Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-04

SUNDAY the leading topic Oh tohNSis' uou a
mong the churchmen Of the Diocese of Mary
land. and in the churches the PRAYER for those
! in affection was used, while several Of the city
| C ergy paid tributes to his memory Though
| to many his death was a surprise, yet those
who lahored with him on the floor OF the lat
convention in Washington were prepared in
some degree for it. At dinner on Wednesday
: e was sized with a violent suh pcating fit oil
coughing, which eontinued for several minutes
| His face became llvid. and his friends DIM ng
with him were alarmed about him, although
he would allow them to do nothing for him
He was taken with a similar out not as violent
attack the next day in convention. During
the sessions be Was actively engaged on the
| floor Of the convention and in committee rooms,
| thoagh he complained of feeling uawell.
| Bishop Paret went over TO Washington on
Saturday MS soon he received the Telegram
and upon reaching the hotel he made few APP
propriate remarks and held short service
with the clergy Of the district who were pres
emit. At 80 P. VI. Saturday the body Of Rev.
Dr.. levin was taken by way of the Baltimore
and Potomac r abroad to his late home, al Up
per Marlboro, Prince Georges county. Rev.
Messrs James Stephenson, S. I. D, 4. j :
Rich, NJ. D Henry Thomas ana James
Avirett accompanied the remains. The funeral
took place at , P NJ Tuesday at Trinity
Church, Upper Marlboro. The services were
read by Bishop PIret assisted by the surviving
deans of couvocations and other clergy Of the
diocese.
Rev DR. Lewin's wife, who was Miss Flea
nor A. Wilkinson, of Charles county, died
some months ago, and was buried at Upper
Marlboro Just before the funeral party eft
sshing ten Nj W W. Corcoran sent by MIR.
Charles VI Matthews kindly request that he
might be allowed to bear tbs expenses OF bring
ing the body with that of Mrs. Levin, back to
Washington, and interriug them in Oak Hill
Cemetery, and as intermeat will be IN Ok
Hill, the request was accepted.
Rev DR.. Meyer Levin was born in Prus>isn
about 1911 He was Of Hebrew descent, but
embraced the doctrine of Christianity when he
Was quite young man. He received n thor
ough education and il is said, was at one time
a tutor at Cambridge, Eng land. When about
twenty. three years old he came to this country.
In 1871 he came from New York where he
had been for a short time TO Bishop W. X.
Wh'ttughaal with letters OF recommendations,
and appe for a position as a teacher OF He
brew. The notes left by Bishop Nhitungham
are The first records OF hls appearance in the
Diocese of Maryland In November OF that
year. after examination, he was highly recon-
nended by Rev. Dr. John P X. kenshaw, .i-
forwards Bishop of Rhode Island, and few
months afterwards in 1912, was admitted TO
the candidateship for holy orders and deceased
to act as lay reader at the Pataoseo Institute,
where he was tutor. He was ordained 10 the
deacouate by Bishop Nottingham at ST Johns
Church, Hagerstows, June ;. 1874. and toe
next day was appointed a missionary in Vienna
parish, Dorchester county. He was adv+aced
to the priesthood September 81, lSt5, ana be-
came rector OF Dorchester parish. Dorchester
county, aid assistant minister at Great Caop-
tank in the following year. During the next
. h., ~lr
Michaels parish, Talbot county and eomiag 10
the Yves ern Shore OF Christ Church, Calvert
county, and Trinity parish, Charles county.
