CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Gift of ALISON P. CASA^TT W J Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924008716510 Cornell University Library BX5919.B9H65 1885 History of the church in Burlington, New 3 1924 008 716 510 HISTORY OF THE Church in Burlington, NEV\^ JERSEY ; COMPRISING THE FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS, FROM ORIGINAL, CONTEMPORANEOUS SOURCES. BY THE Rev. GEORGE MORGAN HILLS, D. D., RECTOR or .ST. jrARY's PARISH, AND DEAN OF BURLINGTON; MEMBER OP THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ETC. SECOND EDITION; ENLARGED AND ILLUSTRATED. TRENTON, N. J.: THE W. S. SHARP PRINTING COMPANY'. 1885. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in ibe year 1885, by GEORGE MORGAN HILLS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. JOHN TALBOT, M. A., POUNDER AND FIRST RECTOR OP THE CHURCH IN BURLINGTON, WHO, AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF MISSIONARY TOIL, WITH CEASELESS, BUT INEFFECTUAL, ENTREATIES THAT A BISHOP MIGHT BE GIVEN TO AMERICA, WAS INDUCED TO RECEIVE CONSECRATION FROM A LINE OF NONJURORS, IN ENGLAND ; AND RETURNED TO BURLINGTON, WHERE, AFTER THREE YEARS MORE OF MINISTRATION, FOLLOWED BY TWO OP INHIBITION, HE DIED, AND WAS BURIED WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE CHURCH WHICH HE BUILT, NOVEMBER, A. D. 1727. ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. St. Mary's Church, FrontiKpiece. Friends' Meeting House, 1683, 10 The Rev. George Keith, 18 Col. Daniel Coxe, 164 Autograph of .John Talbot (J'ac-simtVe), ' - 18.> Seal of John Talbot ( Wood-mt), 247 The Rev. Colin Campbell, 254 The Rev. Jonathan Odell, 292 The Rev. Charles H. Wliarton, D. D., 342 Diagram of St. Mary's Church, 1769, 372 " " " " 1831, 400 St. Mary's Church, enlarged 1834, 424 Diagram of " " " 435 Bishop George W. Doane, with autograph, 520 Bishop Odenheimer, with autograph, ■ 560 Riverside, 568 The Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, with autograph, 570 The Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman, 606 The Rev. Wm. Alien Johnson, 622 St. Mary's Hall, enlarged 1870, (ioO The Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., 656 Altar vessels of St. Mary's Cliurch, (>94 Diagram of old Church, restored 1876, 7U5 Enlarged photograph of Talbot's Seal, 720 The Talbot Memorial Tablet, 734 Seal of Burlington College, 756 Graduate's Medal of St. Mary's Hall, 759 Spire of the Church, looking south, 768 Lych-Gate of St. Mary's churchyard, 774 T^REF^CE. THIS work is a series of papers, arranged in chronological order, witii extracts, notes, and occasional explanations. Headings, where they did not exist, have generally been given, as a kind of introduction to what follows. The first Parochial Register — a folio, bound in parchment — begun in 1702, by the Founder of the Parish, and continne(i, by successive rectors, for a hundred and thirty-four years, is still in possession. The paper is coarse and discolored, but its records are as legible as when they were first made. From 1720 — the year when Mr. Talbot left America, not expecting to return — there are no entries in it until after he ceased to oHiciate ; which leads to the belief that his acts after his consecration, were recorded in a book exclusively his own ; and which may possibly be traced among tiie legal representatives of Thomas Herbert, a son of his wife by a former marriage, in the West Indies. From 1733, the entries are continuous till 1836, when the rest of the book is left blank, and the next records are found in a new and modern volume, beginning with 1853 — thus leaving a hiatus of seventeen years. With the Minutes of the Vestry, the Parisii has not been so fortunate. Three or four Churchmen of Burlington aver, that many years ago, they saw the first book of these ; and they mention two or three things which sustain their assertion ; yet Bishop Doane, in an appendix to his sermon, preached at the consecration of old St. Mary's Church, in 1834, alludes to " 1784," as the '^earliest year to which the records then in pos- session, extended." The present Minutes reach no further back than 1836 — hence, two books, at least, are now wanting. Regret for these losses is lessened by having copies of letters from the early Missionaries and others, some of which have been 6 PREFACE. taken from the " Collections of the Prostestant Episcopal Histor- ical Society," printed in 1851 ; and others, from the Lambeth, Fulham, and S. P. G. MSS., procured in 1836, by the late Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, and kindly furnished by their authorized custodian, the Rev. Dr. William Stevens Perry. The extracts from Wills — except in two or three instances, where it is otherwise stated — were made from the originals in the Office of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, N. J. The orig- inal MS. of the sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Talbot, was received from descendants of the Rev. Colin Campbell, by the present rector of St. Mary's, after its absence from Burling- ton for more than a hundred years ! No further sources of information are named in this preface, because, in every other case, an acknowledgment of its author- ship is made with the contribution. Where the spelling, abbreviations, capitals, punctuation, or lack of it, are extraordinary, it is because the originals have been minutely followed. The reader will please keep in mind, that up to September, 1752, the legal year began with the 25th of March, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. G. M. H. St. Mary's Rectory, Burlington, N. J., Feast of the Pwificalion, 1876. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Nearly ten years have elapsed since the next seven hundred and five pages were given to the public. What has been gath- ered during this decade is here presented as supplementary to those pages, which remain untouched; and the History is brought down to this date. G. M. H. St. Mary's Rectory, Burlington, N. J., Feast of All Saints, 1885. HISTORY. THE FIEST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT OF BURLINGTON. "Among other purchasers of the West-Jersey lands," says Samuel Smith, in his " History of the Colony of Nova-Csesaria, or New Jersey," printed in Burlington, in 1765, "were two companies, one made up of some friends in Yorkshire, (as hinted in the concessions,) the other of some friends in London ; who each contracted for considerable shares, for which they had patents. In 1677, commissioners (agreeable to expectation given) were sent by the proprietors, with power to buy the lands of the natives ; to inspect the rights of such as claimed property, and to order the lands laid out; and in general to administer the government, pursuant to the concessions : These commissioners were Thomas Olive, Daniel Wills, John Kinsey, John Penford, Joseph Helmsley, Robert Stacy, Benjamin Scott, Richard Guy, and Thomas Foulke. They came in the Kent, Gregory Marlow, master, being the second ship from London, to the western parts: After a tedious passage, they arrived at New-Castle, the 16th of the 6th month, O. S. King Charles the second, in his barge, pleasuring on the Thames, came along side, seeing a great many passengers, and informed whence they were bound, asked if they were all quakers, and gave them his blessing. They landed their passengers, two hundred and thirty in number, about Rackoon creek, where the Swedes had some 8 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH scattering habitatious ; but they were too numerous to be all provided for in ho.uses ; some were obliged to lay their beds and furniture in cow stalls, and appartments of that sort. * * "Most of the passengers in this ship were of those called quakers ; some of good estates in England. The com- missioners had before left them, and were by this time got to a place called Chygoes Island,t (afterwards Burlington) their business being to treat with the Indians about the land there, and to regulate the settlements, having not only the proprietors, but Governor Andros's commission for that purpose." The two parties agreed to unite in settling a town. " The commissioners employed Noble, a surveyor, who came in the, first ship, to divide the spot. After the main street was ascer- tained, he divided the land on each side into lots; the eastern- most among the Yorkshire proprietors, the otiier among the Londoners : To begin a settlement, ten lots of nine acres each, bounding on the west, were laid out ; that done, some passen- gers from Wickaco, chiefly those concerned in the Yorkshire tenth, arrived the latter end of October. The London com- missioners also employed Noble, to divide the part of the island yet unsurveyed, between the ten London proprietors, in the manner beforementioned : The town thus by mutual consent fSraitli's foot-note snys : "From Chygoe, an Indian sachem, who lived there." Tlie Rev. Wm. Allen Johnson, in a lecture delivered at Librarj' Hall, Burlington, February 14th, 1870, says : " Chygoe is not an Indian name, but it is the siielling in English, as near as may be, of the French name Jegou. An assertion, or conjecture, or possibly an imperfectly understood tradition, embodied by that usually careful historian, Samuel Smith, has been blindly copied l)y all other writers. In hi.s curious suit at Upland Court, against Thomas ^\' right and Godfrey Hancock, two of the early English 'settlers of Burlington, Pierre Jegou declares 'that in 1668 he obtained from Gov. Carteret a grant of land called Leasy Point, lying over against ilatinagcom Island and Burlington, to settle himself there, and build and keep a house of entertainment, for the accommodation of travellers; which he did, and continued there till 1070, when he was plundered and utterly ruined by the Indians, as is loell known to alt the world (!) but that it hatli come to pa'-i, by the arrival of these new comers, called Quackers, out of Eng- land, thc-e defendants, Thomas Wright and Godfrey Hancock, have violently entered upon your Plainti8''s said land, and there have, by force, planted corn, mowed hay, made fences, cut timber for houses, etc., notwithstanding that they were forewarned by your Plaintiff's friend, Henry Jacobs, in the presence of Capt. Edward Cantwell, and afterward by ye Plaintiff summoned before ye Magistrates of Bnrlington, who making no end of it, the case was removed here before your Worships.' Justice triumphed, and Jegou gained his suit." IN BURLINGTON. 9 laid out, the commissioners gave it the name first of New- Beverley, then Bridlington, but soon changed it to Burlington. "f * * * ^ H« ^ * " Among the latter," in this ship, " was one Marshall, a car- penter, particularly serviceable in fitting up habitations for the new comers; but it being late in the fall when they arrived, the winter was much spent before the work was begun; in the interim they lived in wigwams, built after the manner of the Indians. Indian corn and venison, supplied by the Indians, was their chief food: These people were not then much cor- rupted with strong liquors, but generally very friendly and help- ful to the English." "Having traced this ship's company into M'inter quarters, the next in course is the Willing Mind, John Newcomb commander; she arrived from London, in November, and drojit anchor at Elsingburgh ; brought about sixty or seventy passengers: Some settled at Salem, others at Burlington:" * * * "In this year also arrived the Flie-Boat Martha, of Burlington, (Yorkshire) sailed from Hull the latter end of summer, with one hundred and fourteen passengers, designed to settle the Yorkshire tenth ;" * * * * "In one of these ships, or about this time, arrived John Kinsey, then a young man ; his father one of the commissioners afore mentioned, dying on his arrival, | the care of his family fell to him : he was afterwards a man of distinguished services, in several public stations ; and his son after him, of the same name, the late chief justice of Pennsylvania, must be long remembered by many in both provinces." FEIENDS' JIOXTHLY MEETI^^GS SETTLED. The first minute in the Friends' MS. Book, is this: — " Since by the good Providence of god many friends with their families have transported themselves into this Province of tFi'om Bi-idljngton, Yorkshire, England — the rapid utterance of the iirst syllable, with a long i, making it sound as though spelled Bwj-lington. There is no town in England spelled Bm-lington. G. M. H. % The first recorded burial in the Friends' Boos, now (1876) in the keeping of Richard F. Mott, of Burlington, is this : " John Kinfey Allias Kelfey Latte of Hadnam, in Hartfortfheere being taken w"' a violent feavor & Payne in his Bowles about 8 days Pafsed out of y'* Body y'' 11"' of y'' 8"" mo"' tV was Layd in y= ground y« 14* of y" fame, 1677." G. M. H. 10 HISTOEY OF THE CHUECH West New Jersey the said friends in those upper parts have found it needful! according to our practice in the place wee came from to Settle Monthly Meetings for the well ordering the affairs of y" Church it was agreed that accordingly it should be done & accordingly it was done the 15"' of y* 5 mo"" 1678." THE FIRST SHIP AT BURLINGTON. The first ship that came so far up the Delaware, was the Shield, Captain Towes, from Hull, which arrived at Burling- ton in the 10th month, O. S., 1678. "Against Coaquanock, (the Indian name of the place where Philadelphia now stands,) being a bold shore, she went so near in turning, that part of the tackling struck the trees ; some on board then remarked it was a fine spot for a town : A fresh gale brought her to Burling- ton : She moored to a tree,t and the next morning the people came ashore on the Ice, so hard had the river suddenly frozen." — Smith's History. THE friends' BUEYING-GROUND. The " 3d " record in the Friends' MS. Book of Minutes is this : " At y" Monthly Meeting in Burlington the 5* day of y" 7* mo"' 1678 Friends took into Consideration y" paling in of the burying ground." At the Friends' Monthly Meeting on the " 1=' of y'' 6"' mo* 1680," it was ordered, "after harvist to fence in y" burying pl^ce aforementioned." THE first friends' ilEETING-IIOUSE. At the " Men's Monthly Meeting held at the house of Thos. Gardiner y" 5'" of y' 12* mo 1682," "It is ordered y' a meeting house be built according to a draft of six square build- ing of Forty feet square from out to out for which he is to have 160 £ wh y" meeting engageth to see y" persons paid yt shall disburse y"" same unto Francis Collings." On the "2" of ye 1=' mo 168f," among a long list of sub- scribers we find, " Daniel Leeds £4, William Budd £3." t TraJitionsays, The enormous sycamore, still standing (1876) on the river bank, nearly in front of the residence of C. Eoss Grubb. ^ i^ iiV IX BURLIXGTOX. II The site of this meeting-house was just back of the present one (1876) in High street. The hexagonal structure had a roof which sloped upwards to a smaller hexagon ; and that, again, to a second roof, which terminated, rather abruptly, in a point. A painting, still extant, represents its ground enclosed ; in front, with a high tight fence, of planks ; at the sides, and in the rear, to the line of Wood street, with straight rail fences, dividing it into three lots, in the middle one of which, two cows are reposing. These grounds have been the Friends' Burial- Place, from that day to this. AGITATION IN THE COLONY. In February, 1688-9, information was received, from Great Britain, of the flight and dethronement of James II, and the grant of the crown to William and Mary.f The agitation everywhere in the colonies was intense. Some adhered tena- ciously to the fallen dynasty. They were mostly men of high standing, and great personal influence. A Jacobite party was thus formed. " Dr. Daniel Coxe, of London, tlie greatest pro- prietor of West-Jersey," says Smith, was at this time Governor, " having appointed Edward Hunloke his deputy ; some time afterwards a commission was sent to John Tatham, who being a Jacobite; and as such by principle disqualified, him the Assem- bly rejected." JOHN TATHAM's land. March 1689. Surveyed then for John Tatham a lot of land f Chief among the measures adopted to secure this transfer to the Prince of Orange, was a new Oath of Allegiance. The old oath implied hereditary right. It was therefore altered to read, " I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear to bear trne allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary." This oath was taken, in March 1688-9, by both Houses of Parlia- ment, with the exception of several lords spiritual and temporal, who rather than take it, withdrew from the house. The nonjuring prelates were Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, Turner, Bishop of Ely, Lake of Chichester, Ken, of Bath and Wells, White, of Peterborough, Lloyd, of Norwich, Thomas, of Worcester, and Frampton, of Gloucester. Their example, in declining the- oath, was followed by about 400 other clergy, to say nothing of the laity, most, if not all, of whom were honest and peaceable, and would have gone on in the quiet discharge of their duties, had no fresh oath been required. On the first of February, 1690-1, Sancroft, Turner, Ken, White and Frampton— the other nonjuring bishops having died meanwhile — were, by Act of Parlia- ment, deprived of their Sees. 12 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH in Burlington, att the Nortli East corner of the Island, begining att the end of the Street which bounds the Wattcr Lotts by the Side of the Street leading by the Creek Side, from the River to broad Street and runs from the said end of the Street by the Creek Street jivety seaven Perches and a halfe to broad Street, then by broad Street fourty five perches to a Stake, then about Xorth by East Sixty one perches and a halfe to the Said Street, bounding the Waiter Lotts. Then by the said Street, thirty four perches and a halfe to the first. Being surveyed for fourteen ackers. "Also att the same time, a watter loit begining att the said Creek Street by the River, and runs in breadth, by the river a hundred foot continueing the same breadth Southwards to the next Street. "Both these Surveyed by Symon Charles and after Resur- veyed by me. Daniell Leeds." friends' maeuiage certificate. "Wheaeas there has been an Intention of Marriage duly Published according to the Laws of this Province of AVest New Jersey in America, & also at two severall Monthly Meetings of the People Call'd Quakers held at Burlington, in the Province affors" Between Robert Wheeler of the Town & Province affors'' Baker, & Rebecca Kenner of y" same, Spinster, And upon deliberate consideration & enquiry their being nothing to obstruct their proceedings therein (they being found clear & free of any other Engagement of this Nature) and having the consent of their friends & Relations in these parts of the world, they were allowed to consumate their Intended Marriage as in y" fear of God they should see meete. These are Therefore to Certifie all persons whome it may concern that for y" full accomplishing of their s'' Intentions this second day of y" fourth month Called June, in y" year of o' Lord one thousand six hundred ninety & two They y" s'' Robert Wheeler & Rebecca Kenner appeard in a publick Assem- bly of y* afforesd people held in their Meeting house at Burling- ton affors" And in a solemn Manner he the ft"* Robert Wheeler IN BURLINGTON. 13 taking the s" Rebecca Kenner by the hand did openly declare as followeth, ffriends in the fear of the Lord & in the presence of you his people, I take this my ffriend Rebecca Kenner to be my Wife, promising to be unto her a faithfull & loving husband untill it shall please y" Lord to seperate us. And then & there in the s'' Assembly the s'' Rebecca Kenner did in like manner declare as followeth, ffriends in the fear of the lord and in the presence of you his people I take this ray friend Robert Wheeler to be my husband, promising to be unto him a loving and faith- full wife, untill Death shall seperate [us. J "And the s" Robert Wheeler and Rebecca, his now Wife as a further confirmation thereof did then & there to these presents set their hands — And we whose names are hereunto subscribed being present amongst others at the solemnizing of their s'' mar- riage & subscription in manner affors** as Witnesses thereunto have also to these presents subscribed our names the day & year above Written— 1692. Robert ^^'HEEI,ER, Rebecca Wheeler. John Budd Wm Budd Thos Gladwin Thomas Gardiner William Budd Jun"' Richard Guy Edward Hunloke, Justice Isaac Marriott Mary Budd Ann Budd Rebecca DeCou Mary Myers Rachell Marshalle Pricilla Love" Charles Reade Bernard Devenish Tho : Peachee Wm. Righton Joseph Addams Henry Burcham Sarah Righton Mary Peachee Sibbilla Righton Elizabeth Gardiner Jr. -Friends' MS. Records. GEORGE KEITH. In 1691, George Keith, a very eminent Quaker preacher and writer, who was widely known in the colonies, as^well as in Great Britain, proposed and urged some stricter regulations among the Friends. He made complaints"against some^of them 14 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH who were in the magistracy, at Philadelphia, for having execu- ted the penal laws against malefactors, alleging that it was inconsistent with their tenets; and he charged some of their most approved preachers with false doctrine. Such a violent controversy was thus awakened that, on the 20th of April, 1692, at a Meeting in Philadelphia, a "Declaration" was drawn up against him, wherein both he and his conduct were publicly disowned. This " Declaration" was confirmed at the " General Yearly Meeting," held in Burlington, on the 7th of July fol- lowing. Mr. Keith drew off a large number with him, f and set up separate meetings in various places. His adherents called themselves Christian Quakers — but they were generally called Keithians. Proud's History, Vol. I, pp. 363-7. OFFICERS OF THE TOWN. " By vertue of an Act of Assembly, formed and contrived for the Government of this Town of Burlington at a Sessions held in the said Town the 3d of October 1693 the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the said Town being Convened and Assem- bled the 5th day of April 1694 in pursuance of the Powers and Priviledges Granted unto them in and by the said Act and in conformity to the same due regard being had to ye Qualification of the Electors as prescribed and Limitted by the said Act Did Choose & Elect these officers following : " Richard Basnet, Burgesse,or Chief Magistrate for y" town of Burlington. "John Tatham, Recorder. James Marshall 1 ^ „ James Hill | Councellors. " George Hutcheson, Treasurer. James Hill, Town Clerk. f'The Quakers,'' saya Bishop Burnet, in his History of the Church, (Vol. II) "have had a great breach made among them by one George Keith, a Scotchman, with whom I had my education at Aberdeen ; lie was esteemed the most learned man that ever was in that sect ; he was well versed both in the Oriental tongues, in Philosophy, and Mathematics. After he had been above thirty years in high esteem among them, he was sent to Pennsylvania to have the chief direction of their youth. In those parts, he said he first discovered that which had been always denied to him, or so disguised that he did not suspect it ; it appeared to him that they were Deists, and that they turned the whole doctrine of the Christian Religion into allegories ; chiefly those which relate to the death and resurrection of Christ, and the reconciliation of sinners to God by virtue of his Cross ; he, being a true Christian, set himself with great zeal against this." IN BURLIXGTON. 15 "Bernard Devonish, Serjeant Clerk of the Market Cryer of the Town and Officer to view the Assise of Bread & Lqiuors et to supervise and Examine Weights and Measures. "Then it was Ordered and Concluded by unanimous Consent that the Town of Burlington should Assert and Maintain their Title and right to the Island in the River Delaware commonly called Stacy's alias Mattinecunk Island." First Entry in Tmcn Jlinutes. A BUEYIJCG-PLACE FOE CIIEISTIAXS. On the 13th of July, 1695, a jjiece of land was bought; the particulars of which are given in these portions of its Deed : "Wheeeas several persons Inhabitants in & about Burlington together with John Tatham Edward Hunloke & Nathaniel Westlaud have agreed together to purchase a peece or parcell of Land in Burlington for the Conveniency of a burying place for themselves and also free for all other Christian People who shall hereafter be minded therein to bury their dead And for that intent & purpose have respectively disbursed or agreed to disburse into the hands of the said John Tatham Edward Hunloke it Nathaniel Westland (as ffeoffees in Trust) certaine sumes of money for the purchasing of said peece or parcell of Land as may be convenient & for the ffenceing & fitting the same Land when purchased for a burying place xow witxesseth this IXDENTUEE that for & in consideration of the Sume of fSve pounds Currant silver money Robert Wheeler hath granted & sold unto the said John Tatham Edward Hunloke tt Nathaniel AVestland their Heirs & Successors forever one peece or parcell of Land in the Island of Burlington aforesaid being the Towne Lott or house Lott Conteyning Two Roods and six- teene perches as the same is now laid forth and surveyed begin- ning att a stake sett up being corner to Jonathan Wests lot on the North by Wood street And runs southward in ffront by Wood street ffive perches and Three feet and soe back the same breadth being in Length Eighteene perches and an halfe and bounded by the Lott of John Stoaks to the South to hate AND TO HOLD the Said Lott of Land unto the said John Tatham Edward Hunloke & Nathaniel Westland their Heirs and Sue- 16 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH cessors forever who shall hereafter from time to time successively be nominated & chosen by the major part of the Persons their Heirs and Successors Convened & successively to be convened in the sd granted premises upon the decease or removall of the said John Tatham, Edward Hunloke Nathaniel Westland or any of them as succeeding ffeoffees in Trust on the behalfe of the rest convened &c to be convened for the sd burying place which is to beffree for all Christian People who shall be minded therein to bury their dead." BESTRICTIOXS OF UNLICENSED PERSONS. April iiOth 169C, at a Town meeting, "it was put to ye vote whether any person not having a Lycence shall expose & sell any strong Liquors by the pot at fair Times and it past in the negative." " It was likewise put to the vote, whether any Mer- chant or other unlicenced person shall sell any quantity of Rum or Brandy less than a pint and it past in the Negative ; And it Avas Ordered That if any Merch' or other unlycenced person shall sell a less quantity than a Pint of the said Liquors that then such person so offending shall forfeit Ten shillings for every such Lesser quantity so sold the one half to the Eurgesse and the other half to the informer : It was also Ordered by the sd meeting that no person shall ride a Gallop during the fair time betwixt the market house and the water side." Town Minutes. ACT AGAINST WANDERING NEGROES. " At a meeting of the Burgess and Inhabitants of the Town of Burlington, Aug 1 5th 1698, it was enacted, " That all and every Negroe that after the Publication hereof, shall be found wandr- ing about within the Limits of the sayd Town on first days during the Time of Religious meetings and not attending upon any such meeting or abiding at their respective homes or quar- ters, Shall be put in the stocks, and there continue till the said meetings are over, And that all & every Negro or Negroes that on First Day Nights after sun set shall be found wandring abroad or Absenting themselves from their Respective homes or Quar- ters, shall be put in y'' stocks there to continue all that Night and on the next day be whipt at their Masters Charge." Town Minutes. IN BURLIXGTOX. 17 DESCRIPTIOX OF BURLIXGTOX. Gabriel Thomas, in his quaint little History, printed in 1698, thus writes: — "Burlington is now the chiefest Town in that Countrey, by reason that the late Governor Cox, who bought that Countrey of Edward Billing, encouraged and promoted that Town chiefly, in settling his Agents and Deputy-Governors there, which brings their Assemblies and chief Courts to be kept there ; and, by that means it is become a very famous Town, having a delicate great Market- Ho\me, where tliey keep their Market : It hath a noble and spacious Hall over head, where their Sessions is kept, having the Prison adjoyning to it. There are many Fair and Great Brick Houses on the outside of the Town which the Gentry have built there for their Countrey Houses, besides the Great and Stately Palace of John Tateham Esq ; which is pleasantly situated on the, North side of the Town, having a very fine and delightful Garden and Orchard adjoyning to it, wherein is variety of Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers; as Hoses, Tidips, July-Floivers, Sun Flowers, Carnations, and many more. There are kept also in this Famous Town several Fairs every Year ; and as for Provisions, viz. Bread, Beer, Beef, Pork, Cheese, Butter and most sorts of Fruit, here is great Plenty and very Cheap. There are also two handsom Bridges to come in and out of the Town called London and York-Bridges. The Town stands in an Island, the Tide flowing cj^uite round about it." THE society for PROPAGATIXG THE GOSPEL. " The increase of religion in the colonies, and the moral culture of the inhabitants, had been the subjects of many private schemes and individual exertions which resulted in little benefit ; and it was found necessary, to make the endeavors effectual, to obtain a charter for a society calculated especially to subserve the purposes in view. In consequence of a representation made by Dr. Thomas Tenison (then Archbishop of Canterbury) to King William III, a charter Avas obtained, bearing date June 16th, 1701, incorporating several persons distinguished for their stations and virtues, by the title of " The Society for Propaga- ting the Gospel in Foreign Parts." The jjroper officers of the Society were chosen on the 27th of June, and measures were im- 18 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH mediately adopted for the obtainment of funds and perfecting the other necessary arrangements." Whitehead's Early History of Perth Amboy. MEMORIAL PROM REV. MR. KEITH. Shortly after the foundation of the S. P. G., George Keith, who had returned to England in 1694, and received Orders in the Church of England, from the Bishop of London, in 1700, prepared a " Memorial," from which we quote : " To the Secretary of the Venerable Society. "Worthy Sir: — According to your desire I send you thi-; short Memorial of the State of Religion in such parts of North America where I have travelled, and which I can give of my own knowledge, especially in relation to Quakerism, and some other things by letters from my friends there. In Pennsyl- vania, when I came to live there, which was in the year 1680, by the number of men and women that used to come to the yearly meetings from the several parts of that province, and from the West and East Jerseys, we did commonly reckon there might be at least fifteen hundred Quakers, two hundred of which might perhaps belong to the West and East Jerseys. After the breach that began in the year 1691, betwixt a party of Quakers that joined with me in opposing some of their errors, (especially their notion of the sufficiency of the light within every man to salvation without anything else) & another Party that joyned with Thomas Lloyd then Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania & a great Preacher among the Quakers, all the Meetings in those Provinces above mentioned were broken, and they set up Separate Meetings one from another, on the account of different Principles of Religion (especially in relation to the notion aforesaid * * * which I & my Friends judged a plain opposition to Chris- tianity & an Establishing of Deism in its place) so that when I came from Pennsylvania to England which was in the year 1694, I left behind me fourteen or fifteen Meetings in Pennsyl- vania, West & East Jerseys that met apart from the Quakers * * * to the number of above Five hundred persons. " Since there hath been a Church of England Congregation set up at Philadelphia [1695] the Chief Town in Pennsylvania a THE REV. GEORGE KEITH. IN BURLINGTON. 19 considerable number of those that did come off with me on the account of the Quakers Errors are joyned with the Church of England both Men & Women of good account, et others of them keep up their Separate Meetings particularly one at Philadel- phia & some of them have joyned themselves with the Anabap- tists in those Parts, as I have had particular Information by letters from my friends there, year after year. It would be of great service, as I judge, if one or two more Church of England Ministers were sent to Pennsylvania ; it is not to be doubted, but they would not only get hearers, but such as would join with them to make up Congregations. * * * " In West Jersey that lyes on the east side of Delaware River, I have several friends that joyned with me in the Separation from the Quakers, especially about Croswicks, which is about Fifteen or Sixteen miles from Burlington, (the chief Town in West Jersey lying by Delaware River ;) if a Church of England Minister were sent thither it is not to be doubted but he would be received and joyned with, both by some of my friends and some other sober persons. The most proper place to set up a Church would be at Burlington, and another at Croswicks abovementioned. * * * " There is not one Church of England as yet in either West or East Jersey, the more is the pity ; and except in Two or Three Towns there is no face of any public worship of any sort, but People live very mean- like Indians. In New York there are but few Quakers, & some that were, are come off & joyned with the Church there. One Mrs. , a friend of mine, is lately deceased, but before her death was baptized & had the Lord's Supper administered to her, & got her Children baptized, whereof I had a late Account in a letter from one of my friends there, now a zealous Churchman. * * * There is no Church of England in all Long Island, nor in all that great Continent of New York Province, except at New York Town." ANNA EEGINA. On the 8th of March, 1701, King William died, and was succeeded by Queen Anne ; " who," says Hume, " ascended 20 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the throne, to the general satisfactiou of all parties." " Even the Jacobites," he adds, " seemed pleased with her elevation. She had been taught to cherish warna sentiments of the tories, ■\vhom she considered as the friends of monarchy, and the true sons of the Church. * * She was zealously devoted to the Church of England." SURRENDER OF THE GOVERXMEXT TO QUEEN ANNE. "On the 17th of April, 1702," says Smith's History, " the several proprietors of East and West New-Jersey, in America, did in person, present a deed of surrender by them executed under their hands and seals, to her ilajesty in council, and did acknowledge the same to be their act and deed ; and humbly desire her Majesty to accept the same, that it might be enrolled in the court of chancery, whereby they did surrender their power of the government of those plantations : AVhich her Majesty graciously accepted, and was pleased to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the same be enrolled in her Majesty's said high court of chancery ; and the said instruments are to be delivered to JMr. Attorney General, who is to take care that the same be enrolled accordingly." THE FIRST MISSIONARY OF THE S. P. G. The familiarity of ]\Ir. Keith — as exhibited in his "Memo- rial" — with the state of Religion in this country, led the Society for Propagating the Gospel to appoint him as their first missionary. His " Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck on the Continent of Xorth-America," printed in London, " by Joseph Downing, for Brab. Aylmer at the Three- Pigeons, over-against the Royal-E.vchcmge in Conihilf, 1706," begins thus : "The Twenty eighth Day of April 1702, 1 sailed from Cotces in the Isle of Wight, in one of the Queens Ships, called the Centu- rion, whereof Captain Heme was Commander, who was very Civil to me, bound for Boston in Neio-England; and by the good Provi- dence of God we arriv'd at Boston the Eleventh day of June, our whole time of Passage being Six Weeks and one Dav. Colonel Dudley Govcrnour of New-England, and Colonel Povie Deputy IN BUELIXGTON. 21 Governour, and Mr. Morris, with all whom we sailed in the same ship, were so generous and kind both to Mr. Fatriok Gor- don Missionary for Long-Island, and to me, that at their desire we did Eat at their Table all the Voyage on free cost. "At my Arrival the Eeverend Mr. Samuel Miles, and the Reverend Mr. CJwistopher Bridge, both Ministers of the Church of England Congregation at Boston, did kindly receive me and the tioo ministers in company with me, and we lodg'd, and were kindly entertained in their Houses, during our abode at Boston. "June 14, 1702, being Sunday, at the request of the above- named Ministers of the Church of England, I Preached in the Queens Chappel at Boston, on Eph. 2. 20, 21, 22, where was a large Auditory, not only of Church Peoj^le, but of many others. " June 28, Sunday. The Reverend Mr. John Talbot, who had been Chaplain in the Centurion, Preached there. " By the advice of my good Friends at Boston, and especially of Colonel Joseph Dudley, Governour of Boston Colony, I chose the abovenamed Mr. John Talbot to be my Assistant and Asso- ciate in my Missionary Travels and Services, he having freely and kindly offered himself, and whom I freely and kindly received, and with the first occasion I wrote to the Society, praying them, to allow of him to be my Fellow-Companion and Associate in Travels, &c., which they accordingly did,t and indeed Divine Providence did well order it, for he proved a very loving and faithful Associate to me, and was very helpful to me in all respect, and was well approved and esteemed every where, both with respect to his Preaching and Living, in the several places where we Travelled." ENLARGING THE CHKISTIAN BURIAL-GEOUXD. On the 16th of September, 1702, Thomas Revell, "Executor iu Trust of Elizabeth Tatham late of Burlington Widdow deceased" for "Three pounds Currant Silver money" conveyed to " Nathaniel Westland Robert Wheeler & Hugh Huddy as fPeoffees in Trust" a " Lott" of land " Containing fForty foot in f The appointment of Mr. Talbot as a Missionary of the Society, bears date September 18th, 1702. 22 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH front and bounded on the North side by a Lott late purchased from Robert Wheeler for a burying ground on the South side by the Land of John Holliushead on the West by the Land of the late William Myers deceased, & on the East by a publick street called Wood street, for the Enlargeing the aforesaid bury- ing ground." '■ Several Persons (Inhabitants in & about Bur- lington) together with Xathaniel Westland, Robert Wheeler & Hugh Huddy disbursed certaine Sumes of money for the pur- chasing of the same Land & for the fPencing & Repairing of the whole for a Burying ground," " for all Christian People who shall be desirous to bury tlieir dead therein." Original Deed. THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN BURLINGTON. " October 29, 1702. We arrived at Burlington in West- Jersey. "November I, Sunday. We preached in the Town-House at Burlington, (the Church not being then built,) and we had a great Auditory of diverse sorts, some of the Church, and some of the late Converts from Quakerism. Mr. Talbot preached before Xoon, and I in the Afternoon. My Text was, John 17. 3. — \_And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, ivhom thou hast sent.^ Col. Hamilton, then Governour of West-Jersey, was present both Forenoon and Afternoon, and at his Invitation we dined with him. " November 3. At Burlington I detected the Quakers Errors out of their great Authors, George Fox his great Mystery, and Edivard Burroughs Folio Book, and others, having given the Quakers Preachers Notice two Days before, to come and defend their Principles and Authors ; but none of them would appear in tlie Cause." Keith's Journal. A JIEETING OF THE CLERGY, IN NEW YORK. "November 8, Sunday [1702.] I preached in the Church ©f Philadelphia, at the Minister's Request, on 2 Pet, 3. 15, 16, in the Afternoon. Mr. Talbot preached there in the Forenoon. And again I preached another Sermon, on the same, that Even- ing, after six a Clock, (it being usual once a Month to preach an Evening-Sermon in that Town.) We had a very great IN BURLINGTON. 23 Auditory, so that the Church could not contain them, but many stayed without and heard. " That Week a Meeting of the Clergy being appointed to meet together at Xew-Yorh by general Consent, we accordingly did meet, being Seven in number ; at our Meeting we drew up an Account of the State of the Church in these American Parts of Pensilvania, West and East-Jersey and iVeiy- Fo?-/; Province ;t ^ Copy whereof we sent to the Honourable Society at London, for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." Keith's Journal. INSTRUCTIONS FEOM QUEEN ANNE. "Instructions for our right trusty and well beloved Edward lord Cornbury, our captain general and governor in chief, in and over our province of Nova-Ctesaria, or New Jersey, in America. Given at our court at St. James's, the sixteenth day of November, 1702, in the first year of our reign. "1. With these our instructions you will receive our commis- sion under our great seal of England, constituting you our cap- tain general and governor in chief of our province of New Jersey. "2. You are with all convenient speed to I'epair to our said province, and being there arrived, you are to take upon you the execution of the place and trust we have reposed in you, and forthwith to call together the following persons, whom we do by these presents appoint and constitute members of our council in and for that province, viz. Edward Hunloke, Lewis Morris, Andrew Bowne, Samuel Jenings, Thomas Revell, Francis Davenport, William Pinhorne, Samuel Leonard, George Dea- con, Samuel Walker, Daniel Leeds, William Sanford, and Robert Quarry, esquires. "3. And you are with all due solemnity, to cause our said commission under our great seal of England, constituting you our captain general and governor in chief as aforesaid, to be read and published at the said meeting of our council, and to cause proclamation to be made in the several mest publick places of our said province, of your being constituted by us our captain general and governor in chief as aforesaid. t This was signed ty (jEOBGE ICktth, Evax Evaks, Cler. Minister of Philadelphia, Alexander Inkes, Presbyter, Kdmond Mott, Chaplain of He y Majesty's Forces in Kew Yorls, Jons Talbot, "William Yesey, Eector of >'e\v York, John Bartow. 24 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH "4. "Which being done, you shall yourself take, and also administer to each of the members of our said council so appointed by us, the oaths appointed by act of parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and the oath mentioned in an act, entitled. An aot to declare the altera- tion in the oath appointed to be talcen by the aot, entitled. An act for the further security of his majesty's person, and the succession of the crown in the protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended pjrince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and, their open and secret abettors, and for declaring the association to be determined; as also the test mentioned in an act of parliament made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of king Charles the second, entitled. An act for preventing dangers lohich may happen from popish recusants ; together with an oath for the due execu- tion of your and their places and trusts, as well with regard to the equal and impartial administration of justice in all causes that shall come before you, as otherwise, and likewise the oath required to be taken by governors of plantations, to do their utmost, that the laws relating to the plantations be observed. ^ ;?; + ^ 5K ^ ^ :;: JK JK 6. "And whereas the inhabitants of our said province have of late years been unhappily divided, and by their enmity to each other, our service and their own welfare has been verv much obstructed; you are therefore in the execution of our commis- sion, to avoid the engaging yourself in the parties which have been form'd amongst them, and to use such impartiality and moderation to all, as may best conduce to our service, and the good of the colony. "51. You are to permit a liberty of conscience to all persons (except papists) so they may be contented with a quiet and peaceable enjoyment of the same, not giving offence or scandal to the government. "52. And whereas we have been informed, that divers of our good subjects inhabiting tli(,se parts, do make a religious scruple of swearing, and by reason of their refusing to take an oath in courts of justice and other places, are or luay be liable to many inconveniences; our will and pleasure is, that in order to their ease in what they conceive to be matter of conscience, so far as may be consistent with good order and government, you take care, that an act be passed in the general assembly of our said province, to the like effect as that passed here in the seventh and eighth years of his majesty's reign, entitled, An act, that the solemn affirmation and declaration of the people called Quakers^ IX BURLIXGTOX. 25 shall be accepted, instead of an oath in the usual form, and that the same be transmitted to us, and to our commissioners for trade and plantations as before directed. * * * :K ^ :(; * "69. You shall take especial care, that God Almighty be devoutly and duly served throughout your government, the book of common prayer as by law established, read each Sunday, and holyday, and the blessed sacrament administered according to the rites of the church of England. " 70. You shall be careful that the Churches already built there, be well and orderly kept, and that more be built, as the colony shall by God's blessing be improved ; and that besides a competent maintenance to be assigned to the minister of each orthodox church, a convenient house be built at the common charge for each minister, and a competent proportion of laud assigned to him, for a glebe and exercise of his industry. "71. And you are to take care, that the pari.shes be so limitted and settled, as you shall find most convenient for the accomplish- ing this good work. "'72. You are not to prefer any minister to any ecclesiastical benefice in that our province, without a certificate from the right reverend father in God the lord bishoj) 'of London, of his being conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the church of England, and of a good life and conversation : And if any person already prefer'd to a benefice, shall appear to you to give scandal either by his doctrine or manners, you are to use the best means for the removal of him, and to supply the vacancy in such manner as we have directed. "73. You ai'e to give order, that every orthodox minister within your government, be one of the vestry in his respective parish, and that no vestry be held without him, except in case of sickness, or that after the notice of a vestry summon'd, he omit to come. "74. You are to enquire whether there be any minister within your government, who preaches and administers the sacrament in any orthodox church or chapel, without being in due orders, and to give account thereof to the said lord bishop of London. "75. And to the end the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the said lord bishop of London, may take place in our said province so far as conveniently may be, we do think fit that you give all countenance and encouragement to the exercise of the same, excepting only the collating to benefices, granting licences for marriages, and probate of wills, which we have I'eserved to you our governor and the commander in chief of our said province for the time being. 26 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " 76. And you are to take especial care, that a table of mar- riages established by the cannons of the church of England, be hung up in every orthodox church, and duly observed, and you are to endeavor to get a law passed in the assembly of our said j)rovince, (if not already done) for the strict observation of the said table. " 77. You are to take care, that drunkenness and debauchery, swearing and blasphemy, be discountenanced and punished : And f(}r the further discountenance of vice, and encouragement of virtue and good living, (that by such example the infidels may be invited and desire to partake of the christian religion) you are not to admit any person to publick trusts and employ- ments in our said province under your government, whose ill fame and conversation may occasion scandal. " 89. You shall endeavor to get a law passed for the restrain- ing of any inhuman severity, which by ill masters or overseers, may be used towards their christian servants, and their slaves, and that provision be made therein, that the wilful killing of Indians and Xegroes may be punished with death, and that a fit penalty be imposed for the maiming of them. " 90. You are also with the assistance of the council and assembly, to find out the best means to facilitate and encourage the conversion of Xegroes and Indians, to the christian religion. ^ ^ ^ * ;{: 5}i Jji " 99. Forasmuch as great inconveniencies may arise by the liberty of printing in our said province, you are to provide by all necessary orders, that no person keep any press for printing, nor that any book, pamphlet or other matters whatsoever be printed without your especial leave and license first obtained." * * * —Smith's History, pp. 230-259. GREAT XEED OF A BISHOP. Mr. John Talbot to Mr. Richard Gillingham. "Xew York, 24 November, 1702. " My Dear Friend : " I take all opportunities to let you know that I live, and shall be glad to hear as much of you. Friend Keith and I have been above 500 miles together visiting the churches in these parts of America, viz., New England, New Hampshire, X. Bristol, N. London, N. York, and the Jerseys as far as Phila- delphia. We preached in all churches where we came, and in several Dissenters' meetings such as owned the Church of IX BURLINGTON. 27 England to be their mother church, and were willing to com- municate with her and to submit to her Bishops if they had opportunity ; I have baptized several! persons, whom Mr. Keith has brought over from Quakerism, and indeed in all places where we come, we find a great ripeness and inclination amongst all sorts of people to embrace the Gospel. Even the Indians themselves have promised obedience to the Faith, as appears by a conference that my Lord Cornbury the Governor here has had with them at Albany : five of their sachems or kings told him they were glad to hear that the sun shined in England again since King William's Death ; they did admire at first what was come to us, that we should have a squaw sachem, viz.: a woman-king, but they hoped she would be a good mother and send them some to teach them religion, and establish Traffick among them that they might be able to purchase a coat, and not go to church in Bear Skins, and so they send our Queen a present, ten Bear Skins to make her fine, and one for a muff to keep her warm ; after many Presents and Compliments they signed the treaty and made the Covenant so sure that they said Thunder and Lightning should not break it on their part, if we did not do as the Lord Bellamont did, throw it into the sea. The papists have been zealous and diligent to send priests and Jesuits to convert these Indians to their superstitions ; 'tis wonderfully acted, ventured and suffered upon that design ; they have indeed become all things, and even turned Indians as it were to gain them, which I hope will provoke some of us to do our part for our holy faith and mother the Church of Eng- land. One of their Priests lived half a year in their wigwams (i. e. houses) without a shirt, and when he petitioned my Lord Bellamont for a couple, he was not only denyed but banished ; whereas one of ours, in Discourse with my Lord of London, .^aid, ' who did his Lordship think would come hither that had a dozen shirts.' If I had their language or wherewith to main- tain an Interpreter, it should be the first thing I should do, to go amongst the thickest of 'em. Mr. Keith says if he were vounger he would learn their language and then I'm sure he might convert them sooner than the Heathen called Quakers- Indeed he is the fittest man that ever came over for this province, 28 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH lie is a well study'd divine, a good philosopher and Preacher, but above all an excellent Disputant, especially against the Quakers, who use to challenge all mankind formerly. Now alb the Friends (or enemies rather) are not able to answer one George Keith ; he knows the Depths of Satan within them and all the Doublings and AA^indings of the Snahe in the Grass. In short he has become the best champion against all Dissenters, that the Church ever had, and he's sett up such a Light in their Dark places, that by God's blessing will not be putt out. The Clergy here have had a sort of Convocation at the Instance and Charge of his Excellency Col. Nicholson Governor of Virginia; we were but seven in all ; and a week together, we sat consider- ing of ways and means to propagate the Gospel, and to that End we have drawn up a scheme of the present state of the Church in these provinces which you shall see when I have time to transcribe it, and I shall desire you to send it afterwards to my good brother Ivemble. AA"e have great need of a Bishop here to visit all the churches to ordain some, to confirm others, and bless all. We pray for my good Lord of London, we can- not have better than he whilst he lives, therefore in the mean time we shall be very well content with a suifragan. Mr. Keith's mission will be out about a year hence ; by that time I hope to get some tokens for my good friends and Benefactors. But as for myself I am so well satisfied with a prospect of doing good that I have no inclination to return for England; however be so kind as to let me know how you doe, which will be a comfort to me in the wilderness. You know all my friends, j)ray let them, especially my mother and my sister Hannah, know that I am well, God be praised, and shall be glad to hear so much of them. I cannot write many letters, much less one two or three times over as when I had nothing else to do. I pray God bless you and all my Friends, I desire the Benefit of their prayers, though I cannot have that of their good Com- pany. I know you'll take all in good part that comes from " Your old Friend, " John Talbot. " P. S. — I have many places offered me but I know not where I shall settle, in mean time you may direct your letters IX BURLIXC^TOX. 29 for me to be left with Mr. Bridge of Boston X. E. Mr. Yesey at X". York, Mr. Evans at Philadelphia and Mr. Wallace in Yirginia." nOBERT M'HEELER AXD FAMILY. "February 21, Sunday, 1702. I preached at Burlington in West Jersey, on Rom. 10. 7, 8, 9. — \_0r, Who shall descend into till/ deep/ (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But ichat saith itf The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the icord of faith, ivhich we preach; Thcd if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shnlf believe in thine heart that God liath raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved.'\ — and Feb. 22. I baptized the Wife of Mr. liob. Wheeler and his three Children, f and five others : in all 9 Persons. He and his Y^ife had been Quakers, but are come over to the Church. Pie did' most kindly and hospitally enter- tain us at his house, gratis, the several times that we travelled to and fro in those Parts : And the like kind and free Enter- tainment he gives to all Ministers of the Church that travel that way." — Keith's Journal. TWO HUNDRED TOUXDS TOWARDS A CHURCH. 3Ir. Keith to the Bishop of London. Extracts. " Philadelphia, 26th February, 1702-3. ^ >i« ^ * ^ ^ ^ " The Congregatiou here has been considerably enlarged in number by those called Keithian Quakers, coming into the Church, whose good examples many others have followed both in town and country, and since my arrival in this Country there has been some increase in Divers places both of those formerly called Keithians and others who are well affected to the Church. In E. Jersey the Keithians are generally zealous for the Church and divers others whom they have an influence upon. Mr. Talbot, my Companion, and I have laboured among them, in preaching from place to place, and had much con- fin the first Parish Register — mentioned in the Preface — in the hand- writing of Mr. Talbot, is this: "Rebekah "Wheeler & her Children, John Rebekah, Robert & Mary Baptized by Mr. G. Keilh on Sunday fl'eb: 22, 170 j." 30 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ference with them in priv^ate from House to House, for the space of two months, and we baptized two and twenty persons, young and old of those called Keithians. In W. Jersey also those formerly called Keithians are well affected and came from divers parts to visit me, and heard me, and showed me Love and Affection. I have been here not mucli above a mouth, and have preached nine times in the Church here, having had large auditories, sometimes about a thousand persons in the Church, but not all of the Church, many of them Presbyterians, some Anabaptists, and some Quakers, but the Quakers of late have made an Act that none of their way shall come, -which has at present put a stop to their coming. I have also had much private discourse with some who yet remain Keithians, and use to meet together ; of divers of them, I have good hope, they have frequently come to Church to hear me, and last Sunday I went and preached in their meeting, with which some of them were well pleased though others not. * * "The people well affected to the Church have gathered two hundred pounds towards building a Church at Burlington, in W. Jei'sey, they are to begin to build as they have told me this Spring ; also at Amboy, in E. Jersey, they intend to do the like. Colonel Morris is a very good friend to the Church and a promoter of it, and was very kind and assistant to us, and is very regular in his family, and his Lady is a very pious and good Woman, his family is a little Church ; he useth the Com- mon Prayer in his family daily, and on Sundays his neighbours come to his house, as to a Church, and at times Mr. Junesse preacheth in his house. I suppose your Lordship remembereth Mr. Junesse, a good man, but a nonjuror. " jNIy Lord, if but 3 or 4 pious and able ministers were sent over to supply the present necessity in these provinces of E. and W. Jersey and Pensylvania, it would be of exceeding great service to promote and 'increase the Church. At Chester, in Pensylvania, 16 miles Southward from Philadelphia, by the River Delaware, some well affected persons have built a brave Church. Mr. Yates, who lives at Chester, has been the main promoter of it; they are to write to your Lordship earnestly to request your Lordship to send them an able and pious Minister. IN BURLINGTON. 31 The Quakers are very many and rich, in and about that place, but some of good note of them called Keithians are well affected to the Church in that County who would certainly join with the Church, if they had a Minister. I have lately preached at Chester and had an auditory of above 200 persons, and also at the Houses of 2 Keithians, my former friends and acquaint- ances, who received me with much affection. I am forced to use this term of distinction to distinguish them called Keithians from the other sort of Quakers who generally are most refractory and pertinacious in their Errors, but yet there is hope of many of the Youth among them. " There is here at Philadelphia a brave vestry of men, both pious and very discreet and in good unity and harmony one with another, and kind to their Ministers, and they have been very civil and Respectfull to us. We have lodged all the time of our stay here at Philadelphia, with an ancient Gentlewoman, a widow called Mistress Welch, formerly a Keithian but now a zealous Churchwoman and so is her daughter. " My Lord, having thus far given you an account in general of things hereaway, I shall not enlarge upon this subject ; what further shall occur in my Travels, I think to acquaint your Lordship from time to time. His Excellency Governor Nich- olson is a very great patron and benefactor to all the New- Erected Churches in these Northern parts of America. " I remain your Lordship's most humble " And most obliged servant, " George Keith." land for erecting a church. "Whereas severall well disposed Persons with others (Inhab- itants in & about Burlington) together with Nathaniell "West- land Robert Wheeler & Hugh Huddy have agreed together to purchase a Lott or parcell of Land as well for the Enlargeing of that or those parcells of Land ffenced in for Christian bury- ing ground as also for the Erecting a Church & other buildings as occasion may serve for Charitable uses and for the same intent & purpose have respectively disbursed or agreed to dis- burse into the hands of the said Nathaniell Westland Robert 32 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "Wheeler & Hugh Huddy (as ffeoffees in Trust) certaiueSumes of niomy," therefore, on the 6th of March, "lu the Yeare of our Lord according to English acco'." 1702, "the said Nathaniell Westlaud Robert Wheeler & Hugh Huddy, as well for them- selves as also in trust," for the Sume of Twenty pounds of Cur- rant Silver money within the Province," bought of " William Hollinshead & John Hollinshead, Yeomen," all that " Lott " of Land in Burlington " bounded Easterly by a street commonly called Wood street & adjoyning to & Rangeing with the Easterly end of that Land purchased lately & ffenced in for Christian burying ground & runs thence in a direct Line bounded by said "Wood street unto the street called Broad street & soe runs Westerly bounded by the said Broad street untill it Range in a direct Line with the Westerly end of the said Burying ground & is the same in Length with the said Burying ground," " to have & to hold the said Lott " " for the Publick uses afore- said." Extracts from Original Deed. COEXEE-STOXE OF THE CHUnCPI LAID. 3Ir. Talbot to Mr. Gillingham. "New Castle, 10th April, 1703. * -!< ^ ^ ^ -!• ^ " I have gone with Mr. Keith and without him, about East and West Jersey Preaching and baptising several scores of men, women and children, encouraging them to build Churches by promising them in time ministers from England, and that the Honorable Society would take care to send none but sober, good men well qualified in all respects for the work of the ministry. I look upon it that the sending Mr. Keith in quality of a mis- sionary, to travel for the good of the Churches, has been the best service that has been done yet for the Church of England in these parts of the world ; for he is a general scholar, an able disputant and a perfectly honest man. Pie is in a word Hereti- corum malleus, and so he hnd need ; having to deal with some of the woi'st that ever troubled the Church or the World. Here is little or no Government, and people in many places take the liberty to say there be three (iods, or no God, and nothing is done to them. Certainly 'tis better to live where nothing is IX BURLINGTON. 33 lawful than where all things are. Since I came to be more acfiiiainted with the Quakers I have much worse opinion of them than ever I had. It appears by William Penn's book, that he is a greater Antichrist than Julian the apostate. He has said that Christ is a finite, impotent creature ; and Faith in the History of Christ's outward manifestation is a deadly poyson these latter ages have been infected withal, to the destruction of holy Living. "Who was defender of the Faith when the lewd Heretick was made Governor and Proprietor of a province? Certainly God gave this Land into the hands of the English, that they might Publish the Gospell and give knowledge of Salvation to these people ; and I am sure the King gave this to William Penn, with Injunction expressly in his patent, that he should endeavor to convert the Indians to the Faith ; but instead of that he labours to make Christians Heathens ; and proclaims Liberty and Priviledge to all that believe in one God, and yet when they come here they say there are three or none, and yet be borne out by the Quakers against the Christians. They pretend they ought not to fight, yet I have seen several commissions, under several of their Governor's hands to kill, ■ t He was Secretary of the Society. 48 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Mr. Yeates desired me to write to you to lay before my Lord of London and the Honourable Corporation. "Betwixt Xew York and Pensylvania we continued about a month, viz. from 14th of December to 11th of January travel- ling among the Friends, call'd formerly the Keithian Quakers especially for East Jersey, having been about a whole month travelling among them before that, which was in the month October; and by God's blessing our labour has had good suc- cess among them, so that generally very few excepted, all the Keithians in East Jersey are well affected to the Church, and we baptized twenty two persons in East Jersey, all either Keith- ians or Keithian children. I am forced to use this name of distinction to distinguish them from the other Quakers who are , generally very stiff and averse from the Church, and all princi- ples of true Christianity everywhere, and Avho decline all dis- course or converse with us. Colonel Morris did very kindly entertain us at his house in East Jersey, and both he and his Lady went with us from meeting to meeting in divers places. At Amboy in East Jersey they have contributed about £200 towards building a Church and greatly desire a Minister. The Contributors are some Keithians and some other persons well affected to the Church. At Burlington also several persons (among whom some are Keithians) well affected to the Church have contributed about two hundred pounds towards building of a Church and they are to begin the Building this Spring. In all these new erectings of Churches in these Northern parts, Governor Nicholson has largely contributed, and is a mighty promoter and encourager of theiii by his Letters and Advice as well as his purse; as not only at Boston and Rhode Island, but at Burlington, in West Jersey, Chester, in Pensylvania, and here at Philadelphia. In all places where I have yet travelled, at Boston, Rhode Island, N. York and Philadelphia, the Ministers live very regularly and are in good esteem, and the Churches in good order, and the people generally devout, and Avell affected to the Word and the publick worship of God ; at Concord, in Pensilvania, and thereabouts, especially at Thomas Powell's, formerly a Keithian, several people formerly Keithians, are well affected to the Church and entertained us kindly. Mr. Evans IN BURLINGTON. 49 Minister of Philadelpliia, was with me and I preached at two severall places among them and they were well affected ; also I had a publick dispute with one Killingsworth, an Anabaptist preacher at the house of Thomas Powell. This Killingsworth was sent for by some Anabaptists forty miles off to dispute M'ith me. The dispute continued four hours, it has had good effect and it's hoped will have more ; they belong to the new Church at Chester above mentioned. I have preached here at Phila- delphia nine several times, and had great auditories, in some of them a thousand people were thought to be present, many besides the Church People, Quakers, Presbyterians and Ana- baptists. But of late the Quakers have made an act in their " meeting that none of them may come to Church, which has of late deterred them from coming. The ministers here are in very good esteem among the People and they have a brave vestry of good and wise men, and good concord, love and unanimity among them, so that the Church here is in a Flour- ishing Condition. And at Newcastle, 40 miles from Philadel- phia, there is at present no minister, they had a Presbyterian jninister called Willson, but he has been gone about half a year. Could a Minister of the Church of England be sent among them, it's thought they would gladly receive him, and it would be of mighty service for advancing the Church in this province, it being, as it were, the Frontier. Also in other parts below New Castle, they want a Minister. " There is a mighty cry and desire, almost in all places where we have travelled, to have Ministers of the Church of England sent to them in these Northern parts of America; so that it may be said the Harvest is great but the labourers few, and some well affected to the Church have desired me to write to my Lord of London and to you that if a Minister be not sent with the first Conveniency, Presbyterian Ministers from N. England would swarm into those countries and prevent the increase of the Church. They have here a Presbyterian meeting and minister, one called Andrews; but they are not like to increase here. I have had severall meetings with the Iveithian Quakers here at my lodgings, and friendly conferences with them and their Preachers, and last Sunday I preached at a Keithian meet- 50 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH iiig house, and was kindly invited to dinner after the meeting by a man and his wife of that meeting, and that evening I preached at the Church. Divers of them (God be praised for the success) are like to be gained to the Church who have heard us frequently at the Church and are well affected. Their chief speaker, John Hart, has vented a most absurd notion in his Discourses and vindicates it in his preaching, (viz.) That true Believers ought not to fear Hell and Damnation, so much as conditionally, and they ought to serve God only from love to him, without all regard to punishment or Scripture threaten- ings, so much as conditionally. I have in two severall meet- ings at my Lodgings, in the hearing of his followers, detected his errors, and last Sunday I preached a long sermon against it, in the Keithian Meeting, upon that Text, 1 Pet. 1-17, where I opened many other Texts of Scripture, to prove that a Condi- tioned fear is necessary to the best of Men : such as Heb. 4:1; Rom. 14: 10, &c. Most of his hearers and followers are dissatis- fied with the strange doctrine, and are like to forsake him. I have told them 'tis vile Antinomianism and the Root of Ranter- ism and Libertinism ; and some of his female hearers are offended at him for his telling them, they need not fear to commit the sin of whoredom, being chaste women. He openly denied before many judicious persons to me at my lodgings last Monday, 22d of this Instant, that publick punishment of death was inflicted upon a murtherer for a terror to others, if innocent, which I told him was contrary to Deut. 13 : 10, 11. " The six boxes you sent are all come safe; that to Boston, that to New York, that to the two Jerseys, and that to Pensyl- vania, are disposed of already according to your orders, and are very acceptable to the people. The great Bibles in folio I have given one of them to the Church in Philadelphia, at the Minis- ter's request, another to the new Church at Chester above men- tioned, another I think to give to the Church at Burlington, and another to that of Amboy, and the rest to other Churches when erected. There is a great need of Common Prayer Books in 8vo for the use of the people, many would gladly buy them and some might be given to the Poorer Sort. I wish 2 or 300 were sent over to these parts, direct them to Mr. Evans, the IX BURLIXGTOX. 51 minister, if you send them ; also the new Psalms, being only- used here in this Church, the people want them greatly; if you would send over 100 of them at least, I believe the people would gladly buy them. They sing very well in the Church here, and the youth have learned to sing and delight much in it. I have disposed of many of your lectures in folio which are very acceptable to the people, and as you ordered, have desired them to read them to their families and neighbours on Sundays. "Dear Sir ! I long to have a letter from you to know of your welfare, and other good news you have to impart to me, and what hopes you can give us, of having good ministers sent over to these parts, which are so greatly wanted and desired ; and if they come not timely, the whole country will be overrun with Presbyterians, Anabaptists, and Quakerism ; the Quaker Mis- sionaries do mightily swarm out of old England into these parts, and have proselited many ; many in Long Island are Quakers or Quakerly affected. " You see. Dear Sir, what a long letter I have writ to you, I question not your acceptance of it. It's but a summary of aifairs here, but I keep a punctual Journal of all things worthy my notice in my Travells. " I have written the more at length to you, hoping. Dear Sir, and desiring that you would be pleased to impart either the whole or what part of it you think requisite to my Lord of London, and my Lord of Worcester, and to your Honourable Corporation. We intend about two weeks hence to set forward to Maryland and Virginia. I have had a very kind letter from his Excellency, Governor Xicholson, inviting us to Vir- ginia, but before we go hence, I purpose to have a Publick meeting in this place to detect the Quakers errors out of their own Books, after the method I used at Turner's Hall, in Lon- don. All course of Justice against Criminals is at a stop here, so that the Criminal Court can do nothing against murtherers ; the Quakers throw the whole Burden of Jurymen upon the Churchmen, so that a great List of Churchmen have been sum- moned , such as have appeared (some formerly Keithians) men of good sense and repute have refused to swear, not that they think it unlawfull, but that there is no law in the Province, that 52 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH enjoins swearing in any case, and severall persons iiave lain long here in Prison, some on suspected murther, and can have no trial, and are said to be in great want of Bread. Colonel Quarry I suppose will give my Lord of London or yourself, some more full information. This is one instance of many of the great Deficiency of Quaker Government. I send you here- with a small specimen of my printed Labors here away. My sermon I preached at Boston soon after my arrival, was sent to you soon after it was printed, but it hath not Come to your Hands. I send you this one ; the single sheet called a Refuta- tion, &c., I lately printed at Xew York. Mr. Increase Mather has printed against the six rules in my Sermon, and I have my answer in the press at New Y'ork, in vindication of them; when it is done, I shall order some copies to be sent to you, all M'hich I hope will be acceptable to you and the clergy. "I remain your affectionate, "Humble servant, "George Keith." petition from churchmen of burlington, that mr. tal- bot may settle 1vith them. " Burlington in ^y. N. Jersey 2 Ap' 1704 " Right Honorable, " Wee think it our duty by this opportunity of our worthy friend the Reverend ]\P George Keith to acquaint your Lordships with our concerns here. And first we desire to adore the good- ness of God for moving the hearts of the Lords Spirituall nobles & gentry to enter into a society for propagating the Gospell in Foreign parts, the benefit of which we have already experienced & hope further to enjoy. The Reverend M'' Keith on his first arrivall appointed a time Prayer and so their meeting broke up. Since, I have read t There are now Thirteen Ministers in the Northern Parts of America all placed within tliese two Years last past, and generally Supported and Minn- tamed hy the Eonourable Societij for the Propagation of the Gosjfel in Forciaiv IN BURLIXGTON. 57 several scandalous Letters from several Quakers, whereby I see they are preparing "War against me ; one was from "W. Bake- shaw, the same villain that pulled y* paper out of your hand last yearly meeting at Philadelphia. He said there was not a word of truth in the Bomb, and he would answer it but none appeared. Mr. Nichol, Mr. Sharp and I preached in our turns, proper sermons to warn y° people of their errors, and heresies ; so we kept up y^ Christian yearly meeting so happily begun by you at Philadelphia. Mr. Nichols gives his service to you, he is indeed an ingenious man, and will prove in all appearance an able hand against Quakerism. I have promised to set him up Avith friends, goods, &c. ; we mean to go down to Chester and give him a broad side there if the Governour will give us leave. They are all out at Philadelphia as much about Government as ever they were about religion. There is Charter against Com- mission and Major against Governour. They have 2 sheriffs, Captain Fenny appointed by Governor Evans, and young John Budd by y° Major. Now the Governour proclaimed their pro- ceedings null and void, but G. Jones told him it was not he nor his, neither that should take away their Charter; so much for State affairs, you may hear all perhaps one of these days in Westminster Hall, meanwhile here's a Government divided against itself; God preserve his Church and let them that have the watch look out. There is a new meeting house built for Andrews, and almost finished since you came away, which I am afraid will draw away great part of the Church, if there be not y" greatest care taken of it ; Mr. Eudman serves there some times, but chiefly at the Country Church (in Oxford near Frank- fort) with good success ; but he has met with some disturbance from Edward Eaton, who has been very pevish and scandalous in words and writings, for which he was presented to y' Grand Jury, but it was hard to persuade them to find the Bill ; but what will come of it I know not. " Mr. Sharp and I have gone the rounds several times from' Burlington to Amboy, to Hopwell, to Elizabeth Town, to Staten Island in our turns, with good success, God be blessed, in all places. He has gathered a Church himself at Cheesquaks, where he preached several times, and baptized about forty per- 58 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH sons. Now I am alone, for ray Lord Cornbury has preferred him to be Chaplain of Her Majesty's Fort and Forces at X. York. I saw his Commission signed this day in y" room of Mr. Mott who dyed about 3 months ago, I was loth to part with my good friend and companion in travel, but considering how he had been disappointed at home, I would not hinder his preferment abroad, hoping that the good providence of God and y" venerable Society will supply his place. "The Assembly sat at Burlington in September, but did nothing that my Lord desired them, so he dissolved them and called another there in October. Now I hear that J\Ir. Wheeler our good friend is chosen instead of Thomas Gardener. It seems their interest goes down thereabouts. Sam. Jennings complains that a man can't turn friend of truth now but he is ridiculed out of it. I hope the venerable Society will take Mr. Bradford's case into their consideration. It has cost me Ten pounds and more out of my Pocket to print some small books to give away, where 1 could not stay that the Church might be served and the Printer employed, without setting forth those that are erroneous. I know you will not forget y° Reverend Mr. James, who has been so zealous for y* service of y° Church, since you put him upon it. I count him as my father now you are gone, and indeed our Convocation had been at a Loss for a Foreman had not he supplied the place by his gravity and wisdom. I have drawn another Bill upon Mr. Hodges, not knowing when I should have so good opportunity ; besides I have been at more than ordinary charge for horses and cloaths, for I never received any from England since I came out of it. As for that parcel that my Friend Mr. Gillingham sent by Capt. Innifer, I can't hear what is become of it. My horse you know dyed at Burlington and y^ Quakers recorded it as a judg- ment upon me. Ben. Wheat set it down in his Almanack, such a day of y 1st month, John Talbot's horse dyed, and Barnet Lane haled him into the river. But I was more sorry for the mare that you were so kind to give me., for she dyed before I came over the Bay in Maryland. I hope y'' venerable Society will see good to take you into th^ir number, for it may be of use to them to hav€ one there that has been here. I hope the IX BURLINGTON. 59 Letter will come safe to your hand by Mr. Robert Owen minis- ter of a church in Maryland who is a very honest Gentleman. And indeed so are all the Missionarys in general, especially the English one Mr. More, the only countryman we have amongst US, a man according to my own heart, I'm sorry he's to go so far oif as y" Mohocks, God knows whether we shall see him again. I had y" same call and had gone to the same place, but when I saw so many people of my own nation and tongue, I soon resolved by God's grace to seek them in y" first place, and if we could not recover those that were fallen, yet by God's help we may keep them out of y° pit of Quakers and Hereticks who have denyed y" Faith and are worse than Indians and Heathens who never knew it. " As for a Suffragan we are all sensible of y" want we have of one, and pray God send us a man of peace, for otherwise he will do more harm tlian good, as proud, ambitious, covetous men used to do, troubling the State and perplexing the Church, and then they run away, and leave all in the lurch. I saw our honored friend, Coll. Nicholson, last month at Burlington, where he staid a week or ten days. I was obliged to him every way, particularly for his friendly advice in a case that was diffi- cult to me at that time, but I shall not mention names because I am resolved, by God's grace, to take heed what I say of any man, whether good or bad. " Coll. Nicholson took Bills of Mr. Bass for the money in hand, £70, Pensylvania money, and gave it all to the Churches in these Provinces, with Bills of Exchange to make it up £100 sterling, besides what he subscribed to the Churches to be erected at Hopewell, Elizabeth Town, Amboy and Salem. We have made it appear that he has exhibited to the Churches in these Provinces about £1000 ; besides, what he has given to particular persons and the poor would amount to some hundreds more, which we did not think fit to mention. He is a man of as much prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude as any Governor in America, without disparagement to any, and of much more zeal for the house and service of God. I have seen four of them together at Church in Burlington, but in the after- noon their place had been empty had it not been for the Honor- GO HISTORY OF THE CHURCH able Governor Nicholson ; so that I can't but observe the example of his piety in the Church, is as rare as his bounty towards it; no wonder then that all that love the Church of England are fond of Governor Nicholson, who is a true son, or rather a nursing father, of her in America. I hope you will do him all tlie service you can at home whereby you will oblige all the Churches abroad. " Mr. Urquhart is well chosen for the people of Jamaica, and indeed I think none fitter than the Scotch Episcopal to deal with Whigs and Fanaticks of all sorts. Had not Stuttart been allowed to preach he had brought them all to the Church almost by this time; but now they resort most to a barn that is hard by, and will not pay Mr. Urquhart what is allowed by Law, though my Lord Cornbury has given his orders for it. Mr. John Lillingston designs, it seems, to go for England next year; he seems to be the fittest jjerson that America affords for the office of a suffragan, and several persons, both of the Laity and Clergy, have wished he were the man ; and if my Lord of London thought fit to authorize him, several of the Clergy both of this Province and of JNIaryland have said they would pay their tenths unto him, as my Lord of London's Vicegerent, whereby the Bishop of America might have as honorabla provision as some in Europe. Ah, Mr. Keith, I have wanted you but once, that is ever since you went. I pray God supply your place with such another, who will pass through all Governments serving the Church, without giving offence unto the State. I hope, good Sir, you will excuse this long Letter. I had not time to write a short one ; therefore, amidtia nostra, I desire that you would take all in good part that comes from " Your most faithful friend "And humble servant, " John Talbot." williaji budd and othees. " At Burlmgton in West-Jersey, there is now a settled Con- gregation, with a fixed Minister, to wit, the Reverend Mr. John Talbot, my Fellow Labourer, where there is a large Cono^reo-a- tion, and a considei-able Number of Communicants, many of them having been formerly Quakers, and Quakerly affected, or IX BURLINGTON. 61 siicli as were of no particular denomination. And such of them as had not been Baptized in Infancy, have received Baptism, partly by Mr. Evans, & partly by Mr. Talbot, & some of them by me. ^Ir. Talbot has Baptized most of them who have been Baptized, since our Arrival among them, and particularly all the Children, both Males and Females, of William Bud'd, who formerly was a Quaker-Preacher, but is come over from Quakerism, to the Church, with diverse others of the Neigh- bourhood, in the Country about the Town of Burlington, who come usually to tiie Church at Burlington on the Lord's-Day ; some of them. Six, Eight, and some of them Ten, or Twelve Miles, and some of them more." Keith's Journal. THE CLERGY MEET AT BUEEIXGTOX. The Clergy of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, met in Burlington, Nov. 2d, 1705, when the following Address was drawn up, signed, and sent under cover to the Lord Bishop of London : " To the Most Reverend Fathers in God the Lord Abps., the Right Reverend the Bishops, and others Right Honourable Members of the Society Erected for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. " Your Missionaries being convened at Burlington esteem themselves in duty bound to lay before the Most Reverend, the Right Reverend & Right Honorable Members of the Society, M'hat we conceive to be necessary, with God's blessing on our Labours, to promote the ends of our Mission. The presence and assistance of a Suffragan Bishop is most needful to ordain such persons as are fit to be called to serve in the sacred Minis- try of the Church. We have been deprived of the advantages that might have been received of some Presbyterian & Indepen- dent Ministers that formerly were, and of others that are still willing to conform & receive the Holy Character, for want of a Bishop to give. The Baptized want to be confirmed. Their presence is necessary in the Councils of these Provinces to pre- vent the inconveniences which the Church labors under by the Influences which Seditious Men's Counsels have upon the public administration & the oppositions which they make to the good inclinations of well affected people. He is wanted not only to 62 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH govern and direct us, but to Cover us from the Malignant Effects of those misrepresentations that have been made by some persons impower'd to admonish and inform against us, who indeed want admonition themselves. It is our humble desire that the Custom of the Romans of not Condemning Men before they be heard may be of Force with the Most Reverend, the Right Reverend & Right Hon'ble Members of the Society, for we find to our Grief that those Characters given of us by those persons have made sad impressions on your minds, as have in some measure lessened our reputation, which is dearer to us than all Your En- couragements which we have received by Your Bounty. And it is our humble prayer that no Credit hereafter be given by the Society to any Complaints against us but such as are under the hands of three of the Clergy. The Provinces of New York, the Jerseys and Pennsylvania consist of People of several Nations, & have Preachers among them that speak to them in their own Tongues. The Dutch and the French being of the Presbiterian Perswasion And the former generally tainted with Republican Principles, it is humbly proposed that there be no preacher per- mitted to preach among them but in the English Tongue, or at least of Episcopal Ordination, that can preach both in English & in their own Tongues, Nor any schoolmasters to Teach any Vulgar Language, but the English, without a particular license from the Governor, till God bless us with a Bishop. This last Expedient is thought by the Governor to be a likely means of uniting the Country both in their religious aod Civil interests * * * * — ^^(j humbly beg Your Benediction & Prayers, and crave leave to subscribe ourselves, as we are, "Most Reverend, Right Reverend " & Right Honorable, Your most "Obedient & humble Serv'ts,, "BuELiXGTOX, Nov'r 2, 1705. "John Talbot, Andrew Rudman, Ericus Biorck, Hen. Nicols, Evan Evans, Geo. Ross, Sam. Myles, Tho. Crawford,, Tho Moore, Jno. Sharpe, iEneas Mackenzie, John Brooke, G«o. Muirson,. John Clubb." IN BUJRLIXGTOX. 63'. THE I.ETTER COJIMEXDATOEY. " To the Lord Bishop of London. " May it please Your Lordship : " We being convened at Burlington have drawn up an, Account of the State of the Church in those parts which we think necessary to add to our last years Scheme. We have enclosed a letter to the Society which we humbly offer to your Lordships view. AVe have likewise drawn and signed a peti- tion to the Queen for a Suffragan Bishop, but have sent it to Your Lordshif) not so much to present as to determine whether it be Convenient to be presented to her Majesty. Our inex- pressible wants of one to represent your Lordship here make us. use all the means we can think of towards the obtauaing that blessing. Indeed our case upon that Account is very lamentable and no words are sufficient to express it. We shall have the less need to lay before your Lordship the further want of ]Minr isters for West Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania etc., in regard our E.eve'' Brother M' Talbot who has been, an Itinerant Missionary is very capable of giving your Lordship a particular account of all our church aifairs. We shall only desire Your Lordship to have a particular regard to what he shall say concerning the case of M"' Etidman, M"" Boudet, M' Eburn and M' Biorck whose circumstances are very pressing, and their labours have been very great and successful. We humbly beg Your Lordships blessing, and beg leave to subscribe ourselves,! " My Lord " Your Lordships most obedient Sons & Serv" " John Brooke. Evan Eva>^s. G.eo : Ross. John Clubb. Hen:Nicols. Axd:.Eudjiax. JoHx Sharpe. JEneas Mackenzie, Alex : Ixxes. Geo : MuiRsox. Tho : Craavford. Thor : IMoore. Ericus Biorck. Sam. Myles." "Burlington Xov. 2|. 1705. f Some of the signers of these papers were clergy of the Church of Sweden, — a beautiful instance of the Catholic intercommunion of those days. 64 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH T>[E KEV. THOEOWGOOD MOORE. Mr. Moore to Mr. Hodges. N. York, Nov. 14, 1705. "Dear Sir: * ^ * "I have now left Albany and the Indians without any thought of returning. sk =•: * j jgfj Albany 12th the last and have since been in the Jerseys seeing where I may be most servicable and how I may regain the time I have lost. I find there great want of ministers and therefore shall spend my time chiefly there till I hear from the Society and particularly at Burlington the chief town there during the Rev'd Mr. Talbots absence I have proposed to the society my being Missionary ad Libitum and that they would allow another for some time till there are Missionarys sent to su])ply all places. Mr. Talbot is now going for England chiefly for the good of the Church and therefore I hope he will have your particular friend- ship and all the favour the society can give him. I can't say I ever saw a man of greater zeal and industry for the glory of God, and the good of his Church. I am &c &c "Tiio'-: Moore." MR. TALBOT IX EXGLAXD. Mr. Talbot to the Society for Propagating the Gospel. " London, March 14, 1706. " May it please the Reverend anel Right Honoreible Society for Propagating the Gospel: " After I had travelled with Mr. G. Keith through nine or ten Provinces between New England and North Carolina, I took my leave of him in Maryland. The Assembly then sitting offered me £100 sterling to go and Proselite their Indians ; but my call was to begin at home, and to teach our own People first, whose Language we did understand ; so I returned to Burlino-- ton to finish the Church which was happily begun there. Mr. Sharpe came to my assistance where I left him to supply that hopeful and infant Church, M'hilst I went to East Jersey for Amboy, Elizabeth Town, Woodbridge and Staten-Island. This M-e did by turns about half a year till Mr. Mott dyed who M-as IX BURLINGTON. f^5 Chaplain of the Qiieeu's Fort and Forces at Xew York. I was offered this place also, where I should have Board and Lodging and £130 per annum, paid weekly ; but nothing could tempt me from the service of the Society who were pleased to adojit me into their service, before I had the honour to know them. Mr. Sharpe was glad to embrace this offer; so I travelled alone, doing what good I could, till last Summer, I met with INIr. John Brook who brought me a letter from my Lord of London and orders to fix at Burlington, as I did till November last. There was a general meeting of the Missionarys who resolved to address the Queen for a suffragan Bishop, that I should travel with it, and make known the requests of some of the Brethren abroad, whose case we had recommended formerly by Letter to the Venerable Society, but without success. It will be four years next June since I associated with Mr. Keith. I was allowed £60 per annum for three years, but for the last I had nothing neither here nor there. I have no Business here but to solicit for a Suffragan, Books and Ministers for the propagating the Gospel. God has so blessed my Labors and Travels abroad that I am fully resolved by his Grace to return, the sooner the better, having done the Business that I came about; meanwhile my Living in Gloucestershire is given away, but I have no reason to doubt of any Encouragement from this famous Society who have done more in four years for America than ever was done before ; and your Petitioner will ever pray. God bless all our Benefactors in Heaven and Earth, and reward them for ever, for all the Good they have done to the Church in general and in particular to " Your most humble servant and " Obedient Missionary, " John Talbot." me. talbot eagee to eeturn. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "London, April 16th, 1707. " HoJsroEED SiE : " I have received several letters from my friends in America who long for my return, which I was forward to do once and 66 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH again, but Satan hindered me by raising lies and slanders in my way. But I have cleared myself to all that have heard me, and I hope you will satisfy the Honorable Society that I am not the man to whom that dark character did belong. Mr. Keith has known my doctrine and manner of life some years, what I have ventured, suffered and acted for the Gospel of Christ abroad and at home. I desire his letter may be read to the Honorable Board, and that they will be pleased to dispatch me, the sooner the better, for the season is far spent, and the ships are going out, and if I go at all, I would go quickly. I know the wants of the poor people in America. They have need of me or else I should not venture my life to do that abroad which I could do more to my own advantage at home. I should be glad to see somebody sent to jSTortli Carolina. I hope the Planters' letters are not quite forgotten. 'Tis a sad thing to live in the wilderness like the wild Indians without (jiod in the world. "Your humble Servant, "Joiix Talbot." A PRISONKE IN FORT ANNE. Mr. Moore to the Secretary. " Fort Anne, Aug^' 27"> 1707. " Sir, " This comes to inform you of what at first without doubt will be no small surprise to you and that is that one of the Society's INIissionaries is no other than a prisoner and his mission confined within the walls of a Fort. The missionary is myself, who am now a prisoner in Fort Anne in the city of j^ew York ; but how I came into this province and what is my crime you can't I believe but be impatient to know : be pleased then to take the following ace' and to communicate it to the Society. " .\s to the first I -svas brought hither by force which was after this manner, (viz) about a month ago his Excellency my Lord Cornbury Gov'' in chief of the Province of N. Jersey, N. Yoi-k, Ac, being then at Y^ork sent a summons for me to appear before him at N. York to answer to such things as should be alleged against me. IX BURLIXGTOX. G7 " I was not long considering what to do, being only to consult the legality of the summons and whether the law commanded my obedience, which, if it did not, I knew of no other obligation, but had many reasons to the contrary ; as the leaving my charge without any to supply my place, and the uncertainty indeed of my return (I being well satisfied that my Lord had often declared that he would remove me out of the province for reasons scarce worth while troubling the Society with) &c, so that I say I had only to consider whether my Lord had that power to summon me out of the province, and a little considera- tion was sufficient to satisfy me he had not ; X. Jersey being certainly a distinct province from this of Xew York, as A^irginia is ; and the power of Government (I am well informed and it necessarily must be so) upon the death or absence of my Lord Cornbury to be lodged in the Lieutenant Governor and upon the death or absence of the Lieutenant Governor, in the council. But upon my not obeying this summons, His Excellency, the Lord Cornbury sends a warrant dated from N. Yorls^, to the Sheriff of Burlington, to bring me safe to his Lordship's house, at ^Vmboy, about 50 miles from Burlington, in the same province, which accordingly he executed. He took me into his custody the loth and brought me to Amboy the 16th inst., being Satur- day, where we found his excellency arrived from N. York. His excellency told the Sheriff he had done very well in bringing me thither and ordered him (by Avord of mouth) to secure me and bring me before him on Monday morning, which accordingly he did, but his Excellency, it is to be supposed, being otherways busy'd that morning, ordered I should be brought in the after- noon and then the next morning M'hen he was pleased to send for me into a private room where were only the Lieutenant Gov- ernor and himself. His excellency, after some words of anger, not worth mentioning, and which if I did, would oblige me to say a great deal more in the order to explaining them, began to condemn my behaviour to him ever since my first arrival into America, siding with his and the Government's enemies ; and that I was a preacher of Rebellion (which I think he seemed to intimate I did by my conversation and not by my sermons, though T think he might have said the one as well as the other) 6S HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and that I had shown my rebellious temper particularly in not obeying the Lieutenant Governor's suspension of me. But this now obliges me to say something of that matter -which in short shall be this : Upon my not obeying my Lord's summons to York (which I told you I received about a month since) the Lieutenant Governor, Coll : Ingoldsby told me before two or three persons that for that reason he suspended me from preach- ing or performing any divine service in Burlington ; but I told him I did not think he had tliat power and so I left him. But he I suppose, thinking that that was not sufficient, was resolved to publish it by writing and so ordered the secretary of the province to draw up a form which accordingly he did and the Lieutenant Governor signed it and commanded him to take care that it was set up at the churches doors ; but the Secretary con- sidering that he had no sufficient warrant for so unaccountable jDroceedings went to him the next day and told him that he did not think he could safely do it ; but that if it was to be set up it was, lie thought, the church wardens business, accordingly he ordered the paper to be directed to the church wardens and delivered to them. The secretary himself was one and M'ent with the paper to the other church warden to know his mind, but he being more than ordinary averse to it, they agreed not to set it up, so that I believe I can obtain the original paper signed by the Lieutenant Governor, but however ^ I can get a copy of it attested by the church wardens. But to return ; His Excel- lency, my Lord Corubury told me the Lieutenant Governor had done very well in suspending me — that he confirmed his suspension and discharged me from preaching any more in that or the neighboring province. I told his Excellency that I was very sorry to hear that and beg'd his Excellency would judge favorably of me if I did not obey him in that particular, and believe that it proceeded from a sense of duty that I ought not and not out of obstinacy, but however I would take the best advice I could get about this and act according to my conscience. He told me that he would be obeyed, that my conscience should not rule him. I told him I could not expect that, but begged I might be excused if it did me. He told me that he would be obeyed and that if I did not he would use me like other Rebels. IX BUKLIXGTOX. 69 He asked me farther who I thought myself to bee. I told him a minister of the church placed at Burlington, both by the laws of God and man as being placed there by my Lord of London. He told me my Lord of London did not place me there. I told him I humbly conceived he did by a letter I had from the ■Secretary of the Society of which my Lord of London was a member, and so I read him part of the letter relating to that matter. He told me my Lord of London (and I am pretty Avell ■satisfied he said the Society too) had no power to place me there nor anywhere else in his Government, neither ever did he place :any, and that the Queen had invested him with that sole power and that he was ordinary. " I told him if he was ordinary, I would not make any oppo- sition, but that I was not sensible of, &c. But to conclude, his excellency told me that sin(« my obedience was so uncertain, he would secure me from disobeying, and so ordered the Sherift' (^v'hich came into the room a little before) to continue me in his custody, so lie took away his prisoner and so I continued till Saturday when I was commanded to attend his Excellency whom I found gone from his house in order to go aboard of his •barge for N. York. I found him at a house about a Bows shot from the water side. The Sheriif having spoken to my Lord, told me he was commanded to attend me into the barge. I told him I could not understand that, however that I would not go unless I was forced, but the Sheriff going again to my Lord into the house (for I was at the door) and •returning with fresh commands, I went a little way with him to the other side of the house, where I found my Lord. I told his Excellency what I told the Sheriff. His Excellency asked me then whether I wanted to be carryed. I answered him something like it. He then commanded the Sheriff again to do his office, but he being unwilling to do that which his Lordship called so, his Lordship •commanded the Amboy Sheriff who stood by to take me and force me to go (upon which the Lieutenant Governor command- ing him likewise) he took me by the sleeve so we went with the rest of the company towards the water side, but as we were walking I told the Sheriff the danger of what he was doing and 70 HISTORY OF THE CHUJRCH bade him have a care how he forced me. AVhen I was come- pretty near the barge I told his Excellency that I wished him a good voyage and that I designed to go not farther unless I was- forced to it (for the Sheriff had not then hold of me) my Lord in great anger bid the Sheriff again do his office, and the Lieu- tenant Governor commanding the same, but the Sheriff refusing to obey them, my Lord comes himself to me and takes me by my gown and sleeve and leads me about ten paces, but being, perswaded by the Lieutenant Governor, or rather more probably by other reasons he leaves me again to the Sheriff, who, encour- aged by my Lord's example and the earnestness of the Ijieuten- ant Governor to him to take me, did so, and took hold of my gown and went before me into my Lord's barge in which my Lord brought me to York, being about 40 miles from Amboy. When I came aslioare I M'ent with my Lord and the rest of the company to the Fort, thinking it in vain to make any farther opposition then and likewise being disswaded from that by one that I know wished me -well. "When we came into the Fort my Lord desired his Chaplain to take me into his room and told the officer of the guard that I was a prisoner and ordered him to give directions to the under officers to prevent my escape, and here I have been ever since. " The day after I came in being Sunday, Mr. Sharpe, my Lord's Chaplain, asked my Lord whether I might not go to- church ; he told him no, and moreover said that I should not go without the walls till I was sent to England. I thank God I fare very well here, his Lordship having given orders that I should want for nothing. " And thus I have told you as near as I could how I came hither with almost every particular circumstance ; and withall my crime. This can't but seem to the Society very strano-e and wou'd so to everybody here, were they not by unhappy ex- perience but too well acquainted with his Ldship's conduct. I know not how long his Exc'y will keep me here, I am apt to think a good while and therefore hope the Society will apply to the Queen as soon as may be that I may be released and that no Governour may attempt the like for the future, but I refuse not IX BURLIXGTOX. 71 to be tryecl before proper Judges in the most puljlick mauner ii' her Majesty thinks fit, being conscious to myself that I have done nothing that deserves the usage I have met with ; but if I have offended I hope I shall very willingly suffer the deserved punishment. " I hope my present and late sufferings will be no disadvan- tage to the Church. I am well satisfyed in my mind of the con- trary and that I shall have reason to Ijless God for enabling me to act as I have done in relation to my Lord Cornbury and the Lieutenant Gov"' by which and other means I hope her Majesty will in time be well acquainted with those Gentlemen. I think 'tis time now to think of concluding. I will therefore only add that I know not the least shadow of a reason that my Lord Cornbury can produce to the world for the usage he has showed me and therefore hope the Society \vill be as speedy as may be in applying to the (^ueen for my relief and for prevention of anything of the like for the future. " I am Sir, " Your very humble Servant, "Tho: Moore." CAUbKS OF CORXBrRY's DISPLEASURE. Jfr. Moore to the Si'cretary. "Fort Anne, Aug' 1707 " Sir " It is but just now almost that I finished a long Letter to you Avhich goes by the way of Barbadoes ; if that came safe to your hands, I suppose it did not a little surprise the Society by acquainting them with the imprisonment of one of their Mis- sioners which is myself now confined in Fort Anne in the city of Xew York brought hither in the most arbitrary and illegal manner that I believe they ever heard, the particulars I will not now mention because a Copy of that whole Letter (if you have not already received it) will be sent or delivered you with this, for the Rev'' M"' John Brooke (to whom I deliver this unsealed) has a Copy of it which with this he will send (though he is 72 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH coming himself) by all occasions. He is going towards Boston in Order for England if he be not confined before he leave this place which I am something fearful of and am well satisfied he would be if his Excellency My Lord Cornbury knew of his design of going home. ^ ^ ^ ^ 5}: :i« sK " I am thinking the Society will be inquisitive to know the reason of my Lord's displeasure against me, but when they are acquainted with his Lordship's Character I am sure they will cease inquiring and be satisfied I could not faithfully discharge my duty, and shew my respect and value for men of piety and real worth and have his Friendship ; and indeed I know noth- ing has more contributed to my displeasing his Lordship than my acquaintance and intimacy with those I thought good men and promoters of the public Good some of which have been my acquaintance and intimate friends from my first arrival in America and which is the worst of it, I know none of them either in New York or Xew Jersey that are his; but in short the chief nay only cause of his Lordship's pulling me out of New Jersey and transporting me to York I do verily believe is his persuasion that I have been and still am a block in the way of some of his designs (though I thank God I don't know I ever troubled myself with state matters) which with some others must necessarily be removed. "What his Lordship designs to do with me now I know not ; I am apt to think I shall continue here a good while, for the same reason that induced his Lordship to confine me, will probably prevail with him to continue me where I am ; I am apt to think till I have the Queen's Commands for my release nay longer, if his Lordship (which God forbid) continues in the Government, I say God forbid he knows, not for my own sake but the good of others ; for I bless God through his assistance I am very easy being well convinced that there is nothing of this that has happened to me but what is ordained by the wise hand of providence ; and I can truly say I am scarce sensible of the difference between Liberty and confinement. " I am tempted to say something of the illegality of his Lord- ship's proceedings, I think I could show a Gradation of very many unlawful steps he has taken from his first summons of me IX BURLINGTOX. 73 to York to his confining me there but you will easily see them in the Account I have given (and which M' Brooke will con- firm) of the matters of fact ; I need only add, what I remember I omitted in my last, that there is a County (I think it is called Middlesex) between Burlington and Amboy through which my Lord by his Warrant which M' Brooke will show you, com- manded the Burlington Sheriff to bring me. " As to the irregularities his Lordship seems to intimate I am chargeable with in his summons and warrant (both which M'' Brooke has) they may easily be imagined to be only preten- ces for sending them. I bless God I know of none that I am accountable to him for. His Lordship indeed has told me of some things in his anger which either he did or would have me think were so, but I think them not worth mentioning, only one I will and that was that I had the Sacrament too often (which I had when I well could once a fortnight) which fre- quently he was pleased to forbid but I minded that as little as I the Lieutenant Governor and afterwards his suspension, thinking his power in both much the same and this puts me in mind of the several times his Lordship commanded me to appear before him, and that the last from York was but the 4"' command. I had to attend him twice before he called me from Burlington to Amboy which are 50 miles distant. "Sir, though I would not be tedious yet I can't forbear making a humble proposal to the Society which is that they would be pleased to use their Interest with her Majesty in order to their obtaining leave for the recommending proper persons to be Gov- ernors of these parts, men of good morals if not of true religion, but alas ! why not the latter, every one knows the powerful influence of the example of the King or Governor and indeed the Society will find themselves extremely deceived and the success not answerable to their pious care if there be not very different men sent over for these parts than what are now and have been heretofore. But, I must think of concluding which shall be with my best wishes and hearty prayers for the truly Venerable Society that God would give them true wisdom fer- vent zeal and indefatigable Industry in the prosecution of that great and glorious work they have undertaken; their minutes 74 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH now are very precious for they are now laying the foundation of a Church in a flourishing part of the World which must be well and speedily laid. I am " Sir " Your very humble Serv' "Thoe: Mooee." 5[k. talbot aerives from england. JNIr. Talbot, having reached America, was in Boston, in November, 1707; where he was "much surprised to meet" Mr. Moore and Mr. Brooke. They gave him a detailed account of the treatment they had received, and how they had escaped ; and told him of their determination to embark for home. He remonstrated against their taking a Winter passage; "but," says Talbot — writing about it nine months afterwards — "poor Tho- rowgood said, if they were sunk in the sea, they did not doubt but God would receive them, since they were persecuted for doing their duty to the best of their knowledge." THE "WILL OF EEV. MR. MOOEE. " Being now ab' to Leave America & not knowing whether it shall please y* Allm: God y' I ever shall live to return; I do by these presents declare y', if I do not, I do freely give all my Books now at y" House of Rob' Wheeler Esq' w"' a large Chest to put them in, to y° use of y" Minister for y° time being of y" Church of England in Burlington in New Jersey & to his successors for ever. Reserving ten pounds worth sterling of them w""" belong of Right to y° Venerable Society for propaga- ting y° Gospel in Foreign parts & Haraond on y" New Testam', w''" I leave to my Faithfull Friend M' Rob' Wheeler of y" s'^ Town of Burlington. " In Witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this day of Novemb'' one thousand seven hundred & seven. " Sign'd, sealed & delivered In y° presence of us Samuel Myles Tho: Barclay John Brooke John Talbot" " Tho'^ Mooee. [l. s.] "' IN BURLINGTOX. <•» WILL OP THE EEV. JOHN BROOKE. " I John Brooke Clerk one of y" Missionarys of y" Kev'^ and Hon*"^ Society for propagating y^ Gospel in Foreign parts being now about to leave America and to undertake a long and dan- gerous voyage to England and not knowing whether it shall please the Almighty y' I ever live to arrive there, I do by these presents certify y' if I dye in y' my intended voyage I do freely give my Dear Brothers Richard Brooke and William Brooke of Clark-Heaton near Bradford in Yorkshire y" half years Salary due to my executor after my decease by y"" Bounty of y^ said Society, and whatever else my Sister Agnes Hull in Basing hall street in London has of mine in her hands. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of Xovember in y* yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seven. "John Brooke, [l. s.]" "Signed Sealed and delivered in y*^ presence of us John Talbot Rob: Owen John Brocas Hugh Venables" COEXBURY's account of MOORE AND BROOKE. Lord Cornbury to the Secretary. " New York 29th Nov 1707. " Sir : "Yours of the 18th of April 1706 came to my hands on the 13th instant for which I return you thanks. I intreat you to assure the Honorable Society that nothing shall be wanting on my part to promote their good and pious designs to the utmost of my power and understanding. I could wish all those Gentle- men whom the Honorable Society have sent over had by a care- full performance of their duty answered the intent of their mission and it is with a great deal of grief that I am obliged to say that Mr. Thorowgood Moore- and Mr. Brookes have not only not answered the intent of their mission but have done the church more harm than I am afraid they will ever do it good. I did in my letter of the 23d of August give you an account of the behaviour of Mr. Moore to the Lieutenant Gov"' Colonel Ingoldsby at Burlington on Easter day 1706. I hope that letter came safe to your hands. I am sorry to find that Mr, 76 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Moores behaviour in that case lias very near ruined that church but having wTit to you fully upon that unpleasant subject before, I shall forbear saying anything of it now but shall proceed to give you an account of Mr. Brooke's last method of proceeding here in these parts : Mr. Brookes hearing that I had brought Mr. Moore to this place with me came to visit him frequently here, iho' at the same time he neglected his Churches in East Jersey. "On the 12th day of September I left this place to go to Albany leaving directions with my family to take care that Mr. Moore should want for nothing in my absence; about ten days after I had left New York I had letters to acquaint me that Mr. Moore had made his escape out of the Fort and that Mr. Br»9kes tt he were gone off together. I took no notice of it till I returned to New York which was on the 12th of Oct"', then I enquired of the Officer of the guard what Avas become of Mr. Moore, who told me that the day he made his escape Mr. j^rookes & Mr. Moi-ris had dined Avith him, that after dinner Mr. Brookes went away and returned about 4 of the clock and coming through the gate asked the Century if he had orders to stop any body, who told hina no. Mr. Brookes went up to Mr. Moore's room & in a few minutes Mr. Moore came down & went out of the Fort and a little afterwards Mr. Brookes, upon Avhich the Century finding his error called his officer who immediately ran out of the Fort but could not find Mr. Moore. "On the 16th of Oof, I left this place to go to Amboy to meet the Assembly of New Jersey, when I arrived there I enquired for Mr. Brookes. I was told he was gone to New England with Mr. Moore. I could not believe it at first for tho' I knew him to be very indiscreet in many things yet did not think him mad enough to leave his Churches but upon farther enquiry I found that after having travelled from place to place to get the ministers of the provinces of New York, New Jersey & Pensilvania to sign a petition to the Queen against me he was gone to join Mr. Moore in New England in order to go for old England together ; now if the ministers which the Hon'''^ Society think fit to send over and maintain here are to be independent of the Government under no controul & at liberty to do what they please to go where they please it is but IN BURLINGTON. i ( reasonable that those who have the honour to serve the Queen as Governors of Provinces ought to have it signified to them that they may not intermeddle with them, how it will be for the service of the Church to have it so I submit to better Judg- ment but sure I am that Mr. Moore's asserting as he did in all companies at Burlington that the Gov' had no authority over him, that he was accountable to nobody but to my Lord Bishop of London & that he would order the affairs of the Church as he thought proper has done the Church no service no more than his affronting the Lieu' Gov' as is before mentioned. * * "I am Sir "Your very humble Servant " CORXBURY." A GOVERNOR NEEDED IN" CHURCH AND STATE; Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. " N. York Jan. 10th 170J " Honored Sir : " I got safe here, blessed be God, at Christmas, but I can't pro- ceed, no boat can cross the Sound for Ice. * * * I saw the Hon'"''' Col. Heathcote who is the finest gentleman I have seen in America. I wish the report were true that he were appointed Gov', it would be the best news next to that of the Gospell that ever came over. Methiuks 'tis an easy matter for some of the Hon"*'" Society to prevail with the Queen that one of your Hon"'' members might be a Gov'' she having promised to be allways ready to do her part towards the carrying on so good a work, which cannot be carryed on without a good Gov'' in Church and State. Now Bishop Heathcote would serve for Both the best of any I know, if he had but his commission. We live in hopes and the wicked in fears that their days will be shortened. I pray God for his elects sake they may, and mode- ration in getting of money may take place; the want of that is the root of all evil. I am to send Colonel Heathcote my travel- ling library that he may try his hand with the Stiffnecked Quakers ; he if anybody will persuade them to see ; he has the best temper of all, if a man cou'd hit it to be gentle towards all 7S HISTORY OF THE CHURCH men and zealous of all good works. Some courses must be taken with these Anti Christians who are worse than the Turks and if thev be let alone will encrease to an abominable desolation. I shall bay no more but betake myself to my prayers. Arise, O Lord Jesu Christ, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. Since Mr. Brooke Mr. Moore and Mr. Evans went away there's an Independancy set up again at Elizabeth Town, Anabaptism at Burlington and the Popish Mass at Philadelphia. I thought that the Quakers would be the first to let it in, particularly Mr. Penn, for if he has any religion 'tis that, but thus to tollerate all M-ithout coutroul is the way to have none at all. My duty and service to the members of the Honorable Society; if they can do anything now is the time. I hope they will consider of them in time; so God prosper their good endeavors, and these of. Sir, yours &c " John Talbot." " I hope Mr. Brooke and Mr. Moore are safe arrived. There was the wisdom of the Serpent and the innocency of the Dove in those men, but neither will protect them from evil speaking &e." ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLE. Col. Quary to the Bishop of London. E.vtraet. "Philadelphia 20th Jan^' 170 J * * "I am obliged to give your Lordship some account of another gentleman of the clergy one Mr. Moore who goes for England with Mr. Brooke, or rather Mr. Brooke goes with him ; this gentleman I have always had a great value for, the first time I saw him was at Albany when I attended my Lord hither his Lordship paid him all imaginable kindness and respect the design of his mission was to live among the Indians but that not answering his Excellency consented to his going to Burlington in order to supply the Rev Mr, Talbot on his going for Eno-- land; he had not been settled long in that place before an unhappy difference fell out between the Queen's Lieutenant Governor Colonel Ingoldsby and Mr. ]\Ioore * * the Lieutenant Governor had a very great kindness for him and in IX BURLIXGTOX. 79 riding out witii him to pay a visit or take the air amongst variety of subjects they discoursed of Mr. Moore asked Colonel Ingoldsby if he had so much patience and christian temper as to take a Box on the ear without resentment or returning the injury to which he answered with some warmth that he neither would nor could take such an affront from any man without a due resentment whether this may be called a proper question or an ensnaring one considering the Lieut. Governors circum- stances being a soldier and got his living by his sword I will leave your Lordship to judge * * some short time after Mr. Moore had appointed a sacrament at Burlington church the Colonel and his Family resolved to be partakers and in order to it was constantly all the week before at the Morning and Evening prayers in the church. Mr. Moore very well knew that it was his design to be a communicant. The Sunday came Colonel Ingoldsby with his Lady and Daughter were at church ; after the Sermon was ended and all things in a readi- ness for approaching to the Holy Ordinance Mr. Moore came to the Colonel's seat I think as he was going out of it and asked him if he was of the same opinion that he had formerly declared, the question surprised the Colonel who had forgot the discourse so that he told him that he did not know what he meant but JMr. Moore having put him in mind of the time place and cir- cumstances the Lieutenant Governor told him he was of the same mind still when Mr. Moore forbid him to approach the Holy Table, for he would not give him the sacrament, to which the Lieutenant Governor very prudently told him that he would withdraw and give no disturbance to the congregation and accordingly he went out of the church his Lady and Daughter following him. I need not tell your Lordship that this usage was resented by the Colonel as an affront and injustice done him this action made a very great noise in the Country and most gave their opinion verj' freely both Clergy and Laity. The members of the church Avere divided some condemning Mr. Moore others excusing him but the generality of all sorts thought it a very rash and unadvised action of Mr. Moore and thought that he ought to have gone to the Lieut. Governors house and discoursed him and followed the primitive method so HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and discipline. * * j have reason to believe that Mr. Moore was prevailed with by some friends to endeavor a recon- ciliation and to make some steps towards it. * * I went immediately to Colonel Ingoldsby and said all that I could or was proper for me I found him very positive not to hearken to any accommodation unless Mr. Moore would own his own mistake before the whole congregation where he had affronted him. * =k i told him I thouglit he carried his resentments too high and that in my opinion Mr. Moore ought not to do what he expected and gave him my reason and at parting I told his honor that I would advise Mr. Moore not to comply with what his honor expected from him * * thus matters * * grew worse and worse every day till at last the Lieut. Governor resolved that my Lord should either remove Mr. Moore or him out of that government." * "the greatest obstacle." Gol. Morris to the Secretary. Extracts. noi * * "I believe you will be surprised when I mention my Lord Cornbury as the greatest obstacle that either has or is likely to prevent the growth of the Church in these parts, the pernicious effects of his Arbitrary conduct if not prevented by the Society will render it (humanly speaking) impossible to pro- pagate the Church in this part if not in any part of America and make the best designs of the Society ineffectual. " I cannot say I am very much surprised to find so large a character of him in the account of the proceedings of the Society because the best and greatest of men may be imposed upon by mercenary or mistaken pens ; but I am sorry they have been so much abused by the accounts they have had of him ; for he is a man certainly the reverse of all that's good and a great reproach to the Church. In the first place he is a notorious breaker of his word, he has subscribed to several churches but can't be prevailed upon to pay a farthing, says he did it to encourage others and who ever asks for it is sure to feel the effects of his displeasure. IX BURLINGTON. 81 " 2"""'' He is avowedly and openly unjust in everybody's debt that would trust him and in the little Town of New York he is said not to owe less than £8000 much of this to Shopkeepers Bakers Butchers &c who cannot get a farthing from him though under the greatest necessity for want of it and it's hardly credible what a damp to the Trade of that little Town the deten- tion of that Sum is. The scandal of his life is such that were he in a civilized Heathen Country he would by the public Justice be made an example to deter others from his practices, he rarely fails of being drest in Womens Cloaths every day and almost half his time is spent that way and seldom misses it on a Sacra- ment day was in that Garb when his dead Lady was carried out of the fort and this not privately but in face of the Sun and in sight of the Town ; But I'll not enter into his privacies, his public vices are scandalous enough ; were there nothing in it but his ill example it must needs be a great hindrance to the growth of the church there being nothing more common in the mouths of the enemies of our religion than the instancing of my Lord Cornbury as a Churchman and an esteemed great patron of it, were there nothing else I say but his Scandalous life which makes our Holy profession be had in Contempt and evil spoken of it it were enough in so public a person as my Lord to put a great stop to the growth of it, but such is so far from being a patron of it that he has done more to ruin it than all its enemies put together. * * "In New Jersey the inhabitants have reason to grieve that ever such a person as my Lord Cornbury was bornf whose con- t In a long remonstrance of the Assemljly of Xeiv Jersey, in 1707, against Cornbury's tyranny, we find this paragraph : " Are not her Majesty's loyal subjects haul'd to goal-i, and there lie without being admitted to bail ? and those that are the conditions of their recogni- zances are, that if your Excellency approves not of their being bailed, they shall return to their prisons ; several of her Majesty's good subjects forced to abscond, and leave their habitations, being threatened -with imprisonment, and no hopes of receiving the benefit of the law ; when your Excellency's absolute will is the sole measure of it; One minister of the Church of England, drafg'd by a sheriff from Burlington to Amboy, and there kept in custody, without assigning any reason for it, and at last haul'd by force into a boat by your Excellency, and transported like a malefactor, into another government, and there kept in a garrison a prisoner; and no reason assigned for these vio- lent procedures, but your Excellency's pleasure: Another minister of the Church of England, laid under a necessity of leaving the province, from the F S2 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH duct as it was imprudently violent to the Dissenters in his government of Xew York so on the contrary it was unaccount- ably severe to the Churchmen in New Jersey as if he had studied to take measures diametrically opposite to the true interest of the Church : a great part of that people had their religion to choose and of those that had made a choice many of them were so indifferent that it was no very difficult matter to perswade them not to be over tenacious of their principles they had as it were by chance taken up. The Government being out of the hands of the Proprietors and the fame of a Society being erected for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts reaching here many of those who were indifferent and those who had their religion to choose were fond of being of the Church * * when behold a sudden change blasted all our growing hopes and has at last entirely ruined the church in New Jersey and in my humble opinion except the Country engages very powerfully in an affair of this consequence the example of the proceedings in New Jersey will prove fatal to all the churclics in English America. * * To accuse so great a man as the Governor of a province may arraign me of want of that respect and due regard which is owing to my superiors and which in an especial manner ought to be paid but Sir I have a greater regard to God than man to truth and the trust the Society reposes in every Member of their Body than to my Lord Cornbury * * and tho' some men have been sur- prised into a good opinion of his Lordship I am well assured a longer acquaintance and better information will give them different sentiments." '*' * reasonable apprehensions of meeting with the same treatment ; no orders of men either sacred or civil, secure in their lives, their liberties or estates ; and ■where these procedures will end, God only knows." Smith's History, p. 333. "Her Majesty graciously listened to the cries of her injur'd subjects, and divested him of his power, declaring, that she would not countenance her nearest relations in oppressing her people. " As soon as my Lord was superceded, his creditors threw him into the custody of the sheriff of Kew York ; and he remained there till the death of his father, when succeeding to the earldom of Clarendon, he returned to England. "We never had a governor so universally detested, nor any who eo richly deserved the publick abhorrence." History of New York, p. 116. G IX BUELINGTOX. 83 NO XEWS FROM MESSES. BROOKE AND MOORE. J/r. Talbot to the Secretary. "Philadelphia, 20th August, 1708. " HOXOEABLE Sill : " I have written several letters to you from Boston and Xew York by Brothers Brookes and Moore ; but I am afraid they are all lost together ; they have been nine months gone, and we saw them not since, nor any news of them. I met them at Boston and would persuade them to return, but all in vain ; they had been so dragooned that they had rather be taken into France than into the Fort at Xew York. I have carried on f ever since at Burlington as well as I could, and I thank God with success wherever I am ; but I cannot stay long at any place, because there are so many that M'ant, certainly the present state of that province is worse than the first ; we have lost our labour and the Society their cost, their being several Churches .and no ministers in all East Jersey to supply them, so that they fall away apace to Heathenism, Quakerism and Atheism, purely for lack of looking after. Mr. Brooks and Mr. Moore are much lamented, being the most pious and industrious Missionaries that ever the Honorable Society sent over ; let the adversaries say what they will they can prove no evil thing against these men. I have heard all sides and parties, what can be said pro or con. Mr. Honeyman is outed, Mr. Nicholls scouted into Maryland ; he had come home had I not dissuaded him, and I could have hindered all the rest of these scandals and disorders but that we had no Bishop nor hopes of any ; you would not hear of it, therefore. I said you must hear worse and worse still, if aught can be worse, than that the bodies and souls of men are ruined and undone, and the Bounty of the Society lost, for lack of an overseer of the poor Church in America ; without which the Gospel cannot be planted, nor any good work propagated in the World. The Bible you sent to Hopewell I was willing to take to Burlington till more came over, because ours is worn out ; they that come I hope will bring Books with them. I shall f This exprepsion, with reference to officiating, was common for nearly a, century. It has a very different meaning now ! 84 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH write more particularly by the next opportunity. God bless all our friends of the Honorable Society, remaining theirs and "Your humble servant, "JoHx Talbot." "somebody must answer." Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. " Burlington, 24th August, 1708. "HONOKAHLE SlR : " It is now nine months ago since I parted with Mr. Brooks and Mr. Moore at Boston; I sent letters by them, but we are much afraid all are miscarried. I was always glad to see them but much surprised to meet them both there ; they told me what hardship they met with from the Governors of New York and Jersey, and how they escaped out of their hands ; I was for converting them back again, telling them the dangers of the sea and the enemy, but poor Thorowgood said he had rather be taken into France than into the Fort at New York ; and if they were sunk in the sea, they did not doubt but God would receive them, since they were persecuted for righteousness, that is for Christ's sake and his Gospel, and doing their duty to the best of their knowledge. Truly as it was in the beginning so I find it in the end ; all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution ; but somebody must answer for these things at home or abroad. If I could have given them any hopes of a Bishop or Suffragan to direct or protect them, I believe they would not have gone ; nay, I would have hindered them ; but, alas ! I had no such hopes myself: I came over to be as good as my word rather than on any encouragement to do any good; mean- while, I am pure from the Blood of all men ; ye are my Wit- nesses that I pleaded with all my soul to send an overseer of this poor Church, but you would not hear ; therefore is this evil come upon us. I don't doubt but by God's mercy their souls are not miscarried, they are in peace wheree'r they be I don't doubt ; but we Christians in Jersey are most miserable ; we have Churches now but no ministers to open them, and IN BURLINGTON. 85 if the gate of Heaven be shut, the gates of Hell will soon prevail against us. " This comes to you in the bosom of Mr. IMoore's which he gave me at Boston, which was the last that I had of him ; he is much lamented, as indeed they are both ; as for Thorowgood, I never knew his fellow of his age, nor ever shall again I fear ; nothing can make this country amends for their loss but a good Bishop; but alas! that is rara avis in terris, &c. I preached the Gospel at Marble-Head, where the people offered to sub- scribe some hundreds of pounds to build a Church ; but I have resolved to build no more Churches till there are more ministers to serve the Churches that are built. I preached at Stratford as I came along in Connecticut Colony, where was a numerous auditory, and Mr. Muirson had forty Communicants there the first time ever the Holy Sacrament was rightly administered ; and upon the Islands, Rhode Island, Long Island, and Staten Island, I preached till the Winter broke up, when I got to Amboy and Elizabeth Town, where had been nobody since Mr. Brook left them, who was an able and diligent Missioner as ever came over; I got home about our Lady day, w^here I was very welcome to all Christian people, but alas ! I could not stay, I am forced to turn Itinerant again, for the care of all the Churches from East to West .Jersey is upon me ; what is the worst is that I can't confii-m any nor have not a Deacon to help me. My Clerk is put in prison, and was taken from the Church on the Lord's day upon a civil action of meum and tuum. I don't know how soon I may be seized so myself, but I bless God I fear no evil so long as I do none ; Exurgat deus dissipentur inimic, &c. I hear there is another Governor coming for these provinces ; people are sorry it is another Lord, for they say there never came a good one into these parts. I may say of them as the Quakers did of me, ' Thee comest for money,' but I proved them Liars, for I have taken no money of them nor yet of others since I came. I shall say no more on this point but refer all to Mr. Moore's letter, which I hope will have some weight with the Honorable Society, because they are the last words of their best Missioner when he was in prison for the Gospel of Christ and for a good conscience. His humble proposal is that the 86 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Honorable Society would use their interest with the Queen that we might have men of morals for Governors, if not of Religion ; I say the same, and pray God direct them all for the best ; so I desire your prayers for, " Sir, " Your most humble servant, " John Talbot." lord lovelace succeeds cornbuey. "John, Lord Lovelace, baron of Hurley, being appointed to succeed lord Cornbury ; he summoned the council to meet him at Bergen, December 20, 1708, published his commission, and met a new assembly in the spring, at Perth-Amboy, and in- formed them : That he was very sensible of great difficulties attending the honourable employment in which her majesty had placed him, and he hoped they would never fail to assist him to serve the queen and her people ; that her majesty had shewn, in the whole course of her reign (a reign glorious beyond example) how much she aim'd at the good and prosperity of her people ; having with indefatigable pains united her two kingdoms of England and Scotland, and continued the same application to unite the minds of all her subjects ; that this was her great care, and ought to be the care of those whom she deputed to govern the distant provinces ; that as he could not set before him a better pattern, he should endeavour to recommend him- self to them, by following as far as he was able, her example; that he should always be ready to give his assent to whatever laws they found necessary, for promoting religion and virtue ; tor the encouragement of trade and industry, and discourage- ment of vice and prophaneness, and for any other matter or thing relating to the good of the province. "The assembly, in their turn, told the governor by address; that they esteemed it their great happiness, that her majesty had placed a person of so much temper and moderation over them, and rtiade no question he would surmount every difficulty with honour and safety. " That her majesty's reign would make a bright leaf in his- tory ; that it was the advantage of the present, and would be the admiration of future ages, not more ftr her success abroad, than prudence at home; that tho' their distance had and might sometimes be disadvantageous to them, yet they experienced the effect of her princely care, in putting an end to the \\orst admin- istration New Jersey ever knew, by sending him, whose govern- IX BURLIXGTOX. 