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Convention ever set forth the authorized pointing with italicised syllables at the pauses ! They acted on the supposition that there would always be somebody to train the choirs, who would understand that those italicised syllables were not to be long drawn out and made the only prominent sound in the verse, but they forgot that even musical teachers do not all know the proper method of chanting, and that many choirs about the country have to do the best they can without pro- fessional instruction. The result is that the words of the canticles generally are rushed and run together so as to be scarcely heard at all, while the emphatic syllable is dwelt upon in such a way as to destroy the meaning altogether, and we have frequently something like this: "He ha, scater'- prou'n - MADGE-'nation' their hearts." It would seem, however, that all this might be corrected by simply ignoring the marks of emphasis in the music books, and trying to sing straight along as we read, only observing the com- mnas and other punctuation marks, and learning by practice where the cadences begin. The third point to which we refer is that of the time, or the rapidity with which the words are uttered. There is in this case a happy medium between two extremes. Sometimes the chanting is ted- iously slow, so that it sounds almost like drawling. In other instances it is so rapid as to be undignified, and gives the impres- sion that the singers are in a great hurry to be done with it. Some experts approve of a very deliberate utterance of the words of the recitative, and a rapid cadence ; but the best method would seem to be that which makes no great distinction between these two parts, and goes straight forward in an intelligent utterance like good read- ing, as we said before. It certainly is a matter worthy of attention by all the Clergy and all the choirs, because it has to do with the best and most devotional rendering of a very important part of the service.
PAROCHIAL NOTES.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
TRINITY CHURCH, SYRACUSE, of which the Rev. Henry N. Hyde is Rector, celeb- rated its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday, October 14th, and several days following, On the evening of Saturday, the 13th, a preparatory service to the Holy Commun- ion was held in the Church, at which the Rev. H. S. Sizer, of Oswego, gave the address. The first celebration the next morning was at eight by the Rector, and at 10:45 the Bishop of the Diocese preached and celebrated, and the Rev. J. A. Staunton and the Rev. Robert Hudson, both of them former Rectors of the parish, were present in the Chancel. At 4:30 p. m. there was choral Evensong, at which the Bishop was again present, and the Rev. Mr. Staunton gave an historical address. There were services again on Monday, and in the evening a general reception was given in the parish house.
After many trials and vicissitudes Trinity Church seems now to be quite well established, and its people are looking with hope to the time when they can have a more beautiful and substantial building.
CONSECRATION OF ST. PAUL'S, SYRACUSE.
Last month we gave the history of St. Paul's Church, with illustration, bringing it in before its due order of time, because others of earlier organization were not ready for publication.
This month we have the pleasure of recording the Consecration of the beautiful building erected in 1885, of which we then gave the picture. The large debt of $31,000 having been raised, chiefly through the efforts of the Hon. Chas. Andrews, Senior Warden of the Parish, the service of Consecration was arranged for Thurs- day, October 11th. The Bishop and a large number of the Clergy in surplices. followed by the vested choir, went in pro- cession from the vestry room to the main entrance on Fayette Street, outside the
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Church, where they were met by the Wardens and Vestrymen, who preceded them up the aisle to the chancel. The Rev. Almon A. Jaynes, minister in charge, read the sentence of Consecration; the Rev. W. DeL. Wilson, D.D., said Morning Prayer ; the lesson being read by the Rev. Wm. B. Clarke, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Geo. T. Linsley, Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford, Ct. His text was from Rev. 11: 1, "Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein." It was an able discourse, most appropriate to the occasion. The offering's were devoted to the general missions of the Church. After the service luncheon was served at a hall across the street to the Clergy and other invited guests, and later in the after- noon a reception was given at the same place to which all the congregation were invited to meet the Bishop and Mrs. Olmsted, and the Clergy and Vestry of the parish. It was altogether a very pleasant occasion ; the congregation was large, and everybody seemed to enter into the spirit of the day, and to rejoice with the parish in the consummation of the work. During the service mention was made by the Bishop of the name of the Rev. Dr. Lock- wood, the late Rector, and of the joy which such an event would have given him, and hymn 404, "I heard a sound of voices," was sung as a memorial of him.
