Sons of Delhi

Delhi, India, was the ancient capital of the Mogul Empire. Once the glittering bazaars along its Chandni Chauk (silver street) made it the richest thoroughfare in the world. Nearby still loom the three domes of the Jamma Musjid or Great Mosque, a fabulous and mighty shrine.

Delhi, in southeastern New York, contains some 2,000 souls, is known as "The Village Beautiful" and its main street is concreted and curbed. It has six churches, and last week many of its churchgoers were proud. Reason: in one week two upright sons of Delhi had become newsworthy U. S. divines.

Sheldon Munson Griswold was born in Delhi 69 years ago. He went to Union College (1882) and General Theological Seminary. In 1885 he married a Schenectady girl. Leaving the simple life and worship of Delhi, he held several Episcopal pastorates in New York (Ilion, Little Falls, Hudson), adopted the extreme, elaborate ritualistic observances of the Anglo-Catholic group in the Episcopal Church. For the last 13 years he has been Suffragan Bishop of Chicago, a popular figure.

Last week he was elected Bishop of Chicago succeeding the late Bishop Charles Palmerston Anderson (TIME, Feb. 10).

Anglo-Catholic though Bishop Griswold may be, his High Church proclivities he does not thrust upon his flocks. Low Churchmen were known to have voted for his election. Tall, handsome, he caters to the cope and mitre but not to the rich. If he were a Presbyterian he might be called a fine pastor; as an Episcopalian he is a poor speaker, a hard worker among the needy.

William Courtland Robinson has stuck closer to his home town. For ten years, in fact, he has been pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Delhi. Last week he accepted, a position which will take him away from Delhi, to Philadelphia. A conservative theologian, he was made Editor of The Presbyterian (weekly), succeeding Dr. Samuel G. Craig who was ousted (TIME, Jan. 27).

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