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primitive disciples-and that it is allow- able, so long as there are some communi- cants at cach celebration, for those who do not feel prepared to receive, to remain as worshipers throughout the whole service, and that it is not necessary for them to get up and leave the Church before the most important part of it has been completed.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The statement in our last issue, that the new license law of this State went into im- mediate operation, was a mistake; it is to become effective on January 1st, 1908. The following items of the law, omitted last month, are of special importance, in view of the fact that Ministers have been known to solemnize marriages without even asking the parties whether they had been married before:
"It shall be the duty of the town or city clerk when an application for a marriage license is made to him to require each of the contracting parties to sign and verify a statement or affidavit before such clerk or one of his deputies, containing the fol- lowing information : From the groom: Full name of husband, color, place of resi- dence, age, occupation, place of birth, name of father, country of birth, maiden name of mother, country of birth, number of marriage. From the bride: Full name of bride, place of residence, color, age, oc- cupation, place of birth, name of father, country of birth, maiden name of mother, country of birth, number of marriage. The said clerk shall also embody in the state- ment, if either or both of the applicants have been previously married, a statement as to whether the former husband or hus- bands or the former wife or wives of the respective applicants are living or dead and as to whether either or both of said applicants are divorced persons; if so, when and where the divorce or divorces were granted, and shall also embody therein a statement that no legal impedi- ment exists as to the right of each of the applicants to enter into the marriage state.
The town or city clerk is given full power and authority to administer oaths,
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and may require the applicants to produce witnesses to identify them or either of them, and may also examine under oath or otherwise other witnesses as to any mate- rial inquiry pertaining to the issuing of the license. If it appears from the affida- vits and statements so taken that the per- sons for whose marriage the license in question is demanded are legally compe- tent to marry, the clerk shall issue such license, except in the following cases: If it shall appear upon an application of the applicants that the man is under 21 years of age or that the woman is under the age of 18 years, then the town or city clerk before he shall issue a license shall require the written consent to the marriage from both parents of the minor or minors or such as shall then be living, or if the pa- rents of both are dead, then the written consent of the guardian or guardians of such minor or minors. If there is no pa- rent or guardian of the minor or minors living to their knowledge, then the town or city clerk shall require the written con- sent to the marriage of the person under whose care or government the minor or minors may be before a license shall be issued.
Before issuing any license the town or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee of $1, which sum shall be paid by the applicants before or at the time the license is issued. All such fees received by the clerks of cities shall be paid over monthly to the city treasurer. Any town or city clerk who fails to follow out the provisions of the law and permits the issuance of licenses to parties not legally competent to marry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be subject to a fine of $100 for each and every offense. Any person who makes false statements or affidavits to pro- cure the issuance of illegal licenses is guilty of perjury.
If any clergyman or other person au- thorized by the laws of this State to per- form marriage ceremonies shall solemnize or presume to solemnize any marriage be- tween any parties without a license being presented to him or them, or with knowl-
edge that either party is legally incompe- tent to contract matrimony, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there- of shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by im- prisonment for a term not exceeding one year. Any such clergyman or officer to whom any such license duly issued may come and not having personal knowledge of the incompetency of either party there- in named to contract matrimony, may law- fully solemnize matrimony between them.
PAROCHIAL NOTES.
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, HARPURSVILLE .- - The Rev. George H. Kirkland, Minister in charge. This old building, known in early days as "St. Luke's, Ouquaga," has re- cently been thoroughly renovated in the interior. The plastering was broken in sev- eral places, the wall paper was hanging loose, and the old west gallery in the tower was only a place for the dissipation of heat in winter, and added nothing to the beauty of the Church in summer. All this has been changed-the gallery closed up, the plastering renewed, the paper altogether removed, and a warm color, with stencil border, now tints the walls, and gives a cheerful and comfortable appearance to the whole place. The Chancel window, also, which was too low before, has been raised, thus giving space for a dossal and the ornaments of the Altar beneath it. In every way the improvement is great, and the good people, who have borne the ex- pense of it themselves, are happy in its ac- complishment. They are happy, too, in the services of the Rev. Mr. Kirkland, who has been with them now something more than a year, and under whose inspiration and direction these repairs have been made. They hope to be able to paint the exterior of the Church next year.
