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+ Essentially the same things about these Nonjuring Bishops in the Colo- nies are found in Humphrey's Historical Account of the S. P. G., pp. 184, 185; Bishop G. W. Doane's Sermons, London edition, 1842, p. 145; Collections P. E. Historical Society for 1851 ; Wilberforce's History Church in America, third edition, 1856, pp. 160, 163; Doc. Hist. P. E. Church, Connecticut, Hawks and Perry, editors, 1862, p. 98; Sprague's Annals Episcopal Pulpit, pp. 30, 33; An- derson's Church of England in the Colonies, vol. II., pp. 720-722; vol. III., pp. 351, 352, 664, 665; Hawkins' Missions of the Church of England ; Lathbury's History of the Nonjurors ; Percival's Apostolical Succession (appendix ) ; Notes and Queries, third series, vol. I., March 22d, 1862, p. 225; Biographical Encyclo- pedia of New Jersey, Galaxy Pub. Co., pp. 455-457 ; Gloucestershire Notes and. Queries, parts I .- XII., pp 183, 184, 326, 457 ; Transactions of Bristol and Glouc. Arch. Society, vol. V., pp. 18, 21.
į No record of this marriage has thus far (1885) been found. The mar- riages in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, from December, 1703, to December, 1774, are printed in Our Ancestors, a Genealogical and Biographical Magazine, edited by Van Horn, Vol. I., No. 1, pp. 43-47.
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estimated. Her husband's privy signet was produced, and on the warm surface of the black wax there was an impres- sion made, which brings us here to-night-a mitre, with flowing ribbons, and beneath it, in large script letters, ingeniously inter- twining one another in bold relief, the full name-"JOHN TALBOT." + *
Within the octave of Ascensiontide her soul was released from the burden of the flesh. And, on Whitsunday, June 6th, 1731, her remains were placed in the Church at Burlington. A funeral sermon was preached, the original MS. of which is now in my possession. #
But where is the spot in which this holy pair repose ? Where is the " decent plain monument " which Mrs. Talbot ordered in her will ? Her assets were ample to cover its cost. But no monument can be found, and-no grave! Of Talbot it may be said, "No man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day."
Mrs. Talbot's son by her former marriage, Thomas Herbert, it is believed from the records of Christ Church in this city, came here to settle her estate, and died the September following his mother. This may account for inattention to her will; while the circumstances attending the last years of Talbot would raise the suspicion of disloyalty to the Establishment in any to do him honor. Though it is reported that he took the oaths and submitted, there was no unclasping of his fetters. The cold shackles of Hanoverianism were imposed upon him, and he was buried with them on. * *
The late Hugh Davey Evans, of Baltimore, in his "Essay on the Episcopate of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America," published in this city in 1855, speaking of Samuel Seabury, of Connecticut, as "the first diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Communion, in North Amer- ica," § adds, "He would have been the first Bishop, as well as
¿ On page 248 this seal is described as having a mitre with a plain cross upon it, and under it "the full name J. Talbot." These inaccuracies were caused by the wood-cut made for page 247. The enlarged photograph taken later shows no cross, but the letters of both the names, JOHN TALBOT.
į See pages 244-246.
¿ See third foot-note on page 323.
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the first diocesan Bishop, but for one fact. In the early part of the century, two Bishops of the line of English Nonjurors had for a time resided in this country. One of them lived in New Jersey, and the other in Pennsylvania. They, however, claimed no diocesan jurisdiction ; or, if they did, the claim was neither allowed, nor well founded. The fact that they were in the Episcopate was not generally known, and their existence has left no consequences in the history of the American Church."
I have only to say in conclusion, that the impression of his seal has been enlarged in ecclesiastical brass, and is here to be seen this evening. It is intended to place it on a mural monument in the old Church at Burlington. .
NOTE .- The brass fac-simile above referred to, fifteen by twenty inches in proportions, and weighing more than forty pounds, after remaining for several days at the rooms of the Historical Society, was affixed to a mural tablet. The tablet is of blue clouded Vermont marble, about six and a half by three feet in dimensions, with a rosette of brass in each of its four corners, and a cross, overlaid with brass, at the top.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
"The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, " 820 Spruce Street, " Philadelphia, Nov. 12th, 1878.
