The Washington herald., 1908-07-22

oOESEStoWls ~ /. July line death
Of the Right Rev. Henry Goldman Potter
occurred at his summer home, Fernleigh,
at SIS o'clock tonight
Immediately following the sad an
nouncement the following signed state
Tneut was given out BY the physicians:
Bish0P Pot5e- passed very peacefully away At SIS
? T. BIS strength gradually failed during TIE PAS,
rEsutyf0s- hours. zud there vas 10 physical s1ffe--
tag O. pain
DR. !. E JANvRINE.
DR Il I BAssETT
The deathbed Of the venerable preIate
was surrounded by only the members Of
the POJter-CIark families There were
present Mrs Henry c Potter. the Two
daughters OF the bishop. Mrs. C. s
Davidse. Of san Francisco. and Miss
Sarah Potter, who arrived from Europe
on Tuesday Of last week; the bishops son.
Alonzo Potter. OF New York; three sons
CT Mrs Potter, and Mrs. F. Ambrose
Clark, all Of Cooperstown
Turn for Worse Yesterday.
The turn for the worse IN Bishop Pot
ter's condition came yesterday morning.
following a week Of enc0uragemenr "a. the
family and physicians. It was due en-
urely to his weakened condition and TO
the arterio sclerosIs which had been pres
ent, accompanied by the enboIism. or
plugging up IN the blood vessels
The fatal illness Of Bishop Potter was
the second OF a similar character which
he had suffered The first illness took
place tie latter part Of april and con-
unued for a month.
The bishop was unconscious practically
the entire day, and in that condition he
passed peacefully away.
No funeral arrangements have been
made at Il o'clock tonight II is Prob
oole, however, that there viii be services
held here. and that the body will then
be taken 70 New York for services il
Grace Church.
sketch o Bishop Potter.
Bishop Potter had been Bishop Of New
York since 1856 He was elected assistant
bishop in September ISS3 his uncle. the
Right Rev. Horatio Potter. Bishop Of New
York, was then IL A few months before
he became the successor Of his uncle
Henry c Potter was invested with the
full powers OF bishop. and by the law Of
the church as assistant bishop he. became
bishop on the death OF his uncle. which
occurred while the nephew was in Spain
on journey for the benefit Of his health.
Bishop Potter was born N Schenectady.
n /, IN 1885. HIS father. the Rev. Dr.
Alonzo Potter, was vice president Of
Union College. The bishop was educated
at Philadelphia and IN Virginia. and
W. ordained as deacon IN Is5s. He was
rector first Of Christ Church. Greensburg.
Pa, and afterTard Of St Johns Churcb.
Troy, y y Then he became assistant
rector OF Trinity Church. Boston. ana
later was chosen as the rector Of Grace
Church. New York. whence he steppsd
into the bishOpric-
As the Bishop Of New York Rfshon Pot
ter took commanding position n the
church and an active part in affairs OF
tne day relative both 10 city. State and
nation he Travelled much. A few years
ago he made q trip around the world
with Rev Percy Grant. Of the Church ~
Jhe Ascension, as his attending chapiafn
Wrote Many BOOkA
Bishop Potter published among other
works Thirty Years Renewed" seYoY1-
Mems Christian Associations and T-baf-
Work. The Church ane the Children .,
The Religion OF To-day. The Gates ~
the East, % 'SisJerhOods and Deaconesses &"
and Sermons OF the City"
One Of Bishop Potters great works f7 |
the Episcopacy has been the deveIopnen.
OF his idea Of what New York sbouI5 I
have as Protestant Episcopal Cathedral I
he wanted an imposing structure. in 4
Keeping with the Importance and dignity
OF the metropolis. which has a richly en- /
dowed church organization, Ike the Tr,n-
ity Corporation When the designs for
The Cathedral OF St John the Divine 1
were submitted, and professional critics
SAID That the design furnished BY one OF \
the bishops relatives was the best one
the bishop ruled that one out OF rba
competition altogether.
Bishop Potter gave great attention 10
lAe social problems Of the day. To a
chuTchman's advocacy Of TEMPERANCE he
refused 10 add the fanaticism Of :. proEi-
DiJlonlst- To newspaper men, necessarily
brought much in contact with him owing
10 MS position, he was usually far from
polite Yet Bishop Potter did not hesi
tate 70 use the press OF TO give out for
its use prayers which he wrote.
The bishops mental attitude. outside the
the chaneeL was reflected perhaps fn his
remark once 10 friend that he had /
found that Il was rarery possible IN have
e thing well done unless he did il him
self There were times. however. when
he did not feel that the best way n his
end was TO do a thing himself One OF /
these times was IN the general convention
Of the Episcopal Church. here. IN which
Dr. Huntington introduced the resolution
which set all the machinery Of the church
IN motion against the Tammany admin
istratio1 under which the unspeakabls
conditions Of the East Side arose.
Helped Defeat Tammany.
When Rev NIr- Paddock. as the repre-
sentative Of the Bishop Of New York. at
the Pro-Cathedral. in Stanton street, was
insulted BY a police captain and inspector
because OF a protest against the vile
conditions IN the PrO-CathedraI neigh
borhOod. the o1ense was construed as
against the bishop himself. and the bish-
ops ideas were Incorporated in DR.. Hunt
ington's motion. After the reform ad-
ninistratiOn had been elected. the re-
mark was made freely by many persons
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