The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
DEATH OF FAMOUS EPISCOPAL
CLERGYMAN AFTER LONG
ILLNESS.
CAREER
BROAD-MiNDEO, LIBERAL AND DE-
VOTED TO WORKS OF
CHARITY.


Potter, seventh Protestant Episcopal
bishop OF the diocese of New York,
died Tuesday at FcrnlciGh, his sum
mcr hone here, after an illness OF scv-
cral weeks, aged II years.
Gathered at the bedside of the dy-
Ing churchman were Mrs. Potter, wife
OF the prelatc; Mrs. Mason G. Da-
yid%". who came from California, and
Miss Sarah Potter. his two daughters,
Alonzo Potter, his son. Mr.. Edward
5. Clark. Stuphrl G. CI9k and Mr..
and Mrs. T. Clark. Mrs. Charles Rus
sell and Mis-. William Uyd" his Two
other daughters, who are abroad, hay,
been notified.
Henry Goldman Potter Illustrated i'll
his career the luICc of hvI"dily. Born
in lN"G in Schenectady, y. Y. h" can'
of a race Of churchmcn and educators.
While he himself bCCam" Il church
man. he was in a broader sense an "du
Gator, although h" never held pCda-
gogic office. But his activities were 50
varied that his imilucnC" IN secular al
fairs extended beyond tn" walls OF
the church Of which at any time h"
happened to b" rector. and in later
ycarg beyond the boundaries OF his
biShCpriC.
FoT many years rector of Grac"
church, the most fashionable con@r"-
gatiGn in New York Guy, hr was
spoken of not intr"quontiy in thoa"
days as the pink of proprcty," an al
lusion not always kindly meant, to the
faultlcsS cut of his clerical garb and
his general savOir fairc. But under
polished and agreeable exterior l."
carried an extraordinary capacity for
work and great ability as an admins
TRAITOR with the result that the actlN-
tiles of the parish were turned by him
iL>O numerous local missionary and
charitable channels.
Bishop licnry G. Potter-thc son OF
Bishop Alonzo Potter. ana the nephew
| of Bishop HGratio puttcr-Ofl"n would
| leave a fashionable gathering whcIe
| h" was by birth and prsc tn" equal
| of anyone, and hurry down to some
East Side settlement or lowly mission
| to help make the church living
! church in tie true sense of the word.
Strange as it may seem. this tact
full yet militant chuiChman, who would
rather persuade than command. yet
! never hcsitat"d 10 command when SIIa
| sion failed. was not intended for the
church His father sent him to the
| Episcopal academy in Philadelphia.
After leaving there, however he did
not enter a theological seminary
| a grocery store. Ii has been argued
| that his experience as a clerk gay"
| him Il practical knowledge of business
| life that aiterward enabled him during
| his ministry TO address business men
with force and point. Rather. however,
| he WAS naturally man OF large affairs,
and the affairs of a church Or
, diocese can be made "larg"' or cir
cumscribod in the spiritual and socio-
| logical sense. according to the caliber
| o., the rector or bishop.
| Ii was in 1883. the year that marked
! the rounding out of Il century in the
| history of the diocese of New
| York, that Henry c. Potter was
elected coadjutor bishop Of New
| York 1t was characteristic of
the man that his first sermon as
coadjutor bishop was preached to the
| prisoners on Black wells Island. In
way the act notified the diocese of the
new life ard force that had come into
it-that the church in this diocese no
longer was to be ccntcrcd on itself,
but was to adapt itself to the broader
needs of humanity.
Only once did his reformatcry zeal
lead him too far. in the opinion of
many of his admirers. This was in
the Subway tavern episode. But il
must be borne in mind that he hoped
the tavern would prove a real step in
the direction of temperance reform.
Many of his sermons and addresses at
tractcd more than temporary atten-
ton, and he was the author of several
books.
Bishop Potter was a member of the
Metropolitan, Century, National Arts,
Riding City, Players and St Nicholas
clubs In 1866 in Troy he joined the
Masonic brotherhood and was crowned
an honorary thirty-thrd degree Mason
in Boston in 1897. served as grand
chaplain of the grand lodge for many
years and became life member Of the
Scottish Rite bodies in this city. He
was an l.. l.. l.. of Union and a d. d,
of Trinity college.