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* * She endowed the living of Flaxley and she left money for a Church which was built after her death. She also founded a valuable charity for the assistance of the poor of the parish. She left money for the establishment of a College in the Island of Bermuda and she liberally endowed several chari- ties in London. The record of her life, with the exception of the romantic episode alluded to in the pages of the Spectator, seems chiefly to be made up of a recital of her various good works. She was buried at Flaxley, and monuments are erected to her memory both there f and in Westminster Abbey.
+ The following is the inscription in Flaxley Church : "In the vault near this Chapell is reposited the body of Mrs. Catherina Bovey, daughter of John Riches, Esqre, of London, merchant. She was married to William Bovey, Esqre, Lord of this manor of Flaxley, at the age of 15, was left a widow with- out children at the age of 22, and continued so all the rest of her life. She entertained her friends and neighbours with a most agreeable hospitality, but allways took care to have a large reserve for charity, which she bestowed not only on such occasions as offered, but studied how to employ it, so as to make it most usefull and advantageous. Her disposition to do good was so well known in ye district about her, that she easily became acquainted with the circumstances of those that wanted, and she preserved many families from ruin by seasonable loans or gifts ; so she conveyed her assistance to some of better rank, in such a manner, as made it doubly acceptable. How far her bounty extended, was known to herself alone, but much of it appeared to her honour, and God's glory in frequent distributions to the Poor, & especially in the Charity Schools round about the Country ; in relieving those in Prison, & delivering many out of it; in contributing to Churches of the English Es- tablishment abroad, as well as aiding several at home; in clothing & feeding her indigent neighbours, & teaching their children, some of whom every Sun- day by turns she entertained at her house, and condescended to examine them herselfe, Besides this continuall, it might be said dayly, course of liberality during her life, she bequeathed at her death, towards founding a Colledge in the Island of Bermuda £500: to the Grey-coat Hospital in St. Margaret's, Westminster £500 : to the Blue-coat Hospital in Westminster £200: to the charity school of Christ Church Parish in Southwark £400: to augment the Living of this place £1200: to put out poor children of the Parish Appren- tices, the Interest of £400 for ever, of which summe, £160 had been left by Mr. Clarke and Mr. Bovey : to be distributed as her Executrix should think fit among those whom she had put out Apprentices in her lifetime £400. Lastly, she designed the rebuilding of this Chapell, which pious design of her's was speedily executed by Mrs Mary Pope."
į The monument in Westminster Abbey, bears this inscription : "To the memory of Mrs Catherine Bovey whose person & understanding would have
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"On the death of Mrs. Catherine Bovey the estates passed by the will of her husband to a distant relative, Thomas Craw- ley, who assumed the additional surname of 'Boevey ' on suc- ceeding to the estates. The son of Thomas Crawley-Boevey succeeded by limitation of the patent to the Baronetcy granted to Sir Charles Barrow M. P. for Gloucester a near relative by marriage and from him descends, in direct line my brother, the present Baronet.
" This letter I have written to you from my station at Ahmedabad in the Bombay Presidency where I am employed in the Civil Administration.
" I beg to remain Reverend Sir,
" Very truly yours " ARTHUR W. CRAWLEY-BOEVEY."
become the highest rank in female life, and whose vivacity would have recom- mended her in the best conversation, but, by judgment, as well as by inclina- tion, she chose such a retirement as gave her great opportunities for reading & reflection which she made use of to the wisest purposes of improvement in knowledge and religion. Upon other subjects she ventured far out of the common way of thinking, but in religious matters she made the Holy Scrip- tures, in which she was well skilled, the rule & guide of her faith & actions, esteeming it more safe to rely upon the plain Word of God, than to run into any freedoms of thought upon revealed truths. The great share of time allowed to the Closet was not perceived in her economy, for she had allways a well ordered and well instructed Family, from the happy influence, as well of her temper, & conduct, as of her uniform & exemplary christian life. It pleased God to bless her with a considerable Estate, which, with a liberal hand, guided by wisdom & piety, she employed to His glory, & the good of her neighbours. Her domestic expenses were managed with a decency & dignity suitable to her fortune, but with a frugality that made her Income abound to all proper objects of charity ; to the relief of the necessitous ; the encouragement of the industrious, & the instruction of the ignorant. She dis- tributed not only with chearfullness, but with joy, which upon some occasions of raising & refreshing the spirit of the afflicted, she could not restrain from breaking forth into tears, flowing from a heart throughly affected with com- passion and benevolence; thus did many of her good works while she lived, go up as a memorial before God, & some she left to follow her.
"She dyed Jan 23, 1726-7 in the 57 year of her age at Flaxley her seat in Gloucestershire, & was buryed there, where her name will be long remem- bered, & where several of her benefactions at that place, as well as others, are more particularly recorded.
