The New York herald., 1874-11-14

COURSES were uenVereu, winch are at tile ulSpOSal
OF any one concerned.
(Present Dec. IL only, r. W. ToMKINs, Jr,
FRANK SMITH,
Present Dec. II only, ROBERT WYLLIE.
Robert b. Drane declined to be present, because
he understood tnat the Dean knew nothing about
the matter. +. w. T0MKiNS. Jr.
FRANK SMITH.
t1tt Nt AMOS 7. ASHTON.
ROBERT WYLLIE.
ROBERT b. DRANE.
Sworn to before me this I'd day OF November,
lS74.-O p. SMITH, Notary Public, New York county.
wyNANT vANDERPOoL's TESTIMONY.
In the fall OF 1879 my roommate, now the Rev;
Church IN the unted % states. invi,ed the Rev. C. G.
Grafton, OF Boston, Mass, to call on him at the
General Theological Seminary.
At this time was boarding outside OF the SEMI
nary and having no use Tor my bed there wrote
to the Rev. Mr.. Grafton. and asked him to occupy
Mr. Grafton accepted my invitation, and spent
the nights OF Wednesday and Thursday, December
on Wednesday evening, December II, Mr.. Torbert
invited some OF the students to Call on the Rev. Mr..
There. at the request Of some Of these students,
the Rev. Mr.. Grafton talked. in an informal man.
ner, on the subject Of the spiritual life.
Confraternity oi the Blessed sacrament SO lar as
Neither Mr. Tornert nor myself invited the Rev.
Mr.. Grafton to the seminary for the purpose OF
deiverng lecture on the Holy Eucharist. Mr.
T0rbert desired to consult him on personal
matters.
Twas not present on Thursday evening.
course lrom the fall OF 1871 until June, 1874, that
ani any such @ Ting took place. so % far as know Or
beneye. t ..a had any suca thing occurred should
The Dean Of the seminary, the Rev. George r.
fSe r D. new osng 9 the the
from me, until after Mr. Grafton had left the city,
and so far as remember never told him OF it.
wynant vanderpool. OF full age, being duly
sworn, on his oath saith that the above state
and accurate and that SO far as the acts 81 others
are concerned. he believes the same to be true,
to the best NJ in
sworn ana subscribed at Newark, N. j., this I'd
day of November A. d., 1874, before me, W. VAN.
DERPOoL, United States commissioner.
MR.. GRAFTON STILL.
Having heard from various sources that the Rev.
George F.. seymour, d. D., Dean or the General
viting to that institution in the years 1872 1873
the Rev. c. G. Grafton, rector Of the Church OF the
Advent Boston, Tor the purpose Of ecturlng TO the
students OF The seminary upon the subject of the
Holy Eucharist, said desire to make the following
was a member Of the General theological Sem
mary IN the years 1872 and 1873, and during that
time the Rev. G. G. Grafton never remained but
two nights at the seminary, and to my certain
knowledge that visit was made at the especial re-
quest OF the gentleman who entertained him. And
nave the very best reason @ to !. believe & tnat the
Grafton's Intention TO visit the seminary previous
co his arrival upon the ground: Fnrthel more,
was in the seminary. did the Rev. c. Q. Grafton.
either IN private room or any other room con
ject Of the Holy Eucharist.
He did, however, at the request OF number OF
the students, talk to the gentlemen who, Dy lnvi-
tation OF the person who was entertaining him,
were assembled In the room where he was stop
ping. The subject upon which he spoke was sug-
gested bv ourselves. 1t was "The Temptations
and Trials Incident to q Students Lile." As he
was to remain in the seminary over second night,
at our request he talked to the young men the io-
lowing evening. At that time he spoke OF the
theory or the life to which he had devoted him.
SELL and OF the work in which he was engaged.
The community life had, and continues to have,
the most decided approval Of number oil the bish-
ops OF the English and American churches, and the
students felt, as doubtless did the Rev. Mr. Graf
ton, that he was dong no more wrong In talking
thus informally to US upon the above subjects
splratlon OF holy Scriptures as his topic. II he
mentioned the subject OF the Holy Eucharist II Was
ing or even comment from those vino possibly
may have differed IRON hi%; gosrpu y JOHNSON
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this Sd
day of November lS74-JAMEs M. KNAPP. Justice
OF the Peace.
A SURPRISE AND BENEFIT.
NEWBURG, N. L, Nov 2. 1874.
MY DEAR DR. sEYMouE-Having noticed m the
Bishop Coke had sent letter or letters to one or
more deputies Of the Lower House OF the General
tion, declaring that you had invited the Rev.
Father Grafton OF the Church OF the Advent, Bos.
LOu 10 ieCtuTc W tHc StuucuUS Ou VIC SuDJeCG vi
the Holy communion, for the purpose OF having
them lndoctrinated III what are known as ''ad-
vanced" views on this holy mystery, determined
to write to yOu to correct so lar as am able this
false statement OF Bishop Coke, and to explain TO
you the real facts OF the case, and how Father
Grafton came to be within the seminary close,
feel that this statement OF Bishop Coke must
have taken you as much by surprise as 1t has me.
one 5 ana 1s q s
abroad, came TO my room and told me that Father
Grafton was in the city aud that he intended to
20 on hfpSf q ov n q a nrv pn ha
further said wouldn't IL be nice to invite lew or
the fellows in my room to meet him, and he might
give US q little talk. said 1t would be very nice
indeed. But let US make 1t general invitation to
all the men, no matter what tneir views may be.
wh ne ana we every n
and on the two succeeding evenings he spoke to
US on the elementary principles Of the Christian
was very general talk on the trials and tempta-
tions OF the Christian life and how to meet them.
reIe,-,ng to the Uraer of st. John the Eyangeiist
declare mest emphaticahy that the subject OF the
Holy Eucharist was not once mentioned,
and. II alluded to at all, It was 10
the most incidental manner. on the
tenptstions % Of the Christian lie. tits very sad
thing for me to know that Bishop Coke could have
made so untruthlui statement, because he must
three OF his own men on one Of the evenings re.
rerred 20 and Two on the other SO mad he CHOSEN
to have been informed Of the exact nature ol the
nave done SO.
During my entire course at the .sary have
never known OF any other presbytcr OF the church
Tor layman to give talk or lectures to the students
without the knowledge or consent of tae Faculty.
regret exceedingly now that we had not nrst 90
tanned your consent for the Rev. Mr. Gra'ton's;
but coming, as he did, as friend OF one OF as and
without any Intention idea OF meeting any OF tho
students, his talk was az much surprise TO hm-
sell as IL was q pleasure and benent 10 US. we
did not think we were violating any OF the rules
OF the seminary. Trusting that tnis letter may
prove OF some benefit to you, remain, my dear
Doctor, faithfully your friend and brother In
Christ, GEO. W. HINKLE
The Rev. q. +. SEYMOUR ID. d.
sworn to before me BY George w. Hinkle this "a
day OF November. 1S74--M. H. HlNcHBKY, Notary
Public In and for Orange county.
TIE DEAN DID NOT KNOW OF HIM.
In the winter OF 1872 one OF my fellow students
In the General theological Seminary, now the
Rev. FL. M. TOrDert informed me that he was ex-
pcctng visit from the Rev. z. U. Grafton, OF Bos-
ton, Mass.
told Mr.. Toroert that would like very much