87 ment would always be easy to her majesty's subjects here, and i-atistlictory to himself, whilst he followed so great and good an example."t Smith's History, pp. 3.j5-357. " BOLDLY CO^•DEMXIXG A'ICE." J/onx/'. Xeau to the Secretary. E.dract. Xew York, 27* Feby 170^ " IMosT Honored Sir : " X'ow Sir I must answer you to what you ask me in relation to Messieurs IMoore and Brooke — those Gentle- men were assuredly an honor to the Mission and laboured with much vigour for the enlargement of the Kingdom of our glorious Redeemer, and one may say without prejudice to the rest that they were the Glory of all the Missionaries the Illustrious Society has sent over hither. The purity and candour of their manners preached as efficaciously as their mouths, insomuch that we cannot sufficiently lament the loss of these two good servants of God, the occasion of whose disgrace was as follows ; My|Lord Cornbnry has and does still make use of an unfortu- nate Custom of dressing himself in womens Clothes and of exposing himself in that Garb upon the Ramparts to the view of the public ; in that dress he draws a world of spectators about hirn and consequently as many censures especially for exposing himself in such a manner all the great Holidays and even in an hour or two after going to the Communion, this turns the heart of such as fear God against him ; if Moore knew all this though he was at Burlington, and this made him censure the Ministers of those parts, who according to him were guilty of a neglect of their duty in taking no notice thereof, and he made no scruple to say publicly that his Lordship deserved to be ex- communicated whereupon My Lord Cornbury, who knew all that was said of him (and who had been informed that JM'' Moore had suspended from or at least refused to give the Cora- f Lord Lovelace died May 6th, 1709, less than six months after his arrival, and liaving never been so far in this province as Burlington. He was suc- ceeded in the summer of 1710, by Brigadier Hunter. Among the twelve members of Council, in his instructions, were Lewis Morris, Daniel Coxe, Hugh Huddy and Robert Quarry. Among the members of the new Assem- bly, those for the town of Burlington, were Isaac DeCou and Eobert Wheeler. 88 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH munion to the Lieut' Governor upon the account of some Debauch and abominable swearing to which that Gentleman is unfortunately addicted) writ to M"' Moore to come hither, to the end that he might send him to Albany but he refused to come saying that the Gentlemen of the Society had allowed him to reside at Burlington till the arrival of M' Talbot ; this refusal exasperated my Lord, who went to Burlington where the Lieut' Governor heartily joined with him to take a public revenge upon M' Moore ; My Lord who intended to receive the Sacrament at Burlington, was surprised to find nobody the Sunday following, but his own Chaplain to give it him for M"^ Moore was gone about 12 miles from thence to administer the same to some poor people and this action of his finished the design they had to ruin him, but because they would not discover the motives of oppress- ing this good man they accused him of intermeddling with the affairs of the Assembly, because he was seen often in the com- pany of Colonel Lewis Morris, but they could never produce against him any evidence worthy of Credit. M° Brooke was looked upon to be no less criminal because he said Amen to all that M'' Moore did, in fine Sir (for I observe that I grow tedious, but it would require a volume to i-elate every particular of this unfortunate story) My Lord brought hither with him M" Moore and without any form of Trial imprisoned him in his Fort to the end that his friends might not see him, however I was there every day ; afterwards My Lord went to Albany leaving him under a Guard of Soldiers who let him go out, since which time we have never seen him more. He was not treated so favorably as the presbyterian Ministers, who having given security were suffered to go where they would. M'' Brooke was here the day that M'' Moore made his escape from the Fort and was diligently sought for by the Officers who intended to have imprisoned him in the stead of M'' Moore; all that night I had two Centinels before my door, but M' Brooke was not in my house, I caused him to be hid by one of my friends, since which time I have not seen him neither for which I am very sorry, I protest I had no share in the escape of M'' Moore, though I was accused of it as M' Vesey. Orders were given to stop M" Brooke at Araboy in case he were found there, of which he having had notice was of IN BURLINGTON. 89 the opinion (and so were his friends there too) that it were better to take a Journey to London than to expose himself to the fury of a powerful enemy. This in substance was the Cause of the disgrace and ruin of those two Illustrious servants of God, whose Crime was for opposing and condemning boldly vice and im- morality but the friends of Debauchery and corruption of man- ners affirm that these ministers exceeded their power, and that it did belong only to the Diocesan to suspend or exclude from the Communion persons in authority ; so that, since we have no Bishop any body may metamorphize themselves into Devils with- out fear of punishment. You see Sir what a Condition we are re- duced to. Judge therefore Sir whether we can labour effectually in the reformation of manners, whilst those who Govern us are our chiefest opposers ; I make no doubt that you will have heard that my Lord Cornbury is under arrest for debts he has contracted here, he is selling his household goods but there are several Warrants against him ; I have been to see him once since he was arrested, but I did not find him like M"' Moore; I am assured that he continues to dress himself in Women's Cloths, but now 'tis after the Dutch manner. I beg you to excuse this long Letter and take leave to salute you with a profound respect as being " Most Honored Sir, " Your most humble and most " obedient Servant " Elias Neau." t NOT THE queen's FAULT. Col. Mo7Tis to the Secretary. Extract. "New York, May 30th, 1709. * * " My Lord Cornbury Colonel Nicholson Colonel Quary and Colonel Ingoldsby who now succeeds in the govern- ment as Lieut. Governor^: have all hopes to be governors either t Mr. Neau was the Society's Catechist in New York. " Honest Elias Neau," Col. Morris calls him. J Upon the death of Lord Lovelace, the goyernment devolved upon Lieut. Gov. Ingoldsby, who was almost as odious, to the people of New Jersey, as Lord Cornbury had been. Field's Provincial Courts of New Jersey, p. 78. 90 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH of York or Jerseys ; but pray Sir use your best endeavors that we fall not a prey to the Monsters of such arbitrary principles and so ungovernable tempers. Ingoldsby was the cause of the loss of Moore & Brooke triumphs in it quarrels with the whole order says they are all a pack of rascals and knaves never a Barrel of them the better herring and affronts as many of them as comes in his way and I hope the clergy will convince him that they are not to be the scorn of every reptile if they do not his example will be transcribed, and the Clergy become the Con- tempt of America. * * Tis not the best return for the charge and pains I was at in surrendering the government of the Jerseys to the Queen but it is not her fault she has suffered more than I by committing the powers of government to persons unable to govern themselves and which I hope will not always be so." * * THE BEST HOUSE IX AMERICA FOE A BISHOP. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, 30th June, 1709. "Sir: " I received your long letter and find Certamen est de lana Caprina. For your moderation, which is nothing in the world but a name which St. Paul never used in all his Epistles nor anything like it, but one where 'tis wrong translated ; it should be let your gentleness be known to all men, which I am for as much as anybody, towards man and Beast too ; but if you mean moderation in Religion, as one said here, ' I don't care whether I go to Heaven or Hell.' Good sir pardon your servant in this thing, but let us not differ about words, but follow the things that are for peace, and things whereby we may plant the Gospel and edify the Church of God. I am very glad to find by the Pre^dent's letter, that the members of the Honourable Society are convinced, that a head is necessary to the body, but if he don't make haste he will come too late, for here is nothing • established, but such a moderation to all that is good, and such a toleration of all that is evil, yea of the most damnable Heresies, which by the way is a damnable Toleration, and worse than the worst persecution that ever was in the world ; for that only IN BURLINGTON. 91 destroyed men's bodies, but these destroy body and soul in Hell for ever, which is damnable with a vengeance and will make the last State of poor America worse than the first, if not timely prevented. Is it not strange, that so many islands should be inhabited with Protestants, so many provinces planted by them — bO many hundred thousand souls born and bred up here in America; but of all the Kings, Princes and Governours, all the Bishops and Archbishops, which have been since the Reforma- tion, they never sent out anybody here to propagate the Gospel? I say to propagate it by imparting some spiritual gift by ordi- nation or confirmation. I thought the Society had set up to supply these wants, and to take off this horrible scandal from the Protestant Churches, but truly they would not hear of it till they had lost their best missionaries (may lose all the rest for ought I know before it be legally obtained.) What! is there a lavv' against the Gospel "? Let it be taken out of the way as Popish and Antichristian ; we can't Baptize anybody hardly now for want of God fathers and God mothers, for who will be bound where they are not like to be discharged '? I can't get children here to be catechised, for they are ashamed of anything that is good, for want of school masters to teach them better. There is one Mr. Humphreys come ever with my Lord Love- lace, I suppose not unknown to you by Mr. Congreve ; he is a pretty sober young man and graduate of Dublin college ; I have got him £20 subscribed, bat that is not enough for one that has a family. If the Society please to add so much to it as they think fit, it will be as good a M'ork as they can do. Mr. Evans liked him so well that he would have had him for a free school at Philadelphia, but that wanderer Mr. Ross, has got in there I believe by this time, for they would not be quiet till they got poor Mr. Club to resign. I pity Mr. Jenkin's case, and I hope the society will restore him, for he is young enough to move pity and to amend ; or if he cannot live there, let him be Itine- rant in this province and I will help him what I can; the churches in east Jersey are falling to the ground for lack of looking after, I can't go there above once or twice a year to administer the Holy Sg,crament that they be not quite starved- It had been better not to have put these poor people to the 92 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH charge of building churches, than have nobody to supply them, I can't get so much as a Reader here for any of them, and it were to save their souls. You that live at home in ease and plenty, little do you know what they and we do bear and suffer here, and how many thousand souls are legally lost whilst they at home are legally supplying them. Who will answer it to Jesus Christ who will require an account of us all, and that very speedily too, meanwhile He has charged all to take care of his flock not by constraint but willingly, not for filthy Lucre but of a ready mind ; then they who don't care whether they go to Heaven or Hell will have no reward for that moderation. I find in your books that one Mr. Sergt. Hooke is willing to give the tenth of his Land to the Church at Hopewell ; pray let him send me a power and I will take care of it, and get him a purchaser for the rest. I have got possession of the best house in America for a Bishop's seat ; the Archbishop told me he would con- tribute towards it and so I hope will others ; pray let me know your mind in this matter, as soon as may be, for if they slip this opportunity, there is not such another to be had. Our church here does flourish, God be praised, and the town too is much more populous than it was ; I hope we shall soon be out of Debt, meanwhile I take nothing of them, there is my mode- ration ; besides I bless God, I have kept the peace where no- body else did or could, and that is no sign of immoderation ; now I have shown you my moderationf by my works, pray show me yours that I may learn more how to approve myself as I ought. " Yours &c " John Talbot." "Pray for God's sake send us some books of all sorts, especially Common Prayer books. f J. Bass, in a letter to the Secretary written about this time, says: ''I must not omit here to assure you, that that good man, the Reverend Mr. Tal- bot, deserves as much the care and regards of the Society as any minister amongst us, and hath been in my opinion as universally useful. Notwithstand- ing some things that you in your Letter desire he might be more moderate in, his conversation is unblameable, and his care and concern more for the interest of the Church and the glory of God than for any thing that can concern himself." IN BURLINGTOX. 93 "a cloud op melancholy thoughts." Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, 27th September, 1709. " Sir : " Though I have sent you several letters of late, yet I can't omit so good an opportunity as this by Mr. Hamilton of giving my duty and service to the Honorable Society ; my comfort is I have always told them the truth both at home and abroad, though I was not believed till it was too late. When I reflect on the progress of the Gospel (I will not say the Church for we never had it here, nor never shall till there comes over a propa- gator to plant and to build it up) a cloud of melancholy thoughts throngs upon me; for when the Shepherds are smitten the sheep of the flock must need be scattered abroad. Mr. Moore, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Muirson, Mr. Rudman, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Urqu- hart, all worthy men, dead in less than two years, and almost all the rest run away, as Black, Crawford, iN ichols ; Ross is a wandering star, we do not know where he will fix ; meanwhile he does not well to supplant and undermine, let him be confined to some place where there is need, and not stay altogether in the town to-do more hurt than good ; there's Mr. Evans, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Club all at Philadelphia, and none else in that Province, where the Society have sent most ; at Chester there's none, at New Castle none, at Appoquimony none, at Dover hundred none, at the whorekills none, and the people in all these places so abated of their zeal, that I'm sure it had been much better to have sent none at all, than none to supply the death and absence of these men. Here is not one come to sup- ply the loss of these 10 missionaries, and if there does come any what will they do but find great discouragements, and the last state of their several places worse than the first ; wherefore my advice is, with humble submission to my superiors, to keep their money and give us leave to come home, and send no more till they think fit to send a propagator of the Gospel ; for other- wise their planting the Gospel is like the Indians planting gun- powder, which can never take root, but is blown away by every wind. Poor brother Jenkins was baited to death with musqui- 94 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH toes, and blood thirsty Gal-Knippers, which would not let him rest night nor day, 'till he got a fever at Appoquimony, came to Philadelphia, and died immediately of a Calenture ; my brother Evans and I buried him as well as we could, it cost us above £20 for, poor man! he had nothing, being out of Quantum with the Society, and his bills protested. If you please to call to mind, I told the Society when I was there, that those places must be served by Itinerants, and that it is hardly possible for anybody to abide there, that is not born there, 'till he is mus- quito proof; those little things are a great plague in some parts, and when a man is persecuted in one place he should have leave to go to another, or else, he has very hard measure, especially in these parts where our life is a kind of Penance both Ayinter and summer, and nobody can tell, which is the worst, the extreme heat or cold. I hear Mr. Yaughan is arrived at Bos- ton, but is not yet come into this province, he will have enough to do to supply Mr. Brook's charge at Elizabeth Town, Amboy, Piscataway, Avho have had none since he left them ; but I have done for them, may be once in a quarter or so ; somebody occa- sionally passing by that way, but poor Hopewell has built a Church and have had no minister yet ; and he had need be a good one that comes after Mr. Moore ; thei-e be many more in England but none so good as to come over and help us, that I can see or hear of. As for the account of what Indians we have converted, truly I never saw nor knew any that were Christians indeed ; but I know there are hundreds, yea thousands of our white folks, that are turned Infidels for want of looking after. Let them that have the watch look out and see what they will answer ; for he that is higher than the highest regards. I have received nothing from the people in this province, nor will not till they be out of debt for building the church. I leave honest Mr. Hamilton to give you a farther account of our affairs, and how we do ; he has been one of our benefactors and given us £10. I hope when he returns, the Society will be so kind as to send us some Common Prayer books which we very much want here and at Hopewell, Maidenhead, and everywhere. I pray God direct and prosper the designs of the sacred Society, that IX BUELIXGTOX. 95 Keligioii and learning, piety and virtue, may be established among us for all generations : so I rest sir, "Your's ttc. JoHX Talbot. " I hope you will put the Society in mind of what we have often desired, a school master, for there is none in Town nor in all the province that is good ; and without, we can't instruct the children as they ought to be in the Catechism, for they will not be brought to say it in the Church till they have been taught at school." THE WILLS TEOVED. Nearly a year had elapsed since Messrs. Moore and Brooke set sail for England, and no tidings of the ship, or of any one on board, had been received. "With this in mind, the following have a sad and touching interest. " Burlington the 18"" Octo. 1709. " Then appeared before me, Jeremiah Bass Esq, commis- sioned and appointed by the honorable Coll Richard Ingoldsby Lt Governor & Com" in Chief of the Province of New Jersey,. John Talbott, Gierke, one of the Witnesses to the within written Will and made oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present and saw the Testator Thorowgood Moore signe scale & publish the within writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the time of the signeing thereof he was of sound and disposing memory to the best of his knowledge & beliefe and that at the same time he saw Samuell Miles Thoma& Barclay and John Brooke sign the same as Witnesses thereto in presence of the testator. " Jurat. Coram Me " J. Bass." " Burlington the 18* Octo"- 1709. " Then appeared before me Jeremiah Bass Esq'' Commission- ated and appointed by the honorable Coll Richard Ingoldsby Lieut Gover'' & Commander in Chief of the Province of Xew Jersey &c, John Talbot, Gierke, and made oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present and saw the within named John Brooke signe scale publish and declare the within written Instrument to be his- last Will and Testament and that at the time of the signeing thereof he was of sound & 96 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH disposing mind and Memory to the best of his knowledge and beliefe and that at the same time he saw Robert Owen John Brocass and Hugh Venables signe the same as witnesses thereto in presence of the testator. " Jurat. Coram me "J. Bass." THE "WILL OF THOMAS LECITER. " In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Leciter, of the Towne of Piscattaway, in the Easterne Division of this her Majestys Province of New Jersey, being Well in health, and of Sound understanding and Judgement, praised be God for the Same, I Sett considering the uncertainety of humane life and the Certainety of Rendring up my Soule to God that Gave it at Such time as it Shall please him to Require it that I may Settle that estate that it hath pleased God to give me far above my desert I make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in Manner and forme following. First I give my Soule to Almighty God who gave it to me firmely believeing that I shall Attaine to life Eternall in heaven above through the merits and mediation of my Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my body to be decently interred and as to Such worldly Good as I am possest of after my Just debts are paid and Satisfied I Give bequeath and dispose of the Same in manner following: I Give ifc bequeath unto the Church of St. Anne in Burlington in her ^lajestys Province of New Jersey that Is to Say the ministry of the Said Church, two hundred and Six ackers of Land lyeing and being upon Stoney Brooke in the Easterne division of this Province which I bought of Richard Stockton for the use of the Said Church and Noe other : I also Will and bequeath all the Rest of my Estate now in the possession of Joseph Worth to the onely use benefitt and behough of him the said Joseph Worth his heirs or Executors. I doe nominate and Appoint Mr. Robert Wheeler, of Burlington Merchant my Sole and onelv Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoakeing hereby and disanulling all and all manner of other or former Will or Wills Testament or Testaments and doe desire and Request that this onely may be deemed and Esteemed, and IN BURLINGTON. 97 taken as my true and onely Last AVill and Testament. In wit- ness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and affixed my Seale this tenth Day of July in the eighth year of the Eeigne of our Sovereigne Lady Anne over England &c Queen Annoq Dom 1709." " Thomas Lecitee. [ l. s.] " [Proved before Jeremiah Bass, Nov. 14th, 1709.J "letters pattent" for ST. mart's church. " AxNE, by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ireland Queen Defender of the faith &c To all Christian People to whome these presents shall come Greeting. Wee being very well Assured that nothing can tend more to the pros- perity and Welfare of any people, than the Establishment of the true Religion, and promoting of Piety and Virtue, which wee have always thought it our Duty as much as in us lies to incourage in all those places that are under our Care and Gov- ernment, That God may be Glorified, and the Inhabitants Duly Instructed in the principles of the Christian Religion ; and knowing that it will be highly Condusive to the Attaineing of those Ends, that all Possible Encouragement be given for the Erecting and Building of convenient places for the preaching of the word of God, and Administring of the holy Sacraments, ac- cording to the Doctrine and Liturgy of the Church of England ; and also that a sufficient maintenance be Provided for an Otho- dox Clergyman to live and Reside amongst them. And whereas the Reverend Mr. John Talbot, minister of the Church of St. Mary in our Towne of Burlington, Daniel Coxe and Hugh Huddy, Esqrs., two of our Councill for the sd Province, Jeremiah Bass, Esq our Secretary, Alexander Griffith, Esq our Attorney Generall of our Province of New Jersey with Divers others have by their petition to our Trusty and Well-beloved Coll Richard Ingoldesby, our Lieutenant Gov and Commander- in-Chief of our sd Province Desired that they might have our Royall Grant and Charter, Enabling them to Act as a Body Corporate by the Name of the Minister, Church wardens and Vestrymen of the Church of St. Mary in Burlington and that they might have power to Receive Gifts, to Purchase Lands and Houses, to make Leases, and to make such Rules and Orders for the Disposall of their Church Affairs as shall be Agreeable to the Laws and Constitutions of our Kingdome of Great Brittain Know yee therefore that we have for the Considera- tions Aforesd of our Special Grace Certain Knowledge and 98 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Mere Motion "Willed Ordained Constituted and Appointed and by these presents for us our heirs and successors, Doe "Will Ordain Constitute Appoint and Grant That the Reverend Mr. John Talbot, master of Arts and the Minister of our Towne of Burlington for the time being Robert Wheeler and George "Willis Church "Wardens of our sd Church and the two Church "Wardens for the time being Coll: Daniel Coxe Lieut. CoU: Hugh Huddy two of our Councill for our said Province Jere- miah Bass Esq our Secretary of our sd Province, Alexander Griffeth, Esq., our Attorney Generall Thomas Revell Daniel Leeds "\Yilliam Bustill "William Budd Nathaniel "Westland John Roberts Abraham Hewlings, and their Successors to be Elected in Manner as is hereafter Directed be, and forever hereafter shall be one body Politick and Corporate in Deed and in Name by the Name of the Minister, Church Wardens and "V^estrymen of the Church of Saint Mary in Burlington and them and their successors by the same Name We doe by these presents for lis Our heirs and successors Really and fully make Ordain Consti- tute and Declare one Body Politick Corporate in Deed and in Name to have Community and succession perpetuall and that they and their Successors by that Name shall and may forever hereafter be persons Able and Capable in the Law to purchase, have, take, receive and Enjoy to them and their Successors, Mes- suages Lands Tenements Rents Liberties Priviledges, Jurisdic- tions, Franchises and Other Heriditaments Whatsoever of Whatsoever Nature, kind and Quality they be, in fee and per- petuity not Exceeding the yearly Yalne of three hundred Pounds Sterlling per Annum and also Estates for Lives or Years, and all Goods Chattels and things Whatsoever of What Name Nature Quality or Yallue soever they be, for the better Support and Maintainance of an Orthodox Minister in the sd Church and the promotion of Piety and Religion, and likewise the Maintaining and keeping in good Repaire the Fabrick of the sd Church and providing Decent Ornaments for the Same As Also full Power to Give Grant Bargain Sell and Dispose of any of the sd Lands either for Terme of years or in Fee : Pro- vided always that Such and so many Lands of the full Yallue of such as are sold shall be Bona Fide purchased and Settled for the Uses Aforesd And by the name aforesaid they shall and may be Able to Plead and be Impleaded Answer and be An- swered and to Defend and be Defended in All Courts and Places AVhatsoever and before ^vhatsoever Judges, Justices or Other Officers or Other Courts AVhatsoever of us, our heirs and Suc- cessors in all and Singular Actions Plaints Pleas Matters and Demands of What kind Nature or Quality soever they be and to IN BUELINGTOX. 99 Act aud Doe all other matters and things in as Ample manner and form as any Other our Leidge subjects in our Realm of Great Brittain being Persons Able and Capable in the Law within our Realm of Great Brittain can or may have, purchase Receive, Possess take Enjoy sett Lett Demize Plead and be Im- pleaded Answer and be Answered unto Defend and be Defended Doe permitt and Execute And that the sd Corporation forever hereafter shall and may have A Common Scale for the Causes and Businesses of them and their Successors and may Change and Alter the Same at their will and Pleasure Akd: for the better Execution of the purposes Aforesd, We doe Give and Graut to the sd John Talbot Robert "Wheeler George Willis Coll: Daniel Coxe Lieut. Coll: Hugh Huddy, Jeremiah Bass Alexander GrifFeth, Thomas Revell Daniel Leeds William Bustill William Budd Nathaniel Westland John Roberts and Abraham Hewlingsand their successors forever that on Monday in Easter Week Yearly at Some Convenient place to be by them Appointed of which Notice shall be Given by the Minister on Easter Day between the hours of Eight and Twelve in the Morn- ing to Elect and Chuse by Majority of Voices, two Church Wardens & so many Vestrymen as shall be wanting to Com- pleat the Number of twelve A-^estrymen besides the two Church Wardens out of the most Substantial Communicants of and in the said Church, And we doe further will, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors. Ordain and Grant unto the sd Minister, Church wardens and Vestrymen, and their Successors that they and their Successors or the Major part of them shall have power to meet and Assemble at such times and places, and soe Often as they shall think Convenient Publick Notice being Given thereof in the Church the preceding Sunday and shall and may Consult Determine Constitute Ordaine and make any Constitutions Laws Ordinances and Statutes whatsoever pro- vided they be not Contrary to our Laws of our Kingdome of Great Brittain and the present Constitutions of our sd Cliurch of England as also to Execute Leases for three Lives or Twenty- one Years And Also Bargains Sales or Grants in fee upon the jjroviso Aforesd Which to them or the Major part of them there present shall Seem reasonable Profittable or Requisite for Touch- ing or Concerning the Good Estate Rule Order and Govern- mentof the sd Corporation and for the more Effectuall jiromoteing the Aforesd Designs And Whereas it may soe happen that some person or persons that are now, or may hereafter be Chosen to be Church Wardens or of our Vestry of our sd Church may Either Change the place of their Aboad, and Reside out of our County of Burlington or may become Scandalous in his Life & 100 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Conversation, that then and in Such Cases it Shall and may be Lawfull for the said Minister, Church Wardens and Vestrymen provided there be not less than the Number of Eight that doe Agree to the Same to Suspend or Remove the sd Person or per- sons from being Voteing or Acting as Church Warden or Vestryman, aud forthwith to proceed to a New Election of Some Other fitt person in his Rooms as they shall see meet and Con- venient And Lastly our Pleasure is that these our Letters Pattents, or the Involment thereof shall be Good Firm Vailed and Effectuall in the Law According to our Royall Intentions herein before Declared Ix Witness whereof: we have caused these our Letteis to be made Pattents and Our Scale of our Province of New Jersey to be hereunto Affixed. " WiTNESw our Trusty and Well beloved Richard Ingoldesby, Esq our Lieut. Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Provinces of New Jersey, New York and all the Territories and Tracts of Land Depending thereon in America and Vice Admiral of the Same, &c. At Burlington, in Our Said Prov- ince of New Jersey, the Twenty fifth day of January, in the Eighth Yeare of our Reign Annoq Dom : 1709. " J. Bass, Secretary." BUELINGTOX, THE FIRST AMERICAN SEE. The Report of the S. P. G., for 1710, says : " It having been frequently represented to the Society, that there is a very great Avant of a Bishop to govern those missionaries whom the Society has, or shall, from time to time, send over to New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the continent of North America, as well as the rest of the clergy in those and the adjacent colonies ; and to ordain others, and to confirm the children of the clergy and the laity; this matter has been most seriously considered of, and is yet depending before the Society ; and in the meantime, and till they can bring it to bear, they ai'e looking out for the best and most commodious place, as near the centre as fossihle of the above-mentioned colonies, to fix the See for the said Bishop ; and having been informed, that at Bur- lington in New Jersey there is a spacious and very convenient house, with some land belonging to it, (fit for the purpose,) to be disposed of upon good terms, they have empowered the hon- ourable Colonel Hunter, her majesty's governor of New York aud the Jerseys, [there having been originally two provinces, IN BURLIXGTON. 101 East aad West Jersey, the whole when united, was often called ' the Jerseys,'] to treat with the owner for the purchase thereof." "honest AiSTD IXDEPATIGABLE." Gov. Hunter to the Secretary. Extract. "Xow York 7th May 1711. "^ * "AVe are happy in these provinces in a good set ol Missionaries, who generally labor hard in their Functions and are men of good lives and ability. IMr. Talbot I have found a perfect honest man, and an indefatigable Laborer : If he had less warmth he might have more success but that's the effect of constitution." * * "XOT MUCH PR0C4RESS." Mr. Bass to Secretary. Extract. "Biirlington 17th Dec"^ 1711. "Sir: "The state of the Church here you will have a just and full account of from the Bearer I wish he were able to give you a good account of the purchase of the house at the point. I think there is not much more progress made in it than was when the Honble Coll Nicholson left these parts but hope it will be con- cluded in the Spring when his Excellency comes to Burlington. I should be very glad to be serviceable either to the Church or the Society in this or any other affair that lies in my power. I beg the favor of your good offices to the bearer and that you will use what interest you have with that Honble Society for the promoting the interest of the best of Churches in these parts by the accelerating the coming of a Bishop amongst us : the Clergy now are more numerous than they were some years past and tis to be feared differences may arise which can no ways be terminated but by his authority. But having wrote largely on this and what other things relating to the interest of the Church in these parts I shall only beg the honor of your continued cor- respondence and that you will believe me to be "Sir " your affectionate friend "and very humble servant "J. Bass." 102 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH EOYAL REPEAL OF THE NEW FORM OF PEOTESTATIOX. . — ^^ — ^ Att the Court at St. James's ye r_ ^ 19th of December, 1711." ' ?f°?"? I Present ( ^'S'"'- j The Queen's most Excellt. Maj'ty. Lord Keeper Earle of Orkney Lord Treasurer Earle of Islay Lord President Earle of Dartmouth Lord Privy Seal Earle of Ferrers Lord Chamberlain Earle of Orrery Duke of Beaufort Lord North & Grey Duke of Hamilton Lord Lexington Duke of Kent Lord Barkley Lord Steward Lord Guernsey Earle of Northampton jNIr. Speaker Earle of Winchelsea Mr. Pagett Earle of Thanet Mr. Comptroller Earle of Clarendon Mr. Secry St. John Earle of Rochester Mr. Chancell'r of ye Exchequer Earle of Abbingdon Lord Chief Justice Trevor Earle of Cholmondley Sr. Charles Hedges Earle of Mar Lieut. Gen'll Erie The Lords Comra'rs for Trade and Plantations having this Day Represented to ye Board, That in Obedience to her Majes- ties Order in Council, they have Considered of ye Address of ye Minister, Church Wardens and Vestry of ye Parish Church of St. Mary's in Birdlington in her Majesties Province of New Jersey, Complaining of an Act lately passed in Peusilvania Constituting a New form of Protestation, repugnant to ye Affir- mation, Enjoined by Act of Parliament here, Entituled, an Act directing an Affirmation to such who for Conscience Sake can- not take an Oath, which the Comisioners find materially to differ from ye Affirmation Enjoined ye Quakers by Act of Parliament here And therefore humbly offerr it as their Opinion that the sd Law be Disallowed, her Majesty taking the same into Consider- acon is pleased with ye advice of her Privy Council pursuant to ye Powers reserved to her Majesty by ye Letters Patents under ye Great Seal of England to William Penn, Esq., Proprietor of ye sd Province of Pensilvania, to declare her Disallowance & Disapprobation of ye sd Law, And According to her Majesties Pleasure, the same is hereby repealed, and Declared Void & of none Effect. Christo: Musgrate. IX BURLIXGTOX. 103 THE LATE JIR. MOOEE's AFFAIRS. Col. Morris to John Chamberlayne, Esq. "Feb. 20, 1711. " WOETIIY SlK : " My Lord of London laid his commands on me to transmitt liim an account of the affairs of M'' Moore, which I have done, and inclosed tne duplicates of what Affidavits I sent to his Lordship, and of M"' Sharp's narrative, who kept a Diary while in X. York. I wrote also to the several ministers in Xew York to tell me what they knew of it to take away all Pretence of acting clandestinely, and to give those of them, who were my Lord Cornburys friends an opportunity of saying what they could in his justification, for you must not wonder that M'' Vesey begins to set up to head a party of those ; I have got no answer from any body but honest Elias Xeau, who tells me he has give you what account he could of that matter, which is in- closed with my letter. You may see by those affidavits there could be no such thing as a Parole given, for my Lord was so far from admitting any thing like it that he would not even permitt him to go to Church, tho' security was offered for his return, and most certainly the ©fficer in my Lords absence, durst not besides how can a man be said to be at liberty on his Parole when orders are given from officer to officer, to keep him -a Prisoner, and a centinel charged with him ; if he was on his Parole, why was the centinel put in irons, and so severely pun- ished for letting him make his escape, this ought not to have been done if he was on his Parole. I am sure I never heard of any such thing till I saw a Paragraph of your letter to M'' Sharp; His Lordship or his friends in England have started that which nobody here ever dream't, could have been possible to offer in a case so well known but the Affidavits will sett that matter in .its true light. This pretence that M' Moore deny'd the Queens Supremacy is as weak as its untrue, for if he really had my Lord had then scope enough to gratify a resentment, which his conduct to M' Moore shew'd he did not want. Bur- lington was not without a strong Goal which would have been .a more severe confinement than the Fort of New York, and a 104 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH Tryal upon the Spot where evidences (if any) were to be had, was much more natural as well as justifiable, tlian sending him to England 3000 miles off, where no such thing could be proved against him. All that M"" Moore wanted was to go to England^ to lay his complaints at the feet of his superiours, and would he or any of his friends in the least have believed my Lord would have sent him there, he never would have undertaken so hazardous expensive and fatigueing a journey to New England in order to procure a passage home, no, his fears suggested other things and whether groundless or not I shall not determine, I have heard it offered that the reason of my Lords intentions in sending M"' Moore home, was because he was cautious in meddling in Ecclesiastical affairs, why then did he confirm that ridiculous suspition of M'' Moore by Coll Ingoldsby that was properly an ecclesiastical affair and meddling with a witness but of this enough." Colonial History of N. York, Vol. F; pp. 318-9. Gov. Hunter to the Secretary. Extracts. "New York Feby 25th 171|. * * "This serves 'for Prologue to a story which I believe will no less surprize you than it startled me. " Col. Heathcote told me he was privately informed that there had, been a representation against me carried about to some of the Clergy for Subscription ; I could not believe it being con- scious to myself of nothing that I had done, left undone, or intended, with relation to the Churchs Interest, that the most consumate malice could ground a representation upon. That worthy gentleman was of the same opinion but positive that there was such a representation, for which reason he in con- junction with Coll Morris as members of the society thought fit to write a letter to Mr. Vesey & Mr. Henderson in whose hands- they understood this paper to be & who were the principal con- trivers and Promoters of it. * * there came over hither one Mr. Henderson a missionary with a new Light * * he is upon his departure to England charged with the clandes- tine representation. This young Gentleman came from England IN BURLINGTON. 105 not long agoe for Dover Hundred of Pensilvania whether he disliked the people or the people him I cannot tell but he remayned but a very short time among them and returning to Burlington in the Jerseys Mr. Talbot got him to supply his place during his absence, being come himself to New York to pursue a resolution he had taken of going for England ; Col. Quary acquainted me that in his passage through Burlington he found that poor congregation all in a flame, Mr. Henderson it seems had thought fit in performing Divine Service to leave out that prayer in the Litany for Victory over her Maj"'" Enne- mies, and the prayer appointed to be said in time of War ; The chiefe of that Congregation had took exceptions at this, but he gave them no other reasons for so doing but that Mr. Talbot had done so, they replyd that having been long acquainted with Mr. Talbots exemplary life they were willing to bear with his scruples, but he could pretend none having formerly never omitted them & further that this would look as if that congrega- tion could not bear any such prayers which was a thing far from their hearts, and entreated him to pray as he was appointed by his superiors, or they would not willingly assist at them for the future. Mr. Quary desired me to speak to Mr. Talbot upon this head ; I begg'd of him first to do so, and then if there was any necessity I wou'd, he did so, & the result was that Mr. Talbot went back to Burlington and Mr. Henderson came hither to go for England in his place, having in charge the secret Rep" mentioned j * * I have now bargained with Mr. Tatham for that House and Land at Burlington & as you will observe by the enclosed Deed marked (C) have reserved the space to four months for the Societie's Assent or dissent, which I beg I may have speedily that we may not be loaded with Interest. The house is much out of repair and will be in a Short time uninhabitable, if there be not directions given for repairs." * * ME. TALBOT BUYS A HOUSE. On the 16* of March, 1711, Hugh Huddy, "for the sume of One Hundred & fforty pounds of currant silver money att the 106 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH rate of nine shillings & two pence pr ounce," conveyed to " John Talbot, Clerk," a house, and lot containing 2^ acres of land fronting on the East side of Second [afterwards named Talbot] street, between the land of John and Jonathan Fox and the land of Walter Humphrey, 21 perches and 10 feet. Also, 23 perches of land next adjoining. W Huddy delivered the property into the possession of M' Talbot in the presence of Robert Wheeler, Thomas Gilberthorp and George Willis, and received £140, " in full sattisfaction therefor." The Deed was acknowledged before Daniel Coxe, Oct. 27'", 1711, and "entered in the publique Records of the Province," in "Lib A. A. A. folio 376, 377, by J. Bass, Secretary." Original Deed. THE S. P. G. BUY THE TATHAM PROPERTY. On the 29"' of October, 1712,— "in the Eleventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, by the Grace of God Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" — "his Excellency Robert Hunter Esq, Captain Gen- eral and Governor in Chief of the Provinces of New York and Xew Jersey and the Territories depending on them in America, &c, and one of the Members of the Right Honorable, the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in fforeign Parts," in behalf of said Society, purchased for " £600, sterling money of England," f the famous property " at the Point ; " the Survey of which, by Daniel Leeds in 1689, and the description of its " Great and Stately Palace," J by Gabriel Thomas in 1698, are given on pp. 11 and 17. fin 1712, there is the following report ; "The Society did liUle else this year in the cause of tlie Church abroad, but finish the contract for the house at Burlington, [known afterwards as Bdkukgton House,] mentioned in the abstract of 1711, as the best and most commodious place for fixing one of the Bishops' Sees ; which was efi'ected by agreement between John Tatham, gent., and his excellency Kobert Hunter, Esq. ; the former having made over the fee simple for ever to the Society, on the valuable consideration of six hun- dred pounds English sterling, or nine hundred pounds current money of New York, to be computed eight shillings each ounce, at the expiration of four calendar months, after the date thereof, Feb. 26, 1711." J The first occupant of this "Palace" — John Tatham, a man of great wealth and culture, (whose Will, and Inventory, in the Secretary's office at Trenton, afford much information concerning him) — died in 1701, and left IX BURLINGTOX. 107 'JTO BE MADE HABITABLE FOR A BISHOP. Ilessrs. Evans and Talbot to the Society. " Burlington, December 4th, 1712. "Right Eeveeend and Right Hox. Sirs : * * "In these parts of the world the great enemy of mankind hath for many hundred years ruled with an uninter- rupted sway, and we are sensible that he doth and will use all the means possible to hinder and discourage the Missionaries, whose business it is to promulgate the Gospel, and by that means to deliver his Captives from the greatest slavery into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God. Oar Great Master hath, in these parts, raised us up some faithful friends of all ranks who are zealously affected both to us and the work we are engaged in, and nothing now seems more wanting to establisli the Church, in a flourishing state, than the residing of a Bishop amongst us in these parts; which we are in hopes it will not be long before we are blessed with, since we are informed the Hon- orable Society have closed the bargain for the house at the point, and directed the fitting it up for the reception of a Bishop. AYe are sorry any accident should have altered so charitable and good a design, and therefore you may imagine it was with no little concern that we beheld the damage done by fire, on one part of the house, since the closing of the bargain, (though before any possession was given to any person on account of the Society.) On the 23d October, in the afternoon, by the foul- ness of the chimney and carelessness of one Stiles, who kef)t possession for Mr. Tatham, the fire took on the top of the Roof, but by the industry and care of all sorts of people was extin- guished with the loss of part of the Roof of that part of the house that lieth next the Town, and little other damage. His Excellency the Governor, by his letter to Mr. Talbot of the 3d November, 1712, hath directed him to repair the house and make it habitable for a Bishop; which since it could not be it lo his widow, Elizabeth. She died shortly afterwards, and left it to Thomas Eevell, in trust for her children, being minors. Her son — likewise named John — and Mary, his wife, of New York, executed to Gov. Hunter, the Deed, from which these particulars are drawn, and which was acknowledged before David Jamison, Esq., Chief Justice of the Province of New Jersey. 108 HISTORY OF TPIE CHURCH done this winter, as your Honours may see by the enclosed cer- tificate, we thought it more advisable to acquaint the Society thereof, as also our opinion that it would be less chargeable and more certain, if the Society would please to give order to some person in this Town to manage that work, and believe Mr. Sec- retary Bass hath already (without any directions) taken care to provide some things necessary for the covering the House and fencing the Garden, &c., and whose zeal for the interests of the Church, and particularly for the coming over of a Bishop, we believe is not unknown to the Honorable Society, if his letters of the 22d May, 1711, with the enclosed papers, were communi- cated to the Society. We herewith send the Honorable Society the carpenter's opinion about the repairs, and believe that the sending Glass, Sheet Lead, Nails, &c., from England would be both better and cheaper than to purchase them here. Wo earnestly pray for a blessing on your pious endeavours for the Glory of God and good of his Church, and remain witli all imaginable deference, " Right Reverend and Right Honorable, " Your most obedient and faithful " Humble Servants, " Evan Evans, " John Talbot." from the clergy at a general meeting. " May it please the Honorable Society " As your Honble Body has recommended to us in particular manner the maintaining a correspondence among ourselves in order to cherish a Brotherly affection so we have made it our business ever since we had the Letter by our Rev" Brother M"" Henderson to take the most effectual measures we could think of to carry on the said most useful christian design and as we of the province of Pensilvania have fixed upon certain times to meet together so to render the correspondence so earnestly recommended to us the more extensive and consequently the more acceptable to our Honble Superiors. " We at our meeting at Philadelphia agreed at a Motion made IX BUKLINGTON. 109 by some of our Bretheren of New York and New Jersey con- cerning a General Meeting of the Clergy of the said provinces and us in prosecution of the said Motion, we fixed upon this day and place and the' we make no doubt of our Bretherens good inclinations to give us a Meeting, yet to our surprize none of them besides one Reverend Brother M" Talbot thought fit to be present ; the reason of this unexpected disappointment we cannot find out except the Governor of New York his summon- ing our Bretheren to meet at New York much about this time, which we cannot chuse but construe from what we can learn from very good hands, to be done to frustrate our well designed endeavours to follow the Instructions given to us by the, Honble Society in this particular we have nothing further that is material to add having by this very opportunity written at large to the Board we beg leave to conclude this with an account of our going directly from this place to the opening of a New Church at Oxford where M" Talbot is to preach upon that occa- sion & with our hearty prayers for a constant blessing upon the most Christian endeavors of our Hon'ble patrons and Benefac- tors, we are with all imaginable deference " May it please the Honble Society " Your most dutiful & most " Obed' humble Servants " Geo. Boss Johx Talbot John Clubb Evan Evans Jac. Henderson Ericus Biorck John Humphreys Andrew Sandel." "soliciting for a bishop these ten years." 3Ir. Talbot to the Secretary. " Burlington, Augs' 6th 1713. ^'SiR: "Tho' I have not had the favour of a Letter from the Honble Society since Mr. Henderson arrived in these parts, yet I think it my duty to take all opportunities of paying all dutiful regards to that Venerable body. Therefore I could not fail to salute them by the hands of my good brother Evans Rector of the 110 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Church at Philadelphia who comes home ia the service of the Church which never wanted patronage so much as now in all these two provinces particularly Neiv Jersey and New York and I may say in Pensylvania too. The rights of the Church are invaded and possessed by her Enemies. Affidavits are procured and dispersed by the worst of men against the best Missionaries, the plate and books given by the Society and other benefactors are violently carried away, and those who pretend to Jbe pro- moters of the Gospel use all ways and means and have persuaded one unworthy Brother to carry affidavit from province to province against another and as I have always said we cannot expect any better treatment till we have a superior pastor to order and establish the Church, this is the one thing necessary which I have been soliciting these- ten years. I find it all in vain for them or us to offer to propagate the Gospel or Erect the Church without Bishop or Deacon which I humbly offer to our superiors at home for the burden is too hard upon us poor presbiters, who labor under all sorts of perils and diffi- culties which we are not able to bear any loiiger. But I need say no more by this worthy Brother, who has been a faithful Laborer here these 13 years and has a particular account of the affairs of all his churches to whom I do' with all humility refer the Honble Society upon whose credit they may safely depend. So desiring your prayers and protection " I remain Sir Arc " JoHX Talbot." A REMONSTRANCE AXD PETITION. The Churchwardens and Vestry to the S. P. G. "Burlington March 25* 1714. " Right Rev° and Right Honorable " To whom with a greater probability of success can we ad- dress in a cause in which the Church is concerned than to you whose peculiar business is to propagate the Gospel in Foreign parts : you that have with an uncommon generosity at a vast expense and charge sent over Ministers rightly ordained into these dark corners of the world to turni the people from darkness IX BURLIXGTOX. Ill to light from error to truth and by all means to endeavor the increase and flourishing estate of the Church we believe cannot but be concerned at those steps that are taken by some amongst us to defeat all those good designs to discourage and ruin our Infant Church and propagate false and erroneous principles destructive to the interest both of the Church and state. On these considerations it is that we humbly presume to address your honours that you would afford us your assistance to put a stop unto those mischiefs that unreasonable men under a color of a law are endeavoring to bring on this Church and Colony. Had only our estates been endangered by their mischievous- devices we should not have presumed to interrupt you from your more weighty affairs to hear our complaints but when our reputations Laws liberties lives and what is and ought to be dearer to us than all our holy Religion is subjected to the humours of uni'easonable men and made the sport of faction and party when men whose avowed principle it is that the taking of an oath in any cause Avhatsoever though enjoined by the laws of the Land is unlawful shall by a law of their own making be admitted to enjoy all offices of profit and trust and to serve on all Jurys except Petty Jurys in causes criminal. As your Honors will see is designed by the inclosed act past by an As- sembly great part of which are Quakers. We liope you Avill give us your assistance to prevent the dangers the Ministers and Members of our Church must undeniably be exposed to by such laws can your hon"* Society hear that the whole course of the common law is changed and men Avho will not swear mingled in the same number with those who are under the sacred obliga- tion of an oath and this called a Jury and by a law enabled to try all causes criminal and mixt and the same persons enabled to sit as Judges who have taken no oath for the due discharge of their offices and not join with ua in addressing her Majesty to disallow that act that has given them this power and thereby to save us from the dangers threatened. Had we been so happy to have a Bishop i-esiding in these parts of the world we doubt not he would have put a stop to these growing mischiefs which we fear will never be removed witliout. To remonstrate the state and case of our Churches in writing is both tedious and trouble- 112 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH some and at last must of necessity fall short of giving that just idea of things and persons to any that are at so great a distance from these parts as our circumstances require which would be easily discerned and as easily helped by a person of that sacred order residing among us. "We therefore humbly pray that your Honorable Society would be pleased to grant us their assistance in getting the inclosed act of Assembly disallowed by her Majesty and as the only means of securing us from the like attempts for the future that your endeavors may be used to hasten the sending a Bishop amongst us the want of which on the Continent and Islands of America is such an instance as the christian world from the Apostles days to this time hath never produced the like when so many thousand souls as the Northern Colonies alone have inhabiting in them and the greatest part of them professing themselves Members of an Episcopal church have no Bishop residing amongst them to rule and govern them it is no wonder if the Members grow careless remiss and slack in their duty if many fall into scandalous and damning errors, if Atheism Deism Quakerism Freethinking & other heresies increase amongst us, if scandals are both given and taken when the Ecclesiastical sword is wanting to punish evil doers to reduce the erroneous and cast off the heretics. " How happy were our churches under the administration of the Earl of Clarendon a noble Member of your Honorable Society to whom we never applied in vain for any thing that might promote its Interest and whose protection and favor is now so very much wanted by us here. We are sensible had he continued we should have had no need to address your honors to prevent the passing an Act so very destructive to the churches Interest and do yet comfort ourselves with the hope that he will so far remember us as to afford us his assistance in hindrino- its receiving the royal approbation. " The Rev" Mr. Talbot your Missionary unto this Church hath not only opposed these practices with an uncommon zeal and prudence but in all things hath behaved himself like a truly apostolick person his pious discourses and exemplary life as it hath been very instrumental in the confirming us iu our most IX BURLIXGTOX. 113 Jioly faith so hath it in many things defeated their designs in these parts and calls for our graceful acknowledgement to yon for the services he hath done. " We humbly beg your honours pardon for the tediousness of this address and that you will believe it U only a sincere desire of the prosperity of the best of Churches amongst us and a con- cern to see the expense and charge which you have with so much generosity expended frustrated by these pernicious prac- tices that engages us in this matter. " May the Divine Being direct and prosper all your consulta- tions for his Glory and the Churches good and may we always gratefully acknowledge the services we already have received and still hope to receive from your honorable Society who are "Right Rev" and Right Honorable your most humble & obedient servants The Churchwardens and Vestry of the Church of St. Mary in Burlington " Manuel Smith } G'^^^rchcardens. "a,nd others." THE SEE-HOUSE IX PERFECT KEPAIU. Governor Hunter to the Secretary. Extract. " New York 10 May 1714. * * "I have put the house at Burlington in perfect repair f it cannot be let because I have no instructions for a lease and we have difficulty to find any who will live in it for nothing by the year and take care of it. I have drawn Bills for the money I have advanced on that score as I was directed and have sent over the receipts and vouchers, pray intreat for me punctual payment for if you knew my circumstances you would be convinced that T pinched hard to spare it." * * f The abstract of the Eeport of the S. P. O. for 1714 says : " And by way of preparation for a Suffragan, or Bishop, in one of the Sees upon the continent of America, the Society iiaving tliought fit to purcliase a seat for liis residence some while since at 600/. sterling expence, in a convenient mansion-house and lands, situate at Burlington, within the Jersies ; they have proceeded to ex- pend this year, for repairs of damages done by fire and otherwise, under Gov- ernor Iluntei-'s inspection and menage, 22G/. 7s. 5rf." H 114 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ROWLAND ELLIS, SCHOOLMASTER. 3Ir. Ellis to the Secretary. " Burlington in AVest Jersey May the 20* 1714, "Sir " Being by the Venerable & worthy body the Honorable Society &c appointed Schoolmaster into this Town according to their directions I presume (having had some experience of the nature & disposition of the people humbly conceiving myself more capable then heretofore) to render to the Society a true account of the present state condition and progress of my School since and after my arrival into this place. " At my first coming here I found one that had undertaken the charge of the School and had been therein about a twelve month before I came, (who when he uuderstood the errant I was come upon) endeavored to set the people against me that he might be countenanced and continued in the Town insomuch that his insinuations prevailed and made the Inhabitants look shie upon me at first being a stranger together with what he had suggested proved an obstacle rather than any encouragement tO' piety & learning. Upon my entrance into the School, I found about a dozen of young pupils there (thro' the Rev'' M'' Talbot and some more of the good people of the Towns persuasions for the retaining and encouraging of this man being he was lame and an object of Charity) I consented to take him as an assistant! thinking thereby to please the people and to gain their love and do him service, notwithstanding the diskindnesshe had done me before and still persisted at every opportunity to do more till I came better acquainted with the Town and his intrigue I found that it would not answer and that the Town could or would afford two Schoolmasters and seeing the number of ray boys to be but few I told him my intent and gave in my reason, how unlikely it was for us both to be in expectation of a maintenance by so few to which he replied with a great deal of warmth & assurance that he had he thought as good a title and as great a priviledge to follow his vocation here, meaning Burlington, as I had if not more, thus being set on by some designing men and such as he called his Friends (but had better been without them), IX BURLIXGTOX. 115 he arrogantly withstood the Societies power and autliority say- ing to my face that he cared not for the Society nor none that belonged to them what Avhere they to him! he would teach in Town whether I would or no with abundance of such imperti- nent words until I made him sensible to the contrary producing my Licence to which with some reluctancy and grumbling he submitted. " "When he was gone I found my number decreasing instead of increasing as every young beginner would have expected at length I went about enquiring the reason why they were so backward and so negligent in the discharge of their duty which God had commanded them seeing I was sent, to the end their children might be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord the reason I could never yet fully learn but most part of the people have told me that he had been in their houses ushering of malicious suggestions against me (which they have since own'd) would consequently prove prejudicial to my reputa- tion, these unexpected and God knows undeserved reflections proved a great hindrance to my Infant School and I sustained no small disadvantage thereby : thus we poor Missionaries suffer and all for want of a good Bishop amongst us to maintain our cause to suppress such irregularities and be our refuge in time of need for unto whom shall we make our complaint but to those who supply our wants? or unto whom shall we flee for succour to harness ourselves against such miscreants that would devour us especially in these parts where we are beset with Heathenism Paganism Quakerism and God knows what, having the law in their hands and our lives & liberties at their mercy I say to whom shall we make our addresses and from whom shall we expect relief but from hina who is Lord over us, deplorable is the case of our Church in these dark corners of her Majestys dominions where Quakerism so much and lost will those sheep be at last who have noShepperd ; bat to say no more about this it is bad enough I beg leave to return to my former head and that is I have got rid of the Serpent thank God and with some difficulty regained my lost Lambs which were dispersed abroad through the wiles and cunning contrivance of the Fox; and have now to the number of 20 & I praise God they daily in- 116 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH crease but most of them are Quakers enemies to our Church su that I can't do as I would but as near as I can without giving offence (endeavouring to please everybody) I discharge the duty of my office. I shall as much as in me lies be always ready to do that Hon"''' Society all the service I am able either abroad or at home & with all the care and diligence I can or may make use of to work upon the obstinate minds of Parents as well as their offspring to turn them from Darkness to light from error to truth and from the Power of Satan to embrace the light and taste of the benefits of the Glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ the righteous. " As to the nature and disposition of the people I could enumerate to you several Families in this Town that have sev- eral children and have not sent a child to School since nor before I came they being of different persuasions and qualities regard- ing neither Religion nor learning nor their childrens welfare but bring them up like themselves heathen-like having neither knowledge nor understanding of future things nor indeed things present unless it be how to get an estate, it grieves me to see so many idle children leading one another to all manner of wicked- ness and follow mischievous practices but much more to hear their Parents indulge and uphold them therein, I have beged of them to send their children to School but to no purpose thus in short it is here and these things I thought myself in duty bound to give an account of, the substance or Avhat part you seem con- venient be pleased to communicate to the Hon*'^ Society together with my hearty respect in all dutiful obedience, with my kind service to yourself " I conclude Dear Sir &c "RowLAXD Ellis." "the AI!K of god IX the hands of the PHILISTINES." " To the Queens Host Excellent Majesty. " The humble address of your Majestys Loyal subjeoUi the Minister Churchivardens and Vestry of St. Ifarys Church in Burlington in new Jersey in America. " Permit us most gracious Sovereign to lay before your Majestys feet the tribulation of the Church in this your Majestys IX BURLINGTON. 117 Province distressed by the wiles and insults of Quakerifsm and schism and surrounded with the power of her enemies who with unwearied zeal and artifice labour to bring her to the ground whom shall we apply to but to heaven in cases of great affliction or from whom expect relief to the Church but from your jMajestv who is Gods image and immediate representative. The present difficulty we lie under is a certain new act which the Governor Council and Assembly has passed in this your Majestys Province to qualify the people called Quakers to serve as Legislators Judges Justices Jurors and to execute all offices of Trust or profit in the Province which we humbly presume to be an in- novation of a very dangerous consequence contrary to the laws and Statutes of England and consequently repugnant to your Majestys instructions by virtue whereof the Quakers are made Rulers and Guardians of the Church and State who ever hated one and whose principle it is to deny to defend the other. This unrighteous act delivers up the Church to the power of her im- placable enemies the Quakers and of all the sects of Dissenters the most dangerous to Christianity. This impious act gives them (by the laws they shall make and by the Judgments they shall please to give) a liberty to dispose of the Estates & liberties of your Majestys subjects and to control or persecute the Church purely upon the credit of their bare affirmation without any lawful qualification without any oath or any other lawful obli- gation injoined upon them to the contrary upon which sacred obligation of Religious oaths depend all the laws of Great Britain both Ecclesiastical and civil which guard the lives and liberties of your Majestys Subjects and defend your crown tis the basis whereon truth and Justice expand their light, in your Majestys dominions and your Majestys Throne is establishd by it. "We humbly trust in your Majestys goodness that this act so contrary to the laws and constitutions of England & to your Majesty's Instructions and so pernicious to the Church and state may receive no sanction from your Majesty's Royal hand but that your Majesty may be pleased to stretch it forth to save us for we are sore aggrieved to see the Church of Christ in the power of Quakers as were of old the children of Israel to see the Ark of God in the hands of the Philistines. Our Infant 118 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH Church (whose nursing Mother your Majesty is) claims a right to be nourished in the arms of your royal care and favor. We humbly implore that her preservation may' be your Majestys care and your Majesty the care of heaven. That your Majesty would preserve in its minority the tender Vine that it may stretch forth its branches to the floods and from the floods to the worlds end — That your Majesty may rescue her from the Gov- ernment of Quakers who like the many headed beast are ready soon as she is born to devour her. " AVe cannot express to your Majesty without abhorence the villainous and sacrilegious fact committed by the enemies of our religion in Trinity Church at New York where in the night the window was broken open the surplice cut and tore in pieces the common prayer Books taken out into the Church yard and there defiled with human ordure and the Minister himself goes in danger of his life. The examples and vile indignities upon our holy religion may point out to your Majesty the necessity of appointing true sons of the Church to rule as well as to act in your Majestys Councils in your Majestys Provinces and how absolutely necessary and of great service a Bishop would be to these Provinces to preserve the order and authority of the Church to punish the prophane with Ecclesiastical censures to protect the Clergy in discharge of their holy function and by his power precept and exemplary life expand the Glory of the Gospel. " From your Majesty the fountain of all goodness upon earth we hope for protection and that your Majesty would be pleased from the power of schismatics and Quakers from the priesthood of Micha froni the snare of the Hunter from the Counsellors of Zoan from the Statute of Omri and from people that strive with the Priest, to defend and deliver us your jNIajestys Loyal subjects that the sons of the Church may in these distant parts of your Majestys Dominions taste the blessings of your Majestys righteous & happy administration. '■From all your Majestys blessings we humbly pray to Heaven that God's mercey may long uphold your Majestys Throne — That you may be ever dear to God and your People that after a victorious "War abroad you may long reign at home IN BURLINGTON. 119 iecLire ia a glorious peace in the heart of your subjects — That your Majesty may long live the joy of your Kingdom — the ter- ror of your enemies and the glory of the Earth and may your ^lajestys care of the Church Militant after a long series of happy years be at last rewarded with the joys of heaven in the Church Tri^^mphant. " J onx Talbot Redoi . "J. Bass 8ecf>'. \ rn i 7 " Maxuel Smith | C/n^re7n.a.c?e«s "and others." "the gospel ridiculed ; THE CHURCH UXDERillXED ; THE LAWS OF ENGLAND SUBYEETED." The Rector &c of St. 3Im-y's Church to General Nicholson. ^' May it please your Excellexcy " We are not insensible what a weight of business continually presses on your Excellency and of what consequence tis to tritle with the least minute of your time, time which must needs be extremely precious when the occasions of imploying it are so many and of so high and considerable a nature as the Glory of God and the good of his Church the honor and interest of her most sacred Majesty and the welfare and prosperity of her subjects. " No other consideration than this could prevail with us to remain so long in silence and stifle the declaration of our joy and satisfaction which now we sincerely and heartily make for your safe and happy return unto these American parts — honor'd and dignified with a character which many have wished for but could never obtain and which by the Providence of Almighty God and her Majestys great wisdom and goodness has been re- served for your Excellency thereby distinguishing you amongst the most loyal and deserving of her subjects ever was equal to and qualified for so great and diifusive a Trust ; but as our joys on the one hand are redundant, so our grief and complaints on the other are extravagant for who that has any sense of religion (which teaches us duty to our God — Loyalty to our Sovereign and love to our Country) can with any Patience behold the doctrines of the Gospel ridiculed and vilified, the Church of 120 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH Christ undermined and shaken, and the laws of England' ii> danger of being intirely subverted. " The most impious and atheistical Books and Tenets are not only cunningly and privately but impudently and publicly spread abroad and promulgated & even acts of Assembly past (containing most abominable falsities to make th(3»n the more pallatable) in order to countenance the Quakers those enemies to our Church and Holy Religion and enable them to act in all places of trust and profit in the Government as well a» to serve on Grand and Petty Jurys by which means they are capable by Indictments <&c to destroy the reputations of or at least to cast an odium on the Ministers and Members of the Church of England ; not to insist on the danger we are in of being deprived of our Estates if we refuse to humour these pretended Saints in their most frantic and licentious extravagencies. " Add to all this the frequent and scandalous reports against many sober and religious divines and threatening even the very lives of others. " Who can without horror & detestation mention or so much as think on that hellish sacrilegious act lately perpetrated at New York or whom can we imagine to be the authors of it but such whose principles lead them to depreciate all religion and to- persuade men to dwindle down into Atheism or free thinking. " Those small attempts against the Churches of Jamaica & Amboy serve but as so many shades to embellish & sett off that greater masterpiece of villainy and abomination. " The particulars of all these matters will in more than ab- stracts appear to your Excellency's view in the several addresses sent home to Great Britain — The representation of the Clergy &c. The originals of all which particularly of that from our selves are designed to pass through your Excellencys hands and we hope for and intreat your Excellencys favor in recommend- ing them the shortest and surest way to be laid at her Majesty's feet with your Excellencys sentiments upon the whole which we' presume naturally falls into the Province allotted you and may be occasion of redressing some of the greatest irregularities that have ever happened since these parts of the World have been, added to the dominions of the imperial Crown of Great Britain. IN BURLINGTON. 121 " For the rest when we are made happy in your Excellencys presence in this Province which we ai'e encouraged by a sight of your Commission shortly to expect we shall make it our business to evince (as we have ever done) the Loyalty of our principles and the justice of our complaints which shall likewise be attended with a demonstration of the regard we have for your Excellency's person and merit to either of which the greatest part of us are no strangers. " We remain with the most profound respect "jNIay it please your Excellency " Your Excellencys most obed' humble Serv'" " Alex'' Griffith Att. Genl. Johjt Talbot Rector Rowland Ellis Sch. M''. I)A^-^ Coxe Maxuell Smith Hu. Huddy Rich Allison Dax^ Leeds .Jonathan Lovett J. Bass Abraham Hem'lings." " the speedy sending of a bishop the only remedy." To Us ExoelV^^'J Goi-r Nicholson. Extract. * * " To mention no more of these ungrateful matters we think it our duty lastly to complain to your Excellency of an affair which we believe will be a very great obstruction to the progress of the Gospel in the Government of the Jerseys viz. An Act of Assembly lately passed at Burlington entituling the Quakers to a part in the legislature with an Indulgence' to them of the affirmation tho' rejected at home for the manifold injuries & wrongs done by it — this pernicious act was long aimed at but ineffectually by reason of the interposition of some honest Gen- tlemen members of the Church of England but these being by the restless malice of a party by indirect means viz. by accusing them most falsely of being disturbers of the peace of the Province procured to be removed from the Council at this time no friend of the Church being in the way this act passed without opposition. , " These and a great number of affronts offered to the Church of Christ and the injurious treatment of us the Ministers of it, put us under the necessity of crying aloud for succour and pro- 122 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH tection and we have reason to bless Grod that your Exeelleucj is now upon the spot invested with power to examine where the cause of all this lies. "We have cause to fear that if a speedy stop be not put to those grievances the fruit of our labours here will be destroyed and the pious aims of the Venerable Society for jjromoting re- ligion and piety will be rendered frustrate. The only remedy we can see for preventing of these calamities is the speedy sending a Bishop into these parts to protect us and stand in the Gap against any person who may encourage or countenance any lawless designs against the Church. Sir the house at Burlington bought in the name of the Venerable Society for his habitation is compleately repaired for his reception according to their order, we must pray for such a person and the affairs of the Church languish for want of him and if notwithstanding all this we are not so happy as to have one sent to us, we are likely to run into independency and confusion. Manifold have been the represen- tations of this nature which we thought it our duty from time to time to offer to the prudent consideration of pious and ven- erable persons whom we believe immediately concerned in providing for our relief God knows not without great cause, but with great grief we speak it, all hitherto ineffectual — Sir we are a considerable body and should not be left destitute of a head, the cause is the greatest of all causes the glory of God and the good of Souls which our holy Church engages herself to promote ; it is owing to the alone mercy of the great and good God that it has flourished as we now see it, but as it is surrounded with Enemies attacked from many quarters by violent and restless inquiries of Satan we are not without reason and fear that the last state may be worse than the first, unless speedy succour be administred to our distresses. "To you then Sir we have recourse in this our exigency and humbly entreat your Excellency who have upon all occasions demonstrated yourself to be a worthy Son friend and Patron to this best of Churches and its Ministers to transmit this our complaint with which we make bold to trouble your Excellency together with your sentiments upon the matter to the Venerable Society and all other Noble Patriots who have sincerely at heart IX BURLIXCtTOX. 123 the cause of God and religion and we shall acknowledge this in all humanity as the greatest obligation you can lay upon us to be for ever " May it please your Excellency "your Excellencys " Most obliged and " most humble Servants " JoHx Talbot "Rector of the Churoh of Burlington " Andrew Sajtdel " Minidcr at Wicaco near Philadelphia " Fbaxcis Ppiillips " Jlinisfer of Christs Church in Philadelphia " Joiix Humphreys " Minister of the Church at Oxford near Philadelp)hin." DEATH OF THE QUEEX. In 1714, on "the first day of August in the morning," says Smollett, with his usual particularity of statement, "Axx^e Stuart, queen of Great Britain, expired in the fiftieth year of her age, and in the thirteenth of her reign. * * * " The virtues of her heart were never called in question. She was a pattern of conjugal affection and fidelity, a tender mother, a warm friend, an indulgent mistress, a munificent patron, a mild and merciful prince, during whose reign no subject's blood was shed for treason. She was zealously attached to the Church of England from conviction rather than from prepossession, uia- affectedly pious, just, charitable, and compassionate. She felt a mother's fondness for her people, by whom she was universally beloved with a warmth of affection which even the prejudice of party could not abate. In a word, if she was not the greatest, she was certainly one of the best and most unblemished sover- eigns that ever sat upon the throne of England ; and well deserved the expressive, though simple epithet of ' The good Queen Anne.'" — History of England, Vol. I, pp. 502-3. GEORGE^ the FIRST. "The parliament," continues Smollett, "having assembled, pursuant to the act which regulated the succession, the lord- chancellor, on the fifth day of August, told them, that the privy- council appointed by the elector of Brunswick had proclaimed that prince under the name of king George, as the lawful and rightful sovereign of these kingdoms. * * * 12-1 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "It was tlie misfortune of this prince, as well as a very great prejudice to tlie nation, that ho had been misled into strong pre- possessions against the tories, who constituted such a consider- able part of his subjects. They were now excluded from all share of the royal favour, which was wholly engrossed by their enemies : these early marks of aversion, which he was at no pains to conceal, alienated the minds of many who would other- wise have served him with fidelity and affection. An instan- taneous and total change was effected in all offices of honour and advantage. * ^^ * -pj^g king declared in council his firm purpose to support and maintain the churches of England and Scotland as they were by law established ; an aim which he imagined might be effectually accomplished, without impairing the toleration allowed by law to protestant dissenters. * >(: * "Meanwhile, the number of the malcontents in England was considerably increased by the king's attachment to the whig fac- tion. The clamour of the Church's being in danger was revived; jealousies were excited ; seditious libels dispersed ; and danger- ous tumults raised in different parts of the kingdom. * * "The Pretender took this opportunity to transmit copies of a printed manifesto. In this he mentioned the good intentions of his sister towards him, which were prevented by her deplor- able death. He observed that his people, instead of doing him and themselves justice, had proclaimed for their king a foreign prince, contrary to the fundamental and incontestable laws of hereditary right which their pretended acts of settlement could never abrogate. * * * Religion was mingled in all political disputes. The high churchmen complained that impiety and heresy daily gained ground from the connivance, or at least the supine negligence of the whig prelates. The lower house of convocation had, before the (Queen's death, declared that a book published by Dr. Samuel Clarke under the title of ' The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity,' contained assertions contrary to the Catholic Faith. * * * ij-j-ig ^jjg_ putes about the Trinity increasing, the archbishops and bishops received directions, which were published, for preserving unity in the Church, the purity of the christian faith concerning the Holy Trinity, and for maintaining the peace and quiet of the state. By these every preacher was restricted from delivering any other doctrine than what is contained in the Holy Scriptures with respect to the Trinity ; and from intermeddling in any affairs of state or government. The like prohibition was extended to those who should write, harangue, or dispute on the same subjects." — History of England, Vol: I, pp. 506, 508-510. IX BURLIXGTOX. 125 JIR. TAI,EOT SICK AND MSHEAETEXED. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, October 28th, 1714. "S[R: " I sent a letter by Mr. Evans, wherein I desired leave of the Honorable Society to come home. I have been long enough in these parts to see iniquity established by law, and that by some of your own members, and what good can your Missionaries do ? I have been sick a long time this fall with a burning fever, which made me so weak that I could scarce speak. I could not preach, nor read prayers, so the service of God ceased. In all this Province of West Xew Jersey there never was any minister of Christ's Church settled but myself. I have built three Churches since I came here, but have nobody to keep them, nor myself neither. AVe have had a very sickly time this year; I have buried more than in ten years before ; and many Church peo2)le died that bad nobody to visit them when sick, nor bury them when dead. Let them that have the watch look out, 'tis they must give account ; I am clear of the blood of all men, abroad and at home, and so I hope to keep myself. The Society were once upon a good resolution to send Deacons to be School Masters; if they had done so to Burlington, to Bristol, to Hopewell, they might have kept the Church doors open, for they could read the Prayers and Homilies, Baptize and Cate- chize, they could visit the sick and bury the dead ; but now they must bury one another ; they have no where to go but to Quakers' meetings, which are as bad as Indians' ; there's noth- ing but powawing and conjuring to raise a Devil they cannot lay again ; and now that this wickedness is established by law, what should we do here. any longer? They do declare in the presence of God Almighty, they don't swear, call him to witness all they say is no more than yea or nay. " The Church at Xew Bristol, over against Burlington, was opened about St. James' day, and so called St. James' Church, by the Rev. Mr. Philips, who preached the first sermon. The Church was full of people from all parts, who were liberal con- tributors to it. I went now and then to preach there on Sun- days in the afternoon before I was sick, but since that I have 126 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH not been able, so the Church has been shut up, almost ever since it was opened. The Church at Hopewell has been built these ten or twelve years, and never had a minister settled there yet, though they have sent several Petitions and Addresses to the Society ; but I understand since, that Hopewell, Maidenhead, &c., were kept under the thumb for Cotton Mather and the rest of the New England Doctors to send their emissaries ; and those hirelings have often come there, and as often run away, because they were hirelings, and cared for no souls but themselves. " As for the Church at New Bristol, it was first begun by the zealous Thorowgood Moore, of pious memory ; and when he was taken away by this same cursed faction that is now rampant, I was unwilling any of his good works should fall to the ground, so I crossed the water at my own cost to serve those poor people, who lived in Darkness and the shadow of death, in the midst of Heathenism, Atheism, and Quakerism ; but it pleased God by our preaching the word in season and out of season, some came to believe and Avere baptized, they and their children, and two of the Chief people there, Mr. John Rowland and Mr. Anthony Burton, were willing to undertake to build a Church, which since they have done, and I believe they will endow it too if they get a minister before they die. I gave them five pounds and a pulpit of black Avalnut, which cost as much more, to en- courage them ; I promised to lay their case before the pious society, that they may take some care of them, that they be not a reproach to the heathenish Quakers, who are too apt to reflect upon us, ' where is your Priest, where is your Minister, and where is your Church, it may serve us for a meeting house,' &c. Pudet hceo opprobria nobis did potuisse et non potuisse repelli. " But the History of the Church at Burlington, &c., has been so much better done by Colonel Jeremiah Bass, Esq., Secretary of this Province, and transmitted home, by the hands of the Honorable General Nicholson, that I need say no more at present, but desire the prayers and blessing of the venerable Society for their "Most humble and faithful Missionary " And servant, " John Talbot." IX BURLIXGTOX. 127 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH AT Brr.LIXGTON, SEAr JERSEY,. BY JEREMIAH BASS, ESQ., DEMVEKED BY &ENERAIj NICHOLSON.f "SOLI DEO GLORIA. " After a long season of Ignorance, Superstition, and Idolatry had covered this Province, it pleased that Infinite Being whose goodness is over all his works, and who hath promised to give unto our Blessed Saviour, the Immaculate Jesus, the Heathen for his Inheritance, and the utmost parts of the Earth for his possession, to illuminate these Provinces with some Eayes of his Glory and Goodness, by sending the glorious light of the Gospel amongst us. The first European inhabitants of this Iliver were the subjects of the King of Sweden, who in their first settlement in this Eiver, brought with them the Religion of their country, in which, to their commendiation, and the care of their iMissionaries, they have yet continued ; few of them having at any time from their first settlement to this day, apostated from their Christian Faith, to the envy of Quakerism. " The next Inhabitants were the Dutch, who having taken the River from the Swedes, introduced their Laws, Government,, and Religion, which again suffered an alteration, by the coming in and conquest of these parts by the English, who in their first settlement of this Province, seemed to mind more the business of their Trade and Plantation, than that great concern of their souls. There being in the Western Division, no settled Society or congregation of any of the Church, or any Dissenters, except Quakers; and although some Reverend Divines, as they occa- sionally passed through this Province, preached the Gospel and administered the ordinance of Baptism to some few persons, and by that means sowed the seeds of the Gospel, that have since sprung up amongst us, and excited the desii'es of some of the Inhabitants to make a more diligent enquiry into the true way of worshipping God, and had in some measure taken off" those prejudices that most of the Inhabitants laboured under, by education, example and reading the Books and hearing the dis- courses of such as had misrepresented both the Doctrine and f "Copied from a MS. obtained by me in England, from tlie papers in llie possession of the Lord Bishop of London, at Fulham., V. L. Hawks, 1836."' 128 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Discipline of the Church of England ; yet we cannot properly begin any History of the Church but from the arrival of the Reverend Mr. Edward Portlock, who at the desire of several of the Proprietors of the Eastern Division of this Province, came over, ordained by the Right Reverend Henry, Lord Bishop of London, to take the care and cure of souls, as rector of a Church to be built at Perth-Aniboy, the Metropolis of the Eastern Divi- sion of this Province, who arrived in this Province, and made his application to the Governor, for the Proprietors, in the year ; who with the consent and approbation of the Agents, for the Proprietors, called the council of Proprietors, set apart one of the Houses (that had been formerly built at the charge of the general Proprietors) for the peculiar service and worship of God, according to the Laws of England, which House, by the Contribution of several pious and well-dis^iosed persons, was soon covered, and glazed, and fitted with seats and a Pulpit, and Mr. Portlock put into possession of the same, (which by the way is the only Church they have to this day at Perth-Amboy) ; in the interim, the said Mr. Portlock preached sometimes at the Governor's House, sometimes at a House belonging to Mr. Dockwra of London, Merchant, sometimes in the neighbouring Towns of Woodbridge, Piscataway, Elizabeth. Town, and when the Governor's business called him into the Western Division, accompanied him to Burlington, where the public Town House was allowed him for that service. This good work was at the same time carried on by the Rev. Mr. Vesey, in the Eastern Division, and the Rev. Mr. Clayton, Minister of Christ Church, in Philadelphia. These beginnings of Light, which through the Blessing of God were not unsuccessful, and the division that at this time happened amongst the people called Quakers, by Mr. George Keith's opposing some of their principal errors, occasioned several pious and well disposed Christians to think of erecting a place in Burlington, peculiarly dedicated and set apart for the service and worship of God, according to the usage of the best of Churches, the Church of England ; who were herein much encouraged and assisted by the pious discourses and ser- mons of the Rev. Mr. Evan Evans, Rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, who frequently came over into this Province, IX BUELIXGTOX. 129 preaclied and baptized both Infants and Adult persons, and the Eev. Mr. John Talbot, our worthy Minister, a Missionary of the Honorable Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; this good work was very much forwarded by the generous contribution of his Excellency Francis Nicholson, Esq., then Governor of Virginia, who we must own to be our first and best Benefactor, and indeed he gave life and motion to the whole work, by a generous contribution of nigh £50, to be laid out towards that service ; and since, I have the just occa- sion to mention that worthy patron of our Churches (in whose commendation on this score too much can hardly be said). I may be therefore bold in affirming, that no Church in these parts hath wanted assistance towards its foundation, reparation, or beautifying but hath on application tasted of his bounty; no Missionaries or Ministers, that have had the happiness of his acquaintance, have parted from him without some mark of his favour ; nor no devout and pious member, in any exigency or distress, has applied to him for relief or support in vain. On this encouragement, and the assistance of some considerable benefactions of £50, from the members of the Church at Phila- delphia ; £12 10s. from the Eev. Mr. Myles at Boston, and the courteous care and diligence of Mr. Robert Wheeler, of Bur- lington, merchant, since deceased, (who has sometimes been in advance above £150, out of his own pocket), and the contribu- tions of several other persons, who though not particularly men- tioned, will be rewarded by Him, who has promised a reward for a Cup of Cold AVater, given to a Disciple in the name ■ of a Disciple, "The Church of St. Mary in Burlington, in the Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, had the foundation stone laid by the Eev. John Talbot, Missionary from the Hon- orable Society for propagating the Gospel, on the 25th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1703 ; being a day sacred to the memory of the Annunciation of the Conception of our Blessed Saviour to the Virgin Mary, which gave name to the Church. This beginning was carried on Avith that Industry and Diligence, chiefly by the said Mr. Wheeler, that it was inclosed, covered, I 130 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ceiled, and glazed, and the Holy Sacrament administered therein, by the Rev. Mr. John Talbot, on Whitsunday, the 4th of June, 1704; the Divine Service having been read and Sermons preached in the said Church ever since the 22d of August, in the preceding year, 1703. Thus the work of God and his Church was carried on amongst us, with great alacrity. The Burying ground purchased for the Church, containing in all about three acres, being well fenced in, and Pews and Seats in the Church, the members began to think it convenient to form themselves into a regular Society, according to the Law and Customs of England, and thereupon addressed themselves by Petition to his Excellency, Edward, Lord Cornbury, (since Earl of Clarendon,) her Majesty's Governor of this Province, and a real friend of our Church, who on the 4th October, 1704, granted his Warrant for a Patent to Incorj^orate them, under his Privy Seal, with all requisite and necessary powers for their encouragement and support.f The Church thus settled, under f This " Patent " — which Mr. Bass, in a subsequent portion of liis History, in- forms us was not passed — is in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, and reads as follows : "Edward ViscorsT Cornbury Captain General & Gover'r in Chief in & over the Provinces of New Jersey Xew York and all the Terri- tories and Tracts of Land depending thereon in America and \'ice Admiral of the same &c. "Whereas Several of the Inhabitants of the Town and County of Burlington in her Majestys Province of Nova Ca?saria or New Jersey out of a Pious Zeal for the promoting the Worship of God according to the Usage of the Church of England as ty Law established, Have by Voluntary Contribu- tions erected a Church in ye Town of Burlington for the performing of Divine service according to the usage of the said Church ; And there being as yet no Settlement of Officers necessary for the well Governmt of the same : I Plave Therefore thought fitt for the better Regulation and Encouragemt of the In- habitants to Constitute and appoint for this Year Eobert Wheeler & Hugh Huddy Gentlemen to be Church AYardens of the said Church called by the name of Saint Annes Church in Burlington to continue for one year. And I do likewise appoint the Honble Coll Eichard Ingoldesby Esqr Lieut;. Gover- nor of Her Majesty's Provinces of New Jersey New York &c Nathaniel AVest- land Thomas Kevell Danl Leeds William Budd Esqs John Roberts George AVillis AVilliam Bustill John Hamell Edmond Steward Gents to be Vestry men of the said Church, Authorizeing and Impowering the Church Wardens & Vestry or any Six of them to meet together and Transact with the Assistance of the Minister all things necessary for the benefit and Incouragemt of the said Church and at ye Expiration of the Term of one Year All the Commu- nicants of the sd Church shall be appointed to meet in the said Church upon a Certain Day to_ Chnse Church Wardens and Vestry men for the Year Ensueing which said Day shall be declar'd by the Minister immediately after Divine Service the next Sunday before the Day for the Intented election, and 60 from year to year, which said Church Wardens and Vestry men are hereby IX BURLINGTON. 131 the care of the Rev. ]\Ir. John Talbot, through the Blessing of God, on his ministry, grew and increased so that we had sub- scriptions made, and the foundation laid, for a Church at Hope- well, in the upper part of the County of Burlington, which hath been since finished, which was for some time supplied by the Rev. Mr. May, but is now without any minister. We had another begun at Salem, which by some unhappy accidents, hath been since discontinued, though not without some hopes of being revived, when it shall please God to send some one amongst us, that careth for the welfare, and seeketh the good of the Churches ; to both of which Churches we find his Excellency, Colonel Nicholson, one of the first and chiefest Benefactors ; and here I cannot omit mentioning the Honorable Colonel Coxe, then one of Her ^Majesty's Council for this Province, who was one of the f rst subscribers to our Church at Burlington, and has given the like assistance to that at Hopewell, together with the assurance of settling 200 acres of Land, out of the nighest and most con- venient part of his Land, contiguous to the said Church, for a glebe for the Minister, whenever it shall please God a mission- ary be sent over, to take care of that Church, or sooner if it be desired. I might also mention the Churches of Chester, New Castle, Dover River, Apoquimony, Oxford, and Bristol, that about the time, were either begun or finished ; but designing to confine myself to Burlington only, I purposely omit any jDar- ticulars of them. Our Reverend Minister's affairs calling him for England, in the year of our Lord 1705, he appointed the Rev. Mr. Thorowgood Moore to serve the Church in his room, a person of morals, exemplary meekness, piety and charity. Our Vestry thought it their duty, by the Rev. ^Ir. Talbot, to send home Addresses to Her Majesty, and a Letter of Thanks to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and the Honorable the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which vested with all Eequii^ites and necessary powers and Priviledges usually En- joyed bv Church Wardens and Vestry men in ye Kingdom of England. "In Witness whereof I the said Lord Cornbury have hereunto sett my hand and Si-'al this fourth day of October Anno Reg Reg. Annee nunce Anglice &c Tertio Annoq Dom. 1704. " Cornbury." "By His Excellency's Command "J.Bass." 132 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH are too large to be inserted in this Essay. Our Church for some time found no considerable alterations by the absence of our worthy Rector ; but that enemy of our happiness, who had been many times heretofore sowing the seeds of Division and Dissention amongst us, (which through the care and prudence of our Rector, were not suffered to grow and increase) took advan- tage of his absence, and stirred up such a flame, that had almost broke us to pieces, and occasioned the unhappy removal both of Mr. Moore and the Rev. Mr. Brooke, Rector of the Church in Elizabeth Town, (erected chiefly by the care and diligence of Colonel Richard Townly, who has given the ground it stands on, and a i^lace for a Burying Ground,) who have not been heard of since their departure fi'om Marble-Head, in the year 1707. But I willingly pass over this subject, too sad to be insisted on, charitably hoping that all who were any ways the unhappy authors of it, have since blotted out their sins by repentance, and I have good cause to believe that had we been so happy, to have enjoyed an Ecclesiastical Governor, to have dispensed the censures of the Church, and to have determined differences, that will sometimes unavoidably occur, betwixt Ministers and Mem- bers, and betwixt Ministers and the People, this mischief had been prevented or cured; it is no wonder if our Communicants grew remiss and slack in their duty, if too many fell away in scandalous sins of schism, if error and heresy increased, if scan- dals were both taken and given (as there were in this case), M'hen the Ecclesiastical sword was wanting, to punish evil-doers, to resist the unruly, to reduce the erring, and to cut off the obstinate and heretics. By this unhappy absence of our Rector, who was then in England, and of Mr. Moore who was gone from us, the number of our Communicants, and the Interest of our Church sensibly decreased, but began again to revive on the return of our Reverend Rector in the year 1708, who acquainted us that he had presented our humble Address to Her Majesty, and the other Letters that we sent ; and that Her Majesty had been graciously pleased to give us Lead, and Glass, and Pulpit Cloth, and Altar Cloth, and a Silver Chalice, and Salver for IX BURLINGTON. 133 the Communion Table,t and a Brocade Altar Cloth ; and that she had also sent Lead, and Glass, and Pulpit Cloths, and Altar Cloths for the Churches of Hopewell and Salem, which we received by the hands of the Honorable Col. Robert Quarry. He also brought us an Embossed Silver Chalice and Patten, the gift of Madam Catharine Bovey, of Flaxley ;| for all which our A^estry returned their thanks by Addresses and Letters of the 6th of November, 1708. " His Excellency, the Lord Corubury, being succeeded in the Government of this Province, by His Excellency the Lord Lovelace, whose Commission was published the 20th of Decem- ber, 1708, all things relating to the Church here, continued much at a stand. His Excellency never coming so far as Bur- lington, nor as I know of, having ever been at Church in this Province, whilst he enjoyed that Government. By the death of that Nobleman, in the year 1709, the Government devolved upon Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, then Lieutenant Governor of the Provinces of New Jersey and New York, under whose administration, our Vestry (that by some unaccountable neglect, had omitted to pass the charter designed for us, by the Earl of Clarendon) got it now passed, under the Broad Seal of this Province, whereby they became incorporated by the name of the Minister, Church- Wardens, and Vestry, of the Church of St. Mary in Burlington ; which was enrolled in the Secretary's Office, the 25th of January, 1709. By this Charter, the Rev. Mr. John Talbot, Rector, Mr. Robert Wheeler, and Mr. George Willis, Church- Wardens, and Col. Daniel Coxe, Lieut. Col. Huddy, Alexander Griffith, Her Majesty's Attorney General, Jeremiah Bass, Her Majesty's Secretary of this Province, and sundry others, were appointed, constituted and made a Body Corporate and Politic, in deed and in name, to have Com- munity and succession perpetual, with powers to purchase, take f This " Chalice and Salver," are still (1876) in use. They are both without any ornament, or device ; each has engraved upon it, " Anna; Eeginfr.'." JThis " Embossed Silver Chalice and Patten," are still (1876) in use. The chalice is richly ornamented ; having on its bowl, stem and base, heads of angels, in full relief, and emblems of the Passion. Under its base, and on the reverse of the paten also, is this quaint inscription, " The Gift of Mrs. Cartherine Bovey of jftaxley in Gloucestenheire to St. Marys Church att Burling- ton innevj Jersey in America." 134 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and receive Lands, &c., in fee and perpetuity, not exceeding £300 sterling per annum, with power to sue and be sued, im- plead and be impleaded, to make and use a Common Seal, and the same, to alter at their discretion, to choose New Church- Wardens and Vestrymen, as there shall be occasion, with many other powers and immunities, too large to be here inserted, from which time the members of the Corporation met together, and transacted all affairs, relating to the Church, under that style and title. And here I cannot forget mentioning the Donation of 250 Acres of Land given to this Church, the last Will of Thomas Leicester, deceased, which by this Charter, we were enabled to receive. We had nothing happened of any great note to us, till the year 1711 ; and some time in April in that year, the Church received the gift of a large silver Beaker, with a cover well engraved, f being the present of the Honourable Colonel Robert Quarry, for the use of the Communion ; in the same month the minister, Chui'ch- Wardens, and Vestry, having received advice from the Rev. Mr. Evan Evans, Rector of Christ Church, in Philadelphia, and from the Vestry there, that their Assembly had passed an act directing affirmation, to such, who for conscience sake, cannot take an oath, together with a copy of the said act, and duly considering with themselves, the pernicious tendency of such proceedings to Religion in General, and to the best of Churches, the Church of England in particu- lar, they thought it their duty to give as public a testimony as they could,of their just detestation and abhorrence of such prin- ciples and practices, and in order, thereunto, at their meeting, on the 4th of April 1711, they caused the following Resolves to be entered in their minutes : " 'Resolved that the said act is contrary to, and destructive of t This " Beaker, with a cover, well engraved," is still (1876) in use. The let- ters T B R are wrought in a monogram on them both. The beaker is engraven with vines and fruits, and flowers pendant irom ribbons, between which are the heads of cherubim. Other devices upon it, are, an eagle on a perch ; a peacock ; a bird with fruit in its claw ; and another bird with a large serpent in its beak. Around, on the surface of the cover, is graven, very spiritedly, a hunter, with a horn at his lips and a spear in his hand, preceded by three' hounds in pursuit of a stag. The whole ie surmounted \N-ith a large and ex- quisite crown. IX BURLIXGTOX. 135 the Religious and Civil Liberty of Her Majesty's subjects, and contrary to the Laws of Great Britain. "'Resolved that an address be drawn up to her Majesty against giving her Royal Assent to the said act. '"Ordered that the Rev. Mr. John Talbot, the Honourable Col. Daniel Coxe, Alexander Griffith, Esq., Her Majesty's Attorney-General, and Mr. Secretary Bass, do draw up the said address.' "According to these Resolves, an Address was drawn, signed and sent home to Her Majesty, together with others, to the Right Rev. Henry, Lord Bishop of London, the Right Hon- ourable, the Earl of Clarendon, &c., which had that good eifect at home that Her Majesiy was pleased by her order in Council to declare her disapprobation of that act. f The gentlemen of this church, were rather induced to this, in that they had just cause to fear that the same enemies of our Church that had, with so much cunning and artifice, obtained that act, in the neighbouring Province, would be restless in their endeavors to obtain the same in this Province ; and indeed the party of the same sort of men, having got themselves chosen Representatives of the People, in this Province, in conjunction with some others, who in this too much betrayed the interests of the Church, had at the Sessions of the Assembly, in this Province, in December, January, and February, 1710, obtained a Bill, to pass the House of Represen- tatives, entitled an act for ascertaining the qualifications of Jurors, and enabling the Quakers to serve on them, and to enjoy places of profit and trust, within this Province ; which was by the majority of the Council, rejected at the second reading ; who in this, as well as in many other instances, showed their zeal and fidelity to the Church, and its interest here in this Province. " The Church, all this while, had laboured under the burden of a Debt, contracted by several of its members, towards the building and finishing the same, which occasioned a new sup- scription to be made, which, not answering to a sufficient sum to pay the Debt, we find the same worthy member. Col. Coxe, by the Donation of £25, set us clear of that incumbrance we were uneasy under. f See the Eoyal Repeal, p. ] 02. 136 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " Our Church now began to have thoughts of providing some- thing in this Town like a Glebe, for the Rector of our Church, for the time being, but were almost discouraged by our paucity and poverty ; but Divine Providence, that never faileth those that confide in it, afforded us an unexpected supply, by means wholly unthought of by us. The Rev. Dr. Franipton,f late Bishop of Gloucester, having, by his last Will and Testament, left AlOO sterling towards propagating the Gospel in America, at the sole appointment of the Right Rev. Henry, Lord Bishop of London, that Worthy and Reverend Prelate, at the instance and desire of Madam Catharine Bovey, of Flaxley, in the county of Gloucester, our worthy Benefactress, by a proper Instrument, in April, before he died, directed the money to be paid into her hands, for purchasing somewhat in America, that may be per- petual to the Church of St. Mary's in Burlington ; to which she is pleased in her Letter to promise an addition of her own to complete the purchase. This sum is appropriated towards the payment of the purchase money, for a convenient House, Orchard, and about Six Acres of Land, adjoining to the Church, in the Town of Burlington, to the use of the Rector of the said Church, for the time being, for ever ; and since I am mention- ing these smaller Benefactors, towards the Church here, I should be justly charged with ingratitude and inadvertency, if I had not remembered that act of generosity in the Right Honorable the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, who have not only constantly supported our Reverend Minister with a salary of £60 per annum, our schoolmaster Mr. Rowland Ellis with a Salary of £20 per annum, but have, at the expense of £600 sterling, purchased the House formerly built, and belong- ing to Mr. Tatham, with fifteen Acres of Land, and Twelve Acres of Meadow, for the use of a Bishop, when it shall please God to send one hither, and have since repaired the same, at very great additional expense. " The same General Assembly that had not sat since the 16tb of July, 1711, after many repeated prorogations, at last met his Excellency, Colonel Robert Hunter, Governor of this Province,, on the 8th of December, 1713, and continued their Session till t One of the original nonjurors. See foot note to p.. 11.. IN BURLINGTON. 137 the 17th of March following, in which amongst other acts, having passed an Act, ' That the solemn Affirmation and Decla- ration of the People, called Quakers, shall be accepted and taken instead of an oath in the usual form, and for qualifying and enabling the said people to serve as Jurors, and to execute any office or place of trust and profit within this Province,' the Min- ister, Church-Wardens, and Vestry, on a due consideration of the danger the Church is in, by the increase of Atheism, Deism, Socinianism, Quakerism, and a new set of people that seem to be a compendium of all the ancient Heresies, known by the name of Free-Thinkers, and perceiving this Act of Assembly to give too great encouragement to these Enemies of our Church, thought it their duty to use their strenuous endeavours to obviate those apparent mischiefs ; and, therefore, in an humble manner, made a new application to Her Royal Majesty, (who is not only Titular, but indeed the Defender of the Church) to prevent the giving her Royal Assent to so mischievous an Act ; and at the same time addressed the Honourable Society for the propa- gation of the Gospel, for their countenance and assistance, to all which they are in hopes of a gracious answer. By this Act, the professed enemies of the Church, being made capable to be ad- mitted into all offices and places of profit and trust, it is easy to perceive how hazardous it is for any of the friends of the Church to appear in its defence, or to adventure to put a stop to this foment of evil, by the most regular methods of addressing against it; since some persons, not contented with liberty of conscience, are so fond of licentiousness in Government, that they will leave no stone unturned to obtain their darling Idol. It was for this end that by false suggestions and calumnies, sev- eral of the friends and favorites of the interest of the Church, Gentlemen of some of the best estates in the Province, were, to our very great grief, removed from being of her Majesty's Council and their places filled with others, that have been more favor- able to their designs and interests ; but it is time now to put a period to this Essay, it being sometimes more dangerous to assert Truth than to justify Error. In a word, since the first begin- nings of any Established Church in this Province, we may truly say, that the Church uever was in more danger, by Enemies 138 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH from without, and false Brethren, pretended Friends amongst us, and never had so few in public station to appear in her defence. "I have only to add in obedience to your Excellency's com- mands, the methods in which, your Excellency may be most serviceable to the Church ; your long acquaintance with the interests of the Church in these parts of the world, during your Excellency's Administration of the Government, of the Prov- inces of Maryland, A^irginia, &c., as it makes you a very good judge of all propositions, made for that end, so it might have beeu^a very good reason for me to avoid any such attempt, lest I should too much expose my own weakness ; but since your Excel- lency is pleased to declare that you expect this service from me, I hope my obedience will apologize for my faults. I cannot but think the sending over a Bishop amongst us, to be of absolute necessity, and without which, all other attempts and methods to render the Church flourishing in these parts will be fruitless. Without government, no society or number of men can long be cemented, much less flourish and increase; without the censures of the Church are duly and impartially administered how shall either virtue be encouraged, or vice in all its forms detected and punished ? The authors or perpetrators of some crimes may be too great for the Civil government to take hold of in these parts of the world, that might soon be corrected by the Ecclesiastical Governor ; we need such an Ecclesiastical Governor that dare reprove and censure any that infringe the just Laws and Consti- tution of the Church ; let us have such a Bishop as St. Ambrose, and we shall soon have such Governors as Theodosius. " I would also humbly propose that no persons be admitted into the Legislature or Executive Power of Government, but such as are in the Communion of the Church, if it be practica- ble ; if in some places, this is not practicable, let them be such at least as are under the sacred tie and obligation of an oath ; and, that our youth may not be tainted with erroneous principles, in their tender years, that no schools be permitted for the Educa- tion of youth, but such as are Licensed by the Governor's Instructions, that none be licensed but such as have a Certifi- cate of their Sufficiency, Ability, and Sobriety, from the Minister and Church- Wardens of the place, where they last resided, or if IN BURLIXGTOX. 139 no Minister thereof, four of the soberest and most substantial Inhabitants. That all endeavours be used for a legal, regular, aud honorable support of an Orthodox Clergy. " That no Laws be passed by the Governor and Council, that in any way intrench on the rights and liberties of the Church ; or if any such by inadvertency should be passed, that they be of no force, until they have received Her Majesty's Royal approbation ; that the Laws that enjoin all persons to frequent some public place of Worship every Lord's day, and all Laws for suppressing of Immorality and profaneness be duly and impartially executed. " That all the Clergy be encouraged to put all the Ecclesiastic Laws and Canons that relate to scandalous offenders, into execu- tion, without any respect of persons whatsoever. " All which are humbly submitted to your Excellency's judg- ment by him who is, " Your Excellency's most affectionate and very humble servant, "J. Bass." THE REV. ROBERT WALKER. On the 7th of April, 1715, the Secretary answered the letter of Mr. Talbot, dated October 28th, 1714, and sent the answer by " the Rev. Mr. Robert Walker," who " was dispatched to Burlington, for the care of that place in Mr. Talbot's sickness, and as his successor in case of his removal, with the provisional charge of New Bristol aud Hopewell." "JACOBITES IN THE JERSEYS." Gov. Hunter to Secretary Popple. Extract. " Xew York April 9, 1715. •" To Wm. Popple, Esq. : * * "I have been obliged to turn out that vile fellow Griffith, the Attorney General of the Jerseys, who has been all -along an impudent tool of Lord Clarendon's and that noisy fool Cox has betrayed the publick service so avowedly, that I verily believed he had orders from home to do so, Mr. Talbot has in- corporated the Jacobites in the Jerseys under the Name of a Church, in order to sanctifye his Sedition aud Insolence to the Government. That stale pretence is now pretty much discussed, 140 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH and I am easy and shall make them so in spite of themselves. Cox Griffith and Bass are his main props, if the Society take not more care for the future, than has been taken hitherto, in the choice of their Missionaries, instead of establishing Religion, they'll destroy all Government and good manners." * * — Colonial History of New York, Vol. V, p. 400. THE CHARGE SENT TO MR. TALBOT. Ihe Secretary to Mr. Talbot. "August 23d, 1715. "Reverend Sir: " I wrote to you on the 7th of April, in answer to yours of the 28th of October last, which will come by the Rev. Mr. Walker, but because possibly this may come to your hands before his arrival, I have enclosed a copy thereof. I am ordered to acquaint you that at a meeting of the Society, the first of July last, the Right Reverend, the Lord Bishop of London, laid before them an Extract of a Letter, communicated to him by the Lord Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, which was sent to them from Brigadier Hunter, Governor of New York, containing a complaint against you, with respect to your beha- viour in those parts. The Society considered the same, and thereupon ordered a Copy of the said Extract, should be sent you, that you may have an opportunity of giving your answer to that charge, a Copy of which Extract is likewise here in- closed. I have nothing more in charge to communicate to you at present. " I am, &c., "W. Taylor." the churchmen AT BURLINGTON NOT JACOBITES. Mr. Bass to the Secretary. Postscript. "Burlingto" Oct' 6* 1715, " R^ Rev'' & R^ Hon'"-'^- * * * " P. S. — I had concluded my letter when in that very instant, I rec'^ a copy of a clause of a letter from Brigadier Hunter dated 9* April 1715, in which are these words,, ' M' Talbot hath incor- IN BURLINGTON. 141 porated the Jacobites in the Jerseys under the name of a Church in order to Sanctify his Sedition & Insolence to the Government.' " I was extremely amazed, at the reading of it, being well assured it is entirely false. Your Society may have a history of our incorporation & all our proceedings from one of your worthy members Coll Nicholson, & I dare call God to witness that as far as I knew the Jerseys or the Church there the matter of fact is entirely false : it is true the Minister Church Wardens & Vestry of the Church at Burlington are incorporated, but it is as true we are no Jacobites for my part I cannot see any ground for so base a scandall unless it be our early & constant zeal for the Church against the prevailing heresy of Quakerism as may be seen in our addresses home. I am sure we as soon as we knew of his Maj"""^ accession to the Crown, Addressed his Maj'"* & Congratulated his Arrival & in our families & churches do daily pray for his prosperity, God grant that he had none worse inclined amongst his most intimate friends, one of w"*" to my knowledge has refused the Oath's when tendered, but the scandall shall not pass without a publick & Satisfactory answer & Vindication. " Excuse this & believe me to be, R' Rev" & R' Hon""= " Your most humble Servant " J. Bass." JIR. TALBOT A WILLIAMITE FROM THE BEGINNING. J//'. Talbot to the Lord Bishop of London. " Burlington, Oct. 21, 1715. " My Lord : " We had the honor of your Lordship's letters on Saturday last which were delivered according to order to the Governor and Mr. Phillips. They both promised obedience but neither intended to perform. I waited on the Governor on Sunday morning with Mr. Trentf the chief man in the Church. So we fWilliam Trent, a native of Inverness, Scotland, who purchased a plantation of 800 acres, lying on both sides of the Assanpink, N. J., whither he removed : a. town was laid out on his estate, which, in his lionor, was called Trent's Town — now the capital of New Jersey. Field's Provincial Courts of New Jersey, pp. 105-6. 142 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH went to the Church warden and I demanded the Church in your Lordship's name and I would see who hinders me. He said he would not. When the Governor and he came together they agreed that Philips should not preach so I went to church peaceably and quietly and brought the people back again to the great joy of that city. But the Governor went away to the Sweedish Church which he understands as much as I do Arabic- I have written to the rest of the Brethren and given them a copy of your Lordship's o^rder to serve till I>r. Evans comes. Mr. Jenney has been gone to New York 2 or 3 months ago. I am very glad to hear that Brother Vesey is arrived safe at Boston with the King's letter for his Salary. For the Gover- nor had put in such a mayor as said he should never, have it. He told me so himself God help us for Governm't here especially your outlying members, I don't know one of them good. I am sorry I should be accused of sedition in my old age after I have travelled more than any body to keep the peace in church and state. My Lord, please to ask Mr. Secretary Hall and he will tell you that I was a "VVilliamite from the beginning. Let them consult the admiralty office and they will find I took all the oaths that were necessary to qualify me for the service which I have performed faithfully abroad and at home. As soon as I have time I will call the Church together to answer for themselves and me too to the illustrious Society for propagating the Gospel, &c. Meanwhile the Lord rebuke that evil spirit of lying and slander that is gone out against the Church. Here and there they spare none. I suffer like my Lord and Master between two at Philadelphia and New York, but God has been my succour and I doubt not but he will still deliver me from the snare of the Hunter. The people of Phila- delphia said if your Lordsp's letters had been directed to the Governor they had been stifled but I hope I shall be always zealous to approve myself. " My Lord, Your Lordship's, &c., "John Talbot." " P. S. — Mr. Philips gives out that he will come home & clear himself. I wish he could, but I believe he designs for the West Indies- where the worst priest the best Clerk." IN BURLIXGTON. 143'. A CALUMNIOUS AND GROUNDLESS SCANDAL. The Church- Wardens, &c., of Burlington to the Honourable Society. „ "Burlington, 28th, 1715. " Right Reverend and Right PIonorable : " We cannot but adore that Divine Providence that has raised up so illustrious a Society, to be the propagators and defenders- of the best of Churches, in these dark corners of the world,, where the members are so frequently exposed to the malice and rage of those who are declared enemies, both to her doctrine and discipline. We acknowledge with the highest degree of gratitude, the sensible effects of your favour and protection, which we have already received, and hope we shall, by the grace of God, be enabled so to carry ourselves, in this troublesome age, that no calumnies of our enemies, may anyways lessen your opinion of us ; we have had the happiness, at your expense, of being educated under the care of a truly Pious and Apostolic Person, the Reverend Mr. Talbot, the fervour and excellencies of whose discourses, and the piety of whose life are the best recommenda- tions of the religion he professes, in now better than this 12: years, that he hath had not only the care of us, but on all emergent occasions, that of all the neighbouring Churches, hath lain on him, and in all that time, we are bound to assert, that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conver- sation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition,, or anyways iusolencing the government ; it was therefore with the greatest surprise imaginable, that we read the following clause of a letter from Brigadier Hunter to the Board of Trade and Plantation, dated the 9th of April, 1715, by the Right Reverend, the Bishop of London, communicated to your Rev- erend and Honourable Society, in these words, ' Mr. Talbot has incorporated the Jacobites in the Jerseys, under the name of a Church, in order to sanctify his sedition and insolence to the government ; if the Society take not more care for the future, than has been taken hitherto, in the choice of their Missionaries,, instead of Establishing religion,, they will destroy all govern- t4 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ent and good manners.' What could induce this gentleman to ideavour to fix so barbarous, so calumnious, so very false, and •oundless a scandal, is to us altogether unaccountable, to which e think the shortest answer that can be given, is that of Nehe- iah to Sauballat, 'there are no such things done as thousayest, it thou feignest them out of thine own heart.' " The Church at Burlington, Right Reverend and Right onourable, is the only Church that we know of, incorporated the Jerseys, which was begun, by that steady protector of ir Churches here, the Earl of Clarendon, when he was her late ajesty's Governor of this province, and finished under the [ministration of Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, and we are there- re, more particularly concerned, to answer to this charge. Our Minister, the Reverend Mr. Talbot, having undertaken his own ifence against what the Governor hath charged him with, we all say no more, than what we have said, on this account." ME. TALBOT's answer TO THE SOCIETY. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, November 1st, 1715. 3iR: " First I am bound to render thanks to the Right Rev. and ight Honourable Society, for sending honest Mr. "Walker, to Y assistance ; I hope he will answer the good character given him on all hands; I have offered him my house at Burling- n, and all my interest is at his service. " Next, I am obliged to the Society, for giving me leave to swer for myself, touching the reflections cast upon me by rigadier Hunter. To be an accuser is bad, to be a false cuser is worse, but a false accuser of the brethren is literally a svil ; I make no difference, for I call God to witness, I know I soul, in the Church of Burlington, nor in any other Church have planted, but is well aifected to the Protestant Church of agland and present Government in the house of Hanover; erefore he that accused us all for Jacobites, has the greater sin. can compare it to nothing more or less, than Doeg, the Edo- ite, who stabbed the Priests' characters, and then cut all their IX BUHLIXGTON. 145 throats ; or Hanian, the Agagite, who slandered all the Jews as Jacobites who did not observe the King's Laws ; so they were appointed as sheep to the slaughter ; but God delivered them, and so, I hope he will do us, from the hand of the Enemy. The Honourable Colonel Bass, our Chief-Church-^Yarden, as diligent and faithful a servant of the Church and Crown as any, has been belied out of his Secretary's Office, and fined, and confined in the Common Gao],t for nothing but defending the Royal Law of King George, against an idol of the heathenish Quakers. Mr. Alexander Griffiths died heart-broken, being falsely accused and abused as a disaffected person to the Government ; he died at Amboy ; poor Mr. Ellis, the school-master, is very much dis- couraged in his business by a Quaker school-master being set up, in opposition to his license ; he has made his complaints oft, not without cause, but without effect ; he is a very sober, honest young gentleman, and deserves better encouragement. I whh the Society Avould take some better care of Burlington House; as for Governour Hunter^ he does not come here once in three years, and as soon as he gets his money, spends it all at Xew York ; so that we have only the burden, not the benefit, of Government; therefore we have the greater need of a Chorepis- copus, a Rural Bishop or Suffragan, to impart some spiritual Gift, without which, there never was, or can be any being, or well-being of a Church. This is the burden of all our lamen- tations, and so it will be, till it is answered ; the sooner the better. Cum bono cleo. So desiring prayers of the sacred Society, I remain, " Your humble servant, " JoHX Talbot." t Jeremiah Bass was Clerk of the Council, Secretary of the Province, and Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. Among others who were prosecuted, he was indicted for altering the rules of the Court, and taking liberties with the book of Freeholders, but acquitted. Field's Provincial Courts of jVeio Jersey, pp. 83, 84. K 146 HISTORY OF THE CEIURCH "these twenty ye ai;s, calling till our hearts ache." Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, 1716. "Sir: "I have not had the favour of a letter, though I have sent several since Mr. Walker arrived. I have put him into the Church at Burlington, and into a house, which out of my pov- erty, I have prepared for the service of the Church, for ever, and for the use of the missionaries, for the time being, from the Honourable Society, if I die in the service, and be not forced to sell it again for pure necessaries. " I hear that one of my bills was ordered to lie by for a half year. I wish I had known the reason of it, that I might have answered by the bearer, the Honourable Colonel Coxe, who comes home with another gentleman of the Vestry of the Church at Burlington, to clear that Church from the slanders that Colonel Hunter has raised against us, only because we were Christians, and could not serve God and Mammon, Christ and Belial, &c. " I don't know any thing that I have done, contrary to my duty, either in Church or State ; but if it be resolved that no Englishman shall be in Mission or Commission, apud Ameri- canos, I don't know what we have done, that we should all give place to Scotch-Irish ; but I am content to suffer with Good Company, /er>-e quam sortem patiuntur cranes, nemoreouset- I suffer all things for the elect's sake, the poor church of God, here, iu the Wilderness. There is none to guide her, among all the sons that she has brought forth, nor is there any that takes her by the hand of all the sons that she has brought up. When the Apostles heard that Samaria had received the word of God, immediately they sent out two of the chief, Peter and John, to lay their hands on them, and pray that they might receive the Holy Ghost ; they did not stay for a secular design of salary; and when the Apostles heard that the word of God was preached at Antioch, presently they sent out Paul and Barnabas, that they should go as far as Antioch, to confirm the Disciples, and so the Churches were established in the faith, and increased in IN BURLIXGTOX. 147 nuQiber daily ; and when Paul did but dream that a man of ^Macedonia called him, he set sail all so fast, and went over him- self to help them ; but we have been here these twenty years, calling till our hearts ache, and ye own 'tis the call and the cause of God, and yet ye have not heard, or have not answered, and it is all one. " I must say this, if the Society don't do more in a short time, than they have, in a long, they will, I fear, lose their honour and character too ; I don't pretend to prophesy, but you know how they said the kingdom of God shall be taken from them, and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it. God give us all the grace to do the things that belong to our peace, so God bless you all. " And yours, " JoHX Talbot." " You may imagine what you please of the Irish missionaries, but I am sure we have lost Mr. Brook and Thoroughgood iloore, two English-men, that were worth all the Teagues that "quid AGITUR IX AMEEICA. ' 3L-. Ellis to the Secretary. "Burlington July 9'" 1716, " Sill : " The worthy bearer hereof Dan" Coxe Esq'' one of the best members & benefactors to St. Mary's Church at Burlington (who in compassion to a poor distressed & almost ruin'd prov- ince, hazards his life & fortune, to serve and seek I hope from a Merciful Prince & a Gracious King, some speedy relief of the deplorable circumstances & unparalleld Calamities of his Maj'"^' Collony of west Jersey, now under the heavy lash & tyranical administration of Coll Robert Hunter & amongst other enormi- ties,) will shew & acquaint you w* a perfect account of the dayly discouragements I meet w* in relation to my School, as also of the many losses & damages that I have & do still sustain by the unreasonable allowance given to a Quaker to usurpe over me, & take my bread out of my mouth, which is intolerable, when 148 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH at the same time, one can hardly subsist in, & by the whole town, these things are enough to discourage any man, neverthe- less I still hope for the better, & don't doubt but that the hon"'*^ Society upon whose endeavours I beseech God to pour down the abundance of his spirit & wisdom, ct grant me patience to bear these hardships with resignation tt a fervent zeal towards God.-; most holy Religion, will upon this hon"° Gentlemans applica- tion weigh my .circumstances, and consider my abuses, & I humbly desire the favour of you, to be as serviceable to him as you can, be pleased to acquaint the hon"'^ Society that my School is indiferent, to thrive fast is not to be expected ; as long as Quakerism is countenanced & prefered by men in high places before Christianity, & if there be. not a speedy remedy of this, the propagation of the Gospel will be but of little effect when Xtian institution is wholely rejected & Quakerism set on foot, by which means the fundamental rules of Gods revealed religion & Gospel precepts tho never so early imbib'd & carefully instilled will by the depravity of nature & corruption of Youth with such tenets & the dictates of Stupidity & ignorance soon perish and decay, I could say more. Si memorem mora est, but this shall suffice for the present, that your R' Rev** & R' hon'''" Society may understand quid agitur in America non consulitm- de religione but of faction &c w""" are very unhappy ibr this Country being so young & newly settled, & consequently very pernitious to Piety & Learning. "To say no more its bad enough, God in his owne due time send us relief, be pleased to recommend my duty to the hon''-' Society and accept of the hearty love tt sincere regard of. Sir " Your obliged Servant, "Rowland Ellis." •leeemian bass, a representative. In 1716, Mr. Bass, was a member, for the county of Cape May, of the "House of Representatives of His Majestys Province of New- Jersey." On the 30th of November, he was one of a committee to pre- pare an " Address " to the Governor ; and on the same day, by IN BURLINGTOX. 149 ■order of the House, he drew up " a Bill for preventing Money from passing at Nine Shillings and 2^ per Ounce." On the 4th of December, he was one of the committee, to whom a Bill was referred, with reference to the " Conveniency of the Eastern Division of the Province relating to records where Titles of Land are concerned." On the 5th, he was Chairman of the committee " to wait upon the Governor to know His Excellencys pleasure with reference to the Address of the House." On the 14th, he " made a Motion, That a Bill be brought in to lay an Excise on all strong Liquors Retailed in this Prov- ince " — and was made Chairman of the committee to bring in such a Bill. On the 18th, he was on a committee "to joyn a Committee of Council to meet from Day to Day till they have gone through " the Accounts of the Treasurer ; and, on the same day, he brought in " a Bill, entituled, An Act for laying an Excise on all Strong Liquors Retailed in this Colony." On the 20th, it was "ordered, that M'' Bass bring in a Bill for Repealing the Tenth Clause of an Act, entituled. An Act for shortening Law Suits, and Regulating the Practice of the Law, and for obliging Plaintiffs that are Non-Residents, to give better security for paying Costs of Suit." On the 22d, his "Bill, on Excise on Strong Liquors," was read the third time, and passed ; and he was appointed to carry it to the Council for their Concurrence. On the 8th of January, he was Chairman of a committee, to prepare " a Bill for the Support of his Majestys Government of New Jersey." And on the 15th of the same month, he made a speech, which was incorporated, in full, in the "Journal of the Votes of the House," as follows : THE SPEECH OF MR. BASS. ■" J/'' Speaker, " We have yesterday been upon a very great Work, the en- quiring into the Debts of the Province, and stating the Treas- urers Accounts, in which I think, and so doth the Majority of the House, (as far as we have gone) we have done that OfBcer 150 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Justice, and tlio' some of the Members have differed in their Opinion, yet I doubt not but that Gentleman (and I'm very sure it is easy for him to do it) will before the Conclusion of this Session, place those disputed Articles in so clear a light, bv producing the proper Vouchers, that the most scrupvdous amongst us may acquiesce in the Report of the Committee of the whole House. " These Accounts, Mr. Speaker, have opened to us a new scene of Affairs ; we see how much the Province is indebted for Arrearages of Taxes, and that if those arrearages had been duly paid, the Bills of Credit already issued for the emergent occa- sions of the Province would have been sunk, and some Money left in the Treasury to have been applyed to such uses as tliis Assembly should think expedient. But it is our Misfortune, that the case is otherwise, we are much indebted, Seventeen Hun- dred and odd Pounds in Bills of Credit are yet standing out, and the Treasury is quite empty, shall we, M"" Speaker, venture to enquire into this Evil, and joropose some means for the Removal of it? It is certain this is not lessened but increased by the deadness of Trade, the Poverty of the Province, the Cheapness of all Commodities that this Country produceth. But those things that seem more particularly to have plunged us into this Misfortune were two very Expensive and Fruitless Expeditions to Canada, and our entestine Discords and Divi- sions, which have much obstructed the payment of the publick Taxes. The negligence of the Officers in doing their Duties, and the Scarcity of Moneys. "For i\-\Q first, God be Thanked, we are not very likely to be exposed to any more Expences of that ; That Peace and Serenity that the Land of our Nativity enjoys under the auspicious Reign of his present Majesty, and the influence his Majesty has on the Affairs of Europe, &c. will prevent our sometimes Troublesome Neighbours the French or the Indians under their direction, from giving us any Disturbance there. " As to the second, I could be glad to say, I could see an end of them, but hence like Lacrymce here is the Source and Rise of all our Misfortunes, our Divisions, Heais, Discords and Ani- mosities centre. We are using one another as the Heathens did IN BURLIXCiTOX. 