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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.
VOL. XXX1. NO. 9. UTICA, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1906. WHOLE NO. 367.
The Gospel Messenger. PUBLISHED MONTHLY.
SUBSCRIPTION .- Terms of subscription, 50 cents per year tor one copy, or eleven copies to one address for one year, $5.00. Always in advance.
A DATE prefixed to the address on the paper indicates that the subscription is paid only to such date.
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REMITTANCES and letters should be addressed to
THE GOSPEL MESSENGER, UTICA, N. Y. .
Published by the Rt. Rev. CHARLES T. OLMSTED, D. D., 159 Park Avenue, Utica, N. Y.
The Cymric Printing and Publishing Co., 31-37 Catharine S .
CALENDAR.
Sept. 2-Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
9-Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
16-Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.
19-Ember-Day.
21-Ember-Day-St. Matthew.
22-Ember-Day.
23-Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.
29-St. Michael and All Angels.
30 - Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity.
BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.
September.
16-Sunday, A. M., Forestport.
16-Sunday, P. M., Port Leyden.
16-Sunday, Evening, Boonville.
17-Monday, P. M., Greig.
17-Monday, Evening, Lowville.
18-Tuesday, Evening, Carthage.
19-Wednesday, Champion, Copenhagen.
20-Thursday, P. M., Redwood.
20-Thursday, Evening, Alexandria Bay.
21-Friday, Evening, Theresa.
23-Sunday, A. M., Watertown, Redeemer.
23-Sunday, Evening, Watertown, Trinity.
24-Monday, P. M., Adams.
24-Monday, Evening, Pierrepont Manor.
25-Tuesday, A. M., Lacona.
25-Tuesday, P. M., Redfield.
30-Sunday, A. M., Trinity, Utica, Centennial.
October.
14-Sunday, A. M., Trinity, Syracuse, Semi- Centennial.
14-Sunday, Evening, St. Philips.
15-Monday, P. M., Trumansburg.
16-Tuesday-Spencer, Van Etten, Candor.
17-Wednesday, Slaterville, Speedsville.
18-Thursday-Dryden, McLean, Moravia.
21-Sunday, Oriksany Falls and Augusta,
22-Monday-Hamilton.
23-Tuesday, Norwich.
THE ARCHDEACON.
The Diocesan Convention in June con- vinced of the importance of systematising and quickening the missionary work of the Diocese, adopted the proposed amend- ment to Canon X, calling for the appoint- ment of an Archdeacon. A few of the Clergy were opposed to the change for various reasons, some feeling that the increased assessment needed for the Arch- deacon's salary would prove a hardship, and some fearing that the Archdeacon him- self might prove a terror. The latter ap- prehension we believe to be entirely un- founded. Many of our dioceses have such officers, and have had for years, and no complaints of archidiaconal tyranny or meddling have disturbed the harmony of their successful progress. The former dread may have more reason in it, unless the Churchmen of Central New York shall prove themselves equal to those in our sister dioceses in bearing the burdens that are laid upon us. But we certainly believe that they will do so. The matter should be looked at in a calm and reasonable way.
This Diocese is not, and has not been for years, particularly deficient in the amount that it appropriates to its own missions. The assessments up to this time have been quite large, many self-support- ing parishes have found them burdensome, and some of the missionary parishes have claimed that they could not meet them. But on the whole they have been fairly well met. It is to be remembered, how- ever, that we have not depended solely upon the annual offerings, but have had the income of a permanent fund, and for a few years past have also had an uninvested legacy, the principal of which has supplied deficiencies. It is because that legacy is now exhausted that we are falling behind at this time. There was a deficiency, it will be remembered, shown in the Treasurer's report at the Convention, and the amount borrowed by him to pay the stipends in
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May was included in the assessments for the ensuing year. He paid that loan with money that came in afterwards, but about the middle of August the Treasurer writes to the Bishop: "Perhaps it would be well to mention in The Gospel Messenger that I have been obliged to borrow $682.00 to pay August stipends," and then he adds : "It would seem as if provision should be made for a larger permanent missionary fund, that we might not be so dependent on the offerings of parishes."
