The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 62

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Publication date: 1905-1908
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For her tears, O glad reversing Of the woman's work of old, Glorious tidings now rehearsing, For the tale in Eden told : 'Woman's voice, that tale supplying, Brought in death by Satan's tie ; Woman's voice is now replying Christ is risen, we shall not die !

Where the noon-tide rays are falling On the rugged mountain side, Brethren journey, sad recalling How He loved, and how He died. He is with them ! He is hearing How their trust and hope had fied ; To their loving faith appearing In the blessing of the Bread.

Flashing back the sunset glory Burns a casement high and din; There the Ten, on all His story Sadly dwelling, speak of Him. He is there! the Light that never Into twilight fades away ; Day-star of the Dawn that ever Breaks into the perfect day.

Saints, your cross in patience bearing, Mourners, stained with many a tear, Penitents in sorrow wearing

Darkest weeds of shame and fear-

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Christ is risen ! Lose your sadness, Joying with the joyous throng; Faithful hearts will find their gladness Joining in the Easter-song.

Christ is risen, Christ the living, All His mourners' tears to stay ; Christ is risen ! Christ forgiving Wipes the stain of sin away. Christ is risen ! Christ is risen ! Sin's long triumph now is o'er ; Christ is risen ! Death's dark prison Holds His faithful never more.

CANON ON CHURCH ATTENDANCE.

It was stated in the Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of this Diocese issued at the beginning of Lent, that the custom of neg- lecting the public worship of God on the Lord's Day was contrary to the Canons of the Church. Since then we have been told by a very well. instructed and intelligent Church woman that she was not aware that there was any Canon bearing on the subject ; and probably a great many others are ignorant of its existence also. It is a prevailing opinion, we imagine, that Canons are for the management of the Clergy, and have little or nothing to do with the lay people. There are a few, how- ever, that bear upon them; notably the Canon on Marriage and Divorce, and this one to which we now refer, which is as follows :

CANON 43. Of the Due Celebration of Sundays.

All persons within this Church shall celebrate and keep the Lord's Day, com- monly called Sunday, by regular participa- tion in the public worship of the Church, by hearing the Word of God read and taught, and by other acts of devotion and works of charity, using all godly and sober conversation.

It is not to be expected, perhaps, that members of the Church who do not attend the Sunday services regularly because they love to do so, will be influenced to adopt the habit because of a Canon requiring it.

And still, it is possible that having their attention drawn to the fact that there is such a Canon may set them to thinking about the matter. It may occur to them that every society to which one gives his allegiance has a right to make some require- ments of its members ; and especially that a society which has a certain clain to divine authority may properly give some direc- tions as to the conduct of those who belong to it; that he can hardly be considered a loyal member who pays no attention to such laws. And so it may be that the con- science will be aroused, and that some at least of the negligent ones will learn to adopt as a matter of duty the custom, which as a matter of inclination they have hereto- fore disregarded.

We are aware that some people in these days have a feeling-it can scarcely be called a well-considered opinion-that worship as a matter of duty is not accept- able to God. Such a sentiment, we are convinced, is founded on or rather springs from, a mistaken idea of what duty to God is. As Browning says in one of his poems, "Love is duty," and the most certain test of love to our Blessed Lord is that which He Himself has given us : "If ye love Me. keep My commandments," a saying which St., Paul has paraphrased, "Love is the fulfilling of the law." Consequently, he who goes to Church every Sunday and takes a reverent part in the worship be- cause it is his duty both to God and to his neighbor, is performing an act of the highest love.

It would be a great accommodation to the Bishop if the Clergy would try to have the lists of candidates ready at the time of the Confirmation. Of course it will sometimes happen that certain persons who are expected fail to come, but in that case it is very easy to erase their names. It is hardly likely, on the other hand, that any will come who are not expected. If they did so present themselves, is it not pretty clear that the Rector should signify the fact to the Bishop before he confirms them, lest a serious mistake be

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made ? And even in case they should be confirmed, their names could easily be added. And in making out the lists it is important that the names be written clearly, and that the first names of mar- ried ladies be given, and not merely the names of their husbands. e. g., it should be "Mary Jane Smith," and not "Mrs John Smith." Most of the Clergy are in the habit of carring out these methods, and it is only for the few who have not thought of them that the suggestions are made.

