The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-26
INJUSTICE To THE
COLONIAL CLERGY
Bishop Cheshire Dis
cusSes Causes That
Have Brought Shame
and Ruin.
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
Moral Paradox.


~ h. recent session of the Epis-
...a. State convention, held at Hen
..,. ..4.. IN the customary bishops ad-
.. II-hOp Cheshire discussed mat
-. uf great interest to all members
.. ...D. church and touched upon topics
..I have interest for all thoughtful
.... The address would have been
...rrgI in these columns ON the morn
... aftrr il was delivered. but the let
u.. containing the manuscript miscar-
..t4 It is 50 excellent an address,
l...t-Ntr. that it loses nothing from
tl-r tIejuy in publications The follow
... .ztructs are taken from it:
bishop Cneshire's Address.
-#c have just been observing q.
u..I interesting anniversary OF the
r.u"u in North Carolina. The first
....s,lrI administration of the Sstcra~
.." If the Lords Supper. within the
..s of the State OF North Caro-
.. MAS III PasquOtank county, on
uJy sunday i'll the year Of our Lord
,.. thousand and seven hundred and
E by the Reverend Richard Mars
..a. #ho was passing through that
.-.tiHm on hiG way to South Carolina.
"..- service is mentioned in u letter
f0 a@hop Compton, Of London. from
co,r.uOr Glover. VINO states that it
fnn administered in that country so
u4 he could learn.
"Fhe Bishops OF East Carolina and
IT ASheVjlIe united With me in calling
t, attention of all our North Carolina
durrhnen to this interesting ami
'e~ary and in setting forth and au-
.uorWIng It special prayer of commem-
w.Jiou and Thanksgiving to be used
III ..u our congregations upon Trinity
-GUluv just passed the bicentenary
nj IIe service mentioned by Governor
G.oyrr
II take this occasion to say that in
H. Judgment very great injustice has
lo'u done to the memory of our CO.
I.UaI clergy. not only by writer's whose
r.E.jpu. opinions may be thought to
IgNr excused some prejudice in the
n#jtrr. but also by our own church
tglt.r@ and historians. We know some
tlHu& like forty names of clergy men
hu mmiStered in the province OF
>u-h Carolina before the Revolution
..onlr Of them had been sent out from
t.a.ttu,i. by the society for the propa-
s...uu Of the gospel Some seem tc
!tsc come over OF their own motives
,rur seem to have gone over from
>uru Carolina in order that they
a.i-ut receive holy orders, and return
aU3 Labor in the province. They eXer-
el-ra their ministry under many auC
-rt disadvantages. They enjoyed alb
..NrIN no supervision or opportuni-
tics of receiving counsel or advice
i.Hn amy superior. They We're ire
nueutly unable to avoid being involved
IL. he bitter ana violent personal ane
political contentious of the times. Ihe!
'"|~ much as we are-and thfouSf
lt- weakness of this mortal nature
.a| tId not always presume the hlSh
.tfniUrClS of character and OF con
HH"O This is certainly true OF some
.f bonn. But as far as [ have seen
H'-tl but two cases in which we arc
."-tiUcI in saying that they were really
*nrthy men: While a very consider
..r proportion Of them maintained
I'4n standard of Christian and minis
..t character and by their saint!
t.o* shonc as light in a dark place
'".tr nave been in our later history
.... 'uuicr or more heroic examples o
""l@''an faith and patience than ar
'HHl-Hcd by the annals Of the chufci
.. iII" province of North Carolina. W.
' do we'll. my dear brethren, IL II
.E .nlE Of greater advantages and
--'r peril and trials if we show equa
.. ANA faithfulness in the service =
..r MASTER
IHriug the wear covered by thi
"i"Ht / have within the diocese OF
."j ut one hundred and elShty-on
.ElHtE, administered the Holy Com
.'t'H SiNty-siX times. preached on
f'3ed ana ten sermons, made TIM
N addresses and confirmed thre
NI.e3 ana ninety-three persons
baptiSed two infants and on
.#-. ANA have officiated at four MAJ
aHd at seven funerals. L haN
'.I3ted one church, ordained 1oI
."n@ ANA advanced three deacon
81" priesthood
summary of the whole With
"". without gives one hundred an
-.'. +E-"ne services, one hundred an
"'-'.p sermons, thirty-nine az
s., four hundred and thirty-fol
'H;UlonS and seventy celebration
''" tplN Communion.
Nh" nave thus lost three and game
~. our net gain being four, Whlc
u. "i present upon our clefs
"'r Bishop, forty-tive Priests al
*e Doacons, q total Of fifty-elSi
I'll sorry TO have to add, hoWeVe
"f these four priests are reuft
." active service on account OF q;
bodily infnmity, and two for U
'uS ar" engaged only IN secul'
'N, IS" that our actual working llui
b. one Bishop, forty-one flles