151 the Primitive Christians, dressing each other up in the Skins of Wolves and Bears, and then beating them as such. " Would to God, Mr. Speaker, we could each of us learn to look upon another to be better than himself; to let that Charity, which is the Golden Band that cements Heaven and Earth together, (and without which the most splendid Gifts, natural or Acquired Endowments, are but as the sounding Brass or Tink- ling Cimbal) govern both our Lives and Actions. " ilr. Speaker, It is the great Fault of those Gentlemen that in this Province have distinguished themselves to be of a Party, that they are generally more Milling to believe others to be in the wrong tliaii in the Right, and unwilling to have our Preju- dices removed. I have observed in Persons that have been of two opposing Parties, to have had something on each side excel- lently good, and something exorbitantly evil, although perhaps in unequal degrees, both mutually set, after an immoveable manner, before their Eyes, their own good, and the Evil of the other Party. And thus they blind their Minds to all senee or belief of good in any that oppose them ; Till this is spent, is abated, nay, rooted out of our hearts, there can be no expecta- tion of a Blessing to attend our Endeavours. "We Complain, Ilr. Speaker, of bad Crops, Blasts, jMilldews, and sometimes of Epidemical Distempers Paging amongst us. It is no wonder if our common Parent sends these Scourges, that by these Means he might teach us to love one another. Let us then take that advice which his Excellency once gave the Representative Body of this Province ; Let us leave Disputes, d-c. to the Laws, and Injuries to the Avenger of them: Let each one ireed the Rancour of his own heart, &c. Let each of us look upon Parties and Divisions as a common Enemy, a common Evib and use our utmost Endeavours to c[uench that fire that hath hitherto so Raged in this Province, that it hath more or less affected all Persons, all Relations, our Bodies, our Reputations, and our Estates. Let us unite in Love, and then how inex- pressibly beautiful would such a Union be ! How would it strengthen our Interests, advance our instates, restore our de- cayed Credit ; and make us a truly happy Province." * * — Votes and Slate Papers, Vol. 1. pp. 17, 18. 152 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " DISAFFECTION TO THE GOVERNMENT." The Secretary to 3Ir. Talbot. "August 2" 1717. " Rev° Sir, " The Society have rec'ed a letter from Coll Gooking, Lieu' Gov' of Pennsylvania, wherein he charges you with disaiFection to the Governm' and refusing the Oaths of Allegiance to His Majesty King George, that you may be able to form an exact Judgm' of the Charge I have given you the Governor's very words in his Letter inclosed. The Society expect you should forthwith give your answer thereto, and if you have not already taken the Oaths to his majesty King George that you do without delay, by the first convenience transmit to the Society an authen- tic Certificate of your having so done." * * — Colonial History of Neiv Yorh, Vol. V. THE STATE OP THE SCHOOL. 3Ir. Ellis to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington Aug' 29 1717. " Honored Sir "In regard to your command and pursuant to the Hon- orable Society's Directions I have herein sent to their perusal the state of my school at present; the children of Christian 25 Parents are in number Quakers N°. in all 10 35 LETTERS INTERCEPTED. Rev"' 31^ Robert Walker to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington Sepf 10"^ 1717. " Worthy Sir, "I am glad to find the Society is sensible our Letters are in- tercepted in answer to both of yours you honored me with one in June and the other in July 1716, I assure you there is no caution I can think of y) prevent miscarriage, or being stopt, the Postmaster of Burlington who died about 4 months ago stopt IN BURLINGTON. 153 four which I never could get from him, two of which was seen by several of our Townspeople, & the Post himself declared he delivered them into the post-masters Hands ; and whilst he was insisting for payments for the other two which I declared to Him I never received he swore to the charge of them by his book and by this blunder of his I discovered his Justice who was no less a man than one of his Majestys Council to Governor Hunter: and his Excellency is so jealous of his own mismanage- ment, that it is more than probable he has his Agents at the Ports about to catch up our Letters." * * "lands belonging to the bishop's house." Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington, September 17th, 1717. " Sir : "I received an Order from the Society, to look after some Lands belonging to the House at Burlington, together with Mr. Vesey, but he is not yet come this way, so I shall say nothing to that point at present, because it is but an acre or two, and that is safe enough. " The Quakers would have got that, as they have all the rest of the meadow Lands belonging to the Bishop's House, and divided them amongst themselves." * * supplying CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. April 3d, 1718, Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsyl- vania, chairman of the vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, "acquainted the vestry that the Eev. Mr. Talbot, of Burliugtou, Mr. Humphreys, of Chester, Mr. Ross, of New Castle, and Mr. Sandell, of Wickacoa, had been invited by him, and most of them were now in town, in order to wait on this vestry and receive their proposals for supplying the vacancy of this Church, until the Bishop of London's pleasure was known. " The vestry thereupon recommended it to the Governor to concert with the above-named clergymen how they might supply this vacancy with conveniency to themselves, and the least i>re- judice to their respective cures. 154 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " An arrangement was made with these gentlemen for supply- ing the Church for several months, and a liberal compensation was voted them by the vestry ; but they declined ' receiving any pecuniary reward' for their services." Dorr's History of Christ Church, Philadelphia, pp. 44-5. J/r. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, May 3d, 1718. " Sir : "I used to write to you now and then, though I seldom have the favour of an answer, or not to the point. All your mission- aries hereabouts, are going to Maryland, for the sake of them- selves, their wives and children ; for my part, I cannot desert the poor flock, that I have gathered, nor will I, if I have neither Money, Credit, 'nor Tobacco. But if I had known as much as I do now, that the Society were not able, for their parts, to send Bishop, Priest, nor Deacon, no Lecturer nor catechist, no hinter, nor holder-forth, I would never have put the good People in these parts to the charge and trouble of building Churches ; (nay, now they must be stalls, or stables for Quakers horses, when they come to market or meeting) as I said before, but some people will not believe till 'tis too late. Dr. Evans himself is gone to Maryland, for he says nobody will serve the Church for nought, as I do ; for my part, I cannot blame the People in these parts, for they do what they are able, and no body can de- sire more, rich or poor, for those that do them any good. My Duty to the Honourable Society. " I am your most humble servant, " John Talbot." June 2d, 1718. " A representation to the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England was presented to the Vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, by the Rev. Dr. Evans, and the Rev. Mr. John Talbot," of Burlington, N. J., Avhich was read, and it was thereupon " ordered that the Churchwardens sign the IN BURLIXGTON. 155 said address in the name and by order of the vestry." The address is as follows : " To the Most Eeverend Fathers in God, the Archbishops, and the Eight Reverend the Bishops of the Church of England : The Representation and humble Petition of many of the faith- ful in the communion of the Church of England in North America, most humbly showeth : " That whereas the British Collonies and Settlements in America, have now for many years been blessed with the pure and primitive doctrine and worship of our Mother the Church of England of which you are happy at this day in being great ornaments and prime rulers " And whereas for want of Episcopacy's being established amongst us, and that there has never been any Bishop sent to visit us, our churches remain unconsecrated, our children are grown up and cannot be confirmed, their sureties are under solemn obligations, but cannot be absolved & our Clergy some- times under Doubts and cannot be resolved " But whereas more especially for the want of that sacred power which is inherent to your apostolate the Vacancies whicli daily happen in our Ministry cannot be supplied, for a con- sidei'able time from England, whereby many congregations are not only become desolate, and the light of the Gospel therein extinguished but great encouragement is hereby given to secta- ries of all sorts which abound and increase amongst us and some of them pretending to what they call the power of ordination the Country is filled with fanatick teachers, debauching the good inclinations of many poor souls who are left destitute of any instruction or ministry. May it therefore please your Lordships in your great pity and regard for the government of the Church by Bishops, to think of some means whereby these our sorrowful complaints & most grievous misfortunes may be heard and redressed, and that Almighty God may of his infinite mercy, inspire your thoughts and assist your pious endeavors to accomplish this evidently necessary work is the most earnest and daily prayer of may it please your Lordships "Your Lordships most humble petitioners & most obedient sons and servants. 156 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " In the name and by the order of the Vestry of Christ Churcli at Philadelphia the second of June 1718. " James Tutthill \ Church Je. Bass Atty. Gen. " Charles Read j Wardens of the Jerseys" " and six others. " In the name & by the order of the Yestry of St Mary's Church at Burlington the ninth of June 1718. " Jxo Talbot, Rector " Jno "Wheeler \ Church " Abe. Hewlings j Tlarcfews " and many others from all parts of America." "the school IXDIFFEEENT 'iVELL." Mr. Ellis to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington in New Jersey July 10th 1718 " SiE : " My School is indifferent well having of Christian Parents ■Children 20, of Quakers 12, of others 5. I know not what to term them besides sectaries having no knowledge, and yet obstinate ; * * FUETHEE INFOEMATION FROM THE PAEISH EEGISTEE. THE FIEST CHURCH LIBRAEIES. Up to the year 1719, the pages of the Parish Register are filled, almost exclusively, with the entries of baptisms. No burials are recorded ; and only three marriages, one of which is that of "Rowland Ellis and Sarah Allison, April 17, 1715." On the first fly-leaf, however, we find the little item, " Lent to J. H. 1 piece of 8. 4 bits & 1 Eng. shill." And, on the last four leaves, we have a list of books, which Michael Piper,t — the writing is not Mr. Talbot's — assisted Mr. Talbot in revising, on the first day of the new year, O. S. f At a Vestry meeting of Christ Church, Philadelphia, lield June 23d, 1718, it was " Resolved, That if it should happen that the clergymen who are to serve the Church during this vacancy be sick, or should not come, that Mr. Piper, the school master, read the prayers in the Church," Dorr's Hkiory, p. 47. IN BURLIXGTOX. 157 A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BELONf:lNG TO BTJRLIXGTON LIBRAKY EEVISED BY MR. JOHN TALBOT INCUMBENT & JIICH : PIPER YE 20TH DAY OF MARCH 1719. POL: 1 D. Johanne Avenario Egrano Lexicon Hebraicum. 2 Scapulae Lexicon. 3 Eusebii Ecclesiast Hi.stor. 4 Gregorii Sayr Casus Conscient. o Newman's Concordance. •'i Scti Cypriani Opera. 7 Petri Kavanelli Bibliotheca. 8 Father Paul's History of Coun- cil of Trent. 9 Pierceson on the Creed. 10 Dr. Bray's Lectures. 11 Cowleii Opera. 12 Hooker's Ecclesiast Polity. 10 11 12 i:-; 1-5 16 17 18 19 20 21 44 4-3 46 47 48 49 :,0 .51 r,2 ■yi •34 •jij 57 Eiveli Controversiae. Patrick upon Genesis. Pindari Tragaed — 2 vol. Stillingfleet's Unreasonables of Seperation. Bythneri Lyra Prophetica. Skinnei-'s Opticks. Patrick on ye Chronicles, Ezra, &c. Boyl's Lectures. Dallei Lalinorum Cultus — 2 vol. Cainet Dominical. Littleton's Dictionary. Origine Sacra by Stillingfieet. Cluverii Geographia. Two Manuscripts. Discipuli Sermones Quadragesi- males. Lubini Comment in Juvenal. Higgins Sermon. Senecae Tragaed. Common place Book ilanuscr. Calvin's Institutions. Quintilian. Juvenal cum Kotis Variorum. cjUARTO, Senecae Philosophia. Plauti Comaedae — 2 vol. Stapletoni Promptuarium — 2 vol. Sherlock of Providence. Matthew Kellison Survey of Ee- ligion. Art of Speaking. Quintiliani Institutiones. Mahomet's Alcoran. Defence of Catholick Faith. Pererii Comment on Daniel. George Where's Method of His- tory. Musae Oxonienses. Natalis Comes. Kobinson's Key to ye Hebrew Bible. QUARTO. ' 2.3 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 One jNIanuscript. Stierii Logica. Manuscript Greek. Young's Sermons — 2 vol. ^'irgil in L'siim Delphini. Gassendi Astronomia. Sherrock's Jus Naturae. Horatius in Usum Delphini. Plinii Epistolae. Senecae Controversiar. Bp : Hall's Episcopacy by Divine Eight. Seaman's Calendar. F : Lewis de Granada Memorial of a Xtian Life. Ep : Symou's Paraphrase on ye Psalms. Bernhardi Vareni Geographia. Walker's Particles. Bragg's Discourses. Eenati Des Cartes Philosophia, Eolieult Physicks. Westminster Grammar. Moor's Discourses on Several texts. OCTAVO, &c. 58 Bercheli Catechismus. 59 B. Francis de Sales Love of God. 60 BiLXtorfs' Lexicon. 61 Ciceronis Apothegmata. 62 Euclid's Elements. 63 Fullies Epistles. 64 Cook's (iuide to Blessedness. 65 Leusden's Compendium. 66 Hogg's Poems. 67 Janua Linguarum. 68 Norris his Discourses. 09 Epitome Grammaticae Plebraae Buxtorfi. 70 Ettss's Florilegium. 71 Patrick's Paraphrase on Job. 72 Sophoclis Tragaediae. 73 Homer's Iliads. 158 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 74 floor's Dialogue?. 75 (juilliandi Collalia in Epistolas Pauli. 70 Dr. Hammonds' Fund.-.mentals. 77 Suiceri Physica. 7S Homer's Iliads. 79 Irenicum Magnum. 80 Fabriani Stradae prolusiones Aeademicae. 81 Bixxtorfi Epitome Grammat He- braeae. 82 Scripta publiae proposita. S3 Didaci Stellae de mode Concion- andi. 84 Epitome Erasmi Adagiorum. So Epictoli Enchiridion. 86 Manuscript. 87 Pagor's Lexicon — 2 vol. S8 Magiri Philosophia. 89 Stenneti Hebraea Grammatica. '90 Statii Poemata. 91 Gradus ad Parnassum. 92 Ovidii Metamorphosis Moriett. 2 vol. II?) Baronii Metaphysica. ■94 Chamberlain's Present State of England. 95 Catechism Council of Trent. ■96 Anthologia. 97 Manuscript. ■98 L'Art de se Connoitre. 99 Isocratis Orationes. 100 Eobinson's Phrases. 101 History of Polindo &c. 102 Poetae Minores. 103 Posselii Colloquia. 104 Eckii Homiliae. 105 Heckermanni Logiea. 106 Eustachii Philosophia. 107 Vossii Epigrammata. 108 Facquets' Arithmetick. 109 Sebastian! Dictionarium He- Ijraicum. 110 Laurentius Valla. 111 jEsopi Fabulae, Gr. 112 Decretalia Komana. 113 Pia hilaria. 114 G. P. Safeguard from Shipwrack. 115 Sanderson's Prelections. 110 Hebrew Psalter. 117 Fereneo Minett. 118 Erasrai Copia Verbor. 119 Brig's Opticks. 120 Mr. Juc. FiatLux. 121 Isocratis Orationes Duae. 122 Horace. Bond. 123 Owen's Concordance. 124 Pythagoras his Golden ^'erses. 125 History of Ellas Neau. 120 Ovid de Arte amandi. 127 Lucian's Dialogues. 128 Needham's Collections. 129 vEsop's Fables. 130 Catechism Gr & Lat. 131 French new Testament. 132 Virgil. 133 Greek Grammar. 134 Barclaii Argenis. 135 Farmer's Catechism. 136 Walker's Logick. 137 Cornelius Nepos. 138 TuUii de Officiis. 139 Vossii Ehetorica. 140 Parker's Apology for Des Cartes. 141 Textoi-'s Epistles. 142 Oliani historia. 143 Wendelini Theologia. 144 Horace, Juvenal & Perseus. 145 Greek Grammar. 146 Caroni Apostolatus. 147 Lucius Florns. 148 Plutarchusde Educandis Liberis. 149 The Rehearsal transpos'd. 150 Burgerdicii Logiea. 151 Barkei Orationes. 152 Aphthouii Progymnasmata. 153 Higlen's History. 154 Eadan Orator Extemporarius. 155 Vigerii Idiomata. 156 Greelt Testament. 157 Cornelius Nepos. 158 Demosthenis Orationes. 159 Gerardi Meditationes. 160 Vindiciae pro Nicolao Smilheo. 161 The right Way to health & long Life. 102 Pontani Aureum Diurnale. 163 Thomas a Kempis. 164 Formulae Oratoriae. 165 Moriae Encomium. 2 vol. 166 Busquebius de Moribus Tur- carum. 107 Auli Gellii Noctes Atticac. 168 Summae Conciliorum. 169 Agrippae Cornelii de vanitate. 170 Treleatis Loci Communes. 171 Plodder's Arithmetick. 172 Farnabie's Ehetorick. 173 Martial's Epigrams. 174 Condones et Orationes ex His- toricis, &c. 175 Lett concerning Toleration. 170 Nonnus his Poems. 177 Erasmi Select. Colloquia. 178 Barelai Euphormion. 179 Historia Anabaptistica. 180 Mori Enchiridion Ethicum. 181 Introduction a la vie Devote. IN BURLINGTON. 159 182 Valerius jNIaximus. 183 Ambrosius de OfEciis. 184 Corvini Jusisprudentiae. 185 Sleidan. 186 A Treatys of the blessed Sac- rament. 187 Oweni Epigrammata. 188 GobianusdeMorura Simplicitate. 189 Martialis Epigrammata. 190 CaesarLs Commentaria. 191 Novum Testamentum. 192 Paraphrasis Psalmorum. 193 Spirituale Directoire. 194 Les Sages Entretiens. 195 Small Hebrew Book. 19G Drexeliua Nuntius mortis. 197 Small frencli Book. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BET,0>rGING TO MR. JOHN TALBOT YE 25TH OP MABCH 1719. 1 Erasmus his Comment on New Testament. 2 Dr. Hammond's "Works. 3 Dr. Taylor's Ductor Dnbitan- tium. 4 Roraanum Missale. 5 Dr. Stillingfleet's Sermons. 6 Dr. Andrews upon ye ten Com- mandments. 7 Davenant Expositio in Colos- sens. 8 Trap's Exposition in Sacr. Script. 4 vol. 9 Hall's Comment in 2d Epist. Timoth. 10 Sti. Augustini de Civit. Dei. 1 Wall's liystory of Infant Baptism. 2 French Dictionary. 3 Mantuan upon Jude. 4 Slierlock's Answer to ye Qua- kers Questions. 5 Patrick on Genesis. ti Sherlock's Kich'd. Sermons. 2 vol. 7 Dr. Hix's Collection of Tracts. 8 The hystory of Man. ^ Short Discourse of Comon Prayer. Dr. Cumber. 10 Case of ye Eegale & Pontificat. 11 Practical Believer. 3 2 Scots Xtian life. 13 Tiirnei-'s Wisdom of God. 14 Life of Xt, & ye Apostles by Dupin. 15 Shepherd of Israel. V'l Eeeve's Apologies. 17 Josephus abridg'd — 2 vol. 18 Athenian Oracles — 4 vol. ID Gregory's Posthumus Works — 2 vo'l. 20 Cumber of Orders. 21 Carthwright on ye 15 Psalm. 22 HuetiusDemostratio Evangelica. 2 vol. 23 Beveridge's Sermons. 24 Delinge's Conciones. 25 Bennett's Paraphes of Comon Prayer. 2C Witty against Deism. QUABTO, &c. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Oliffs exposition of Church Catech.— 2 vol. Ware's Method of hystory. Gregorie's Divine Tracts. Confutation of Popery by Th : Bennet. Origen against Celsus. Burnet's Pastoral Care. Kichlieu Treatise of Perfection. Dumonlin's peace of ye Soul. Hooker's Abridgment. Sanderson de Jaramenti Obliga- tione. Greek Testament. Sanderson i Physica. Senecae Tragediae. Country Parson, herbert. Baxter against Infidelity. Smith's Treatise of Sacrament. Barlo's Eemains. Greek Psalter. Card. Bonas Guide to heaven. Leyburn's Mathematicks. Grescomb on ye Sabbath. Pascal's Thoughts. Mon's Spry's falsity of [illegible in MS.] baptism. Ignatii Epistolae, &c. Salu.st. Self Examination. Savenier's Mass book. Mantuan on James. Animadversion upon a paper. 160 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH A COLLECTIOX OF QrAKER'S BOOKS K"EW & OLD BELONGING TO MB. JOHN TALBOT YE 2oTH MARCH 1719. 1 G. ffoxe's Battledore of all Lan- I 16 Quakers Quiblers — 3 vol. guages. 17 George Keith's Truth advanc'd. 2 Journall — 2 vol. 18 ThePrinciplesof ye Elect People '■■] Great Mystery. of God ye Quakers. 4 Eobt Berclay's Works. 19 Snake in ye Grass — 3 vol. 5 S.Tin'l. Fisher's Works. 20 Anguis Flagellatns. 6 Edw'd Burrow's Works. 21 Josia Cole's Works. 7 G. Bishop's Looking-Glass. 22 Francis Bug's Tracts. 8 AVm Pen's Christ Quaker. 23 George Whitehead's Tracts. 9 Quaker's Tracts — 3 vol. several. 10 Wm Bayly's Works. 24 P^n's Sandy foundation. 11 George Keith's Narrative. 25 (Juakers Treatise against Oaths. 12 Wm. Pen's Tracts. 26 Dan'l Philip's Vindiccae Veri- 13 Wm. Pen's Travels. tatis. 14 James Parnel's Works. 15 Jno. Foldo Quakerism no Xtianity. ANOTHER ADDRESS TO THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS. "In April, 1719, the Rev. Mr. Talbot laid before the vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, another address to the Arch- bishops and Bishops of the Church of England, ' setting forth the necessity of a Bishop to reside among us in this country, which was signed by all the members present ;' viz : the Governor, both wardens and eight vestrymen, together with the Rev. Mr. Talbot, who was also present." Dorr's History of Christ Church, Phila., p. 47. MR. TALBOT SELLS SOME OF HIS LAND. On the 22d of June, 1720, "the Reverend John Talbot Minister of the Church of Saint Marys in Burlington," conveyed to " Paull Watkinson Clerk of the Sd Church," for " Six pounds thirteen Shillings Curent Silver Money," a "Lott of Land Lyeing in the Town of Burlington, Beginning at Broad Street & Runs Back by the Church yard North thirteen deg. West six- teen perches to a Stake then South Seventy Seven Deg. West five perches to a Stake then South thirteen deg. East Sixteen perches to Broad Street then fronting Broad Street five perches to the first Beginning by the Church yard Containing Eighty perches or half an Acre." The "Indenture" for the above, elaborately engrossed on vellum, is in the archives of the Parish. It was " Sealed & De- livered in The Presents of Rob' Weyman " and " Titan Leeds." IX BUKLIXGTON. 161 The seal, affixed to the name of Mr. Talbot, is described, by one versed in heraldry,t thus : " On a shield, a fesse between three eagles displayed, beaked and membered, — t^yo in the superior, and one in the inferior quarter." MR. TALBOT AGAIX VISITS ENGLAND. At some time soon after this, Mr. Talbot again visited England; and in April, 1721, obtained the interest on Arch- bishop Tenison's legacy. Order for receiving the Interest oj the late Archhisliop Tenison's £1000. " Upon the humble petition of John Talbot, Clerk, this day preferred to the Eight Honourable, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, thereby setting forth that Dr. Thomas Teni- son, late Archbishop of Canterbury, did by Codicil to his Will, bequeath £1000 towards settlement of Bishops in America ; and until such lawful appointments of Bishops, did direct that the interest should be applied to the benefit of such missionaries, being Englishmen of the province of Canterbury, as have taken true pains in the respective plans committed by the Society to their care in the foreign plantations, and have been by unavoid- able accidents, sickness, or other infirmities of the body, or old age, disabled from the performance of their duties in the said places, and forced to return to England ; and that upon the hearing of this Cause, it was among other things ordered that the £1000 should be placed out at interest, on such Governmeur or other security as Mr. Bennet, by whom the account of the Testator's personal Estate was directed to be taken, should ap- prove of, and the interest thereof is to be applied according to the directions of the Testator's Will, until one month after the appointment and consecration of two Bishops, and that the said John Talbot, who was formerly Eector of Freethern, in the County and Diocese of Gloucester and province of Canterbury, hath been in the service of the said Society for the propagation f Mr. Arthur Sands, a "Warden of Trinity Clmrch, Trenton, N. J. L 162 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH of the Gospel in foreign parts, as their Missionary in the foreign plantations, near 18 years, during which time he hath taken true pains in the discharge of his holy function, in the several places committed to his care by the said Society, and by his zeal and exemplary life, and conversation,! hath done great service to the Church in America, and therefore is qualified to receive the interest of the said £1000, as by the certificate of the said Corporation, under their Common Seal, hereunto annexed, may appear, and that there having no Bishops been yet appointed in America, and the said John Talbot being the only missionary that is an Englishman, and of the province of Canterbury, hath been so long, and behaved himself so well, in the said service,, as by the said certificate appears, the said John Talbot, by the direction of the said Society, applied himself to the said Mr. Eennet, for the said interest, who apprehends he cannot pay the same without the direction of this Court, and thereupon the said John Talbot, on the 22d April 1721, applied himself to your Lordship, that the said Mr. Bennet might pay such interest as was then due to liim, which was ordered accordingly, and that the said Mr. Bennet, pursuant to the said Order, did pay unto the said John Talbot, all the interest then received, and the said John Talbot hath applied to the said Mr. Bennet for what interest has been received since, who apprehends he cannot pay the same, without your Lordship's further directions : There- fore, and inasmuch as there is no other person entitled to receive any part of the said interest, it is prayed, that the said Mr. Bennet may be ordered to pay such Interest as is now due to the said John Talbot, or, as he shall appoint, which is ordered accordingly, whereof notice is forthwith to be given. "Ric. Peice, Deput. Reg." fin the abstract of the proceedings of the S. P. G., for 1720, is the follovr- ing: "From tlie Clmrcli Wardens & Vestry of Burlington in New Jersey, — tliat the Eev. ilr. Talbot, by whose mission they now received inexpressible benefit, has by his unfeigned zeal for the glory of God, & the good of His Church, by liis exemplary piety & sober life & eonyer!>ation, much adorned the Gospel of our Lord & Saviour, Jesus Christ." IX BURLIXGTOX. 163 GOVERNOR BTRXET. In 1720, Gov. Hunter resigned in favor of William Burnet, f (son of the celebrated bishop,) who met the Assembly! soon after his arrival. In his speech, early in the Spring of 1721, he said : " I must recommend to you, not to think of me, so much as of the inferior officers of this government, who want your care more, and whose salary have hitherto amounted to a very small share of the publick expence ; and now you are just beginning to taste of new blessings, I cannot but remind you of those which you have so long enjoyed, and without which all other advan- tages would but have increased your sufferings, under a Popish king, and a French government. " You can ascribe your deliverance from these, to nothing but the glorious revolution, begun by king William the third, of im- mortal memory, and compleated by the happy accession of his present majesty king George, to the throne of Great-Britain, and his entire success against his rebellious subjects at home, and all his enemies abroad. " To this remarkable deliverance, by an over-ruling hand of providence, you owe the preservation of your laws and liberties, the secure enjoyment of your property, and a free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of your conscience : These in- valuable blessings are so visible among us, and the misery of countries where tyranny and persecution prevail, so well known, that I need not mention them, to raise in your minds the highest sense of your obligations to serve God, to honour the king, and love your country." Smith's Histori/, p. 415. A BILL AGAINST ATHEISM. " Sundry bills were prepai'cd this sessions," says Smith, "among which was one with this singular title, An Act against denying the Divinity of our Saviour Jesus Christ, the doctrine of the blessed Trinity, the truth of the Holy Scriptures, and spreading atheisti- cal books : " " Assemblies in the colonies," he adds flippantly, " have rarely troubled themselves with these subjects, perhaps t Born at the Hague in Holland, March, 1688 ; named for "\Vii,i,iam, Prince of Orange, who was his godfather. Encyclopadia Americana, Vol. II, p. Zm. X Among the members of Coimcil, in his instructions, were Lewis Morris and Peter Bard. Among the members of Assembly, those from the town of Burlington, were John Allen and Jonathan Wright. Smith's llidonj, -p. 414. 164 HISTORY OF THE CHUUCH never before or since ; it probably arose from the governor's motion, who had a turn that way, and had himself wrote a book to unfold some part of the apocalipse; the bill was however re- jected on the second reading in the assembly." History of New Jersey, p. 417. PLAN FOR AN AMERICAN UNION. Col. Daniel Coxe,t in 1722, published in London, "A De- scpaPTioN of the English Province of Caeolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane, with a large and curious Preface, demonstrating the Right of the English to that Country, and the unjust Manner of the French usurping of it ; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable Danger our other Colonies on the Continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented ; interspersed with many useful Hints, in Regard to our Plantations in General." In this Preface, is the following : "The only Expedient I can at present think of, or shall pre- sume to mention (with the utmost Deference to His Majesty and His Ministers) to help and obviate these Absurdities and Inconveniences, and apply a Remedy to them, is, That All the Colonies appertaining to the Crown of Great Britain on the Northern Continent of America, be United under a Legal, Regular, and firm Establishment ; Over which, it's propos'd a Lieutenant, or Supreme Governour, may be constituted, and appointed to Preside on the Spot, to whom the Governours of each Colony shall be Subordinate. "It is further humbly propos'd, That two Deputies shall be annually Elected by the Council and Assembly of each Province, who are to be in the Nature of a Great Council, or General Con- vention of the Estates of the Colonies ; and by the Order, Consent or Approbation of the Lieutenant or Governour Gen- eral, shall meet together. Consult and Advise for the Good of the whole. Settle and Appoint particular Quota's or Proportion's of Money, Men, Provisions, &c. that each respective Govern- ment is to raise, for their mutual Defence and Safety, as well, as, if necessary, for Offence and Invasion of their Enemies ; in all which cases the Governour General or Lieutenant is to have a Negative ; but not to Enact any Thing without their Concur- rence, or that of the Majority of them. t Son of Daniel Coxe, M. C, of London. See p. 11. COL. DANIEL COXE. IN BUELIXGTOK 165 " The Quota or Proportion, as above allotted and charg'd on each Colony, may, nevertheless, be levy'd and rais'd by its own Assembly, in such Manner, as They shall judge most Easy and Convenient, and the Circumstances of their Affairs will permit. " Other Jurisdictions, Powers and Authorities, respecting the Honour of His Majesty, the Interest of the Plantations, and the Liberty and Property of the Proprietors, Traders, Planters and Inhabitants in them, may be Vested in and Cognizable by the abovesaid Governour General or Lieutenant, and Grand Convention of the Estates, according to the Laws of England, but are not thought fit to be touch'd on or inserted here; This Proposal being General, and with all humility submitted to the Consideration of our Superiours, who may Improve, Model, or Reject it, as they in their Wisdom shall judge proper. "A Coalition or Union of this Nature, temper'd with and grounded on Prudence, Moderation and Justice, and a generous Incouragement given to the Labour, Industry, and' good Man- agement of all Sorts and Conditions of Persons inhabiting, or, any ways, concern'd or interested in the several Colonies above mention'd, will, in all probability, lay a sure and lasting Foun- dation of Dominion, Strength, and Trade, sufficient not only to Secure and Promote the Prosperity of the Plantations, but to revive and greatly increase the late Flourishing State and Con- dition of Geeat Britain", and thereby render it, once more, the Envy and Admiration of its Neighbours. " Let us consider the Fall of our Ancestors, and grow wise by their Misfortunes. If the Ancient Britains had been united amongst themselves, the Romans, in all probability, had never become their Masters : For as Cfesar observ'd of them, Dum Singuli pugnabant, Universi vincebantur, whilst they fought in separate Bodies, the whole Island was subdued. So if the Eng- lish Colonies in America were Consolidated as one Body, and joyn'd in one Common Interest, as they are under one Gracious Sovereign, and with united Forces were ready and willing to act in Concert, and assist each other, they would be better enabled to provide for and defend themselves, against any troublesome Ambitious Neighbour, or bold Invader. For Union and Concord increase and establish Strength and Power, whilst Division and Discord have the contrary Effects." "In this plan," says Grahame,t " we behold the germ of that more celebrated, though less original project, which was again ineffectually recommended by an American statesman in 1754; i Grahame's Colonial History, Vol. II, p. 199. ]66 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and which, not many years after, was actually embraced by his countrymen." Field, t quoting this, adds: "It was in fact the very plan, which was recommended by Dr. Franklin to the Convention at Albany, in 1754, for the purpose of forming a league with the Six Xations, and concerting measures for united operations against the encroachments of the French. This plan of Dr. Franklin's has been much talked of as ' the Albany Plan of Union,' figares largely in all oar histories, and is thought to have been one of those grand and original conceptions for which he was so famous. And yet, it was little more than a transcript of the design sketched by Daniel Coxe, many years before, and which would seem to have originated with him. To him, there- fore, a citizen of New Jersey, belongs the credit of it, and the truth of history requires, that from him it should no longer be withheld." BEQUEST OF LAND FOR A CHURCH AND SCHOOL. Extracts from the Will of William Budd. " Ix THE Name of God Amex I William Budd of Xortham- tou Town in ye County of Burlington in the Province of West Jersey Gent : Being Sick and Weak of Body But of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks be Given unto God therefore Call- ing unto mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my Body I Recommend unto ye Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Buriell att ye Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named nothin Doubting but att ye Generall Resuri'ection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty Power of God and as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form * * "I Give unto my son William Budd five hundred and fifteen acres of Land | Except Tenn acres of Meadow | * * f Field's Pi-ovincial Courts of New Jersey, pp. 134, 137. IN BURLINGTON. 167 I Give liim my Best Coat my Cane and Seal and ye Boy Wil- liam Allcoot he paying to his Sister Susana Budd ye sum of Twenty Pounds Current Silver money of ye Province af"*' -when shee Comes to ye Age of Twenty and one Years or att the Day of her marriage which happens first * * " Item I give unto the Episcopall Church of England the hundred acres of Land Reserved out of the Land of my sons for a Church to be Built thereon and a Schooll to be keept Pro- vided ye said Church be Built thereon within Ten years after ray Decease and if no Church should be Built within ye Term afores" then ye said Land to Return to my son John Budd his Heirs and Assigns forever * * " I Give and Bequeath unto M'' John Talbot forty Shillings. And do Constitute and appoint my Trusty and Well Beloved Friends and Kinsmen M'' John Budd of Philadelphia and ]\I'' Robert Wheeler of Burlington my Trusties to be aiding and Assisting my Executrix in y' Execution and p'formance of this my Last Will and Testament. And Doe Give Each of them the sum of fifty shillings apeice Current Silver money. Item I give unto the Church of Burlington five Pounds Current money. Item I Give to my Son William Budd my vest witli the State Buttons thereon. Item I give my Well Beloved Wife Ann Budd all my Goods Chattels and Plantation whereon I now Dwell and all my Land undisposed of During the Term of her Natural! Life and Doe hereby Give her full Power to Dispose Sell and Convey over to any Person or Persons to them their heirs and assigns forever. * * " In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seal y" First Day of March in y" year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven hundred Seven and Eight. " William Budd. f [l. s.] " t In nearly the centre of St. Mary's Church-yard, there is a headstone witli this inscription ; " This in Memory of William Budd of Northampton Township who Dyed March ve 20th Anno Dom : 172.] Aged T3. Also Ann Jiis Wife who Dyed Sepr. ve'SOth Anno Dom : 1722 Aged 67." IGS HISTORY OF THE CHURCH XOXJUEORSf COXSECEATE JOHN TALBOT. Collier, Hawes and Spinckes had obtained, for the second time, the concurrence and assistance of the Scotch nonjurors, Campbell and Gadderar ; and they iive, on the " 26th of June 1716" says Percival, (adding a foot-note, that "Mr. Bowd- ler's MS. mentions January 25th 1715,") consecrated Gandy and Brett. On the "22d of March, 1720-1," says the sam>e authority, "Hawes Spinckes and Gaudy" consecrated "Ralph Taylor;" and on "the 6th of April," consecrated "Hilkiah Bedford." About this time a division occurred among the nonjurors; " Brett, Collier, and the Scotch Bishop, Campbell, who had set- tled himself in England," says Percival, " insisting upon mak- ing alterations in the Liturgy, to which Hawes, Spinckes, Gandy, Taylor and Bedford would not consent." Taylor, singly, con- secrated Dr. Robert Wei ton — who had been deprived of the rectorship of Whitechapel^ London, for his adhesion to the non- jurors — and Ralph Taylor and Robert Welton together, con- secrated John Talbot. This was previous to October, 1722. J f Measures were taken, soon after the transfer of the crown to the Prince of Orange, for continuing a succession of bishops, among the nonjurors. King James was applied to, who ordered a list of the nonjuring clergy to be sent to him, in France. From these, he directed that one should be nominated by Sancroft, and one by Lloyd, late of Norwich, (see p. 11.) liickes and Wag- stafFe were accordingly designated ; and consecrated, February 24th, 1693, in the lodgings of the Bishop of Peterborough, in Mr. Gillard's house — Henry, Earl of Clarendon, being present at the ceremony. " It was not," .says Perci- val, in the appendix to his 'Apology for Apostolical Succession,' p. 133, " till all the deprived Bishops and Wagstaffe had died, that Hickes determined to keep up a succession of Bishops for the Nonjurors ; for which purpose he applied to the Bishops in Scotland ;• two of whom, Campbell and Gadderar, together with Hickes, consecrated Collier, Spinckes and Hawes, in 1713." "These memoranda," he says, "are drawn partly from some curious printed documents, in my own possession, and partly from information furnished by Kev. Thomas Bowdler, Incumbent of Sydenham, and Eev. H. II. Norris, Hector of South Hackney." Lathbury, in his "History of the Nonjurors," printed in 1842, gives similar, though not quite so full, or accurate, data, JThe only error detected in Percival's account is the date he gives for both "Welton's and Talbot's consecration, which he says, in his table, took place in "1723-4," whereas, in the same table, he gives the death of Taylor, in Decem- ber 1722 ; and moreover, we find that Mr. Talbot — who derived his Episc^)- pate from Taylor, as well as "Welton — had returned to America, and was in Burlington, in November, 1722, a year before the date given by Percival. IX BURLINGTON. 169 3IE. ELLIS'S CEETIFICATE, About the paragraph in his Letter, printed in the abstract of the Society's proceedings, with the Bishop of Carlisle's Sermon. " Burlington in West Jersey Ocf 21" 1722. " In the abstract to the Eight Eev" Lord Bishop of Carlisle's anniversary Sermon preached before the E' Eev" & E' Honble the Society for propagation of the Gospel &c in the year 1719 there is a copy of a complaint as the paragraph inserts it to be made by me underwritten sometime preceeding that abstract against the people called Quakers in these words viz' ' But that in the general education of his charge he meets with many hin- drances from the Quakers ' what I meant by that charge is that I was sent here as Schoolmaster by the Honble Society They (the Quakers) sent their Children to other persons who from time to time have been hired by them to teach School in this Town the which I looked upon as a great hindrance and detri- ment to the business in which I was employed and to Catechis- ing the Children in School they never interrupted me but those few that sent their Children to me desired me not to instruct them in the Catechism for they would not have them educated in that way. " EowLAND Ellis." " M"" Ellis acknowledged he was no otherwise hindred than he has here declared. " Per W" IIaekison Min' of Hopewell <£-c." Churchwardens of Burlington to the Society. "1=' Nov"- 1722 " E^ Eev" & E^ Honble : " Sometime since sev' of the principal of the , people called Quakers residing in this Town made their applications to us with the vestry in relation to a passage in the transactions of the Socy and the end of a Sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle in the year 1719 before the said Society in the words following (From M' Ellis Schoolmaster at Burlington) That on 170 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in ever_v week and on every Sunday in the Church he constantly catechizes the Children whose parents are of the Church but in the general execution of his charge he meets with many hindrances from the Quakers and desired that he would do them the justice to certify whether they had ever given M'' Ellis any manner of interruption in the general execution of his Charge. " "We thought it our duty to send for M'' Ellis and to get hira to give an account what occasioned him to write that paragraph which the whole Town knows to be an error after some time he gave us his answer in writing which we have enclosed that the people injured who con,tend to apply to you might be justified and the blame laid on the right person. '' We are extremely sorry that your House at the point is so miserably out of repair and almost torn to pieces since it was repaired by the care of one of us by the direction of Brigadier Hunter your Honors having taken the charge out -of our hands and put it into others who have done nothing in it hath put it ■out of our power we shall at all times be ready in that or any other thing to show our readiness to serve you and to acknowl- edge the favors our Church hath rec*^ from you and do assure you nothing in our power shall ever be wanting to testify that we are " R' Rev'' & R' Honble " Your most obliged & very humble Serv"* "J.Bass, ] ^, , ,,„ "Geo. Willis, I ^^"'•^'"^ ALL GLAD TO SEE MR. TALBOT IX BURLINGTON AGAIX. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. " Burlington, November 27, [1722.] "Sir: " I and Mr. Skinner arrived safe, in six weeks at Philadel- phia, never better weather, nor so good a Passage, as the Cap- tain said (who was a Quaker) ; they and the sailors used to say, they had no luck when the Priests were on Board, but now they are both prettily convinced, and finally converted, to say no more. All sorts and conditions of men, women and children IX BURLINGTON. 171 were glad to see us return, for they had given me over. I was yesterday at New Bristol, in Pensylvania, to call the people to CImrch, but they had almost lost the way ; it was so overgrown with Bushes, they could hardly find the Church, having had nothing to do there, for two years and a half.f Since I came away the Church there has suffered very much, but the Bishop's house here at the point, is in the worst condition of all ; 'tis made nothing but a baudy-house, a sheep's cote and play-house ; the boys have broken the windows from the top to bottom ; they break the doors, steal the leads and iron bars, they pull down the pales, and cut the Cedar posts, they steal the fruit, and break the Trees ; 'tis in vain to repair it any more, unless some family be put in to guard it, I thiuk. I have a house of my own just by the Church, and I would not live in the point House, if they would give it to me, but I am loath to see it fall down, as the Coach House and stables have already ; and what will they do for the meadows, they will be lost if not claimed speedily, the witnesses will be dead that know where the Lands lie ; if the Society think fit to send any Orders about these things, I hope they will come before it is too late ; I thought it my duty to lay these things before the Honorable Body, and hope you will read it to the Committee and Society, that something may be done, before the whole House drops through ; this is the last time of asking, so I crave your prayers and remain " Your most obedient servant, "JoHx Talbot. " P. S. — The Society had better never have bought this House, for some Gentleman or another, such as Colonel Coxe, would have done very Avell with it, but since they have bought, and can't sell it again for the worth, they had better make a Free School or a College ; it is very well contrived for that purpose. Several of Mr. Skinner's scholars at Philadelphia are fit for the Academy, but here is no place to send them to ; they can't afford to send their children to Europe for Education ; sailing is now too dangerous and troublesome and chargeable, something of a College must be had here, the sooner the better. « J. T." f The duration, in round numbers, of Mr. Talbot's last, and most memorable, sojourn in England. 172 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE RUIX, AXD THE REPAIES, OF THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE. Jlcssrs. Coxe & Trent to the Secretary. "Trenton 20* Sept' 1723. "Sir " Having received the honor of the Societys commands by your letter of the 2P' of Sepf last relating to the repairs neces- sary to be done to their house and Gardens at Burlington and keeping up all the fences round them, the Orchard &c. " In pursuant of these orders and discharge of the Trust rfe- posed in us as soon as our affairs would permit — we repaired thither to inspect the circumstances and condition thereof and to give proper directions about the same. Upon the first view we are sorry to say nothing could appear more ruinous and desolate — The Orchard Garden and Fields behind the house were quite open and become a common pasture to the Horses Cattle and Sheep of the Town — The fences round them being down and many of the rails rotten though the posts which consisted of cedar were standing, many of the Fruit Trees were entirely de- stroyed and others had their best branches broke off or hanging down and dead. As to the house all the doors were open & all the locks except one with the latches and bolts stole away — The Avindows from top to bottom were broke few pannels remain- ing whole and even many of the casements were missing, the rooms below stairs were the usual retreat and harbour of the Sheep in the night time and severity of the weather — Their dung lay many inches thick on the floors & on the walls were various unseemly figures drawn Avith charcoal besides immodest and wicked descriptions — The well was filled with the skeletons of sheep and other rubbish and the iron handle of the pump taken away but since by us recovered — The Lead on the top of tiie house was for the greatest part gone, and as we have lately re- ceived some intimation through whose hands it past we shall endeavor to discover them if possible — several of the Chamber doors above stairs were broke to pieces & the flooring in many places rent up together with some hearths chimney pieces and ceilings, to search as is said for hidden treasure — The Cellars and Offices adjoining were one continued heap of dung and nastiness IX BURLINGTON. 173 — we are obliged to employ Indians and Negroes to perform an almost herculean labour in cleaning them for none of the white men could be persuaded to undertake the task in short every thing was in the utmost disorder and confusion. " Wherefore finding it absolutely necessary either immediately to repair the whole or else to suffer it to run to entire decay — we sent for workmen the best could be procured and computed the charge of the work according to their several calculations if they undertook by the which being very extravagant we altered our purpose and resolved to employ each man by the day which method proved the best and saved almost half in half as well as created a speedier dispatch of the business so that we can assure the Society that the house and fences are in very good repair — we saved indeed every thing that was needless and served only for ornament or ostentation, however tho' the work is mostly plain yet its very good and substantial and will as we believe answer the Societys intentions and with some new rails which we shall add next Spring to the fences and the Societys half of a new fence betwixt their lands and the Southern lots will last many years with a small expence. "We have persuaded with much difficulty an honest Gentle- man who is deputy Secretary to the Province and a Justice of the Peace to live in the house and we find already from his bear Interest and authority a very great alteration for the better none attempting since his residence there to break the windows destroy the Fruit Trees or pull down the fence to let their Cattle into their Orchard or pasture which before it was impossible to prevent. " The Garden we have contracted into a narrower compass Init it may be enlarged when ever it is necessary — All the out- houses except the Stable have been demolished & the materials destroyed several years past and we presume its needless at present to erect them again yet it shall be done whenever the Society sends their orders for that purpose. " We find it necessary that some sheet lead should be sent over with all convenient speed for the covering of the Top of the house in the room of what has bec^n taken hence. " We have not yet received the original deeds of the Societys house and lands left by Coll Hunter in the 'custody of Coll 174 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Depeyster of New York that unhappy Gentleman being at present deprived of the use of his reason, but a friend of ours- has undertalcen to procure them speedily and send us, and then we shall immediately put them on record at Burlington and transmit to the Society an authentic copy of them together with a Survey of the lands and meadows belonging to the house. " The several tradesmens bills already delivered in and paid amount to £69 11. 1 lawful money of America according to Act of Parliament which reduced to sterling is £52 3. 3|- for which sum we have drawn on the Honble Society payable to John iSIoore Esq' or his order. " We shall write you further next November if any ship sails from Philadelphia or New York by which time we may be able to send you a state of the whole account and other affairs of the Society as directed particularly about the Meadows which a Gentleman of Philadelphia has been in possession of many years, " What seems to us most for the Societys Interest is that a suit at law be immediately commenced for thejrecovery of their rights because several antient people who will appear good evi- dences in their behalf are very infirm and can't by course of nature last long and that it may be less tedious and expensive will endeavor to persuade the Gentlemen to go to law by con- sent if its the opinion of the Society and they send their com- mands so to do. " We are Sir &c " Dax^ Coxe " W" Trent." MORE A\'ORK TO DO NOW THAN BEFORE. J/r. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, 20th September, 1723. "Rev. Sir: " I have more work to do now than I had before, and I have no assistant ; they are both gone, and haVe left me and tlie Church in the lurch. I have fifteen miles to travel from the Capes of Delaware to the Hills and Mountains in East Jersey,, and none to help me but Mr. Lidenius, a Swedish minister, and IX BURLINGTON. 175 he is going away. I have been this month at Trenton, at Hopewell, and Amwell, preaching and baptizing nineteen per- sons in one day. I visited several persons that were sick, who had been Quakers, and who -were come off their errors, with Mr. George Keith ; they were 80 years of age, and had never received the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in all their lives, but were loth to die, without the benefit and comfort of it ;: so I Avas fain to come back again to Burlington, to get the Ele- ments, then returned to the jMountains, and did administer tO' their great satisfaction. They are preparing to build a Church in the Spring, but when they will have a minister I cannot tell ;. but it is a solemn thing (as they say in Xew England) for the lost sheep to go astray in the "Wilderness ; to be among "Wolves is worse, but for sheep to be without a shepherd, is the most deplorable case of all ; meanwhile it is some comfort to see the Bishop's house at Burlington, in repairs again ; it is as well finished and furnished, as ever I saw it. The Governour of Xew York is coming to reside here for a month or two. We have got an honest Churchman, as we suppose, to live there and keep it in good order, now it is so, by care and order of Colonel Coxe; if the account comes not by this ship, ' Old Annise,' it will by the next this fall, in Captain Richmond. I have set up one Mr. Searle, a schoolmaster, to read prayers, and preach on Sundays, at Springfield ; I lent him some sermons of Drs. Tillotson and Beveridge ; several Quakers came to hear him, and are much taken with him ; they say they never thought the Priests had so much Good Doctrine. I am sure he is a much better Clerk than Mr. H n, saving his orders, there- fore I commend him to the Society for their encouragement: and hope they will count him worthy to be a half-pay officer in their service. I pray God bless all our benefactors, and prosper all the labours of all their honest missioners, especially "Your &c. " John Talbot." DJS^riSSAL OF MR. UliMSTOis'' FROM PHILADELPHIA. The vacancy in Christ Church, Philadelphia, occasioned by the death of the Rev. Mr. Vicary was temporarily supplied by A 176 HISTOEY OF THE CHUECH the Eev. John Urmston, wlio had been a missionary in North Carolina. His conduct, however, was such as to bring great reproach upon the church, and he was dismissed, after having preached there but about a year. The following proceedings were had, in consequence of Mr. Urmston's removal : " At a meeting of the vestry, October 29th, 1723, Mr. Fra- eer, church warden, laid before the vestry a minute of the con- vention of the clergy of this province, held at Chichester the 23d day of this instant, October, which was read, and is as followeth : " ' A member of the convention having laid before the brethren the reflections cast upon those missionaries who recommended Mr. Urmston to supply the cure of Philadelphia, and the said member having signified what reasons such reflections were grounded upon, agreed that the Eev. Mr. Talbot and the Eev. Mr. Weyman do acquaint the vestry and wardens of the church of Philadelphia, that the clergy of this province are willing and ready to concur in the removal of the said Mr. Urmston from Philadelphia, provided they do signify their uneasiness to the convention, and make their application to them, or any three of their number, under their hands to that purpose. "Signed, John Talbot, "Geokge Eoss, "Jonx Humphreys, "Egbert Weyman, "William Beckett.' "The above communication having been read, it was 'Ee- solved that the thanks of this vestry be given to the gentlemen of the convention for their expressing themselves so willing and ready to concur in the removal of Mr. Urmston from Philadel- phia.' It was further ' ordered that the church wardens wait upon as many of the above clergy as they conveniently can, and deliver them a copy of this minute, and let them know that if they please to supply this church till we can be otherwise pro- vided, we shall gratefully acknowledge the favour. " Signed, William Frazer, Church Warden ; and by ten A^es- trymeu, among whom were Peter Evans and Samuel Hasell." Dorr's History of Christ Church, Philadelphia, pp. 51, 52. JiUELIXGTON more PLEASANT THAN HAHSBURY. Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. " Philadelphia, 9th December, 1723. " Eev'd Sir, " This place is my head quarters. I was taken very ill in the church last Sunday at Burlington with Cholera Morlous so that IX BURLIXGTOX. 177 I was forced to leave the chui'ch. After I read the Psalms I could go no further. After I had laid by some days I came down to Philadelphia to consult the Doctor and, thank God, I have had my health very well. When I can get any help I send them to Burlington and go myself some times, but 'tis a thousand pities this place should be destitute. Here are mucli people and tho' they are poor, they ought not to be lost for lack of looking after. They are well rid of with [blank in M8.'\'] at last. He was worse than Phillips and would not go away till he was starved out. Here's nothing but a little paper coin cur- rent, neither money, credit nor Tobacco. The best of the people had left the church so they would muster nothing but they would give him some what to go away so they got rid of him at last. Col. Coxe and Mr. Trent have done their parts toward.^ the Society's house at Burlington. They have put it all in good order both within and without. The Gardens, Orchard and pasture are fenced all round and, what is more than ever was done, they have got an honest man (as we suppose), to live there as Adam did in Paradise to dress it and keep it so 'tis fit now for any Governor in Church or State. Mr. Burnet has been there this quarter almost, & he says 'tis more pleasant than Salisbury J in England. Therefore I am not fallen out with my first love. Dear Bur : but I have some pity of poor Philadelphia. Because she has none to help her, there is most need there at present. I can do most good till some body else comes so I commend myself and service to the Hon'ble Society & desiring their prayers I rest their & "Your humble Servant, " Jo : Talbot." THE RAVIXG OF THE REV. JOHN UEMSTON. "Cecil County in Maryland, June ult. 1724. " Rev. Sir : " You may remember that I once had a mind to have gone with the D. of Portland ; you were pleased to offer me that letter to a French Marquis who went with his Grace. I thought f Presumed to be the Kev. John Urmston. X The Governor was the son of the Bishop of Salisbury. JI 178 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH mv Lord D. of Kin,s;ton who married the otlier's sister might be more eifectual. He spake to his brother and his answer was that he should take no more into his family and yet soon after entertained Charles Lamb. This was one of the many dis- appointments I met with whilst in England last. I was rude in not acquainting you Avith my departure, but believe you will be so good as to pardon that and many other liberties particu- larly this long scroll which with humble respects will give you a farther account of my unfortunate circumstances which I the rather communicate to you knowing you to be no half papist, as too many of the clergy now-a-days are. "You're to be acquainted that I went from London to New England, where I had some hopes of staying but was prevented by the New Converts, one whereof had the offer if he would go to England and be ordained, and forthwith did, and is now minister of the New Episcopal Church in Boston, the only man that could be thought of; he'll do more good there than any other. I left the place very contentedly, and went from New Y'^ork, where I narrowly missed of being Chaplain to the Fort and assistant to INIr. Yesey. Hearing that the Incumbent of Philadelphia was gone to England for his health, and left the place ill-supplyed, I hastened thither, and was gladly received of the people. About six months after, we had the news of the death of the Incumbent aforesaid. I had written to my corres- pondent to get some friend to intercede with my then Lord of London to appoint me minister there. I never doubted of my friend's diligence nor his Lordship's favour, but my letters from England must certainly have been intercepted. Mr. Talbot, the famous Rector of Burlington, in the Jerseys, supplanted me here.t Governor Burnet had been long displeased with him by reason he is a notorious Jacobite, and will not pray for the King and Royal Family by name, only says the King and Prince, by which 'tis obvious whom he means. He hath often endeavoured to persuade me to do so too (little less than treason, I think, to go about to pervert the King's subjects from their duty and allegiance to his Majesty). He hath poisoned all the neigh- fA coun tor statement to this appears in the following : " December 19, 1723. " To the Kight Eev. Father in (rod, Edmund, lord bishop of London : The liumble address and representation of the chnroh wardens and vestry of Christ Church, Pliiladelphia. May it please your lordship, * * Our church, for aliovo twelve months last past, rather than the doors should be shut and the congregation scatter, has been supplied by one Mr. Urmston, heretofore missionai-y to the honourable society to North Carolina ; but now by them, for good reasons doubtless, dismissed, as he is by us, and gone for Maryland." Dorr's History, pp. 53, 54. IN BURLIXGTOX. 179 bouring clergy with his rebellious principles ; they dare not pray otJiervvise than he does when he is present. He caused many of my hearers to leave the Church ; at last he gained his point, was accepted, and I kicked out very dirtily by the Vestry, who pretend that the Bishop of London is no Diocesan, nor hath anything to do there more than another Bishop, so that any one that is lawfully ordained and licenced by any Bishop, it matters not who, the Bishop of Rome I suppose Talbot and many more will say, or any other, is capable of taking upon him any cure in America. I was not sorry for my removal from so precarious and slavish a place, where they rec|uire two sermons every Lord's l>ay. Prayers all the week, and Homilies on Festi- vals, besides abundance of Funerals, Christenings at home, and sick to be visited ; no settled salary, the Churchwardens go from house to house every six months, every one gives what lie pleases, sometimes liberally, and on the least pretence or dislike, or it may be the persuasion of the Churchwardens and their adherents, they'll give nothing, and so they forced that worthy gentleman, Dr. Evans, and many others to leave the places; they love new faces. I was told that they had eleven ministers within the space of nine years. About three months after Tal- bot was gotten into his kingdom some had the courage to go to Sir William Keith, who otherwise was well enough pleased with Talbot, and to tell his Excellency that it was a shame such a fellow should be allowed to officiate in the Church, and that if his Excellency suffei-ed him they would write to England against them both, whereupon Talbot was sent away, and the place hath been vacant these four months. What has become of this great Apostle I know not ; certainly Governor Burnet will not suffer him to return to Burlington. Some of his confi- dants have discovered that he is in orders, as many more rebels are. I have heard of no ordinations he has made as yet, but doubtless he'll persuade all the clergy who are his creatures to be ordained again by him. To this end he came fraught from England with some of the most virulent and scandalous pamphlets he could pick up ; that one I met with by chance, whose title was, 'The Case Truly Stated,' proving that all ordained by Bishops consecrated since or such as conformed and approved of the revolution are imposters, and the divine service is only to be performed by those who have been re-ordained by non-jurors, and that there are enough of them all over England to serve the Church, Proh mores atque hominum fidem! " As oldest Missionary he received the three years' interest of the £2000 the late Archbishop of Canterbury his legacy towards the support of a Bishop in the plantations, and is entitled to the 180 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH same until a Bishop be appointed. My Lord Cliancellor did not know the man, or certainly he would never have admitted him to so great a favour. I went by land from Philadelphia to North Carolina, in order to take a view of Maryland and Vir- ginia, and to sell my Plantation, stock, and goods ; that done, I returned to Maryland, and am settled in Cecil County, a very promising, thriving place ; the income is between 33 and 34,00(3, which will be considerable when Tobacco bears a price. "I am, Reverend Sir, " Your most obedient "John Urmstox." MR. TALBOT's gift TO HIS SUCCESSORS. f " To ALL Christian people to whom these present- shall come or may concern I John Talbot Rector of St. Mary's Church at Burlington in the western Division of the Province of New Jersey, Send Greeting : Know ye, that Doctor Robert fframpton Late Lord Bishop of Gloucester in the Kingdom of Great Brittain as well iu Consideration of his great Zeal for Gods glory, the advancement of true Religion and y" propagation of the Catholick and Apostolick Churcli, and (par- ticularly) as a further Encouragement to the ministers & pastors of that pure branch of it planted here in America him there- unto especially moving. Did Bequeath the Sum of one hun- dred pounds to y" use intents and purposes as hereafter in these p'sents limitted and as by a clause in his Last will & Testam* it is at Large expressed and Declared in these words following. Viz'. I Give and Bequeath the Sum of one hundi'cd pounds for the Encouragement of Ministers to propagate the Gospell in the western plantations according to y" order of y* Church of England which money my will is shall be Disposed off accord- ing to y^ Direction and appointment of the R' Reverend ffather in God Henry present Bishop of London And whereas the said Henry Bishop of London upon the earnest Sollicitations of tlie Rev*" Mr. Talbot made for the Legacy aforesaid in behalf of the Church of S' Marys aforesaid, by a Certain writing under his hand and Seal bearing Date y'' 11"" day of April in the Year t The following instrument — beautifully engrossed, in old English text, on a large piece of vellum — is still (1876) in the archives of the Parish. IN BUELINGTON. 181 of our Lord 1713 according to y" j^ious intention of our worthy Benefactor thought meet to Direct' and appoint the Said Sum of one hundred pounds to be Laid out in the purchai^e of an aug- mentation to y" maintenance of the present Rector of S' Marys Church in Burlington in New Jersey and his Successors Rectors of that Church for Ever, And further directed that the said Sum of one hundred pounds be, by the Exer, of y'= Donor aforesaid, paid into the hands of Mrs. Catharine Bovey to be by her to- f^ether with the advice and Assistance of the Minister Church wardens and Vestry men of said S' Marys Laid out for y" use aforesaid, And WHEREAS the sd Jolin Talbot by Certain good and Sufficient Conveyances in y" Law stands Lawfully seized in Fee Simple of a Certain Messuage and sundry Lotts of Land scituate Lying & being in the Town and Town bounds of Burlington aforesd, to M'it. One messuage and Lot of Land containing Two Acres and half an acre of Land iFronting on the east Side of Sec- ond Street and west from High Street and is in breadth between land formerly belonging to Jonathan ffox and Walter ILumphrey Twenty one perches 't to the bishop op londox. 3Ir. Stubbs to the Bishop of London. "Westmer, April 16, 1725. "My Lord: "In obedience to your Lordship's commands, just now laid upon me in the Cockpit, I dispatch as ordered by Sir J. Phillips, two paragraphs of a letter just come to hand, signed 'John IX BUELINGTOX. 191 Urmston/ and dated 'Cecil County, in Maryland, 7 ber. 29th, 1724;' 'P. S. Mr. Talbot did me no unkindness in causing me to be turned out of Philadelphia to make room for himself. He convened all the clergy to meet, put on his robes and de- manded Episcopal obedience from them ; one wiser than the rest refused, acquainted the Governor with the ill consequences thereof, the danger he would run of losing his Government, whereupon the Governor ordered the Church to be shut up.' " P. S. He is succeeded by Dr. Welton who makes a great noise amongst them by reason of his sufFerings. Pie has brought with him to tlie value of £300 sterling in guns and fishing tackle, with divers printed copies of his famous altar-piece at White Chapel. He has added a scrowl with words proceeding out of tlie mouth of the Bishop of Peterborough to this effect, as I am told, ' I am not he that betrayed Christ, though as ready to do it as ever Judas was.' I have met him since in the streets, but had no farther conversation with him. " Your Lordship's " Most dutiful " Philip Stubbs." Di:. "WELTOX, THE PHILADELPHIA A'ESTRy, AND GOVEEXOK KEITH. Sir William Keith io the Secretary S. P. G. "May 13, 1725. " Sir : " The notice which the Society do me the honour to give by your letter of 15th January, concerning Dr. Welton's charac- ter, shall be duly regarded by using all the means that is in my power to prevent the mischief which they apprehend from the Doctor's residing in the Government. But so long as the Vestry here take upon them to be wholly independent on the Governor's authority, and that Clergymen may be indiiferently called without either a license from the Bishop or Induction here, I hope I cannot be accountable for irregularities of that nature untill I am better assisted with a proper authority ; and if I knew where to make application without giving offence, I 192 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH think I have some reason to complain that the Church here i& so much neglected as that the Governor and those who are truly well affected to our Sovereign Lord King George and his Eoyal Family, cannot decently attend the publick worship. The Bishop of London very well knows my sentiments on this mat- ter, and I must entreat that you Mill be pleased to assure the Society that his Majesty has not a servant in America who is moi'e heartily disposed than I am to rectify abuses of this matter, " Sir, your most obedient Humble Servant, "W. Keith." ACTS GP JURISDICTION OVER MISSIONARIES BY JtR. TALBOT, UNKNOWN. 3Ir. Talbot to the Bishop of London. " Burlington^ July 2d, 1725. " May IT Please Your Lordship : " I understand by letters from some friends in England that I am discharged the Society for Exercising Acts of Jurisdiction over my Brethren, the Missionaries, &c. This is very strange to me, for I knew nothing about it, nor any body else, in all the world. I could disprove it by 1,000 witnesses, but since there is one come home in the Richmond, Mrs. Alexander, relict of the Comptroller in Philadelphia, &c. (she has been many years a member of Christ Church,) she can give your Lordship the best account of the present state. As for myself, I shall not turn accuser of the Brethren, but this I will say, those that came last are not better than their fathers, and some of them have given occasion to a proverb of reproach, and been told to their faces, ' The Devil would have the Bishop of London for ordain- ing such fellows as you.' " This I take to be the most unpardonable sin, the iniquity of Eli's house, which the Lord said should not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever, because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not : But, my Lord, let them be who they will, or what they will, to their own master they stand or fall, I have nothing to do with them, nor ever had, nor ever will. I am clear of the blood of all men, and will so keep' IN BURLINGTON. 193 myself. Let them that have the watch look out : as your Lord- ship has done me the wrong, so I hope you will do me the right, upon better information, to let me be in statu quo, — for indeed I have suffered great wrong, for no oifence or fault at all, that I know of, a long, long penance I have done, for crimes, alas! to me unknown, but God has been with me, and made all things work together for my good ; meanwhile I hope your Lordship will hear the right, and do nothing rashly, but upon your authority, for the edification and not for the destruction of this poor Church ajjud Americanos, which has many adversaries, and none to help her. But this good Lady, Mrs. Alexander, if youT Lordship please to give her audience, will give the best in- formation, and answer all objections that can be alleged against " Your most humble " And faithful servant, '•■J. Talbot." "out of quantum with the society." Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. "Burlington, July 8th, 1725. ^' Eea'erexd Sir : " Yours received March, ult., that I am out of Quantum, with the Society, and also a Bill, protested since that, payable to Mr. Graham, of £30, value received. I heard nothing of this before our Lady Day last past, therefore I have drawn a bill for three quarters' salary for so long I was actually in their service at my proper cost and chai-ge, in propagating the Gospel, and this is as much due to me, as any I have received from them. Sir, I desire the favour of yourself to lay the case before the Honour- able Board, and when they consider the thing as it is, they will please to pay that Bill to my worthy Friend, Mr. Thomas Torey, for I never knew any board discard their oflScers but they paid them for the time being in their service, and knew nothing of their will and pleasure to the contrary. I remain, your most humble and obliged servant, " John Talbot." N 194 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE WILL OF JEREMIAH BASS. t + t " In the Name of God Amex '^ " I Jeremiah Bass of Burlington in the Province of New Jersey being at this time by the Good Providence of God of Sound mind and memory (Blessed be his Name for the Same) Considering Seriously the unceirtainty of this transitory life And those many Accidents that may disable me from setling that Estate that God in his mercy hath entrusted me with And being Sensible that in the time of Sickness and on A Death bed the most prepared person will have enough to doe to contem- plate the estate he is entring into in which his Portion of Joy or Sorrow must ceirtainely be adjudged to him without any Alteration to all Eternity. "J I doe therefore make and declare this to be my Last will and testament Revokeing and Disanulling all other or former wills by Me made & declared. J " Impeimus I Comit my Soule to God that Gave it and my body to be decently interred without any Pompf And I doe ernestly desire that Great Care may be taken to prevent all manner of Rudeness that may be ocationed by too much Strong Liquor J And if there be any minister of Episcopall ordination f Besides the numerous ofBces and trusts already noticed as held by Mr. Bass, he was Governor of the " Province of East New Jersey," from 1698 to 1700. Journall of the Oovernour and Councill of the Province of East New Jersey, pp. 196, 228. " Att a Councill held At Perth Amboy In the Countie of Middx: the 7tli day of Aprill Anno Dom 1698, Jeremiah IBasse, Esqr produced to this board A Com'ission to bee Governour and Com'ander In CheefFe of this Province of East New Jersey, given under the Seale of the sayd Province In l^ondon, & signed by the Proprietors there bearing date the 15th day of July 1697." —Ibid, p. 196 j " Att A Councill Held Att Perth Amboy the 8th of Aprill 1698, [the very next morning, at 8 o'clk, and the first business recorded] Agreed & ordered by this board that A proclamation bee Issued, for All Magistrates & other officers to put the Lawes In Executione strickly Against im'oderate drinking swearing & other vices & the breach of the sabbath day." Ibid, p. 197. Mr. Bass was appointed Attorney General by Gov. Hunter in 1719, which commission was renewed by Gov. Burnet, in 1721. Pie died in 1725. Field's Provincial Courts of New Jersey, p. 102. IN BURLINGTON. 19?i Resideing in towne or easie to be had Let a funerall Sermoiid be preached from the 19 Ch. Jobe: 25 : 26 & 27. vers&s And the Psalms to be sung Part of the 103 from verse the 10"" to the end & the 90 Psalm after the New Translation Thus my desire is to be buried according to the Rites and Cerimonys of the best of Churches the Church of England of which I profess my Selfe an unworthy member And in whose Communion I desire to die. And altho my life may not in all things and at all times been correspondant to the Rules of so pure and holy A Religion Yet I trust my Sins shall be blotted out and my pardon Sealed through the alone merrits and mediation of my blessed Loed AXD Savior Jesus Christ who as Second person in the holy and undivided Trinity In the begining made the AYorld And all those Glorious Orbs of Light that bespangle the firmament Who in the fulness of time after as the Devine Logos he had in a more perculier manner Governed the Jewish Church tooke our nature upon him & was borne of the Virgin Mary and being crusified by Pontius Pilate he raised himselfe up from the Grave by his owne power And on his Asseution into heaven Estab- lished for himselfe a Kingdome in this world (which Is his church) altogeather independant on the Civill Majestrate in matters purely Spirituall and Appointed his Apostles and their Successors the Bishops Preists and Deacons as his officers and ministers of that Kingdome which he will Support & raaintaine against all Oposition till the end of the world and Finall Judge- ment And that this truth may be more promulgated and taughl My Will and desire is that fourty Shillings Sterling per Annum [be paid] to some honest and worthy minister of Episcopall ordination More perticulerjy the Rector of the Church of S' Marys in Burlington for the time being or if their Should be a Vacancy there and that Church Should not be Supplyed then to the minister of Christ Church in Philadelphia & their Suc- cessors for the preaching two sermonds anualy the one on Easter Sunday and the Other on White Sunday for the maintainance & illustration of this Great Truth And for the due and punctuall payment of this Legacy I Charge All my Reall Estate in the towne of Burlington : J 196 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " AxD AS to my Temporall Estate I will Devise and Direct that all my Debts wheresoever & whatsoever may with all pos- ible Expedition [be] duely and honestly paid and Satisfied by My Executrix hereinafter named And in order to Enable her to performe the Same I doe hereby Order will and Direct That if need be (As I am asured their will not be) all or any part of my' estate either Personall or Reall Except what Shall be hereafter Excepted be Sold and disposed of by my said Executrix by & with the Consent advice and Assistance of my Son in Law M'' Robert Talbot My daughter Anne Bass & Mr Andrew Hamil- ton of Philadelphia Giveing and hereby Granting unto my said Executrix by and with the Advise aforesaid or any two of them full power and authority to Sell and dispose of my said estate or any part thereof Except as before Excepted and to Signe Seale and Execute full and absolute Conveyances for the Same As fully as I my Selfe now am enabled to doe. Always pro- vided that these Powers togeather with those as Executrix that she is hereby Invested with all Shall Continue So longe as She Shall Continue my Widdow And no longer it being my full intent That If She marry againe her husband Shall have Noth- ing to doe with any more of my Estate then what I give to my wife. And in that Case of my wifes marrage I appoint My Daughters Katherin Talbot and Anne Bass and My Son Burchfeild Joynt Executors in the Place of my wife J " And my will further is that if my lands Or Reall Estate be left undisposed of in the Widdowhood of my wife that it be not Sold except for payment of any Debts that Shall Remaine unsatisfied but that It be devided into three parts One part Whereof I Give to my wife during her Naturall life & the other two thirds or parts to be equaly devided betwixt My three children haveing in the Devition a Just Care to Substract so much out of My Daughter Katherins Share as is in proportion to What She hath already Received Viz : The house & Lott in towne adjoyneing to that I live in & the fourty akers in the towne bounds & negro Bess And that there may be no contest about the said devition I will that my wife & each of my daughters & my son chuse each One person to See the devition IN BUKLINGTON. 197 made & That when it Is done It be put downe in Letts and Numbred and drawne by any indiferent person. "And I also will that in the disposall of My Eeall Estate it may be done in this Order first the Land Granted me by the Proprietors of the Easterne division of this province at Cran- bury brook and the Great Ponds The Remainder of my Lotts at Amboy Then the Lands Granted to Me by the proprietors of the Westerne division on Delawar River with that purchased of Andrew Heath : Then those at Coliansie and I would not have the house I now live in or the Lotts or meadows in towne Sould but on the Greatest emergency and with Consent of my wife and two daughters : "Item I will that my deare wife Elizabeth Bass who I hereby constitute and apoint my whole and sole Executrix during her Widdowhood and no longer have the posession of the house I Now live in with the Orchards Gardens and Meadows in towne & sutable furniture for the Said house as long as she Continues ray Widdow but in case of Marriage to be disposed of as afore Viz One third of the Reall Estate dureing her life & one third of the personall Estate for Ever: "Item I will that the Estate that I have disposed to My children be to them and their heirs for Ever and in case any of them should die before a Devition be made I Will and bequeath their part of the Reall Estate to be equaly devided amongst the Surviors of two and if but one to him or her liis or her heirs or Assignes for Ever : "And in Case it should So happen that all My Childi'en Should die without heirs Lawfully beggotten then My will and Mind Is that Such part of My Reall Estate as is remaineing be Given to Minister Church Wardens and Vestry of the Church of S' Marys in Burlington and to their Sucessors for and towards the Augmentation of the Liveing of the Rector of the said Church & the encoragement of Catechiseing every Wens- day and Fryday in Lent. "Item My desire Is that if it can well be Avoided My Library be not Sould but preserved for the use of My Son Buchfeild if he inclines to Learning & aplys himselfe to the Study and Pracise either of Divinity Law or Phisig but in 198 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH case that his enclination doe not Lead him to Any of those Studys to be divided amongst my Children unless My Son Tal- bot shall incline to accept of at a Just Vallue in Leiu of so much (if Any other part of My Estate: Always provided that my wife and daughter Anne have the Privilidge of Choseing what they like out of the books of Divinity or history or Morality on the same termes : " In Testimony Whereof I have set my hand & affixed my Seale to this Will Contained in two leaves of Paper and Sealed on a peace of black Ribbaa with My Coate of Arms & at the bottome of Each Sheet with my Name & Seale this twenty Sixth day of January in the Yeare of our Lord one thousand Seaven hundred and twenty fourf J J J "J. Bass[l. s.]" " Signed Sealed Published and Leclared by the within Jere- miah Bass the Testator to be his last Will in the presence of us "Sam'- Bustill "John Allen "Tho' Hunloke" ss. " Pro : New Jersey "CoLin't Burlington "This Nineth day of August Anno: Dom: One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty five personally came before me Samuel Bustill D : Surrogate and Ordinary of the Western Division of the Province of New Jersey duly commis- sioned and impowered for the proving of last Wills and Testa- ments &c : Thomas Hunloke Esq'' One of the Witnesses above subscribed to this within last Will and Testament Who on his solemn oaths which he took on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God Doth depose that he was present and saw the within named Jeremiah Bass sign and Seal and heard him publish pronounce and Declare the within written Instrument containing two sheets of paper to be his last Will and Testament and that at the same time the Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and understanding, and that also at the same time, Samuel Bustill the Officer above named, and John Allen jThe penmanship of the original AVill— from which this is minutely tran- scribed — is very handsome. IN BURLINGTON. 199 Esq the other two subscribed witnesses were personally present and Signed their names as Witnesses to the within Will in the presence of said Testator and also that he this Deponent at the Same time did sign his name as a witness to the within written Avill containing as aforesaid, in the presence of the Testator. "Tl-IO^ HUNLOKE " Sworn at Burlington " before me "Sam"- Bustill, Burr:" " Pro : New Jersey 1 " Coun't Burlington j"*®- "This Nineth day of August Anno : Dom : one thousand Seven hundred and twenty five personally appeared before me Samuel Bustill D : Surrogate and Ordinary of the Western Division of the province of New Jersey duly Commissioned and appointed M''" Elizabeth Bass the Testatrix in the within Last Will and Testament named who being Sworn upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God did declare that the within writing containing two sheets of paper is the last Will and Testament of her late husband Jeremiah Bass Esq"^ Deceased as far as she knows and believes and that she will well and truly perform the same by paying first the Debts and then the Lega- cies contained in the said AVill so far forth as the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Dece'' will thereunto Extend and the Law charge And that she will make a True and perfect inventory and also Render a Just account when thereunto required " Elizabeth Bass. " Sworn at Burlington " Before me " Saji Bustill D. Surrg* " THE EFFECTS OP THE LATE HON. J. BASS. " A True & perfect Inventory of all & Singular The Goods ■& Chattels of Jeremiah Bass, Esq' Late of Burlington in the Western Division of ye Province of New Jersey dec'' Exclusive of ye Law Books & other ye Library of ye said Jeremiah Bass, Taken & appraised At Burlington in November in ye year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Twenty five by the Appraisers whose names are To This Inventory & Appraise- ment Subscribed 200 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Imp Cash & Apparel f sc oz pwt gr Item Plate 9 14.. 6.. 11. 9 at 6 | lOJ It Tea Spoons &c It It. It. £40.. 10. — o9.. 19.. 9' 1.. 7.. ()• IN THE GREAT PARLOrR. 2 Oval Tables &o Tea Table S, 3.. — .. 2 Great Pictures & 22 Small do 8.. — .. A Clock 12.. — .. A Looking Glass 3.. — .. 14 Chairs 3.. 12.. 6 Drinking; Glasses 2 Decanters 1 A Salt 3 Tea potts 8 China Dishes >• & Saucers one Earthen Dish J 4 Cheney Basons 1 pr Candlesticks 2.. — .. 2 Sconces, 2 Babes Tea Cupps ) Tumbler &c ) 1 pr Andirons & a fender a Chimney \ Cloth / — .. 10.. £ 32.. 2,. IN THE HALL. 1 Oval Table £ .. 12 1 Large Picture 3. — 6 Chairs — 12.. 5 Fowling Pieces PARL 5 — IN THE LITTLE OUR. 1 Dressing Table 4 Chairs a Couch } 1 Stand 4.. — .. — 1 Large Earthen Jarr 2 Small do — .. 5.. — 1 Brass Shovel & Tongs 1 pr \ Andirons & fenders J — .. 12.. — 1 Scruton 2.. 10.. — 1 Book frame 2.. 17 Pictures 1 pr Hand Screws 1 & Chimney Cloth j' 1., , 10.. — 2 Sconces 2 Looking Glasses \ & Earthen Cupps / 4.. — A Clock 16.. — .. — It. 1 Bed & furniture 1 Black Cabinett 5 Chairs 1 Close Stool 9 Small Looking Glasses & 7 pictures 9.. 4.. — 2.'. — .'. — 1.. 10.. — — 10.. 10.. IN THE MIDDLE CHAMBER. 1 Bed & furniture & window Curtains 1 Looking Glass 8 Chairs 2 Stands 1 Silver Watch 4 Large Pictures 11 Small do 2 Mapps 1 Cabinett 2 Stools 1 pine Table 2 Sm Glasses 8 China Cups 4 Saucers 2 Glass Cups 1 Brass Shovel & Tongs 1 pair of \ Andirons I 14.. 1.. — „ — 1.. 10.. — 3.. 10.. — %.. —.. — 10.. — .. — — .. 15.. — — .. 10.. .34.. 10.. — IN BURLINGTON. 201 THE GREAT CHAMBEE. 1 Bed & furniture 7.. — .. — 1 Small do 4.. — .. — 6 Chairs 1 Dressing Glass 1.. 5.. — 6 Gilded Pictures 2.. — .. — 1 old iron hearth — .. 7.. 6 15 Small pictures 8 old Prints 1.. — .. — 3 Cups 2 Jarrs 1 SuUibub Cup "I 1 Teapott 1 pepper box j — .. 4.. — 1 Pine Table & Table Cloth — .. 6.. — 16.. 2.. ii. 10.. IN THE GAREET. 4J dozen Diaper & Damask Kapk : .5 Diaper Table Cloths 6 pr of Sheets 4 pr Pillow biers 2.. 2.. 4.! 14.. — 10.. — 10.. — 12.. — 12 Towels 3 Holland Table Cloths 1 Bedd furniture 1 Bottle Case 1 pole & lumber 1.. •5.. 12.'. — 5" — IN YE KITCHEN. 16 Pewter dishes 4 Dozen Plates ' 2 Pewter Eims 1 Cullender 1 Bason 1 Monteth 2 large brass kettles 2 Small do 2 Iron Potts 1 brass pott 1 bell \ Mettle Skillet J 7.. 4.. 10.. — 10.. — . 1.. — 6.. IT 12.. 6.. It. 1 Teakettle 1 frying pan — .. 6.. — 1 Jack 2 Spitts 2.. 10.. — 3 pr brass Candlesticks 1 pr Snuflers — .. 10.. 1 pepper box 3 brass Candlesticks — .. 13. — 2 Warming pans a standing } Candlesticks , J .. 15. — 1 pr Andirons 2 pr Pottracks 1 Gridiron 1.. 10.. — 1 Trebitts 1 pr Tongs & fire Shovel 1 Bellows — .. 6.. — 1 Small Still 1 Iron Chaffen dish 2.. — .. — 1 Tin Candlestick 1 flower box "1 1 pepper box J — 2.. — 1 Box Iron & heaters 1 Dutch "1 box iron / .. 8.. — 1 Tinn Water pott 1 Lignumvite 1 Pestle & Mortar J 6.. — Two Tables 1 Dog Trough . 10.. — 4 Chairs 1 Stool .. 3.. — 1 Dozen of knives & forks I I Meet fork / — .. 8.. — 1 Dripping Pan 7 Small "1 ChaflTen dishes J — .. 7.. — Indian Woman called Pegg 30..—..— 40. 14. £299. 12. 3 202 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH To some pen knives Buttons ] Seals & Sundry other | odd little Things in I" 2 Little Drawers J — 18.. — 10 Case Bottles & 8 other ) Bottles. The Case Bottles V — .. 12.. — 2 quarts each J 8 Small Bottles at 2 | .. 2.. — £1. 12. — £301.. 4. 3 appraised by us AsHBB Clayton Tbo : HuNLOKE "Pro: New Jersey ss. \ J " Be it remembered That on this present Tenth day of Jane Anno Dom. one Thousand seven hundred & twenty seven personally came & appeared before Samuel Bustill D Register of ye Western Division of ye Province of New Jersey Asher Clayton & Thomas Hunloke Esq, the appraisers of ye within Inventory who on their Solemn Oath, which they took on ye Holy Evangelist of Almighty God do depose that ye Goods & Chattels in ye within Inventory Sett down & speci- fied are Appraised according to their True Respective valines according to the best of their judgmt & understanding & that they appraised all things That Came To Their view. " Sworn at Burlington " Asher Clayton " Coram me " Tho : Hunloke " Sam'^ Bustill " D. Eegr " "Pro : New Jersey ss. \ j " Be it remembered that on This present Tenth day of June Anno Dom : 1727 p'sonally came & appraised before me Samuel Bustill D Register of ye Western Division of ye Province of New Jersey Elizabeth Bass Executrix of ye Last will & Testament of Jeremiah Bass Late of Burlington in the Western Division of ye Province of New Jersey Esq Dec'' who •on her solemn oath which she took on ye holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth depose that ye within writing contains a true & perfect Inventory of all & singular ye goods & chattels ■&C of ye said Dec'' so far forth as hath come to her knowledge or view or to ye possession or knowledge of any other p'son or p'sons for her use exclusive, of ye Law Books & other ye Library of ye said Dace'' " Sworn at Burlington " Elizabeth Bass. '' before me ■"Sam^^ Bustill ■"D Eegr." IN BURLINGTOX. 203 NO MINISTER TO PERFORM DIYIXE SERVICE. if Ellis to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington, Sepf 21, 1725. " Reverend Sir " I have nothing to add saving the poor Church here is destitute, here is no minister to perform divine service, neither have we had any these 5 or 6 mouth's, none has preached in the Church since M'' Talbot who was required to desist by his Ex- cellency the Governor of this Province, there is a pretty Church and a large congregation and great pity its they be left destitute and perish through Famine | of the word | and go astray like sheep without a Sheppard. I humbly beg pardon for this digression and leave to subscribe myself Reverend Sir " Your most humble &o " Rowland Ellis." the church doors daily shut up. The Churchwardens of Burlington to the Governor. "November 4th, 1725. " Since your Excellency has been pleased to order, that the Rev. Mr. Talbot should surcease officiating in this Church, it heartily grieves me to see the doors thereof daily shut up ; but we humbly beg leave to acknowledge your Excellency's favour, and repeated willingness to assist and join with us in this aifair. The hurry of country business that would not admit of our members to meet together, prevented our addressing your Excel- lency sooner, but we crave leave to acquaint your Excellency, that as it is our unhappiness to be without a Minister, we humbly hope for your Excellency's favourable countenance and good offices to obtain what is so expedient and necessary for the interest of our Holy Religion and the best of Churches, of which we acknowledge ourselves unworthy members. " We are, &c., " Rowland Ellis, and others." 204 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH DR. AVELTON COJIiMASTDED UPON HIS ALLEGIANCE TO RETURN TO GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Wm. Keith to the Lord Bishop of London. " Philadelphia, April 8th, 1726. " My Lord, " I am glad to acknowledge the great honour your Lordship f was pleased to do me by your Letter dated last June which I received some time ago, and am glad that by your Lordship's great care I can now answer it so effectually as to acquaint you that I have by this conveyance returned an authentic Certificate into my Lord Tovvnsend's office, of Dr. "VVelton's having been duly served with his Majesty's Writ of Privy Seal, commanding him upon his allegiance to return to Great Britain forthwith ; t A letter, from the Eev. John Berriman of London, to the Kev. Samuel Johnson, missionary in Connecticut, dated Feb. 17th, 1725, has the following paragraph ; " We hear of two Nonjuring Bishops (Dr. Welton for one) who are gone into America ; and it is said the Bishop of London will send one or more of a different stamp as an antidote against them. God Almighty prevent the bad effects of the one, and in his due time accomplish the other." Beards- ley's Life of Johnson, p. 55. "Your memorialist, as one of the [Philadelphia] Vestry, humbly begs leave to give your Lordship a true information of the said Vestry's conduct towards Dr. Welton, who at his arrival there, about June, 1724, was a stranger, and his coming altogether unknown to every of them. The circumstances of the Church there being not a little melancholy at that time, for that being destitute of a Minister no Divine Service had been performed there for some months before,, and a numerous congregation which if kept together were not only able but willing to raise a handsome support for a Missionary which was daily ex- pected from your Lordship. " But the Church doors being shut, it was evident the congregation would soon dwindle, and be captivated among the many Dissenting Teachers in that growing city, and render them unable to perform their promises to your Lord- ship. To prevent which inconvenience several members of the Vestry met, and being well assured by some pei-sons of the Doctor's acquaintance, that he was esteemed an orthodox minister, and it appearing by several English printed newspapers that the Doctor had there lately taken the oaths, and con- formed to the Government, but had been deprived of his living, several mem- bers of the Vestry asked the Doctor to officiate until such time as they were favoured with a Missionary from your Lordship, which he readily granted, and the Church doors were opened, and for that reason, and from the charac- ter of the Doctor's preaching, the congregation resorted to hear him. " Your memorialist hopes your Lordship will be induced to believe their zeal for the Church (and not for any mistaken principles of the Doctor's) was the true cause of their frequenting the Church. Your memorialist, from his knowledge of and^ acquaintance with the people there for twenty-two years past, does believe it a piece of injustice to insinuate them as disaffected to his Ma-jesty, for your memorialist well knows that every member of the Vestrv and all others of the congregation to whom it was tendered have conformed to the Laws, and given all the proofs of their Loyalty to liis Majesty that is in their power. IN BUELINGTON. 205 . in pursuance of which Order, the Doctor did us the favour about 4 weeks ago to depart for Europe by the way of Lisbon, so that I doubt not but your Lordship will now more easily find a way to supply this Church with a suitable Incumbent, and as the people's hopes are generally placed on your Lordship's pious care for that purpose, I am fully persuaded that any Gentleman who comes over recommended by your Lordship will be hand- somely received. * * * " My Lord, Your Lordship's most " faithful & most devoted "humble Servant, "W. Keith." THE NOX-JUnOES DISAGREED AMO^-G THEMSELVES. Commissary Wilkinson to the Bishop of London. Extract. " Chester River, in Queen Ann's County, "Maryland, June 15,1726. '' I understood Dr. Welton has left Philadelphia and is gone for Lisbon. t He and the rest of the non-jurors disagreed very "But lor liis and their defence against the infoi-mation of Sir William Keith, your memorialist begs leave (and he hopes in case of self-defence and preservation he may be allowed) to observe to your Lordship that Sir William Keith lias not been so happy in his conduct, or sincere in his relations as to acquire undoubted credit, as appears from the following Paragraph (taken out of the Lords' proceedings against him for being concerned in tlie Scottish conspiracy Anno 1703), viz. : ' It was declared by the Lords, spiritual and temporal, in Parliament assembled, that Mr. William Keith (upon his exami- nation by the Lords appointed to examine liini by this House) hath prevari- •cated with this Hou.se, and by his behaviour doth not seem an object worthy of his Majesty's mercy.' " Your memorialist humbly begs leave to ob.serve to your Lord.ship in vin- dication of himself and the said Vestry, that the said Sir William has for some years been elected member of the said Vestry, but taking upon him to overrule them, and entirely jlepriving them of the freedom justly due, he was left out of the Vestry in the time of !Mr. Vicary, the last settled ^Missionary amongst us from your Lordship's predecessors, which was about three years ago, and from that time seemed displeased with the Vestry, and withdrew' his subscrip- tion from Mr. ^'icary, to whom the ^'estry shewed all due regard." Peter Evans' Memorial. t " Lisbon, Aug. 31, 1726, N. S. " One "Wilton a non-juring clergyman, who some time ago arrived here from Philadelphia, died of a dropsy, refusing to commune with the English clergyman. "After his death among his things were found an episcopal seal which he had made use of in Pensilvania, whereas, he assumed & exercised privily & 206 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH much among themselves, insomuch that they avoided cue, another's company. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Smith (who also differ very much in their sentiments of submission to our estab- lished Government) have been with us in Maryland. They behaved themselves very modestly, avoided talking very much, and resolved to submit quietly to the orders sent from England to prohibit their public officiating in any of the Churches, or to set up separate meetings."t THE S. p. G. ALLOW THE EEV. JOHN HOLBEOOK TO REMOVE TO BURLINGTON. Mr. Holbroolce to the Secretary. Extract. " Salem New W. Jersey Sepf 28, 1726. " Reverend Sir " I received yours of March 15"' 1725 wherein I am acquainted that the Honorable Society have allowed me to remove from by stealth the character & functions of a Bishop. This coming to the know- ledge of the Privy Conncil he was ordered home but came to Portugal. "JS". B. [by Hearne.] This is the famous Dr. Welton, minister at White Chappel, who suffered much for his honesty (Jacobitism) & was, it seems, a Bishop, & is now removed from the malice of all his enemies." Reliquke Hernianm, Vol. II, p. 257. f "The venerable prelate, who was so long our Presiding Bishop, [Kt. Eev Vim. AVhite, D. D. of Pennsylvania] was accustomed to relate a story which he heard from his elder brethren, when he was but a youth. The story was this ; A gentleman whohad been ordained among the Cbngregationalists of New England, [Mr. Whittlesey of Connecticut, perhaps Wallingford, says The Churchman's Magazine, Vol. V, p. 40,] and who had officiated among them as a minister for many years, at length to the surprise of his friends, began to express doubts about the validity of Ills ordination, and manifested no small trouble of mind on the subjeot. Suddenly about the time of the arrival of Talbot and Welten, he left home without declaring the place of his destination or purpose of his journey. After an interval of a few weeks he returned, and gave no further information of his movements than that he had been to some of the Southern Colonies ; he also said on his return that he was now perfectly satisfied with his ordination, and from that day never manifested the least solicitude on the subject, but continued until he died to preach to his congregation. It was soon whispered by those whose curiosity here found materials for its exercise, that the minister had been on a visit to the non- juring bishops, and obtained ordination from one of them. He never said so ; but among Churchmen it was believed that such was the fact." Hawks' Sia- tory of the Church in Marylamd, p. 185. IN BURLINGTON. 207 Salem f to Burlington for which Instance of their favor I re- turn my humble thanks But finding that the people of Burling- ton do not appear so desirous of a Missionary as the poor people among whom I am, do of my continuance with them, I choose to continue among the people of Salem, though with the hazard of being troubled with the Autum sickness, and do humbly presume that the Society will allow and approve of it. Religion as professed by our Church irfdeed Sir makes but a poor figure in this and the neighbouring province which is in a manner eclipsed by quakerism ; the INIissionary's in these Country's may be said to be under the same conflict S' Paul was at Ephesus, and with respect to these in particular. I find that of M^Ditton true I vizt | that Christianity being now the same religion it was formerly there is the same Enmity in the world still against it as ever which would produce the very same effects it formerly did, if he who stills the raging Sea, and bridles the fury and madness of the people, did not set bounds to it by his wise all governing providence." IJIPOETUXITIES IX FAVOUE OF MR. TALBOT. HE IS UNIVER- SALLY BELOVED. Rev. Archibald Cummings to the Bishop of London Extract. "Philadelphia, October 19th, 1726. "My Lord: "I have been iiere<>so short a time that all the account I can give of the place as yet is, that the soil and clime seem to be better and more regular than the temper of the people ; how- ever, I have been very well received by those of any note, and am in a particular manner obliged to Mr. Moore, our Collector ;. he is a sober and pious man, and has all along endeavoured to support the Church, in opposition both to Welton's and the principles of the other Schismaticks and Sectaries, which are indeed here very numerous. I hope in a little time, by proper t In the report of the S. P. G. for 1725-6, we find that the Eev. Nathaniel Horwood was appointed to succeed Key. ^is. Holbrook, at Salem, on the latter's removal to Burlington. 208 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and moderate methods, to cancel all the bad impressions the angry Doctor liad given of his successor. Your Lordship will observe by his favourite sermon, printed here, in what a scurri- lous manner he falls foul upon all the Clergy of the present Establishment, charging the people that as they tendered their salvation not to receive but reject any that should be sent among them. He is now in Lisbon ; 'tis well if he ben't got into the Convent. I ha'nt seen all the Clergy of this province as yet, but have heard a good character of them all. I have been importuned by numbers of people from Burlington and by some of this province to write to your Lordship in favour of Dr. Talbot ; they made me promise to mention him, otherwise I would not presume to do it. He is universally beloved, even by the Dissenters here, and has done a great deal of good. Wel- ton and he had differed and broke off correspondence, by reason of the rash chimerical projects of the former long before the Government took notice of them. If he were connived at and could be assisted by the Society ^for I am told the old man's circumstances are very mean), he promises by his friends to be peaceable and easy, and to do all the good he can for the future." "the greatest advocate for the church that ever appeared ox this shore." Jleiiiortal to the S. P. G., from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. [Without date, received Jan. 20th, 1726.] " Shewbth : " That the melancholy circumstance of the Church of Eng- land in these Colonies, is a subject, we hope, worthy, not only your compassion, but tender regard, having not above one Min- ister to seven or eight Churches or Congregations, and we bemoan our case, when we behold so many Churches, lately built, lie as desolate around us, convincing arguments of our affection for the Church, and of our great misfortune in being destitute of pastors. When at the same time we daily see Dis- senters of all denominations, continually supplied, and increase, IN BURLINGTON. 209 through this, our misfortune, and upbraid us with this defect. It is, therefore, with the utmost concern, we express our unhap- piness, when we view our circumstances rather decline than flourish. In particular, that Mr. Talbot, who for nigh thirty years past, has behaved himself with indefatigable pains, and good success in his Ministry, among us, under your Honour's care, has by some late conduct (nowise privy to us), rendered himself disagreeable to his superiors and departed from us. We cannot, without violence to the principles of our Religion, ap- prove of any acts, or give in to any measures inconsistent with our duty and Loyalty to his Majesty, whom God long preserve; yet in gratitude to this unhappy Gentleman, we humbly beg leave to say, that by his exemplary life and ministry, he has been the greatest advocate for the Church of England, by Law Established, that ever appeared on this shore. This unhappy accident, together with the death and removal of some other clergymen from us, has very much increased the cause of our complaint, and we have no other recourse but to your Honours for relief. Having well-grounded hopes, the same good spirit which prompted you to undertake the glorious work of propa- gating the Gospel in foreign parts will continue your pious re- gards to these Colonies, and the rather, since so many stately monuments are erected for God's service, testifying our sincere willingness to embrace your charitable assistance, and to answer the glorious ends you have in view. " Therefore, your petitioners most humbly beg your Honour- able Society will please to extend your wonted charity and necessary supply to the several Churches and Congregations, of which particular accounts are hereto annexed. " And your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, "Shall ever pray," &c. " Christ Church, Philadelphia. ;; 1^^^^=^ Hasell, I churchxoardens. " Robert Boltojt, j " Thomas Lawkence, Charles Read, \ Vestrymen " Thomas FENTON.BENJAMri^ Morgan, ' chri^i'cj,^;,^ " James Tuthill, Thomas Tresse, ( Philadelphia. " Thomas Leech, James Bingham, J ^ o 210 HISTORY OF THE CHURCtI " Thomas Polgreeu, Thomas Chase, William Fraser, Robert Asheton, George Pliimly, Arthur Oliver, Daniel Harrison, John Brooks, Henry Dexter, John Orton, John Knowles, George Meall, R. Asheton. " St. James' Church in New Bristol. "John Abrahaje Dexoemaxdie, ) ^, , "F. Gaudouett, \Lliurc/i a T^„., A^^„., [wardens. "John Allen, ) " St. Mary's Church at Burlington. " Rowland Ellis, } ^, , , ([ T . T ^ - Cliurchwardens. "Jonathan Lovett, j " Peter Bard, Samuel Bustill, Richard Allison, James Gould, John Dagworthy, F. Bowes, James Trent, Jacob Baillergeau, Edward R. Price, William Cutler, Thomas Fosgate, James Thompson, Anthony Elton, Simon Nightingale, Thomas Shreen, Thomas Hunloke, George Willis." 'Mr. Horwood to the S. P. G. Extract. " Burlington April 28, 1727. " My Lords and Gentlemen " May it please you to know * * that I * * got to Salem in January where I found INI'' Holbrooke fixt A: resolved to stay, what to do in a strange country I knew not but returning to Philadelphia, consulted with M'' Cummings who * * thought it advisable to go to Burlington where M'' Holbridok had been appointed. These movements I hope will not be displeasing to your Honors, since- the only expedient thought left. If the Society in their great wisdom & goodness approve of the proceedings I shall always endeavour (by the grace assistance & blessing of God) so to demean myself, in my sacred function and the gracious mission as may in some measure deserve their future favours &, countenance in the meantime wait your further orders & commands. M' Talbot is here. I found the church very much dispersed but shall spare no pains prayers or endeavours to reunite them. I found the Inhabi- IN BURLIXGTOX. 211 tauts very cold having but very lately brought them to a small subscription, so that if the Honble Society shall in their good- ness think fit to continue the additional £10 per ann™ which you were pleased to order me when appointed for Salem, it would be very agreeable & most gratefully received or if your Honors shall think fit to remand me to Salem or otherwise it shall be most readily complied with. * * The Mis- sionary's Library would be a great assistance to the place. M"' Talbot says he has none nor ever had only a Bible Common Prayer Book & a single Book of Homilies, so that the place is at present destitute of that advantage. " Your most Obed' & devoted " Nath'- Hokwood." death op the key. johx talbot. The "Amencan Weekly Mercury," for Nov. 23-30, 1727, published in Philadelphia, has the following : " Philadelphia, November 30th, 1727. Yesterday, died at Burlington, the Rev- erend Mr. John Talbot, formerly Minister of that Place, who was a Pious good man, and much lamented." THE CHAEACTEE AND DEEDS OF JOHN TALBOT. After his consecration, as we have seen, M' Talbot officiated, with Burlington as headquarters, for nearly two years before D^ AVelton — the other nonjuring bishop — arrived in America. What Episcopal acts, if any, either of them may have performed, is not definitively known. Welton was of such a different spirit from Talbot, that they soon "avoided one another's com- pany." The Government became alarmed at the existence, in the colonies, of an Episcopate independent of both the Church and State of the realm. Welton was " served with his Majesty's Writ of Privy Seal, commanding him upon his allegiance to return to Great Britain forthwith." Talbot was "discharged " the service of the S. P. G., and ordered, through the Governor, to " surcease officiating." Both obeyed, but not with the same submission. To one who reads thoughtfully the preceding pages, there can be no doubt, but that in receiving consecration in the way that 212 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH he did, M'' Talbot was actuated by the purest desire to advance the real interests of the Church. " In the history of the diocese of New Jersey," wrote the late Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, many years ago, " M" Talbot's character and deeds will find a conspicuous place ; it is enough for our present purpose to remark, that the Society never had, at least in our view, a more honest, fearless and laborious missionary." f ST. maey's church minutely described. Mr. Horwood to the Secretary. Extract. "April 22'"' 1728 "Most Honor'd Sir "The Church of S' Mary's at Burlington, was built about the year 1703 by the privy contributions of the Parish and County adjoining with abundance of other pious, & goodly dispos'd Persons, amongwhich the extraordinary zeal & liberality of Gov'' Nicholson, will always most gratefully be acknowledged by Burlington ; as to the materials of the Church, it is a fair fabrick erected of Brick, the dimensions 40 foot in Length, in Breadth 22, very decently seated, with regular Pews, below, and a fair Gallery above at the West end. Endowment as yet none, no Salary to the Minister, except some small subscriptions, which being very low, are readily enough subscribed, but with difficulty, if ever collected, there is a House belonging to the Minister with a little orchard, & small, {illegible in MS.'\ belong- ing to it which M'' Talbot, who is now dead, returned, & which I have not taken Possession of till further Orders from the Society. " 2°'^ The number of Inhabitants first frequenting the place was very small, it being a Woody Country their Chief Employ & business, was each to get a Little Spot of Land & to clear t In the new St. Mary's Church, on the North side of the sacrarium, in the double lancet window, on a band in the stained glass, is this inscription : IN MEMORIAM Hujus Ecclesice Fundatoris, Rev. lohannis Talbot, A. M. A. D. MDCCIII 'i' IN BURLINGTON. 213 it & to build a Little Cote & so in process of time associating together hath built a pleasant and regular Town but the main body of Town and Country adjoining are Quakers ; there being now not above 40 families belonging to the Church in the Town & thereabout, but they are Industrious in their respective Trade and occupation, but Philadelphia lying so near has swallowed up their Trade and commerce very much ; but still their Coun- try wants for Inhabitants, to make it a glorious Country. "There is no other church within 14 or 15 Miles for the Inhabitants to resort unto, in the Winter also very difficult to attend by reason of rivers. " S"^ There are two meeting Houses (are seldom or never used) of Quakers of whom there are great numbers and have found great Encouragement from the Late Assemblies, there are few other Dissenters or Independants if any as to the Quakers Teach- ers their number is uncertain, there being more or less as they by their {illegible in MSJ] think themselves inspired, they pretend (if to be Credited) no maintainance allowed for them. u^th Q;ijg];.g ar^ two Schools, one settled by the pious and Hon"* Society kept by the Missionary M"^ Rowland Ellis,^ a person of application & Industry & highly qualified for the Employ but the number of the Church Children being few in comparison of the Quakers (who in course give him no encour- agement) having set up a school of their own, is not so numer- ous as it could be wish'd. '' 5"" The Donations that have been made to the Church are a very handsome set of Plate for the Communion Table, by the late Queen Anne, of most pious memory & others, with decent furniture, by the said Queen for the Communion Table and Pulpit. The benefactions to the Minister and Schoolmaster is what Their Honors the pious and most Christian Society has been Graciously Pleas'd to settle, there is no Library (as I in- formed in my last to the Society, but since have found a Cata- logue in the Register Book of 197 Books signed a Catalogue of books, belonging to Burlington Library revis'd by M'' John Talbot Incumbent and Mich : Piper (formerly Schoolmaster) the 25* of March 1719. Now these said Books I have made a demand it is not in M"' Talbots own hand nor signed by him, 214 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH but in M"" Piper's, so that the Widow of M'' Talbot denies any- such matter ; and therefore I know not what to do but shall wait the Directions of the Society in a matter of such Consequence. " 6"" There are no large Plantations here about, so that the Substance of the Inhabitants does consist in Negro Slaves but in trade, they keeping only White Servants generally, and they few that keep Negroes not above one to a Family who are per- suaded, Since my abode here to send them to Church on Sab- bath days and attend Instructions in order to their being baptized which that they may all in time come in and embrace Christianity shall be the Prayers and most constant endeavours of Your most Devoted Servant and Missionary " Nath'- Horwood." ^ Since the preceding pages left the press, the MS. book, mentioned in the Preface, as having been seen many years ago, has come to light ; from which we give the following : BURLINGTON CHURCH BOOKE Anno Dom : 1702—1703— ( Nathaniell Westland 1 » Mes" < Hugh Huddy > Wardens. ( Robert Wheeler j BENEFACTORS. 1702 * £ S '. Octobr His Excellency Coll : Nicholson Govr ofl I I Virginia ' 37 | 10 I — More Sent by Coll : Quarye in dollers ; 6 I — ' — More by his Bill on Mr Basse 5 j — ' — 48 10' Octobr The Honble Sr Thomas Lawrence SecretaL | ' of Mary Ld 5 — 1 — . I Xathaniell "Westland 20 — ' — Hugh Huddy j 20 ; — — Robert Wheler .,; 20 — — Joseph Adams paid by Mr Bass I 21 , 11 | — IX BURLIXGTOX. 215 1702 Xbr 1702 March 1703 Marcli March May- May— May— May J line — July— 22 Aug: CHL'KCH BENEFACTORS. Kichohas Martino allowed in work. 1704 May 1705 Jany 25 Jacob Perkins Senr paid The : Kendall brick lad Will : Fisher paid Tho : Kendall brick- layer _ Mr John Talboit minister paid back what given him Will : Fisher, paid by a bill on Kalph Cogell Carter Will : Fisher paid N : Westland to make 10 pounds William Bustin paid Nath : AVestland Daniell Sutton paid Xath : AVestland JohnHamell paid Eobt AVheeler Jacob Perkins Senr pd N: Westland more.. Abraham Hewlings forty .shill : Michaell Kewbolt Ttober t Person. . . .-. Robert Hickman ' Hugh Lowden Scotchman Samuell Oldale UCs i Mary ] j A collection at opningonr church St Anne | Jly Lord Cornbury our Govr being I present J John Scott a Merchant Thomas Brock to N: Martino Joyner AVilliam Hewlings Margaret t Hunlock Daniel 1 Leeds Abraham Hewlings more Thomas AVood Andre w Smith James Bingham Roger Parkes John Ward Henry Marley John Eoberds George AA'^illis Nicholas Jones by five pounds given in ye price of ye bell f, 10 i 4 ') 10 10 11 1 10 ]o 1 10 10 10 14 10 10 10 10 SUBSCRIPTION. The honrble Colin Eichd Ingoldsby Lt govrr [Signed] Rich : Ingoldesby ].37 15 30 paid Tho : Revell Esqr pr Air AA'heeler [Signed] Tho : Revell paid Jer : Bass Esqr [Signed] J. Bass 20 20 216 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH £ s d Benefactors page 1 135: 1: pao-e '2 i:^7: 15: 9 page .) 69: 12: Conlributions, page 3 70: U: U £412: 9: 3 BENEFACTORS. ATT PhAadELPHIA INHABITANTS A STRANGERS. 1702 Decemlii Xbr 10 170:_! Marcli A prill May June- James Lowring... Nich: Churchill. Capt Eoach Thomas Tress Ralph Wardd.... Doctr Graham .... Benj : Godfrey Capt Jones Coll. Qnarye Wm : Trent Jos: Carpinter .... John Eewley Charles Eead Doctr Wm Hall.. Jlr Packston Tho: Pert Peter Paquenett.. Madam Tench..., Robert Grace Robt. Packs Leo: Loft'tis Wm. Poole 1 — Mr. Myls Minister of Boston.. 1 1 18 3 10 — 5 ."> (j 3 1 11 2 1 2 E 11 6 3 2 1 1 — — 1 — 57 2 6 12 10 09 12 G DISBURSEMENTS. Paid Nich : Martinio his first payment as ") ; I by articles of agreement for Joyn : &\ \ 50 i — Carp: work J Paid by Nath : Westland & Robt. Wheler ] their two thirds of thirty thousand | good merchantable bricks to Hugh f i Huddy J, '20 ^ Paid Tho : Kendell bricklayer by Perkinsj & Fisher ! IQ i ]0 Paid Rich : Dell for draweing bricks & Sand 3 IS Ralph Cogell Carter Eeod : by his bill lo W: Fisher ' i :', _ By paid Nicholas Martino in Cash 50 — By paid W : & J : Holliushead for churcli : lott i 20 ' — By Spent at Signeing deed with acknow-j ledging ; — 4 IN BURLINGTON. 217 NTovbr 10 j 15 5 I 9 58 I - — : 18 By Paid Peter Dell the foundation stones...' 6 By paid Lime from Philad : 13 bush: 1 By paid Lane and Cogell Carters to 5th "| July as by Mr. Wheelers acct for [■ bricks, lime, stones, sand J Paid a Debt upon buriall grownd Paid for 58000 bricks Paid for bushels of lime Paid for this book Paid Thomas Kendell bricklayer.. > Paid at raising the church roof. Paid Sundry Small disbursments Paid Mich: Martino his 3d payment Paid John Gilbert for lime & boat hire Paid John Eowland for bricks Paid Barnard Lane Cartige for lime, brick, ^ sand Paid for Earth to Levell the church Pd Eichd ffennimore for his fiatt, to lime & stone 9 7 Paid Eichd Dell for church lock , — i 15 I 6 50 — — 1 15 10 1 10 — 3 10 6 — 15 — 1702 l.>ctobr March May Mav May .June XATHANIBLL "WESTL.VXD DEBITT. To his Subscription mony To Reed: of Mr. Talbott minister To Kecd : of Wm. fisher to make upp 10 pounds ToEecd: of Wm. Bustill— Cash To Eecd : of Daniell Sutton — Cash To Eecd: of Jacob Perkins Senior Cash ToEecd: Samuell Oldale To Eecd : in beef of William Budd To Eecd : of Thomas Midleton for burying! grownd To Eecd : Doctor Eoberds •20 4 10 2 ' 10 1 2 1 2 10 — — 1 ( 04 — 4th June — Bv a Collection at church. 42 02 4 8 — Jan'y the 17th due to X W £17-9-6 which sum was. pd him %* Mr. Eobt. Wheeler 17 To Eeceived of Mr. Miles Minister of Boston 1702 CONTRA CKEDITT Decembr By this book vallewd att 5 By his 3d part of 50.s to Nich : Martino "j to make upp the first paymt of 50 ^ pounds J 29 By his 3d part of 30000 good bricks paid 1 to Hugh Huddy / 10 6 Aprill By paid Eich : Dell for draweing bricks & Sand I 3 May By paid John Hollinshead in part of Church Lolt 10 61 19 10 12 10 74 09 10 £ s d 00 IS 00 IG 8 18 218 June 19 July 1704 Aprill 10 May- June — HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 17 Novbr 1702 Octobr 1703 22 Aug. 1704 3 Sept— 10 Sept 24 Sept By paid Mch : Martino in Cash i 11 By paid Nich : Martino to make upp ) £15 by Doctor Eoberts 48s Pr \ is' 4 Kesnire 32s J i By paid Thomas Kendell as by book ; 9 By fc'ondry Small disbursments — By burial! grownd in Debt to him 1 By Charg of H Hd lime, watredg, Cowpredg, Cartage 1 — • By a gi-eat book to Kegester, Mariag : Chris :' burialls — By heading a hogshead of lime & lioop ; — By paid Dan; Smiths man 4 Bush : hare...! — By paid Tho: Kendell as by my book 4 By paid John Wethrall two bushels of hare! — By Spent on Eich Murry here & Philad:...' — By 2 gall: linseed oyle, Murry, fienimore,! 2 6 lbs Spanish brown I — 2 lbs Eed Leade I — Paid on Eichard Murry the painter his: acct. to the Smith — Paid Nich: !Martino for Joyners work 1 16 12 2 18 2 5 C 4 2 10 10 By Cash paid Hugh Huddy By Cash paid Mr. Wheeler By A Bosse By "a Quietus on Joseph Addams Estate.... By Due on Acct which is upon Ballance... 61 19 05 10 02 12 01 2 00 15 02 9 10 6 6 6 00 6 74 I 9 ! 10 HUGH HUDDY DEBITT. £ S To his Subscription mony ' 20 ' — To mrs Margaret Hunlocks Subscription... 5 | — To burial 1 ground Subscription 1 | — To Cash Eecd : of Nath : Westland 10 | — To Cash Eecd : of Robt Wheeler j 10 \ — To Cash of Eobt Hickman | 5 | — To Reed : of Hugh Lowdon 2 10 To Cash gatherd at opning the church my I Lord Cornbury was present / 11 i 14 To Cash Eecd of John Scott 3 — To Received of mr Wheelers buriall ground Subscription ' 1 . — To Cash of Thomas Peache — not in sub 4 — To Cash by Cider of John Tomkins 1 i — To 5 bush wheat for Edmon Stuart 1 — To wheat of Robert Eaton wallew 2 10 To Cash Eecd: of Dr Hall 24 16 To more Cash Reed : of Dr Hall ' 22 17 To Cash of Govr Nicholson | 6 — To Cash Eecd : by a collecton at church ■ 4 12 '•■ 136 00 To Cash Eecd: by a collection at church... .J 5 17 To Cash by a Collection .-,... j 2 18 To Mrs Mary Hunlook's Subscription I 5 ' — 149 15 IN BUELINGTON. 2J9 ffebry 14t]i 18 1702 Decembr- 1702 Octobr 190 00 1 s rl 10 i 182 9 t 9 1 008 10 , 4 £ s ,-1 16 Jan'ry the 17th due to H H £31—3—4 To Cash more of Tho : Peaohee ' 01 0| To Cash of mr Wheeler ' 28 10 i To Cash of Nalh : Westland j 6 : 10 j — To Cash when the Sacrament was admin- istred....; I 4 , 04 S The Ballance being 8 : caryed over to folio 29 CONTRA CKEDITT By his 3d part of oOs to ^Tich : Martino "1 to make upp the first paymt of oO£.. f 00 By paid to Mr Kevell the buriall ground acct 4 By Spent on Peter Dell | — By paid Tho Kendell brick layer | 22 By paid for lime as by Eeceipt [ 14 By paid N : Martino the Carpinter I 20 By paid for 42100 bricks 42 By Spent at raiseing the church roof '' — By 16000 bricks more 16 By paid Will : ffennimore on Kendells acct; 2 By paid John Fisher on Kendells acct i 3 By paid Tho; Kendell | — By nailes Act I — By Recording the Deed of church Lott — By paid Cogell Carter for 6 Load Sand i — By two load bricks from water side i — By carting 8000 bricks from the kill : 2 By Cash paid the Lime man 2 By hinges i^aid for mr Martino 22flj at 14rf 1 By Cash paid mr Wheeler 13 By Cash Pd Sam : Kirabell for 4000 laths.. 2 By 9000 nayles for the Plaistrer ; 2 By 3000 bricks more ' 3 By paid Shatterwaits ferriedg to Philad.... — By 1411) nayles at 18d a pownd 1 By spent on Rich : Murry Sundry times ' — ' By paid the Lime man by Dr Hall 3 By paid for lime in town & cash 12.s in all 3 164 By Intrest due for fifty pownds 4 By paid N Martino 4 By paid for lime 6 By pd ifenimore 5s 25 B: lime 2 180 ROBERT WHELER DEBITT. £ To, his Subscription mony 20 To Received of Abraham Hewlings 2 To Reed: of JohnHamell 5 i fi 9 4 3 4 2 i 4 10 — 18 — 1 — 13 4 6 — 6 — 12 — ! 3 — 8 — 1 5 8 ' 18 5 16 S ! 14 — 1 2 , i 1 — 9 I 10 15 11 6 18 ] 09 ■220 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 1702 Octobr 1704 8 Sept: £ ToKecd: of Michaell Newbolt ' 4 To Kecd: for 70 bricks & 2 bush : lime To Kecd : of Kobert Peeraon 3 To his Subscription to buriall grownd 1 To his Eeceiving of William Hewlings 10 To Reed : of Abraham Hewlings 1 To Kecd: Daniell Leeds 7 ToKecd: of Thomas Wood 2 ToKecd: of Andrew Smith 2 To Kecd: of James Bingham 5 ToKecd: of Koger Parks 2 ToKecd: of Doctor Hall 9 ToKecd: ofHughHuddy I 13 To Kecd: of John Ward ' 10 To Kecd : of Henry Marley To Kecd : of Doctor Cox Junr To Kecd : Abraham Browne Senr. To Will : Budd Senr Kecd : To Kecd : Danll Leeds To Kecd: Josh : Newbolt To Kecd: John Longstafi'. To Kecd: for lime 1 3 4 1 Due to Mr Wheeler for Ballance ' 27 Posted to folio the 29th By omission in a former acct \ Due from Mr Wheeler J to compleat the 50£ bond 147 £ 4: 16 1702 Decembr tecembr 1 5— j Xber 19 May June CONTRA CKEDITT. By his 3d part of 50s to Nich: Martino 1 to make upp the first paymt of 50£... J By his 3d part of 30000 good bricks paid \ to Hugh Huddy J By paid John HoUinshead for church Lott By spent at Signeing deed & acknowledge- ing By paid Peter Dell for the foundation stones By spent in drink Sondry times on the men By paid Darby Green for 13 bush : of lime \ hogshead & charg from Piiiladelphia J By paid Kalph Cogell Gartege for bricks, "1 lime stones & Sand / By paid Barnard Lane Carteg for bricks \ lime, stones & sand / By Nicholas Martino part of his 2d paymt By his payeing Mr Pluddy his buriall grownd Subscription By Thomas Kendell paid By paid John Gilbert for lime & boat hire.. By John Rowland for bricks — paid him.... By paid Barnt Lane haling bricks, lime & Sand By paid 5 days work for Earth throwing to Le veil church £ s d 00 16 8 10 _ _ 10 — — 6 4 6 10 1 7 6 o 02 6 / 12 6 15 — — 1 _ 11 17 11 1 15 10 1 10 — 10 6 1.5 ; _ IN BUELINGTON. 221 1702 June 1703 22 Aug 1701 4 June 3 Sept — 10 Sept :- 124 Sept: 18 febr— 22 Aug 4 June By Bichard ffennimore bringing stones & lime By paid Nicholas Martiuo his 3d payment.. By paid Richard Dell for the Church Lock By paid B : Lane & Cogell Cartag lime bricks lume Bagly & Hill boatng for lime Eumsy 221 days Fisher 7 days work, paid at Philad : 10 Bush : lime paid Peter fFretwell for hare paid a Cowper heading & hooping cask., paid Tho : Raper the Smith ] 2 window barrs paid for a laborer two days ., Paid Samuell Terret Smith for a great Casement Irons for the Sun dyall Hooks, hinges, Staple for Bellfrye door.. COI^I.ECTIOlfS AX CHUKCH. aCollection atopneing Burlington Church I when my Lord Cornbury our Govr >■ was present J a Collection on Whit Sunday at the Ad- ministring the Holy Sacrement of the Lords Supper aCollection at church Eecd : of Mr Huddy.. a Collection Eecd. by Mr Huddy a Collection Eecd. by Mr Huddy a Collection on shrove Sunday at the Ad- ministring the holy Sacrament Eecd. by Mr Huddy OF WHICH DISBURSED. Mr Hugh Huddy had the first being Nath : Westland laid out for bread & wine.. N. Westland paid the Sexton John Eumsye £ s d 9 7 48 10 — — 15 — 1 12 _ — 15 __ 12 — — 16 & — 8 fi. — 3 4- M . — / — 1 16 _ 1 8 (;. — 8 4 147 16 3. 11 14 2 16 4 12 5 17 2 18 1 £ 11 14 I 2 I 6 i 1704-5, EOBEEU WHEELER IS DR.. To soemuch reed of Abraham Hulings To soe much reed of John Bartley To so much of Judg Mompesson ^ the hand of mr Tolbot To Cash reed of James Bingham for his iiriend To Cash of ye Widdoe LangstafF. To Cash of Joseph White To Cash of mr George Booth '^ mr Tolbut To Cash of Colin Nickollson f Jer : Bass esqr Eects on acotof j'e bell vit 00 02 05 07 02 03 03 02 05, 15 02 00 17 00 15 00 00 00 0- 0, 0' 222 ] 704-1 May 27tli 1705 Decembr 25tli Janrv 25 Mav 20tli HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ToCashDanll Leed ! 001 XoCashof JosiNewbold 001 To Cash of James Croffle 000 ToCashofWmBustill j 000 To Cash of Danll Sutton I 000 To Cash of Abra : Hevvlings i 000 ToCashofMichllNewbold ' 000 To Cash of Robt. Wheeler 001 £04: 15: 00 28 To Cash of John Haraill 5th 05 To Cash of Wm Eevoll being Moneys Lent 100 00 00 OG 10 05 04 10 00 d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 To Cash at A Comunion To Cash of George Gleave Jnnr by Mr Eevell ;. To my part of the pew To Cash Kecd at A Comunion To Eecd of George AVills moneys wch j he reed of Severell people on the Aoct y of the Bell J To Eeceived y George "Willis Subscription To Cash reed of Mr Westland To Cash reed of Tho : Eevell esqr. 07 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 (> 006 010 003 002 001 I 08 ; 155 010 02 168 20 To Cash reed of Abra: Hewlings To Cash for AV Bustele & Ab Hulings seat. To Cash for Daniel Leeds his seat To Cash to make upp £50 bond page 24.... 188 001 03 03 19 00 12 12 00 12 00 10 10 200 I 12 PEK COKTRA IS CREDITOR, By 2mi Nailes By 6s 10 paid to Ealph Cougill for Loom and AVood ; By Gl 10s paid Nicholas Martenew fijr work By 11 Vis 6d paid for Lime By 5s PdSethHill for bringing up of Lime, By somuch folio the 24th o 10 G 10 G 1 10 17 5 6 By disbursmts on acct of a bell,.. By moneys pd Thomas KendelL. By paid Thomas Kendall for Plaisterin"-. By paid Mr Hugh Huddy .. By paid Jonathan Lovett for Girtweb By paid Thoma.s Clerk for Burning posts. 27 6 3 36 8 5 13 12 11 11 00 00 61 01 04 00 03 08 13 08 10 00 04 00 00 04 06 IX BURLINGTON. 223 By paid Thomas Clerk for making the gates By paid Bernard Lane for hailing Timber.. By paid Nicholas Martinew By paid for A Staple and Lock for the gate By paid James Shatterthwait for Glassing.. By paid James Allen for fetching Stones... Bv paid for a hhd of Lime and Other Charges By 48ft of Spikes and 53tt) ofNailes By paid the Labourers to Serve Thomas Kendall By paid John Smith ffor Leather for the Bell By paid Bernard Lane for 150 of Bricks ) and hailing Timber and stones / By paid Margarett Clark for 2 Cushins By paid for Oyle andCoIlers By paid John Woolston for Ceader Boards.. By paid for the Bell Eoape By paid John Doson for fetching stones By paid Seth Hill for fetching stones By jaaid Tho : Raper for Iron i By paid Samll Territt for Iron By paid Will the Sawyer for Sawing Bypaid Nordick ye Ingeneer By pd Thomas Clark for being Clark ' By pd a Man for Sawing one Day , deduct 27 : 6 : 8 above ; £ s d 00 16 10 01 15 00 41 15 04 00 03 00 05 IS 09 00 14 00 01 10 06 05 05 00 00 18 00 00 04 00 05 13 00 01 00 00 00 09 02 04 00 00 00 07 10 01 02 00 00 12 00 03 14 00 21 01 04 08 19 08 18 11 02 03 00 00 00 04 00 202 16 11 HUGH HUDDY IS DK. 1705 June 2d Xovbr 4th 1705 To soe much in folio the 23rd To Cash reed of Thomas Kevell esqr on \ acct of ve Bell / To Cash of Geo: Willis ToCashofWmBayley To Cash of Tho; Peechee To Cash of Eichd Dell To Cash of Hugh Huddy To Cash of Captn Allison Apll ye 8th To Cash reed at a Sacramt To Cash of mr Westland on acct of ye Bell To Cash reed at a Collection May the 20th ivhen my Lord was here To Cash of mr Eobt Wheeler To Cash received at Comunion To my halfe lo the pew 008 10 4 001 00 000 10 000 06 000 05 000 06 001 00 000 10 12 07 4 03 12 5 001 00 16 19 9 03 05 2 20 04 11 13 08 10 33 13 9 003 12 5 003 00 00 224 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH K'ovbr 4th 1705 Janrr 14th 1705-0 Janry 27th Mrch 24 June 28 1704 July 18th 1705 To cash Reed of John Ward Supscription to the Bell To cash Becd of Samll Terrett Subscription to the Bell To cash reed of Jer : Bass esqr in pt of his bond To cash Received of Kathaniell Westland! esqr I To cash Received of Madm Hamilton for her half part of the North East Cor- ner Pew To cash received at ve Comunion £ s d 000 10 00 000 05 007 07 5 012 05 03 02 To cash reed at ye Comunion ' To cash to receive of Geo: Roscarrick. To cash reed of mr Bass on bond wth! Interest Ballance due this 3d Aug : 1706. "f' COSTRA IS CREDITOE. To cash pd tovrards the Bell To cash pd Dr Hall for fixeing Sd Bell '^ ac To 221b nayles pd Samll Kemble abt ye fenceing To 12£ cash pd Samll Kemble for fence- ing 49 To 131b J nayles more to Kemble To cash pd Kemble more as "^ his bill To nayles to Tho : Clark abt the gate 21b., CREDITER. To cash pd Bernard Lane for 300 of\ Bricks & haleing J To moneys spent at the Reiseing of the Tower To 500 of bricks and hailing To Cash paid Samll Territt To Cash paid Nordick ye Ingeneer To Cash paid Negroe Sawyer To Cash paid Thomas Clerk S£ To pd for hailing A Logg to the Church.. 16 8 10 6 00 02 8 30 17 3 03 02 01 10 35 09 3 09 09 4 44 18 y 4 3 8 2 I 3 ! 16 3 08 02 2 00 1 01 9 04 1 12 00 00 31 15 00 00 18 00 00 18 01 00 02 08 ' 33 13 09 000 08 000 12 000 13 005 04 015 00 005 17 003 00 000 03 10 08 00 05 11 05 00 00 IN BURLINGTON. 1705 To cash paid Obediali Jerton To Sundry Expences To Ropes and Blocks New To cash pd John "Ward for his fflatt haleing stones 000 £ s d 0U2 1:2 06 000 10 00 1-5 00 Janrv 10 To the Tower 21b Xailes 2.? Gd To paid for AVashing the Snrple- To cash paid Tho: Clark 40 | 8 being in i full of his to this Ester j To pd mr Martinew I 04 Topd for Bred & Wine.... To 5 galls of Tarr & 1 Cag To casli pd mr Martinew... for. 034 17 '■) 000 o (i 00 2 02 04 11 10 42 14 07 00 08 00 00 10 00 04 12 06 £47 To cash paid Bichd fti-ancis 1 4'J 17 01 47 05 ■ 01 Memd buelington aucust the (Ith 1706. Then by examination of this Book £ weefinde dne to Hugh Huddy sum of. 004 wee (inde due to Robert Wheeler ' 083 wee finde due to Robert Wheeler on bond ^ the 100£ a fifty pounds borrowed to ye use of [ due to mr ye Church J 050 Kevin is wee find due to Thomas Eevell esqr on ) paid by mr bond one hundred pounds borrowed > Wheeler to ye use of ye Church j 100 Soe we find ye Church Idebted 237 Testifyed by us Tho : Reveli. \ ^ , ^ Daniel Leeds J Nathll Westland Robert Wheeler ii u huddy. Memd one years Interest of ye above sd bond.s to mr Wheler and mr Revell is pd s 3 13 00 i 00 : 00 16 ' 10 TO THE CHURCH — ROBERT WHEELER DEBET. 1708 Bass & Wheeler Wheeler & hulings Wheeler & Wilis To ye over plo.sli of Colecksion Last year... 06 I 09 3 To ye over plosh of ye Last years accent... , 21 | 11 ' 12 To ye over plosh of ye Last years accent.... 77 10 ' 10 Reed William Budd & Abraham Hulings \^ by the ballance of there account 1710 j 62 , 04 William Budd & Abraham HuUings by "I the ballance of their Account paid to >• mr Robert Wheeler 1711 j 26 , 19 Mr Robert Wheeler & George Willis by ' ballance of there Account 1712 37 19 , 03 P 226 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ME. ROBERT WHEELER IS CREDITOR. By Soe much in folio 29 202 By paid Tho : Kendall for 6 days & half I work Abt the Tower / i 001 By Sundry Expenses with the Work men...] 000 By Caph paid Obediah Jerton and Wm. "j - White for Sawing Weather bords for >- , 003 the Tower J By Cash paid Thomas Scattergood for 1 two Loggs to be Sawn into Wether J- 001 bords IG ; 09 Page 2H Mr. AVheeler is Debitt.. 3d Aug: 1700— Due to Mr. AVheeler Ballance..., 284 200 19 10 16 04 00 00 09 00 210 ' 06 06 By iiaid George Willis as '^, his bill of peticulars Amounting to the Sum of/ 005 ] 15 06 By Cash paid Richard ffrancis & Samuell \ Territ for makeing Stock and Wheel Y 02 ! 5 00 pr to the bell J By Cash paid Samuell Territ for Iron \ Work for ye bell (\ 2' 2 2 By A Logg Sawed into boards for the Tower 01 | 11 By Cash paid Samll Carpenter for boards... 00 17 By Cash paid Bernard Lane for hailing "I bricks & boards J 00 By Cash paid for Oyle and CoUers for the Tower [ 00 i 14 00 By 26113 Nails for the Tower at 15d '^ ft 01 12 6 By Cash pd Martinew 30 5 £255 14 by more cash pd N Martino 005 11 by 25 pound nayls for the Tower 01 ' 12 by a spring look for the Tower door ' 00 ' 4 by paid for the funt '. I 08] by paid Richard ffrancis 13 i 2 00 8 s 10 5 12 83 , 13 9ber 5th 1706 The underwritten is a true Coppy of Doctr John Roberdes his receipt for one half of a Pew" in the Church. Eecd of :\Ir. Danll Leeds the full Sum of Two pounds Six Shillings & Ten pence being full & Ample ."satisfaction for the one half of a Pew Erected in St. Anns Church in Burlington, I say Eecd by me John Roberdes Vera Copa : Examined by me Tho: Revell 1707 14 Aprill Being Easter Monday Mr. Robert 'Wheeler & Mr. Jeremiah Bass were Elected I.V BUllLIXGTON. 170s 170',) ]7]0 i711 Cluirchwardens for Burlington cliurcli Mr. Thomas Kevell & Mr. Daniell Leeds then gave iipp thier accounts and paid Mr. Wheeler the Sum of fourteen £ pounds two shillings ten pence in Casli 14 Testifyed by us Robert Wheeler Xath: Westlaki) William Budd Georue Willis at Same time was delivered upp with this Book five deeds belonging to the ground wilhin fence with the Church Robert Wheeler paid the aforesaid 14-2-10 Viz to the Clark 10£ for Intrest 4£- 0-0 to other disburstments 2s-10rf for the Church I'se 14 Being Easter Monday Mr. Robert "Wheeler & Abraham Hulings was Elected Churchwardens Being Ester Monday Mr. Robert Wheeler & George "Willis ^vas Elected Church- wardens Being Ester Monday Mr. William Budd & Abraham Hulings was Elected Church- wardings Being Ester Monday Mr. Robert AYheeler & William Budd was Elected Church- wardings LAUS DEO 10 2 10 A^-XO DOMIXI 1713 Jeremiah Bass 1 Emanuell Sjiith J Churclwardens. CHURCH STOCK Is CR. A prill 7tli 12 I'.i May '■-'■ Mav 10th May 17 May 24 Whitsunday 25 .31 June 14 July oth July 12 July 19 July 2i; Easter Tuesday By moneys Collected at the tjacrament 00 By moneys Collected at thedoore By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Colled at the doore & Sacrament "f- E. Smith By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected. at the doore & Sacre-i ment being WhitSunday 2 By moneys Collected at the Sacrament By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Received of Mr. Attorney Gen- erall by orders on Mr. Wheeler & Cutler [liiesi By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected at the Sacrament By moneys Reed at the doore 12 7.', 5 0.', 12 ■i!i 5 (i 9 'J 10 10 13 09 9 2 blc in ms. 8 10 5 11 4 10 4 228 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Aug 2il Aug 23d Sept 28 By moneys Reed at the doore., By moneys Reed at the doore. By moneys Reed at the doore.. LAUS DEO ANNO DOMINI 1713 ' 12 17 5 14 ' 05 1713 May 17 May 23 June 27th July G 8ber 19 20 29 31br ye 11 9br Jan the 25th March 9 18th Octor 30th 6Der 20 De PEK CONTBA DE. By moneys paid George Wilhouse for ex- pences on Easter raonday & Wine since for the Sacrament By moneys paid Wm Cede for the main- tainance of Mr Talbots man Philep By moneys paid Margaret Clarke for Cleaning the Church Washing Sur plices &c By moneys paid for a New Common Prayer book 2 English Crowne pounds By moneys paid Philip Mr Talbots man when he Went from this towne By moneys paid Margaret Clarke for Clean- ing the Church washing Surplis &c By moneys paid for the mending & make- ingup the fence of her Lett By moneys paid Cutler by Mr Attorny Generalls order By ditto paid him my selfe By money paid Mr Jolly for worke done in the Church & Church yard By money paid Revell Elton for worke done at the Scoole house By moneys paid Mr Hews '^ order of Mr Talbot Paid Mr Talbot Paid Mr Hews man Tf order of the Vestry Paid John Neale for worke done at the Sceole house Paid Mr Thomas Leonard in part of- bond 2d New Yorke| Paid Jlr Thomas Leonard 4xb New Yorke' s (? 03 2 16 By money allowed Mr Wheler due to him on his accot pd by the Att Ge Brought from the other Side By moneys Received at the Sacrament. By moneys Reed at the Sacrament By moneys Collected at the doore By moneys Collected at the doore more on 5th £ s 14 I 05 1 I V 16 17 13 5 15 16 1 00 16 3 1 00 2 14 1 01 1 1 1 10 12 10 19 2 05 5 / 25 12 2 27 12 00 3 00 00 6 00 11 2 2 11 'J 9 5 13 4 S 6 8 00 28 11 ; Gl 3 14 ! 2 32 05 I 8.; ,1 By moneys allowed i\Ir Wheler being drawn on him by Mr Attorney Generall & is the ballance due to him 2 Brought from the other Side 25 By moneys paid Mrs Clarke in full for washing the Surplices & Cleaning the Church &c ; 01 By moneys paid Wm Cutler in full 03 By moneys paid Mr John Talbot for his Jorney to Yorke with the Addresses & horse hire 04 12 02 11 10 17 6 00 34 00 1715 Burlington 7th Octr 1714 Eecd of Jeremiah Bass Esq four pounds Sixteen shillings in full of Moneys due to me from Tho I^ycester on Accot of land Given to the Church at Burlington Tf me Thomas Leonakd To be added paid for a Common prayer| booke ommitted in casting up on the other page By money paid Mr Clarke By moneys paid toAVm Cutler in full.. 2 00 30 00 s l(i 4 15 00 8 00 00 45 ': 12 230 1714 Aprill 17 1715 April 17 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH LAUS DEO ANNO DOM 1714 Jeremiah Bass ] & y Churchwardens Emanuell Smith J CHURCH STOCK IS CR. Eecd of Mr Smith & paid to Cutler By moneys on Easter day Kecelved oa tlie vSacrament &c ' I s d 16 I 14 April 27th 1717 LAUS DEO ANNO DOM 1716 Abraham Hewlings JONATHAX LoVETT Churchward. CHtJECH OP BURLINGTON CR. By Collections & Subscriptions By moneys Paid J.. Bass by Iiis Subscrb, By George Willis By a Bill of Mr Leeds By Do of Mr Jona Lovet By Cash by Mr Wheeler By Cash "^ Mr Smith By Cash '^ Mr Bard By BillofEow: Ellis By Cash "Jp Mr Hewlings 18 09' 7 11 1 o o 18 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 LAUS DEO ANNO DOM 1X141 CHURCH STOCK IS DR. & i il By moneys due to Ballanceof the last Yearei & this— as "^ other Side i 8 5 51 By moneys paid William Cutler in full ^ 8 16 ' r, 01 oj ANNO 1715 By moneys due to ballance ' 12 ' 11 3^ PER COKTRA DR. To Jeremiah Bass I 12 11 .'