Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . th sincerest respect and regard, I am Very truly yours, George E. Phillips Brooks. The following comments from the daily newspapers ofBoston are not quite free from a touch of severe is a tone in one of them, at least, of lingering uncer-tainty ; they warn while they praise ; but, on the whole, theyare constrained to trust the larger hope for the EpiscopalChurch. As for Phillips Brooks, they join in the chorus ofunqualified approbation. The first extract is from the Bos-ton Globe, the second from the Daily Advertiser : — The Epi
Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . th sincerest respect and regard, I am Very truly yours, George E. Phillips Brooks. The following comments from the daily newspapers ofBoston are not quite free from a touch of severe is a tone in one of them, at least, of lingering uncer-tainty ; they warn while they praise ; but, on the whole, theyare constrained to trust the larger hope for the EpiscopalChurch. As for Phillips Brooks, they join in the chorus ofunqualified approbation. The first extract is from the Bos-ton Globe, the second from the Daily Advertiser : — The Episcopal Church is evidently to have a future in Boston,and has now, at least, one house of worship to which all can pointwith local pride. It remains, however, to be seen how BishopPaddock and his coworkers shall develop their religious body asa Christian force in this community. If this Church shall largelyshow forth the admirable spirit for which Phillips Brooks is sowell known, the spirit of liberality and cordial sympathy toward. - ?,.,,.: jet. 37_4i] NEW TRINITY CHURCH 145 all Christian people, it will rapidly gain in strength and this purpose appears to be in the ascendant, and theresult is a cause for rejoicing everywhere. We do not ask Epis-copalians to change their polity or their doctrines, but as a con-servative Church to be sympathetic, generous, and noble in practi-cal work; and it is because the ovation of yesterday points in thisdirection that we give it mention here. Not the least interestingfeature of the services yesterday was the invited presence of thepastors of nearly all the leading congregations in the city. TheEpiscopal Church lost nothing by this, and the whole communitygained a great deal. The dedication of Trinity Church to-day is an occasion of inter-est to many more than those who will participate in the cere-monies, and to persons who do not belong to the EpiscopalChurch communion, as well as to churchmen and the
Size: 1306px × 1914px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorallenalexandervgalexa, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
