New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-13

. Corp who died Sept sgd ST. Respected through lie and
Immediately in the rear of the church. brownstone
headstone with the lettering: w., then
wish Bis wife % from S . Hsseis as o - ei and
founding Of this church ye year 1888 aud pame' i"
Near this tomb is broken headstone with the words
Here the body Of Mr. John Gane soneyaA" died Nov H.
Near the Broadway railing, on the upper side OF the
church, Is a brown-stone slab, with the words:
alone upon IT, That portion of tho stone generally used
place for the date Of birth and decease was cut out or
taken away 1t had made in the stone trough the ram
had filed with water and little birds sat ON the SIDE OF
the stone and drank out Of It, AS paused to look at ~
the mower laying aside his scythe, came up ana sad
There was plate that stone that gave her age they
say it stolen 1t has not been on IN my tlme tho
The story OF this unfortunate young lady has been the
subject OF song and story, and was published In DOCK
form some years ago by Mrs. Rowson o,,
In the church Is a tablet TO the memory Of Bishop
Hobart former rector OF Trinity Church.
John Henry Hobart, an American clergyman, Bishop
New-York; born in Phiiadephia Sept "a, 1875 died IN
auburn ~ Sept 10 l9O S and settled in Hing
ham, Mass His father, EuOch Hobart. was coamander
Of merchant ship In lIsS no entered to- to
Princeton College, where he graduated IN l's5 ~ nrs
owing to some family conde5Fa Sd i M the duties
OF merchant. in the countinghouso OF ms pIQtner
that his tastes SS and ncnations led him another drsc
ton, he resolved To enter ON course OF PREPARATION o
tutorshp at Princeton he accepted the post and began
the discharge OF his duties IN January liyo AT the sao
uel Stanbope smith, the president OF the college, In the
spring of 9s ne resigned his tuorshp, and removed to
Philadelphia, he pursued ms studies uh1er ING
superyision OF Bishop White by whom he admitted
deacOns orders June 1885, and was invited 70 taKe
charge Of two suburban parishes, near Pnadelpha IN
1899 he was called to Chrsts Church. New Brunswick,
n j. where he renamed according to his engagement
year; and then, having married early IN May ioO 10
daughter of the Rev DR.. Chandler OF Ehzabethtown,
N. j., he became rector Of st. Georges church. Temp
stead, L. J. 81. Marks Church New YORK, offered MN
the rectorshp, but he declined 1t. In Sep
TENDER of the same year, however, ne hrr was
New-YOrk which position accepted. In 1901 he was
ordained priest by Bishop Provost Mr. Hobart had al
elected secretary of the Convention Of NewYok deputy
general Conventions of 1901 1904 ana 1905 ana was
cal and Lay Delegates In 1906 Union College conferred
on him the degree Of DID, Bishop Moore having been
Hobart was elected assistant bishop IN Feb 1911 ana was
cOnsecraed Feb %, 1911. In consequence OF Bishop
entire duty OF overseeing the church throughout the
State of New York. the whole OF which the diocese
ant rector of Trinity Church, and on Bishop Moores
death in 1876 he became bishop Of the diocese ana Was
also called to the rectOrship OF Trinity Church BsnoP
Hobart specially active In forming theological
seminary in New York and the result OF his efforts was
the foundation OF the Theological Seminary OF the Protes
tant Episcopal Church In 1921 he consented to UNDER
take the duties Of Professor OF Pastoral theology ana
Pulpit ElOquence this institution His health fang
his abors In the latter part OF 1898 ne went
Europe. While abroad he visited Great Britain france
Switzerland and Italy and spent much OF his time IN IN
vesgauons and inquiries relative TO the progress OF re-
lgion and the social and moral condition OF Europe Al
though I'm England he received with difference and
respec he was mortified to find that the clergy OF the
American Episcopal Church were generally charged IN
various publications with preaching the Gospel in its
palnness and funess aud that he himself had been rep