In 1870 he removed 10 Mississippi, having been
elected president OF Jackson College, which Po-
sition be held for nearly four years, during the
episcopate of Bishop Green. Returning 10
Maryland in 1854 be was for yesr city mis-
sonary in Balti7lo e. ST. Paul's Parish, Fred
erick county, elected him rector in 1856. but
after few months he became rector OF hing
and Queen parish, St Mays county, where
he remained for ten years Retaining TO the
field of his earlier lasers he became rector OF
Spring Hill parish, in what va. then Somerset
county, in 1867, and while there conducted a
school. He took an aciiy. part in the eanvrs-
ton OF 1868, which divided The diocese of E.s-
tn from that of Mary land, and after the or gan
iZation of the Diocese Of Esslon, in the s'me
year, was chairman of the committee which
prepared The communication Of hiIal grretisg
TO the Older diocese. lie renoyei from the
young diocese soon after yards, aid 10 NsseIn-
Ger, 500, accepted the rectorsh p OF Por, To-
bacco parish, Charles county, made vacant bl
the death OF Rev Lemue Wilmer There he
Iabored unit 1879 when be became rector oil
TriRity Church, Upper Marlborough, Prince
George, county, where be eff, lated untiI his
death
He was honored BY election or appointment
TO many impor,snt positions in the diocesan
organization. Before the division Of the do.
cese be was a meta Der of The standing commit
tee from 1862 TO 1866 aad after bis return TO
the diocese a most continually mem Der
oil the said committee rom ISL until trs ietah
In 1888 he WAS elected 10 ell the vacancy
caused ny the resigna ton of the presidency OF
he committee by the late Rev Samuel r Cor
don, and was re elected in 1884, 1855 AID
1886. lie MAS tH-futer o. lhr rcci-s aslIr.
court OF the diocese Ia 1870, member OF the
committee on cansns, &c, IN 1872, and since
1879, WAS one OF the examining chspain tor
BISHOP Plnkney. and oue OF the trustees for
NJ .ry land OF the Genera. Tn, ogics Seminary
IN New ork, tor over quarter OF n century,
and for many years was dean OF the Convoca-
ton of Washington He went as a clerical
deputy to the General Convention in 1871 and
10 each succeeding one in 1874. 1877, 1880,
1883, and WAS apparently much grarihcd al
his election to the same office by the late diu.
cesar convention. In the General Convention
he took a prominent place, and Gs a conserve
tive high churchmen OF the old school was one
Of the leaders in the diocesan conventions IL
was smlnently fitted Tor this place lay his gene
raj ability as thinker aud speaker. his IaGi-
mate acquaintance with the history OF the do
cese. where he had spent nearly forty years,
and his profound knowledge of canon lay and
the canons OF the diocese, many Of which he
had helped 10 frame. la this respect, he had
probably but one equal, the Rev. DR. John ii.
Elicit, of Ascension parish. Washington ID.
Z. He WIS a strong, straIg httor~srd and, at
times, blunt speaker, and participated in most
of the important debates OF the conventions.
AS president of the standing committee he call
ed to order the conveaIion of 1884 Bishop
Pinkney having died, and was one OF the prin
cIpal candidates tor he presidency of the CON
vsntion to which. however, the late Rev. DR..
George Leeds WIS elected lie Wa nominated
for the bshopric 10y Rev. John " Todd but
declined 10 have his name used on account of
the increasing wegt Of his years. He was the
author Of a work on confirmation AMI II the
time Of bis ds4'h was writing, at the isquest
of Mr.. W. ". Corcoran, a mortal lite Of the
late Bishop William Pinkney. With the latter
he was upon terms of the closest personal
friendship, and vas with the Bishop when, on
thS VI =, IoOoy uc uiCu ''CA ibV
dnties OF tue preceding ~ n!ns as suddenly
but as c.lm;y aud peacefully ;.s did his
friend nearly n ee Years later.
He frequently accompanied The late Bishop
PiukEeJ g his vistationS, and tits tact. to-
se,her with that OF his having ministered ia
eleven parishes On both shores and in many
parts OF the State, caused hin to be well known
beloved and revered not only by Episeopalians,
but by me IN oers Of other communions, through
out The diocese, and his attendance upon the
General Conventions placed him among the
| wel-known divnes of the Protes AMI Episcopal
Church in this country. His death will be
grea ly lamented by his diocese and the church
at large. He had six children.
Rev. DR.. Lewin's death creates vacancy in
the standing committee of the diocese, O. watch
he was elected president on Thursday nigh vi
last week and in the deputation to the Gen RAJ
Convention. His place in the staniins
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