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Rev. George Dunbar, . . 1863-1867. Rev. J. B. Robinson, . . 1867-1878.
Rev. C. A. Poole, D.D., 1878-1883. Rev. G. G. Kirkland, . . 1883-1904. Rev. J. Malcolm Smith, 1904-
An editorial in The Living Church of September 9th, on a subject which has been in our minds a good deal this summer, is worthy of repetition as follows :
"The Brooklyn Eagle made, on an August Saturday, a canvass of the Pro- testant' ministers of the borough in order. to discover how many of them were at home and how many absent. The resultant table shows 131 'at home' and 176 'absent.' Of the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 28 were in the former and 12 in the latter class. The Eagle says :
'The Episcopalians are usually careful in the way of having their parishes looked out for during the vacations of the Rectors. When the Rector is away, there is almost invariably an assistant on the field. and due notice is given to the parishioners. where he may be found and at what hours the parish office is open.'
It also says :
'The Catholic churches were not in- cluded in the canvass, for the reason that churches of that denomination are never closed and there is always a priest or an assistant in charge of the parish. Quite a number of Protestant Churches were closed and some of them will not again be opened until the second Sunday in Septem- ber. Extensive repairs are being made to a number of them.'
The fact is, the list of clergy at home or absent has nothing to do with the im- portant question which the Eagle set out to solve, as to how many churches were open, and how many closed, during August. It is perfectly legitimate for a clergyman to take a vacation, if, and only if, suitable provision has been made for the maintenance of services during his absence. Neither does this incident justify the New York World in giving it the caption, ''AAbsent' Treatment in Brook- lyn Churches.' The Eagle should have inquired as to the maintenance or suspen- sion of services, rather than as to the presence or absence of individual clergy-
And as August will again reeur eleven months from the present time, and the
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same question will arise again, we suggest these thoughts to the parochial clergy, who are now taking up their work with re- newed vigor.
There is no congregation in the land, in which every individual is away during August. There is the same reason for prayer and service during Angust as dur- ing the winter months. There are multi- tudes of strangers in many places during -August. There are parishioners dying and requiring burial during August, parishioners desiring to be married, in- fants requiring baptism, penitents need- ing spiritual assistance, the poor, the sick, and the prisoners to be visited and relieved. Every consideration that impels to the opening of churches and to priestly ministrations in February is equally potent in August."
The only criticism that we should make on the above is, that it throws all the responsibility on the Clergy. Doubtless the greater part of it belongs there; but when the vestries of parishes expect to have their Churches closed, and the congrega- tions desire to have a racation from divine worship. it is difficult for the ministers to prevent it in some cases. Some years ago a Clergyman visiting in one of the smaller cities of this State, offered to hold service in a large parish there during the absence of the Rector; but the senior warden declined the offer, saying that "the people wanted racation too." In another case a Deacon in charge of a parish wrote to his Bishop: "Many of the faithful will be ont of town during the summer, and of those that remain, some, I fear, would either. absent themselves altogether from divine worship, or regard attendance as somewhat in the nature of a penance. If they could be permitted temporarily to remain 'at case in Sion,' some think they would be ready to start in afresh later." Under such circumstances it is certainly hard for the Clergy to stem the current, and to per- sist in carrying out the Church's system and rule of worship, if they themselves be disposed to do so. But does it not show how much need there is for the Clergy to
teach the people what divine worship is and what the duties of the ministry are ? As the article above quoted intimates, is it not as much the duty of Christian people to assemble for worship in the summer as in the winter ? Is the Church a voluntary social club, or is it God's kingdom and household ? And if there be a few people in a parish who wish to go to Church on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, why should they be deprived of that privilege any more than on the Second Sunday after Epiphany ? Certainly every Churchman has a right to the ministrations of the Church on every Lord's day, and if some Churchmen have lost their desire for that regular worship, they should not attempt to deprive the few who still retain it.
At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Diocese held Monday, September 25th, the Rev. John R. Harding was elected Secretary in the place of the late Dr. Lockwood.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, SYRACUSE, September 25, 1905.
The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Central New York meeting in St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, for the first time after the lamented departure of our associate and brother the Rev. Henry Roswell Lockwood, S.T.D., desire to place on record this expression of our deep sorrow, and this testimony to his long and faithful service :
Dr. Lockwood was elected a member of the Standing Committee of this Diocese February 24th, 1885, and became its Secretary September 14th, 1886, from which date he has served continuously in that office. His long experience on the Committee, his accurate knowledge of canonical law, and his thorough famil- iarity with the affairs of the whole Church and of the Diocese fitted him most admir- ably for the important office which he so acceptably and wisely filled.
