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GENERAL NEWS.
The Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Delaware, died very suddenly on Saturday, December 14th. He was but seventy years of age, and was supposed to be very vigorous, being quite noted for the long tramps that he has been in the habit of taking in summer. At the General Convention in October he seemed remarkably well, and showed no signs of breaking. But he was carried off by some organic trouble, and was found dead in his bed by his son, who went to call him. His funeral took place on Tuesday, December 17th.
The Rev. Frederick F. Reese, D.D., Rector of Christ Church, Nashville, Tenn., who was elected Missionary Bishop of Wyoming, has declined. It is probable that Dr. Recse felt that it was hardly wise for a man of his years to take charge of so difficult a field, where a Bishop is necessarily required to do very strenu- ous work.
The Rev. Robert L. Paddock, of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, was consecrated Missionary Bishop of Eastern Oregon in that Church on Decem- ber 18th.
PERSONALS.
The Rev. Edward A. Evans, Rector of Trinity Church, Lowville, has accepted a call to a curacy in Trinity Church, New
York. His resignation at Lowville too effect immediately after Christmas, an he begins work in New York the first c January.
The Rev. George P. Sommerville, D.D Rector of St. Matthew's Church, Moravia has resigned, and will take charge c Christ Church, Sacketts Harbor, and A Saints' Church, Dexter, with the begin ning of the new year.
The Rev. Chester M. Smith is about t enter upon the charge of St. Paul's Church Holland Patent, and St. Andrew's Mi sion, Trenton, by appointment of th Bishop. Mr. Smith comes from th Diocese of Easton, Md., but has bee recently engaged in work at Cret Nebraska.
The Rev. Walter E. Jones, who we ordained to the Priesthood on St. Thoma day, will remain at Calvary Church, Syr: cuse, where he has been working since I was ordered Deacon last spring, and als in charge of the mission at Phoenix.
OBITUARY.
A Minute adopted by the Almoners ( St. Luke's Home and Hospital, Utica :
The Almoners of St. Luke's Home an Hospital desire to record their sense ( loss in the death of their fellow-worke Mrs. James S. Lynch.
On the thirtieth day of October she d parted this life, leaving behind her tl memory of a strong character, full ( enthusiasm, and at the same time, con stant to every work that she had unde taken.
Her charming personality, her stately an dignified bearing, her brilliancy in col versation, her quickness in forming opij ions and clearness in expressing them, an above all, her promptness in action made deep impression on all with whom sl came in contact.
St. Luke's Home and Hospital was ver near her heart, and for many years sł thought and planned and worked for i
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the Home, she cheered the old ladies by visits, and under her direction
er arments were made for people in the ards of the Hospital who were too poor provide for themselves. Sometimes in he surgery, doctor, nurse and patient under the knife were clad in articles cut her, and made under her supervision.
Her wise counsels, too, were most use- il in the Board of Almoners.
On All Saints' Day, as we stood beside er beautiful body-still in death-we uld but think of that upper chamber here, long ago, Dorcas lay dead, with he widows standing by weeping, and howing the coats and garments that she ad made, for we knew that in that house hest and drawers were filled with clothing - noble character, and to be, for a long time all stages of preparation for those in ed.
Even as she lay in bed, during that last Iness, she asked that her Aid Society be immoned to meet, for she said, "the sket of work is ready."
St. Peter raised Dorcas to life again, it the dear Lord took our Dorcas to aradise, where we must ever think of her. blessing others.
Sweet memory ! mourned by friends and the poor. May we be led by her example spend our lives for others !
SARAH WHEELER MCKIM.
At the rectory of St. John's Church, neida, N. Y., at 3:00 p. m., on Sunday, ecember 1st, 1907, died Sarah Wheeler cKim, wife of the Rev. William R. cKim, of Oneida, and daughter of Mr. id Mrs. C. V. Wheeler, of Little Falls.
Mrs. McKim was a woman of varied complishments, fitted to grace almost ty station in life, of great executive ililty and of indomitable energy. As e wife of the Rector of St. John's Parish, meida, she had many opportunities for efulness, and not one of them escaped r. Tactful, wise, efficient, zealous for e success of every good work, she gave to e various organizations of the parish a gor and tone that filled them with hope- Iness, and brought many a good plan to
a successful ending. Kind, tender-hearted, true, absolutely unselfish, she was a rare friend and counsellor, and it is no wonder that the people loved her. Yet it was in her home life that she was best known and most keenly appreciated; for there it was that the graces of her character shone forth most brightly, and the various relations of daughter, sister, wife and mother, were sustained in a manner worthy of emula- tion, and beyond praise.