We congratulate St. Paul's on this ac- complishment, and look forward with hope to its taking the leading part in the work of the Church which naturally belongs to it in the largest city of our Diocese.
The Rectorship of Trinity Church, Watertown, became vacant on October 1st by the resignation of the Rev. J. Sanders Reed, D.D., who had held that position for thirteen years.
A purse was presented to Dr. Reed on his departure by the vestry and congrega- gion containing about $4,000, which was certainly very liberal. But a still more
generous provision was made by two mem- bers of the congregation, by which a principal sum of $40,000 is given to the vestry, the interest of which is to be paid to the late Rector and his wife, so long as either of them shall live, and is to be kept as an endowment of the parish after their decease.
It is not often that the Clergy are treated so liberally, and we commend this action to other parishes where the ability exists to follow the example.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, CLAYVILLE .- The Rev. Geo. E. Edgar, Missionary. The new Church being built for St. John's Parish not needing so large a bell as the one used for so many years in the old Church, it was advertised for sale in the Church papers and in the MESSENGER, and has been pur- chased for $200 by St. Joseph's Church, Rome. The bell is of fine tone, and weighs 1,400 pounds.
EMMANUEL CHURCHI, REDFIELD .- A new roof is being put on the Church build- ing, and other repairs made, which will place the property in good condition. Regular services have been held during the summer and fall by Mr. M. E. McLellan, of Camden.
CHURCH AT KENDAIA.
The Committee of the Fifth Missionary District, consisting of the Dean and the Rev. H. E. Hubbard, which has in charge the removal of the Church at Dey's Land- ing to Kendaia, gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the following subscriptions : The Bishop $50 00 Mrs. George Bradbury, Guilford .. 50 00 Mrs. Blodgett, New York 100 00
Mrs. F. T. Proctor, Utica 50 00
Mr. T. R. Proctor, Utica 20 00
The Misses Miller, Utica. 5 00
Mrs. J. B. Taylor, Watertown .. ... 100 00 Mr. Geo. C. Sherman, Watertown, 25 00
$400 00
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The work of taking down the Church at Dey's Landing, and the transportation of the timber to Kendaia, where the horse- sheds have been put up, and furnish pro- tection for it, is alraedy practically com- pleted at the date of writing, October 23.
The cellar for the new Church has been dug and the foundations are being laid. It is expected that the Bishop will lay the corner stone on Tuesday, October 30th.
The people of Kandaia and vicinity are very much interested in the building of the Church, and are doing all they can to help with their limited means,, but outside assistance to the amount of at least $600 is yet required.
The Committee, therefore, asks for additional subscriptions which may be sent to the Bishop or the Dean of the Dis- trict.
ONONDAGA CASTLE .- The Rev. W. S. Hayward, Missionary. Upon a late Sun- day two more Indian infants were baptised by the Missionary, making since the first of last May nine that have thus received that Holy Sacrament.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, UTICA .- The Rev. J. Winslow Clarke, Rector. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 7th, the corner stone of the new Church, which is being erected in this Parish, was laid with appropriate services by the Rt. Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, S.T.D. On account of inclement weather it was neces- sary to hold part of the service in the old Church, which was far too small to accom- modate all who had come to witness the laying of the corner stone. The procession entered the Church repeating the 122nd Psalm. The Lesson was read by the Very Rev. E. H. Coley, and the Prayers said by the Rey. J. R. Harding, who was for nearly three years in charge of St. Andrew's when it was a Mission of Trinity Church. The address was made by Bishop Olmsted, who while Rector of Grace Church started
St. Andrew's November 30th, 1890. The Rector read the list of articles in the box to be deposited in the corner stone. After the Offertory the choir and Clergy followed by the congregation proceeded out of doors to the floor of the new Church, and the corner stone inscribed with a St. Andrew's Cross and the year 1906, was laid by Bishop Olmsted, who used a trowel suit- ably engraved. After the singing of the hymn, "O Lord of hosts," the closing prayers were said and the benediction pro- nounced by Bishop Olmsted. The other Clergy of the city. were present besides those who took part in the office.
