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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.
Feb. 2-Purification of the
Blessed Virgin
Mary.
3-Sexagesima.
10-Quinquagesima.
13-Ash Wednesday.
17-First Sunday in Lent.
20-Ember day.
22-Ember day.
23-Ember day.
24-Second Sunday in Lent, St. Matthias.
BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.
February.
1-Friday, Evening, Chadwicks.
3-Sunday, Canastota, Chittenango.
10-Sunday, A. M., Waterville.
17-Sunday, A. M., Holy Cross, Utica.
17-Sunday, Evening, St. George's, Utica.
22-Friday, Evening, Whitesboro.
24-Sunday, A. M., Fulton.
24-Sunday, Evening, Trinity, Syracuse.
March.
1-Friday, A. M., Grace, Utica, Ordination.
3-Sunday, A. M., Seneca Falls.
3-Sunday, Evening, Waterloo.
10-Sunday, A. M., Grace, Syracuse.
10-Sunday, P. M., East Syracuse.
10-Evening, All Saints', Syracuse.
15-Friday, Evening, St. Joseph's, Rome.
17-Sunday, A. M., Marcellus.
17-Sunday, P. M., St. Mark's, Syracuse.
17-Sunday, Evening, St. Paul's, Syracuse.
20-Wednesday, Evening, Zion, Rome.
22-Friday, Evening, St. Andrew's, Utica. 24-Sunday, A. M., Grace, Utica.
21-Sunday, Evening, Trinity, Utica.
27-Wednesday, Evening, St. John's, Syracuse. 29-Good Friday, 12-3, Trinity, Utica,
ASSESSMENTS FOR DIOCESAN MISSIONS.
There seems to be quite a wide-spread misapprehension throughout the Diocese with regard to the amount called for by the last Convention for diocesan missions. There is usually a deficiency in the offer- ings, and for some years past that has been made up from a fund given by an individ- ual, which the Board of Manangers was at liberty to use in that way. That fund having been exhausted, it became necessary last summer to increase the amount assessed upon the parishes to provide for the defic- iency, and consequently ten per cent. was added for that purpose. At the same time the Convention adopted the amendment to Canon X requiring the appointment of an Archdeacon, and the amount of his salary was fixed by the same authority, for which an additional assessment of fifteen ·per cent. was needed, and this was also put on to the fund for Diocesan Missions. After- wards the Bishop feeling that so large an increase would be burdensome, if allowed to come all at once upon the parishes, and encouraged by the offer of assistance from one Rector, asked for individual gifts to provide for the Archdeacon's salary for one year, and was very successful in secur- ing it, so that the fifteen per cent. increase was not needed. But the first mentioned ten per cent. increase 'still remained to be assessed; and it was expected that each Convocation would have provided for that as soon as possible after the Convention. In some unaccountable manner, however. this was not done in certain cases, and now when the increased assessment is spoken of, it is supposed to be for the salary of the Archdeacon !- and in the meantime the Treasurer of the Diocese is having to borrow "larger still and larger" sums every quarter for the missionary stipends, while the salary of the Archdeacon is taken
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care of for the present by the Bishop, and the Treasurer is not troubled about it, nor are the parishes in any way burdened by it. We trust that this is clear enough to be comprehended by everyone, and that all those in authority will try to put the neces- sary machinery in operation at once, to secure the offerings required to remove the debt from the missionary fund, so that we may start with a clean sheet on May 1st, 1907, and be ready at the next Convention to assume the whole amount required for the Archdeacon as well as for the mission- aries.
And we may also say, now that we are on the subject, that the Board of Managers of the Missions of the Diocese, at their meeting last September, decided that the time had come when it was necessary to administer the funds, given by the people for their work, with especial reference to making them as affective as possible. The feeling was expressed and approved, that when large stipends are given to the missionaries they should be expected to do a correspondingly large work; that is, that they should not limit their exertions to single places- and that when small parishes are enabled to have Rectors by the help of mission stipends, they should be expected to allow those Rectors to share their time and services with still weaker stations. It is also hoped that when the Rector of a small parish can get a support by combining a neighboring Church with the parish ('Inrch, he will be persuaded of his duty to do so, even when no stipend is paid by the Board, but the amount paid by the two ('Imurches is enough to give him a living. No parish of less than one hundred com- municants can possibly exhaust the ener- gies of a man in full strength; and the only way that the work of Christ can be successfully done, in Central New York at least, is by the generons willinguess of both priests and people to give themselves and what they have for the extension and up-building of the Kingdom of God,
The following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Managers for Diocesan Missions September 28th, 1906 :
Resolved, That the Convocations take into consideration some plan for combining the Mission Stations of the Diocese, and report their action to the Bishop.
