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

liams had preached the funeral SER
mon of the same bishop.
He referred feelingly to the advanced
age of both the bishop of Rhode Is
land and of Connecticut, and to the
fact that both were to have bishop
coadjutor to tighten the burdens of
their respective offices. He said in clos
ing: God bless the dIoceses of Con-
necticut and Rhode Island, and may
they ever be powerful instruments in
advancing the kingdom of Jesus
Christ"
Other speakers were Rev. Samuel
Farmar Jarvis of Brooklyn, Conn, and
Rev. Joseph Hooper of Durham Conn.
Mr.. Jarvis subject was Historical
"reminiscences of Bishop Jarvis" and
was as follows:
Rev. Samuel Jarvis.
The personal "reminiscences of my
Grandfather Abraham, the second blsh-
OPP of Connecticut, are so few that L
have to confess to a sensitive shrink
ing from undertaking the task with
which 1 have been honored, of making
one of the addresses at the centenary
C6lGDIdllOIl VI Ilo COliSCNllIiOhs AZ s.'S
Rev. Mr.. Hooper has been assigned the
address upon his life and to DR.. Hart
and DR.. Seymour have been assigned
the history of the church in the diocese
during the hundred years which have
followed the conservation which we
now commemorate. There seemed
nothing left for me to take up, except
to present to you my grandfather as
churchman and theologian. l began
such a task, but / soon found that 1t
would require more time than was left
to me to give to the subject that thor
oughness which justice required. 1
therefore resolved to avail myself OF
the Rev. Mr. Hooper's suggestion, and
to gather together the personal remi-
niscences of the bishop as related to me
by nv father. At the outset, have to
acknowledge with the deepest regret,
approaching to remorse, that from va
rious causes / did not avail myself of
the opportunities which / had to CLEAN
information which, now locked in the
silence of the grave, no one can OBJ
| tain.
Bishop Jarvis ancestors came early
| from England to the colony of Massa-
chusetts, from whence they spread into
Vermont, Maine and Long Island.
From Huntington, Long Island, his
father, Samuel Jarvis and Naomi
Brush. his wife, moved to Norwalk in
this state He was a Puritan in relig-
ion. but about the time of the birth OF
his son Abraham he conformed to the
| church. He probably came in contact
there with the missionary clergy of the
Church Of England, who, with great
holiness and courage, came among the
Puritans, challenged the validity OF
their ministerial orders, and conse-
ouently of the lawfulness OF their MIN
istrations He was man OF courage
would follow the convictions of mis-
mind. and on listening to the arguments
and appeals of these English missiona
ries he returned to the mother church
He had eleven children, of whom Abra-
ham was the ninth.
heard my father say that his grand.
father was not able to afford liberia
education to so large family, but tina
Abraham, who had early developed {
lloye of learning, used to read and study
after the close of the days labors b,
1.-The light of pitch-pine knot. Others
of his children must have been actu
ated by a similar ambition, for / hav
in nv possession some letters writer
by one of the bishops brothers to m.
father in a remarkably beautiful hand
and in the style of gentleman OF edu
cation.
Abraham was sent to Yale colleg
!. and graduated in 1851. There he too
his stand as churchman. One day h
met a fellow student of his acquaint
ance returning from the library wit
one of the books given by Dean Berke
lev in his hand Take care" said tn
future bishop, chat book will most Gel
, tainly make churchman Of you.
''Will it?" said the student, who turne
about and replaced the book
The influence Of the Rev. DR.. Lear
. ing of Norwalk probably induced hii
to study for the priesthood and to go
England for valid orders in 1855. Be
, fore going he acted as a lay reader
the Church of England congregation i
Middletown The Rev. Mr.. Hooper wi
, probably give you an account of til
, journal kept by one of the three youn
men who went to England togethe
I | WHICH was Wy hin itSi iiIo'
,, diligent search. I will therefore mel
ton only two things in connection wit
this tourney to England. I have bee
: told that when the young men came bt
fore the bishop to be ordained he ash
: ed them their Christian names. M
Hubbard, what is your name?' Bel
INV lord" Bella" said his lordshi
"Bela! what sort of a name is that?
never heard of it before" But, n
4 lord" said young Mr. Hubbard, ''it
4 in the Bible'' l have in my possesse
E a memorandum written by my gran
. father of his attendance at King Geors
r Thirds court, wherein he gives the fc
p lowing account of the entrance of tt
king and suite:
r Sunday, April Is, went to Chap
e ROYAL, and heard the Archbishop
S York, a very sensible discourse fro
e Psalm 100, verse A, from thense we
|. into court, large assembly of the n
s bility and gentry, many of the clergy,
It number of bishops.
: 'The order in which we Royal Fami
It came in was, first two or three of
: and William, followed by some othe
= nobility. who preceded We king, w
e came out next with attendants folio
o ing. After them at some distance car
e We queen led by We hand of ye Earl
Fl We nobleman's ladys attending her
civ or