towns had grown up, from 1,000 to 6,000 people, unoccupied by the Church, while diocesan efforts to establish educational or benevolent institutions under the fostering care of the Church had failed. During the years of the disability of Bishop Talbot and the vacancy by his decease, and the filling of the office, one-half of the parishes had become vacant, and the diocesan mission work had almost been abandoned. The diocese is unendowed, having only an episcopal residence. This was the condition of things found by the present bishop on his entrance upon his episcopate in the autumn of 1883. He set to work at once to recover the lost ground. In less than a year every vacant church was filled, every abandoned mission occupied. The fiftynine counties hitherto unvisited by the Church were explored, and services held in each, the children of the Church looked up and enrolled, and each county-seat placed under the care of some clergyman near to it, and provision made a better mission field in the whole Church, nor ed by the Bishop of Indiana, who made an FRANKFORT—St. Luke's Church.-The Rev. At The morning session was occupied with the reading of several papers having reference to the topic: Practical Suggestions upon Teaching the Holy Scriptures," by Mrs. U. E. Lambert, Mrs. R. Wagner, and Edward Waterfall. Each of the papers gave illustrations of the practices now in vogue in the various Sunday-schools, and were exceedingly well prepared. The bishop stated that while the suggestions contained in the papers were excellent, one thing had been overlooked, the need of some competent person to read the Bible to the children. In the afternoon Mrs. J. H. Welsh read a 66 for monthly or quarterly services. In many corner-stone laid on September 19th, 1884, by troit, and followed by a general discussion. mented by statistical information from the paper on 'Bible Classes," which was suppleRev. Paul Ziegler as to Bible classes in Deof these county-seats favorable openings are the bishop of the diocese, the Rev. Dr. Jenckes Miss F. A. Adams gave a brief synopsis of her found for the permanent establishment of the of St. Paul's, Indianapolis, the Rev. Harry six years labor among infant classes, offering at a cost of $4,000, in another a lot is secured, B. P. Runkle, missionary in charge, being pres-illustration with a portion of her infant class, Church, and in one a church is just completed Thompson of Trinity, Logansport, and the Rev. several suggestions as to a change in conducting infant departments. Miss Griffin gave an and a subscription to build a neat church, and ent and assisting. Addresses were delivered by in a third, a lot has been paid for, and it is the bishop, Dr. Jenckes, and Judge B. K of what an interest even the smallest children Higinbotham of Frankfort. hoped to erect a church the coming year. In at least a dozen others they are ripe for the same results as soon as the missionary can be located. Three rectories have also been secured the past year. The first year the Diocesan Mission Fund ran up from $600 to $2,000, and the second year is expected to reach $3,000. Twelve diocesan missionaries are in the field. The General Board has doubled their appropriations to the diocese, giving $2,000 instead of $1,000, doubling the number of their missionaries. The building of the church was proceeded The church was opened finished, save some LOGANSPORT—Trinity Church.-The bishop of the diocese visited this parish (the Rev. Harvy Thompson, rector,) on Sunday, March 1st. In the morning the bishop celebrated the Holy Eucharist, and in the evening he confirmed fourteen persons. The offerings were for Diocesan Missions, and amounted to fifteen dollars. A diocesan paper was established that has It being the first anniversary of the present rector, he reported his work for the past year: Baptisms, 21; confirmations, 19; marriages, 4; burials, 10; services; 186; sermons and addresses, 129; celebrations of the Holy Communion (public and private), 46. All the parish obligations have been promptly met, the floating indebtedness has been cancelled, and the parish hopes to pay off the rectory debt of $600 at Easter. The parish then will have an unencumbered property valued at $21,000. A new life and interest have been awakened, and the kind words of the bishop have kindled new hope. MICHIGAN. will take in Sunday-school work. FOND DU LAC. MARCH. 15, Fourth Sunday in Lent, Appleton. 30, Monday before Easter, Racine College. FOND DU LAC-Cathedral Building Fund.The chapel in which the cathedral congregation is gathered is happily growing too small for the people-or the people too many for the chapel. Some measure of relief ought to be taken soon. The bishop is reluctant to begin rebuilding unless sufficient funds are on hand to cover a portion of the new building. Fifteen thousand dollars would warrant a vigorous undertaking of the work. It is understood that the old site is to be used, and that the walls of the old building, as far as practicable, will be worked into the new design. In fact, nearly all that still stands will be available. The necessity of the work is self-evident. An earnest appeal is made to the friends of the cathedral to send their subscriptions or pledges to the bishop and building committee at as early a date as possible.-Diocesan Paper. IOWA. DAVENPORT-Ordination.--At the cathedral on the second Sunday in Lent, March 1st, the bishop of the diocese advanced to the priesthood the Rev. Algernon G. E. Jenner, rectorelect of St. John's church, Mason City. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Kellogg. LOUISIANA. NEW ORLEANS-Christ Church.