resented as insisting upon externals TO the neglect
~ essentials in religion. To disprove this charge
he published In London, in 1924 two volumes OF MS
cnrse Of paroehlal duty lie returned home in 1875
His first sermon after his arrival was glowing ana par
otto to an unusual degrees and though 1t may be true
that the exceptions Of the English TO its reeDess Of tone
and many Of its opinions were not without force yet IL
showed how truly and heartily the preacher was an
American as well as q bishop. Theological education,
Sunday schools domestic aud foreign missions the BDe
and Prayer Book Society," the Protestant Episcopal srae
Society and others Of similar character commanded
his warm and steady support He visited the oneida IN
that Eleazer Williams who was afterward thought by
some to be the lost dauphn Louis XVIII was admitted
TO orders and oficiated among the oneldas. Blshop
ton at Auburn, and was buried in New-YoTk CD,
Representing, he did, the odfashoned high Church
man. Of his day, Bishop Hobart never scrupled
to set forth with all boldness the views ana
sentiments which necessarily brought linn INTO
collision with Christians OF other denominations
and which were not wholly apP,oGye9b o. ~ many
should always be accompanied ny the Book OF Common
Prayer as It's best interpreter and me pup
the carrying OF missions only In the ehurchs way and
9 on %0p ReeS he
the formation OF the American Bible Society the Amer
3s SS't sSss
Hons 6 s dd s't he the
validity OF any but Episcopal orders and refused to join
services Beside large number OF pamphlets occasional
sermons and charges he was the author editor OF
eral publications when nave haa very wuo Gre1ia1h
Altar" New-YOrk 1900 Companion for the Festivals and
peparted Spirits COMMITMENTS Manual" Clergy.
mans Companion" Christians Manual OF Faith and
Devotion.
As you enter ST. Paus Churchyard from Broadway, d.
recy facing yOu and in front Of the Church. placed on
its wall, there is monumental slab of white marble:
This erected By order Of Congress- January Sh 1895
Poy grateful remembrance Of the patriotism connc
enterprise sud perseverance. Of MoIGen Richard Montgomery yhS
10 Ii. attack upon Quebec 3s. Dec IT'S aged 81 yeaf
The state Of NewYork caused Gen Richard Mont
gomey convened from Quebec aud Deposited beneath this Monu
Richard Montgomery was born at Convoy House, near
RaphOe Ireland Dee 2, 1896. AT the age OF IS he OBJ
tanned commission in the British army 1857 commenced
his OF active service in America and az the siege
OF Lowsburg in 1853, and elsewhere gave evidence Of
high military capacity. lie distinguished himself IN the
expeditions against Martinique and Havana, and in 176S
obtained permission TO revisit Europe, where he re-
manned during the next nne years He then sold out his
daughter Of Judge Robert r. Livingston, and in 1878
settled In Rhnebeck Duchess County in the Provincial
gress and later in the year was appointed one OF the
eight gadiers in the newly organized army OF
United Colonies The office, which had neither been
expected desired by him, accepted the ground
that 1.-THE VIII OF oppressed people, compelled TO
choose between liberty and slavery, must be Obeyed"
He was immediately attached as senior brgader to the
larger OF the two divisions sent Canada In the Summer
OF l75 and In the early part Of september found himself
before the fortress Of st. Johns The illness of Gen.
Schuyler having caused his return 10 Albany Montgom
cry the command of the vision and by
OF welldirected movements, successfully acquired
thereby becoming in the middle of November master OF
great part Of Canada. Efecting junction Decem-
medaey proceeded TO take position before Quebec At
council OF officers 10 determined TO attempt cap
character were proeced-the one on the lower town,
from tho suburbs OF St. Rogue and the other the up
per- at the Cape Diamond baston to be executed in the
night and when the weather should be favorable" Ac
cOrdingly, on December 81, at a. the stOrmng