GRACE CHURCH, CARTHAGE .*- Although at present without a Rector, Grace Church Parish has not been idle during the past summer. Under the direction of the women of the Parish the interior of the Church has been entirely changed in ap-
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pearance. Shanafelt, a decorator of repu- tation from Watertown, redecorated the ceiling and the walls, the body of the Church in old rose and the ceiling in ivory . Trinity Church, Seneca Falls,
white and sienna. The old chandeliers were discarded and rows of lights along the transverse beams in both the nave and chancel and along the sides of the building were substituted. This change gives a beautiful effect in the lighting of the Church, besides diffusing instead of cen- tralizing the light sources. A new carpet was procured, old rose in color. New ce- ment steps for both of the front entrances were put in place. All of the woodwork on the exterior of the building was re- painted and a new furnace installed. To do all this work over $850 was required, which was raised in various ways,. by sub- scription, entertainments, etc. In addi- tion, over $300 was raised and applied on back indebtedness. The parish is now free from debt, the small sum remaining un- paid having been assumed by the St. Agnes' Guild. The rectory is in good con- dition, having been thoroughly repaired a year ago. It is hoped to call a Rector soon. Carthage has a population of over 5,000 and should be one of the strongholds of the Church in Northern New York.
*This account has been sent to us for pub- lication. The Church has been vacant nearly a year, but evidently the ladies of the parish have had no intention that it should remain so; and we congratulate them on their efforts.
The following item is taken from one of the Utica papers. We hope the information contained in it is correct :
George W. Day, of Rome, in his will filed to-day bequeathes $6,000 to be used for the erection of a rectory for Zion Church of Rome.
DIOCESAN ITEMS.
THE MEN'S MISSIONARY THANK OFFERING.
The following sums have been received or the Men's Missionary Thank Offering o date :
Amount previously acknowledged, $999.59 St. Andrew's Church, Utica. .... 10.00
Emmanuel Church, Elmira 5.15
Grace Church, Waterville 48.39
Grace Church, Baldwinsville .. .. 8.00
additional .50
St. Paul's Church, Oxford. 112.25
Emmanuel Church, Norwich. 26.30
Christ Church, Binghamton 92.20
Trinity Church, Elmira. 25.00
St. George's Church, Utica, addi- tional 2.10
Zion Church, McLean
.25
Zion Church, Greene. 42.25
St. John's Church, Big Flats. . . 1.50 St. Stephen's Church, New Hart- ford 2.50
St. John's Church, Marcellus .... Calvary Church, Utica, additional
5.50
12.50
Christ Church, Willard. .
10.00
St. Paul's Church, Watertown. . 34.00
Grace Church, Syracuse. 22.00
The Rt. Rev. Chas. T. Olmsted, D. D. 100.00
Collected by Mr. W. G. Harvey. . 11.36
Holy Cross, Utica, additional ... 30.00
St. Paul's Church, Syracuse. 141.96
Trinity Church, Syracuse. 30.00
St. Luke's Church, Cayuga . 10.00
The following has been received from the Missionary in charge of Willard, N. Y. :
The Rectory,
Ovid, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1907.
Editor GOSPEL MESSENGER :
I desire to acquaint some of the good people of the Diocese, through the medium of your paper, if I may, with some of our needs at Willard. It is in the vicinity of the Willard State Hospital that our Church is located, and where some five hundred pepole are employed in the care of the insane. Most of these are non-Roman Catholics and are comparatively young. Though most of them are coming and going, the undersigned, during his minis- tration for the past thirty years, has found it a field for the Church of no small im- portance, and that in addition to preaching and sacraments, these people need other means to build them up and make them
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strong in the Lord. They need to be organ- ized into men's clubs, and guilds, and other auxiliaries for Church work.
But for all this, and for a library and reading room, as well as for Sunday School purposes, we need a Parish House. To this end we have been working for the past fifteen years. At last we have begun the erection of such a building and which is now inclosed. But, in order to finish it off and put it in readiness for use, we feel obliged to call for help.
We feel excused in doing this, first, for the reason that the people to whom we minister are employed in a public institu- tion.
Secondly, we have no one among us with any means, all depending on their salary for their own support.
And lastly, the stay of these people being somewhat transient, in their departure to other fields, they become feeders to other parishes.
Trusting, then, that many who read this will be promted to help us in our present need, and so become co-workers with us.
I remain ever in the labor of love, CHAS. W. MACNISHI, Missionary.
The pipe organ taken from the old St. John's Church, Clayville, is still unsold; any one desiring such an instrument at a greatly reduced price, can obtain particu- lars from the Rev. A. J. Schrader, Wash- ington Mills, N. Y.
