The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-30
A COADJUTOR TO BYsHOP POTTER.
A Candidate Recommended to the Do
cesan Convention Of To-day.

~ NoD0l00y6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ~ usO ASsv-
cesan Convention Of To-day.
To THE Ed IroR OF The SuN-Sir: There
seems to be little doubt that Bishop Potter
will ask for q coadjutor at tho diocesan
convention this morning. and therefore "
may be necessary to explain the dinerence
between an Assistant Bishop and "Coad-
tutor Bishop" before entering upon the gen
eral question OF the candidate to be elected.
In the year 1888 Dr. Potter. then rector OF
Grace Church, was elected an assistant to
his uncle, Bishop Horato Potter. and the
only two Bishops now living who took part
In the conservation are Bishop Doane OF
Albany and Bishop Huntington Of Central
New York. In those days an Assistant
Bishop" was one who undertook 10 do the
work OF the diocesan when commissioned TO
act. But the "Coadjutor Bishop" has GER
tain duties assigned to him by the diocesan.
such as tho supervision Of part OF tho
diocese; or distinctive duties such as oon-
frmations. and the oversight OF the clergy.
in which he will be entirely free to act.
1t is in this that the difference between en-
assistant and a coadjutor is found. and 1t
probably accounts for the reluctance with
which Bishop Potter has yielded to the de-
sire Of his clergy to have Coadjutor Bishop
who will take the oversight Of outlying par
ishes
As a clergyman of the diocese who will
find it impossible to advocate the claims OF
any candidate in the convention on Wednes-
day or Thursday. l should like to appeal to
my brother clergy of ths diocese and the lay
delegates Of the parishes and to beg Of them
to lay aside all personal preference az well
as all party feeling and unite In electing
thoroughly ut man to be coadjutor to Bishop
Potter. and probably his successor In course
Of time
There are many candidates in the field.
Almost every clergyman In tho diocese has
his candidate, and consequently there u
danger that some clergyman entirely I'M
fitted for the post may succeed after o num-
Der Of ballots Intellectual in carrying ma
jority.
After giving very careful oon sideration
personal choice or prejudice, and being en-
tirely free from party Church feeling, l SOL
EMMY feel that the man for the position is
the Rev. Dr. Grosvenor. RECTOR OF the Church
OF the Incarnation. New York.
In character DR.. Gr0svenOr is pree minently
fitted. He is a man or q distinctiyeiy re-
derness OF heart. which Is very necessary
qualification for il man dealing with the dim
Gulties Of his fellow men. and he has very
Broad Church which woaia ennosS
calculated to win all parties in the Church.
This broadness, however. Is in no sense RAJ
tionalstic, for Dr. Grosyenor Y dsvous
Church. Although not a very strong man
physically, no Is comparatively young ano
would doubtless fin d the visitation OF country
parishes more health giving than the ardu-
Gus duties OF city rectOrship. tie has that
modest manner which makes him very &C
ceptable to his brother clergy. and the very
fact that he has been elected a member OF
the standing committee which is the diocesan
court Of appeal, is OF itself an evidence that
his brother clergy trust him, The rector
- Il, - tt,n La, inn HNAl
tician; but he would rule diocese in the fear
OF God and with the simplicity OF Christ. thor,
He took his degree at Williams College in
1855. and then studied divinity in the Derke-
Enversity 'o Of New York ri, has ' honorsd him
with the degree Of doctor Of divinity he
was ordained deacon by Bishop Williams u
vanc;ed DIT to the priesthood BY Bishop Little
terial work at Grace Church Brooklyn. and "a
wa, Tor I'VE est9 OF ,sss he s c
ceeded the late Rev. Arthur Brooks as rector
Of the Church of the Incarnation IAN extreme s
Low chnrch,man CT the pur,tan tyPsd P fSs
s'rvices OF that church in dignity and I'M, I'M,
order OF the Anglican ritual
patty with the building OF the Cathedral OF
s.. John the Divine. and his election to the
Bishopric will probably do more than any
thing else toward the completion Of the Ca
thedral for public worship. the entire erec-
ton Of the building being matter OF soma
years
Then it is thoroughly understood that Or;
Grosvenor Ia not only a personal friend OF
Bishop Potter. but also one who has by bis
consistent work won the approval 81 hs
statement to the effect that Bishop Potter
has EXPRESSED any preference for Dr. Gro .N;si
selection for many ministerial offices cele-
brated in connection with the Bishop Of New
York s domestic life
believing that they are assembled in the
name and presence" Of Almighty God and
acting. as the ntion collect puts II:
"Dy the mighty power of the Holy Ghost"
seriously lay to heart the question whether
God In His goodness has not placed In the
midst of them one remarkably fitted for the
work and office of a Bishop in the person OF
the rector Of the Church Of the Incarnation.
A CLERGYMAN or THE DIOCESE.
NEW YORK. Sept. -