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2018
VOL. 60 NO. 1
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIRMAN
THE REV. CHARLESTON D. WILSON
VICE CHAIRMAN
THE REV. CHRISTOPHER COLBY
SECRETARY/TREASURER
DR. E. MITCHELL SINGLETON
THE RT. REV. JOHN C. BAUERSCHMIDT,
THE RT. REV. ANTHONY J. BURTON,
THE REV. DR. C. BRYAN OWEN,
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
THE RT. REV. ANTHONY F. M. CLAVIER,
CATHERINE S. SALMON
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4 A Letter from the Chairman of the Board
Vintage TAD Articles:
5 First Issue, Summer A.D. 1958 Page One
6 The Affleck Story
11 Workshop
13 Slips That Pass in the Type
14 Do We Listen, No Substitutions, Please
16 In the Good Ol’ Summertime
17 Mission of the Church
20 The Eighth Commandment
21 Christian Unity
26 Old North, Treasured and Growing
30 Hillspeaking
36 Soul Maintenance
38 Catch of a Lifetime
40 Fear Not
42 Mother Teresa and Her Dark Nights
44 Throw Out the Net!
46 Blessed Dependency
47 Why, Why, Why?
50 Kairos
51 Be Wordly Wise: Silly
53 A Lesson in the Three “R’s”
55 Presence and Remembrance: Do We Really Have
to Choose?
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A Letter from the
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
“With Divine permission, The Anglican Digest
will be published quarterly…”
(Fr. Howard Foland, Founder of Hillspeak, c. 1958)
Sixty years ago, our founder, Fr. Foland, used these words to intro-
duce our now time-tested and beloved Anglican Digest to our branch
of Christ’s one, holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. In that first
issue, Fr. Foland went on to claim that our sole mission was:
To serve the Church by providing, through carefully selected articles
and the clearest kind of reporting, a better understanding and greater
appreciation of the Church of our rich inheritance.
Today, sixty years later, our sole purpose remains unchanged: we exist
to serve the Church by reflecting the words and work of the faithful
throughout the Anglican Communion. And we wholeheartedly re-
commit ourselves once again – with renewed energy – to this minis-
try of service. By your prayers and support, we believe we have much,
much more to share in the coming decades.
Even though we look forward to the next sixty years of service to the
Church, we pause now in this issue to look back, giving thanks by
including articles from each decade of the Digest’s ministry. Amaz-
ingly, the articles in this issue are as fresh and spot-on as what any
talented and faithful writer can pen today. Of course, we shouldn’t be
surprised, because the Gospel never loses its power. And it can never
lose its power, because Christ Himself is alive, having conquered sin
and the grave, and is seated at right hand of God the Father! Within
these pages, I hope you discover that reality once again, in a new and
deeper way.
Yours in Christ,
The Reverend Charleston David Wilson
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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THIS is the first issue of The Anglican Digest: it comes to you with the
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We think that TAD is unique; we know that we have a great deal to
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“I must have been half 47 years ago, and her face still
drugged that summer,” the holds the same look of pleased
Deaconess laughed. “I re- expectancy.
member the Woman’s Aux-
iliary meeting — Deaconess From the unrest of Mexico,
Massey led me by the hand she was called to the unrest of
and told the women, “She Utah. The Bishop was killed
wants to be a missionary.” The in an accident three weeks af-
Auxiliary told me not to wor- ter her arrival, and four years
ry about the money but to go later the new Bishop, a deter-
on to school. They sent me to mined pacifist, was forced by
St. Faith’s School for Deacon- the pressure of World War I
esses in New York.” agitators to resign. Disillu-
sioned with Church work,
Her first job as a deacon- Deaconess Affleck went to
ess was at Josephine Hooker New York for a course in so-
School for Girls in Mexico cial work, and in 1918 re-
City, where she remained un- turned to San Antonio.
til 1914. “I think my first 10 years were
a compete loss to the Church,”
Sitting in her quiet apartment she says, “but I learned a great
50 years later, Deaconess Af- deal.”
fleck opened her scrapbook to
show herself holding a piece Nine months after her return
of shrapnel that came through to Texas, she was called to
the walls of her house during Dallas to help with a city mis-
a ten-day street fight in one sionary program. She began a
of Mexico’s revolutions. In semi-hospital for unmarried
the erect, white-haired little mothers in the vacant rectory
woman can still be seen the next to the Church of the In-
beauty of the picture taken carnation.
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“I kept the girls up to the time out over the top of the fence.
of their confinement and Their life was so unnatural.
went with them to the hospi- They were constantly being
tal. Later, we cared for them punished for blowing their
until they were able to go to tops at the rigid discipline.”
work,” she explained.