"This Monument was erected with the utmost respect to her memory, and justice to her character, by her Executrix, Mrs Mary Pope, who lived with her near 40 years in perfect friendship, never once interrupted, till her much lamented death."
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FIRST FESTIVAL OF THE CHOIR-GUILD.
The Choir-Guild of the Diocese of New Jersey, an organi- zation comprising the choristers of seven Churches, and number- ing about an hundred and fifty men and boys, held its first choral festival in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on Tuesday, Novem- ber 15th, 1881. Nearly one hundred vested choristers and about twenty clergy moved in procession from old St. Mary's, down Broad street, and entered the west door of the new Church (as it is still denominated for distinction's sake,) at 11 A. M., where " The Church's One Foundation " was sung as a pro- cessional. A choral celebration of the holy Eucharist, without sermon, followed, at which the Rev. H. H. Oberly, M. A., precentor of the Choir-Guild, was celebrant, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Pettit and the Rev. Dr. Hills; who, at the close of the gospel, cordially welcomed the Choir-Guild to the parish.
At the conclusion of this service the clergy and choristers repaired to Burlington College, for a business meeting of the Guild. The following were elected for the ensuing year : Super- ior, William P. Barber, of Elizabeth ; Secretary, Stephen G. Hewitt, of Burlington ; Treasurer, John McNeil, of Camden ; Precentor, the Rev. H. H. Oberly, of Elizabeth. The Form for Admission of Choristers, prepared by the Rev. Dr. Hills some time since, was adopted, and an edition of one thousand copies ordered to be printed and distributed pro rata.
At 2 o'clock a collation was served in the refectory of the College by some forty young ladies of St. Mary's parish.
At 4 P. M. the chimes again called, when the number of singers was somewhat increased. Evening Prayer was sung by the Rev. R. B. Post, of South Amboy, the Rev. H. E. Thomp- son, of Woodbridge, reading the special lessons. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Charles L. Hutchins, of Medford, Mass., editor of The Parish Choir. The discourse was full of musical lore, reviewing the sacred song of the Jewish Church, the age of Ambrose and Gregory, the medieval Latin hymns, the services of the Reformation, and those of the present day. The preacher argued that Church music should be choral and congre- gational, and adapted to the age and country. The offerings, as
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in the morning, were gathered by Deacons. The Rector intoned the concluding prayers and benediction, and the chancel-full of white-robed men and boys moved down the nave singing, for a retrocessional, " All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" to the ever-grand tune of Coronation.
The clergy present, in addition to those already named, were the Revs. H. G. Batterson, D. D., R. E. Dennison, R. L. Golds- borough, Joseph W. Lee, L. H. Lighthipe, J. L. McKim, G. M. Murray, E. M. Reilly, P. W. Stryker, Thos. McClintock, John Dows Hills and E. W. Neil.
The congregations at both services were very large, comprising many from various other places, and there was an universal expression of delight with the choir festival.
CONSECRATION OF ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD.
A large addition having been made to St. Mary's Churchyard, the whole of it was consecrated as a cemetery, by the Bishop of New Jersey, on Palm Sunday, April 2d, 1882.
At 2.30 P. M. the congregation left the west door of the Church, two by two, and moved to the northwest entrance of the new ground in the following order :
The Bishop. The other Clergy. The Choristers. The Teachers and Students of Burlington College. The Parishioners. The Teachers and Pupils of the Sunday School.
Reaching the entrance to the new ground, the solemnity was conducted after the following Form, prepared for the occasion by the Rector of the parish.
The Bishop and Clergy, with the Choristers, were received by the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen ; with the Instru- ment of Donation, and the request to consecrate, which was then read by the Rector as follows :
We, the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, in the city of Burlington and State and Diocese of New Jersey, having appro- priated and devoted this plot of ground exclusively for the use of the Church in her appointed Office for the Burial of the Dead, do hereby request the Rt.
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Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, to take said ground under his spiritual jurisdiction, and that of his successors in this Episcopate, and to consecrate it, by the name of ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD.
And we do hereby relinquish all claim to any right of disposing of this ground, or any part of it, or of allowing the use of it in any way inconsistent with the terms and true meaning of this Instrument of Donation, and the consecration hereby requested.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
GEO. MORGAN HILLS, D. D., [L. s.] Rector of St. Mary's Church.
Attest : HENRY D. GUMMERE,
Secretary of the Vestry.
Then the Bishop and the others, going within the ground, and there halting, the Bishop said :
Let us pray.
Almighty, everliving God, Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, who hast promised to grant the requests of those who are gathered together in Thy Name ; fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, that the place whereon we stand may be holy ground, separated from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common uses : Accept this offering at our hands, and vouchsafe so to bless it, as shall tend most to thy glory and the comfort of thy people, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, whom, with Thee, O Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, we worship and glorify as One God, world without end. Amen.