-Services memorial of the late Rev. Dr. W. T. Leacock, rector of this church, were held on the evening of Sunday, March 1st. There were present the bishop of the diocese, the Rev. Drs. John Percival and C. S. Hedges, and the Rev. Messrs. A. J. Drysdale, H. H. Waters, J. F. Girault, A. G. Bakewell, A. Kinney Hall, and S. M. Wiggins. After Evening Prayer had been said, an eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Percival. CALIFORNIA. Entered into rest at Newburyport, Mass., on Monday, March 2, HARRIET M., youngest daughter of the late' Rev. James Morss, D.D., and wife of the late Lorenzo Papanti, aged 66 years and 5 months. Signor A. PALADINI, for thirty years instructor in At Burlington, N. J., on Wednesday, March 4th, Italian and Spanish at St. Mary's Hall and Burlingand a graduate of the University of Padua. Twelve ton College. Signor Paladini was a native of Italy, years ago he gave up his chair in St. Mary's Hall and devoted his latter years to the study of literature. He was a genial, warm-hearted, generous man; and, on account of his scholarly attainments, was held in high respect by all who knew him. authors, and we are glad to know the whole of OAKDALE St. Matthias's Mission. On it will soon come from the press of Macmillan Tuesday, February 24th, St. Matthias's Day, & Co. The article is well and plentifully the Rev. H. S. Jeffreys, rector of St. Paul's, illustrated. Another fine engraving is a view of Modesto, visited this place for the purpose of Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. Grant Allen writes opening a mission. He came at the request of delightfully of "Primroses and Cowslips," and several persons here, and was accompanied by his paper, with its illustrations, will please all several people from Modesto. The Holy lovers of flowers. George Simonds tells us Eucharist was celebrated in the morning, and about "Casting in Bronze, ," and its wonderful in the evening there was Evening Service with processes, with accounts of some well-known sermon. A letter has been addressed to the statues, and he is aided by a number of enbishop of the diocese by a large number of gravings. Travellers will be interested in residents, requesting that services be regularly pilgrimages, by the quaint extracts from "Inmaintained, and that the mission be formed formacion for Pylgrymes unto the Holy under the name of St. Matthias's Mission. Londe," a genuine Caxton, and will be surprised, bating the orthography, to see how closely it resembles a Baedeker or a Harper, except that pilgrims in those days looked more to creature comforts than they do in our own time. Bret Harte writes in his own style about "A Ship of '49,” which is only begun in this number, while " A Family Affair,” by the author of "Called Back," reaches, with grow-Paradise from his home in Brookline on Thursday ing interest, its eighteenth chapter. PARAGRAPHIC. ONE of our laborious and esteemed missionary bishops writes these pleasant words, "Will you allow me to say that I have long regarded THE CHURCHMAN as the best Church paper we have. You go your own way, mind your own business, and don't mind the yelps of snapping curs at your heels. I wish you even greater success than you have." COLLEGIATE AND ACADEMIC. THE annual Record of St. Thomas's parish in this city, with its parochial notes, reports of societies and organizations, makes a pamph-gate standing of the members of the junior class to let of eighty-one pages, and is considerably larger than the journals of some of our dioceses. Besides the rector, the Rev. Dr. Morgan, there are three assistant ministers, and the parish includes St. Thomas's chapel and a mission among the Germans. The Record shows a busy scene of activity in the numerous organizations, and a life not without much fruit, as the various reports prove. We regret to find no general summary which would give the state of this mighty parish in one view. THOMAS Y. CROWELL & Co. have in press "Initials and Pseudonymes, a Dictionary of Literary Disguises," ," by William Cushing, some time assistant in Harvard University Library. Mr. Albert R. Frey of the Astor Library, who has been some time engaged on such a work, has added his materials to those of Mr. Cushing. There will be some ten thousand initials and pseudonymes given with the key to their meaning. THE Completion of the Revised Version of the Holy Bible is now announced as a fact. It will appear during May, simultaneously in England and America, published under the same auspices as the New Testament. The Cambridge and Oxford Press, being the joint property of these two Universities, these editions will be uniform in type, style, and price. Messrs. James Pott & Co., New York, will have the Cambridge books to supply wholesale and retail. There are to be no less than eight editions, ranging from a Pearl 16mo. to Pica Type Royal 8vo. with wide margins, in bindings ranging from one dollar in cloth upwards. Considerable interest is being revived in this great work of the century, and a large sale is anticipated. Entered into rest on Jan. 24th, 1885, aged nearly 85 years. Mrs. JANE RYALL, of Marseilles, Ill.; a native of Ireland, but a resident of this country for thirty-five years. A devoted Churchwoman, she ever waited on God in His Church, trusting in her Saviour, she entered into the rest that remaineth for the people of God. "And here also we bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear." ning, March 1st, 1885, at Philadelphia, LILLIE C. Entered upon the joys of Paradise on Sunday eveRUNK, wife of William M. Runk, and daughter of the late Marshall Hill. And on Wednesday evening, March 4th, 1885, WILLIE TEN BROECK, Son of William M. and the late Lillie C. Runk, aged 4 years and 9 months. HENRY SAVAGE CHASE. HENRY SAVAGE CHASE entered into the rest of evening, Feb. 19th. He was born in Washington, D. C., on the 17th of June, 1825, and was the second son of the Rev. Irah Chase, D.D., for many years the distinguished head of the Baptist Seminary at Newton. Mass. A graduate of Harvard University in the class of 1848, he entered upon a mercantile life in Boston, and was remarkable in it for his high principles, his strict integrity, and unblemished honor. Removing from the Roxbury district to Brookline in the year 1859, he was made almost immediately a vestryman of St. Paul's church, of which the late Rev. John S. Stone, D.D., was then rector, and was unwavering in his devotion to the Church to the day of his death. He was for many years its treasurer and one of its wardens, and at the time of his death its senior warden. Always generous with his means, there were times when he bore almost all its burdens with the same steadiness of purpose and confident