We have no application as yet for the Silver Communion Set offered in the last number of the MESSENGER.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Summary of Statistics for the year end- ing May 1, 1907 :
Clergy-Ordained, Deacons 4, Priests 4-8 ; received, 7 ; transferred, 13; died, 3. Canonically Resident, Bishop 1, Priests 108, Deacons 6-115 ; Candidates for Holy Orders, 5; Postulants, 16; Lay Readers Licensed, 31. Parishes-Present number
in union with the Convention, 107; whole number of parishes, self-supporting 53, missionary 54-107 ; whole number of Par- ishes and Missions, 151; whole number of Churches, 143; Rectories, 58. Educa- tional Institutions-Parochial 1, teachers 1, scholars 10; Academic, 1. Charitable Institutions-Church Homes, for the Aged and Destitute 2, for Friendless Children 1, for Homeless Women 1, Church Hospi- tals 1.
PAROCHIAL STATISTICS.
Families reported, 10,307; estimated for Parishes not reporting, 1,927-12,234. Baptisms-Adults 308, Infants 883- 1,191; Confirmed, 965; Communicants, 21,925; Marriages, 521; Burials, 1,052. Sunday Schools-Teachers reported in 122 Parishes and Missions, 945 ; Scholars reported in 122 Parishes and Missions, 8,346.
SUMMARY OF OFFERINGS.
Parochial .- Communion Alms, $6,174 .- 84; Current Expenses and Rectors' Sal- aries, $140,051.30; Sunday School, $5,- 302.90; Increase and Improvement of Church Property, $55,955.61; Special Charities, $1,099.64; Indebtedness Paid, $11,140.14; Other Parochial Objects, $49,772.18; Total for Parochial Objects, $269,496.61.
Diocesan. - Diocesan Mission's from Parishes, etc., $11,490.56; Woman's Aux- iliary, boxes, valued $1,950.89-$13,- 441.45 ; Diocesan Expense Fund, $2,592 .- 06; Relief Fund of the Diocese, $883.88; Theological Education, $323.84; Mission to Deaf-Mutes, $386.67; Central New York Bible and Prayer Book Society, $25.46; Homes and Hospitals, $665.54; Aid to Various Churches, $583.95; Other Diocesan Objects, $1,410.79; Total for Diocesan Objects, $20,313.64.
General .- Domestic Missions, General, $7,146.49 ; Special, $1,904.44; Woman's Auxiliary, boxes, valued $5,869.59-$14,- 920.52; Foreign, $5,140.15; New York Bible and Prayer Book Society, $91.14; Increase of the Ministry, $29.03; Amer- ican Church Building Fund, $6.14; Gen- eral Clergy. Relief, $1,505.12; United Of-
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fering, $1,405.71; Jews, $66.46; Other Objects, $1,139.49; General Objects, $24, 303.76.
Total amount of Offerings, $314,114.01. Value of Church Property, $2,841,220. Amount of Insurance Reported, $1,054,- 418.
PERMANENT FUNDS.
Christmas Fund for Disabled Clergy, $15,200; Episcopate Fund, $103,170 ; De- Lancey Fund, $2,600; Permanent Mis- sionary Fund, $25,700; Van Wagenen Missionary Fund, $40,249; Jennie Mc- Graw Fiske Fund, $15,000; Clarke Schol- arship Fund, $2,000; Bible and Prayer Book Society Fund, $3,000; total amount of Permanent Funds, $206,919.
ARCHDEACON'S REPORT ...
Since my last report, submitted to the Board of Managers at the time of the Diocesan Convention in June, I have vis- ited and held services in thirty-four Mis- sionary Stations and seven self-supporting parishes, preached thirty-six times, cele- brated the Holy Communion thirteen times, baptized three infants, met with vestries and committees sixteen times, and attended two meetings of Convocation. Regular services are held in all the Mis- sionary Parishes and Stations in the Dio- cose, there being but one vacancy, which, it is expected, will soon be filled.
Among the items of special interest may be mentioned a visit to the village of Inter- laken with the Rev. C. W. MacNish, June 17th. Interlaken is a large and prosper- ous village near Seneca Lake, where were found about twenty-six families more or less connected with the Church, but with- out services. Mr. MacNish now holds services on alternate Sunday afternoon's, and there is every prospect of a flourishing mission being established.
