Evening journal., 1890-03-21
OLD cleeeYMsN.
An Interesting Talk Before the Chnfen
Club by Rev. ). y. hotchkin.

An Interesting Talk BeAofS e"p
Club by Rev. ). u. iotchkin.
The Church Club Of the Diocese OF
Delaware, held its quarterly meeting Ia
Eden Hall last evening" President r.
Tatnall Warner, presiding. Among Ihose
present were: Bishop Coleman, hevs.
I. Gardner Littell. Q. r. Murray, A.
Bradon of Delaware City y. Il. ECKER,
David Howard, d. D., and II. Ashton
9snrv ex-Goyernor James Ponder, the
Hon " I, Martin, DR.. Hugh Martin, DR.
CsSi1a J. M. Newbold aud Francis g.
Dupont The audience comprised mem
hers of the club. their wives and friends.
The Rev S. f. Hotchkins, rector Of st.
Luke's Church. Bustleton. Philadelphia,
delivered an address on the "0ld Clergy
Of Delaware" He quoted from the his
torical collections of Bishop Parry for
facts about the clergy in the last century.
In 1905 Rev. Thomas Crawford reports
from Dover that he is gathering quakers
into the church and preaching to large
congregations. he preached several times
at Lewes. Sussex county, and the people
| built church and asked for a minister
| for themselves. he sometimes taught
negroes in the porch OF the church, where
| the Sunday school was held
In 170S Rev. Thomas Jenkins
writes from New Castle, Pa, which
is now in Delaware. Rev Robert
Sinclaire was in charge of New Castle
on Delaware" as he writes il, in 1T10-1l,
and tells Of Quakers being added to the
church. Rev. Jacob Henderson was
missionary to New Castle in 1918. In
1882 Rev. William Beckett states that
he instructed more than thousand
people, and had to ride over great deal
of ground to meet his charges. People
rode twenty miles to church. In 1741 he
notes the finishing Of the church al
Lewes and the building of two country
churches. He baptized eighty-ons
persons in year. He notes having Otter
been oblidged to charitably maintain
''shipwrecked and distressed people, III
was appointed missionary for SUSSEX
County andworked there for twent yyears
In 1873 Rev. George Frazer writes o.
the starting OF church at Dover, th'
old wooden church being in a ruined
state.
On the 9Th of April, 1866, occurred
sad event, long remembered in the his
tory of the mission. There being NJ
bishop in this country two candidates fol
holy orders had gone to England for or
, dination They were the Reys Messrs
!
America when they were drowned off TIN
Delaware coast.
Rev. Samuel Magaw. D. D., was sta
toned at Dover in 1867; Rev. Mr. Lyor
was missionary in Sussex county il
1918.
The troublous times of the Revolu
2 tionary war sorely tried the clergymen o
! the Church of England. Rev. Phil
Reading wrote an affecting account 0
a his trials to the secretary of the Soeiet
for the Propagation of the Gospel. a
was not able to violate his conscience b
! omitting the prayers for the King an
: his Royal family. He told Of the manifes
i sorrow of his people and how they wep
when he told them he must close tn
church and omit the sacraments for 81
weeks. In 1881, Rev. Samuel Tingley
who was loyalist, made mournful moi
Of his trials in the Revolutionary parioG
It He baptized several thousand peopl
within six years of his ministry, anon
n them many colored people.
i, Rev. Charles Inglis was a missionar
at Dover in 1759 He was the son
e Rev. Archibald Inglis, well know
irish clergyman, and was the scion Of
: priestlv race He was afterward assis
f ant rector Of Trinity Church, New Yor
Q. was made Doctor of Divinity by s.
re University OF Oxford In 1888 he !
l. signed his place at Trinity Church, beii
II a royalist, and went TO Nova Scotia wi
<. several thousand American royal
e exiles. He afterward became srchbish'
; Of Nova Scotia, in 1887 being the fir
!; British calonial bishop.
OF TIE speaker suggested that the site
ce the Mount Moriah Church in the Blac
le Swamp be marked by a cross, and L
We holding Of open air meetings there. 7
closed by alluding to the work of BishC
ne Lee and Bishop Coleman and urged
g hearers to give Bishop Coleman's moi
at and material supportin the upbuilding
the church in the diocese of Delswal
Id Remarks were made by &. Tain
ds Warner and Bishop Coleman.