The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-15
YESTRY MEETING
HELD YESTERDAY
THE RESIGNATION OF THE REV.
QUINCY EWING FORMALLY Ac-
cEPTED. TO GO INTO EFFECT
SEPT. is.

A meeting of the vestry of the Church
of tho Advent was held yesterday after
noon. at the request of the Rev. Quincy
Ewing, the rector. 1t sat In the Brmlng-
ham Trust and Savings bank The meet
ing was called to consider the resignation
of Mr. Ewing, which he presented In order
that he may accept a call to Christs
church, at Napoleonvllle, La.
After a general discussion Of matters
relating to the welfare Of the church. The
| following was read by Mr.. Ewing
The Advent Reetorv,
Birmingham, Ala, August Il, 1906
To the Wardens and vestry Of the
Church of the Advent. Birmingham, Ala.
My Dear Friends-As you are doubtless
aware, the meeting of the vestry today
was called by me for the purpose of pre-
senting TO you my resignation of the rec
torship of the Church of tue Advent I
have given this matter on which I now
ask you to act several weeks of earnest
and prayful consideration, and ny decis-
ion, 1t seems to me, has been arrived at
in the way of wisdom, Ny health for
years, has been far from strong and
cannot but feel that it were the part of
unwisdom for me to attempt longer to do
the work that presses upon the rector Of
| this parish: a work, | am convinced, that
cannot be done as It should be done by
any one man, not physically giant, men
tally genius. and financially independent
1t is but fair to you to say that when 7
accepted the rectorship of the Church Of
| the Advent. I was authorized b. you to
procure an efficient assistant rector, and
I believe It has all along been your wish
that l should. For rea sons that need
not here be dwelt upon, / have been I'M
able TO procure an assistant. Suffice 1t to
say that efficient assistant reotors are not
easy TO find Perhaps they are harder to
find than efficient rectors.
| cannot ask yoy to accept my resigna-
ton of an office which you SO generously
tended me, nearly three years ago, with
out putting on record my grateful apple
citation of your many lindnesses to me,
my witness to the personal sacrifices you
have all made for the good of the Church
of the Advent and the diocese of Ala
bama, and my firm conviction of your
high integrity as Christian gentlemen and
officers of the church. In the years of
our association. the ways marked out for
us, not after our will and choosing, haYe
not always been ways of pleasantness
and paths of peace" but they have been
ways, I feel, which we walked together
hoporably-and it is well so to have walk
ed Righteousness has been never an easy
victory; truth, never a painless triumph
but the reward of the fighter for either
has never been for any moment in doubt
1t should mean much to you and me, as
we sever our official relationship, to be
privileged to offer thanks to God that we
were permitted to stand together for some
principle worth standing forl
If agreeable to you. 1t is my desire that
my resignation of the reetorshlp of the
Church of the Advent take effect. septem-
Der Is, 1906
Again assuring you of my sincere es-
TEEN, and of my gratitude to you all, with
affeetionate greetings. very faithfully
yours, QUINCY EWING.
As soon as Mr. Ewing had finished read
ing his resignation, he left the meeting,
and the vestry, after short discussion
accepted IT,
A committee composed of the following
was appointed TO draft resolutions suita-
BILE to the occasion: Judge S. e. Greene
Dr. e. P. Riggs and Charles Roberts. The
committee is expected to report within
the next few days