Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-18
! BISHOP rwENrY.FIyE YEARs.

\ BISHOP TWENTY-FIVE YEARs.
I'm Commemoration OF the |
Twenty.Fifth Anniversary OF the |
Conservation OF Bishop LitsIejo John
at RrooklSn, N. Y.-Formerly Rec
tor OF st. Paul,s Church, This City |
A Brief Sketch Of His Life. i
A reception was given last evening at the
Art Association rooms on Montague street,
Brooklyn, N. z, to Bishop A. N. Little
John, of the diocese of Long Island, who
was formerly rector of st. Paul's church,
this city. 1t was rendered by the Church
club, of which Hon. Augustus Van .Wyck
is president. About 1 600 invitations were
sent out, and a brilliant assemblage was
present. This was the closing event of the
celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary
of the conservation of Bishop Littlejohn Is
bishop of the diocese OF Long Island. His
conservation took place January ~, 1869,
at which time he was rector of Trinity
church, Brooklyn. Every church In the
diocese Joined in the recent celebration, the
principal exercises being held at the
Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden
City, L L, and St. Luke's church and the
Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn.
The first event was the celebration of the
holy communion at the Cathedral of the
Incarnation at 7:30 O'Clock last Tuesday
morning. There was e second celebration
of the sacrament at 1880 o'clock.
Tbio xuoc fo11ouod nv ofnhf aSdroeoeu
representing the several Institutions and
interests of the church. Each speaker wac
limited to five minutes. The departments,
interests, and institutions of the church
was represented as follows: Standing COM
mittes of the mother diocese, the Rev. Dr..
Morgan Dix; standing committee of the
diocese of Long Island, the Rev. DR..
@. 81. Hall or the Rev. G. B. Brewster;
charitable Institutions of the diocese,
corporation, the Hon. John A. King; re-
gents of the church university, President
e. N. Potter, D. D., of Hobart college; SIS
terhood of St. John the evangelist, the
Rev. 81. @. Swentzsl; missionary interests
and the archdeacons, the Rev. r. E. Alsop,
D. D., archdeacon of South Brooklyn; the
schools, the Rev. 8. 8. Roche.
At the conclusion of the addresses q
handsome jeweled pastoral staff was pre-.
sented to the bishop from the clergy Of
the diocese. Luncheon followed at the
Stewart Arms.
After the luncheon the Bishop and Mrs.
Littlejohn held reception in the See
house. The clergy, lsy delegates and visit
ors were escorted by the cadets of St. Paurl
school and st. Paul's Cadet band. The
Rev. II. T. Scudder was the marshal OF
the column. He had a. assistants the Rev
Messrs. Carter, McGuffey, Moran, Decor
mis-, Coehrane and Pendleton.
The services in the Church of the Mes
sieh. Brooklyn, took place Tuesday even
Right Rev. Henry Q. Potter, D. D., de.
livered an address and Mr.. Alexander E.
Orr spoke for the lsity.
The celebration in ST.. Luke's church,
Brooklyn, was more in the nature of 6
musical festival. The choir was composed
of selections made from the membership
of most of the vested choirs in the do
cese. The musicsl portion of this service
was arranged with great care and afforded
an opportunity to hear some of the most
celebrated choir singers in the Episcopal
church in the vicinity of New York City
The Rev. G. W. Homer intoned the ser
vice, and the lessons were read by the Rev
DR. s. NJ. Hsskins and the Rev. DR.. J.
Carpenter Smith.
The Right Rsv. Abram Newkirk Little
john, D. D LII. D., is the ninety first
bishop in succession in the American Epis
copate. He was born at Florida, Mont
gomery county, N. Y, on December 10,
1924. After graduating from Union col.
lege with horors in 1916 he completed q
course of theological study, and in 1916
was ordered deacon by Biahop De Lsncey
at Auburn. His first charge was at Am
sterdam, N. Y. He remained there veal
and then went to Meriden, Conn. During
his psstorate there he was ordained to the
priesthood in Christ church, Hartford, by
Bishop Brownel1. He became rector Of
Christ church, Springfield, Mass, early
in 1850. He retained that chargs
until July, 1851, when he wen,
to New Haven, Conn, to become
rector of St. Psuls church. He remained
there nine years. He was only twenty-si1
years old, but soon gained wide reputa
| ton az brilliant preacher, and his services
| were much sought to deliver lectures. Dur
ing his rectorship at St. Pauls he filled the
chair of pastoral.theology at Berkeley divin
ity school, Middletown, aud contributed
many valuable leading articles to leading
magazines and reviews. In 1858 he opened
q course of lectures given under Episcopal
| direction, at Philadelphia, by discussion
of "The Philosophy of Religion" Three
years later the University of Pennsylvania
conferred upon him the degree of doctor Of
divinity. He was elected president
of Hobart college in 1868, but de
clined the honor. He became rector Of
Trinity church, Brooklyn, two years later
| and, Notwithstanding many obstacles, &C.
/ complished wonderful results. When he
assumed charge the parish was heavily In
| debt. Before he had gotten fairly at worl
the civil war broke out, and 1t required
heroic exertion to meet the obligations OF
his charge. He, however, was equal to
the emergency, and succeeded in reducing
the mortgage on the church property ma
terially. He was at the head of Trinity
church for nine years, and during tina.
time the congregation raised over $3.50, 000
for sll objects.
Immediately upon his election as bishop
of the newly-formed diocese of Long
Island, he brought into play that splendid
energy and perseverance chat had attracted
widespread attention to him.
Bishop Littlejohn was appointed bishop
in charge Of American churches in Europe
in 1874. He held that ofics until 1856,
when increased duties on Long Island in
duced him to give it up. He has published
number of works, among them being
''Individuslism: Sermons Before the Uni
and "The Christian Ministry at the Close of
the Nineteenth Century," 1854 being the
Paddock lectures before the General Theo-
logical seminary. The degree of IL D.
was conferred upon the bishop by the U nj
versity of Cambridge, England.
Bishop Littlejohn is now in his seven
tieth year, and gives evidence that he will
be in active servics for many years longer.
Bishop Littlejohn is we'll remembered by
many friends of St. Psuls, New Haven,
who were formerly his parishioners. His
work here was most fruitful period of
the church's history. The eminent record
that he has made for himself since he left
here and the sppreciative testimonial of
his work In the recent celebration OF the
twenty anniversary of his conse era
ton cannot fail to be of interest to many
who were members of his church thirty
years ago and by whom he is held in low
ing remembrance.
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY.
An Interesting Occaai0n at Humph.