The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-10
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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The Conservation to-day OF the Bishop Elect,
the Rev. Jonathan Mayhem Wainwright,
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The recently elected Provisional Bishop Of the doce
Of New York Is to be this morning. at Trinity
Church at eleven O'Clock. very large number of the
clergy sod Of lesdipg members Of the Episcopal
nion are TO be congregatsd and the occasion is many
accounts one that nay well awaken lively interest
DR. Wainwright will be the fifth Protestant Bishop OF
New York His predecessors have been Bishop Provost
Bishop Moore Bishop Hobart, and Bishop onderdonk.
The Rt Rev. Samuel Provost, the FIRST bishop Of the
doess entitled to the epithst Patriot Pastor Of the
Church as his history evnces in peasing manner He
polite scholar, we'll read in the Latin ani Creek
classics and acquainted also with the Hebrew Ian
guags and with French and Italian. He enjoyed also,
the advantage Of engaging personal appearance and
attractive and couciating urbauty OF manners One
OF his fcrefathsrs Wam Provost French Protestant
fled from France to Holland at the memorable epoch of
the massacre, st Bsrtholomews day, in the reign
OF Charles TX. David Provost the grandson of this
Protestant refugee the bishops first American pro-
geDtor He migrated from Holland to New Neither
lands in the year 1924 and officer in the military
service Of our Dutch government John Provost the
bhops father, lineal descendant OF this Dutch
officer, and, like his progenhors, member of the
Dutch church. lie native of this city where he
born Feb nary 20 l142 He graduated in the year
1853 at Columbia College, then called Kings Col
lege; and after repairing to England, he became
student and graduate at st Peters College, Cambridge
where his private tutor the celebrated Dr. John
Jebb He ordained deacon by the Bishop London,
at Westminster in 1866 and admitted to priests
orders at whitehall after, by DR. Keau the Bishop
OF Chester He married at Cambridge, returned to
city and elected Q766) Assistant Minister Of
| Trinity Church.
At the period of our revolutionary struggle he becsme
decided advocate Of the popular cause; bat the pre-
dominance of toryga among the clergy compelled him
to withdraw from his official station and to retire. in the
year l770 to small farm in Dutchess county. While
there he received many testimonials Of public favor from
his wbg friends being proposed delegate to the Pro-
yncal Congress 1775 and chaplain to the convention
that formed tie first constitution Of State, and being
invited to the rectorshp Of ST. Michses church Charles
town. and Of Kings chapel Boston. But he declined all
these and other offices and patiently awaited the
ofthe political convusion of the times After any trials
ard ncounteIiDg such extreme pecuniary
that he compelled to dispose part Of his household
furniture to the necessarie Of life he at last
ulted at the triumph Of liberty Our patriot pastor
then Q7s4 called forth from his seclusion, and
elected Rector Of Trinity church in this city He took
Part in organizing the union which constitutes
the Episcopal Church in the United States
he the chairman of the committee that drafted and
reported this churchs general ecclesiastical constit uon
which wisely modelled after the federal constitution
Of our American republic He elected Bishop Of the
docess of New York in the year 1856 when he repaired
to Err gland with DR. VIM White, the Bishop elect Of
Pennsylvania and they consecrated in the Archie
pscopal palace, at Lsmteth, by Dr. Moore, the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury and three other prelates of the
Church Of England Sunday February 4 1887 Bishop
Provost the diocesan New York for the space
fourteen years. When conded in the evening Of his
days by bereayements and msfortunes he resigned his
rectorshp in the 1900 aud his Episcopal jurisdic
tion in the year 1901 He died September 1916
/ age of seventy. three years.
The Rt Rev. Benjamin Moore succeeded the first
! b.hop He was the churchs meek and primitive apos
tle man of refined taste, baud, arsctonate, and
devout he regarded by his diocess pre- emnenty
good shepherd. He born at Newtown Long
Island, October l7ts In 176S be graduated at Kings
College He then studied theology under the superin
tendence Of that emable rector of Trinity Church. Dr.
Auchmuty. He ordained deacon and priest by Dr.
Terrick, Bishop Of London, in 177i, at Fulham. The
same year. he returned to our city, and he here
elected assistant minister Of Trinity Church. In
1854 be appointed professor Of rhetoric logic
Column bia College In 1909 he became rector Of Trinity
Church. few cks after Bsbopp had reg tho
recorship IN lso1 he elected Bishop Of New York
and three months after he called to the presidency
Of Columbia College. His conservation took place at
DR. White officiating, aided by Bishops Cagget and
Jarvis. In 1871 stroke Of paralysis disqualified him
for public duty and he asked for assistant bishop
This led to the election Of Bishop Hobart Five years
after this period Bishop Moore died at Greenwich
February 1916 at the ago of sixty years. truly
venerable, and universally beloved.
The Rt. Rev John Henry Hobart, the third bishop
Of the docers entered his the
Of the church-an extraordinary spiritual Napo
eon, blending with comprehensive views firm resolve,
indomiable energy, and remarkable power OF control
that not only made his presence felt throughout his
diocess and the church at large but impaired to his
charm inscribing it upon every page Of the
chuies records during his tne and enhallowng IL with
imperisbabe glory He born at Philadelphia Sep
TENDER IA, 1775 was educated at Nassau Hail. Prince
ton New Jersey where he graduated in 1893 with the
highest honors Of that celebrated institution In 19S
he ordained descon by Bishop White, ani
while in deacon orders received the appointment of
assistant minister of Trinity Church. of which be alter
wards became rector His popularity as q proasher
aimed for him great celebrity. His vigorous mind
ready pen. prompt elocuton noble fearlessness, and
sound views of church p6ity, made him distinguished
reader in ecclesiastical affairs. In 1871 May IA, he vas
elected biibop and two weeks after, MAY 29th he and
DR. Griswold consecrated in Trinity Church, by
Bishops White. Provost and Jarvis. Bishop Hobart
the acknowledged chief bishop-the bright
est orpoment Of the church in America His eloquent
eImons able charges wonderful executive talent rcad
of thought and promptude and energy of action
bis devotional poemc and other writings combined to
render him. in country the observed of all observers
And when. to his impaired health he visited
England there too he attracted general attention and
the esteem of many of the most distinguished pre-.
lates end members Of the English Church He was
always the master pit Of the high church party and
he beyond all others Of our American divines boldly
Proclaimed and vigorously defended the peculiar doctrines
Of The Episcopal Church During his epicopste which
lasted twenty nine years the number of clergy in the iii
increased from forty to hundred aud
thirty with hundred and sixty parishes At the ago
OF fit years In the meridian Of his usefulness aud
when his progress through the dioceses he suddenly