The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-02
BISHOP COADJUTOR ACCEPTS.
rs LIKELY TO BE CONSECRATED
NEXT JANUARY.
Ills New once . Great and Sacred Trust,
DR.. Greer Says-"l Rather Shrink From
lt"-Divlsion OF the Diocese Post.
poned for the Time After Long Debate.


DR.. Greer says-"l Rather shrink From
It"-Division Of the Diocese Post.
poneti for the Time After Long Debate.
The Rev. DR.. David H. Greer formally
accepted the Office Of Bishop Coadjutor Of
the Episcopal diocese OF New York yes
terday. After morning prayer at the
diocesan convention in the Church OF the
Heavenly Rest. he was escorted up the
aisle by the committee, the Rev. DR.. j.
Lewis Parks, the Rev. DIR. W. NJ. Grosvenor
and j. Pierpont Morgan, and welcomed
at the chancel steps by Bishop Potter.
The delegates rose. After Introduce ion
the Bishop-elect said:
lam too much impressed with the soemnity
of the occasion to use the ordinary language
Of conventional courtesy and to thank you
for what you have done. l do not at all
regard i in the light Of honor and compli-
and sacred trust to which you have seen fit to
You Know that j, did not seek it, i rather
a ia my field Of work and Hoped that in that
field could I'LL up the measure Of my useful
ness to the Church OF God and my fellow
But YOU have called me.
One thing nowsyer yo1 could not compel S
come to recognize the fact that beneath the
SURFACE. however diversified that surface
to our common Lord and Saviour. Jesus Christ
That name is the only one shall recognize.
and %st hs hnss TO te
py side q Bshep Z Possr
%S ss
felt for good and high character. not only
throughout the diocese, but throughout the
asSh as G se cali Of and
il may involve to me personally, with such
power as God has given me and such help
s sSodd snsh so@ snDsay BY s hs i
at large. accept the responsibility and devote
myself to the work OF the high Office.
The election must now be passed upon by
all Bishops and standing committees.
Conservation will probably take place
fixed at $4,000 year, with residence in
the Bishops house soon to be erected on
the Cathedral grounds, and for which SOS, 900
is now in hand.
Most of yesterday was taken up with
discussion OF whether to recommend to the
general convention division Of the do
oase. The Rev. DR.. Batten OF st. Marks
Church made majority report, but the
Rev DR.. Huntington of Grace Church pre-
sented a minority one, and on it debate was
long The minority proposition was to cut Of
all counties. including Westchester, leaving
in the diocese Of New York only Manhattan
and The Bronx.
II division comes, new Bishop. will
he chosen for the diocese Of Hudson, as it
was proposed to call it, The recommended
ton was that SlOO 600 be given to it as en-
dowment and $4,000 for missionary
fund. The matter was finally disposed
of by resolution declaring it not to be
expedient at this time to recommend di-
vision and continuing the committee.
The fact was shown, however, that division
is only a matter OF year or two and that
new diocese will be created
Upon the subject Of changing the name OF
the Episcopal Church to the American
Catholic Church, the diocese Of New York
was more severe on the general convention
than has been any convention in the country.
BY resolution it postponed action and
told the committee that its course was
Unprecedented and unconstitutional.