The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
Among Prominent Church
men Whose Fathers We're
Bishops Before Them Are
Henry c. Potter and Viii
liam 6. DOane of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church.
Br JOIN 5. HARDWOOD.

To keep running a tangible business that
Is handed down 20 you-plaut and good
viii ard assets-by your father. that is
more or less a matter OF employment OF
mere common sense. so Ions as trade con-
ditions remain unchanged But 10 make
a name for yourself equal OF superior 20
that which your father possessed in a
line Of work which. by its very nature.
cannot be handed down 10 you-that. in
deed. is a proud achievement And YET
there are plenty of men 81 the public eye
to-day who have proven themselves -he
equals. and not infrequently the superb
ors. Of their fathers in the impossIble-to-
be-wiIled activities in which the latter
gained their respective degrees OF prOmi-
nence in their day and generation
Take the church first Among the &c
clesiastical folk Of the Protestant Episco-
pal persuasion. Bishop Henry c. Potter.
of New York, was known, for one thing.
as the son Of the late Alonzo Potter,
Bishop Of Pennsylvania from IS45 until
his death twoscore years later As bish-
cy the father was head and front 0f ths
movement that added many new churches
and various enterprises, such as hospi-als
ard academies. 10 the diocese. The sons
twoscO7e years al the head OF the diocese
o. New York were similarly marked in
rather a striking manner. The father was
for several years the virtual head Of
Union College. his alma mater, vhi7h
some years ago conferred q degree N the
son. who once was offered the presidency
Of Kenyon College. but refused 20 dupli-
cate the educational portion Of his fatr-
Er's career by accepting the proGered
honor The books Of both father aad SON
are numerous. and Ike the son. the
father exerted a wide influence in e>cie-
siastical and public matters beyond The
confines Of his own denomination
Both Founded Schools.
Another Protestant Episcopal bishop OF
the present DAY whose father was a Jisl-
Cd before him is the celebrated william
c Doane. OF Albany. y y. The year that
he was born lSS2l his father became Bisn-
op Of New jersey. One Of the deeds for
which The latter is noted in church Eistcry
was his esta ablishment Of a girls school
The son also Is The founder OF a girls
school that Is famous in church circles
As in the case Of the Potters- Protestant
Episcopal church Libraries contain writ
ings by both Doane pere and Dcane hls-
Joseph BIOult Cheshire, at the head Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church IN North
Carolina, IS the son Of a man who spent
the greater part Of his years n Episcopal
pulpits- The father Of the venerable Cy-
rus d Foss. retired, for years one Of the
strongest bishops Of the Methodist Epis-
copai Church. was an IJinerant preacher
in the same denomination and il was as
an itinerant dispenser OF the Gospel that
the son began his ministerial career.
which carried him into bishops chair
Cwenty-eighI years ago At the tine Of
his death. four years ago. the then Prot
estant Episcopal Bishop Of Central NeE
No-k. Frederick D. Huntington. was one
Ct The best-knoWn bishops Of his Gel0ui-
nation. A son. James O.. who IS dev0ting
Eis life 20 the church. IS superior of the
order Of the Holy Cross This order rep
reseuts the extreme school OF ritualism
called AuglO-Ca1hOlicism. and because Of
Lis prominence in this work the son fre-
qUently Is called Father Huntington and
sometimes the 'Episcapl Monk
Until III health forced him 10 surrender
the position OF rector OF St Georges, New