The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 25

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The Rev. Harold E. Ford, who has been serving his Diaconate in Jefferson County, at Antwerp, Evans Mills, Great Bend., &c.,


has been appointed Curate of Christ Church, Binghamton, under the Rev. H. S. Longley, Rector.


The Rev. Geo. E. Edgar, formerly of the Diocese of Tennessee, has taken charge of the Missions at Chadwicks, Clayville and Bridgewater, made vacant a short time ago by the removal of the Rev. Mr. Evans to Lowville. Mr. Edgar will take up his residence at Clayville.


The Rev. Arthur Cleveland Clarke has resigned the Chaplaincy of St. John's School, Manlius, to take effect at the close of the last school year.


The Rev. Wilson E. Tanner, of Bain- bridge, has a leave of absence for three months on account of his health, and ex- pects to sail for Europe some time this month.


We understand that the Rev. Frederick T. Henstridge, of Calvary Church, Syra- cuse, will make a visit to England this summer.


The Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, D.D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, Va., has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Virginia.


The Rev. Charles Scadding, Rector of Emmanuel Church, LaGrange, Ill., has been eletecd Bishop of Oregon.


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TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of May, 1906, viz:


Diocesan Missions.


Diocesan


Expense


Fund.


Missions. Domestic


Foreign


Missions.


General


Missions.


Missions. Deaf Mute


Christmas


General Clergy,


Relief Fund.


Building Fund


Ministerial


Education


Colored


Missions.


Relief Fund of


the Diocese


Adams,


$ 5.52 $ $


$


$


$


$


$


$


Afton,


2.26


9.53


Alexandria Bay,


5.40


Altmar,


Antwerp,


2.50


Auburn, St. John's,


*15.80


*15.75


12.00


66


St. Peter's,


30.00


13.24


Augusta,


1.00


Aurora,


5.00


8.00


Baldwinsville,


Big Flats,


2.00


Binghamt'n,ChristCh.


25.00


66 Good Shepherd Trinity


Boonville,


Bridgewater,


Brookfield,


5.40


1.50


Camden,


Canastota,


+12.98


Cape Vincent,


26.04 3.60


5.50


Carthage,


4.04


3.34


Cayuga,


14.14


20.44


Champion,


1.00


2.45


Chittenango,


Chadwicks,


Clark's Mills,


+1.58


Clayton,


10.59


2.78


Cleveland,


2.53


Clinton,


Constableville,


9.45


.. .


Copenhagen,


Cortland,


10.88


Deerfield,


Dexter,


4.17


1.96


Dey's Landing,


Dryden,


2.35


Durhamville,


Earlville,


East Onondaga,


Ellisburg,


11.85


Elmira, Emmanuel,


3.33


Grace,


21.25


14.03


Evan's Mills,


.75


Fayetteville,


Forestport,


Frederick's Corners,


1.20


Fulton,


Glen Park,


2.22


13.16


Great Bend,


1.64


Greene,


15.00


12.00


Greig,


1.14


2.75


Hamilton,


3.43


4.15


Hayt's Corners,


. 50


. 73


Holland Patent,


* Sunday School Lenten Offering. + 1905-6 Assessment.


Harpursville,


2.50


Guilford,


5 51


4.95


Cazenovia,


Chenango Forks,


2.00


Brownville,


2.60


Candor,


Bainbridge,


5.97


2.50


Church


Fund.


Fund.


Trinity,


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Diocesan Missicns.


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.


Relief Fund of


the Diocese


Homer, $.


$


$ $


$


$


$


$


$


$ $ 3.18


Horseheads,


19.86


Ithaca,


23.84


Jamesville,


Jordan,


Kiddders Ferry,


Lacona,


LaFargeville,


5.74


Lowville,


8.18


Manlius,


2.19


Marcellus,


6.55


McDonough,


McLean,


Memphis,


Mexico,


Millport,


4.02


Moravia,


Mount Upton,


5.00


New Berlin,


10.00


New Hartford,


6.66


New York Mills,


Northville,


Norwich,


Oneida,


5.28


Onondaga Castle,


Oriskany,


Oriskany Falls,


Oswego, Christ Ch.


12.40


Owego,


2.80


Oxford,


17.95


14.67


Paris Hill,


2.17


Phoenix,


1.10


Pierrepont Manor, .


21.69


Port Byron,


10.95


Pulaski,


Redfield,


6.70


Rome, Zion,


St. Joseph's,


1.92


Romulus.