DIOCESAN ITEMS.
The Bishop of the Diocese has consented to a letter to be sent to the Clergy by the Church Temperance Society, requesting sermons to be preached and offerings made for that Society's work on Sunday next before Advent, November 25th. · The only thing to be remembered is that that is the day appointed for the offering for the Mission to Deaf Mutes, unless it shall have been taken on the 12th Sunday after Trinity.
On Thursday evening, August 9th, after Evening Prayer and brief address, the Rev. Theodore Haydn dedicated the new font at the Chapel of the George Junior Republic.
This Font is a handsome piece of furni- ture, the work of J. & R. Lamb, in oak, finished to correspond with the finish of the Chapel. The bowl is of metal in the form of a shell. The following inserip- tion is upon a brass plate, attached to the Font, "Presented by the Babies' Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Central New York."
At a meeting of the Diocesan Commit- tee on the Men's Missionary Thank Offer- ing, to be presented at the General Con-
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vention in 1907, it was decided to suggest to all the Clergy of the Diocese that they make a personal appeal to the men of their parishes to contribute to this offering, and also that the Bishop appoint a Sunday on which the same men be requested to attend a Corporate Communion, at which those who are communicants should receive, and that special prayers be offered for the object. The Bishop, therefore, appoints the First Sunday in Advent, December 2nd, for the purpose, and exhorts all, both Clergy and laity, to show their zeal for the cause. Only a year remains before the offering is to be presented.
GENERAL NEWS.
Since our last issue two Bishops have been consecrated for the Church in America.
On the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels at Emmanuel Church, LeGrange, Ill., the Rev. Charles Scadding, Rector of the Parish, was consecrated Bishop of Oregon ; and on October 3rd in St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, Va., the Rev. Beverly Dandridge Tucker, D.D., Rector of the parish, was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Southern Virginia.
The Most Reverend William Bennett Bond, of Montreal, Lord Archbishop and Primate of all Canada, died in his see city on October 9th at the advanced age of 92.
The Rt. Rev. Samuel I. J. Scheres- chewsky, D.D., sometime Missionary Bishop of the American Church in China, died October 14th in Tokyo, Japan, where he had resided for the past ten years.
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CONVOCATIONS.
FIRST DISTRICT.
The autumn meeting of the First Dis- trict Convocation was held in Trinity Church, Lowville, Tuesday and Wednes- day, September 25th and 26th.
The Clergy present were, the Very Reverend E. Warren Saphore, Dean; the Rev. Messrs. Edward A. Evans, Rector of the parish; A. J. Brockway, of Pierrepont Manor; Geo. H. Trickett, of Carthage; M. J. Hoffman, of Clayton; Robert Fletcher, of Constableville, and Thos. Duck of Theresa; Mr. F. L. Metcalf, a candidate for Holy Orders, officiating as Lay Reader at Copenhagen and Champion, was also present.
Evening Prayer was read Tuesday at 7:30 p. m., by the Rev. Messrs. Hoffman and Duck, and a very helpful sermon was preached by Mr. Fletcher from the words, "Lo, I am with you always." The Dean postponed his report till the business ses- sion, and gave a stirring address on the character and needs of the work in the Dis- trict.
On Wednesday, at 9:30 a. m., Morn- ing Prayer was read by Messrs. Hoffman and Duck, and at 10:30 Mr. Fletcher read the Litany, which was followed by the Holy Communion, in which the Dean was the celebrant, Mr. Duck acting as Deacon and Mr. Trickett as preacher. The service was well attended and the music good.