Resolred. That it shall be the future policy of the Mission work to combine stations, where the Bishop finds it practicable, under the ministrations of one Missionary.
For the information of Vestries, when their Churches become vacant, and when · they are electing new Rectors, we give here- with the Canons of the Diocese and of the general Church relating to those occasions. And we would suggest to the Clergy that they call the attention of the Vestries to these Canons, and especially when they themselves are about to change their parishes.
The first is Canon XV of the Diocese.
Of Vacant Parishes.
"Section 1. Whenever a Church becomes vacant it shall be the duty of the Vestry to give immediate notice thereof to the Bishop.
See. 2. The Bishop shall appoint those of the Clergy in the Diocese, who can with most convenience discharge the duty, to supply such vacant parishes as have been reported to him, at such times as may be deemed convenient and proper. It shall be the duty of such vacant Churches thus supplied to defray all expenses incident to such occasional services."
Then comes a part of Canon 14 of the General Church-
"Sec. II. No election of a Rector shall be had until the name of the Clergyman whom it is proposed to elect has been made known to the Bishop, if there be one, and sufficient time, not exceeding thirty days, has been given to him to communicate with the Vestry thereon.
Sec. III. Written notice of the elec- tion, signed by the Church Wardens, shall
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be sent to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese. If the Ecclesiastical Author- ity be satisfied that the person so chosen is a duly qualified Minister, and that he has accepted the offce, the notice shall be sent to the Secretary of the Convention, who shall record it. And such record shall be sufficient evidence of the relation between the Minister and the parish."
We are quite convinced that the oc- casional failures to observe these rules arise from lack of knowledge concerning them, and our only desire in printing the Canons at this time is to diseminate that knowledge as widely as possible among our people.
BOOK NOTICES,
INSPIRATION. - By the Rev. Frederick Watson, D. D., Fellow of St. John's College, Can- bridge, England, and Hulsean Lecturer 1882. London, S. P. C. K. New York, E. S. Gorham. $1.25 net, pp. 248.
This is a very reverent effort by a devout believer to reconcile the complete inspira- tion of the Bible with the well established and generally acknowledged results of criticism ; and as such we doubt not it will be found helpful by many who are not quite sure how that reconcilation is to be made. Dr. Watson wishes to show that the Holy Scripture, which he firmly believes to be the Word of God written, is like the Personal Word of God, both divine and human; that in every part it speaks to us God's truth ; and yet that, having the human as well as the divine element, we are not to be surprised that it contains things which are sources of difficulty to those who expect to find it in every respect divine. If it be true that there is much in the Old Testament taken from other documents, that the code of Moses contains some things that were in the older code of Hammurabi, and that the Babylonian records, which tell of creation and the Hood, ante-dated that of Genesis, the author points out that it was the "inspira- tion of selection" which guided the choice of such things for the sacred Scriptures, and omitted from them all the polytheistic,
idolatrous and impure elements, and chose only such things as were true and would tend to promote the true religion of the One holy God. If there be the manifesta- tion of a spirit of revenge on the part of God's people, as of Jael, or Samuel, or the writers of some of the Psahus, it is to be attributed to the fact that the Spirit of God was working with such human mater- ial as Ile had, and that it was necessary, if Ile would speak to man at all, He should speak through the instruments that were at hand. A revelation coming through men could not fail to share something of man's weakness.
THE LITTLE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK BELOVED. -- By Marie E. J. Hobart. New York, Long- man's, Green & Co., pp. 53.