" REV'D AND DEAR SIR-I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the Society held last evening, it was on motion of Richard S. Smith, Esq., seconded by the Rt. Rev. Wm. Bacon Stevens, D. D., LL. D., Resolved :-
"That the thanks of the Society are hereby given to the Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D., for his instructive and interesting discourse on the Rev. John Talbot, and that a copy be requested for deposit among its Archives. t
"Yours very respectfully, " WM. BROOKE RAWLE, " Recording Secretary.
" REV. GEO. MORGAN HILLS, D. D., " Burlington, N. J."
+ Printed in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. III., No. 1, pp. 32-55.
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UNVEILING THE TALBOT MEMORIAL.
On Friday evening, November 29th, 1878-the one hundred and fifty-first anniversary of Talbot's death -- there was a large assemblage in old St. Mary's Church to witness the unveiling of the tablet to his memory.
The tablet stood temporarily on a dais just under the chancel arch, covered with a purple veil.
The Rev. Dr. Hills, vested in cassock, surplice and stole, said :
Dearly beloved, forasmuch as devout men in all ages have erected memo- rials to their benefactors, and whereas we are gathered together in this sacred place to follow this good example, let us hear what is written in the forty- fourth chapter of Ecclesiasticus, beginning at the first verse :
Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
2 The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
3 Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies :
4 Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learn- ing meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions:
5 Such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing :
6 Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations :
7 All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
8 There be of then, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.
9 And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been ; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.
10 But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been for- gotten.
11 With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
12 Their seed standetli fast, and their children for their sakes.
13 Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
14 Their bodies are buried in peace ; but their name liveth for evermore.
15 The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
This lesson ended, the Rector said :
Let us pray :
O God of our fathers and Lord of mercy, we praise Thee for the good ex- amples of all Thy servants who have departed this life in Thy faith and fear. May the name of the founder of this Church be so held in remembrance amongst us that we may follow his courage and constancy, his zeal and devo- tion, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, who hast wonderfully delivered Thy Church in this land from the
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Founder of this Church 1703.
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By Nonjuror Consecration 1722- Died in Burlington Nov. 29th 1727-
Beloved and Lamented-
St: John II - 17.
THE TALBOT MEMORIAL TABLET.
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open and secret conspiracies of its enemies, we humbly beseech Thee that the sense of this Thy mercy may increase in us a spirit of love and thankfulness to Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bless, O Lord, we beseech Thee, this parish in which our lot is cast; make every member of the same sound in faith, holy in life, and abundant in good works, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Accept, O Lord, this service at our hands, and bless it in such wise as may tend most to Thy glory, and the increase of Thy kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Father, &c.
The Rector then unveiled the tablet, saying :
"To the glory of GOD, and in memory of John Talbot, founder of this parish, I, his eleventh successor in the rectorship of the same, unveil this Tablet, and present it to the corporation of St. Mary's Church as the gift of John William Wallace, LL. D., president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania."
When the assemblage had passed before and viewed the tablet and regained their seats, the Rector delivered, without notes, a eulogy on the life, character and services of John Talbot.
After the congregation withdrew, the Vestry remained for a special meeting, when, on motion of the Hon. J. Howard Pugh, M. D., senior warden, it was
" Unanimously resolved, That the acknowledgments and thanks of this corporation are hereby returned to John William Wal- lace, LL. D., president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, for his very elegant and valuable gift to this Church of a memo- rial mural tablet to John Talbot, founder of this Church and first Bishop in North America."
A few days after, this tablet was affixed to the northeast wall of the old Church, because the ancient pulpit and reading-pew were there during Mr. Talbot's incumbency. See Diagram, page 372.1
+ A mural tablet of blue marble, surmounted by a white marble cross, en- circled with a brass crown, was shortly afterwards affixed to the southeast wall of the old Church, the gift of Charles Ellis, M. D., "In memory of ANNE, widow of Bishop Talbot." See page 246.
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DEATH OF BISHOP ODENHEIMER.
At a meeting of the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., held on Saturday evening, August 16th, 1879, pursuant to a special call, the Rector pre- sented the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :
FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God to release from
the burden of the flesh, after a year's severe and distressing illness in our midst, the Rt. Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Northern New Jersey ; } and whereas, the departed prelate was for fifteen years our own diocesan, and twice during that period in pastoral charge of this parish ; and whereas, the whole of his episcopate has been passed in near relations to us ; therefore,
Resolved, That we give thanks to Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, for the pure and blameless life of this beloved Bishop, and for the marked fortitude, patience and resignation with which he met his many and severe afflictions, domestic and personal.
