The sun., 1908-05-05
MANNING RECTOR or TRINITY
VICAR RE ST. AGNESS CHOSEN
TO SUCCEED DIR. DIX.

wiz BE Inducted IntO once Teddy, with
Formal installation Later-May Pre-
aide Over the Parish ~ = Sort Of SEMI
BishOp-Rapld Rise In the Church
The Rev. DR.. William Thomas Manning
vicar Of st. Agnes's and assistant rector
Of Old Trinity, was elected unanimously
Yesterday 10 succeed the Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix In the rectorship. The Rev, DR. Man
ming himself called TO order the meeting
which elected him. but left the room while
the voting was going on. and Col. William
Jay. the senior warden, took the chair,
No other candidate besides DR.. Manning
received consideration and only one ballot
was taken. Seventeen Of the vestry out Of
twenty-five we're present.
The vestry Of Old Trinity will induct
DR.. Manning into the rectorship at 2o'clock
this afternoon. The ceremony, which will
take place at Old Trinity, consists Of the
delivery Of all the keys 10 the nine churches
Of the parish to Dr. Manning, who redis-
tributes them among the various sections.
Later, at a date TO be determined. there
may he a formal installation by the Bishop.
who according TO the canon law must also
ratify the nomination 0f the new rector
The election Of DR.. Manning is following
out the precedent set forty-six years ago
when DR.. Dix was promoted in like manner
from the assistant rectorship to succeed
DR.. Berrian.
DR.. Mannings career in the Church has
been one Of rapid advancement Born in
England In 1893, he came TO this country
at the age Of 10. was graduated from the
! University Of the South at Nashville and
ORD Ained to the ministry in 1891. He was
ca ID to tho rectorship Of Trinity Church,
HiSilds, Cal, which he gave up the next
year to become professor Of dogmatio
theology on the faculty Of his alma mater.
From 1890 10 1898 he was rector of ST. Johns
Church, Lansdowne, Tenn, and then was
called to Christ Church, Nashville, Tenn,
where he served for five years.
He was elected Bishop Of Harrisburg,
it is reported. without having said before
hand whether or not he would accept, and
when he was informed Immediately after
ward that he had been elected vicar 10
| st. Agnes's Chapel in this city he declined
| the Pennsylvania offer and came TO New
| York with the understanding that he was
| 10 succeed DIR. Dix.
In 1904, after year Of service as vicar
] Of st. Agness, the additional office OF assist
ant rector to Trinity was conferred upon
! him.
Dr. Manning holds four degrees from
! various institutions Of learning. He re-
oeived the degree Of B. D. from the Uni
versity Of the South in 1898, ID. d. from
| both the University of Nashville (lOOll
and the University Of the South ll9O6) and
| g. I. ID. from Columbia in 1905. lie married
| Miss Florence Van Antwerp in Cincinnati
in 1895.
In his new Office there are three courses
| open TO DR.. Manning lie may hold the
same position in the parish that Dr. DIX
! held preaching three or four times month
| in Old Trinity and making that his head
quarters: he may leave Old Trinity to
! the charge Of its vicar the Rev, Caleb Rock
| ford Stetson. and administer the parish
| from st. Agnes's. while as a third course
1t is possible that he may, administer
| his large parish uncOnnected with any
| particular church in il, acting in fact as
| a Bishop.
Those who favor the latter procedure
| point out that whereas when DR.. Dix be-
| came rector in 1852 there were only three
! churches in the parish there are now nine.
! This would also accord better, with Dr.
| Manning's own aptitudes, for the doctor,
according to his friends, is great church
man. not as a preacher but as an admin
istrator aud organizer, and this is
precisely what Trinity parish. with Its
| yearly revenues Of tl,OOOyOOO. It's nine
| churches and four semi-connected
churches and congregations of 7OOO most
| needs.
Moreover modification il not a change
| of policy is necessitated 10y the uptown
shift Of population, and it is thought that
DR.. Manning is precisely the man TO adapt
| the parish to the new conditions. His
rectorship Of st. Agnes's. whose oongre-
CATION he doubled in five years. shows his
record as church builder, Everything.
however, will be done with conservatism
! by Dr. Manning, who Is strictly orthodox
not only in theology but IL method. -,
| As rector Of Trinity, DR., Manning will
! get salary Of $4,000 a year As vicar
| of st. Agnes's ne got 5000
His successor at ST. Agnes's has not been
selected.