Deaconess Affleck called the
In 1925, an urgent telegram
girls together and told them
calling her to Des Moines,
the lock on the gate would go.
Iowa, began the Deaconess’
“Hereafter, if anybody wants
reputation for rescuing run-
to leave without permission,
down institutions. She was
use the gate, don’t go over the
to be temporary head of St.
fence.” Then she added, “No
Monica’s home, for girls com-
one left.”
mitted by the Juvenile Court.
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produced, but what few peo- and the fact that he had nev-
ple seemed to realize was er once had the opportunity
the fact that the Lord of the of welcoming the rector into
Church, Jesus of Nazareth, his home. Indeed his only
was hardly mentioned. What contact with him had been a
a contrast the Church of St. telephone call to invite him to
Paul, St. John, St. Clement or attend an interesting discus-
St. Ignatius! Are we in danger sion on the ‘End Conscrip-
of seeing our ministry by men tion Campaign’! Another vis-
rather than by God the Father itor spent time justifying his
through the Risen Christ? attendance at Roman Cath-
olic services whilst asserting
I received a visit from a bright his loyalty and love the for
young man recently. He was Anglican Church. As Robert
as confused as he was both- Terwilliger would have per-
ered by the “secularization” haps put it as far back as 1974;
of the Church as he called it. people want one thing from
Carefully selected to play a their priest — the ministry
“church” part in areas of so- of prayer and blessing. They
cial concern and justice, he don’t want the priest as such,
anguished over the virtual they want Christ. To be a pas-
disappearance of the dai- tor is, of course, from time
ly Services, the absence of a to time to admonish, soothe,
healing ministry, the haphaz- comfort and chastise, but his
ard approach to confession primary task is to present Je-
and absolution, the use of sus. One bishop of the prov-
the pulpit for a trite Sunday ince removed his episcopal
School lesson type sermons coat of arms from his letter-
or a political harangue, the heads and replaced it with a
continuous absence of his rec- tiny drawing of Jesus washing
tor on socio-political errands, the disciples’ feet. Sometimes
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so that the world may believe have with Jesus which comes
that thou hast sent me.” (St. from believing in Him, al-
John 17:20-21) though they be unable to
name Him. And I am not
There is Christ’s mission. speaking only of lapsed Prot-
There is the Church’s mission estants and annoyed Angli-
in every age: to invite all men cans and disgruntled Roman
and women and children ev- Catholics, who have been
erywhere to believe in Jesus turned off by something the
as the one sent by the Father, officials of the Church have
who has His origin in the Fa- said or done and as a result,
ther, who speaks the words have ceased to worship, may-
of the Father and does the be even cease to believe in, the
will of the Father. What will Lord of the Church and the
hinder and hamper that mis- very life of the Church, which
sion? What may in fact even I dare say is bigger than the
prevent it from ever getting officialdom is. I am speaking
going? If we take Christ at His too of the countless number
word, a divided Church will. of people who walk by this
St. Paul would be the first to place every day and have nev-
tell us that this mission entails er heard of Jesus Christ; they
the work of evangelism. You need to know Him. And I am
are evangelists. You know, cer- speaking too of those who
tainly better than I could ever could not care less about what
hope to, those whose lives are happens here, along with
without purpose, those who those who are openly hostile
suffer from an intense lone- to what does; they need to be
liness, those who just cannot won over to Jesus by the love,
seem to make sense out of the care, and compassion you can
things that happen to them, give them, along with the in-
and crave the friendship you vitation to join you, as you
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Sited on Salem Street, down has for more than 200 years,
the hill from the Copp’s welcoming these visitors with
Hill burying ground, Christ open doors and guided tours
Church was built in 1723 as and souvenirs to buy in the
the colony’s second Anglican museum gift shop. As de-
church; it functions today as mand has increased, the gift
one of 196 active congrega- shop, with a full-time staff,
tions in the Episcopal Diocese now carries hundreds of items
of Massachusetts. available by catalogue. Reve-
nues help pay for the upkeep
As such it must try to balance
of the church property, this
a patriotic role with a pastoral
year to include new restrooms
calling.
and exterior steeple lighting.
