The Hale
Memorial Sermon
1907
BY
THE RIGHT REVEREND ROBERT STRANGE, D. D.
Western Theological Seminary
CHICAGO
The Hale Memorial Sermon No. 2
CHURCH WORK
Among the Negroes in the South
THE RIGHT REVEREND ROBERT STRANGE, D. D.
Bishop of East Carolina
Preached on the Evening of the Fifth Sunday in Lent
at Grace Episcopal Church
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1907
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
ANNA McK. T. HALE
A LOVER OF EVERY GOOD WORD AND WORK
THE PREACHING AND PRINTING OF
THIS SERMON
WERE PROVIDED FOR BY
HER HUSBAND
C. R. H.
EXTRACTS
From the Will of the Rt. Rev. Charles Reuben Hale, D. D., LL. D., BishopCoadjutor of Springfield, born 1837; consecrated July 26, 1892; diedDecember 25, 1900.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, andof the Holy Ghost. Amen.
I, Charles Reuben Hale, Bishop of Cairo, Bishop Coadjutor ofSpringfield, of the City of Cairo, Illinois, do make, publish,and declare this, as and for my Last Will and Testament, herebyrevoking all former wills by me made.
First. First of all, I commit myself, soul and body, into thehands of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, in Whose Meritsalone I trust, looking for the Resurrection of the Body and theLife of the World to come.
Fourteenth. All the rest and residue of my Estate, personal andreal, not in this my Will otherwise specifically devised,wheresoever situate, and whether legal or equitable, I give,devise, and bequeath to "The Western Theological Seminary,Chicago, Illinois," above mentioned, but nevertheless InTrust, provided it shall accept the trust by an instrument inwriting so stating, filed with this Will in the Court whereprobated, within six months after the probate of this Will—forthe general purpose of promoting the Catholic Faith, in itspurity and integrity, as taught in Holy Scripture, held by thePrimitive Church, summed up in the Creeds and affirmed by theundisputed General Councils, and, in particular, to be used onlyand exclusively for the purposes following, to wit:—
(1) The establishment, endowment, printing, and due circulationof a yearly Sermon, to be delivered annually forever, inmemory of my dear wife, Anna McK. T. Hale, to be known as "TheHale Memorial Sermon," and
(2) The establishment, endowment, publication and duecirculation of Courses of Lectures, to be delivered annuallyforever, to be called "The Hale Lectures."
The subject of this Sermon shall be some branch of Church Work,in any part of the world, which, in the judgment of the