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Bishop Potter's health had been failing for some time, and his death was almost hourly expected some two weeks earlier than it came. He rallied at that time, however, and hopes were entertained of his ultimate recovery, but he had a relapse on Sunday, the 19th, and from that time grew weaker till the end.
His death ocurring just at the time when so many of our Church people of every order, Bishops, Priests and laymen were abroad at the great meetings in London, it was decided by his family that there should be only a preliminary funeral service in Christ Church, Cooperstown, which was held on Friday morning, July 24th, and was conducted by the Bishop of Central New York, Archdeacon Nelson, Canon Douglas, and the Rev. Percy Grant, of New York, and the Rev. Ralph Birdsall, Rector of the parish in Cooperstown. Several other Clergymen acted as honorary pall-bearers. Immediately after that service the remains were taken by train to New York, and placed temporarily in the receiving vault at Trinity Cemetery. It is expected that the interment will be mado in the grounds of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in October, when the full office for the Burial of the Dead will be used.
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The beautiful reply of a child when asked, What is faith ? was, "Doing God's will, and asking no questions.
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HISTORY OF EMMANUEL CHURCH, ELMIRA.
(Subject of Illustration.)
When the Rev. Dr. McKnight became Rector of Trinity Church, Elmira, N. Y., in July, 1869, he found that the Rev. Mr. Paret had been holding services of the Episcopal Church on the south side of the Chemung River, and had built a chapel on the land and site now occupied by the Centenary Church. A mortgage to raise funds to build the chapel had been placed on the rectory of Trinity Church. The Mission was then known as Trinity. Church Mission. The services were con- tinued by Dr. McKnight for sometime, when owing to the small number of residents in that section and the isolated position of the chapel, Dr. McKnight decided that it would be better to discon- tinue the services on the South Side, which were kept up with great difficulty, and merge the members of the Mission with Trinity Church. With the consent of the Bishop, the chapel was sold and the money used to liquidate the debt on the Rectory of Trinity Church.
We cannot find that any attempt was made again to establish services of the Episcopal Church until Lent of 1889.
The Rev. William E. Wright, Rector of Grace Church, Elmira, began holding cottage services in the fifth ward, which comprised the whole section south of the Chemung River.
Services were again held in Lent, 1890, and from that time the people desired to have them regularly. At their request Bishop Huntington sent the Rev. James P. Foster to take charge of the work. The Rev. Mr. Foster remained one year- May 1, 1890, to 1891.
May 1, 1891, the Rev. Chas. D. Atwell being appointed by Bishop Huntington, took charge of the work. He found the congregation worshiping in the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, holding a Sunday School and services on Sunday afternoons. They continued to worship here until Advent, 1891, paying rent for the privilege, when the property on Aspen Ridge, known as the Judge Boardman Smith homestead was purchased. The old
historic house was fitted up as a comfort- able and churchly place of worship and the regular services with frequent commun- ions were established.
. When the first service was held in the new home the congregation was organized into a mission by Bishop Huntington. The Rev. Dr. McKnight delivered the address and the choir of Trinity Church furnished the music. The Rev. Mr. Wright, of Grace Church, and Mr. Atwell officiated at the service. This newly organized Mis- sion was named Emmanuel by Bishop Huntington after his first parish.
The two Episcopal parishes of Elmira, Trinity and Grace entered into an agree- ment to pay part of the salary of the minister in charge. This arrangement did not succeed very well, so the Mission was made a Mission of the Diocese with the missionary stipend paid by the Missionary Board.
June 3rd 1897, Mr. Atwell severed his connection with the Emmanuel Church, and during the vacancy thus made Mr. William Pike, a lay reader, conducted the services and kept up the Sunday School.
December 1, 1897, by appointment of, the Bishop of the Diocese, the Rev. L. B. Thomas, D.D., took charge of the Mission,
January 15, 1902, the Rev. Dr. Thomas resigned. During his four years as mis- sionary in charge of Emmanuel the debt on the property placed during Mr. Atwell's time was raised and the Church put on a good financial basis.
Services were conducted by Mr. Pike, lay reader, until Whitsunday, 1902, when the Rev. Norman Smith Boardman, M.A., was appointed by Bishop Hunting- ton to take charge.