Now, what does all this go to show ? Is it not that we have for years been drawing our missionary revenue from two sources, partly from the small frequent but offer- ings of the many, and partly from the large gifts of the few ? The monthly col- lections come, not by any means from all- the people, because they do not all contri- bute ; but from rich and poor alike who assemble in our Churches. The permanent fundsand the uninvested legacies come from a few of the more wealthy individuals, interested in the support and extension of the Church, who give during their life-time or after their death by the hundreds and thousands. And certainly this is as it should be. There is no doubt that the people generally do not give as liberally as they ought, and many stipendiary parishes might be self-supporting if they did. But it is equally true that the great inequality of fortune which has always prevailed in the world, and now more than ever, makes it really incumbent on the few, who hold the bulk of the wealth, to make up by larger contributons the deficiencies of the many whose fortunes are small. In fact the due proportion can only be maintained in that way, for the smaller gifts of the poor equal in proportion the larger gifts of the wealthy.
It is in entire accordance with this principle that two suggestions have recently been made for the relief of our present needs in this Diocese. First, that of the Treasurer, quoted above, that the permanent missionary fund should be in- creased. That would help the situation for the years to come. Second, that of the
rector of one of our parishes, that the salary of the Archdeacon for the first year be raised by special subscription, towards which that Rector very generously pledges his parish for $400. That would be an immediate relief. Will the Clergy and people of Central New York take this matter up at once, and try to act on these suggestions ?
With reference to the subject mentioned above of increasing the permanent mission- ary fund of the Diocese, we regard it as an excellent proposal. The village and country Churches are not likely ever to become self-supporting, at least so long as the present tendency to move to the cities prevails ; on the contrary, many of them are continually growing weaker. And yet it is important to keep them up. They are still the nurseries of the Church, and help to swell the number of those who become its adherents in the cities. City parishes owe much of their present strength to people who were born and brought up in village Churches. Let us suggest, there- fore, to all those who have money to give away in their life-time, and to those also who desire to bequeath legacies to religious purposes in their wills, that they remem- ber this object. Let them make their be- quests to the Trustees of the Parochial Fund of the Diocese of Central New York, for the benefit of the Permanent Mission- ary Fund of the Diocese.
We have heretofore asked the Clergy of the Diocese if they would not always kindly remember the Gospel Messenger, whenever they have any bit of personal or parochial news, by sending it in for publication. Some of them have done so, and to them we are duly grateful. But it happens every once in a while that we learn of very interesting occurrences in the Diocese from outside sources, and if the Messenger gets hold of them at all it has to take them from other publications which were not sent for the purpose. Let us, therefore, repeat the request, in the confidence that the people are glad to read of what is going on among
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us, and that our diocesan paper is thus made more useful and attractive.
And while we are on the subject, per- haps the Clergy will bear patiently with another exhortation, and that is, that they should take some means of informing the people that there is such a paper as THE GOSPEL MESSENGER. We were assured within the past month by an officer in one of our city parishes, that he had never heard of the paper before; and we wondered whether there could be any con- nection between the lack of interest of which we complain, and the lack of interest which we ourselves sometimes manifest. Let us remind the people of Central New York that there is probably not another diocesan paper in the country that has the same long and dignified history as The Gospel Messenger. Started and continu- ing for many years as a successful general Church newspaper, it has now for many more years been the organ of this Diocese. The late Bishop considered it an important agency in his work, and the present diocesan has the same opinion about it, with a strong conviction that it might be made more useful than it is. We could wish that the Clergy would contribute articles to it from time to time, signed with their own names, and expressing their ideas of the matters, whether of doctrine or of practice, in which we are all inter- ested. The Rev. Mr. Casey has made a good beginning of such a custom with his article on the Report of the English Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline, a part of which will be found in this num- ber. Of course we could not be responsible for the special teaching of such articles, but we should be glad to publish them pro- vided they be not too long, nor too extreme. And then, if a copy of the paper could be put near the door of the Church, on a stand or a bulletin board in the vestibule, where it could be seen, as is already done in some places, it would at least be brought to the attention of people, and they could not so easily say that they had never heard of it.
