The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-01-14
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aoauaiutauees IA all parts of the country
aud 81 Europe We have none oi the
particulars II hls death. which took
placs At Burlington Thursday afternoon
lis age Was Is he WIS The SENIOR
Bishop of tie Protestant Episcopal
Church Id the United States
lie was born 10 Dublin, Ireland, Jan
80. 1899. Ho came q America with
his parents ia 1850. and was educated
chiefly by his mother, he was intended
for tic law. bat after receiving a classi
cal education he passed year ~
counting room and about his l9thsyeas
embarked in tie manufacture Ol iron M
the western part Of Pennsylvania. On
the Sth Of May, 1916. he married a
daughter 81 Caspar otto Muller re-
tired merchant formerly 81 Hamburger
and subsequently 81 baltimore. Mrs
Hopkins still suIuyls, and is a woman
IL tastes eongenial with those Of hor
husband, and woman OF rare e&celen-
eies of character. The iron business
WAS Frustrated by tie peace Of 1915,
and IN October, 1917, he left it, bank
rupt III property, and after SIX months
study was admitted to the bar IN Pitts
/ burg, and few Years since one of the
I Oldest members 70 the bar in Western
I Pennsylvania said That he was one OF
+ Tie ablest men ID the profession while
iii its practice, and had he continued
would have won its highest honors and
/ rewards
Iii 1928 he left the bar for the minis
/ Try and was ordained priest IN 1874
and mediately became Rector Of Trim
4 ity Church PttsbuIg A new church
/ edifce being required be became its
architect, studying Gothic architecture
for the purpose. la 1926 he was sent
as q clerical deputy TO the First General
I Convention after his ordination, and
again in 1929, taking in both promi-
nent part III the debates. In the Do
cesar Convention Of 1927, he was n
i prominent candidate for the Office Of
Assistant Bishop Of Pennsylvania, the
members being equally divided between
him and DR.. III. U, Onderdonk, and Mr.
i Hopkins own vote securing the cleo
ton Of the latter. IN 1881 he accepted
call to Trinity Church, Boston. us AS
sistont Minister on the Green founda-
ton A theological seminary was at the
same time established III the Dioeeso q
Massachusetts,, in which ho became Pro
lessor Of Systematic Divinity In the
spring Of 1882, he was elected the iirst
Bishop Of the separate Diocese Of Yer
mont, and was conscrated in New York
October 3lst, by Bishop White he
Immediately proceeded to this Diocese,
accepted at the same time the Rector.
iship of ST. Paul's Church, III Burllng-
ton, He soon began boys school
which enabled him to give remuneratiye
employment to large number of can
dIdates for clerical orders In erecting
tie needed buildings for the accomoda-
ton of this growing establishment, he
become involved TO u degree which re.
suited in the sacrifice Of his property
and an amount Of debt which it was not
in his power to cancel for many years
IL v.,ie"~,a -. - aatorehiu ia 1896 ~
order chat he might devote himself
more unreservedly to Diocesan works
ana the building up of the vermont
Episcopal Institute, now successfully
operation ny his son, Rev. Theodore A
Hopkins.
1t will be remembered that in Sep
TENDER last Bishop Hopkins attended
the PanAnglican Council at Lambeth
Palace, England, which was congrss
of eighty Of the chief bishops Of the
: Episcopal communion Throughout the
world. colonial, Amirican and English
He took a prominent part in the pro.
ceedings and preached in many Of thC
churches in London An incident oc.
Cured which has excited much com.
ment. II was proposed to celebrate tho
concluding services Of the Council ii
Westminster Abby, London. The Alb
beys are not controlled by the Bishops
in England, but by Deans, and Dear
Stanley undertook to decline to gram
the use of Westminster Abbey for thai
purpose, unless the assembled Bishop
would pledge themselves to CERTAIN
course, which was unanimously declined
10y the Council. Dean Stanley has
since addressed an excuse to the Ameri
can Bishops, Bishop Hopkins answer
ed him in an article which has been ex
tensivoly copied in this country anC
more extensively in Europe. The Lon
don Church Times SAYS Of it.
Dean Stanley has paid the penalty
Of an act Of surprising folly. 1t was
safe thing to insult the entire EnglisL
episcopate by his refusal Of Westminis
ter Abbey for special service during
the session Of the English Conferences
1t also proved to be safe thing to az
gravate the insult by following it ii
with cynical and iesuitical Statement
in justification. But it was a doplora
BE blunder to endeayor to make til,
American Bishops the victims Of sim
ilar piece Of impertipence The craft
y worded apology forwarded to til,
! Transatlantic episcopate has elicitte,
from the Bishop Of Vermont reply
which is Absolutely annihalating /
puts the Dean in the corner like a naugi
~ little boy, and lectures him on Tia
fault Of impertinence previous to tho
administration Of the discipline Ia
word the Bishop Of Vermont has whip
ped !" tho Dean with just severity, anS
we trust the latter will feel the smar