The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 3

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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.

The residence of the Bishop is changed from No. 2 Armory Place to 159 Park Avenne, Utica.

The question is frequently asked, what has become of the residence left to the Diocese for the Bishop by the late Mrs. Geo. R. Perkins! We would reply that the matter is still in litigation. The will having been inaccurately drawn, the executors asked the Court to construe it for their guidance. This led to a suit, in which the various heirs and legatees were represented, and a number of lawyers engaged to plead their respective causes. The decision in the first trial was not favorable to the Diocese, the Judge being of the opinion that, as the Diocese is not a "corporation," the property could not go to a body that has no legal existence. An appeal was taken to the higher Court, and though it was heard some weeks or months ago, time enough has not yet elapsed for the rendering of the decision, and in any event it will probably have to come before the Supreme Court. It may be two or three years, therefore, before the question is finally decided, and what the result will be then no one can tell.

In Grace Church, Utica, on Ascension day, June 1st, the Bishop of the Diocese advanced to the Priesthood the Rev. Henry (. Staunton, and the Rev. AAlfred E. Evans. The Rev. John A. Staunton, father of the candidate, presented Mr. Stanuton, and preached the sermon, his text being "Let a man so account of us as Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God." The Rev. William Cooke presented Mr. Evans. Other clergy- men present and miting in the laying on of hands were the Rev. Dr. Bollinger, Rector of the Parish, the Rev. Messrs. D. D. Wangh. E. II. Coley, J. J. Burd, Jesse Iliggins and J. W. Clarke.

Ou Trinity Sunday, June 18th, in Calvary Church, Utica, Messrs. Chas. K. Gilbert, Geo. Ashton Oldham and Edward

W. Parmelee were ordered Deacons. The Rector of the parish preached the sermon and presented the first two candidates, and the Rev. F. C. Smith, of Boonville, pre- sented Mr. Parmelee, who is working with him in the four stations under his charge, viz. : Boonville, Forestport, Port Leyden and Greig.

It is a cause of great regret to us that both Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Oldham are going to work in the Diocese of New York. They gave strong reasons for their request to be allowed to go there, and the Bishop did not feel that he could refuse them; but it leaves us with vacant places in this Diocese which they were expected to fill.

We would remind the Lay Readers of the Diocese that according to the Canons their licenses run only for a year, and consequently that they should be renewed when the year is expired.

Five memorial tablets, for founders and benefactors of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, Syracuse, were miveiled on the afternoon of Saturday, May 20th, with appropriate ceremonies. The tablets were in memory of the Rt. Rev. Frederic Dan Huntington, LL. D., Hon. Geo. T. Com- stock, John Lyman, Hon. James JJ. Belden, and W. H. II. Smith. The inscription on the Bishop Huntington tablet reads: "In memory of Frederick Dan Huntington- 1819-19044 -- First Bishop of Central New York. Founder and President of this Hospital."

The fifth annual meeting of the Ahunni Association of St. Andrew's Divinity School was held in the Parish Rooms of Grace Church, Utica, on Tuesday, June 13th, just before the opening of the Diocesan Convention. There were thir- teen members present, and letters of regret from several absent ones were read. The following officers were elected : President, the Rev. J. E. Ramsdell ; Vice President, the Rev. J. K. Parker; Sec- retary and Treasurer, the Rev. HI. E.

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Hubbard; Necrologist, the Rev. C. W. MacNish. It was reported that flowers had been sent to Dr. Babcock's funeral; and the Executive Committee was en- powered to arange for a banquet during the octave of St. Andrew's day. The Rev. Dr. Beanchamp was present and made a short address.

The Mission at Phoenix would be glad to receive any second-hand furniture. Should there be any Parish in the Diocese . having articles of that sort to spare, please communicate with the Rev. H. G. Cod- dington, Syracuse.

The Alummi of Berkeley Divinity School belonging to this Diocese dined together at Bagg's Hotel on Tuesday, the first day of the Convention.

The thirteenth annual meeting of the Junior Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary of this Diocese was held in St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, on May 18th, 1905. Morning Praver was read at 11 a. m., and the business meeting called to order at its conclusion. Roll call showed every district represented, the whole number of delegates being one hundred and one.

The report of the retiring Treasurer, Miss Cornell, who was detained by illness, was read by the newly appointed Treasurer, Miss M. A. Sherman, of Watertown. This, with the summary of the box report, showed a gain in every district over the previous year, the in- crease for the whole Diocese being $380.40. The report of the Little Helper's branch also gave proof of sub- stantial progress in numbers and gifts. At two o'clock the business session was resumed, and the pledges for the coming year were first considered. The officers from four districts offered increased amounts from their branches, amounting altogether to $30.00.