2.04


Sackett's Harbor,


11.55


2.45


Seneca Falls,


*15.12


21.10


Sherburne,


7 38


Skaneateles,


33.00


Slaterville,


6.53


.20


.50


Smithboro,


1.00


Speedsville,


Spencer,


Syracuse. All Saints,


11.80


66


Calvary,


Ch. of Saviour,


5.99


Grace,


12.16


14.00


St. John's,


1.55


2.27


66


St. Luke's, .


13 43


St. Paul's,


48.10


St. Philips,


1.00


Trinity,


13.43


E. Emmanuel,


4.92


Theresa,


7.86


Trenton,


Trumansburg,


Union Springs,


4.00


*1905-6-Assessment.


. .


.


9.27


" Evangelists,


Port Leyden,


Redwood,


St. Mark's, .


88.00


Fund.


5 83


1.74


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Diocesan Missions.


Diocesan


Expense


Fund.


Domestic


Missions.


Foreign


Missions.


General


Missions.


Deaf Mute


Missions.


Christmas


Fund.


General Clergy


Relief Fund.


Building Fund.


Ministerial


Education


Colored


Missions.


Relief Fund of


the Diocese


Utica, Calvary, $24.13 $ $ $


Grace,


Holy Cross,


7.86


15.34


16.58


St. Andrew's,


4.00


3.00


St. George's, .


8.83


9.09


=


St. Luke's,


Trinity,


6.00


Van Etten,


Warner,


Waterloo,


15.45


Watertown, Trinity,


222.77


25 72


66


St. Paul's,. 73.04


14.55


Redeemer, 32.20


Waterville,


4.10


Waverly,


5.00


Weedsport,


Wellsburg.


Westmoreland,


Whitesboro,


4.00


Whitney's Point,


2.00


Willard.


4.00


3.27


Willowdale,


1.50


2.38


Windsor.


3 57


Convocation, 1st Dist.


2d Dist.


66


3d Dist.


66


5th Dist.


6.6


6th Dist.


RECAPITULATION.


Diocesan Missions


$ 784 22


Diocesan Expense Fund 39 81


Domestic. Missions. 15 80


Foreign Missions. 15 75


General Missions


103 34


Deaf Mute Missions


20


General Clergy Relief Fund


50


Ministerial Education Fund


2.00


Miscellaneous.


Bible and Prayer Book Society-


Trinity, Binghamton


2 00


Total


$ 963 62


$


IA


$


$


Church


Fund.


$ 39.44


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


..


4th Dist.


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CALENDAR.


August 5 - Eighth Sunday after Trinity. 6-Transfiguration.


12-Ninth Sunday after Trinity.


19-Tenth Sunday after Trinity.


24-St. Bartholomew.


26-Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.


BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.


September.


16-Sunday, Boonville, Forestport, Greig.


17-Monday, Port Leyden, Constableville.


18-Tuesday, Lowville, Carthage.


19-Wednesday, Copenhagen, Champion.


20-Thursday, Redwood, Alexandria Bay.


21-Friday, Theresa, Antwerp.


22-Saturday, Evans Mills.


23-Sunday, Watertown, Redeemer; Adams.


24-Monday, Pierrepont Manor, Ellisburg.


25-Tuesday, Fredericks, Lacona.


The above appointments may be subject to rearrangement, or change, according to the con- venience of the Clergy and of the Bishop.


STUDIES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.


In our last article on this subject we spoke of the sentences at the beginning of Morning and Evening Prayer as being of the nature of antiphons. Before leaving the matter we should like to add that, when the Confession is to be used it would seem a's if at least one of the penitential sentences should be said, in order to carry out the manifest purpose in placing them there. Of course the rubric does not require it, but liturgical fitness does ; and by observing such niceties of expression in the services we add to their beauty and effectiveness, without in any way increas- ing the formalism. On the contrary, it is


by such careful use that we minimize the danger of formalism and give life to the devotional forms.


It is a great improvement, introduced in 1892, that we are not required to repeat the Exhortation, "Dearly beloved breth- ren," &c., more than once a week. This is one of the "sermonettes," as they have been called, which were added to the English Book in 1552, and as a literary composition is one of the poorest things to be found within its covers. Its succes- ion of synonyms of Latin and Anglo- Saxon forms is very monotonous, and where service is said daily, or several times each week, it becomes extremely formal. and does not tend to edification. It may do well enough once on Sunday, but it is hardly necessary to tell the people who go to Church on week-days what they go for.