Early in the following year efforts were made to raise a fund to build a new Church, and committees were appointed to solicit aid and funds, and $4.500.00 was subscribed. The trustees of the Mis- sion subscribing $1,000.00 and the people $1,500.00, the remainder from the friends in the Diocese and city.
As the Mission house stood on the site desired for the new Church it was decided
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o move it. It was moved and repaired nto a fine parish house with a chapel at a ust of $1,500.00. The congregation hoved into the newly repaired chapel and ouse in August, 1904.
In May, 1907, a new impetus was given roject of building a new Church, hrough the gift of $5,000.00 from Mrs. C. E. Bruce. Measures were immediately aken to build the new Church. Mr, oseph Consedine, architect, furnished he plans. The contract to build the Church and seat 240 people, was given to Thurston & Haskel for $8,400.00. The Church was to be built of concrete blocks.
Ground was broken September, 1907, nd on October 23, the corner stone of the difice was laid by Bishop Charles Tyler Ohnsted, the successor of Bishop Hunting- on. There were present among the Clergy, the Rev. Dr. Roberts, of Corning: A. W. Ebersole, of Watkins ; the Rectors of Trinity and Grace; Clergy of the Sixth Missionary District, and the Dean of the District, N. S. Boardman, Minister in harge of Emmanuel Church.
January 7th, 1908, a meeting of the members of Emmanuel Mission was held o take action upon the proposition to in- orporate the mission into a parish. The legal action was taken and Wardens nd Vestrymen were duly elected.
The first wardens of
the
parish
were W. Young and lected C. Villiam Pike; the vestrymen elected were Clarence Gascoigne, Clerk of the vestry; John Kelly, Jr., Richard Goldsmith, Charles Thompson, Lewis Mutschler and Thomas Hewitt. Permission having been granted by the Bishop and Standing Com- mittee of the Diocese to incorporate, the proper. legal papers were drawn up and the Mission became a parish under the State aw and in accordance with the Canon law of the Diocese, but inasmuch as the stipend from the Missionary Board was still needed the parish was not declared in mion with the Diocese, and at this date las no representative at Convention except he Rector.
A gift of $1,000.00 from Mrs. Bruce
enabled the vestry to place a mortgage of $2,500.00 on the parish house, thus leav- ing the new Church free and clear of debt.
The first service was held in the new Church on Whitsunday, 1908. The Arch- deacon of the Diocese, the Rev. William Cooke, was present and consecrated the altar, a gift of Mrs. C. E. Bruce.
Trinity Sunday, June 14, at the even- ing service the Bishop of the Diocese, the Right Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, D.D., D. C. L., confirmed a class of five men and three women presented by the Rector. On June 15, at eleven o'clock a. m., Bishop Olmsted consecrated the new Church under the name of Emmanuel Church, Elmira. There were present among the Clergy, the Rev. C. W. McKnight of Trinity Church, Elmira, the Rev. A. B. Rudd of Grace Church, Elmira, the Rev. A. R. B. Haggerman of Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton, N. Y., the Rev. A. W. Ebersole of Watkins, N. Y., the Rev. R. E. Roe of Troy, Pa., the Rev. C. T. Raynor of Waverly, N. Y., the Rev. John Dean and the Rector.
The Rector and vestry of Emmanuel Church acknowledge with thankfulhess the many donations that have been made : the gift of the altar and chancel rail from Mrs. Bruce together with her great aid financially and otherwise, the gift of the memorial chancel window from Mrs. C. W. Young and Mr. Hill in memory of their mother, the window from St. Martha's Guild, the window at the side of the Church, the gift of Mrs. William Piko and Miss Lizzie Fudge in memory of their father and mother, the gift of the brass lecturn from a friend, and the candle sticks from the Boys Club, the gift of the organ from Grace Church. The thanks of the Rector and vestry are also extended to the contractors and builders and all who have been engaged in the work.
To God Almighty, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost be the Praise and Glory and Honor. Amen.
N. S. BOARDMAN. Rector Emmanuel Church.
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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of June, 1908, viz:
Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Relief Fund of
the Diocese
Adams,
$. .
$
$
$
$
$
Afton,
Alexandria Bay,
2.80
Altmar,
Antwerp,
Auburn, St. John's,
St. Peter's,
32.50
Augusta,
Aurora,
Bainbridge,
Baldwinsville,
11.00
Big Flats,
Binghamt'n,ChristCh.
