for Bishop Wilmer and insisted that the prayer should. BELLES, BEAUX AND BRAINS OF TEE SIXTIES 375 be returned to its use in all the churches. The bishoprefused flatly, pointing out that it would be as illogical asinsincere. Then Old Pap declared he would close theEpiscopal churches. Bishop Wilmer confessed that mightgave the general power to do that, but no right to coercehis conscience; so the public worship ceased, and all ser-vices were held in private homes until the Washingtongovernment rescinded the Thomas order, and the daunt-less churchman triumphed over the inter arma proverb. Bishop Perry in his work on the Bishops of the Amer-ican Church, clearly shows that the action of the Alabamabishop was based on logic and law; and that its indorsementforced from the government was the step that markedforever the division of church and state in this Repub-lic. Some years later, when the guest of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Wilmer, at Washington, he was walkingat the then completing Thomas Circle.
Size: 1225px × 2039px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkgwdillingha
