The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 23

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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


D. F. Warren, Rev. Robert M. Duff, (S. T. D.,) Rev. Geo. H. Hepburn, Rev. Frederick P. Winne, Benjamin T. Hall and John H. Lloyd.


The first church was destroyed by fire in December, 1866. There was no insur- ance, and Bishop Coxe expressed the fear that it would never be rebuilt, but through the efforts of the Rev. Dr. Duff a new build- ing was consecrated by Bishop Huntington in 1869, when a number of distinguished visiting Clergymen were present at the service. July 3, 1879, this building wat also burned together with a number of other buildings. Under the Rev. J. H. Lloyd a new church was erected and con- secrated February 25, 1881, the Rev. Dr. J. M. Clarke preaching the sermon, but on account of limited resources and the fear of another fire a much inferior location was chosen and a smaller church erected on a lot only sixty feet square. The build- ing is attractively decorated and furnished with a brass eagle Lectern, brass and wal- nut pulpit, etc., etc., which with the stained glass windows were given a. memorials.


Through Prof. M. I. Hunt, who took charge as lay-reader for about three years, a lot was purchased and sheds were built to accommodate the farmers, who constitute a considerable part of the congregation. On this lot an attractive and convenient rectory was built two years ago. By tho will of the late Mr. John Lyman, St. John's Church was given a third of a fund of one hundred thousand dollars subject to a life interest in favor of his widow.


In 1824 eleven families are named as supporting the new organization. This has been increased to about eighty, with good prospects for a steady growth in spite of numerous removals to city parishes.


Later Rectors and Ministers in charge :


T. L. Bannister, Karl Swartz, HI. G. Cod- dington, C. W. Douglas, (Prof. M. I. Hunt ), Geo. Potter, Chas. Raynor, Henry S. Sizer.


How MANY DUTIES TO-DAY ?- Duty- doing is not a matter to be put on or laid off like a coat. Nor is there ever a moment in one's life, sleeping or waking, without its one and only supreme duty. How often we miss this truth, as we speak of a day being "crowded with duties" in implied contrast with another day comparatively free from duties ! There is no such distinc- tion between days. The tasks of one day may be more burdensome and more multi- plied than those of another ; but the day of vacation ought to be just as truly and as fully a time of duty-doing as the day that racks mind and body and nerves with the pressure of some great accomplishment. Duty-doing is simply doing what ought to be done, and life is not worth living if we give ourselves to anything else.


In the ancient Cathedral of Lubeck, in, Germany, there is an old slab with the following inscription :


Thus speaketh Christ, our Lord, to us : Ye call Me Master and obey Me not ; Ye call Me Light and see Me not ;


Ye call Me Way and walk Me not ;


Ye call Me Life and desire Me not ;


Ye call Me Wise and follow Me not ; Ye call Me Fair and love Me not ; Ye call Me Rich and ask Me not ;


Ye call Me Eternal and seek Me not ; Ye call call Me Gracious and trust Me not ;


Ye call Me Noble and serve Me not ; Ye call Me Mighty and honor Me not ; Ye call Me Just and fear Me not ; If I condemn you, blame Me not.


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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of April, 1906, viz:


Diocesan


Missions.


Diocesan


Expense


Fund.


Domestic


Missions.


Foreign


Missions.


General


Missions.


Missions. Deaf Mute


Christmas


Fund.


General Clergy


Relief Fund.


Church


Building Fund.


Ministerial Education


Colored


Missions.


Bishop's Relief


Adams,


$.


$.


$


$


$


$


$


$


$


$


$


$


fton,


3.34


2.15


lexandria Bay,


Altmar,


Antwerp,


Auburn, St. John's,


St. Peter's,


18.00 30.00


46 29


Augusta,


10.00


Aurora,


5.00


3 92


65.59


1.92


Baldwinsville,


Big Flats,


1.50


Binghamt'n, ChristCh.


25.00


41.07


"6


8.95


31.90


Boonville,


7.85


Bridgewater,


3.25


Brookfield,


1.00


Brownville,


Camden,


20.74


Canastota,


Candor,


Cape Vincent,


Carthage,


Cayuga,


17.20


9.64


Champion,


4.44


Chenango Forks,


Chittenango,


12.00


Chadwicks.


3 50


Clark's Mills,


4.00


1.76


28.78


Clayton,


9.46


Cleveland,


4.45


4.75


Clinton,


16.00


3.75


7.64


3.70


Constableville,


8.99


Copenhagen,


Cortland,


23.70


31 18


9.27


Deerfield,


.83


Dexter,


.56


Dey's Landing,


Dryden,


1.65


16.20


Durhamville,


.65


2 22


Carlville,


14.50


Cast Onondaga,


Cllisburg,


Elmira, Emmanuel,


25.00


Grace.


80.00


26.94


Trinity,


24.27


5.62


Evan's Mills,


Fayetteville,


18.50


7 56


Forestport,


4.30


Frederick's Corners,


Fulton,


45.64


19.65


2.04


Glen Park,


Great Bend,


Greene,


15.00


15.00


15.00


10.00


10.00


Greig,


Guilford,


6.22


53.38


4.75


Hamilton,


10.91 5.19


Harpursville,


2.50


6.95


3.59


Hayt's Corners,


.50


Holland Patent,


. .


Fund.


Fund.


Bainbridge,


29.37


Good Shepherd Trinity


3.24


2.88


Cazenovia,


40.53


9+


THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


Diocesan


Missicns.


Diocesan


Expense


Fund.


Domestic


Missions.


Foreign


Missions.


General


Missions.


Deaf Mute


Missions.


Christmas


Fund.


General Clergy


Relief Fund.


Church


Ministerial


Education


Colored


Missions.


Bishop's Relief


Homer,


$ 4.02 $. .


$ . .


$


$


Horseheads,


10.001


3.61


Ithaca,


19.85


43.99


Jamesville,


5.50


2.81


Jordan,


18.62


4 82


Kiddders Ferry,


Lacona,


4.00


LaFargeville,


Lowville,


14.80


Manlius,


8.67


7.95


.90


4.83


7.25


McDonough,


7.42


13.00


3.86


Memphis,


30 60


Mexico,


25.00


5.89


Moravia,


4.45


New Berlin,


10.00


16.03


10.47


9.80


8.63


95


New York Mills,


4 25


Northville,


Norwich,


Oneida,


30.59


Onondaga Castle,


1.40


Oriskany,


8.00


1.25


Oriskany Falls,


5.84


Oswego, Christ Ch .. .


40.00


42.74


Owego,


2.55


9.10


Oxford,


12.00


15 06


15.00


Paris Hill,


2.13


Phoenix,


7.00


Pierrepont Manor,


Port Byron,


Port Leyden,


11.13


Pulaski,


ยท 4.98


Redfield,


Redwood,


40.00


Rome, Zion,


9.00


9.82


Romulus,


18 07


4.81


3.00


Sackett's Harbor,


57.81


Sherburne,


21.00 23.63


3 33


3.34


Skaneateles,


11.55


.85


.75


Smithboro,


1.60


.90


1.10


Speedsville,


1.67


Spencer,


70 00


12.00


Syracuse. All Saints,


Calvary,


Ch. of Saviour,


Grace,


66 St. John's,


St. Luke's,


St. Mark's,


St. Paul's,


St. Philips,


105 00


4.73


E. Emmanuel,


2.50


2 81


Theresa,


1.00


Trenton,


6.92


8.00


1.31


.


. .


Union Springs,


8.83.


2.66


.


...


..... . .....


McLean,


1.70


.96


Millport,


Mount Upton,


16.00


Evangelists,


St. Joseph's,


Seneca Falls,


35.93


43.63


Slaterville,


5.00


1.69


30 06


46.39


36.94


21.30


1.05


36.67


5.00


Trinity,


47.35


2.70


Trumansburg,


14.35


4.08


$


$


$


Building Fund.


Fund.


Fund.


42.47


Marcellus,


New Hartford,


2.45


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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


Diocesan Missions.


Diocesan


Expense


Fund.


Domestic


Missions.


Foreign


Missions.


General


Missions.


Deaf Mute


Missions.


Christmas


Fund.


General Clergy


Relief Fund.


Church


Building Fund.


Ministerial


Education


Colored


Missions.


Bishop's Relief


Fund.


Utica, Calvary,


$44.25 $43.65 $ $


Grace,


Holy Cross,


8.82


St. Andrew's,


9 64


17.94


St. George's, .


8.87


45.35


66


St. Luke's,


Trinity,


22 37


Van Etten,


Warner,


75.00 33.82


10.00


Watertown, Trinity, St. Paul's,.


Redeemer,


Waterville,


16.08


Waverly,


20.00


Weedsport,


1.77


Wellsburg,


5.00


Westmoreland,


6.00


5.00


Whitesboro,


5.00


2.00


Whitney's Point,


2.00


Willard.


4.00


2.35


Willowdale,


11.83


Windsor,


9.00


17.10


Convocation, 1st Dist.


66


2d Dist.


94.87


66


3d Dist.


4th Dist.


66


5th Dist.


1.75


6.00


Clayville 2nd Dis.


RECAPITULATION.


Diocesan Missions


$1,517 98


Diocesan Expense Fund 941 87


Domestic Missions


31 03


Foreign Missions


47 47


General Missions


239 84


Deaf Mute Missions


9 65


Christmas Fund


24 11


General Clergy Relief Fund


43 36


Church Building Fund


10 00


Ministerial Education Fund


95 98


Miscellaneous.


Interest on Deposits $23 96


Income Episcopate Fund


1,217 49


Income Delancey Fund


140 00


C. W. Andrews, Babcock Fund


60 00


Bible and Prayer Book Society:


Christ Church, Sherburne, $3.33;


Zion, Greene, $7.00; St. John's,


Marcellus, $1.25; St. Stephen's,


New Hartford, 66c .- Total


12 24


Work Among the Jews:


Christ Church, Jordan. $3.45:


St. John's, Auburn, $3.25


6 70


$4.421 68


FRANK L. LYMAN. Treasurer. 108 Pearl Street, Syracuse.


$


A


$


$


Fund.


Waterloo,


25


17.63


6th Dist.


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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


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CALENDAR.


July 1-Third Sunday after Trinity.


8-Fourth Sunday after Trinity.


15-Fifth Sunday after Trinity.


22-Sixth Sunday after Trinity.


25-St. James.


29-Seventh Sunday after Trinity.


BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS. September.


Boonville, Forestport.


Greig, Port Leyden.


Constableville, Lowville. Carthage, Champion, Copenhagen.


Alexandria Bay, Redwood, Theresa.


Antwerp, Evans Mills.


Watertown-Church of the Redeemer. Adams, Pierrepont Manor.


Frederick's Corners, Ellisburg, Lacona.


The Bishop expects to visit the above parishes and missions in September, the dates will be given later, when some changes may be made.


CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE.


The thirty-eight annual Convention was held in Trinity Church, Syracuse,- the Rev. H. N. Hyde, Rector,-on Tues- day and Wednesday, June 12th and 13th. Evening Prayer was said on Tuesday at 4:30 o'clock, and the Holy Communion was celebrated on Wednesday morning at 9:00 o'clock, the Bishop being celebrant, and assisted by the Rev. John R. Harding, the Rev. Dr. W. M. Beauchamp and the Rector of the parish. At this service the Bishop delivered his annual address. After Evening Prayer on Tuesday, the Rev. H. R. Hulse, of New York, addressed the members of the Convention on behalf of the Missionary Thank Offering, urging


the importance of earnest systematic work on the part of the men of the Church.


