The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06

being afterward convinced by his friends
that he ought to consider the necessities Of his
flock as we'll as his own. he thankfully accepted
that bounty OF the society which he needed not
for his own personal subsistence" The claims
| OF the settlers at Savannah and In lite neigh
| borhood left Wesley no time for preaching to
the Indians. over his European congreEa-
tions he exercised the strictest discipline. He
baptized. children by immersion. accented
mono but communicates as sponsors. cate
ohised the children on Sundays. withheld the
holy communion from dissonters unless pre-
vously admitted into the Church. and refused
to read the burial service over the unbaptizod.
An arbitrary exercise Of his spiritual author
ity compelled him to leave Georgia. A
rebuke which he found occasion to admin
lister to q member OF his congregations
lady for whom before her marriage. he
had entertained au Notwithstanding been
nnErllv received. he refused to admit her to
tho holy communion on the ground that she
had failed to comply with the rubrlc requiring
notice OF her intention to communicate and
openly express repentance OF her faults. On
this the husband charged him before the Re-
corder and magistrates with dofaminR his wife
and repellng her without cause. He denied
the first charge. also the right OF secular
court to adjudicate en- the second. matter
purely ecclesiastical The whole colony be-
came involved In the quarrel true bill was
found against tho clergyman by the Grand
Jury. twelve. however. protesting: and for
months courts were held and slanderous
aflldavlts received without Wesley having an
opportunity Of answering them. These vcx-
atious delays and the prospect OF impaired
usefulness decided him to return to England.
Besides the mission at Savannah. which was
renewed In 1879. others were opened by the
society. Yet. although the Georgia Assembly
In 1853 divided the province into eight par
ishes and made provision for the building of n
church and the support OF n Clergyman in
each parish. the act was so largely dead let
ter that the Church OF England remained cs-
tablished in name only. In 1859. whom there
were but two churches in the whole colony
and these one hundred and fifty miles apart,
the white settlers are said to have had but
very little more Knowledge Of q Saviour tn an
tho aboriginal natives"
VI.
To sum up the results OF the society's work
In the United States. we may say that at the
commencement OF the Revolutionary war 1t
was helping to support seventy seven mis-
sionaries In the revolving colonies. But. the
rebellion progressed. nearly all Of these were
forced to retire from their missions. many OF
eh'" ptbulcos' huu ioi 'He leicl vi lho ulS-
tressed among them and the other expatriated
clergy fund was raised in England. Event.
ually u few took the oath OF allegiance to the
republic. or tho remainder. some were pro-
vidcd with army chaplaincies and others with
missions In Nova Scotia New Brunswick. and
Canada few. entirely disabled, received q
pension from the society. The severance OF
the American colonies from the mother coun-
try while it almost destroyed the Church OF
England in the United States. set her free to
obtain the gift OF the episcopate. which had
been SO long denied. As soon rs the peace
was made 1888 DIR. Samuel Seabury. elected
Bishop by the clergy OF Connecticut. went
to England for conservation. which he
at length obtained from the Bishops OF
the Scottish Episcopal Church at Aberdeen on
Nov. IA. 1884. On Feb. 4. 1787, DR.. White and
DR.. Provost were respectively consecrated
Bishops Of Pennsylvania and New York in tho
chapel of Lambeth Palace. and on Sept. 10.
1850. the same office was performed for DR..
Madison. Bishop Of Virginia. The episcopate
thus established has so grown that in the |
United States there are now sixty nine bishop |
RIGS. comprehendinR q total Of 4. 261 clergy: |
and the American Church in its turn has sent |
forth missions to Greece. West Africa. China. |
Japan. Hayti. and Mexico. the last five under
Episcopal leadership. At tho first general
Convention Of the American Church. held in |
Christ's Church. Philadelphia. in 1885. an ad-
dress to the Archbishops and Bishops OF the
Church Of England conveyed the ack nowledg-
ment that such prosperity as the Church en-
joyed in the United States was to be ascrbed
in an eminent degree to the Society for Propa-
eating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. So. too,
In the preface to the American Prayer Book.
the nursing care and protection OF this So
cety Is recognized. NJ. W. H.