recognition of the responsibility, that under God he was always glad to discharge for the best interests of His Church. Pure, upright and consistent, he commanded the respect, as he invariably won the love of all. He was a member, too, of the Diocesan Board of Missions, as be had been for years a trustee of the Massachusetts Missionary The Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell has become assistant Society; and here, as in all stations, he fulfilled in St. John's parish, Jacksonville, Fla., with special the incessant course of laborious industry in charge of the chapels in Brooklyn and La Villa. Ad- the fear of God. His personal services were dress Brooklyn Station, Jacksonville, Fla. always given to them that had need; and he was distinguished by the constancy and singleness of The Rev. J. N. Blanchard will enter on the rector- heart with which he embraced all means of usefulness. His life of Godliness abundantly attested his Christian faith, and he looked forward with calmness and patience to the world of recompense. "Whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." PERSONALS. ship of St. John's church, Detroit, Mich., on May 1st. The Rev. Samuel Hall has resigned Grace church, NOTICES. Marriage notices one dollar. Notices of Deaths, free. Obituary notices, complimentary resolutions, Thirty Cents a Line, nonpareil (or Three Cents a appeals, acknowledgments, and other similar matter, Word), prepaid. MARRIED. March 3d, 1885, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. A.B. Beach, D.D., CORNELIA LESLEY, daughter of Alex. M. Lesley, to THOMAS NELSON, Jr., of Chicago. DIED. Entered into rest at New Castle, Delaware, Feb. At Covington, Kentucky, March 4th, 1885. in the Entered into rest at her residence, New Brunswick, N. J., MARY R., widow of John S. Blauvelt, and daughter of the late Robert Boggs, in the 77th year of her age. THE REV. GEORGE B. REESE. At a meeting of the Vestry of Zion Church, Greenburgh, held March 5th, 1885, the following action was taken in consequence of the death of the late rector, the Rev. GEORGE B. REESE: God in his providence has seen fit to visit this parish with sore affliction, by suddenly removing from his sphere of usefulness, the rector, the Rev. George Bickham Reese. giving expression to our feelings at this sad bereave We, the Vestry of Zion Church, Greenburgh, in ment, know that we echo the sentiments not only of the parishioners, but of the residents of the villages of Dobbs Ferry and Hastings. During his sojourn of nearly twenty years in this community as rector, he had endeared himself to all by his uniform gentleness of character, kindly manner to old and young, rich and poor, knowing no distinction of persons, for he realized that we are all the children of God and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven. Imbued with a thorough Christian spirit, he knew no tiring in God's work; he delighted in his pastoral duties, and ever strove to interest his congregation in religious and charitable deeds. His loss is irreparable, and while we never shall behold him again in the flesh, we trust that he will ever live in our memories; that we will cherish him in our hearts and seek to profit by his good example so that we may be ready to answer the sudden summons as well prepared as we feel assured he was to meet his Redeemer We direct that the foregoing tribute of our love vestry, and that a copy properly authenticated be transmitted to the afflicted family. and esteem be entered in full on the minutes of the MINUTE. THE REV. GEORGE B. REESE. At a meeting of the clergy who attended the funeral of the Rev. GEORGE B. REESE, held after the services were over in Zion rectory, Dobbs Ferry, New York, the Rev. W. H. Mills, D.D., having been requested by the Assistant-Bishop in his own absence to take the chair, and the Rev. Dr. Lobdell acting as secretary, the following minute was adopted: It is with sincere sorrow that we have gathered to-day to perform the last offices of the Church at the bier of our late friend and brother, the Rev. George B. Reese. "In the midst of life we are in death," and so suddenly, so unexpectedly came the call for him to go up higher that it is hard to realize he is no longer working at our side, or that the parish in which he has labored so earnestly and success infant daughter of Courtney and Julia H. Langdon, fully through the best years of his life shall see his face no more. 1 T The holiest and most enduring monument that any parish priest can leave behind him is that which is built up in the hearts of his people. For twenty years our brother has all unconsciously been erecting such a memorial of his life and labors, daily and yearly drawing the hearts of his parishioners nearer to himself, as he went in and out among them, rejoicing with those that rejoiced, weeping with those that wept, quietly, like a faithful shepherd, leading them in the way to heaven, and following in the footsteps of Him who calleth His own sheep by name. And if among the living, he being dead yet speaketh, we cannot but believo that as he joins the ransomed ones in a brighter world, there are many rising to greet him who will call him blessed. While he was thus beloved by those of his own flock, and to whom he gave his especial care, we, who knew him so well, can testify that his memory will be equally enshrined in the hearts of his brethren. His was no isolated parish life. The fount of his sympathy flowed freely toward those who shared with him the burdens, the cares and the joys of the sacred ministry. His presence cheered the gatherings in which his brethren came together for conference and prayer, as he was ever foremost among those whose cherished aim has been to preserve in our diocese and our Church the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. We feel that we have lost one who was not only in name but in heart a brother. And we look forward to a blessed reunion in that house of many mansions, where sorrow and sighing shall flee away and partings shall be no more. In this hope we stand beside his sorrowing family, extending to them our heartfelt sympathy and the assurance of our earnest