!'> To William Cutler | 7 ' 12 O' To Margaret Clarke 4 15 I To William Cullum i 10 j «■ To George Willis ! 2 ; 13 ! -3 To ye Churchwardens for ye year 1716 1 1 3^0 To the Clark— for Do ". ' 8 0' f- IN BURLINGTON. 231 A prill 1716 Church "Wardens Chosen for this eiisucing Years are Abraham Hewlings & Jonathan Lovett J Bass: April 1717 Church Wardens Chosen for this Ensuing Year are Abraham Heulings & Rowland Ellis THE church's stock DR. 1717 May 10th To Cash paid Olive Clark - July 8 To Cash paid Benj: Wheat for 2 days work at ye Ch July 20 To Cash paid Olive Clark for cleansing the Church I Do 29 To Cash paid Wm Cutler for Two days work at 7s "Jr* day Do To Cash expended upon the workmen Aug 3 To Cash paid Paul the Cler. in fiart of last years pay Sepr 9 To moneys paid Olive Clark 7ber 10 To moneys paid Eobert Nailer for mending the IJellfrer floor 7ber 16 To Cash paid Paul the Clerk Kovbr 1 To Cash paid fordrawing the State of Bur- "1 lington Church By order of the Vestry / Decber 16 To moneys paid Olive Clark more 10b 30 To Cash paid Mr Marmion for a Bell rope Mar 15 To Moneys To a poor man from Hopewell Mar 22 To 41b of penny nails to mend ye fence... Do To a mugg of Beer Do 24 To Richard ffrances for mending re fences &c .■ £ .s d 00 10 00 07 00 10 1 00 14 00 ■> 6 00 s (1 00 12 (; 4 : 01 4 01 (10 ,s 00 110 '2 00 4 s 00 1 •") 00 10 Carried to fol: (48) 03 PR CONTKA BY COLLECTIONS AT YE BOOK. From April 28th 1717 through Dec 15, 1717 10 16 " Dec 22d " " April 13,1 1718 i 13 , 15 CHURCH STCCK. NobrT: 1718 Paid to Eichd : Blackham for mending ye Lock of the Doore Paid.to Mr Walker ^ order &o To Cash for sd Nayls 00 02 c 02 00 00 01 2 232 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Decembr 10 Janrv ]0 :Marcli 30 1719 To Olive Clarke "P order for Cleansing ye' Church j 01 To Cash for a Broom ' 00 To Cash Pd Nightinghale Tj) Mr Hewlingsl 00 00 01 01 Carried to P 52 i OZ 6 PE CONTRA BY COLLECTIONS AT YE DOOR From April 1718 1718 through January 4, 07 16 March 24 30 1719 Mar 30 Mav ve 11th June 10 18 11) July 6 " 17 Augst 10 Novembr 2"i Decembr 21 Aprill 1-') AprilllSlh Brought from fol : 50 ' To John Fisher for Carting Boards To Cash Pd to Mr Abra: Hewlings To Cash Eecd of Wm CoUumn & Richd ; ^ Allison for Ground in ye Church for >^ a Pew Their Parts Amot: to J To Do Mr Row: Ellis From Jany 11 1718 through March 29/ 1719 By Ground Sold to Willm ColluranBow: Ellis & Eichd Allison — for Building a| Pew CHURCH DR. To 450 foot of Board for the use of the Church at 8s Tfl hundred Pd Mr Abraham Hulings Paid for 1 pound Nails Paid for Bear at Several times Paid John Neale in cash 4s and Pot of bear Paid John Neale in cash Paid Ann Kindal on John Xeals Acct Paid John Neal Paid Kicliai-d HVancis for work Paid for 6 pounds Nails Paid Mr Hulings on acct of Saml Kimbal Paid ~t' Mr Talbots order for the Keleife of a poore Strangr Paid Edward Eackhill for a Bell Eope... Paid for Nails ' Paid on Mr. Pipers Acct Paid for the Eeleife of a poore Man at Cutlers Paid to Mr Piper Paid for a Broome Paid Lazarus James for Eepairing the Pales Paid for Nailes Paid for a passage for a Stranger 03 ■ 06 ! H 00 I 01 I (i OG . 03 I 2 02 00 01 00 Paid to PaullWatkinson wch is the Bailee of this Acct 3 12 12 10 I 11 09 10 11 03 00 12 10 11 16 10 1 2 /I 4 5 13 10 4 2 6 5 7 10 / 4 IN BURLIXGTOX. 233 April 18 17 -JO Jane : 1720 Jeremiah Bass George Willis Elected Church AVardens for the Ensuing Year Memorandm. Mr Hunlock chose into the A'estry in the room of Manuel Smith by the ( reneral con- sent of the Vestry. And its ordered by the Vestry &c That The Vestry Men Shall Communicate, at least once a Year, as the Canon in that behalfe Directs 't' KowD : Ellis Sery PR CONTRA BY COLLECTIONS AT YE DOOB. From March 30th 1719 through April 17tli 1720 £ s d 11 ; 18 i 9 J720 May 4th 7 July 19 August 7 Decemr 1 1 27 Jannr 5th Aug : 29 : 1720 1721 April o 10 24 20 May ye 8th May ye 20 29 00 CHUHCH DE. Pad Isaac Pearson for mending ye Lock.... 00 5 00 Paid Paul which was Due for Last Y'ear... , 00 j 8 , 00 Paid for two pds of Nailes for ye Gate 00 ' 2 ; 4 Paid to Trenton Mr Vickery 00, o Paid Samll Brown for Mr Tolbut for fer i ridg ' 00 [ 1 IJ Paid for a pint of wine & Bread 00 i 1 , 5 Paid for Bread and wine 00 i 2 7 PaidforaBroom 00 I 00 11 Paid for Bread and wine 00 i 2, 7 Agreed by the Vestry that Mr Bass is fixed upon to peform Divine Service in the church until the return of the Eevd Mr Talbot or another Minister be appointed in his Room. 1^ E : Ellis Sec- Paid for wine and Eecevd the Deeds from "1 Coll Morris / 00 , 2 4 To Paid for wine & bread Sacrement ■ 00 2 7 To Paid Eichard Smith jur for 6 pd of, Nai!esatl4rf 00 7 To Paid Daniell Smith for BB-i of Xailes at ' 14cZ 00 9 4 To a Large Seader post for a Corner post... 00 2 (i To Paid Daniell Smith for 121b Nailes 00 14, d To Paid Abraham Bickley for one pd of ] Nailes CO 1 2 To Cash pd Samll Smith for ferridges 00 , 2 7 To Paid Kobart Nailer for hewine ye post 1 : & hanging the Gate / 00 -5 00 To Paid Daniell Smith for 8ft Nailes at 14f/ 00 9 11 To quart of wine & Bread , 00 ' 2 i 7 234 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH June 9th July 2-ith August 4tli October 30tli November 2 1722 March 2G May— 15 June ve 18 July ye 21 Proclamation August 18 30 7br 17 19 To Paid Ricd Smith jur for 21b Naile | 00' 2 To 3 Seader posts \ 00 3 To 25 Seder Posts from Mr Whelers ' 1 i 5 To paid Benjamin Kimball for fenceingi the Sum of 7' To paid Samll Smith for ferridge for Mr \ - Smith ne^v money 1 | 11 is old / 00 , 2 To Cash for to bare Mr Smiths Traveling Charges 00 ' 5 To a quart of wine for Sacrement To a quart of wine for ye Sacrement..., To 11 Seader Posts from Mr Bass To S'undrysExpencesto Treat Mr Humpris: To pd Eicd Alleson for a pd of Nails & ^ Drink To the men that mended ye Bellfree. To a qrt of wine & bread for Sacrement., To 4B) of Candels to preach by. by the Clark 00 To 41b of Ditto to Preach by by the Clark.. ' 15 ■ 14 00 o 4 00 .'J 4 00 11 00 6 li 00 1 4 ; 1) 00 2 ,s 00 4 00 4 1 1722 Decembr 18 25 January 5th 6th ffebuary 7 1723 ApriU 14 15 11) 17-. 17: Novembr 17th PE CONTRA BY COLLECTIONS AT YE DOOR. From M.\y 1st 1720 through July 21st| , 1722..". I 14 ' 14 I -M, CHURCH DR. From the other Side in old Money JS15 \ , 14s 2.W is Proclamation Money jl 11 15 S To Cash To Clark for a Broome I 00 ; 00 j 9 To a quart of wine 00 OljlO To a pint of Ditto Sachreement 00 ; 00 : 11 To a pint of Ditto 00 i 00 11 To Cash 'To Eockhills for a rope for ye Bell 00 ' 07 ' H To Cash pd Mathew Ash for Bell Kope 00 j 04 ,S To John Rogers for a Hundred of Kaile ' 00 15 To a Bottle of wine Sachreraent | 00 j 01 1 10 To 3 quarts of Linseed Oyle ' 00 ! 06 ' 00 To a pint of wine Sachrement To a pint of Ditto Sachrement To Cash Due to the Cred the Sum of... 15 12 George 'Willis Debter to the Church ye Bum of 01 j 15 45 ('R. PR CONTRA £ s c! Erom the other Side in old Money £14 I ' 14,s 82 d is Proclamation Money / 11 i 00 | S; Bv Collection at the Dore 00 j 07 00 BV Cash from M r Bass 00,03 0'.' 00 00 11 00 00 11 01 15 41 31 IX BURLINGTOX. 235 Decembr 17 ffebuary 4 1723 April 14 By Cash from Mr Bass Collr.. By Collection at Dore By Collection at the Bore By Collection at the Dore By Cash Reed by A Subscription.. £ •s d 00 03 01 00 02 01 00 04 Oil 00 04 00 03 07 06 15 ' 12 ' 031 By Cash Reed to Ball, ye acct from Mr AVillis ye sum of. 1-3 141 Proclamation money BURLIXGTON APRIL 16 | 1723 172.3 April in Mav 6 '.30 9br4 lObr 2 ffeb 2S Mar. 18 1724 Aug: 11 Then Elected for Church Wardens for the Ensuing Year .Joseph White 1 John Allen J To Cash pd Mr Watkinson towards his' Sallary To pd Paul for nails To pd for i Bush, lime To Benja Wheat as Labourer To pd for Scantling & nailes To pd for 2 new Shutters To Cash pd Paul To pd Mr Hunloke for Mr Ormstrongs En- tertainmt To pd for washing 11 Snrpleeses To pd ye Glazier for mending ye ch-windows To pd Paul for Nails To pd for Drawing the Deed for the Glebe 2 1 4 ■l 3" 1 — 1 2 J — 10 — 12 10 1 1 ; 12 11 6 12 7br 19 lObr 23 Jan 30 ]7i Ma To pd for Candles 6 1 ! Topdfor nailes 0: 10 To pd for 2 broomes 1 : 6 To pd Joshua Newbold r ■ ... 10 for mending ye Bell frey and for making a short bench ^ To pd Paul at Sundry payments , 10 00 To Casli paid Paul.. 16 ; 13 20 PE CONTRA BY COLLECTION AT YE DOOR From April 16lh 1723 through 9br 24th' 1723 20 236 April 12 1726 May 10 7bi- 21 ffeb 17 Marck 14 Mar 3 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH LAUS DEO ANNO DOM. 1725, 29th MARCH BowLAND Ellis ] & y Church Wanlem Jonathan Lovet J THE CHITECH STOCK IS DK. To Cash pd Mr Willis for Candles To Cash pd Paul Watkinson his Arrears To Cash pd for washing ye Surplice To Cash pd Mr Hunloke for Candles To Cash pd for a Broom To Cash pd Mr Satterthwte for mending the Windows Bowland Ellis Debr to Stock & pd LAUS DEO ANNO DOMINI 1725 5 io 3 4 6 3 10 6 6 2 5 u 8 11 5'. April 11 April 18 May 9 16 30 1726 Mav 10 Jany March 5 April 2 PR CONTRA CH. By Moneys received at ye Door ' By Collections at the door j By Ditto By Ditto By Ditto ^ Mr Lovet By Cash reed of Mr Abra: Heulings, 1 being ye residue of Mr William y i fhshers Legacy J ' By Collections at ye door By Collections at ye door By Collections at ye Door By Collections T^ To Jon : Lovet.. Anno Christi 1727 LAUS DEO 3 20 ... ... 1 10 6 7 10 .* 5 y 4 1 3 8 8 O 2 ni 8 11 n At a Vestry held on the third day of April Ano Dom. 17 Present The Revd Mr Nathanl Horwood Mr John Allen Mr Joseph White MrTho: Hunloke Mr Geo : Willis Mr Jonathan Lovet Mr William Cutler Mr Simon Nightingale MrRowd: Ellis Vestry Men IX BURLINGTON. 23< Mr Jolin Allen & Mr George Willis chose Ch : "Wardens for- ye Ensuing Year. The Kevd Mr Horwood proposing to this present Vestry that Some Consideration ought to be made for his further mainte- nance & support, It was then agreed that a Subscription paper be drawn and yt the Secretary draw the same for that Use nemine- Contradicente — THE church's stock IS DE. May 5th To Cash pd Paule Watkins the Sum of... To D. By Mr Wm Collom , June 0th To Cash to Paull Watkins , To Cash pd the Buttons for fencing To Cash pd Mr Horwood by [illegible]... 1727 To Sundrys for Mr Vahen his preach Mai-ch 24 [illegible] when Came back from Philada Cash for a Broom 172S- Apl 22 Ca-h in full 13 10 8 1 14 11 1 11 11 15 5 11 16 4 Anno Christi 1727 LAUS DEO 5 I PR CONTRA CR. April 9th By Collections @ the Dore G W 31 Sunday By Do @ ye Dore G W May 5 By Cash Received from Mr Abra : Heu- "| lings & Mr Jacob Perkins Jr for the | Pew formeley Esteamd to be Jno ] Wards the Sum of pd is in full | for the Said pew J Received from Capt Eicd Alleson the Sura of fifteen Shillings being a Sub- scription of his father Mr Eichd Alleson maid in the year 1716 J 7th Sunday a Collection @ ye Dore by J A June -i Sunday a Colleotiort @ ye Dore by J A By Sundrys Sums Received ye Subscription, paper &c the Sum of By Mr Wm Collem for Paul , Burlington April 22. 1728 Then Received of John Allen Esqr & Mr George Willis Ch. Wardens for the Year 1727 the sum of three pounds it being their Subscription for said Year and the Sum of four pounds five shillings Towards the arrearges together with fifteen shillings and five pence which makes up the Ballance of the Church's accot for this present Year Ending at Easier in ye Year 1728 the Sum of Eight pounds and five pence Reed "^ Testiss Paul Watkinson, Eowd: Ems la 3 2.V 4 6} 5 10 10: G. 11 10 4 238 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH liURLINGTON UXEIVALLED FOE A COLLEOE. Mr. Coxe to the Secretary. "Trenton at the Falls of Delaware "28"' of April 1728 '' Sir : " I embrace this opportunity by the Reverend M'' Waymau to Inform You of the following Particulars. " Understanding that M" Alexander, Brigadeer Hunter's Agent at New York, had at Length found the Deed of Convey- ance from M'' Tatham to the Hon"'* and "Venerable the Society of the House and Land in Burlington, I went the latter end of December last to meet him at Amboy a Town between Forty and Fifty Miles from hence distant, where he was then attend- . ing in Council with M'' Burnet our late Governor in hopes he had brought it with him, but missed of my Expectation; how- ever he assured me if I would tarry there till his Return, he would go to York and fetch it, accordingly he did, and in about Six or Seven Days he came and delivered it to me, on my Sign- ing a Receipt for it, in the behalf of the Society, according to M' Hunter's directions to him. "I have likewise ordered the Lands mentioned in the Deed to be survey'd. Those adjoining to the house with the Water Lot, Garden and Orchard are already finished, and amount to about Sixteen acres, Two acres of Meadow near the Brick Kilns in the same Town, have long been taken into fence and held in Possession by one Nath' Crips a Quaker in Burlington County, Ten acres of very fine JNIeadow near London Bridge and lying on the Creek bounding the Town is likewise claim'd and in the Possession of M" William Burge a Quaker of Philadelphia who pretends to an Antient Survey of it that he has many years paid Taxes for it, and has besides disburs'd above Twenty Pounds according to the directions of an Act of Assembly passed in this province for the drawing of the Meadows in and about that Town. I have inform'd them both of the Societies Claim and like to those lands, but they insist on their several Rights and seem tenacious of them howsoever I am inform'd by some Antient Inhabitants now living in Burlington that on a due Scrutiny into that affair, its more than probable that the Society IN BURLINGTON. 239 will Le able legally to assert and maintain the Kiglit which they derive from the Sale of M' Tatham, if these Gentlemen can't by other means be induced to quit their pretentions thereto. '' The Surveyor has not returned me a fair Draft of the first mentioned Survey but I expect it soon and then shall transmit it, with the attested copy of M"" Tathams Deed of sale, which I have taken Care to have enter'd on Record. " It is reported here and in the Neighbouring Colony's that the Society design'd to erect a College on some part of the Con- tinent of America for the Educating of Youth, after the manner as is practised in the University of Oxford and Cambridge but that they are as yet unresolved what place to pitch on for that purpose. " If I may be permitted to offer my opinion in this case (having often Passed through the Colony's of Virginia, Mary- land, Pensilvania, New York and this Province, and being well acquainted with the several situations and conveniency's may be alleged in favor of either of them) I should Avith great respect and submission, advise for, and give the Preference to New Jersey, and Particulary to that spot of Ground where the Society's House now stands at the Point of Burlington Avhich without Exaggeration or Partiality, I dare aver to be the most pleasant and healthy situation of any place I've yet beheld in America, and will not submit to any other for all manner of Conveniency's and necessary's of Life. It being on a most noble River about one Hundred and fifty miles from the capes. A Ship of above four hundred Ton may come up and ride before the Town as many formerly have. The River which is called Delaware is stor'd with Fish in great Plenty, such as Sturgeon, Rock or Bass, Perch, Sunfish, Pike, Trout, Eels, and catch in the seasons. Herrings, Shad and Oysters. Just before the Society's House is a fine Fishing place, either for Angling or the draught net, Burlington is almost iu the centre of all his Majesty's Dominions on the Continent, the Town is very regu- larly and handsomely built, with mostly Large Convenient Brick Houses. The whole number in the body of the town may amount to about a hundred. " The Society may purchase at reasonable rates from five to Twenty or thirty acres of Land and Orcharding adjoining to 240 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH their own, If what they have already is not thought sufficient, "Whilst the College is erecting which may be near or contigious to their own House, That will be serviceable for the Lodging and entertainment of the overseers or directors of the Work, as well as accomodate the Principal Servants and Workmen. " The Town will supply the meaner sort with Lodging, and all other necessary's, There is an Island called the Mattiniconk in the River opposite to the Society's House and not half a quarter of a Mile from it Containing about Three Hundred and Twenty acres of Upland and Meadow. It is in the King's Gift, and no doubt for advancing so noble and Useful a design ou a proper application, His Majesty will readily grant it to them. " It will be of great benefit to the College in supplying it with Fencing and Fire Wood for many Years, and will serve for a Pasture for Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Besides that some part of it may be converted into Gardening and other necessary uses. The Society may likewise if its thought convenient Purchase a large Plantation or two on the other side the Creek over against their own Land at reasonable Rates, if managed with Secresy and caution, I have enclosed Two Drafts, or Maps The one of the Town of Burlington in General and the Island before men- tioned, The other of part of the Town more particularly described with the Public buildings, the Society House and Lots with the Lots adjoining. " If the Society think fit to erect a College There, I shall present them with my Lot of one acre at the Point, as you'll see described in the Map N° 19, which will make the Place more uniform and convenient. " The Lot and Orchard of M'' Bass may be purchas'd and is indeed a fine piece of Ground, both that & the Society's Lots are as Level as a bowling Green. "The Water Lot of Hutchinson, I am inform'd is to be sold, as is the land next adjoining to M'' Bass, which will Compre- hend that whole Square. " If I have offered my Sentiments so freely in this'affair, I ask the Society's pardon ; But as I have the Honor to be admitted a member of that Honorable body, and am at present instructed with the care of their House and Lands at Burlington, I thought is was my Duty, and for their service to give them the best IN BUHLINGTON. 2J1 light iuto and account of their Affaire ; and how far they may be rendered more advantageous to them. " The Reverend M'' Wayman who has been upon the spot, may be able to give the Society, if they require it, further Satis- faction in this affair. My most humble Duty attends the Hon'''^ and A'^enerable Society who am their and Your " Most Obed' humble Ser' "DA^■■ CoxE." "a teetty numerous congregation at JSUELIXGTON." 3Ir. Horimod to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington March 24, 172;; "Mosr Honorable and Venerable Sir: * * " We have here at Burlington a pretty numerous congregation, and abundance of the adjacent Country come fre- quently to divine Service, great numbers of which have been lately baptized ; about thirty miles off I baptized Twenty Two Persons, some Young, some Adult in one day ; but all this time I labor under a difficulty, which my Brethren are Supplied with (viz) the want of a Library; M'' Talbot (who is dead) when living, denied he ever had any ; but however there appeared at his Death a Catalogue (tho' not his hand writing) of 197 books J of which I made demand of the Widow, in the name of the Society ; but to no purpose, she denying any such books to be there, I humbly crave the order and directions of the Society in this matter. I deferr'd drawing a Bill of Ex- change till I had heard from the Society touching the former particulars, but not being so fortunate, am now constrained to draw on M'' Treasurer for Two Years Salary due from Lady day 1727 to this present Instant Lady day, at the rate of £70 per annum which was the salary the Honorable most Venerable Society was pleased to assign me, when before you. " This with all duty and Submission to the Honorable and pious Society is all at present offers from Venerable " Sirs " Your Most Obedient " and devoted " Nath'' Horwood." Q 242 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH BURLINGTON HEALTHY AND FAMOUS FOR SITUATION. 3Ir. Holbrooh to the Secretary. Extracts. " Salem in New Jersey July 2P' 1729. " Rev"" Sir : * * " Burlington is reckoned healthy and is as famous for a situation, the most pleasant and agreable of any on either side the Delaware. * * "At Burlington there is both a clever house and glebe, the congregation is at Burlington comparatively large & consist of people Capable of doing handsomely for their Mission- ary but at Salem the Congregation is but small and the major part of it miserably poor. This is a true representation. In short sir, I scarce ever had reason to repent of any thing in my con- duct so much as my not accepting the leave given me to return to Burlington having had now sufficient experience of the In- convenience and hardships of living where I do with a growing and often a sick family and I sincerely aver that I had rather live at Burlington for £50 p"' Annum than at Salem for £70, and do believe that if the Hon''''^ Society, truly knew my case as it is they would be so far from drawing back £10 from, that they would be willing to add £10 more to my salary." THE REMOVAL OF MR. IIORWOOD, DESIRED. The ChurchirarJcns TRY OP SAINT MAEY's BURLINGTON. " Humbly StiEArETii • "' That whereas the Reverend M'' Nathaniel Horwood has signified to lis his resolution of applying to your Venerable and Houble Body for liberty to return to his native Country which if granted by your venerable & Honble Societys favour's are yet thereby encouraged to renew our application to the Venerable and Honorable Board for the continuance of the usual Bounty and we humbly offer that that A^enerable & Honble body which has hitherto been so indulgent of us would be pleased to favour US with the nomination and appointment of tlie Reverend M' Rob' ^Vayman for the serving this Church, That Gentleman being well known to us for his piety learning sobriety. Christian moderation and singular good temper, all these render him in a particular manner qualified to enlarge the Churches borders in this place which abounds with Quakers and other Sectaries, numbers of which we doubt not by the Blessing of God might be brought over and won to the Church by his labours. If the Honble Society would think fit to gratify us in this our most earnest request, we entertain great hojjes that our Church will flourish and the worthy iNP "VVeyman by the many services and good offices he has already conferred on us has so endeared him- self to one and all of us that we are persuaded we may be able to make such an addition to the Society's bounty as that he may have that sufficiency and comfortable subsistance, which he well deserves. We hope the A'enerable and Honble Board will take our request under consideration, and when they think fit signify their pleasure to their " Most humble & obliged Serv'° f "'Wm. Cutler, " Churchwardens \ " Abra. Heulings. " [Jurlington March 12* 172|,." 244 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH DEATH OF THE EEV. JIR. HORWOOD. In a letter from Rev. Mr. Holbrook to the Secretary of the Society, dated "Salem, Aug. 19, 1730," are these words: "Mr. Horwood, Missionary at Burlington, died at Burlington the 28th of July last." EEV. MR. WEYMAX, illSSIOXARY AT BURLINGTON. The S. p. G. report, from Feb. 1729 to Feb. 1730, say.-: " The Rev. Robert "Weyman of Oxford, Pa.,t acquaints the Society that upon his Desire and that of the People at Burling- ton, he is removed from Oxford to Burlington upon the Death of Mr. Horwood, late Missionary there." EXTRACT FROM THE SERMON J AT THE FUNERAL OF ME^. TALBOT. " Numbers 23. 10, last part of the verse. Let me die vc death of the righteous, & let my last end be like his." "And now I have done w'" y° Text I shall only add a few words upon this mournful Occasion of our coming together at this time. If it be expected that I sh* make any large encomiums iu praise of our deceased Sisf, 1 beg leave to tell you y' y"" Pulpit is not to be prostituted to flattery a Thing I shall always avoid on these occasions. However I shall only make mention of such things as I am sure all that knew her will Justify & for those y' knew her not I am sure it will be highly uncharitable in them to Con- tradict. Therefore I hope it will not be thought that I have other than a pious end in being Just to this our Siste''^ memory as far as it is Consistent w"' my own knowledge & good Ac- q'ance w"" her. " My Information allows me not to speak of the particulars of her birth & Education having no Acq'ance w"' her form"" times yet any one might perceive that her civil deportment & curteous behav"' bespoake her a Gentlewoman in all respects. t For the industry, zeal, devotion and success of his eleven previous years, see Buchanan's '• Historical Sketch of Trinity Church, Oxford, Phila.," pp. 20-23. JThe MS. has on its last leaf, "Burlington at ye funeral of Mrs. Talbot on Whitsunday June 6th 1731." IX BURLIXGTOX. 245 " As for y" latf part of her days, them I have known & in y™ been an eye Wittness of y" Expression of so much goodness as may Justly render her an Example worthy y"' Imitation ; I have great reasons to believe y* she was one who always lived in ihe fear of God & seem'd to have had nothing more at heart than to please him to Edifie her friends & -work out her own Salvation so that by her X'" Life & Sober Conversation she hon- oured the holy Relig" she professed and gave no occasion to y" enemies of God to Blaspheme. " She was ever mindful of her mortality & delighting always to be near Gods Altar. She perpetually shew'd her love to God by her Zealous Affection to the Church of England ; f by her constant attendance on y" divine ordinances there dispensed ; by her «devout & regular behaviour w° in the house of God & her Esteem & respect for y" Clergy. In a word she was endued vv* y" bright graces of faith hope & Charity ; stedfastly believ- ing that God's goodness w*" be Sufficient for her & that her good works w" be rewarded & Crown'd w* Immortal glory. She was a good Xeighbour She was pitiful Compassionate & mer- ciful to those who were in need, the happy reward of w°'^ I hope •^he now enjoys ; blessed are y" merciful for they shall obtain mercy. As to her behav' in her last Sickness I can give no Ace' of that ; this we are sure of that she has been train'd up ill y" school of Afflictions as well as oth''" & having lived to a very considerable Age in this world she often thought of an alteration & did not flatter herself as too many do w"* y^ vain hopes of a distant Exit. " She has of late gone thro Several sharp diseases in some of w""" I have had an opportunity to Visit her. I found that as she made it the business of her life after the direction of the Apostle to work out her Salvation w* fear & trembling, so in y" extreamity of her pains, tho she seem'd sometimes to be '■ast into doubts & perplexities as to y" state and condition of her Soul, yet did she always w"" humble Confidence in y" Merits t At a meeting of the Vestry of the Church at Perth Amboy, September 23d, 1728, resolutions of thanks were passed to the widow of Kev. John Talbot !':jr the present of a silver chalice and ewer, and a silver paten, which are still •!^ed in the services of that church. Whitehead's History -of Perth Amboij, p. 221. 246 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH of X"' by earnest repentance & ardent pray"' endeav'' to make her peace w"' God ct the world, by purging of those Imperfec- tions & frailities of Nature, vt"^ is almost impossible but y" best of us may Contract in the midst of this Sinful naughty World — & w" she talked w"' me as if she thought the time of her departure was very near, it was w"' all the Chearfulness of a Xtian who earnestly desired to die y" death of the Righteous & had made it the business of her whole life to make her latter end like his ; heartily lamenting the failings of her past life and as far as I c'' discern seemd always full of thoughts & holy ailec- tions, full of hearty submissions and resignations to her God ; in w""" Excell' posture we do in charity hope she at last expired into Eternity where God Grant y' w"' her, together w"' all those who are departed this life in y" true faith of X'"^ holy X;iine we may all have our perfect Consumation it bliss both in body & Soul thro Jesus X^' our Lord. Amex." THE WILLf OP ilRS. TALBOT. " In the Name of God Amen I Anne Talbott of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania widow being siclc & weak of Body but of Sound Mind & Memory do make this my last Will et Testament in manner following " Imprimis, I will that my Body be decently buryed by the Body of my late Husband the Reverend M"' John Talbott dec'd in the Church of St. James's at Burlington in firm Hope of Pardon of my Sins & a Happy Resurrection through the Meritts of Jesus Christ ray Saviour and my Will tt mind is that a Decent plain Monument be erected in the sd Church at Burliug- ton with a proper inscription to be composed by the Reverend M'' A'aughan of Elizabeth Town & the Rev'' INI"' Skinner of Amboy, or either of them — "Item, I Give & bequeath to Samuel Hasel & Charles Read of the City of Philadelphia aforesd Merchants the Sum of Twenty pounds Each — " Item, I Give devise & bequeath unto my Dutyfull & well f Copied by me, from the original, (No. 191,) in the Office of the Kegi^ki of Wills, in Philadelphia. G. M. ii. IN BURLINGTON. 247 beloved Son Thomas Herbertf of the Island of Mevis Planter my Six Negros Viz' Sarah and Nanny, Pendall and Betty with her Child these four are all ready in the West Indies & my Negro Phillis & son Jaekey who are now with me in Philadelphia also my two feather beds with all their Furniture Curtains A'alens Quilts Blanketts Sheets Boulsters & pillows & Pillowbers and ray Table Linnen Pewter & brass with all my Estate Goods & Effects whatsoever after the payment of my Funeral Expenees Debts & Legacys aforesd unto him my sd son Thomas liis Heirs and Assigns forever — " Item, I nominate ct Appoint Charles Read & Samuel ITasel aforesd Executors of this my last Will and Testament giving them full power to call all persons to Account who are by any ways or means whatsoever indebted to me, that they may be enabled to Comply with this my will hereby revoking & making Null all former Will or Wills by me heretofore made "And acknowleding this to be my last Will A; Testament — Ix Testimony whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal in Philadelphia this thirtyeth day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty — . I)er Anxe a Talbott Mark " Sign'd Seal'd Published & Declared to be her last Will & Testament before Us "George RoTii "Edward Warnei;, " Mary Jacob." The Testatrix was undoubtedly too sick to do more than make the first letter of her Christian name. That the Church in Burlington, is, in this instrument, called " St. James's," instead of St. Mary's, may possibly, have had something to do with the cause of the Jacobites. It is more reasonable however, to suppose, that Edward Warner, a Phila- delphian, — the second witness, in whose handwriting the Will tin the Parish Register of Christ Church, Philadelphia, is this entry: ' Burial— Thomas, son of Thomas Herbert, Sep. 21—1731." 248 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH appears — confounded the name of the Church, with that of St. James', Bristol, Pa., (just opposite Burlington,) which was often served by j\Ir. Talbot. The value of this Will, as a historical paper, cannot be over- estimated. Almost every line of it throws light upon some point otherwise unknown ; and the interest in it culminates, when the eyes rest upon THE EPISCOPAL SEAL OF JOHN TALBOT, with which it is sealed, by his widow. The impression on the wax is as distinct as though it were just made — on an oval ground, a mitre, with a plain cross upon it ; and under it, in large letters intertwining one another, the full name, "J Talbot." THE WILL OF MKS. TALBOT PROVED. Appended to the Will of Mrs. Talbot, is this evidence of its proof : "Philad" June. 23, 1731. Then personally appear'd Edward Warner and Mary Jacob two of the witnesses to the foregoing Will, and upon their solemn affirmation according to Law did declare they saw & heard Ann Talbott the Testatrix above named sign seal publish and declare the same Will to be her Last Will and Testament and That at the doing thereof she was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge." " Coram Pet Evans Reg Gen " MRS. TALBOT's EFFECTS. " ISVENTOBY OP THE GOODS & CHATTELS OP ANNE TALBOT LATE OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA WIDOW DECEASED TAKEN THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE ANXO DOMIXI 1731. C'a^li £ ]•). 16.. 4 ' Four Suits of pinners 4 — • Xine Table Cloth-< 2.. 14 — ' Seven Cambrick liand- Seventeen Sheets 4.. 5 kerohleves . 14 ■ — Nine Towells .. 11.. H Three prs Sleeves & Fourteen pillow Cases .. 11.. 8 Ruffles 2.. 6 Eight Diaper & five Four Routing hand- Linen Napkins 10.. — ' kerohleves . 3 — Eight hoUand Shifts 2.. 4 — Two prs Silk two prs ' Five Ditto petty Coates ..10 — , Worsted & three J- 1 .. Six Linen Waste Coates . 10 — i prs thread hoss Six Ditto Aprons ..9 — Five silk handkerchieves Nine Fore head Cloths Three prs Gloves & seventeen Caps 10 — IN BURLINGTON. 249 Three Black Crape hoods 5 Four Girdles 2.. 6 Two Black Fanns •J Two prs Shoes 8 Black Silk Short Cloke 10 Black padisoy Suit 2.. — Black Velvet hood & Scarf 1.. 10 Four Silk Aprons 8 Black Sattin Quilted petty Coate 1. — £37. 14.. 3 Brought Over £37.. 14.. 3 Blue per.sian Quilted petty Coate 10 — Stripd Sattin Suit 1 10 Two Black Scarfs 12 — Stripd Sattin petty Coate Velvet Ma-k lUack Silk hood Four Flanel petty Coates & 2 Waste Coates Two Sattin & three Stuff Gowns Camblet Cloke Old Cloth ditto Green Calamancha t Quilted petty Coate < alico Gown Silk Isight Ditto Two Feather beds' 2 bolsters 5 pillows 2 prs blankets Kug ( iuilt Counter pane Curtains vailings bazes head and Tester Cloths & bed steads J Tvi-o Cotton hamockers & Window Curtains Sight pewter Dishes Bason & forty seven plates Two Tin Funels Six " patty pans Cullen- der and Dripping ! pan J Jack and Spitt 5.. 17 12 — 10 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 12 - 12 - 13.. 10 — 6 ; Brass Kettle & two Iron potts £ 2 — — Six Case knives & Six Forks .. 4 — Tin Grater pudding pan & pepper box . 2.. 6 Three brass Candle- sticks Snuffers & 2 Iron Candlesticks Warming pann pr Endirons Dogs Shovel & Tongs Frying pann & Grid- iron Looking Glass & Swing ditto 4.. Three Tables & Stand 2.. Four Smoothing or Sadirons 13 — 10 £80. 12.. 3 Two Glass Tumblers Cann five Drinking Glasses and two Salts 4 — Lanthoru Seive Wood Mortar & pestle 6 — Bed Screws Bottles & Earthen Ware £ . 10 — Thirteen Chairs 1. 6 — Dutch Table 10 — Two pails three Wash Tubbs Safe & Bench 10 — Tea Kettle 8 — Seven Silver Spoons 5!. r> — Two Silver Thimbles 3 — Two Gold Rings 1! 10 — Eight Vol of Dr. Bev- eridges Sermons 1.. — — Old Large Fol Bible Three Comon pray- ers and eleven other Bookes 1.. 15 — Five Trunks two Chests & two Cases of Bottles 1.. — — A Negro woman named phillis 27.. 10 — 2 — £122.. 9.. 3 Appraised %! Jno CADWALABER Edwakd Koberts. 250 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " ABUNDANCE OF COUNTRY PEOPLE COilE TO DIVINE SER- VICE." In 1732, Mr. AVeyman acquaints the Society, "That his parish hath been lately very much afflicted with the small-pox, which hindred numbers of people from assembling together at divine service ; but that now the contagion is abated, the Church begins to be full, and abundance of country people come fre- quently to divine service ; that the number of his communicants increases ; that within the compass of the last year, he hath baptized ninety children and six adults, at Burlington and else- where. That finding the Church at Bristol was destitute of a minister, he hath, upon the very earnest solicitation of the people, undertaken lo serve them the first Sunday in every month, and hopes to do it without great difficulty, on account of the nearness of that town to Burlington." POST OFFICES AND THE MODES OF TRANSPOETATION. " For some time the only Post offices in New Jersey were at Perth Amboy and Burlington ; being on the direct route from New York to Philadelphia, they probably partook of the benefits of the first arrangements. Letters for large districts of country were sent to those places for distribution. "The first advertisement noticed relating to the transporta- tion by this route is in Bradford's Philadelphia Mercury of March 1732-3, as follows : "'This is to give Notice unto Gentlemen, Merchants, Trades- men, Travellers and others, that Solomon Smith and James Moore, of Burlington : keepeth two stage wagons intending to go from Burlington to Amboy and back from Amboy to IJur- lington again, once every week or offt'er if that business pre- sents: They have also a very good store house, very commodious for the storing of any sort of Merchants Goods free from any charges, where good care will be taken of all sorts of goods.' "In April, 1734, Arthur Brown gives notice that he plies in a boat between New York and South River in New Jersey, and that he will carry goods to Allen's Town, Burlington or Philadelphia as cheap as other lines via Amboy or New Bruns- wick." — Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy. IN BURLINGTON. 251 THE CONGREGATION NEVER USED TO PAYING MR. TALBOT. Mr. Weyman to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington March 10* 1734. "Eev" Sir: " The Congregation at Burlington remain in the same state and disposition of mind as I found them, they constantly and duly attend the worship of God but do not care to do any thing toward the support and maintenance of the Ministry because they were never used to it by my predecessor M"" Talbot who as a single personf did & could subsist upon the Honble Society's bounty without their help but my circumstances are quite dif- ferent having a numerous family. I am content and thankful for the present allowance I have from the Honble Society and should take it as a particular mark of their favor & kindness to me if they would but only be pleased to send a letter to the people of Burlington and Bristol to incite them to their duty in that particular manner and to declare to them their expectation of their conformity thereto according to their instructions to all churches abroad that expect ministers to be settled and estab- lished amongst them. The congregation I have at Bristol is increased above. expectation and I find there's a great disposition in the minds of the people in general to a conformity to the Church of England as by law established and to her modes and rights of worship but as they have been at first educated amongst Dissenters they cannot possibly join with knowledge decency or order M'ith us for want of prayer Books for which cause I entreat the Honorable Society will please to furnish me with some dozens of them and of the whole duty of man or any other practical authors that they shall think fit to be distributed among them. I have baptized since my last account 23 infants, o adults and am preparing two more for Baptism at Easter. " I am Eev" Sir " Your most obed' " Humble servant " RoB^ Weyman." f Mr. Talbot did not marry — it seems — until about the time of his inhibition. 252 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH PROCLAMATIONS EESPECTING THE FAIR. " 10 May 1735, the Fair was Proclaimed by the Court House Edw" Peirce May'' Isaac Decou Recorder with the Aldermen and Comon Council men Present — " The Cryer making 3 Proclamation. The Clerk dictated to y" Cryer as followeth (To wit) " O yes. O yes. O yes. "The Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Comon Council men of this City of Burlington Do Strictly Charge & Comandand on the behalfe of our Sovereigne Lord the King That all manner of Persons of what soever Estate Degree or Condition they be Having recourse to this Fair Keep the peace of the said Lord the King : "That no manner of Persons make any Gatherings or aifrays by which the same Peace may be broken or disturb'd upon Pain of Imprisonment. " That no manner of Person or Persons Do Presume to sell in any Booth or Stall within this Fair any Beer Ale Rum Cider or any other Strong Liquor but he she or they who is or are poor Housholders within this City upon Pain that will fall thereon. " That the said Housholders are hereby Strictly Charg'd & ■Comanded not to Sell or Expose for Sale any such Strong Liquors after the Hour of Seven in the Evening during this Fair upon Pain that fall thereon. " That no manner of person or Persons buy nor sell but with true Weights & Measures upon Pain and Penalties which will be duly inflicted upon such Offender according to Law. " That if any person or persons within this City shall gallop Jiis or their Horse Mare or Gelding in the Streets thereof or imoderately pace or trot the same at any time therein (Except from, the Cross Street npar Joseph White's House to the Point House) shall forfeit the sume of Six Shillings according to an Act of Comon Councill of this City in such cases made and provided. " That no person or persons whatsoever within the Limitts & Bounds of this Fair shall Presume to break the Lords day in Selling Shewing or Offering for Sale or in buying or offering to buy any Comodities whatsoever (Except Fi'esh Meat) or in Sit- ting Tipling or Drinking in any Tavern Inn Ale house or Tip- IN BURLINGTON. 25a ling House or in "doing any other thing that may tend to the Breach thereof upon the Pain and Penaltie's contained in several Acts of Parliament and the Laws of this Province which will be severely inflicted on the Breakers thereof. " God save the King." — J//S'. Docket of the " Court of Conscience." BURLINGTON HAS PAETICULAE ADVANTAGES. 3f Lindsay to the Secretary. Extracts. " Bristol upon Delaware Pensilvania March 9"" 1736. " HoNB^'^ "Worthy Gentlemen, * * " Let me beg leave to inform you of my encour- agement here and to inform The Honorable Society I have very little for all my services, the people of Bristol (a place very poor) have subscribed a very trifling thing but none else, they all generally say, as I do not reside among them they cant think of any thing. But if I did they would allow me something of their Country Produce. * * " The Mission of Burlington that has some par- ticular advantages such as the Societies large house some lands &c yet has a greater Salary than I who has vastly and by great odds much fatigue." the whipping post in use. "17 May 1737. " The Lord the King ^ Convicted before my Selfe a 1 the Recorder Rob' Smith & " Jack y" Negro of the f John Allen Esquire for Stealing " Wid" Satterthwaite j a Cock of the value of 6" of Elizabeth Thomson on the Oaths of y^ said Thomson, Gil- bert Parker & other Proofes, Thereupon it was ordered that he be whipped at y" Whipping Post with 30 Lashes On his bare Back and that his Mistress pay the Charges thereof which was done accordingly." — MS. Docket of the " Court of Conscience." DEATH OP THE REV. ROBERT WEYJIAN. October 5th, 1737, Mr. Weyman writes, "that he himself was then in all probability going out of life, through an atrophy. 251 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH consumption, and dropsy, and he therefore begged leave to take his last farewell of the venerable Society, with his sincere thanks for all their favours and good offices, and with his most hearty prayers to God Almighty to pour His blessing upon them, and to recompense all their works of mercy and charity at the resur- rection of the just." The Rev. Mr. Vaughan, minister of Elizabethtown, writes, November 29th, 1737, "that he embraced an opportunity then just offered of paying his duty to the Society, acquainting them that Mr. Weyman, the Society's missionary at Burlington, had exchanged this life for a better the day before, and had left a wife and six children in very low circumstances through the poor pittance of his fortunes ; — that he had left the world with an universal good character, and was a true and faithful labourer in God's vineyard." The Society, out of an especial regard to Mr. Weyman's good and faithful long services, gave his widow and children, f upon their humble petition, a gratuity of 601. EEY. COLIN CAJrPBELL, MINISTER AT BURLIXGTOX. The report of the S. P. G., for 1738, says: " The Rev. Mr. Colin Campbell,! petitioning the Society to succeed Mr. Wey- man in his mission, the Society after a proper Examination of liis Testimonials and Letters of Orders, and after his reading Prayers and preaching Avith approbation, hath appointed him ^Minister at Burlington." From " Burlington, June 2d, 1738," Mr. Campbell writes, " that he arrived there on the 10th of May, and was well t \ son of Mr. Wevman became distinguished as a Printer. 1 'ide " Tliomas' History of Printing/' Vol. II, p. 104. X He was the tenth child of his father, (whose name lie bore, and who had fourteen children, tive daughters and nine son.=!,) and was born at Earnhill, Scotland, Nov. 15th, 1707. .While a boy he attended school at Aberdeen and Inverness, and in the latter place, lived with his aunt. Lady Drummuire. His father was born at Delmis, A. D. 1664, married Mary Duff', of Drummuire, April 30th, 1691, and died in Nov., 1725. Kev. Mr. Campbell's grandfather Avas AVilliam Campbell, of Delmis, hereditary High Sheriff of Nairn, and as this office implies was of noble descent. A son of the Kev. Mr. Campbell, who made an excursion to Scotland in 1784, speaks in his journal of Lady Drummuire, as his great-aunt, and mentions seeing at Delmis, the old Castle Campbell, where his ancestors had lived for two hundred years. THE REV. COLIN CAMPBELL. IN BUELINGTON. 255 received by his Congregation, who seemed very much pleased that the Society liad so soon taken care to fill the Place of their late worthy Pastor, whose methods and example he would dili- gently follow in the care of his Flock." PROFANE S\VEARIN(^ PUXISIIEU. " 20 — 1"° 1739 granted a Warrant against Jane Freeland for Swearing a Prophane Oath in my Presence fine 3 ] or to Sitt in y" Stocks 2 hours. "IS: 2 1740 Comitted a fellow to Stocks for Swearing;.' — J/ late of Burling- ton Deceasd, wa« paid to Him by John Allen of the same place Esq. oneof the Executors of the sd Will |- £8 00 the 14 of Decbr 1743 in full of sd Legacy of which he the sd Colin Campbell acknowledge himself fully satisfied and paid as ~f' Eect of ye sd Date Also That the sd John Allen paid into the hands of the Church Wardens Eevel Elton & William Lyndon for this pres- ent year 1744 the sum of twenty pounds being also a legacy of the said Thos Leeds left to the sd Church as acknow- ledged bv tlieir receipt bearing date March 17th 174.3 Also paid by Jno. Allen into the Hands of the above said Clnirch Wardens the sum of Xine pounds being another Legacy left by sd Leeds to the Church afd as by their Receipt dated August the 9th 1744 I i , — MS. Account ]3o(Jiiurcii Wardens "M Joseph W HiTEjun"^ j " John Allen Esq'^ " Revel Elton Esq'' " Doct'^ Tho^ Shaw " M« W Hbuling " M"* Stephen Williams " JVP John Budd " M'' Rowland Ellis Vestry ■ " The Rev" JNI'' Campbell having at Sundry times heretofore signified to the A^estry the difficulties he labour'd under for want of a Convenient house to dwell in, the old parsonage house being gone to Decay and Scituated in a vsry unhealthy place to live at (if repaird) That in a former Vestry it was Resolved that the Land belonging to this Church adjoyning to Schuylers Plantation sho'd be sold in order to buy or build a dwelling house for y' use and purpose, which remains yet to be done for want of buyers ; That the s"* Land for years past is found by ex- perience to have been much diminish'd in its value by reason of the waste & Consumption made by ill minded people cutting and clandestinely carrying away the wood & timber thereof and in process of Time (if not disposed of now to Richard Smith jun"^ who offers a valuable consideration for it) in all probability it will fetch but a mean price: That by the sale of this Tract of Land which brings neither profit to the Church nor any advan- tage to the Minister as it lies, together with some Legacies and other moneys being now become the property of the Church such a Conveniency may be had, by purchasing the house & Lot of Jn° Kemble at this juncture on Sale; Upon this Remon- strance the A'estry went to view the afores" House and Lot of s* Kemble and finding y'' premises very suitable and Commodi- ous for the purposes afores'' returned to the House Of Thomas Hunloke at the sign of the Angel in Burlington to Treat with said Kemble and further to consult proper measures for Effect- ing and accomplishing the same. IN BURLIXGTOX. 260 " Her late Majesty Queen Ann's Charter being openly read and the powers and priviledges therein largely contained tho- roughly weighed and rightly consider'd and Council had thereon " AxD the Question being put whether the above mention'd Tract of Land be sold after some Debate had about the sale thereof Resolved Nemine Contradicente That the afores*^ Tract of Land adjoyning to Schuylers Plantation and belonging to this Church be Conveyd by Deed from this Corporation to Eichard Smith jun'' of Burl" to whom the same is sold for the sum of Seventy five pounds Lawful proclamation money in hand paid, which said Sum of Seventy five pounds being bona fide the full value for which the same Land is sold together with other moneys given to the said Church is now laid out in the purchase of the same John Kembles House and premises which this Corporation after some offers purchased of the same Jn° Kemble and Anne his "Wife for the sum of one hundred and Seventy five pounds proci" money as an Augmention to the Church to Continue in Succession to perpetuity pursuant to the Charter as by a firm and absolute Conveyance thereof made by the s" John Kemble and Anne his wife to the use of y" s" Church bearing Date De- cember the 24 A D 1745 or the Inrollment thereof in the Secre- tarys Office at Burlington more largely appears In which Deed by Consent of the Minister Church Wardens & Vestry men now present this Clause is incerted, Viz. That in Case of y^ Death or removal of the present Minister or of any other Lawful and Orthodox Minister that may hereafter succeed in the Cure of this Church ; Its consented to and agreed, That the s"* Dwelling house and premises as' now purchas'd with the Church's money, shall be and remain in the Trust and Care of the Church War- dens then being who are hereby Order'd and directed to take 'Care thereof and to Lett the Same for the benefit of the Church during such vacancy as it shall seem most meet and Convenient to tliem with the advice and Concurrence of the Vestry for y" uses aforesaid any thing in the said Deed contained to the Con- trary thereof in any wise Xotwithstanding : And for a further satisfaction to those that shall come hereafter and may be Con- cerned in the affairs of this Church as this Vestry is at present, Its Ordered and Agreed that the above minute be drawn at 264 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Large and Engrossed in the Church Book whereby it appears upon what grounds the Vestry proceeded in this matter and the necessity requiring the sale of the one and the purchase made of the other and both justified and Supported by our Excellent Charter "By Order of the Vestry Rowland Ellis Secry." — 3IS. Acoount Booh. A CENTENNAEIAN. The Parish Register has this entry : " May 30th, 1746, mem- orandum. This day came to hear me preach at the house of Henry Cooper in Northampton Township ; the Widdow Bell ; born in New England a poor woman mantained by said town- ship ; aged as she told me before my whole Congregation there, one hundred and two years ; had her eyesight and hearing per- fectly well, walked upright, and had the entire use all her other faculties ; witness. Colin Campbell, niinr at Burlington." A PARSONAGE PURCHASED. Minister and Churchwardens of Burlington to the Secretary. " Burlington New Jersey June 2" 1746. " Rev° Sir " We the Minister & Churchwardens of S' Marys Church in Burlington in behalf of the Vestry and congregation of s'' Church beg leave to embrace this opportunity of returning our thankful Acknowledgm' to the Hon'''^ Society and our worthy benefactrix (if alive) for the handsome donation, of forty pounds sterl. which we received November last and in as much as we have a Bell already and a parsonage house being very much wanting we unanimously concluded the money could not be better laid out than in purchasing of such a house which we have now done with a convenient garden lott at the rate of £110 sterl. ^ Ex- ch^" for the use and benefit of our present incumbent and hk successors in office forever — the which we could not have done nor accomplished without that donation — We cannot indeed boast of our liberality hitherto to our Missionary because several of our wealthiest of our Members are lately dead and the remain- ing among us are realy not of ability but our purchaseing of this house and new fencing our burying [ground] may be Testimo- IN BURLINGTON. 265 nies of our good will — We can say with truth that mutual love and respect subsists between us and our Missionary which will we hope induce the Society to continue the means of grace among us and not think the worse of us because poor — "We hope ere this comes to hand the Providence of God who sets bounds to the rageings of the Sea and the madness of the people has put a check to that unnatural rebellion we hear has broke out in our mother Country and the nation restored to peace in the free ex- ercise of their Religion and liberties which with our hearty prayers to God for the success of the Gospell which may God continue to prosper in your hands as worthy instruments is and shall be the sincere prayers of " D^ S' " Your most obliged & sincere " Friends & hble Servants " Colin Campbei. ifm'". "Joseph White ju' / ^ it cu dens. THE society's HOUSE BUEKT TO THE GROUND. J//'. Campbell to the Secretary. "Burlington June 28, 1748. " Rev° Dear Sir, " I wrote Nov' last two Letters the one by the Ship Widow Capt"" AVhite, who I hear is taken, the other by Capt° Mann of New York ; but knows not whether either reach'd your hands, wherein I acknowledged the receipt of yours by M° Sturgeon ; and one since the Postscript dated Nov' last the 3'^ I have now nothing material to acquaint you with respect to my Cure, but that we remain in the same unity & good order as I formerly wrote; But I'm sorry to acquaint you that on the eighth day of March last, the wind strong at N West, a poor Man liveing in the Societys House either by his carelessness in not sweeping the Chimneys or by some other Accident unknown the House at Midday catch'd Fire & marr'd all endeavours to quench it, burnt down to the Ground ;, and little or nothing 266 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH saved but some old Iron & the Bricks,! I happened that day to be burying a Man at Bristol, but was told when I return'd that it was impossible to save it, the shingles being so old & dry ; The Society are certainly at no great loss by this Accident ; altho' I'm heartily sorry it happened; because I have from time to time acquainted them of its runious condition and would have fallen to ground of itself in a year or two more ; and but three Months before the Accident happened I enquired of some Trades- men here what they would give for the Materials & pull it down themselves (they answer'd no more than Ten pound Sterling p"' exchange) so dear is the price of all labour here ; and as to the Societys ordering £15 Sterling to defend their rights ag" Burge, I find since that Decon has made a private bargain with Burge of his share in debate & would have me alone carry On a Law Suit with Burge in the Society's Name which I refused to do until I had acquainted them and therefore have not drawn upon the Society till further orders ; I beg you'l be pleased to acquaint the Society that I want to be indulged with their leave to come to London to transact the Executory of a Brother of mine lately deceased in the West Indies most of his affairs being in the hands •of Merchants in London ; I have now been upwards of 10 years in the Society's service and cannot reproach myself with any misconduct in my station tho' matters don't turn out here agree- able to our wishes, yet I think I have by the Grace of God done what I could ; I have drawn upon the Treasurer for one half years Salary ; let me know the Society's mind concerning the above request as soon as conveniently you can — " I am Rev'* Dear Sir, " Your most obliged humble Servant " CoLix Campbell." f " Old men among us still remember a cellar, which was said in their boy- hood to belong to this house. This cellar was tilled up, when improvementa were made, some years ago, in that quarter. The huge buttonwoods aini wil- lows, in that vicinity, are possibly, (he only survivors of its trees." Utr. Win. Allen Johnson's MS. lecturt;, ddlrered at Library Hall, Burlington, Feb. Uth, 1870. IX BURLIXGTOX. 267 MUTUAL LOVE BETWEEN PASTOR AND PEOPLE. Mr. C'am,phell to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington July 5"^ 1749. " Rev" Dear Sir " I cheerfully and conscientiously make it my study to answer the Society's good purposes by Preaching, statedly to my three Congregations of Burlington Bristol and Mountholly, who are all peaceable and orderly, mutuall love subsisting between OS ; since my last have baptized 8 Adults 26 Infants and receive to the Communion at Burlington 50 — at Bristol 14 and at Mountholly 10 persons ; I love not to amuse the Society with pompous accounts, but shall always strictly keep to truth, altho not generally rewarded with that favour, that impudence and pompous Boasting without modesty and distant from truth meets with ; which I hope the coming of Bishops here which I hear the Parliament have taken into consideration, will effectu- ally prevent ; and reward conscientious missionarys and dis- courage those that are not." increased facilities for travel. " In 1751, a boat left 'Crooked billet wharf,' Philadelphia, once a week for Burlington, whence 'a stage wagon with a good awning' — kept by Fretwell 'W^right at the 'Blue Anchor in Burlington,' John Predmore at Cranberry, and James Wilson at Araboy Ferry — ran to the latter place, where ' good enter- tainment for man and horse would be found ' at the house of Obadiah Ayres. Great dependence seems to have been laid upon the attractions of their passage-boat between Amboy and Xew York, which was commanded by Matthew Iseltine. She is described as having 'a fine commodious cabin, fitted up with a tea table, and sundry other conveniences.' It was believed that by this route passengers could go through in twenty-four or thirty hours less time than by any other." — Whitehead's Peiih Amboy. death and BE(iUEST OF THE PARISH CLERK. In 1752, Mr. Campbell reports that "Mr. Paul Watkinson, who had been clerk of St. Mary's Church from the year 1707, 268 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH {forty-five yeais,) died lately much lamented, and had left his house with a lot of land, worth a hundred pounds sterling, after the death of his widow, to the repairs of that Church for ever." The headstone, for the grave of this old worthy, may be seen in the East wall (outside) of the chancel of the old St. Mary's; it's inscription reads : " Here Lieth the Body of Paul Wat- KiNSOK who Departed this Life the 10 of July 1752 Aged 72 yeal's." CIIAXGE OF STYLE IX EECKONIXG TIME. The change of style in reckoning time, took place in England, by legislative enactment, after the 2d of Sep., 1752, that being the last day of Old Style, and the 14th instead of the 3d, being the first day of New Style ; and the legal year which had pre- viously begun with the 25th of March, (Feast of the Annuncia- tion, commonly called Lady-Day,) was made to begin with the first of January. This should be kept in mind in reading the preceding portion of this History. AX EXTRAOEDIXAEY STORil. The following is from Mrs. Campbell's household account book : " It was very remarkable that upon Tuesday, the 10th day of March, 1752, we had the severest gust of thunder and lightning, attended with snow and hail, which continued from one o'clock in the afternoon until five, without intermission. The like has not been known by the memory of the oldest people. Mr. Campbell rode to Mt. Holly in the midst of it, and Dr. Ross along with him." [Dr. John Ross, a physician residing at Mount Holly.J THE churchwardens' ACCOUNTS FOR SEVEKAL YEARS. "April 19 "I This day William Lyndon & Abrra Heulings the present Church 1759 J Wardens Exhibited their accos which for several years past have Kemained open and unsettled, and are as follows, Viz IX BURLINGTON. 269 " ABRAHAM HEULIXGS ESQR DK. " To sundries as I-' his Acct of particulars for Collection money, subscription money for Kent, and for Cash reed of William Lyndon &c from his being first Elected as Ch. Warden to the above Date, in the whole the sum of Eighty Six pounds thirteen Shillings & five pence } Bailee due A. PI " WILLIAM LYNDON DK. £86 1.3 9G " To Charity Money Box Do &c now remain-' ing in his hands the sum of ! £7 "To Cash remaining Do for Rent ; 16 12 PR CONTRA OR. ' By Sundry Disljurnements for repairing the Kitchen belonging to the CIark'.s house as the Church's property, for Cash pd for the Large window in the East end of said Church The Clarks Salary for 4 Years past and other Disbursmts to Wm Lyndon &c In the whole the sum of mnety six pounds Nine shill and seven pence halfpenny... — 3fS. Account Bool.-. £96 '2 THE MI.S.SIOXARY S LABOUR NOT IN VAIX. Ill 1759, Mr. Campbell writes, that " he goes on with cheer- fulness and diligence in performing the duties of his several churches at Burlington, Mount Holly, and Bristol, not only by reading the public service and preaching, but also by publicly catechising the youth, and grounding them in the principles of our holy faith ; and he hath the satisfaction to find that his labour is not in vain." THE CIIUECHWAltDEX.S ACCOUNTS APPEOYED. April the 7th 1760 Easter Monday Abraham Heulings and William Lyndon the Present Church Wardens Exhibited their Accompts which being inspected proved and Allowed of by the Vestry are as follows Vi:d Abraham Heulings Charges himself from 1 the 19th day of April 1756 with the fol- [ -p^. lowing Articles by him Eeceivd as | Church Warden to this Day J lilSTORY OF THE CHURCH To Collections at the Door Eeed in the whole •£ To Cash by subscriptions reed the sum of £'. To Ditto Kecd of Fr Giffing for Bent £ To Do Kecd of William Lyndon £' To Do Reed of John Tvlee rent £'. T2 00 10 45 IS 2 31 10 20 OS O 05 £' 112 02 Oi XB Left in his hands a Note of Willm White on Interest Principal sum is £i 13s Orf and one Do of Jno Tylee for £2 .3s (kl doubtful 1 Ballance of Willra Lyndon the other' Church AVarden's accompt of Charity Money £7 15s lie/' Bain of sd Lyndon's Collection Money £0 lU Srfi PEK. CONTRA C B. By Cash pd for Wine, Bread, & sundries in' ts all. £4 j 01 £27 I 12 By Do pd Wm Borradaill, Moses Thomas Jno Neal and Joseph Ferguson the sum of. To Cash paid Francis Giffing the Clk to this Day i £04 I 00 To Do pd Jos Rockhill Jno Neal Moses ] Thomas and Joseph fl'erguson for the \ 14 04 window at ye East end of ye Church j To Cash paid Is : Heulings this Day April 7th.. Balance due to ye Church In his hands. — MS. Account Book. MR. 00 01 112 17 06 02 OOJ CAMPBELL IN CONVEKTIOX AT PHILADELPHIA. May 20, 1761, Wednesday. At a convention of the clergy held in Philadelphia, among the twelve clergymen present was the Rev. Mr. Campbell. "The Rev. Dr. Smith was elected president, and with Rev. jNIr. Reading, was appointed to wait upon the governor, to request his approbation of our present meeting, and his protec- tion during our sitting. " The gentlemen reported that the governor was pleased to say that he could have no possible objection to our meeting together, and that we might depend upon his countenance and protection at all times." — Dorr's History, p. 125. IX BURLINGTOX. 271 COJIMEXCEMEXT AT THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY. Mr. Campbell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington June 26, 1761. " Eev" D" Sir : " I had the honor with some others of my Brethren in the Mission of this Province, upon invitation to be at Phila- delphia, the middle of last month when there was a commence- ment in that Academy under the Presidency of D' Smith where the youth who received their degrees acquitted themselves with general approbation, beyond what could well be expected from such an Infant institution labouring under such a variety of discouragements. When the day after a voluntary convention of the Clergy in the Mission of that Province met at Philadel- phia; and we of this Province were kindly and Brotherly invited to join them ; having obtained leave of their Governor for that purpose for a free meeting and a conference with one another where among other things D"' Smith who presided at the con- vention produced a copy of an answer to a letter wrote by M' M^Clennachan to the Arch Bishop of Canterbury. The answer so judicious fatherly and indulgent; and at the same time set- ting M"' M^Clennachan's conduct, in such a true and fair light, turning his own Argum'^so home upon himself; ' That we unan- imously voted our sincere thanks to the good Arch Bishop ; for his charitable opinion of us, when exparte misrepresented to him by M'^Clennachan and his adherents and humbly requested his Grace would graciously condescend to permit said answer to be printed for the benefit of the community as well as for the advancement of Religion in general in these parts ; The Arch Bishops prognosticks have not failed to come to jDass his partys zeal every date abates ; his warmest friends have deserted him ; So that in the end he will have sufficient cause to lament his rash and imprudent conduct ; and undutieful behaviour to his superiours. " I am Rev'' D"^ Sir &c "Colin Campbell." 272 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH LARGE XUMBER BAPTIZED. In 1761, "the Society's IMissionary at Burlington, and visiting occasionally Mount Holly and Bristol, reports, in the three places, seventy-four baptisms and fifty communicants." MOUXT HOLLY COXGREGATIOX RECEIVES A CHECK. Mr. Campbell to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington Dec"- 26, 1761. " Rev° D"^ Sir " I hope you rece'd my last of June 26* I can \yrite you now of no materiall alterations in the state of ray congregations since — That of Burlington and Bristol continue to be decent and orderly and lately many of the old people have died in a man- ner suddenly by violent pleuretich disorders occasioned by sudden alterations in the weather here; which runs upon extreams of heats and cold and these places much decline in trade which occasions the young people to remove where they may profit themselves better in lands or trade where the Country is more extensive by means of our good success against our enemies and the generality of the people have bent their minds in a more than ordinary degree ; after the world I am affraid to the too much neglect of labouring after the bread which perishes not because of the present temptations they meet with and the extraordinary encouragement the farmer getts for every thing he raises which has advanced the price of our provisions and fire wood since the seat of the War has been here at least a C from what it was seven years ago inso much that it is with the utmost difficulty that we of the Mission can support our families — My Congregation at Mountholly, which was a very flourishing one has lately received a cheque ; by means of some Enthusiastieal people who have connections with some of that stamp in Phila- delphia under the Ministry of M'' M^Clenachan who having upon my refuseing the use of my pulpit to that Gentleman en- deavoured to raise a schism among the people of that part of ray Congregation and altho my remonstrance and reasons given to the people why I deny my pulpit to INP ]\I°Clenachan (are cogent) viz. that he left the Societys service in a manner that did him no honor, that he had no licence from the Bishop of London IN BURLINGTON. 273 ■to preach here and that they not only transgressed the rules of •obedience to their lawful Pastors in the Church but even those of common honesty for about sixteen years ago they made a deed of Gift of their Church to the Society and to the Mission of Burlington in trust and his lawful Successors in Office for the Society of which I am the only surviving Trustee and all this under their own hands now in the public records of this Prov- ince. But neither reason nor remonstrance can have much weight with people who are blindly led by a man and in a man- ner a stranger to them who prepossesses them with notions that he alone is the only preacher of Christ in America; and all in the Mission without exception are Arminians immoral men ; advanceing the dignity of humane nature &c. These are high charges but he has made no other proof of this but his own say so ; in order to establish his own reputation ; at the expence of the characters of his brethren; the one third part of whom ; he ■does not so much as personally know " I am with due regard and esteem Rev'' Sir &c " Colin Campbell." jiaiieiage of a baronet. The Parish Register has the following : " By His Excellency Josiah Hardy's Licence Directed to me, March y" IT*, 1762, were La^vfuliy Married S' John S' Clair Barronet and Eliza- beth ]Moreland, Gentlewoman, according to the Rites and Cere- mony of the Church of England, by me " Colin Campbell, Missionary." STRAYING SHEEP EETUENING. In a letter dated June 25, 1762, Mr. Campbell " with pleasure acquaints the Society, that his straying sheep, who ran after Mr. Maclenaghan's party,t are by the blessing of God on his en- deavours, reduced lo a sense of their sin in a causeless separa- tion, and are returning daily to their proper fold." 7 For further information respecting Rev. Wm. Maclenachan,see Colledions P. E. Hl-1. Soc, Vol. If, pp. 250-255. S 274 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH A COXVEXTION AT BUELINGTOX. Jlr. Campbell and others to the Secretary. Extracts. " Burlington New Jersey Ocf I, 17G2. "Rey^'Sir: " It has been the custom of the Clergy in this Province for some years past in conformity to the printed- instructions of the Society, to meet together annually at a stated time for the benefit of mutual advice & assistance and in order to inform ourselves of the state of religion in the different parts of the Province and if necessary to transmit accounts thereof to the Society, accord- ingly we have at different times addressed them on various sub- jects that have fallen under our consideration. " We have now a convention at Burlington and several mat- ters have come before us, of which in due time we shall take liberty to inform that Venerable Board. * * " With our duty to the Society, We beg leave to subscribe ourselves their and particularly " Rev'' Sir &c " Sam'- Cooke Rich'' Charlton Miss" for " T. B. Chandler Staten Island " RoB^ M°Kean Isaac Brown "(yOLiN Campbell." address op the clergy TO THE SECRETARY. " Perth Amboy New Jersey, Dee. 6th, 1762. "Rev'd Sir: " The Clergy of this Province together -with the Rev'd Mr. Charlton of New York having occasionally met together in Amboy beg leave to address the Venerable Society and to repre- sent several particulars which are apprehended to be of some importance to the Church in this Province. * * " While we were lately together at Burlington application was also made to us in behalf of a large body of people living in Mountholly who profess themselves Members of the Church of England and have been under the care of the Rev'd Mr. Camp- bell. They represent that such services as Mr. Campbell is able to do them consistent with his duty to the other parts o-f IX BURLIXGTOX. 27o his Mission are inadequate to their wants. They set forth their spiritual necessities in the most earnest and moving manner and beg us for Christ's sake to make known their case to the Hon- orable Society. As nothing less seems to be sufficient than a new Missionary in that quarter we informed them what qualifi- cations would be expected by the Society previous to such a request and promised that when they should be thus qualified we would recommend them as tliey desired. '''■ -'- " RiGUD. Charlton, Isaac Buowxe, " CoLix Campbell, Sajil. Cooke, " T. B. Chandler, Robt. McKeax." REMOVALS HINDER THE GROWTH OF THE CHUKCIl. Mr. Campbell to the Secretari/. Kiirud. " Burlington Janrv 4* 17(]3. " Eev° D'' Sir " The Government here has been good euouu-h to indultre O O G US at Burlington with a lottery for the benefit of our Church for the necessary repairs of the Church being the most antient in the Province and the repairs of the Parsonage house which I hope as it is now full and drawing it will turn much to our advan- tage ; Burlington tho' a pleasant Village upon the River Dela- ware yet a place of little or no trade being shakled therein by Philadelphia being nigher the Sea ; hinders its increase of In- habitants and the wealthiest people in it being Quakers having the start of any Church people — settling here altho' settled earjier than any Mission in the Province ; yet for want of trade the young people of the Church persuasion are unwillingly forced to remove to other parts where they may advance their lively- hood which much hinders the growth of the Church ; yet I can • with truth and pleasure assure the Society that the few among us and sincere hearty and religious members with whom I have now lived these twenty five years in the greatest love harmony peace & quietness studying my own business and continuing in the esteem of our Quaker Neighbours. — Rev*^ Sir &c " Colin Campbell." 27G HISTORY OF THE CHURCH GOVERNOR FRANKLIX.f Governor Franklin and his wife J arrived in the Delaware River in February, 1763; and reached Perth Amboy on the twenty-fourth of that month. IJe was received with the usual demonstrations of respect, had his commission publicly read, and took the oaths of office there. In a few days he proceeded to Burlington, and published his commission there, according to the usual custom. These two places had been the seats of the separate governments of East and West Jersey, under the pro- prietors, and after the two were united by the surrender to the Queen in 1 702, they continued down to the Revolution to be alternately the places at which the legislatures met, and the courts of the province were held. Congratulatory addresses ■were made to him from all quarters. He soon took his residence at Burlington, occupying, during a considerable part of his time, a house situate on the beautiful banks of the river there, whei-e he remained until 1774. Elmer's Biographical Sketches, p. 52. PEACE WITH OXE ANOTHER, AND WITH DISSENTERS. 3ir. Campbell to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington June 25'" 1763. "Rev° Sir " I can with truth and pleasure acquaint the Society that my several congregations live peaceably with one another as well f AVilliam Franklin, Governor and Chancellor of the colony of New Jersey, son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, was carefully educated, aided his father in his philosophical experiments, and, through his influence, was appointed clerk of the House of Assembly of Pennsylvania, and postmaster at Philadelphia. When his father was appointed the agent for Pennsylvania (and afterwards of Xew Jersey) in England, the son had leave from the Assembly to resign his office of clerk, that he might accompany him to London.' There he entered the Middle Temple, to prepare as a lawyer in Philadelphia, and was called to be a barrister ; afterward he received from the University of Oxford the hon- orary degree of Master of Arts. In 17G2, he was appointed Governor of the Province of New Jersey, an office then much sought for. The first announcement of this preferment is stated to have been by a paragraph in the newspaper : " This morning, was married at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, William Franklin, Esq., the newly appointed Governor of New Jersey, to Miss Elizabeth Downes, of St. James' Street." Elmer's Sketches, p. 59. J As introductory to the other evidences — which will liereafter appear — that the wife of Gov. Franklin took a practical interest in the parish, it is worthy of mention, that a card still preserved [1876,] has these words: "Mrs. Franklin's conipl'ts to Mr. Campbell & has sent a surplice which she desires may be presented to ihe Church of Burlington. Novbr 16 : " IN BURLINGTON. 277 as with those who dissent from us ; and are in an encreasing state in so much that that of Burlington are about enlarging the Church from the profits of a lottery they obtained lately thro' favor of the Government and that of Mount holly have finished a new Gallery for the reception of people who were so crowded f in the body of the Church that before rendered it very inconveinent. "We hear with joy that amongst other blessings on the con- firmation of the late peace that God hath put into the hearts of his Majesty and those in authority under him to see the expedi- ency of appointing a Bishop for the superintendency of the Churches and Clergy of the Episcopal Churches here "EevSSir&c " CoLix Campbell." "the people SIXCEEE, hearty A>'r) EELIGIOU.S." "In 1763, he reports no less than 115 baptisms,and in histhree congregations fifty persons added to the communion ; and assures the Society that the people of his Mission are sincere, hearty and religious, with whom he hasalways lived in the greatest harmoiiv." " ON the verge op sixty." In 1763, Mr. Campbell writes, that " being now on the verge of sixty, and greatly weakened by an inflammatory fever, which settled in his thigh, and confined him all the month of January, he finds he cannot perform his duty with the same activity as formerly; but trusts he shall, through God's assistance, do his utmost in the discharge of his duty to God and the Society." " absolute necessity of AX itinerant missionary." Jlr. Campbell to the Secretary. Extract. " Burlington July 30"" 1764. "KD"-SiE, " The peoples Religion is more now than heretofore measured by the number of Sermons they hear and the fre- f In 1763, he states that " this congregation, [of Mt. Holly] which at his first coming consisted of hnt four families of the Church of England, is so increased by the divine blessing on his endeavour, that they think of applying to be made a separate mission. In 1764, they bound themselves to the Society to pay a missionary 30/. sterling. In that year, he baptized ninety-six infants and nineteen adults. In the next year, he baptized one hundred and sixteen infants and seven adults." 278 lilSTORY OF THE CHURCH quenoy of tliera, no such matter about the j)ractice as an idle speculative, faith is so much insisted upon and preached up by y'' variety of Enthusiastical Dissenters of all kinds ; and if the Missionary? don't preach tlirice of a day in the long parching hot Summer sultry days, and twice a day in tlie shortest most bitter & intense Frost if they ride abroad their feet and Noses may be ready to drop off by the severity of the AVeather ; they are not in their Dialect a pains taking; Soul saving Ministers ; but idle Drones hirelings &u for my own part I have seen so much of these things in my Youth in North Brittain that early gave me a dislike to these things, & inclined me to seek after a rational Religion that tends to peace harmony & order & is a stranger to every evil work and confusion ; all which I have found to be verified both in the doctrine ct worship of the Church of Eng- land ; upon the whole there is certainly an absolute necessity of an Itinerant Missionary in the Western pai'ts of this Province where is none but myself in this County, neither any in Glouces- ter Salem Cumberland or Cape May Counties to the Westward of me ; if the Society wo" be pleased to establish such a Mission and make Mountholly head quarters & they comply with their security in such case I believe they would be found to be Men of Conscience and zeal but to insist so selfishly upon one for themselves alone I do not think so right however have promised and now do to set their case and Petition before the Society. " I am Rev'* D' Sir, Your most ob hble Servant "Colin Campbell." foue suffragans suggested. In " Thoughts upon the present state of the Church of Eng- land in America," "written in 1764, — Author uncertain," — we have the following: "His Majesty's Royal Protection is extended to Protestants of all Denominations, and the Church of England humbly hopes for it in this instance of settling Bishops in America. This appointment is not only useful but necessary to the welfare of that Church, to the regular administration of its offices and pur- poses of Religion and Virtue which is the end of its establish- ment. This design appears reasonable in itself, and free from every material Inconvenience or just objection : And if his IN BURLINGTON. 279 Majesty, upon a view of the Equity, the Safety, and Advantage of it, thinks fit to give orders for carrying it into execution, the mode must be referred to his Majesty's Determination. How- ever, the following thoughts are humbly submitted for con- sideration, which occur after reflecting upon it, and which though imperfect may excite better. " Four suffragan Bishops to the See of Canterbury or London may be appointed by the King in conformity to the Statute in the twenty-sixth year of Henry A^III. * * " First. The Residence of the four Bishops might be at Burlington in New Jersey, or at New York. His Diocese might comprehend all that is East of the River Delaware. "Second. At "William and Mary's College at Williamsburg in Virginia. His Diocese might comprehend all that is west of the River Delaware as far as the Southern Boundary of North Carolina. " Third. At Charlestowu in South Carolina. His Diocese might comprehend all from the Northern Boundary of South Carolina to the Gulf of Florida, and also the Island of Jamaica, for the passage to Jamaica is said to be easier from the Conti- nent than the other Islands. " Fourth. At Coddrington College in Barbadoes. His Diocese might comprehend all the Islands, exclusive of Jamaica. * * " If this Proposal is not thought fit to be taken into con- sideration at this Juncture, there is little reason to hope for it ever succeeding. But the wise and good men in general are convinced from Reason and Experience, that the appointment of Bishops in America would have been at all times of con- siderable service, and is now become much more necessary for the cultivating Religion and Virtue, for the Propagating Prin- ciples conducive to the Quiet of the State, and securing the Allegiance and Loyalty of his Majesty's subjects in those parts ; and, therefore, if unhappily it is thought advisable to lay aside so excellent a design, the Members of the Church of England, both at home and abroad, will receive this Decision with the most serious concern. Yet they will continue their sincere endeavours to carry on every good purpose agreeably to the Principles of their Religion as far as its imperfect state there will allow; and always shew themselves faithful, active and vigilant to the best of their ability in maintaining the Peace and Security of his Majesty's Government in the Colonies." — Colleo- iions P E. Hist. Society, pp. 162-4. 280 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH M'HO SHALL HAVE MOST SERVICES, THE ONLY DISPUTE. Mr. Campbell to the Secretary. Extracts. "Burlington April 20, 1765. " Reverend Dear Sir, " I hope you received my last of July y" 30*' enclosing' a Copy of a Bond of Security lodged in my hands to Petition the Society for a separate Mission for Mountholly ; * * if these people would enter into obligation * * to give me but half of what they promise to give to a resident Mission- ary they might be indulged with more of my services ;. * * which proposal I solemnly protest is not so much for any lucrative view of gain to myself, as the easing the Society of further Expence ; which in gratitude I ought to do ; to a Ven- erable Body by whose bounty I and numerous Family have subsisted for 28 years and upwards without whose bounty neither I nor none of my Brethren in this Province could support them- selves for one third of the year ; as there is no establishm' of any kind here ; and the People left to their liberty to give or withhold as they see proper ; who think we as much obliged to them for their attendance upon us; as they are to us for Preach- ing to them ; and as I live where Quakerism prevails ; and are chief in places of profit and trust in the Goverm' whose tenets are among others freely give freely receive ; and consequently are against maintenance either of their own Teachers or others; and to tell the truth, at what they freely may be said to get from their own Teachers is worth little so it is hardly worth paying for ; and tho' by the Blessing of God upon my endeavours I have baptized numbers of Families that have been bred in that way ; and are orderly, devout, sober exemplary livers ; yet tho' convinced of the superiority of our doctrine and AYorship to what they were taught ; are not easily persuaded to part with any of their Money for the support of the Ministry, but think the Society's bounty sufficient ; * * we of this Province live peaceably with one another ; as I do myself and congrega- tions with all Dissenters whatsoever ; the only dispute I have with my People who shall have most of my services. " I am Rev" Dear Sir, Yours &c " CoLix Campbell." IN BUELIXGTON. 281 A LETTER MHICH MAKES THE EARS TIXGLE. Clergy of New Jersey in Convention to the Secretary. Extract. " Perth Xmhoj Oct' 3* 1765. '' Reverend Sir, " It was very soon after the Incorporation of that Venble Body, that earnest Addresses were made from divers parts of America requesting a Bishop. Applications to the same pur- pose from Governors of Provinces, from the Clergy & from Vestries, were frequently repeated for a course of years, setting forth the great disadvantages the Church was under, since neither Ordination Confirmation nor a regular discipline could be had while it labored under so essential a defect, as to be with- out one. The Society fully convinced of the reasonableness of the request, and judging an American Episcopate, even so early, to be highly expedient, thought fit to engage very heartily in the Cause; & Representations in favour of it were made to the Queen. A standing Committee was appointed to find out ways and means for the support of it — And a place was purchased in this Province at a great Expence for the Bishops Residence : but when the matter was in a fair way of being speedily accomplish'd the death of that excellent Princess alone prevented it. " Altho' the most favorable opportunity was now lost, yet the Affair was not dropt with her death. For in the beginning of the next Reign we still find it to have been a principal object of the Societys attention — in conformity to a Resolution solemnly deliberated & agreed upon Viz' ' That the important Affair of Bishops and Bishopricks to be settled in America, be considered in the first place.' " But what steps were afterwards taken and for what reasons so useful a plan, recommended and patronized by so respectable and venei'able a Body with the most disinterested and charitable intentions was rejected we know not; nor have we at present the means of informing ourselves. All that we know with any certainty is that notwithstanding the discouragements they met with, they continued still to have the cause at heart ; and when nothing else could be done, a considble Fund was raised by sev- eral of its most illustrious Members for the support of a Bishop 282 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH — whenever so great a Blessing should be obtained for the Church in America. " We fully believe the present worthy Members of the Society have the same sentiments on this subject, with their predecessors; and indeed they have not been backward, on all proper occa- sions, to declare them to the World. We are also so happy at this time as to have a Prince on the Throne, whose favourable disposition cannot be doubted — And as by the increase of the Church through the natural growth of the Country, and more especially through the unwearied application, the inexhaustible Charity & amazing success of the Society, the reasons which at the beginning of this Century rendered American Bishops ex- pedient amount now in our opinion to an absolute necessity ; we therefore whose Names are under written, having long waited in hopes of seeing the Church put on a more respectable footing A: never expecting a more favorable time for an application of this nature, have, upon careful consideration, thought it our duty, after the example of some of our Brethren, to Address the Throne — humbly imploring His Majesty's Gracious protection of the Church in these remote parts of his Dominions, and that one or more Bishops may be speedily sent us. " The favor of presenting our Address we have requested of the great patron of the Church in America that most excellent Prelate, who so deservedly fills the first Post in the Church of England, and is at the head of the Society — The Mediation of the Most Reverend the Archbishop of York, and of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Loudon we have thought it our duty particularly to request — And we beg leave also with all deference and submission to apply to our never failing & avowed Patrons, the worthy Members of the Society in general humbly imploring their influence, either jointly or separately, in such a manner as they shall think proper, that our Petition may be granted — without which we have reason to fear, that the great things they have done for the Church in America, at so pro- digious an Expence will in the end be ineffectual. We could ■enlarge both upon the necessities for, & the advantages of an American Episcopate ; but as we are addressing those who have thoroughly considered the subject, it is sufficient to say, in the IN BURLIXGTOX. 283 words of the Society to her late Majesty Queen Anne, that it would greatly ' tend to the Glory of God by the advancement of sound Eeligion, the Honor of His Majesty, the prosperity of his Subjects and the flourishing state of the Church in these parts.' "But in our present situation our case in this respect is pecu- liarly unhappy. Altho' the Professors & Friends of the Church in these Colonies amount to near a Million, and are diffused over a Country far more extensive than any Kingdom in Europe, yet we still continue to be an Episcopal Church without Bishops, and to have Canons without Discipline. The Apostolical & most useful institution of Confirmation, we have no possible ways of obtaining. And yet such is the indulgence of the Government to every other Religious denomination, that there is not a Sect within any part of His Majesty's Dominions, but has the full enjoyment of all its Institutions and Rights. Even the Moravi- ans in the Neighbourhood of this Province whose principles both as Subjects & Christians have but a very doubtful appearance are allowed upon their barely asking it, the very privilege which the Members of the National Church, for more than half a Cen- tury have been trying to obtain — but with what success our Enemies can tell with pleasure. And yet that our conduct has been such as to deserve the frowns of the Government we are not conscious. On the other hand we firmly believe that its best security in the Colonies does and must always arise from the principles of Submission and Loyalty taught by the Church. The Clergy in general are constantly instilling these great principles into the people, and yet their most reasonable request, so frequently repeated has been unsuccessful ; while those who are equally zealous in propagating the principles of Independ- ency both in Church & State, have every possible indulgence ! When these things come to be considered by His Majesty and his Ministers, we flatter ourselves, that the trifling or malicious objections of our Adversaries will not be regarded. " The plan that has been long settled and agreed upon, we understand is that the Bishops to be sent us are to be invested only with those powers which are inseperable from their Office with Jurisdiction over none but the professors of the Church. They are to hold no Courts for the Trial of Testamentary or 284 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH Matrimonial Cases, they are not to interfere either with our Provincial Governors or Subordinate Magistrates — nor to in- fringe or diminish any privileges & liberties enjoyed by any of the Layety, even of our own Communion. This plan is so uni- versally harmless and unexceptionable, that we think every tolerable objection is effectually excluded. If any were to be injured, they would have reason to complain ; but since none can be harmed, and so many thousands will be greatly benefited, and probably the Salvation of many-Souls is dependant upon it, in what light must the objections appear ? " Indeed it has been given out with great assurance that send- ing Bishops to America would disoblige by far the greatest part of the Inhabitants (no less than 19 in 20 is the jwoportion that has been mentioned) and consequently would be ill policy in the Government — But we who are upon the spot can see with our Eyes and hear with our Ears, and think ourselves capable of judging of the Fact; and we beg leave to assure the Society that the assertion is utterly false and groundless. None would be disobliged at all but the Presbyterians and Independents, to whom we may join the Enemies of Revelation in general ; and in our Opinion they all united do not exceed a third part of the whole. The Lutherans amounting to many thousands, would not be disobliged — nor the Quaker's who are more numerous i and who fear not any influence or authority the Church iiioy obtain, but actually dread the increasing power of the Presby- terians in this Country — so that it appears to us here that the badness of the Policy of granting our request, can be supported only on this principle ; that it is more prudent to gratify one Enemy of the Church in a perverse & unreasonable humour, than two Friends of it in y" most equitable proposals. " If the Dissenters and their Adherents at home must not be offended by assisting and supporting the Church in America ; our case is, and we fear that of the Church of England soon will be truely deplorable. If the Enemies of our Ecclesiastical Con- stitution have already become so formidable by the Indulgences A: Concessions that have been granted them & if those Indul- gences & Concessions must still be continued : we can form some judgment of their future power, from their past improvement. IX BURLIXGTOX. 285 And we are sadly apprehensive that the time is not far distant ■when they will be able ; not only to prevent our having Bishops in America, but once more to exterminate Episcopacy through- out the Kingdom & subvert the Church ; in which case the State must again shift for itself as well as it can. " We are Reverend Sir &c " Myles Cooper President of ye Convention. "EiCHAED Charlton Samuel Seabury " Isaac Browne Rob"^ McKean " CoLix Campbell Andw Morton " Samuel Auciimuty Leo Cutting " Sam^ Cooke John Ogilvie "Tho^B Chandler." a second, and third, line op stafies. "In 1765, a second line of stages was 'set up' at Philadel- phia, for Xew York, to start twice a week, and go through in three days at two pence per mile. The vehicle used was a covered Jersey wagon without springs ; — but the lapse of nine years seems not to have worked any increase of speed. The following year a third line of ' good stage wagons, and the seats set on springs,' was established to go through in two days in summer and three in winter, at three pence per mile, or twenty shillings for the whole route. These lines, it is thought ran to the Blazing Star Ferry, on the sound below Elizabethtown. The T,vagons used were modestly called ' Flying Machines ' — and the title soon became a favorite." Whitehead's Perth Amhoy. PASSED IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF GEORGE III. ^'Au Act to enable the Reverend Mr. Colin Campbell, the present Rector of Saint Mary's Church in Burlington, with the Church-Wardens and Vestry- Men of said Church, or the major Part of them, to sell Two Hundred and Six Acres of Land in Somerset County, devised to the Ministry of said Church ; and to enable Trustees to put the same to Interest, until a convenient Glebe can be purchased near the said Church ; and other Purposes therein mentioned. " Sect. L Whereas, Thomas Leciter, late of Piscataway, in the Eastern Division of this Province of New Jersey, did, in and 2S6 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH by his last Will and Testament, give and bequeath unto the Church of Saint Ann, in Burlington, now Saint Mary's, for the Use of the Ministry of said Church, Two Hundred and Six Acres of Land, lying and being upon Stony-Brook, in the said Eastern Division of this Colony. And Whereas, the Reverend Colin Caniiibell, the present Minister of said Saint Ann's, now Saint Mary's Church, hath presented a Petition to the Governor,. Council and General Assembly of this Province, setting forth, that great Inconveniences have and do daily arise to the Minis- ter and Church, from the distant Situation of said Lands from the said Church, and that Waste may be committed, and the Estate lessened in A'^alue, and the good Intentions of the Donor, for the Maintainance of the Minister of said Church, be in a great Measure frustrated ; and therefore praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to impowerthe Minister, Church-Wardens and Vestry- Men of said Church, or the major Part of them, to sell and dispose of the said Lands in Fee Simple, and to purchase for the Purposes in the said Will, other Lands nearer and more convenient to the said Church, and until the Produce of the said Two Hundred and Six Acres can be so laid out, that the same shall be put to Interest, and the Interest thereof applied yearly to the Use of the Minister : And it seeming reasonable and highly convenient, that the said Lands, for the Reasons above set forth should be sold, and the Monies therefrom arising, should be applied in purchasing other Lands more convenient and better situate for the Uses in the said Will mentioned ; " 2. Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council and General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same. That it shall and may be lawful, and the said Colin Campbell, together with the Church-Wardens and Vestry of said Church, or tlie major Part of them, (of whom the said Colin Campbell, or the Minister of said Church for the Time being, always to be one) are hereby authorized and impowered, to sell and convey the said Two Hundred and Six Acres, situate, lying and being at Stony-Brook, in the County of Somerset afore- said, * * "3. And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That the Monies arising from the Sale of the said Lands, shall, by the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof,, be paid into the Hands of the said Colin Campbell, John Lawrence, Esq ; and Edward Ton- kin, or any two of them, who are hereby impowered to receive the same ; and upon Receipt thereof, the same to pay and lay out in the Purchase of such Lands adjacent to the said Church, as will best answer the intentions of the said Thomas Leciter, and. shaJJ be approved of by the said Minister, Church- Wardens. IX BURLIXGTOX. 287 and Yeitiy of said Church for the Time being, or the major Part of them, of whom the Minister for the Time being always to be One ; and the Deed or Deeds, Conveyance or Convey- ances, for the same Lands so purchased, shall be given and executed to the said Minister, Church- Wardens and Vestry-men of said Church forever, for the Use and Support of the Minister of said Church for the Time being, agreeable to the Bequest of tiie said Thomas Leciter, and to and for no other Use or Pur- pose whatsoever ; and until such convenient Lands can be pur- chased, it shall and may be lawful for the said Colin Campbell, and the said John Lawrence and Edward Tonkin, to put tiie said Monies out to Interest, upon good real and personal Secu- rity, and the Interest yearly and every Year to receive, and the same to pay to the said Colin Campbell, or to the Minister of said Church for the Time being, whose Receipt or Receipts shall be a sufficient Discharge or Discharges to them, or either of them, for the Interest so paid." * * THE XEW STAMP ACT CAUSES MUCH ALARM. Mr. Campbell to the Secrdary. Extracts. "Burlington, Dec' 26* 1765. "Rev" Dear Sir: * * "We have been much alarmed since the first of last ]Month that the Xew Stamp Act was to take place here by virtue of an Act of the British Parliament. * * In this Province however they that have shown their dislike to the Act taking place ; have hitherto forbore these public violences that others have been guilty of. But business of all kinds seems to be stagnated & a general cry for want of Money and decay of Trade : and yet Provisions of all kinds are kept up so high at Market that it is with the utmost difficulty we of the Mission can support our Families with, the utmost Economy : as I have little or nothing by way of support from my Congrega- tions ; and a large Family of 6 Young Children to maintain cloath & educate, & Exchange has fell lately so much that I have lo?t 40 | Sterling on the Sale of my present half years Bill which I have now drawn upon the Society's Treasurer for payment. " I have lately obtained an Act of our Assembly in this Pro- vince for the benefit of my Successor for the Sale of a Tract of 288 HISTORY QF THE CHURCH Land devised to my Church of Burlington in the year 1709 by way of Glebe cont^ 200'' and six Acres but being at the distance of thirty or forty Miles therefrom renders it of little value to the Mission here, but being sold & the Money arising from the Sale appropriated to the purchasing of Lands near this place; may be of much service to my Successor, tho' this is not a proper time to sell, yet being in power to sell may wait for a more proper opportunity. " I am Rev'' Dear Sir &c "CoLix Campbell." A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. "Burlington April 28"^ 1766. " These do certify and declare to all whom it may concern, that Adam Sheppard,t and Margaret Burrs Widdow, both of this City, were this day lawfully married — according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England as by law estab- lished, by virtue of a Lycence, of this date from his Excellency Wm. Franklin Esqr, our present Governor, in such case, directed to me ; I say married by me, date and place as above. "CoLix Campbell Clerk and — Original MS. "Missionary " ox fire ABOUT THE STAMP ACT. Tlie Archbishop of Canterbury to Rev. Dr. W. Smith of Pennsyl- vania — Aug. 2, 1766. Extract. " The beginning of last year we thought an ecclesiastical set- tlement of Quebec was almost made, on which a Bishop might easily be grafted. But that was opposed by one great man as too favourable, by another as not favourable enough, to the Papists. Then the Ministry changed : we were to begin again ; and could get nothing but lair words, though the King inter- posed for us. Xow it is changed once more, and whether we shall fare better or worse for it, I cannot guess. I have begged the Bishop of London to take out a Commission. He is back- ward ; but I hope at length to prevail, and then we may set up our Corresponding Societies. There were no improper expros- r The coachman of Governor Franklin. IX BURLINGTON. 289 sions in the Address of the Connecticut or of the New York and New Jersey clergy ; but they came when both you and we were on fire about the Stamp Act; and so were not presented. But the King was apprised of the contents of them, and desired they might be postponed." DEATH AND BURIAL OP THE REV. MR. CAMPBELL. In the Providence Gazette of August 23d, 1766, we have the following: " Aug. 14. On Saturday last, (Aug. 9) died after a short Ill- ness, the Rev. Mr. Colin Campbell, many years Missionary at Burlington in New Jersey ; and on Sunday last he was in- terred in Burlington Church,f his Remains being attended to the Grave by a great Number of People of different Persuasions, assembled from various Parts of the Country, to testify their Regard to his Memory. A suitable Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Smith, of Philadelphia ; who having introduced a short and just Character of the Deceased, in the following Para- craph, a Copy of it was requested to be here inserted, viz.: " Methinks according to the usual Mode, you, now expect an Application of this Subject, in a long and circumstantial Account ■of Him whose Dust we have just consigned to its kindred Dust. But I knew my worthy departed friend so well — such was his Abhorrence of the too frequent Prostitutions of Truth and Jus- tice, in many of our modern Characters of the Dead — that were be now alive, and to speak for himself, he would suffer no more to be said of him, but that— He endeavoured to be (what you ^vill all allow he was) a Man of strict and severe Honesty ; faith- ful in the Discharge of every Trust, and particularly of his most sacred Trust, as a Minister of the Gospel of JESUS. He was a Lover of Peace, and rather willing to bear any tolerable 'Wrong than ruffle the Serenity of his own Temper. His loss to you is great, but to his worthy bereaved Wife and Children, irreparable."! f.Ui original, life-size portrait (in oils) of the Rev. Colin Campbell, received from some of his descendants residing near Trenton, N. J., was placed in the sacristy of St. Mary's Church, in December, 1870. It represents its subject with a large white wig, and in academic gown, cassock and bands. j Mr. Campbell had nine children, five daughters anA four sons. T 290 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ox THE DEATH OF COLIX CAMPBELL. Sy Elizabeth Graeme.f [Daughter of Dr. Graeme, grand-daughter of Sir ]ViHiam Keith.1i Shall vice and power claim the farewell tear, And shall it flow not, for the soul sincere? Forbid it truth, forbid it honor too. And mark out Colin to our mortal view. The faithful pastor of a little flock, Plac'd in their hearts, he ne'er shall be forgot : Firm honesty ; his every deed did plan ; With pure religion join'd to form the man. His social virtues, strong I could paint forth, The tender parent, and the husband's worth : Domestic bliss his house did still afford ; A hearty welcome from a cheerful board : AVhat e'er he gave he freely did impart, And shared his bounty with an open heart ; The best affections in hia mind did blend, Too well I feel he was the steady friend. The starting tear does here that truth reveal. Nor wish the honest weakness to conceal ; The struggling sigh will heave for those we love, Though faith beholds them with blest saints above. Dated Oraeme Park, SOth Oct. 17G6. — Providence Gazette:. EBV. NATHANIEL EVANS OFFICIATING OCCASIONALLY. " The Rev. Mr. Evans, a short time missionary at Glouces- ter, ofSciated occasionally at Burlington, during the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Campbell's death. He died early, but estab- lished by his zeal and fidelity, the character given him by the Society, of 'a pious promising young gentleman.' In a letter dated 'Haddonsfield, New Jersey Dec. 12, 1766,' he writes to the Secretary, 'I have been to Egg Harbour and travelled the Shore over, which is full 30 miles long & preach'd daily always using the Common Prayer. * * j preached in two Dissenting Meeting Houses twice, at the peoples request ; and made use of the Liturgy, with which the people appeared well pleased.' He adds : ' My present situation is in the centre of Quakers, who are a majority of people in this County & with whom I live in great harmony and in an intercourse of mutual civility.'" f Afterwards, the celebrated Mrs. Ferguson. IX BURLINGTON. 291 THE society's LANDS AT BURLIX(;TOy. JiJr. Evans to the Secretary. Extract. " Haddonsfield, Jany 20, 1767. " Reverend Sir : * * "I obtained at Burlington a Certified Copy of Surveys of sundry Parcels of Laud tlie Society's property which I thought might be of service to enclose. The first and last of which are held at present without any equitable claim by others. If the Society should see proper to transmit to any person here their Power of Attorney, there could be no difficulty in dis- possessing the present holders as the Title is indisputably clear, these two parcels are thought to be worth at least £250 this Currency. * * " Rev" Sir &c " Nath'- Evans." the rev. jonathan odell, m. a., rector.t la the Parish Register, in the handwriting of Mr. OJell, is this record : "' Jonathan Odell, M. A., was appointed, by the Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts, to succeed Mr. Camp- bell, as Missionary at Burlington, Decem'r 25th, 1766, and he arrived at Burlington, on the 25th of July, 1767, and was the next day regularly inducted into St. Ann's (now St. Mary's,) Church, in the said city of Burlington, by his Excellency ^Vm. Franklin, Esqr., Governor of the Province of New-Jersey ."J f Mr. Odell was born at Kewark, Is". J., Sept. 2oth, 1737; was M. A. of Xassau Hall ; educated for the Medical profession, and served as Surgeon in the British Army; left the Army while stationed in the West Indies, went to Eng- land, and prepared for Holy Orders. He was ordained Deacon, Dec. 21st, 1766, in the Chapel Eoyal of St. James' Palace, Westminster, by the Et. Ee%-. Dr. Terrirk, Bishop of London ; and in January 1767, he was advanced to Priest's orders. X Induction, in the Church of England, is thus performed : The Inductor, on the day Appointed, goes with the new Incumbent to the Church, and taking his hand places it upon the key in the Church door, saying, " I induct you into the real and actual possession of the Rectory of with all its profits and appurtenances." Then he opens the door, and puts the rector in. possession of the Church, who offers his private devotions, and then tolls the bell to sum- mon hia parishioners. Hook's Church Dictionary. 292 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE CHURCH VERY MUCH OUT OF REPAIR. Mr. Odell to the Secretary. Kvtrad. "Burlington October 2'* 1767. " Reverexd Sir: * * " There are in Burlington about 200 Families of Inhabitants, of which number we may rate about one in four to belong to the Church of England ; the rest except three or four Presbyterians are all Quakers. There is a considerable number from the Country in the Neighbourhood of the Town, who also attend Divine Service at Church where they all behave decently <.{■ not a few devoutly. The Church itself is very much out of repair : but a Lottery having been some time since granted by the Provincial Legislature in order to facilitate the necessary reparations, I hope to be able ere long to give you an Account of the accomplishment of that undertaking. I should have mentioned before that the Parishioners at Mount Holly are at least as numerous as those at Burlington and likewise give a decent devout attention to the publick Worship. " I am Reverend Sir &c "Jo^-'- Odell." A MISTAKE CORRECTED. 3Ir. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington Jany 6" 1768. "Reverexd Sir: * * " A\'hen I wrote my former Letter I was mis- taken with regard to the number of Communicants in Burling- ton & Mount Holly. At an Administration of the Holy Sacrament here soon after my arrival there were 35 Communi- cants which I then supposed to belong all to the Parish of Burlington ; but I found upon a more particular inquiry that the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper had never been administered in the Church at Mount Holly & that it had hitherto been usual for the Communicants of both parishes to assemble on Sacrament Days at Burlington. * * "I beg leave to subscribe myself &c " Jox'^ Odell." X~' THE REV. JONATHAN ODELL. IX BURLIXGTON. 293 The xames of the church ix burt.ixgtun. O'l the outside of the vellnm cover of the first Parish Ilegis- ter, We have the title, "parish register op ST. mart's CHTTRCH, BURLiXGTON." On the inside of the same cover, quite near the top, we find these words : " The Register of the Church of St. Ann's at Burlington." Immediately under this is the following : " Memoraxduji. This Church was called S' Ann's (in the first Charter, granted Ootob' 4* 1704 by Lord Cornbury) after the name of the Queen ; but when a more ample charter was granted in 1709, Janu^ 25th, by Lieu' Governor Ingoldsby, the Church was called S' Mary's, and so continues to be denomi- nated, on account of its first foundation-stone having been laid on the 25"" of March, which was in 1703, but this, it seems, was not adverted to till afterwards — "Jon" Odell. "April 7*1768." !Mr. Odell had been in Burlington but a little more thaii eight months, when he made the above memorandum ; and was probably unacquainted with all the facts Avhich appear in the letters of Mr. Talbot, and the ' History ' of Mr. Bass, those papers having been copied in England and brought back to America, in the year 1836, (See pp. 6 and 127). Mr. Talbot in his letter of 'April 10th, 1703,' (See p. 33) says: 'I laid the corner stone of St, Mary's Church ;' and in his letter of May 3d of the same year, (See p. 36) he says : ' I was at Burlington last Lady day, and after prayers we went to the Ground where they were o-oing to build a Church, and I laid the first stone. * We called this Church St. Mary's, it being upon her day.' In his 'History of the Church at Burlington,' (See p. 127) Mr Bass who, as well as Mr. Talbot, was personally acquainted with every step of its progress from the beginning, writes, (See 129) 'The Church o? St. Mary in Burlington had the founda- t'on-stone laid on the 25th of March, 1703; being a day sacred the memory of the Annunciation of the Conception of our pipcsed Saviour to the Virgin Mary, which gave name to the Church.' 294 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH He further writes, (See p. 130) : " The members began to thiuk it convenient to form themselves into a regular Society, according to the Law and Customs of England, and thereupon addressed themselves to his Excellency, Lord Cornbury, (since Earl of Clarendon,) her Majesty's Governor, who on the 4th of Oct., 1704, [the date first referred to in the above Memorandum of Mr. Odell,] granted his Warrant fc)r a Patent," etc. A copy of tMs we have, on p. 130, wherein the name "St. Annes" appears. Moreover Mr. Bass writes, (See p. 133): "In 1709, the Government devolved upon Col. Richard Ingoldsby, under whose administration, our Vestry (that by some unaocountable neglect, had omitted to pass the charter designed for us, by the Earl of Clarendon,) [Lord Cornbury,] got it now ])assed, under the Broad Seal of this Province, whereby they became incorporated by the name of the Minister, Church- Wardens, and Vestry of the Church of St. Maey in Burlington; which was enrolled in the Secretary's Office, the 25th of January, 1709," (the other date referred to in the above Memorandum of Mr. Odell.) From all which we find, that Mr. Talbot named the Church St. JIary's, when he laid the first stone in 1703; that Lord Corn- bury, in his Warrant for a Patent of Incorporation in 1704, called it St. Ann's, but this charter never having passed, it was never legally St. Ann's; and that in 1709, the year after Lord Corn- bury was superseded, the charter was passed, wherein, iiot St- Ann's, the name ' designed ' for the Church by Cornbury, but St- Maey's, the name given it at the first, became its name in law. It will be observed, that neither here, nor elsewhere, except in the Will of M''^ Ta'bot, (See pp. 246-8) is there any allusion to the name Si. James, as belonging to tiie Church in Burlington. THE (JUAKEKS THE MOST FRIENDLY OF ALL DISSENTEES. Jlr. Odell to the Secretary. Extracts. " Burlington, July 5, 1768. " Reverend Sir; * * "I think it my duty to rep;-esent to the Society the importance of a Mission at Trenton. There is no other Episcopal Cliurch on the Great Road between Burlington & Brunswick ; a distance of more than 40 Miles. Within the IN BUELINGTON. 295 memory of many Persons yet living, the Inhabitants of Trenton & tlie country for some distance round it were chiefly Members of the Church of England ; the few Dissenters that were among them were mostly Quakers, a people, in this Country, of all Dissenters the most friendly to those of our Communion. * * "In a former Letter I acquainted the Society that agreeably to my instructions, I had concluded with the People here to attend Divine Service of the two Churches of Burlington ^ Mount Holly alternately, upon condition, as stipulated in your Letter to the Wardens & Vestries of both Parishes that they of Mount Holly would contribute adequately to my support. They have since come to an Agreement & have agreed to give yearly at least £26 Currency, which I doubt not will be punctually paid & that they will exceed rather than/a/^ ^hort of that Sum. The Rents of the Parsonage Lot & House together with a Farm at some distance in the Country belonging to the Church in Burlington amount to £42: 10. in Currency; besides which the Vestry at a late Meeting proposed to allow me as much as they should be able to procure by way of subscription from the Congregation. " I am &c "Jon" Odell." marriage of the rev. mr. frazer. "July 13th, 1768. The Rev. Wm. Frazer of Amwell, and Rebecca Campbell of Burlington, were lawfully joined together in marriage at Burlington, by Jonathan Odell, minister." Pa?-- ish Register. A VOLUNTARY CONVENTIOX. "A voluntary convention was held in New Brunswick Oct. ISth, 1768, at which were present among others the Rev'd. Messrs. Odell, Frazer, Thomson and Seabury, who, ' considering maturely the distressed situation of many of the widows and children of the Episcopal Clergy in America, who by reason of the smallness of their income are not only disabled from making any future provision for their families, but are scarcely able with the greatest economy to support them with a decency becoming their characters even during their lives,' agreed upon 296 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH a scheme for their relief which they submitted to the Venerable Society. The document containing the plan is quite an elabo- rate one, with sixteen articles. '^ MR. ODELL TO SOLICIT A CHAETER. In 1769, the Rev. Mr. Odell was appointed one of a com- mittee, of two in each of the three provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, to solicit the passing of the charter for the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of deceased clergymen, in said provinces. His Excellency, Gov. Franklin, of New Jersey, readily ordered the seal affixed to it, and the charter for New Jersey was completed in May of that year. THE CORPORATION^ FOE THE EELIEP OF WIDOWS AXD OR- PHANS OF CLERGYMEN, CHARTERED. The charter for this Corporation constituted Rev. Richard- Peters, of Phila., President, Rev. Thos. B. Chandler, J). D., of Elizabeth town. Treasurer, and Rev. Jonathan Odell, of Bur- lington, Secretary. " The first Tuesday after the Feast of St. Michael, the charter day as fixed by the letters patent, fell in 1769, upon the 3d> October; and in that month of 'pathetic loveliness,' in the tran- quil town of Burlington, a place ever deserving the interest of Churchmen in America, as having been designated for the first- American Episcopal See — where the first Episcopal residence- was purchased, and where the first bishop who was ever on this continent resided — our Corporation first assembled. Clerical' members had travelled from New York, Pennsylvania, and several parts of New Jersey, to be present; and among the representatives at this earliest meeting was John Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Burlington. ' The President having taken the chair, the different charters were read and compared with each other. On the day following, the members who were met being nineteen in number, presented an address of thanks to his Excellency Gov. Franklin, which he answered with the warmest wishes for the success of the pious design for ^vhich the Corporation had been erected, and added that, it would. always give him pleasure to render any acceptable service to the members of the Church of England.' This address and the IN BURLINGTON. 297 reply are set cut in the early raimite-book of the Society, kept with remarkable beauty of chirography by the first secretary Mr. Ode]l."t Wallace's Sketch, j)p. 18-19. THE CHURCH BUILDIXC EXLAKGED. In 1769, the building was extended Westward, with the addition of a gallery, and this, although the town itself had increased but little, if at all. "The Society is informed by the Rev. Mr. Odell, that the Church at Burlington is completed, and is not only a comfort- able building, but an ornament to the place, being 63 feet by 33. Governor Franklin was very liberal on the occasion, and his lady has made them a present of a very rich and elegant furniture for the pulpit, desk and table. ".■{: .MRS. Campbell's ack^-owledgmexts. J//'. Odell to the Secretarj/. Extract. "Burlington, N. Jersey, April 6, 1769. " Reveeexd Sir : "I have this moment received your very kind favor dated Dec' 14, 1768, for which I beg you to accept my warmest thanks, together with those of M"^* Campbell who also takes the liberty through your hands of presenting her grateful acknowl- edgements to the Society for the favor done her in allowing her to draw for £25 over and above the Salary due to her late Hus- band at the time of his death. " I am the more in haste to dispatch this Answer to your .obliging Letter because in my last Dec' 3r' my concern for the Widow led me to express an apprehension that in the multipli- city of your more important affairs M" Campbell's Application to the Society had escaped your Notice. I therefore now seize f Mr. Odell was Secretary of this Corporation from 1769 to 1774. J A new bell .ilso, was hung in the belfry. It is still (1876) rung, and bears this inscription: " ¥T. maey's church in Burlington. 1769." ■298 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the opportunity offered me by Capt" Trent (who sets off in a few Hours) to beg your pardon for such a groundless apprehension. " I am Reverend Sir, " Your most obed' Serv' "JoK"" Odell." A FURTHER ADDITION TO THE BUEYING-GEOUXD. On the 5'" of August, 1769, Doctor Jonathan Smith conveyed ito the " Minister, Wardens, and Vestrymen of Saint Mary's Church" a " Piece of Ground bounded & limited as follows viz., on the South by a Line, beginning at the North-East Cor- ner of the Burying-ground now belonging to Saint Mary's Church & running along the Fence, as it now stands on the Xorth side of the said Burying-ground, to the North-West Cor- ner of the same ; thence by a line running Northward fifteen foot along the Fence which now bounds the Western side of a Lott belonging to the said Jonathan Smith & adjoining to the North side of the Burying-ground aforesaid ; and thence by a straight line running Eastward to the Place of beginning," ■" Provided always (and it is the Consideration for which the Premises are granted & conveyed as aforesaid) that * * the said Minister W^ardens & Vestrymen * * shall -within the space of five years next ensuing the date of these Presents, erect * * upon the whole length of the Boundary Line last above mentioned, a good and suflBcient Brick wall, five foot high & nine inches thick, * * and that after the completion of the said wall, the said Jonathan Smith his Heirs and assigns shall be forever thereafter exempted from all Demands on account of Partition fences between his said Lott & the Burying-ground aforesaid." The " Indenture" for this, was "Sealed & delivered in presence of William Smith" and "Thomson Neale;" and acknowledged, the same day, before " Rob' Smith one of the Judges of the Court of vComon Pleas for the County of Burlington." — Original Deed. IX BURLINGTON. 299 SIGNATURES OF ATTESTATION. At the foot of each page of the Parish Register, beginning with the rectorship of Mr. Odell — for ten consecutive pages — there is this : "Jox" Odell Minister ii Afi t 1 1 f William LYXDOxt 1 ^^r , „ ' Attested by | Abr« Hewlings ' } TFarcZe^s." u In the collections of the Sussex, (England) Archseological Society," — writes one who has examined them % — " ^ have found an explanation of the custom of the clergyman and church war- dens signing their names at the foot of the page in the Parish Register. I think your records are rare instances of it being done in this (Country, as it is not to be found in the Registers of Christ Church, Philadelphia." " The writer in this article of the Sussex Collection, p. 23, Vol. xxii, the Rev. E. B. Ellman, M. A., says Church Registers ' date from the 30th year of the reign of Henry VIII. It is however much to be feared that notwithstanding Lord Crom- well's strict injunctions for the safe keeping of these valuable records, and the protestation which every incumbent was obliged to make when instituted to a benefice during the reign of Eliza- beth, that ' hee would keep the Register book according to the Queen's Majesty's Injunctions' much carelessness in their cus- tody during the reigns of Edward A"^!, Mary, and Elizabeth, comprehending a period of about 100 years, was found to have taken and some falsification to have been practised ; to prevent the possibility of which for the future, a reinforcement of Lord Cromwell's original injunctions of 1538, which had been lost sight of, became necessary ; and this was affected by means of the 70th Canon of our Church, which was ordained the first of James I (1603). By this Canon it was ordered that the Church Book shall be kept in the parish church in a coffer or chest, to be provided at the charge of each parish. These coffers were to be provided with throe locks and the same number of keys, and of these keys one was directed to remain with the minister, and the other two with the churchwardens severally. And the Canon then goes on to direct that henceforth, upon every Sab- bath-day, immediately after morning or evening service, the minister and churchwardens should take the book, which was t " "William Lyndon, one of the Wardens of tlii« Chnrcli, died on the 3d, and was buried on the 5th day of May, 1770; Burlington." Parish Register . X Mr. Wm. John Potts, of Camden, N. J, 300 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH directed to be of parchment or of very stout paper, out of the coffer; and in the presence of such wardens the minister was to write and record in it the names of all parties christened, to- gether with the names and surnames of their parents and also the names of all persons married or buried during the preceding week and the day and year on which any such event occurred. And having done this, they were again to replace the book in the coffer, and keep it until the next Sunday under the same regulation of locks and keys. Each page when filled was to be signed at the foot with their names. The Canon then further provides for attested copies of such entries being sent once in every year to the Bishop's Registry. These coffers were the origin of our Church chests, some of these chests indeed, were original coffers, having their treble locks and keys in a perfect and efficient state.' " OFFERINGS FOE THE EELIEF OF "WIDOWS AXD OEPHA>> OF DECEASED CLEEGYMEX. In 1.770 there was a donation to the "Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergymen,'' from Governor Franklin, of £10; and a contribution from St. Mary's Church of £5, and 8s. TPIE EEV. GEO. 1VHITFIELD IX BUELIXGTOX. In 1770, Craft's MS. of "Daily Occurrences" has this item: "6 mo. 16 dy. The great Calvinistic preacher George White- field, preacht before the Court House. Great audience. Deal of humour, &c." " METHODISTIC EiMISSAEIES TAKIXCr UXCOililON PAI^"^.'" Mr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington June 28, 1771. " Rbyeeend Sir, * * "The state of Religion in general in my Mission continues to be not unpromising notwithstanding some incon- veniences arising from time to time among us from the frequent Visits that are made us by a number of methodistic Emissaries who are taking uncommon pains to get footing in this Country. I have hitherto been in hopes that their diligence may be de- feated by letting the Xovelty pass without any open warmth of IX BUKLIXGTON. 301 opposition, which might inflame the weak but honest minded few, who for a while are apt to admire those Itenerants, but may be expected ere long to change their admiration into indiff- erence. " I am Sir &c "JoN^' Odell." A FELLOM' OF ST. .JOHX's COLLEGE BURIED. '' Rev'' IP Jonathan Downes, Late a Fellow of S' John's •College, and Rector of S' Peter's in Barbados, was buried Ocf 14, 1771, at Burlington." Parish Register. [This was a brother of Mrs. Franklin, the wife of the Governor.] MARRIAGE OF THE REY. ilR. ODELL. "Married— May 6'" 1772, Rev" Jonathan Odell & Anne De C'ou were married at Burlington by me — W" Thomson Miss ^ at Trenton." Parish Register'. PUBLICATION OF THE BAXXfi OF MARRIAGE. Among the last few leaves of the Parish Register, there are two pages in the handwriting of Mr. Odell, headed, " Register of the Publication of the Banns of Marriage ; " under which, from -January 1768, to February 1773, there are entries oi thirty couples "published" — each three successive times. One of these — as a sample of the rest — reads : " 1770, Xovem' 25"^ & Decern'' 2" & 9*— Thomson Xeale & Mary Moon, both of Burlington." 3Ii;. ODELL DECLINES THE CONTRIBUTION OF HIS CONGRE- GATION. In the Report of the S. P. G.'s proceedings for 1773, there is this passage : " The Rev. Mr. Odell, Avho generously declined the intended contribution of his congregation at Burlington, until the debt contracted by rebuilding their Church should be discharged, acquaints the Society that this event hath taken place, and that the Vestry have now agreed to pay him for the future £30 currency, nearly equal to £19 sterling a year. The 302 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH people at Mount Holly have been punctual in their payment of £26 currency, so that the whole Mission annually contributes about £35 sterling. [The Society paid £50 sterling.] He is in hopes of prevailing with his people to raise a sum of money among themselves, which, though but £100, might be put out to interest, and by accumulating would in time amount to such a sum as would support their minister with less assistance from the Society." THE LOTS OF GROUND IX BURLIXGTON. llr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington July 5, 1774. " Reverend Sir, " In answer to my request respecting the Lots of Ground in Burlington purchased by Gov'' Hunter you are pleased to inform me ' that the Society how much soever tliey might be inclined to indulge me, in this request do not at present think themselves at liberty so to do;' and that their doubts npon this head arise from a circumstance intimated in my Letter, the Lots in question being ' appropriated to the use of an Ameri- can Bishop whenever one shall be appointed ; and whence the profits arising from the Lands in the meantime are supposed to be also appropriated to the same use.' Whether this be so or not can be known as you observe only by having recourse to the original Deed of Conveyance. And 'if I can convince the Society, from thence, that the fact is otherwise and that the Society have the power, you kindly tell me in conclusion, that you believe I may depend upon their inclination to oblige me.' " "Whatever determination the Society may come to concerning this matter, the assurance of their inclination in my favor will be thankfully remembered by me ; for I can truly declare that I value the good opinion & approbation of that Venerable Body much more than I should value a raeer addition to my income. " The original Deed of Conveyance is I suppose in England : but there is a Copy of it upon Record here in the Provincial Sec- retary's Office from which it appears that those Lots are con- veyed to Gov" Hunter his Heirs & Assigns ' to and for the only proper use benefit and behoof of the Society for the propagation IN BURLINGTOX. 303'. of the Gospel &c' without any manner of reserve or limitation.. We have it is true in this Country a tradition, and only a tradi- tion (which however is 1 suppose founded in fact) that the pur- chase was made with a view of providing a place of Residence for an American Bishop, wliose appointment seems to liave been at that time daily expected. There was tlien upon one of the Lots in a pleasant situation a very large and commodious Man- sion House, which if the expected establishment of our Episco- pate had taken place would probably have been appropriated to the use of the Bishop. But as it happened, unfortunately for the interest of Religion in this Country, that the Society had not the opportunity of putting the House to that use ; they assigned it for a Dwelling House to M'' Weyman, their Missionary at Bur- lington, who lived in it, if I am rightly informed, until by some Accident, it took Fire and was entirely destroy'd. M"' Camp- bell, ray immediate predecessor, succeeded M' Weyman in the Mission, and was allowed to enjoy the Rents of the Ground for near 30 years, to the time of his death. * * " I am Rev" Sir &c " Jon'' Odell." dr. odell admitted to membership in the medical. SOCIETY. " At a general meeting of the New Jersey Medical Society,, held at Princetown, November the 8"' 1774, the Rev. D'' Odell presented himself a candidate for admission into this Society,. who being well-known by many of the Society as a regular practitioner,! and being well recommended, he was, without the usual mode of examination, admitted unanimously a member,, and took his seat accordingly. " Voted, unanimously by this Board, that, as at the two pre- ceding meetings, motions have been made for an application to- the Governor of the Province for a Charter of Incorporation, for the members of this Society, they do now proceed with spirit in their endeavors to obtain it; and for that end, do constitute- and appoint Doctors Odell, Cochran and Barnet a committee to- f According to Craft's MS. of "Daily Occurrences," Dr. Odell began the prac- tice of Medicine in Burlington, J-uly 25th, 1771. 304 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH confer with the Attorney General, or any other gentleman who may assist them in the affair, and they are to endeavor to carry the design into execution in the most ample and expeditious way." Transactions of N. J. Medical Society, p. 37. GOV. FEAXKLIX REMOVES TO PERTH AMBOY. "In 1774, Gov. Franklin removed to Perth Amboy. The task undertaken by a governor of one of the provinces of Great Britain was one of great difficulty. His difficulties were greatly increased by the persistent attempt of the king, and his minis- ters and parliament, to tax the people of the colonies, without the consent of their representatives, which they were resolute in resisting. He seems to have been an amiable man, and to have performed his duty, with so much forbearance and good temper as to have become quite as popular as any governor could be. He was earnest in his endeavors to promote the welfare of the province. He purchased and improved a farm, imported from England agricultural implements, and collected one of the best libraries in the province. He was a handsome and very agree- able man, abounding in facetious anecdote, and thus resembling his father. That father continued on good terms with him until the war was in active progress. His last visit to him was after he removed to Perth Amboy in 1774. They then discussed the controversy between the mother country and her colonies. They were far from agreeing. No man in America was more fully resolved upon resistance, at whatever cost, than the elder Frank- lin. The son, Avho disapproved the earlier measures of the British ministry, was still mindful of his oath as a royal gover- nor ; and remained a thorough government man, deeming the opposition of the colonists more mad than the measures of the ministry." Elmer's Biographical Sketches, p. 52. FUND FOE MAINTAIXIXG AX OETHODOX MINISTEE OF THE CHUECH OF EXGLAXD. " "We the Subscribers do promise to pay, on Demand, into the hands of the Church Wardens of S' Marys Church in Burling- ton, or Either of them, the Several Sums affixed to Our Names, in Order to establish a Fund for maintaining an Orthodox Min- IN BUELTNGTON. 305 ister of the Church of England in the Service of St. Mary's ■Church in Burlington aforesaid ; the Interest of which Fund is at all times hereafter to be at the Sole Disposal of the Wardens and Vestry of the said Church, for the use aforesaid. Witness Our hands the thirteenth day of March, 1775. "Dan Ellis, £15:0:0 ; John Tonkin, 10:0:0; Jn" Lawrence, 15:0:0; Jacob Perkins, 6:0:0; Jam How, 15:0:0; Abraham Heulings, 15:0:0; John ISieale, 3:0:0 ; Arent Schuyler, 10:0:0 ; William Gamble, 6:0:0; John Fort, 4:0:0; Thomas P. Hew- lings, 10:0:0 ; William Heulings, 10:0:0 ; Daniel Hancock, '6:0:0; Thomas Neale, 5:0:0; Mary Tonkin, 10:0:0; Edward Kemble, 10:0:0; William Newbold, 15:0:0; R. Strettel Jones, 15:0:0; Jos: Bloomfield, (provided the Wardens & Vestry are elected by the Parishoners,) 15:0:0; William Smith, 5:0:0; Wm. Coxe, jun., 10:0:0; Jacob Perkins, 3:0:0; Isaac Perkins, 3:0:0; William Perkins, 3:0:0; Rob' Lucas, 3:0:0; George Painter, 6:0:0; Thomas Hancock, 3:0:0." — Parish Archives. DR. ODELL PEACTICES MEDICINE TO MAINTAIN HIS FAMILY. Dr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington April 17, 1775. ■' Reverend Sir, * * "In the conclusion of your Letter (for the polite and friendly manner of which I sincerely ofiPer you my thanks) you intimate that ' the opinion entertained by some Members of the Society in respect to the value of my Mission ' had been an obstacle to the obtaining of my request concerning the Lots in Burlington. In answer to which I must beg leave to observe that notwithstanding the value of my Mission I should actually find it difficult, if possible, to maintain my Family which is a growing one,t did I not call into my aid the practice of Physick, ibr which Profession I was originally educated. And even with the addition which that has made to my Income (though I can t The Parish Regkter has these entries : " Baptized, April 21st 1773 at Bur- lington, Mary, first-born of Jonathan Odell and Anne his Wife, born the 19th •of March preceding." " Baptized— Novr 13—1774 William Franklin, 2d Child of Jonathan & Anne Odell— born Octr 19." U 306 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH truly declare that I have all along made it a point to avoid every unnecessary Expence) I am now but just out of Debt. It is pain- ful to a mind susceptible of any ingenuous feelings to be dra^vn as it were to make a boast of such things as ought rather to be left for the generous discovery or the candid acknowledgement of others. * * " Rev" Sir &c " JoN^ Odell." DR. ODELL, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE TO PRESEXT A CHARTER. " At a general meeting of the New Jersey Medical Society, held at New Brunswick, May 9th 1775, it appearing on the last minutes, that Doctors Cochran, Odell and Barnet were appointed to present a petition to the Governor and Council for a Charter of Incorporation for this Society, Doctors Cochran and Barnet being present, were called upon and do report, that they did (pursuant to their appointment) present a petition, with a copy of a Charter, and some objections were made to the Charter, which they mentioned. And thereupon it was agreed by the Society that the Charter should be carefully inspected and amended, and again presented at Burlington, the next Conven- tion of the Governor and Council, by the following gentlemen, viz.. Doctors Odell, Cochran, Burnet, Smith, Wiggins and Bain- bridge, or any three of them." Transactions of N. J. Medical Society, p. 38. STATE OF THE CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY. In the year 1775, we find the following : "The state of the Church in New Jersey is of late become a very respectable one, through the charitable interposition of the Society. The Mis- sionaries are all unblameable in their conduct, and some of them eminently useful. Instead of the small buildings, out of repair, in which the congregations used to assemble twenty years ago, they have now several that make a handsome appearance, both for size and decent ornament, particularly at Burlington, Shrews- bury, New Brunswick and Newark; and all the rest are in IX BURLINGTON. 