Good Shepherd
.. Trinity
21.00
Boonville,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Brownville,
6.67
Camden,
Canastata,
Candor,
..
Cape Vincent,
16.00
Carthage,
Cayuga,
3.56
Cazenovia,
20.00
Champion,
Chenango Forks,
Chittenango,
Chadwicks,
Clark's Mills,
Clayton,
9.42
Clayville
Cleveland,
Clinton,
Constableville,
Copenhagen,
Cortland,
Deerfield,
Dexter,
Dryden,
Durhamville,
Earlville,
East Onondaga,
Ellisburg,
.05
Elmira, Emmanuel,
..
Grace, Trinity,
Evan's Mills,
Fayetteville,
Forestport,
Frederick's Corners,
Fulton,
Glen Park,
3.06
Great Bend,
Greene,
15.00
Greig,
Guilford,
11.20
Hamilton,
1.81
Harpursville,
2.50
8 85
Hayt's Corners,
.70
Holland Patent, ..
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
$
$
$
·
.
.
.
Fund.
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Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Building Fund
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Relief Fund of
the Diocees
Iomer,
$
$
S
$
$
$
$
Horseheads,
nterlaken
2.45
thaca,
10.50
6.75
amesville,
erusalem Mission.
.86
ordan,
2.25
Kiddders Ferry,
Cendaia. Lacona,
LaFargeville,
owville,
8.00
Manlius,
Marcellus,
IcDonough,
AcLean,
Memphis,
.85
1.00
Lexico,
Killport,
Moravia,
Mount Upton,
Tew Berlin,
10.00
Tew Hartford,
Tew York Mills,
13.75
4.93
Torthville,
Torwich,
7.11
Oneida,
5.66
Onondaga Castle,
.50
Oriskany,
12.60
Priskany Falls,
7.65
swego, Christ Ch ... Evangelists,
Owego,
Oxford,
Paris Hill.
2.34
Phoenix,
.
Pierrepont Manor,
.20
ort Byron,
Port Leyden,
Pulaski,
Redfield,
ledwood,
4.28
lome, Zion,
St. Joseph's,
lomulus.
jackett's Harbor,
3.38
13.03
1.05
Seneca Falls,
Sherburne,
Skaneateles,
18.24
laterville,
Smithboro,
Speedsville,
Spencer,
Syracuse, All Saints,
11.83
Calvary, .
Ch. of Saviour, Grace,
12.40
St. John's,
St. Mark's, St. Paul's, St. Philips, . « Trinity,
64.63
19.64
7.40
10.25
E. Emmanual.
. .
Theresa, Trenton,
. .
..
...
.
.
Church
$
Fund.
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25.00
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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER.
Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Missions. Domestic
Foreign
· General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Relief Fund of
the Diocese
Trumansburg, $
Union Springs,
2.45
Utica, Calvary,
15.19
Grace,
Holy Cross,
7.66
St. Andrew's,
St. George's, .
St. Luke's,
Trinity,
40.78
Van Etten,
Warner, Waterloo,
15.50
2.20
Watertown, Trinity, St. Paul's, .
Redeemer,
Waterville,
5.29
Waverly,
Weedsport,
Wellsburg,
Westmoreland,
4.00
Whitesboro,
Whitney's Point,
Willard,
5 08
Willowdale,
1.25
Windsor,
Convocation, 1st Dist.
2d Dist.
3d Dist.
is
5th Dist. 3.96
RECAPITULATION.
Diocesan Missions $ 519 11
Diocesan Expense Fund 36 82
Domestic Missions 19 64
General Missions
65 94
Deaf Mute Missions
1 05
Ministerial Education Fund
9 95
Miscellaneous.
General Clergy Relief:
Little Helpers of Central New York $ 25 00
C. N. Y. Bible and Prayer Book Fund: Christ Church, Sacketts Harbor, 55c .; Trinity, Watertown, $18.02; Good Shepherd, Oneida Castle,
$1; St. James, Theresa, $1.50;
Redwood, $1.50; St. John's,
Ithaca, $6.75; Christ Church, Clayton, $1; Christ Church, Jor- dan, $1.60. 31 92
Bishop Kendrick:
King's Daughters of St. Peter's, Cazenovia 10 00
Mr. Walter's work in Porto Rico:
St. Luke's, Harpursville, S. S. Lent. 9 05
$728 48
FRANK L. LYMAN, Treasurer, 108 Pearl St., Syracuse, N. Y.
