Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-18
STEARLY TO Be
ASSISTANT To
BISHOP LINES
Episcopal Convention for Dio-
cese of Newark Elects Mont
clair Clergyman.
SELECTION is MADE
ON THE FIRST BALLOT
Seventy-five Churches Repre-
sented at Gathering Here in
Trinity Church.

Rev Wilson r. Stearly, rector of
st. Lukes Episcopal Church, Mont
clair, was elected suffragan bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Newark
at the annual diocesan convention
held in Trinity Episcopal Church, this
city, today. In his new position Mr..
Stearly will be assistant to Bishop
Edwin s. Lines. The diocesan head.
Mr.. Stearly received a total of ia
votes out of total of 1853 ministerial
and lay delegates. OF the ministerial
vote he received 81, and of the lay
vote he got AZ. The selection was
made on the first ballot this after
noon.
OF the other nominees, Rev. d
Stuart Hamilton, of Paterson, got
one law vote and two minlsteriai
votes. Rev. Roy Duffield. archdeaeon
of Queens and Nassau, also secelVed
one Law vote and one ministerial
vote. Rev. James E. McCleasy re-
ceived two ministerial votes and Rev
DIR. Crockett, one ministerial vote.
Right Rev. Benjamin Brewster, mis-
sionary bishop of Western Colorado
and a former rector of Holy COM
munion Church, South Orange, was
the second highest in the voting. In
fact. the contest was between Bishop
brewster and Mr.. Stearly. Mr.. Brew
ster's vote was AZ ON the total of both
ministerial and lay delegates. Mr..
Brewster received twenty-five minis
terial votes and eighteen lay votes
Mr.. stearly Expresses Thanks.
When Mr.. Stearly was brought
forward and introduced to the dele
gates he said:
Il thought perhaps 1t would not
be necessary for me to say anythlhs,
and there is really nothing that can
oe said at this time except for me TO
express my appreciation OF the honor
Won have conferred upon me and the
high regard you have shown for me.
Mr.. Stear1y is u graduate or the
Philadelphia High School and Union
Theological Seminary.
Mr. Stearly has been rector of st.
I,uke's Church, Montclair. for about
two wears and a half, coming from
Philadelphia. Ie succeeded Arch
deacon Frederick j. Carter, who had
been rector for twenty-five years.
Archdeaeon Carter retired, but was
prevailed upon to remain as rector
emeritus.
Mr.. Stearly was born in Phlladel-
phia and spent Nsnost OF his carry mo
In that city. After his ordination ne
had several charges, and then became
rector of a. church in Cleveland He
remained there for about fifteen years
until he received call to the Chureh
of the Holy Apostles in Philadelphia
He was there three years when he
received the call to Montclair.
The new suffragan is about forty
wears old. He has made many friends
since coming to this section, and IS
as popular among the other Protest.
ant denominations as he Is in his own
church. Last Sunday night he
preached in the First M. II. Church,
Montclair. He has a wife and three
children.
The churches comprised in the
Newark diocese are located in New
ark. the entire county of Essex and
all the neighboring counties of North
ern New Jersey. In all there are ap--
proXimately seventy-fiye Episcopal
churches in this diocese.
About three hundred ministers and
laymen were in attendance when the
devotional exercises were opened at
9 o'clock this morning by Bishop
Lines. He was assisted by Areh-
Deacons Ladd, McCleary, Longley
and Carter.
The business session was opened at
10: 30 o'clock by the bishop and there
were early evidences of a keen in
terest in the election of a suffragan
bishop. This position was offered to
Rev. Alexander Mann, of Trinity
Church, by the session two months
ago, but was declined by him.
War Means Insanity.
War as an unnecessary means to
an end was treated by Bishop Lines
in his address.
"War means insanity" declared
Bishop Lines. mo good in the
world can be reached by war, which
could not be reached in another way.
This war will make a dividing line
in the worlds history"
Bishop Lines declared that at no
other time had the annual convention
of the diocese opened with the world
so full of sorrow and catastrophe.
In his address, Bishop Lines de-
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