PAROCHIAL NOTES.
Gift to the Rev. Mr. Longley .- At a Vestry meeting of Trinity Church, Syra- cuse, several months ago, the question was asked, "What have we done for Mi. Longley ?" The answer was "Nothing-as yet." Since everybody knows what Mr. Longley has done for us, there will be general app obation of the action which was immediately taken in the appointment of a committee to procure and present to him a suitable expression of our thanks for his splendid work in the Parochial Mission of February. This expression will come to him in the form of a very handsome loving-cup of sterling silver. The cup is eight inches in height, with circular base and deep oval bowl sur- mounted with three slender handles. The design is simple, artistic and graceful, and the workmanship is a fine example of the silversmith's art. Mr. Charles H. Miller was instrumental in enabling the commit- tee to obtain so satisfactory a gift. The cup bears the following inscription: "To the Reverend Harry S. Longley, in grati- tude for Mission Services, February 11-18. 1906. From the people of Trinity Parish, Syracuse, N. Y."
The Rev. David C. Huntington, Rector of All Saints' Church, Syracuse, has tendered his resignation to take effect October 1st, having accepted a call to St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Ind., in the Diocese of Indianapolis.
Mr. James B. Copland, of Cleveland, Ohio, has presented Calvary Church, Homer, with a beautiful brass ewer for the font, and also a finely finished oak shelf. in memory of his little daughter, who was buried last year in Homer cemetery. Mr. Copland's ancestors were prominent people in Cortland County during the middle of last century-his grandfather was Rector of Homer for a long time.
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During August Emmanuel Church, Adams, was closed for repairs. Services will be resumed on the first Sunday of this month, with a beautifully renovated build- ing and a new organ.
The Altar spoken of in the Trinity Church Chronicle, Syracuse, in May, as follows, has been erected and is now in use : "The New Altar .- Throughout the parish a general and enthusiastic interest has been shown toward the proposition for a new altar and reredos. Subscriptions have been made in sufficient amount to justify the placing of an order, and after studious comparison of six designs sub- mitted by ecclesiastical architects and furnishers, the committee has selected that of the Gorham Company of New York. With slight modifications it is the same Gothic design which was published in the Lent number of the Chronicle. Reredos and altar are to be built of quartered oak embellished with much carving and tracery and brightened in certain parts by the application of gold leaf. The dimensions have been increased to twelve feet of height and eight feet of breadth.
The pledges of subscribers are payable in June, and if the entire cost is met by October first, it will be possible to have the altar solemnly dedicated by the Bishop of the Diocese at a Parish Jubilee in that month to celebrate our semi-centennial year.
The committee in particular charge of the selection, construction and erection of the altar and reredos is composed of Messrs. Stuart M. Carroll, Thomas M. Nalton, Chas. H. Fenner, Gordon H. Giddings and the Rector. The greater task however of securing subscriptions and pledges has been shared by all the members of Trinity Guild, and their work has been splendidly done. The cordial responsiveness of the parish has made their task, while a large one, a task of neighborly pleasure."
REMOVAL OF A CHURCH,
Inasmuch as the landing has for some time been abandoned by the boats at Dey's
Landing, the population has so changed and depreciated that there is not a Con- municant within easy reach of the beauti- ful little Church standing there. The result has been that for several years almost no congregation could be gathered. At Kendaia, one and a half mile distant is a settlement of 300 people with a rail- road station, where services have been maintained in an inconvenient upper room with gratifying results. Inasmuch as there is not a Church building of any kind in the village, and also none nearer than one mile, the inhabitants are giving their loyal support to the services of the Church. The consent of the Bishop and Standing Committee has been given to the removal of St. Andrew's Church, Dey's Landing, to Kendaia, (either whole or in sections as may be best) and the people of Kendaia have already raised $200 for the purpose. As the cost is far beyond the financial ability of the people of this little village an appeal is directed to all loyal Communicants to give something to aid these people. Contributions may be sent to the Rev. Willliam B. Clarke, Dean, Seneca Falls, N. Y. The whole cost will probably be $600 or $700. Who will give liberally ?