The hand is still, but the work remains ; the voice is hushed, but the spoken words still give their message of hope; the life here is ended, but the influence lives- lives to help others, to be among the forces for good that upbuild and strengthen to come, a blessed memory of that rarc personality known to so many of us as Sarah Wheeler McKim.
The funeral services were held in St. John's Church, and were conducted by the Bishop of the Diocese, the Rev. Dr. Hard- ing and the Rev. Mr. Coley, of Utica, and there were a number of other Clergy present and a large congregation.
ROBERT M. BEECHIER.
On Friday, December 6th, at his home in Syracuse, Mr. Robert M. Beecher, who for about fifty years had been a faithful and devout Churchman, entered into rest. Mr. Beecher was born October 19th, 1830. at Pleasant Valley, N. Y. He was bap- tized in Grace Church, New York City, and was confirmed in St. James' Church, Syracuse, by Bishop DeLancey. Later he was transferred to St. Paul's Church, Syra- cuse, and was one of the founders of All Saints' Parish, Syracuse. He was elected Senior Warden of All Saints' Church at the time of its organization, and continued to serve faithfully in that office until about a year ago when he resigned. He was prominent and influential both as a citizen and a churchman.
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HISTORY OF GRACE CHURCH, UTICA, N. Y.
Trinity Church, Utica, the venerable and honored Mother Parish of the city, had for some forty years or thereabouts been doing her good work alone, "accord- ing to the Apostolic order of our Church," as the Rector expressed it-and that she had done it well, is proved by the vigorous colony which she was able to plant in another part of the town in the spring of 1838, without materially injuring her own existence and prosperity. It certainly indicated a considerable degree of strength on the part of Trinity Church, that she could spare such a number of substantial men and women as came together for the formation of this new parish so many years ago; and, no doubt, we owe it to the faith- fulness of the early Rectors and people of Trinity Church in laying good founda- tions, that the Church is to-day exception- ally strong in Utica. The following are the names of the men, members of the con- gregation of Trinity Church who united in a letter to the Rev. Dr. Proal, their respected Rector, stating their desire to organize a new Parish, and asking his canonical consent :
Elisha Wells, Ziba Lyon, Simon V. Oley, James Watson Williams, A. Little, H. S. Bradley, Gerry Sanger, Peleg B. Peckham, Wm. Bristol, E. F. Benjamin, Isaiah Tiffany, Chas. S. Wilson, Geo. Jas. Hopper, John E. Hinmann, F. Hollister, Alex. S. Johnson, H. H. Williams and Eli Maynard-eighteen in all-besides whom, in the list of first male communicants, are the names of Philemon Lyon and J. Durkee. In a very courteous and kind reply, still on record, Dr. Proal gave his full permission to them to proceed in their undertaking, while at the same time he expressed his devout prayer that "the Divine Head of his Church would further this effort for extending 'Evangelical truth and Apostolic Order,' to the promoting of the glory of God and the edifying of his people."
There was then living in this town a clergyman with no parochial charge. He was principal of a school, and also editor,
as he was the originator, of THE GOSP! MESSENGER, the Rev. John C. Rudd, D .. To him this little band of Church peor seem to have looked for clerical ministı tions until they could call a Rector. The first service, however, which was held April, 1838, in an upper room of No. 2 Genesee Street, was conducted by the Re Stephen McHugh, of Holland Patent. ( the 4th Sunday after Easter, May 13th, sermon was preached before the new co gregation by Mr. McHugh, intended encourage them to proceed with the orga ization of their Parish, and on Monda May 21st, a meeting was held when t Parish was duly incorporated under t name of Grace Church, Utica, and a vest of two wardens and eight vestrymen w3 elected, as follows: Wardens, Dr. P. . Peckham and Ziba Lyon; Vestrymen, J Watson Williams, John E. Hinman, Tiffany, Chas. S. Wilson, Eli Mayna, Alex. S. Johnson, Jas. M. Stocking al Jas. M. Lewis, the last two names, M Stocking and Mr. Lewis not having appe ed in the subscription of the letter befu mentioned, and to these may also be addi Mr. David Wager and probably M. Henry S. Cole. We find, therefore, tlt there were at least twenty-four men, side women and children, who were acti ly interested in the new venture. In 1s than three months after their organizatio on Aug. 16th, the vestry elected and call as Rector the Rev. Chas. H. Halsey, al at the same meeting a movement was ina- gurated for the "procuring of a more co modious place of worship." During tht summer the Rev. Clement M. Butl, whose name is now so well known in 1e Church, being for a time without a pari , officiated in the upper room on Gene:e street, but he never assumed the office f Rector of Grace Church. Nor did M. Halsey fovour the parish with his offic l services. For some reason unknown to he declined the call which had been exter- ed to him, and the little congregation wet on for a year without a Rector. At last, 1 the Spring of 1839, the Rev. Albert Clak Patterson accepted that position, and
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red upon his duties some time in the mmer. The scheme for the building of Church, which had naturally dragged a tle while the parish was without a leader, las now taken up with greater vigor. Sub- riptions were obtained for the purpose, ad a plot of ground was leased from Mr. pollos Cooper for a term of ten years, ith the privilege of purchase at the ex- ration of that period. This lot wa's tuated at the corner of Broadway and olumbia streets, and there, during the immer of 1839, the first Grace Chursh as erected, and was opened for Divine rvice in August.
