The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-28

secretary of each house were instruct
ed to prepare the proper credentials
for the bishop-elect, and thankfully the
convention separated, glad that they
could soon expect the vacant Episco-
pate to be worthily filled. At the con-
vocation of clergy held Immediately af-
ter the convention it was agreed that
Mr.. Baldwin be the attending presbyter
If DR.. Jarvis should go to Philadelphia
for conservation, and that collections
be made in the various parishes for de-
fraying their expenses, to be sent to
Mr.. Hubbard before 1.-The first Sunday
in August next" Bishop White, with
that gracious and cordial readiness to
please others which distinguished him.
was willing to come to Connecticut for
the conservation, as was the preference
OF the church people of the state, and
appointed Trinity church, New Haven,
as the place and the feast of Luke the
Evangelist as the day when the second
bishop of Connecticut should be admit
ted to his high and holy office. 1t was
in the old Trinity church that the bish-
ops of Pennsylvania, New York and
Massachusetts, with large number of
ed congregation witnessed a service
then celebrated for the first time on the
soil of Connecticut. The arrangements
for the service seem simple as we read
them in the printed record. There was
first special meeting of the conven-
ton, after which divine service was at
tended, morning prayer was read by
the Rev. Mr.. Ives, a sermon adapted to
the occasion was delivered by the Rev.
t. DR.. Smith. After the conservation the
bishop was recognized by the conven-
tion," the address being made by the
Rev. Bella Hubbard of Trinity church,
New Haven. Bishop Jarvis, reply is
said to have been suitable" He then,
following the precedent Of Seabury, de-
livered his first charge. This was pub
lished, and bears out the encomiums of
those who heard it.
Bishop Jarvis had a high ideal of his
duty as bishop, although retaining for
two years his parochial charge he knew
the needs of a. diocese that for nearly
two years had been without any over
sight and Immediately commenced a
thorough visitation. His son, the fin
ished and profound student, DR.. Sam
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theirs method was to spend a day or
more in each parish. For the larger
and more important parishes he chose
Sunday as the day of visitation, for
the smaller a week day. The service
was always in the morning. The after
noon was used for travelling. In the
evening there would gather around
him the members of the parish, visiting
clergy and others with whom the
bishop would have pleasant and impor-
tant interviews, not merely the chat of
the day, but the discussion of biblical,
theological and ecclesiastical topics.
Bishop Jarvis suffered severely from
asthma and 1t is said that after thus
bearing well his part in these discus
sions he would spend the night sit
ting in his chair supported by pillows
in the greatest pain, but he bore all
with patient submission and sweet
cheerfulness which brought tears into
the eyes of all who were witnesses Of
his sufferings. There were few par
ishes to visit There was not the hurry,
confusion and excitement as to the
necessity for keeping the next appoint
ment, which seems to be the accom-
paniment Of Episcopal visitations Time
then was not the sole consideration.
1t was not thought to be wasted if
spent in the service of God, in learn
ing the actual condition spiritually,
financially and otherwise of the va
rious parishes. A bishop was a nov
city, but his character, his Office was
fifty appreciated, and by the longer
that love and devotion for the bishop
which has always distinguished Con-
necticut. The progress during DR..
Jarvis episcopate was slow. 1t was,
however, of a, permanent character as
the organization of st. MichaePs, Litch-
field and the revival of the parish at
Hartford show. The better support of
the episcopate was among the sub
jects which engaged the earnest atten-
ton of many conventions. The tax of
a half penny in the pound, which had
been recommended in the early days
of Seabury's administration was again
urged, and after 1901 tax of one and
q half mill on the dollar was substitute
ed. There was, however, no full re-
Spouse to this recommendation, and al
LIlouSA Ill IiCG IuSICCo LII IcCelNllS
and holding donations ror the support
of the bishop of the Episcopal church
in this state" had been appointed and
incorporated, Bishop Jarvis quantity
says in his address to the convention
of 1912: "And as if nothing more was
intended by the zeal that was shown
to procure it, there it rested. The
income of Bishop Jarvis from the do
cese was very small. The convention
records seem to pass over entirely the
question of any stated salary to him
1.-The affairs of the Episcopal Academy,
which had been suggested in 1898, and
formally authorized in 1894, and which
in 1896 had received it's first principal
and pupils occupied much of the time
and thought of Bishop Jarvis. He
knew well the power it might be made
in moulding the character of the men
who ought to be the strength of the
church in a few years. He was very
anxious for it's prosperity, besides the
formal recommendation that was made
of it in the convention and the appoint
ment of committees to look after it's
prosperity the bishop considered the
academy the nucleus for diocesan insti-
tutions and in 1899 built in Cheshire a
residence, and personally watched the
growth of the school under it's brilliant