Then, while a circuit was made by the Bishop and others about the ground to be consecrated, Psalm 90, Domine, refugium, was sung.
The Rev. Edward M. Reilly, Rector of Burlington College, then read Gen. xxiii : 13.
I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee money for the field, etc.
The Rev. John Dows Hills, assistant to the Rector of St. Mary's Parish, then led in the following :
If a man live many years, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial ; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
R. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?
V. The days of man are but as grass ; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field.
R. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more,
V. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
R. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death ?
V. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
R. For out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
V. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
SPIRE OF THE CHURCH, LOOKING SOUTH.
HEIGHT OF SPIRE, 172 FEET.
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R. And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
V. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
R. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ; V. Neither hath he power in the day of death.
R. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
V. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! R. If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
V. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
R. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them : even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
V. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live,
R. And shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
V. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
R. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
V. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi- palities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
R. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
The Rev. J. Leighton MeKim, Rector of St. Mary's Hall,. . then read St. John xix. 38.
Joseph of Arimathæa, etc.
The Bishop then said :
Let us pray.
O God, who didst move the patriarch Abraham to provide a possession of a burying-place, and didst hallow the sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathæa, make this ground, we beseech thee, to be a field which the Lord hath blessed: that it may be a sure possession, and a quiet resting-place, until the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall arise : All which we beg for His sake, who lay down in the grave and rose again for us, thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Then, while a Cross was set up for a memorial of the Atone- ment, and to mark the place as a Christian cemetery, HYMN 74, " Glory be to Jesus," was sung. And afterwards was said :
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Spare us, good Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,
Good Lord, deliver us.
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From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver us.
By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,
Good Lord, deliver us.
In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our prosperity ; in the hour of «death, and in the day of judgment,
Good Lord, deliver us.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to bless, hallow, and consecrate this cemetery ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to guard it, by night and by day, from all evil and profaneness ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee that the bodies herein buried may never be dis- honored or sacrilegiously removed ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom.
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ;
Grant us thy peace.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ;
Have mercy upon us.
Our Father, etc.
Then the Bishop said :
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen
I consecrate this ground, by the name of ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD for the use of the Church in her appointed Office for the Burial of the Dead; and I devote and hallow the same forever, for this use and for no other, under my Canonical authority, and that of my successors in this Episcopate, according to the good order of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Amen.
Here the Sentence of Consecration was read, by the Rector of the Parish, as follows :
SENTENCE OF CONSECRATION.
Whereas, the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, of the city of Burlington, and State and Diocese of New Jersey, have appro- priated, and devoted a piece of ground for the Burial of the Dead, according to the provisions of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and by an Instrument this day presented unto me have requested me to take said Burial Ground under my spiritual jurisdiction, and that of my successors in this Episcopate, and to consecrate it by the name of ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD;
Therefore, know all men by these presents, that I, John Scarborough, D. D., by Divine permission Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, acting under the protection of Almighty God, on this second day of April, being Palm Sunday, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, have
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taken the said Burial Ground under my spiritual jurisdiction as Bishop afore -- said, and that of my successors in this Episcopate; and in the presence of divers of the clergy, and a public congregation, have solemnly consecrated it. And I do hereby pronounce and declare that the said ST. MARY'S CHURCH- YARD is separated henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common uses, and dedicated to the honor and service of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the Burial of the Dead, according to the provisions of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in its min- istry, doctrines, discipline, liturgy, rites and usages.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal and signature at Burlington, on the day and year above written, and in the eighth year of ny consecration.
[L. s.] JOHN SCARBOROUGH, Bishop of New Jersey.
HYMN 104, "Jesus Lives," was then sung, and afterwards was said the Creed commonly called NICENE.
SUPPLICATIONS.
Regard, O Lord, tlie supplications of thy servants, and grant that all foolish talking and jesting may be put away from this place forevermore. Amen.
Grant that all who shall visit this place may respect the same, as those that are mindful of their own mortality. Amen.
Grant that all whose bodies shall be buried in this place may have grace in this mortal life, so to number their days as to apply their hearts unto wisdom. Amen.
Grant that all who shall come here to bury their dead may have the conso- lations of thy Holy Spirit. Amen.
Grant that all who shall draw near, like Mary, to weep over the graves of their dead, may remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, I am the Resurrection and the Life; he that believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Amen.
Finally, we beseech Thee, grant unto every one of us here present, always to live in such a state that we may never be afraid to die; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his. merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ. our Lord. Amen.
The God of peace, who brought again from the dead, etc.
HYMN 189, "Hark ! the Sound of Holy Voices," was sung as a recessional.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. WALKER ..
The Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., } sometime Lecturer on Oriental and Biblical Literature in Burlington College (see p.