The Rectors from 1839 to this time ave been the Rev. Albert C. Patterson, he Rev. Geo. Leeds, the Rev. John J. - randegee, the Rev. Edwin M: Van eusen, the Rev. Chas. T. Olmsted and he Rev. W. W. Bellinger, D. D. Mr. atterson was a man of superior culture id winning manners. His ministry here as short. In 1843, only four years after e came, he was compelled by ill health to esign.
Dr. Geo. Leeds was a man among a housand, and no one who ever met im could fail to have been struck by the arm of his presence. He had a strength f his own which always made itself felt, ut when, after a Rectorship of ten years, he building of a more permanent and ex- ensive Church edifice, for which the funds ere not readily forthcoming, was desired y the people, he shrank from entering pon that work, and having been called to alem, Mass., he resigned this parish in he summer of 1853.
And certainly, if ever a man was called do a special work, and if ever a man ave his life to the accomplishment of his ission, that man was Dr. Leed's successor. he Rev. Mr. Brandegee came to the arish from Connecticut early in 1854. Ic came not only to build up the spiritual miple in the souls of his people, but he une also to build the new material struc- tre-and he did it! The new Church was pened in 1860; but there is probably no oubt that the effort cost him his life. For
several years he was compelled to withdraw to another climate for months at a time, and there are few passages in the history of any parish more touching than that which happened in the spring of 1864, when the Rector, on Easter day, even then sick unto death, presented on the altar the last offerings which freed the Church from debt, and within two weeks his own funeral obsequies were celebrated in the same sanctuary and before the same altar. It may truly be said that his real offering was himself, and that THE CHURCH is his enduring memorial. "Si monumentum quaeris, circumspice !"
The congregation, being so comfortably settled in a consecrated Church, was then ready to undertake some work beyond the immediate bounds of the parish itself, and Dr. Van Deusen, who came from St. Peter's Church, Pittsburgh, and assumed the Rectorship in the autumn of 1864, seems to have been the man fitted to lead the people on in missionary work. St. Luke's Home and Hospital, together with the vigorous parish of St. Luke's Church, were the direct results of his labor and lov- ing care. In 1883 his health and strength gave out, and he was compelled to resign the Rectorship Feb. 1st, 1884, in the twentieth year of his service.
On June 1st, 1884, the Rev. Chas. T. Olmsted assumed the rectorship, which he held until April, 1899. During that time the steam heating apparatus, tile floor, parish rooms, and a new Chancel were all added through the munificence of Mrs. Jas. Watson Williams, the new organ by the congregation, and the corona by Mrs. Chas. H. Doolittle. The spire was erected by Mrs. Williams in 1875.
During the rectorship of Dr. Van Deusen a Mission Sunday School was started, chiefly by workers from Grace Church, which has since grown into the parish of the Holy Cross; and in 1890 another one in the southern part of the city has become St. Andrew's Church.
The preset Rector, the Rev. W. W. Bellinger, D.D., took charge in October, 1899.
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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of Nov. 907,
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Relief Fund of
the ninrecA
Adams
$ 4.52 $ $
$
$
$
$
$. $ 2.51 $
$
Afton,
2.25
Alexandria Bay,
1.30
Altmar,
Antwerp,
Auburn, St. John's,
15.00
St. Peter's,
32.50
Augusta,
1.00
Aurora,
30.00
Bainbridge,
15.00
Baldwinsville,
38.00 17.14
Big Flats,
5.15
Binghamt'n,ChristCh.