We are happy to count among the con- tributors to THE GOSPEL MESSENGER the Rev. John H. Egar, D.D., formerly Rector of Zion Church, Rome, who is still canon- ically connected with the Diocese, and now residing in' Utica. His articles will be signed with his initials. We are also glad to hear from our friends in Union Springs and Cazenovia, the Rev. W. H. Casey and the Rev. John T. Rose, whose articles will be found in this issue.

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PAROCHIAL NOTES.

GRACE CHURCH, BALDWINSVILLE .- The Rev. J. Malcolm-Smith, Rector. The Hon. Jacob Amos has presented a beauti- fully bound Altar Service book to the parish as a memorial of his wife who was during her life a devout and loyal com- municant of Grace Church. The Junior Brotherhood of St. Andrew has been re- organized with twelve members and ad- mitted to the Syracuse Assembly. During Lent services are held daily with an especial course of sermons on Friday nights. The Sunday School is taking great interest since the introduction of the Indianapolis S. S. Commission's Course.

CHRIST CHURCH, OSWEGO .- The Rev. R. H. Gesner, Rector. This parish has lost since the New Year began, two most earnest and devoted Christian women- within about one month of each other- Mrs. Ann M. Ames and Mrs. Susan Brewster Boyle-the one after prolonged illness, the other by the sharp stroke of pneumonia, entered into peace. They

were "lovely and pleasant in their lives," beloved by all who knew them. Their first thought was always what they might do for Christ and His Church. The Woman's Auxiliary will deeply miss them. Mrs. Boyle's face was a familiar one at all the District meetings.

A Men's Club has recently been organ- ized for the promotion of mutual acquaint- ance among the men of the parish, the cultivation of social ideals and higher Christian living. The club is already a success and its members expect it to become one of the most helpful organizations of the parish.

The Choir of Christ Church has achieved an enviable reputation under the direction of Mr. F. Neary Schilling. It has rendered before congregations that taxed the seating capacity of the Church, the Cantatas of "The Holy City," and "The Holy Child, and on Ash-Wednesday rendered Stainer's "Crusifixion." A steady increase in attendance at these and other services is a gratifying feature in the development of the parish. There were fifty vested choristers present at this last service.

Bishop : Olmsted visited Christ Church on Sunday morning March 22nd. The Bishop delivered a sermon which made a profound impression upon all who heard it. He then confirmed thirty-six persons, one third of whom were adults. The ecclesiastical affiliations of eight of these were outside the Anglican communion. The class was the largest with two excep- tions in the history of the parish.

R. II. G.

DIOCESAN ITEMS.

Will not a large number of the good people of our diocese send us small con- tributions for a missionary horse for use in the Diocese ? The poor old horse driven for years over the roads of Seneca County by our faithful missionary, the Rev. C. W. MacNish, has at last given out, and it has been necessary to secure another. The Bishop, who has advanced the first pay- ment on the new horse, would be glad to

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eive one dollar subscriptions, or more, any person feels disposed to give more, til the whole is paid.

GENERAL NEWS.

It gives us pleasure to call attention to Summer Camp for Boys, which is to be ened this year by the Rev. Geo. H. Otta- y on Windymere Island in Blue Moun- n Lake, Adirondack Mountains. The ture on the circular shows it to be a ist lovely place, and we can heartilv rommend it to parents, as an excellent portunity to put their boys in good mds, and to the boys themselves as an portunity for the finest kind of air and ercise and sport. Address till June. 20th, lalaski, N. Y., and after that date, Blue mountain Lake, N. Y.

THE BOWERY MISSION AND YOUNG MEN'S HOME, NEW YORK CITY. March 1st, 190S.

the Editor :

Dear Sir-We learn that many people hong whom your paper circulates are Idly in need of male help. May we ask te favor of a free insertion of the accom- inving short notice. We are donating our services to this work, free of charge, and ik only, that employers pay transporta- ton, which, later on, can be deducted from te men's wages.

Very sincerely yours, JOHN C. EARL. Do YOU NEED MALE HELP? The Bowery Mission, conducted by muis Klopsch, has notified the Governors the several States that the Mission can pply at a moment's notice any number able-bodied men for unskilled labor to e farms and industrial centres where ere is a marked dearth of labor. All that required to secure such help is to pay ansportation. Applications should be Idressed John C. Earl, Free Labor ureau, 92 Bible House, New York City.

CHRIST CHURCH, JORDAN .- The Rev. ohn Hamilton Stirling, who has been ector of this parish, and has also had arge of Emmanuel Mission at Memphis.

for several years, has had a call to a curacy in the Diocese of Winchester, Eng- land, and started for his new work early in March.