The following schedule was then adopted: For salary of Diocesan Mi- sionary to the Deaf, $100; for General Missions, $100: for Bishop Brooke, of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, $100; for scholarships of two Quondaga girls at St. Christina's Industrial School at Sara- toga, $100; for Missions in Japan. $100: for St. Ann's Industrial School for Colored Girls in South Carolina, $60; and for the Diocesan expenses, $50. The total being $610. Announcement was made of arrangements completed for sending over fifteen hundred Christmas gifts to Mi- sions among the Indian, colored. and white children of the Church in Virginia. North Carolina, Indian Territory. Oklahoma. South Dakota and Idaho.

The special committee appointed by the chair presented resolutions of regard and appreciation to Miss Cornell for her services as Diocesan Treasurer of the Junior Branch, who now takes up the larger work of Treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary. Similar resolutions presented the previous day to Mrs. Knickerbocker were endorsed by the delegates present.

With a vote of thanks to St. Paul- Clergy and members for kind hospitality received, the business meeting adjourned.

Evening Prayer was read at + p. m .. and a very interesting address was given by Rev. F. R. Jones, late of Lehigh and Colgate Indian Territory upon work among the children in that distant field. An offering was made and service closed by prayer and benediction.

PAROCHIAL NOTES.

TRINITY CHURCH. UricA. - The Rev. J. R. Harding. Rector. This parish ha- recently received a bequest of $3.000-the interest of which is to be used for the poor -- from the estate of the late Mrs. Amelia A. Collins, who died May 3. 1899, widow of the late Seldon Collins, for 24 years a Vestryman, and 10 years a Warden of Trinity Church. Mr. Collins died October 20th, 1885.

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CHRIST CHURCH, OSWEGO .- The Rev. Lewis G. Morris, Rector. A mission was held in this Church beginning May 2d and ending May 9th. It was conducted by the Rev. F. E. J. Lloyd, D.D., Director General of the Society of St. Philip the Apostle. We quote the following from the Churchman about it: "The congre- gations increased each day as the mission proceeded. Many were aroused to a keener realization of their religious duties and of their responsibility to the work of the parish. The service for men which was held on Sunday afternoon was particularly notable. about 275 men attended and listened to a straightforward, manly and inspiring discourse. Every instruction and every sermon delivered by Dr. Lloyd during the eight days was most helpful. Ilis words were clear, eloquent and con- vincing. It is almost impossible to esti- mate the good that was done. As time passos the fruits of the mission grow more and more apparent. The Rector is con- timually hearing of some one who was greatly helped. Dr. Lloyd made loval and thankful friends who will ever bless him for his work amongst them."

GRACE CHURCH, WATERVILLE .- The Rev. James K. Parker, Rector. Mrs. Louise Newbery Candee died at her home in Waterville, on Wednesday, June 14th, 1905. Mrs. Candee had resided in Waterville for over fifty years, during which time she was a faithful commumi- cant of Grace Church. Every Rector of the parish found in her a true friend and a most faithful supporter. She was in- terested in every good work. and con- tributed generously towards its support. To a remarkable degree Mrs. Candee's life conformed to the belief that she was a steward of God's gifts which she was to u-( for the good of others. It is impos- sible to estimate the good she has done, the help she has given to those in need. so mimerons were her charities and so quietly were they bestowed. The whole community mourned her death, and many a person realized that he had lost a true

and faithful friend. No one who has been a guest in her home will ever forget Mrs. Candee's hospitality or her thought- ful kindness, which so generously provided for every possible need, and made his visit delightful. A life thus spent in minister- ing help and comfort to others will not fail to receive its great reward of still higher service from Him, in whose name and in whose spirit all was faithfully, cheerfully and humbly performed.

GENERAL ITEMS.

The House of the Good Shepherd, Utica, has inaugurated a Training School for Nursery Maids, which will doubtless prove a very useful institution. The girls in the House itself are too young for the purpose, and applicants are desired who are between twenty and thirty years of age. The course of instruction covers a period of twelve months, the first being a month of probation, and includes all necessary matters in the care of babies and young children. Dr. Holt's book on the Care and Feeding of Infants is used in the school, supplemented by Miss Wheeler's book on Nursing. It is believed that many young women will be glad to avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered, of gaining experience and teach- ing in this valuable art.

Copies of a "Leaflet for Written Answers," published in weekly parts by the Lyman Press, Syracuse, have been recently brought to our notice. They be- long to a joint diocesan series of Church Sunday School Lessons, and follow the course of the Christian year chiefly in its Scriptural teachings. They seem to be very well devised to accomplish the im- portant purpose, of making the children familiar with the Bible, and at the same time of proving to them that "Church doctrine is Bible truth."