prayers. Resolved, That a copy of this minute be sent to the members of the family of our deceased brother, and that it be published in the next issue of THE CHURCHH. Y. SATTERLEE, THOMAS GALLAUDET, YAN. Committee. At an adjourned meeting of the Raleigh bar, to take appropriate action in relation to the death of the late GEORGE M. SMEDES, Col. T. C. Fuller occupied the chair, and F. H. Busbee, Esq., for the committee appointed for the purpose, submitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously dopted: GEORGE MANCIUS SMEDES was born in Raleigh on the 20th of December, 1850, and after an illness of a few hours died in Wadesboro on February 21st, 1885. He was the youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Albert Smedes, so long the beloved principal of St. Mary's School, whose memory is honored throughout the State and the South. He received his academic education in Raleigh and in New Hampshire, and afterwards attained collegiate distinction at the University of Virginia. After teaching school for a few years in Maryland and New York, he returned to North Carolina and was admitted to practice law in 1876. He became a member of the bar of Raleigh, and for the past three years was a partner of the Hon. George V. Strong. In 1880, after a close contest, in which he received the largest vote upon his ticket, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives from Wake county as a Democrat. As a legislator he had the unflinching courage of his opinions, and his course, wisely bold, laid the foundation of legislation greatly beneficial to his county. Mr. Smedes was of unusually handsome presence and feature. He possessed a genuine and accurate classical scholarship, which is rare among those actively engaged in professional labors. As a lawyer he was rapidly growing in learning and power. He was ever faithful to his client's cause, devoted to the honor of his profession, and intolerant of aught that tended to lower its tone. His genial nature, his wit that never left a wound, and above all his loyalty to his friends and his conrictions, won the hearts of his associates and bound them to him by no ordinary tie. The members of the legal profession with whom he was associated desire to place upon record their sense of the loss which they, in common with the community, have sustained. Therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of George M. Smedes the legal profession has been deprived of a faithful member, the community in which he lived grieve for an honored citizen, and his family mourn the irreparable loss of a loving son and brother. Resolved, That this memorial be presented to the Supreme Court of North Carolina and to the Superior Court of Wake county, with the request that it shall be entered upon their respective records. Resolved, That a copy be transmitted to the family of the deceased, and to the papers of the city of Raleigh, for publication. S. F. MORDECAI, Committee. GEO. H. SNOW, J. DEVEREUX, JR., Messrs. W. H. Bledsoe, J. C. L. Harris, S. F. Mordecal, B. B. Lewis, Jr., W. J. Peele, G. V. Strong, R. H. Battle, and F. H. Busbee, in touching and appropriate addresses, eulogized the character of the deceased. On motion, the chairman was requested to present the resolutions to his honor, Judge Graves, in open court, and to ask that they be spread upon the minutes of the Superior Court of Wake county. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. T. C. FULLER, Chairman. R. T. GRAY, Secretary. After the adjournment of the meeting of the Raleigh bar, yesterday afternoon, Col. Fuller, the chairman, with brief but appropriate remarks, presented the resolutions adopted by the bar in relation to the late George M. Smedes, to his honor, Judge Graves, who, after a touching tribute to the deceased and an allusion to the great loss that the bar of Raleigh and the State had suffered, directed the clerk to set apart upon the minutes of the court a memorial page, upon which should be spread the proceedings of the meeting of the bar. REMARKS OF 8. F. MORDECAI, ESQ. MR. CHAIRMAN: I feel, in seconding the resolutions offered by the committee, in commemoration of our dead comrade, much the same delicacy which I would feel were we here to do honor to one who was of my own flesh and blood. The deceased was to me as a brother, and more, for the hearts of men are sometimes bound together by stronger ties than those of relationship. Although we were both raised in this city, I do not remember to have spoken to Geo. M. Smedes but once before I met him at the University of Virginia. While there we were in different classes and lived in separate quarters of the institution, so that I rarely met him except at the meetings of the Zeta Psi college fraternity, of which we were both members, and we did not then become very intimate. After we left the University I saw him but a few times before he commenced the practice of the law at this bar. When we had been at the bar a short time we became closer companions, and in conferring together about the law we came to the conclusion that the only method by which we could become familiar with the every-day practice, was to take a course of regular study of the laws of North Carolina. We therefore agreed that we would meet every evening and read diligently. We put our resolution into practice, and for more than a year he came to my house every night during the week, with surprisingly few exceptions, and we studied the Code of Procedure and the other North Carolina statutes of general importance to the practising attorney, and reading carefully the Supreme Court decisions bearing upon them. We also read several of the leading text books on practice and evidence. In this work, dry and tedious as it was, he showed great perseverance and diligence. Thus was begun an intimacy and friendship between us closer than that which commonly exists between men, and it was then that I more fully learned the sterling worth, true manliness, honest purpose, and never-varying bigness of heart which characterized the man. as He had a brilliant and finely cultured mind, and he was fond of the study of the substance of the law, although he did not like to unravel the small technical points and quibbles of mere practice, which he would sometimes characterize impatiently a lot of stuff and nonsense." 