The Confession which follows is called "General" not merely because it is to be said by all, but more especially because it is of a general and not a particular char- acter. It is a confession of sinfulness rather than of sins, and was introduced at the time when private confession to the priest alone began to be no longer enforced as a matter of necessary. discipline. Similar public confessions were not un- known in the old Latin offices, but they were much shorter and still less detailed than this, or than the one now in the Com- munion Service, because the custom of auricular confession, as it is called, was regarded as sufficient for all needs. That custom of private confession calls for spec- ial self-examination, that one may be able to tell what the sins are that he has com- mitted; and these public general con- fessions, especially before receiving the Holy Sacrament, are so worded as to in- dicate that one has likewise gone through the same process. We are supposed to have in mind the peculiar "devices and desires of our own hearts," which we have "too much followed," to be thinking of the "holy laws" of God against which "we


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have offended," and to know what the particular things are which "we ought to have done," or to "have left undone." Otherwise, if we rattle off these solemn phrases without thought of what we are saying, the act of confession will be of little practical use to us. The general feeling of penitence may be entirely com- mendable, and is, of course, a fitting frame of mind for the beginning of our act of worship; but it will probably be a failure so far as the getting hold of ourselves and the overcoming of our actual sins are con- cerned. The danger that besets more or less all liturgical forms is particularly imminent here, and calls for constant watchfulness and care lest we lose the benefit which may be derived from the right use of such an arrangement. For we must remember that the Absolution which follows is also public and general, and the only way to keep that from becom- ing a mere empty form is by being so real in the use of the Confession, that we may take the Absolution, each one to himself as a real thing.


GENERAL NEWS.


Mr. Geo. C. Thomas, Treasurer of the Board of General Missions, writes as follows :


New York, July 9, 1906. Reverend and Dear Sir :


The increase in contributions from all sources to July 1st is not as large as it was to June 1st. The total increase to July 1st is $33,227.61. To June 1st it was $40,077.21. The greater portion of this increase is in Parish Offerings applying upon the Apportionment, say nearly $22,000, and nearly 100 more Parishes than a year ago have sent offerings.


There is needed, however, a very much greater increase from many Parishes and Missions and individuals, if the Apportion- ment is to be met in full, and all the ap- propriations provided for that have been made in the name of the whole Church, in faith that the necessary funds would be contributed.


From September 1st, 1905, to July 1st, 1906, congregations, Sunday Schools, branches of the Woman's Auxiliary and individual donors have sent to the Board of Missions, to be divided among the mis- sions of the Church at home and abroad, in accordance with the Appropriations of the Board . $646,000


In order that the pledges made to the Diocesan and Missionary Bishops for the current fiscal year may be paid in full, the Board of Missions asks that during July and August the Church should give


$154,000


To accomplish this the offerings during these two months must be larger than the offerings of the corresponding months of last year by $41,000


The apportionment to the Diocese of Central New York for General Missions for the year ending September 1st, 1906, is $10,600. Of this amount there has been sent to the Treasurer from September 1st to June 1st, 1906, $3,791.67. This sum does not include the contributions from the Sunday Schools, Woman's Auxiliary, and specials.


BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.


MISSIONARY CONVENTION.


Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 18-21, 1906 ... . The 21st Annual National Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which, for the first time, is to be held in the "Cot- ton Belt" of the South, should mark an epoch in Church life in that section. The Brotherhood had its inception in the North and is not strong, comparatively, in the South, and until recently the organization has made no very determined effort in its forward movement in the cotton growing States, so that in selecting Memphis for the 1906 Convention it was with the especial intent of extending the Brotherhood and correspondingly strength- ening the Church in the South.


The Memphis Local Assembly is work- ing hard to make the Convention next October a success by advertising the same


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widely and endeavoring to create an in- Church Homes-For the Aged and Desti- terest among Churchmen of the South in tute, 2; For Friendless Children, 1; For Homeless Women, 1; Church Hospitals, 1. the Convention, and the object of the Brotherhood.


The Traveling Secretaries of the Brotherhood are doing excellent work in the Sonthern States by the formation of new and revival of dormant chapters.


The South is a field where possibilities exist for a great revival and awakening of the men of the Church, following a suc- cesful and highly spiritual Convention. Churchmen attending will, therefore, have the privilege of aiding, by their presence and participation in the Convention at Memphis, this Church forward movement.


It will, therefore, be a Brotherhood Mis- sionary Convention, and those present may well be considered missionaries. They will be accomplishing something and truly aiding the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men. This is a grand opportunity and results are bound to come quickly.


The program for the Convention at Memphis next October will include addresses from many eminent and eloquent clergy and laymen of the Church. Very low excursion rates by rail have already been announced.


An appeal is made to all Churchmen to attend this laymen's convention. All should benefit thereby. The South needs you. Memphis welcomes you.


DIOCESAN ITEMS.


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.