We have here a modern "Mystery Play." intended, as such plays were in the Middle Ages, to teach religious truth. This is the second in a series which Mrs. Hobart is preparing, the previous one being entitled "Lady Catechism-The Child :" and both of them have been acted out in full in St. Agnes' Hall, St. Agnes' Chapel, New York, of which Mrs. Hobart is a member. In the "Little Pilgrim" the characters represented are Mother Church, Chris- topher, a servant of hers, two Little Pil- grims from the land of darkness, and then Matins, Evensong, Litany, Eucharist, &c .. including all the offices of the "Book Beloved," which of course is the Prayer Book. Each one of these appears in order. carrying a banner appropriately inseribed. and delivers his or her message, and throughout the whole movement there is a sound of chimes playing, and hymns are sung which are most skilfully chosen to express the particular lesson of each part. The whole eloses up with a most impressive missionary appeal, the Little Pilgrims beseeching Mother Church to send the Book Beloved with its message of love and worship and salvation to their land of dark- ness whence they came. The persons who took part in the play at St. Agnes' Hall were mostly from the Sunday School, and it is said that at the second performance
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The Vestry of Grace Church have called the Rev. H. W. Foreman, now with the Rev. Mr. Smith at Boonville, as the Assistant Minister of the parish, and he expects to begin his work as such on March 1st.
ALT. SAINTS' CHURCH, SYRACUSE .-- The Rev. E. Warren Saphore, Rector. The Vestrymen and Members of the parish tendered a reception to the new Rector and Mrs. Saphore, in the Guild Hall on Thursday evening, January 24th. It was well attended and enjoyed by all very much.
GRACE CHURCH, ELMIRA .- The Rector of this parish, the Rev. Arthur B. Rudd, was taken ill while visiting his parents in Poughkeepsie, and it was found that he was suffering from prostration. of the nervous system, so that his physician prescribed entire rest for two months. It is probable that the long strain and un- usual responsibility of building the new Church has been more than he could stand.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, ONEIDA .- The Rev. Wm. R. McKim, Rector. A hand- some hand-carved reredos, the gift of the Misses Martha C. and Florence A. Carter in loving memory of their mother, the late Mrs. Flora Josephine Carter, has been placed in this Church. (See illustration. )
The reredos is of heavy dark quartered oak, the color and grain matching the other memorials. There is a large panel on either side of the altar reaching beyond the line of the window sill above, with panel posts or pinaeles extending some three or four feet higher. The upper portions of the latter are handsomely carved, the finials being the graceful fleur- de-lis, symbolic of the Trinity. Over the altar are two large exquisitly carved Romanesque panels of grapes, and above these and extending up to the window are a series of panels and carved work. the final arch being Gothic to harmonize with the architecture of the Church, and the surface
overlaid in oak leaves in bold relief, the whole with the window framed clear between the stately pinacles, two on either side, giving a beautiful effect.
In consecretating the gift, the Rector, Rev. William R. McKim, referred ten- derly and feelingly to Mrs. Carter's life as one of beautiful love and devotion.
GRACE CHURCH, CORTLAND .- The Rev. W. W. Wav, Rector. The present Rector completed six years' rectorship of this parish December 1st. During that time the parish has grown almost fifty per cent. The salary of the Rector was substantially raised just before Christmas, and plans have been secured for a parish house, which it is hoped will be built in the near future.
ONONDAGA INDIAN MISSION .- The Rev. W. S. Hayward. Missionary. Christmas was made bright and cheerful at this Mis- sion by gifts from friends in various parts of the Diocese. The Rector and people of St. Mark's Syracuse. and St. Peter's, Bainbridge, sending provisions to the Rectory, and the Dean of the 5th Dis- triet and the Junior Auxiliary of Trinity Church. Boonville, sent pictures, candies and presents for the Sunday School "Christmas Tree." which was largely at- tended on the Festival of St. John.
TRINITY CHURCH. WATERTOWN .- This parish, which has been vacant since October 1st, has been supplied with services most of that time by the Rev. Chas. II. Snedeker, of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The Vestry has now called as Rector the Rev. Francis W. Eason. Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity. Lincoln. Neb .. and he has accepted. and expeets to begin his residence in Watertown on the 1st of March.
MCDONOUGH. CALVARY CHURCH .- The Rev. R. M. Duff. D.D., in charge. Hand- some, substantial pews were placed in this Church at Christmastide. For many years chairs had been used. During the past
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vear strenuous efforts were made to pur- chase the pew's and to put the Church in complete repair, both inside and outside. The Church has been kept open every Sun- day for more than three years, though clerical services are available only once in four or five weeks. The Sunday School, with a large Bible Class, is in a flourishing condition, now numbering 33 persons.