More than half a million peo-
ple visit Old North each year, “Sometimes it’s hard to think
and handling peak traffic, of this as a church when you
especially during the fall foli- deal with history all week . . .
age season, is a challenge. On [but] this is a living church,
the busiest of days, the line of first and foremost a house of
people waiting to enter Old worship,” Mr. Mark Chessor
North Church can stretch the said.
length of the Paul Revere Mall
to Hanover Street. Some vis- Christ Church itself, a land-
itors arrive individually and mark on the National Regis-
unannounced, others in bus ter of Historic Places, looks
loads from cruise ships and much as it did in the 18th
conventions. century, with high box pews,
center and side aisles, balcony
First a house of worship with organ built in 1759 and a
Old North fully embraces its working clock built by parish-
role in American history, as it ioners in 1726.
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Tall windows of clear glass Old North was the first stop
flood the sanctuary with light that Queen Elizabeth and
and admit views of nearby Prince Philip made on their
trees and buildings, while the historic visit to America in
creak of pews and floors takes 1976.
visitors back in time. The
main aisle is graced by two More recently, demograph-
large, brass chandeliers, each ic changes in Boston have
crowned with a dove of peace. brought single professionals,
Their candles were first light- young married couples, emp-
ed on Christmas Day, 1724, ty-nesters and families to ur-
and are in use today for after- ban neighborhoods, includ-
noon and evening services. ing the North End.
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HILLSPEAKING
There is nothing permanent except change. — Heraclitus, ca
513 B.C.
Or if you prefer a more modern take on this truism, Marcus
Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), put it even more succinctly: The uni-
verse changes.
What brought the matter to mind is that when Patient Wife and
I came home from a vacation, we saw that one of the magnifi-
cent old oaks that run in a line to the west of the Farm House
had been cut down. It had been dead for a year or so and need-
ed to be cut. Nobody here at Hillspeak knows how old that line
of oaks is. A photograph of the Farm House and the Old Resi-
dence, taken in 1914, shows the trees fully grown. Patient Wife
and I have lived at Hillspeak for more than a quarter centu-
ry and can testify that change does occur. Over the years, we
have mourned the loss of many of the fine old trees that crown
Grindstone Mountain and we have seen young trees come to
full growth to replace them.
When County Road 102, then informally known as the “Hill-
speak Road” was a dirt road, we planted forsythia, Rose of Sha-
ron, butterfly bush, Russian olive and snowball seedlings across
the front of the two houses to protect us from the noise and dust
of the road. Now these have come to maturity and a hedge that
averages ten to twelve feet inheight perfectly screens us from
the traffic that has developed over the ensuing years.
There have been cosmetic and more substantial changes to the
buildings and what, I suppose, might be called the “infrastruc-
ture” of Hillspeak. No longer do we depend upon a spring miles
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away for our domestic water, and the first well and pump that
replaced the spring have been relegated to supplying irrigation
water while yet another well and pump provide Morningside
and others potable water.
The Farm House and Old Residence, both built from native yel-
low oak, are now sheathed in vinyl siding. A second bathroom
has been added to the Old Residence and the interior of the
Farm House remodeled — changes that enhance the livability
of both. Where there was only one restroom in the basement of
the Big Red Barn, there are now four — one on each floor. The
privy which stood behind the barn is gone — a victim of age
and neglect. With the addition of a second floor to the old Re-
cords Room, the profile of the barn has changed to that of Twin
Barns. The change was so cleverly done that nowadays visitors
suppose it has always been that way.
The appearance of Hillspeak has changed, but what remains
constant is its commitment to serve as a base, and symbol so
to speak, for a ministry of the written word that seeks to serve
the Church. — The Trustees’ Warden
Reprint from Lent 2004
In Remembrance of
Capt. Walter Roberts Swindells
for his Love of and
Life of Devotion to
God, Country, Family
and the Ministries of Hillspeak.
1919 - 2012
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THE CRUCIFIXION
Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ
By Fleming Rutledge
Countering our contemporary tendency to by-
pass Jesus’ crucifixion, Rutledge in these pages
examines in depth all the various themes and
motifs used by the New Testament evangelists
and apostolic writers to explain the meaning
of the cross of Christ. She mines the classical
writings of the Church Fathers, the medieval
scholastics, and the Reformers as well as more
recent scholarship, while bringing them all into contemporary
context.