307 good repair ; and the congregations in general appear to be as much improved as the churches they assemble in. " The Society are indebted for this agreeable intelligence to their very excellent missionary Dr. Chandler, of Elizabethtown." OUTBREAK OF THE AJIERICAX REVOLUTION. The causes which resulted in sundering the colonies from the Mother country, were complex and, some of them, secret. The " religious element " entered more largely into them than many suppose. The unpublished MSS., on both sides, show that they extended through a long period of time. More than seventy years before armed hostilities commenced, John Talbot, in a letter to his friend, uttered a prophetic warning. See his re- markable words, on p. 33, under date 10th April, 1703. To supply a link in these papers, we quote the familiar facts from White's Universal History : "The contest began at Lexington in the spring of 1775, by a skirmish, between the British troops and the armed provincials, for the possession of certain magazines. At the same time the deputies assembled at Philadelphia, assuming the title of 'Con- gress of the United Colonies of North America,' resolved upon raising an army for the defence of the country, and issued a paper currency for its payment. The first battle was fought at Bunker's Hill, near Boston, on the 17th June ; and though neither side could boast of any decisive success, the royal troops suffered severely, and the real advantage remained with their antagonists. George Washington, who had acquired consider- able military reputation in the late colonial war with France, now received from congress the command in chief of the insur- gent forces." " MINISTERS OP THE CHURCH BOUND TO PROMOTE PEACE." Dr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "Burlington July 7, 1775. " Reverend Sir, " The Society will doubtless, expect from their Missionaries, at this important & melancholly crisis every effort of prudent zeal in the discharge of their duty, as Ministers of the Church, 308 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH always bound to promote as far as in them lies, a spirit of peace and good order among the Members of their Communion. At the same time the Society cannot be unacquainted with the diffi- culties under which we now labor in this Country. But I think it unnecessary for me to trouble the Society upon this distressful topic ; because they will receive every needful information from better hands; and in particular from an Address of the Philadel- phia Clergy to the Bishop of London, to which Address I beg leave to refer you, for a just & true representation of the present state of the Church and of the situation of the Clergy in general in these Colonies. We think it of the utmost importance to the general good of the British Empire, that these matters should be thus truly stated and we most ardently pray that in these per- plexing & alarming troubles, we may by prudence & integrity of conduct contribute our mite towards obtaining a recovery and securing the future permanency of that harmony & peace upon just and practicable grounds, which is essential to the happiness tt glory of the whole Empire. * * " I am Rev Sir, &c " Jon*' Odell." two lettees of de. odell seized. "In Oct. 1775, a man named Christopher Carter, was arrested on his departure for England and his papers seized by the local committee of Inspection and Observation. Among them were two letters from Dr. Odell ; one anonymous, addressed to the Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Chandler, London, the other signed 'Jon. Odell,' directed to 'Mrs. Bullock, Brixton Causeway, Surry, near Westminster.' The Committee having taken the Doctor's parole not to leave the city, referred the matter to the Council of Safety, before whom he appeared Oct. 8th. The Council resolved to send the letters to the Committee of Safety of Xew Jersey, and on their prisoner giving his word of honor to appear when required, he was discharged. "In the New Jersey Provincial Congress, Oct. 12th, 1775, among other proceedings, ' A letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Penn., enclosing two letters said to have been written by the Rev. Mr. J. Odell, of Burlington, to cer- IN BURLINGTOX. 309 tain persons in Great Britain, and referring the consideration of the said letters to this Congress, was laid before ^the Congress, and the several letters were read, and ordered a second reading.' "A memorial from Rev. Mr. Odell prays that this Congress will be pleased to appoint an hour for his being heard this day, was read, and ordered a second reading. "Ordered: That Mr. Odell hath leave to return to his house at present, upon his parole of honor to attend this Congress on Tuesday next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. "Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1775. " 3 P. M. Pursuant to the order of the day, the Congress resumed the letter of the Committee of Safety of Penn., the letters said to be written by the Rev. Mr. Odell and ilr. Odell's memorial ; and Mr. Odell attending was called in and heard, and then ordered to withdraw. AVhereupon, after deliberating thereon, the previous question being put, that the determination of Mr. Odell's case be postponed till to-morrow morning; re- solved accordingly. " AYednesday, Oct. 18. The Congress resumed the considera- tion of Mr. Odell's case ; and having deliberated thereon, are of opinion that it appears, from the general purpose of Mr. Odell's letter that he disapproves of, and is in principle opposed to, the measures of defence adopted by the Continent, to prevent the oppressive designs of the British ministry ; but, as this Congress would by no means violate the right of private sentiment, and as Mr. Odell's letter does not clearly appear to have been in- tended to influence public measures, and as some degree of ambiguity is contained in several parts thereof, this Congress do therefore decline passing any public censure against him." — American Archives, Series Fourth, Vol, III, pp. 1224, 1227. THE EARNEST WISHES OF DE. ODELL. In the report of the S. P. G. from Feb. 1775 to Feb. 1776, we find the following : " The Rev. Mr. Odell in his letters expressed his most earnest wishes that in the present alarming troubles, the prudence and integrity of the missionaries may contribute towards a recovery of harmony and peace, or at least 310 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH secure them from the violence of the times ; but the Society have reason to believe that Mr. Odell has met with a disappoint- ment of his wishes in his own person." SONG FOE A FISHING PARTY NEAR BURLINGTON, ON THE DELAWARE, IN 1776. [To the 3d verse Dr. Odellf has appended this note: "Protestant was a term adopted by a circle of Loyalists."] How sweet is the season, the sky how serene ; On Delaware's banks how delightful the scene ; The Prince of the rivers, his waves all asleep, In silence majestic glides on to the Deep. Away from the noise of the fife and the drum, And all the rude din of Bellona we come ; And a plentiful store of good humour we bring To season our feast in the shade of Cold Spring. A truce then to all whig and tory debate ; True lovers of Freedom, contention we hate ; For the Demon of discord in vain tries his art To inflame or possess a true Protestant heart. True Protestant fi-iends to fair Liberty's cartse. To decorum, good order, religion and laws. From avarice, jealousy, perfidy, free; We wish all the world were as happy as we. AVe have wants, we confess, but are free from, the care Of those that abound, yet have nothing to spare; Serene as the sky, as the river serene. We are happy to want envy, malice and spleen. While thousands around us, misled by a few, The Phantom of pride and ambition pursue. With pity tlieir fatal delusion we see ; And wish all the world were as happy as we ! ODE FOR THE KING's BIRTH-DAY. [\A^ritten by Dr. Odell on occasion of the King's birth day, June 4th, 1776, and sung by a number of British officers, (cap- tured at St. John's and Chambly by Gen. Montgomery) who were jorisoners at that time at Burlington ; and who, to avoid offence, had an entertainment in honor of the day prepared on t " Dr. Odell and Mr. Stansbury were the two most important loyal versi- fiers of their time." " As a political satirist," says Winthrop Sargent, in his collections of "The Loyalist Poetry of the Revolution," p. 202, "Dr. Odell is entitled to rank high. In fertility of conception, and vigor and ease of expres- sion, many passages in his poems will compare favorably with those of Churchill and Canning." IN BURLINGTOX. 311 au island in the Delaware, where they dined under a tree. They had their band of music on the island, and "that," says Craft, "had liked to have made a Rumpus." Was "Hail Columbia," suggested by these lines?] O'er Britannia's happy Land, Ruled by George's mild command, On this bright auspicious day Loyal hearts their tribute pay. Ever sacred be to mirth, The day that gave our Monarch birth ! There, the thundering Cannon's roar Echoes round from shore to shore ; lioyal Banners wave on high ; Drums and trumpets rend the sky. There our Comrades, clad in Arms, Long enured to War's alarms, ^Nlarshall'd all in bright array, Welcome this returning day. There the temples chime their bells ; And the pealing anthem swells ; And the gay and grateful throng Join the loud triumphant song ! Nor to Britain's Isle confin'd — Many a distant region joined Under George's happy sway, Joys to hail this welcome day. O'er this Land among the rest. Till of late supremely blest, 'George, to sons of Britain dear. Swelled the song from year to year. Here we now lament to find, »Sons of Britain, tierce and blind. Drawn from loyal love astray. Hail no more this welcome day. When by foreign Foes dismay'd. Thankless Sons, ye' call'd for aid ; Then, we gladly fought and bled, And your Foes in triumph led. Now, by Fortune's blind command. Captives in your hostile Land ; To this lonely spot we stray, Here unseen to hail this day. Though by Fortune thus betray'd, For awhile we seek the shade, Still our loyal hearts are free, ■Still devoted, George, to thee. Britain, Empress of the Main, Portune envies thee in vain; '•Safe, while Ocean round thee flows, 'Though the world were all thy Foes. 312 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Long as Sun and Moon endure, Britain's Throne shall stand secure, And Great George's royal line. There in splendid honor shine. Ever sacred be to mirth, The day that gave our Monarch birth ! DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. " The congress," says White's Universal History, " now re- solved on the decisive step of a declaration of independence,, which was issued on the 4th of July, 1776; and they at the same time established a federative union among the belligerent colo- nies, assuming the title of 'The United States of America.' But the slender forces of the new republic were for some time hardly able anywhere to face the numerous and well-appointed armies of Britain. They lost New York and New Jersey, and' congress was compelled to take refuge in Maryland." DE. ODELL PAEOLED. " July 20, 1776. Ordered, That Peter Tallman, Esq., Chair- man of the County Committee of Burlington, be directed to take the parole of the Rev. Jonathan Odell, a person suspected of being inimical to American liberty ; that he confine himself on the East side of Delaware river, within a circle of eight miles from the Court House in the city of Burlington." "Thursday, August 1, 1776. A letter from the Eev. Mr. Odell, praying, for certain reasons, that he may be excused from signing the parole heretofore ordered, and offering a new parole binding himself not to hold any political correspondence with the enemy, or to furnish them with provisions or intelligence, read. Whereupon the Convention having taken the same into consideration. Ordered, that Mr. Odell sign the original parole sent to the Committee of Burlington." — Force's American Ar- chives, 4th Series, Vol. VI, pp. 1651, 1656. GOV. EEANKLIN CONFINED AS A PRISONEE OF WAR. " All the hopes, no doubt for several years fondly indulged' in by Governor Eranklin, of the final success of the royal cause, were doomed to disappointment. He was arrested by order of the Provincial Congress in 1776, and confined as a prisoner of IN BURLINGTON. 313 war. He was not exchanged until he had suffered an impris- onment of two years and five months. In the mean time his library was burned by an accidental fire ; and his wife, who is represented as an elegant woman, amiable and intelligent, died in New York. He took up his residence in that city, remain- ing there several years, aiding the royal arms, as President of the Board of Associated Royalists, and by all other means in his power. In 1782, he returned to England, after a sojourn in America of twenty years. " In consideration of the losses he had sustained by the con- fiscation of his property and otherwise, the British government granted to him eighteen hundred pounds, nearly nine thousand dollars, and allowed him a pension of nearly four thousand dol- lars a year, thus placing him, in a pecuniary point of view, in a better situation than if he had remained Governor of New Jersey. He afterwards married again, an Irish lady, and died in 1813, at the age of about eighty-three. " The author of a work published in 1802, says : ' Governor Franklin, in point of person, is above the common size, with the eye and figure of a veteran. Although subject to the gout, he appears to be strong and athletic, and was accounted one of the handsomest men in America. He is now about sixty-five years of age, and resembles his father in a variety of particulars. Like him he is cheerful, facetious, admirably calculated for tell- ing a pleasing story, and no enemy to social converse, hilarity, and the pleasures of the table, when indulged in moderation. Like him, too, he makes his ablutions every morning, and is equally partial to an air and a water bath.' " — Elmer's Biograph- ical Sketches. THE EXHIBIT OP PAROCHIAL WORK BY DE. ODELL. From the day when Dr. Odell became the rector of St. Mary's Church, to Dec. 21st, 1776, — a period of nine years and five months — the Parish Segister has twenty-six closely written folio pages, of most neatly, and accurately, kept records ; the totals of which are. Baptisms 249, Marriages 122, Burials 131,, — a very large exhibit. 314 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH DE. ODELL AVILL NOT SACRIFICE ANT PRINCIPLES, AND BECOMES A REFUGEE. Dr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "New York Jany 7, 1777. " My Dear Sir : " You may possibly have heard that I attempted to send a Letter to you above a twelve month since, and that my Letter being intercepted embarassed me not a little with Committees and Conventions, who were willing to find offence where none was intended. I told them and have had several occasions of telling them since, a very honest truth, that I did not mean to dissemble my sentiments concerning the measures of Congress, but that I had made it a Rule to myself from the beginning of our troubles, not to interfere directly or indirectly in Public Affairs, and tho' I neither could nor would make any sacrifice of my principles or duty, either as a Loyal Subject or a Minis- ter of the Church of England, t yet my political conduct should be inoffensive, if they would allow a passive conduct to be so, and in short that I presumed it reasonable in me to expect I should be indulged in the unmolested enjoyment of my private sentiments so long as I did not attempt to influence the senti- ments or conduct of other men, and that private sentiments ought not to be made matter of public notice, much less of public cen- sure. I concluded such a tenor of conduct in our situation was not only necessary but at the same time becoming the characters of Clergy naen and especially of Missionaries and therefore would be approved of by the Society. But this specific system did not screen me in particular from much jealousy and misrepresentation. fWhen a Deacon is ordered in the Cliurnli of England, "before the Gospel, the Bishop, sitting in his chair, causes the Oath of the King's Supremacy, and against the power and authority of all foreign Potentates, to be ministered unto him as follows : ' I, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable Doctrine and Position, That Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any Authority of ihe See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered bv their Subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, «r Potentate, hath, or ought to have, any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre- eminence, or Authority, Ecclesiastical or Spiritual,within this Realm. So help 3IE God.' " — Ordinal of the Church of England. IN BURLINGTON. 315 " A Parole was demanded of me, limiting me to within 8 miles of Burlington & binding me to forbear all political correspondence on the subject of the public dispute, not to furnish any provis- ions nor to give any intelligence to the Kings Troops. After giving this Parole I remain'd unmolested at home till about the middle of last Month, when a Body of Hessians under the com- mand of Count Donop came to Burlington intending to take Post with us for the Winter. Some of my Neighbours thought it advisable to meet the Commandant on his approach to the Town and to request him to spare the Inhabitants from Insult and their property from pillage, they requested me to go with them & assist in this charitable Address as an Interpreter. I did so and had the pleasure to find that I had a pretty good prospect of being of real service to my peaceable Neighbours. But five Gon- dolas lying in the River began to cannonade the Town in order to prevent the Troops taking Quarter with us. Many Houses \vere damaged but nobody hurt. The Hessian Commandant however having with him no heavy Cannon thought proper to retire that Night to Bordentown intending to return with Artil- lery sufficient to make good his quarters. In the mean time tho' I believe every candid man will wonder why we should be pun- ished for having been left defenceless and for having solicited safety from the Kings Troops in our defenceless condition, even supposing us to have assented to those measures which had brought the Troops into the country & even to our Doors ; yet true it is, that as soon as it was known on board of the Gondolas that the Troops had left us, the Town was cruelly insulted and from day to day kept in Alarm by those River Tyrants. Mr Lawrence, young M'' Hawlings & myself were in particular pur- sued by two captains & a number of armed men. We made our escapes & were under the necessity of taking refuge among the King's Troops, and as the design of taking Post at Burlington was soon after given up, I have been obliged to leave ray wife & 3 children (the youngest not five weeks old) and to ramble as a Refugee God knows when to return. " In this situation I take the liberty to request that you will communicate the contents of this Letter to the Society ; perhaps I ought i-ather to have written to the Secretary, but my little 316 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH narrative seemed to require a stile of more minute freedom than one can well use, unless to an intimate acquaintance and I hope the Society will admit of this apology. I suppose it can hardly be necessary to tell you what I presume you will take for granted that I among most of my Brethren thought it my duty to shut up my Church and discontinue my attendance on the Public Worship from the fatal day of the Declaration of Independency. " Public news I need not give you as you will receive better intelligence from others. I shall only mention that if the Kings Troops on their arrival at Trenton had crossed the River Dela- ware (which notwithstanding the want of Boats was most un- doubtedly practicable) they would certainly have taken posses- sion of Philadelphia without any opposition. You will oblige me by informing the Society that I lost almost all the Fence round the Point Lot last Winter by the Soldiers quartered in the Barracks at Burlington, who made Fuel of the Rails and it has cost me £36 to renew the Fence, which after all will prob- ably be again destroy'd this Winter. Two years Rent qf the Glebe Land near Prince Town amounting to £60 I expect to lose and indeed there is no prospect of my getting any Rent from that quarter nor any Salary from my Parishioners in future, until this unnatural War is happily terminated, and when that will be God only knows, though I hope it may be nearer than many are apt to imagine. " I am &c " Jon" Odell." "the people almost unanimous in their aversion to independency." Dr. Odell to the Secretary. Extract. "New York Jan 25. 1777 " Reverend Sir : " The Society has doubtless of late received from the Clergy of this City and some Missionaries who have taken refuge here a general account of the State of the Church in this unhappy and distracted Country. For my own part this is the first IN BURLINGTON. 317 opportunity I have had for a long time of writing to England, except a few days ago immediately after my arrival here, when I wrote in great haste to Dr. Chandler by the Bristol Man of War just then on the point of Sailing. "The j)eople of my Mission in these times of public distrac- tion have in general discovered a spirit of moderation and have been almost unanimous in their aversion to independency ; but the progress of that party in the Country who seem long since to have been determined on that fatal measure has been con- ducted in such a manner as to preclude any effectual opposition. In fact the Independency assumed by the Congress long before they declared it, made it both difficult and dangerous to attempt any other opposition than a silent testimony of disapprobation. " In such a situation, having no opportunities of consulting with each other, the Clergy have been obliged to conduct them- selves with delicacy and caution. About 15 Months ago we had a meeting of our Corporation for the Relief of the Widows & Children of the Clergy when we shall be able again to meet is a question that gives us much anxiety — on that occasion we wrote a joint Letter to the Society which I hope has been received and with candid indulgence approved by the Society, who will have discovered that our unavoidable embarrassments were encreased by the indiscreet conduct (to say no more) of the Philadelphia Clergy. Since the declaration of Independency the alternative has been either to make such alterations in the Liturgy as both honor and conscience must be alarmed at, or else to shut up our Churches, and discontinue our attendance on the public Worship. It was impossible for me to hesitate a moment in such a case and I find that many of the Clergy in Pennsyl- vania and every one in New Jersey (Mr. Blackwell only excepted) have thought it their indispensible duty in this per- plexing situation to suspend our public Ministrations rather than make any alteration in the established Liturgy. At the same time we were persuaded that in every other respect to pursue a conduct inoffensive if possible even in the eye of our Enemies, was what the Society both wished and expected from us & what we owed to our own characters as Ministers of the Gospel; 318 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH happy if in this most trying time our conduct meets with the Society's approbation. " I am Reverend Sir &c "Jos^ Odell." THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE VESTRY TOWARDS DR. ODELL. Dr. Odell to the Seoretary. Extract. "New York, Aug' 18. 1777. " Reverend Sir : * * Since my being driven from home I have been occasionally employed as a Deputy Chaplain in the Army which has afforded me some relief; but still my losses are very consid- erable and without the aids I have received from England my Family must have suffered greatly. If I remember well the deduction which has been made from my Salary amounts to £15, M'hich added to my Salary for the Six Months from Christ- mas to the 25"^ of June last makes £40 Sterling for which Sum I have this day drawn Bills on the Treasurer of the Society pay- able to the order of Mess" Edw & W" Laight in which I hope I shall have the approbation of the Society. " My present situation makes it impossible for me to send any Parochial Notices. I have been informed that the Vestry of Burlington met on Easter Monday last and Voted that my Salary of £30 currency should be continued notwithstanding my absence. It is very uncertain whether they may be able to carry this Vote into effect but it gives a pleasing proof of their friendly disposition in these times of Trial to " Rev" Sir &c "Jon" Odell." cessation of public worship. In 1779, it is stated "that there has been a total cessation of public worship in the provinces of New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania, and almost every Missionary driven out." After this date we lose our venerable guide, the S. P. G., as the Churches lost the "nursing care and protection" which she had so long and generously supplied. IX BURLINGTON. 319 JAMES LAWRENCE BOEX AXD BAPTIZED. The Parish Register has the following: — "1781, Baptized by the Eev'' ]\r Frazer, Nov' 14, James, of John and Martha Lawrence." This child, bom in Burlington the same year, was Capt. JamesJ Lawrence, who distinguished himself in the American Navy, and made immortal the words, "Don't give up the ship." His remains, buried first at Halifax, were afterwards brought to the city of New York, and deposited in Trinity Church yard, where a handsome monument was erected to his memory. GEN. M'ASHINGTON, AND BAEON STEUBEN. That brief chronicler— James Craft — before quoted,, in his curious MS. of " Daily Occurrences," still existing with some of his descendants, in Burlington, makes these notes : " 1782, 3 mo. 23 dy. Gen. George Washington in our city." " 1782, 3 mo. 30 dy. Baron Steuben in our Town." DR. ODELL MAKES AN ADDRESS. Early in the Spring of 1782, standards were presented to the King's Auierican Dragoons with imposing ceremonies, when the Rev. Dr. Odell made an address, in the presence of a large number of distinguished officers of the British Army and Navy, including the Prince "William Henry, (afterwards William IV,) who was, at that time, in New York, as a midshipman in. the fleet of Admiral Digby. ENGLAND RECOGNIZES AJIEEICAN INDEPENDENCE. " The recognition by England of American Independence was first made in the provisional articles of peace signed at Paris, November 30th, 1782. The definitive treaty to that eifect was signed at Paris, Sep. 3d, 1783." — Anderson's Colonial Church,. p. 399. DE. ODELL GOES TO ENGLAND. Sir Guy Carleton succeeding Sir Henry Clinton as com- mander-in-chief of the British forces in 1782, arrived in New 320 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH York, in May. On November 5th, 1783, he evacuated the city ; after the signing of the treaty of peace. Dr. Odell accom- panied this gentleman to England. DR. ODELL REGARDS HIMSELF AS STILL THE RECTOR. Rev. Dr. Odell to his Wife. "London, 5 of July, 1784. " My Dear Nancy " Your last letter of May 2d, gives me an account of conduct in the Vestry, which I confess surprises me. However I do not mean to upbraid them, if they are not of themselves con- scious of their ingratitude towards me, it were in vain to attempt convincing them, either by argument or expostulations. All I shall say is, let them look to their Church which they must confess I have a right to tell them is a monument of the indefagitable and disinterested Zeal of a Man whose Family had every reason to expect all the kind Returns and friendly attentions in their power especially at a time like that which has torn me so long frona them. Give my love to Mr. Law- rence and Mr. Ellis, and tell the latter that I entrust you, as my lawful attorney, to make a formal demand of him for payment into your hands of all rents and issues arising from the Church Estate, whether in Burlington or at Stony Brook, from the time of my being forcibly driven away by an armed Body. As no part of that Estate can belong to or be disposable by any Person but the Minister of St. Mary's Church for the time being, to whose use that estate was given, not by the Inhabitants of Bur- lington, nor by their Ancestors, but by Strangers chiefly and one lot at least of it by aids contributed by my Friends and collected by myself, and they certainly know that I am in fact the Minister of that Church until I sl^all either voluntarily resign or be legally dispossessed of my right which is a real and Substantial Freehold, not in the smallest degree affected by the revolution. And you will further please to inform Mr. Ellis that the Vestry may expect, on my Part, that I shall not tamely relinquish my Claim to rigid Justice, but avail myself of every IN BURLINGTOX. 321 lawful and Practicable means to compel them to do that whicli they ought to Blush not to have done of their own accord. f " I hope shortly to Avrite to you more at leisure. At present I can only add that I have at last good reason to think my DR. ODELL IX PROSPERITY AT LAST. AVhen the Province of Xova Scotia was divided, Dr. Odell was called to a seat in his Majesty's Council in the Province of New Brunswick, and became the Secretary, Registrar, and Clerk of the Council, with a salary of a thousand pounds sterling. t Margaret Morris, a Quakeress, who purchased Gov. Franklin's house on tlie bank, when the Governor removed to Perth Amboy; and wlio occupied it during tlie stormy days ol' the Kevolution, kept a journal from which wc make the following extracts : " Dec 14th 1776. Several of our friends called to see us ; amongst the number was one (Dr. Odellj esteemed by the whole family, and very intimate in it : but the spirit of the devil still continued to I'ove through the town in the shape of tory-hunters. jV message was delivered to our intimate friend, informing him a party of armed inen were on the search for him his horse was brought, and lie retired to a place of safety. "■'^ '" From the 13th to the 16th, •'' "' parties of armed men rudely entered the town, and diligent search was made for tories : '■■' '■' :i loud knocking at my door brought me to it — I was a little lluttered, and kept locking and unlocking that I might get my ruffled face a little composed — at last I opened it, and half a dozen men all armed, demanded the key of the empty hou-e. I asked what they wanted there ; they said to search for a tory. The name of a tory, so near mi/ omi door, seriously alarmed me, for a poor refugee '~ '" was at that very time concealed like a thief in an auger hole — I rung the bell violently, the signal agreed on if they came to -earch, ;ind when I thought he had crept into the hole, I put on a very simple look, and cried out, ' Bless me, I hope you are not lle-^-ians.' ■■ ■' — but I'll go with you into Col. (_'ox's house. '■■ '■'■' So I marched at the head of them, opened the door, and searched every place, but we could not find the tory, — strange where he could be. "We returned — they, greatly disappointed — I, pleased to think my house was not suspected. '•■■ * They left us, and searched J. A''s [.James Veree] and the two next houses, but no tory could they find. * " In the evening I went to town with my refugee, and placed him in other lodgings. '■■" '•' Dec. iSth. "■•' '•■ Our refugee gone off to-day out of the reach of gondolas and tory hunters. Dec. 22d. ■'■ 'J'liis afternoon we hear of our refugee again, and that he has a got a protection, as it is called. The rage of tory-hunting a little suli>ided. ■'■ __ * ■'.Jan. 12th 17( / . " ' We have some hopes that our refugee will be presented with a pair of lawn sleeves, when dignities become cheap, and suppose he will then think himself too hir/ to creep into his old auger hole — but I shall remind him of the place, if I live to see him created first B p of B n." The "auger hole," to which the <,)uakeress thus playfully alludes, ivas, no doubt, " the Secret Chamber," under the roof of the Soutli East wing of her residence, entered from a room adjoining by opening a linen closet, drawing out the shelves, prying up the moveable back, and admitting a per- son, by stooping, to a dark, but quite roomy apartment, which had no window, or aperture lor light, and could only be entered, in this mysterious way. Before the Ciov. Franklin house was demolished in 1873, J went into this secret chamber, with extraordinary interest. f;. jr. ir. X 022 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH There, after a loug separation from them he was rejoined by his lamily.f The duties of these offices he faithfully discharged for fin 1810, Pr. Odell addiLssed the following lines to his wife: ON' OUR TIIIETY-MINTH AVEDDING DAY. May, 1810. T^^'ice nineteen years, dear Nancy, on this day Complete tlieir circle, since the smiling May Beheld us at the altar kneel and join In holy rites and vows, which made thee mine. Then, like the reddening East without a cloud. Bright was my dawn of joy. To Heaven I bowed In thankful exultation, well assured That all my heart could covet was secured. But ah, hew soon this dawn of Joy so bright Was followed by a dark and stormy night. The howling tempest in a fatal hour. Drove me, an exile, from our nuptial bower. To seek for refuge in the tented field, Till democratic Tyranny should yield. Thus torn asunder, we, from year to year, Endured the alternate strife of Hope and Fear; Till, from Suspense deliver'd by Defeat, I hither came and found a safe retreat. Here joined by thee and thy young youthful train, I was o'erpaid for years of toil and pain ; "We had renounced our native hostile shore ; And met, I trust, till death to part no more ! But fast approaching now the verge of life With what emotions do I see a Wife And Cliildren smiling with affection dear. And think — how sure the parting and how near ! The solemn thought I wish not to restrain ; Tho' painful, tis a salutary pain. Then let this verse in your remembrance live. That, when from life released, I still may give A token of my love ; may whisper still Some fault to shun, some duty to fulfill ; May prompt your Sympathy, some pain to share ; ( )r warn you of some pleasures to beware ; Remind you that the Arrow's silent flight, Unseen alike at noon, or dead of night, iShould cause no perturbation or dismay But teach you to enjoy the passing day AVith dutiful tranquillity of mind Active and vigilant but still resigned. For our Kedeemer liveth and we know, How or whenever parted here below. His faithful servants in the Eealm above. Shall meet again as heirs of His eternal love. IX BURLINGTOX. 323 upwards of thirty years.! He is called in the annals of that Province, "The Honorable and Rev. Jonathan Odell." — Sabine's American l.oyalists, p. 485. THE PARISH A LONG TIME WITHOUT A MINISTER. SAMUEL ROE INVITED TO BE READER. In the Records of St. Mary's Church is the following : — "At a meeting of the congregation of St. Mary's Church at Turling- ton, on Monday, the 18th of October, 1784, Mr. .Samuel Roe having obtained a license from the clergy and laity lately met in Convention at the city of New York, to be a Reader in any Church that should give him a call for the purjiose ; and whereas the Church at Burlington hath been for a long time without a minister to officiate therein, it was tiie unanimous voice of the congregation to invite the said Samuel Rne to be the Reader of this Church, which was accordingly done." I SAMUEL ROE, ORDAINED. "Samuel Roe was ordained Deacon, Sept. 16th, and Priest the 18th, 1785, in the City of New Haven, in the State of Con- necticut, by the Right Rev'd Dr. Samuel Seabury." — Parish Register. Two others were ordained with him, one of whom was Samuel Spraggs. This was the third occasion of ordination by Bishop Seabury, after he received the Episcopate from what has been so fittingly called, "the Catholic remainder of the Church of Scotland." § And "wheresoever" the "Apostles doctrine and fellowship" is t At an advanced age lie relinquished his appointments and retired from public life. He died at Frederickton, N. B., Nof. 25th, 1818, aged 81 years. His widow, Anne, died at Frederickton, in 1825, aged 85 years. % "Samuel Koe was Licensed to officiate as a reader in the Episcopal church, by the Eev'd Clergy of IS'ew York, October 7th, 1784, and was received by the AVardens, Vestry and congregation of the Church of St. Mary's, in the City of Burlington, Oct. 18th, to be their Keader." — Parish Beffister. § The Kev. Samuel Seabury, D. D., of Connecticut, was consecrated a Bishop, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov. 14lh, 1784, by Eobert Kilgour, Bishop of Aberdeen ; Arthur Petrie, Bishop of Moray and Boss ; and John Skinner, Coadjutor Bishop of Aberdeen. He returned to America early in 1785. 32i HISTORY OF THE CHURCH carried, by the American Church, till the remotest times, " this, that " the Scottish Church " hath done, shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.'' -ri'.-l'RIPriDXS TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF THE KEY. SAMUEL HOE. "\Yliereas the Rev'd Samuel Roe Minister of St. Mary's Church in Burlington hath received a Call from some Churches in the Delaware State with a Salary of three hundred and fifty pounds "fi Annum besides perquisits. And whereas the said Samuel Roe has Signified that unless his Salary here is Aug- mented to two hundred pounds Exclusive of what he receives at Bristol, he shall not be Doing Justice to his Family, if he refuses to take up with the said offer. We the Subscribers in order to make up the said Sum Do freely and Chearffully Give the Sams affixed to our respective Xames Over and Above the rent's of our pews, and Do promise to pay the same unto Daniel Ellis — In (^aarterly payments, that is to say on the first of May, the first of August, the first of Xovember and the first February 1787 for the purpose aforesaid. And we Do further agree that should there be more subscribed than will pay the same the sur- plus shall be appropriated to the raising of a Fund for the main- taining a minister in the said Church. Witness our hands the thirtieth Day of January 1786 : Daniel i:ili- £ 6 00 i Jno. Lawrence £6 00 Johua M. ^Vallace ]0 00 I John Land 17 6 BowoEued (i 00 j Wm. Smith 1 00 K. Stretlell Jone- (3 10 , .John Stockton 10 Jno. A. iJeNdrniandie, "f^ ; Tliomas ^I. Gardiner 15 order .5 00 ' Geo. Smith 10 Geo, ?i!itcliull 3 00 I'red Ki"elman 10 00 .Jo-i. Bloomlield 6 00 James Lsdall 1 Kl Aaron Schnvler 1 10 Samnel Bulius 3 00 Sterling iV ^'orcross 4 00 Dr. Samuel Treat 2 00 George (Iri'^com,. 1 10 .John Sinick 15 Xailianiel Cnkinaii 15 D. Denny 1 10 Jolm Baillie 3 00 Ellis AVright :2 00 .Tames Gregson 3 00 Samuel Hendry 2 00 John How 3 00 Joseph Scott 3 00 Abraham Scott 1 10 Jos. Stoute 10 Rich'd Stoute 10 Sam'l Allen, 1^ order 1 10 — Parish Archires. IN BURLINGTON. 325 THE REV. (^AMUEL SPRAflGS, TEMPOEAPaLY OJ'FiriATIXG. On the 4th day of September, 1786, St. Mary's Churcli being vacant,! a committee was appointed to treat with the wardens of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, with a view to obtaining the services of their minister, the Rev. ^Iv. Spraggs, I until they could "supply themselves with a gospel minister.'" The result was an arrangement § that ^Ir. Spraggs should preacli in Bur- lington, one-fourth part of the time, which appears to liave con- tinued for more than a year. OFFICIAL COilMUXICATIOXS F1!0M EXGLAXD. " A Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the State of New Jersey," was held in St. ^Mary's Church, Burling- ton, on the 27th & 28th of Sep., 1786, '• being the tliird sitting," (the two former Conventions having been, at ^e\v Brunswick, July 6th, 1785, and at Perth Amboy, from May 16th to 19th, 1786.) Among the members, those from Burlington were Ab- raham Hewlings, Esq., and Col. Blathwait Jones. "A letter from the Lords Archbishops of Canterbury and York, addressed to the president of the general convention, received by the June packet, was read ;" also f Sometime after July 28tli, 17SG, " a difficulty having arisen between 'Mr. Eoe and his people, the connection between them was dis-olved." J At a meeting of the vestry of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, held Oct. 29th, 1785, "Mr. Spraggs produced to the Board hi^ admission to the Order of Deacon and Prie?t by the Eight Kev'd Samuel, Bishop of Connecti- cut and also a License and Authority to officiate a iMinister of the Gospel according to the Liturgy of the Churcli of England except such part thereof as shall be repugnant to the Civil Constitution of the .Vmerican States which were read in order." " It was moved to the Board by Mr. Spraggs weither some persons from this Congregation ought not to be appointed to meet a Convention of the Clergy & Laity of the Episcopal^ Church of this State at their next sitting & it was unanimously Agreed that some persons ought to be appointed and thereupon, Eesolved that Mr. Spraggs A- Mr. .John Clark, ilr. \Vm. Budd A Mr. Eead be appointed for that purpose.' ? At a meeting of the vestry of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, Xov. 18th, 1786, this record only appears; '' "Whereas the "Wardens and Vestry of Burlington Church have made application for a part of ilr. Spraggs time we do agree with the Consent of a majority of the Ve.-.try that Mr. spraggs has our approbation to be there } part of his time and we do al.-o agree, that Mr. Spraggs and Mr. John Clark be a Committee to meet with the Wardens and Vestry of Burlington in (hat City to Confer and agree with them concerning said matter on Saturday 25th inst." 326 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " A letter addressed to the committee of the general conven- tion, from the Archbishop of Canterbury, dated July 4, 1786, enclosing an act of the British Parliament respecting the con- secration of Bishops for foreign countries, together with the said act, was read ; " Ordered, That the said letters and act of parliament lie on the table. "A journal of the general convention, held at Philadelphia,, from the 20th to the 26th of June, 1786, inclusive, was read, and ordered to lie on the table. "Resolved, That four clerical and four lay-delegates be ap- pointed to represent the Church in this state, in the general con- vention to be held at AYilmington on the 10th of October next. " Agreed, That the clergy and laity severally appoint their own delegates, and that each order submit their choice, when made, io the approbation or rejection of the other; but that this mode of electing delegates be not drawn into precedent. The Reverend Messrs. Beach, Avers, Frazer and Ogden — John Chetwood, Henry ^yaddell, Joshua M. "Wallace and John Cox, Esquires, were duly elected, and approved delegates, for the pur- pose aforesaid." — Journal of said Convention. THE A'KSTEY EECOililEXD MR. JOHX AVADE FOR ORDERS. Towards the close of 1787, the vestry agreed to recommend Mr. John Wade to the Rt. Rev. Bishop "White, f for orders, provided the congregation at Mt. Holly join with them in said recommendation. THE REV. JOIIX WADE, MINISTER. At the Easter meeting in 17S8, the Rev. John AVade appears as minister. At the same meeting however, a committee was fThe Eev. William White, D. D., of Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Samuel Provoo-t, D. D., of ]S'ew York, were consecrated Bishops in the Chapel of the Archiei>iscoiial Palace, at Lamheth, England, p~ebruary 4th, 1787, by John Moore, Archbl-hop of Canterbury, "William JIarkham, Archbishop of York, C'harles Moss, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough. The tivo American Bishops soon returned, reaching the United ^^talt-s, April 7th, 1787. IN BURLINGTOX. 327 appointed to confer with the Et. E,ev. Bishop White, and ascer- tain whether it will be in his power to recommend "a faithful rervant of Jesus Christ," as minister of St. Mary's Church, in Burlington ; and also to confer with the vestry of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, with a view to obtaining the services of the Rev. Mr. Spraggs, until a minister can be procured. THE EEY. MR. WADE's ONLY EECOKD. The only record in the Parish Register of Rev. Mr. Wade, is this : " John, born September the 1 Day 1778, son of Abraham Vau Sciver and jNIary his Wife, and baptized March the 19 Day 1788, per John Wade." THE EEY. LEVI HEATH, EECTOE. The Rev. Mr. Heath, f was settled as minister, April 13tb, 1789, having ofSciated for some months previous. He preached the opening sermon at the Eighth Convention in the State of Xew Jersey, held in Trinity Church, Newark, June Ist, 1791 ; for which he received a vote of thanks. The following exists in the Parish archives, in his own hand : "Feh^ 14"^ 1792. Rec" of W" Updike the sum of Three pounds paper money in part for the last Years Rent due last Easter. " Rec** by me Levi Heath Rector £ S D of St. Mary's Burlington." 3 : : Paper. JAMES EENIMOEB COOPEE. James Fenimore Cooper, was born in Burlington, Sep. loth, 1789. His father, William Cooper, had founded the village of Cooperstown, New York, in 1785, to which place the son was taken when a few months old. The family, originally jLevi Heath was ordained Deacon, in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, England, June 29th 178;^, by the Bishop of Hereford ; and Priest, bv the same Prelate, Oct. 18lh, 1784. 328 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Quakers, became Churchmen, soon after their removal to the State of New York.f AREANGEMENTS AND SUBSCEIPTIOXS FOR THE PROPOSED ACADEMY. "Agreed, that the Salary of the Principal be One hundred and twenty pounds per Annum, till the number of Students and Scholars amounts to Forty five in the whole, and that the Trustees be accountable to him until they pay the same. That M-hen the number exceeds forty five the Salary shall be One hundred and fifty pounds per Annum. The Salary of the Prin- cipal, and of the Assistant Teachers shall be paid in four equal quarterly payments. That the hours of School shall be from the first day of May till the first day of September, from six till eight oClock in the morning, from nine till twelve in the fore- noon, and from two till five in the afternoon ; in the other months from half an hour after eight till twelve in the forenoon, and from two till half past four in the afternoon. That the Instructors shall be punctual in their attendance. The Princi- pal to attend during the Summer Session, two hours in the morn- ing, two hours in the forenoon, viz : from ten till twelve oClock, and three hours of the afternoon, during the Winter Session the whole time appointed for School hours. The Assistant Teachers to attend during the year the whole time appointed for School hours. That there shall be a vacation of a week at Easter, of ten days beginning with Christmas day and ending on the third day of January, and a vacation from the fifteenth of September till the first of October both days exclusive. That five Trustee* f After completing lils studies at College, Mr. Cooper entered the ISTavy as a midshipman, in 1805. In 1810 he married, left the Kavy, and became a writer of fiction, rapidly producing " The Spy," " The Pioneers," " The Pilot," etc., which excited great interest, his works being distinguished by purity and brilliancy of an unusual degree. Mr. Cooper was baptized on Ash- Wednesday, 1851; and confirmed, by hi* brother-in-law, Bishop De Lancey, July 27th, the same year; both in Christ Church, Cooperstown. The best biographical notice of Mr. Cooper is con- tained in the address of Wm. CuUen Bryant, at a public meeting in Metropol- itan Hall, New York, after Mr. Cooper's death, Feb., 1852.. IN BURLINGTON. 329 shall be a Quorum to do business. That there shall be a Stated Meeting of the Trustees once a month, and occasional Meetings when necessary. That they or any of them may attend at the Academy to hear the recitations at any time they think proper. That they shall at their own cost provide suitable buildings for the Academy that- they shall direct the order and course of In- struction. That they shall make rules for the good order and government of the Institution. That the Principal, and under him the Assistant Teachers shall attend to the discipline of the School. That Corporal punishment shall be inflicted as spar- ingly as possible ; tokens of disgrace to be substituted instead thereof, that the minds of OiFenders may be mortified. " That Certificates according to merit shall be given to such Pupils as pursue and finish with reputation the course of Study within the compass of this Institution, signed by the Principal and Trustees of the Academy. Other pupils who have gained the honors or Premiums of the Institution, and have persevered in diligence and good behaviour till they leave it, shall be entitled to a Certificate thereof " We the Subscribers in pursuance of the foregoing plan do agree to pay into the hands of the Treasurer in one week from the Organization of the Institution, the Sums annexed to our respective names. Burlington, May 5th 1792. Bowes Eeed £ 3 00 , I?aac Wetherill £ 3 00 John M. DeXormandie 3 00 Jno. Lawrence 3 00 Joshua M. Wallace 3 00 Joseph Mcllvaine 3 00 William Coxe jun 3 00 Israel Tonkin 3 00 James Kinsey 3 00 Fred Kisselman 3 00 Saml Bullus 3 00 Samuel Treat 3 00 Joseph Bloomfield , 3 00 Thos. D. Hewlings 3 00 Samuel How 3 00 Jacob Mvers 3 00 Esek L. I-Iartshorne 3 00 David Greenman 3 00 Joseph Grier 3 00 Daniel Ellis 6 00 (I Amos Hutchin 3 00 Jam's Sterling 3 00 William Mcllvaine 3 00 Ellis Wright 3 00 Wm. Coxe (Sunbury) 5 00 — Parish Archit-es. AGREE3IENT BETWEEN THE RECTOR AND VESTRY. " Memorandum of an Agreement made this first day of October 1792 Between the Reverend Levi Heath on the one part and the Church wardens & vestry men of St. IMary's Church in the City of Burlington on the other part, Witnesseth, 330 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " First. The Revd Mr. Heath engages to give up & resign the said Church together with the parsonage house lots & every property whatever belonging to the said Church on Easter Monday next ensuing the date hereof. "Secondly. In cousideration of the foregoing agreement the said wardens & vestrymen agree to allow tl>e said Revd Mr. Heath the sum of Sixty pounds one half payable in three months from this date the other half payable on the said Easter ]Monday which is considered by the said Mr. Heath in full of every claim on the said Church. " Thirdly. It is agreed between the parties, that the average of Rents & profits of the Farm at Stony brook belonging to the said Church shall be received by the said wardens & vestrymen. "Fourthly. It is agreed that the said Mr. Heath shall have permission at any time before Easter Monday next to absent himself from the service of the said Church for the purpose of procuring an establishment in another place. "Fifthly. li is agreed that the wardens & vestry men shall have liberty at any time before the said Easter Monday to use the said Church for the purpose of hearing any Candidate who may offer as Minister of said Church. " In Witness whereof the Parties to this agreement do bind themselves respectively in the penal sum of one hundred cV: twenty pounds for the faithful performance of the said agreement — And have hereunto set their hands & seals on the day & year first abovementioned.f Ti-ioirsoN Xeale [l. s.] William Smith [l. s.j Daxl Ellis [l. s.] Joseph Scott [l. s.] Jxo Laweejsce [l. s.] Robeet Lucas [l. s.] Jxo Neale [l. s.] William Coxe jun [l. s.] Daxiel Haxcock [l. s.] Joshua M. Wallace [l. s.] Sealed and delivered in the presence of Rachel Bradford Johx Wallace j On the 28th of May, 1793, the charter of the Church was amended so as to contain this provision : " That if at any time nine or more members of the said Tcstry shall agree so to do, tliey may discharge said minister, givim; him six montlis notice of their intention, after wliicn time liis salary shall cea^c, and the said minister shall peaceably leave the church." IN BUELINGTON. 001 THE EEV. HENRY VANDYKE, KECTOE. The Eev. Mr. Vandyke f was elected Eector of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, July 1st, 1793. He had charge also of Moorestown, and partially, of St. Andrew's, Mount Holly. His grand daughter — Mrs. Cornelia Vandyke Clark, still (1876) residing at Mount Holly, and from whom we have gathered nearly all the particulars concerning him which follow — ^writes, "' Mr. Vandyke was a man of deeds rather than words, quiet and reserved, almost to austerity in his deportment, and a close -tudent. He possessed the power of inspiring the fullest con- iidence, even in the humblest of his flock — and intercourse always ripened into attachment. He was slightly above the medium height, dark complexion, with a deep-set, calm, pene- trating black eye. He was a sound, staunch Churchman, 'High Church ' in his views." .SUBSCRTPTIOXS TO BUILD THE BUELIXGTON ACADEMY. "Ix Republics by the very principles of which merit talents and information are qualifications sufficient to entitle their pos- t Henry Yanrlyke, the only ^on of Khodolphus Vandyke and Elizabeth (Oudanarde) Vandyke, was a descendant of Henricus Vandyke, Attorney < ieneral for the Dutch settlement of Xew Amsterdam, who came to this coun- '.ry about 1640, and whose name appears on the Public Records as early as Ido'j. Henry Vandyke was born in Nassau street, New York, in 1740. The bricks, and other material, for the house in which he was born, had been im- ported, by his father, from Holland, and in 1839 the walls were still standing. He was a graduate of Columbia College. About that time his father retired from business, and removed from New York to Old Mills, now Bridgeport, Connecticut. In obedience to his father's wish he studied Law. He settled in Stratford, and there married Miss Huldali Lewis, a young lady of culture and high respectability. The names of himself and wife appear on the Church list of communicants as early as 1767. Plis profession was always distasteful to him, and, later in life, he resolved to relinquish it, and devote himself to the Mintstry. Pie pursued his course of Theology under the instruction of jld Dr. Samuel Johnson. Himself and two others (losing all hope of obtaining ordination at home) had taken their passages for England, when Bishop Seabury's unexpected re- turn changed their purpose and he made one of the four first ordained clergy- men of our American Church, Aug. 3d, 1785. He was advanced to the Priest- liood by the same Prelate in New Haven, Ct., Sep. 16th, 1785. During the nrst years of his ministry he had charge of the Church at Peekskill, New Y'"irk. He established several stations through the country around, where he was in the habit of reading the service and preaching in Dutch to his congre- gations. While rector of St. Peter's, Perth Amboy, and Christ Church, New Brunswick, he was chosen President of the 9lh Convention of the Church in I'cw Jersey, held in Christ Church, New Brunswick, June 6th, 1792. 332 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH sessor to the most important offices of the State, Seminaries of sound and useful learning ought to be promoted. Sensible of this a number of persons established an institution under the title of the Burlington Academy, with design to lay the founda- tion of a liberal education. In the present circumstances of the Institution the house for accommodating the Pupils is too small and inconvenient and as there is the prospect of an increase in the number of Students, the Trustees wish to be enabled to erect a building convenient for a schoolhouse. They have engaged for this' purpose a lot in an agreeable and healthful situation,^ and they intend to build as soon as it is in their power. " The subscriptions- of those who may be pleased to further this design will be thankfully received and faithfully applied to the abovementioned intention, by Joshua M. "Wallace, John Law- rence, Bowes Reed, Joseph Bloomfield, Frederick Kissel man, William Coxe, jun., and David Greenman, the present Trustees, and any person subscribing five pounds or more shall be entitled to one vote at the general meetings of the Subscribers for every five pounds subscribed, but no person shall in any case be enti- tled to more than five votes. " We the subscribers do agree to pay to the order of the Trus- tees of the Burlington Academy the sums annexed to our respec- tive names on or before the first day of October 1793, to be applied to the purpose abovementioned. Joseph Bloomfield, five shares £25 00 "William Coxe, jmi., five shares 25 00 William Coxe, (of Bucks County,) "(]' order, one share 5 00 Bowes Eeed 10 00 Jam. Sterling 15 00 Joshua M. Wallace 10 00 Daniel Ellis 7 10 William Smith 7 10 Wm. Griffith 5 00 Elisha Lawrence £5 00 Frederick Frelinghuvsen 1 00 Joseph Ellis ". 2 00 Richard Howell 5 00 Jno. Lawrence 5 00 Joseph Mcllvaine 5 00 George Painter 5 00 Micajah Ellis 5 GO Peter Hodgkinson 5 00 Esek L. Hartshorne 5 00 Fred. Kisselman.. 5 00 James Kinsey 5 00 Ellis Wright 3 00 LEASE FOE BUILDING AN ACADEMY IN BURLINGTON. " This Indentuee made this Tenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety four, Between the Minister, Church Wardens & Vestry of St. Mary's Church, in the City of Burlington of the one Part and Joshua IN BUELINGTON. 333 AI. Wallace, Frederic Kissleman, William Coxe, Bowes Eeed, Joseph Bloomfield, John Lawrence, & William Mcllvaine, all of the said City of Burlington, and associated together by the Xame of the President & Trustees of the Burlington Academy, of the other Part. Witxesseth, that the said Minister, Church Wardens & Yestry, for and in Consideration of the Eents, Covenants & Agreements hereinafter mentioned & reserved on the Part & behalf of the said Joshua M. Wallace, Frederic Kissleraan, William Coxe, Bowes Eeed, Joseph Bloomfield, John Lawrence & William Mcllvaine, to be paid, done & per- formed, have granted, demised, set & to farm letten, & by these Presents do grant, demise, set & to farm let unto the said Joshua iL Wallace, Frederic Kissleman, William Coxe, Bowes Eeed, Joseph Bloomfield, John Lawrence & William Mcllvaine, their Executors, Administrators & Assigns, All that Peice or Parcel of Land Situate in the City of Burlington afores'd. Beginning on Broad Street at the Corner of the Lot devised for the Use of Saint Mary's Church aforesaid by Paul Watkins & Corner also of the Lot, commonly called Parson Talbot's Lott, now the Property of the Church & running ^)'si Eastward, sixty feet, on the North Side of said Broad Street, thence second Northerly, one hundred feet, thence third Westerly, sixty feet, parallel to Broad Street, untill it shall intersect the division Line between Parson Talbot's Lott & Watkin's Lott, as afore- said, thence fourth by the fence on said Division Line, Southerly one hundred feet, to the Place of beginning. To have & to i-iOLD the said Peice & Parcel of ground, unto the said Joshua M. Wallace, Frederic Kissleman, William Coxe, Bowes Eeed, Joseph Bloomfield, John Lawrence & AVilliam Mcllvaine, their Executors, Administrators & Assigns, for & during the full End z- ^ - X If i — ^2; ^t;? — 3 ?r ^ 3 S- ■:5 ^-H I;. "-'- C 2 c -^ r! M ^ 7^ ^ 0" ^ X ^-4 S ^' -1 — ' ?- ,= 70" ^ Secretarie-i _ X 03 _ C4 C ::3 'fi 05 C: IP -^ — , ^ .j;;: -■5" O r-H 2 3= = :r- P = 5 ^ P 1? _. i-H ^ — ^-■^ i 9- ^ J .3- — ;!_,':■ g;,a- 9 ■zi ~ Z^: ^ 1— 1 j~ x ? a a ■^ > w o o o 3 M rJ '? =■ ^ ^ ^■'^- ~ (72 O a H, H k! 348 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ELECTIOX OF A BISHOP FOE NEW JERSEY. "An adjourned Convention" of the Church in the State of Xew Jersey, was held at New Brunswick, August 15* and 16"' 1798, — "for the express purpose of deliberating on tlie expediency of electing a Bishop" — the Rev. Henry "Waddell, ^' President (in rotation)." The other clergy present, were the Rev''^ Uzal Ogden, John Croes, Andrew Fowler, Menzies Rayner, Walter C. Gardiner and John AVade; and lay dep- uties from twenty two congregations. The Rev. M'' Croes, and Col. Ogden — appointed to receive and count the ballots — reported, '' That for the election of a Bishop, the votes of the Convention were as follows : Clergy — for the Rev. Uzal Ogden, unanimously. Laity — for the Rev. Uzal Ogden, 17 Congregations — for the Rev. Henry "Waddell, 3 Congregations — for the Rev. John Croes, 1 Congregation. — (The Rev. Messrs. Ogden and Waddell did not vote.)" The testimonials of the Bishop-elect were presented to the General Convention, which sat in Philadelphia, June 14"' 1799 ; and after postponement till the 18"', were met with the following : " Whereas doubts have arisen in the minds of some mem- bers of the Convention, whether all the Priests who voted in the election of the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D. D., to the office of a Bishop, in the State of New Jersey, were so qualified as to con- stitute them a majority of the resident and officiating Priests in the said State, according to the meaning of the Canon in this case made and provided : And whereas in a matter of so great importance to the interests of Religion, and the honor of our Church, it is not only necessary, that they who concur in recom- mending to an office so very sacred, should have a firm convic- tion of the fitness of the person they recommend, but that they should also be perfectly satisfied with respect to the regularity ■of every step which had been taken in the business, "Resolved, therefore, That in the opinion of the House of Dep- uties all proceedings respecting the Consecration of the Rev. Uzal Ogden, I). D., ought to be suspended until a future Convention in the State of New-Jersey shall declare their sense of the subject." At a special Convention in New Jersey, "convened" Oct. 16'" 1799, "for the express purposeof re-considering and declaring their sense of the regularity of the election of the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D. D., to the Episcopal office," "after full and free discussion," IX BURLIXGTOX. 34& three resolutions were adopted declaring the election "regular in every respect." Among those who voted "Xay," on each one of these resolutions, we find among the laity, "St. Mary's Bur- lington." An "Address" was then signed, recapitulating the matter, to be communicated to the "several Standing Com- mittees in the different States, requesting their consent to the proposed Consecration." The vote for adopting this "Address," stood, " Clergy — Yeas. Rev. M' Fowler, Rev. M"' Rayner — Xay, Rev. M" Waddell. Laity, by Congregations, Yeas, 10— yays, 3, among which was that of St. Mary's, Burlington; and the vote of Christ Church, Xew Brunswick, was divided. Joshua M. Wallace, Esq., was at that time the leading layman,, and deputy from Burlington. f — Convention Journals. t At a special Convention in the State of Xew Jersey, held at Perth Amboy;. Dec. 19th 1804, — called "for the purpose of taking into consideration, and adopting such measures as may bring to a termination certain controversies existing between the Eev. Dr. Uzal Ogden, Kector of Trinity Church, ia Newark, and the Vestry and Congregation of said Church, which appears to- he of such a nature as cannot be settled by themselves, and which threaten, to destroy the peace and prosperity of the said Church " — as soon as the Convention was ready to proceed to business, the Kev. Dr. Ogden read " a declaration, that he withdrew himself from the Protestant Episcopal Church ; but that he would still continue to discharge his duty as Kector of Trinity Church, in Newark, and as a minister of the Church of England, conformably to the Constitution and Charter of his Church, and his letters of Orders, and Licence to preach, under the hand and seal of the Eight Kev. Father in GoT), Eichard, late Lord Bishop of London ; a copy of which declaration he handed to the President, and instantly retired." In the afternoon, the Convention adopted the following : "It appearing to this Convention, that cer- tain controversies are now existing, between the Eev. Dr. Uzal Ogden, Kector of Trinity Church, at Newark, and the Vestry and the Congregation of said' Church, which have proceeded to such lengths as to preclude all hope of a favorable termination — it is resolved that this Convention do earnestly recom- mend and advise the said Dr. Ogden to relinquish his title to the Eectorship (if said Church within thirty days from this date, and give notice thereof to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of this State: and we do also. earnestly recommend and advise the congregation and vestry of said Church, upon sucli liis resignation, to allow and secure to Dr. Ogden, the sum of S250., per annum during his life. And if Dr. Ogden refuse to comply with the terms abovemen- tioned ; that then, authority is hereby given by this Convention to the Standing Committee, with the aid and consent of a Bishop, to proceed to suspend said >Dr. Ogden from the exercise of any ministerial duties within this State." The deputation from Trinity Church, Newark, informed the Convention, that in behalf of their Church, they were willing to accede to the conditions. At the Convention held June 5th, 1805, the Standing Committee reported that Dr. Ogden had refused to comply with the recommendations of this Convention and that with the aid and consent of Bishop Moore of New York, they did unanimously resolve to suspend the said Eev. Dr. Ogden from the exercise of. any ministerial duties within this State, and he was thereby suspended accord- ingly." "On motion the following were agreed to: 'Whereas the Eev. Dr. Ogden has been suspended from the exercise of any ministerial duties within the State of New .Jersey, and in consequence of that suspension Trinity Church, 350 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE OCEAX. [Written at Lony Branch, 1799.] Roll on, vast ocean, lasli tlie aonnding shore, Till earth decay, and time shall be no more, AVhilst each sncceeding wave this truth proclaims, Tliat He whose mighty voice thy fury tames, AVith equal power fierce nations can control And hush to calm each passion of the soul. O then, whilst ruin, like the unfettered deep. O'er half the globe extends its madd'ning sM'eep, Let Him, Columbia, be thy hope and guide, That, anchor'd fast, thou may'st securely ride : On His commands, thy laws, thy conduct form, Then smile at tempests and defy the storm. c. ii. w. A NEW PAESOXAGE BUILT. A new Parsonage was built in 1799, for tiie Rev. Dr. Whar- ton, on the corner of Broad and Talbot streets. It cost "$1217- 6-9." This house was occupied by Dr. Whartonf during all the rest of his long rectorship ;j; and afterwards by Bishop Doane and his family, until they removed into "Riverside" on the bank of the Delaware. MARRIAGE OF THE REV. DR. WIIARTOX. " 1799, Nov. 28th. Married by the Rev. James Abercrom- bie, C. H. Wharton, D. D., to Anne Kinsey." — Parish Begistcr THE CHURCH MOURNS FOR THE DEATH OF WASHINGTON. James Craft's 3d Vol. MS. of "Daily Occurrences" has these entries : "Dec 14th, 1799. This dav our beloved George Washington died." at Newark is destitute of the stated services of the ministry, Kesolved, that the Wardens and A'estry of the said Church, be authorized to invite, occasionally, any minister of our communion, to officiate in their Church ; and every min- ister of the Church, in this State, is permitted and requested to accept such invitation, during the pleasure of this Convention. Resolved further, That the Bishop of the Church, in the State of New York, Ije requested to assist tiie said Church by occasional supplies. — In the meantime, the Rev. Dr. "Wharton of Burlington and the Rev. Mr. Jones of Amboy, are particularly requested to officiate there on Sundays the ICth and 23d of the present month, and as often afterwards as either of them conveniently can attend." — Convention Journals of Kcv: Jersey. t" Memoranda — made on l-;aster Blondsiy April Cth 1801, Mrs. Pitman takes the House in Peaii Street, the feui'e & windows to be repaired." — Treas- urer's Account Book. J. " .Joseph Turner's Bond and Mortgage for purchase of House i^: Lot on Pearl st. June 3, 1S08, 5600.00."— ii/rf. IN BURLINGTON. 3.51 " 20th. This day our Bell tolled twice for our beloved Tfo.s/t- ington dead." "21st. This day our bell tolled once for our beloved Wash- ington." "22d. Epis. Parson Wharton preached on the death of our Moved Washington, from Isaiah XIV: 10, 11. \_Allthey shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become v:eah as we? art thou become like unto us f Thy pomp is brought doivn to th e (jrave, and the noise oj thy viols: the ivorm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'\ " Ditto from 1st Mdccabees IX : 1 8 to 22. {^Jiidas also was hil- led, and the remnant fled . Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in 'the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin. Moreover they bewailed him,, and all Israel made grea t lamentation for him, and mourned many days, naying, Hoio is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel! "] f Eodracts from an " Oration delivered to the citizens of Burlington t on the 22d of February, 1800, in commemoration of Gen. George Washington, who died at Mount Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799, in the 68th year of his age, By William Griffith, Esq. To vhich is added a Prayer, on the same occasion. By Charles H. Whar- ton, D. I)., and Rector of St. Mary's Church in that city. Trenton: Printed by G. Craft, MDCCC." ^ " [Burlington February 22d 1800. " Resolved that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Bloomfield, do wait on William Griffith Esquire and on behalf of the Committee of arrangement, present their thanks for the Oration delivered by him this day in memory of General Washington and request of him a copy for publication. " By Order of the Committee of Arrangements. " William Coxe Jun. Chairman." t One who was present at these services — now- the oldest communicant In the parish says, Nearly all who attended Church that day wore mourning. I This took place in St. Mary's Church. "The chancel," says a venerable lady who was present, " was covered with a staging which was drajjed with black, and all the hangings had been previously covered with mourning." ^ For transcripts of this oration, and the prayer which follows it, we are indebted to Mr. Wm. .John Totts, of Camden, X. J. 352 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " Burlington February 24th 1800\ " Gentlemen "In complying with your request to have a copy of the address delivered by me to the citizens of Burlington on the 22d instant, for publication you have a real proof of ray personal respect ; as no motive, but that, could havd prevailed over my reluctance to give publicity to the only imperfect feature in the sublime and appropriate performances of the day. The circumstances of its preparation, known to yourselves, will I am persuaded, excuse me to you from the imputation of culpable inattention in executing this part of your arrangement; and with others, brev- ity and sincerity will, I hope, procure it some indulgence. " With much respect and esteem " I am, Gentlemen, " Your Obedient Servant, Wm. Griffith. "To the Gentlemen composing the committee of arrangement in the city of Burlington, for the 22d of Feb. 1800. " Ji@°° The Committee of Arrangement having obligingly pre- sented the subscriber with the copyright of the Oration, it is secured according to law. G. Craft.]" " ORATION. " The Day, which for so many years has never returned, but to suffuse every eye with pleasurable recollection and to gladden every heart with delightful anticipation — This day which gave to Human Nature, an ornament ; to America, her greatest bene- factor ; and to the World., a bright exemplar of eveiy virtue, by a mysterious providence, has become an epoch of painful retro- spection, and unavailing sorrow. " Whilst its annual returns gave to a grateful people, another, and another opportunity of honoring the living object of their affections, the rapture of possession seemed to repress the admo- nitions of time or but faintly listened to the voice which told us that Washington must die. " This event, which all knew would happen, was by all post- poned ; and each one cherished the fond illusion, that he who. TX BUELINGTOX. 353 had surpassed all others, in glory, and in usefulness, might add a new prerogative to humanity, and exceed the ordinary limits of mortal existence. " Vavi were our wishes and unrealized our hopes I The deep, the extensive, the unceasing lamentation, which is heard through- out the American empire, proclaims to the world, that Washing- ton is no more ! Yes ! that mind which penetrated the destinies of his country — that courage which undertook her deliverance — that wisdom and fortitude which led her to independence — that love which planted the Tree of Liberty here, and watered it with the tears of parental solicitude — they no longer animate your Washington ! " To you, who have felt the public shock, and added su many tears to the tide of public grief, it were unnecessary to describe its extent, and unkind to retouch the sensibility which an event so sudden and so affecting has produced in our country. " Invited, through your preference on this day, dedicated by national repect to the commemoration of the illustrious dead, to exert my eiforts — alas how unequal ! in rendering homage to his exalted character — it is due to my own convictions, and to your expectations, that I renounce the design of personal and historical panegyric. I have no expressions whicli can con- vey an Ealogium on Washington ! I stand not here to delineate his person.' You who saw him in the vigour of life, when prostrate Freedom first dyed his cheek with flushes of resentment — indig- nant at her wrongs ! and the voice of his country summoned him to her succour — yoxi, can never forget his graceful form, and his commanding aspect. "We who have seen him bending with years, and furrowed with public cares, can never forget the filial rever- ence which his presence inspired. And to you M-ho have never seen him — and to posterity — a West and a Stewart, have given of his figure and countenance, whatever Art could borrow from the life. "Xor do I stand here to recount his actions, or to grace with the splendors of language, his intrinsic claims to present and to future admiration. z 354 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " The great drama, in which he bore so conspicuous a part, is over. To review its august scenery — to rehearse its wonderful events — to follow him in all his vicissitudes, were equally super- fluous and impossible. " You require no register of his achievements ; for you were all witnesses of their performance or partakers in their benefits. Actors with him or (Spectators ! they are imprinted on every heart, and live in characters indellible as his own unrivalled pre-eminence. " The faithful page of history will hand down to succeeding ages, his exploits of war, and arts of peace : — To other pens mu?t be committed the delightful office, with glowing rhetoric, and in immortal song, to trace the countless services which he rendered to his country, and the unceasing lionors, and bound- less, gratitude, by which they were rewarded. " While orators mount thro' the annals of time, and examine the lists of fame, for subjects of historic resemblance, and models of eulogistic contrast — while poets and historians, are emulous to transmit to other times the striking incidents of his fortune, and the varied and brilliant succession of important actions, which distinguished him above other men — " I would leave comparison, to those who can find parallels ; and the relation of battles and triumphs, to those who excel in epic eloquence. "On this occasion you will permit me, my indulgent audience, to pursue a less splendid — but may I hope, not an unpleasing theme. I would draw you from the contemplation of those past events, and personal objects, which so dazzle and captivate our senses — and fix your minds upon the inherent qualifications, which rendered his life so useful ; his example so impressive ; and his p'ecepts so invaluable. " My countrymen ! If you have seen your enemy wasted, defeated, and driven from your borders, under his military guidance — if order, peace and happiness, have grown out of his civil administration — if his experience in war and in govern- ment claims your highest consideration, and his truth and love give intrinsic weight to his opinions — it is of the utmost impor- tance, and an obvious duty, that we imitate the conduct and IX BURLIXGTON. 355 pursue those maxims, which rendered him ilUistrious, and America powerful and happy. " His life — his virtues, and his principles address themselves to our imitation, in every relation, which connects us with each other and with our common country." " PRAYER. "Almighty and everlasting God, the author of life and death, who dost not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men, we do in all humility submit our wills entirely to thine; most humbly beseeching thee to accept of our thanks and praise for all the graces and favors vouchsafed unto our beloved fellow- citizen, now, we trust, in peace. We thank thee for having raised up such a man at such a period, to be unto his country a Joshua in her battles, and a Moses in her councils. We ac- knowledge with grateful hearts the incalcuable national bless- ings, which we enjoy from thy bounty, to which thou wast pleased to make him so eminently instrumental. We adore thy Providence in directing him to adopt and enabling him to pur- sue, at one time, that wise system of peace, moderation and justice, which delivered us from the horrors and calamities of war — and at another, that system of vigour and resolution, bv which we escaped the still more direful disasters of anarchy and prostration of principle. To him — to his successor, thy servant, and to other virtuous fellow citizens like them, under thee we are indebted, that the wild spirit of political fanaticism has not desolated our country; that the convulsions of Eiarope have not been felt on our borders ; that thy existence, thy worship, and thy religion have not been publicly questioned, insulted and abolished. For all these mighty and undeserved blessings, we desire here publicly and solemnly, to praise and glorify thy gracious Providence ; most humbly beseeching thee, that all the present and future leaders of our armies, and directors of our councils, may be inspired with the same constancy and intrepidity — the same sagacity and wisdom — the same moderation and hnmanity, which thou was pleased to bestow upon thy servant, Washington! May the citizens of America, learn to emulate all his public virtues, and ever keej) in mind the solemn testi- mony, which he bears to the necessity and excellency of thine everlasting gospel, in his farewell address to his country, where he expressly declares tliat freedom cannot subsist without moral- ity, nor morality without religion. And now, O holy and eternal God, Father of all Creatures, and Lord of the Universe! 356 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH who callest upon all orders and conditions of men, by precepts, promises and threatenings — by mercies and by judgments — teacl. us to admire and adore all the 'wisdom, effects and infinite varieties of thy Providence; and make us to regulate our affec- tions and conduct, by obedience, by repentance, by all manner of holy living, that we may never provoke thee to jealousy, much less to wrath and indignation against us. Keep far from our land the sword of the destroying Angel ; and let us not be consumed by the public expressions of thy wrath — by pestilen- tial diseases — by the fury of war — by calamitous, sudden, and horrid accidents. Lord open our understandings, that in all thy dispensations we may know the meaning of thy voice, when thou speakest, either from Heaven or from Earth in signs and judgments — And let a godly fear so soften our spirits, and an intense love so inflame and sanctify our desires, that we may comprehend every intimation of thy pleasure at its first and remotest representation ; and be thereby induced, by timely repentance to go forth to meet thee, and stop the messengers of thine anger. Let thy restraining grace, and the observation of the issues of thy justice, so allay our unruly passions, that we be not severe and forward in condemning others, nor backward in passing sentence upon ourselves. Make us obedient to thy voice speaking in holy scripture — to tremble at the same, when sounding in the wonders and great effects of thy providence ; but cautious not to enter into thy recesses of the sanctuary, nor search the forbidden records of thy councils — to read our duty in the pages of revelation, not in the labels of accidental effects — that thy judgments may confirm thy w^ord and thy word teach us our duty. Teach us to implore thy compassion on us in these days of delirious innovation and mad confusion; lest, for our sins, we be delivered up to lawless violence and distraction. O Lord! prevent the judgements that afflict other nations, and hang over ours. Purify us from all such crimes as may excite thy heavy displeasure against us; from impurity and drunken- ness ; from swearing, lying and perjury; from blasphemy, in- justice, fraud, disobedience, malice, and uncharitableness. Take from among us the spirit of atheism, irreligion and profaneness ; and, in mercy convert all such as encourage any of these vices, which may provoke thee to give us up to infidelity and destruc- tion. And since as thy word informs us, " For the transgression of the land, many are the princes thereof," that is, since a con- fused government is the punishment of national wickedness, O give us not over unto the will of our adversaries — of such as strive to perplex the councils and operations of our government. Restore unto us that peace and unanimity, which was formerly IN BUELIXGTOX. 357 "die boast aud protection of our land ; and grant above all things that while we progress in the science of true freedom, and in the enjoyment of legal security, we may be still more anxious :o become and to continue a people fearing and serving thee, and -laily advancing in the ways of virtue and religion. All which we humbly ask in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ, our Saviour — to whom with the Father, and Holy Spirit, be ascribed all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. AUTHORITY TO DEMAND BURIAL FEES. " 1800 April 14. The Minister shall have authority to de- mand 12 I 6 for attending the funeral of persons who do not belong to the Church. Persons who have left the Church or who ai'e not contributors are considered as not belonging to the Church, any right their ancestors had to the contrary notwith- standing." — Minutes of the Vestry. TRUSTEES OF THE FUXD FOR MAIXTAINTIXG A MIXISTER. " Whereas the Subscribers together with sundry persons now deceased have at various times subscribed and paid into the hands of the Wardens of St. Mary's Church in the City of Bur- lington and State of New Jersey certain sums of money the i:iterest of which was to be applied to the maintenance of an orthodox Minister of the Church of England and was declared to be at all times hereafter at the sole disposal of the Wardens and A^estry of the said Church for the use aforesaid as will ap- pear by the original subscription paper dated the thirteenth day of March 1775. And whereas the Interest arising- from the said fund has not hitherto been applied agreeably to the inten- tion of the subscribers from a wish entertained by them, and confirmed by the assent of the persons heretofore exercising the duties of the Minister Church Wardens and Vestry of the said Church, that the said Fund should from time to time be put out at Interest until the aggregate sum should amount to Five hun- di'ed Pounds current Money of New Jersey after which time the annual interest should be applied conformably to the Intention '')i the subscribers. And whereas further it appearing by a Statement of the said Fund that it amounted to upwards of the 358 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH sum of Five hundred Pounds, the Minister Church Wardens and Vestry of the said Church did by a Resolution of the said Corporation passed on Monday the 15th day of April 180C> order and direct a meeting of the Subscribers to the said fund to be convened at the Church aforesaid on Monday the fifth day of May A. D. 1800 for the purpose of appointing Trustees of the said Fund with power and authority to put the monies thereto belon^ng out at interest and to apply the Interest thereof an- nually hereafter to the maintenance of the Minister of the said Church as expressed in the original subscription paper hereunto annexed. Now know all men that we the subscribers having attended on the day and at the place aforesaid and having pro- ceeded to the appointment of Trustees aforesaid did elect consti- tute and appoint Joshua Maddox Wallace and William Coxe junior the present Church Wardens and Treasurer of the said Church of St. ]\Iary and their successors in office together with one other member of the said Vestry to be elected at their annual meeting Trustees of the Fund aforesaid and until such election shall be held Daniel Hancock shall be the third Trustee with power and authority to invest the amount thereof in good and sufficient obligations or securities public or private for the use and purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and to apply, the annual Interest thereof to the support of the Minister at St. Mary's Church aforesaid for the time being, keeping regular accounts of their proceedings in the premises subject to the inspec- tion of the Vestry of the said Church at all times and to be de- livered up together with the obligations aforesaid to their Successors in Office within ten days after the expiration of their office. AMOUMT OF THE FUXD MXY 5, 1800. Dollars Ct^ Cash in the hands of the Treasurer of St. Mary's Church 561 54 Charles Ellis's Xote p'hle in one year from April 2, 1800 252 .S'i Micajah Ellis's Bond Judgt & Mortgage do 252 Sfi George Hancock's Bond dated 1 April 1795, £88 5 G 235 31' Thomson Keale's Bond dated 17 April 1795 £25 00 Interest 5 years due Ap. 17, 1800 8 15 £33 15 90 00 equal to j£522 4 11 Dolls. 1392 05 IX BURLINGTON. -'iSO " Witness our hands the day abovementioned. AViLLiAM Smith, J()Iin Tonkin, Wm. Coxe, jcn., John Neale, Rob'' Luca,s, Daniel Hancock, George Paintee, Thomson Neale, Charles Ellis Executor to Daniel Ellis, JosErii Bloojifield." OPINION OF AV'M. GRIFFITH, ESQ. " Mr. Coxe having communicated to me certain propositions, which the Revd. Doctor "Wharton intends to make to the Testry of St. Mary's — as the terms upon which he can consent to re- main in the Church — for my opinion whether the appro^Driations therein required can be made by the Vestry according to the Charter ; and having carefully examined the same am very clear that the A'estry have full power to go to the extent of those propo- sals and much further if they conceived it for the service of the Church. If the Vestry or any gentleman of it wishes any further satisfaction on this point I will very cheerfully give it. It is perfectly clear to me that there exists no obstacle to a com- pliance unless it should be the disposition of the Vestry ; and I only wonder how any doubt could have arisen — as to their right of making any contract of this sort with the minister — calculated for the service of the Church and for its most essential interests. " Wm. Griffith." "Octr. 6th 1801." REV. DR. AVHARTON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. " To the Vestry of St. Mary's Church "Burlington Oct. 7th 1801 " Gentlemen '' I presume that none of you are ignorant of the appointment to which I have been elected at New-York, f Its emoluments f " The deserved reputation which Dr. Wharton's schohirship had procured him, rendered him an object of great desire with several of our literary insti- tutions. As early as 1785, he was sought for as Principal of the Protestant 360 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH are such as would place me in an independent tt affluent situa- tion for life : The duties are light, & the station very respectable. jV Church now vacant in the suburbs of that City may also probably be obtained, which, I am told, would offer a handsome salary without exacting any parochial duties besides that of ])reaching every Sunday morning. It must be evident to you, Gentlemen, that, in a pecuniary point of view, nothing in the offer of this Church bears any proportion to these advantages. On the contrary, all the funds, which I receive fall greatly short of my support; so that I have been obliged toincroach consider- ably on my Capital, and to expend annually almost the whole of my private income. Under these circumstances, the Vestry of this Church will not, I trust, deem it either uncandid or un- generous, if I endeavour to secure a decent and permanent establishment. Indeed I conceive it my duty so to do; & I shall accordingly move to Xew-York, unless the proposals which I am going to submit to the A^estry, should be carried into effect. In making these proposals I am actuated with a sincere attachment to the ^lembers of this Church in general, with a deep concern for its prosperity, & with a due A grateful sense of the kind exertions which have been made by its Vestry for my accommodation & comfort; for which exertions I pray them to accept my most affectionate thanks, & to believe me fully convinced that the present funds of the Church could not authorize their extension. What I mean, therefore, to propose at present, is — "First. That my present establishment consisting of the ]-:pisc'0]ial Academy of Philadelphia, under the patronage of the Bishop and Clergy; but declined on account of his health, which had been much enfeebled by a nervous fever. In ISOl, he was unanimously elected to the Presidency of Columliia College, in the city of New York, iv'hich he accepted, and pre- sided at the Commencement ; but in the course of the year, to the great dis- appointment of the friends of the College, tendered his reaii^nation. In 1803, lie was powerfully urged to become Principal of the College at Beaufort, South Carolina, and Kector of the Parish there, but declined the appointment. The emoluments of office, in both these latter cases, would greatly have exceeded the value of his parocliial living. But he loved retirement. He was unwill- ing to undertake duties wliich his health might not enable him to discharge. He was reluctant to dissolve the sacred bond which years of endearment and .•onfidence had formed with the friends of his bosom and the people of his charge. And more than all, he had learned, with an Apostle, in whatever state lie was, therewith to be conxent." —Spniqiie's Amial/>, p. ;'.37. IX BUELIXGTOX. 361 House and Lot where I live with the salary of £175 per annum, shall be permanent ; & that the Vestry do now make an appro- priation of any future revenues & interests, which may accrue to the Church over & above the present income as an addition to my permanent salary aforesaid to be received by me as the -ame arise & come into the possession of the Church; provided nevertheless, that such addition to my permanent salary shall not be wished or expected to exceed four hundred dollars per annum, & provided also, that before any such surplus revenue shall be applied to my use as aforesaid, there shall be deducted i'rom it all such moneys as may be necessary for the repairs of the Church, & other usual & incidental expenses. " Secondly. That as it is possible I may from age or infir- mity become incapable of performing parochial duties, in that case I should not expect either my permanent or additional •salary to continue, but my proposal is, that the House & lot, where I now dwell should be legally secured to me free of rent daring my natural life. " Thirdly. That in case Mrs. Wharton should survive me, •-he shall be allowed to occupy the said house & Lot for one year lifter free of rent. "It will be perceived that in proposing these terms I ask no •present addition to my salary ; and shall only obtain it as the funds increase. ]\Iy expectations rest upon a mere uncertainty; but, in my present circumstances, I could wish them to be as ■-'-cure as they can be. As to my becoming disabled by age or infirmity from officiating in the Church ; it is a bare possibility. hi that event however, Prudence on my part, & Justice, I trust, on the part of theA^estry must suggest the propriety of securing a house to reside in for the short time that I should probably survive such inability to dischai'ge the duties of the Ministry. In the mean time all the revenues of the Church might be iipplied to the support of my Successor, who would also have a reasonable expectation of the House & lot coming speedily Into Jiis occupation. Mrs. Wharton's surviving me is also a con- tingency. But should this happen, I am convinced that I do but justly ai)preciate the delicacy & generosity of the A^estry in 362 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH believing that they will cheerfully permit her to reside for oue year in the House, if she find it convenient to do so. "The propositions which I have made appear to my mind just & reasonable. They call for no immediate accession of Salary — they provide only for small accommodations in case of certain possible contingencies. They are in short, such as in my mind bear no proportion to the sacrifices which I make, in order to obtain them, that I may continue with a Congregation which I love & respect. Security, however, will greatly en- hance their value ; for however disposed I am to confide in those, from whom I have received so many proofs of kindness & attachment, yet as continual changes both of Men it Opinions ai-e taking place around us, no Prudent Person, or Friend of mine would desire, that I should leave these points to future casualties. I am about to relinquish for them great & perma- nent advantages, & should justly incur the reproaches of my own mind, did I not endeavor to make myself secure in the unequivalent Compensation, which I propose to accept in their place. " The Vestry has now my propositions before them. If they be of opinion that my Ministry & usefulness among them have been, or may be such as to call for their assent to them, my intention is, by God's blessing, to remain where I am, & to dedicate my services to the promoting of virtue & true religion among the members of this Church. "With respect, I remain, " Gentlemen, your friend & Humble Serv' "Charles H. Wharton." " October 7th, 1801. This Letter was received by the Vestry and read at a Meeting of the Corporation of St. Mary's Church held said day. After mature deliberation the Corporation agreed to the Proposals made by the Rev. Dr. Wharton, and for themselves & their Successors to pay him agreeably to what is therein mentioned, and to comply with all the other Proposi- tions therein contained, reserving to themselves any addition that may be made to the present Rates of the Pews, Dr. Whar- IX BUELINGTON. 363- ton agreeing that no addition is to be made to his Salary by increasing the present Rates of pews. " Joshua M. Wallace, Sec'y pro tern. " to the Co^f oration of St. Mary's Church." THE ,S. p. G. GIVE THEIE LAND IN BUELIXCriOX Ti i ST, Mary's church. On the 13th of April, 1803, the Corporation of St. Mary'* Church received from the S. P. G. the famous property men- tioned so often in the preceding pages ; the full particulars of which are given in the following extracts from the Deed of Conveyance : " Whereas the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts by virtue of divars good conveyances and assuran- ces in the Law do stand seized of an estate in fee simple of and in certain Lots of Land, Tenements and hereditaments herein- after described situate within the bounds of the City and Town- ship of Burlington in the county of Burlington in the State of New Jersey in North America and whereas the said Lots of Land and premises were originally designed by the said Society, for the support and maintenance of the Episcopal Church in the said City of Burlington but since the separation of the colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain by the War and the Treaty of peace have for the most part laid open and unproductive either to the said Society or to the said Episcopal Church and WHEREAS the Minister Churchwardens and Vestrymen of the said Church have earnestly requested of the said Society to grant and convey the said premises to and for the use and mainte- nance of the said Episcopal Church in the City of Burlington and the said Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- eign Parts are willing and minded to comply with the said request now this indenture witnesseth that the said Society in consideration of the request aforesaid and also of five shillings to the said Society paid by the said Minister Churchwardens and Vestry men the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged HAVE according to their estate and interest in the premises and 3(i4 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH *o far as they lawfully can or may but not further or otherwise by these presents do grant Bargain sell enfeoff assure and con- firm to the said Minister Churchwardens and Vestrymen and their Successors and Assigns all that certain Tract of Land at Burlington upon Delaware E,iver Beginning at the End of the Street which bounds the water lots by the head of the Street leading by the Creek side from the River to Broad Street and runs from the said End of the Street by the Creek Street fifty seven perches and a half to Broad Street then by Broad Street tforty five perches to a stake then about North by East sixty one perches and one half to the said Street bounding the "Water Eots then by the said Street thirty four perches and a half to the place of beginning containing about fifteen acres be the same more or less as also all that Lot called Water Lot Beginning at 'the aforesaid Street leading from High Street ranging parallel with the East Wall of the House formerly John Tatham now burnt and runs Northward in the same parallel to the River then by the said River One hundred feet and so back again South- wards to the said Street by which it is measured one hundred feet to the place of beginning As also one certain parcel of Meadow Land near to a Bridge commonly called and known by the name of London Bridge in the Town Bounds Beginning at a Stake formerly corner to James "Wells his four acres by a small Creek that Bounds Burlington and runs by said James Wells four acres West six chains to a Gum tree and then South 'three chains to an Oak and South East seven Chains to a Creek and thence by the said Creek as it runs Southwardly to a corner Stake formerly Samuel Staceys then by the said Samuel Stacey's Meadow Land Northwest Westerly twelve chains formerly to ■Christopher Wetherills meadow Land and thence by the same North North East six Chains and thence North to the Small Creek and from thence along the said Small Creek to the corner Stake where it first began containing about Ten Acres as also a Lot of Land within the bounds of the City of Burlino-ton Ivino- at the point or East end of the Island by the Creek bounded by .the Land formerly Surveyed to John Tatham and by his Son sold to the said Society on the "West End and the said Creek on the East running the whole length of the said Tathams Land IX BURLINGTON. 365 from River Street to Broad Street being fifty seven perches and a half and in Breadth at the North and from the said Tathams Land to the said Creek near Eight perches and in the middle two perches and at the South and by Bl'oad Street four perches ex- tending all the length to the low water mark containing one acre and three quarters of an acre Surveyed for the use of the said Society and recorded in Basses Book of Surveys folio 119 remaining in the Secretarie's Office at Burlington Together with all and Singular the profits improvements privileges heredita- ments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold the premises with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Minister Church wardens and Vestrymen their Successors and assigns to and for the Sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Min- ister Churchwardens and Vestrymen their Successors and assigns forever for the use and maintenance of the Episcopal Church in the City of Burlington aforesaid and to & for no- other use or uses whatsoever a-std the said Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for themselves and their Successors do covenant grant and agree to and with the said Minister Churchwardens and Vestrymen their Successors and assigns that they shall and^ may from time to time and at all times hereafter have hold occupy possess and enjoy all and Singular the said above Bargained- or Granted i>remises and every of them with their and every of their Appurtenances and all and every the rents Issues profits and Commodities thereof coming arising and growing have and take without any matter of Lett Suit Trouble Vexation Eviction Disturbance or other Hindrance or jNIolestation whatsoever of the said Society for the Propaga- tion of the Gospel or their Successors or of any other person or persons whatsoever IX testijiont whereof the said Society for the Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts have here- unto affixed their Corporate Seal at the palace of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury situate at Lambeth in the County Surrey in England the day and year first above writ- ten."t j" Received 26tli September 1803 and Eecorded in book N of Deeds page- 588 &c in the Clerks office at Bnrlingtoni" 366 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Joseph Rigley of Carey Street in the Parish of Saint ■Clement Danes within the Liberty of AVestminster in the County of Middlesex Clerk to Messieurs Oddie and Forster of the same Place Solicitors maketh Oath and saith that he this Deponent was present as a Witness and did see the Deed of Conveyance hereunto annexed duly sealed with the Common Seal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and saith that the same seal was set and affixed thereto in the pres- ence of this Deponent and that the Xame "Joseph Rigley" set or ^subscribed to the said Deed of Conveyance as "Witness to the Sealing thereof is of the proper Hand Writing of this Deponent. Joseph Rigley. Sworn at the Mansion House ] in London this thirteenth Day of J> April 1803 before me J Peice Mayor To ALL TO WHOM thesc Presents shall come I Charles Price Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London Do hereby Cee- TIFIB that on the Day of the Date hereof, personally came and appeared before me Joseph Rigley the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed, being a PBESOX well known and worthy of good Credit, and by solemn Oath which the said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did solemnly and sincerely declare testifie and ■depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed affidavit. Ix Faiti-i and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be here- unto put and affixed and the Deed of Conveyance [l. S.J mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affi- davit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the thirteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and three. Windale. — Original in Parish ArcJiives. IX BURLIXGTOX. 367 '■ 1803, Oct 2" To cash paid Joshua M. Wallace, Jim'- Ex- rpenses attending on and procuring a Conveyance of the Society Lots, £18.15."— Account Booh. DIOCESAX OFFICES OF DE. 'WHARTOX. June 5th, 1805. The annual convention of the Church in Xew Jersey was lield in St. Mary's, Burlington. Divine ser- vice was read by the Rev. John Croes, of Xew Brunswick, and a sermon was delivered by the Rev. Jasper Davis Jones, of Perth Amboy. The Rev. Andrew Fowler, of Shrewsbury, president of the last convention, took the chair. Five clergy- men were present, and six churches were represented by lay- . Ora;an. IN BURLIXGTON. ;]73 DEATH OF THE PRI>XTPAL OF THE ACADEMY. "1811, March 22d. Buried John Michael Hanckel, Prin- cipal of the Burlington Academy. E.riuiiae pietatis Jurmis." — Parish Register. The headstone, at his grave, in St. ^Mary's Church yard, has, at its top, a large medallion, on which is represented a youth with wings, seated on the clouds, cheerfully looking upon a vision of the cross with rays of glory radiating from it — while upon a scroll, gracefully supported by the clouds on which he sits, are the words, " Blissful reality of my hopes." Beneath this medallion is this inscription : In memory of .JOHJSr JIICHAEL HANCKEL late Principal of the Academy in this City who died March 21=' 1811, in the 24"" year of his age. His talents were of the first order his acquirements great and his labours as an instructor of youth were indefatigable and eminently crowned with success. As a Man his conduct was blameless: as a Christian it was exemplary. " Blissful path with safety trod As it leads the Soul to God." AVOESHIP, IX THE CHUECH BUILDING, RESUMED. " 1811, April 28th. After worshipping at the Academy for nearly 8 months, on this day we resumed our Worship in the Chui'ch in its improved state."t — Parish Register. SIZE AXD APPEARANX'E OF THE CHUECH. " The Church, after this addition, having been increased in size three times, was in the form of a rectangular parallelogram, f "Jan. 12th 181.3. To cash paid D. Allinson for printing Hymns, at opening the Church after the Alteration, 81.50." — Ireo.surer's Account Booh. 374 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH extending East and West sixty-three feet three inches, and Xorth and South thirty-three feet four inches ; having at the East end a chevet, or serai-circular termination, in which was placed the chancel. At the West end was the choir, over which (supported by large square pillars, rising through the roof,) was tixed the belfry." — Extract from " The Missionary." BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUES, IN THE CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY. Eev. Dr. Wharton to the Her. Dr. Croes. f "Dec' 23 1811 "Reverend & dear Sir: " Since the receipt of yours of the 4"' Inst, I have been continu- ally contemplating a ride to with a view of ascertain- ing more certainly the situation of M'' but for nearly two months the eruption on my legs, wh afflicts me every fall, has confined me at home, & indeed almost to the house, except on Sundays. It is not, thank God, as bad as it was last year, & I think the worst is now over. If upon inquiry I should find things as they have been represented to me, I will cheerfully contribute the sum which you mention, & will give you notice accordingly. It is a subject of much regret, that the services of this Gentleman are not more acceptable to his congregation. He appears to be a pious & zealous Man ; but, in the present state of society he exhibits an additional proof that piety, & zeal are not the only qualifications for the Ministry ; & I hope our Church will be daily more convinced of this, & will act up to the conviction. In mj' letter to you, I did not mean to suggest that ^V should be employed as a permanent missionary; but that he should merely be furnished with an opportunity r/ratis iif visiting the vacant Churches in Sussex, & of looking about for something that might better his situation. However, as he wishes to be instituted where he now is, I suppose he entertains no idea of removing. I suppose you have received a jTlie originals, of this and the following letters, were kindly furnished by the Ktv. Kobert B. Croes, D. D., a son of the Kev. Dr. (afterwards Bishop) (_'roe=. IX BURLINGTOX. 375 ;-'opy of M"' 's Convention Sermon ; as he proposed sending one to each of our Clergy. It was printed here, & a great body of notes was prepared to accompany it; but most of these I have prevailed upon him to suppress. We are told, I hope errone- ously, that animosities & divisions at New York continue with unabated violence. Is there no authority in the Great Body of the Church to settle them ; or must they terminate in the ruin of that hitherto flourishing portion of our Zion ? We hear that Ireland has entered, & Jones re-entered the lists, & that they re- ceive countenance from Bp. Provoost. Is this the fact, & what are its grounds? I have longed to converse with good Bp. AVhite on the subject, but have not been well enough to go down. With every true son of the Church I contemplate this calamity with bitter regret. It affixes a stain, which a long course of evangelical harmony will scarcely wipe away. Instead of ex- claiming ' How do these professing desciples of Xt love one another,' will not they who are without, adopt a very opposite expression ? Poor D'' Plobart's mitre has proved a crown of thorns ; but, I trust, like his divine Master, he will be enabled to wear it with fortitude & patience. While unanimity r. W. S. Coxe. The Rev. George Weller, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Domestic and For- eign Missionary Society, and the Rev. "Wm. R. Whittingham, f of New York, Secretary of the Gen. Prot. Epis. S. S. Union, were invited to seats. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Wharton, the following resolu- tion was unanimously adopted : t The Bev. Wm. E. Whittingham, was consecrated Bishop of Maryland, .Sep. 17th, 1840. 398 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "Whebeas, it is a distinguishing feature of our Church, that she adopts a form of Common Prayer in her public worship ; and whereas, such prayer evidently implies a union of devout and audible voices, both in the congregation and the minister ; therefore. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to all the congre- gations in this Diocese to repeat distinctly, all the responses and prayers, as the Rubric directs." The Rev. Dr. Wharton moved the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : " Resolved, That this Convention highly approve of the object and designs of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ; and recommend it to the attention and patronage of the members of the Church in this Diocese." i DEATH OF THE WIDOW OP BISHOP .JAE^'IS. " 1829, May 7th. Buried at Trenton, Mrs. Lucy Jarvis, who died most edifyingly at Burlington, May 5th." — Parish Register. [This was the widow of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Jarvis, of Con- necticut.] A EE-AREAyGEJIEXT OF PEAV RENTS. " At a meeting of the vestry of S' Mary's Church in the city of Burlington, held May 31, 1831, their attention was called to the state of the pew rents, which appeared not to have been for some years according to any uniform ratio, and it was proposed to appoint a committee to consider & report upon the subject. M' James H. Sterling & D'' William S. Coxe were designated for this purpose, who not coinciding in their views, at a subse- quent meeting in June 1831 submitted two separate reports. The following, being that of D"' W" S. Coxe, was adopted by the vestry. "The undersigned, one of the committee appointed at a meeting of the vestry on the 31"' ult. to digest such a mode of arranging the pew-rents as may be convenient and at the same time just, respectfully reports, that it would be difficult and perhaps in:- possible to effect any immediate and material alteration that Avould not be liable to occasion dissatisfaction and complaint. He therefore proposes that no other change should be now made than to put the pew numbered 22 at an annual rent of §9.00 and that numbered 11 at $14.00. IX BURLIXGTOX. 399 " With a view to the ultimate adoption of such an arrangement as may be desirable, it is proposed that a list of the present pew- holders be made out, designating the particular pews or frac- tions of such pews as they respectively hold, and the amount of rent now paid by each individual on the list, but including the alterations before suggested ; that this list be inserted in the treasurer's book as a permanent standard of reference ; that as long as such pew-holders shall continue to hold the pews or parts of pews for which they shall appear responsible on this list, they shall continue to pay the sums attached to their re- spective names and no more, unless a uniform addition be made, or a per cgntage added to the rent of each pew ; that for any addition to the number of seats for which any one shall appear responsible on the aforesaid list, or in case of a removal to another pew, or of a change in the name of the responsible pew- holder even in the same family, or in the case of every new engagement for a pew or part of a pew, the rate of renting in all such cases to be conformable to the arrangement now to be pro- posed. " The uniform mode of rating the pew-rents which is proposed to be thus gradually adopted, is to establish the annual rents of the eleven eastern pews on the southern side of the aisle as here- tofore at $16.00 : in receding from the pulpit, each one beyond these to be successively one dollar less than that immediately before it to N° 13 ; this pew to be rated at $10.00, and the same progressive diminution of one dollar in the annual amount of rent to continue thenceforth to the western end of the church : on the north side, the eleven eastern pews to be rated at §15.00; beyond these the rent to lessen one dollar for each pew in suc- cession to X° 22 ; this and X° 21 to be at $9.00 ; N° 20 to be at $8.00; X" 19 at $7.50, X° 18 at $7.00, and X° 17 at $6.50. " Each pew hereafter rented, to be reckoned at six sittings, and every person (henceforward) engaging for a single sitting, to pay one fifth part of the sum at which the whole pew is rated, and every person engaging for two or more sittings to pay one sixth part of the total annual rent of the pew for every sitting in such pew for which he or she may become responsible. This as well 400 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH as the former part of the arrangement it is proposed to apply to all the cases specified in the conclusion of the second paragraph of this report ; all of which is respectfully submitted. — " "William S. Coxe one of \ the committee. J " St Mary's church Burlington N. J. June 1831.—" SECOXD DIAGRAM OF ST. JIARY's CHURCH. A diagram, in the archives of the Parish, represents the Church, at this date, thus : h) O ?lj 00. ■d ~-^^ SIJ 00. 33 ?15 00. 32 *lo 00. 31 S15 00. 30 ^15 00. 29 S15 00. 28 ?15 00. 27 S15 00. 1 1 N, E. new pew pew S16 N.w. new ?15 SU 00. 25 J13 00. 24 412 00. 23 ?0 00. "-"r so 00. 21 ' ?S 00. 20 47 60. 19 S7 00. IS SC 60. 17 «ir, 00. SIO 00. 2 3 '16 UO. S16 00. SIG 00. •J 10 00. ?lli 00. i 5 6 7 8 410 00. S16 00. S. E. new pf w, 510 3. W new pew, $10 S-1.5 00. S14 00. 413 00. >10 00. 49 00. 10 11 12 ^13 U 13 ■;s 00. 47 00. 16 ;, !; '\-"^ a. Pulpit. 6. Beading Desk. c. Holy Table, d. Font. e. Rector's Chair /. Chancel. l Church, New Brunswick, October 3d, 1832; the Rev. Frederick Beasley, D. D., of Trenton, President of the Convention, preached, and administered the Lord's Supper. Sixteen clergy- men were present, and lay-deputies from twenty-two parishes ; those from Burlington being John H. Carr and Dr. William S. Coxe. In the afternoon the Convention j)roceeded to ballot for a Bishop, with the following result : (' LC LC LC l'c l'c L ■) 7, 5 6 C 5: 1 41 I ^ ') 4' 1 .... Irtt I lid i 3cl i 4th 1 5th i Glli For the Kev. John Croes f " William Creighton, D.D.... 2 " AVm. Heuthcote DeLancey, I). D .".. 1 " .Jackson Kemper, D. L) ' 2 " Frederick Beasley, D. D 1 " George Washington Doane ' 2 o 2 5 8 7 10 'J 11 12 5' 1 1 7- 2 5 1 5 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 y, 3' 3 :', amuel H. Turner, D. D.... 1 : 1 ,1 1 ,1 J ames Montgomery, D. L 1 2 1 1 .Tolm Johns " ' 2 2.... William Berrian, D. JJ Il 1 ' James Chapman 1 2' ! C'larkson Dunn i 1 i 1 The Rev. George Washington Doane, t was then " uns mously declared Bishop-elect of the Diocese of New Jersey. f Son of the late Bishop, and bearing his name. i George Washington Doane, son of .Jonathan Doane, was born in Trenton, X. J., May 27th, 1799; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, in 1818: became a candidate for Holy Orders, in the diocese of 'Sew York, in 1819 ; was ordained Deacon, by Bishop Hobart, in 1821, and Priest, by the same Prelate, in 1823 ; united with Eev. Mr. (afterwards Bishop) Upfold, in organ- izing what became St. Luke's Church, N. Y. ; was chosen Professor of Belles- Lettres and Oratory, in Washington (now Trinity,) College, Conn., in 1824 ; became Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, Boston, in 1828 ; and Kector of the same, in 1830; whence he was elected to the Episcopate of Kew .Jersey. 2c 402 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH MARRIAGE OF THE REV. CHAUNCEY COLTOX. " 1832, Oct. 15th. Married the Rev. Chauncey Colton and Anne Coxe."— Parish .Register. [Xow (1876) the Rev. Dr. Colton, of Pennsylvania.] FOUR BISHOPS CONSECRATED AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE. The Rev. John H. Hopkins, D. D., Bishop-elect of Ver- mont ; the Rev. Benjamin B. Smith, D. D., Bishop-elect of Kentucky ; the Rev. Charles P. Mcllvaine, D. D., Bishop-elect of Ohio ; and the Rev. George W. Doane, Bishop-elect of New -Jersey ; were respectively consecrated to the office of Bishop, in St. Paul's Chapel, in the city of New York, on Wednes- day, Oct. 31st, 1832, by the Rt. Rev. William White, D. D., Presiding Bishop, other Bishops assisting as follows : — in the consecration of the Rev. Dr. Hopkins, Bishops Griswold and Bowen ; in the consecration of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Bishops Brownell and H. U. Onderdonk ; in the consecration of the Rev. Dr. Mcllvaine, Bishops Griswold and Meade ; and in the consecration of the Rev. Mr. Doane, Bishops B. T. Onderdonk and Ives. BISHOP DOAXe's first ORDINATION. ■'Wednesday, December, 12th, 1832, I took the steam-boat early in the moi-ning for Burlington. Preached in St. Mary's Church, the visitation sermon, the Rev. Mr. Ward, reading the morning service : Admitted Mr. Peter L. Jaques to the holy order of deacons : the candidate being presented by the Rev. Mr. Ward, — the Rev. Dr. Wharton, the venerable Rector, assisting at the Communion; and the Rev. Mr. Morehouse being also present. The Rev. j\Ir. Jaques f was authorized to preach, and appointed missionary to the Churches in Warren county." — Bishop Doane's Episcopal Address, 1833. BISHOP DOANE RESIDENT AT BURLINGTON. " It was my purpose, with the Divine permission, to have effected, before the present meeting of the Convention, another complete visitation ; when circumstances of a domestic nature fThe Rev. Mr. Jaques now (1S7G) resides at Plainfield, N. J. IX BURLINGTON. 403 induced the conviction, that it was best to accomplish previously the removal of my family to the diocese. This has been done, and we are for the present resident at Burlington. " On the evening of Wednesday, the 17th day of April, 1833, I preached in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, and administered confirmation to hcelve persons. And on the 5th of May, the only Sunday that I have been at home since my residence at Burlington, I had great pleasure in assisting my reverend brother, the venerable Rector, by preaching twice.'' — Episcopal Address, 1833. DEATH OP THE EEV. DE. WHAETON. " The Rev. Charles Henry Wharton, D. D., departed this life on Tuesday, 23 July, 1833, in the 86th year of his age, the 61st of his Ministry, and 36th of his Rectorship of St. Mary's Church, Burlington. ' Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.' He was interred, by the side of the Church, | on Thursday, 25 July, the Bishop of the diocese performing the service, which was attended by the venerable Presiding Bishop, Dr. White, and by several of the Clergy, as well as by the whole Congregation. A funeral service was preached by Bishop Doane, in St. Mary's Church, on Sunday, 4 August, from St. Luke XX. 36 — ' Neither can they die any more' — which, by request of the congregation, was printed. — G. W. D." — Parish Register. EEMINISCENSES OF DE. WHAETON's EECTORKHIP. Under the signature of "A Parishioner," Mr. John Hulme contributed to the Church Journal, in 1863, some reminiscences entitled " The Old Paeish Chuech," from which we extract the following : — " The old Church (as I first remember it,) stood parallel with Broad street, with the chancel at the East end, and only one f "The Bev. Charles Henry Wharton, D. D., was interred, near the south wall of the Church, — in what, when the door was at the side, was the pathway by which he entered it. The entrance being now restored to the west end, and vestry rooms erected back of the pulpit, his remains rest beneath them, behind the chancel." — Bp. Doane. 404 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH door at the West eud, opening to the one long narrow aisle, on each side of which were the old-fashioned high-backed pews. There was a narrow gallery at the "West eud over the door, in the centre of which and projecting from the wall, in the form of a half circle, w^as the organ gallery, enclosing the small, but sweet toned organ, and on each side of the organ were seats for the Sunday School. The open belfry containing the honored old bell, bearing the date '1769,' was then on the West eud of the Church. "Dr. "Wharton wa* required to give only the Sunday morn- ing service, but generally the Church was open for evening ser- vice oh Sunday afternoon. — There was no announcement of the services except by the bell ; if the bell did not ring at 8 o'clock in the morning of Sunday, there was no service. If it did not ring while the people were leaving the Church after morning service, there was no evening service. The bell in those days could be heard not only over the town, but at the distance of four miles in the country. In the "Winter the Church was warmed by two old fashioned stoves, for wood, one at each end of the building, with the pipe protruding through the window. At the time of 'the people's bell,' as it was called, twenty min- utes past ten, the sexton might be seen hurrying to and from the stove to the pews, with little square boxes pierced on the top with small holes, which contained hot ashes and coals to warm the feet. Then he ascends to the gallery, takes hold of the bell-rope, and fixes his eyes upon the Rectory, which is in view from the large old-fashioned windows in the gallery. At this time the lady organist perches herself upon the high music stool, the boy is at tlie bellows-handle, and all await the Rector. And soon tlxe venerable-looking man appeared; short in stature, with a firmly knit frame, his small, well-turned head thinly covered by his silvered locks, with a pleasant and genial face, and a smile which spoke only love to all. He is first seen issu- ing from the Rectory, and approaching the Church with his peculiar, quick, short step. Just when he is opposite the -old Academy, the Sunday School children come rushing forth, and the sexton begins the last or 'minister's bell.' The old Rector IX BURLINGTON. 405 has a smile for each of the teachers, puts his hand upon the head and blesses all the children within reach, but on the boys and girls go, rushing up the one narrow, uncarpeted gallery staircase with barely time to be seated and quiet, before the Rector arrives at the door. Then the bell ceases, the little organ pours forth its sweet notes, and the sexton descends to follow the Rector up the one narrow aisle, who goes bowing to every one whose eye he can catch. " I can remember how the Rector kept Good Friday. On that solemn day Pulpit, Reading Desk, and Communion Table, stripped of their rich crimson covering, stood forth naked and bare ; and the congregation wore black clothing. On Christ- mas Eve, in the Rector's time, the bell would ring forth at ten o'clock, and would be rung at intervals all night long, the parishioners sending to the vestry room refreshments for the ringers. On Christmas Day the Rector had both morning and evening service, and as it was the only occasion when the Church was open at night throughout the year, it was usually crowded. The Church was always dressed for Christmas, and the manner of dressing it was this : the sexton having bored holes in the tops of the pews about two feet apart, would insert first a branch of laurel, then of spruce, and then of box; and the congregation might be said to be sitting in, and surrounded by, a miniature forest. Wreaths of ground, or running, pine were festooned over the hangings of the Pulpit and Reading Desk, and a wreath twined around the chancel rails. Then the two beautiful chan- deliers of cut glass, with pendant drops, were also dressed with wreaths of running pine; they contained a double row of wax candles, which shed a rich mellow light on all around. There were branches with wax candles on the Pulpit and Reading Desk ; and in addition to these, in the back of every alternate pew, the sexton stuck a little tin candlestick, into which he put a tallow candle. " The Communion in his time was administered four times in a year, and the Ante-Communion Service was only read at these times. " It was a beautiful, calm July morning, when many persons 406 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH might be seen stauding in groups around the old parish Church. Their conversation is iu low tones, as they look anxiously and sadly towards the Rectory. Close by the side of the Church, (the spot now covered by the vestry-room,) there yawns a new- made, open grave. The sexton is seen hurrying about here and there, and from his hat there streams a long black ' weeper,' as it ' was then called. One of the sexton's stalwart sons has climbed up into the belfry, and there sits by the dear old bell, with eyes intent upon the Rectory. We look into the old Church, and the beautiful crimson hangings are displaced, and from Pulpit, Desk, and Communion Table the deepest black de- pends, and the old Rector's pew is lined with black. The red curtains in the half circle around the organ-loft are gone, and black ones take their place. We leave the Church and move on towards the Rectory. In the yard, drawn up before the old Academy, are the Sunday-School children, but now their voices are subdued and hushed, and the teachers with them are dressed in mourning. We look towards the Rectory, and, from an open side door, we see persons continually ])assing in and out with weeping eyes. And now the sound of the bell falls upon the ear. Its strokes are slow and solemn, for the dear old bell is muffled, — and soon the old Rector is seen approaching. Seen, did I say? Alas ! never more to be seen in this world. He is in his coffin, borne on the shoulders of his faithful Yestry, while some of the diocesan clergy are the pall-bearers. At the head of the procession are seen two remarkable men ; one a tall, at- tenuated form, with thin, long white locks of hair pushed behind the ear, and his once erect form bowed down with the weight of more than fourscore years. He comes from an adjoin- ing Diocese, and is the great patriarch of the Catholic Church in America. The other is the tall, erect, majestic form of the new Bishop of the Diocese. The old parish Church is crowded to suffocation. The Bishop of the Diocese read the Service in the Church, and the Patriarch, with his feeble voice, committed the Body of the Rector to the ground. " The old Rector was sick some three weeks, the Bishop vis- ited him and conversed with him, but the old man dwelt upon IX BURLIXGTOX. 407 just this theme: 'I have no merits; I have no merits of my own. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.' " A jurist's TESTIilO^■Y OF DR. 1VHART0X. The Hon. Horace Binney, writing of Dr. Wharton, from Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1856, says: — " I saw him frequently in the latter part of his life, and heard him regularly during my summer residence at Burlington ; but when I iirst knew him, he was seventy years of age, his health was feeble, and though I met him occasionally in the society of the place, and in my own house, I had no of)portunity of know- ing him to the extent or in the way which alone would have given me the means of writing a characteristic account of him. " I had a most agreeable impression of his eminently well- bred manners and carriage — of the quiet tone of his conversation, and of his occasional flashes of gentle humour, with the least possible infusion of satire in them to give them the more point. I thought I discerned in him at all times the influence of the foreign College in which he had received his religious education, in toning down his manners and conversation so as to obliterate from them every thing abrupt, or angular, or strikingly salient. " His height in mid-age must have been, I think, five feet, five or six inches. In the advanced age at which I knew him, his head drooped a little, and his person inclined in the same di- rection for some distance below the shoulders. He did not stoop, but he was a little bent. His form was slight and vale- tudinary, but without emaciation. His eyes were, I think, pale-blue or gray, his complexion fair, and the anterior part of his rather fine head was bald. He wore powder, and his dress was at all times scrupulously neat and appropriate. I do not recollect a more gentlemanly figure, or a more benevolent and trustworthy countenance. As he used to pass up the aisle, the only aisle, of the old Church, on Sundays, to the chancel at the Eastern end, in his black gown, powdered hair, and hat in hand, inclining with a gentle bow to the one side and the other, towards 408 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the parishioners whom he saw in the pews to receive him, no- thing could be more gracious and paternal. " The services were read well — not with a strong voice, but distinctly, nor with much emphasis on any part, but without monotony. His manner of reading, whether of the services or the sermon, was not impressive, but it was in a pure tone, that perfectly conveyed and seconded the meaning of what he read. In repeating the prayers, he was devout and self-collected, but not impassioned. All his sermons were good and instructive, but not frequently drawn from the depths of his learning, either theological or moral. Parts of them were beautifully written ; but it could not be discerned, from his mode of reading them, that he thought one part better than another. All parts of them tendered to promote sound doctrine, pure morality, and a kindly Christian temper. I never wearied of his discourses, which, though not long, were never short. It was pleasant to listen to truths of the kind he taught, which came recommended by simplicity and sincerity of manner, and were corroborated by such purity of example in the life of the teacher. "There was no Presbyterian church in Burlington until after Dr. Wharton's death. That is my impression. In his time Presbyterians mingled with Churchmen in that simple and primitive temple. Dr. Boudinot's family, for instance, con- stantly worshipped there ; and the Clerk who announced the Psalms and Hymns from a gallery at the Western end of the Church, and led the music with a rather wiry and dissonant voice, was a worthy Scotch Presbyterian, named Aikman, a cabinet-maker in the town. We all liked Aikman for his directness and truth. He was as steady in his temper and purpose as a Covenanter. One Sunday, Avhen Aikman, from the West gallery, gave out the Psalm before the Ante-Commu- nion service, Dr. Wharton rose in the chancel, and said in his natural, quiet tone, — ' Mr. Aikman, that is not the Psalm I gave to you.' ' Yes, but it is. Doctor.' — ' No, it is not.' — 'Yes,, but it is, Dr. Wharton. It is right. I have it here in your own hand write,' — holding up a paper. — ' Oh, well, have it your own, way, have it your own way. Sing any thing.' — You may sup- pose the smiles." — Annals of American Ep. Pulpit, pp, 540-341. IX BUELIXGTOX. 409 THE CHARACTER OP REV. DR. WHARTOX. " It was not my good fortune," says Bishop Doane, " to know Dr. Wharton until within a short time previous to his death. I had indeed known him, by reputation, as a pillar and ornament of the Church — adorning with his life the doctrines which with his voice he proclaimed, and with his pen had so ably advocated. I knew him as among the first in scholarship of the Clergy of America, a sound and thoroughly accomplished divine, a practised and successful controversialist, a faithful par- ish priest, a patriarch of the Diocese in which he lived ; but I had never seen him. When, therefore, in the jirovidence of God, I was called in the autumn of 1832 to the highest office in this Diocese, among the thoughts which were the first to follow the appalling conviction of its responsibilities, was that of the rela- tionship which its acceptance would create between myself and him ; and I confess that in the reflection I was deeply humbled. But scarcely had the evidence of my appointment reached me, wlien a letter came from him so kind, so encouraging, so expres- sive of his hearty acquiescence in the appointment, and his hearty desire for its consummation, as to contribute most mate- rially to the determination of my assent. I saw him first on the occasion of my first Visitation here ; and though for a few hours only, there was in his deportment a tender so free and generous of his approbation and confidence, a simplicity so perfectly trans- lucent, and a mixture — so much in keeping with his venerable aspect, his profound acquirements, and his long experience — of the affection expressed for a son, and the deference designed for an official superior, as embarrassed and perplexed me, while it wholly won my heart. Our subsequent intercourse was of the most endearing character, and it left nothing for me to lament, but that, as Providence designed it to be so brief, official absence should have diminished its golden opportunities. I looked forward with eagerness to the conclusion of my public engagements, that I might sit down with him in his delightful, quiet home, and gather wisdom from his words, while I learned piety from his example. But the Disposer of all things did not gratify my hopes. His health had been for some time failing 410 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH when I saw him first, and though serene and cheerful, and long, I trusted, to be preserved to us in a green old age, it was but too apparent that the energies of his constitution were impaired, and that the elastic tone and vigour of his spirit were unbent. In the conversations which I had with him, (which, when at home, were daily,) he displayed the deepest interest in the extension of the Church of Christ, and the soundest judgment in his views and estimate of the means by which it was to be promoted. Especially did the General Theological Seminary and the Gen- eral Missionary Society occupy his thoughts, and it was his desire and determination to accompany me to the annual meet- ing of the Board of Directors of the last named institution, in May preceding his death. Indisposition, however, prevented. And I had quite given up the long cherished hope of enjoying his presence and counsel at the then approaching Convention of the Diocese. On the morning of the day of the meeting, how- ever, to my great joy he arrived in Camden. He took a warm and active part in the proceedings, gave to the measures pro- posed the most manly and vigorous support, engaged earnestly in the debates, and appeared in body and mind, in voice and bearing, like one a full half century his junior. It was his last exertion. From that time, he did not appear in public, and in- deed scarcely left his house. His disease became gradually seated. The ability to struggle with it was gradually diminished. He reluctantly gave up, for even a single Lord's day, the accus- tomed duty. He retreated reluctantly to his chamber and to his bed. The best resources of the healing art were applied with the utmost assiduity and skill. The constancy and tender- ness of conjugal devotion, and the vigilance and care of relations and friends, supplied whatever love could prompt and earth afford for his recovery and relief. But it was vain. Ex- hausted nature could not rally. And gently declining day by day, after a few brief struggles, more painful probably to the faithful hearts that watched beside him, than to himself, — he fell sweetly asleep, even as an infant sinks to rest upon his mother's bosom, on Tuesday morning, July 23, 1833 ; having entered nearly two months upon his eighty-sixth year, and hav- IX BURLINGTOX. 411 ing been for more than sixty-one years a minister of Christ — the senior Presbyter — if I mistake not — of the American Protes- tant Episcopal Church. " Throughout his sickness, Avhen not absent from home on official duty, it was my privilege to see him daily ; and a death- bed so serene, so tranquil, so triumphant, I have never witnessed. It seemed, from the first day to the last, so far as the issue of life was concerned, as if nature had been wliolly set aside by grace. The single sentiment which animated and pervaded all he said, was still, — ' Thy will be done.' He was the humblest and most self-abased of Christians. In his long life, there was nothing, he said, on which, for a single moment, he could rest. He had endeavored to be useful with his ' poor abilities,' as he always termed them, but he had done nothing. What he looked back to with the nearest approach to satisfaction, was his desire and effort to promote peace and harmor^y among men. In this respect he hoped, if he had done little good, he had at least pre- vented some harm. But the theme in which he gloried was the Cross. That was the subject of his thoughts, and the burden of his conversation. He clung naked to it with a child's simplicity and helplessness. ' I have been thinking,' he said to me one day, ' of the wonders of redeeming love. And the more I dwell upon it, the more I am filled with admiration, that the Almighty God, the Maker of everything in heaven and garth, my Maker and my Judge, should stoop to earth, and take vile flesh, and bare his bosom, and pour out his blood — for ME ! ' ' Oh, my dear friend,' he would often say to me, " the Cross, the Cross, is all ! " "What should we be without the Cross? The Lamb of God — He taketh away the sin of the world. The blood of Jesus Christ — that cleanseth from all sin ! ' Such were the triumphant testimonies to the truth and power of our religion, which he rendered while he was getting ready to put off the earthly house of this tabernacle. "Dr. Wharton was twice married — the second time to Ann, daughter of Chief Justice Kinsey of this State, who survived him. He had no children. "As the limits you have prescribed to me will not allow me to go into any minute analysis of Dr. "Wharton's character, I 412 , HISTORY OF THE CHURCH will dismiss the subject by just hinting at a few of his more prominent traits. And I may mention, first of all, his singular [iiirity. He had neither guile nor the suspicion of it. Long^ as he had lived in the world, he seemed to have suffered little from its contact. There was a delicacy of sentiment and feeling in him, which not only bespoke his own parity of heart, but kept the atmosphere about him pure. And it was this that gave to all his conversation and conduct an air of the most engaging suapUciti/. In speech and manner he was artless as a child. You read his heart at once. And if, in turn, you did not lay your own open, you gave him all the advantage he wished or would avail himself of, — the advantage of sincerity and candour. He was distinguished also for his humlUty. With the best edu- cation that Europe could afford ; as a divine, second perhaps to none in America ; as a controversialist, unanswered and un- answerable ; he was not only unconscious of his distinction, but he would not be made conscious of it. He was also one of the most disinterested of men. The principle of self seemed in him, as nearly as in humanity it can, to have been absorbed and lost. He lived for the Church first, and then for those whom he loved. And he was full of kindness and charity. He desired good to all men, and, therefore, he ever sought to do them good. He was the kindest husband, and the most devoted friend. And his crowning and completing grace was his earnest and consist- ent jji'e^y. The faith by which he triumphed in his death, had made him conqueror through life. 'J'he Cross in which he gloried had crucified the world unto him, and him unto the world. His piety did not burn with fitful aud uncertain flame, but with a pure, sustained, and steady lustre. The aliment on which it fed was the sincere word of God. It was enkindled in him by the Holy Spirit. He nourished and cher- ished it by daily intercourse with Heaven. "As a Preacher of the Gospel, I never had an opportunity to know Dr. Wharton. His sermons which I have read are of a chastened and persuasive style of oratory, well arranged, written evidently from the heart, and in a diction which is like crystal for its purity and clearness. Everywhere, and on all occasions, he preached Christ and Him crucified. IN BUllLINGTOX. 413 *'I will only add that lie was a Churchman in heart and in soul ; while yet, in the exercise of his truly Catholic spirit, he regarded all who name the name of Chirst with affectionate interest. It was his deep and strong conviction, again and again expressed, that the enti7-e Church was to be inviolately preserved ; and that the strictest adherence to all its provisions and regulations was the surest path not only of truth and duty, but of charity and peace." — Annals of American Ep. Pulpit, pp. 337-340. EXTIiACTS FIIOJI THE WILL OF THE REV. DE. AVHAETOX. " Third. — I direct that after my dear Wife shall have se- lected from my Library, such books as she may particularly desire for her own absolute use, All the residue of my Books shall go to the Minister, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of ■Saint Mary's Church, Burlington City — to be by them pre- served for the use of the rectors of said Church in succession. "Fourth. — All the rest and residue of my estate, real and personal, whatever, and wherever, T give and devise to the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Xew Jersey — so being at my death, and to his successors as Bishops as aforesaid — In trust — nevertheless to permit my said dear Wife to take the rents and annual income of said resi- due for her life, in case she survive me — But in case she die before me, or if otherwise, at her death in further trust, to pay over One thousand dollars, to the Treasurer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Churcii of the United States of America, for the use of the said Mis- sionary Society — And finally in trust to pay over and assign all the residue of the estate, and monies, or other property, what- ever, herein, given and bequeathed to him in trust to the Min- ister, Church AVardens and Vestrymen of Saint Mary's Church Burlington City aforesaid, or to any ofScer appointed by the legal authorities of said Church, to receive the same — to be by ihem invested in such fund or security, as they may approve. 