The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-26
'ExrrNAnY AND CONSIDERATION.
omciai Programme for Tomorrow and
ThurglaY.


omcial Programme for Tomorrow and
Thursday.
Tomorrow and Thursday will be
held in Trinity church the Jarvis CEN
tenary and the conservation Of the Rev.
Chauncey Bunce Brewster, D. D.,
bishop coadjutor-elect of Connecticut.
Tomorrow will be devoted entirely to
the Jarvis centenary. The services will
begin at a. m, with the holy COM
munion, at which the celebrant will be
the Rev. DR.. e. S. Lines, rector of St.
PauPs church.
AT 1890 a, m. the special feature of
the service will be the reading of a let
ter from Bishop Williams by the rector
of Trinity church and addresses on
"a Century of Church Life in Connec-
lieut." by the Rev. DR.. Storrs o. Sey-
mour, president of the standing COM
mittee, and also by the Rev. DR.. Sam
uel Hart, registrar of the diocese.
AT l p. m. lunch will be served for
the clergy and specially invited guests
in Trinity parish house at 1850 Temple
street.
AT 3 o'clock will be addresses by DR..
Henshaw, special representative
from Rhode Island; Rev. Samuel f.
Jarvis, subject, Historical Reminis-
cences of Bishop Jarvis; Rev. Joseph
Hooper, subject, life and Times of the
Second Bishop of Connecticut; also by
the Rt. Rev. DR.. o. w. Whitaker,
bishop of Pennsylvania; the Rt. Rev.
Or. Henry G. Potter, bihsop of New
York, and the Rt. Rev. DR.. William
Lawrence, bishop of Massachusetts.
The choir of Trinity church will sing
the, festival, "Te Deum," which was
sung at the Crytsal Palace, London,
May !, 1872, at the thanksgiving for the
recovery Of the health of the Prince of
Wales.
On Thursday will be held the conse-
Grafton of the bishop coadjutor. The
services will begin with celebration of
the holy communion in Christ church
at 7:30 a. M, st. Thomas church at
a. M, at st. Paul's church at $3.50 a.
m. At 1880 will be the conservation
service, followed by lunch at Trinity
parish house at 1 o'clock.
At 8 o'clock there will be public re-
ception to the bishop coadjutor, with
an address of welcome by the Rev. DIR.
Storrs o. Seymour, and response by the
bishop coadjutor.
The bishops who will be present are
those of Long Island, Albany, Pennsyl-
vania, New York, Pittsburg, Maryland,
Nebraska, Massachusetts and Califor-
MIA.
Special attention is called to the fact
that the galleries of the church are ex-
clusively for ladies, and will be opened
at 10 a. m. The body of the church will
not be open to the public until 1890
a. m.
A book will be published, to be paid
for by subscription, which will contain
the letter of the bishop of Connecticut,
the addresses made during the centen-
airy, the cofnscration serman, and a
catalogue off the articles contained in
the exhibitI ogether with a general
account of THE proceedings.
A book flor the signatures of those !
desiring toll Subscribe will be at the
church door and at the parish house
during the reception.
SKETCH OF BISHOP JARVIS.
Abraham Jarvis, whose centenary is |
to be observed, was the second bishop |
of the church in Connecticut his pre-
decessory be ing Bishop Seabury. Bish-
op Jarvis was not an unusual man, nor |
did he assume very large figure on
the clerical stage, but he conducted his
ep1scopate WITH vigor and for sixteen
years was the honored head of the |
clergy. His election was combatted at |
the first, and he would only allow him
self to be a candidate again on the
unanimous vote of the convention
He was consecrSated In Trinity church.
New Haven, befbre sixteen clergymen
and twenty seven lay delegates, the
sermon on the ocdasion being preached
by DR.. Smith of 1Norwalk. His period
Of service did not cover any particular
acts worthy OF mention, except the
steady increase off the church and the
substantial bettertnent of it's finances.
He took up the cuadgels against a GER
ain Ammi Rogers, a fraudulent clergy
nan, and succeeded in having him de-
graded, but this aftfon embittered the
asst of his life Hell died on May 8, 1918,
while criminal proceeding were in court
against him by Rogfers for SANDER He
vas quiet, dignif1dd man and greatly
respected by his brother clergy. A
meal descendant of his will read the
anniversary paper ON his life.
Bishop Jarvis resided in Middletown
Until 1886, when he tremoved to Ches-
lire, and in 1902 he went to New Ha-
rem, where he lived FOR the rest Of his
life.