As already noted in the MESSENGER, a very interesting service was held in the old Church at Constantia, which had been closed for several years, on June 27th. The few people are very anxious to have the services renewed and are making an effort to have some much-needed repairs done to
the interior of the building, and a new roof put on. Any assistance from the outside will be greatly appreciated and may be sent to the Bishop or the Archdeacon. The following sums have been received: Miss Sarah Goodyear, $2.00; Miss Mary Wolcott, $10.00.
Following the Mission held at Port Byron, where the Church had been closed for two years, regular services have been maintained every Sunday, and the Sunday School reorganized. The outloook at pres- ent is very encouraging.
The flock at Weedsport, though small, are full of zeal, and have undertaken much needed repairs to the Parish House ad- joining the Church. The building was old and much out of repair, giving the whole property a dilapidated appearance. The cost of these repairs is beyond the ability of the Mission to meet, and any help ac- corded them will be well bestowed.
The examination of candidates for Or- ders will take place before the entire Board of Chaplains, in Trinity Parish House, Utica, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day, December 17-19, 1907, and in Trin- ity Parish House, Syracuse, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 9-11, 1908.
Candidates may be also examined by the local Chaplains during the spring and fall Ember days, or at other times, if so arranged.
Meetings of the Standing Committee from now on to the Convention, June. 1908, will be held :
Thursday, Dec. 19th, 1907, Utica.
Thursday, March 13th, 1908, Syracuse. Tuesday, June 2d, 1908, Syracuse.
These dates are given so that all throughout the Diocese may know at what time to prepare papers, petitions or other matters to come before the Committee. Special meetings may be held at the call of the President. It is the earnest request of the Committee that all business requir- ing early action should be sent in so as to conform to the above dates.
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CONVOCATIONS.
The fall Convocation of the First Dis- trict met Sept. 17th and 18th in Emmanuel Church, Adams, the Rev. Wm. A. Braith- waite, Rector. Tuesday, Evening Prayer was said, the Dean made his report showing that all the parishes and missions, except Carthage, were supplied with regular ser- vices. The Archdeacon, being present, spoke of the Church work in the Diocese. On Wednesday, Morning Prayer and Litany were said. Archdeacon Cooke, Dean Duck and the Rev. Mr. Braithwaite celebrated the Holy Communion. The Dean delivered the sermon. At 2 p. m. the business meeting of the Convocation was called to order by the Dean, when the following responded to roll call: Arch- deacon Cooke, Dean Duck, the Rev. Messrs. Braithwaite, Brockway, Cook, Eason, Edgar, Evans, Metcalf, Raynor, Shaw, Smith and the Treasurer, and Mr. Eli Herrick from Watertown. It being the annual meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Secretary, the Rev. Charles T. Raynor; Treasurer, Mr. Eli Herrick; Members of the Execu- tive Board of the District and also of the Board of Managers, the Rev. Mr. Eason and Mr. Tilden.
Mr. Tilden felt that it was impossible for him to serve any longer as treasurer, and spoke in a very feeling way of the many men it had been his pleasure to meet during his long time of service. The fol- lowing resolution was unanimously car- ried : Resolved, That this Convocation ex- press to Mr. J. M. Tilden its hearty thanks for his constant and faithful services as treasurer of the First District for the past fifteen years. After transacting some routine business the Convocation ad- journed.
THOMAS DUCK, Dean, CHAS. T. RAYNOR, Secretary.
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GENERAL NEWS.
The foundation stone of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, to be erected at Washington, D. C., was laid on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels-the sermon
being preached by the Lord Bishop of Lon- don. A large number of Bishops-on their way to the General Convention- were present, together with the members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, who were holding their International Convention in Washington at that time.
The Rev. William Alexander Guerry, D.D., was consecrated Bishop Co-Adjutor of South Carolina, in Trinity Church, Columbia, S. C., on September 15th, the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity.
PERSONALS,
Until the last week of this month the Bishop of the Diocese expects to be in Richmond attending the sessions of the General Convention. He may be addressed either at the House of Bishops, or at the Hotel Guersant, where he has engaged his rooms.
The Rev. Chas. W. MacNish, of Ovid, had a narrow escape from death a few weeks ago. He was on his way home from Interlaken on Sunday afternoon, where he had conducted services in the Masonic Hall, and was riding a motor cycle which he had recently procured to enable him to carry on his mission work, when a man in a buggy ran him down in a most violent manner, and apparently of set purpose. He was thrown to the ground with such force that he was rendered unconscious, and was picked up by a gentleman driving by, who found him in that condition. The heavy motor-cycle fell on his leg and pro- duced a severe wound, which bled pro- fusely. ' Fortunately, however, no bones were broken, and recovering his con- sciousness in about a quarter of an hour, in the house to which the kind Samaritan had taken him, he was able to get home the same evening. For some days he was con- fined to his bed, and his now, we are happy to say, almost entirely recovered. The man who ran him down is supposed to have been intoxicated.