Ile was a man of genial and equable temperament, good judgment, broad scholarship and fine administrative powers.
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To him were often referred those questions requiring knowledge and discretion, about which there might be difference of opinion, and his decisions were almost invariably those which were accepted.
His hospitable home was always open to his associates with that warm welcome which betokened the indwelling Christian spirit.
To his brethren of the Clergy through- out the Diocese and in the city of Syracuse, of which he was for 33 years a citizen, he was ever single minded, affable and approachable. His high position in the Diocese in the many offices so willingly bestowed upon him, in no way affected the gentle and modest demeanor of his charac- ter, nor his friendly and sympathetic atti- tude towards men in all conditions of life.
He was a strong preacher, an ideal pastor, a faithful priest and a friend and brother in both joy and sorrow. Stricken down when scracely beyond the prime of usefulness, he has left behind a void which is deeply felt and will be most difficult to supply. -
We regret and mourn his departure at a time when we, in our deliberations, we most sorely need his counsel, his companionship and his devoted unselfish loyalty to the Diocese and to the Church at large. To his family, his parishioners and his many friends we extend our most sincere sym- pathy.
God has, indeed, blessed us in the noble and manly qualities of which his life was such a notable expression, and we accept with Christian resignation the great loss which we have sustained.
We desire that this minute be forwarded to his family and be printed in the local press, THE GOSPEL MESSENGER, and the general periodicals of the Church.
John Brainard, John R. Harding, Edward H. Coley, Wm. De Lancey Wilson, William D. Dunning, John R. Van Wagenen,
George T. Jack, Edgar C. Emerson,
Standing Committee, Diocese of Central New York.
LET US HAVE PEACE .- Peace is not necessarily freedom from war, nor is rest freedom from work and burden-bearing. Peace and rest are found in the midst of our warfare with sin and our bearing of heaven-sent burdens. Jeremiah, in his later years, says Dr. McLaren, was at rest in his spirit because he had ceased to struggle against God's leadings. Yet Jeremiah waged ceaseless war against the sins of his people, and bore heavy burdens as a dungeon-confined prisoner. Peace is found, and found only, in oneness with the Father's will. Rest is found by taking on the yoke that Christ offers, which lightens. but does not do away with our burdens. It is not necessary to wait for heaven to find this peace and rest. If we had not learned to find them here, it is doubtful if heaven give them to us .- S. S. Times.
CHOOSING MASTERS .- There is no "leisure class." Those who count them- selves as belonging to it probably toil the hardest. "Life is a service, whom will you serve ?" is the pertinent way in which this truth has been suggested. Self is the hardest master of all. If one does not believe this, let him give himself up wholly to satisfying self for a day or a month or a year, and confess the failure. But there is not such a multitude of masters to choose between as to make the choice confusing. There are only two: and God is the other. The contrast as it is written in the faces of the two classes-those who serve God and those who serve self-is an eloquent one. There are those who have chosen God in a general way, but who do not bring the choice down to terms of to-day's life. Did we definitely give Him the control for to- day as we started life again this morning ? Or are we preferring self as the master ? Whom are we serving to-day ?- S. S. Times.
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TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of Angust, 1905, viz:
Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Dialınala Dalint
Adams,
Afton,
Alexandria Bay, Altmar,
Antwerp,
Auburn, St. John's,
.. St. Peter's, 30.00
Augusta,
Aurora,
10.00
Bainbridge,
10.00
Baldwinsville,
Big Flats,
Binghamton, Christ Church,
Good Shepherd,
Trinity,
Boonville.
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Brownville,
Camden.
Canastota,
Candor.
Cape Vincent,
Carthage,
Cayuga.
Cazenovia,
24.75
Champion,
2.28
Chenango Forks,
Chittenango,
Chadwicks.
Clark's Mills.
Clayton.
Cleveland.
5.85
Clinton.
Constableville,
11.82
Copenhagen.
26 60
Cortland,
Deerfield,
Dexter.
.50
Dey's Landing.
Dryden.
Durhamville,
Earlville,
East Onondaga,
Ellisburg.
.30
Elmira, Emmanuel,
Grace,
Trinity,
Evan's Mills,
Fayetteville,
Forestport.