Good Shepherd
Trinity
21.00 30.60
10.00
Boonville,
8.50
Bridgewater,
1.00
Brookfield,
2.72
Brownville,
Camden,
Canastota,
Candor,
15.41
Cape Vincent,
Carthage,
Cayuga,
1,15
Cazenovia,
15.61
Champion,
Chenango Forks,
Chittenango,
Chadwicks. 2.25
Clark's Mills,
Clayton,
Clayville
Cleveland,
Clinton,
Constableville,
Copenhagen,
Cortland,
Deerfield,
Dexter,
Dey's Landing,
Dryden,
1.50
Durhamville,
Earlville,
East Onondaga,
Ellisburg.
Elmira, Emmanuel, 6.35
= Grace.
31.59
Trinity,
75.00
Evan's Mills,
Fayetteville,
1.85
Forestport,
4.50
Frederick's Corners,
1.50
Fulton,
13.60
Glen Park,
1.24
Great Bend,
Greene,
15.00
Greig.
Guilford,
5.89
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Hamilton,
4 05 1.78
Harpursville,
2.50
Hayt's Corners,
.30
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Missions. Deaf Mute
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Fund.
Colored
Missions.
Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
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Diocesan
Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Relief Fund of
the Diocees
vid
$
$
$.
$
$
$
$.
$
$
$
olland Patent,.
omer,
orseheads,
12.00
haca,
13.66
mesville,
5.50
rdan,
6.82
ddders Ferry,
2.50
ngs Ferry
cona,
Fargeville,
1 75
wville
3.00
anlius,
22.50
arcellus,
cDonough,
5.00
clean,
emphis,
exico,
2.80
illport,
pravia,
punt Upton,
5.30
ew Berlin,
4.86
ew Hartford,
ew York Mills,
orthville,
orwich, neida,
10.24
hondaga Castle,
1.00
iskany,
iskany Falls,
wego, Christ Ch ..
12.35
wego,
kford,
17.33
ris Hill,
2.34
hoenix,
errepont Manor,
rt Byron,
rt Leyden,
9.60
laski,
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ed wood,
1.85
me, Zion,
St. Joseph's,
2.50
mulus.
10.00
ckett's Harbor,
neca Falls,
40.43
erburne,
aneateles, laterville,
nithboro,
1.35
beedsville,
encer,
racuse. All Saints, Calvary,
Ch. of Saviour, Grace, 12.60
St. John's,
St. Luke's,
St. Mark's, ..
St. Paul's, St. Philips,
54.06
Trinity,
17.19
E. Emmanuel,
1.00
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1.30
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2.68
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Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Relief Fund of
the Diocese
Trenton,
$ 3.00$ 1.93 $
Trumansburg,
Union Springs,
1.48
Utica, Calvary,
18.54
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Grace,
58.00
Holy Cross,
8.50
St. Andrew's,
5.00
St. George's, .
St. Luke's, Trinity, 21.30
Van Etten,
Warner,
Waterloo,
58.18
Watertown, Trinity, St. Paul's,. Redeemer,
Waterville,
16.62
Waverly,
Weedsport,
Wellsburg,
Westmoreland, 6.00
Whitesboro,
Whitney's Point,
Willard,
4.63
Willowdale,
1.50
Windsor,
Convocation, 1st Dist.
2d Dist.
3d Dist.
4th Dist.
5th Dist. 6.91
6th Dist.
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RECAPITULATION.
Diocesan Missions
$ 843 82
Diocesan Expense Fund
102 83
Domestic Missions
2 50
Deaf Mute Missions
17 61
Miscellaneous.
American Church Building Fund:
St. Peter's, Cazenovia, .. $ 4 13
Shelter, Syracuse:
Christ Church, Guilford, 5 60
$ 976 49
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FRANK L. LYMAN, Treasurer, 108 Pearl St., Syracuse.
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CALENDAR.
Febuary.
2. Purification, and fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.
9. Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.
6. Septuagesima.
3. Sexagesima.
4. St. Matthias.
BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.
February.
2 .- Sunday, A. M., Holy Cross, Utica.
2 .- Sunday Evening, St. George's, Utica.
9 .- Sunday, A. M., Trinity, Syracuse. 1 9 .- Sunday, Evening, Fulton.
6 .- Sunday, A. M., Grace, Syracuse.
6 .- Sunday, P. M., East Syracuse.
6 .- Sunday, Evening, All Saints', Syracuse.
