The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
SUFFRAGAN BISHOP FOR DIOCESE IS NOT ASKED FOR BY BISHOP
 IN ADDRESS TO EPISCOPALIANS
Right Chauncey B. Brew ster Declares Men Are Turn ing With New Wistfuness to Old Gospel = Delivers EuOgy Dead BrdgepOr Tt Rector

--rhere Is jpst now manifold evil dence of. tendency away from dead levels of materia1ism and toward more spiritual and more vital think inR,'' said Bishop Chauncey E. Brew ster in his address at the annual con- vention here of the churches Of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Con- necticut- sIn a new way men are turning to the church and with a new wistfuInees to the old gospel"
 The bishop reviewed conditions and opportunities of the church in the state and spoke in support of the provincial organization, saying that he did not see how 1t was a distinct and positive advance toward central izatione Of power in the church" and fhouEht there would be little opposi- ton to the diocese Of Connecticut vot- ing itself into the New England prov fnca. He said he would not ash for the election of a suffra gan bishop this year, as his appointment on com mfttee which is to tour Europe and Asia would make his departure necesA sary before the suMragan bishop could be confirmed and consecrated and that it would hardly be just to expect him to wait until his Bishop BrewsteI2s) return
 Bfmhop Brewster reported that he had made 14s vieitations, oflciated oil 128 occasions, had delivered BOT ser mons and addressed and confirmed 1781 persons, besides 31 confirmed in the diocese by other bishops.
 There are IA candidates for holy or derz- The present number of clergy men officially resident in the diocese is one bishops 20s priests. and IS dea- coneasea, trained women workers In the diocese
 rive bishops have died during the year. Right Rev. Henry Douglas Robinson, missionary bishop Of Ne vada. R5rht Rev. John Ecarborough, for 70 years bishop of New Jersey 1; Right Rev William FWoodruH Miles for nearly A years -bishep of New Haraustfrs. Night Rev. Charles C.. Pentck missionary bishop of LdoeT1a, and Right Rev. Charles Scadddas, bishop of Oregon
 Five c1srgv1nen of the diocese also died during the year Rev. Dr- Joh1l Blnney, for IS years arehdeacon of aEiddlssex ana a professor and dean oe Berkeley Divinity schOols Rev. pr. Wglliann Henry Lewis, rector or Et. Johns church, Brldg bort; Rev. Mor- ton Tracey, rector of Trinity catrch, Thomaston; Rev. A1onzo Jehnson, minister in charge of St Monteas8 g mission. Hartford, and Rev. Nathan ! Tel EMsworth Cornwall. rector of thss .s1Bother Parishn of 5tratnord-
 Speaking Of the dead, Bdsnop Brew ster sa1d-
 On AugUSE z 1Sl5s u1ed pne 1eO'OT of the church wherein we are assem- bled, the Reverend William Henry Lewis. D. D. He had rendered ser vice to both state and church Wben. the Civil War broke out, he ofe1'ed himself at the call or his country. and served under it's flag for three years in the Second Connecticut heavy arr tilIery, was wounded at W1nchester and won the rank of captain before he was twenty-one years of age.
 '.At the close Of the war he entered the ranks or the ministry and after service in this and other diocese, was for tSFedty-three years rector of St. Johns, Bridgeport. He was a we'll read student of theology and had made valuable contrib utiohs to the work of Sunday-scnool instruction He was a fhouEhtfu1 and eloquent preacher, a wise adnintsarAtots a faithful pastor, a so1d1sf1y, courteous and chivalr5us gentleman
 After forty-four years in the min- isrys ana during the latter half of that t1ma having been rector of the ncth- CT parish 0f Etxatford the Reverend Nathaniel Ellsworth Cornwall passed away alnoBt in the performance of duty, and not fax from the place Of his birth Thoughtful and scholarly, con versaut with literature and colonial history, endowed with musical and arr tiBtic gi1tB he was devOazt and spirit 11y-nnanded ana Loyalty devoted to the church and the work of the nan- isry-
 Mrs Mary E. Perry sherman, wife of the Rev Henry M Sherman, having in her lifetime been a succurer of many. had in her will devised liberal things for St PauPs parish, Bridge port. and for the needy clergy of the daoceBe
 Others referred to were Stephen San ford, s.TasEhfuI and devote senior war dsns' of Christ church, Eedd1ng and Lynson Beards1ey, for many years veB- tryman of St Peters church, Monroe
 The bishop continued:
 At the last general convention there was taken a long step forward in the enactment Of the canon Of provinces. In accordance with that canon. I have summoned the primary synod Of the first province to meet at Springfield on Oct 20 next
 Article VII Of the constitution pro- v1des that No diocese shall be fnclud- ed i'm a pr0~lnce without its own con sent Accordingly it will be In order at this convention to deteruline whether thts diocese consents to in clUslcA in the first province It is for mny own mind, difficult to discover how step in the direction of the recognition of provincial interests and