History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 119

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992

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church accommodations for many who had been at- tendants at the Episcopal Hospital Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Betticher took charge in February, 1882. 1883,-communicants, two hundred and fifty-seven ; receipts, $1941.20.

Capella Italiana Episcopale dell' Emmanuello. -An interesting and very promising mission for Italians now occupies a neat chapel on Christian Street above Tenth, which was formally dedicated by Bishop Stevens as the Italian Church of Emmanuel, on Dec. 20, 1883. The Rev. Michelé Zara, an amiable and talented priest in the Roman Catholic Church, was canonically received into the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Stevens on Nov. 27, 1882. He soon after began this mission, and the church for its use was recently purchased, and dedicated Dec. 20, 1883.

La Santisima Trinidad (Spanish Mission) .- Señor Parmenio Anaya, licensed by the bishop as a lay-reader, has held church services in the Spanish language for about a year past in the Bible-Honse at Seventh and Walnut Streets. The congregation is made up largely of Cubans. The Rev. Mr. Anaya was ordained deacon by Bishop Steveus in December, 1883.

In addition to the services held in the foregoing churches and chapels, church services are also held in the chapel of the Episcopal Hospital, Front Street and Lehigh Avenue, where a large congregation at- tend the services ; in the chapel of the Burd Orphan Asylum; in the chapel of Christ Church Hospital ; in St. Peter's House, Front and Pine Streets; in the Church of the Epiphany Mission Chapel, Twenty- third and Cherry Streets ; by the City Mission clergy in many of the public institutions ; and a service for the Chinese is held in the lecture-room of the Church of the Epiphany by the Rev. E. W. Syle, D.D., for many years a missionary in China.

Protestant Episcopal Educational Institutions. -THE PHILADELPHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL. The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is the outgrowth of the Diocesan Training School for the education of young men for the ministry, established by Bishop Potter in 1857. The Training School was placed under the Rev. George Emlen Hare, D.D., and a few lectures were given by Bishop Potter himself. The students were taught in one of the rooms of the Episcopal Acad- emy, and some fifteen or twenty young men received instruction in the Training School. In 1859 the Divinity School was organized, and incorporated in 1863, and the Training School absorbed into it. A large and convenient building at the northwest corner of Thirty-ninth and Walnut Streets, formerly the private residence of Mr. Thomas Allibone, was pur- chased, and used by the seminary for many years.

In 1881 this building was sold and a new, large and beautiful building was erected on the Darby road, near Fiftieth Street, where the institution had some

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years before purchased about twenty acres of ground. The new Divinity School is conveniently arranged, and has provision for a resident professor, and rooms for about one hundred students. The building cost about seventy-five thousand dollars. A fine chapel will soon be erected, a donation sufficient for the pur- pose having been made. The formal opening of the new Divinity School building took place on Monday, Oct. 30, 1882, but it had been occupied for a short time previous to that date.

The faculty is composed of the Rev. Daniel R. Goodwin, D.D., LL.D., dean; Rev. George Emlen Hare, D.D., LL.D., professor of Biblical Learning ; Rev. Clement M. Butler, D.D., professor of Ecclesias- tical History; Rev. Matson Meier-Smith, D.D., pro- fessor of Homiletics, and other occasional and special instructors. The Rev. John A. Childs, D.D., is secre- tary. The Divinity School is not diocesan, but is a general church institution, governed by a board of overseers, of which Bishop Lee, of Delaware, is the president. It has endowments sufficient to sustain several professorships.

THE ACADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH was organized in 1785. About that time proceedings were brought against the College of Philadelphia, which resulted in the forfeiture of its charter and the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1784 the vestry of Christ Church and St. Peter's, "being informed that many persons wished to see an academy instituted in connection with those churches, appointed a committee which, on October 27th, reported in favor of a subscription for that purpose.

with the academy. These were given up when public schools became common. The academy languished until, in 1845, it was revived through the interest and efforts of Bishop Alonzo Potter. The Rev. George Em- len Hare, D.D., became head master of the academy in 1845, and in a few years, under his efficient adminis- tration, it reached the maximum number of pupils. In 1849, to provide the needed additional accommo- dations, the trustees undertook the erection of the present academy building, since enlarged, on the south side of Locust Street, below Broad.

