In Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, high on a knoll overlooking Springfield, Mass., one day last week gathered seven Episcopal bishops, their clergy and many a rich and cultivated worshiper. The grey-haired, 86-year-old retired Bishop of Massachusetts mounted the pulpit, preached on "The Quickening of the Spirit." Almost abruptly terminating his sermon, the oldster fixed his gaze upon a tall, younger man sitting at a table in the centre aisle. "My son!" said he, "my father used to say to me again and again, 'No man has ever been blessed throughout life as I have been.' I have repeated these...
Religion: Filial Incident
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