The Church of the Evangelists, Oswego, of which the Rev. H. S. Sizer is Rector, celebrated its fifty-sixth anniversary on Sunday, July 29th, it having been founded in 1858 as an offshoot from the parish of Christ Church. It began with sixty-four communicants, and now has over three hundred. During Mr. Sizer's rectorship the debt has been very much reduced and the interior of the Church greatly im- proved.
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DIOCESAN ITEMS.
The Rev. Henry M. Brown, one of the retired Clergy of the Diocese, now resid- ing at East Aurora, Erie County, N. Y., sent his annual report to the Bishop while he was away from home, and rather too late for insertion in the JOURNAL. He
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states that he lias been growing weaker in body, owing to the passing of the years, but has attended the services of the Church quite regularly, and is not suffering from any actual disease.
The Journal of our Convention, 1906, came out a week or two ago, which is very prompt action on the part of secretaries and printers. It is somewhat larger than usual, containing some important items not necessarily repeated every year, and is a fine looking volume, comparing very favorably with the journals of other dioceses.
ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL, MANLIUS.
Founded in 1869. Incorporated, 1881.
The Rt. Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, S.T.D., D.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Central New York, President; George G. Cotton, Vice President ; Wm. D. Dunning, Treasurer ; Henry M. Lockwood, Secret- ary.
Board of Trustees-Rt. Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, Wm. D. Dunning, Rev. Wm. B. Clarke, Dr. John VanDuyn, Dr. James C. Carson, Henry B. Hubbard, Rev. Wm. DeL. Wilson, S. T. D., Rev. Abram W. Ebersole, Rev. Herbert G. Coddington, D.D., George G. Cotton, Hon. Walter W. Cheney, Henry M. Lockwood, Wm. P. Hitchcock, Col. Wmn. Verbeck, Charles W. Andrews, John M. Tilden, Wm. HI. Stansfield, G. Howard Avery, H. H. S. Handy, Edward L. Pierce, Louis Krumb- haar, Roselle E. Wight.
Saint John's School was founded in 1869 by the Rt. Rev. Frederick Dan Huntington, S.T.D., LI.D., L.H.D., late Bishop of Central New York, and has ever since been a successful College and Business Preparatory School, of the highest grade. It is located at Manlius, among the hills of Central New York, ten miles from Syracuse, on the line of the Syracuse and Suburban Electric Road. The situation of the School Buildings on
high ground with excellent natural drain- age, is an extremely healthy locality.
The appointments of the buildings are unsurpassed for educational purposes, and have been designed with great care especially with reference to light, ventila- tion and sanitation. Ample protection against fire is provided by stand pipes and easy exit from all parts of the buildings. They have steam heat and electric light and all modern improvements.
Religious worship and instruction are provided by a resident Chaplain, under the direct advice of the Bishop of Central New York.
The War Department of the U. S. has designated Saint John's as a Distinguished Institution and one of the six leading military schools and colleges "whose students have exhibited the greatest interest, application and proficiency in military training and knowledge," and therefore entitled to the appointment of an honor graduate as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army.
Extracts from the Annual Report to the War Department of Saint John's School, made by Capt. Harry C. Hale, U. S. A., General Staff, as the result of an inspection made May 5 and 6, 1906.
"The appearance of the cadets at inspec- tion was superior to what I would reason- ably expect in a similar organization of regular troops. More precise in drill but with less freedom of movement.
The class of students is superior in natural intelligence, birth and breeding. The number admitted is small and the result is a highly efficient military organ- ization and an accurate, as well as compre- hensive, course in military science and tactics.
In every instance, whether it was drill, ceremony or quarters, the inspection re- vealed the most satisfactory excellence : the few minor imperfections noted only serving to accentuate the generally highly perfect state of discipline and training.
It is superfluous to comment on this ad- mirable and invaluable military institu-
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tion in extenso. In its general scheme of instruction, as well as in every detail of the execution of that scheme, it closely approximates perfection."
Faculty-Wm. Verbeck, M.A., Presi- dent.