In 1859 the present head master, the Rev. James W. Robins, D.D., succeeded Dr. Hare. Dr. Robins has thoroughly devoted himself to the institution, and it has been very successful. Including the depart- ment for small boys, it can provide tuition for about three hundred, and is usually filled. "Thousands of the sons of citizens of Philadelphia have been trained by its wholesome discipline and instruction, and many of these have risen to the highest offices in Church and State, as well as in business and civil life."

In 1882 the Society of the Alumni of the academy presented to it a memorial window to Bishop Potter. In 1883 the same association issued an appeal, and undertook to raise an endowment fund of fifty thou- sand dollars by 1885, in commemoration of its one hundredth anniversary, to be celebrated that year.

The Clergy Daughters' Fund .- This fund is made up of offerings to be devoted to support education of the daughters of church clergymen.

Fund for the Education of Sons of the Clergy. -The object of this diocesan fund is indicated in the title.

The academy was organized on Jan. 1, 1785, by a The Advancement Society .- The venerable Eng- lish Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to meeting of persons who had subscribed certain sums, and was placed under the management of sixteen | which the Church of England missions in America trustees. The Rev. John Andrews was chosen prin- cipal of the academy April 21, 1785. It was chartered May 29, 1787, by the name of the Trustees of the Acad- emy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Philadelphia, and for its endowment ten thousand acres of land were granted by the State from lands not then taken up. This tract was subsequently lo- cated on the head-waters of Pine Creek. It afterward received bequests from Andrew Doz, the estate of John Keble, and others.

The academy was first opened, April 4, 1785, in a house on the east side of Fourth Street, below Market. A large building was erected on the south side of Chestnut Street, west of Seventh, and while this was still unfinished the academy was removed to it in 1788. It proved to be too expensive, and was sold in 1791. A house was then purchased at Third and Pear Streets for the use of the academy. Afterward, in 1824, the schools were kept in Locust Street above Ninth. There was a grammar school, which was | in trust a considerable part of the fund for the sup- strictly the academy, and also a free or charity school for boys, and another for girls, supported by subserip- tions, which were for a time carried on in connection

were so largely indebted for support during the colo- nial period, continued to make a few grants to mis- sions in the United States after the Revolution, but finally discontinued them altogether. In 1812 the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania was formed. It is a close corporation, electing its mem- bers. The Advancement Society has done a noble work for the church by sending out and supporting missionaries in all parts of the State, and by aiding in the erection of churches, assisting candidates for orders, and making grants of Bibles and prayer- books for distribution. It is also by its charter em- powered to "receive and hold in trust moneys, houses, lands, etc., given or bequeathed-strictly applying them in accordance with the wishes of the persons so giving or bequeathing-for any church purposes, . . . or for any other purpose promotive of the advance- ment of Christianity in Pennsylvania." It thus holds port of the episcopate in Pennsylvania and other trust funds.

The Bishop Potter Memorial House for Deacon-

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esses .- This was founded in 1866, chiefly through the efforts of William Welsh, as a home for the educa- tion of Christian women as deaconesses, and in other church work. It occupies the old mansion in the Episcopal Hospital grounds. At present it is withont a house mother.