The House of Bishops, at a Special Session, held at the Church Missions

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House, New York, on June 8th and 9th, elected the Rev. Frederick Foote Johnson, at present Diocesan Missionary in Massa- chusetts, Bishop Coadjutor of South Dakota, to assist Bishop Ilare.

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Richey, Emeritus Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the General Seminary, died on June 3rd, in his seventy-fourth year. "Though repre- seuting in scholarship an earlier genera- tion and never quite in sympathy with the modern historical method, he served the Church with a whole-hearted devotion, and whatever opposition he may have evoked in controversy, he leaves only friends to grieve at his death."-The Churchman.

The 3rd Annual Conference of the 7th Missionary District of the General Church was held in St. Mark's Cathedral,~Salt Lake City, on May 4th. Bishop Spalding, of Salt Lake, made the address of wel- come, and acted as chairman of the Con- ference. The subjects treated were "Work Among the Young," "Missionary Prob- leis in the 7th District," "Woman's Work in the Home, in the Church, in Institu- tions," and "Laymen's Work.". This Dis- triet consists of three Dioceses and ten Missionary Jurisdictions, and covers a very large territory reaching to the shores of the Pacific. The Conference was highly appreciated by all who were present.

A similar Conference is to be held in the District in which Central New York is included some time in the coming authlinh.

We clip the following from a Buffalo paper :

"Lockport, June 12 .- Rev. William F. Faber yesterday morning at the close of his sermon announced that he had decided, after careful consideration, to accept the call to St. John's Church, Detroit, leaving for his new field September 1st. His parishioners were not surprised to hear the statement, as they had been informed

during the week that he contemplated the change. Mr. Faber declared that he had decided to leave Lockport munch again-t his inclinations, but he had been convinced that his duty lay in the larger field to which he had been summoned. Mr. Faber has accomplished a great work in Lockport. IIe is an indefatigable worker. In his new field he will receive a salary of $5,000."

DIOCESAN CONVENTION.

The thirty-seventh annual Convention of the Diocese was held in Grace Church, Utica, on June 13 and 14. opening with Evening Prayer at 4:30 p. m. on The-day, said by the Rev. W. R. McKim and the Rev. W. II. Hutchinson.

ORGANIZATION AND OPENING SESSIONS.

At the business meeting Tuesday even ing, after the organization of the conven tion, the Rev. James K. Parker was elected secretary, and the Rev. William Cooke and Mr. Frank L. Lyman assistant secretaries. A committee consisting of three clergymen and two laymen was ap- pointed by the Bishop to prepare a canon providing for the change in the mission- ary system of the Diocese from the pres- ent convocational to that of the archdea- conry system, to include that of salaried archdeacons who shall give their entire time to the work. A resolution was passed providing that future meetings of the Convention be held alternately in the two cities of Utiea and Syracuse, the en- tertainment of the clergy to be paid for by the Diocese.

Necessary action was taken for the in- corporation of the Diocese under the pro- visions of the State law, by the name of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Central New York.

An early celebration of the Holy Com munion was held on Wellnesday morning

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at 7:30 o'clock. Morning Prayer and Litany was said at 8:30 o'clock, followed at 9:00 o'clock by a second celebration with the choir. At this service the Bishop was celebrant and delivered his address in place of a sermon. He was assisted by the Rev. Drs. Lockwood, Beauchamp and Bellinger.

CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION AND CANONS.

After this service the Convention pro- ceeded with its business, when the follow -. ing important changes were made in the constitution and canons: Providing for the election of four clergymen and four lavmen as provisional deputies to the General Convention to hold their office during the term of three years: Allowing the trustees of the fund for the support of the episcopato to loan monies npon se- curities on real estate to an amount not exceeding 70 per cent. of the appraised value of the property, inclusive of build- ings, with proper insurance on the build- ings; or invested in securities of this State, or of the United States, or in any scenrities in which Savings Banks are au- thorized to invest the monies deposited with them under the laws of this State: Changing the canon "on the retirement of a minister from active duties of his office" to read as follows: "Any clergyman of this Diocese, in good standing, who has reached the age of sixty-five years, and desires to retire from the active duties of the ministry by reason of disability, shall, on the recommendation of the Bishop, be entitled, upon his retirement, to re- ceive a pension of $500 per anmm, pay- able quarterly by the treasurer, provided he has been engaged twenty years in the work of the ministry in this Diocese. The amount needed for such pension shall be added to the Diocesan Expense Fund :" Regulating the membership of the Con- vention as follows: The members of any Convention shall be the Bishop, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, and all Clergy- men canonically resident in the Diocese, not under discipline, and lay delegates from the several parishes, provided, how-

ever, that no clergyman shall be entitled to vote for a Bishop, unless he has been canonically resident in the Diocese for at least one year.