99 He loved books, and had read a great deal of standard literature, in which he had exquisite good taste, and was ever ready with a happy illustration or apt quotation from his favorite authors. He had the keenest sense of the ridiculous, and could make the most amusing story out of scenes and incidents in which others could see nothing funny until touched up by his keen but always good-humored wit. But he will live longest in our memories for the noble qualities of his disposition, for no nobler spirit was ever put in human clay, no heart more warm and chivalrous ever beat in the bosom of man. As a man, he was everything that a thorough gentleman should be. As a friend, he was as true as steel and as kind, considerate, and tender as the gentlest woman. During the nearly ten years in which I was so closely connected with him I never knew him to do a selfish thing, speak ungenerously of another, or utter a sentiment which those who loved him best would wish that he had left unexpressed, and it is a source of pleasure and gratification to me to be able to say that a harsh or unkind word never passed between us. To me, ordinarily, there is an unknown and indefinable horror thrown around the dead which makes me instinctively recoil from letting my mind dwell upon them. But death has thrown no such pall over the memory of George M. Smedes, and I love to think of him. I can recall him so vividly to my recollection, that I seem at times to hear the tones of that voice always so welcome to my ear, and to feel the hearty pressure of that hand which has grasped mine in so many a greeting, full of that genuine cordiality which cannot be counterfeited, and which proceeds only from the heart. Though I shall see him no more, he will ever remain to me the same "Old George" (as I used to call him), whose individuality is so thoroughly blended with my life and affections that not even death can destroy it. Mr. Chairman, I have never before so fully experienced how sorely the shafts of death can wound through another's breast. But since he is gone from us, though so young and strong, let us recall the words which genius has put into the mouth of death: "Why grievest thou at a mortal's doom? Knowest thou not that sorrow cometh with years, and that to live is to mourn? "Blessed is the flower that, nipped in its early spring, feels not the blast that, one by one, scatters its blossoms around it, and leaves but the barren stem. "Blessed are the young whom I clasp to my breast and lull into the sleep which the storm cannot break, nor the morrow arouse to sorrow or toil. "As the mother soothes to sleep the wail of her troubled child, I open my arms to the vexed spirit, and my bosom cradles the unquiet to repose." And, sir, let us comfort ourselves with the assurance of the Master, that to the pure in heart is acthe glories of the very face of God.-From the corded that grandest privilege of all, to look upon Raleigh News and Observer. APPEALS. The building of All Saints' Cathedral, Albany, will be continued in the spring, and the contract includes the memorial pillars. $286 are yet needed to complete the Bishop Doane Pillar. The undersigned renews the appeal to the graduates and old pupils of St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, to send the amount needed to her without delay. Mrs. MARIA L. REED, 71 Bartlett St., Boston. THE EVANGELICAL EDUCATION SOCIETY aids young men who are preparing for the Ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It needs a large amount for the work of the present year. "Give and it shall be given unto you.' Rev. ROBERT C. MATLACK, SOCIETY FOR THE INCREASE OF THE MINISTRY. Remittances and applications should be addressed to the Rev. ELISHA WHITTLESEY, Corresponding Secretary, 37 Spring St., Hartford, Conn. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. NASHOTAH MISSION. The undersigned in behalf of Nashotah Mission gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the following offerings during the month of January, 1885: For Daily Bread.-Miss Mary D. Fox, $100; Grace, Chicago, $51.45; Churchville Parish, Md. $2; Christ church, Waukegan, Ill., $20; Frederick Hubbard, $230; St. Andrew's, Tioga, Pa., $5; St.Thomas. Homestead, Md., $4; All Hallow's Parish, A. A. Co., Md.. $10;" M. G. C.," $10; Cash, $20; "H. H. O," Steuben Co., N. Y., $10; Friends of Nashotah, Trinity, New Haven, $25; Mrs. Paine, $10;"In memory of a beloved daughter," $3; "In memory of E. J. G.," $3; Samuel F. Flood, $10; "A Church woman in grateful remembrance," Sewing Society, Trinity, Geneva, N. Y., $25; "An Old Friend." $5; Daily Bread," $10; per M. H. Mallory & Co., $1.50 per Scholiast, 25 cts.; "For any object you please," $5; The Rev. E. Weil, $25; The Rev. Geo. McClellan Fiske, $10. A. D. COLE, President of Nashotah Mission. Nashotah, Wis., Feb. 10th, 1885. MR. EDITOR: FOREIGN MISSIONS. Rev. J. Kimber, Sec. Mr. J. M. Brown, Treas. IN MEMORIAM. The notice in your paper a fortnight ago of the death of the Reverend ARMINE WALE MOUNTAIN, prompts me to ask space for a few words in affectionate remembrance of one of the holiest men that I have ever known. The eldest son of the late Bishop of Quebec, Mr. Mountain, was born in that city sixty-one years ago, and, having been graduated at Oxford in 1845, was for many years in active duty, first at St. Matthew's and afterwards at St. Michael's Chapel, Quebec, while his remarkable executive ability enabled him at the same time to reuder valuable assistance to his father in his laborious work. He removed to England about 1868, and became Vicar of St. Mary's, Stoney-Stratford. There he remained till his death, in January last. He was in feeble health for years, but, sustained by the strength which God gave him in answer to his prayers, he labored in season and out of season with a persistency which excited the wonder and admiration of all who knew him. He never spared himself. He lived for others. He thought only of duty-of the Master's service-of God's glory-of man's need of the