At the conclusion of Mr. Hulse's address the Convention was organized for business -the Bishop presiding-the attendance was unusually large, ninety-four clergymen and eighty lay delegates, representing forty-five parishes, being present.


The election of officers resulted in the Rev. James K. Parker and the Rev. William Cooke being elected Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively. The Rev. R. M. Duff, D.D., of Norwich, was elected a Trustee of the General Theo- logical Seminary, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late George H. McKnight, D.D. Mr. Frank L. Lyman, of Syracuse, was re-elected Treasurer of the Diocese. Messrs. Charles A. Miller and James E. Mclaughlin, of Utica, were elected to fill vacancies in the Board of Trustees of the Bible and Prayer Book Society. Messrs. H. P. Bellinger, of Syracuse, and Henry Burden, of Cazenovia, were elected Trustees of the Parochial Fund, and the Rev. John R. Harding, Edward Huntington Coley, of Utica, William DeL. Wilson, of Syracuse, R. M. Duff, D.D., of Norwich, and Messrs. John R. VanWagenen, of Oxford, Geo. T. Jack; W. D. Dunning, of Syracuse, and E. C. Emerson, of Watertown, was elected the Standing Committee of the Diocese.


A communication from the Committee appointed by the General Convention, to consider the appointment of special Mis- sionary Bishops, was read by the Secretary, and the Committee on the Constitution and Canons was instructed to report thereon to the Convention of 1907.


The Bishop appointed as a Committee to consider the feasibility of holding the next Missionary Conference of the Second Department in this Diocese; the Rev. Drs. Bellinger and Coddington, the Rev. E. Huntington Coley, the Rev. William Del .. Wilson and Messrs. Geo. M. Weaver,


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M. H. Northrup, A. C. Coxe and J. H. H. Young.


The Treasurer's report showed that the finances of the Diocese were in good con- dition: The Convention voted the sum of $13,200 for Diocesan Missions for the ensuing year. Authority was given by the Convention to the Trustees of the Diocese to sell the Church property in the village of Clayville, and to erect a more suitable Church edifice upon another lot to be furnished for that purpose.


Among the other important matters con- sidered by the Convention, wa's the merg- ing of the Christmas Fund of the Diocese, for aged and infirm clergy, and widows and orphans of deceased clergymen, with the General Clergy Relief Fund. The Special Committee appointed at the last Convention, to consider this subject, reported in favor of merging the two Funds, and offered a resolution, which was adopted : "That the Bishop of the Diocese and the Trustees be, and are hereby empowered to enter into an agreement with the Trustees of the General Clergy Relief Fund, whereby shall be created a merger of the two Funds, without a transfer of the properties now held by the Trustees of the Christmas Fund.


A proposition to amend the 1st Article of the Constitution, changing the time of holding the Diocesan Convention from the second Tuesday in June to the first Tues- day in June, was approved, and laid over for consideration, and final action of the next annual Convention.


Among the important changes made in the Canons: That, amending the Mission- ary Canon X, and providing for the appoint- ment of an Archdeacon to assist the Bishop in the Missionary work of the Diocese, must be noted. The Canon, as amended, provides that at the next meeting of the Board of Managers for Diocesan Missions, after the Convention of this Diocese, held in June, 1906, or as soon thereafter as convenient, and every succeeding four years, an Archdeacon shall be appointed by the Bishop, with the advice and con- sent of the Board of Managers. He shall


be in Priest's Orders, and shall hold his office for four years, unless his incumbency be terminated sooner by resignation or otherwise. He shall, under the direction of the Bishop, give his entire time to the Missionary work of the Diocese. At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Managers the sum of $1,500 was ap- propriated for the salary of the Arch- deacon, and $300 for his traveling ex- penses.