The committee appointed at the last Convention on the merging of all the funds, and directing all contributions, for the aged and disabled clergy and their wives and orphans into the General Clergy Relief Fund, presented their report and recommended "That all vested funds of this Diocese for the support of aged and disabled clergy, and widows and orphans of deceased clergymen; be merged in the General Clergy Relief Fund; and that an annual offering be made in every parish of this Diocese for the General Clergy Relief Fund on Quinquagesima Sunday as recommended by the General Convention." The committee was dis- charged, and the resolutions contained in their report were referred to the Committee on the Constitution and Canons, to report to the next Convention.

The Convention recommended the adop- tion of "The Clergyman's Card Index System" recently adopted by the Diocese of Southern Ohio, with a view to encourage- ing a uniform system throughout the parishes of the United States.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND DIOCESAN REPORTS.

Mr. Frank L. Lyman was elected treas- urer of the Diocese, to succeed Mr. Sey- mour HI. Stone, resigned. Several changes. caused by death, were made in the Stand- ing Committee of the Diocese, and the fol- . lowing members were elected: The Rev. Dr. John Brainard, the Rev. Dr. II. R. Lockwood ; the Rev. John R. Harding, the Rev. E. HI. Coley and Messrs. John R. Van Wagenen, Geo. T. Jack, W. D. Dunning and E. C. Emerson. The report of the re- tiring Standing Committee contained me- morials on the death of Judge Sawyer and the Rev. Dr. Theodore Babcock, for many vears members of the committee, and on the death of the Rt. Rev. Frederic Dan Huntington, S.T.D., for over thirty-five vears Bishop of the Diocese, ordering that a suitable biographical sketch of his life

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be prepared and printed in the Journal. The committee reported that they had held eight meetings during the year, and submitted the amount required for the expenses of the Diocese the ensuing year, viz., $2,325, which was ordered assessed upon the various parishes and mission stations. The Bishop nominated to the Convention the Hon. Chas. Andrews as Chancellor of the Diocese, who was duly elected to that office.

The report of the treasurer showed the finances to be in good condition, with all obligations met, and a balance to new ac- count of $10,453. An increase in the amount of offerings for Diocesan missions was reported and nearly all the mission stations regularly supplied with services. The C'onvention, on the recommendation of .the Board of Managers, appropriated the sum of $11,700 for Diocesan Missions for the ensning year. The deans of con- vocations whose terms of office expire in 1908 are, the Rev. Messrs. E. W. Saphore, William Cooke, G. G. Perrine, W. DeL. Wilson, Wm. Bonrs Clarke and N. S. Boardman. The usual appropriation was made for the ensuing year for work among the deaf mutes.

The subject of Sunday Schools was brought before the Convention by a report from a special committee appointed for that purpose, and the Bishop was re- quested to appoint a Sunday School Com- mission to consist of eight clergymen and six laymen, who shall undertake the work belonging to such Commission, and report the same from time to time to the Con- vention, the sum of $100 being appro- priated for the incidental expenses of such Commission.

The Bishop appointed the following Examining Chaplains : The Rev. John R. Harding, the Rev. Win. M. Beauchamp, the Rev. E. W. Saphore, the Rev. John H. Egar, D.D., the Rev. W. W. Bellinger, D.D., the Rev. W. DeL. Wilson, the Rev. HI. N. Hyde, the Rev. Harry S. Longley, the Rev. A. R. B. Hegeman.

The Bishop appointed the various Standing Committees called for

canons of the Diocese, and urged upon them the importance of diligence in the discharge of their duties, and of having their reports presented in time to have them printed and distributed to the eler- ical and lay delegates at least one week before the meeting of Convention, as lo- quired by the canons. A resolution wa- adopted directing the secretary in case of the death of a clergyman of the Diverse. to notify all other clergy of the Diocese of the death and date of burial. It wa- recommended that it would be an advan- tage in many ways to have the business meetings of the Convention hell in a hall or rooms other than a place need for pub- lic worship, and that the committee of ar- rangements be requested, when practicable. to have the business sessions so held.

A resolution was adopted urging upon the various parishes to refrain from em- ploying ways and means for raising money for religious uses which reflect on the dignity and character of the Church. An expression of sympathy was ordered sent to the Rev. Dr. Geo. II. McKnight, and the Rev. Dr. John Brainard, who wore absent from their accustomed places through illness.