EMMANUEL CHURCH, ADAMS .- It is with much regret that we announce the approaching departure of the Rev. Wm. 1. Braithwaite from the charge of this parish. He has been called to be the Vicar of St. Paul's Chapel, College Point, Long Island, and expects to begin his work there after Easter.

The Olin Memorial Chapel at Glen „Park, Jefferson County, has been placed under the charge of the Rev. John Carl Jagar, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Water- town, thus relieving the Rector of the Church of the Redeemer of a part of his too extensive field.

SYRACUSE ITEMS.

In the Chapel of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd a service is conducted every day at 6:45 p. m. by the Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. H. G. Coddington, for the officers, nurses and patients who wish to attend. Visitors from Syracuse or else- where are always welcome.

The Huntington Society of Syracuse University is of interest to the people of the Church in this Diocese. It is com- posed of students who are attached to the Church, and the Rev. Dr. H. G. Codding- ton is Warden. Two meetings have been held this year, the first on January 13th. when the Rev. Dr. Beauchamp spoke on "The Customs of the Onondaga Indians." and the second, which was of a purely social nature, on February 19th. On Sun- day. February 9th, the Rev. Henry A. MeNulty. Secretary of the Church Students' Missionary Society, preached before the Huntington Society in Grace Church and met many of the members.

To the GOSPEL MESSENGER :

If any of your readers. Clerical or Lay, desire to see the point of view of a liberal High Churchman-a filial Anglican if

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ever there was one-set forth in exception- ally beautiful English, may I advise them to read "What is Faith ?" by John Huntley Skrine, London : Longmans & Co. ? Mr. Skrine possesses in a very high degree the power of attracting the confidence of those who do not agree with him. From first to last he addresses himself, not to those who, like the Jews, wish to disbelieve, but to those who, like St. Thomas, wish to believe, but for one reason or another, can- not. His starting point is that "all relig- ious thinking is a thinking in metaphor ; and that all our formularies of belief are, not, the very image of the things spiritual, but only 'patterns of the things in the heavens,' and figures of the true." There are few of us who can read this book with- out being the better for it ; and the only per- sons, I imagine, who will regard it with dis- approval are the hard-and-fast literalists, and those who would attenuate the Faith into something very like nothingness, and yet there is not a line in it which suggests any love on the part of the writer for the Via Media, or any unprincipled desire to. make things comfortable all round.

W. H. C.

Upon the invitation of the Rev. Henry N. Hyde, the Clergy of Syracuse kept the Festival of the Annunciation in company at Trinity Church. There was a celebra- tion of the Holy Communion at eleven o'clock. Eleven priests were present in vestments, including the Rev. Dr. J. B. Hubbs of Geneva, the Rev. Dr. C. W. Hakes, of Homer, and the Rev. Messrs. J. Malcolm-Smith and W. W. Raymond, of Baldwinsville. The Rev. Mr. Hyde was the celebrant ; the Rev. Dr. Hudson read the Gospel, the Rev. Dr. Beauchamp the Epistle, and the Rev. Dr. Wilson assisted. The music was rendered by the full choir of the Church, and the altar and chancel were beautified with lights, flowers and palms. A large congregation was present and many received the Sacrament.

The Rev. Wm. DeL. Wilson, S. T. D., is conducting a very successful Children's

Service on the Thursdays in Lent. S Mark's Church is near one of the largest ( the Syracuse Public Schools and the chi dren are coming into Church after scho to the number of sixty or more ever Thursday afternoon.

St. Paul's Men's Club held its Mar meeting in the rooms of the Universi Club. Mr. C. T. Brockway, a Bapti layman and earnest Christian worke spoke to a large audience on "The Ne Conscience."

The Church Sunday School Institu met on Monday evening, March 16th, All Saints' Guild Hall. The attendan was excellent and many practical probler were propounded and discussed in t evening's "Question Box."

Confirmations which more than doul the number of communicants in a pari or mission within nine months' time a worthy of remark. A year ago the nu ber of communicants in St. John's M sion at Phoenix was sixteen. In Ju seven were added. Now eighteen mc have been presented by the Rev. Walt E. Jones for the laying of hands, many them being adults. This is a gain of 1 per cent.