414 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH and the interest thereof to be applied annually to increase the Salary of the rectors of said Saint Mary's Church — " Fifth. — I nominate the Bishop of the Protestant Episco- pal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey & so being at my death, Executor and Trustee under this my will — And in case said Bishop, so being at my death, shall die before the final com- pletion of all the objects and the complete execution of all the trusts, mentioned and created herein, It is my will that his successors as Bishops as aforesaid, shall succeed him as trustees under this my will, and have full power to complete and exe- cute all the trusts then incomplete and unexecuted And that the said powers and trusts given as aforesaid to the Bishop of said Diocese, so being at my death, and to his successors, shall not survive to his or their heirs, or Executors — " Sixth. — Before my said Executor and Trustee shall pro- ceed to execute the trusts — or to pay the pecuniary legacies,, herein created and mentioned, he shall first pay all my just debts. " Charles H. Wharton, [l. s.] " " Signed sealed and Published by the testator on the 28th of February 1833, in the presence of Jane P. Folwell, William Hargest, H. Mcllvaine." Proved, "the 5th of August, a. v., 1833, at Mt. Holly" " before Charles Kinsey, Surrogate." " George W. Doane, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey and being Bishop as aforesaid at the death of Charles H. WhartOu, the Testator within named and Executor in the annexed Testament named being duly sworn did depose and say that the Within Instru- ments contain the true last Will and Testament of Charles H. Wharton the testator therein named so far as he knows and as he verily believes ; that he will well and truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased, and then the Legacies in the said Testament specified, so far as the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased can thereunto Extend ; and that he will make an Exhibit or cause to be made and Ex- hibited into the Prerogative Office at Trenton, a true and per- fect Inventory of all and singular, the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased that have or shall come to his IN BURLINGTON. 415 knowledge or jjossession, or to the possession of any other per- son or persons for his use, and render a just and true account when thereunto lawfully required — " G. W. DOANE. " Sworn at Mt Holly 5th August, A. D., 1833 before me Charles Kinsey Surrogate." — Surrogate's Office, Bit. Holly, N. J. THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE EEV. DR. "WHARTON. " A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of the Reverend Charles H. Wharton, D. D., late of the City and County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey deceased made the Seventeenth day of September a. d. 1833 and the Second day of August A. D. 1837 — "Wearing Apparrel $100.00 "Books 280.00 "Bank & other Stocks 13.581.00 " Household goods &c 1.009.00 $14,970.00 " Appraised by us the dates above mentioned, "Burr Wooljiax, Thomas B. Woolmax." —Ibid. inscription for a mural monument TO DR. WHARTON. The following was written by Bishop Doane for a mural' tablet to Dr. Wharton ; but the tablet was never erected, f and the words designed for it are here inserted for preservation : fin the sacrarium of the new St. Mary's Church, however, on the South side, in the stained glass window, is the following : IN MEMORIAM Rev. Hujtis Ecdeske Reeioris, A. B. MD Caroli Henrici Wharton, D. D. CCXCVI A. D. MDCCCXXXIII 416 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " Behind the Chancel rests the mortal part of CHARLES HENRY WHAKTON, 1>. 1>., who died July 23, 1833, aged 86 years ; during 37 of which he was Kector of thi< Church. A finished scholar, an elegant writer, a sound divine, a faithfnl preacher of the Cross : .in peace and meekness, purity and charity, in childlike simplicity, and unafTected jiiety, a daily example of the lessons which he taught ; while he lived, the faithful servant of thi.s Church, and, at his death, its generous henefactor: such was he whose name this stone commemorates, and whose virtues are embalmed in the affections of liis people." BISHOr IM.iAXE BECOIIES EECTOE OF ST. MAEY'.S CHURCH. " 1833. The' Vestry of St. Mary's Clmreh, Burlington, at a special meeting, held 3 August, unanimously invited the Right Reverend George Washington Doane, D. D., to accept the vacant Rectorship. — 1 October, the invitation was accepted. G. ^V. D."— Parish Register. THE circumsta:n"ces attexdi^x> this decjkiox. "Since the last Convention, my residence at Burlington, which was then temporary, and without parochial charge, has assumed a different character. Being, of course, from my dis- tant residence, unacquainted with the local peculiarities of the diocese, I determined at my consecration, not to decide on my place of abode among you, until I had become satisfied by per- sonal investigation, and the careful comparison of individual opinions, as to what seemed the position most favourable to the IN BURLINGTON. 417 discharge of my official duties, and the advancement of the interests of the Church. I did not doubt, moreover, that iu the lapse of time, the course of Providence would be developed with sufficient clearness. Soon after I had gone into temporary resi- dence at Burlington, (to which I was chiefly induced by local and personal considerations,) I received from the Rector, ^Yard- ens, and Yestry of Trinity Church, Newark, an invitation of the most gratifying character, to establish myself in that place ; accompanied with an offer from the Congregation, of so gener- ous a nature as to leave no doubt on my mind, that the desire for my removal there was not only universal, but most sincere and hearty. To an expression from such a source, so earnest in its terms, and so liberally enforced, I felt it my duty to respond in the affirmative, the more especially as I should thus be left free from parochial responsibility ; when the death of Rev. Dr. Wharton, and the peculiar circumstances of the parish of St. Mary's, Burlington, presented a conflicting duty. After mature deliberation, with inquiry of those whose judgments in the matter were best instructed, it seemed incumbent on me to assume the charge of the interesting parish thus vacated ; which I did, — first for six months, and, afterwards as its Rector. In thus yielding to a strong sense of ecclesiastical duty, I am happy in knowing that my munificent friends at Newark, though disap- pointed, have not been displeased. The same liberal spirit which devised such liberal things to induce my residence among them, enabled and disposed them cheerfully to yield their own preference, to what seemed to be essential to the welfare of a sister parish. May brotherly love so continue, and ever increase amongst us ! It is due to my office, to my own judgment, and to the best interests of the Church, to say, that it is not well that the Bishop of any diocese should be responsible for the entire pastoral charge of a congregation. "When this is the case, either the parochial or the diocesan interest must suffer. Cases may occur, where the Rectorship of a parish seems proper, or indeed necessary, as the means of support, to be united to the Episcopate ; but provision should then be made, not merely to relieve the Bishop from such portion of the duty of preaching, 2d 418 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH as may enable him to accomplish his visitations, but for the discharge, under his direction, of those daily pastoral offices, without the faithful, constant performance of which, Christ's sheep can never be duly fed. An economical and judicious arrangement for this purpose has always seemed to me, the appointment of a clergyman, to reside in the Bishop's parish, to supply the pulpit in his absence, to take the immediate charge of the Sunday School, and other interests of the parish, and to perform occasional Missionary duty. The provision for the support of such a Clergyman, as Missionary assistant to the Bishop, might jiroperly be chargeable on the Missionary fund of the diocese. I commend the subject to the consideration of the Convention. The extensive plan of visitation which I pro- pose, cannot well be carried into eflFect unless there be some such provision." — Episcopal Address, 1834. "the remains op the EEV. dr. WHARTON." Under this title. Bishop Doaue in 1833-4, published two volumes, containing a Memoir, the Funeral Sermon, twenty sermons, selected papers, and controversial tracts, of the Rev. Dr. Wharton ; " of which the leading religious journals of Great Britain spoke with distinguished favor." THE REJIINISCENCES OP A FORMER RESIDENT. The following, written in 1833, by one, who in his school-boy days, almost forty years before, had engaged in rural sports about the place, is a vivid portrayal of Burlington, in 1797 : Ah, old acquaintance ! there thou art — I hail thee with a heating heart, I'll sing of thee, before we part, Green bank of Burlington. May I a passing tribute pay, Wliere many a happy school-boy day. In years forever passed away, I played upon thy bank. At early morn I thought thee fair, At noon thou hadst the freshest air, Thy evenings only could compare With Eden's lovely bowers. IN BURLINGTON. 419 And most enchanting was flie grace That marked the ladies of the place, In walk, in form, in mind, in face. Like mother Eve of old. Your melons were for flavor rare. Your cream and strawberries sweetest were. Your luscious peach, and juicy pear, The rich and poor partook. By pebbly shore and lofty tree, Our good old bathing place I see, AVhere school-boys all with loudest glee, To dive and swim repair'd. Lightly that batteau seems to glide. In such a one I loved to ride, With helm in hand, her course to guide, While briskly blew the breeze. 'Twas sweet to leave the tiresome book, A dozen silvery fish to hook, Then take them home to plague the cook To clean and fry them all. My tale of pleasure is begun, AVe also sometimes got a gun. Through weed and mire all day to run. To shoot a bird or two. Sometimes we hired a boat to speed On a duckling trip where wild ducks feed, But less ducks than duckings we got indeed. On Neshamony's marshy flats. How spreads this river like a bay, I've skated on it many a day. While Bristol boys have had a fray, t And feats of skating show'd. Keenly the crowded wharf I view, And cannot see one face I knew. But good Ben Shepherd's ever true, % At every varying tide. I could have sprung from oif the deck, To give his hand a hearty shake, For him and for his city's sake. My dear old Burlington. Sadly my memory loves to trace The kindly smile of many a face Gather'd ere this in the resting place, With those of ages past. f Snow-balling battle. j Hotel keeper and ferryman. 420 HISTOHY OF THE CHURCH The lapse of almost forty yeara, Has ended all their joys and cares, We liope they are the happy heirs, Of immortality. No steamboat then in stately pride, Made rapid way 'gainst wind and tide — A shallop small its place supplied, The goodly sloop May-Flower, f Thy sister cities have the fame. Of battles fought, and warlike name — Thy ancient records. lay no claim To bloody tales like these. Thy precincts show no battle-field AVhere haughty foes were forced to yield, And many a brave one's fate was sealed In death upon the plain. Ere Trenton saw the deadly fray. Thou wast not idle in thy way ; Bold spirits suited to their day, AVithstood a tyrant's rule. In thy Town Hall these patriots sate, And there resolved to share the fate Of every suffering sister State — "With them to stand or fall. I cannot see Saint Mary's fane ; It often gave me heartfelt pain To think how oft I've heard in vain Good Dr. Wharton preach. Meekly as one who plainly saw Himself condemn'd beneath the law, He sought by love, not fear, to draw His hearers to the Lord. St. Mary's lifts no towering spire, For passing travellers to admire. Fit emblem of the holy aire Who filled her desk so long. I hear my fellow travellers say There is a locomotive's way Where school-boys used to fight and play, In Dr. Staughton's time. X And woodman's axe with sturdy stroke Has long since fell'd the lofty oak. Where my poor neck I nearly broke. To gain a squirrel's nest. t This packet belonged to Captain Myers, a well-known skipper. X Principal of the Academy. IN BURLINGTON. 421 St. Mary's has a pastor new, f Young, and New Jersey's bishop too — He needs must stand in public view — May God save him from pride. May he a shepherd's duty know. To lead his flock where fountains flow. And where perennial pastures grow. Beneath the sacred Cross. This steamer goes as if it flew. The city fades before my view — We turn, I bid a long adieu To thee, sweet Burlington. BISHOP DOANE'8 first REPORT AH RECTOR. May 28th, 1834. Bishop Doane's first report, as Re will comply with its full requirements. In directing the edu- cation of young ladies, it is a nice matter to distribute in their just proportion, the useful and the ornamental. It will be our aim to make the useful, ornamental, and the ornamental, useful. The hardest woods receive the highest polish. The elegant accomplishment of the sex are never seen to such advantage, as when they crown and grace a well cultivated, a well stored, and a well balanced mind. It is not the time to stale, in full detail, the system of instruction. However easy such a sketch might be, and however attractive, it will be far safer and more useful in the retrospect, than it could be in prospective. Suffice it to say, for the general subject, that develoj>ment, rather than inere acquirement, is regarded as the end — that to be thorough and accurate, will always be required in every undertaking — and that, in all departments, the chief reference will always be to the practical purposes of life. The administration of the busi- ness of instruction, will be committed to A Peixcipal Teachee, a well-educated, experienced and accomplished Christian lady, with assistant teachers in the several branches. All the teachers and officers, will be constantly responsible to the Bishop of the diocese as Patron, and Principal of the establishment. * * All expenditures for the use of the pupils, must be made under the direction of the Head of the family ; with whom all moneys must be lodged. A proper economy will be strictly enjoined on all. Constant attention will be paid to the health, and phys- ical vigour of the pupils ; in furtherance of which a suitable course of exercise will be systematically pursued. In each of the dormitories, an assistant teacher will be constantly present with the scholars, who will all occupy single beds. Every .scholar will be expected to attend to all the varieties of jjlain sewing, and to the various branches of domestic economy, under the direction of the Matron, or other suitable person. The cul- tivation of sacred music, both vocal and instrumental, will be rendered, as nearly as may be, universal. A choir for the Chapel will be selected, of those most competent; and it will be an object to qualify as many of the pupils as possible, to 2f 450 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH preside at the organ, and to take part in the psalmody of the Church. As an important means of improving the literary- taste, and confirming the moral and religious principles, of the scholars, a library of suitable books, in the various departments, will be formed ; to which, additions will, from time to time, be made, under the direction of the Bishop ; and, no other books, besides the school books, and books of devotion, will be allowed within the walls of the Institution. * * As a grateful acknowledgment to Him who put it into the hearts of men to project and to establish this Institution, for the Christian educa- tion of 'females, provision is made, and will be continued, for the entirely gratuitous support and instruction of one scliolar in every ten, making application as the daughter of a clergyman of the Church, deceased ; or, if living, in necessitous circumstances. Such application to be made known only to the Head of the family, and to the Bishop ; on whose approval it shall be granted. " Of the situation, edifices, and grounds, selected for the Insti- tution, Avhich is the subject of this Circular, it would be difficult to speak in terms which would do justice to them, without the appearance of exaggeration. The position, on the Delaware, a little more than an hour's journey, by steamboat or railroad, from Philadelphia, and from five to six hours from Xew York, is unsurpassed for healthfulness, convenience and beauty. The buildings, nearly new, and built expressly for a female Semi- nary, are extensive, and perfectly commodious, with spacious grounds, a well cultivated garden, and a Green-House. The school-rooms are of the best construction, light, airy and agree- able ; and the whole establishment is fitted uj) and furnished in the best manner, and will be supplied with fixtures and appa- ratus of every kind, adapted to the most extended course of female education. * * " It remains only that we state the mode in which the pat- ronage of the Church is invited, for the establishment and pro- motion of the plan we have sketched above. -A stock has been created, to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, in one hundred shares, of two hundred and fifty dollars each. This is to be appropriated to the purchase of the property, to the supply IX BURLINGTON. 451 of furniture and apparatus, and to such enlargements and im- provements as may hereafter become necessary. The sums sub- scribed are to be called for in instalments, not exceeding twenty per cent, nor at intervals less than a month. The Stockholders own the property ; which is held for them by three persons, in trust. The Stock is to bear interest, at six jm- cent, on the amount paid in, from May 1st, 1837. The Stockholders are not to be liable for the debts and responsibilities of the institu- tion, nor entitled to its profits ; and are bound to receive the repayment of the capital invested by them whenever tendered. Upon the repayment of the whole, or any part of the principal, the ownership of the shares paid off vests in the Eight Eeverend George W. Doane. The entire control and management of the Institution are committed to a Board of seven Trustees, nomi- nated by the Bishop of the diocese of New Jersey, for the time being, and appointed by the Stockholders ; the said Bishop to be, ex officio, President of the Board. " In commending the enterprise to public patronage, by sub- scriptions to the capital stock formed for its accomplishment, it is respectfully suggested, — that nothing is asked, or will be re- ceived, as a gift, but only as a loan — that the sum advanced, and interest at six per cent, are abundantly secured by the property, held in trust for their payment — that the objects to be promoted by the Institution are closely connected with the best hopes of the country, and the dearest interests of man — that the success of the enterprise will doubtless encourage other undertakings for education on Christian principles — and that, so far as one- tenth part of the scholars is concerned, there Avill be a direct, and most effectual exercise of Christian benevolence, towards a most interesting class of persons, the daughters of deceased, or destitute clergymen. At the time of the printing of this Cir- cular, more than half the shares have been subscribed for." "2soTE. — The Institution is organized on the plan of a Christian family, under the pastoral care of the Eector of St. Mary's Church, who is the Bishop of the diocese. " Full courses of Lectures are delivered annually in the Lecture-room of the Institution, to the pupils alone, in Botany, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry, with a complete apparatus. " The year is divided into two terms of twenty-two weeks each ; and two va- 452 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH • THE ^'EW INSTITUTION READY. " You will rejoice with me in the public favour which has thus far atteuded the new enterprize in behalf of education in our Church, on Christian principles, St. Mary's Hall. In some of my late addresses, I have urged the importance of the subject, in more especial reference to the education of boys. A provi- dential circumstance threw in my way an opportunity to pro- mote that most important interest in relation to the sex to which we owe our mothers. I acknowledge the reproof which it con- veyed ; and have sought to be instructed by it, and to carry it out in practice. We should have begun there. It is upon the character of the mother that the character of the race depends. If our daughters be 'as polished corners,' it will not be difficult to secure, with God to bless us in our building, that ' the whole temple be fitly framed together.' The subject has been so fully brought to your notice in other forms, that I dwell on it now no farther, than to say, that the Institution is completely organized and ready for the reception of pupils ; that the persons charged with their care, enjoy, as they deserve, my highest confidence ; and that the plan thus far succeeds to my perfect satisfaction. It is commended to your pious prayers. " An Institution for the education of boys and young men, on the same plan, is of the first necessity. It is called for more and more loudly by the wants of the country, and by the in- creasing intelligence and piety of the Church. The present is a favourable juncture to secure advantages which may be lost cations of four weeks each. The Summer terra commences on the first Wed- nesday in May, and tlie Winter term on the iirst Wednesday in November. "The regular expenses of each term, inchuling boarding and lodging, with fuel and lights, and instruction in all the English branches, the ancient lan- guages, psalmody, plain sewing, and the domestic economy, will be one hundred dollars, payable always in advance. There will be a charge of six dollars for each term for the use of bed, bedstead, bedding and towels. AVash- ing will be cliar<;ed at fifty cents a dozen. Pupils who remain will be charged $12.50 for each of the two vacations. " Instruction, for the (juarter of 11 weeks, in French, S7.50 ; German, Italiim or Spanish, SIO.OO; Drawing and Painting, S8.00 ; Fancy work, S6.00 ; Piano, with use of instrument, !?lo.00 ; Guitar. S15.00 ; Harp, §25.00 ; Organ S20.00. " All money for the use of the pupils must be entrusted to the Head of the Family, under whose directions, expenditures and purchases are to be made. " Communications addressed to the Eev. Asa Eaton, D. D., Chaplain and ead of the Family of St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, Kew Jersey." Head IN BURLIXGTOX. 453 forever. I shall not cease to pray that the diocese of New Jer- sey may soon present herself to the Church, in complete organ- ization, as a seminary for the sons and daughters of Zion. I can conceive of no more desirable completion of the plan, than would be presented in a Missionary College." — Episcopal Ad- dress, dated April 1st, 1837. ST. Mary's hall established. May 31st, 1837. The 54th Annual Convention was held in St. Mary's, Bishop Doane presiding. Six clergymen from other dioceses were present, among whom were the Rt. Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine, D. D., Bishop of Ohio, The Rev. Chauncey Colton, J). D., and the Rev. William Croswell. To his parochial report. Bishop Doane adds : " The most important event in the history of the parish is con- nected with the establishment of St. Mary's Hall, an Institution for Female education on Christian principles, under immediate Episcopal supervision. The principals, teachers, and scholars, forming one family, are all parishioners of St. Mary's Church, and there are already twelve added to the communion from that source. A class for Scriptural instruction, and another for in- struction in the Liturgy, are attended, every week, in addition to the constant religious iniluence of the Reverend Chaplain and Head of the Family, and of the Principal Teacher, and her as- sistants. On Sundays and Holy days, the whole of the family of St. Mary's Hall attend public worship in the parish Church." " There are three services on each Lord's Day ; that in the afternoon being always an expository lecture, (at present, on the Acts of the Apostles, .in course,) or the public catechising, which occupies the place of the sermon, on the afternoon of the first Sunday in every month. The class for Scrij^tural instruction meets on Saturday evening. The 'Offerings of the Church,' which are collected on the morning of that day, (being Com- munion Sunday,) have amounted to .$590.33, being an increase since last year of §235.50. " To this result the monthly Missionary Lecture, on the evening before the offerings are collected, has been of great im- 451 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH portance. The contributions to other objects have also greatly increased. The ladies of the Sewing Circle, which embraces all in the parish, still prosecute their work and labour of love. Besides improving every opportunity to do good to those of their immediate household, they have engaged to support one Greek girl, at Mrs. Hill's School, in Athens, to be educated, as a teacher in Greece. Since the removal of the Rev. Mr. Starr, to Trenton, where he occupies the Rectorship of St. Michael's Church, there has been no clerical assistance in the parish. The services of Mr. Edward G. Prescott, now in deacon's orders, during his candidateship, have been of great value to the Sun- day school, which is now in a much better state than ever before. I am at present much assisted in this department by Mr. Benjamin D. Winslow, a candidate for orders." BENJAMIN DAVIS WINSLOW. In 1835, Benjamin Davis Winslow f came from Cambridge t Benjamin Davis Winslow was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 13th, 1815, and baptized, in his sixteenth year, by the Eev. Wni. Croswell, Rector of Christ Church, in that city, and from that time devoted himself to the sacred min- istry. Tlie year following he entered Harvard College. " It was during his residence at the University," writes Bishop Doane, "that the Bomish con- vent at Charlestown was destroyed, by an outrageous act of lawless violence. Winslow was a young man of an enthusiastic, not only, but highly excitable, temperament. He felt most strongly the indignation, which that deed enkindled in every generous breast. What he felt deeply, he was wont to express warmly. In some such way, his feelings were enlisted on the side of Eome. A young man of 'mark and likelihood,' his case attracted the notice of the clergy of that communion, in Boston. One thing led to another, until he found himself admitted to, what seemed, their fullest confidence. Books were put into his hands. The enticing arts, which none know better how to use, were sedulously applied. His very position, as a leader among the young Churchmen of the University, when neither his years nor his acquirements had enabled him to know, much less to give, a reason of the hope that was in him, increased his exposure. With just enough acquaintance with the Church to feel a reverence for antiquity, and a disposition to be governed by author- ity ; he had made but little progress in that search of Holy Scripture, and of ancient authors, by which alone the Christian can be guarded against the countless forms of errors — more dangerous, in proportion as they seem the more to assimilate themselves to the truth. The result of such a state of things was natural and obvious. A young man of less than twenty, his spirit all alive to classical and chivalrous associations, thrown off his guard by the stirring up of all his deepest impulses, thinking himself to be somewhat, as a Churchman, in close and constant conference with a Roman Bishop and his Priests ! Who could hesitate as to the issue ? Of all this, I was iti perfect ignorance; when I received from him the following letter: " IX BURLINGTOX. 455 to Burlington, where "he was domesticated in the family of the Bishop of Xew Jersey, to whom he was as a son." '"Harvard Tniversitv, Feb'y 23, 1S35. " ' My Dear Ukcle, '' ' The contents of the following letter, will undoubtedly give you both sur- iprise and pain ; but duty to myself, to you and to God, compel me to make this disclosure. The only thing for which I lament is, that I did not write you my doubts and difficulties six weeks ago; and then 1 might have been rescued from what you will consider a great error. To be brief, I am all but •converted to the faith of the Tioinan Catltolic Church; and unless I am to be reclaimed, I mu.=t in the course of a few weeks openly join her communion. My affections, my sympathies, are all with the Protestant Episcopal Church ; but my judgment is almost convinced that she is in a state of schism. But you will naturally enough enquire, how did this come about? Ever since the ■destruction of the convent at Charlestown, my attention has been directed to the faith of the [Koman] Catholic Church. I have perused the works of several of her best champions; and have had long conversations with Bishop Fenwick, of Boston, and another Eoraan Catholic Clergyman. I\ot that I would give you to understand that my investigations have been of an ex parte nature; I have also studied the ablest Protestant authors: and yet, the result is, that I am nearly if not quite convinced that the Church of Eome is the only Church of Christ. " ' It is not my design, in writing these lines, to enter into a full relation of the various reasons which have led me to such conclusions ; suffice it to say, that my present views seem to my mind to be the Church theory of our own Qiurch, carried out to its legitimate result. I have always believed that Christ is not •divided — that there should be but one fold, as there is one Shepherd — that our Lord had promised to be with his visible Church, to the end of the world — that His Church should be guided into all truth, and be the pillar and ■ground of the truth, because he was to be with it all days. Xow these are truths, as I humbly think, which are so firiittly founded in Scripture, antiquity, reason and common sense, that they cannot be overthrown. But if these views be true, the Church of Kome, as it appears to me, is the only true Church. Where was our Church, before the (so called) Eeformation ? [See this question ably treated in Dr. Hook's Sermon, ' Hear the Church' — G. "\V. D.J Did she not separate from the Catholic Church at that time? If she be -the true Church, then Christ deserted his Church, and was false to his promise of being with her all days. There certainly cannot be two true Churches so at variance as Kome and England. If Eome be right, England must be wrong. If Eome be wrong, then our views of the Church must be erroneous. Such is my dilemma. And I cannot see any better alternative than thatiof returning to the Mother Church. " ' Xo dissenter can possibly meet my objections. Churchmen, and Church- men alone, can understand my peculiar difficulties. I would therefore bes you, my dear uncle, if you should have time, to recommend any work whicli will meet my case; and also give me any light, by which I may conscien- tiously remain in the Protestant Episcopal Church — a Church which I have so much loved and honoured. Excuse my troubling you with this letter. It is no less painful to me than it can prove to you. But it is my duty, and duty must be done. '' ' Very affectionately yours, " ' Benjamin Davis Wik.si.ow.' " " In a moment, I saw his position. I saw tliat to refer him to books, while Jesuit expositors had his confidence, was vain. I saw that he was not acce-s.^- ible to reason. I saw that to remain at Cambridge, was to rush, and that at once, into the gulph that yawoed for him. The image that pos.sessed my mind at once, and haunted it, by day and night, f. T>., Bishop of Western New York, the Rev. Edmund D. Barry, D. D., and the Rev. George Y. Morehouse. The Bishop then took the Chair, and called the Convention to order ; and having stated that the Rt. Rev. Dr. DeLancey was present, it was, on motion, resolved, that the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Western New York be invited to an honorary seat in this Convention. The Rev. Messrs. Croes and Ward were appointed a Committee to conduct Bishop DeLancey f to the seat provided for him, on the right hand of the Bishop, DEATH AND BURIAL OF REV. ME. WINSLOW. "It was in the midst of such usefulness, [see p. 4G4,J and in the bloom of domestic happiness, with a wife of less than a year beside him, that the keen eye of science detected, in the hidden malady which had distressed him [Mr. Winslow] for some months, the seeds of certain death. * * When he was told that all was given up by his physicians, not a feature of his countenance was changed. ' God's will be done!' was the immediate and becoming expression. Nay, if he might but be prepared, he would add, ' Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly ! ' All his arrangements were made to the most minute detail ; 'as calmly,' one well remarked, 'as if he were going on a journey.' He spoke to all his friends, of his decease, witli the serenity of an old saint. All he was anxious for, he said, was for his sins. f Only twenty days before— on the Feast of the Ascension, May 9th, 1839 — in St. Peter's Church, Auburn, X. Y., the Rev. Dr. DeLancey was consecrated as the first Bishop of the new Diocese of Western !New York. On the evening preceding that solemnity Bishop Doane preached on ''The Inherited Deprav- ity of Man." By request, the sermon was published ;■ and in a prefatory note, the Bishop says: "This discourse was one of a course of Lent Lectures, on the Fifty-first Psalm, delivered by the Author, in his parish Church of St. Mary's, Burlington. Being called upon, unexpectedly, to preach, in the presence of the Convention of the Diocese of Western New York, at Auburn, when recently there to assist in the Consecration of his esteemed friend and brother, the Bishop elect of that Diocese, it was taken for that occasion, merely as the simple exposition of a fundamental truth." 468 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Them, he liumbly trusted, he might cast, by faith, upon the bleeding Cross. He was from his childhood the most conscien- tious of beings. ^\.nd, though, to all who knew him, his life seemed wrought, through grace, to the highest point of excel- lence attainable to man, to him, he said, it all seemed sinful. Nevertheless, he rested on the atonement by Christ Jesus ; and he desired his dying testimony to be recorded to the sufficiency and power of those principles and institutions, in which, as a Catholic Churchman, he had lived, and hoped to die. * * On the day before his death, he spoke strongly of the entire sufficiency, for all the purposes of devotion, in every condition of life, of the Book of Common I'rayer. He had the satisfaction to know that 'prayer had been made to God for him continu- ally,' in his parish Church for many weeks; as in others in the diocese. * * As he lay serene and still, he gently raised his right hand, then as cold as stone, and traced upon his forehead, in silence and solemnity, the sign of the blessed Cross. We understood the omen. He was retracing his baptismal sign. He was renewing his baptismal dedication. He was confessing the Crucified once more before men. He was sealing himself for the sepulchre. * * He gradually sunk, breathed more and more faintly, and surrendered up his spirit to the God who gave it, so quietly that his latest breath could not be distinguished. ' So He giveth his beloved sleep.' His funeral was attended on Saturday morning, in St. Mary's Church ; the Bishop of the diocese, as he had requested, scarcely- performing the funeral service. After which he was borne to the grave by his sorrowing brethren, and followed by a weeping community. His funeral sermon was to have been preached on Sunday morning : but was deferred until the afternoon, at the instance of the Presbyterian minister ; who, in the name of his own congregation, and those of the Baptists and Methodists, requested that arrangement in a most tndy Christian letter : f t"KTGHT KeVBREN'Ii AND DbAR SiR : "You are aware of the dcL-p sympalhy of all denominations of Christians, in the present affliction of yonr family and Church. Tiie departure of AVins- low, has spread a gloom over tlie community, of which he was a useful and cherislied member. For one, I loved and honoured him for his Christian IN BURLIXGTON. 469 * * And, notwithstanding the violence of the storm, the C'hurcli was filled to overflowing. So easy is it to be a decided and consistent Churchman; and yet, by a holy life and "haritable conversation, secure the universal favour." — Remains al Address, 1847. -CONSECRATION OF THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY IKNOCEXTS. "On Thursday, 25 March, 1847, (Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,) I consecrated the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, which, by the good hand of God upon me, I have been enabled to erect, for the religious uses of St. Mary's Hall. The Sen- tence of Consecration was read by the Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Germain, and the Rev. Mr. Ogilby, (of the diocese of Pennsyl- vania,) read morning prayers, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bradin. I preached the sermon on the occasion, confirmed six children, (five of them pupils of St. Mary's Hall, and one a student of Burlington College,) and administered the Holy Communion. There were present, the Rev. Messrs. Morehouse, Starr, A. B. Paterson, Adams, Hallowell and Lybrand : the Rev. Dr. Mor- gan, and the Rev. Messrs. Talbot, Beasley, Pryor and Lightner, (of the diocese of Pennsylvania ;) the Rev. Messrs. W. L. John- son and Vinton, (of the diocese of New York,) and the Rev. Mr. Thackara, of the diocese of Georgia.) I acknowledge the com- pletion and consecration of this Holy Place, M'ith fervent grati- tude to Almighty God, as the sacred token of His acceptance of my self-devotion, now ten years, to the great work of Christian Education, and of His blessing on the enterprise. The excellent Matron has collected from the pupils of the Hall, and from IX BURLINGTON. 491 their friends, and contributed from the earnings of the house- hold, about one-fourth of the cost of the erection. She is dili- gently pursuing her generous desire, to redeem me from the liability for the remainder. The building, a,s I hope you will take the opportunity to see, is v.ell-nigh perfect in its propriety and convenience; and does great credit to Mr. Xotman, under whose direction it was erected. The beautiful chancel window is tlie gift of a dear child ; the Bible and Prayer Book are given by a venerable lady, a beloved parishioner of mine, in other years, in Trinity Church, Boston ; and the Service for the Communion is on its way from England, the present of a lady there, my kind and faithfid friend. These offerings of love, from sources so remote and various, blending here, embody and endear, to all our hearts, the communion of the saints in Christ : distinct, as billows ; as the ocean, one. The arrangements for the service in the Chapel realize to my mind, the utmost meas- ure of convenience, apj)ropriateness and impressiveness ; and are worthy of careful consideration, in regard to many of our parish Churches. Indeed, I look upon its influence, in disseminating the true idea of sacred architecture, as among the most import- ant results of its so long desired completion. Of its interest and value to the Institution, which it consecrates and crowns, I can- not adequately speak. To give a school the name of Christ, to undertake the work of Christian Education, to be responsible for bringing children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, without a House of Prayer, without a holy place, with- out an altar, to say the least of it, is most unseemly, inconsistent, rash. It is to leave that contingent, which we admit is indis- putable. It is to present that as secondary, which we declare is fundamental. * * The daily service brings the household there together at six, in the morning, and at half past seven in the evening; while, at twelve, at noon, whoever will comes to a service, which, though very short, suffices to solemnize the day, and to remind us that it is all the Lord's. We ask the prayers of all, that on these prayers of ours, a blessing may be sent, to sanctify and crown our work, and make the daughters of St. Mary's Hall the polished corners of the Temple of our Ood." — Episcopal Address, 1847. 492 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH EVENSONG, IN THE CHAPEL OP THE HOLY INNOCENTS. Twilight dews are falling fast, Upon the green and silent shore; Twilight hours their shadows cast The deeply rolling river o'er ; The zaphvr's voice is scarcely heard, Amid the willow's pensive boughs, The robin's song is silent now. And hushed the boatman's wild carouse. Dimly and red the rolling sun Now sinks beneath the western sky. As, like a king, whose race is run, He lays him down in pomp to die. Upon the river's swelling breast His soft and crimson glory falls. On many a cloud's embattled crest. And on St. Mary's hallowed walls. Hark ! the vesper bell is tolling With a sweet and mournful sound, O'er the woods and waters rolling, With music deep, and voice profound; "To prayer, to prayer, oh, come, and kneel With joyful hearts, in glad accord ; And learn the language of the skies, Ye gentle handmaids of the Lord." In thronging beauty forth they come, Unto the solemn place of prayer ; And now the organ's pealing notes Are trembling on the evening air ; A hundred voices, soft and clear, Are floating through the arches high ; A"hundi-ed voices, tuned as one, Are ringing upwards to the sky : " God be merciful unto ns, And bless us, and show us the light Of Plis countenance — " Oh, holy strain ! oh, blessed prayer ! That rolls along the solemn aisle ; That floats upon the- evening air, ^Vnd angels bear to heaven the while. Across the waves, across the fields It swells in cadence strong and full. And lingers on the silent leaves, "To us, oh God, be merciful." The sunset's red and golden light Is streaming on the chancel floor. And, through the Chapel's vaulted height,. That blessed prayer is heard to pour ; And with the organ's pealing sound Still swells, with cadence sweet and .full,. In circling surges, round and round, " To us, oh God, be merciful." IN BURLINGTON. 493 The river wind hath caught the sound, And bears it on his pinions strong, And trees with sumnaer glory crowned. The blest and holy strain prolong ; And, floating on the distant air. Is borne, in cadence low and full. The burthen of the evening prayer, " To us, oh God, be merciful." The fisher, on his homeward way, Leans silent on his weary oar. And hears, amid the twilight gray. That sweet and solemn hymn once more ; As, stealing o'er the waters far. In accents wild, and cadence full, It trembles on the summer air, "To us, oh God, be merciful." Z. Burlington, July, 1847. A PARISH SCHOOL FOE GIRLS OPENED. " By the active exertion of some ladies, a Parish Scliool for girls, has been opened. Thirty-three scholars, receive a plain English instruction, are taught to sew, and are catechized weekly. The means for supporting it for one year have been obtained. It is hoped that it will be made permanent ; and one for boys established. "The Rev. Dr. Ver Mehr acts as Curate; and performs the proper offices of the, diaconate with great usefulness and accep- tation." — Parochial Report, 1847. 8UBSCEIPTI0XS TO THE NEW CHURCH. FROM DEO., 184G TO JAN., 1848. George "VY. Doane, Isaac B. Parker, Caroline Watson, C. Lippincott, Susan V. Bradford, Estate of Ann M. AVall, each $1000. ^Ym. M. Mcllvaine & Sisters, $750. Dr. Charles Ellis, E. J. Shippen, Joseph Askew, Edward N. Perkins, Sarah P. Cleveland, Charles C. Perkins, each $500. James IT. Per- kins, $300. Charles AV. Kinsman, $275. Henry C. Carey, $250. Dr. N. W. Cole, Sarah C. Robardet, Edward Harris, "VVm. J. Watson, George W. Doane, each §200. Thomas Mil- nor, Elizabeth Lyde, C. F. Lyde, Richard B. Jones, Estate of Walter Wilson, Edward B. Grubb, Capt. F. Engle, D. W. Cox, Sarah P. Cleveland, each $100. Mary Weems, A. G. Ralston, Wm. A. Rogers, Joshua W. Collett, Mrs. J. S. Riddle, T. I. 494 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Wharton, Samuel Rogers, Rachel B. Wallace, James W. Bradiu,. Isaac B. Parker, each §50. Mrs. S. C. Byles, Fanny Martee, Francis Roth, Charles Hand, Caroline Watson, each $25; Sophy, CoK, at Mr. Chauncey's, A Friend, Ditto being pro- ceeds of sale of skein of Pearls, to be accounted for by ISIrs. Doane, each .$10. Mrs. Wiltbauk, §5. — Treasurer's Book. ^TEARLY THEEE UUNDEED CHILDIiEX IN THE TWO INSTI- TUTIONS. " Burlington College is intended for the training up of Pas- tors. It is designed, also, as a central home, for Missionary Deacons. When, in a few years more, these purposes shall be fulfilled, the diocese will have no want of Clergy, of a proper spirit. There are already there, five priests, and six young men, preparing for the ministry. Ten years, with God to bless us, will double, from that source alone, the present number of our Clergy. I ask your prayers, that God may bless the work; that he may raise up for it, those who, in furnishing it with the endowment,f which is all it needs, may find how true it is, which He hath said, ' It is more blessed to give than to receive; ' that He may continue to the dear children, in both houses, and to them who have the charge of them, abcrunding measures o-f His grace, ' that our sons may grow up as the young plants, and our daughters, as the polished corners of the temple.' * * " Nearly three hundred children are gathered now at Burling- ton. They come from every quarter of the land. They meet, as in a common home. They are knit together in the bonds of mutual love. They will disperse, with false impressions cor- rected, with prejudices removed, with attachments formed, with affections mutually won. The way to the parental heart is shortest, through the child. Sectional differences, will, in this way, be diminished ; local and personal partialities will be re- moved ; the North will be drawn nearer to the South ; the East will be conciliated to the West. In this way, who can tell what t Miss Eachel B. "Wallace, late of Burlington, has bequeathed to the College t^yo thousand dollars, for the support of such candidate, or candidates for orders, pursuing theological studies there, as the Bishop may designate. IX BURLIXGTOX. 49'& permanence may be imparted to our civil institutions, what vigor infused into our great national interests, what harmony secured in our vast political relations? Especially, when the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is made the central magnet of attraction ; especially, when the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ is made the fold, for safety and protection."— ipwcojjaf Address, 1848. THE REX. EKXEST HAM'KIXS, B. D., IX iJUELIXGTOX. " On Sunday, 29 July, 1849, (eighth after Trinity,) in St. Mary's Church, after morning prayers, by the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, B. D., Secretary of the Venerable Society, in Eng- land, for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, I preached, and confirmed fourteen persons ; seven of whom were pupils of St. Mary's Hall, and seven of Burlington College. * This w^as a service of jjeculiar interest. The parish in Burlington has been closely connected with the Church of England, and deeply indebted to it. The first project, for an American Episcopate, proposed one Bishop, for the Islands, and another, for the Continent: the see of the latter to be at Bur- lington. The scheme was then enlarged : two, for the Islands, and two, for the Continent ; one, at Burlington, and one, at Williamsburgh, Virginia. In 1714, a convenient mansion house and lands, for the Episcopal residence, were purchased, at the cost of £600 sterling, ' situate at Burlington, within the Jei'sies.' The project was arrested, by the death of Queen Anne. 'The convenient Mansion House' was burnt down. In 1803, the lands were conveyed, by the Venerable Society, to the Cor- poration of St. Mary's Church ; and are now its property. The first minister of Burlington was one of the earliest Mission- aries of the Society, the Eev. Mr. Talbot. The Rev. Secretary of the Society, making a tour, through the country, was my guest, at the time of the Confirmation. It had been appointed, in special reference to the two Christian Schools, which, for so many years, have found a shelter, in the parish, which was the earliest and most favoured nursling of the Society. It was a beautiful providence, that the excellent person, who, for ten 496 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH years has been its executive, and, in that period, has laid the foundation of thirteen colonial bishoprics, should be present, with us, as partaker of our humble joy." — Episcopal Address, 1850. GIFT OF A SILVER FLAGOX. A massive flagon, of silver, was bequeathed to the parish, bearing this inscription : t A bequest from Mrs. Susan Wallace of Philadelphia Widow of John Bradford AVallace, Esij to St. Mary's Church, Burlington, ^". J., A. D. 1S4'.) in memory of the baptism in that parish of three children A. D. 1807,' 1810, ISll. A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. "In the Name of the Father and of the Sox and of the HoiA' Ghost Amen. "THIS IS TO CERTIFY " That on this twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in St : Mary's Church in the City of Burlington, New Jersey, in a public congregation. The Rev. ]\Iaecus F. Hyde,! and Axxa M. MoEEis,J both of Burlington aforesaid, were by me duly united in Holy Matrimony, according to the provision of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. " G W DOANE, [l. s.] § " Rector of St. llary's Church." THE ARCHDEACON OF SPAXISH TOWN, IX BURLINGTON. " I shall but make by own feelings the vehicle of yours, mv reverend and beloved brethren, when I express the heartfelt f Professor of Ancient Languages in Burlington College. X AnnaMargaretta, daughter of Edmund Morris; and great-grand-daughter of Margaret Morris, from whose journal we quoted, on p. 321. ? The -well-known Episcopal seal of Bishop Doane, with the milre at the top of the shield, and beneath, the legend " Eight Oxwakd.'' IN BUELINGTON. 497 pleasure, which has been aiforded, by the presence, among us, this morning, of the Venerable Archdeacon Smith, of Spanish Town, in the Island of Jamaica. The Right Reverend the Bishop of that diocese was only prevented, from accepting my invitation, by a previous engagement, to go elsewhere. * * The increasing intercommunion of the mother and the daughter Church, now sisters, the Church of England, and the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of -America, is full of comfort, not only, but of the highest promise, for the spread of Apostolic truth, and the increase of Catholic love. May it ^abound more and more ! " — Episcopal Address, 1850. GIFT OF A PATEN AND CHALICE. On the 25th of December, 1850, the parish was presented with a silver-gilt paten, and chalice, of beautiful design and finish. Around the rim of the paten, in Church text, we read : " He that eateth of ihis bread shall live forever 'i' " On the reverse, "St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., the Thankofering of a Parishioner y,-mas 1850." Around the bowl of the chalice, in letters similar to those on the paten, is this : " ^ Whoso drinJceth my blood hath eternal life." And around the base, "St. Ilary's Church, Burlington, N. J., the Thankoffering of a Parishioner, X-fnas, 1 850." COLLEGIANS PLANTING TREES. " On All Saints' Day, 1 JSTovember, 1851, I was present, and assisting, at Burlington College, at the beginning of a usage ; which I cannot but regard as charitable and pious, and cannot but hope may be perpetual. The Alumni, having determined to plant, each one, a tree, on that day, in the hope, that those who come after them, may follow their example, assembled, at the noon service, in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents ; where (as on all Holy Days) the Holy Communion was administered. We went, thence, in procession, to the College grounds ; where, after, appropriate prayers, the trees were planted. It is a beau- tiful thought, in these young Churchmen, to combine the me- morial of themselves, with the comfort of their successors, and 2i 498 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the adorumeiit of their Alma Mater. May they, themselves, be, all, as trees, ' the planting of the Lord ! ' " — Episcopal Address, 1S52. EEJIAEKS OX THE SPECIAL CONVENTION. " Of the Special Convention, which assembled on my call, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on Wednesday, the 17th day of March, 1852, there is no occasion for me, now, to speak. The Journal is in your hands ; and, with it, a full minute, of the debates, as well as of the proceedings. 1 must be permitted, here, to say, that the trials, toils, and sufferings of my whole Episcopate were overpaid, by the unfaltering confidence, and unflinching determination to maintain the right, of the Clergy and people, over whom God has made me the overseer. With such a Clergy, and with such a people, I am ready, for whatever is appointed to me ; to live, or die, with them. It is my duty, here, to state, that, the action of the Special Conven- tion notwithstanding, what purports to be an ' official summons ' ' to appear in Camden, New Jersey, on the 24th day of June, 1852, and answer to the specifications made in the presentment' ' by ' ' tlie Bishops of Virginia, Ohio, and Maine, for trial,' signed ' Phil'r Chase, Pres'g B'p,' was served on me, on the 30th day of April. I trust, that I shall have grace from God, not to fail, in what I owe to my brethren, in the Episcopate, and to my successors, in that office, in this extraordinary state of affairs. And, I have perfect confidence, that the Diocese, whose' repre- sentatives, at the Special Convention, filled the hearts of Christ- endom, with grateful admiration, will look well to its own rights and responsibilities, in the premises." — Episcopal Address, 1852. PROPOSAL TO RE-ESTABLISPI "THE MISSIONARY." " It is proposed to re-establish the Missionary, as a paper devoted generally to the interests of the Holy Catholic Church ; and as the official organ of the Bishop of New Jersey. Its dis- continuance was felt, by very many Churchmen of the Diocese, to be a great disadvantage ; but, it became necessary, from the pecuniary loss which it devolved on the Proprietor. With a view to remedy this evil, a more responsible and efficient method of conducting it has been adopted. IN BUELINGTOX. J 99 "The Missionary will be, as before, under the immediate supervision and control of the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of the Dio- cese. It will be published on the second and fourth Mondays of every month ; beginning as soon as 400 subscribers are ob- tained : and will contain eight pages, small folio. The price of subscription will be §2.00 a year, payable in advance ; or .§2.50, if collected. The Missionary will be sent free to the Clergy of this Diocese, and to any person sending to the Editor the names of four subscribers. " This Circular, with the accompanying letter of the Bishop, is earnestly commended to the attention and interest of the Clergy, and the Laity, of the Church. " All communications relative to the paper, must be addressed to the Editor and Proprietor. " A¥iLLiAM Ceosavell Doake, " Burlivgton, New Jersey. " Riverside^ December 7th, 1 852." "The undersigned earnestly commends to the patronage of the Diocese, and of Churchmen, everywhere, the enterprise now entered on, in the revival of the Missionary. It will be con- ducted, strictly and constantly, under his control and super- vision ; and will sustain and set forward the principles and institutions, to which his life has been devoted. "G. ^Y. DOANE, " Bishop of Neio Jersey. "Riverside, 8 December, 1852." REV. AVJr. CROSW^ELL DOANE ELECTED ASSISTANT. " At a meeting of the Yestry of St. Mary's Church, held April 21st, 1853, the Secretary laid before the Vestry the fol- lowing letter, from the Rev. William Croswell Doane, in reply to his communication to him, of his unanimous election to the office of Assistant Minister of this Parish, which letter was read and ordered to be recorded upon the minutes : " ' Riverside, April 9, 1853. " ' My dear Mr. Aertsen : " ' Allow me to express through you to the Wardens and Ves- trymen of this parish, my sincere thanks for the confidence with which they have honored me, in calling me to be their Assist- ant Minister. I need hardly say with what deep feeling I 500 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH accept a call, which enables me to relieve my Father of part of the toil, which, for so many years, he has borne alone ; and to serve humbly, and in the fear of God at the altar of my Con- firmation, my first Communion and my Ordination, among those who have so long walked with me in the House of God as friends. " ' "With great respect " ' Your faithful friend & servt. in Christ, "'Wm. Ceoswell Doane. '"R. B. Aeetsen, Esq., "'Sec. of Te.s. of St. Mary's Ch.'" DURING THE ERECTION OF A CHURCH. The following Prayer is used in St. Mary's Church, Burling- ton ; and is permitted to be used in any of the Congregations of the Diocese, under similar circumstances. G. W. DOANE, Bishop of New Jersey. Riverside, 4 July, 1853. THE PRAYER. O, Almighty God, who hast given unto us, Thy servants, grace, to erect an house, for the honour of Thy name, and for the comfort and salvation of tiie souls, for which. Thy only Son did shed His precious blood, accept the offering, which, in all humility, we bring to Thee, of that, which is Thine own; and bless Thy servants, and their service. " Prosper, Thou the work of our hands upon us," O God ; " O, prosper Thou our handy-work." Direct their counsels, to whom the work is specially entrusted, that it may be ordered, to Thy greatest glory, and to the greatest good of Thy believing people. Have, in Thy Holy keeping, the building, and whatsoever appertains to it : that our sacred purpose may be brought, the soonest, to the best result. Direct and bless the skill and industry of the Architect, the master-builders, and the workmen. May they be safe from every accident, and secure from every danger. And may all, who are, in any way connected with this temple, made with hands, be built up, through the operation of Thy Holy Spirit, as living stones, acceptable to Thee, through Him, who is the tried and precious corner stone, Thy Son, our only S9,viour, Jesus Christ. Amen. IN BURLINGTON. 501 THE PEESENTMEXT DISJIISSED. "From the next day, 1 September, 185?., to the 15, indusive, I was in attendance on the Court of Bishops, assembled, in Cam- den, on the third presentment,! made for substantially the same charges, by the Bishops of Virginia, Ohio, and Maine : all of which had been investigated by a Committee of your Body, after testimony, taken under oath ; and declared to be not sustained by evidence. As the order of the Court, that ' the presentment be dismissed, and the respondent be discharged, without day,' was unanimous, seventeen Bishops, the whole of the Court, being present, I content myself with the single remark, that the form which its conclusion took, was not of my seeking ; and was recommended to me, as, in the highest degree, desirable, for the peace and unity of the Church. Having laboured, assiduously, for that end, during a ministry, which overruns the third part of a century, I am thankful to believe that it has still been fur- thered, by the decision of this vexatious controversy." — Episco- pal Address, 1854. THE CHEISTMAS "WAITS. On the midnight of Christmas, A. D. 1853, the old English •custom was introduced in the parish for " the Waits" — a num- ber of young men — to visit the Episcopal residence, the homes of the Clergy, the Hall and the College, and the houses of promi- nent 'parishioners, saluting them under their windows, with Christmas carols. SERVICES FOR THE UPPER PART OF THE CITY PROPOSED. "At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church held Feb. 6, 1854, the Rector having stated to the Vestry that his partic- ular object in calling them together on this occasion, was to ■express to them his conviction of the obligation not only, there was resting upon this parish to furnish additional Church Services and instruction to the residents in the upper part of f For this " Kew Jersey Case '' — too voluminous for insertion in tliis worlc — the reader is referred to the "Journals of (he Conventions of the Diocese of New Jersey," and to the " Life of Bishop Doane, by his Son," pp. 470-506 ; and, further, to the "Life of Bishop Hopliins, by his Son," pp. 250-267. 502 HISTORY OF TPIE CHURCH the City who could not be induced to attend at the Parish Church ; but also that the time had fully come when an effort should be made to fulfill said obligation, it was on motion "Resolved, That the M'ardens be appointed a committee to confer with the Rector upon the most desirable mode of accom- plishing said object, and that they report to a future meeting of Vestry." A COXSECKATION PATEN. At Easter, 1854, a very large and elegant consecration-paten of silver-gilt was presented, having a medallion, in enamel of red and white, of the King of Glory, with the ensign of sovereignty in his hand, his head being surrounded with a nimbus in which the cross is conspicuous. Around the rim of the paten is this inscription in Church text: ">i>Blessing and honour and glory and power he unto Him that silteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen." On the reverse is this : "^i?(tm6ft/ laid upon the Altar of St. Ilary's Church, Burlington, Kciu Jei~sey, Easter, 2IBCCCLIV. f " " Laus Deo ! "A record of the Goodness and INIercy of God, as most nota- bly displayed in His protection from destruction, of the beautiful Temple, now being erected to His Honour and Glory by the members of this parish. " On the evening of Thursday the 27th day of April, 1854, during a storm remarkable for its violence, the spire of the new Church, then built up to about three-fourths of its designed height, and as yet, entirely unprotected by any human means from such a disaster, was struck by a thuuder-bolt so crushing, as to render hopeless any resistance, which the strength of the most solid masonry could offer to its violence ; but. Blessed be Our God, who 'hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm' and before whom 'the mountains quake and the hills melt,' 'Our Holy and Beautiful House' was not ' burned up,' the Lord 'made a way for the lightning of the thunder,' and the prayers which have been daily offered in His sanctuary for the preservation of IX BURLINGTON. 503 the building and all concerned in its erection, were mercifully heard and answered. " With the exception of the displacing of a few stones, which one day's labor restored, no injury was done; and this record is now here made, as a memorial of our thanksgiving to God for His most, Providential mercy. " ' Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.' " — Vestry ilinutes. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR A NEW ORGAX. " The undersigned agree to contribute what is underwritten to the purchase of an Organ, for St. Clary's Church, to cost fifteen hundred dollars ; and to be approved by the Rector. The payment to be made to Thomas [Milnor in three equal parts : 10 May, 10 June, and 10 .July. "Robert B. Aertsen, Franklin Gauntt, Elizabeth G. Cole, Rebecca Cole, William J. Watson, IMargaret Mcllvaine, ^lary Mcllvaine, William ilcllvaine, L. W. Cannell, Henry C. Carey, E. E. Boudiuot, Caroline Watson, Mrs. I. B. Parker, Miss IMarcia Parker, Miss Virginia Parker — §50 eacli. T. W. Wall — §30. Jas. Farnum, Thomas JNIilnor, .James W. Wall, Mrs. J. W. Wall, The Misses Shippen, Charles Swann, Mrs. Swann, Mr. DestouGt, Mr. Lincoln— §25 each. H. McDowell— $10. John D. ]Moore, From a Lady — §5 each. Miss I'atty Keal, Susan Burr — §1 each." , A PARISH SCHOOL FOR BOYS. "The Parish School for boys, under the care of Mr. Samuel B. Seaman, contains thirty-seven boys, who receive a plain English education, with careful religious instruction, weekly catechism and instruction in sacred music. The Parish School for girls, under the care of iNliss Anna W. Blackney, numbers eighty children ; whose instruction comprises, plain sewing, in addition to the above. Both Schools are strictly under the supervision 504 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and control of the Clergy of the Parish, and are for the children of its j)Oor. "A class for Scriptural instruction, meeting every week, has been successfully commenced. " The new Parish Church, f will be ready for consecration, in a few weeks, if it please God. " The Rev. Mr. Frost continues to render valuable service in the Parish." — Parochial Report, 1854. ST. Mary's excels in offerings. " ' St. Mary's Church, Burlington,' writes Bishop Doane in a Pastoral Letter to the diocese, dated St. John Baptist's Day, 1854, ' has contributed more than all the rest of the diocese, to the Offerings of the Church, for the last Conventional year. Moreover, since the establishment of the Offerings of the Church,' as the diocesan mode of Missionary contributions, iu 1833, that Parish has contributed twenty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars, to various Church uses. * * " The Offerings, on the first Sunday in every month, are for the charities of the Parish. On the other Sun- days in the month, unless for some special purpose, they are for the Missions of the diocese. Whenever a special purpose is deemed proper, notice of it is given, on the Sunday preceding. The contributions, for stated purposes, hav^ never fallen off from a fair average. — For special purjjoses, they always rise in just proportion to the occasion. The people never think of their prayers going up, before God, without their alms. And, when a Clergyman, once, officiated, here, from abroad, who had not been instructed in this point, and there was no Offertory, they expressed their regret, and complained of feeling lost. There are many parishes, in this diocese, which are able to give more than St. Mary's, Burlington. If every Parish should adopt the plan, the hundreds would be thousands." t At a meeting of the Vi-stry of Trinity Church, New York, held June 9th, 1853, "An application of the Rt. Eevd. Bishop Duane, for the loan of the machine for raising stone owned by this Cluirch for the purpose of erectino- the spire of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, was received, and read, and it was ordered, that the same be loaned to the building of that Chmeh."— Extract from the Minutes. Wm. E. Dunscomb, Clerk of the Vestry. IN BURLIXGTON. 505 COXSECEATION OF THE XEH' ST. MAEY's CHUECH. " I do not think you will consider me extravagant, when I say, that the next service which I performed, was among the most interesting of my life : if I except the ordination of my two sons, quite the most interesting. I speak of the consecration of the new St. Mary's Church, in Burlington, on Thursday, the 10th of August, 1854. * * In 1845, the attempt was made to obtain such funds, as would warrant the erection of a new Church. The result was so encouraging, that the Corner Stone was laid, on the 17th day of November, 1846 : with the just confidence, that the proceeds of property, belonging to the Parish, would be immediately available, to make up, what was not subscribed, by the parishioners. But, in this reasonable re- liance, the Vestry were disappointed ; and a series of delays, and failures, not controllable by us, deferred, nine years, the complete fulfilment of our hopes. You may judge, with what an eager joy, we met the Psalmist's challenge, 'O come let us worship, and fall down, and kneel, before the Lord our Maker. For He is the Lord our God ; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. O worship the Lord, in the beauty of holiness.' And, how, 'like them that dream,' we felt, when He ' turned our captivity ;' and in the midst of the congregation of His people, we brought Him ' the honour that was due unto His name.' I deeply felt the general interest, in the occasion, which brought together so great a company of Clergy and of Laity, from other Dioceses, as well as from our own. The request for Consecration,! was presented to me by t" "We, the Eector, Church-wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, iu the City of Burlington, County of Burlington, and State of '^ew Jersey, hav- ing, by the good providence of Almighty God, erected in Burlington a hour^e of public worship — the former house erected in 1703, and enlarged, for the fourth time, and consecrated, in 1834, being too small for the parishioners — do hereby apipropriate and devote the same to the worship and service of Al- mighty God, the Fathee, the Son and the Holy Ghost, according to the provisions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of Amer- ica, in its ministry, doctrines, liturgy, rites, and usages, and by a congregation in communion with said Church, and in union with the Convention thereof in the Diocese of Kew Jersey. "And we do also hereby request the Eight Eeverend George "Washingtox DoANE, D. D., LL. D., the Bishop of the said Diocese, to lake the said build- ing under his spiritual jurisdiction, as Bishop afoi'esaid, and that of his suc- cessors in office, and to consecrate the same by the name of St. Mary's Church, 506 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the Senior Warden, Thomas Milnor, Esq. ; who, as Treasurer of the Corporation, has rendered services, which could not be paid for, and at a cost of time and care which none but himself, can estimate. It was read by the Rev. Dr. ^yatson, Rector of Burlington College. The sentence of Consecration was read by the Rev. Mr. Finch, President of the Standing Committee. Morning Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Creighton, (of the Diocese of New York,) and the Rev. Dr. Mahan, (of the Dio- cese of Pennsylvania ; now, I am happy to say, of this Diocese,) the Rev. Messrs. Clarkson, and Macurdy reading the Lessons. I preached, and administered tlie Holy Communion, the Rev. Mr. Germain, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, reading the Epistle. There were also present, the Rev. Messrs. Morehouse, Stewart, Frost, Rowland, E. K. Smith, Weld, C. F. Hoffman, and Foggo; the Rev. Messrs. Cox, Shackelford, McVickar, Hopkins, and Tracy, (of the Diocese of New York ;) the Rev. Drs. Dorr, and Williams, and the Rev. Messrs. Rogers, Ogilby, Bonner, Beasley, Franklin, Webb, Roberts, and Huntington, (of the Diocese of Pennsylvania ;) the Rev. Messrs. Flagg, Stearns, and Dashiell, (of the Diocese of Maryland,) the Rev. Mr. Allen, (of the Diocese of Miissachusetts,) and the Rev. Mr. l3oyd, (of the Diocese of Mississippi.) The single drawback of the occasion, was the absence, from indisposition, of the assistant Minister, the Rev. Professor Doane, whose unwearied labours had brought forward an excellent choir of men and boys, by whom the Psalter was chaunted antiphonally, and the whole music excel- lently sustained ; and in many other ways contributed to the Burlington, and thereby separate it from all unhallowed, worldly, and com- mon uses, and solemnly dedicate it to the holy purposes above mentioned. " And we do, moreover, hereby relinquish 'all chum to anv right of dispos- ing of the said building, or allowing of the use of it in any" way inconsistent with the terms and true meaning of this instrument of donation, and with the consecration hereby requested of the Bishop of this Diocese. "Ix Testimony Whereof, ^Ve, the said liector, Church-wardens, and Ve>lrrmen, have caused this instrument of donation to have attached to it the seal of our Corporation, and our signatures, this seventh dav of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. " (.T. AV. Doane, Rector. "Thos. Alilnor, Robert B. Aertsen, M'ardens. " F. Engle, Elias Howell, John Larzalere, William A. Roijors, Franklin Gauntt, Edw. B. Grubh, Vcatnjmcn." IN BURLINGTON. 507 order and beauty of the service. I shall undertake no description of the building. You have seen it. It speaks, for itself. It is, I believe, the first instance, in this country, of a cruciform Church, with a central tower and spire; all of which is of stone.f It does honour to the eminent ai'chitect, Mr. Richard Upjohn. For solidity and durableness, the building can hardly be surpassed. Its promise of perpetuity is as great as can be predicated, of any work of man. From age to age, it will remain, I trust, a mon- ument of the faith, and a temple for the worship, of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. To have been an hum- ble instrument, in a work so gracious, is among the highest blessings of my life. To worship, while I live, within its walls; and to lie down, at last, within its shadow, are first and chief, among my prayei's. Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, and the weekly administration of the Holy Communion, began, from the Consecration; and, I trust, will never cease. 'Let Thy Priests, O God, be clothed with salvation ; and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness.' " — Episcopal Address, 1855. f The land occupied by this new structure first came into the possession of the Church, through the pious will of Paul Watkinson (see p. 267). The item reads : " I give and bequeath unto Mary Watkinson my Wife, my House and Lot where I now live [corner of Walkinson's alley and Pearl street extending to the river] and my tiltle Orchtird, joining the Church Yard, during her nat- ural life, and after her decease my will is that my said House, Lot and Orchard shall go to the use of the Church called St. Annes Church in Bur- lington forever — but my Will and mind is that the House and Lot and Orchard be rented, and the rent thereof be put to interest and that same money be appropriated towards the building a Steeple to the said Church and then to the use of the said Church towards other Kepairs." The "little orchard" was leased to the corporators of the Burlington Acad- emy — see pp. 332-334 — who erected thereon a building of brick, in which was maintained, for thirty years, an English and Classical School of the highest order. The Principals of this Institution, as nearly as can be learned without records, were William Staughton, John Michael Hanckel, Christian Hanckel, .Jonathan Price, Elias Crane, Cleanthes Felfth. At a meeting of the Building Committee of the new Church, January 4th, 1847, Dr. Ellis reported " that in accordance with the instructions of the Com- mittee he had sold the Academy building for the sum of Four Hundred Dol- lars." In excavating for the foundations of the spire to be laid, Dr. Ellis savs : " The workmen went to .the depth of from nine to thirteen feet, until they reached enormous boulders — such as are found in the bed of the Dela- ware river." It is to this fact that Bishop Doane alludes in his Episcopal Address of 1848, when he says: "The new St. Mary's Church is sufficiently advanced to show its fine proportions, and majestic outline. Nothing that has been done in it, that has not been done for perpetuity. It will stand, while any human structure stands ; a rock, upon ' the Bock.' " 508 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH DIAGRAM OP THE XEW ST. MARY's CHURCH o. Altar. 6. Credence. c. Chancel Kailing. d. Bishop's Chair. e. Sedilia. /. Bishop's Throne. ff. g. Stalls. h. Pulpit, with canopy. i. Steps to pnlpit. .7. Lecturn. k. Font, with cover. /. Organ, in ICorth tran- sept. m. Staircase to South gallery. n. Staircase to West gal- lery. u. West door. p. South porch. 7. Door to South tran- sept. r. Sacristy. s. East window. IN BUKLINGTON. 509' DIOCESIS NEO-C^SAEIENSIS. IIEDITATIONES — AXXO POST DEDICATIONEM ECCLESIiE SANCT.E MARINE PAROCHIALIS, ix oppido buelixgtox, x. die augusti, a. d. ji dccclv. o:mxiet:s eidelibus EX AXIMO GRATO — OBLAT.E. Rogate, qu£e ad pacem sunt Jerusa- 1 e m : e t a- bundantia diligentibus te. Fiat pax in virtute tua : et abundaotia in turribus tuis. Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos loquebor pacem de te :. Propter domum Domini Dei nostri quseram, bona tibi. Gloria Patri^ et Filio : et S p i r i t u i Sancto : Si- cut erat in principio, et nunc, et sem- per : et in ssecula sse- c u 1 r u m . AMEN. 510 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH I N M E M (> E I A U DEDICATIOXIS ECOLESI.T; SAXCT.13 MAEI-E rAEOCHI.VH-, IX OPPIDO BURLIXGTON', BT DIOCESI NEO-C-l>AKIEXbI ; X DIE AUGrSTI, A. D. M DCCC LIV. Sursiim Corda I Celebrantes Fratres in Sacrario ! Trino grates Deo dantes Hilari cum gaudio. Bis sex menses evaserunt, Quo, voce antiphona, Sacerdotes intraverunt Hujus templi limina. Domini, quidquid in terris Et in coelis Domini ! Testis liujus stat ha'c turris Cui vix astra termini. Inter Fratres Fide claros Architectus prodeat ! Formans lapides tam raros, Ut figura placeat. Sancta Crux in fundamento — Kobur ffiditicii. Crux sublimis in ascendo Ardet apex capiti ! Tuta Slant — stant ct concinna Intra et extra mamia. Fulmina non et procella Liedunt Castra ca?lica. Aestus pariter ac frigus Nonnisi corroborant, Apte quod exstruxit manus Architecti, et collaudant. Et nunc iterum adeste In clioro Fidelium : Salvatore Je.su Teste, Ferte novum Canticum ! Ecce parvulos infantes, Fontem cingunt mysticum : Aquis— per Fidem— lavantes Omne cordis nocuum ! IN BURLINGTOX. 511 Sic renati in lavacro Chiisti scholam adeunt. Semen bonum tenent agro ; Postmodo fructus fernnt. Bene docti in pi-feceptis Jesu Evangelii, Ad aram divis snb armis Slant Christi discipuli. Sacramentum renovantes In lavacro conditum, Manu Apostoli portanlea Donum septenarium. Opas 6tat corona cinctum! Eesonat TKISAGION ! A Suxcentis, Sacro Sanctum Keplens eir aluviov. A. Fkost, Presb'r. MRS. SUSAN V. BRADFOED. " Mrs. Bradford f removed, from Philadelphia, to Burlington, with her aged and venerable father, in 1805. He died, in 1821, in the eighty-second year of his age. She was long a communi- cant of St. Mary's Church, Burlington ; where she was con- firmed, by Bishop Doane, in 1834. She died, on St. Andrew's Day, 30 November, 1854; far advanced in her ninetieth year. f " Susan Yergereau, eldest daughter of the Honorable Elias Boudinot, was born, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, December 21, (St. Thomas' Day,) 1764. He was President of the Congress of the United States, in 1783 ; and, in that capacity, signed the Treaty of Peace, with Great Britain. Pier mother was Hannah, daughter of John Stockton, Esq., of Princeton, New Jersey ; and sister of Richard Stockton, one of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence. The great-grandfather of her father, was a Huguenot, by the name of Oudinot ; who left France, for England, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes : and look the name of Boudinot, under letters patent, from the Crown, in 1686. He, afterwards, came to America. His confidence, in the restitution of his family, to their native land, was so great, that, by his last will, he regularly devised his estates, there, as if still in possession of them ; though, they had, long before, been confiscated, and sold, She was of sufficient age, to feel, and to remember, the trials, and incidents, of the struggle for independence ; and, with her distinguished father, shared the fortunes of her country. An occurrence of her childhood, is characteristic of her spirit, while it illustrates her patriotism. Passing the evening, at Gov- ernor Franklin's, in Burlington, soon after the seizure of the tea, in Boston har- bour, a cup of tea was offered to her; which she declined. When it was so pressed, that farther refusal would have been rude, she took it ; touched it to her lips, without swallowing a drop of it; and, crossing the room, emptied it, from the window. She was nine years old. The family, on one occasion, were surprised by a party of the British ; and robbed. After remonstrating with the officer, in command, she told him, that her aunt, who was with them, had asked protection. "Not, by your advice, I presume;" said the officer. "That it never was, I can tell you ;" wag her prompt reply. The girl was mother of the woman." — Bishop Doane. 512 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Born, on one Saint's Day, and dying, on another, she was saintly, in all her life; and waits, with Saints, the coming of her Lord. She was buried, in the Church-yard of St. Mary's, Burlington, on the second day of December ; in the midst of relatives, and friends, and neighbors, who loved, and honoured, and lamented, her." — Bishoj) Doane. " PLUCKING OUT THE RIGHT EYE." "On Saturday, 15 September, I was brought to know what that means, of which we read in the Holy Scripture, about cut- ting oif the right hand, and plucking out the right eye. It was my dreadful duty to pronounce Sentence of Deposition, from the Ministry, on my eldest son, and first-born child ; whom I had admitted to the Diaconate, with such sacred joy, not seven months before. f The record is as follows : ' To all, everywhere, who are in communion with the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apos- tolic Church : Be it known, that George Hobart Doane, M. D., Deacon of this Diocese, having declared to me, in writing, his renunciation of the ministry, which he received, at my hands, from the Lord Jesus Christ, and his design not to officiate, in future, in any of the offices thereof, intending to submit himself to the schismatical Roman intrusion, is deposed from the Min- istry ; and I hereby pronounce and declare him deposed, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Given at Riverside, this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1855, and in the twenty-third year of my Consecration. "'G. ^Y. DoAXE, D. D., LL. D., " ' Bishop of New Jersey. " ' In the presence of " ' M. :Mahan, D. D., Presbyter ; "'M. F. Hyde , A. 1\I., Presbyter: t"On the -1 March, 1855, (Ember Sunday in Lent,) at the stated ordina- tion, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, I admitted Eobert F. Chase, Tutor in Burlington College, and George Hobart Doane, A. :M., M. D., Instructor in Chemistry, in Burlington College and St. Mary's Hall, to the Holy Order of Deacons; and the Kev. Franklin Babbitt, Deacon, Assistant Minister of Christ Church, Elizabethtown, to the Holy Order of Priests. * * The Kev. Dr. Doane is Assistant to the Rector of Grace Church, iS'e\yark. In his admission, I have given, of my own flesh, the second Deacon, to the Church ; and, in the two brothers, all I have. God be thanked, for the permission to devote them, to His service."— £piscopa^ Address, 1855. IN BURLINGTON. 513 " This sentence was not executed, until the provisions of the Canon, ' where the party has acted unavisedly and hastily,' which is pre-eminently the present case, had been offered, urged and refused. It only remains, for me, humbly to ask the prayers of the faithful, in Christ Jesus, that my erring child may be brought back, to the way of Truth and Peace; and, for myself, that I may have grace, to bear and do the holy will of God. "G. W. DOANE." " Not because I have anything to gain, nor, because I have anything more to lose — -the heart-wound of this loss must go with me, into the grave; and bring me sooner, there — but, sim- ply, because the truth alone is always true, I shall briefly recite the leading circumstances of what, I deem, a case, peculiar, and by itself. God will, I trust, sustain me, for His Church's sake, in au anatomy, more agonizing, than the dissection of my own heart strings. My darling child was, from his birth, impulsive and impetuous, beyond any one, whom I have ever known. He is of a candid, generous, and noble nature. And, through the heavenly grace, vouchsafed to him, his impulses were never toward vice. He was carefully taught and trained, as a child of the Church : and brought up in its atmosphere. I challenge contradiction, when I assert, that there is not a house, on earth, that can be less imbued with sympathy with Eome, than that, in which he lived, for five and twenty years. And, for myself, of all the falsehoods, which have ever been imagined, and alleged, a tendency towards Rome is the one, which, my deepest impressions, and clearest conclusions, not only, but the very in- stincts of my nature, make impossible. It was in the air, which my poor child had always breathed, that "Winslow, when, at Cambridge, he was almost lost, found health and strength ; and was restored to duty and to truth. If he had a special admira- tion, it was for Bishop Hobart; whose name he bears. And the churchmen, of his sympathy, were such as Dr. Ogilby, and Dr. Croswell, and Dr. Mahan. From his childhood, he inclined to Surgery. And, when his education, at Burlington, was com- pleted, became a student, at Jefferson College, in Philadelphia; 2k 514 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and the private pupil of tliat distinguished Surgeou, Dr. Miitter. He was confirmed early ; and had long been a devout communi- cant. "When he had completed his first course of Medical lectures, he asked me, to use his own expression, if I 'thought him good enough,' to permit him to change his profession ; and study for the Ministry. I told him, that I had no doubt, as to his religious character ; and that the wish gratified me. But, that I feared, it was a hasty impression ; more promoted, than he was aware of, by the hardness and disagreeableness of the first year's pursuits and occupations ; and suggestive of an insta- bility, M'hich, in minor matters, was characteristic of him; and, in one so grave, would involve the most serious risk. I re- minded him, that he was young; that he was pursuing the pro- fession of his choice; that it would qualify him for greater and more extensive usefulness, in any other line of life, which he might adopt; and, that he should, by all means, now that he had begun, go through with it. And I promised him, that, if, Avhen his Medical education was complete, he was still of the same mind, I would entertain the proposition. He did not re- vive the conversation. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in Philadelphia. He went abroad, for nearly a year and a half; much of which he spent, in the hospitals, at Paris and A^'ienna; and he came back, as I believe, well qualified and well furnished, for that department of his profession, M'hicli he had chosen, as his speciality, diseases of the eye. At the first convenient opportunity, he renewed his former proposal; said that he had great searchings of heart, on the subject, while abroad ; spoke of the urgent want of clergymen, and especially ofsuchaswere not entirely dependent on their ministrations, for the means of support : and said, again, that, if I thought him fit for it, his heart's desire was to become a candidate for holy orders. I admitted the obligation of my promise, to enter- tain the subject: but, again, reminded him that his nature was unstable ; that the change was a very serious one ; that the step once taken was irrevocable: and said, I must take time to con- sider it. I kept him off, for several months : until I saw that he would not enter on the medical profession ; that his whole IX BUELINGTOX. 515 time was occupied in theological reading; and, that he felt hurt at, what, he thought, was, a distrust, in me, of his religious prin- ciples. After most thoughtful consideration, on my own part, and consultation, with those, Avho knew him best, and were best •qualified to judge, I consented to his desire: and he became a candidate for holy orders. I never saw one more delighted with his studies, or more in earnest. He was, literally, ' totus ■in illis.' As a Sunday School Teacher, and as a District Visi- tor, he was foremost, in every good work ; and, while, yet, he was a layman, was doing, as far as might be, the service of a Deacon. In his recitations, to the several instructors, in the- ology, he was, always, satisfactory ; and, in the homiletic exer- cises, before me, eminently so. His examination was all that could be desired. His whole life had been passed, under the shadow of the Altar. He seemed to have found his place, at its foot. It was the happiest day of my life, when I knelt, before it ; and could say, to Him, Whose sacrifice it commemorates, ■* behold I, and the children, which Thou hast given me.' After remaining, a few weeks, with me, perfectly happy in the exer- cise of his Diaconate, as he had opportunity; and, especially, in serving me, on my Visitation, he went to Newark, at the earn- est and repeated desire of the Eector of Grace Church, enforced by the wish of some of the best and dearest friends, that man has ever had, to be the Deacon of that parish. He went to work, as his way always was, with all his might. He was especially devoted to children, to the young, to the poor, to the sick, to the afflicted. He found his way to the hearts, as well as to the hearths. And he was forecasting — before the time, no doubt, and with a natural inability to wait — the largest plans, for every form and aspect of the Church's work. It seemed to be a great success : and, in three years, I am very sure, it would have been. On Friday, 30 July, he came, with his Hector's consent, for a short week. He is a loving child ; and dearly loved his home, and every thing about it. He never was more loving. He never was so happy. He never was so devoted to every interest of the house, of the parish, of the schools, of the diocese, of the whole Church, And, at the same time, he never was so tender. 516 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH to every one, and about every thing. In that week, the inteli- gence came, that one whom he had pitied, and been interested in, had gone to Rome. He spoke of it, in the severest terms ; and, that, to those of his own age and standing. There was nothing special, in this. He had been brought up, so. I may say, that he was born, so. In Rome, when he was there, he saw nothing to attract him. He would not see Bishop Ives, whom he had known, as only not a brother to his father. He was tempted by no courtesies, on the part of jNIr. Manning, who had been his father's special friend. When Bishop Hopkins' able work, 'the End of Controversy Controverted,' came out, he read it, with the utmost avidity, again and again ; and insisted on my thanking him for it. He left home, on the following Saturday, 4 August, with great reluctance. He parted from me, at six, in the evening, with my kiss and blessing. He could not have reached Xewark, before 9 o'clock. And, before he slept, he had gone to the intruding representative of the Bishop of Rome ; and had taken his counsel, as to any further ministra- tion in the communion of his father. He wrote, on Monday, to his brother, that he had doubted, as to the authority of his ministry; and had asked advice, of one, who calls himself the Bishop of Newark. t I sent for him, at once. And he came to me, on Tuesday night, a Papal petrification : his fine feelings all frozen up, and his beautiful features hardened into marble ; so that two, who had known him, from his childhood, said, on Sunday, before one word was known of what had taken place, the night before, that his countenance was stone. To love, to duty, to devotedness, he continued inaccessible. And, he is, now, at Rome, his natural feelings, I am glad to say, restored, a Student, in a College, which has been founded, there, for Eng- lish perverts. If I am asked to explain this strange and in- stantaneous transmutation, I must do it, in his own words ; and leave it, to whoever will, to frame the theory. To one, he said, that, ' it flashed across his mind, in the train, after he had left me, that his ministry might not be valid.' To another, that he 'felt something snap, in his head.' To me, that he left' the J James Koosevelt Bay ley, D. D. IN BURLINGTON. 517 liouse of his Rector, to whom he gave no word or sign of inti- mation of his doubts, ' in a state of perfect frenzy,' and went to that of Bishop Bay ley ; in doing which, instead of coming to me, be, afterwards, admitted, that he did wrong. But, he is the ■child of many tears and many prayers ; and there is still hope, that he may come ' to himself That it may be so, I humbly ask your fervent supplications." — Episcopal Address, 1856. GIFT PEOM THE REV. ADOLPH FEOST. The 2d Vol. of Biblia Sacra, in the choir stalls of St. Mary's Church, has, on its first leaf, as follows : "This IP Volume of the Old Testament in the Hebrew and Latin languages is to remain in the stalls for the reverential perusal of any Brother in the Holy Ministry of Christ, by the free and good will of "Burlington, "Adolppi FPvOST ; t " St. Mary's Sacristy ; "Priest in the " May 3" A" D' 1856. "Church of God." MUSIC WITH THE DAILY PRAYERS. "Daily morning and evening prayers, with the full music; the children of both Schools attending, as they do also the Sunday services. The Holy Eucharist on every Lord's day and every Holy day. A night service, with a sermon and congregational practicing on the eve of every Saint's day, and every Thursday evening. Public catechising, after evening prayer, on the first Sunday in each month ; and after morning prayer on the Saints' f In his Episcopal Address for 1865, Ep. Odenheimer says : " In our own Diocese * * we mourn ''' * the learned yet child-like Adolph Frost, who loved this Diocese none the less though he sojourned in his father land, in the fair City of Heilbronn, on the banks of the Necker. * * " The earlier students of Burlington College will never forget their leader — full of learned lore and priestly zeal ; and the little children will wait in vain for the appearance of the Quaint and apostolic looking man who in his morning walks towards the House of Prayer, courted their recognition and accounted their mere salutation or caress as a real benediction on his daily work. God's blessing rest on the memory of Frost, and may we through Jesus, merit a share in his lot, who loved so fervently the name and Cross of Christ, and illustrated in his daily life of innocence the Master's saying : •^ Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into tlie Kingdom of God.' " 518 HISTORY OF THE CPIURCH clays and every Wednesday and Friday. The Parish Schools- do admirable work for Christ and the Chnrch. Miss Anna W. Blackney has charge of the girls, and Mrs. Forgus of the boys. The schools are open to all ; and gather in, the children of the poor. They are taught the catechism and the Church's system of religious training, sacred vocal music, and a plain English education. One of the older girls assists, in tlie care of the girls' school, faithfnlly and usefully. The District Visitors f f'PLAN rOR DISTRICT VISITIMG. " The persons in charge of the various districts will consider themselves responsible to God, through the ministers of the Parish, for the poor persons living in their district, and requiring assistance : their rule of action to be St. Paul's ; tending, though not to the exclusion of others, to the preference of Church families — 'Do good unto all men, especially unto such as are of the household of faith.' . "The frequency of visits (under a sense of their responsiblity) can be best regulated by the Visitors themselves ; from their general experience and their acquaintance with the peculiar necessities of the families to be relieved. "All new cases should be reported to the Clergy as soon and as minutely as possible; and a general report of all cases relieved, stating the manner andi the amount of relief, should be made in writing, on every second Saturday,, from 3 to 4 o'clock P. ju., at tlie Vestry room of the Old Church. "The Visitors will obtain from the Assistant JNIinister the names of certain families, to whom they may send per.=ons, in their district, for broken meat, clothes, &c. ; and a card, signed by the Visitor, stating tlieir most urgent wants, should in all cases be sent by them. "Cases of spiritual want must be carefully, and at once, inquired info; and reported u'ithout delay, to one of the Clergy, to be dealt with, by them. " Money must be rarely and sparingly given ; and all donations should firsti be given to one of the Clergy, to insure their equal distribution. " The amount of other things, varying of course with the number and needs of different families, may be graduated from the following amounts, for n, family of six : — J cord of wood or .} ton of coal, not oftener than three times during the five mouths ; 6 lbs. of Hour, 4 of Indian meal, } lb. of tea (or 1 lb. of coffee) and 1 lb. of brown sugar, with now and then 3 lbs. of pork or a peck of potatoes, and in cases of sickness, 1 lb. of rice or 1 lb. of crackers. The groceries may be got for the upper part of the town from the store of J\Ir. "\Vm. A. Rogers, and for the lower part of the town from Mr. Alex. A. Larzelere ; coal and wood from Thomas Milnor, Esq. ; and medicines from Mr. P. Brother. The accounts should stand iu the name of the Assistant Minister, and the printed order should be always used. "DISTRICTS AXD YISITOES. " I. Delaware St. from Wood to St. | " V. Broad St. from Talbot to Stacv. Mary's. ilrs. Hyde. ; Misses Boudino't. "II. Pearl St. from the Sluice to i "VI. Federal St. from Main to York. Stacy. MissAVatsou. Mrs. Cleveland and Miss Foote. "III. Pearl St. from Stacy to the " VII. Federal St. from York, and River ; and St. Mary's from Pearl to : Taylorsville. Geo. H. Doane. Broad. Misses Aertsen. "IV. Union St. from Main to St. Mary's. Miss Ilelskell. " VIII. Wood St. with the Alleys and Temperance Row. Miss Doane. " IX. Broad St. from Stacy to the Creek ; and Greene St. Miss Cole.. IN BURLINGTON. 519 have been full of their works of mercy, through the winter; and have a supervision of the girl's school, particularly in the instruction in sewing. The Bible class is under the charge of the Rector's Assistant. The music of the Church is admirable. The introduction of the ancient plain song makes it really con- gregational worship ; and the choir have made beautiful the service of song in God's house, with anthems and services, exquisitely rendered. Mr. Alfred Shapter is still the organist; and the choristers, nine men, three women, and seven boys, sing, for God's glory, and for love's sake. Mr. Frost's faithful assistance is still most acceptable in the Parish." — Parochial Report, 1856. OPENING OF ST. BAEXABAS' CHAPEL. " On Sunday evening, 30, (Advent Sunday, and St. Andrew's Day,) 1856, I opened St. Barnabas' Free Mission Chapel, in Burlington, with appropriate services. * * This movement, undertaken, by my son, after long consideration and deep reflection, has my consent, approbation, and blessing. It is a work, loudly called for. For years, I have looked to a Missionary Station, in the Eastern portion of the City, as due to its increasing population, not only ; but to the peculiar circum- stances of the locality. It would have been begun, two years ago; if a suitable place for the services could have been had. That is supplied, for the present, by tlie vacancy of the Public School House, on the corner of the Church property; a new one having been erected. The. Rev. William Croswell Doane having ceased to be my Assistant, in St. Mary's Church, has been appointed Priest of the Mission. The building has been purchased, and fitted up, for religious services : and, so far as its " X. York St. from the Eiver to Broad St. Mrs. Dr. Gauntt. "XI. York St. from Broad to Fed- eral, and Clarkson St. from York to "Xlir. Stacv St. from Pearl to Bel- mont; and Eail'.s Court. Mifises Swann. " XIV. Main St. from Broad ; and St. Mary's. Miss Parks. \ Wrip;htsville. iMrs. Haven. "XII. York St. from Federal to " XV'. Dillwyn St. andUnderhill's Belmont, Belmont and Pudding Lane. I Kow. Miss Mitcliell & Miss Wistar." Mi.ss Blackney. ' 520 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH capacity extends, is very well adapted to that use.f There are four services there, every Sunday; and the evening service, every day. Nothing is spared, that much experience and unre- served devotion can contribute, to a favorable result ; and with God, to bless it, that is certain. Its sole reliance for support, is on voluntary Offerings. The building, on the night of opening, was crowded to excess. The services were of deep and solemn interest. And the pleasure expressed by the people, to whose immediate neighbourhood, the ministrations of the Church had, thus, been brought, could not be misunderstood."! — Episcopal Address, 1857. THE I.AST DAYS OF BISHOP DOANE. "During the winter," writes the Rev. William Croswell Doane, of his father, " we had noticed now and then, a weariness of walk and look. But he was never fresher-hearted, never fuller of vigour of mind, never freer in the luxuriance of grace- ful thought. His cable speech, and ' cable song;' his Washing- ton oration, his last address at St. Mary's Hall, are among his greatest works. He spoke oftener, of being tired, and went earlier to bed. But no thought or fear of what it meant, ever crossed our hearts. He had conquered so many times ; his strength of soul and body were so superhuman ; his necessity to us, to all his work, to all God's work, was so great, that no one ever thought, he could die. And in such an atmosphere, of f "The congregation has largely outgrown the Chapel, and the commence- ment of a new Chapel is needed and intended, at once. Alterations since last year have added about twenty-two sittings. But the congregation numbers 300, and the Chapel seats 220. A girls' school has been added, and the two schools are most faithfully and successfully taught. Only six children of the Mission, are in the public schools. The music is congregational, hearty and devotional, led by a choir of boys and girls, under the training of Mr. George S. Lewis, whose devotion and ability, are given without salary, for the glory of God. About 5175.00, was obtained outside the Mission, for the alter- tions spoken of. There is no Sunday School connected with the Mission. The children of the Parish Schools are taught by their own Teachers, on Sundav ; and the few other children, by the Priest. All are catechised openly, every Lord's Day." — Parochial Report, 1857. J "On Saturday, 27 November, 1858, the Bishop dedicated the School Chapel of St. Barnabas' FreeJMission, in Burlington. The request for dedica- tion was read by the Eev. William Croswell Doane, Prie-it of the Mission, and the sentence of dedication by the Rev. Edwar^ M. Pecke." — Bishop Doane's Journal. "^.-^^ ^'^/^^ifz:^^ ■■^^r^^^^^;/^-^^^^^^'^^' (^ IN BURLINGTON. 521 sacred sorrow, of unusual pleasure, of serene refreshment, of gathering, growing peace, the winter passed away, through what he called 'the old and new year's isthmus,' till the spring brought his visitation duties, again. Closely and constantly confined with tlie examinations at the two Schools, he wrote his address to the graduates, on the morning of the day it was de- livered. ' I had not one idea,' he told me afterwards, ' till I went out and saw your bees, this morning.' And after all the weariness of that day, he set off so early the next morning, to his month of work, that our parting kiss and blessing, were over night. The visitation, entered on, as all his notices ran 'if it please God,' covered thirty-two parishes, and was to be made in twenty-one days. He visited fifteen. During the last week of incessant storm, he was in the most exposed parts of the Diocese, near the seashore, and travelling only in carriages. His last day's work, included Shrewsbury, Middletown, and Eed Bank. And in Trinity Church, Eed Bank, on the evening of the fifth Sunday in Lent, (Passion Sunday) April 16th, he officiated for the last time, preaching his last sermon from those great words, ' The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord ;' with these last solemn words, that close it, ' Thou, who didst die for us and rise again, bid us to die to sin, help us to rise to righteousness ; that bearing here Thy cross, we may hereafter share Thy Crown.' We had not looked for him at home, until Wednesday. But news of the death, at Mt. Holly, of his old and beloved friend, the Senior Presbyter of the Diocese, Dr. Morehouse, hastened him back. He had made a day, among his last at home, to go to him, with sympathy and cheer, and the Church's words of comfort. And when his death was announced, he came at once, to be there for the burial. When I first saw him, in the garden with a bunch of flowers, he seemed weary, and stiff, and lame. And at din- ner, everything was an effort, and he was subdued, and quiet, and worn. He went at once to bed. Still he counted on going to Mt. Holly, the next day, and told me how to arrange his plans. We thought but little of it. Exposure and fatigue seemed fully to account for it; and after one day's just such ill- 522 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ness, a month before, he had left home for a visitation, at snnrise, the next morning. But in the morning, he could not leave his bed ; for the painfulness and helplessness of the rheu- matism. Still he would have me go, and lying there, forgot his suffering, to writef a line of sympathy, by me, to those, who wept over their father's coffin. Until Thursday night, he was almost, just the same. We saw no alarm. He thought the most of it, but said very little. Indeed, until the very last, our only cause of alarm seemed his unwillingness to put off, his long- ing for rest, and God's gracious purpose of giving it to him. On Thursday night, he was more ill : and when I came in from Evening Prayer, told me he ' was very sick,' and begged me to pray with him. Again he was better, giving various directions, postponing, most reluctantly, and only one by one, his appoint- ments ; but subduing, by silence or by contradiction, our hope- ful and confident assurance that he was less ill than he thought, and already somewhat better. But on Wednesday, for the first time we were alarmed, and from that he grew gradually worse. On Maundy Thursday morning, his thoughts wandered to his visitation, but came back to us when we spoke ; and that night, the end began. Towards midnight, his mind was more thor- oughly, and for a longer time, unhinged. And all through Good Friday, our hearts were darkened by the veil that hid us from his mind. He was communing with God, and his own soul. Step by step, in his 'sublime delirium,' with burning words of eloquence, he talked to his Parishioners, of their duty in obeying the Church, of the need of more frequent and bettor attended services ; and of the duty to support the services in all their details. His speech was clear and forcible, and full of strength, all set to his loving tones of earnest, anxious pleading, and in perfect unison with the teaching of his life. As th& night waned, he was in his Convention, with all the majesty and power of his eloquence, stirring them, to a maintenance of the great Catholic principles of the Church, against the insidious approaches of the enemy, on grounds of compromise and popular favour. And through that long and bitter day of the Passion, t "It was liis last note; a type of his life-long love and sympathy.'' w. c. D. IN BURLINGTON. 523: utterly uncontrolled by reason, and yet so perfectly himself, he was on his visitation, and wanting to get home. But when ex- hausting struggles stretched his weakness on the bed, he was with his class in Theology, dividing those blessed texts, of unity, and God's love, and Jesu's prayers and promises, in the last chapters of St. John's Gospel, often with a directness and force of argu- ment that sanity could not have improved. That delirium was a most amazing thing. It was God's own witness to the single- raindedness, the absorption in duty, the devotion to holy works, of his long life. There was no reason to control, there was no thought of approbation, there was no room for any motive what- soever; but the burning, glowing, glorious, God-like thoughts,, that had been born, and grown, and lived evei-, in his brain, let loose, with no directing hand, poured out a torrent of earnest,, kindling eloquence, and his soul uttered itself, before God. In it, all concealments of policy, or propriety, or hesitation were removed : and his soul, and heart, and mind lay open, and there was nothing there, but love of God, devotion the Church, anxiety for souls, f Delirium ensued ; a noble, generous delir- ium, in which the mind was not so much unhinged, as unveiled ; in which the great pastoral heart, that had throbbed so long for the Diocese of New Jersey, and the Parish of St. Mary's, for St. Mary's Hall, and for Burlington College, poured itself out, without measure and without restraint : in which the Christian^ warrior fought his battles over again, in appeals, in remonstran- ces, in prayers, in words of burning eloquence and sententious pith. It looked as if reason had resigned the chair for a season,, merely that it might be seen how noble and well ordered those faculties were, over which it ordinarily presided.' There could not be higher testimony to the power of his mind, the unselfish- ness of his heart, the purity of his soul. And with the blessed Easter Even, rest came to him; the calm, still, quiet, child-like sleep that brought on Easter day, such dreams of hope to all our hearts. J As the night drew on he said to his most faithful,. t The Bev. Dr. Mahan. X His yisitation appointment, for Easter Eve, was at St. Barnabas' Chapelj- Burlington, w. c. D. 524 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH loving servant, ' This is Easter-Eve, I should have been at St. Barnabas, to-night.' And so the Easter light grew brighter, hopefully to the watchers, peacefully for him. But he was not a sharer in our hope. From the beginning, God seemed to have revealed to him the promise of rest. And he lay down content, thankful, as though he would not break the peace that gathered on his soul, by any effort to be well. Our selfish entreaties were in vain. ' I cannot create a will,' he said to his physician, only not his son in all love and devoted tenderness, ' if I had one, I would use it, but I cannot create a will.' When one of his physicians asked him what was his prevailing feeling, he said ' stillness.' ' You mean a sense of wretchedness,' the doctor said. But my father corrected him most earnestly, ' no, not wretched- ness, doctor, but just stillness.' He was waiting so, to see the salvation of God. .No pain wrung any murmur from his lips. His gentle ' thank you ' which eyes and lips both said, followed each dose of medicine. ' God be praised for that,' he said, when ■we gave him iced water. And so with a halo of patient joy, that went out from him, through his sick room, he waited and waited for the end. On Easter Tuesday night, (April 26,) the last change came but it did not touch his mind. He was self-pos- sessed and undisturbed. And when at 4 o'clock on AVednesday morning, I waked him for his medicine, and saw the change, and asked him if he would receive the Blessed Communion, he said, in his old, life-long, quiet, gentle, loving way, ' Yes, darling boy, it had better be at once.' And so we gathered round his bed. It was Croswell's Communion Service. There was the triumph of the Easter Preface, with the Angel's Hymn. His eye on mine, his low voice taking all its part, his deep look of love, as he took the sacred elements from his f child's hand ; his faltering voice, in the benediction of peace, which he pronounced himself, giving to us in part, what fully, God so soon should give to him ; his calm self-possession, confidence without presumption, quiet- f And when my days are numbered all, And all my labours done, My death-bed, iivith the Church's prayer.^, Console and cheer, my son. o. w. D. to w. c. D., 1S44. IN BURLINGTON. 525 ness without insensibility, and then, one by one, to the many of his beloved, that were near at hand, the kiss, and word of love and blessing : these are the memories of that morning, fadeless while life lasts. And then he was alone, with the nearest and dearest of his own name, and his own doctor, and his faithful servant.f There were such wise and anxious words about the work, he loved so, and was leaving ; such messages of love to his heart's darling that was away ; such utterances of love for those who were near him,;, such divine faith; such perfect human love ; such a precious blessing for us all. As each ap- proached, one by one, he left off the silent communion of his con- templation; and all love's memories came fresh before him ; 'My dear sweet Archdeacon, J are you here, too ; God bless you ' to one, his tried and true friend, who always bore that name;, and to his darling grand-child,. ' My little pleasant angel, God bless you.' Hour by hour, the day passed on ;, that our love longed to lengthen into years. ' How long is it ? ' he said so often, and * now I must go home,' and then would come more words of love, of gratitude to the faithful and devoted skill that tried, and would have died, to save his life ; ' God bless you, dearest Doctor, you have done all that man's skill and devotion could do.' And then his soul went back to catch the ever nearing glimpse of rest and peace. Twice more, he turned from it, to. us, for words of faith and love. ' I die in the Faith of the Son of God, and in the confidence of His One Catholic and Apostolic Church. I have no merits;- no man has, but my trust is in the mercy of Jesus.' And from the clear, calm utterance of these Nicean words, his voice lowered, and his hands were lifted, 'Unto God's gracious mercy and protection, I commit you.. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace both now and for f " ' Michael,' who was a part of Biverside, has a warm place in the hearts of all my father's friends ;■ in- life, the most faithful servant, with no interest, but his master's; in siekness, and death, the untiring, devoted nurse; the loving, dearly-loved friend." w. c. D. + The Eev. Frederick Ogilby, D. D., whom, he was accustomed, to call his. "Archdeacon." 526 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH evermore.' And as lie gave us peace, God gave it fully to him. There was only quiet after this; the pressure of the hand, the eye that took in each of us, in turn, into its depth of love, his grateful acceptance, and his earnest Amen, to the prayer for his departing soul. And at ten minutes before one, God let his ser- vant depart in peace." — Life and Writings of Bishop Doane, Vol. I, pp. 514-518. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION'S OP THE WARDENS AND VESTRY- MEN OP ST. Mary's church. "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, in His wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased Bishop and Rector, the Rt. Rev. George W. Doane, D. D., LL. D. ; and whereas, his life was devoted to the service of his Divine Master, and his labors were incessant while he lived; and whereas, he was the instructor of the uninformed ; the pro- tector and friend of the humble and destitute ; the comforter of the desolate; the adviser of the weak and erring; and minister and father for all : we, the Wardens and A'^estrymen of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Jfew Jersey, who have so often and so recently met him at this council-board, who, having been in intimate daily intercourse with him for a long series of years, and knowing him best, lament him most, and who now so poign- antly realize his absence on this mournful occasion ; for our- selves, and for those we represent, deem it proper to manifest some expression, however feeble and inadequate, of our profound sorrow — Therefore, "1. Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to His will, who, for some good cause, has seen fit ' to visit us with trouble, and to bring distress upon us,' we desire to record these expressions of our profound respect and love for our late Et. Rev. Father and Rector. "2. Resolved, Thatduring the periodof the twenty-seven years of his Episcopate, and the twenty-six of his Rectorship of this Church, he faithfully discharged with the greatest acceptance, all his duties as Bishop of this Diocese, and as Rector of this Church, and his numerous other duties, which he undertook with cheerfulness, and which few other men could have borne. "3. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his afflicted family, who, by the dispensation of Divine Providence, have been deprived of a most loving father, husband, and brother. IX BURLIXGTOX. 527 " 4. Hesolved, That as an expression of our regard for his memory, the Church shall be draped in mourning. " 5. Resolved, That we will attend the funeral (subject to the concurrence of the Diocesan Standing Committee,) in the badges of mourning. " 6. Resolved, That we recommend every member of the con- gregation of St. Mary's Church to wear crape on the left arm, during the procession and ceremonies of the day of burial. "7. Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions be signed by the Curate of the Parish, and Wardens, and Vestrymen, and published in 'The Churchman,' ' Banner of the Cross,' ' Epis- copal Recorder,' ' Church Journal,' and ' The Xew Jersey Dol- lar Newspaper ; ' and also, that a copy be made, and sent by the Clerk of the Vestry, to the afflicted family of our late beloved Bishop and Rector. " Charles F. H(3ffmax, " Curate. " Thomas Milnor, Wm. A. Rogers, Wardens. "J. B. Jones, Franklin Gauntt, M. D., Charles S. Gauntt, Samuel Rogers, Elias Howell, J. Howard Pugh, M. D., Hamilton McDowell, Wm. J. Watson, Vestrymen." April 28, 1859. FUXEEAL OF THE LATE BISHOP DOAXE. " The funeral of the lamented Bishop Doane, took place on Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, P. M., from his late residence. Riverside, Burlington, X. J., in the presence of some three thousand persons of all classes. "The houses in Wood street, and other portions of the town, which were in the vicinity of St. Mary's Church, and the Bishop's residence, were all closed, the doors, window shutters, &c., being hung with crape. " The train from Jersey City bore a number of Clergymen and other distinguished gentlemen from Xew York, Troy, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Jersey City, &c., and arrived at Burling- ton at a quarter past twelve, when the clergy and others at once proceeded to Riverside. On arriving at St. Mary's Hall, a large crowd of persons appeared assembled on the steps and in the building. The present is vacation in this establishment ; nevertheless, more than one hundred ladies, belonging to 'the 528 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH family/ came from their homes — many of them several miles- distant to attend the funeral. " The body of the deceased was laid out iu the hall of his resi- dence, clothed in full Episcopal canonicals, with a black wooden, cross, about a foot in length, on his breast. His countenance wore an expression of calm serenity, indicative of a happy de- parture. The coffin was of the kind denominated a ' wedge' coffin, broad at the top, and gradually narrowing towards the foot. It was lined and covered with Episcopal mourning ; on- the lid was a large raised cross, with three steps beneath, and on the end, (not on the lid,) was a silver plate, bearing the follow- ing inscription ; The Eight Reverend George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New Jersey. Bora 27 May, 1799. Died 27 April, 1859. " There was also an outer coffin, of cedar, which was placed in the grave to receive the other ; on the lid of this, was a brass plate bearing a similar inscription. " There were present at the funeral more than one hundred clergy in surplices, of whom the following were among the principal : The Rt. Rev. the Provisional Bishop [Horatio Potter] of New York. The Rt. Rev. the Bishop [John Henry I-Iopklns].of Vwmont. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Southgate. Rev. Dr. Berrlan, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Mahan, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Ogllby, N. Y. Kcv. Dr. Johnson, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Van Kleeok, N. Y. Ki-v. Dr. Morgan, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Tucker, Troy, N. Y. Rev. J. H. Hopkins, Jr., N. Y. Rev. John J. Elmendorf, N. V. Rev. Isaac H. Tultle, N. Y. Rev. W. G. Farriugton, N. Y. Kev. V. Bluce, Hoboken, N. J. Rev. Chas. An y, Jersey City. Rev. J. S. Saunders, Newark, N. J. Rev. (-'. F. Hoffman, N. J. Rev. E. A. Hofl'man, N. J. Rev. Olarksou Dunn, N. J. Rev. J. N. Stausbury, Newark, N. J. Rev. Jas. A. WlUIama, Orange, N. j.. Rev. Dr. C. Williams, PhllaJclphla. Rev. E. K. Smith, N. J. Rev. Dr. Odpnheimer, Philadelphia. Rev. H. Finch, Shrewsbury, N. J. ^* Rev. H. H. Reld, N. J. Rev. N. Pettlt, N. Ji. Rev. Mr. Sterling, N. J. Rev. Dr. Ducachet, Philadelphia. Rev. S. M. Haskins, Williamsburgh, N. Y. Rev. E. W. Syle, China. Bov. J. F. Garrisoii, M. D., Camden, N. J.. Rev. E. B. Chase, Belvldere, N. J. Rev. Robert G. Chase, N. J. Rev. William Rudder, IllinolE. Rev. S. W. Hallowell, N. J. Rev. James Thompson, N. J. Rev. Dr. Rose, Newark, N. J. Rev. Dr. Clay, Philadelphia. Rev. J- W. Shackelford, X. J. Rev. F. D. Canlield, Boonton, N. J. Rev. Dr. Van Pelt, Philadelphia. Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, N. J. Rev. Edward M. Pecke, N. J. IN BURLINGTON. 529 " There were also present, the Governor of New Jersey, with several Judges, Senators, &c. ; also. President King, of Colum- bia College, N. Y. ; Cyrus Curtiss, Esq., and delegates from the vestry of Trinity Church, N. Y. ; delegates from St. Paul's Vestry, Hoboken ; delegates from Troy, and various other cities and towns in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. "At one o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Ogilby, entered the room where the clergy were robing, and announced that carriages were ready for those appointed to officiate. The three Bishops, with the Rev. Dr. Berrian, accordingly proceeded to the Church in advance. " At half-past one o'clock, the procession left the house in the following order : Sexton, with mace draped in blacls; crape. Undertaker and Assistants. Kev. C. F. HofTman, Curate of St. Mary's Church. Clerical Deputies of General Con- Clerical Members of Standing Com- vention : raittee: Kev. Dr. Mahan, Eev. Mr. Finch, Kev. Mr. Dunn, Kev. Mr. Williams, Kev. Mr. Goodwin, ^ Kev. Dr. Stubbs, Kev. David Brown. -^ Kev. E. A. HoiFman. Lay Members of Standing Com- p Lay Deputies of General Conveu- mitlee: '^ tion: Judge Carpenter, Hon. Mr. Miller, Judge Ogden, Dr. Thompson, J. C. Garthwaite, Mr. Milnor, Dr. Babbitt. Mr. W. A. Kogers. [Tbe body waB borne on the ahoulders of elx men.] Kev. George Hobart Doane with his aunt. Kev. William Croswell Doane, and wife. Other members of the family. Clergy of the Diocese, two and two. Clergy of other Dioceses, two and two. The Governor of New Jersey. The Trustees of Burlington College. Charles King, Esq., LL. D., President of Co- lumbia College. Vestry of St. Mary's Church. Vestries of other churches. Acting Kector and Professors of Burlington , College, in surplices and Oxford caps. Teachers. Theological Students. 2l 530 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Alumni. Students of Burlington College. Treasurer of the Diocese. Curator of the Institutions. Eev. Elvin K. Smith, Principal and Head of the Family of St. Mary's Hall, in surplice. Family of St. Mary's Hall, two and two, con- sisting of between eighty and one hun- dred young ladies, in deep mourning, many of whom were in tears. Parishioners. Other Friends. Citizens generally. "The coffin was covered with a purple pall, having a large white cross in the centre. On the top was laid the pastoral staff, covered with crape, and resting upon a garland of japonicas and violets. " The procession extended a mile or thereabouts, and crowds of people witnessed it. At the windows of the various houses by which the procession passed, ladies appeared with mourning badges, and it was observed that in almost every instance there was weeping. Indeed, the day appeared to be one of mourning, real and heartfelt, not the ' solemn mockery of woe.' " When the procession arrived at the Church, the coffin was met at the door by Bishops Hopkins, Southgate, and Potter, and Rev. Dr. Berrian, and proceeded up the nave in the same order, the Rev. Dr. Berrian reading the sublime sentences in the Bur- ial Service, the organ playing a solemn dirge. " Arrived at the chancel, the coffin was placed with the feet next the Altar, which was covered with purple, and over which was the following inscription in white letters on a purple ground : ' Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labors.' "The Bishop's throne was entirely covered with purple and festooned with crape, as were also the pulpit, the organ, the gallery, the gas burners, and other portions of the Church. IX BURLINGTON. 531 " The Bishops stood at the head of the coffin, the clergy stationed themselves on either side, and they and the whole congregation knelt and continued for some moments in silent I)rayer, the organ still performing the dirge. The choir sang the anthems, after which the lesson was read by the Right Rev. Bishop Southgate. " The procession then moved to the grave, where the family were surrounded by the clergy. The Bishop of Vermont took his position on an elevation at the head of the grave, the Pro- visional Bishop of New York, Bishop Southgate, and Rev. Dr. Berrian standing below him. " ' Man that is born of a woman,' and the Committal, were read by Bishop Hopkins, while the earth was thrown in by the Rev. C. F. Hoffman. " The choir then sung : " ' I heard a voice from Heaven,' &c. " The concluding prayers were said by Bishop Potter, after which the members of the family, the clergy, and other friends, passed, and took a last look at the coffin, and after all had -departed, the workmen employed covered up the grave, and all that was mortal of the good Bishop of New Jersey, was hidden from view, there to remain until the last trump shall call all those who, like him, depart in the faith of Christ." — New York Express, May 2d, 1859. JIEETIXa OF THE CLERGY. " After the obsequies a meeting of the clergy was held in the old Church, when, on motion of the Rev. E. A. Hoffman, the Rev. Clarkson Dunn, of Elizabethtown, senior presbyter of the diocese, was called to the chair, and the Rev. Wm. Herbert Norris, of Woodbury, appointed Secretary. " The Rev. Alfred Stubbs, D. D., of New Brunswick, said they were called together for the purpose of drafting a series of resolutions, expressive of the esteem in which their beloved Bishop had been held, and of their love for his memory. It could not be necessary for him to say one word of the character of his venerable Father among those who had loved him so long 532 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH and so well. He had not the power to do so ; and if he haJ, he had not the heart. Bishop Doane had stamped liis raemoiy in the hearts of those among; whom and in the ase in which he lived. 'His works do follow him.' He was gone to his incor- ruptible inheritance, to receive that crown of glory which fadeth not away, and never should his name cease to shine on the ram- parts of their Zion. He (the speaker) knew that they would all respond to the wish that, whatever the infirmities of his^ (deceased's) nature, when tiiat great day of account should come,, and a voice should be heard at the mercy-seat, saying, ' Call the laborers and give them their hire,' they might have but a tithe of the offerings he gave, the sufferings he endured, and the labors he performed in the Church of God, to produce as their work. He would now move that a committee of five, viz. :. Rev^ Dr. Mahau, David Brown, Dr. Garrison, Mr. Merritt, ]\Ir. Pettit, be appointed to draft resolutions expressing the great love and esteem in which they held the memory of the late Bishop Doane. " The motion was carried unanimously, after which it was resolved, on motion of Rev. E. A. Hoffman, that the clergy of the diocese wear black crape on the left arm, for thirty days, aS' a token of respect to the memory of the late Bishop." — Ibid. EESOLUTIONS OF THE CLERGY i:?^ ATTEXDAXC'E. " Whereas, It hath pleased Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, to take unto Himself, after an illness brief and painful, but full of spiritual comfort, our beloved and honored Bishop, in the ripeness of his strength, and iu the midst of his noble,. wise, and self-sacrificing labors : "Resolved, That deeply sensible of the loss sustained by our- selves, by the Diocese of New Jersey, and by the Church at large, we bow submissively to the "Wisdom that has directed, and' the Goodness that has tempered this chastening stroke : "That we heartily thank God, the Giver of all good, for the disti .^uished virtues and rare graces, manifested in the long,, laborious, and divinely prospered Ministry of His servant; for his singular magnanimity, charity, faith, patience, hope; for his unwearied tenderness as a Pastor, deeply sympathizing with all classes, ages, and conditions of the Flock, his extraordinary power as a Preacher of Christ Crucified, his varied s-kiil as » IX BURLIXGTOX. 533 CJhurch Teacher, rightly dividing the "Word of Truth, his soundness, judgment, and ripe learning as a Scholar and Theo- logian, his diligence and commanding ability as a Counsellor and Ruler, his loving and punctilious fidelity as a Priest in the services of the Sanctuary, his wise and able advocacy of the cause of Christian Education, his high character and wide influ- ence in all the relations of domestic, civil, and social, as well as ■ecclesiastical life ; " That we adore God's goodness for all the blessed circum- stances of peace, joy, serenity, and of reasonable, religious, aud holy hope, and for all the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit, that brightened the last moments, and cheered the de^jarture of our beloved deceased Bishop ; "That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the family of the deceased, in this, their sore affliction and bereavement ; "That we implore, the Divine Grace, that this visitation may 'be sanctified to the chastening of all hearts, to the promotion of peace, charity, and good will among us, to the increase of faith, to renewed diligence, humility, steadfastness, and devo- tion, in the service of our sole, supreme, living, aud ever-present Head, Jesus Christ, our Lord." ■EESOLUTIOXS OF THE ALUMXI OF BUELIXGTON COLLEGE. A meeting of the Alumni of Burlington College was held in the College Library, on Saturday, the 30th ult., immediately after the funeral of the Bishop of Xew Jersey. George M. Miller, Esq., was called to the chair, and Rev. Hobart Chetwood was chosen Secretary. On motion of C. Willing Littell, the following resolutions •were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That as no words of ours can express the emotion occasioned by this visitation of our Heavenly Father, who, in His wisdom, has seen fit to visit us with trouble, and to bring distress upon us, we, the Alumni of Burlington College, endea- vor by our action to give expression to our grief, for the loss of him, who, by the brilliancy and cultivation of his intellect, the extent of his learning, the refinement of his taste, the variety of his accomplishments, the purity, strength, and dignity of his character, and the warmth and geniality of his heart, beautifully adorned every relation of life, and united in himself those ties which bound us so strongly to him, as founder of our College, our honored President, our revered Bishop, and our long and much loved friend. 534 HISTORY OF THE CPIURCH Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of the Chairman and Secretary of this meeting, with one member of each class, be constituted, with authority, to receive contributions, and to adopt measures necessarj' to the erection of a monument appropriate- to the memory of Bishop Doane. Resolved, That the present and former students of the College, the graduates, with the present and former pupils of St. Mary's Hall, are hereby invited to unite with us in the erection of this memorial. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Secretary to the family of the Bishop, and to the Board of Trustees, with the request (hat they be entered upon the records of the College ; and that the proceedings of this meeting be pub- lished in the principal ecclesiastical and secular newspapers of Xew York, Newark, and Philadelphia. In accordance with the second resolution, the following gentlemen were appointed members of the committee, and empowered to receive contributions for the erection of the monument: George M. Miller, New York; Rev. Hobart Chetwood, Elizabeth, N. J. ; Rev. William T. Johnston, Balti- more; C. Willing Littell, Philadelphia; Henry O. Claggett,. Leesburg, Va. ; George S. Lewis, Burlington, N. J.; James O. Watson, Portsmouth, N. H. ; Henry W. Nelson, Boston ; Jere- miah C. Garthwaite, Jr., Newark, N. J. ; William B. Griffin,. New Orleans. THE DAY AFTER THE BURIAL. "The day following the funeral," says the Rev. Dr. Mahan, " being the first of May, and the octave of the Easter-Feast — was a beautiful and fit sequel to so solemn an occasion. There was the same glorious sunshine, the same fragrance and bloom pervading the leafy atmosphere of the good old city of Burling- ton, the same ringing song of birds, the same sparkling of the crisp waves of the Delaware, the same vernal jubilee, in short, which had thrown such a halo of gladness round the otherwise sad proceedings of the day before. "All day long the Bishop's grave was visited by a succession of silent and tearful groups. All that glorious May-day it lay under the soft sunshine, a mound of fresh and fragrant flowers, which loving hands continued to heap upon it from morning to night. In St. Mary's and St. Barnabas', the sermons of courser IN BURLINGTON. 535 breathed of the occasion, and the Holy Communion shed its healing unction upon the grief of the great family of mourners. He who has ever participated in this most comfortable sacra- ment by the death bed of some dear friend, the idol of a stricken family, has witnessed on a small scale, what was on this mem- orable Lord's day, exhibited at large among the Church people of Burlington." THE FIRST SERMOX IN ST. jMARY's AFTER THE FUNERAL. " The selection of" the Eev. Frederick Ogilby, D. D., Assis- tant Minister of Trinity Church, N. Y., as "the Preacher at the service which first followed Bishop Doane's funeral, in St. Mary's Chnrch, was a loving recognition of his previous rela- tions to the departed Bishop, and this sorrowing Parish. This sermon was wholly prepared after the trying scenes of Saturday. " The author would never have attempted such a hurried preparation, had it been designed at this time to offer a proper tribute to the Bishop's memory. The Preacher only attempted, as a former minister in St. Mary's Church, to speak words of comfort to an afflicted people. This discourse was, therefore, a simple outpouring of the heart's true feeling, from one who well might weep with them that wept. " It was published in compliance with the request of the Vestry." The text was from the First Lesson : " When thou passest through the xcaters, I ivill be with thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walhest through the fire thou shall not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." — Isaiah, xliii : 2. After a solemn introduction the preacher said : "My brethren and dear friends, it is hardly needful for me, impressed with the solemnities of that recent death scene, to assure you there is no aifectation of unfelt humility in the declaration, that nothing but a trust in Him whose strength is made perfect in weakness, could nerve my soul to venture upon the office I attempt this day. My sorrow is not less than yours, my grief not less heavy to bear; we all have but one Comforter. My heart at once re- 536 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH sponded to the suggestion of the kind and loving friends, who thought that this place had peculiar claims upon my presence this day. I refer not merely to years of dear and holy love, such as binds together the hearts of father and of son ; a love which only grew with passing years, and whose intensity beamed upon me with eternal light from dying eyes, on Wednesday last. Beside all this, it was my privilege once to share with your shepherd, now in the eternal fold of Christ, the pastoral care of this flock. Life, with all its sad experience; death, with its blight and its ruin, have not effaced the memory of that associa- tion. How mysterious are the orderings of Providence ! I come this day to take my old place among you, while he, who seemed as the giant of the forest, illustrates the sad truth, ' as for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it and it is gone, and the ■ place thereof shall know it no more ! ' But my office of com- forter permits me not to dwell upon thoughts of death. Last Sunday the light of Easter beamed brightly upon all the graves of earth. To-day that Easter light is falling cheerily upon a new made grave. And though in that sepulchre are entombed the remains of one, who filled so large a place in all our hearts, yet even with death so present, with its awful shadow so dark around us, Easter light breaks through the gloom and speaks to us of life and immortality. My office, then, is to speak to you, from whose eyes death has just wrung such bitter tears of dis- tress, of life — of a life not ended, but continued — of a life which God gave for your blessing, and which still endures upon earth in its results and in its effect, though the soul hath passed from the sorrows of this world to the joys of Paradise. " With the most earnest desire, in this temple of truth, to give expression to no thought iu which there shall be the slightest approach to exaggeration, and with the calmest and most care- ful consideration, I say deliberately, that no single human life, of the present day, within my knowledge or observation, has had in it more, both of action and of suffering, compressed iu the narrow compass of three score years, than the life of the noble Bishop and Pastor who has now rested from his labors. IX BUELIXGTOX. 537 He lived among you, under your close and continual observa- tion ; you have seen, you have known, what his life has been. "My own personal knowledge of him reaches beyond a quar- ter of a century; nearly half of his mortal life. Then a youth in college at Xew Brunswick, I saw him on his first visitation of his Diocese, I saw him, in the freshness of his manly beauty, * ruddy, and of a fair countenance,' as David when he first went forth the champion of Israel. You saw him yesterday, as he was laid in the calm repose of a holy death, with the frosts and furrows of premature age upon him. Could six and twenty years of life have wrought all that change, if in those vears was not compressed a whole life of action and of suffering ? " Consider fird the action of his life — which was literally, 'always abounding ia the work of the Lord.' You cannot fol- low the course of that action. Few mortal steps could keep pace with it. You may look at it, in its results. In this too hasty discourse, prepared after all the excitement of yesterday, one of the most trying days of my life, I will not attempt to trace even the results of this unwearied activity, as they are im- pressed upon the general interests of the Church in this land. How large a space would be occupied in setting forth the effect of this untiring energy, as witnessed in the House of Bishops, the Board of Missions, the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary, and the S. S. Union and Church Book Society — in- deed, in all the general Institutions of the Church. Bishop Doane had a truly Catholic heart, and while he never forgot his own Diocese, he remembered that he was not only Bishop of New Jersey, but also of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. For years there was hardly one important committee, in any general Institution of the Church, of which he was not a leading member. In the Missionary operations of the Church beyond his own Diocese, he always evinced the most lively interest, and his large heart embraced with an active sympathy the Foreign as well as the Domestic field. Notwithstanding all this, his most active and untiring energy expended itself upon his own Diocese. Every parish, from the smallest to the great- est, had his sleepless vigilance; and the least sign of trouble or 53S HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ofdifficulty attracted his notice and his presence. His duties in his parish and the two institutions here, made his visitations hurried, but what life and effect he gave them, and how his presence stirred up the life of others ! The results of his Dio- cesan labors are witnessed in the great increase of parishes in strength and numbers, in the lists of clergy, communicants, and candidates for Holy Orders and for confirmation, since his Epis- copate. I well remember what this Diocese, and not a few of its Parishes, were in the year 1832. The memories of those before me, which reach back as far as that time, can estimate, with arithmetical precision, the results of Bishop Doane's ener- getic action. " But in speaking to you, my old and dear friends of St. Mary's Church, I would rather dwell upon the results which your own eyes have witnessed, within the immediate circle of your own observation. The memorial tablet, in St. Paul's Cathedral, to commemorate its great Architect, bears the appro- priate inscription — ' *S( monumentam qua:rh, circumspice ' — if you seek a monument, look around ! How many things in Burlington might bear this inscription to the memory of Bishop Doane ! How truly might it here be said of his life of action in this place — Si monumentam qttccris, circumspice. It needs no monumental marble to tell you, Parishioners of St. Mary's and citizens of Burlington, what he has done. Some of you, as well as I, remember the Church, in this place, to which he was called as Rector. Look around upon this noble edifice, and its offspring, St. Barnabas — the monuments of Pastoral energy ! If these are not enough, look at St. Mary's Hall and Burling- ton College, the monuments at once of his action and his suffer- ing. His own hands, almost unaided, reared these noble monu- ments, and their very stones were wet and stained with his sweat and his life blood. That these might prove a blessing to the Church, he ventured all that life holds dear; and, but for the brave heart, strong in its consciousness of right, with which he battled in a just cause, he and they would have fallen before misguided foes. But, blessed be God, his life was spared to place these monuments of his action and his suffering upon an IX BUELIXGTON. 