Another important change was made in the Canon on the "Retirement of a Minister from the active duties of his office.' The Canon now provides that any clergyman of this Diocese, in good stand- ing, who has reached the age of sixty-five years, and desires to retire from the active duties of the Ministry by reason of dis- ability, shall, on the recommendation of the Bishop, if in his judgment such clergy- man shall be in need of such pension be entitled upon his retirement, to receive a pension of $500 per annum, payable quarterly, by the Treasurer, provided he has been engaged twenty years in the work of the Ministry in this Diocese.


On the recommendation of the Com- mittee on the Constitution and Canons the name of "The Bishop's Relief Fund," a fund consisting of the offerings taken in each parish, at the time of the Bishop's Visitation, and used by him for the relief of needy persons, was changed to "The Relief Fund of the Diocese."


An important change was made in the Rules governing the organization of the Convention, in order to facilitate such organization ; requiring that the certificates of the lay delegates be forwarded by mail or otherwise, to the Secretary not later than forty-eight hours before the meeting of the Convention, and referred by him to a Standing Committee on Credentials, who shall report, through him, the names of lay delegates duly elected and entitled to seats.


An addition was made to the Canon on "The Fiscal Year and Financial Reports, and reports of Special Committees" requiring that all such reports shall be


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sent to the Secretary of the Convention two weeks before the date of the Conven- tion-to be printed and distributed one week before the meeting of the Convention. Any reports of Committees not so for- warded to the Secretary, shall not be presented to the Convention, without the consent of a two-thirds vote of the members present.


Resolutions of congratulation were tendered the Rev. Osgood E. Herrick, D.D., on the completion of fifty-five years, and the Rev. John H. Egar, D.D., on the completion of fifty years, in the Ministry of the Church.


The Rev. John Brainard, D.D., a mem- ber of the Standing Committee of the Diocese since its organization in Novem- ber, 1868, and for many ears its President -being unable, on account of infirmity, to be present at the Convention, or to accept re-election ; the Convention instructed the Secretary to communicate to Dr. Brainard its sincere regret at his inability to be present, with the prayer that God may grant His abundant blessing to him, with improved health and strength throughout his earthly life.


After prayers and benediction by the Bishop the Convention adjourned at 5:00 o'clock Wednesday.


BISHOP'S ADDRESS.


Brethren of the Clergy and of the Laity: .


Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ !


My official acts since the last Convention have been as follows: Baptized two adults and two infants ; confirmed 1,294 persons, and received 11, making a total of 1,305 added to the Communicants of the Church in the Diocese ; officiated at two marriages and six funerals; ordained eight to the Diaconate and six to the Priesthood; deposed one Presbyter from the Ministry; consented to the Consecration of five Bishops; received four Postulants and four Candidates for Holy Orders; con- secrated three Churches, and opened one, and also opened with formal service of


benediction St. Luke's Home and Hospital in Utica, the munificent gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Proctor.


The Candidates ordained to the Diacon- ate were Messrs. Chas. K. Gilbert, G. Ashton Oldham, Edw. W. Parmelee, Chas. W. Hakes, M.D., Harry Idle, Geo. C. Wadsworth, Howard C. Ackerman and Harrison W. Foreman. The Deacons ordained to the Priesthood were the Rev. Messrs. Walter E. Cook, John B. Pitcher, Frederick W. Feary, Harold E. Ford, Arthur J. Schrader and Edward W. Parmelee. Messrs. Oliver Kingman, Luther Leslie Weller, David . Henry Weeks and Franklin Lee Metcalf have been admitted as Candidates, and Messrs. Johnson Alfred Springsted, Frank O. Hokerk, Chas. W. Arthur and Levi Wilburt: Lunn as Postulants for Holy Orders.


I have transferred Sister Leonora, Deaconess, to the Diocese of Missouri.


The Bishops to whose consecration con- sent was given were the Rt. Rev. Frederick F. Johnson, Coadjutor of South Dakota ; Edw. M. Parker, Coadjutor of New Hampshire; Chas. D. Williams, D.D., Bishop of Michigan ; John N. McCormick, D.D., Coadjutor of W. Michigan; and William W. Webb, D.D., Coadjutor of Milwaukee.