The Seamen's Mission .- The Churchmen's Mis- sionary Association for Seamen of the port of Phila- delphia was founded in 1847. Mr. Joseph E. Hover and Mr. Isaac Welsh were among its earliest promo- ters. The Floating Church of the Redeemer was built and moored for four years in the Spruce Street Dock, which was rented from the city. The dock was then rented to parties for commercial purposes, and the Floating Church was sold to St. John's Church, Camden, who placed it on their lot in Camden, and worshiped in it for several years, until it was de- stroyed by fire on a Christmas morning. The Church of the Redeemer, at the northwest corner of Swanson and Catharine Streets, was built in 1857-59. It is now disused, and the ground is offered for sale. In 1878 the present Church of the Redeemer and the adjacent mission and school building, at the north- west corner of Front and Queen Streets, was built. The association maintains this church, and distributes

reading matter among sailors. The missionaries have . about three thousand dollars has been raised in this

been the Rev. Richard S. Trapier, 1847-58; Rev. A. Christman, Rev. W. F. Davidson, Rev. R. F. Chase, and Rev. Washington B. Erben, 1864-78. During delphia church Sunday-schools, and it has recently Mr. Erben's pastorate the resources of the mission were gradually increased, and a fund of over thirty The Bishop White Parish Library Association. -This association was organized in 1840. Its object is to provide rectors of feeble parishes with standard publications of the church. thousand dollars was raised, sufficient to pay for the present site and erect the new buildings. The en- dowment fund, which amounts to abont eight thou- sand dollars, was also somewhat enlarged. The pres- ent missionary, the Rev. B. H. Latrobe, took charge in 1878.

The Bishop White Prayer-Book Society .- This society was organized in 1833. It has published sev- eral editions of the Book of Common Prayer, and of the Hymnal, and has distributed them in large numbers throughout the whole land.

The Episcopal Female Prayer-Book Society .- This society was founded in 1834. It publishes and has widely distributed a large and well-printed octavo edition of the Book of Common Prayer.

The Episcopal Female Tract Society .- This society was organized in 1822. It has published about seven hundred different church tracts, which have been widely distributed.

pledges," may be made by members. The success of similar efforts made by the Church of England has led to the introduction of this plan here. Within the last three years parochial temperance organiza- tions have been formed in about thirty of the Phila- delphia parishes.

The Protestant Episcopal Association for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews .- This association was organized in 1857. The Rev. Louis C. Newman, a converted Israelite, was its mis- sionary until his death, Nov. 22, 1880.

The Sunday-School Association of the Protest- ant Episcopal Church .- This voluntary and in- formal association of those engaged in church Sun- day-school work in Philadelphia, for conference about the best methods of carrying out their work, began its meetings about fifteen years ago. They have proved to be very valuable, and are largely attended by teachers and superintendents. It bas in various years held large public meetings of the scholars in the Academy of Music and other large buildings. Mr. George C. Thomas has been a prominent member of the association since its commencement. A Lenten Offering for missions is taken each year in the Sun- day-schools during Lent, and for several years past way in Philadelphia each year. Mr. John Marston, Jr., first suggested this Lenten Offering to the Phila- been widely introduced in other dioceses.

The Chinese Mission .- Some Chinese were taught in St. Andrew's Church Sunday-school during Bishop Stevens' rectorship, and one was baptized by the name of "Bedell," who returned to China, and was a re- spectable Christian. In 1875-76, in the same Sun- day-school, an effort was made to keep together a class of Chinese scholars. There are now about one hundred Chinese laundries in Philadelphia, and Mr. Thomas Latimer recently placed a copy of the Chinese New Testament in each of them.

Protestant Episcopal Church Notes .- At the time of the Irish famine, in 1847, in response to an appeal from Bishop Potter, nearly nine thousand dollars was received from the Protestant Episcopal Churches in Philadelphia and its vicinity. This amount was invested in corn-meal by the gratuitous agency of Thomas Robins and William Welsh, and consigned to the care of Brown, Shipley & Co., Liv- erpool, who generously declined any compensation for their services. Three-fourths of it was made subject to the order of the Archbishops of Armagh fourth to the order of the Primus of the Scotch Church, and of the Bishop of Edinburgh, for the use of the poor of Scotland.

