The sun., 1902-09-25
The Episcopal Church In New York


Suggestions that Bishop POTTER
! should have the assistance of Coadiu-
tor Bishop have been made for several
years past by both his clergy and the
! laity of this diocese. but hitherto they
have not been received favorably by
him. He has declared both his desire
/ and his ability TO discharge singly all
! the episcopal duties and unquestiona-
/ bly, they have been performed by him
/ with distinguished thoroughncss and
| punctualty
Bishop POTTER has not spared him
self Not only has he fulfilled every
routine requirement of his episcopal
Office, but he has always been ready
also TO give his services in the aid of
| movements in the Church generally and
t. many public causes, charitable, re-
formatory and educational. He is the
most ndefatigable Bishop in the Ameri-
can Episcopal Church, and in all New
York there are few men in responsible
places in any sphere whose lives are as
Since his elevation to the Bishopric,
in 1853, the diocese of New York has in
creased greatly in the number of its
churches and clergy and in the aggre-
gate of communicates. II has been the
period during which the growth Of the
Episcopal Church here has been the
most rapid in the history of the diocese
since It's organization, in 1885. Mean
time, its parochial activities and it's ins,i-
tutions have multiplied as never before,
and their administration has been car
ricd to high level of methodical eff
cheney No other Church except the
Roman Catholic has increased during
that time 80 greatly in numbers, in
strength and in aggressiveness. II has
become the Church toward which Prot
e,tant taste and sentiment have turned
in measure so large that almost in
variablv its church services are fully
attended az time when many Protestant
churches are suffering from religious
Indifference.
BY reason Of his tactful policy Bishop
POTTER has succeeded in maintaining
harmony in the Episcopal Church NJ
New York There have been times
during his episcopal control that signs
of discOrd appeared and serious dis
tnrbance was threatened, but they passed
away and now peace il unbroken
throughout tho diocese The troubles
| provoked, first, by Or. HEBER NEWTON
| and, afterward. because Of the ordina-
tion Of DR.. BRIGGS, tine Higher Critic" :"
have been composed and have left no
ugly mark, Rtualists Broad Church
men and the few of the Low Church
school remaining are holding together
in ecclesiastical unity under the saga
clous administration Of Bishop POTTER
without strife among themselves or
discontent with III" episcopal super
vision.
These results could no, have been
accomplished SO successfully under a
! Bishop less skilful as q leader han Bishop
POTTER and loss remarkable for admins
trative ability. He has seemed to bear
I
fitness for the task In spite Of the con-
stant and eyacting demands made on
| him by his multifarious and arduous
episcopal duties he has found leisure
for outside activities here AT home and
IN various parts Of the nion which alone
would have overtaxed q man Of lcss
vigor Few public men in any sphere
have been 81 unremitting and so tirelcss
in their labors, both the labors put on
him by his episcopal office and those
willingly assumed by him as a citizen at
the call Of society generally.
The dioceses Of the Episcopal Church
in the State of New York are five in
number, The Albany diocese, organized
in 1865, comprises nineteen counties
extending from Columbia on the south
to tho Canadian boundary on the north
and from the eastern boundary Of the
state 10 a line drawn through the State
AZ about Utica. This is q wide region
and TO care for il taxes Bishop heavily.
The diocese of central New York COM
priscs fourteen counties running from
the Pennsylvania TO the Canadian bor-
der and westward 10 Seneca Lake
This is the extensive territory under the
supervision of Bishop HUNTINGTON, who
is now SO years of age and to whom
n Coadjutor Bishop will bc consecrated
on the I'd Of next month. the Rev. DR..
OLMsTED of New York. The diocese
of central New York, organized in 1898,
comprises the fifteen counties to the west
ward. The diocese of Long Island takes
in the three counties Of that island.
Finally comes the diocese Of New York,