Summary of Statstics for the year end- ing May 1, 1906:


Clergy : Ordained, Deacons S, Priests 6, 14; received, 3; transferred, 4; died, 4. Canonically Resident, Bishop 1, Priests 113, Deacons 7, 121; Candidates for Holy Orders, 8; Postulants, 11; Lay Readers, licensed, 25. Parishes-Present number in union with the Convention, 108. Whole number of parishes: Self-supporting 51, Missionary 57, 108; whole number of Parishes and Missions, 149; whole num- ber of Churches, 143; Rectories, 58. Educational Institutions-Parochial 1, teachers 1, scholars 16. Academic 1.


PAROCHIAL STATISTICS.


Families reported, 9,669; estimated for Parishes not reported, 2,415, 12,084, Baptisms-Adults 412, Infants 1,053, 1,465 ; Confirmed, 1,305 ; Communicants, 21,696; Marriages, 501; Burials, 986. Sunday Schools-Teachers, reported in 113 Parishes and Missions, 958; Scholars reported in 113 Parishes and Missions, 8,115.


OFFERINGS.


Parochial .- Communion Alms, $6,198 .- 50; Current Expenses and Rectors' Sal- aries, $136,898.53; Sunday Schools, $5,511.92; Increase and Improvement of Church Property, $26,913.87; Special Charities, $3,782.21; Indebtedness Paid, $70,560.30; Other Parochial Objects, $48,974.54; Total for Parochial Objects, $298,839.87.


Diocesan .- Diocesan Missions from Parishes, $10,480.98, Woman's Auxiliary, boxes, valued $1,491.24, $11,972.22; Diocesan Expense Fund, $3,192.35: Christmas Fund, $1,171.38; Bishop's Relief Fund, $870.79; Theological Edu- cation, $330.19; Missions to Deaf Mutes. $306.98; Central New York Bible and Prayer Book Society, $21.39; Home and Hospitals, $1,508.25; Aid to Various Churches, $1,620.00; total for Diocesan Objects, $20,993.55.


General .- Domestic Missions, General, $5,112.35. Special, $3,006.90, Woman's Auxiliary, boxes, valued. $6,639.43. $14,758.68; Foreign, $4,384.09: New York Bible and Prayer Book Society, $90.41; Increase of the Ministry, $6.00; American Church Building Fund, $38.01 : General Clergy Relief, $321.01; United Offering, $1,580.19; San Francisco. $4,245.18; Other Objects, $1,255.08: Total for General Objects, $26.678.65.


Total amount of Offerings, $346,512.07.


Value of Church Property, $2,776,- 051.00.


Amount of


Insurance Reported,


$970,305.00.


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PAROCHIAL NOTES.


EMMANUEL CHURCH, NORWICH .- The Rev. W. D. Benton, D.D., Rector. By the will of the late Andrew J. Beebee, for many years a vestryman of this Church, the parish has received a legacy of $1,000.


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CONVOCATIONS.


FIRST DISTRICT.


The spring Convocation of the First District was held in St. Paul's Church, Watertown, May 29th and 30th, 1906. On the evening of the 29th, Evening Prayer was said by the Rev. Messrs. Duck and Raynor, and a sermon of great power preached by the Rev. Dr. J. Sanders Reed.


At nine o'clock on the morning of the 30th, Morning Prayer was said by the Rev. A. J. Brockway, followed by the Litany and Holy Communion, with the Very Rev. Dean Saphore celebrant, assisted by Rev. Messrs. Duck, Merlinjones and Ford. The sermon was by the Rev. Charles Noyes Tyndell.


Luncheon was served in the Parish Rooms at 12:30, and at 2:00 the Woman's Auxiliary of the District met in the Church : the business meeting of the Con- vocation being held in the Parish Rooms at the same hour. The business was of a purely routine nature, and the meeting was short. A resolution of sympathy with the Rev. Dr. Herrick in his recent severe affliction was unanimously adopted. All reports showed a healthful condition pre- vailing throughout the District. Notable among the items were the large Confirma- tion classes.


The meeting of the W. A. was interest- ing and helpful and well attended.


In spite of the lack of special business and the unfortunate coincidence of Con- vocation and Memorial Day, the Convoca- tion was pleasant and profitable.


C'HAS. NOYES TYNDELL, Secretary. E. WARREN SAPHORE, Dean.


SECOND DISTRICT.


The 114th meeting of the Second Mis- sionary District Convocation, being the 28th regular meeting for business only, was held Tuesday, June 26th, 1906, with St. Luke's Church, Utica, the Rev. E. F. H. J. Masse, Rector.