blessed Gospel. His delight was to minister to souls, one by one. It was easy for him to improve opportunities for saying a kindly word of exhortation, and he made it a point to seek them. He was a shepherd to his flock. Young men and women as they left his parish were followed by many a letter from their Vicar full of wise counsel and Christlike sympathy, and, as he mingled with the world, it seemed to be ever his heart's desire and prayer to God" that some soul might be the better for his presence. One rarely sees a more devoted, consecrated life. His prayerfulness-his appreciation of the blessing of daily prayer in Churchhis sense of the value of frequent communion-his thankfulness in his trials, which were many and great-his childlike trust in God-his perfect submission to God's will-his self-sacrificing spirit-his absorbing interest in the advancement of Christ's Kingdom-made Armine Mountain a character that one loved to study and an example that one longed to follow. With such a spirit, I need not say that all who had the privilege of his friendship. felt themselves the richer for the blessing. In Canada and in England there are many to thank God that they have had this blessing and to mourn that it is theirs no longer, while, in the United States there is here and there one who, like the writer, having known and loved the Vicar of St. Mary's, will gladly join in this brief, grateful tribute to his memory. C. The Churchman. A Weekly Newspaper and Magazine. PRICE TEN CENTS A NUMBER. SUBSCRIPTIONS: POSTAGE FREE: A year (52 numbers) strictly in advance.. A year to Clergymen, strictly in advance.... All subscriptions continued unless ordered discontinued. I am with a sincerity like your own, your most affectionate friend and humble servant, J. LEAMING. Norwalk, Oct. 28, 1771. (Endorsed on the above letter-in Dr. C.'s hand-writing-) "Received at Broughton from Mr. Menning in London not before Feb. 26, 1772." Designd & Engravd for the Political Register. The following letters, the originals of which are in my possession, may interest some of your readers, and will follow as supplementary to the articles on the Rev. Jeremiah Leaming which have appeared in your late issues. I therefore send them for insertion in your next number. The letters are addressed to the Rev. Myles Cooper, D.D., the second president of King's (now Columbia) College, New York, then absent in England, and charged with petitions for an American Episcopate : LETTER OF THE REV. DR. LEAMING. DEAR SIR: I herewith send you the addresses of the clergy of this colony, unsealed, that you may read them; and, after you have read them, beg you will seal them, and deliver them to the persons to whom they are directed. We are determined to pray till we are heard, and we think it scarcely possible but we shall be heard now. This confidence is founded in the conduct of our Assembly since you left America. After the conduct of the Virginians, alias, fanatical scheme, I supposed the meeting of the Ministers in this town, was (though a secret) to forward a petition to our Assembly, to pass some spirited resolves against an American Episcopate. Upon this view of things, I went to New Haven at the session of the Assembly; and the day after I arrived here I found my conjecture was not without foundation; for a Petition appeared in the House, signed the Multitude. This put me upon all proper methods, to overset the scheme. I found the Bill carried in, to be of the dictatorial kind; therefore, I took those members of the house in their own way, that were averse to a Bishop, yet diffident in acting openly, against the Church: I told them, if they would pass the Bill, in the form it now was, I would engage that every Churchman would thank them for it. This brought on a prodigious consternation. Then, they proposed to alter it : this was the very thing I aim at: for, I knew if they went to work that way, they would kick it out. And so it happened. Before the second reading of the Bill, I had engaged a number of the principal members, and those of the dissenting side, to counteract you in all your measures. Their letters they have committed to Ogilvie the silversmith, who is to apply to Amory and Priestly, two eminent Dissenting Teachers in or near London. However contemptible Ogilvie may be as to abilities or interest, beware of him. Alexander the coppersmith did an Apostle much evil, it may be prudent in a Presbyter to be upon his guard against, a silversmith. Nothing new has offered since you left us; at least, nothing, I think, worthy of communicating. You have had the united intercessions of your friends for a prosperous voyage, An Attempt to land a Bishopin America. This correspondence gives an interesting glimpse into the controversies that raged between five and six score years ago over the gaining of the episcopate for America, and also the direful plottings against it. These were carried on especially in the colonial legislatures, and also in England, where diligent efforts were made by the enemies of Episcopacy to influence both private and public opinion. A century is gone since then, and times are vastly changed, and now what was then a very serious and distressing evil is only amusing. Time has ripened the sourness and bitterness of those days into sweetness and charity. We reprint here, as a fair indication of the things resorted to, a satirical print published in London in 1769.