The Church Temperance Society .- The Penn- sylvania Diocesan Branch of the Church Temperance Society (an affiliation of a General Church Society) was organized on Sept. 21, 1881. The Rev. Henry S. Getz was for some time its agent. It is a movement to unite together the friends of temperance and the and Dublin, for the use of the Irish poor; and one- advocates of total abstinence in efforts to restrain persons from the abuse of alcoholic liquors. Pledges of "total abstinence," or "partially restrictive

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-The Brotherhood of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a beneficial association, was in existence in Philadelphia from 1851 until about 1877, when it disbanded, and the funds were divided among its members pro rata.

-The Mission House, for the training of men for foreign missionary work, was in successful operation for some years in West Philadelphia, and then re- moved to New York City about fifteen years ago. The building, No. 3518 Lancaster Avenue, is now owned and occupied by the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men.

-In 1819, Sheldon, Potter & Co. began the publi- cation in Philadelphia of a church magazine, called the Church Record, and edited by the Rev. Jackson Kemper and the Rev. George Boyd.

In 1823 it was discontinued as a magazine, and succeeded by the Philadelphia Recorder. This news- paper soon after changed its name to that of Epis- copal Recorder, and was for many years published by William Stavely. It was sold to Thomas H. Powers in about 1869, and discontinued as a church periodi- col. McCalla & Stavely in 1870 began the publica- tion of the Episcopal Register, which has become an influential weekly journal.

In about 1845 the Register, a church weekly of a high literary character, was published in Phila- delphia. Professor Henry Reed and others were contributors to its columns. It was only published for one year. The Rev. Dr. Herman Hooker, who established a church book-store in Philadelphia, pub- lished for a number of years the Banner of the Cross, but in 1861, on the outbreak of the Rebellion, it lost its large Southern circulation, and was discontin- ued.

-After the consolidation of the city of Philadel- phia many new parishes still continued to use the old names of the districts in connection with their titles, that they might more readily be distinguished.

-During the civil war, 1861-65, the churchmen and the parishes in Philadelphia were fervent and profuse in their evidences of their loyalty to the United States government. A number of the Phila- delphia clergy became chaplains, The Rev. Wash- ington B. Erben was chaplain of Rush's Lancers, Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry ; Rev. Mr. Egan, chap- lain of Chorman's Cavalry ; Rev. Archibald Beatty, Rev. Henry S. Spackman, Rev. Charles R. Hale, Rev. J. Pinkney Hammond, Rev. Richardson Gra- ham, Rev. John Long, Rev. Alexander Shiras, and others, served as chaplains either in the field or in the military hospitals. The laity in Philadelphia were munificent in their private subscriptions for the equip- ment of regiments and other patriotic purposes, and in nearly every parish there were organizations of ladies engaged in benevolent efforts to aid and re- lieve the soldiers, especially the sick and wounded. Special prayers were issued by the bishop, and used in all the churches until the return of peace.

-On the 24th of May, 1884, the Diocese of Penn- sylvania completes the first century of its diocesan organization. The Convention of 1883 appointed a committee to make arrangements for the proper celebration of the Centennial, and fixed the time for its annual meeting so as to be in session on that day.

-The Evangelical Education Society, a general association, assists young men while studying for the ministry. Its office for many years has been in Philadelphia, at No. 1224 Chestnut Street.

-Soon after Bishop Potter came to Philadelphia, the Episcopal Rooms were established on the second floor of a building on Walnut Street above Fifth. They were then removed to No. 708 Walnut Street, and remained there many years. In 1880 they were removed to No. 1102 Walnut Street. A committee was appointed in 1883, by the Diocesan Convention, to secure, if possible, a diocesan house, and the bishop's office and other church offices will doubt- less soon be provided for in such a building.

The Protestant Episcopal denomination has the fol- lowing officers and church organizations in this city in 1884:

Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D; house, 1633 Spruce Street ; office, 1102 Walnut Street.

