New-York tribune., 1911-01-14
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTES
The Rev. Dr. Lorng w. Batten Resigns the Recorshp of Old
ST. Marks.

Tho poy Dr Loring W. Batten. rector
OF old 81. Marks Episcopal Church III uo
Bouwrie. has resigned. and De/niiihs WIN
the school year of l9ll-E VIII taKe up INC
full work of professor OF oin lesl@''i'i,
literature and Interpretation at the "eherai
Seminary. Chelsea Square. For some years
he has done most CT the work OF TINS chau
IN addition TO that Of St Marks rectorship'
He has had assistance in the chair from the
Rev Z. &. Blodgett, adjunct professor AZ
the close OF the active work Of the year
at ST. Marks. probably in May he VIII
remove TO quarters on the seminary GROUNDS
and become resident professor For the re-
mainder Of the year. or at least untll Aprh
or Nav. the work at 81. Marks, including
the Healing Mission, will continue as mere
fore
81. Marks is one OF the old Episcopal
parishes OF New York. and was formerly
attended by many distinguished New fork
families. Conditions changed, and the
work Of the parish has changed with them
A very large work further cast is con-
Quoted At ST. Marks Chapel, and during
the rectorship Of the Rev. Or. Batten TWO
notable advances have been made One
was the erection Of the present rectory'
cor1modious building, representing an out
lay o. nearly S25c1o. The other was the
starting of the Healing Mission.
This Healing Mission is closely idenuhed
with the Emmanuel movement, so-caled'
and in scme degree IL has done In New
York what Emmanuel Church has done IN
Boston. For 2 time its methods were Sc
vercly challenged, but within the last year
It's work has settled down into approved
methods Treatment has been given 10
hundreds. chiefly nervous patients, and al
ways in cooperation with physicians OF
high standing According to the Rev. Dr..
Batten and others. there j. no question
that Emmanuel methods are effective in
certain ailments. The Episcopal and some
other bodies have patterned after En-
manuel and 81. Marks churches, and have
added healing the sick To their regular
work
The Rev Dr. Batten was formerly pro-
fessor in the Philadelphia Divinity School.
he came TO St. Marks. this city, tn 1873.
In addition 10 his work rs rector ho almost
at once took NJ educational work, az FIRST
as n substitute and later in a regular way
at tho General Seminary, which IS the Of
fetal training school for Episcopal MIN
isters lie also formed a student club at
ST. Marks and came into close touch with
the educational Ufc Of this city. In the
diocesan convention he has long been a
prominent and influential factor, serving Of
late years on tho law making committee
Tic has written several books.
Tho warden OF s.. Marks, John Brooks
Ieavitt with Offices IN Broad street said
Yesterday that old ST. Marks has gone
forward even in its downtown location
under the Rev. Or Battcn as under few
rectors in its earlier and perhaps greater
days. He outlined the type o, rector now
needed 20 carry on the work, saying the
conditions OF foreign residents around the
upper end ~ tho Bower" can hardly be
realized even by persons resident there.
The parish IS I'm excellent financial shape,
and it, work under some other leader will
go on as heretofore II WAS stated yester-
Gav that the position of the adjunct pro-
fossor az the seminary, the Rev Mr..
Blodce't, will not he materially changed 10y
hiss,upcr'or becoming a resident there.