Item E1272 (paperback, 695 pages, $30.00)
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The Rev. Guido F. Verveck, III, The boy and his father looked
St. Paul’s, Shreveport Louisiana at the handsome fish, gills
playing back and forth in
He was eleven years old and the moonlight. The father
went fishing every chance he lit a match and looked at
got from the dock at his fam- his watch. It was 10 P.M. -
ily’s cabin on an island in the two hours before the season
middle of a New Hampshire opened. He looked at the fish,
lake. On the day before bass then at the boy. “You’ll have to
season opened, he and his put it back, son,” he said.
father were fishing early in
the evening, catching sunfish “Dad!” cried the boy. “There
and perch with worms. Then will be other fish,” said his fa-
he tied a small silver lure and ther. “Not as big as this one,”
practiced casting. The lure cried the boy. He looked
struck the water and caused around the lake. No other
colored ripples in the sun- fishermen or boats were any-
set, then silver ripples as the where around in the moon-
moon rose over the lake. light He looked again at his
father. Even though no one
When his pole doubled over, had seen them, nor could
he knew something huge was anyone ever know what time
on the other end. His father he caught the fish, the boy
watched with admiration as could tell by the clarity of his
the boy skillfully worked the father’s voice that the decision
fish alongside the dock. Final- was not negotiable. He slowly
ly, he very gingerly lifted the worked the hook out of the lip
exhausted fish from the water. of the huge bass and lowered
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what does that mean for us? pass through things temporal
If we’re going to suffer and and get a glimpse of things
die, what’s the point anyway?” eternal. There we can see a
little of God’s immeasurable
That’s the age-old question power. Nothing can defeat
the disciples put to Jesus: “So God from bringing good. The
what’s the point Jesus?” In ef- things we know will stop our
fect Jesus says to the disciples world completely are some-
that they are to watch and see how healed. We are sustained
what happens. Here he will in our sufferings. And then
heal the man born blind but our suffering becomes part of
Jesus surely is asking them our experience of healing.
to watch more than just this
one particular moment. Pay How often have those things
attention to each moment, that you wished with all your
Jesus may be saying. Watch heart would not happen be-
how suffering and tragedy do come the experiences where
not defeat the grace of God. your faith in God has been
Watch how the very worst formed? “Why do these things
things in life get turned into happen, Jesus?” we might ask
the very best things. like the disciples do. “Don’t
That’s the remarkable thing get stuck in that question,” Je-
about the life that Christ re- sus may be saying, “but watch
veals. It’s not that good things and see what God does next!”
always come to those who are That’s the transforming power
faithful. Rather, as we are faith- of the incarnation and resur-
ful we see the things that are rection of our Lord.
so bad get transformed into Watch and see what God does
goodness. When we stumble with those things you can’t
through difficulty and find explain.
our very lives transformed, we Reprint from Easter 2008
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Presence or Remembrance?
Jesus said two things about
what we call the “Eucharist.”
He said, “This is my body,” To others, the bread and wine
and he said “Do this in re- simply function to jog the
membrance of me.” memory. They are a sort of
visual aid to assist the Chris-
Some Christians stress the tian believer in reflecting on
words, “this is my body.” Oth- the sacrificial death of Christ.
ers focus on “remembrance.” They certainly do not convey
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NECROLOGY
The Rev. Russell L. Dera- WWII he worked for IBM un-
gon, 90, in Merritt Island, til he entered Nashotah House
Florida. A graduate of West- Seminary. Upon his ordina-
ern Maryland College and tion as an Episcopal Priest,
Berkeley Divinity School, he served parishes in Deland,
now a part of Yale Divini- Longwood, Plantation, Oca-
ty school. He served several la, Satellite Beach and Winter
parishes in Rhode Island and Haven, Florida.
Connecticut.
The Rev. Betty Bone
The Rev. Gordon R. Allen, Schiess, 94, in North Syra-
87, in South Berwick, Maine. cuse, New York. She graduat-
He was born in Liverpool, ed from the University of Cin-
England and graduated from cinnati, Syracuse University
St. John’s College of Durham and Colgate-Rochester Di-
University, Durham, England. vinity School. She was active
He served in the British Army in the civil rights movement,
from 1948 to 1949. He served the National Organization
as a missionary teacher and for Women and was induct-
Chaplain in Uganda before ed into the Women’s Hall of
emigrating to the U.S. where Fame in 1994.
he served schools and parish-
es in Virginia, New Hamp- The Rev. Robin Court-
shire and Maine. ney, Jr., 55, in Madison, Ten-
The Rev. Warren Thomp- nessee. He graduated cum
son, 95, in Winter Hav- laude from Vanderbilt Uni-
en, Florida. After serving in versity and with a Masters in
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The Vestry from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
a member of the Parish Partner Plan — standing L to R: David Trusty,
David Palmer, Lacy Howe, Chuck Duggar, Rob Hinkle, and Owen
Cope. Seated: Lynda Stockinger, Mary Tharp, Cade Nichols, Vee Mor-
row, Mary Singletary, and Laura Thomas.
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Baton Rouge, Louisiana