Frederick's Corners,
30
Fulton.
Glen Park.
2.50
Great Bend.
2.50
Greene,
10.00
Greig.
Guilford.
8 16
11.16
Hamilton.
Harpursville.
3.50
Hayt's Corners,
.50
Holland Patent,
Homer.
Horseheads, 5.00
Ithaca.
13.79
.
$
$
S
A
Building Fund.
Fund.
$
Missions.
6.29
1
Diocesan
Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Missions. Foreign
General
Missions
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
1.1111d.
$
$
$
3.43
Idders Ferry,
cona,
.
Fargeville,
1 55
wville,
nlius,
rcellus,
Donough,
Lean,
mphis,
1.40
xico,
Ilport,
ravia,
unt Upton,
w Berlin, 10.00
w Hartford, w York Mills,
rthville,
3.00
4.03
14.87
rwich, eida,
ondaga Castle, iskany,
skany Falls,
wego, Christ Church, 66
Evangelists, 25.00
rego,
ford,
ris Hill,
oenix,
.errepont Manor,
. 40
rt Byron,
.. rt Leyden,
laski,
4.33
dfield,
dwood,
3.27
me, Zion,
58.50
66 St. Joseph's,
mulus,
ckett's Harbor, 13.98
neca Falls,
erburne,
aneateles,
26.40
terville,
withboro, eedsville,
encer,
1.67
racuse, All Saints,
10.00
Calvary,
Church of Saviour, Grace,
St. John's, 2.00
St. Luke's, St. Mark's, St. Paul's, 20.14
St. Philips,
Trinity,
66 East Emmanuel,
heresa,
rumansburg, hion Springs,
tica, Calvary, Grace,
66 Holy Cross,
6 63
St. Andrews, .
Bishop's Reliet
Fund.
mesville, rdan,
$ ... $
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund
Ministerial
Education
Find
Colored
Missions
$
A
. . .
16.87
14.00
...........
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.
Bishop's Relief
Utica, St. George's, .. St. Luke's, Trinity,
Van Etten, Warner. Waterloo.
Watertown, Trinity,
50.42
St. Paul's, Redeemer,
7.74
Waterville,
Waverly, Weedsport, Wellsburg.
Westmoreland,
Whitesboro.
Whitney's Point,
2.00
Willard,
4.00
Willowdale,
3.32
Windsor.
9.00
Convocation-First District,
Second District,
Third District,
Fourth District,
Fifth District,
Sixth District,
RECAPITULATION.
Diocesan Missions.
$388 93
Deaf Mutes.
14 00
Diocesan Expense Fund,
105 82
Total.
$508 75
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$
$
$
$
$
Fund.
Fund
$
FRANK L. LYMAN, Treasurer.
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STUDIES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.
In the "Order how the Psalter is ap- pointed to be read" we have an instance of the enrichment and flexibility intro- duced into the Prayer Book at the last revision. Until 1892 there were but six days for which Proper Psalms were ap- pointed, these being Christmas, AAsh-Wed- nesday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, and Whitsunday. Now there are sixteen days for which such provision is made, including a number of the minor festivals of our Lord, and some even of the saints' days. There were also only ten Selections of Psalms which might be used instead of the Psalter for the day of the month, whereas now there are twenty. All this gives great variety and adds very much to the beauty of that part of the service,
adapting the Psalms to the occasions for which they are especially appropriate.