The following were in attendance: The Rt. Rev. C. T. Olmsted, D.D., the Very Rev. Wm. Cooke, Dean; the Rev. W. W. Bellinger, D.D .; the Revs. A. L. Byron- Curtis, Douglas Matthews, J. B. Wicks, J. K. Parker, W. G. Bentley, Oliver Owen, F. C. Smith, A. W. Allen, E. B. Doolittle, J. B. Pitcher, G. E. Edgar, D. D. Waugh, E. H. Coley, J. J. Burd, J. R. Harding, Jesse Higgins, E. F. H. J. Masse, G. C. Wadsworth and J. W. Clarke. The Rev. J. A. Staunton wa's also present as a guest of the Convocation.


At 1:30 p. m. the clergy were enter- tained at luncheon in the Parish House.


At 2:30 the meeting was called to order and opened with devotions by the Dean. This being the annual meeting the follow- ing officers were elected: Secretary, the Rev. J. W. Clarke; Treasurer, Mr. J. Francis Day; Auditing Committee, the Rev. A. L. Byron-Curtiss and the Rev. J. J. Burd; Clerical Member of the Board of Managers of Diocesan Missions, Rev. Oliver Owen; Lay Member, Mr. J. Francis Day.


The report of the Committee on Appro- priations and Assessments was read. The appropriations were made in accordance with the recommendations of the Commit- tec and the report on assessments amended by the adoption of the following motion :


"Resolved, That the Report of theCom- inittee be amended so that the assessments made last year upon the Parishes and Mis- sions is hereby recommended with such ad- ditional as may be needed to provide for the deficiency necessary to make the amount assessed by the Convention, and that a supplementary assessment needed to pay the salary of an Archdeacon be levied when the Archdeacon be appointed."


After the routine business had been transacted it was resolved that the best


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thanks of the Convocation be extended to the Rector and members of St. Luke's Church for their kind hospitality.


J. W. CLARKE, Secretary.


FOURTH DISTRICT.


The summer meeting of the Convocation of the Fourth Missionary District was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Onon- daga Castle, July 2, 1906.


Morning Prayer was said by the Bishop, the Right Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, S.T.D.


The business meeting was called to order immediately- after the close of the service. The Dean, the Very Rev. William De- Lancey Wilson, presided.


The following clergymen and lay dele- gates were present : The Right Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, S.T.D., the Very Rev. William DeLancey Wilson,the Revs. George D. Ashley, Herbert G. Coddington, D.D., Arthur Cleveland Clarke, David C. Huntington, Almon A. Jaynes, J. Everett Johnson, William D. Manross, Edwin B. Mott, Ernest Melville, William W. Raymond, John T. Rose, J. Hamilton Stirling, Thomas Stafford, James Em- pringham, I. M. Merlinjones, D.D., Mr. E. L. Lord, of St. John's Church, Syra- cuse, and Frank Smith of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Onondaga Reservation, were the lay delegates present.


The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.


Mr. J. H. H. Young was re-elected Treasurer, and J. E. Ramsdell, Secretary. The Rev. Herbert G. Coddington, D.D., and the Rev. John T. Rose were re-elected to serve on the Executive Committee.


The meeting was then given up to the discussion of the salary of the Archdeacon, to be appointed by the Bishop.


The Bishop reported the action of other Convocations.


The Rev. Edwin B. Mott moved that the assessment for Diocesan Missions be made on the old basis, and the additional assess- ment for the salary of the Archdeacon be made when necessary. Carried.


Missionary Reports followed, showing the constant growth and development of the Church at Missionary points.


Meeting adjourned.


J. E. RAMSDELL, Secretary.


SIXTH DISTRICT.


The annual business meeting of the Sixth District was called to order by the Dean in Trinity Church, Syracuse, June 13th, at 2 p. m., all but two of the clergy of the District being present.


The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.


The Treasurer read his report showing that for the first time in the history of the Sixth District the quota of the District had been paid in full. Upon motion the report was accepted.


A motion was made and carried that the Dean appoint a committee of three to act with himself as chairman, having power to make the appropriations for the year ..


Upon this committee the Dean appointed the Secretary, the Treasurer and the Rev. W. II. Hutchinson.


A motion was made and carried that the Dean and the Rev. Messrs. Hutchinson and MeKnight to be a committee to confer with the Bishop as to the manner in which the work of the District should be carried on through the present year, and which, if any, stations should be closed.


The Secretary and Treasurer were re- elected.


Upon motion the meeting adjourned.


N. S. BOARDMAN, Dean.


PERSONALS.


We are glad to be able to state that the Rev. Leonard J. Christler, recently Assistant Minister of St. Peter's Church, Auburn, who has been resting since Easter at his former home in Waterloo, has quite recovered from his nervous exhaustion. and is expecting to take up active work again in the near future.




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