Fund.
·
$
$
$
$
8.81
3.88
81.82
4th Dist.
Missions.
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CALENDAR.
September.
6 .- Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
13 .- Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
16 .- Ember Day.
18 .- Ember Day.
19 .- Ember Day.
20 .- Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.
21 .- St. Matthew.
27 .- Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.
29 .- St. Michael and All Angels.
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BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.
September.
6 .- Sunday, A. M., Alexandria Bay.
6 .- Sunday, P. M., Redwood.
6 .- Sunday, Evening, Theresa.
7 .- Monday, Evening, Carthage.
8 .- Tuesday, A. M., Copenhagen.
8 .- Tuesday, P. M., Champion.
S .- Tuesday, Evening, Lowville.
20 .- Sunday, A. M., Redeemer, Watertown.
20 .- Sunday, P. M., Dexter.
20 .- Sunday, Evening, Sacketts Harbor.
21 .- Monday, Evening, Adams.
29 .- Tuesday, A. M., Utica-Ordination.
October.
1 .- Thursday, Evening, Meeting Lay Readers, Syracuse.
2 .- Friday, Evening, St. Philip's, Syracuse.
4 .- Sunday, A. M., Westmoreland.
4 .- Sunday, Evening, Chadwicks.
11 .- Sunday, A.M., Oriskany Falls.
11 .- Sunday, P. M., Augusta.
18 .- Sunday, A. M., St. Luke's, Utica.
20 .- Tuesday, Evening, Norwich.
21 .- Wednesday, Evening, Hamilton.
25 .- Sunday, Weedsport and Port Byron,
30 .- Friday, Trumansburg.
THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
We take it for granted that our readers understand the difference between the Pan- Anglican Congress, which met in London in June, and the Lambeth Conference, which was held at Lambeth Palace, London, in July and August. The latter consisted only of Bishops, while the former had all the orders of the Church, Bishops, Priests, possibly Deacons, and both laymen and women, as its members. Two hundred and forty-two Bishops attended the Con- ference, from all parts of the earth. They had two sessions, one early in July for consultation and appointment of commit- tees; the other from July 27th to August 6th, when the Committees reported and action was taken. The Conference had no legislative authority, but it issued an Encyclical Letter to the whole Anglican Communion, and adopted 78 resolutions on important subjects, which have been published and sent to every Bishop of this Church, and doubtless to many other people. The reports of Committees have also been printed and included in the pamphlet with the Letter and Resolutions. It is our purpose to reprint these Resolu- tions a few at a time in the MESSENGER, in order that our people may be sure to see them. It would be a pity that any Church- man should fail to see and to consider seriously the statements which our Bishops throughout the world have sent out to us. Though the Lambeth Conference is not a legislative body, it has and should have a tremendous influence ; and we commend the well-considered resolutions of our Fathers in God to the prayerful attention of all the faithful.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
1. The Conference commends to Christ- ian people and to all seekers after truth the Report of the Committee on The Faith and Modern Thought, as a faithful attempt
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to show how that claim of our Lord Jesus Christ, which the Church is set to present to each generation, may, under the charac- teristic conditions of our time, best com- mand allegiance.
2. The Conference, in view of tenden- cies widely shown in the writings of the present day, hereby places on record its conviction that the historical facts stated in the Creeds are an essential part of the Faith of the Church.
3. Whereas our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles made it of first importance that the Church's ministers should be men of spiritual character and power, full of faith and of the Holy Ghost; and whereas our Lord has taught us to pray to the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into His harvest ; this Conference desires to emphasise the need of more earnest prayer on the part of the Church generally, especially at the Ember seasons, that God would call and send forth such men to the work of the ministry.
4. Whereas, in view of the serious de- cline in the number of candidates for Holy Orders, it is clear that some do not recog- mise that call and others are either unwill- ing or unable to offer themselves for the ministry, we recommend that Christian parents be urged to encourage signs of vocation in their sons, and to count it a privilege to dedicate them for the ministry, and parish priests and teachers in schools and universities to foster such vocations.