53& enduring basis, and to leave them to perpetuate his life in theirs. Though in him they have lost their best friend, his death can- not destroy the work of his life. AVhat comfort do we find in those exulting words, with which he began his last published address to the Graduating Class at St. Mary's Hall. " ' This is the one and twentieth birthday of St. Mary's HalL It seems to me, impossible. But the other day, as I sat, at work, in my study, in that old Academy, which stood, where St. Mary's Church, now stands, it was proposed to me, to buy the property built, as a school, for Friends, to be a girls' school of the Church. But the other day, I set my hand to a pamphlet, entitled ' Female Education, on Christian Principles ; ' the first announcement of my plan. But the other day, on a beautiful May morning, these doors were opened, to a little band of timid girls, who are now abroad upon the land : its mothers, and its grandmothers ; God bless them ! And, now, scarce a city, or a town, or a village, or a hamlet, in which St. Mary's Hall is not ' a household word.' While, each successive year, the living stream of women has flowed out; to beautify, and fertilize, the land. For these exceeding blessings of His Providence and Grace, God's holy name be praised ! That He may still continue them ; and, that St. Mary's Hail, through generation after gen- eration, while the world shall stand, may be a name, still, and a praise, let us devoutly ask Him, through the merits of His Son, our only Saviour Jesus Christ.' " To that prayer whose heart Avill not respond. Amen ? " We ask no prouder monument of thy life of action and suffering, beloved Bishop and friend ! In this alone, thy life endures. Esto perpetua ! " I have not spoken to you of your Bishop and Rector, as a Freacher. It were needless. The very stones of this Temple are steeped in his eloquence. Its echoes will linger forever in these hallowed courts, and will, I trust, never pass from your hearts. * * " Nor need I si)eak to you of him as a Pastor. The footprints of his merciful offices are worn too deep, in all the paths of human sorrow and suffering among you, to be ever effaced. 540 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " I have not attempted to set before you his full length por- trait, as a Bishop or as a man. What he was, in his high office and in his noble manhood, you know full well. Mighty, as a Bishop, through God's eternal power, to strengthen what was weak, to awaken what was asleep, to quicken what was dead ! Great as a man — great in mind and intellect, but greater far iu heart and soul, conquering not merely by the might of reason, but winning souls by the mightier influence of love !" * * THE DAY AFTER THE BURIAL. " The Service at St. Clary's Church, where the Rev. Dr. Ogilby, a former assistant in the Parish, preached a special sermon, was in keeping with that of Saturday. This noble Church, a fitting- monument of the departed Bishop's life-work, seemed filled with ti mourning congregation. This was especially noticed at the ■administration of the Holy Communion, to which nearly all the Communicants came robed in black, and some of them unable to restrain the outburst of their overwhelming; arrief. The same deep leeling was manifest at the Church of St. Barnabas, where the Rev. Dr. Mahan preached a sermon commemorative of the Bishop's life and labors. * •' ^^ * * "The unanimity of feeling, and the intensity of sorrow mani- fested, not only by his own Diocese and Parishioners, but by the citizens of Burlington generally, aiforded the most satisfac- tory testimony of his life and character. Those among whom the most trying part of his life was passed, who had seen his xlaily walk and conversation, were surely the ones to estimate aright his true worth. A man's nearest neighbors are generally his severest judges. And with the verdict rendered by Bur- lington on Saturday last, before us, we would be little aflected by any opposing judgment. We admire manliness and truth. And we were especially pleased to hear of the noble part taken by the Rev. Dr. A'an Rensselaer, a distinguished Presbyterian minister. At one time he and Bishop Doane were engao-ed in controversy, but the instincts of the real Christian gentleman prevailed over all less worthy considerations. Lately, we have understood, these two former opponents were more drawn tu- IN BURLIXGTOX. 541 gether, and we learn that Dr. A"an Rensselaer has declared that his esteem grew upon his nearer intimacy. He showed the most delicate and tender attentions to Bishop Doane during his illness, and, on his death, addressed one of the most comforting lettei'S to the afflicted family, and on Sunday afternoon preached a most impressive and touching sermon on the Bishop's death, bearing the strongest testimony to his worth and character, to the Presbyterian congregation at Burlington." — The Churchman^ dh. van eexsselaer's discourse. The title of this discourse, which was subsequently printed, is, " A funeral sermou on the occasion of the death of Bishop Doane, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Burlington, N. J.,, on May 1st, 1859, by Cortlandfc Van Rensselaer, D. D., a min- ister of the Presbyterian Church." It is prefaced with the fol- lowing note : " Providence often summons a person to the performance of duties, which would otherwise more naturally have devolved upon others. Living in Burlington by the side of Bishop Doane, I felt called upon to notice his death. My own stand- point varies from that of some others. I shall have no personal controversy with any who differ from me. God is the Judge of all. c. V. E." The text is, " Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for Ms mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man." — 2 Sam. xxiv : 14. Having noticed some of the things suggested by the spirit of the text, it proceeds thus : " The qualities that gave to Bishop Doane his great influence, and enabled him to accomplish so much service, seem to me to^ be summed up under three classes : intellectual vigour, an in- domitable will, and strong personal attractions. "1. God gave the Bishop a fine mind. He was a man of mark in intellectual operations. His mind was clear and vivid, of varied resources, and highly cultivated. His perceptions were quick. He possessed the vis fervidaingenii. Not so much the logician as the rhetorician, he yet never lacked argument tO' 542 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH attain his ends. His rich talents were moulded by common sense, and by an enlai-ged knowledge of human nature. In an emergency, his intellect soared highest. In fact, one of Bishop Doane's peculiarities of greatness consisted in always equalling the occasion. He saw what was to be done, and could do it, and did it. He was adroit, when it was necessary to be adroit. The lawyers said that he could have beaten them all, if educated a lawyer ; and military officers affirmed that he would have made a grand general in war. Far-seeing, clear, quick, bold, always the centre of the campaign, his mind, especially in emer- gencies, moved in flashes whilst his right arm thundered in action. The fertility of his resources testified to superior endow- ments. Ilis was the activity of spirit. His restless mind found DO time for repose ; and he was ready for every kind of service proper for him to perform. His mind was highly cultivated. He was at home in English literature. The adornments of the scholar graced his learning, and varied knowledge mingled with his theological attainments. All who came in contact with Bishop Doane, felt the power of his intellect. Nor were his opponents unwilling to acknowledge his commanding mental gifts. " 2. Bishop Doane had a iconderfid strength of iciU. He was a man of firm purpose ; resolute to be, to do, and to suffer. He could not be second where he had a right to be at all, nor sub- ordinate in anything where a share of work fell to his hands. It was a privilege for him to be bejorehand. His will was in- domitable. The Church, as the State, needs these men of strong will. Every community needs them. Men of weak will have their place ; and generally they go through life with fewer ene- mies, and are blessed with the gentler virtues. But men of will are the men of mark, the men of deeds. "It was this will-power that gave to Bishop Doane his energy. Energy does not necessarily belong to high intellect. It is not a mental gift or operation. It belongs to the heart. Its spring is in the affections, or ' active powers,' according to the philoso- phers. Bishop Doane's energy was a fire never out. It is said that, at the central depot at Bordentown, a reserve eno-ine is IN BURLINGTOX. 543 always kept with fuel ignited, ready for the emergencies of the road. An ever-ready locomotive in energetic activity was this Bishop ; with large driving wheels, and to each wheel a panting cylinder. His will was of a higher power than steam ; it gene- rated energy in the soul. " His self-denial was associated with his will. "What he de- termined to do, he omitted no means to bring to pass. The end must meet the beginning ; and by God's grace success must crown the plan. In labours he was abundant. No wind, no rain, no cold, could keep him from his appointments. He has been known to cross the Delaware when the brave heart of the ferryman dissuaded from the peril. He could submit to all privations in the discharge of duty. He could sleep anywhere; in his chair, at his writing-table, in the car, or steamboat, or wagon. And after working for twenty hours, the sleep of the other four could well be taken without choice of place. His will outworked his frame, in urging to laborious self-denial of every kind for the Church's sake. " It was strength of will that gave the Bishop his i)erse- verance. Many a man would have quailed where he was fresh to go forward. Like the workman at the anvil, he would wield the hammer all day, could the last stroke but perfect the work. He withstood with persevering defiance an opposition which would have overborne almost any other man. Pie clung fast to Burlington College, when many advised him to surrender it ; and whatever may be the ultimate fate of that institution, it could not die whilst the Bishop lived. His perseverance had its ramifications of care and of industry in every part of the diocese. "His will was a strong element in the Bishop's success as a disciplinarian. Burlington College and St. Mary's Hall were under the most rigid government. The two institutions, so near each other, required watchful supervision, and all the appli- ances of the wisest discipline. Bishop Doane was unremitting in the fidelity of his oversight. His rules were rigid, minute, and wise ; and they were efficiently administered. The peremp- toriness of authority was blended with parental affection ; and 5i4 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH in all the outgoings of his love, the young men and maidens knew that a large will encircled a large heart. " 3. Remarkable social traits contributed to liishop Doane's extensive influence. He was a man of amiable disposition and of warm feelings. His courtesy gained him friends everywhere. Generous to the poor; kind to all; abounding M'ith pleasant conversation ; genial and free ; accessible at all times ; he was the life of the social circle ; and it is no wonder that his personal endearments won hosts of attachments. At the same time, it must be admitted that many people did not like him, partly from prejudices, j)artly from his personal complacency, and partly from causes already alluded to. jj But it cannot be denied that Bishop Doane was eminently blessed with faithful and de- voted friends^ in his congregation, in his'diocese, and throughout his whole church. '■ Let it be noticed, to his honor, that r indict ircncss was not a part of his social character. He keenly felt the disparaging esti- mate of others, but rarely did others detect any resentment, lie would meet his adversaries with the usual courtesies of life, at home or abroad ; and many have been ' the coals of fire' which his condescension has placed upon their heads. " One of the most winning traits of Bishop Doane's character was his love of children. He gained their hearts. He was the the little ones' friend. "What prettier sight than to see the grandfather, hand in hand with his fair, curly grandchild, prat- tling together throuf>;h the streets "? The Bishop loved little children, and all the little children loved the Bishop. " Bishop Doane was happily outliving the opposition that had formerly existed against him. One of his greatest misfor- tunes was in the number of flatterers that surrounded him — ^not flatterers always by intention, but rendering their homage in too open and dangerous a form. His susceptible social nature was under the constant temptation to ' think more highly of himself than he ought to think.' Others may paint, if they choose, the infirmities of his social character in darker colours. I have given the outline as I have seen it. Never intimate with the- Bishop, I have nevertheless known him and studied him for IN BURLIXGTOX. 545 twenty-three years ; and although his nature had its faults, it was a noble one. The secret of his influence and success in life is to be found in the three classes of endowments I have men- tioned, — a vivid intellect, a strong will, and the social charms of his personal presence. * * '• As a Bishop, the departed prelate will undoubtedly be acknowledged by his Church to be one of her greatest sons. So he was. He magnified his office. His work -was done on a great scale. He was personally, everywhere, in his own diocese ; and his writings were circulated widely in every other diocese. He was the prominent man in the House of Bishops. He could out-preach, out-vote, and out-work the whole of his brethren in the Episcopate. He was a sort of Napoleon among Bishops. It was after he crossed Alps of difficulties, that he entered upon the campaigns of his highest renown. The bridge of Lodi and the field of Marengo were to him the inspirations of heroism and the rallying time of mightiest strategy. Bishop Doane was, perhaps, better adapted to the English Church than to the American. His prelatical notions suited a monarchy more than a republic. In the House of Lords, he would have stood among the foremost of Lord Bishops. He of Oxford, would not have ranked before him of New Jersey. Bishop Doane v/as a good deal of an Anglican in his modes of thought and his views of ecclesiastical authority. Had he lived in the days of Charles, he would have been a Laudean in prelatical and political con- victions — super-Laudean in intellect, and sub-Laudean in gen- eral ecclesiastical temper. My own sympathies are altogether with the evangelical, or Low Church Bishops, as are those of the vast majority of this audience. I do not believe in the doctrines of lofty Church order and transmitted grace, so favour- ably received in some quarters. But this is a free country ; and the soul by nature is free, and has a right to its opinions, subject to the authority of the great Head of the Church. Bishop Doane had a right to his ; and he believed himself to be, in a peculiar sense, a successor of the Apostles. He is one of the few American Bishops who has had the boldness to carry out his theory, and to call himself an Apostle. He delighted in his 2m 546 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH office. Peter was to him the example of rigid adlierence to the forms of the concision, whilst Paul was his example in enduring suffering for the extension of the Church. With an exalted view of his office, he lived, and laboured, and died. In this spirit, he encountered all his hardships and perils ; and when, as in the case of danger in crossing the Delaware, he jumped into the frail skiff, inviting the ferryman to follow, it was the same spirit of ' Apostolum vehls.' Bishop Doane was, in short, as complete a specimen of a High Church Bishop as the world has seen, and, in some respects, he was a model for any class of Bishops at home or in mother England. " As a Rector, Bishop Doane was precisely what might be expected of a man of his character. He was earnest, active, fertile in expedients, a faithful visitor of his people, and a friend of the poor. He seemed to be always in the right place at the right time. He went about doing good, and was known in Burlington as Rector more than Bishop. " As a Pkeachee, no Bishop surpassed Bishop Doane. He has published more sermons than the whole House of Bishops — able sermons, which will be perpetual memorials of his intel- lectual powers, and of his zeal for the Church. These discourses are on a great variety of topics, but they contain much scriptural truth, mingled with his own peculiar views of apostolic order, sacramental grace, and ecclesiastical unity. His sermon before the last General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Phila- delphia, was the occasion of one of the greatest triumphs he was ever permitted to enjoy. AVhen his discourses and diocesan addresses are collected into a series of volumes, they will be found to be a treasury of High Church doctrine and order, which no Bishop, nor all the Bishops of his way of thinking, could equal. I have read most of his productions, and, although often disagreeing with him in sentiment, I have never failed to notice his intellectual vigour, his zeal for his Church, and his unction for the episcopate. " As an Orator, Bishop Doane surpassed most of his brethren. His best efforts were fine and impressive. His voice was loud, and when he chose, well modulated. His ges- IN BURLINGTON. 547 ticulation was animated and strong. His clear blue eye glowed with vivacity ; and his words worked their way into the minds and hearts of his audience. Bishop Doane showed an adapta- tion to the masses, which many speakers in the sacred desk so much lack. He was a whole-souled, commanding orator, when great occasions summoned forth his powers. The two best spec- imens of his delivery, within my own observation, were at Mrs. Bradford's funeral, and at the celebration of the last birthday of Washington. Nothing could be more appropriate and more effective, for the ends of oratory, than was his manner on those occasions. At times, I am told, that he did not do himself justice ; but he had it in him, and it generally came out. Who of the citizens of Burlington, that heard him on the 22d of last February, 'did not recognize the voice, the manner, and the presence, of a great popular orator ? " As a Weitek, Bishop Doane's style was peculiar. It was ornate, pithy, Saxon. It was a style of his own. It would not suit most men. Few ought to presume to imitate it. But it suited himself. Many admire it. It had the great merit of clearness. No one ever misunderstood him, although his punc- tuation was as remarkable as his style. He was a ready writer ; accomplishing with ease all that he undertook, and commonly justifying, in the productions of his pen, the highest expecta- tions. If his higher occupations had not called him away from the pursuits of literature, he would have ranked among the finest poets of the age. " In the various points of view in which his characteristics have been now considered. Bishop Doane was a remarkable man. And his death was an harmonious termination of a long and useful life. Let us meditate, now, upon some of the circum- stances of his departure. " He died in the midst of his work. His preaching, during his last semi-annual Visitation, was unusually acceptable. Sev- eral of my own brethren in the Presbyterian ministry have spoken, ia glowing terms, of one of his sermons in "West Jersey. His Episcopal appointments in Monmouth county, (the last one at Freehold,) were fulfilled in the midst of rain and high 548 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH winds, and sometimes in an open wagon. His services, as was his custom, were arranged two or three for each day. Work was his delight ; and at his work he met the premonitions of death. "With his Episcopal staif in his hand, he received the wound of the last enemy, — not from behind, but face to face. " Another kind token of Providence towards the Bishop was, that he died at home. Riverside opened its massive doors to him for the last time ; and entering its hall, he found a resting- place in its genial study. After partaking of a slight repast, he retired to bed, never to rise from it. The magnificent mansion, where he had projected his enlarged schemes, written his nu- merous sermons, and entertained with his profuse hospitality his hosts of friends, was the fit place for Bishop Doane to die. And Riverside had the privilege of his death and funeral. " God also permitted the Bishop to arrange what was wanting to the completion oj his Episcopal work. During his sickness he conversed, for some hours, about the affairs of his Diocese ; and gave directions, and left memoranda, respecting its approaching exigency. On one of these occasions, he had a long interview with the Hon. Abraham Browning, of Camden ; shortly after which, a paroxysm of delirium occurred. God spared him, however, to complete all the necessary arrangements in the affairs of his church. "The time of Bishop Doane's death was well ordered in Prov- idence. Had it occurred a few years before, a cloud of gloom would have rested over his grave ; and the inheritance of his good name might have been unredeemed from the tax-list of evil report. But the aspect had been changed. His honours had returned to him; and, as if in anticipation of his last end, his fellow-citizens had invited him to appear before them once more in an address. On the birthday of Washington, old memories were revived ; and he, who had so often, in former years, ad- dressed the people of Burlington, in its Lyceum, again made its Hall vocal with his eloquence, and again received the applause of his friends and neighbours. His diocese, also, was in a pros- perous condition, and he was taken away from evil to come. In IX BURLINGTON. 549 the judgment of his best friends, it was a good time for him to die. And God knew it, above men. " God was good to the Bishop in surrounding him, during sickness, with the kindest comforts and care. His sons were present with all the activities of filial devotion; one of them from the beginning to the end, by day and by night. The other, who had become a Romanist, received forgiveness for all the personal pain the father and the Bishop had received. This was one of the incidents that must have given to the death- chamber a sublimity. His faithful physician did all that skill could do ; and the noble and venerable physician of Bristol, and the most distinguished from Philadelphia, freely gave the con- tributions of the medical profession. The tenderest female hearts were around about the sufferer, — without which, indeed, no death-bed can be what man expects and wants. It was well ordered that she, who had the first claims to be present, was absent; for could feeble health well bear those scenes of sorrow ?t God was merciful in all these incidents. " The Bishop, too, had his reason at the last. It is sad to die with a beclouded mind. A'arious intervals of delirium had occurred, especially about the middle of the attack. In these, the Bishop's mind was on the affairs of his diocese, or his class- room, or personal concerns. Disease struck its pains in every nerve, and bloodvessel, and muscle of the body, dethroning the intellect, for a time, from its high dominion. But it recovered its place before death, and he conversed with relatives and friends, took a last loving farewell of all, and prepared for the ■conflict, ' faint though pursuing.' " The Bishop was strengthened to die in peace. Partaking of the communion, early in the morning of his last day on earth, he was refreshed by the service, and at its close, pronounced with a clear voice the blessing. He then composed himself for the final struggle. The last words, as taken down by the family physician, were, ' I die in the faith of the Son of God, and the f "Since the delivery of thiH discourse, I have received a letter from a rela- tive in Rome, from which the following is an extract: 'In coming out of church to day, we met Mrs. Doane, who, I thought, looked remarkably well. She almost immediately began to speak of the Bishop, and expressed her .ntention to return home.'" c. v. E. 1 550 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH confidence of His One Catholic Church. I have no merits — no man has, but my trust is in the mercy of Jesus.' " Thus departed, at noonday, April 27th, this distinguished Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. ' Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.' Bishop Doane has passed away from human judgments, to the j udgment-seat of God ! * * " May all allusion be omitted of that remarkable funeral ? "The burial of Bishop Doane was one befitting his position. A Bishop must be buried as bccometh a Bishop. The funeral procession was one of sublime solemnity. Xo one, who saw it, can ever forget it. The day and the season were opportune -with the brightness and sadness of the last of April. The coffin borne aloft on the shoulders of fellow-mortals ; the royal purple of the pall, fringed with white, and fluttering out to the wind like the motions of a stricken eagle ; the crosier overlaying the body with the emblem of Episcopal authority ; the bereaved family lament- ing with Christian lamentation the father of the household ; the three-score of surpliced clergy following their silent Chief with uncovered heads ; the Governor, Chief Justice, and other digni- taries of the State ; the students of the College with badges of grief, and the weeping young ladies of the Hall arrayed in full mourning, true-hearted representatives of their sister-graduates all over the land ; the long line of distinguished strangers and of sympathizing. fellow-citizens; the tolling of all the church bells, and of the city bell; the immense gathering of spectators around St. Mary's Church and the grave ; — everything was as impressive as life and death could make it. " The high task I have attempted, has been imperfectly per- formed. I am ready to meet its responsibilities before God and man. My ofiering of May-flowers, fragrant with the freshness of their gathering, has been laid upon the new-made grave ; — flowers plucked by a Puritan's hand, and placed in memoriam over the dust of a great Episcopal Bishop." IN BURLINGTON. 551 THE PROGRESS OF ST. BARNABAs' FREE MISSION. "On the Feast of St. Barnabas, A. d. 1858, the Bishop laid the corner stone of the new School Chapel of St. Barnabas' Free Mission. It was an act of faith and hope, and God has realized it to us. The building was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God by the Bishop, on Saturday, November 27, the last day of Church's year. It is not fully paid for yet, but we trust, in all this year, to clear it of the debt. The east and west windows are gifts ; the pelican window, the gift of the Bishop himself The altar furniture was also given, and the font is the gift of the Parish School children. The plans and superintendence of the building M'ere given by the architect, Mr. C. II. Condit, of Newark. It is an early English building, of brick, seating four hundred persons, with a \vboden recessed chancel. Since its completion, the services have increased in numbers and solem- nity, and the requirement of the Prayer Book is sti'ictly con- firmed to, for the weekly. Octave, and Holy Day, Eucharists ; and daily service. The congregation grows in size, in regular and frequent attendance, in devout and decent worship ; and it is hoped also, in spirituality and holiness. A Mission work, a work 'of consolation,' ?.s- asserting its povsr for good; going where it is sorely needed, with the loving help of faithful women. The Mission schools are very flourishing, more room having been given them, by the addition of the old ciiapel. There are two more teachers, and more scholars. The teachers are of the sort that work for the love of Christ, and of Ilis lambs. Mr. Charles H. Bryan, a candidate for Holy Orders, assists Mr. Geo. Seymour Lewis in the care of the music, which is successful and promising. This constant service is still given, without salary, for love's sake. Much work too has been given by the people, in cleaning the chajjcl, washing the surplices, etc., without charge ; and works of mei'cy to the sick poor, given generally and thankfully, by the people, are tokens of spiritual life. The plan of daily religious training, and weekly public catechising, asserts still more and more, its su])eriority over the one hour's promiscuous teaching, in a Sunday School, of weary children, by untrained and inexperienced teachers. Through all 552 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH our struggles, and under the shadow of our infinite grief, we are thankful and hopeful, and, thank God, in 'love, and peace, and unity among ourselves.' " — Parochial Report, Hay 20th, 1859. xVN.VUAL CONVEXTIOX OF THE DIOCESE. St. Mary's Church, Burlington, \ May 25th, a. d. 1859. This being the time and place appointed by the Constitution of the Diocese of New Jersey, for the Annual Convention, the Clergy and Lay Deputies assembled at 10 o'clock. Morning Prayer was said by the Rev. Messrs. Billopp and Merritt ; the Rev. Messrs. Reid and "Weld reading the Lessons. The Rev. Mr. Finch celebrated the Holy Communion, assisted by the Rev. Mr. "Williams, the Rev. Dr. Stubbs, and the Rev. E. A. Hoffman. The Rev. John Kelly, rector of St. Paul's Church, Paterson, preached the Convention Sermon from 1 Cor. xiv. 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the batik .' The services being concluded, tlie Secretary announced that a quorum of the Convention was present. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Dunn, seconded by the Hon. E. B. D. Ogden, the Rev. James A. "Williams was unanimously elected President of the Convention. The Rev. "Wm. Croswell Doane Mas elected Secretary. The Secretary appointed the Rev. Philander K. Cady his Assistant. On motion of the Rev. E. A. Hoffman, seconded by Cortlandt Parker, Esq., the following was unanimously adopted : "Whereas, This Convention has -assembled this day, under circumstances of peculiar solemnity, by reason of the recent decease of its late honored and beloved father in God, the Bishop of the Diocese, and cannot proceed to the ordinary business of the session without a tribute of affectionate veneration to his memory; therefore. Resolved, Unanimously, at this first opportunity of passing an order, that a committee of five — three clerical and two lay-mem- bers — be appointed to consider and report, what proceedings it is proper for this Convention to take, to testify their sense of the loss which this Diocese has sustained in its sore bereavment, and to do honor to the memory of their late Bishop. IX BUELIXGTOX. 003 On motion, Resolved, That the Rev. President appoint the Committee, of which himself should be the chairman. On motion of Judge Carpenter the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the election of the Bishop of this Diocese be made the order of the day for to-morrow (Thursday), at 1 r. .M., and that a Committee of five, to be named by the Chair, be appointed to report rules of proceeding to be observed in that election. The report of the Standing Committee was then read, in which are the following : "Since the Bishop's death, the Standing Committee have held regular weekly meetings, and have endeavored faithfully to dis- charge the new duties imposed upon them as the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese. "Their first act, as such, was to assume in behalf of the Diocese, the entire expenses of the Bishop's funeral. " They have invited the Rev. Dr. Mahan to preach a sermon in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on the evening of the first ■day of this Convention, commemorative of the late Bishop of the Diocese, and the invitation has been accepted." On motion, the Convention atljourned, to attend a memorial service and sermon in St. Mary's Church. MEjrOEIAL SERVICE. At 7J P. M., after Evening Prayer, the Memorial Service was held and sermon preached, which, at the request of the Conven- tion, was afterwards printed. Its title page reads thus : " The Great-Hearted Shepherd. — The Sermon in memory of the Right Reverend George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., late Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey ; preached by request of the Standing Committee, during the session of the Conven- tion of the Diocese, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Wednes- day evening, May 25, A. d. 1859, by the Rev. M. Mahan, D. D., S. Mark's-in-the-Bowcry, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the General Theological Seminary." The text is : "He sailh unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me f Peter was grieved because he said unto hivi the third time, Lovest thou me / And he said unto him. Lord, thou Imotcest 554 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." — St. John, xxi : 17. Thursday, May 26, 9 A. M. Morning prayer was said by the Rev. Messrs. Jaqnes and D. Browu, the Rev. Messrs. Goodwin and Arey reading the lessons. EESOI.UTIONS OF THE CONVEXTIOX. The Committee appointed to consider what proceedings it is proper for this Convention to take, in view of the death of their late Bishop, beg leave respectfully to report the following reso- lutions : 1. Resolved, That as becomes Christian men and members of Christ's Church, we do bow in humble submission under this chastisement of our Heavenly Father's hand; and both as a people and in our individual approaches to the Throne of Grace, do beseech Him to sanctify to us, and to the Church of His love, this His fatherly correction. 2. Resolved, That the remarkable mental and moral charac- teristics of Bishop Doane, his untiring, self-sacrilicing and intense devotion of himself, soul, body, and spirit, to the cause to which he consecrated his life, and his eminence as a poet, an orator, and a divine, have iderftified his name with the history of the Church and the country, and highly distinguished the State of his birth ; and that it is fit that his Diocese should take measures to erect some monument to his memory, worthy to perpetuate his fame. 3. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by this Convention, whose duty it shall be, without delay, either solely in behalf of this Convention, or in connection with any who may desire to share the honor, and having due regard to the wishes of his family, to carry out the above resolution. 4. Resolved, That we hereby express to the bereaved family of Bishop Doane, our deep and heartfelt sympathy for their bereavement, and our earnest prayers that God will give them consolation and support here, and in His good time grant to them a blessed re-union with their departed head, where sorrow and sighing shall be no more. James A. Williams, Eugene Aug. Hoffman, Robert N. Merritt, E. B. Dayton Ogden, CORTLANDT PaRKER. IX BURLIXGTON. 555 The following were appointed under the third resolution : the Rev. Slessrs. Dunn, E. A. Hoffman, and Merritt, and Messrs. J. C. Garthwaite, and A. Browning. MODE OF ELECTING A BISHOP. The Rev. J. "W. Shackelford, Chairman of the Committee on the mode of electing a Bishop, offered the following report, which was accepted and adopted : Resolved, That the election of a Bishop by this body, shall be without nomination or discussion of character, under the follow- ing rules : I. The vote shall be by ballot, one clergyman and one lay- man being appointed by the Chair, as tellers to receive and count the votes of the clergy, and one layman and one clergyman to receive and count the votes of the laity. II. The clergy and the laity, during the progress of the elec- tion, shall be seated separately, as may be directed by the Chair, the delegates of each parish being seated together. III. The clergy and the delegates of the several parishes shall, as called, respectively deposit their votes in the ballot boxes, the name of each clergyman and the name of each parish being distinctly announced at the time of giving the vote, but no one shall be deemed elected, without the concurrence of a majority of the votes of each order present and voting, and that a blank ballot shall be considered a vote. The Convention then proceeded to the election of officers, and the vote for members of the Standing Committee was taken by order. The vote of the Rev. Joshua Smith was challenged, but the challenge was not sustained by the Convention, the vote being : Ayes of the Clergy, 15; nays of the Clergy, 35. Ayes of the Laity, 25; nays of the Laity, 34. Divided, 3. The hour of one having arrived, the order of the day was postponed until the completion of the election of the Standing Committee. The following were elected : 556 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH STAXDIXG COMMITTEE. 0/ the Clergy. Of the Laity. Rev. James A. Williams, J. C. Garthwaite, Alfred Stubbs, D. D., E. B. D. Ogden, E. A. HofFmau, D. Babbitt, M. D., R. N. Merritt. A. Browning. On the completion of this vote, the Convention entered upon the solemnity of designating a Bishop for the Diocese. ELECTIOX OF THE THIRD BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY. After singing from the 61st Psalm : To Thee, God of hosts, we pray, Thy wonted goodness, Lord, renew ; From Heaven, Tliy throne, this vine survey, And her sad state with pity view. Behold the vineyard made by Thee, "Which Thy right hand did guai-d so long ; And keep that branch from danger free, Which for Thyself Thou mad'st so strong. Do Thou convert us. Lord, do Thou The lustre of Thy face display ; And all the ills we suffer now. Like scatter'd clouds, shall pass away : Engaging in secret prayer, and uniting in selected collects said by the President, the Chairman appointed as tellers : For the Clerical vote. For the Lay vote. Rev. J. Kelly, R. Hamilton, Esq., P. J. Gray, Esq. Rev. T. F. Billopp. The seats for the Clergy and Lay members of the Convention were arranged by the Chair. The Convention proceeded to ballot for Bishop of the Diocese, in which, with several recesses, it was engaged till 12 m., of May 27th, when the Rev. Dr. Mahan withdrew his name, and the Convention proceeded to the 13th, and final, ballot. The following table shows the results of the various ballots : IN BURLIXGTON. 557' -- H ri ^ " 5" e'^ 2 fc3 ^ t> ^^ ■— ( ►> ijI ~ p = o ^ > t2! O H ^ t:^. s ^ 5 o " B -^ o R p ii o = l—j p t? p h-l h-i bO o W ►— O 1-' CO 03 0_ 00 -J bS l-i _Ci CS_ 03 558 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH At the conclusion of the 13th ballot, the President announced that the Rev. AA'm. H. Odenheimer, D. D., having received a majority of the votes of both orders, was elected Bishop, f On motion of the Rev. Dr. Mahan, seconded by J. C. Garth- waite, Esq., the Convention unanimously declared that the Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., Rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, is elected Bishop of New Jersey. On motion of the Rev. E. A. Hoffman, the President appointed a Committee to wait on the Rev. Dr. Odenheimer, and inform him of his election. The Rev. Mr. Dunn, the senior Presbyter of the Diocese, rose and slated that this was the birthday of our late beloved Bishop, and the day of the month, and almost the hour of the day, on which he entered into his rest, and connecting with this, the unanimity of the election just announced, proposed that the Convention unite in singing the Gloria in Excelsis; after which, the Testimonials required by the Canon, beautifully engrossed on parchment, were brought out and to them were affixed the signatures of sixty-one clergymen, and eighty-nine laymen, — those from Burlington being, of the clergy : the Rev' AVm. Croswell Doane, M. F. Hyde, Elvin K. Smith, E. M. Pecke, Chas. Fred. Hoffman, Horatio T. Wells ; and of the laity : J. B. Parker, Thomas Milnor, William A. Rogers, J. Howard Pugh, M. D., Dr. John D. Moore, H. McDowell, Franklin Gauntt, M. D. THE VACANT RECTORSHIP. At a meeting of the Yestry of St. Mary's Church, held June 13th, 1859, among other business, Mr. Wm. A. Rogers made a verbal communication from Rev. Charles F. Hoffman, request- t Wm. Henrv Odenheimer, son of John W. Odenheimer, ^vas born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., August 11th, 1817 ; graduated at the University of Pennsyl- vania, (having the \'aledictory oration,) July 30th, 1835 ; also at the General Theological Seminary, New York, June 29th, 1838 ; was ordained Deacon in St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, September 2d, 1838, by Bishop H. U. Onder- donk ; became Assistant to tlie Eev. Dr. DeLanoey "of St. Peter's Church Philadelphia, January 10th, 1839, and succeeded to the Rectorship on the consecration of Dr. DeLancey to the Episcopate of Western New York • ordained Priest in St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, October 3d, 1841 by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk ; received the honorary degree of D. D., from' the University of Pennsylvania, July 3d, 1856. IN BURLINGTON. 559 ing some definite action, on the part of the Vestry, in regard to his continuing in charge of the Church. On motion, the following resolutions were adopted : 1. Resolved, That it is not expedient to attempt to employ and elect a Rector in the present state of our Church finances. 2. Resolved, That we tender to the Rev. Charles F. Hoffman our thanks for his kindness in consenting to assume, temporarily, (on the sudden decease of our late Rector,) and until further action of the Vestry, the charge of this parish. Our shepherd was truly snatched from us most unexpectedly — but he who had been his associate and Curate, notwithstanding the financial em- barrassments of the Church, did not hesitate to grant us a con- tinuance of his services until we should resolve to adopt some specific action in regard to the future. Under Providence, another Bishop has been elected; and inasmuch as this parish has enjoyed for many years, the benefit of the counsels and min- istrations of the Bishop of the Diocese, we have also deemed it prudent, and believe it to be in accordance with the wishes of the congregation to forbear making any other engagement until we can have some consultation with the Bishop elect, who will probably adopt this city as the seat of his residence. 3. Resolved, That the Rev. Charles F. Hoffman be tendered the use of the parsonage for the balance of the year. 4. Resolved, That the Wardens request the clergy of this city to conduct the services of the Church, and discharge the duties of the parish. 5. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to furnish the Rev. Charles F. Hoffmau with a copy of these resolutions. EEY. DR. ODENHEIMER ACCEPTS THE EPISCOPATE. Shortly after the adjournment of the Convention, the Com- mittee, to whom was entrusted the duty of announcing to the Rev. Dr. Odenhiemer his election, placed with the Standing Committee his letter of acceptance. "Philadelphia, June 24th, 1859. ^' Reverend Brethren and Gentlemen : " Your official communication, announcing to me my election unanimously declared, as Bishop of New Jersey, by the Seventy- Sixth Annual Convention of that Diocese, has received my most serious consideration. " The contemplation of the awful responsibilities of the Apos- tolic office, joined to the recollection of the manifold labours and 660 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH untiring energy of the Prelate whom you have elected me to succeed, fills my soul with unaffected diffidence ; nevertheless, believing that it is the call of God, and trusting in that great Name wherein alone resides all strength, I accept the nomina- tion. " Should your choice be ratified and consummated by the General Church, I am prepared, Christ helping me, to cease my ministrations at the Altar of my first and only Parish Church of St. Peter's, Philadelphia, — where for nearly twenty-one years I have enjoyed the uninterrupted kindness of the noblest of con- gregations — and share henceforward with the faithful Clergy and Laity of New Jersey in the good work of extending the Gospel and Kingdom of our divine Lord. With great respect, " Faithfully and Fraternally yours, " William Henry Odenheimer. " To the Rev. M. Mahan, D. D., Rev. E. A. Hoffman, Rev. Jos. F. Garrison, M. D., Abm. Browning, Esq., R. S. Field, Esq." CONSECRATION OP THE RET. DE. ODENHEIMER. "As instructed by the Convention of the Diocese, the Com- mittee forwarded the testimonials of the election of the Rev. Dr. Odenheimer to the Episcopate of this Diocese, to the General Convention, assembled in Richmond, Virginia ; and Thursday, the thirteenth day of October, 1859, was appointed by the pre- siding Bishop for his consecration. Accordingly, on the day named, the solemn service was performed in St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Virginia, in the presence of a vast congregation of clergy and laity. " The Bishop elect was presented to the Presiding Bishop by the Bishop of Maryland and the Bishop of Pennsylvania. The Rev. Robert B. Croes and the Rev. Wm. C. Doane were present as attending Presbyters, and robed the Bishop elect during the service. It was a touching circumstance that this duty could be performed by sons of the only two Bishops who have hitherto filled the Episcopate of this Diocese. The Rt. Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D., Bishop of Delaware, preached the sermon. The Rt. Rev. Wm. Meade, D. D., of Virginia, Presiding Bishop, the Rt, Rev. Samuel A. McCoskry, D. D., D. C. L., Bishop of Michigan, the Rt. Rev. Wm. R. Whittingham, D. D., Bishop of Mary- '(ykihiii^iif) IN BURLINGTON. 561 land, the Et. Eev. Carlton Chase, D. D., Bishop of New Hamp- shire, the E,t. Rev. C. S. Hawks, D. D., Bishop of Missouri, the Et. Rev. Alo'nzo Potter, T>. D., LL. D., Bishop of Pennsylvania, and the Rt. Rev. John "Williams, D. D., Assistant Bishop of Connecticut, united in the laying on of hands." — Convention Journal, 1860. BISHOP ODEXHEIMER's FIRST EPISCOPAL ADDRESS. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Odenheimer, third Bishop of New Jersey, thus opens his first Episcopal address : "Brethren beloved in the Lord : It was on the Thursday of the Holy "Week of 1859, whilst celebrating the Eucharistic office in my parish church of St. Peter's, Philadelphia, that I was summoned to the bedside of the dying Prelate, who, for nearly twenty-seven years, had presided, as its second Bishop, over the spiritual affairs of this Diocese. "It was the last time I saw him, until I beheld him at the close of the Easter week as he lay anointed for the burying, Avith his robes about him, looking in death as all along in life, like a Prince of the Church. " I am not. unacquainted with the history of this Diocese, and with the trials, as well as the labours of the late Bishop; and from the nature of our intercourse I think myself possessed of a knowledge of his character and purposes. "He was not only unselfish, but at times utterly regardless of self; and the conviction that he was right, led him to withhold explanations and to decline action, which would often have dis- armed opposition, and which the instincts of self preservation, had he cared at all for self, would have prompted. " In controversy — Theological, Canonical, or Legal — he was an opponent that one would not willingly encounter the second time, and yet he was full of genial impulses, accessible to kind- ness, and never deliberately uttering an unloving word, nor per- sistently doing an ungentle action. " As combining, in his own person, some of the finest attri- butes of Friend, Scholar, Poet, Patriot, Pastor, and Bishop, he is worthy of a place among the most remarkable Ecclesiastics of 2n 562 HISTORY OF THE CHUIiCH this, or of any age ; and the future historiographer of the Ameri- can Church, when he shall calmly contemplate the intellectual works which Bishop Doane projected and accomplished, will describe him as the ' myriad minded ' Bishop ; and if the full evidence of all the physical work which he wrought shall be known, he might add, the myriad handed Bishop. " On the 27th day of May you elected me to the Episcopate of this Diocese. " The acceptance of your call, honorable as it was, could be no easy matter for any man, who, in addition to the cares of the Apostolic office, considered the character and career of the dis- tinguished Prelate whom he was to succeed. Had I looked to myself, nothing could have induced me to exchange the grateful repose of Pastoral subordination, for the inherent disquietude of Episcopal responsibility. But believing that it was God's will, and trusting in that great Name wherein alone resides all strength, and relying on the sympathy and co-operation of the generous Churchmen of New Jersey, I accepted your nomination. "On the 13th of October, at the General Convention held in Richmond, Va., your choice was consummated by my Consecra- tion, and I am here to-day to meet you, for the first time, ]}rothers Clerical and Lay of the Diocese, to take counsel in our Annual Convention, for the advancement of the faith and Church of our love. * * " Thursday, October 13th, 1859.— My first official act after my Consecration was to write and publish the following Pastoral Letter, a copy of which was duly sent by the Rev. Secretary of this Convention to the authorities of every Parish in the Diocese : " ' Richmond, Ya., October 13th, 1859. "'a pastoral letter from the bishop of new jersey. "'To the Clergy and Laity of the Biocese of New Jersey : "' Brethren beloved in the Lord — Your choice of a Bishop has been consummated this morning, by my Consecra- tion to the Episcopate of New .Jersey ; and I make it my first official act to offer you, one and all, this my salutation and IN BURLINGTON. 563 blessing. If it please God, I shall be among you as soon as possible after the adjournment of the General Convention, and in the meanwhile I invite such cominiunications from my Reverend Brethren of the Clergy, as may enable me to under- stand their wishes in regard to Episcopal Services. "'May the blessing of God Almighty — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. " 'Affectionately, your Bishop, " ' W. H. Odexheimer. ? 57 BISHOP ODENHEIMER SO HTPvAXGER IX BUELIXGTOX. "All Saints' Day, November 1st. — At noon, in the Chapel •of the Holy Innocents, Burlington, I celebrated the Holy Com- munion, and addressed the pupils of St. Mary's Hall on the opening of the new term. Although this was my first official act within the walls of this Institution, I was no stranger to the place and its associations. f For seven years I had chosen Bur- lington for a summer residence for my family, and I was almost daily welcomed at the Hall by Bishop Doane, officiating at its services, acquainted with the Teachers and Pupils, and watch- ing the growth of this goodly vine planted by the hand, and nourished with the tears and life blood of the great Prelate, whose perpetual monument and praise it will remain, I trust, to the latest generation. * * " AVednesday November 9th. — At Burlington College, Bur- lington, I attended a meeting of the Board of Trustees of that Institution, which under God's blessing and the hearty co-operation of Churchmen may be made, I trust, to fulfil the intention of its founder, my Right Reverend Predecessor. " Friday, November 25th. — Said the Daily Morning and Evening Prayer in St. Mary's Church, Burlington. I will here f A sacramental knife, with a silver handle in the form of a Latin cross, in use in the parish, has this inscription : " St. Mary's Church, Burlington. Offering of a Priest." A note, in the handwriting of the Kev. Dr. Oden- heimer, of which the following is a transcript, lines the box in which it is kept : "A Thank Offering to the Lord for Ills mercy in restoring to health, and thus continuing to the Church, the wise counsel and effective labour of Plis servant, the Bishop of New Jersey; humbly presented and placed on the Altar of 'The Chapel of the Holy Child Jesus,' by a Priest of the Catholic Church in Penn- sylvania, Cliristmas ]>ay, 1S53." ^ 564 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH state, that I do not consider it necessary to record always my share in the Daily Pi-ayer of the Church, unless an Address, or other special act shall require it. Accustomed for many years to have access to a daily public ■worship of Almighty God, I must always desire to avail myself, as a Christian man and not simply as a Bishop, of the privilege wherever a House of Prayer may be opened for Divine Service." — Episcopal Address, 1860. THE DEATH OF J[RS. DOA^'E. ]Mrs. Doane entered into rest, Nov. 10th, 1859, at Florence, in Italy, " exactly six months," writes her son, " from the day on which she received the tidings of her bereavement." A corres- pondent of the Church Journal gives the following tribute to her memory : "A mission of love led Mrs. Doane to Europe in October, 1856, and detained her there, a ministering angel to dear invalids. There, the news of her great affliction reached her. The mother's love was still strong to bear, and kept her for a brief space by the dear one's couch ; but the wife's heart was broken, and very soon the faithful, loving nurse was missed from her accustomed place, for the silver cord was loosening, and in a few short months, her freed spirit rejoiced with his in the Paradise of God. " Gifted with beauty, wealth, station, the most devoted love of family and friends, she had yet no thought for self. She only lived to minister to others. With equal truth can it be said of her, as of Bishop Doane, she 'went about doing good,' dispens- ing sunshine in every darkened dwelling. Every one who has lived in Burlington since Mrs. Doane became a resident here, knows how freely her wealth flowed out to all who were in need. And, in St. Mary's Parish, who that has ever been in ' trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity,' has not treasured memories of Mrs. Doane's love and sympathy, and, if need be helping hand? Was a child kept from Sunday School or Church for want of shoes or suitable clothing? Mrs. Doane supplied them. Did any poor widow dread the approach of Winter, with no fuel in store? It was at her door, and Mrs. Doane sent it. Was there an invalid longing for fresh air, with- out the means of enjoying it? Mrs. Doane had thought of this, and sent a carriage. And every year, what bountiful provision was made, that every poor man's family in the parish should be gladdened with the Christmas feast? Nor was Mrs. Doane's bounty confined to St. Mary's parish and the little city of Bur- IX BURLINGTOX. 5G5 lington. Beginning at home, it did not stop tliere. INIany a gift found its way from Riverside to the families of faithful missionaries, or laborious clergymen, whose parishes forgot their duty. Nor was it confined to the Diocese, but responded gladly to all who were doing the work of the Great Head of the Church. All this was done, and much more ; quietly, noiselessly, as the ■dew descends and refreshes the earth. " What a model for every Christian woman was Mrs. Doane in her dress, so beautiful in its exceeding neatness and simplicitv ! For herself and her children she literally obeyed the Apostle's injunction, adorning herself and them 'in modest apparel, not with gold, or pearls, or costly array, but with good works.' " What an example, too, was Mrs. Doane's daily life, of devo- tion to the House of I'rayer! Before sickness came, how rarely was her place vacant! Tlie walk was long, but no weather kept her at home. Xot even a night's watch by a sick person, could induce her to be absent at the hour of Morning Prayer. She loved to be there. Who, of the inmates of St. Mary's Hall in those days, will not i-emember the quiet opening of the pri- vate door of 'their beautiful Chapel, as Mrs. Doane glided in, and knelt so reverently among them? Itiverside was seldom, if ever, without guests. If they would accompany her, she was most happy; but if not, she stole away alone, for the few mo- ments of noonday prayer, also. The writer loved to kneel beside her there, and listen to her earnest tones as she united so heartily in the solemn Litany. ' Is it not delightful here?' she said one day, as we lingered after the rest had retired. ' I never like to go away. It seems to me the very gate of heaven.' " Mrs. Doane loved children, and never was happier than when giving them pleasure. Which of the children of St. Mary's Hall, before sorrow and sickness came to Riverside, did not count the days from Epiphany to the Fourth of July, and from the Fourth of July to Epiphany, when all the children were made happy in their father's house ? Who does not re- member who was the leader in all their games — whose laugh rang clearest, sweetest — the merriest child among all? If there was one more happy then than Mrs. Doane, it was he whose great heart had gathered them all, and who was among them, as loving a father as she a mother. Who that ever was present when the children of the parish school met at Riverside to receive each 'a little token of remembrance,' will ever forget the scene '! " This is a simple tribute from a distant Diocese. One who when a little child first became acquainted with Bishop and Mrs. Doane — who has loved and reverenced them ever since — whose 566 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH every joy for man}' years was heightened by their participation, and eveiy sorrow soothed by their love and sympathy — can only say of Mrs. Doane, in fewest words, but those she would have loved the best, God gave her to the great-hearted Shepherd of Xew Jersey, 'to be an help meet for him.' " ST. mary's parish placed in charge of bishop ODENHEIMER. At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held Jan- uary 16th, 1860, Mr. Thomas Milnor, Senior "Warden, presid- ing, Dr. Franklin Gauntt offered the following : Resolved, That the "Wardens of St. Mary's Church be author- ized to place the Parish in the charge of the Bishop, and request him to furnish a suitable clergyman for the present, who can, under his direction, give a large proportion of his time to the- duties of the Parish. Resolved, That the clergyman appointed by the Bishop tO' attend to the parish duties of St. Mary's Church, be allowed as compensation, the use of the parsonage and a salary, at the rate of i'ive Hundred Dollars per annum. EVENSONG AT BURLINGTON. [By the liev. Thomas Lylc.'] Bright beams the moon o'er Dehaware As twilight fades away, And lends the wave more beauty far Than it had known by day ; On the sweet shore, the flakes of light Stream down in silvery shower, And kiss the cross on Riverside, And crown our lady's tower. Balm fills the air ; the hush of eve Spreads, brooding from the sky, Unstirr'd, save by the vesper chime That softly floats on high ; Heart-music that, whose every note Is fraught with heaven's own love — A Father's call, to cease from earth, And raise the thoughts above. The chapter clerks in Mary's aisle Before their altar stand ; The good priest of St. Barnabas' Kneels with his faithful band ; And, laden with the burthen rich Of earnest prayer and laud. Their breath to Heaven like incense goes, And bears their souls to God. IX BURLINGTON. 567 And soon, along yon moonlit marge, The sound of holy prayer. And sweet-voiced chant of youths and maids, Shall fill the fragrant air ; For there the college choirs, with psalms Shall make their chantry ring, And sweet St. Mary's daughters join Their compline hymns to sing. Blest evensong ! blest close of day ! Blest hour to Jesus given ! No note of praise, no word of prayer, Shall be unheard in Heav'n. God's rest, sweet sleep, shall fall on those Who thus in Him delight. And a kind Parent's patient love Shall guard them through the night. Unceasing be these cheerful rites. Till time itself shall end ; For, not alone on those who kneel Shall answering grace descend. (.)n friends afar, on Holy Church, On sinners wandering, Tliese faithful orisons shall draw- Fresh blessings from our King. LIABILITIES OF ST. MARY S CIIUIiCTI. At a meeting of the Vestry, held Augu.st 20th, 1860, "the Finance Committee submitted their report, by which it appears that the present liabilities of tlie Church are a trifle over 821,000." BISHOP 'ODEXIIEIJIER RESIGNS THE CHARGE OP THE PARISH. At the same Vestry meeting, Mr. Wm. A. Hogers stated that the Bishop requested him to say to the Vestry, that he wished to resign his charge of the Church, as provided by a resolution passed January 16th, 1860. The Bishoi)'s resignation was ac- cepted, and the following resolution adopted : Resolved, That the thanks of this Vestry be gratefully ten- dered to the Bishop, for so kindly undertaking and discharging the additional labours imposed by his recent charge of St. Mary's Church. Dr. Gauntt offered the following : Eciolced, That a Committee of three, be appointed to consult with the Bishop, to select with his approval, a suitable clergy- man to be nominated as Rector of this parish. 568 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH The resolution was adopted, and the chair appointed the fol- lowing Committee : ^Messrs. Dr. Gauutt, Wm. A. Rogers, E. Howell. RIVERSIDE PROCURED FOR AX EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE. " On the 17th day of July, 1860, the Trustees of Burlington College, assembled at Burlington, having under consideration a deed of trust, whereby the residence on Green Bank, Burling- ton, known as Riverside, with a suitable curtilage, was secured forever as a residence of the Bishop of the Diocese ; ' On motion, it was Resolved, That the Bishop, if he concurs, be requested to report to the next meeting of this Board that he consents to the curtilage so marked and defined, and that he be requested to state at the next Annual Convention, that the curtilage has been assigned to his satisfaction.' "It was thus made my duty, which I hereby discharge to report to this Convention that, whereas, by a deed of trust, which I append to, and make part of, this Address, the resi- dence on the bank at Burlington, known as Riverside, with a suit- able curtilage, was secured forever as the residence of the Bishop of the Diocese ; I have consented, as Bishop, to the following curtilage marked and defined by the Board of Trustees of Bur- lington College, to wit: ' That the ground lying next to the river, west and south of lines parallel with Pearl street and the boundary line of St. Mary's Hall property, the one equi-distant between Pearl street and the River Front of the Mansion ; the other twenty feet south-west of the Chapel wall, be appropriated as the curtilage, with an avenue or passage of eleven feet in width to Pearl street, on the line next to St. jMary's Hall. The pas- sage is intended to give convenient access to Pearl street from the Mansion grounds.' " I deem it proper to state, that after having adjusted the cur- tilage of Riverside, as above reported, they proceeded to resolve, that until otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the entire grounds of Riverside, as also the Lodge, be left as heretofore in the occupation of the Bishop. Of course such part outside of IN BURLIXGTOX. 569 the curtilage to be held at the will of the Trustees, without any responsibility on their part to repair or TehuM."— Episcopal Address, 1861. EEY. WILLIAM CROSWELL DOAXE ELECTED EECTOE OF ST. mart's parish. t "Burlington, Sept. 17th, 1860. " Rev. xVXd Dear Sir : "The undersigned, a Committee of the Wardens and A'estry- men of St. Mary's Church, have the pleasure to announce that at their stated meeting held on the evening of the 10th inst., you were unanimously elected Eector of said Church, to assume the duties at your earliest convenience. "In the present condition of the Church we cannot fix the salary higher than $500 per annum and the Parsonage. " Sincerely trusting you will feel it incumbent on you to accept this call, as true and long tried friends we respectfully suggest the propriety of continuing the services as conducted by your late lamented Father, believing that such a course will be highly acceptable to all the congregation, make us once more a united people, and with your valuable assistance add greatly to the resources of the Parish. " Desiring an early answer, believe us "Your sincere friends, " Franklix Gauxtt, "Wm. J. AVatso'. " To the Eev. Wm. Croswell Doane, B. D." f "Win. Croswell Doane, second son of the Et. Eev. George "W. Doane, was born in Boston, JIass., Marcli 2d, 1832; removed with his father to Burling- ton in the spring of 1833 ; graduated at Burlington College, Sep. 26th, ISoO ; became a candidate for Ploly Orders the same year ; was ordered Deacon, by his father, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Marcli 6th, 1853; elected Assist- ant Minister of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, April 4th, 1853 ; proceeded M. A. in Burlington College, Sep. 29th, 1853 ; was advanced to the priesthood, by his father, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, March 16th, 1856 ; resigned the Assistantship of St Mary's, Jlay 2d, 1856; and, the same year, proceeded B. D. in Burlington College, and founded St. Barnabas' Free Mission, Bur- lington ; where he was ministering when chosen Eector of St. Mary's Parish. 570 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH REV. ME. DOANE'S LETTER ACCEPTING THE RECTORSHIP OF ST. mart's parish. " Burlington, Sept. 18th, a. d. 1860. " To Franklin Gauntt, M. D., Wm. J. Watson, Esq., Committee : " Gextlemex — My very kind friends : " My necessary absence from home, under the pressure of a severe bereavement, kept from me until last night, your letter announcing, on behalf of the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish, my unanimous election to be your Rector. I pass over the kind suggestion of the latter portion of your note, as not bearing upon the question in hand, and as trenching upon those spiritual cares which are the sole province of your Rector. But I must say that the reference you make is most grateful to me as recalling the fact that you have honored me with the offer to succeed my beloved Father, in a charge to which he devoted so much of his life and love. Hallowed to me by such associations, I feel deeply touched in the mere thought of coming to be the Guard- ian of his memory, his labours, and his grave, in the Parish of my Christian training and confirmation, and first communion and double ordination at his hands ; and among the people for whom he lived and died, and to whom the first three years of my ministry were devoted under him. ' "After an earnest and solemn consideration of the whole subject, and acting under the entire approval of the Bishop, and under the advice by which my life is mainly governed, (more urgent now since death has sealed the lips of one who gave it,) I have decided, God helping me, to undertake the great and solemn trust, to which, I believe. He calls me through you. You have taken me, ' a man of your coasts,' and set me for your 'watchman,' knowing me thoroughly and well. May God direct and bless the issues of your choice. " While I authorize you to communicate this fact to the Ves- . try of St. Mary's Parish, I must ask you also to add to such communication the following statement which I deem necessary to a full and clear mutual understanding from the first : " In coming to St. Mary's Parish to assume entirely and dis- charge, to the best of my ability, the full round of Parochial 01.,^'^;^-^.^ ^^- IX BURLIXGTON. 571 duties, I cannot reconcile it to my conscience or my heart to give up the work of my mission, which, under God, owes its origin and continuance to me ; and to the people of which I am bound by the strongest ties of sympathy and love. I know that I ask in such a declaration the exercise of your fullest con- fidence; but I ask it, siucei-ely believing myself able to serve the interests of both, by making those interests one ; by a plan whose details I may communicate to you hereafter. " It will of course be essential to this end, that I should have an assistant at once. I believe the way is opening to secure this at slight additional expense to the Parish. And I have no de- sire to make the Vestry responsible except to me. " The selection and appointment of the Assistant resting with me, his remuneration would also come from me. But, while I respect the manner in which the Vestry mention the amount of the Eector's salary as fixed only 'for the present;' indicating their own impression of the unfitness of the amount either to the dignity of the Rectorship or to the ability of the congregation, and M'hile I desire in no way, to seek the 'hire' M'hich is the due of every ' laborer,' I must ask of the Vestry that in acting upon my acceptance they should take ground which will enable me at once to secure and pay for, the services of an Assistant, at, at least, one-half the salary proposed for the Rector. " Beyond this there is no need of words. I shall count upon the hearty co-operation of the Vestry and Parishioners, in an earnest effort to lessen and liquidate the debt resting upon the Parish, and it will be my constant aim to train the people of my charge, to what I believe the essential element of Church exten- sion, and the only true motive and manner of Church support, the abolition of pews, and of every other seeming equivalent for the free gift of our substance to God. '' In such heart and such hope I am willing to change my humble and more congenial position for one of harder labours and higher responsibilities. Many personal reasons and press- ing duties will prevent my asking for Institution at the Bishop's hands, before the first Sunday in Advent, Dec. 2d, and until 572 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH then I should not assume the full -personal responsibility of the charge. "But if the Vestry desire, I will assume the direction of the Parish from and after the 18th day of October; providing for all parochial duties ; and devoting the time between that and my Institution"!" to such consultation and thought as may best secure the great end in view. "Earnestly asking the aid and comfort of your prayers; and with the sincere assurance that my constant aim will be the restoration and perpetuation of amity and harmony among our- selves; and with an humble reliance on Him, Who alone maketh men to be of one mind in an house, that He — the Great Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls, may bless this decision, to the advancement of His Church, and the salvation of His souls. " I remain very sincerely and faithfully, your friend and ser- vant for Jesus' sake, " Wji. Croswell Doaxe." buelixgtox college. The first annual commencement of Burlington College, was held on Thursday, the 26th of September, 1850. The pro- gramme on that occasion, will give the best idea of the exer- cises on each similar occasion for ten years following. It reads thus : The JProcession will go from the College Library to the General Study in the following ORDER. Faculty of Burlington College. Librarian of Burlington College, and Financial Agent. Teachers of Burlington College. Matron and Ladies connected with Burlington College. Matron and Teachers of St. Mary's Hall. Invited Guests. The Eeverend Clergy. Students. Trustees of Burlington College. The Graduating Class. Eev. Rector. Et. Eev. President. Eev. Principal o!' St. Mary s Hall. fThe Eev. Mr. Doane was instituted into the rectorship of St. Mary's par- ish, by Bishop Odenheimer, Jilay 20th, l^Ol. IN BURLINGTON. 573' ORDER OF EXERCISES IN THE GENERAL STUDY. 3IUSIC. An Enrilisli Oration, with the Salutatory Addresses — The Exodus fhom Coi^- LEGE IS THE GENESIS OF LiFE — George McCulloch Miller. The E.tsay, in Italian — The Power of Association — Geo. Hobart Doane. MUSIC. The Eulogy, in French — Lafayette — William Croswell Doane. The Trilogy, in German — Schelswig Holstein — The -Graduating Class. MUSIC. The Oration, in Latin — Parnassus — George McCulloch Miller. The English Oration — Sir Philip Sidney — George Hobart Doane. MUSIC. The Dialogue, in Oreek — Poetry' — Geo. H. Doane, Wm. C. Doane. The English Poem — Maktyes — William Croswell Doane. MUSIC. The Dissertation, in Spanish — Carbon — George McCulloch Miller. An English Oration, with the VaMidory Addresses — The Last ! — AVilliam Croswell Doane. music. Investiture of the Class entering College. MUSIC. 12 O'CLOCK, M. The Procession will go from the General Study to St. Mary's Church, in, the following O R 33 K R . Rev. Rector. Rt. Rev. President. Rev. Principal of St. Mary's Hall., Faculty of Burlington College. Band of Music. The Graduating Class. Trustees of Burlington College. Matron and Ladies connected with Burlington College. Matron and Teachers of St. Mary's Hall. Librarian of Burlington College, and Financial Agent. Students. Invited Guests. The Reverend Clergy. ORDER OF EXERCISES IN THE CHURCH. Anthem, by the College Choir— 150th Psalm. The Bidding Prayer. The Litany. Chant, by the College Choir— 118th Psalm. The Baccalaureate Address. Degrees Conferred. Chant, by the College Choir, during the Investiture— 119th Psalm, 2d part.. The Blessing. Anthem, by the College Choir— Psalm 147. The Holy Communion. Voluntary. 574 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH The Rev. "Wm. Croswell Doane, in his Memoir of his father (pp. 45, 46,) thus describes the scene; "Doctors and Masters and Bachelors and undergraduates, ^yith their distinctive gowns and hoods, were about the Bishop; And the jirst thing, was to kneel in silent prayer. Then, when the music stopped, he stood erect, and bowed. ' Audilores docti ac benevoli, hi juvenes nostri, primam lauream ambientes, vos, per Oratorem, salutare cupiunt : quod, illis a vobis concessum, fidunt.' And then taking his seat, with a bow to the Salutatorian : ' Orator salu- tatorius, in lingua Latina aseendat.' This was the signal for each, ' Orator, in lingua Gallica, Orator in lingua Yernacula ; Orator A^aledictorius.' "When all was done the sixth form stood before him ; and turning to the audience, cap-in-hand, he said 'Hosce, pueros, olim, de nostra Forma sexta, hodie in classem nostram, junior dictam, admittere proponimus, eosque induere toga virili, Academire Nostrte.' And they knelt for his favorite blessing, ' Unto God's gracious mercy, we commit you.' After this, the procession went directly to the Church. Seated in his Episcopal Chair, drawn out to the choir steps, still in Academic dress, with the Rector and Senior Professor on either side, and the candidates for degrees before him ; after the Bid- ding Prayer and Litany, [see p. 488] he delivered his Baccalau- reate. This done, the conferring of degrees began. Standing up, he addressed the Trustees, ' Curatores honorandi, ae reverend! ; juvenes, quos coram vobis, videtis, publico examini, secundum hujus academias leges, subjecti; habiti fuerunt omnino digni, honoribus academicis exornari; vobis igitur comprobantibus, illos ad gradum petitum, toto animo admittam.' And when the answer came from the President, ' Comprobamus ; ' he took his seat, put on his Oxford cap, and one by one, as the boys knelt before him, he gave them their degree. ' Ad honorem Domini nostri Jesu Christi ; ad profectum Ecclesife Sacrosancta^, et omnium studiorum bonorum ; do tibi inputting a Greek Testa- ment in their hands) licentiam legendi, docendi, disputandi, et castera omnia faciendi; quse ad gradum Baccalaurei [or, Ma- gistri; or, Baccalaurei in Uteris sacris] in Artibus, pertinent; cujus hocce diploma sit testimonium, in Nomine, Patris et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.' And each time, he lifted his cap IX BURLINGTON. 575 at the mention of the Triune Name. The Service ended, always, with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist," ALUSIXI OF BUELIXGTOX COLLEGE. From 1850 to 1860, both years included, there were gradu- ates in Arts, every year continuously, with one exception. The names of these gentlemen, as given in the catalogue for 1872, are as follows : CLASS OF MDCCCL. George Hobart Doane, A. M., M. D Xcn-ark, K. J. Et. Eev. AVm. Croswell Doane, A. il., B. D.,D. D Albany, X. T. George ilcCuUoch Miller, A. M Xeio York, K. Y. Eev. John Trimble, A. M., D. D Grorgciovn, D. C. Eev. Edward Purdon Wright, A. M., D. D Dayton, 0. CLASS OF MDCCCLI. Eev. Hobart Chetwood, A'. M., B. D Newburgh, X. Y. *Frederick Augustus Clarke, A. M Elizahethiovn, y. J. Eev. ^Xm. Tilghman Johnston, A. M., B. D Waveiiy, Md. Eev. Joseph Shepherd Mayers, A. M., B. L) Elizabethport, y. J. Christopher AVolfe Smith, A. M Nevjark, N. J. Sheldon Hanford Smith, A. M CLASS OF MDCCCLII. AVilliam Cnshman Avery, A. M., M. D Greensborough, Ala. Nathaniel Bailey Boyd, A. M Philadelphia, Pa. John Henry Hobart Brientnall, A. M., M. D Newark, y. J. Eev. Francis Dayton Canfield, A. M Philadelphia, Pa. *George Whiting Garth waite, A. M Newark, N. J. Eichard Stockton Jenkins, A. M Lancaster, Pa. *Devereux Klapp, A. M Philadelphia, Pa. Charles Willing Littell, A. M Germantown Pa. *Warren Livingston, A. M Nevj Brunswick, N. J. *Lindley Hoffman Miller, A. M Morristown, N. J. Eev. Walter Alexander Mitchell, A. M., B. D Ellicott City, Md. Oeorge Champlin Mason Mumford, A. M New York. Dayton Ogden, A. M Paterson, N. J. Eev. James Atchison Upjohn, A. M Caldwell, N. Y. BACHELOR OF ARTS, honoris causa. William Edward Coale, M. D Boston, Mas.<. Jacob Da Costa, M. D Philadelphia, Pa. Hen ry Tudor Broivnell . . .'. Hartford, Conn. * Deceased. 576 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH CLASS OF MDCCCLIir. Isaac P. Brewer, A. B Haddonfiehl, X J. Rev. Gideon J. Barton, A. M..., Sunbury, Pa. Jeremiah C. Gartliwaite, Jr., A. M JN'iirar^-, X /. C. Gilbert Hannah, A.B .'. Salem, y. J. John Lathrop, A. M Dedham, Jfass. Thomas W. Eyall, A. B Freehold, X. J. J. Watson Webb, Jr., A. B Xcw York. MASTER OF ABTS, hoHoris causa. Eev. Andrew Mackie yev:^rk, X J. Jacob Da Costa, M. D Philadelphia, Pa. John L. Blake Orange, X. J. CLASS OF MDCCCLIV. F. W. Alexander, A. M Baltimore, JId. Henry O. Claggett, A. M Lcesburg, Va. Rev. P. Yoorhees Finch, A. M Pittsburgh, Pa. ■*A. Montgomery King, A. j\[ yeu-ark, X. J. (i. Hood McLaughlin, A. M Augusta, Ga. William Yanderpool, A. M Xenxirk, X. J. CLASS OF MDCCCLV. Rev. HughL. M. Clarke, A. M Some, X. Y. *Rev. George Seymour Lewis, A. M Leu-es, Del. Eev. T. Gardiner Littell Wilmington, Del. MASTEK OF ARTS, honoria eausu<, *Eev. Harry Finch Shrewsbury, X. J. CLASS OF MDCCCLYI. Luke Davi.s Chadwick, A. B Xewark, X. J. James Otis Watson, A. B Portsmouth, X. H. "'■"Rev. Robert Greene Chase, A. M Philadelphia, Pa, Rev. Edwin Bailey Chase, A. M Cavibridgeport, 3Ia.- MASTER OF ARTS, honoris causa. Rev. John Wragg Shackelford Xavark, X. J. Rev. Edward Augustus Foggo Bordentown, X. J. Rev. Daniel Caldwell Millett Burlington, X. J. CLASS OF MDCCCLVII. *Francisco D. H. Baquet, A. M Burlington, X. J. Bradbury C. Chetwood, A. M Elizabeth, X. J. Rev. Henry W. Nelson, A. M Hartford, Ct. Beach Yanderpool, Jr., A. B Xeicark X. J. *Deceased. IN BURLINGTOX. 577 MA^TEB, OP ARTS, honoris cauna. Rev. William H. Williams Ridfjefield, Ct. CLASS OF MDCCCLVIII. Henry C. Eussell, A. B PottsvUle, Pa. William B. Giflen, A. B yeio Orleans, La. James A. C. Xowland, A. B Xeio Castle, Del. Frederic Engle, Jr., A. B Burlincjton, N. J. MASTER OP ARTS, honoris causa. Rev. William ilurphy Snow Hill, 2Id. Rev. Joseph Dean Philip Brooklyn, N. Y. CLASS OF MDCCCLIX. CLASS OF 3IDCCCLX. Rev. Cu-tis P. Jone-;, A. B Washinrjton, I). O. Gren. E. Bard Grubb, A. B Burlington, N. J. RESOLUTIONS OX THE EESICiXATION OF THOMAS MILNOR. At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held No- vember 7th, 1860, the Committee reported the following reso- lutions, which were unanimously adopted : " "Whereas, Thomas Milnor, Esq., the Senior Warden and Treasurer of this Parish, has communicated to the Vestry, his desire to resign his positions, both as Warden and Treasurer; "Resolved, That in accepting Mr. Milnor's resignation, the Vestry act only from a sense of courtesy to him and from an unwillingness to resist his plainly expressed wish. "Mesolved, That the Vestry cannot sever the official connec- tion, which has so long existed between Mr. Milnor and them- selves, without expressing their sense of his long and faithful service, both as Warden and Treasurer, extending over a period of many years; under depressing and difficult circumstances, calling for the exercise of prudence, patience, forbearance, and liberality, which have never failed. "Resolved, That the Vestry sincerely regret the necessity, which compels them to accept this resignation ; and that as an expression of their regret and esteem, these resolutions be entered on the minutes of the Vesti'y, and a copy signed by the Hector, and Secretary of the Vestry, be sent to Mr. Milnor. "Wm. Croswell Doaxe, Chairman. "W. A, Rogers, "H. McDowell." 2o 578 HISTORY OF THE CHrRCH PASTORAL LETTER IX BEHALF OF BURLIXirrOX COLLEGE. " Among tlie noble foundations for Cliristian Education, which the zeal of the late Bishop, and the co-operation of gen- erous friends, secured for the Diocese of Xew Jersey, and the Church at large, is Burlington College. "As St. Mary's Hall was designed for the education of our daughters, so Burlington College was planned to give our sons a thorough preparatory and university training. This latter Institution has never been adequately sustained by practical sympathy and support; and, therefore, according to mine office, which fills me with solicitude for the proper intellectual as well as Christian nurture of the lambs of my flock, I now remind the members of my Diocese of their privilege and duty in this particular. "The necessity of a distinctively Christian education, to fit our sons for thoir political and religious responsibilities, is not more evident, than is the moral obligation resting upon us to sustain, by our patronage and prayers, our own Diocesan Col- lege. Its. discipline and course of study bear the impress of large experience and elegant scholarship, and are perfect for all the purposes of the highest Collegiate and Christian culture; and there is only wanted the conscientious interest of the church- men of New Jersey, to make the Institution in fact, what, in its theory, it was designed to be by its founder. That interest I now invoke, by commending to your earnest attention the accompanying appeal of the Rector, and by asking you to scru- tinize for yourselves the working of the College as at present in operation, and, if satisfactory, to send there your sons, and the sons of those over whom you have influence. " It is entitled, in my opinion, to entire confidence in all its departments, Moral, Domestic, and Academical; and it possesses in its Rector, the Reverend J. Breckenridge Gibson, A. M., a gentleman eminently fitted, in connection with his estimable wife, to make the Institution a refined Christian home. " WiLLLVJi Hexry Odenhelmee, "Bisliop of New Jersey and Preskknl of BurVmglon College. "Riverside, February 9th, a. d. 18C1." A FALDSTOOL FOE THE EPISCOPAL C'HAIE. On the 10th of March, 1861, a Faldstool, of black walnut, was placed in front of the Episcopal Chair, " near to the Holy Table." The book-board of the faldstool has a brass plate, with this inscrij)tion : IX BURLIXGTOX. 579 " THE BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY. '"I v:as glad when they said unto me, we will go into the House of the Lord.' Fourth Sunday in Lent, A. d. 18 31." STATEMEXT TO THE ( 'OXfiREGATIOX OF ST. JfARV's I'ARISII, BURLINGTON, N. J. "The Rector, AVardens, and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Parish have long borne, alone, the anxiety consequent upon the large indebtedness of the Parish. The actual labour of the financial administration of its affairs, falls naturally upon them, and they have no disposition to avoid it. But they feel it right that the difficulties under which they often labour, should be understood by the congregation, in order that the plans which they adopt may be fairly judged, and the reason of their pecuniary embar- rassment may be fully known. They recognize, moreover, the entire right of every member of the congregation to be informed of the exact position of its affairs ; and feel, that the consequent upon this right, the duty rests upon the people directly, and upon the Vestry, only as their representatives, of assuming, and providing for, the expenses of the Parish. In a word, the Vestry feel that the indebtedness belongs to the congregation, and that they, and not the A'estry, are bound to meet it. " Holding this view, the Vestry, at a meeting held on the 2!Jtli January in this year, passed the following resolution : " 'Resolved, That the Rector, Wardens, and Treasurer, be a committee to prepare a full statement of the financial condition of the Parish, showing their assets and liabilities, revenue and •current expenses, Avith a view of making a detailed report to the congregation.' " The Committee so appointed, after a minute and extended examination of books, papers, reports, and deeds, presented their report, which was accepted and entered upon the minutes of the Vestry. This report, condensed in some points, and in others, enlarged, is now laid before the congregation. " The assets include all the property of the Parish. The Church building is valued at its actual cost; estimated from a condensed statement of the accounts of the Building Committee, made by the present Treasurer. And the other property is set down at a very moderate valuation. 5S0 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "The liabilities will be found to include unpaid interest (monies and salaries of other years) ; but to be made up chiefly of monies borrowed for the erection and completion of the new- Church building. ASSETS. Church Building §48,220 00 Old Church 1,780 00 Parsonage and Grounds 3,500 00 Lot in rear 2,000 00 14 ground rent — Deeds from T. Dugdale 13,570 00 Other property on Broad street and Pearl street and the Creek 13,000 00 Total assets $82,070 00 LIABILITIES. Advances of former Treasurer §2,968 92. Loan from Board of Island Mana- gers for Church building 10,100 00' Other loans for same object 5,559 25 Unpaid bills and tax 621 61 Unpaid interest 100 00 Unpaid salaries 225 00 Total Liabilities 19,574 68 Excess of Assets over Liabilities |62,495 32 " It will be seen of course from these, that the creditors of the Church are amply and thoroughly secured; and the Vestry have no doubt that they would be entirely satisfied, if the congrega- tion will provide, as they should, for the prompt and regular payment of the interest as it accrues. It is to this matter that they especially call their attention. At the same time, they feel bound to say to the congregation, that in their judgment it would be right and proper to take any means, which would not sacrifice the property of the Church, to lessen the indebtedness. And further, that in their judgment, the standing of the Parish would be materially improved, if an earnest effort were made by^ gifts and subscriptiojs, to clear off, entirely, the debt. IX BURLINGTON. 581 ■''We ask the attention of the congregation now, to a simple oomparsion of the revenue and current expenses of the Church. REVENUE. Pew rents $1,669 88 Income from 4 rented houses 210 00 Other receipts (wharf and burial ground) ab't.... 100 00 $1,979 88 EXPENSES. Interest to Island Managers §606 00 Other interest 311 00 Salaries 850 00 Coal and gas '200 00 Incidentals 200 00 §2,167 00 Excess of expenses over revenue, §187.12. " It will be seen at once, that this state of things simply involves a constantly increasing debt; and places the Parish, before the eyes of men, as either insolvent or dishonest. The Vestry are convinced that the congregation will not allow such an imputation to rest upon a portion of Christ's Church ; and will not leave their representatives, especially the Wardens and Treasurer, in a position so painful and embarrassing. "And the Vestry are equally convinced, that the congregation will see that the deficiency can only be met, by an increase of revenue. The expenses cannot be reduced. The Vestry are -assured of this, after a careful examination of the whole case ; and are sure that the congregation will see it. The chief item is the payment of interest, which can only be avoided, by the liquidation of the debt recommended above. The salaries are altogether unworthy of the congregation. And the other items of expense are unimportant. It must also be borne in mind, that in the item of incidental expenses, repairs are included, many of which are much needed now ; and which will increase in amount and necessity every year. "Simply, therefore, with a view of putting ourselves in a posi- tion to meet our yearly expenses, the Vestry appointed a Com- mittee to propose such a re-assessment of the pews, as would 582 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH make the revenue equal to the current expenses of the Parish ;, and that committee have reported as follows : " ' The committee appointed to revise the pew-rental of St. Mary's Church, recommend to the Vestry for their adoption, the following changes in the assessment of the pews, viz. : PEW. PRESENT RENTAL. PROPOSED RENTAL. EXCESS. No. 20 $40 00 $50 00 §10 00 21 40 00 50 00 10 00 22 40 00 45 00 5 00 23 40 00 45 00 5 00 24 35 00 45 00 10 00 25 30 00 40 00 10 00 26 30 00 40 00 10 00 27 30 00 40 00 10 00 28 50 00 75 00 25 00 29 50 00 75 00 25 00 30 30 00 40 00 10 00 (12 25 00 35 00 10 00 63 25 00 35 00 10 00 64 22 00 30 00 8 00 65 25 00...; 35 00 10 00 .67 50 00 75 00 25 00 68 30 00 40 00 10 00 69 30 00 40 00 10 00 70 30 00 40 00 10 00 71 40 00 50 00 10 00 72 50 00 60 00 10 00' 73 50 00 60 00 10 00 74 50 00 60 00 10 00' 75 50 00 60 00 10 00' 76 , 50 00 60 00 10 00 77 50 00 60 00 10 00 78 50 00 60 00 10 00 'Additional revenue thus gained §303 00' " The A'estry accepted and adopted this report ; and as six: months' notice is required to be given, before any change of assessment can be made obligatory, the following resolution was unanimously passed : IX BURLINGTON. 583 " 'Resolved, That the Wardens be authorized to state to the pewholders, that on and after the first of October next, the pews will only be rented at the advanced rate; and also to request those who are willing, to begin the payment of this advanced rate, on the first of April.' " The A'estry are of opinion that this assessment of the pews is by no means too high ; and that the proportion of the rates is much more fair than before. They have no desire to do any thing, but to enable the Parish to pay their honest debts. They avail themselves of the only means to increase the revenue; and they distribute the additional payments so that they fall heavily upon no one. " The A'estry desire also, to remind the worshippers in St. Mary's Church, that while free sittings are cheerfully accorded to any persons in the unrented pews, so that all who will, are welcome to the privileges of the House of God ; still, as the Parish relies almost entirely for its support, upon the pew rents, it is desirable that all regular worshippers who can, should con- tribute towards the maintenance of the services, according to their ability, by renting seats. " The A'estry think it right, further to say to the congrega- tion, that they have in hand the preparation of a map, which will show accurately the situation of the property still in pos- session of the Parish ; and also what portions of it have been disposed of; with the amounts received for it; and further showing the property held by ground-rent deeds, with state- ments of interest received and due upon them. This, as soon as prepared, they propose to submit to the congregation, " In devising some means of reducing, if possible, the liabili- ties of the Parish, the Vestry having laid out burial lots in the rear of the new Church, f have now prepared by-laws in regard to them, and a form of certificate conveying them to purchasers. The Wardens are prepared to sell these lots, and to give any desired information in regard to them : and the Vestry earnestly call the attention of the congregation to this method of liquidat- ing the debt of the Church ; while they secure a sacred and safe f "The nexo pari of the burying ground, is an intrusion on the lands left by the Kev. John Talbot for the use of the Rectors of St. Mary's Church. \Vm. Allen .Johxsox, Kector, December 10th, 1868." — MS. Mcmomndiim in Pnrixh Archives. 684 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH burial place. All the proceeds of such sales will be appropriated to lessening the amount of the Church's indebtedness. " One thing only remains, which the Yestiy feel it their duty to lay before the congregation. "Among the liabilities included in the above estimates, are four items of amounts which should have been paid last quarter. They amount to $325 ; and include, A balance of interest to Island Managers, due Sep- tember 25th, 1860 ?100 00 One quarter's salary due the Rector, January 18th, 1861 125 00 Taxes 50 00 Coal 50 00 §325 00 "The Vestry are very anxious that the burden of this should not lie upon the incoming pew-rents ; but that they may be left clear to meet the expenses due on the 1st of April, and until October 1st. They have therefore by resolution, requested the Rector to make a special Offertory for this purpose, and give due notice of it to the people. The Rector having assented to this, and intending to devote to this object the Otfertory on Easter Sunday, March 31st, the Yestry urge upon the congrega- tion that they should come forward and meet the call presented to them. "Asking for this statement your cai'eful and candid consider- ation, and begging, upon all we think or do, the blessing of Almighty God, we remain your faithful friends and servants for Christ's sake ; " Wm. Croswell Doane, "Hedor of St. Mary's Church. " Wm. a. Rogees, "I ^,, , ^r , " Franklin Gauntt, J ^'""''''' ^lar^ns. "Edward B. Grubb, Treasurer. "Samuel Rogers, ^ " Elias How^ell, " Wm. J. Watson, J- Vest) "H. McDowell, | "C. S. Guantt, J "Burlington, N. J., March 19th, 1861." ^ymen. IX BURLINGTOX. 585 THE GRAVE OF BISHOP DOAXE. The place of Bishop Doane's interment, in St. Mary's Church- yard — not far from the northeast corner of the new Church — is marked with a copod-tomb, of brown free stone, of admirable design and workmanship. The mitre, the pastoral staff and keys, and the crown of thorns, are chief among its sculptured symbols; while, beginning at the head, and running around the plinth of the upper base is this inscription : ^ Jesu Meecy. George Washingtox Doane, D. D., LL. D., for XXVII YEARS Bishop of Xew Jersey: born, May 27, A. D. MDCCXCIX; FELL asleep, April 27, A. D. MDCCCLIX: IN PACE. "I hair ivaitedfor Thy salvation, Lord." On the end — at the foot of the monument — are these words: ■|> In. Mejioriam. EPtSCOPI. NEO-CiESARIENSIS. Hujus. EccLESiiE. Sanct^e. Marine. CONDITOEIS. Ex. ReCTORIS. CoLLEGII. BUELINGTOXIENSIS. Atque. AuL.E. Sanct.e. Marine. Fundatoris. Pastoris. MErAAIITOPOI. A MEMORIAL WINDOW TO BISHOP DOANE. " The Vestry, some months ago, consented to a request, from the Parishioners, to take out the old east window of the Church, and put in its place a memorial, to their late Rector, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane. " The window was in its place on Maundy Thursday ; but was hidden from view by a heavy purple veil, which draped the chancel, all Good Friday and Easter Even. On Easter morning, the veil was taken away ; and the glad sunlight lit up, with all the Resurrection brightness, the exquisite memorial. " The window consists of three lancets ; the central one being the highest. The ground-work of all the lancets is a deep blue quarry, with a rich ruby border, and a gold flower in the points. An unusual depth and richness is given to the quarry work, by 586 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH a diapering, wliich defines the ruby into a cross, behind the blue, by a slight black line. " The central figure, in the middle lancet, is ' the Good Shep- herd' in a vesica piscis. The dignity and repose of the figure are very commanding ; and the drapery, in parts very brilliant, is full of grace. Above and below this are two oblong cusped compartments ; the upper one containing a most effective group, of the Saviour giving the pastoral commission to St. Peter, who kneels before Him ; and the lower containing a representation of St. Peter's deliverance by the Angel from the prison. The cold prison. floor, and the blue sky through the barred window ; the broken manacles, and the pose of the Angel, make a most effective combination. Above, in the head of the central lancet, is a Dove; and, underneath all, the Bishop's coat-of-arms in a quatrefoil. " The side lancets are simple and plain, mainly used to bring out the effect of the central window. The ground-work is the same ; with a vcsiaa and two medallions in each. On the north, are the Pastoral Staff and Keys cross-wise ; with the seal of Burlington College below, and a passion cross, entwined with passion flowers, above : on the south, the mitre ; with the seal of St. Mary's Hall below : and, above, a crown of glory in a wreath of ivy leaves. The distinctness of effect, even in the figures on the seals is very striking ; and the atmospheric blue, in the vesicas and medallions, makes a beautiful contrast with the deep blue of the quarries. Along the foot of the window, in small, golden, Gothic letters, runs the inscription : '"Georgia W. Doane, Neo Gcs Episc. Eccl. hujwsceper annos .cxvi Rectori, amantissimo ac fidclissimo Pastori, qui diem supre- mum obiit An. Saov. mdccclix, mense Aprili, die xxvii; et sepulttis est post hoc templum, quod pie sancteque vivus Jrequenta- rercdffenestram liancce piduratam, diuiurni sui amor-is monimcn- tum, parochiales ex animo dolentes ponendam curarerunt.' f t " To George W. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, for twenty-six years Kector of this Parish ; a most loving and faithful Pastor; who died on the '27th day of April, A. D. 1859 ; and is buried behind tliis Clmrch, in which, daring his lifetime, devoutly and reverently he constantly worshipped ; his parishioners, mourning, from their hearts, his loss, have caused this window to be erected, as a memorial of their lasting love." IX BURLIXGTOX. 587 " The window is all Jersey work, and Church work ; and reflects great credit upon the artist, Mr. Owen Doremus, of West Bloomfield. He has thrown, into this work, his art, not only, but his heart. " The teaching of the window is plain and true ; figuring the pastoral character of the ' great-hearted shepherd ; ' in which, of course, he was best known and most dearly loved by his parishioners ; and which indeed was the great element of his Episcopate. The Chief Shepherd in the central vesica, as the Source of all authority, conveys the commission to feed His lambs, (in the upper compartment), to the Apostolic Ministry, in the person of St. Peter ; and he, for the faithfulness of that feeding, is imprisoned ; but, (in the lower compartment), from all the trials and persecutions of his enemies, and iinally, from the last suffering of all, the Angel of the Lord delivers him." — Burlington Newspaper, April, 1861. THE REPORT OF ST. MARY's AS THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH. [May 15th, 1861.] St. Mary's Church. The Rt. Eev. W. H. Odenheimer, D. D., Bishop. The Rev. \Vm. Croswell Doane, B. D., Bishop's Chaplain, Rector. The Rev. David C. Moore, Rector's Assistant. The Rev. Elvin K. Smith, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Chap- lain of Holy Innocents' Chapel. The Rev. J. Breckenridge Gibson, Rector of Burlington College, Chaplain of the Holy Child Jesus Chapel. The Rev. M. F. Hyde, Professor of Ancient Languages in Bur- lington College, Missionary to Christ Church, Riverton. Levi Johnston, C. P. Jones, Lay Readers. The Rector reports, since St. Luke's Day, October 18, when he assumed the rectorship: — Baptisms, adults, 7; infants, 12; (before October 18, infants, 13;) total, 32; confirmed, 20;, (before October 18, 1 ;) 21 ; marriages, 5; burials,' 21; com- municants, added, 10; removed into the Parish, 2; removed from the Parish, 4; died, 2; present number, 120; the Holy Communion celebrated every Lord's Day and Holy Day, and in the Octaves; Parochial School, 1 ; St. Mary's Academy, 21 boys; catechists, 18; catechumens, 100 ; Parish Library, 250 volumes ; Sunday School Library, 300 volumes. 588 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Offerings: Missions; Diocesan, §49,39 ; Domestic, .?82.74; Foreign, "§27.38 ; Parochial, §96.49 ; Parocliial Ciiarities, ^147.49; Kansas, §41.87; Aged and Infirm Clergy, §9.96 ; other Parochial pnrposes, §155.14; Convention Expenses, $10.50 ; Bishop's Salary, §87 ; total, §707.96 ; before October 18, total, §110.37. Total for the year, §818.33. St. BarTiabas' Free Mission Chapel. Families, 72 ; Individuals, 320 ; baptisms, adults, 3 ; infants, 36; total, 39; confirmed, 11; marriages, 5; burials, 12; com- municants, died and removed, 3 ; present number, 100. The Holy Communion every Lord's Da}' and Holy Day ; daily Par- ish Schools, partly paid; teachers, Cornelia Vansciver, Lavinia Forgus, Ellen Hnlme; scholars, boys, 35 ; girls, 40; total, 75; catechists, 6 ; catechumens, taught openly in the Church three times weekly, 95; Sunday School Library, 300 volumes; cele- bration of Divine service, Sundays, four times, with three ser- mons and one catechizing; Holy Days, the Holy Communion, with a sermon ; Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, with ser- mons on Wednesday and Friday, in Advent and Lent ; total 900. Offerings: Parochial Schools, §200; the Poor, §159.66; Parish purposes, §319.79 ; Kansas, §4.75 ; other purposes, §45 ; total, §729.20. Chapel of the Holy Innocents. "Baptisms, adults, 11; infant, 1; total, 12; confirmed, 40; •average communicants, 70. " Offerings : For Church Missionary "Work and Charitable purposes, §215. Chapel of the Holy Child Jesus. Individuals, 32 ; communicants, 11. Total in the Parish. " Baptisms, 83 ; confirmed, 71 ; communicants, 301. Offer- ings, §1,762.53. "The Rector's report for this year, of St. INIary's Parish, is mecessarily imperfect. The M'ork so far has been prospective, .and is full of promise ; larger congregations ; increased attend- ance at special services; and somewhat enlarged alms, give Jiopes, if not assurances, of growth. "St. Mary's Academy for boys is in successful operation, with 21 scholars ; who receive a thorough English and Classi- IN BUELINGTOX. 589' cal education, with proper and careful religious training, and attend the daily morning service of the Church. The Rector is- Rector of the Academy, and his Assistant the Master; the Bishop being Visitor. " In St. Barnabas' Mission, with much anxiety, there is abun- dant hope. The field is large and promising, though the sowers' hands are often tied, with the pressure of work and the want of means. The full services are continued, and the schools are in admirable condition. The changes consequent upon the accept- ance of the Rectorship of the Parish, by the Priest of the Mis- sion, have somewhat lessened this year's actual statistics. But the relation here remains unchanged. And now, with the paro- chial system for the whole city more completely arranged, there is larger room, and a better opportunity for more abundant and. successful labours. Here, as to some extent in the Parish. Church, the Rev. Assistant does much and valuable work in addition to his academic duties. "The Rector adds, as an important event, the Act, which, makes St. Mary's the Cathedral Church of the Diocese. It is such by nature and necessity, and has been always, in all bub the name. He hopes by another year to report that the system as adapted to the American Church, is fairly carried out. " 'An Act authorizing the Bishop of (he Protestant Episcopal Church within. tlie State, to register certain acts on the register of Saint Mary's Parish, in the city of Burlington. " ' 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter all baptisms and marriages, or any other official or ministerial acts, which have been or may be solemnized by the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church within this Stale, having the city of Burlington under his jurisdiction, may be entered by him on the register of Saint Mary's Parish, Burlington ; and the same, when entered on the said register, shall, liave the like legal effect and operation, as if the said mai-riage or baptism had been solemnized by the clergyman having charge of the said Church, and been by him entered on the register thereof; and the said Church may also be the place of deposit for any papers and documents connected with his office. ■' '2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.' " "St. Mary's Parsonage, Burlington, "May 28th, A. d. 1861. " Right Reverend Father in God : "I beg leave respectfully to report that, since my admission into your Diocese on the Feast of All Saints, a. d. 1860, 1 have- been officiating as Rector's Assistant in the Parish of St. Mary,. 590 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Burlington, and acting as Master of St. ^Mary's Academy for Boys. "la my last named duties I have received large and valuable aid from the Rector, and have had pleasantly associated with me, (until the last fortnight,) as Tutor, Mr. Custis P. Jones, B. A., of Burlington College, for whose loss I desire to record my regret. " In the Parochial work, I have taken such a share as has been appointed nie by the Rector, and all special ministerial acts performed by me are included in his Parochial report. " Outside St. Mary's Parish, but within your Diocese, I have assisted once in the administi'ation of the Holy Communion, said Morning or Evening Prayer three times, and i^reached twice. " In other Dioceses I have assisted at the ordination of one Priest; said Morning or Evening Prayer three times ; preached twice, and catechised publicly once. " I have the honor to be, "Right Reverend Father, "Your dutiful son iu the Church, "David C. Mooee. " To the Rigid l!ci-erend, the Bishop oj New Jersey, cCr., cC'c. " Rt. Reveeend Father : "The duties which are assigned to 'the Principal, Chaplain, and Head of the Family,' at St. Mary's Hall, have been con- stantly performed by me during the past year. " I have also celebrated Divine service, and preached several Sunday mornings, at St. Stephen's Church, Florence, by your direction ; and taken part, regularly, in the Sunday services in St. Mary's Church, Burlington. During the school vacation. Spring and Fall, I have officiated in various places. I have baptized one infant, and onae performed the marriao-e service and that for the burial of the dead once; I have been the In- structor in Dogmatic Theology, at Burlington Colleo-e. "Elyix K. Smith. "Burlington, N. J., May 27, 1861." IN BUHLIXGTON. 591 *' Et. Reverend Father : " I herewith send you my first report as a Presbyter of the Diocese of New Jersey. "I entered on my duties as Rector of Burlington College, October, a. d. 1860. Since that time I have been engaged, constantly, in the Pastoral and Academic work in that Institu- tion. There are under my Pastoral care thirty-two souls. Eleven members of the family are communicants. " I have also fulfilled the duties of Instructor in Ecclesiastical History in the Theological department of the College. " I have preached about twenty-five sermons ; besides Lec- tures and Addresses delivered in the College Chapel ; and have assisted on almost every Sunday, and on the greater Festivals, in the services of St. Mary's Church, Burlington. " J. Breckexridge Gibson. "Burlington, 1861." A PEW AKD A LOT FOR BISHOP ODENHEIMER. At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held De- cember 9th, 1861, the following were adopted: " "Whereas, The Vestry of this Church has set apart a pew for the Bishop and his family in St. Mary's Church, "Resolved, That a lot, or piece of ground, be also set apart for the Rt. Rev. Dr. Odenheimer and family, in the ground between the new and old Church ; and that the Wardens be hereb}- requested to call upon and meet the Bishop to designate the place for this purpose, and report the same to the next meeting ■of the Vestry." urgent COMMUNICATION FROM THE RECTOR. At a special meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held March 27th, 1862, called by order of the Rector, the Rector retiring from the meeting, F. Gauntt, M. D., presented the fol- lowing communication from the Rector of the Parish : "The Rector is compelled by circumstances that will admit of no delay, to ask the serious and immediate attention of the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish to this communication. 592 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "On the 18th of October, A. D. 1860, I entered on my duties as Rector. The experience of about eighteen months convinces me of the necessity of some change from the present conditioa of things. " In the first place, I find myself unable, without serious injury to my health, to continue the amount of work which I have undertaken. " In the second place, I am not at all satisfied with the work- ing of the Parish, much of whose pressing work is neglected and omitted, for want of time and strength. " If the only question in the matter were my health ; if the only conviction of the eighteen months' work were the convic- tion, that my health was unequal to the work ;. if this were all, I should simply say so to the Vestry ; and ask the acceptance of my resignation at their hands. And of course I beg the Vestry to be sure, that I am at once ready to withdraw in favour of any one who can carry on the Parish to their satisfac- tion, either from possessing more strength, or from doing less work. _^ " But this is not all ; I am able, thank God, to work hard, and to bear much. And as I look out upon my work here, I feel that its pressure upon me, has not been that of physical labour, but of anxious care. The work cannot be lessened. " Virtually there is but one Parish in this city, and it must be that St. Mary's Parish is responsible for the care of all the Church's children in the city ; and for all the Missionary exten- sion of the Church. That this work might be done, of course an Assistant must be had. The Parish thought itself unable to supply me one. I opened St. Mary's Academy with a view of supporting an Assistant, independently of the Parish. It has been partially successful. I have been able to secure assistance . but I have had to add to my own duties the confinement of teach- ing in the school ; and have bad but very slight and imperfect help, because the chief time of the Assistant is taken up in the school. I confess myself unable to carry on the work; and therefore unwilling to bear the reponsibility of this Parish, single handed. And my duty to the souls of my care, no less IN BURLINGTON. 593 than to myself, will compel me if I cannot be relieved, to with- draw from a position, where I am breaking down my health, in the vain effort to accomplish an impossibility. " But this, as I have said, is not all. It is a strain of no slight pressure to attend to the four Sunday services and the Sunday School ; the week day services with such additions as Advent and Lent demand ; to teach three hours daily ; and to care besides this for the sick and the poor, the day schools, the candidates for the Sacraments and for Confirmation. This makes a heavy strain. But it is far harder to see work undone that ought not to wait ; to feel that little permanent hold is gained from day to day, for what has been done ; and to be annoyed and anxious all the time, for means to carry on, or to originate measures absolutely essential to the welfare of the Parish. "I am extremely anxious that the Vestry should take in the full measure of their opportunities for good, and so of their responsibilities. They are the guardians in temporal matters of a great and enduring work. I thank God for the unanimous and cordial support which they have never failed to give me personally. But we must consider together, how we may meet the necessities which press upon us, and make permanent the work already begun. Merely to keep the Church full on Sun- day of regular worshippers, who pay their pew rents, is not the limit of our duty. We are bound as the mother Church of the city, to provide and support two schools for the children and to extend to the poor, and those yet unconverted, the privileges of worship and instruction and care. The Mission of St. Barnabas is doing this. It needs sympathy and support. And until such interest and such efforts are put forth as will continue and enlarge our work, we fall short of our duty. I urgently and earnestly press this matter upon the Vestry. I do not ask them to support St, Barnabas' Mission. It was founded and built and carried on for some years without this. But now the work is one, under one spiritual direction, and one in temporal responsibility. And I ask the Vestry as essential to the discharge of our duty and as neces- sary to the relief of my health, to consider and act ujjon some 2p 694 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH method of giving me an Assistant for the Parish work; and to authorize and sustain me, in pressing upon the Parishioners their duty of sup)iorting with more interest and sympathy and larger alms, the Christian work of the Parish. " My own view of the method of doing this is two-fold. In the first place, I believe that vigorous steps should be taken, at once, to pay off at least one-half of the principal of our debt, to the Board of Island Managers. This will add $300 a year to our income for Parish purposes. And in the next place, I think that pledges for an addition of at least as much, if not more than this sum, should be obtained from members of the congregation. I have of course, no desire to dictate any method of action to the Vestry. I believe both these suggestions to be practicable and therefore I propose them. Nor do I wish in any way, to urge myself, or my own views upon the Vestry, against their judgment. I simply ask their honest and earnest consideration of the statement which I have made : that I am not able, either conscientiously or physically to administer the Parish alone; that I believe the necessary work of the Parish, requires the undivided labour of at least two clergymen; and that I cannot but think that the congregation are able and would be willing to assume the expense necessary to such addi- tional work. " My hope is that the Vestry will recognize in this, the fact that the parochial work of St. Mary's Parish covers the mis- sionary work of St. Barnabas' Chapel ; and will realize the need of more clerical assistance ; and will act upon these two facts by the appointment of a Committee, (of which I will will- ingly be one and which I will cordially aid,) to secure from the congregation, in whatever way may be practicable, the means required for the support of our Church work in Burlington. "Wm. Ceoswell Doane, Rector. " March 21st, a. d. 1862. "The Chair appointed the Wardens, the Treasurer, and Messrs. C. S. Gauntt and W. C. Myers, a committee to act upon the communication." IX BURLINGTOX. 5!)5 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TliE LOT. At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held April 28th, 1862, the Secretary presented this communication from the Bishop : " Burlington, N. J., April 9th, 1862. " My Dear Sir : " I have received your letter of the 8th inst., communicating to me the very gratifying and generous resolution of the Eector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, ap- propriating to me and my family a plot of ground opposite to the Chancel of the new St. Mary's Church. " I beg leave through you, as Secretary of the Vestry, to ex- press my profound and gratified acknowledgment of this con- siderate act of kindness on the part of the corporation of St- Mary's Parish ; and as well for my family as myself to return my sincere thanks. " With the humble prayer that every blessing may attend upon the faithful labour of your beloved Rector and his Vestry, " I remain, very faithfully yours, " W. H. Odenheimetw " Mr. Geo. H. Woolman, Sec'y." report of the rev. DAVID C. MOORE. "Eight Eeverend Father in God. " I beg leave, very respectfully, to present to you the report of duties done by me since May 29th, a. d. 1861. " I took such share in the Parochial and Scholastic work of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, as was allotted to me by the Eector, until after the Feast of St. Andrew, when I most re- gretfully ceased to be Mr. Doane's assistant in St. Mary's Church, St. Barnabas' Chapel, and St. Mary's Academy for boys. " From July 7th to the before-mentioned date, I also, at your desire, took charge of the vacant Parish of Trinity, Fair view, as Missionary. " During the months of June, July, August, September, Oc- 596 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH tober and Xovember, I baptized two adults and three infants, one of the latter being colored. I presented to you two persons for Confirmation, (belonging to the then vacant Parish of St. Peter's, Rancocas,) and I said the office for the Burial of the Dead seven times. All these are recorded in the register of St. Mary's Parisli, Burlington. Besides these regular duties, I have also at other places within your Diocese, administered the Holy Eucharist six times, said the whole or part of morning or eve- ning prayer thirty-two times, and preached sixteen times. While beyond the limits of your Diocese, I have said morning and evening prayer four times, and have preached three times. These irregular and gratuitous duties extended to the 18th day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1862, when I left the Diocese of New Jersey, with feelings of attachment which can never die while I myself re- tain life ; and at the same time (permit me to add) I also left the fatherly jurisdiction of one of the most kind and considerate Prelates, to whom it was ever the lot of a clergyman to owe allegiance. " With every sincere sentiment of respect and honor for you in your high and holy office, and of love and gratitude to you personally, " I have the honor to be, " Right Reverend Father, " Your obedient son in Christ's Church, "David C. Moore, " Missionary to SherbroJce, {icest) Counly of Lunenberg, Diocesn q/ Nova Scotia. "April, A. D. 1862." A BELL FOR ST. BARXABAS' CHAPEL. "The Rector gratefully acknowledges the beautiful Christ- mas tokens of love from the S. S. Teachers and children of the Mission and the Parish, and from the people of the Mission ; and the Easter gift of two surplices from two parishioners; while our hearts are daily gladdened by the generous gift to St. Barnabas' Chapel of a noble bell, with a bell-turret, a thank- IX BURLINGTON. 597 offering for preservation from great danger, bearing this inscrip- tion : ' Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his ben- efits, who saveth thy life from destruction.' St. Barnabas' Free Mission Chapel, Christmas, a. d. 1861. 'O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.' "The bell weighs over 300 pounds, and its admirable tone is worthy of its well known founders, Messrs. Jones & Co., of Troy, New York." — Parochial Ileport, May, 1862. THE DIOCESAN IXSTITUTIOXS. At the Convention of the Diocese held in Grace Church, Newark, May 28th and 29th, 1862, the following was accepted : " The Committee on the Diocesaa Institutions of St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, appointed at the last meeting of the Diocesan Convention, are happy to be able to testify to the continued prosperity, and to the faithful and successful admin- istration of the schools. Gathering within their walls almost two hundred children every year, they train them in the nur- ture and admonition of the Lord. The fullest mental training fits the inmates of the Institutions for their duties, whatever they may be, in the world ; as clergymen or laymen, men of business, of literature or in the professions ; or as Christian women of cultivation, accomplishment and refinement. " Better than all, the very atmosphere, the indirect influences, the services, the teachings, the examples of these Christian homes, do really educate, develope, draw out, lead up the higher and holier part of man — his spiritual and immortal nature. The well-tried confidence of American Churchmen in these noble nurseries of the Church, is not misplaced. " But your committee notice the want of patronage and inter- est given to these schools from this Diocese. Under the imme- diate and constant supervision of the Bishop ; reflecting its highest honor upon the Church in New Jersey ; yet the propor- tion of pupils from our own State is not large ; and prosperous as the schools are, they have need of large patronage to enable them fairly to discharge their great responsibilities and their opportunities for good. To remedy this, your Committee would 598 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH only recommend to the Xew Jersey Churchmen, the thought that these Institutions are part of the Church's working in the State; that the Bishop's close relations to them bring them liome to every heart ; that the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese are largely and honorably represented in the Board of Trustees ; and that nothing has done more than they to give our Diocese its high and honorable position in the American Church. Surely the Churchmen of New Jersey will be proud to do all in their power by patronage and influence, to carry this great work of Christian education to a further advance of usefulness, suc- cess and honor. " Your Committee, therefore, recommend the Institutions to the confidence of the members of the Convention of New Jersey, and propose the following resolutions : " Resolved, That as Churchmen of New Jersey, we are proud of the advanced position, in our Diocese, of the great work of Christian education. "Resolved, That with this expression of confidence in St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, we will give cheerfully to their maintenance and support, our influence and our prayers. "Resolved, That feeling as we do the sore need, and seeing as we do the great results of thorough Christian training, we recom- mend strongly the establishment of Parochial Schools wherever it may be possible throughout the Diocese to be the feeders of our Diocesan Schools, and so to raise up men and women who may be the nursing fathers and the nursing mothers of the Church, not in our Diocese only, but in the world. " AYii.LiAM Ceoswell Doane, "I " James S. Bush, I Committee:' " Geoege p. Schetky, j the eector's salaey ixceeased. At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, held July' 18th, 1862, it was, "Resolved, That the Rector's salary from July 18th, 1862, be fixed at §900 ; and the Committee will make an effort to obtain a sufficient amount by subscriptions to make it §1000, without delay, in order that the Rector may be able to procure clerical assistance in his work." IN BURLINGTON. 599 THE DEATH OF AVILLIAM A. ROGEfiS. "At a special meeting of the A^estry of St. Mary's Churcii, held November 30th, 1862, the Rector stated thsit the meeting was called to take such action in regard to the deatli of our late Senior Warden, William A. Rogers, as his constant and anxious care for the welfare of this Parish demands of the Vestry. "The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, having learned that God lias taken oat of this wond the soul of their deceased brother, William A. Rogers, for twelve years a Vestryman and for seven years a Warden of the Church, have ordered this minute to be entered in the A^estry Book, and a copy sent to the family of Mr. Rogers, and printed in the Church Journal and the Ncio Jerseij Dollar Newspaper ■ " Minute. " The undersigned, having recently by resolution expressed their deep sense of Mr. Rogers' most valuable services to the Parish, during his many years of official connection with it, and also of the great worth of his Christian example, simply desire here to record their faithful reverence for his beloved memory, their cordial sympathy with the bereaved ones of his family ; and their full trust, that God, having accepted him in the Beloved, has taken his soul in the sweet resting-place of His Countenance. A noble and living monument, to the power of God's grace, working. through his appointed means; the char- acter of Mr, Rogers exemplified the evangelical purity of the Church's doctrines, the apostolic power of her system, the divine blessing upon a life of simple obedience to Her laws. And the undersigned, with most devout thankfulness, record here their sense of his religious example as witnessing to the great Cath- olic principles of frequent Eucharists and Daily Prayers, and to the powerful influence of a retiring, gentle, modest Christian life. The record of the departed brother, that he has left behind him, in the hearts of his fellow Parishioners, is the gracious descrip- tion of Nathaniel, ' an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile.' ' Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours and their works Ah follow them.' Vestrymen. 600 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " The Wardens aurl Vestrymen decide to attend his funeral in a body, and to act as the pall bearei-s. " "Wm. Ceoswell Doane, Rector. "J.W. Odexheimeh, ^jp„,rf,„,. " F. Gauntt, M. D. "Wm. J. Watson, "C. S. Gauxtt, "Jas. a. Faexum, "E. B. Geubb, "^y. C. Myees, " E. Howell, " Attest : Geoege H. AVoolmax, "Secretary of the Vestry." the EEV. MR. DOAXE EESIGNW THE EECTOESHIP. "Burlington, April 20, A. D. 1863. 'To the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary'sParish, Burlington: " My yeey deae feiexds : " I have asked you to come together, this evening, in order that I may lay before you my resignation of the Rectorship of St. JMary's Parish. " You are aware, that for some time, now almost a year, I have felt most painfully, the difficulty of obtaining adequate support for the various departments of my Parochial work ; so much so, that I have not withheld the expression of a fear, that, the step which I have now taken would become inevitable. My wishes in this matter have been very imperfectly met. I have only been able to obtain the partial assistance of a Deacon ; and that for a remuneration which, though almost equaling my own salary, lias been barely sufficient for his most economical sustenance. i\Ieanwhile, the drain has gone on undiminished from my own small means to sustain the schools and other necessary expenses of the work. Still I could not bring myself so far to take God's purposes into my own hands, as to abandon' my post here. And though I felt that tiie work was suffering for care, which my constant occupations prevented me from giving, and tiie want of salary liindered me from supplying, I, IN BURLINGTON. 601 still, went on. My heart, in all its human feelings, held me here. I knew the difficulties, under which the Vestry labored. I deeply felt the cordial and kindly affection of the parishioners. I dearly loved and delighted in, my duties. I hoped it would be God's will, so far to remove the difficulties, as to enable me to remain. But the opening of His providence, so far as I can read it, points another way. I have sent, to-day, after patient, painful, and deliberate consideration, my acceptance of a unani- mous, unsought, and unexpected call to St. John's Parish, Hart- ford. And with such a sacrifice of feelings, as my previous life has never known, and my after life can never know, it has become my duty to ask your acceptance of this resignation (after the 1st of May) which must part me, in presence, only, not in heart, from the Church, the people, and the work, that, for thirty yeai's, in sacred association and personal affection have grown closer and dearer to me, every day. "For ^ the many shortcomings of my ministry among you, during the ten years of its continuance, I ask God's forgiveness and your own. For all your personal affection and kindness to me and mine, I pledge you the undying gratitude of most loving memories, and of continual prayers, that God will pour upon you all, my people and my friends. His most abundant blessing. Earnestly thankful for the success with which my Master has crowned our works, I, as earnestly and solemnly commit and commend to you for support and perpetuation, the means that have achieved it, under God ; means long estab- lished and in use here; the full development of the order of the Church in daily Services, frequent Eucharists, and the Parochial Schools. And while I ask your following prayers, and your kind judgments upon this decision, and upon my future life ; I beg that no reference to my feelings may lead you to postpone, what is of great importance to the sacred interests, we hold in common, the prompt selection of my successor, whom, jnay God strengthen and bless. " AVith lasting and most grateful love, believe me ever, " Your most faithful friend and Rector, " AYiLLiAJi Ceoswell Doane." 602 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH MINUTE OF THE VESTEY ON ACCEPTING HIS KESIGNATION. " The Committee appointed by the Yestry of St. Mary's Parish, to present an expression of their feelings on the occa- sion of accepting the resignation of their beloved Rector, have prepared the following minute : " The official ties which have united the Rector of this Parish and his congregation, have been made deeply interesting by the fact that nearly his entire life has been spent within the pre- cincts of the Parish. The personal friendship which has de- scended to him, with the venerated name he bears, has ripened into profound and most affectionate esteem, under the influence of his zealous official ministrations. " Of these ministrations it is impossible to speak in terms adequate to our appreciation of them. As the Priest and Pastor of this congregation, his course, in public and private, in the Church and home, with the young and old, poor and rich, has been marked by untiring fidelity, conscientiousness and charity. His fervent devotion has maintained the character of our beau- tiful sanctuary as eminently a House of Prayer; and whilst falfilling the provisions of the Church for the due celebration of the Holy Sacraments and other Rites, he has assiduously instructed us in the truth as it is in Jesus, with words of burn- ing zeal and eloquence. Not only in the public discharge of his ministry has he endeared himself to our hearts, but we can also bear testimony, from experience and observation, to his self-sacrificing pastoral labours in the more unobtrusive depart- ments of his sacred office. In the hour of sorrow and sickness, his loving words and prayers have consoled us ; and in our and our childrens' joys he has ever been a ready and welcome sharer. In his untiring catechetical instructions, as well in tlie Sunday and Parochial Schools as in the Church, he has practically man- ifested the love of Christ for the lambs of the flock. There has been no form of disease too frightful to deter him from the bedside of the sick. His judicious counsels have helped the weak hearted, and his generous alms have comforted the needy. In season and out of season, through cold and heat, by night and by day, his ghostly ministrations have been cheerfully and unselfishly given to our congregation, and to all who asked IX BURLIXGTON. 603 them. It is these and like services which have endeared him to all hearts, and compel us to record not only our unaffected sorrow at his loss as the Pastor of St. Mary's Parish, but to add the expression of our belief that his removal will be re- garded as a loss by the community at large. " We bespeak for him, what we believe will most certainly be given — the love, confidence and esteem of the new portion of the one Fold, to which the great Shepherd of the sheep has called him. " In bidding farewell to our beloved friend and Pastor, we assure him of the grateful love and warmest wishes of all his congregation ; and we offer our prayers to our Father in Heaven, that He will for His only Son's sake ever have our Rector and his family in His holy keeping. "J. W. Odenheimer, "Wm. J. Watson, "C. Baquet." BISHOP ODENHEIMER INVITED TO THE EECTOESHIP. "The Rt. Rev. Dr. W. H. Odenheimer, Bishop oj New Jersey. " Dear Bishop — The undersigned, a committee appointed by the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, to transmit to you the accompanying Resolution, unanimously passed, beg leave, in discharging their duty, to express, on behalf of the Vestry, the earnest hope that you will accede to one or the other of the provisions of the resolution. " St. Mary's Church is and ought to be, your Cathedral Church, and we desire that it may enjoy the benefit of such supervision as you may deem consistent with your Episcopal office. " Burlington, April 20, 1863. " Resolved, That the Rectorship of St. Mary's Parish be ten- dered to the Bishop of this Diocese ; or, resolved, that he be requested to take charge of St. Mary's Parish. "Yours, most respectfully, " C. Baquet, "S. Rogers, "W-Ai. J. Watson." 604 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH BISHOP ODEXHEIJIEE ACCEPTS THE "CHARGE " OF THE PARISH. " To Prof, a Baquet, LL.D., Mr. Wm. J. Waison, and Mi: Samuel Rogers, Committee of the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington. "Gentlemen — I have received and considered your courte- ous communication, together with the Resolution unanimously adopted by the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish. It is the second time since my official connection ■with this Diocese, that I have been gratified by an invitation from the Vestry, to assume the Rectorship,of their venerable Parish, f associated with the mem- ories of the honoured dead, and with the love and labours of the living. The office of Rector involves, in my judgment, absorbing spiritual duties, constant personal presence, and the daily care of the sick and dying, as well as the regular and systematic instruction of all the flock. On conscientious grounds, therefore, I must now, as on a former occasion, decline the Rectorship. "I notice, however, the alternative to which you direct my attention in the resolution of the Vestry, and I am not insensi- ble to your willingness to shield me from any interference with my Episcopal duty to the Diocese ; accordingly, in this view of the case, I am ready to accede to the wish of your honourable body. " I accept, (not the Rectorship, but) the 'charge' of St. Mary's Parish, as tendered in the resolution of the A^estry ; and I will retain the charge so long as it may be agreeable to the gentle- men themselves, and to all the parties concerned. " Praying the great Head of the Church to guide you and your co-workers, in your aims to promote His glory and the interests of the Parish, " I remain, very faithfully, " Your friend and Bishop, ""\Y. H. Odenheimer. "Riverside, April 24, 1863." t See IX 566. IN BURLINGTON. 605 REV. EUGENE A. HOFFMAN ELECTED EECTOR OF ST. JIARY% PARISH. At a meeting of the Vestry, held May 11th, 1863, the follow- ing communication was received : "Burlington, N. J., May 8th, 1863. "To the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish: " Gentlemen — It has been intimated to me, from several sources, that any suggestion from me as Bishop of the Diocese, and therefore interested in the welfare of all portions of the flock, which may aid you in filling the Rectorship of St. Mary's Parish, will meet with due consideration. "Accordingly, I express, respectfully but decidedly, my entire confidence in the ability, piety. Church manship, and fitness, in all respects, of a Reverend gentleman whose name has been mentioned in connection with this most reponsible office. "I refer to the Rev'd Eugene A. Hoffman, of Elizabeth,, New Jersey. " I commend him to you as one who, with God's blessing, will promote the truest welfare of the congregation, and har- monize important interests which are indirectly, as well as di- rectly, related to the Parish. "Affectionately your Bishop, "W. H. Odenheijier." On motion, Resolved, That the Vestry go into an election for Rector. Whereupon, the Rev. Eugene Augustus Hoffman, was unani- mously elected Rector of St. Mary's Parish, f f Eugene Augustus HoiFman, son of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, was born, in the city of New York, March 21st, 1829 ; graduated at Rutgers College, Xew Brunswick, N. J., in June, 1847, and at Harvard College, Mass., in .June 1848 ; also at the General Theological Seminary, N. Y., in June, 1851 ; received the degree of M. A., from Eutgers College in 1850, and also from Harvard College in 1851 ; was ordered Deacon in Christ Church, New, Brunswick, N. J., June 29th, 1851, by Bishop George W. Doane, and advanced to the Priesthood in St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, April 28th, 1853, by the same prelate. After a year and a half at Grace Mission Church, Eliza- bethport, he accepted in the spring of 1853, the Rectorship of the newly organ- ized Parish of Clirist Church, Elizabethtown, N. J., where he ministered for ten years, and until called to the Rectorship of St. Mary's- Parisli, Burlington.. 606 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH LETTER TO THE REV. E. A. HOFFJIAX. "To the Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman, Rector of Christ Church, Elizabeth, N. J. "Reverend and Dear Sir — The undersigned, a committee of tlie Vestry of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, discharge, with very sincere satisfaction, the duty assigned them of transmitting to you the following call to the Rectorship, which was made with great unanimity at the last meeting of the corporation : "The committee beg leave, in behalf of the Vestry, to express the earnest hope that your response to their call may be favour- able, in which event, they assure you of a hearty co-operation in all plans for the prosperity of the Parish, which your well- known ability and large experience may enable you to propose. With the divine blessing on so auspicious a Pastoral connection, the Vestry believe that not only the spiritual welfare of St. Mary's Parish will be greatly promoted, but that also, the tem- poral condition of the Parish will soon enable them to offer an adequate pecuniary expression of their appreciation of your val- uable services. " The committee regret that under present circumstances, they are unable to offer you more tlian One Thousand Dollars per annum, together with the parsonage and grounds. " We remain Reverend and Dear Sir, " Very faithfully yours, " J. W. OoENHEIilER, ^ "Franklin Gauntt, ^ "J. Howard Pugh, \ Committee. "0. Baquet, j "May 13th, 1863." THE REV. E. A. HOFFMAN's ACCEPTANCE. " Christ Church Rectory, Elizabeth, N. J., 21 May, 1863. "Messrs. J. W. Odenheimer, Franklin Gauntt, J. Howard Pugh, and C. Baquet, Committee, &c. " Gentlemen — Your official communication, dated 13th inst.j announcing to me, in behalf of the Vestry of St. Mary's •Church, Burlington, my unanimous call to the Rectorship of THE REV, EUGENE A. HOFFMAN IN BURLINGTON. 607 the Parish, and offering me a salary of One Thousand Dollars per annum, together with the use of the parsonage, has received my most careful and deliberate consideration. The thought of what is justly to be expected of the Rector of so large and influ- ential a Parish, occupying from its relation to the Bishop and educational institutions of the Diocese, actually the position of a Cathedral Church, as well as the reluctance which I feel to sundering the tie which binds me to a faithful, beloved, and united congregation, has made me hesitate thus long before assuming the cares and responsibilities which a favourable reply to your call involves. Receiving, however, as it does the entii-e approval of the spiritual head of the diocese, and of those whose judgment I am bound to respect, I am led to believe that it is a call from the Divine Master to work in your portion of His vineyard, and relying on His guidance and blessing, I must ask you to convey to the Vestry of St. Mary's Parish my acceptance of its Rectorship. " I have only to add that I shall be prepared to enter on my duties as soon as I can effect the removal of my family, which I suppose will be about the middle of next month,t and to thank you for your cordial expressions of kindness to myself personally, and assurances of hearty co-operation on the part of the Vestry in all plans for the prosperity of the Parish. " With the highest consideration, I am Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, "E. A. Hoffman." " LIABILITIES OF ST. MAEY's CHUECH." "Burlington, N. J., July 1, 1863. "Island Managers, (bond and mortgage,) §10,100 00 Charles L. Fennimore, do. 1,600 00 James Dempsey, do. 800 00 T. Milnor, late Treasurer, advances §2,790 30 Balance on settlement, October 1, I860,.. 178 60 Interest, sav 453 34 3,422 26 f The Eev. Mr. Hoffman was instituted into the Eectorship of St. Mary's Parish, by Bishop Odenheimer, June 29th, 1863. 