Officers of Church Institutions in Philadelphia .- Secretary of the Bishop, of Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of Board of Missione of Diocese of Pennsylvanis, of the Trustees and Overseers of the Divinity School, and of Trustees of Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese, Rev. John A. Childs, D.D., 1102 Walnut Street. Secretary of Standing Committee, Jamee S. Biddle.

Treasurer of Episcopal and Convention Fund, Benjamin C. Godfrey, Episcopal Roome, 1102 Walnut Street.

Treasurer of Christmas Fund, R. P. McCullagh.

Treasurer of Board of Missions of Diocese of Pennsylvania, Edward Pugh.

Treasurer of Hospital of Protestant Episcopal Church, William W. Frazier, Jr.

Secretary of the Bishop White Prayer-Book Society, James S. Biddle.

Treasurer of Corporation for Relief of Widowe and Children of Deceased Clergymen, J. Somers Smith.

Registrar of the Diocese and Head Master of the Academy of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Rev. J. W. Robiue, D.D. Treasurer of Clergy Daughters' Fund, Charles W. Cushman.

Treasurer of Evangelical Educational Society, William C. Houston.

General Agent of Evangelical Educational Society, Rev. R. C. Matlack, D.D.

Treasurer of the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in Penu- sylvania, George W. Hunter.

Corresponding Secretary of Society for Advancement of Christianity in Philadelphia, Rev. John K. Murphy, Germantown.

Troassurer of Society for the promotion of Christianity among the Jews, Richard Ashhuret.

Protestant Episcopal Sunday-School Association, Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., president; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. W. II. Graff; Treasurer, W. A. Farr.

Superintendent Protestant Episcopal City Mission, Rev. Samuel Dur- borow.

Missionaries to Public Institutions, Rev. Thomas L. Franklin, D.D., Rev. Richardson Graham, Wallingford, Delaware Co.

Missionary to House of Mercy and Homes, Rev. 1. Martin, M.D.

Churches,-All Saints, Twelfth and Fitzwater Streets. Rev. Herman I .. Dubring.

All Saints, Torresdale, Bristol turnpike. Rev. F. J. Bassett.

Calvary, Manheim Street and Pulaski Avenue, Germantown. Rev. James De Wolfe Perry, Jr.

Calvary Monumental, Forty-first Street, above Oregon. Rev. T. P. Hutchinson.

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Chapel of the Burd Asylum of St. Stephen's Church, Market Street, west of Sixty-third. Rev. Gideon J. Burton.

Chapel Christ Church, Pine Street, below Twentieth. Rev. William P. Lewie, D D.

Chapel Epiphany Mission, corner Twenty-third and Cherry Streete.

Chapel Episcopal Hospital, Huntingdon Avenue and Front Street. Rev. A. B. Crawford.

Christ Church, Second Street, below Arch. Rev. E. A. Foggo, D.D .; Rev. E. C. Belcher, assistant.

Christ Church Hospital, Belmont Avenue. Rev. Edmund Roberte.

Christ Church, Germantown, Tulpphocken Street, near Adams. Rev. John B. Falkner, D.D.

Church of the Advent, York Avenue and Buttonwood Street. Rev. J. F. Powers.

Church of the Annunciation, corner Norris and Camac Streets. Rev. H. G. Batterson, D.D .; Rev. E. B. Taylor, assistant.

Church of the Ascension, Lombard Street, above Eleventh. Rev. G. Woolsey Hodge; Rev. H. O. Dubois, assistant.

Church of the Atonement, Seventeenth and Summer Streete. Rev. Benjamin Watson, D.D. ; Rev. J. Sanders Reed, assistant.

Church of the Beloved Disciple, Columbia Avenue, above Twentieth Street. Rev. J. Pleasonton Du Hamel.

Church of the Covenant, Filbert Street, above Seventeenth. Rev. Rich- ard Newton, D.D., Chestnut Hill.