William Sydney Walker was born in England, but he completed his academic years at the Sorbonne, Paris. He had more or less knowledge of some fifty languages, while in seven he conversed fluently. Coming to the United States in 1833, he followed a literary life until moved to holy orders. He was admitted Deacon by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, April 7th, 1841, and advanced to the Priesthood by the same prelate, June 12th, 1842. After being
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655), entered into rest at his private residence on Green Bank, October 25th, 1882, aged about 86 years. His burial took place from St. Mary's Church, on the 28th, Bishop Scarborough officiating, aided by the Rev. Drs. Weld and Hills, and the Rev. Messrs. Spooner, Goldsborough, Pettit, Parkman, McKim, Hibbard and J. D. Hills.
MARRIAGE OF REV. JOHN DOWS HILLS.
A strictly ecclesiastical wedding was solemnized on Thursday, January 18th, 1883, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J. The ushers were Mr. B. F. H. Shreve, of Mount Holly, N. J .; Mr. S. Ashton Souder, of Philadelphia ; Mr. Reginald Hills, of New York, and Mr. G. Heathcote Hills, of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., the last two being brothers of the groom. At half-past eleven A. M. the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., rector of the parish, and father of the groom, entered the chan- cel as Officiant, attended by the Rev. Henry A. Dows, of Pater- son, N. J .; the Rev. N. Pettit, of Bordentown ; the Rev. R. L. Goldsborough, of Burlington ; the Rev. P. W. Stryker, of Bev- erly, and the Rev. G. McC. Fisk, of Philadelphia. At the same time the choristers of St. Mary's moved in a body to the west door of the nave, and the groom, the Rev. John Dows Hills, rector of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, N. J., with his best man, Mr. Charles D. Gauntt, of Burlington, came from the sacristy and stood at the choir steps awaiting the bride and her attendants. The choristers slowly preceded the four ushers, singing, for a processional, Hymn 248-
"The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day," etc.,
and were followed by the three bridesmaids, Miss Alice M. Whelen, of Bryn-Mawr, Pa. ; Miss Emma M. Lloyd, of Phila-
assistant in St. Stephen's, Philadelphia, he became Rector of St. Matthew's, Sunbury, Pa., whence he removed to St. John's, Ithaca, N. Y., where he was Rector for twenty-five years, during which time he was instrumental in erect- ing a handsome brick Church for that parish. (See p. 687.) After his re- moval to Burlington, he officiated on Sundays at Lambertville, Toms River and Florence, and after that, as long as health and strength permitted, he uniformly aided in the services at St. Mary's Church on Sundays, and was ready to answer any call from the Hall or College.
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delphia, and Miss Constance Hills, of Burlington, N. J., a sister of the groom ; and last, by the bride, in full dress, Miss Clara James Rogers, daughter of the late Capt. Timothy Rogers, lean- ing on the arm of her brother, Mr. Henry M. Rogers, of Phila- delphia. The part of the service known as " the espousals " was said at the choir steps, and after the bride was given away she was led by the bridegroom to the altar, where the marriage was concluded.
"Our hearts to Thee, in prayer we bow ; Jesus, the heavenly Bridegroom, Thou," etc .;
was sung as an introit. The rest of the bridal party joined the new couple at the altar-rails, and the holy Eucharist was cele- brated by the Rev. Dr. Hills ; the Rev. H. A. Dows, a second cousin of the groom, acting as Deacon. After the blessing, the choristers escorted the party to the south porch, singing Hymn 247-
" Deign this union to approve, And confirm it, God of love."
The wedding march was then played, and the chimes of St. Mary's rang a merry peal. t
+ On the Sunday previous to this marriage, after the gospel, the Rector said : "I publish the Banns of Marriage between the Rev. John Dows Hills, of Mount Holly, and Miss Clara James Rogers, of Philadelphia. If any of you know cause or just impediment why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ve are to declare it. This is the only time of asking. This publication is made in rubrical form in order to invite this congregation, and other friends, to witness the nuptials in this Church, on Thursday morning next, the 18th inst., at half-past eleven o'clock." When the day was come, the Church was decked with evergreens, and in the nave a double gate, (festooned with wreaths of smilax, surmounted by a cross on either gate,) marked off the sittings allowed for special guests. At the offertory the groom made his offerings in envelopes for each and all who had assisted at the nuptials-the officiant, the choir, the organist, the chimer, and the sexton. "The bride," says the Home Journal, in its issue following, "was robed in white Ottoman silk, with full court train, the tablier being made of heavy brocaded satin. The veil of tulle was confined by a spray of orange- flowers, and she carried pendent a fan-shaped bouquet of white rosebuds and smilax. The bridesmaids' gowns were of white silk, with full trains and large corsage bouquets of Marechal Niel roses, and they wore dainty little bonnets of white lace. Among the guests were several from New York, Philadelphia, Bryn-Mawr and neighboring towns."
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