At 12 :30 p. m., all sat down to a bounti- ful collation at the home of Mrs. Charles D. Moore.
At 2 p. m. Convocation met in business session and was opened with devotions by the Dean, who appointed the Rev. Thos. Duck Secretary pro tem.
The Dean read reports from the Mis- sionaries in charge of Adam's, Alexandria Bay, Champion, Copenhagen, Dexter, Sacketts Harbor, Redwood and Theresa, all of which were full of encouragement and hope.
Antwerp and Evans Mills have been vacant since the Rev. Mr. Ford left for Binghamton in June last.
He also reported that the people of Cape Vincent were already taking active measures to secure a successor to the Rev. Charles Noyes Tyndall, who recently re- moved to Gloucester, Mass., and that next
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Sunday would be Dr. J. S. Reed's last Sunday as Rector of Trinity Church, Watertown.
On motion the Rev. Messrs. Hoffman and Evans were made a committee to pre- pare resolution's of regret at the loss of Dr. Reed from the District.
The Treasurer's report showed that, in spite of the unprecedented prosperity of the country during the summer, the offer- ings for Diocesan Missions had materially falling off of late, and he asked to be allowed to retire from office.
This being the time for the annual election's the following were unanimously chosen : John M. Tilden, Treasurer ; Rev. Thos. Duck, Secretary; Rev. M. J. Hoff- man and Mr. Eli Herrick, members of the Executive Board of the District; and the Rev. A. J. Brockway and Mr. J. M. Til- den, members of the Diocesan Board of Managers.
On Motion the Convocation extended to Mr. Tilden a cordial and hearty vote of thanks for consenting to continue to act as Treasurer after so many years of faith- ful service.
The Secretary was asked to send a note of brotherly love to the Rev. O. E. Herrick, D.D., who was prevented by the increasing infirmities of age from being at this meet- ing.
After the usual vote of thanks to the Rector, the vestry and the ladies of the parish for their generous hospitality, Con- vocation adjourned.
THOS. DUCK, Secretary.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The fall meeting of the Convocation of the Fourth Missionary District was called to meet in connection with the consecration of St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, Thursday, October 11th, with an Evening Service October 10th.
The Dean, the Very Rev. William De- Lancey Wilson, D.D., presided at the business meeting on Thursday morning in St. Paul's Parish House.
The following members of the Con- vocation were present: The Very Rev. William DeLancey Wilson, D.D. ; the Rev. William M. Beauchamp, D.D .; the Revs. George D. Ashley, Alexander H. Grant, William S. Hayward, Frederick T. Hens- tridge, Alınon A. Jaynes, William Wirt Raymond, J. Hamilton Stirling, Thomas Stafford, J. Otis Ward, James Empring- ham and J. E. Ramsdell. The lay dele- gates were Mr. J. H. H. Young, Treas- urer ; Mr. George Van Deusen ; Mr. Chas. Houghton.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
Appropriations were explained by the Dean and discussed by those present.
On motion, the reading of the detailed report of the Treasurer was dispensed with. Satisfactory reports were received from many of the Mission Stations, particularly Pulaski, where extensive repairs are being made to the Church property.
There was a generally expressed desire that the work of St. Thomas' Mission, Syracuse, be pushed forward as rapidly as possible, the field being a large and grow- ing one.
Upon the request of the Dean and the manifest desire of all present the Ven. Archdeacon Cooke addressed the Convoca- tion.
J. E. RAMSDELL, Secretary.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
The 105th meeting of the Convocation of the Sixth Missionary District was held in St. Mark's Church, Candor, on Monday and Tuesday, October 8th and 9th.
Convocation opened with Evening Prayer at 7:30, said by Rev. Messrs. Haydn and Rudd, after which Dean Boardman and Rev. A. B. Rudd delivered missionary addresses.