I have transferred the Rev. Messrs. L. G. Morris to Los Angeles, W. N. Hawkins to Pittsburg, G. A. Oldham and C. K. Gilbert to New York, and have received into the Diocese the Rev. Messrs. H. E. Ford, from New York, J. O. Ward from Fon du Lac, and R. H. Gesner from Con- necticut.


Twenty-five Lay Readers have been licensed.


It is my sad duty to record the death of four of our faithful Clergy during the year, the Rev. Drs. Synnott, Lockwood and MeKnight, and the Rev. E. L. Tanner.


The Rev. Stephen H. Synnott, D.D., had been rector of St. John's Church, Ithaca, for twenty years. His health began to fail some time before his death. and after trying to keep up his work with


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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.


the help of an assistant, he finally resigned and removed to his former home in Cooperstown, where, having lingered a few months he died September 3rd, 1905.


Dr. Henry R. Lockwood was minister- ing in this Diocese when it was organized in 1868, and having served for a time at Clayton he became Rector of St. Paul's, Syracuse, in 1873. He had been an unusually strong and vigorous man, until the illness came upon him in the spring of 1904, which disabled him for several months; but when that had passed away his friends were hoping that he would be ready for more years of usefulness among us. It was not God's will, however, to leave him here. A cold contracted at his camp in the woods led to an attack of pneumonia, from which he died Septem- ber 20th, 1905, and he was buried from his parish Church on the 22nd of that , month. For many years he was Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and I am sure we shall greatly miss his presence, and his voice as he read the reports of that body to the Convention. No one who knew Dr. Lockwood could fail to be attracted by the sweetness of his temper and the geniality of his disposition, while at the same time he impressed every one with his sincerity and dignified manli- ness. He was cheerful, but never trivial either in his speech or bearing.


The Rev. Edwin L. Tanner had been in the ministry but three or four years, having entered it in middle life from another pro- fession. His work was first at Homer, and afterwards at Afton and Harpursville, where he was greatly beloved by his people. His health had not been good for some time, and his patience and cheerfulness under suffering were remarkable. He died on the day of Dr. Lockwood's funeral, and was buried near his old home in Vir- ginia.


Dr. Geo. H. McKnight was another of the Clergy who had been identified with the Diocese during practically the whole of its independent existence. He was received into it and became Rector of Trinity Church, Elmira, in August, 1869,


and although he had reached his 85th year, he still retained that position at the time of his death in December, 1905. He carried on the work of that parish without an assistant to within three or four months of the end, and his erect figure, his agile movements, his physical endurance, and the activity of his intellect were certainly very striking. One could not but be im- pressed at the time of his funeral with the hold that he evidently had upon the interest and affection of his people, and indeed of the whole community-a phenomenon not too common in this age, which is disposed to be relentless in emphasizing the "dead line" for those whose lot it is to pass it.


Among the faithful laity, too, who have been active in promoting the interest of the Church, we have a long list of deaths to record both of men and women: Mrs. Candee, Mr. Puckey and Mr. Utley, of Waterville ; Mrs. Brainard and Mrs. Titus, of Auburn; Mrs. Storrs, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Plumb and Miss Palmer, of Utica ; Mr. C. H. Butler, of Oswego; Mr. Baldwin and Mrs. Amos of Baldwinsville ; Mr. Merchant, of Sherburne; Mr. John Anderson, of Binghamton ; Mr. Rouse and Mr. Doolittle, of Paris Hill ; Mrs. Herrick, of Watertown; and Mrs. Clark, of Guil- ford. We have also lost two of the Bishops of the Church during the year, the Rt. Rev. Thos. F. Davies, of Michigan, and the Rt. Rev. Benj. W. Morris, of Oregon. We may well thank God for the good examples of all these His servants, and pray for grace to follow in their footsteps, and that both we and they may find a place at His right hand, when the conflicts are all passed and the victories are won.




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