Resolved, That in all the offices which he held among us, as Bishop, pastor, teacher, counsellor and friend, we ever recognized in him an ability, soundness and fidelity which were surpassed only by his kindness, magnanimity and great charity.
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family our most re- spectful and sincere sympathy and condolence.
Resolved, That as an expression of our veneration for his worth, the chancel of the parish church be draped in mourning, and that we attend his funeral services in a body, wearing the customary badge of grief.
Resolved, That an official copy of this, our action, be sent to Mrs. Odenheimer, and duly published.
GEO. MORGAN HILLS, D. D., Rector.
Attest :
GEO. H. WOOLMAN, Secretary.
+ Bishop Odenheimer died August 14th, 1879, at "Riverside," his former Episcopal residence, where his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. Henry B. Grubb, then resided.
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THE FUNERAL OF BISHOP ODENHEIMER.
The funeral of this lamented prelate took place in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on Monday, August 18th, 1879. At half- past eleven A. M., the body of the deceased Bishop, vested in his Episcopal robes, was brought in a hearse from "Riverside," attended by eight bearers, and escorted by twelve young men, of St. Mary's Guild, as a guard of honor, viz. : Thomas I. Rogers, Charles D. Gauntt, Henry D. Gummere, Augustin Thwaites, M. Howard Giberson, William C. Reick, George H. Allen, William H. Vandergrift, G. W. D. Tucker, William S. Cherry, George F. Hammell and Geo. Heathcote Hills. It was met at the west door of the Church by the Rev. Dr. Hills and the Rev. E. K. Smith and preceded by them to the head of the nave, where it lay in state until two P. M.
The rain poured in torrents all day and obliged a change in the arrangements, restricting all the burial rites within the Church edifice.
At two P. M., the mourners were met at the west door of the Church by the Bishops, officiating Clergy and pall-bearers. As the line reached the coffin, it was lifted and placed within the chancel, Bishop Seymour of the Diocese of Springfield, Ill., reading the opening sentences of the burial service. The coffin was then covered with the purple pall, which was first used twenty years ago over the remains of Bishop George W. Doane, and later over Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont. The choir sang the anthem. The lesson was read by the Rev. Dr. Hills. " Lead, kindly Light," &c., was sung. Bishop William C. Doane, of the Diocese of Albany, proceeded with the service to the Lord's Prayer, the Rev. Elvin K. Smith casting the earth upon the coffin, and Bishop Scarborough said the concluding prayers, Bishop Doane adding the " Blessing of Peace."
The following clergy were present, viz. :
The Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D. D., Bishop of Albany. The Rt. Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., Bishop of New Jersey. The Rt. Rev. George F. Seymour, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Springfield.
Rev. R. M. Abercrombie, D. D. Rev. Edward B. Boggs, D. D.
Rev. William J. Frost, D. D. Rev. Thos. Gallandet, D. D.
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Rev. J. Breckinridge Gibson, D. I).
Rev. H. Palethorp Hay, D. D.
Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D.
Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman, D. D.
Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D.
Rev. Geo. C Pennell, D. D.
Rev. Wm. S. Walker, D. D.
Rev. Daniel C. Weston, D. D.
Rev. H. Hastings Weld, D. D.
Rev. John P. Appleton.
Rev. Henry M. Barbour.
Rev. Horace S. Bishop.
Rev. Gideon J. Burton.
Rev. John F. Butterworth.
Rev. Wm. White Bronson.
Rev. Charles R. Bonnell.
Rev. Francis D. Canfield.
Rev. Arthur B. Conger.
Rev. T. Jefferson Danner.
Rev. A. Sidney Dealey.
Rev. Henry V. Degen.
Rev. Geo. McClellan Fisk.
Rev. Robert L. Goldsborough.
Rev. Hannibal Goodwin.
Rev. Samuel Hall.
Rev. Charles F. Hoffman.
Rev. George B. Hopson.
Rev. Samuel F. Hotchkin.
Rev. David Howard.
Rev. Joshua Kimber.
Rev. William S. Langford.
Rev. Joseph W. Lee.
Rev. John H. McCandless.
Rev. Alexander J. Miller.
Rev. Charles Morison.
Rev. Louis C. Newman.
Rev. Charles M. Parkman.
Rev. Fernando C. Putnam.
Rev. Theophilus M. Reilly.
Rev. Wm. M. Reilly.
Rev. Edward M. Reilly.
Rev. Samuel W. Sayres.
Rev. Joseph H. Smith.
Rev. Elvin K. Smith.