3 .- Sunday, Evening, Waterville.
March.
1 .- Sunday, A. M., St. Paul's, Syracuse.
1-Sunday, P. M., St. Mark's, Syracuse.
1-Sunday, Evening, St. John's, Syracuse.
8-Sunday, A. M., Seneca Falls.
8-Sunday, Evening, Waterloo.
9-Monday, Evening, Ithaca.
5-Sunday, A. M., Greene.
5-Sunday, P. M., Chenango Forks.
5-Sunday, Evening, Oxford.
2-Sunday, A. M., Christ Church, Oswego.
2-Sunday, Evening, Phoenix.
4-Tuesday, Evening, Skaneateles.
5-Wednesday, P. M., St. John's School, Man- lius.
5-Wednesday, Evening, Church of the Savior, Syracuse.
9-Sunday, A. M., St. Andrew's, Utica. 9-Sunday, Evening, Clinton.
April
Cape Vincent; Glen Park; Great Bend; Trin- y, Watertown; Brownville; St. Paul's Water- own; Dexter; Sackett's Harbor; Evan's Mills; ntwerp; Ellisburg; Pierrepont Manor; Grace, tica; Trinity, Utica; St. Peter's, Auburn; St. ohn's, Auburn; Warners; Weedsport; Cam- en; Mexico; Pulaski; Altmar; Lacona; Hol- nd Patent; Trenton; Clark's Mills.
ST. AGNES' SCHOOL, ALBANY.
Since our own Keble School for young ladies is no longer in existence, and the Balliol School in Utica is about to close its doors, it may be that the people in Central New York, who have daughters whom they wish to send to a boarding school, will be glad to be reminded of the above mentioned institution in Albany. St. Agnes' is already a well known name to many in this region, and, so far as we have heard, its reputation is good.
The Bishop-Coadjutor of that diocese says of it:
"St. Agnes' was never in better con- dition than it is at present, and under Miss Seabury's efficient management it is draw- ing a large class of very desirable girls. Its educational standards are quite equal to the best schools in the country, and its general atmosphere leaves nothing to be desired."
We have the Lady Jane Gray School in Binghamton, which is doing an excellent work; but possibly the people in the north- ern part of the diocese might find Albany a more convenient place.
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STUDIES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.
It is obvious that the Eucharistic Service presents opportunity for greater elaboration of ritual than the Daily Offices, and it is here that the most ornate ceremon- ial is to be found among those who indulge in it. And considering the sacred charac- ter of the office it is natural that this should be so. There was a time in the early part of the 19th century when it became evident to the minds of many Churchmen, that the Communion Service must be recovered from the neglect and degradation into which it had fallen, and restored to the dignity and precedence which by our Lord's ordinance belong to it. It had be- come a mere occasional addendum to Morn- ing Prayer and Liturgy; and when it was
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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.
celebrated, not only the majority of the congregation, but also the choir, would leave the Church, while the Priest with the handful of communicants that were left would go through the remainder with- out a note of music. Te Deum and Jubilate were elaborately sung, but the Sanctus and Gloria in excelsis were not considered of sufficient importance to be rendered musically. It is no wonder that, when the revival began, some of the Clergy thought it worth while to put on a diff- erent vestment in which to celebrate the Eucharist, in order to emphasize the fact that it is not only a separate service from Morning Prayer, but that it is the more sacred service and of greater obligation. And so far as the ceremonial is concerned our ritual law is so uncertain in some points and so elastic, that it is impossible to lay down any hard and fast rules so far as those points are concerned. The rubrics are confessedly not complete enough to cover every detail, and until a more pre- cise directory is provided there will necessarily be much diversity of use, according to the convictions and the taste of the Rector and congregation.
But there is one point in which the' Prayer Book is complete and expresses the mind of the Church which has adopted and set it forth for use, and that is, the words which it is allowable to make use of in that service. Ritual action is not fully prescribed, but ritual language is all pro- vided for; and if so be that the allowable words are not in the Prayer Book itself, but in the Bible or the Hymnal, permis- sion is given and the time distinctly noted when they are to be used. For example, "When the Alms and Oblations are presented, there may be sung a Hymn, or an Offertory Anthem in the words of Holy Scripture, or the Book of Common Prayer, under the direction of the minister." After the announcement of the Gospel for the day, Here shall be said or sung, "Glory be to Thee, O Lord." After the Consecration prayer-"Here may be sung a Hymn." Plainly, then, since the Church has prescribed the words and the
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