The Psalter is really the core, or central body, of the daily offices. In the old service books it was read through once a week, instead of once a month as now provided for in the Prayer Book. and that of course required a large number of Psalms to be used every day, constituting the chief part of each of the seven services. And this is as it should be, seeing that the Psalter is the great Book of Praise for the Church in all ages, and the purpose of the worship of the Church is chiefly the praise of Almighty God. What a good thing it would be for the Christian people of these days, if they could all get hold of this idea and adapt their condnet to it, going to Church not for entertainment or fo: criticism, still less for social considera tions, but for the worship and praise of their Creator and Redeemer-"Praise ve the Lord-The Lord's Name be praised." we say just after the Lord's Praver at the beginning of Morning and Evening Praver, and then we proceed at once to the Psalms for the purpose of praising Him. While, therefore, the short Selec- tions are convenient for special occasions. when brevity is particularly desired, it is really best at ordinary services to abide by the regular order and use the Psalms ap- pointed for the day. We need not be niggardly in our praises, but rather be ready, in the words of one of the Psalms. to "sing praises Instily with a good cour- age." And it is to be noted that the fact that Morning and Evening Prayer are daily services is emphasized in this rubric. "The Psalter shall be read through once every month, as it is there appointed. both for Morning and for Evening Prayer." This is evidently the ideal of the American Prayer Book, though it is not enforced upon the Clergy as it is in the English Book. It is not possible to attain that ideal in many places, particularly in our
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kneeling;" in the Confirmation service, "the Bishop shall add;" in the Marriage service, "the Minister shall say;" and at the beginning of the Communion service, "the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer and the Collect following, the people kneeling." Now this repetition and va- riety of rubrics prove several different things-first, that the Prayer Book is an inheritance and a growth, not a thing made up all at once at any particular pe- riod; second, that it is a combination of several books, once used separately, and then brought together into one; and, third, that when these several books were united in one volume, the rubrics in each were not made to conform strictly with the others. Doubtless the reason for this over- sight was the fact, that the Clergy and peo -. ple who used the newly compiled Prayer Book were entirely familiar with the cus- toms which it was intended to perpetuate, and did not need to pay much attention to the rubrics ; just as our people now are ac- customed to our old American ways, and do not observe whether they agree with the rubrics or not. For example, it used to be understood among. us that Morning Prayer, Litany, and Ante-Communion, all glued tightly together, constituted the proper worship of the Church on Sunday morning; that was known as "full-serv- ice," and it came to be regarded as one thing. It was not until the revision of 1892 that the statement was made in the Book itself that Morning Prayer, Litany, and Holy Communion "are distinct serv- ices, and may be used either separately or together, provided that no one of them be habitually disused." This fact, then, ex- plains the diversity of the rubrics concern- ing the Lord's Prayer ; though we may still wonder why in our last revision this di- versity was not either explained, or done away with ; for it introduces more or less confusion into our practice.
It is contended by some liturgical scholars that the words "Divine Service" before the "Our Father" in Morning Prayer refer only to what used to be called the "choir offices," that is, Matins and
Evensong, which are said in the choir and not at the Altar; and that they do not in- clude the Communion service, nor the oc- casional offices, such as Baptism, Con- firmation, etc. And certainly the diversity of rubrics to which we have referred seems to justify that conclusion. If this be so, we must look to the rubric for our practice in each case.
Now it is unquestionably true that the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of the Communion office, used to be in the olden time a part of the priest's private devo- tions, and was said by him in a low voice before the audible part began. Reading the rubric, therefore, with this under- standing, and on the supposition that the one in Morning Prayer does not prevail here, it would seem to be the intention that the old custom should be continued, and that "the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer and the Collect following, the peo- ple kneeling" but not saying the words with him. This, at all events, is the way it is generally understood nowadays, and there are some people who follow the same rule in the Confirmation and Marriage services.
PAROCHIAL NOTES.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, UTICA .- The Rev. Jas. Winslow Clarke, Rector. The Bishop of the Diocese visited this parish on the morning of Whitsunday for Con- firmation, and blessed the following articles of furniture which have been presented to the new Church-a brass pulpit, memorial of Mr. Chas. Frederick Benton ; a brass lectern, memorial of Mrs. Louise T. Doolittle ; a pair of Altar vases, memorial of Mrs. Martha A. French; a processional Cross, memorial of Mrs. Kitty L. McQuade; the Altar rail, lectern Bible, and Prayer Books and Hymnnals for the Sanctuary.
CONSECRATION OF CHURCH.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KENDAIA, SENECA Co., was formally set apart to the worship of God by the Bishop of the Diocese, on Thursday in Whitsun-week,
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May 23rd. This, as will be observed by our readers, is the Church for which such vigorous soliciting has been done through our columns; and the fact of its consecra- tion is proof that the money was raised and the bills paid. There were present of the Clergy, besides the Bishop, the Rev. Messrs. Wm. B. Clarke, Henry E. Hub- bard, Chas. W. MacNish and Harry Idle, and two Lay Readers, Messrs. Stevens and McConomy, of. Hobart College. Messrs. MacNish and Idle read Morning Prayer, and Messrs. Clark and Hubbard assisted in the Communion Service. The Church was well filled with people, and ten persons were confirmed at the same service, presented by the Rev. Mr. Hubbard. After it was over a bountiful luncheon was served by the ladies, in the basement of the Church, which is high and commodious and has been finished off for such purposes.
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