Church of the Crucifixion, Eighth Street, above Bainbridge. Rev. Henry L. Phillips.

Church of the Epiphany, corner Fifteenth and Chestnut Streets. Rev. G. H. Kingsolving.

Church of the Evangelists, Catharine Street, above Seventh. Rev. Henry R. Percival ; Rev. Edward Warren, assistant.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Cumberland Street, east of Frankford Avenne. Rev. J. A. Goodfellow.

Church of the Holy Apostles, Twenty-first and Christian Street. Rev. Charles D. Cooper, D.D.

Church of the Holy Comforter, Forty-eighth Street and Haverford Av- enue. Rev. Henry Morton Reed.

Church of the Holy Innocents, Tacony. Rev. G E. D. Mortimer.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Nineteenth and Walnut Streets. Rev. William N. Neilson MeVickar; Rev. Walter Jordan, assistant.

Church of the Incarnation, corner Broad and Jefferson Streete. Rev. Juseph D. Newlin ; Rev. E. Cope, assistant.

Church of the Mediator, Nineteenth and Lombard Streets. Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, D.D.

Church of the Messiah, Broad and Federal Streets. Rev. F. H. Bush- nell.

Church of the Messiah, East Huntingdon and Edgemont Streete

Rev. E. S. Widdemer.

Church of the Nativity, Eleventh and Mount Vernon Streets. Rev.

William M. Jefferis.

Church of the Redeemer (Seamen's Mission), Sonth Front and Queen Streets, Rev. B. H. Latrobe, Jr.

Church of the Redemption, Twenty-second and Callowhill Streets, Rev. Thomas R. List.

Church of the Resurrection, Broad aud Tioga Streete. Rev. Joseph R. Muore.

Church of St. Sauveur (French), Twenty-first Street, above Chestnut. Rev C. Miel.

Church of the Saviour, Thirty-righth Street, below Market. Rev. Wil- liam H. Meade, D.D.

Church of the Transfiguration, northwest corner of Walnut Street and Woodland Avenne, Rev. Thomas K. Conrad, D.D. ; Rev. E. H. Supplee, assistant.

Clay Mission (colored), Winslow Street, below Twelfth.

Deaf Mute Mission of St. Stephen's Church, Tenth Street, above Chest- nut. Rev. Henry Winter Syle.

Emanuel, Marlborough Street, above Girard Avenue. Rev. Nathaniel L. Briggs.

Emannel, Holmesburg. Rev D. C. Millett, D.D., Holmesburg. Franklinville Mission, Sixth and Venango Streets. Rev. T. J. Taylor. Gloria Der, Swanson Street, below Christian. Rev. Suyder B. Simes. Gince, Twelfthand Cherry Streets, Rev. Rrese F. Alsop, D. D.

Grace, Germantown, Mount Airy. Rev. S. C. Hill, Mount Airy Avenue. Hlvly Comforter (Memorial), Nineteenth Street, above Wharton, Rev. Alexander II. Vinton,

Holy Trinity ( Memorial), Twenty-second and Spruce Streeta. Rev. Grorge F. Bugbee.

House of Prayer, Branchtown. Rev. George Bringhurst.

L'Emmanuello Chiesa (Italian Mission), Christian Street, below Eleventh. Rev. M. Zara.

La Santisima Trinidad (Spanish Mission), Roome, 136 South Seventh Street. Rev. Parmenio Anaya.

St. Alban, Ridge and Fairthorne Avenues, Roxborough, Rev. J. Joyce Moore.

St. Ambrose, Twenty-eighth Street, above Girard Avenue. Rev. William M. Harrison.

St. Andrew, Eighth Street, above Spruce, Rev. W. F. Paddock, D.D .; Rev. Charles E. Milnor, assistant.

St. Andrew, southwest corner Thirty-sixth aod Baring Streets. Rev. Charles W. Duane.

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History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 119

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co. Number of Pages: 992

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992