A vote of thanks having been extended to the Rector, Wardens, Vestrymen and congregation of Grace Church, the Bishop offered pravers and pronounced the bene- dietion, and the Convention adjourned.

BISHOP'S ADDRESS.

Brethren of the Clergy and of the Daily:

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

Beginning with the usual record of annual labors. I would report that since the last Convention I have baptized infants, solemnized 1 marriage. taken part in 13 funerals, and confirmed 1.112 persons. Three were confirmed by Bishop Huntington, and + received, making a total of 1.119.

I have also ordained & Deacons and 2

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Priests. as follows, viz .: Mr. Floarda Howard. Jr., ordered Deacon in Grace Church. Utica, October 2, 1904. Messrs. John Benton Pitcher, Frederick William Feary and Walter Earl Cook, ordered Deacons in St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, December 18th, 1904, and the Rev. Henry Capen Staunton and Edward Alfred Evans, Deacons, ordained Priests in Grace Church, Utica, June 1st, 1905. The Standing Committee has recommended for Ordination to the Diaconate Messrs. Chas. K. Gilbert, Chas. Webster Hakes, M.D .. Geo. Ashton Oldham and Edward W. Parmelee, and, Providence permitting, they will be ordained in Calvary Church, Utica, next Sunday.

Messrs. Roy Irving Murray. Harry Idle, formerly a Methodist Minister, Albert Broadhurst and John Clark Dean, have been admitted Candidates for Orders ; and Messrs. Ernest J. Hopper, Murray Elmer MeLellan and Harry Stephen Pierce have been received as Postulants.

We have received by transfer from other dioceses the Rev. Jas. Malcolm Smith, Vermont, Ivan Merlinjones, Iowa, Henry W. Crydenwise, Cen. Pa., Wm. D. Manross, Vermont, William H. Hutchinson, Conn., Win. R. McKim, Salina, and have transferred to other lioceses the Rev. John W. Craig, Newark, John Arthur, Iowa, Frederick B. Keable, Pen., T. A. Stevenson, W. New York, David Curran, Kansas, and F. Howard, Jr .. Del. The Rev. S. H. Synnott, D. D., and B. E. Whipple, have retired from active work. Sister Clara, a Deaconess, - who for nearly two years had been trying from the District of Laramie, has been assigned to work at the House of the Good Shepherd. I'tica.

I have given consent to the Consecra- tion of the Rev. Robert Strange, D. D., as Bishop of East Carolina, the Rev. Charles Edward Woodcock. D.D., as Bishop of Kentucky, and the Rev. James Henry Darlington, D.D .. as Bishop of Harris- burg. On September 29, 1904, I formally opened the House of the Good Shepherd, Utica. and on November Sth, laid the corner-stone of Grace Church, Ehnira.

And now, the principal thing that con- fronts us is the loss which this Diocese has sustained in its personnel during the past year. First of all, in time as well as in rank, was the death of the Bishop himself, who for thirty-five years had stood at the head, the first Bishop of Central New York, and had so ably, so couragously, and so patiently administered its affairs. I have heretofore taken occasion to speak in a public way of him and his work, and what was said at that time will be printed in the Journal of this Convention. The Standing Committee have also expressed themselves concerning the Bishop in a minute which has been read to the Con- vention, and a biographical sketch has been prepared which will find a place like- wise in the Journal, so that it is un- necessary to repeat, or add to, the remarks already abundantly made on the subject. Every one who was present at the Con- vention in Rome last June will remember the Bishop's presence there, and the re- markable vigor and impressiveness with which he delivered his address-a literary production which showed no sign of in- tellectual decay, no loss of logical acumen, and his standing on his feet for nearly forty minutes in its delivery indicated a remarkable degree of physical endurance, so that no one could have anticipated the speedy ending of his earthly career. But just one month from that day, on July 14th, he was laid to rest with his fathers, in his ancestral burying place at Hadley. Then it was that the full weight of diocesan responsibility came upon his successor, to share it with him, and I confess that I somtimes wonder how he managed to carry it alone so long as he did, when the burden of years had so greatly increased upon him, and his strength must have been constantly failing. His courage was certainly admirable. There is one very noteworthy circumstance about Bishop Huntington's departure, and that is that he did not go alone. Mr. Geo. B. Sloan, of Oswego, well known in this Convention, died the day before the Bishop; the Rev. Dr. George Huntington, the Bishop's

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The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 3

Author: Publication date: 1905-1908 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Diocese of Central New York Number of Pages: 708

Author:
Publication date: 1905-1908
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Diocese of Central New York
Number of Pages: 708