Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-16

DEATH OF BIsHoP HorKISs,-from
an obituary notice Of Bishop Hopkins in
the Burlington Times, We gather a few
additional biographical items and partieu'
lars ri his death
Iii, family Mas of English origin. but
had made il their home in ireland for
about two centuries his grandfather
brother being stephen Hopkins, one OF the
signers OF the Declaration of lndepend'
oRee of the United States.
lie accompanied his friends 10 Phila'
drlphia in lsOO, and although being for a
time az an Academy at Bordentown, n,
]. hr received most uf his education from
his mother. who was woman Of remark.
able ability and rare accomplishments, and
we'll calculated 70 guide and develop the
superior talents Of her Sm.
Tho peace Of 1919 brought 10 the iron
a. wcll a, many other branches of bust.
ness, protraction, which caused him 10
retire iron the business, and enter the
practice oi law Al that time were many
lawyer, Of rminence in Pittsburgh, and it
was no easy field for young man TO
enter. lie, however, by industry and at
teutiuu Ia business, soon rose Ia cminenee
in hi, profession. aid acquired an extern
i've prarticc and lucrative business. But
daring all this time his convictions were
increasing that his duty lay in another
direction, aud that the talents which his
Creator had given him ought to be direct
To ia, Sacred Ministry, Accordingly, one
day after closing an argument in an inn
portant ca>c IN Court, he announced 10 his
brethren II the Bar that he had argued
hi, last case, His friends appealed TO him
tn reconsider his decision. holding up 70
him the sHrC pocunlary success which
would result from his business, a, well ~
the political honors which awaited him,
All their cutreaties produced no effect
upon his determination, which he believed
To bc his duty, and he left the law then
aigurdjng an income Of $4,000 per annum,
Tor the ministry, At a salary Of $500.
Tur Eri,erpatch c did not desire, but the
Gathering propositions which had been
made ipr gudowing the Theological Sem
mary m Massachusetts, had not been car
rs,d uut as promised when he consented
d. remove from Pittsburgh. and the pros
po.t Thar 'hy Seminary would not be- thor
nu-h.N established was s1urc. Of much
disappointment 10 him. This, together
with the opportunity which was thus pre-
>tpt,d Of establishing a system of church
,ehuui~ in Vermont, where he might be of
more service to the Church at large, than
be- could 10y taking charge of parish, in
4 l. ..... IL,
H. WI. consecrated at the General Con-
vrution, IN -, Paurs Church, y. Y, by
tho venerable Bishop White, 10y whom he
had been ordained Deacon and Priest
before. the RI Rev Bishop Smith Of Ken
lucky. aud the Rt Rev Bishop McIlvaine
Of Ohio, being con-ecrated at the same
time aud place, the former now succeed
ing him As Presiding Bishop
To carry ont hi, plan vi church schools
ho purchased an extensive property in the
south part of the village Of Burlington,
ana erected three large buildings upon it,
investing all his own private means in the
enterprise. His reputation soon gained
tar hum a large school Of boys, which gave
rouunerptivs employment to large mum
bcr uf teachers who were candidates for
holy orders TIL number Of candidates
for admission tar exceeded his eNpectI-
unu-, and in erecting the necessary build
iug, tn accommodate them hc become
samow hat involved, and in consequence OF
th" general distrust caused by the panic
II 1854, he. was unable u procure the
temporary assistance which was necessary
to carry him THROUGH the financial storm,
aud Ms roiupel He'd tQ close his school and
sacrifice hi, property. The loss Of his
property he Considered but small in com
parl>un Ia the los, 10 the church by the
breaking up 81 the schools, He then
purchased one hundred acres OF land at
Rock Point which was then forest, and
erected the house in which he has since
resided His family was large, his salary
small and having lost all Of his private
fortune. 1t was only 10y the most rigid
economy, aud, W may say, sometimes al
most >IA, ring for necessary comforts Of
his, Wa he enabled to get along.
Amid all his adversely and troubles he
never gave up his cherished idea Of aiding
tho rhuu.hihrough the agency of church
schools he believed that the diocese
must tHrli-h the facilities for the educa-
tiou ot her clergy and in 1886 hc resigned
the Rrctlr,hp OF st. Paul's Church to
-I,. hi, time to r,-e>tahlishing the ':Ncr-
mont Episcopal Institute" To this he
devoted much Of the time of the later
wears Of his life. raising for il in different
parts Of the country ~ his personal exer-
tion-, a fund of $4,000, and planning
and experimenting the erection of the
cditi.c on Rock Point, which stands
monument ut his perseverance, energy
and taste. A. we'll aS Of the respect in
which hc was held by those whose liber-
ahty furnished the means for its erection
In order that his successor might not
experience the same advertisements ne
had, he caused 10 be donated and decided
, Ia a corporation by the name of the Yer
mont Episcopal Institute" all the one
hundred acre. of land 1T Rock Point
with all the buildiug$ thereon, to he man
aged by board of trustees, for the pur-
pos" Of sustaining a system of church
schools and for the residence of all future
Bishops Of Vermont. which no other do
ce>c in the land now possesses. To COM
plct" his systemic had intended to erect
the coming season building similar to
the one now occupied by the boys school
f3r church school for young ladies.
On the death Of Bishop Brownell, in
1863, Bishop Hopkins became, by senior
ity Of conservation, Presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church in the United States
and OF all the 152 Bishops of the Angli-
can Communion throughout the world,
there were but ttr0 his seniors by conse-
Grafton. There were none, perhaps, 80
well vcrsed in all tho canon laws of the
Church, both ancient and modern, and
he recently received from the University
of Oxford, England, the honorary degree
I # "peeter- eff Canon Law. being the
fourth person in this country, only, who