At 9 a. m., on Tuesday the Convocation assembled for the business session.
After the opening devotions the roll was called. The following Clergy were present
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during all or a part of the sessions of Con- vocation : The Very Rev. N. S. Boardman, Dean ; the Rev. E. C. Hoskins, Rector of the parish; the Rev. Theo. Haydn, Sec- retary ; the Rev. J. H. Kidder, the Rev. A. B. Rudd, the Rev. H. W. Crydenwise, the Rev. W. H. Hutchinson, and the Rev. A. J. Schrader.
The minutes of the last meeting of the Convocation were read and approved.
Reports were read from the several mis- sionaries.
Upon the invitation of the Rector, it was decided to hold the next meeting of the Convocation at Grace Church, Elmira, in the latter part of January, or early in February. As this meeting will come shortly before the beginnig of Lent, it was decided that there should be a discussion upon Readings for Lent, each of the several Clergy to suggest such books as he had found helpful.
A motion was made and carried that the thanks of the Convocation be extended to the Rector and congregation of St. Mark's. Parish for their kind and generous hos- pitality.
Upon motion the business meeting was adjourned.
The Rev. Mr. Rudd then proceeded to celebrate the Holy Communion, the Rector acting as Epistoler, and the Dean as Gos- peller. The Convocation sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson of Ithaca.
N. S. BOARDMAN, Dean.
THEODORE HAYDN, Secretary.
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WOMAN'S AUXILIARY.
The semi-annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Third District, Diocese of Central New York, was held in Emmanuel Church, Norwich, Wednes- day, October 3, 1906, at which meeting nine parishes were represented by forty- five delegates.
After the routine business most interest- ing talks were given by Mrs. C. G. Irish,
Diocesan President, and Mrs. G. G. Perrine, former District President. At this meeting a memorial to Mrs. Annie Andrews Armstrong was read as follows:
Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1906.
Since our last District meeting another faithful member has been called to her rest.
Mrs. Annie Andrews Armstrong, then a devoted worker in Christ Church, was one of the first to respond to the call on the women of the Church to organize into an Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Her interest in the missionary field was at once aroused and she entered into the work with all the enthusiasm of her ardent nature. The intellectual and religious aspect of mission work especially appealed to her cultivated mind and spiritual temperament.
For several years Mrs. Armstrong acted as the very efficient secretary and treasurer of this District, giving careful thought and oversight to its material prosperity, and the extension of the missionary spirit and enterprise in the various branches. After resigning as a District officer she was for eight or nine years the loved and honored President of Trinity Church branch which, under her able direction, easily became the banner branch of the District.
Affliction and subsequent ill health finally compelled Mrs. Armstrong to leave the active work in which she was engaged, 'but her prayers and alıns still continued as a benediction until her Lord and Master called her to Himself.
"Angels bear her to the land Where the towers of Zion rise. Safely lead her by the hand To the fields of Paradise." "Grant her Lord eternal rest, With the spirits of the blest."
Respectfully submitted,
AGNES MARIAN BROWN, Secretary.
The District Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First District met with Trinity Church , Lowville, Wednesday, September 26th, at 3:00 p. m., Mrs. F. A.
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Hinds presiding. The roll call showed that 12 delegates were present. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting the Treasurer read her report, which showed a balance on hand of $178.98.
This was followed by the President's address, in which she told of the work of the general Board of Missions and of the Woman's Auxiliary, which has been much larger this year than ever before. The report of the Babies' Branch was read by the Secretary.
The usual offering was taken, the clos- ing collects were read by the Rev. T. Duck and the meeting adjourned.
OBITUARY.
On Monday, October 1st, the Rev. Osgood E. Herrick, D.D., entered into his rest. He had been in a very precarious state of health for a month or more, and his end was looked for at any time. Indeed for the past year it had been evident that he was failing, and the death of his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, which occurred last spring, had broken him very much. His funeral took place on Thursday, October 4th, from St. Paul's Church, Watertown, the Bishop of the Diocese officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Hayes, of Geneva, and the Rev. Messrs. Saphore and Shaw.
