The Irish standard., 1908-05-09

ZEN other charges, which resulted in his
suspension from his episcopal charge
Among the remarkable conversions
"a the Catholic Church as fruit Of the
Tractarian movement was that of the
Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, Protest
sat Episcopal Bishop of North Caro-
;lana, son-in-law Of the Protestant
INpascopal Bishop Wharton of New
Fork. He was for time sort OF
leader Of the movement in the United
States and under his influence num-
Der Of Epieoopalian ministers were
uniting to enter the Catholic fold to-
Eether; but his own hesitation held
him back, inducing several Of them to
offer without delay their submission
to the Holy See. He has written an in
tsresting book, the Trials Of a Mind"
to give the reasons for his final submis-
sion in 1858 to the Catholic Church. He
entered it, and because of his living
wife continued in it, as simple lay
man, but his devouring zeal for souls
and the welfare of his FELLOW men
made his lay life conspicuous for deeds
o6 charity. He was mainly instrument
tai especially in the establishment Of
the Catholic Protectory for destitute
children and juvenile delinquents. for
The Strengthening of the Society OF ST.
Vincent de Paul, for the introduction
OF the Sisters of the Good Shepherd,
sad many other good works into the
diocese Of New York.
His successor in the care of the Cath
psic Protectory, DR.. Anderson, the sci
toutific scholar, was also a Catholic,
though his becoming Catholic orig
iinated from his own special line of
study rather than through the gradual
development Of the Anglican system.
But among the ministers who became
FCatholic priests New Workers. remem-
sber as worthily eminent the Right Rev.
::Mgr. Il. S. Preston, the earnest mind
Ied. who as pastor OF souls was devoted
ITO ST. AIMS congregation and filled
with zeal for the conversion Of his
lcorclieionists They still preserved
I, their absolute reliance on his hon.
A1sty. AS chancellor and general
r: of the diocese of New York he was in
|timatc with its clergy. His example
sihas brought into the Church the Rev.
9ohn Murray Forbes. who was ordained
20 the priesthood, though he had two
lsons and Il daughter. This circum-
stance made his stay irksome to him,
Eend' after some years he went back
10 Episcopalianism. Worthy OF spe-
ctal mention is the Rev. George Desh-
on. a fellow graduate with General
Grant at West Point. 1t is told by
hMaury in his "reminiscences of West
Point that Deshon even in their ex-
cursions on horseback was forever
bringing ur the interminable subject
or religion. y happy, occasion ce-
mentrd TIL" friendship between him
and tn" tcN. r. S. Preston when thew
Were still both IIpiscopalians. Preston
was ~" first to establish an Episco-
palian parish at Highland Falls for the
benefit Of the West Pointers and
Deshon, as engineer and architect, Of
fered his services to erect the church.
which still is there as remembrance
tof their Episcopalian zeal. The Rev.
George Deshon died few years ago
as the Superior Of the Paulists, sue
Needing the Rev. Augustine A. Hewitt.
;mho had been cofounder with the
Rev l. II. lIecker, who, himself a con-
7vert, had, however entered the Cath
olic Church through a different gate
(end by the wider road Of transcendent-
ealism
Through the Paulist community
many converts from other dioceses he
6ame attached to New York. One Of
these has already been mentioned. the
profound thinker and theologian. the
Rev. Augustine A. Hewitt, ar also the
talented. pious and gentle Father Bak-
ar. Both Of them had held conspicuous
't'ss'tSo III, VIZ IOuSenOIu and diocese
of the Protestant Episcopal Bishop
SWhitinGham of Maryland. Another
hconspicuous member OF this commune
Ny was the Rev. Alfred Young, born in
Sa1ngland, educated in Princeton. N. J..
who having placed his submission in
ithe hands Of Bishop Bayley worked for
ssnany years in the diocese of Newark
sand became vice-rector Of Seton Hall
college, then in Madison, whence he
Resolved to join the Paulist communi-
~. of which he became one OF the
s@lories. The present superior the Rev.
George M. Searle, had first ascended
from Unitarianism to Eplscopalianism.
land thence entered the fold of Peter.
',The Rev. Kent Stone. whose name was
connected conspicuously as an
tEpiscopalian with Kenyon and
sGambier colleges. also io,nod the