Rev. John A. Spooner.
Rev. J. Nicholas Stansbury.
Rev. William C. Starr.
Rev. Howard E. Thompson.
Rev. Wynant Vanderpool.
Rev. William Wardlaw.
Rev. William T. Webbe.
After the funeral, the clergy and laity proceeded to the old Church building. Bishop Doane was called to the chair, and appointed the following to prepare a minute: Bishop Scar- borough, Revs. E. A. Hoffman, D. D., E. B. Boggs, D. D., J. C. Garthwaite and Abraham Browning, Esqs.
Bishop Scarborough spoke at length, and with much feeling, of the departed Bishop. He alluded to the responsibilities rest- ing upon the deceased, when, twenty years ago, he became the head of the Diocese of New Jersey. He reviewed the circum- stances attending Bishop Odenheimer's assumption of the Epis- copal office, and said that the diocese was marvellously blessed under his administration. "It is a blessed thing," he said, " to close forty years of noble record in God's work. The lesson his life teaches us is one of patient submission and resignation to the will of God."
Bishop Doane spoke of the departed as one whom he was
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almost born to love and honor ; as the model priest of his early years and Bishop of most of his priesthood; the ideal of a Christian priest, prelate and gentleman. He said that he was the greater hero by his service of suffering, in all which he bore up with wonderful fortitude.
Bishop Seymour said he felt a personal affection for Bishop Odenheimer, and spoke of the deep impression which the Bishop 'made upon the clergy of his diocese, as a proof of his noble qualities and Christian character.
Remarks of a similar nature were made by Rev. E. B. Boggs, D. D., Rev. G. J. Burton, Mr. James S. Biddle and several others.
The committee then asked that they be given longer time to prepare their memorial of the Bishop, and that they be allowed to present it through the religious press.
THE MINUTE PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
The Bishops, clergy and laity gathered together in St. Mary's Church, Bur- lington, N. J., at the funeral of the Right Reverend William Henry Oden- heimer, D. D., Bishop of Northern New Jersey, adopt the following minute as an expression of their sense of the loss which they, in common with the whole Church, have sustained by his removal from the scene of his earthly labors to the rest and reward of the Paradise of God.
Appointed very early in his ministry to the charge of the large and in- fluential congregation of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, among the first to establish in this country the daily service and weekly celebration of the Holy Communion, his untiring devotion to his work, judicious administration of the parish, and faithful performance of his duties soon won for him the title of " the model parish priest." Although twenty years have elapsed since he was called from the rectorship of St. Peter's to the office of a Bishop in the Church of God, that parish still feels the impulse of his work, and his influence still lives in that city where so many were trained under his ministry for Christ and His Holy Church.
Consecrated to fill the difficult position of successor to " the great-hearted shepherd," the late Bishop Doane, the same characteristics which distinguished his priesthood manifested themselves in his episcopate-the gentle Christian spirit, the finished scholarship, the sound theological learning, the "showing himself in all things an example of good works unto others," and "setting forward quietness, love and peace among all men." In this highest office of the Church he labored with such fidelity and success that he was privileged before his death to see the old Diocese of New Jersey divided, and both divisions of it larger and stronger than the whole when he was first placed at its head.
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Called to endure afflictions more than usually fall to the lot of mortal men, and for some years past compelled to do his work under constant bodily suf- fering, through all he labored with heroic courage, bearing his sorrows and trials with singular patience and unrepining gentleness, until he has fallen asleep in Christ, honored and mourned by all who knew him as a priest and a Bishop. Though a man of loving disposition, and ever mindful of the apostolic injunction that "the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient," he was endowed with such moral courage that his trumpet gave no uncertain sound. His several charges and addresses, to his diocesan convention present evidence of this, and by them " he being dead yet speaketh."
We commend his afflicted family to the care of Him who has promised to be a father of the fatherless and the widow's God, who knows all their neces- sities in their hour of deep sorrow and bereavement, and who alone can give them consolation and comfort.
In behalf of the meeting.
JOHN SCARBOROUGH, EDWARD B. BOGGS, E. A. HOFFMAN, J. C. GARTHWAITE, A. BROWNING,
Committee.
The body was guarded all night in St. Mary's Chancel, and privately interred at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, in the presence of the immediate family, the Rev. Dr. Hills saying a brief supplementary service.