Dr. Herrick entered the ministry in the old Diocese of Western New York, and officiated at Manlius in his carlier years, but the greater part of his ministerial life was spent as Chaplain in the United States Army, and chiefly at Fortress Monroe, Va. He was retired at the age of sixty-four in 1890, and had lived from that time in Watertown, where he had relatives. He was for a time Dean of the First District.
Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have been the first contributor to missions in America. In the year 1510 he gave £100 for the spreading of religion in Virginia.
CHRIST CHURCH, OSWEGO, N. Y.
(Subject of Illustration.)
On the twenty-sixth day of February, in 1822, a number of "persons attached to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the village of Oswego," held a meeting in the school house and organized the parish of Christ Church. The Rev. Amos Pardee · was chairman of that meeting, and it elected two wardens and eight vestrymen, James Hill 1st warden, Wm. Dolloway, 2nd warden; vestrymen, John Moore, Jun., Eleazer Perry, Theophilus S. Mor- gan, Nathan Farnham, Robert Cooley, Thomas Collins and Moses P. Hatch. The time-stained pamphlet of Church Minutes, which record these proceedings are still in possession of the parish. Though there is no mention of his election as Rector, Mr. Pardee's name is signed as "Rector of the said Church" on the minutes of the Easter meeting on Thursday in Easter week 1822. On November 29th, 1826, Rev. John McCarty, as he himself records in the first parish register of Christ Church, "entered upon the duties of this missionary station." On the 16th day of October, following, Mr. McCarty was ordained priest by Bishop Hobart in Trinity Church, New York.
The little congregation of Churchmen worshipped for several years in the school house which stood on the north-east corner of Franklin Park near West Third and Seneca Streets. These primitive condi- tions were terminated when a Church edi- fice was erected in 1828, on the south-east corner of the same park. Rev. Mr. McCarty himself laid the corner stone on the 9th of May "with appropriate religious services," the preacher being the Rev. Dr. Rudd of Auburn. The Church was con- secrated by Bishop Hobart on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, January 25th. 1829, the Rev. Dr. Rudd, Rev. Mr. Pardee, the first missionary, and Rev. Mr. Keese, beside the Rector, being present and assisting. In that year Christ Church had only 31 communicants, but on the day of the consecration of the Church 37 per-
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sons were confirmed. Rev. Mr. McCarty re- mained Rector of the parish until the middle of July, 1845. Rev. J. S. Daven- port "took temporary charge of the parish" on September 14th. Mr. McCarty's record of his acts is very full. It is a gratifying exception to the records kept by many clergymen in those old days. On January 1st, Mr. Davenport, by virtue of election, became Rector of the parish, and continued to serve until April 18th, 1852. He records that during his incum- bency 30 adults and 261 children had been baptized, 71 marriages celebrated, and 81 persons confirmed. The total number of communicants was 74. Rev. Anthony Schuyler, D.D., began his rectorship in September, 1852. It was during his rectorship that the present magnificent Gothic edifice was erected. The corner stone was laid on October 12, 1854, by Rev. W. B. Ashley, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Syracuse. The new Church was opened for public worship on January 20, 1857. The number of communicants who went into it was 132. A chapel was built in 1858 to meet the demands of a Sunday School room and Lenten services. Rev. Dr. Schuyler resigned in October, 1862. After a vacancy of about five months Rev. Amos B. Beach, D.D., was called to the rectorship. On the 29th of April, 1865, the Church being free from debt, it was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. A. C. Coxe, D.D. This was the first Episcopal act of Dr. Coxe within the diocese after the death of Bishop DeLancey. Dr. Beach was instituted on April 30th, 1865. He is the only Rector of the parish who wa's ever instituted.
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