Reports from Syracuse Rectors indica one of two things about the Lenten seas of 1908; either that Lent is being bet" observed than usual by our Church peop or that the Church services are attracti a larger number of visitors than heretofo There is a noticeable increase in the size the congregations on Sunday mornin and an increased attendance at mid-we preaching services. The daily servic arranged by the Brotherhood of : Andrew are attracting more people tl; vear than ever before, and the only depar ment in which there seems to be no no worthy gain over previous years is that the daily services in the parish churches.

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THE ROMEWARD MOVEMENT.

the Editor :

It is astonishing to hear of clergymen of e Episcopal Church trying to forward rporate reunion with the "Apostolic ce" on the basis of belief in the Roman imacy," that is, submission to the papacy, ith all that it implies, because Rome has ade it plain that she will have everything nothing.

At a time when nations that have been urtured in the doctrine, discipline and orship of Rome are getting rid of the stem as rapidly as possible it seems pass- g strange that any body of Ango-Saxons ould hark back to "the weak and beggarly ements" of popery. More, in truth, than hy portion of Protestant Christendom e Church of England is committed zainst the papacy by tradition, by the ritings of her great divines, and by a esperate physical resistance. The state- ent will probably pass unchallenged, viz., at to the Anglo-Saxon race, and to our hurch as a whole, as part of the race, the stitution known as the Church of Rome abhorrent. There is hardly a possibility at our race, or our Church, will surrender e liberties that have been achieved either the outer world of government in the inner world or thought the command of Rome, but if Ly considerable body of opinion among favors submission to Rome, what ill be the effect upon our own Church ? the American people become convinced at the Episcopal Church is a kindergar- n for Romanism, they will not be apt to me to us in any great numbers ; many of ir people will quietly drop away from us ; here will be less and less enthusiasm for De extension of the Episcopal Church. lay we not draw a lesson from certain ninous conditions in the Church of ngland to-day ?

It is not at all probable that these things ill happen, but the surest and quickest ay to hinder and stop the growth of the piscopal Church will be to convince our

own people, and the American public, that the face of the Church is turned towards Rome.

JOHN T. ROSE. Cazenovia, N. Y.

OBITUARY.

MISS BERTHIA HILL.

Miss Bertha Hill died at her home on South Street in Dryden, February 13th. at the age of 48 years. She had been in poor health for several months and had been to hospitals in Philadelphia and Syracuse for treatment during the past year.

She was a woman of taste and culture. and when not engaged in school work spent much of her time in travel both at home and abroad. A few years ago she mado her home with her sister, Mrs. William DeCoudres, coming to Dryden to live last spring after Mr. and Mrs. DeCoudres had both passed away.

The funeral was held Saturday in Zion Church at McLean, the Rev. Theodore Haydn, of Clayton, and the Rev. T. A. Stevenson, of Dryden, officiating : interment at Warren, Pa.

Miss ITill bequeathed $1,000 to Zion Church, McLean, the interest to be used for the maintenance of services at that place.

On Tuesday, March 24th, Mr. Win. R. Heath, formerly of Utica, died at his home. No. 305 West 80th Street, in the city of New York. He was taken with a severe attack of pneumonia only a few days bo- fore, and the progress of the disease was so rapid that many of his friends were scarcely aware of it until they heard of his death. His remains were brought to Utica and buried from Grace Church, the Bishop of the Diocese and the Rector of the parish officiating.

We have received the following com- munications concerning the Brotherhood of St. Andrew :

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Milwaukee, March 25, 1908. Reverend Sir :

We desire to call your attention to the coming convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, to be held in Milwaukee, Oct. 14-18 next. The Milwaukee Diocesan Council will also be held the same week, Oct. 12 and 13. The convention and council will be one of particular interest to all Churchmen, and we ask your co-opera- tion so that notice may be given as much as possible in your diocese, and we hope that we may welcome a large number of dele- gates and visitors from your State. Special notices and circulars will be sent to the Chapters in your diocese, but before doing so, we write to ask your co-operation and sincerely hope that you will give it and also your active support for the coming convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

Respectfully yours, GEO. GIBBS, Sec'y., Convention Committee.

We have a letter also from Mr. E. M. Camp, President of the Seabury Society of New York, calling attention to a Con- ference for men to be held this summer at Kent, Ct., on the Housatonic River, Aug. 1st to 9th. Charges for the whole period $10, with no extras. If men desire to bring their wives they can be accom- modated in the village across the river. All are requested to bring bathing suits. The living arrangements will be those of a first class summer camp. The Rev. Dr. Lloyd and the Rev. Harvey Officer, O. H. (. will attend, and there will be a celebra- tion of the Holy Communion every morn- ing in the chapel on the bank of the river. All Churchmen are invited, and with their acceptance are requested to remit $5.00, and to send the other $5.00 by July 25th.