Though there are but 32 communicants, the average attendance at the monthly communion is 23. Ten miles beyond MeDonough, over the rough and mighty hills of Chenango, is the little village of South Otselic. This place is said to have the largest fishing-tackle factory in the country. It is about 10 miles from the nearest railway station. Here there are two or three Church people. The oc- casional services held there, in the Method- ist Church, are very largely attended.
ST. TIMOTHY'S CHURCH, BROOKFIELD, MADISON Co .- At this place recently, at the request of the Seventh Day people, who are without a pastor, a Church service was held by the Rev. Dr. Duff, on the "Sab- bath" day (Saturday), at their Church. The people were much interested in the service. It is safe to say that the great majority of them had never been present at an Episcopal service before, though services are maintained once a month at our little St. Timothy's Church, on the First Day. One of them once remarked that he had no objection to the "Episcopal robes" provided the man inside of them was all right.
It is said that there are over 200 of these singular sectaries in and around Brookfield. In our little mission there we have about 10 communicants. A Sunday School has recently been formed, and, on the Sunday after Christmas, there were 16 present.
At the Christmas Sunday School Festi- val service and tree, the little Church was filled to overflowing-many of our Seventh Day friends being present. They "allowed" that the Episcopalians knew
how to make Christmas services and Christmas trees interesting.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KENDALA .- The Building Committee, the Rev. Messrs. MacNish, Clark and Hubbard, acknowl- edge the following contributions toward the removing of the Church from Dey's Landing and the rebuilding at Kendaia :
Previously acknowledged $825.00
Joseph E. Juliand, Greene, 2.00
Charles W. Gray, Greene, 2.00
Miss L. C. Watson, Utica, 25.00
Mrs. J. Brown, Utica, . 10.00
Sarah Wadsworth, AAuburn, 5.00
Rev. John Brainard, Auburn, 5.00
Frederick Cossum, Auburn, 5.00
William Ward, Auburn, 5.00
Miss Hayden, Auburn, 5.00
Mrs. F. M. Ilyatt, Auburn,
1.00
Mrs. Talmadge, Auburn,
John Rice, Auburn, 5.00
Mrs. A. J. Seymour, Auburn, 10.00
10.00
Anon 5.00
Thomas Stryker, Rome, 10.00
Rev. W. Gordon Bentley, New
Hartford, 1.00
Christ Church, Willard, 20.00
Henry Burden, 2nd, Cazenovia, . . 20.00
Miss A. R. Goldsmith, Aurora, . . 25.00
$997.00
The Church is practically completed, and may be used for service about February 1st. The total necessary cost is about $1,700, besides the lot and the work which the people of Kendaia have given. The Church Building Fund gives the last $200, provided the Building Committee can render a statement that the other $1,500 has been paid. The Committee have pledged themselves to raise the ro- maining amount before April 17th, the time of the expiration of the grant. Will the Diocese not respond ? Money may be sent to the Bishop or any member of the Committee.
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DIOCESAN ITEMS.
Through the departure of the Rev. E. Warren Saphore from Watertown the office of Dean of the First District became vacant, and as the time for the election of a new Dean does not occur until a year from next summer, the Bishop, in accord- ance with the Canon, has appointed the Rev. Thomas Duck to serve for the re- mainder of the unexpired term. Mr. Duek is a Central New York man, having gone to College and Seminary from this Diocese, and served in it in his early ministry. He left several years ago, and worked in other fields for a while; but has been back with us now nearly three vears, and has done good work in Jefferson County. We commend him to the kind co-operation of the brethren both of the Clergy and of the laity in the First Dis- trict.
A paper entitled "Some Thoughts on the Criticism of the Bible," read by the Bishop 'at the December meeting of the Utica Clerical Union, has been printed at the request of the meeting, and copies have been sent to all the Clergy of the Diocese and a few other friends. If there be any others who desire to read it, copies will be sent to them on request.
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CONVOCATIONS.
The 119th regular meeting of the Con- vocation of the 3rd District was held in Christ Church, Binghamton, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 15th and 16th, 1907.
Tuesday, at 7 :45 p. m., Evening Prayer was said by the Rev. Messrs. Broughton and Longley. The Dean read his report, and the Archdeacon preached the sermon.
After the service the men of St. Paul's Guild entertained the clerical and lay delegates in the parish house.
