New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-01
BISHOP POTTER'S VIEWS
HIS ADDRESS TO THE DIOCESAN coNvEN
TON
THE CLERGY LOYAL TO THE cHuRoH-A REFER
rycE TO BISHOP BROOKS

rxCE TO BISHOP BROOKS
The iOsth convention OF the Protestant hp'scopai
Church OF the Diocese Of New YORK met yese'ua' o
inc at ST. Bartholomew's Church In MadisohaNe'' WIN
about $50 OF the clergy and lay delega'es' Hom ioo
narisbes present Bishop Henry G. Potter, who pre-
-, ,hor,hort the convention delivered his annual
charge IN the clergy dwelling at length on the obhg
zion n, the clergy 10 the faith and discipline Oh the
church He did not regard It as time Tor aiar, ana
said that from his personal KNOWLEDGE "o peioFeu
that the clergy Of the Protestant EpIsoopal ohurch
were as loyal as ever TO the scriptures ana CreeuS ~
closing the Bishop dealt indirectly Win recent uouoieS
,n the diocese lie said there seemed 10 De an I'm
o.s,or that no was averse 20 setting IN motion the
,i machinery of the Church. lie confessed that ne
deprecated so doing, yet II the clergy "Ou III oNeN
case make definite accusations and stahu hruS oehiuU
tho indictments they might have all the uia' uey ue
sired The Bishop sharply rebuhed tle h'c'"ou SoPU
60 . recent remonstrance, of which he knew nothing
until ne read IL in the columns oil he"sp"pe' :"
also expressed in forcble language MS
% the course pursued I'm some quarters 10 ueiea inc
elevation 10 the episcopacy OF one Ot lic io' o'"
man in the Church in America. . -,
r., h,iv communion WAS celebrated by the BISHOP
, - assisted in the service and in the adm"istr'-
49,, -, tho Rev Dr. Henry l.. Zeguenfuss, Archdeacon
of Dutchess the Rev. DR.. W. H. Thomas M'lne"'on Vi
-. .h pe, DR. F. T. Van Kleeck, Archdeacoh Oh
,,.,cbcster. the Rev DR.. George ID. Johnson Arch'
deacon OF Richmond; the Rev Dr. lIl2ii' IL ii''i9
rector Of st. Paul's Church; ana the he'' ~ ~ H.
Greon rector of ST. Bartholomew Ihe music was
proyided by the chors Of the Church oil N so''' anu
- partboomew,s and Included the ohertory anthem
- a., tors - and St. Cecilia Mas At the
- 30 tho communion service the members Of the
convention were invited to luncheon Al inc MaHEl'H
Athletic Club. Upon Resembling IN inc al'eI'oo"' O'
Rev Dr. Thomas II. Harris. rector oil IT, fau o''IO'
was elected secretary " the convenloh anu Jdc' ro''
was reelected treasurer. - ..,.-,
The following standing committees were appoln'eu
by the Bishop: ,, r.
ON the incorporation and Admission Of PaI1SheS-The
Rev. George II. Vandcwater Jacob wendell "uhah
g. Hamilton. on the Diocesan fuhu-l"c Nov w IL
Mills the Rev j. y. Stanycr, Augustus NisElu L. -
porbam ON ibe General Theological Seminary-Ihe
Rev James Mucahey, the Rev. H. j. FmrDllfl' JAMES
Grant Wilson, Douglas Merritt ON Canon>-Ihe Kew
" l. seaburv the Rev. !. :. Shlpman the Rev. G. Il,
smith. the Rev. Pascal Narrower stephen J. Nash,
Henry Lewis Morris, DeaHO G. CALVIN, FRANCIS l..
stetsOn.
The application for admission to the convention
from the Church Of the Good shepherd OF NewburS
was granted but the Church of Ascension, Of Mount
Vernon, not having compiled Win U'c 0do" "''' "O'
admitted.
The report Of the executive committee OF the New
York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society strongly
urged the building Of chapel for the Insane women Oh
Blackwel's Island.
J. Pierpont Morgan and George r. SchefIelin were
reelected trustees OF inc t>lHf anu PIVP'i'' VI VIZ
Diocesan Convention OF Ncw-YOrk. Cornelius Wander
bnt and Carlisle Norwood were elected to fill the
vacancies in the board Of tuitces Of the ParochaI
Fund. Thomas p. Cummings, who has served as
Trustee Of the Episcopal Fund twenty-five years,
offered his resignation, and George ,. Bowdoin was
elected to fill the place
The greater part Of the afternoon was taken up In
the discussion Of a proposition to amend the cahohs
so that parish when 1t calls clergyman to the rec
torship of the church shall he required publicly TO In
stall the new rector the on that subject at
present leaving 1t optional with the parish whether
there shall be public ceremonies. vote on the
question was postponed until to-day at Il O'Clock.
4 proposition 70 adopt canon directing the
Bishop to appoint a minister to take charge Of a
parish where a vacancy in the pctorship has existed
for six months, the minister to hold Office until a
rector Is duly appointed by the parish, also dis
cI!sSed and action was deferred until to-day.
Among the prominent lay delegates were j. llcrppht
Morgan. George MaccuiOch Miller, FREDERICK ID. Happen,
Colonel :. Y. K. CW-cT Arson D. stokes, DcIahO &.
Calvin. Joseph W. Harper Major IhCOdOIe h. GObN'
Charles q. LandOG, Daniel Huntington GEORGE Mona-
gue. David GARRISON, stephen Z. Nu,h =. Nicholson
Kane Francis l.. StetSOn, Henry +. Spauldng, :. d.
BabcOck and John H. BOyntOn. The clergy OF the
diocese well represented. Among those at the con
ventiOn the Rev. Dr.. Morgan Din. OF TRINITY
the Rev. DR.. +. W Donald. OF Ascension, the Rev.
Arthur Brooks, Of Incarnation the Roy A. A. lutler
of Epiphany the Rev. Dr. ID. P3ghcr Morgan, or
heavenly Rest. the Rev. Or. {. b. smith, %. II.
REV DR.. o. APPRECIATE OF Newburg; the Rev. Francis
Wa-hbuTl. Of Kingston; the Rev. p. T. NhObcr, Of
IagIytOW the Rev Lea Luqucr, Of Bedford; the Rev.
&. r. Caucdy. OF NCW-EOchcilc: the Rev. Thomas
OF Monticello, and the Rev. j, W. Euchmaster OF