HISTORY OF GETHSEMANE CHURCH, WEST- MORELAND, N. Y.

(Subject of Illustration.)

But nine of the parishes in Oneida County are older than Gethsemane, West- moreland. It was organized in 1842, when there were only two Church congre- gations in Utica. Services were at first

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conducted in the Delancey Institute, by the Rev. Stephen McHugh, its principal who became the first Rector of the parish The old Institute building still stands, bu is now used as a stable. The first vestry consisted of Truman Enos and Bradford Seymour, Wardens; Andrew C. Bettis Lowell Clark, Samuel D. Tracy, Joshua Benedict, A. H. Halleck, Richard Smith Luke Coan and Zenas M. Howes. The first person to be baptized and also the first confirmed was Nancy Eliza Halleck wife of A. H. Halleck. Curioushy enough, hers is also the first recorded bur ial, having taken place in 1848. As early as 1839 a lot in the center of the village then known as Hampton, had been offered for a Church edifice, but the projec matured slowly, and as late as 1848 w find that Bishop DeLancey 'preached il the Methodist House." However, service continued, thirty-six being reported to the Convention of 1843. Worship was some what irregular, but the Rev. O. H . Staples, principal of DeLancey Institute officiated on Sunday mornings at Hampton during the summer of 1847. The firs recorded confirmation service took place in the Methodist Chapel, April 5th, 1848 when four person were confirmed. During 1849, the Rev. Erastus Spalding became the missionary and reports that consider able interest was manifested in the services attendance being sometimes as high a 100. On November 21st, the Bishop preached in "the Presbyterian house of worship, and confirmed one person, and considerable spiritual life was shown.

In 1851 the effort to build Church was revived, and as much as $400.00 secured for the purpose but in consequence of the remova from town of some members of the congre gation, the project again lapsed. The devoted missionary remarks in his repor for 1852: "It is a hard soil here for Church seed to germinate in. Neverthe less the omnipotence of truth can overcome all obstacles." This statement is borne ou by the confirmation in March following of eight persons. In 1853, the Rev. Martir

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Moody became principal of the school and missionary, and subscriptions amounting o $1,000 towards a Church were obtained.

Mr. Moody resigned in 1857, and for wo years it was without a Rector. This did hot, however, check the enterprise of the people, as money was collected for the Church edifice, and on May 27th, 1858, ts corner-stone was laid by the Rev. Wm. 1. Matson, Rector of Calvary Church, Ttica, and having been completed at a ost of $1,600, was consecrated by Bishop DeLancey on November 1st. Following his, the Rev. William Baker officiated" once in two weeks until Easter, after which wo lay services were held each Sunday, intil the lay reader, Mr. C. S. Percival, vas made a deacon, and became minister n charge of the parish. Soon after this Mr. Percival went to Homer, and the arish was again vacant. During 1862 he Rev. Russell Todd was appointed Rector, and in that year presented nine- een persons for confirmation, a remark- ble showing. The tower and bell were dded to the Church during his rectorship. Ir. Todd resigned in 1866. . Since that ime the Rectors have been the Rev. Messrs. .. A. Barrows, R. A. Olin, S. S. Lewis, 1. W. Cornell, F. B. Cossitt, James S. Lemon, A. H. Ormsbee, E. C. Alcorn, Oliver Owen, A. W. Allen, George C. Vadsworth, and the present incumbent, he Rev. William C. White. This parish, ike others in rural districts, has had to ace continual loss by removal, and hence ts membership has not increased. The present number of comunicants is 36, and has been about stationary for many years. However, the service's of the Church have been carried on, and there has never been ny indebtedness on the property. There re doubtless in store for Gethsemane Church many years of quiet usefulness nd of healthful influence in the com- nunity.

THE NOVEL AND THE ROSE. A mother and daughter walked along country road. The daughter carried a olume in her hand. The book was a story

of erring human nature. It was realistic. It portrayed the temptations, sins and vices. The daughter said she read only for the great truth it contained.

As they walked they passed a barnyard. Cattle walked deep in mud and filth.

The mother plucked a rose growing by the wayside. She held it toward her daughter. "Is it not beautiful ?" she asked.

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The gospel messenger, Diocese of Central New York, Part 62

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

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