Wednesday morning, at 7:30 o'clock, there was a celebration of the Holy Com- munion. The Archdeacon was the celebrant.
MESSENGER.
At 10 o'clock Litany was said by the Rev. W. E. Tanner.
At the 10:30 o'clock there was a choral celebration of the Holy Communion. The Rector was the celebrant. The Archdeacon read the Epistle and the Dean read the Gospel. Dr. Duff was the preacher.
The business meeting of the Convocation was called at 2 p. m. There were present : The Rev. Messrs. Andrew, Benton, Broughton, Bull, Duff, Ford, Hakes, Hegeman, Lambert, Longley, Olton, Per- rine, Smith, Tanner and the Archdeacon. There were also present : Messrs. Shaw, Stearns and Noble, delegates from Christ Church, Binghamton; Mr. Drass from Trinity Church, Binghamton : Mr. Moore from The Good Shepherd, Binghamton : and Messrs. Brown and Packard from St. Paul's, Oxford. The Rev. H. W. Cryden- wise, of the 6th District, was present as a guest.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
On motion of the Rev. P. T. Olton. it was' resolved that the secretary convey the thanks of the Convocation to the Rector, wardens and vestry- men of St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge. for their action in relinquishing the stipend.
It was decided that the time had not arrived for joining Harpursville and Windsor.
The Rev. Mr. Olton read a letter from the treasurer in reference to varions sums of money that had been received for the salary of the Archdeacon.
On motion, which was carried, it was resolved that the treasurer refund all sums received for Archdeacon's salary.
Ou motion of the Rev. Mr. Longley. it was resolved that the matter of adding 10 per cent. on the assens- ment for Diocesan Missions to meet the requirements of the Convention for the object, be left to the Finance Committee with power to act.
On motion of the Rev. Mr. Hegeman. it was resolved that the sum of $17.00 for
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traveling expenses be paid to the Rev. Mr. . ance, with the Bishop, the Archdeacon and Hakes.
On motion, it was voted that the ap- propriation for Whitney's Point and Chenango Forks be withdrawn, other provision having been made for services in these places for the present.
It was decided to leave the matter of establishing a mission at Endicott together with an appropriation for its mainten-
the Finance Committee.
Next meeting of Convocation, St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge. The preacher, the Rev. G. H. Kirkland.
A vote of thanks was tendered the Vestry and men of St. Paul's Guild of Christ Church for their generous hos- pitality.
Convocation adjourned.
C. J. LAMBERT, Secretary.
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HISTORY OF ZION'S CHURCH, ROME, N. Y.
(Subject of Illustration.)
Several of the inhabitants of Rome, anxious to have in their midst the Church of the living God, agreeably to the ordin- ances of the Protestant Episcopal Church, met at the Court House of the said town, on the 15th day of August, A. D. 1825. The Rev. Algernon S. Hollister was called to the chair, and Hiram Denio, Esq., chosen secretary. An act of incorporation was then drawn up, and a society organ- ized by the name and title of Zion Church, Rome. The same is of record at the Clerk's office, County of Oneida, Book A, folio 175. The society then proceeded to elect wardens and vestrymen for the portion of the ecclesiastical year ensuing to the next Easter Monday, the day fixed for future annual elections ; and Messrs. Jay IIatheway and Henry Hayden were choesn wardens, and Numa Leonard, Hiram Denio, Horatio N. Carr, Jas. B. Read, Jas. A. Canfield, Richard Butler, Peter White, vestrymen. The Rev. A. J. Hollister, missionary, took pastoral charge, preached in the Court House. and con- tinued his services for the ensuing year- beginning, as is supposed, just fifty years ago -- at which time there were three com- municants, Mr. Butler, Mr. Canfield, and Miss A. L. Hatheway. 'Leave was soon after obtained of Rome Lodge, owning Masonic Hall corner of Liberty and Wash- ington Streets, to furnish the lower story of said hall, to be occupied as a chapel, for the term of. eight years. The sum of $300 was raised, and the work was done in a plain manner; a reading desk, chancel rail, communion table, and two tiers of seats, with center aisle, being provided. The Rev. Marcus A. Perry performed divine service and preached at the opening of the chapel, on a Sunday early in the vear 1826. On the day following, the Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, Bishop of the Diocese, which then included the whole State of New York, preached in the chapel, confirmed fourteen persons, and baptized two children. "Then were we
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