Upper School-M. S. H. Unger, B.C., M.A., Headmaster; Melzar C. Richards, U.S.A .; Harry Cranston Durston, Harry T. Herring, Ernest Frederic George, Mus. B., Robert Wallace Craine, B.A., Albert Murdock Doty, B.A., Leigh W. Kimball, B.A., George Gerrish Bailey, Earl N. Wikoff, Ph. B., E. B. Jones, M.D., Orma Neil Marsh, Ph. B., Gordon E. VanLoon, B.A., M.A., Frank Kirby Chapin, Perry Mozart Gallup.
Lower School-Ernest Frederic George, Mus. B., Headmaster; Edward I. Edger- ton, Miss Martha M. Jaycox, Miss Eleanor Verbeck, Joseph Thomas Carew, Com- mandant.
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GENERAL NEWS.
We received the following letter too late for insertion in the last number. It has since appeared in all the papers of the country :
"Boston, Mass, July 26,, 1906.
My Dear Bishop-For some time past copies of the following 'Endless Prayer Chain Letter' from correspondents all over the United States, from Maine to Cali- fornia, have been received in the mail of Bishop Lawrence of this Diocese :
Endless Chain of Prayer."
() Lord Jesus Christ. We implore thee, O eternal God, to have mercy on all man- kind. Keep us from all sin and take us to be with thee eternally. Amen.
This prayer was sent by Bishop Lawrence, who recommend it to be sent to nine other persons. He who will not say it will be afflicted by some misfortune. The person who pays no attention to it will meet with a dreadful accident.
He who will rewrite this prayer for nine days and distribute it to nine other persons, commencing on the day it is received, and sending one each day only, will, on or after
the 'ninth day, experience great joy. At Jerusalem, during the holy feast, it was said, 'he who will rewrite this prayer will be delivered from every calamity.'
It is needless to state that Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts has no con- nection with this letter, and that it is evidently the work of some irresponsible person.
This statement has been made in The Churchman, The Church Standard, and The Living Church. Also in the columns of the local press, but many copies of the letter are still being received through interested friends who wish to know the truth about the matter.
As Bishop Lawrence is abroad, I write to ask if you will do all within your power to stop the circulation of this letter, which is calculated to inflict much annoyance and harm, and oblige, Yours sincerely,
Sam'l G. Babcock, Archdeacon of Massachusetts.
A Church that grows faster than the population, and that is supported by the free-will offerings of the people, can hardly be called "dead" or even dying. These are some facts : The Protestant Episcopal Church had, in 1877, sixty-three bishops ; now we have ninety-six. Then we had 3,082 clergy; now we have 5,149. Then we had forty-five dioceses; now sixty-two. Then; nine missionary jurisdictions ; now, twenty-six. Then, 297,377 communicants ; now, 804,308. It took our Church a hun- dred years of organized life, with a feeble colonial heritage, to reach the former figures, yet in the last twenty-seven years she has much more than doubled her com- municants.
We quote from the New York Tribune the following: "Nearly all religious bodies, as their figures of growth for the last year are being announced, show that the percentage of such growth was larger last year than in previous years, and in several of the bodies the ratio of growth exceeded the ratio of increase in the popula- tion. This was notably the case in the Episcopal Church, which last year gained
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3 per cent., on its membership of the previous year. The poplation growth is estimated at about 2 per cent. The Epis- copal Church has added 25,915 to its mem- bership, making its present figures 807,- 351."-St. Paul's Messenger, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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We gladly give space to the following letter, and request the Clergy to do what they can to supply the information desired : To the Editor of the GOSPEL MESSENGER, Utica, N. Y.
Dear Sir: The College Committee of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew is anxious to get the full name, home address and full College or School address, of every Church man or boy who intends to enter any Col- lege or Boarding School in the United States next autumn, and know as to each whether he is baptized, confirmed and a communicant. The information is to be given to the College Chapter of the Brotherhood, the College Church Society or the Rector of the nearest parish, so as to diminish as far as possible the number of young men who are annually lost to the Church, and too often to any religious influences, in the transition from home or Church influence to College or Boarding School.
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