The Rev. H. W. Crydenwise, of Waverly, has been called to the rectorship
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of St. James' Church, Clinton, and will enter upon his duties the third or fourth Sunday in October.
The Rev. E. B. Doolittle, for some time Missionary at Holland Patent and Trenton, has been called to succeed the Rev. E. B. Mott at St. John's Church, Mar- cellus.
The Rev. Jas. Malcolm Smith has resigned the charge of St. Andrew's Church, New Berlin, and has accepted a call to Grace Church, Baldwinsville. He began his work in the latter place on Sun- day, September 15th.
The Rev. J. Otis Ward, having being called to work with the Rev. Nelson P. Dame at Ossining in the Diocese of New York, has resigned the charge of the Churches at Pulaski and Mexico, and closed up his work there on Sunday, Sep- ember 15th.
The Rev. Henry S. Sizer, who has been he Rector of the Church of the Evan- gelists, Oswego, for eight years, has given n his resignation to the Vestry, to take ffect on or before January 1st, 1908. Mr. Sizer has not yet decided where his future vork shall be, and we hope that he may be persuaded to remain in this Diocese, in which he was ordained, and where he is needed.
The Rev. George H. Ottaway, formerly t Canastota, has been appointed to the charge of the Churches at Pulaski and Mexico, made vacant by the departure of he Rev. Mr. Ward. It is proposed also to dd to this charge the Church at Lacona, which has been served so many years by the Rev. Daniel Daly. Mr. Daly wishes to etire from active and regular work, owing o the fact that he is considerably crippled with rheumatism and cannot get about to visit the people as much as he would like. Ie supplied the services at the Wheeler Chapel at Mannsville during the past sum-
mer, and may do the same another year if his life be spared, but that requires no parish work. Mr. Ottaway will be assisted in this field by Mr. R. M. Hogarth, Princi- pal of the School at Pulaski, who is a Postulant for Orders in this Diocese, and was graduated at Hobart College last June. It will be carried on after the plan of an Associate Mission, such as we have at Boonville, under the charge of the Rev. F. C. Smith, where five Churches are kept . going by two energetic men, to the great satisfaction of the people.
Old St. Luke's Church, Harpursville, which has recently been much improved in appearance within by alterations and ro- pairs, was the scene of a beautiful marriage service on Tuesday morning, September 17th. The bridegroom was the Rev. Wil- son E. Tanner, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Bairsbridge, and the bride was Miss Sarah Elizabeth Harpur, a resident of the village which gets its name from the family to which she belongs. The ushers were the Rev. Messrs. Hegeman and Crydenwise; the Rev. Geo. H. Kirkland, Minister of the parish, took the betrothal at the choir steps, and the Bishop of the Diocese completed the solemnization of marriage, and gave the benediction at the sanctuary rail. After the service a recep- tion was given at the house of the bride's mother, where quite a number of guests sat down to the wedding breakfast, and ad- mired the useful gifts that had been sent in by loving friends. Our best congratula- tions are extended to the newly wedded couple, and wishes for a long, happy and useful life together.
Mr. Albert E. Phillips, of Syracuse, who has recently been received as a Postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese is to con- duct services as a Lay Reader at Weeds- port and Port Byron. Mr. Hogarth, who was there during the summer and did very acceptable work, has gone to Pulaski to have charge of the public school, and will assist in the Church service there.
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OBITUARY.
On Tuesday, September 10th, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Standin, of Utica, passed from the earthly life to that of Paradise, in a good old age and full of faith. Mrs. Standin was a Southern woman, having lived in North Carolina until after the Civil War, but for many years she had been a resident of Utica, and a faithful member of Grace Church in that city. She was a deeply religious woman, and much interested in the Church and its work. Missionary enterprise had a great attrac- tion for her, and to the extent of her ability she gave both of time and money to its sup- port. Bishop Cheshire, of North Carolina, is a relative of hers, and Mrs. Chas. G. Irish, of Utica, President of the Woman's Auxiliary in this Diocese, is her daughter. Her funeral was held privately from her house, with only her own family present, and was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Bellinger, Rector of Grace Church, and the Bishop of the Diocese. Our sympathy is hereby extended to the members of her bereaved family.
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