+ On Thursday, September 4th, 1879, a memorial service in honor of the late Bishop Odenheimer was held in Grace Church, Newark, N. J. The Church in all parts of the state was represented. At eleven A. M. the pro- cession of choristers, clergy and Bishops entered the chancel, singing "The Son of God goes forth to war." De Profundis was sung as an introit. Bishop Scarborough began the Communion office, the Rev. J. Nicholas Stansbury, B. D., Dean of Newark, read the Epistle, and the Rev. James A. Williams, D. D., president of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Northern New Jersey, the Holy Gospel. The Nicene Creed was sung to Baker in F, followed by the hymn "My God, my Father, while I stray." The sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D. D., Bishop of Albany, who was the celebrant. The Rt. Rev. Geo. F. Seymour, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Springfield, Ill., was also in the sanctuary.
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SERMON IN ST. MARY'S CHURCH COMMEMORATIVE OF BISHOP ODENHEIMER, OCTOBER 26TH, 1879, BY THE REV. GEO. MORGAN HILLS, D. D.
". Let thy servant, I pray Thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother."-2 SAMUEL xix : 37.
(Extracts.)
Our dear father in God, Wm. Henry Odenheimer, left as spotless a record, trace him from his earliest years till his latest breath, as it is in the power of a public man to show. With a parentage untarnished and highly respectable, his child- hood is remembered as frank and merry. But when his mind began to open to academic pursuits, it is the testimony of his mates that " he loved more to ramble among classic forms and the Greek and Latin grammatical niceties" than in the play- ground. He led his class in the University of Pennsylvania, being graduated with the valedictory oration; and this high rank of scholarship he maintained at the Seminary in New York, and throughout his subsequent life. He was always in- sisting upon the highest attainments in pupils, in teachers, in candidates for Holy Orders, and in the clergy. His published works bear witness to the thoroughness of his acquirements, t
+"The Origin and Compilation of the Prayer Book," "The True Catholic No Romanist," and "The Young Churchman Catechised," bear date, the latest of them more than thirty years ago. * And the same * * feet, which years later walked with such reverent tread over the ground the Master's feet had made "The Holy Land," were among the first in England or America to walk about Zion, " telling her Towers " and "marking well her bulwarks" of Apostolic order, of Evangelical truth, of Liturgical purity, that he might "tell them which come after." Full of careful and original re- search, written with a concise force which breaks at times into very eloquent beauty, they are to-day the very best tracts I know of to refresh the recollec- tions of candidates and clergy as to "the first principles" of the Doctrine and Discipline of Christ. * * If I had the choice of a memorial * to-day of the late Bishop of Northern New Jersey, by which his memory might live and grow, I would make it in a large reprint, for perpetual use and wide distribution, of these three books. * * The massive and masterly learning of his first charge to his Convention, "the Sacred Scriptures, the Inspired Record of the Glory of the Holy Trinity," bears evi- dence to his rare power of exegesis; his familiarity with the original text of the Old Testament, and to that double gift, so essential to an expounder of the Holy Word, the scientific insight which digs with deep and devout hands
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while his frequent appointments on the more learned committees of the House of Bishops are ample testimony from his Episcopal colleagues. So incisive were his views with regard to a learned ministry, that as early as 1870 he created a college of examining chaplains, and prompted them to organize (see page 654) and issue " A Manual for Candidates for Orders," saying in so many words that "as New Jersey had always a greater supply than demand for clergy, New Jersey could afford to raise the
among the roots, and the poetic power which recognizes and revels in the. sweet beauty of the flowers of inspired language. * I recall, * too, as if it were yesterday, the volume of the Hebrew Psalter, rich with his annotations, which was his constant companion in the Holy Land, and I re- member well the delight with which, just before his eastern journey in 1853, he refreshed his knowledge of the sacred language. His earlier writings, of which I have already spoken, his "Clergyman's Assistant in Reading the Liturgy," and the card of pronunciation of the "proper names of Holy Scripture," are fair illustrations of his accurate scholarship, which lives more freshly still in the hearts and minds of those who have been privileged, as- candidates or clergy, or in the congregations, to listen to his teachings. And we have in permanent preservation his lectures on Jerusalem, which set forth admirably his reverence and his richness of knowledge in holy things, which so well furnished him for a religious teacher. I cannot pass by the. title and the whole argument of his second charge, in whose words one can hear still the clearness and positiveness of his voice and manner, "the old Evangelical Theology and practice, not new machinery, the want of the Church in the latter days."-The Bishop of Albany's Sermon at the Memorial Service in Newark, N. J., Sept. 4th. 1879.
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