-[ED. CHURCHMAN.] NEW YORK, Nov. 9th, 1771. nothing to say worthy of your attention, especially as this, I imagine, will reach you at a time when you will be entirely engaged in matters of much nearer concern to yourself on the one hand, and of much more importance to the world on the other. to defend the Cause of the Church upon the principle of Liberty of Conscience, which they REV. AND DEAR SIR: I can't excuse myself did with great spirit, and to good effect. And from writing to you, though, I confess, I have by that means, cast out the Bill, and overset the scheme. They went so far as to say, it was their opinion we ought to have a resident Bishop, and no reasonable man would oppose it. The whole force of the Dissenting Interest was exerted on this occasion: and yet they are defeated. And if they whose business it is, to provide us a Bishop, will send us one, we will always overset every scheme against either Church or State. But if they neglect this fair opportunity, we cannot long support either. Since you left us, I find the Presbyterians have taken the alarm, and are sanguine in their apprehensions of a fresh application for an American Episcopate, by your hands. They have. I am told, made united application to their friends in Great Britain, in order and they will be most devoutly continued for your success in all your important negotiations. No words can tell how anxious I am for a favorable issue to your application, in behalf of College and Church. Mrs. Ogilvie is much recovered, and joins in our most affectionate regards: the gentlemen beg leave to present their dutiful respects. I am, dear sir, with the most perfect cordiality, Your affectionate Friend, &c., JOHN OGILVIE.* LETTER OF THE REV. DR. CHAND- DEAR SIR: I sometime since wrote to you by Captain Chambers; and I now write, if I am not mistaken in my man, by Captain Paul Miller. By him, if it should be he, I have ordered Gaine to send one hundred copies of the "Address to the Virginians" to Mr. Rivington for sale, and fifty copies of my farther Defence. As you have opportunity, I doubt not but you will promote the sale of them. Inglis tells me that the Address is well spoken of by those that have read it; and why not? It is a poor, harmless thing, and means no hurt to any one. What makes it of some consequence is, (besides the names of the subscribers, of which your reverence or rather your gentlemanship, unless the gentleman has become a clergyman in England, is one) that it lays before the public more proofs than had hitherto, or thitherto been collected, that bishops have always been proposed for the colonies, on a plan similar to that of the appeal. I have not seen a Virginia paper since you left us; but I hear that the dispute goes on as briskly as ever; although it is said that the Burgesses begin to be ashamed of their conduct, and the eyes of the people begin to be opened. I suppose that you have seen Mr. Commissary Horrocks. In Gaine's last, is an Extract from a Letter from Somebody in London to his friend in Boston, observing that the aforesaid Commissary is warmly soliciting the cause of American Bishops, and urging the Bostonian to exert himself e contra, and, in the next column, is a long Extract of a Letter from a person of eminence in London, no less distinguished by his piety, than this literary merit, to his Correspondent in New Yorkdated August 12th, 1771. Speaking the language of a friend to the Episcopal cause, the Letter-writer says: These you may be assured are the sentiments of several leading, judicious men here-of some in the ministry, etc.,' (aside. This was manufactured in King's College by Inglis, and occasioned by a Letter on the other side, in Holt, last, of Trinity church, New York, from 1748 to his death. *The Rev. John Ogilvie was an assistant-minister 1774. supposed to be manufactured by the Whigs in ing the same; we inform you that it is the New York), This light kind of skirmishing, advice of this association that you heartily is the most that we have to expect, this winter, concur with the Southern gentlemen, in coununless we should be attacked by the Virgin-teracting any motions that have or shall be made for said episcopate, in such manner as may seem most convenient in said convention." ians. I heartily wish you could bring on a serious I have written by this conveyance to Dr. Durell, and sent him the Address and my farther Defence. The packet is consigned to Rivington; and if you should be bound soon to Oxford, I wish you would take charge of it, and deliver it: as therein I have spoken of thee in such a manner as becometh me to speak. I am in a very great hurry at present, and hardly know what I write, Indeed Í know that there is no great necessity for my writing at all, as you must necessarily receive upwards of a bushel of letters by this ship, and be told everything that you will want to hear, and ten times more. I shall, therefore, only add, what I need not add neither, that I am, Most sincerely and affectionately yours, T. B. CHANDLER. Elizabeth Town, December 12th, 1771. My sermon is not yet gone to the Press; I did not hear from Odell on the subject 'till yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Cooper, London. It is curious to observe how Churchmen could counterplot and manage to gain their objects, as well as their opponents, who, with out just cause, organized themselves to counteract Episcopalians in their attempts to obtain bishops to preside over their churches in the colonies. The following extract from the "Minutes of the Convention of Delegates from the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, and from the Associations of Connecticut," held annually, from 1766 to 1775 (Hartford, 1843), will serve to show how, in the meeting of ministers to which the letter of Dr. Leaming given above refers, the subject of an American Episcopacy was regarded by them. Dr. Leaming thought such a measure necessary to the stability of the Royal Government; they thought that the sending out of bishops to America "would in time break that strong connection which now (1771) subsists between Great Britain and her Colonies." They say: Dr. Cooper was himself an aspirant for the office. How little qualified, except in regard to abilities and scholarship (an Oxford scholar of standing) Dr. Cooper was for a bishop may be seen by a reference to the "Historical Sketch of Columbia College," by President N. F. Moore, where it is said of him (in concluding a biographical notice): "His epitaph was written by himself, and is liable to Johnson's just censure of all endeavors at liveliness and humor in this kind of composition, as being 'attempts to be jocular upon one of the few things which make wise men serious.' "Here lies a priest of English blood. Who living, liked whate'er was good, But as the first he still preferred, Dr. Cooper died in 1785, and was buried in "His moral character was without any serious