5. Inasmuch as there are many young men who appear to have a vocation for the ministry and to be hindered from realising it only by lack of means to pro- vide their training, this Conference urges that an Ordination Candidates Fund and Committee, or some similar organisation,. should form part of the normal equipment of the Church, to assist bishops in dis- covering such men and enabling them to respond to their call; and that all Church- men should be taught to regard it as their duty to contribute to this object.
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6. So far from the standard for ordination being lowered to meet the existing deficiency in the number of candidates, the time has now come, when, in view of the development of education and of the increased oppor- tunities afforded for university training, a serious effort should be made to secure that candidates for Holy Orders should normally be graduates of some recognised university.
7. While rules must of necessity vary to suit the varying conditions in different parts of the world, the principle ought everywhere to be maintained that, in addi- tion to general education, all candidates should be required to receive special theo- logical and practical training under some recognised supervision.
8. It is of the greatest importance that the conscience of the Church at large should be awakened as to its primary responsibility for providing for the train- ing, maintenance, and superannuation of the clergy ; and we recommend that united action to this end should be taken, where possible, by the provinces or national Churches of our Communion.
9. Since it is generally acknowledged that the system of encouraging men to work abroad for a period of three or five years has proved successful, it should be continued and carried out more thoroughly and systematically, and a greter reciprocity of service might be established to the benefit of all concerned.
10. In view of the embarrassment aris- ing from the lack of uniform usage regulat- ing the transfer of clergymen from one diocese to another, it is necessary that none should be received into a diocese or missionary jurisdiction of the Anglican Communion until the Bishop of the Diocese into which he goes has received concerning him, in addition to whatever other Letters Testimonial may be required, a direct communication or a letter of trans- fer from the Bishop of the Diocese from which he comes,
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FORTY YEARS' GROWTH.
It is well known, no doubt, that our Diocese has this year fulfilled forty years as a separate organization; and as with individuals, so with the Church as a body,
" 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past years,
And ask them what report they bore to heaven,
And how they might have borne more welcome news."
In another column will be found a Table of Comparative Statistics from 1869 to 1908 inclusive, gathered from the Con- vention journals, and this will help us wonderfully in carrying on that conversa- tion with ourselves as the Church in the Diocese of Central New York. It will be seen in that list that there are some things to encourage us, and some that ought to make us humble, if not actually ashamed. The increase in the number of Clergy is good ; the increase in the number of com- municants is large; the increase in the amount of offerings is very creditable. But look at the Sunday School work! In 1869, with only 65 Clergy, and 108 parishes and missions, there were 925 teachers and 6,795 scholars; while in 1908, with 115 Clergy and 152 parishes and missions, there are only 906 teachers and 8,280 scholars. An actual falling off in the number of Sunday School workers, and less than 25 per cent increase in the number of children attending, and that in one of the most important branches of the Church's work. What does it mean ? If we could feel that the parents in these days were more diligent and faithful in teaching their children the vital truths of religion than was formerly the case, we might en- courage ourselves to believe that it was better so than to leave the little ones to the more or less uncertain instruction of Sunday School teachers. But, alas! it is only too well known that home teaching in matters of religion was probably never more grossly neglected than it is to-day. Fathers almost never broach the subject to their children; and even the mothers too often ease their consciences of it with
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the thought that they will get all that is necessary in the Sunday School. Since, therefore, it is not possible to have religious teaching in the daily public schools, there is nothing left but the Sunday School to furnish it. How comes it then, that we are allowing this agency for the perpetua- tion of our holy religion to languish ? For surely the condition of our Sunday Schools in Central New York is a languishing one, That table of statistics points its long fingers at us, who call ourselves "Church people" here in this region, and says, "You are neglecting your little ones !" Is it because of the desecration of the Lord's day that is so common at this time? is because the people sleep, eat and drink, and rise up to play on Sunday ? Let us consider, brethren, let us consider.
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STUDIES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.
When we come to the Baptismal Offices and read the rubrics at the beginning both of that for Public and that for Private Baptism of Infants, one cannot but pause and ask oneself, "Why are these obsolete laws left in the Prayer Book ?"or at least. "What do these laws mean, and was there once a need for them which has now passed away ?" Listen, for example, to this: "The People are to be admonished that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administered but upon Sundays and other Holy days, or Prayer days.
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