reproach, although grave men were occasionally offended by the freedom and conviviality of his social habits." R. W. HARRIS. Astoria, L. I., February 27th, 1885. FORCE OF CANON LAW. NEW BOOKS. A Study THE CONTINUITY OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. Prof. A. V. G. Allen of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, is known as one of the most intelligent and inspiring students and teachers of Church history, in this country. He has hitherto written little, but that little has prepared us to welcome his new book, "The Continuity of Christian Thought," and to find in it unmistakable evidence of an appreciative and candid study of the history of the leading ideas and tenets that have given coloring to the history of Christianity. The author has set before himself, in this book, a task not often, if ever attempted by any writer on Church history in this country. That task is to bring into clear contrast the theology of the Greek Fathers, and that shaped by the minds of Augustine and his followers, the Fathers of the Latin Church. Now, however many defects we may see in the one school or the other, whether or not the Greek theology is as defective on its ethical side as the Latin is on its humanitarian, the difference between the two schools is very apparent and very great. And Professor Allen has not only shown us the difference, but has traced for us the influence of both, through the centuries since the establishment of Christianity. The scope and aim of this book appear on almost every page. The author finding, as so many of the best theologians of Germany and England have found, in the so-called Greek fathers of the Church, a spirit widely different from the spirit of Western orthodoxy-a Catholicity and largeness of interpretation, which the Western theology never had, seeks to show us how the earlier theology gradually declined, and how, little by little, the Church became enslaved to the legal, To the Editor of THE CHURCHMAN: My friend and brother, the Rev. R. Whit-mechanical interpretations of Augustine and tingham, is hardly correct in all his references his successors. In the present age, more to the oecumenical canons. He says that closely resembling that of the Greek theoloCanon III. of Neocaesarea imposes penance gians than any other since, the author thinks upon any layman for marrying a second wife." he finds an ever-increasing disposition to The canon only speaks of those who have fallen return to the larger, freer, more Catholic into meioтois yάuois, i.e., I very many marriages." It is hardly correct to speak of teaching of those fathers, who, he believes, "two" as being 66 drank most deeply of the Spirit of Christ Himself, and whose minds were not warped by the influences which afterward, and for so "We would by no means be understood as many centuries, colored the theology of Westif we would endeavor to prevent an American bishop, or archbishop, or patriarch, or whatern Christendom. The characteristic and most ever else they would see fit to send, provided fundamental doctrine of the Greek theology is other denominations could be safe from their its doctrine of the immanence of God-of God, severity and encroachments. But this we as not removed by infinite reaches of space think impossible, for no act of Parliament can from His creation, but dwelling within it, the secure us from the tyranny of their jurisdicsource and spring of all its vast activity, of tion, as an act of Parliament may, and no doubt will, be repealed at the importunate it, and yet apart from it. Says Dr. Allen: "From the alliance of Greek philosophy with solicitations of the bishops and others. Nor can we have any security against being obliged, Christian thought arose the Greek theology, in time, to support their dignity, and to pay whose characteristics are a genuine Cathotaxes to relieve the society in paying their mislicity, spiritual depth and freedom, a marked sionaries; and the governors of our several As to Article XXXII., and our too common rationality, and a lofty, ethical tone by which colonies must either be submissive in all things practice under it, if my friend will prove that it is pervaded throughout. For a time its into their will and pleasure, or be harassed and for bishop, priest, or deacon, after he is influence was felt and acknowledged in the persecuted with continual complaints to all in power on your side of the water. In a word, we think ecclesiastics vested with such powers dangerous to our civil and religious liberties, and it seems highly probable that it will, in time, break that strong connection which now happily subsists between Great Britain and her Colonies, who are never likely to shake off their dependence on the mother country until they have bishops established among them." (Page 34.) In regard to President Cooper's mission, the General Association of Connecticut" says, (page 35): Whereas some of the clergy of the Church of England have showed great assiduity in soliciting an American Episcopacy, and petitions (as we are informed) have been preferred to His Majesty, the Archbishop of Canterbury, etc., by Messrs. Cooper and Horrax, request very many. As to the authority of every National Church ceremony nor a orders, to marry a second or third wife is in two or three wives in succession. The reference to Article XXXIV. made by other regulation on the subject of Monachism J. H. HOPKINS. West, as is seen in the writings of Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Minucius Felix, and to a limited extent even in Tertullian. But the East and West began to grow apart after the time of Constantine, and the first foundations of the later schism between the Greek and Latin Churches were already laid, when there arose in the West, under the influence of Augustine, a peculiar theology with which the Greek mind could have no sympathy, whose fundamental tenets it regarded with aversion." This earlier Greek thought, Dr. Allen thinks, rational, spiritual, profound, is once more supplanting, by a natural necessity, the system which, for so many centuries, has obscured it, for the human mind, made for the apprehension of Divine truth, cannot long |