608 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Amount brought forward |15,922 26 "Rev. W. C. Doane 1,000 00 Robert B. Aertsen 750 00 Capt. F. Engle 680 00 Mrs. S. P. Cleaveland 697 25 William Speed §77 92 Interest 40 29 118 21 John Larzelere 50 00 Mr. Shapter 100 00 Island Managers, interest due July 1, 1863 100 00 Total, $19,399 72 " The above is a correct statement of the liabilities of the Church." THE EELATI0:N^ BETAVEEX ST. BARNABAS CHAPEL AND ST. mart's parish. "July 20, 1863. — An adjourned meeting of the Vestry was held this evening. " The committee appointed by the Vestry to inquire into the relationship existing between 'St. Barnabas Mission Chapel' and this parish, respectfully report, that they have carefully in- vestigated the title of the property and find that it is vested in the corporation of ' St. Mary's Parish ;' and that it is free from all encumbrances, with the exception of a mortgage of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, which is a portion of the debt of ten thousand one hundred dollars, resting on all of the Church property, due the Island Manao-ers. o " The committee recommend that the Vestry take immediate possession of the Chapel, School House and grounds attached, which will place it in charge of the Rector, to make arrange- ments for such services as he may from time to time deem expe- dient and practicable. " E. A. Hoffman, Rector, "J. Howard Pugh, "Franklin Gauntt, Committee. "Burlington, N. J., 15th July, A. B. 1863." IN BUELIXGTON. 609 THE VESTRY ASSUME CONTROL OF THE PARISH SCHOOLS. Xovember 9th, 1863. — At a stated meeting of the Vestry, held this evening, the Committee on Schools reported as follows : "Resolved, That the Vestry assume the control of the Parish Schools, and that a Standing Committee of two be appointed, whose duty it shall be, in connection with the Rector, to take charge of the same, to employ suitable teachers, to receive and disburse whatever income may be obtained for the support of the school, and to make a full report of their doings to the A^es- try at the close of each school year. " On motion, J. H, Pugh, M. D., and E. B. Grubb were appointed the Standing Committee on Pari.sii Schools. "On motion of Dr. Pugh — " Whereas, The sum of four hundred dollars has been sub- scribed by certain parties in the Parish towards the payment of an Assistant Minister — therefore, " Resolved, That the Rector be authorized to employ an As- sistant Minister, at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum. "j" FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OFFERED. St. Mary's Vestiy Room, Januaiy 1st, 1864. — A Special Meeting of the Vestry was held this evening. " The Rector stated that he had called the Vestry together to lay before them a liberal offer which he had received from a friend of the Parish to subscribe §5000 towards paying the judgment of the Board of Island Managers, provided the bal- ance could be raised. " On motion of Dr. Pugh, the Rector and Treasurer were di- rected to print the circular, a draft of which was presented, and send it to the members of the congregation. " On motion, the Rector, Mr. Grubb, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Gauntt and Dr. Pugh were appointed a Committee to solicit subscriptions in agreement to the circular issued. The Com- mittee were directed to address a suitable letter in behalf of the Vestry, to the party making the above liberal offer." f December 14th, 1863.— At a meeting of the Vestry, the Rector stated that he had employed, in accordance with the resolution of the Vestry, the Eev. Ephraim DePuy, as Assistant Minister of the Parish for one year, from De- cember 1st, 1863. 2q 610 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND APPEAL. " To the Congregation of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J. DeaPv Brethren : " A short time since, a gentleman from Philadelphia called upon us to communicate the gratifying intelligence, that a friend of the parish was prepared to give the large sum of $5000, towards paying its debts, provided a sufficient amount to liqui- date the balance of the indebtedness should be subscribed for that purpose. It was the first light which either of us had seen in the dark cloud of debt which has for years hung over the Church, interfering with its prosperity, and crippling it every way — and we felt that it was an opportunity Providentially afforded to the parishioners to extricate their Church from its pecuniary embarrassments, which ought not to be lost. But how to raise so large a sum as the balance required, was the dif- ficulty. The debts amounted to a little more than $19,000, and we wei-e satisfied, after careful reflection, and consultation with some of the members of the parish, that this sum was too large to be raised by cash subscriptions, even with the aid of the liberal offer which had been made, and we determined to again confer with the party who had made the offer, in order, if pos- sible, to get it put in a shape which could and ought to be complied with by the congregation. After a protracted inter- view the oifer was finally renewed in the following form : " To make it clear, we must first explain the position of the Church's debts. They consist of a judgment obtained by the Board of Island Managers against the Wardens and Vestry for $10,100, loaned to the parish, on Bond and Mortgage, in the year 1852, and a number of outstanding claims, amounting to a little more than $9000, for moneys borrowed from divers parties at different periods, during the erection of the new Church. The position of the judgment is such, execution having been issued and a levy having been made upon everything the Church pos- sesses, that not only must the interest be promptly paid, but the property of the ])arish may at any moment be exposed at sher- ifip's sale, unless the amount called for by the judgment can be paid on demand. The removal of this judgment, which holds IX BUllLIXGTON. 611 everything in its iron grasp, must, therefore, be the first step towards relieving the parish from its embarrassments. And when this is once accomplished, we feel that there will be bnt little difficulty, with the aid of some of the Church's landed property, in liquidating the balance of the debts. "In this view of the case, we obtained a renewal of the offer of the §5000, with the condition that it should be paid as soon as the additional sum of $5100 was subscribed to cancel the the judgment, and that the Yestry should then use every effort to liquidate the remainder of the indebtedness as early as practi- cable. " In addition to this, we are also enabled now to add, that a few members of the parish, to whom the matter has been men- tioned, in order that it may avail itself of the above liberal offer, have subscribed on the same conditions, an additional sum of a little more than f 2000, leaving a balance of less than $3000 to be raised by the congregation, to free the parish, as we be- lieve, forever from its difficulties. " AVe therefore lay the case before the congregation, with the earnest appeal, that every member of it will contribute liberally according to his or her ability, to avail themselves of the Provi- dential opportunity, which if neglected now, may not occur again in years, to place the parish in an independent position. To show the importance of immediate effort, we need only state,* that the interest on the judgment referred to, annually absorbs $600 of the income of the church, and that since the original amount of §10,100 was borrowed, more than §6000 have already been paid for interest alone ; while the property which it covers is rendered almost useless to the parish. The present moment is, therefore, a crisis in the _ history of the parish, which must settle the question whether it is to be free from its pecuniary embarrassments, or go on, probably for years, struggling with a debt that may at any moment involve it in utter ruin. And we cannot believe that any who are interested in its welfare, will hesitate, as soon as the case is fairly before them, as to their duty in the matter. The Vestry have, therefore, directed this circu- lar to be addressed to the congregation, and appointed a com- mittee to solicit the required subscriptions, and they earnestly 612 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH appeal to every member aud friend of the parish to gU'^e liberally as the Lord hath blessed them. " Eugene Aucr's Hoffman, Bedor. " Edward B. Grub.b, Treasurer. " Burlington, X. J., 2 Jan., 1864. " committee to collect subscriptions. " Rev. E. a. Hoffman, " Edward B. Grubb, " Samuel Rogers, " Franklin Gauntt, M. T>., " J. Howard Pugh, M. D;"" a CtReat aveight removed. "Burlington, N. J., 6 Feb'y, 1864. "My Dear Sir — The Vestry of St. Mary's Church, have intrusted us with the pleasing duty of acknowledging through you, to their unknown benefactor, the very liberal donation of §5000 towards removing the heavy indebtedness with which the Parish has so long been burdened. "While we thank God, that he has put it into the heart of one to whom He has given the means of doing so much good, we desire to express to the donor our own acknowledgments for the munificent gift, which has removed a great weight from the minds of the Vestry, and lifted the dark cloud which hung over the future history of the Parish. We are happy to say, that the liberal manner in which the parishioners generally have responded to our appeal to raise the balance required, has not only placed the entire amount at our disposal, and secured, as we believe, the speedy liquidation of the balance of the debt, but given a new life and impulse to the Parish in every way. In the earnest hope that this may prove the beginning of a long course of usefulness for our ancient Parish, and with the fervent prayer that God will remember our benefactor, for this ' good deed ' done to ' the house of our God, and for the offices thereof,' " We remain, very respectfully, " Your grateful and obedient servants, " Eugene Aug. Hoffman, "Hector of St. Mary's Church. " Edward B. Grubb, ^; " J. Howard Pugh, ! Committee on " Samuel Rogers, | Subscriptions. "Franklin Gauntt, J "James H. Castle, Esq., Philadelphia." IX BUKLIXGTOX. 613 EESIGXATIOX OF THE EEV. MR. HOFFMAX. " Burlington, X. J., 29 February, 1864. ■"llessrs. J. W. Odenheimer, and F. Gauntt, 31. D., Wardens, A:c. "Gentlemen — I find myself most unexpectedly called upon to request you to announce to the Vestry of St. Mary's parish that I have felt it my duty to accept a call to the Rectorship of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, Xew York. Apart from the trial involved in the separation of pastor and people, you will I am sure, appreciate, that a decision, which takes me from a parish to which from past as well as present associations my heart is very closely tied, and removes me from the only diocese in which I had expected to labor until called to give an account •of my stewardship, could only be arrived at after the most careful consideration and under a conscientious sense of the duty which I owe to the Church and myself. The circumstances, however, of this call, coming as it has at a time when St. Mary's Church, through the liberality of the parishioners, is on the eve -of being freed from the pecuniary embarrassments which have «o long crippled its energies, and placed in an independent posi- tion, seemed to leave me but little choice in the matter. I am, therefore, constrained to ask the Wardens and Vestry to accept this my resignation of the Rectorship of St. Mary's parish, to take effect from the first day of April next, when I propose, God willing, to enter on my duties in the new field to which Providence seems to have called me. " Thanking yourselves and the A^estry for your personal kindness and co-operation in all that I have proposed for the efficiency of the Church during our official connection, and praying that God's blessing may ever rest upon yourselves and the parish you represent, I am, " With the highest respect and esteem, " Your obedient servant, " Eugene Aug's Hoffman." 614 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ACTION OF THE VESTRY OX THE RESIGXATIOX OF THE RECTOR. " Resolved, That the resignation of the Rev. E. A. Hoffman, Rector of St. Mary's Church, be and is hereby accepted, accord- ing to the tenor of his letter to the Vestry. " jResolved, That a committee of three be appointed to prepare a suitable answer to the letter of resignation. " Rev. and Dear Sir — We, the undersigned, a committee appointed under the above resolutions, desire, on behalf of the Wardens and Vestry of St. Mary's Parish, to express to you the deep regret, the heartfelt sorrow experienced by ourselves and the whole congregation, at parting from you. Although you have been but a short time amongst us, yet your gentle- manly demeanor, your courtesy and kindness, your faithfulness and efficiency in all the duties that belong to the Christian Minister, have drawn towards you all our hearts with a rare and hearty unanimity, so that we had indulged in the hope that your stay with us might be prolonged and permanent. " By the generosity of an unknown benefactor, the liberality of the parishioners, and last, not least, the tireless energy and enthusiasm which you threw into the work, and infused into others, we have been enabled to relieve the parish, in great measure, from the heavy burden of debt that has been oppress- ing it for years, so that it will be no fault of yours, if the work of the parish be not henceforth efficient and prosperous. " We thank you for the kindliness and earnestness with which you entered upon your work amongst us. We are grate- ful to you, under God, for the success that has crowned your labors. We accept the Providence that has called you to an- other and a wider field. We bespeak for you therein, that co-operation and sympathy and love, always and everywhere needed to sustain the hands and encourage the heart of the Christian Minister. And more than all, and above all, we invoke upon your labor and life the blessing of Almighty God. "J. Howard Pugh, " Franklin Gauntt, "Edward B. Grubb, CommUtee."' IX BURLINGTON. (115 REPORT OX SUBSCEIPTI0K8. St. Mary's Vestry Room, March 26th, 1864. — An adjourned meeting of the Vestry was held this evening. The committee to which was referred the collection of sub- scriptions for the liquidation of the debts of St. Mary's Church, beg leave to make the following report : They have collected and paid into the liands of the Treasurer of the Church the following sums. [Here follows a list of one hundred and ten names, with amounts set opposite to each, varying from $6500 — the Misses McIIvaine's subscription — to i?l, and making a total of .$11,291.76.] A CHIME OF CELLS OFFERED. "Burlington, N. J., 28 March, 1864. "My Dear Sir — I stated yesterday to the congregation of St. Mary's, that if they would pay off the balance of the debt, §1600, a chime of bells would be given to the Church and something for an endowment for the ringers. There seems a disposition now to raise the money, but it is a large sura after what has been done, and the debt can only be settled with cash. Will you do me the favor to find out whether I can have |500 more, provided the balance is raised, and let me know by tele- graph during to-day ? If this will be allowed, I think the balance can be raised, and would advise it to be done. " Very sincerely yours, "E. A. Hoffman. " James H. Castle, Esq., Philadelphia." MRS. CLEVELAND RELINQUISHES HER CLAIM. St. Mary's Vestry Room, June 13th, 1864. — A stated meet- ing of the A'estry was held this evening, J. W. Odeoheimer, Senior Warden, in the chair. A letter was received from Mrs. Sarah P. Cleveland, and the following extract from it ordered placed on the minutes, viz.: "Rome, Casa Zuccari, April 2d, 1864. "Rev. axd Dear Sir — Through your letter of 15th Feb- ruary, which was somewhat delayed on its way, I learn with 616 HISTOEY OF THE CHURCH sincere thaufuluess of the hope you have to relieve St. Mary's from debt ; I trust indeed that your efforts will be crowned with success ; to secure which, I am most happy to relinquish my small claim of $679.25, which is the remainder of an ad- vance I made as a loan, and for which I have no security but an acknowledgment from Mr. Thomas Milnor. This I have left in America, but my now writing will cancel that, should I not live to return. * * " Saeah p. Cleveland." On motion of Dr. Pugh, the "Wardens and Treasurer were rected to writ* Mrs. Cleveland. directed to write a suitable acknowledgment to the letter of LETTER TO MES. CLEVELAND. St. Mary's A'estry Room, June 20th, 1864. — An adjourned meeting of the A''estry was held this evening, J. "NY. Odenheimer, Senior Warden, in the chair. The Committee appointed to write a letter to Mrs. Sarah P. Cleveland, presented the following, which was approved, viz.: "Burlington, June 26th, 1864. " Dear Madam — We beg leave to address you as a Com- mittee of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, in dis- charge of the duty assigned to us, of acknowledging your gen- erous action in relinquishing your claim of $679.25, as conveyed to us by your letter to the late Rector, the Rev. E. A. Hoffman, dated Rome, April 2d, 1864. W^e feel the highest satisfaction in having been selected by the Vestry to convey to you an ex- pression of their grateful acknowledgment of your liberality. This sentiment of gratitude is shared in by the entire congrega- tion of St. Mary's Parish, which is so greatly indebted to you for repeated manifestations of your munificence. For the interest which, by word and deed, you have taken in the pros- perity of the schools, and the poor of St. Mary's Church, as well as in your generous contributions to relieve the parish from debt, you have the lasting gratitude of the Vestry and Congregation. Together with our thanks, we add the prayer that the benedic- IN BURLINGTON. 617 tion of the Divine Head of the Church may rest upon you, both now and forever. " With sentiments of the highest regard, we remain, dear Madam, most respectfully yours, "J. W. Odeis-hbimee, " Edward B. Grubb, " Franklin Gauxtt, " Com. of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J. "To Mrs. Sarah P. Cleveland, Casa Zuccari, Rome, Italy." THE BALANCE OP THE DEBT REMOVED. "Brooklyn N. Y., 22 July, 1864. " My Dear Sir — I was delighted to learn from your letter of the 19th, that the balance of the debt had been removed from St. Mary's Church. I was in Burlington, for two days last week, and finding nothing had been done since I left, succeeded in getting Dr. Pugli to push the plan of selling to two or three of the A'estry, a piece of the Church property for $1600, to cancel the debt, and am glad to hear that it has been ac- complished. I hope you will write to Miss Mcllvaine, and inform her that the debt is paid, as she seemed last week when I called on her, discouraged about the way the Vestry had treated her proposition, and inclined to think her offer would not be accepted after all. "I should like very much to see you about the matter. Can- not you come on to New York on Monday or Tuesday next ? I am going in the country on Tuesday evening, and shall not be at home again for more than a day at a time until the first of September, but could meet you here, if you desire it, on Wed- nesday, 3d Aug., or Tuesday, 9th August. But hope you will come on early next week if y'ou can. " Yours very sincerely, " E. A. Hoffman. " P. S. — My house is 41 Remsen street, first over the Wall street ferry. '■'E. A. H." 618 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE TOWER DESIGNED FOE A CHIME. " Brattleboro, Yt., 19 Aug., 1864. " J. 11. Castle, Esqr. "My Dear Sir — Your letter of the 16th, is just at hand with the enclosed from the Messrs. Meneely. I am satisfied that if they will take the responsibility of hanging them prop- erly, (and they can easily do it by examining how the chime in Trinity Church, New York, is hung,) I would give the order to them. Before giving the order, I should however, like to compare the list of the weights and notes of the bells, with the lists of English chimes which I have in my library. I shall be at home about the 6th of September, and shall be glad to see you then, or will meet you in Burlington some day shortly after that. " In reference to the tower of St. Mary's Church, it does not need any alterations at all. It was designed by Upjohn and Bishop Doane for a chime. Upjohn built and completed the Church, and just after an interview, as you suggested, I requested him to make a drawing of the interior of the tower for the bells, which he is doing. It will hardly be necessary to employ Not- man. AVhen in Burlington, I can show you how the bells can be arranged very easily. Upjohn spent a day with me there last Spring, and we talked it all over. " Very sincerely yours, " E. A. HOFFMAX. " P. S. — Please return the enclosed letters as requested, and let me have Meneely's again. "E. A. H." ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BELLS. "Brooklyn, N. Y., 3 October, 1864. "James H. Castle, Esq. " My Dear Sir — Since our last interview with Mr. Me- neely, I have been thinking over his statements, and must say that after careful consideration and examination of some of the best English authorities, my judgment is that you will do a great deal better to order the bells from England. My reasons IN BURLINGTON. 619 for this, (apart from the fact that Mr. Meiieely, accordicg to his own confession, is simply an experimenter in the matter of chimes, and should be unwilling to pay him for the benefit of making experiments, which are more than likely to prove unsat- isfactory,) are simply these : Meneely's bells are made on the American principle of attempting to make good things cheaper than they can be obtained from abroad. In some things this will answer, but in all matters of art, (of which bell founding is one,) it generally ends in failure. In pursuance of this princi- ple, his bells are all very much thinner and lighter than the English bells, which give the same musical note. I am satis- fied, that the heavier a bell can be cast to produce the required note, the more satisfactory %vill be the tone. You can see the principle illustrated in the deep booming of the bell of a Yankee clock, which, (excuse the Irishism,) is only a wire coiled. Meneely's patterns for bells are all made on the American principle of light bells, and he has no moulds to cast bells of the English pattern and weight. He would not undertake to recast the Christ Church cracked bell of the same weight and note. The bells of Christ Church and St. Stephen's, Philadel- phia, are fair examples of the two principles. "The Hon. E. B. Denison, who is the highest English authority on bells, and referred to by.Meneely himself, says on this subject : " ' The desire of modern bell founders to produce grand effects cheaply, has led them to pretend that they can imitate the tones of large and heavy bells by smaller thin ones. This not only fails to do what is intended, but does exactly the reverse ; since copying the note of a large thick bell by a smaller thin one, prevents all resemblance in the quality of the tone, which is really much better imitated by a smaller bell of proper thickness and a higher note. The object of a peal of bells being not to make a noise, but a pleasant and melodious noise, it is only a truism to say, (what is constantly treated as if it were not true,) that a moderate number of good bells is better than a larger peal of bad ones. In the cases I refei'red to the money was wasted in trying to increase the number of the peal beyond 1320 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH what was suitable to their weight. Xo peal of ten can be a really fine one with a tenor of less than two tons ; nor a peal of eight with less than 25 cwt. The trebles, (which are the smallest ■bells,) should run from 7 to 5 cwt., below which no bell ever ■sounds well in a peal.' " "When now you compare the last remark with the weight of Mr. Meneely's proposed peal, you will find that four of his •eight bells are below the weight given by Denison for the smallest bell and the least that will sound well in a peal. •'On inquiry, I find that a peal of eight bells, weighing 10,000 lbs., can be had from Mears, in London, with all the hangings and frame complete, delivered on board ship, for about 700 pounds sterling. The freight, insurance, and hang- ing, (which could then be done at a trifling cost by any good mechanic,) would not add much to the price. What the duty is I am not aware, but all that added up would not make the •cost any more than the price of Meneely's peal. " Whatever you decide on, I will do the best I can to help you, but my own judgment in the matter is clear. If you should decide to order them from Mears, I have a friend, in a large firm in London, (who was once a Warden of my Church in Elizabeth, and an amateur in all such Church matters,) who would gladly attend to the ordering and shipping of the bells, •and effecting all the financial arrangements. " Very sincerely yours, "E. A. HOFFJIAX. " P. S. — I needly scarcely add that there is every probability that exchange will be much lower than now, before another mouth is past." AX EXGLISH TEAL DECIDED UPOX. " Brooklyn, X. Y., 11 October, 1861. "Jas. H. Castle, Etsqr. "Dear Sir— I am very glad that Miss Mcllvaine has decided to allow you to send to England for the bells, for I am very sure that they will be in every way more satisfactory. In your letter, however, I think you overestimate the cost of the English bells. The duty is, I find, 35 per cent., but it will not IN BURLINGTON. 621' cost more than $250 to put them in the tower of St. Mary's,, after they are landed in Philadelphia or New York. " The name of the English Bell Founders is G. C. Mears & Co., "SA'hite Chapel, Loudon, and of my friend there, who I think would gladly attend to 'anything we might desire about the bells, is Chas. H. Edwards, Esq. He is occupied both in London and Liverpool, and may be addressed care of Alex. Bell & Sons, London. I suppose that you will write to Mears for an estimate on the bells, frame, &c., all complete delivered on board ship. He should have the size of the room in the tower of St. Mary's, in which the bells are to be hung, both width and height — size, width, and height of Avindows, and height of window-sill from the floor — position where the door enters the room — and before the bells are ordered, it would be well to give! him the position and size of the timbers, which support the floor of the bell-chamber. They may be seen from the Church, and cross each other thus : + + + + "A general measurement would do for an estimate, but I would suggest the propriety of getting Upjohn to send a young man to Burlington to measure and make a rough draft of the tower, before the order is given. The mouth of the bells should hang on a level with the window sills. " He should be directed to put the bells all in ringing order, even to the ropes. Each bell must have a stay or stop, (fastened to the stocli and not to the wheel,) with proper catch or slides that the bell may be set. Also, a separate hammer, for chiming as in plate VII of Ellacombe's practical remarks on Belfries and Kingers. The bell clappers should be boxed in brass, and pro- vided with mufflers to ring a muffled peal for funerals, &c. All the bells are to have inscriptions. The whole peal to weigh, say 10,000 or 11,000 lbs., and the treble bell to be not less than o50 lbs. The peal to have but 8 bells. Pulleys of hard wood,, brass bushed, must be provided for the floor where the ropes- pass through. Let me hear what yovii determine uj^on. " Very sincerely yours, "E. A. HOFFJIAX." G22 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the rev. wm. allex johnsox elected rectoe of st. mart's parish.! "St. Mary's Yestiy Room, October 18th, 1864.— An ad- journed meeting of the Yestry was held this evening; F. Gauntt, M. D., (Junior AVarden) in the chair. " On motion it was resolved that the Yestry go into an elec- tion for Rector. " Whereupon a vote being taken, the Rev. AVm. Allen John- son was unanimously elected Rector of this Parish." THE REV. MR. JOHNSOX ACCEPTS THE RECTORSHIP. "St. Mary's A^estry Room, November 14th, 1864. — A stated meeting of the Yestry was held, this evening ; J. AY. Oden- •heimer, Senior AVarden, in the chair. " The Committee appointed to inform the Rev. AA^m. Allen Johnson of his election to the Rectorship of this Parish, report that they have received a letter of acceptance, which stated he would enter upon his duties on the twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity (the 20th of November). I^Saml. ROGERS, \ Committee." " Franklin Gauntt, j ORDER FOR A PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS. " Philadelphia, Penn., Nov. 22, 1864. " G. C. ]\Iears & Co. — A year ago, two ladies, Margaret S. and Mary Mcllvaine of Burlington, New Jersey, made provision for a peal of bells for St. Mary's Church, Burlington, and re- rousted me to procure the bells, and have them properly hung. Owing to the high rate of Exchange on London, and other con- f "William Allen Johnson, second son of the Eev. Samuel Roosevelt John' son, D. D,, was born at Hyde Park, Dutchess Co., N. Y., August 4th, 1833 ; graduated at Columbia College, N. Y., July 27th, 1853, and at the General Theological Seminary, N. Y., June 24th, 1857 ; was ordained Deacon, in Trinity Church, K. Y., June 28th, 1857, by Bishop Horatio Potter; proceeded M. A. at Columbia College, June 30th of same year ; became the minister of St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge and Christ Church, Guilford, in the Diocese of Western !Xew Y'ork, September 6th, 1857 ; was advanced to the Priesthood in St. John's Church, AVhitestown, N. Y., October 31st, 1858, by Bishop DeLancey ; and was Missionary at Clifton and parts adjacent, in the Diocese of Michigan, from November 9th, 1862, to August 28th, 1864. i THE. REV. WM. ALLEN JOHNSON. IN BUELINGTON. G23 siderations, the matter has been suffered to rest until the present time. In the mean while I am sorry to have to add, one of . these good ladies, (Miss Margaret S. Mcllvaine,) has died. " After consultation with the former Rector of the Church, Rev. E. A. Hoffman, (now of Grace Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.,) I have determined to place this order for the bells in your hands for execution, having the fullest confidence, from the high character of your firm, that we shall not be disappointed in the quality or tone of the peal. "You will therefore, please consider this letter, unless you desire something more formal, as an order for a peal of Eight Bells, to weigh about 10,000 lbs., or 90 cwt., the treble bell to be not less than 6 cwt. — the bells to be perfectly sound, and in tone and tune as perfect, as you can possibly make them. We have at Christ Church, in this city, a peal of 8 bells, cast at your foundry in 1754, by Lester & Pack, and we shall consider our- selves fortunate, if the peal now ordered for St. Mary's should prove equally as satisfactory. " The Rev. Mr. Hoffman who has given some attention to the subject, has kindly drawn up for me some specifications for the bells, which I desire you to adhere to. They are — " 1. The bells to be hung ready for ringing a peal, in a good strong frame, on the same level, not one above another. " 2. The bells to be made on the Doncaster Pattern, com- posed of 4 lbs. of tin to 13 lbs. of copper, and no bell to be cast with its sound bow less than 1-13 its diameter. The treble bell to weigh not less than 6 cwt. " 3. Each bell to be provided with a stop (to set the bells) and a slider to run in a circular groove, struck from the gudgeon as a centre, and covered with a board to j)revent the oil from dropping on it. "4. Each bell to be provided with a chiming hammer, with an inch hole drilled in it, and a piece of wood inserted where it is to strike the bell, and made as shown in Plate VII of Ella- combe's treatise on Belfries and Ringers. " 5. The clappers to be properly boxed to the bolts with brass or wood, and provided with mufflers for funerals. 624 HISTORY OF THE CPIURCH " 6. Pulleys bushed with brass and fitted up in carriages to be provided for the ropes where they pass through the floor. " 7. All the wood and iron work of frame and hangings to be-' painted three good coats of dark brown color. " 8. Good ropes to be provided for ringing, and the necessary ropes, &c., for chiming. " I enclose a drawing of the bell chamber, floors, &c., which will give you such information as you may need for making. the frame work and arranging the bells. The chamber is 18 ft. 8 in. in width, by 16- ft. 10 in. in height. It is proposed to have a frame put up for the bells to rest upon at the point marked A in the sketch. The frame for the bells must be mad& to rest on the timbers, and not fastened to the walls of the tower or bell chamber. We deem it unfortunate that the bells will have to be rung from the floor of the Church, but this cannot at present be obviated. When they are not in use the ropes can be drawn up into the belfry. The arrangement for chiming can be made at a point near the pulpit, which is on one of the piers of the tower. " It is important that the frame work for the bells should he made at your establishment, and so marked for putting up that a tolerably good mechanic would find no difficulty in arranging theframe and putting the bells in their proper position for im- mediate use. " It would be desirable to have the bells shipped from Liver- pool to Philadelphia, as Burlington is on the River Delaware, about 20 miles above this City, but if shipped to New York we can readily receive them,, as there is direct railroad communica- tion with Burlington. On this subjicct I will write again. Sat- isfactory arrangements will be made with some London house to pay for the bells on delivery at Liverpool, but I am unable by this mail to name the house. My friend, Mr. Hoff'man, will write by this or the next mail to Charles H. Edwards, Esq., of the house of Alexander Bell & Sons, of London, in reference tO' this order for the bells>. and it is probable that I can make ar- rangements with this firm to attend to the payment. " Enclosed you will please find the inscriptions we desire ta have put on the bells. On the tenor you will observe we wisk IN BURLINGTON. 625 to have the date of presentation, Christmas, 1863, as tiie ladies were both living at that date, and had at that time made pro- vision for the bells. "I understand that you guarantee all bells for one year. "Will you please makeup an estimate of the cost of the bells and frame work, &c., &c., up to delivery at Liverpool, and let me know as early as possible. Also please inform me about what time we may expect the bells to be ready for delivery, and give me such items of information as you may deem of import- ance to us, " Yours, very respectfully, "Jamks H. Casti.e." the oltder foe the bells a f-l c r 5 o IN BURLINGTON. 651 " ' Contributors to the fund, for the endowment of the Bishop Doane Professorship of Ancient Languages in Burlington Col- lege, can address communications to any one of the undersigned^ who were appointed a committee on the organization of the Alumni, at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees : "'"VVm. Ceoswell Doaxe, " ' Class of 1850, Albany, N. Y. "'George M. Miller, " ' Class of 1850, 18 Wall St., N. Y. " ' C. Willing Littell, " ' Class of 1852, 520 Walnut St., Phila.- " ' Edward B. Grubb, " ' Class of 1860, Burlington, N. J. " 'Alumni and Committee of the Trustees.' " The efforts of the Committee of the Board of Trustees of Burlington College, N. J., to endow the Professorship of An- cient Languages in the Institution, are worthy of the generous co-operation of the Alumni, and of all the other friends of the College and its illustrious founder. Bishop Doane. For what it has done, and, if funds be supplied, it stands pledged to do, in the thorough training of the young, the College is worthy of the proposed endowment. I bespeak a liberal response to the ap- plication of the Committee from all who have enjoyed the benefits of the College ; from all who bear good will to the memory of the dead, and who have at heart the promotion of sound Christian education and exact scholarship. " W. H. Odenheimer, " Bishop of New Jersey. "Burlington, N. J., Sept. 10th, a. d. 1869." RULES COXCEENIXG THE BELLS. "Residence of Samuel Rogers, (Senior Warden,) June 24th, 1870. An adjourned meeting of the Vestry was held this even- ing. The Rector presented the following " Rules concerning the Bells. "1. The Rector and Wardens shall constitute a permanent committee on the bells, to whom all disputes and doubtful points are to be referred. ■352 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " 2. All ringing and chiming shall be under the direction of a Master of the Chimes, to be elected by the Vestry. " 3. If a company of ringers be formed, they shall establish their own rules or by-laws by which they shall be governed, subject to the approval of the Bell Committee. " 4. They shall ring a peal on Christmas and New Year's eves at midnight, on Easter morning, on the 4th of July, and on other occasions, with the permission of the Bell Committee.'? "Of the Master of the Chimes. " 5. It shall be his duty to chime at an early hour on Christ- mas and Easter-Day if there be no pealing, and on the 4th of July and 22d of February, on Sundays at 8 o'clock, and before every service, on all Holy Days and days when the Holy Com- munion is administered, before morning service, and before all ■special services appointed by the Rector as directed, and at funerals, as hereafter specified. "When there is a Sermon or Communion, the large bell shall be tolled after chiming, followed by the Priest's Bell. If not, it shall be omitted. If it be desired to have the bells muffled, the Chimer shall be allowed to charge $2 for the extra Jabor. If it be desired to have them chimed for a wedding, §5 shall be theChimer's fee; if pealed, $10." "Of the Passing Bell. " 6. The passing bell shall be rung for at least fifteen minutes by the Chimer or Sexton, when the soul of any baptized mem- ber of the Church is passing out of this world, that Christian people may oifer up their prayers to God in its behalf in the hour of extremity, but only by the express orders of the Rector." "Of Funerals. " 7. At every funeral in the Church Yard, a bell shall be tolled by the Sexton one hour before, and as the funeral ap- proaches the Church. For all communicants of the Church, three or more bells shall be tolled by the Chimer, but for none •others. The Dirge after the funeral, shall be a privilege be- longing only to communicants, and to baptized persons under ■sixteen years of age. Doubtful cases and apparent exceptions, to be referred to the Bell Committee. "8. Upon the death of the Bishop of the Diocese, or the Rector of the Parish, the large bell shall be tolled at least one hour. Upon the death of any other officer of the Church, one of the other bells, at least fifteen minutes. " 9. The bells shall be tolled annually between the hours of 12 and 1 p. M., on the 27th of April, the anniversary of the death of Bishop Doane, to whose memory they are dedicated. IN BURLIJsGTOX.. 653- " 10. The Sextoi), under the orders of the Rector and Master of the Chimes, shall ring a change at least fifteen minutes before each daily service, and strike two bells. " 11. The use of the bells is to be confiaied strictly to ecclesi- astical purposes, with the exceptions above noted ; but they may be rung for tires, with the consent of any officer of the Church,, but for no political or secular matters, or marriages elsewhere than in Church, unless by a unanimous vote of the Vestry and the consent of the Rector. " On motion, the rules were adopted by sections, and then adopted as a whole, and a copy of them ordered to be placed in. the Porch of the Church." f THE hector's proposal TO THE DIOCESE ENDORSED. At the same Vestry-meeting, (June 2.4th) on motion of G. H. Woolman, it was Hesolved, That this Vestry approve and endorse the amend- ment offered by our Rector, the Rev. W. A. Johnson, at th& last meeting of the Diocesan Convention,, requiring Deputies to- the Convention to be communicants of the Church. the rev. george morgan hills elected rector of st.. Mary's PxVrish. Residence of Samuel Rogers, August 3d, 1870. — A special meeting of the Vestry was held in the evening at the call of the- Wardens — S. Rogers, in the chair. On motion of Dr. Gauntt, the Vestry proceeded to the elec- tion of a Rector. Dr. Pugh nominated the Rev. George Morgan Hills, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, in the Diocese of Central New York. A ballot was ordered, whereupon the Rev. George Morgan Hills received the votes of all the Vestry present, and was declared elected Rector of this Parish. On motion, the Rector's salary was fixed at $2500 per annum, in addition to the use of the Parsonage, and the revenue of the Talbot lots. Drs. Pugh and Gauntt, and Gen. Grubb, were appointed a committee to notify the Rev. Mr, Hills of his election ; which f These rules, handsomely engrossed in print, with a xv^neUs of a bell, are- framed, and hanging in the South Porch. (354 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH they did, in person, at the residence of Gen. Grubb, where Mr. Hills was, at that time, vifiting ; he having preached in St. Mary's and St. ]5arnabas' Churches the Sunday previous, on the invitation of Bishop Odenheimer. Mr. Hills accepted the call on the 9th of August, and entered upon the duties of the Rectorship, September 4th, ISTO.f EXAMINING CHAPLAINS. On the 28th of September, 1870, Bishop Odenheimer ap- pointed the Rev. George Morgan Hills an Examining Chap- lain; thus completing the six, for the Diocese — those before appointed being the Rev. R. M. Abercrombie, D. J)., the Rev. Joseph F. Garrison, M. D., the Rev. Robert N. Merritt, the Rev. George Z. Gray, and the Rev. Christopher ^V. Knauff. J On the 7th of November following, this College of Chaplains met at the rectory of St. Paul's Church, Rahway — when the Rev. Dr. Abercrombie was chosen President, and the Rev. Mr. Gray, Secretary. The three departments of ecclesiastical study, canonically required, were apportioned as follows : The Books of Holy Scripture, Hebrew, \ Eev. Robert N. Merritt, Greek, and Latin, J Eev. George Z. Gray. Tlie Evidences of Christianity, and Sys- 1 Eev. R. M. Abercrombie, D.D., tematic Divinity, J Rev. Christopher W. Knaufl'. Cliui-ch History, Ecclesiastical Polity, \-^^^ j ^ Garrison, M. D., The Book ot Conimon Prayer, and the V^^^ George Morgan Hills. Constitution and Canons of the Church, J o o THE DIVINITY DEPARTMENT OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE. On Thanksgiving day, November 24th, 1870, the service ap- pointed for the festival having been said in St. Mary's Church f George Morgan Plills, the second son of Horace Hills, was born in the village (now city) of Auburn, N. Y., October 10th, 1825 ; graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., August 5th, 1847 ; proceeded M. A., after tlirce years' study in Divinity ; was ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Buflalo, N. Y., September 22d, 1850, by Bishop DeLancey, and took charge of Grace Church, Lyons, N. Y. ; was advanced to the Priesthood in Trinity Church, Geneva, N. Y., September 21st, 1861, by Bishop DeLancey ; was Rector of Trinity Church, "Watertown, N. Y., from July 17th, 1853, until May 1st, 1857 ; and, from that date, of St. Paul's, Syracuse, N. Y., until he entered upon the Rectorship of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington. X This was a year before the Canon creating the ofBce of Examining Chap- lains, was enacted by the General Convention. IX BURLIXGTOX. 655 — at which the Sector preached, and the Bishop celebrated the Holy Communion — Bishop Odenheimer invited the Clergy to Riverside; and, after conference, arranged, for the revival of the Divinity Department of Burlington College, as follows : The Rt. Rev. Wm. H. Odenheimer, D. D., Lecturer on Chris- tian Ethics and Canon Law ; the Rev. Charles T. Kellogg, In- structor in Ecclesiatical History and Liturgies ; the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, Instructor in Dogmatic Theology ; the Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., Instructor in Sacred Criticism and Patristics ; the Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., Lecturer on Oriental and Biblical Literature; the Rev. George Morgan Hills, Lecturer on Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, f I^'STITUTIOX OF THE EECTOE. On the second Sunday in Advent, December 4th, 1870, the Bishop of Xew Jersey instituted the Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills into the Rectorship of St. Mary's Parish. The day was fair and balmy, one of those Indian-summer ■days which yet linger with us, and cause us to fancy ourselves still in October. A fresh blown rose, growing in the open air, was plucked on the way to Church. The chimes were playing the old tune of St. Michael's as we entered the sacred edifice, and one could almost hear the words so long wedded to that tune, " O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice." Besides the Bishop and Rector-elect, the Clergy present were, the Rev. Thomas F. Davies, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia; the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, principal of St. Mary's Hall ; the Rev. Charles T. Kellogg, Rector of Burlington Col- f "As we have a'Theological Department of Burlington College, which, in past days as now, has done, and is doing, good service to the Church, in the training of fit men for the sacred ministry, I wish that specific collections for the education of Candidates for Orders might be made and applied to found and maintain Theological Scholarships in Burlington College. There is one scholarship already existing that bears the honored name of ' Wallace,' the pious gift of a faithful daughter of the Church, who now rests from her labors. Many young men now in the ministry have been aided by this faithful be- quest ; and if I had larger sums at command, the work of Christian Church Theological training would be enlarged, to the great benefit of the Church in this Diocese." — Episcopal Address, 1871. 656 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH lege; and the Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., professor of Awcient Languages, in the same. The Wardens, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and J. Howard Pugh, M. D., were stationed on the right and left of the Rector-elect, at the foot of the choir-steps ; the Senior Warden presenting the keys of the Church to the new incumbent. The Bishop preached on the text, " There was war in Heaven,'^ etc., Rev. xii 7. Before entering upon the subject proper, the preacher addressed the newly instituted rector and his flock in these words : " I congratulate you, my reverend brother, in taking spiritual charge of a congregation, who, having enjoyed the ministry of a succession of able and devoted pastors have been well ti-ained in the principles of respect for the sacred ministry, and who will manifest their training by following Avith a ready mind your official instructions, and by continually increasing in their prac- tical exhibition of love for yourself and your family. I con- gratulate you, the congregation of St. Mary's Parish, in having secured for your priest and rector, a minister of God whose success in the pastoral work is known to the Church at large ; and who comes with all the experience of his pastoral life to devote himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the spiritual edification of yourselves and your children. And I may be allowed to add that as the Bishop of this Diocese, I may be congratulated on securing for my clerical family one who, years ago, when he was a member of the Diocese of the first Bishop of Western Jsew York — that model of a Christain prelate, the now sainted DeLancey — won my respect and love. It seems to me but a few days ago that I went to Western New York to make a visitation of some of the parishes, f in obedience to the wish of the Bishop, whose health was failing, and for whom my work of love seemed but the ' coming beforehand to anoint his body to the burying.' J As I passed through the churches, confirm- ing and preaching, I came to a parish where I was received with generous hearted hospitality by the rector and his house- hold, and where the signs of prosperity, temporal and spiritual, abounding in the parish, made me feel that I was in a centre of vigorous Church life and work. In the Providence of God, the t In September, 1864. X Bishop DeLancey died April 5tli, 1865. THP: rev. GEORGE MORGAN HILLS, D.I). IN BUHLINGTON. 657 good priest of that parish is this clay your instituted rector,t and one of the clergy of New Jersey. This is indeed an aus- picious day for all of us ; and whilst I bless you all, and bid you God-speed, F heartily pray that the Holy Spirit may bind all hearts together as the heart of one man, in unity, peace, and charity, and fill us with godly zeal for the edification of the Faith and Kingdom of Jesus Christ our Lord, the Good Shep- herd and Bishop of our souls." The large congregation, including the teachers aod pupils of St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, remained, after the Holy Communion was concluded, to add their bidding of "God- speed," to that of the Wardens and Vestrymen. At 4 p. M., the Church was again filled, when the Rector read Evening Prayer, and a sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas F. Davies ; the Rt. Rev. the Bishop pronouncing the Absolution, and giving the Blessing of Peace. A'S ALMS CHEST. On the 21st of March, 1871, an alms chest, of handsome design and finish, was affixed on the right side, within the door of entrance J to the south transept of the Church. So far as can be ascertained, no such article had ever been, either in the old Church, or the new, although there had long been one at St. Barnabas'. AX ALTAR CROSS. On Easter Even, April 8th, 1871, there was placed upon the altar of St. Mary's Church, a foliated altar-cross, (valued at $100,) of Italian statuary marble — three feet and a-half in height, including its base — the gift of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ellis, wife of Charles Ellis, M. D., in memory of a departed relative, a com- municant of the jjarish. With great good taste, there is no inscription on this sacred ornament. f On Monday in Whitsun-week, May 29tli, 1871, " after Divine Service" was " Ended in the fforenoon," in compliance with the conditions of the deed of Jolm Talbot, made July 13th, 1724, (see page 183,) the rector "publickly before the Congregation read the thirty-nine Articles in the Book of Common prayer." X II Kings, xii 9. 2t 658 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE FIXAKCIAL COXDITIOX OF THE PARISH. " The Parish is entirely free from debt, aud its finances are conducted with an efficiency and promptness ■ worthy of the highest commendation." — Parochial Report, May, 1871. CI.OSE OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ACADEMIC YEAR. On Tuesday, the 11th of July, 1871, the closing exercises of the 25th academic year were held in Burlington College. After Divine Service in the new chapel — a room much larger aud better furnished than the one formerly used for this purpose — the examinations took place, lasting from 8.30 A. M. until 2 p.m. At 2i p. M. the announcement of Standing, and Form promo- tions, was made by ihe Rector. Heads of Forms were declared as follows : frimi; Masters John Dows Hills, Eugene Jeffrey Babcock, Henry George Wilson, George Sumner Chipman, Thomas Kingsbury Benton, George Heathcote Hills. The candidates for advancement were then called forward and presented by the Rector to the Rt. Rev. President, who addressed them briefly ; and, with his blessing, admitted them to their advanced positions. Handsome copies of Freund's Leverett's Latin Lexicon, were presented to Masters John Dows Hills and Eugene Jeffrey Bab- cock, for the highest general rank, cum honore. On withdrawing to the refectory, three long tables were filled with students and invited guests ; and after dinner, at the call of the Bishop, speeches were made by the Rev. James W. Bradin, and the Rev. Hobart Chetwood, ex-rectors of the Col- lege ; and the Rev. George Morgan Hills, rector of St. Mary's Parish. At the alumni meeting, resolutions M'ere adopted looking to the endowment of Professorships. The Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills and Mr. Geo. McClellan Fisk, headmaster of the Col- lege, were elected honorary members of the Associate Alumni. In the evening, an oration of great force and Icauty was IX BURLINGTON. 659 pronounced before the alumni by C. Willing Littell, Esq., of Philadelphia t THE RECTOR RECEIVES THE HONORARY DOCTORATE. The Rev. Dr. Jackson to the jRev. Dr. Hills. "Trinity College, July 14th, 1871. " Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., " Burlington., N. J. " My Dear Doctor — It gives me sincere pleasure to be able to inform you officially, that Trinity College, yesterday, at its commencement, conferred on you the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. I tried to accomplish this at Hobart; :j; but, now, I am much better satisfied that you should receive it from your Alma 3Iater. " 1 remain, my dear Doctor, " Faithfully yours, "A. Jackson, "President of Trinity College." The commencements at St. Mary's Hall have been growing in interest, annually, from the foundation of the Institution to the present time. During the three days next preceding, the annual examina- tions are held under the careful attention of the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of New Jersey ; and in the presence of the entire coiys of teachers, and a goodly attendance of patrons and friends. f Son of the gentleman, who many years before presented that full-length, life-size portrait of Bishop Doane, which attracts the attention of every visitor to the College. On the foot of its massive gilt frame is this inscription : " COLLEGIO. BUBLINGTONIENSI. ALMAE. DT70EUJI. SUORUM. PILIORUM. MATKI HANC. PKIMI. PBAESIDIS. G. W. DOANE. NEO-CAES. EPISC. EFFIGIEM. GBATI. ANIMI. MONIMENTUM D. D. D. JOHANNES STOCKTON LITTELL III KAL. OCT. ANNO. SACKO MDCCCLIII." X The Eev. Dr. Jackson was President of Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., irom April, 1858, to July, 1867. 660 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH Early ou Thursday (Commeucemeut day) the uumber of visitors increases to a throng, who come from all quarters to wit- ness scenes, " whose like," as a reporter from Philadelphia once expressed it, "are known on no other day, and in no other place, but Burlington." The ample grounds — familiarly known as " the circle ;" the spacious buildings ; the art gallery, decorated on all sides with specimens of the proficiency of the pupils, with crayon, and pencil, and colors ; and, crowning attraction of all, the Chapel! of the Holy Innocents, are each visited in order. At 10 A. M. the visitors gather in the study hall, and while awaiting the hour for the exercises, interest themselves in view- ing the emblems and mottoes, of former classes, which adorn the walls. For many years, each class has chosen an emblem, and a text from Holy Scripture — those for the class of 1871 being Lilies of the Valley, and the words, In quietness- and confidence shall be your strength. On the wall, just over the platform, was a bold crayon-sketch, representing the porch to an abbey, having on its arch the motto of the class, while near the base of one of the columns support- ing this arch, was a cluster of these flowers, twenty-eight in number, one for each of the graduating class, the largest class- ever graduated. But — there is a perceptible hush in the assemblage ; audi, all arise and stand. The procession approaches. First, comes the Bishop of New Jersey, in academic gown, Oxford cap, and scarlet hood ; then, the Principal of the Hall, then the class of young women to be graduated, "not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array," but attired in white, with no ornament escept.a leaf of ivy from the Chapel walls. Following these, come the matron, and vice-principal, the rector of the parish, the rector of the college, the visiting clergy, and the trustees, for whom places are provided on the platform. All kneel in silent prayer. Then, the reading of compositions, from the graduating class begins. These are in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin, as well as English, with such diversity of subject, thought, and style, as shows the characteristics of each IX BURLINGTON. 661 nvriter. "The awarding of testimonials" follows; a simple, though much admired, feature, of the day. An engraved card, with the signatures of the Bishop and the Principal, certifies that the recipient has attained for a given period, the maximum for conduct and scholarship. From the school room, the procession returns to the library ; while the audience — parents, and relatives holding blue tickets, having reserved seats — enter the Chapel. When all are seated — and every inch of room is always occupied — the sweet strains of the processional float towards them from a distance : "Hark! hark, my soul ! Angelic songs are swelling." " The singers go before." And, what a blending of melodi- ous voices ; voices trained, in tune, and time, by daily practice in hymnody ! The music gains in volume. The procession of choristers in cottas, and white-clad damsels, and vested clergy, reaches the middle of the nave, and the organ adds its notes. The line, in the last stanza, seems literal : " Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above." The "Amen" has hardly ended, when the Bidding Prayer ■and Litany are read; followed, always, with the metrical version •of Psalm cxxxi : " Lord, forever at Thy side, Let my place and portion be." Each member of the class is then called, and each comes forward to the altar-rails, and receives from the Rt. Rev. Presi- dent, the diploma of the Hall — with its repesentation of "the .handmaid of the Lord." The Bishop then addresses them on "The Christian Woman's Mission" — an anthem follows, and they kneel for the Episcopal benediction. While, in double rows, these white-clad maidens are bending on the lowest steps of the altar, they seem like their chosen emblems, " lilies of the valley." At 4 p. M. a musical rehearsal takes places in the school-room. Solos, duos, quartettes, and choruses, interspersed with brilliant instrumental music, occupy t-\vo hours. Finally, the twenty- eight graduates appear once more together, on the platform, and .-sing their " Parting Song." 662 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE PLEDGE SYSTEM FOR DIOCESAN MISSIOXS. " The pledge and envelope system," for Diocesan Missions, was introduced into the parish, October 29th, 1871, (see p. 439,) resulting in a six fold increase of offerings for that object.f BISHOP SELWYN VISITS BURLINGTON. "On Thursday, November 9th, 1871, the Rt. Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, D. D., T>. C. L., Lord Bishop of Lichfield, England, visited Burlington, as the guest of the Bishop of the Diocese. His lordship, accompanied by two of his clergy and by Bishop Odenheimer, arrived in Burlington from Philadelphia at 3 p. Ji., and was met at the station by the Bishop of Albany and the Rector of St. Mary's, and driven imm'ediately to St. Mary's Church, where divers other clergy were in waiting. The Church was completely filled, and the chimes rang out joyfully. " The three bishops and three priests, on alighting, went at once to the grave of Bishop Doane, where they all stood, un- covered, and in silence. It was a time, and an occasion, for the artist, the poet, and the orator. Bishop Selwyn at the tomb of Bishop Doane ! i " Shortly afterwards, the procession, headed by the masters and students of Burlington College, the former in caps and gowns, and the latter in their neat uniform, passed from the sacristy around the north ti'ansept, by the tomb of Bishop Doane, to the west door of the nave, where the students opened ranks, and the Bishops and Clergy passed up the nave to the chancel. In the procession were the Bishop of New Jersey, the the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Albany, the Rev. Dr. Hills, rector of St. Mary's parish, the Rev. Mr. Kellogg, rector of Burlington College; the Rev. Mr. Smith, principal of St. Mary's Hall ; the Rev. John R. Selwyn, son of the bishop, and vicar of St. George's, Wolverhampton ; the Rev. John H. lies, prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral ; the Rev. Drs. Hyde, "Walker and Weld, and the Rev. Messrs. Pettit, Goldsborongh, Perkins, Cathell and Shavei', of New Jersey. t In the Parochial Keport for 1875, the amount for this object if? given a^ ?7 03.83. IN BURLINGTON. 663 " The episcopal throne was occupied by the Bishop of the Diocese, and the chairs on either side of the altar by his lord- ship the Bishop of Lichfield, and the Bishop of Albany. Even- ing Prayer was said by the Eev. Messrs. Selwyn and lies, the Absolution being pronounced by the lord Bishop. At its close, Bishop Odenheimer advanced to the choir steps, and in a few words of sonorous eloquence, welcomed his lordship as one of the towers and bulwarks of the Sion of God, greeting him in the name of the dead as well as of the living, and referring to the intimacy between Bishops Selwyn and Doane. As his lordship came forward and ascended the pulpit, the congregation rose. Bishop Selwyn then delivered a most touching address. He alluded to the flowers which he saw on the tomb of Bishop Doane, and hailed them as tokens of never-dying affection. Recounting his first meeting with Bishop Doane at Eton Col- lege, and the subsequent sympathy and affection between them, he proceeded to speak of the sublimity of Bishop Doane's his- toric position as a Christian educator, and the worth and en- during fame of his work, as shown by the scholarly men and women sent out from Burlington College and St. Mary's Hall, whom he had met in various parts of the world. He had known the trials and discouragements under which Bishop Doane laid these noble foundations. He begged the pardon of his au- dience if, there at the grave of his friend and brother prelate, whose living monument he saw before him in the students of Bur- lington College, he addressed himself more particularly to the young, and sought to impress upon their minds, in this feverish age and country, the lesson of Bishop Doane's life, viz.: patience in the work and race of life. Taking this as a theme, his lord- ship's speech breathed throughout the holiest spirit of the ripe Christian culture of England's ancient Church and school. At the conclusion of his lordship's address, the Prayer for the Queen and several collects were offered, and the benediction was pro- nounced by the Bishoj) of Albany. " The party then drove to the college, where they were re- ceived by the students in front of the main entrance. His lord- ship passed around the semi-circle in which the sixty students 664 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH were arranged, shaking hands with, and speaking some kind word to, each one. According to English usage, the Lord Bishop asked a lioliday for the students, and put it to vote, and it is needless to say there was an unanimous silence when con- trary minds were asked for ! "A short service was held in the Chapel of the Holy Child Jesus. ' Jerusalem, the golden,' was sung on entering. After prayer by the Rev. Rector, the Lord Bishop was formally intro- duced by the Rt. Rev. President, and made a very thoughtful address. He was followed by the Bishop of Albany, who spoke with great feeling. He expressed himself as having taken new heart from what he had seen of the college that day, with its numerous and increasing body of students, and the zeal of its efficient rector. The benediction was pronounced by Bishop Selwyn, and the assemblage retired. " The students gathered in the general study-hall, where his lordship introduced his son to them, as an old Eton boy. The Rev. Mr. Selwyn then made a very clever, and characteristically English speech, which elicited loud cheers. " In the evening, his lordship attended prayei's at St. Mary's Hall, where he made an address full of pathos and beauty, and was followed by the Rev. Mr. lies. His lordship asked the favor of a holiday for the girls. Bishop Odenheimer made a conclud- ing address of great beauty and tenderness, founded on II Kings XX : 14-15: [^Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men f and from whence came they unto ihee .' And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon, And he said, What have they seen in thine house f And Hezekiah answered. All the things that are in mine house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them,'] and reviewing the events of the day in Parish, College, Hall and Home. From 9 to 11 p. m. a levee was held at 'Riverside,' where Mrs. Odenheimer received, with her usual grace, the many friends who called to pay their respects to her distinguished guests, and partake of her elegant hospitality. " To no parish in this new country could an English clergy- man and scholar come and find older and more classic Church IN BURLINGTON. 665 associations than to this venerable parish of ' sweet St. Mary's.' Especially is this true of Bishop Selwyn. The similarity of thought between himself and Bishop Doane — both possessing the same spirit of heroism and self-sacrifice in the cause of Christ — endeared them strongly to each other. Like most origi- nators, they lived too soon. Thirty years ago these two grand men, Selwyn in the Anglican, and Doane in the American, Church, came before the world, enunciating and setting in mo- tion very positive ideas in regard to what their far-seeing minds, perceived to be the two most important fields of the Church's work, viz., Missions and Christian Education. The Church then was disposed to regard these ideas as impracticabilities, and their authors as visionaries. To-day the Church stands where they did then, and thus acknowledges the greatness of their foresight." — The Churchman. THE EEV. DR. JOH>'SOX TO THE REV. DR. HILLS. " Bainbridge, Chenango C'y, N. Y. "March 23, 1872. "Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D. " Rev. and Dear Brother — I received this afternoon your note of request for information concerning the Church in Bur- lington. I have but little personal knowledge on the subject, often as I have officiated in St. Mary's and in St. Barnabas'. " The history of the Chime of Bells deserves a record. The Bells were first officially used on Easter Day, 1866, the _^rsi of April ; and on that morning our beloved Bishop Odenheimer first appeared in Church after a long three or four months pain- ful absence ; f he confirmed, addressed the class, and celebrated f " It pleased God," writes Bishop Odenheimer, in his Episcopal Address of 1866, "to take me from the midst of my Episcopal duties, and to confine me to my house for nearly four months. On the afternoon of the second Sundaj' in Advent (December 10th) after officiating at the Missionary Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Koundabout, and in the act of leaving the chancel, I made a misstep and fell to the nave, fracturing the patella of my left knee. Through the kindness of the Eector and parishioners of Roundabout and South Amboy, and tlie generous action of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company in furnishing me a special car, I was enabled to reach Riverside without delay ; and by God's blessing on the skill of my surgeon, and other faithful helpers, a measure of my former strength has been restored to me. Although I was 666 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the Holy Eucharist. I preached the sermon, bringing in our wel- come to the Bells, our congratulations at the Bishop's recovery and presence, not omitting a pleasant reference to the April Day. The text was 2 Pet. i, 16: 'For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,' etc. I wrote it for the occasion. " I recall with tender emotion the memory, that while I was spending protracted hours in St. Mary's Church Vestry room, elaborating the Catalogue of the General Theological Seminary Pamphlets, I used to step out into the Church to admire the con- stant and fatiguing labors which our lamented friend Mr. Edward B. Grubb devoted to the practical experiments of arranging the successful pealing of the Bells, applying to it for weeks all his well known science and skill. There he was often for hours with his coat off, alone, in his beautiful House of Prayer, consecrating his time, his strength, and his talents to this sacred work. I felt that it was work, and worship too. " I do not remember anything else to tell you of, except a little history told me by Mr. "Windsor, one of our parishioners at Bainbridge, a lawyer of reputation. More than thirty-five years ago, he was going down the Delaware river, upon a raft, bound to Philadelphia, in company with the chief owner, a churchman of Canandaigua. When they reached a place called Burlington, their logs in some way became entangled and obstructed, and they wanted very much to borrow a row-boat, to free them, and put them all in regular line again. So they got on shore and tried in vain to borrow a boat for the purpose. Boats there were, but they were locked, or their owners were absent and could not be consulted. They were told however to walk along the Bank, and perhaps they might find what they wanted. When they had gone so far as almost to despair of their chance, they came to a nice boat, chained and locked. Looking around they espied a man standing on a porch near by. ' Can you tell me. Sir, who owns this boat ? ' ' I do,' was the reply. 'Could you let us have it for a little while to start our raft again ? ' able to carry on my official correspondence without interruption, I performed no out-door Episcopal duty until Easter-even (March 30th) when I resumed my Visitations by celebrating the Holy Eucharist, and Confirming twenty- four persons, in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, St. Mary's Hall." IN BURLINGTON. 667 'Certainly — but just wait a minute till I put on my boots, and I will go along with you myself and help you.' So out they started. The obliging stranger rowed, and worked with a will, and soon all was right. 'Now,' said the man, 'what shall I pay you for the use of your boat?' 'Oh nothing at all, you are perfectly welcome.' ' Oh my dear Sir,' said the other, 'you have not only lent us your boat, but you have lent us your arms and you did grand service, I must somehow repay you.' 'Oh', was the answer, ' I count it a pleasant thing to help a neighbour, especially if it be a neighbour in difficulty.' ' Well,' said the man, 'tell me at least your name, that I may know who has obliged me so much.' The other answered, ' Why, they com- monly call me Bishop Doane.' ' Bishop Doane ! ' replied he, ' you don't mean to say, this is the great Bishop Doane, of whom we hear so much.' The other laughed and said, ' You will find no one else to answer to the name.' Then with many thanks the raftsmen bid good bye, the Bishop inviting them to call and see him, if they passed that way again. " This little pleasant incident, I guess, has never been circu- lated, till it turned up in our little country village in Central New York, three hundred miles away, and one of the very actors in the scene told it to me himself. "_ Traveling in a car with the Bishop of Albany, I had the satisfaction of bringing the Bishop and the raftsman together. " Wishing you all success in bringing together all ancient and modern traditions concerning good St. Mary's, and the Church in Burlington generally, I remain "Most truly and respectfully, " Your friend and brother, "Samuel Roosevelt Joiinsox." a legacy and other gifts the organ removed and doubled in size. " The legacy (of §1000) included under the head of offerings for 'the Poor,' was received from the estate of Mrs. Sarah C. Robardet, the annual interest of which, by the provisions of her will, is to be applied to the purchase of fuel for the needy mem- bers of the Parish. 668 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH " The offerings for cabinet-organ (§125), and altar linen (•?25), were specific gifts from two individuals.f " The great organ of the Church has been removed from the floor of the north transept, to the gallery at the foot of the nave, and doubled in size ; and a door, gallery, and pews, have been ■constructed in the north transept, corresponding to those in the south transept, thus supplying seventy additional sittings. The ■cost of these changes was met by the conversion of a portion of the funded property of the parish." — Parochial Report, 1873. A SUNDAY IN BURLIXGTOX. The Church Journal of December 19th, 1872, has the follow- ing from an anonymous correspondent : " It was on a pleasant autumn day, that the train stopped at the station, and stepping from it, we found ourselves in the heart of the good city of Burlington ; which has something to boast of, greater even than the advantages of manufactures or trade. " Facing the river, all along the ' green bank,' are fine, old- fashioned residences, low-walled and unpretending, but having delightful grounds, and shaded by ancient trees, and shrubbery of marvellous growth; pleasant abodes, bearing the unmista- kable impress of ease and elegance. " In this vicinity, are located the two academies of St. Mary's Hall, and Burlington College; with 'Riverside,' the home of the Bishop of New Jersey, lying between. Up and down the rivei', are pleasure boats moored ; now and then, a sail glides by ; or the little steamers, plying between the city and Phila- delphia. " The Hall, numbering near two hundred pupils, from every section of the land, is a long, irregular structure of brick, near the river's bank, with pleasure grounds adjoining. Attached to it, is a lovely little chapel ; that of ' the Holy Innocents ;' where daily service for the pupils is held. " At some distance from this, below, and beyond the Episco- pal residence, standing farther back, but looking tosvard the river, is the College, established in 1846. We had the pleasure of spending a little time there, and of becoming somewhat ac- quainted with its accomplished Rector, the Rev. Dr. Clerc, and t The cabinet organ, by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ellis ; and the altar linen, from England, by Mr. 'William D. Hewitt. IN BURLIXGTOX. 66& his family ; and with some of the corps of teachers ; and though not witnessing their system of instruction, were most delight- fully impressed with the advantages of the institution. It was very pleasant to breathe the air of a genial Christian home ; to note the courteous and fraternal spirit of the boys towards one another; and the deference and respect, which they seemed, most spontaneously, to accord to their principal and teachers. The religious influence around them lifts up their standard of character, and ennobles their ideas of life and its duties. * * On the bright Sunday morning the sweet chimes of St. Mary's called us to Church. There is, perhaps, no where to be found a more beautiful Church, than St. Mary's of Burlington ; so solid, in structure; and symmetrical, in proportions. It is cruciform, with a graceful spire rising from the junction of the nave and transepts. " As we came near, the long procession of girls, with their teachers, from the Hall, passed in at one door, in their neat attire, and fresh loveliness ; making a pretty sight. From another direction, and by a different entrance, passed the young collegians ; fine-looking, manly lads, in their handsome uniform of gray, marching, with measured step, accompanied by their tutors. There was the full morning service, and the Rector of the Parish, the Rev. Dr. Hills, gave an excellent practical ex- hortation, with some interesting facts, relative to the duty of giving to Diocesan Missions. " The organ is a fine instrument, and finely played ; and the music well rendered by the choir of the parish, in connection with one composed of boys, from the College. " At the close of the sermon, the Rector read from a telegram, which had been given him in the chancel, the startling news of the Boston calamity ; while a thrill of consternation and sym- pathy, trembled through the large congregation; and when, after the prayer for the Church Militant, a supplication was offered for the deliverance of our smitten brethren, all hearts were fervently uplifted. "In the afternoon, we came once more into the churchyard, where a scene of rare loveliness presented itself to our gaze. The sweet, crisp air, was mellow, Avith the rich autumn sunset. Above, a little to the left, in the clear blue, lay the moon, a silver shell. At our right, rose the walls of the beautiful Church, defined against a glowing sky, from whose horizon streamed a wondrous banner of clouds, intense crimson, lying,, in burnished folds, against others of vivid green ; a truly mar- vellous combination, 'flame-color,, vert and azure.' Througb. 670 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH the stained windows, lights were shining ; and the softened voice of the organ, with the vesper-hymn, floated towards us ; while in all the branches above us, multitudes of sparrows were twit- tering and chirping their evensong. On either side, the quiet dead; beneath our feet, the fallen leaves; above, the tall ever- greens, and cross-topped spire, pointing upward to the serene and glorious skies. A lull of silence, — and the people came out from Church ; and breaking into groups, lent that new anima- tion to the picture, that human life ever gives. " AVe spent a pleasant evening at the College, with sacred music, and the missionary service, held by the boys ; early closing with family prayers. Then, reluctantly, our good nights were said ; and again we bent our steps toward our hotel. The sweet, calm moonlight, fell around, and in the northern sky, red streamers of auroral light flamed up, and sank again below the zenith ; and so, a superbly lovely night, ended for us, a more delightful day, in the dear old town of Burlington." OBSEEVAXCES OX THE FOURTH OF JULY. "THE SALUTATION AT RIVERSIDE." Trom the time of the foundation of Burlington College, the anniversary of our National Independence has been observed with customs and exercises unique. As a description of one of these occasions will afford an idea of them all, we select an account of that on the 4th of July, 1873. At 8 o'clock in the morning there was the formal raising of the College flag on the campus. This banner is the same as that of our national colors, except that in the ground which is occu- pied in them by the stars, a large white cross appears. " The Star Spangled Banner," is played by the band as soon as the flag reaches its highest position on the staff". At 9 A. M., the family of St. Mary's Hall emerge in a body from that institution, and take their station in double lines, sweeping around and down on either side of the green bank, making two great arcs of a circle — two hundred teachers and pupils — in front of the great doorway of Riverside. Hardly have their places been gained, before Rector and professors of the college, all in academic gowns, Oxford caps, and hoods of their several degrees, attended by their students in military array — neat gray uniforms, with banners and muskets and mar- IX BUELIXGTOX. 071 tial music, are drawn up in a straight line facing Eiverside. Outside the great doorway is the Bishop, in gown and scarlet hood, as the central figure ; on his right, the rector of the Parish and the principal of the Hall ; and just back of him, the members and invited guests of his own immediate household. One of the students of the College comes to the front, and in behalf of his fellow students, greets the Bishop with a short, appropriate and well-learned speech, to which the Bishop makes a fitting reply. " God bless our native land," is then sung by the united assemblage, and the collegians withdraw in martial order for their own pleasures at the College ; while the family of the Hall are invited into the spacious grounds of the Episcopal residence, to pass their customary " social hour." About this time, the chimes from St. Mary's spire are heard playing national airs, and soon the parishioners in the city are engaged in the service of morning prayer at the parish Church, which is always said in accordance with " the Form " prescribed for this anniversary in the " Proposed BoQk."f THE PEESEXTATION OP ALMS. On Sunday morning, October 19th, 1873, with the approval of the Bishop, who was present, the custom was introduced in St. Mary's, (which has long been common in many churches,) of having the whole congregation rise and stand during the presen- tation of the alms and oblations on the altar. A RECTORY PURCHASED. On the 8th of November, 1873, the spacious brick mansion on the northeast corner of Broad and Wood streets,J was pur- chased at public auction for a rectory ; and first occupied as such, March 11th, 1874. Six thousand dollars of the purchase-money was provided by the bequest of Mrs. Robardet, made six years ago, (see p. 645,) with its accumulations since ; and one thou- sand dollars was contributed by Mrs. Euphemia B. Grubb. t See p. 422. X This house was built in 1838, and is one of the best and most commodious dwellings in the city ; admirably located for its new uses ; commanding a view of tlie entire Churchyard, and within a minute's walk of the Church 672 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE DEATH AND BUEIAL OF THE KEY. MR. SHAVER.t The Rev. Dauiel Shaver, itinerant missionary of the Con- vocation of Burlington, entered into rest on Sunday morning, Jan. 25th, 1874, the feast of the conversion of St. Paul, aged 56 years. The burial took place from St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on Wednesday morning, Jan. 28th. Fifteen of the reverend clergy were in attendance. The Rev. Joseph H. Smith and the Rev. F. C. Putnam read the portion of the burial service appointed for the Church. The choir led the congregation in the anthem, and the hymns " Asleep in Jesus," and " Hark ! bark, my soul ! " The Rev. Dr. Hills, at the request of the de- ceased, preached ; and the sermon, by vote of the clergy present, was published. The following are its chief words : It was the pre-eminent distinction of our departed brother doors. A year ago, the premises were put in complete repair, and all the modern conveniences added. At a meeting of the Vestry November 10th, 1873, on motion of the Eector, it was " Resolved, that the acknowledgments and thanks of this Vestry are due, and are hereby given, to Mr. John Broomhead for his valuable and effi- cient personal services in securing the purchase of the Rectory for St. Mary's Church, on Saturday last." t This humble servant of Christ first saw the light on the 9th of Februarv, 1818, in the village of Westmoreland, New York. His father, a devout man, shed upon his household the powerful influence of a Christian life. He said but little to his children on the subject of their personal religion, but never failed lo gather them around the family altar, and to make mention of them in his prayers. " I can hear his voice now," said our brother, recalling this por- tion of his childhood, and choking with emotion at the remembrance of what he owed to such a father. The Cazenovia Seminary, was the place in which our friend had his next education. Gifted with a deep, clear voice, familiar with the language of Holy Scripture, and with an earnest desire to save souls, at the early age of 19 he became a Methodist preacher — removing from place to place, for several years. At a burial from Trinity Church, Watertown, N. Y., he first heard any service of the Church. It impressed him deeply. He was led to read the Prayer book ; and, as he had opportunity, to witness other services for which the Church has such inimitable provision. The prayer book was again re- ferred to, and compared with Holy Scripture ; and he said to me, with em- phasis, repeating the remark, "The Scriptural character of the Book of Common Prayer— this it was which convinced me." He was confirmed by Bishop DeLancey, in Rochester, N. Y., and became a candidate for Holy Orders in th§ diocese of Indiana. He went to Nashotah for six months, where he enjoyed the instruction of those, who, through God's grace, have made that school of the prophets one of the grandest monuments of missionary faith in modern times. In the chapel of Nashotah, our candidate was or- dained by his own diocesan. Bishop Upfold ; and in the following year pro- moted to the priesthood, in Indianapolis. After serving many years in Indiana, he removed to Texas, and in 1868, came lo New Jersev. G. M. h. IX BURLIXGTOX. 673 tliat most of his life was given to missionary work. He never was a rector, never had any ecclesiastical, nor academic titles, never held any conspicuous posts. I count him worthy of double honor in that he exercised his office in outlying villages and sequestered hamlets, where, but for him, or rare ones like minded, the preaching of the Kingdom might never have been heard. * * He labored at Rocky Hill, at Rancocas, and at Fairview, releasing more than one of these churches from the embarrass- ments of debt ; and latterly, at Barnegat, Tuckerton and Maiia- hawken — on the sea-coast — where the people received him with thankfulness. During this period we are " witnesses how holily and justly and unblamably he behaved himself." Who has not seen him, calm and thoughtful, going forth to seek the dispersed in the scattered communities to which he was sent? With his surplice and service-book, his sermons and tracts for distribu- tion, he has gone at all seasons ; alone, and often on foot ; and how cheered he seemed, if on his return, he could tell of but two or three who had been sufficiently touched by the Sun of righteousness as to be garnered into the Church's granary. Men of less patience and less faith would have grown discouraged at the small returns of the soil which he had spiritually to till. But who ever heard him complain ? He seemed to have learned that the good seed must be sown, regardless of appearances ; and that " the kingdom of God cometh not with observation." * * A month ago I was summoned at night to give him what was then believed to be the final consolations of the Church. He laid his head lovingly upon my shoulder and said in his sweetly solemn way : " That Holy Communion ! That blessed Communion !" Sitting upon his bed, his wife and only child on either side of him, he was soon receiving that " manna," which the faithful continue to eat, " till they come to the borders " of the promised land. Every response was made, without a book, and, occasionally, he interpolated, with quiet fervor, " Glory to God." When the office was concluded he was laid back upon a pillow. After the others withdrew, I inquired if he had any message for the Convocation. He paused for some time — so long that I feared he was too exhausted to reply — then he said, " Life is short. The Holy Scriptures are the best sermons. The Holy Ghost the best preacher. Tell the brethren that my heart is overflowing with love to them ; that I have tried to cultivate the little places they have assigned me; and that I think there 2u 674 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH are indications tliat, by God's blessing, there will in time be a glorious harvest." He survived yet many days. And in these more fully set his house in order. He directed concerning the abode of his family, concerning his personal effects, concerning his mission- ary supplies. He "gave commandment concerning his bones," and desired them to be buried in St. Mary's churchyard; and that none but the Church's hands should consign them to the earth. To soothe and cheer him through the weary nights, it \yas the custom of his wife and daughter to sing hymns, " playing upon an instrument of music." The last Sunday night he passed upon earth, while they were thus engaged, he commenced sing- ing in German, "This heart of mine, O Jesus, take." It will not surprise you to hear that one with such a record, as he drew near the portals of Paradise, had glimpses within. When his sight was sealed to earth, he several times ad- dressed, by name, friends long deceased; his parents ;_ his two children ; and the late Samuel Rogers, sometime Senior War- den of St. IMary's, to whom, in his last sickness, he ministered. " They are coming !" he exclaimed. " Who ?" was the inquiry. "Oh ! so many angels !" was his answer. Three days more he lingered — his hearing and speech gone. Shut out from all things earthly, he seemed communing with "the powers of the world to come." He was constantly lifting his hands and smiling — and thus he departed ; an expression of joy illumining his face, and remaining upon it, like a lingering ray from Heaven. Who that was acquainted with that countenance in life, and saw its radiance in death, had not occular demonstration, that " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." The services at the grave were read by the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, and the Rev. Drs. Clerc, Walker, and Weld; the eartii being cast upon the coffin by the Rev. Messrs. Lines and New- man. After the final "Amen," the bells in St. Mary's spire played " Rock of Ages." f f At the first rueetlng of tlie Convocation of Burlington after the decease" of Ml-. Shaver, Dr. Hills and jMr. Smith ivere appointed a committee to erect a headstone at his grave. A cross-topped stone, a little to the northwest from the old St. Mary's Church has this inscription : "The Eev. Daniel Shavee, Missionary, entered into rest Jan. 2oth, A. D. 1874, aged fifty-six years." IX BURLINGTON. (375 THE OLD Cliriifl-I OP ST. MARY, BURLINGTON, X. J. BY GEOKGB Jl'CLELLAN FISK. f "A cliairel nigh the field, A Vjroken chancel with .1 broken cross — Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights." A queenly ruin ! — though it wear Ko splendor to strange eyes, Yet rich and royal memories From each old wall arise — How it was raised in Bridlington, I Of her sweet heart and hand. The gracious and free gift to God Of Anne? of England. But not for this the temj^le old Is queenlike in its age, But for its dower of ghostly gifts And cjrueefid heritage. For here the Church's triple crown. The Holy Orders three. Has shone in lustrous light upon An Apostolic See. || Its blazing stars, the Bishops bold, A Talbot H and a Doane — And here were placed for many a year The pastoral staff and throne. Here stood the mitred poet-prince. Of Noya Ca=sarea A Chrysostom — whose flaming soul Ne'er knew reproach or fear. The knighthood of the Church of Christ, The Arthurs and Gerainls ! Their graves now pave, these sacred courts ; " Their souls are with the saints. f Mr. Fisk was admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons, in St. Mary's Church, on Trinity Sunday, May 31st, 1874; and on the Thursday following, in tlie same Church, was united in Holy Matrimony with Mary Greenough, by the Eev. Dr. Wm. S. Walker, father of the bride — Bishop Odenheimer pronouncing the Benediction. % The original spelling retained by its namesake on the Yorkshire coast. I Queen Anne befriended the church with benefactions, including a chalice and paten, still in use. II In 1712 the S. P. G. purchased here "the best house in America " for an Episcopal residence, and fixed upon Burlington as the first American See. T[ The Eev. John Talbot, M. A., founder, and for a quarter of a century Rector of this Parish, was, in 1722, consecrated by the non-jurors, and returned to this country, where he died November 29th, 1727. ° No less than five rectors are buried in and about this Church — to say nothing of otiier clergymen — and distinguished laymen, not a few. 676 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Oh, reverently regard their dust, And let your step be light O'er those, whose spirits stand so near The Beatific Sight. When Christ shone out— the Light of Light- At His Epiphany, From Mary's breast His radiance beamed O'er every land and sea. So when on this far sunset coast Went out the Savioui-'s fame, 'Twas borne from this Cathedral Church, That beareth Mary's name. Here has been told in all the years Xow numbered with the past. The Church's blessed rosary Of Festival and Fast f And still with every rising sun, That gilds the Eastern skies, Outpour the children-choristers For daily sacrifice.! Oh, cherish then this holy house 'Thy glory, Burlington ! For blessings it hath brought to thee, And fame for thee hath won. And as you pass this moss-grown close, This 'Via Sacra tread, Thank God, that He hath knit in Christ, The living with the dead. Guard well this relique of old time, This witness in the West, Where long the ancient Faith was preached. And where its heralds rest. The beauty of their footprints shines, In light that ne'er shall cease, And brighter than the day when first Their voices published peace. Peace I It hath been a constant guest, Because this Ark of God, Hath rested here — and here for years Hath bloomed the almond rod. Then pray ye for St. Mary's wealth Long as thine hour-glass runs. So priests shall never wanting be. To bless St. Mary's sons. t Daily service was established in this church so long ago as 1724. X The Parish School now occupies a portion of the building, and goes thence to the new church every day for Morning Prayer. IX BURLIXGTOX. 677 [official.] DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY : COKVOCATION OF BfRLINGTOX. At a meeting of the Executive Board of the Convocation of Burlington, September 29th, 1874, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, the Bishop announced that on the 18th instant, he received the resignation of the Rev. Joseph F. Garrison, M. D., as Dean of the Convocation, and that he had this day appointed to that office the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D. The Secretaryship thus becoming vacant, the Board elected the Rev. Nathaniel Pettit, Secretary, until the next regular meeting of the Convocation. W. H. Odexheimer, Bishop of New Jersey. THE BISHOP CALLS A SPECIAL COXYBNTIOX. "House of Bishops, New York, Oct. 10th, 1874. " To the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of New Jersey. " Beethren Beloved ix the Lord — By the action of the General Convention this day consummated, the formation of a new Diocese within the present limits of the Diocese of New Jersey has been ratified, said new Diocese to be composed of the seven Northern counties of the State, viz. : the counties of Sus- sex, Warren, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Hudson and Essex, to- gether with the township of Summit, in Union county. " In accordance with the privilege given me by Article Y of the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, I have decided to elect the new Dio- cese as my jurisdiction, and, God willing, shall become the Diocesan thereof on the day of its organization, November 12, A. D. 1874. This decision is the result of most serious aud prayerful deliberation. Fifteen years of unfailing kindness from every part of the Diocese make it almost impossible for me to relinquish the oversight of any portion of my beloved flock ; but the decision must be made, and I now announce it in the fear of God, and with changeless affection for you all. 678 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "This decision as to my future jurisdiction will soon leave you without a Bishop. Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article III of the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of jSI"ew Jersey, I hereby call a Special Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey, to be held in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., on Thursday, the 12th day of November next, A. d. 1874, at 9 o'clock A. u., for the elec- tion of a Bishopt and such other Officers and Committees as may be necessary to continue the Diocese in full working order. " You will provide that duly accredited Lay Deputies from your several Parishes be present at this important Convention. " Imploring God's blessing upon you, I am " Affectionately, your Bishop, "William Henry Odenheimee, " Bishop of New Jersey." FAREWELL LETTER FROM BISHOP ODBNHEIMEE. The following, directed to the Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D., Rector of St. Mary's Parish, and to the Rev. Robert L. Goldsbor- ough. Rector of St. Barnabas' Church, was read in those Churches, on Sunday November 8th : " Diocese of New Jersey, Nov. 7, 1874. " To My Dear Friends, the Clergy and Laity of the Oity of Bur- lington, N. J. : " The division of the Diocese of New Jersey having been con- firmed by the General Convention, I have been compelled to decide which portion of the State shall become, God willing, my future jurisdiction. " After earnest and prayerful thought, I have chosen the upper section to be my Diocese. This compels me to take leave of the lower fourteen counties of my old and beloved Episcopal charge. t The following, prepared by the rector of St. ^Mary's, was offered twice, and thrice, and, in some instances, seven times, a day, by hundreds of Bur- lington Church people. , "a prayer. " To be offered in private and in families until the election of a Bishop. " Almighty God, Who knowest the hearts of all men, and their exact adapta- tion to times and places, give us, we beseech Thee, a man after Thine own heart, to be our Chief Shepherd under Thee, one who will feed us with a faith- ful and true heart, and rule us prudently with all his power, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen." IN BURLINGTON. 679 " In separating officially from my friends, and especially from yon, my neighbours of this city, which has been my home for the last fifteen years, I cannot say in person, farewell to each. I desire, therefore, to express in this letter my unfailing love for you all and for your families ; to acknowledge the courtesy with which you have always received me and my household, and to invoke God's choicest blessings, temporal and spiritual, on you and yours. " That peace and prosperity may abound among you, and that you may be united by the power of the Holy Ghost in perfect charity, is the fervent prayer of ever your affectionate friend and Bishop. "\V. H. Odexiieimer." THE SPECIAL COJ^■VE^^TION OF THE DIOCESE. St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Thursday, November 12th, A. d. 1874. A number of the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of New Jersey, assembled for Divine Service, at 9 A. m., in accordance with the call of Bishop Odenheimer, issued October 10th. (See p. 677.) Morning Prayer was said by the Rev. A Ifred B. Baker, the Rev. Gustavus M. Murray, and the Rev. Erskine M. Rodman, assisted in the Lessons by the Rev. xilbert U. Stanley and the Rev. Stevens Parker. The Ante-Communion Service was said by the Rev. Joseph F. Garrison, M.D. ; the Rev. Elvia K. Smith, reading the Epistle, and the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D.D., reading the Gospel. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Alfred Stubbs, D.D., from the words, " Neither be the partaker of other men's sins.'' I St. Tim. V. 22. The Offertory was said by the Rev. Samuel A. Clark, D.D., after which, the Holy Communion was celebrated by the Rev. Nathaniel Pettit, assisted by several of the Clergy. The Rev. William S. Walker, D.D., pronounced the blessing. After Divine Service, the Assistant Secretary called the Con- vention to order, and reported that there was present a constitu- tional quorum. 680 HISTORY OF THE OHUECH The Eev. Joseph F. Garrison, M.D., was nominated for Pres- ident of the Convention, by the Eev. Dr. Alfred Stubbs ; and on motion of the Rev. Dr. Clark, balloting was dispensed with, and the vote taken viva voce. The Rev. Dr. Stubbs and Mr. Morris Meredith were appointed to conduct the President to the Chair. After briefly addressing the Convention, the President ap- pointed the Rev. William B. Otis, Mr. George E. Sibley, and Dr. J. Howard Pugh, a Committee on the Testimonials of Lay Deputies which had not been sent to the Assistant Secretary. The Rev. Alfred B. Baker was nominated for Secretary, by the Rev. Dr. George Morgan Hills ; and declared elected. The Secretary appointed the Rev. Nathaniel Pettit his As- sistant. The President then read the following communication from Bishop Odenheimer : "To the Clei-yij and Lnily of the Diocese of yew Jersey, assembled in Special Convention ; '■'Bbethren Beloved in the Lord — My official notice calling this Special Convention, issued on the 10th of October, duly informed you of the decision of the Ci-eneral Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, con- firming the action of the Diocese in the matter of its division. " I have also communicated to you my election of the new Diocese, con- sisting of the upper seven counties, together with the township of Summit, as the field of my future Episcopal jurisdiction. "You meet together to-day (the 12th inst.) then, for the first time in fifteen years, without my presence as your Bishoj). This fact, to me, is full of heart- felt interest, for it recalls to me, with intense emphasis, the unwearied love that, during tliese many years, you have poured out upon my personal and official ministrations, upholding my weakness, bearing with my infirmities, and strengthening my efforts to fulfil the responsibilities of my Episcopate. I shall enjoy those gracious gifts no more ; and although I go to a portion of my old Diocese, where the same precious blessings have been granted to me, nevertheless I shall never forget what I have so freely and fullv received from you, and your beloved households. 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Sibley, the Convention unani- mously declared that the Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., is elected Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. On motion, the Chair appointed the Rev. Dr. Clark, the Rev. Dr. Stubbs, the Rev. Mr. Banister, Mr. Charles E. Mil nor, and Mr. A. S. Livingston to wait upon the Rev. Dr. Scarborough, and inform him of his election. f On motion of the Rev. Dr. Hills, the Convention united in singing the Gloria in Excelsis, On motion. Resolved, That the Canonical Testimony of the Bishop-elect be now signed by the Clerical and Lay members of the Conven- tion. Whereupon, duplicate copies of the Testimonials, beautifully engrossed on vellum, were signed by j?/if?/ clergymen and ffty- nitie laymen, those from Burlington being, of the clergy, the t"Of those appointed at your special Convention, to convey to me in person ofiicial notice of your action, two only came, a clergyman and a layman. Bui your choice of representatives could not have fallen more worthily. The iRev. Samuel A. Clark, D. D., Eector of St. John's Church, Elizabeth, I had first learned to know well and appreciate, as a man of genial nature and warm heart, at the session of the General Convention which met in Baltimore in 1871. * * He did all that a friend could do, both as President of the Standing Committee and as Chairman of your Special Committee, to make the rough places smooth for me. "When too ill to write himself, he sent mes- sages of love and cheer to me by another's hand. But just as I was learning to lean on this staff, suddenly it broke. The very day before I came here for my consecration, he was called hence, and bidden of the Master ' to go up higher.' My last oificial act as Presbyter was to aid the Bishop of Pennsyl- vania in the sad rites of burial. * * As the funeral train, which was carrying the surpliced priest to his last resting-place, reached the city of Trenton, the sad, startling news met us, that by a strange and very marked coincidence, which all felt, the noble layman, Alfred S. Livingston, who but a few short weeks before, had been his companion and your messenger also to me, full of life and vigor, and apparently in his prime, or little beyond it, had passed away suddenly, ' and was not, for God took him ;' and thus by God's inscrutible ordering, another human prop was taken away from me ! My first official act after my consecration was to assist the Eector of Trinity Church, Trenton; at the burial of his Warden and loved parishioner."- — Epis- copal Address, 1875. €84 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Revs. Elvin K. Smith, Robt. L. Goldsborough, Geo. Morgan Hills, Francis J. Clerc ; and of the laity, J. Howard Pugh, M. D., and Edward S. Lansing, M. D. EESPOXSE OF THE COMMITTEE TO BISHOP ODEXHEIMEE's FAEEM'ELL. " Rectory of St. Mary's Church, " Burlington, N. J., Nov. 14th, 1874. -" To the Et. Eev. Wm. H. Odenheimer, D. D. : " Beloved Father in God — At the Special Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey, held in St. Mary's Church, Bur- lington, on the 12th instant, your valedictory communication was received ; and on motion of the Rev. Dr. Clerc, it was * Re- solved unanimously, That the Dean^, the Secretary, and two lay- men to be nominated by the chair, be appointed to convey to Bishop Odenheimer, our late Diocesan, the response of the Con- vention to his loving words and counsel, to assure him of the kindly sentiments of the Convention towards him ; and of the prayers of the Convention for his restoration to health, and lengthened Episcopal services.' " The duty assigned us is both grateful and painful, for it refers to an Episcopate from which we are henceforth to be de- prived. " You came to the Diocese, Rt. Rev. Father, at a time, and under circumstances, which made its administration peculiarly delicate, and difficult. By your magnanimity and large-hearted- ness, manifest from the first day until now, every interest has prospered, while clergy and laity have been knit together in you personally and officially. Ever ready with a word of cheer, your leadership has been ceaseless and unfaltering ; your fidelity to every trust, unwearied ; and your singleness of aim, transpa- rent ; and had it depended upon our suiFrages and not your elec- tion, you would have remained the ' Bishop of New Jersey,' with the sweet home of Riverside, until called to your great reward. Happy years we have seen together ! Years without a doubt, or cloud ! Years of peace and comfort ! We use no doubtful language, beloved Father, when, in the name of the IX BUELIXGTON. 685- whole Diocese which we represent, we reciprocate your expres- sions of warm attachment and undying love. " Praying the Great Physician to so prosper yowr voyage and all the means for your recovery that you may return to * North- ern Xew Jersey ' to bless that, and the whole Church in America, as hitherto, with your presence and counsels, we re- main, " Ever your devoted friends, " Geo. Morgan Hills, "Dean of Burlington. " Eeskixe M. Rodmax, "Dean of New Brunswick. " Alfred B. Baker, "Hecretavy of the Convention. "George C. Haxx'E, "Joseph H. Thompson." THE REV. DR. SCARBOROUGH ACCEPTS THE EPISCOPATE. "Pittsburgh, Pa., November 24th, 1874. "To the Bcrs. Samuel A. Clark, D. D., Alfred Stubbs, D. D., T. Lewis Banister, and Jlcssrs. Charles E. Milnor, Alfred S. Livingston, Committee, &c. " My Dear Beethrex — I have delayed my answer to your letter of the 13th inst., informing me of my election to the Episcopate of New Jersey, in order that I might be able to confer personally with some of you, and to find out more fully the mind of the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese. And now, with all the facts and information, before me, after the most careful considera- tion, and looking to God for His special help and guidance, I am fully per- suaded of my duty to accept the high oflice and responsibilitijes to which you have called me, with such singular and hearty unanimity.. To. you, therefore, as chosen representatives, and through you tO'the Diocese,, I hereby commu- nicate my formal acceptance of the office of a Bishop ia the Church of God ;. provided the Ecclesiastical authorities of other Dioceses shall confirm my election, and consent to my consecration. To those who know the blessings and comforts I have had here in ministering to the noble Parish from which this action severs me, I need not say that my decision has cost me much of anxiety and pain. If, in my future work among you, I shall have the same- cordial support I have had here, I could ask no more, without asking an impossible service at your hands. " During the coming weeks, ami always, I crave your earnest prayers, dear brethren, that I may have grace and strength sufficient for the sacred work to which, in God's name,, I now and bere commit myself,, for tlie remainder o.f 686 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH my life and ministry, whether that be long or sliort. I can only pledge anew, to the Church and to you, a full and honest consecration of myself, all I am and all I have, to my work ; while in advance, I beg your considerate for- bearance, if in anything I seem to fall short of the noble men who have preceded me in this holy office. "In love and zeal, 'striving together for the faith of the Gospel,' and the up-building of Christ's Kingdom, may we be true yoke-fellows in our work, while we look up to Him for a blessing who alone can give the increase here or the reward of faithful service hereafter. " Commending you, dear brethren, and the whole Diocese, to God's loving care, I am, believe me, " Faithfully your friend and servant, "John Scaebokough." BEQUESTS OF MISS H. C. SWAXX. Miss H. Catharine Swann, of Burlington — who departed this life November 23d, 1874 — after devising to her sister during her life, the interest and income of all her estate, and so much of the principal as may be required for her comfort, among other bequests made the following : "Secondly. — I give and appoint Two Thousand Dollars to be either kept invested securely in Bond and Mortgage, the interest of which is to be used by the Rector, "Wardens, and Trustees of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, in Burlington, for the support of either maimed, or sick, or destitute, or aged poor of the Parish ; or the Principal may be expended to assist in building or buy- ing a House as a Hospital or home for such persons. '^Thirdly. — I give and appoint One Thousand Dollars to The President and Trustees of St. Agnes School in Albany, New York — to be used by the President and Trustees of said School for the purpose of educating one pupil at said School, who must be the Orphan of an Episcopal Clergyman. * * "Fifthly.— 1 give and appoint $500 Five Hundred Dollars to the Parish School of St. Mary's Church, Burlington. "Sixthly. — I give and appoint Four Hundred 400 Dollars to the Burlington Library. * * "Ninthly.— 1 give and appoint $300 Three Hundred Dollars, Provided a further sum of $800 Eight Hundred Dollars be raised within three years, the whole to be safely invested by the Rector and AYardens of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, and the Interest IX BURLIXGTOX. 687 to be expended yearly in repairing and restoring the Graves and Tombstones needing such care in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington. If however the additional sum be not raised within the time specified, the Three Hundred Dollars shall be given to the Trustees of Christ Church Hospital for the benefit of said Hospital." A doctor's hood presented. " St. Mary's Rectory, "Christmas Eve, 1874. " Dear Dr. Walker t — AVill you please accept the accom- panying Hood of a Doctor in Divinity, in token of the high esteem in which you are held by your many friends at the Hall, and in the Parish of St. Mary's ; and oblige us by wearing it for the first time, lo-morrow, Christmas Day ? " Wishing you, and your dear family, all the blessings of this holy season, believe us, " Very sincerely yours, " Mrs. Geo. Morgan Hills, " Miss Xaucy M. Stanley, " Mrs. Elizabeth K. Hale, " Mrs. Elvin K. Smith, " Mrs. Paladini, " Miss BL. T. McPherson, " Mrs. George H. ^yoolman, " Mrs. Edw'd S. Lansing." " Mrs. C. Ross Grubb, dr. avalker's response. "To the elect ladies of St. Mary's Hall and of St. Mary's Church, Burlington : " Dearly beloved in the Lord — I am in possession of a kind token of your highly valued esteem, which you have been pleased to present me. I cannot express how much I prize the gift coming from your hands ; and for the expression ■of your feelings accompanying it. You have long been in the t The Eev. Wra. S. W.alker, D. D. — for twenty-five years rector of St. John's Church, Ithaca, N. Y., received the honorary Doctorate from Hobart College, Geneva, in 1864— came to Burlington to reside, December .SOth, 1865. On invitation of the rector of St. Mary's, he has uniformly aided in the ser- vices, without appointment, and without compensation. 688 HISTORY OF THE CHUECH habit of adorning the Gospel which you profess ; and now, you seem desirous of adorning its ministers. May we all be clothed with Christ's righteousness, and live to the praise of His glory. " Wishing you all the happiness of the season, " I remain, " Yours in the Gospel of Xt, " W. S. Walker. "To Mrs. Geo. Morgan Hills, Miss N. M. Stanley, Mrs. Eliza- ^ beth K. Hale, Mrs. Elvin Iv. Smith, Mrs. Paladini, Miss H. T. ]McPherson, Mrs. Geo. H. Woolman, Mrs. Edward S. Lans- ing, and Mrs. C. Ross Grubb." THE CONSECRATION OP BISHOP SCARBOROUGH. Tuesday, the Feast of the Purification, February 2d, 1875, Avas another historic day for the venerable Cathedral city of Burlington. Every train of cars brought hosts of Church people from all parts of the country to witness the solemnities, first witnessed in Burlington, attending the Consecration of a Bishop. The weather was as nearly perfect as it could well be in mid- winter. The sky was of that bright, cloudless, inspiring kind, which is so famous in this region. At 9 A. 3i. the chimes from St. Mary's spire rang out their joyful notes, and the crowd came thronging in to Morning Prayer. The Rt. Rev. William Cros- well Doane, D. D., Bishop of Albany, a former rector of the parish, vested in surplice, stole andj scarlet hood, officiated, no one occupying the chancel with him but the Rev. Dr. Hills, tlie present rector. At the conclusion of this service, the Wardens and other lay officials, who acted as ushers, and were designated by purple rosettes on the left breast, began their delicate work of ribboning off the seats reserved for the families of the Bishops, the delegation from Trinity Church, Pittsburgh (the late parish of the Bishop Elect), the lay members of the Standing Commit- tee of New Jersey, the trustees of Burlington College, and the lay deputies to the late Special Convention which elected the new Bishop. At 11.15 A. M., St. Mary's Church was filled with the largest assemblage since the funeral of Bishop Doane in 1859. (See p. 527.) There were at least one thousand IX BURLINGTON. 689 present; and many were unable to get even standing room. Business in tlie city seemed almost suspended, and many paused on their way to listen to the chiming of the bells. The clergy, robed in their proper vestments, moved from the parish school-room, down Broad street, entered the main gates of the churchyard, and were joined at the door of the sacristy by the Bishops and those who were to ofRciate, and thence passed round by the tomb of the late Bishop Doane, (to whom Bur- lington and the whole Church in the United States owes so much) and entered the Church by the west door, the chorus- choir, with Mr. Frank K. Hewitt at the organ, leading the pro- cessional hymn, " Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war." Among those present were the following : The Bt. Eev. Horatio Potter, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., Bishop of New York. The Kt. Eev. William Bacon Ste'vens, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Pennsyl- vania. The Kt. Eev. John B. Kerfoot, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Pittsburgh. The Et. Eev. A. K . Littlejohn, D. D., Bishop of Long Island. The Et. Eev. William Croswell Doane, D. D., Bishop of Albany. The Kt. Eev. M. A. De Wolfe Howe, D. D., Bishop of Central Pennsylvania. The Et. Eev. Benjamin H. Paddock, D. D., Bishop of Massachusetts. The Eev. John Scarborough, D. D., Bishop Elect of New Jersey. The Eev. Alfred Stubbs, D. D., President of the Standing Committee. The Eev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., Secretary of the Standing Committee. The Eev. J. F. Garrison, M. D., and the Eev. N. Pettit, Attendant Pres- byters. The Ec-v. Albert B. Baker, Secretary of the Special Convention. The Kev. Thomas K. Pynchon, D. D., President of Trinity College, Con- necticut. The Kev. William Allen Johnson, a former Kector of St. Mary's Church. The Kev. J. Breckenridge Gibson, D. D., and the Rev. A. TenBroeck, D. D., former Rectors of Burlington College. The Eev. Francis J. Clerc, D. D., Eector of Burlington College. Eev. Edward B. Boggs, D. D., Eev. Samuel B. Bostwick, D. D., " II. Palethorp Hay, D. D., •' Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., " William A. Matson, D. D., " Alvi T. Twing, D. D., " William S. Walker, D. D., " H. Hastings Weld, D. D., " Pelham Williams, D. D., " AVilliam A. White, " S. Ralph Asbury, " Henry M. Baum, ' Perceval Beckett, " William S. Boardman, " William B. Bolnier, " Gordon M. Bradley, 2x 690 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Rev. James W. Bradin, ■' John C. Brown, " Gideon J. Burton, " C. William Camp, " Thomas H. Cullen, " K. E. Dennison, " William K. Earle, " AVilliamEly, " E. L. Goldsborough, " Benjamin Hartley, " Samuel F. Hotohkin, " Peter L. Jaques, " Cyrus F. Knight, " William H. Lewis, Jr., " S. Gregory Lines, " D. W. C. Loop, " William W. Montgomery, " William H. Xeilson, Jr., " Edwin G. Nock, " Stevens Parker, " Charles M. Perkins, " William M. Reilly, " Edmund Koberts, " Lorenzo S. Kussell, " Albert TJ. Stanley, " P. Wilson Stryker, " Stephen H. Synnott, " Elliott D. Tomkins, " William H. Vibbert, '' George H. Watson, Eev. W. B. Burk, " D. W. C. Byllesby, " Asa S. Colton, " A. Sidney Dealey, " -Charles W. buane, " George W. Easter, " George MoClellan Fisk,. •' Samuel Hall, " Horace B. Hitchings, " Bobert Hudson, " Levi Johnston, " James H. Lamb, " L. H. Lighthipe, " T. Gardiner Littell, " F. M. McAllister, " Gustavus M. Murray, " Louis C. Newman, " Levi W. Norton, " Charles M. Parkraan, " Theo. M. Eeilly, " Edward M. Eeilly, " E. M. Eodman, " John Alden 'Spooner, " Thomas A. Stevenson, " Charles L. Sykes, " George W: Timlow, " W. H, Van Antwerp, " Albert E. Walker, " Merritt H. Wellman, " D. Ellis Willes, And several others, about a huudred in all. After a brief pause for silent prayer, the Bishop of Pennsyl- vania commenced the Communion office, the Bishop of Albany reading the Epistle, and the Bishop of Long Island the Holy Go.'spel. The Nicene Creed was then said; and the Hymn, ix MEMOEIAM, " Thou art the way," was sung to the tune of JBur- lington. The Bishop of Pittsburgh then preached on The Pastoral Office of a Bishop, from the words: "The Sh/pherd and Bishop of your souls." I St. Peter ii. 25. After the ascription, Gloria Patri was sung, followed by the Hymn, " Lord, pour Thy Spirit from on high. And Thine ordained servants bless," to the tune of Old Hundredth. IN BURLINGTON. 691 The elected Bishop, vested with his rochet, was then presented by the Bishops of Albany and Massachusetts to the Bishop of New York, the empowered Consecrator for the occasion, sitting in his chair, which had been placed in the choir, not far from the chancel-arch, the Presenters unitedly saying, "Reverend Father in God, we present unto you this godly and well-learned man, to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop." The Consecrator demanded Testimonials of the person presented, and caused them to be read. Whereupon the Rev. Alfred B. Baker, Rector of Trinity Church, Princeton, and Secretary of the Special Conven- tion which elected Dr. Scarborough, produced and read, the original Testimonial signed by the clerical and lay deputies of the late Special Convention. The Rev. Dr. Hills then presented and read the following : In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1, George Morgan Hills, D. D., Rector of St. Mary^s Church, Burlington, N. J., and Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that on the 17th day of December, A. d. 1874, in behalf of the said Standing Committee, and in accordance with the requirements of § III, Canon 13, Title I of the Digest of Canons, I forwarded to the Rt. Rev. Benjamin B. Smith, D. D., LL. D., Presiding Bishop of the House of Bishops, the evidence, that a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, had consented, in the words of the Testimonial required by said Canon, to the proposed Consecration of the Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., as Bishop of New Jersey. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of New Jer- sey, in the City of Burlington, N. J., on this Second day of February, being the Feast of the Purification, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-five. George Morgan Hills, Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Neiv Jersey. 692 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH The Rev. Dr. Stubbs then presented and read as follows : In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1, Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D. D., LL. J)., by Divine per- mission Bishop of Kentucky, and Presiding Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, do hereby certify that a majority of the Bishops of said Church have, in accordance with the requirements of sub-section [2] of Section III, of Canon 13, of. Title I of the Canons of said Church, given their consent to the consecration of the Reverend John Scarborough, D. D., Presbyter and Rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, as Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal as Presiding Bishop aforesaid, in the city of Hoboken, on this Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1875, and in the forty-third of my Consecration. B. B. Smith, Presiding Bishop. Attest : Hexey C. Potter, Rector of Grace Church, Neiv York, and Secretary of the House of Bishops. The Consecrator required of the Bishop-Elect the Promise of Conformity, which he made as follows : In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Scarborough, Doctor of Divinity, chosen Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in theDiocese of Xew Jersey, do promise conformity and obedience to the Doctrine, Discipline, and Worship of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in the United States of America. So help me God, through Jesus Christ. The Consecrator then moved the congregation present to pray, and the Bishop of Massachusetts said the Litany, introducing the special Suffrage for the Bishop-Elect. The Consecrator then questioned the Bishop-Elect " in certain Articles, that the congregation might bear witness how he was minded to behave himself in the Church of God." After the Collect that he IN BUKLINGTON. 693 might have strength and power to perform all these things, the rest of the Episcopal habit was put upon the Bishop-Elect by his Attendant Presbyters, the Rev. J. F. Garrison, M. D., and the Rev. Nathaniel Pettit, and kneeling down, the seveq Bishops present encircled him, and said responsively the Veni Creator Spiritus. Another prayer followed, when the Consecrator and the other six Bishops laid their hands on the head of the elected Bishop, still kneeling in their midst, the Consecrator saying, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Impo- sition of our hands ; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of God, which is given thee by this Imposition of our hands : for God hath not given us the spirit of fear ; but of power, and love, and soberness." Then the Consecrator delivered to him the Bible, saying the words prescribed. When he arose frbm his knees, the new Bishop, thus duly commissioned as Diocesan of New Jersey, was escorted to the Episcopal throne by his presenters, the Bishops of Albany and Massachusetts — the whole congregation singing the hymn, " Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty," to the tune of Niccea. The offertory followed, the offerings being received by four Deacons in surplices, and afterwards divided equally between the Convocations of Burlington and New Brunswick. After the prayer for Christ's Church militant, those in the vast congregation (many of whom had stood during the entire services), who did not wish to remain, withdrew from the Church ; and the Bishop of Central Pennsylvania continued the Communion office, the Bishop of New York, as the Conse- crator, being celebrant. The Ter Sanctus was sung, and the single stanza, " Hail ! sacred feast," to the tune of Quebec. The Bishop of New York communicated all the Bishops present; the Bishops of Pennsylvania, Long Island, Central Pennsylvania and Massachusetts communicated the other clergy; and the Bishops of Albany and New Jersey, aided by the Rev. 694 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Dr. Pynchon, President of Trinity College, Hartford, and the Rev. Dr. Hills, Rector of St. Mary's Church, communicated the faithful laity. After the blessing, the congregation remained in their places, while the bishops and clergy left the Church in! the same order in which they entered it, the choir and people sing- ing for a recessional, " Hark, hark, my soul," to the tune of Vox Angelica. The bishops, clergy, lay deputies, and their families, were in- vited to unite with the parishioners, including the teachers and pupils of St. Mary's Hall and Buriington College, in extending to the Bishop of New Jersey a welcome to Riverside, where a sumptuous collation was spread, and where nearly all remained in social enjoyment till half-past four or five o'clock. Thus passed the greatest ecclesiastical day in the history of Burlington. t TWO ADDITIONAL ALMS BASONS. Two silver alms basons, corresponding in size, weight, and finish, with the two which have been so long used, (see p. 261,| and p. 466,) were received on the 27th of March. In the centre of each, is the sacred monogram, handsomely wrought ; and on the bottom of each, is the inscription : " Presented to the Rev*^ George Morgan Hills, D. D., for the use of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ellis, on Easter Day, 1875."§ " t "In thus recalling incidents that are yet fresh in memory, I must not fail to name here, and acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe this venerable Parish, for its generous and bountiful entertainment, and its Eector, for the pains-taking care and good taste which marked every detail of that beautiful service, which put in my hand the chief pastor's staff. Nothing was unthought of, and everything was done with most perfect decency and order." — Episcopal Address, 1875. J Since that page (261) left the press, an old deed discloses that Mrs. Kath- erine Peirce was the daughter of Gov. Bass, who married first Robert Talbot, (see p. 196,) and afterwards Edward Peirce, who was a Churchwarden in 1733. Among the burial entries of Dr. Odell, is this : "March 30th, 1774, Catherine — "Widow of Edward Pearce." I The only other plate, in possession of the parish, not mentioned in these pages, is a chalice and paten, without name or date, supposed to be tlie first in use. The chalice, which is about half the ordinary size, has on its stem three angel-heads in full relief; and upon one of the faces of ita hexagonal base, a crucifix. The convex side of the paten has I. H. S. in large letters, above which is a straight sword; and below, the sacred heart, pierced with three nails, and in its side, a fresh wound. n ■pi IN BURLINGTON. 695 MONUMENT TO SIR A. B. ENGSTEOM.f The executors of the late Sir Andreas B. Engstrom, in April, 1875, erected over his grave, in St. Mary's Churchyard, a coped tomb, formed from two blocks, one of Pennsylvania marble, and the other of Italian marble. At the head of the latter, in full relief, is an enlarged fac- simile of the jewel of his knighthood, under which is the Nor- wegian motto, " JUSTICE AND TRUTH." At the foot, also in full relief, is an anchor, suggestive of his early life at sea, as well as the Christian's hope. The ends of the hoodings are finished with well wrought oak leaves. On the right side are the words, " sir Andreas b. engstrom, KNIGHT OP THE ORDER OF ST. OLAF ;" aud On the left side, the words, " FOE THIRTY-SIX YEARS AN INSTRUCTOR IN ST. MARY's HALL." In the hood on the right side, is the inscription, " born in ARENDAL, NORWAY, MAY IST, 1794;" in that On the left, " DIED IN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, APRIL 19tH, 1874." EXTRACTS FROM BISHOP SCARBOROUGH'S FIRST EPISCOPAL ADDRESS. "Among the very first questions I had to meet and settle was that of my future residence, and it was the most difficult and complicated question I have as yet had to face. It is due to you, as representatives of the whole Diocese, that I state in brief, some of the reasons which led me to break the traditions of the Diocese, and make a change. Riverside, by its tender associations, had fixed itself in the minds of many, as the only possible home for the Bishop and his family ; and I confess I held to this same opinion, till I came here and saw for myself I then found, that it would be utterly impossible for me to f Andreas B. Engstrom, a native of ]S!"or\s'ay, but for fifty years resident in America, was an instructor in drawing and painting in St. Mary's Hall, from its foundation until the year before his death. In May, 1872^ he received from the King of Norway and Sweden, the diploma and jewel of " Knight of the Order of St. Olaf." He departed this life April 19th, 1874, and his burial was attended on the 24th of April, by the trustees, teachers, and pupils /of SL Mary's Hall and Burlington College, in a body. 696 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH maintaia such an establishment, with the means yoii had been able to put at my disposal. A majority of the Standing Com- mittee entertained the same view. And the more enquiry I made, among the clergy and laity throughout the Diocese, the more convinced did I become, that my impression was but too true. And as I have made it a maxim of my life ' to owe no man anything,' I hesitated about assuming a burden and a responsibility, which might harass me, or possibly involve me in debt. The house had cost the Diocese an annual rental of nearly $1000, for the past ten years, to keep it in repairs, and pay taxes and insurance. Many, I found, thought this a heavy burden. Then, too, there was immediate need of a large out- lay for repairs, before it could be comfortably occupied. This I found the Diocese was not prepared to meet ; and the trustees of Burlington College, being the mere guardians or custodians of the title, ought not, if they were willing, to be taxed for the maintenance of a property from which they derive no revenues. Meantime the importance of other places of residence was urged upon me, and after weighing as carefully as I could all the claims, and all the interests involved, it seemed to me that Trenton had most to commend it, as the Capital city of the State, as a large and growing centre of Church life, as well as a great railroad focus, and very convenient of access, to and , from every part of the Diocese. The use "of a house was offered there, one of the most beautiful homes in the city, without cost to the Diocese or to me. We are indebted for this, mainly, if not wholly, to one large-hearted layman, Mr. Samuel K. "Wil- son (I trust he will pardon me for thus publicly naming him), who has not only been thus generous to the Diocese and to me, but has in many ways beside, added materially to my comfort. Eventually, I trust a house will be either purchased or built in Trenton, and become the property of the Diocese, thus fixing permanently the See city in the State Capital. I delayed the decision of this question nearly three months, and gave it as thorough and fair consideration as I could, and I am strongly persuaded that I have done that which is best for all the interests concerned, and best for myself. If I have made a mis- IN BURLINGTON. 697 take, and time shall prove it so, I shall strive to be as frank and independent in confessing and mending it, as I have been in making it. " If any think the change suggested, or brought about, by a lack of interest in the schools, they were never more mistaken. Had I thought for a moment that these important institutions would suffer harm, my own choice and comfort would not have had a feather's weight as against them. But I am satisfied they will gain, rather than lose, in efficiency. The heads of the College and St. Mary's Hall will find their authority strength- ened, by not having too near at hand, a ready source of appeal; and in any emergency I shall be easily accessible, being only distant forty minutes, with ready communication nearly every hour. There is always danger in divided responsibility. In- deed, the Bishop cannot, consistently with other duties, and perhaps he ought not if he could, take any active part in school work, or school discipline. His office*as Visitor gives him ample power, and all the rights he can claim or exercise. His interests are so divided, and his time of necessity so broken up into frag- ments, that it is impossible for him to do more than take a gen- eral oversight of the schools, without hindering his other work in the Diocese. This can and will still be done as impartially and effectually, I trust, as it ever was. " While speaking of the schools, let me add a word further, as to their place and importance in this Diocese, and in the whole Church. No one familiar with the history of St. Mary's Hall, need be reminded of the fact, that it has wielded a vast and wide-spread influence, since its first organization. It has impressed itself very strongly on the age, and has stood con- fessedly at the head of Church institutions in this country. Its steady, unfaltering success, has made it a pioneer, and others have eagerly copied its main features, till there is now a numer- ous progeny of daughters all over the land. Wherever its grad- uates are found, they are not only enthusiastic in their loyalty to their Alma Mater, but as a rule are devout and earnest churchwomen. We shall meet them here this week, with pride and joy, as they return in large numbers to celebrate the found- 698 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ei-'s birthday ; and, while they recall the happy associations of their girlhood, and revive the blessed memories that still linger here, they are to band themselves together, more compactly, in a permanent and lasting organization, that will give fresh life and impetus to the noble work of their Alnia Mater. The past year has been one of singular trial to the Hall, but adversity has only served to prove its efficiency and strength. Its patron- age is undiminished, save for the brief portion of the present year, and confidence in it is unshaken. Advantage was taken of the time when school duties were suspended, in the winter, to make some radical changes and improvenaents in the buildings; and others are still in contemplation, which, when completed, will keep St. Mary's, so far as everything that can minister to health and outward comfort, still in the forefront of institutions for the education of women. I commend the school heartily to the patronage and confidence of all who are seeking a safe place for the education of their daughters. " Burlington College has not been so fortunate as the Hall. It has experienced more of the changes and chances of American institutions in their first years of struggle. Had its founder been spared, he might have been able to settle it on a firm and lasting foundation.. The preparatory department is well organ- ized and prosperous, with a full and efficient faculty. The College proper will be revived whenever the available means can be had for that purpose. If it could have even a moderate endowment, there is a field and a work ready for it. It would be a fitting and noble tribute, to the memory and the name of its founder and first president, if his friends M'ould unite their strength, and make the College a memorial of him, while they put it beyond the fear, or the possibility of want or failure for all time."— J/ay 2bth, 1875. EE-UXION AT ST. MAEy's HALL. " It was lately proposed that the ladies, who have been going out from this Christian school for well-nigh forty years, should gather again in the courts of their Alma Mater. No such re- union had ever taken place. The idea was hailed with delight, and a committee was appointed to arrange a programme. On IX BURLINGTOX. 699 the Feast of the Annunciation, a circular addressed to the grad- uates, was issued by Miss Caroline L. Mitchell, on behalf of the Committee, from which we quote : " ' We ask you to come back to your dear Alma Mater on the anniversary of Bishop Doane's birth, May 27th. It is proposed to have an address by the Bishop of Albany, in St. Mary's Church, on Thursday, May 27th, together v/ith Morning Prayer and the Holy Communion ; to dine at the Hall, and spend the afternoon and evening in social intercourse; to attend the Even- ing Prayer in the school chapel, when brief addresses may be made by the Bishop of New Jersey, and other prominent friends of the Institution. On the morning of Friday, the 28th, the business meeting should be held, which will result, it is hoped, in the organization of an Alumnje Association ; thus insuring, from time to time, the re-assembling of the graduates. At 12 o'clock there will be the usual noonday service in the chapel, and a Memorial Address, commemorative of Bishop Doane. A Musical Rehearsal, by the pupils of the Hall, will close the day.' " " This order was faithfully and felicitously carried out. The 27th was one of the fairest days of the month. The earliest ceremony of the day was that beautiful custom, annually ob- served on this day, of wreathing with flowers that portrait of Bishop Doane, which looks down from the Library walls at St. Mary's Hall. In the resplendent morning light, through the dewy leaves, and grassy mounds, and cross-topped stones of 'sweet St. Mary's' churchyard, a constant stream of pilgrims wended to the resting place (as the inscription on his tomb reads) 'Aidae. Sanctae. Mariae. Fundatoris.' All bore flowers. First it was a priest with uncovered head ; then a gray-haired pro-' fessor of the Hall ; then the sombre habit of a sister of one of our Church's religious orders ; and then daughters of the school, and little children. That massive cruciform tomb, never with- out its flowers, was truly a floriated cross, and it seemed to signify of him, whose body lay beneath it, that his cross of suffering had verily become a cross of triumph. " The graduates to the number of one hundred and fifty and upward, met at the Hall at ten o'clock, and a long procession of past and present pupils was soon passing down the embow- ered bank, under the ancient trees, and beside that quiet river. 700 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH walking to the music of the melodious chimes that rang from the tower of St. Mary's Church. There is a great contrast between the ' Hall girls ' of to-day and yesterday. The former are bright, and fresh, and of joyous spirit. The latter have many a shrouded figure among them, and there are but few faces, -which do not bear the traces of grief. But all live over again their girlish days, as they walk to Church in the old familiar paths. " At the Church, the nave was reserved for the graduates, and it was filled to overflowing. Morning Prayer was said by the Rev. Dr. Hills, rector of St. Mary's Church, and the Rev. Dr. Clerc, rector of Burlington College, the Absolution being pro- nounced by the Bishop of New Jersey. The Ante-Communion was said by the Bishop of Albany, assisted in the Epistle by the Rev. Mr. Smith, principal of the Hall, and in the Gospel by the Rev. Dr. Millett, of Holmesburg, Pa., a former principal. The Bishop of Albany then delivered an address from III St. John, iv. I have no greater joy than to hear tJiat my children walk in the truth. As this is to be published, we will not attempt to give an idea of it. " The Bishop of Albany then proceeded with the Holy Com- munion, being assisted in the celebration by the Bishop of New Jersey, the Rev. Dr. Millett, and the Rev. Mr. Smith. The Rev. Principal Smith announced that the Offertory would be divided between two graduates of the Hall, for church work in which they are engaged ; the one the head of an orphanage in China, the other the wife of an English clergyman, who is i-e- storing his parish church, an edifice of the age of William the Conqueror and William Rufus. " Besides the clergy mentioned, there were present in the chan- cel, in surplices, the Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, of New York ; the Rev. Mr. Stansbury, of Newark ; the Rev. Dr. Hyde, and the Rev. Messrs. Parkman, Perkins, and Fisk, of New Jersey. "After the services, dinner was served at the Hall, when speeches were made by the Bishops of Albany and New Jersey, and the Rev. Drs. Hills and Millett. "The afternoon was delightfully spent in the time-honored apartments of the Hall, and in the pleasant grounds. Old ac- IN BUELINGTON. 701 quaiatances were renewed, old associations revived, and new interest in the school awakened, by a sight of the improvements which have been made in every dej^artment. "At evening the 'gable bell,' which swings in 'the cross- topped belfry,' was rung, and prayers were said in the chapel, after which graceful addresses were made by the Bishop of New Jersey and the Hev. Dr. Hills. "On Friday morning a business meeting was held in the school-room. A permanent organization was effected, and Miss C. L. Mitchell, of Burlington, was elected President. It was decided to hold a business meeting, yearly, and general social re-uuions every five years. Steps were taken to found a Schol- arship at the Hall. " At noon a short service was held in the chapel, and a memo- rial address was delivered by the Principal. It was a faithful portraiture of Bishop Doane, drawn from life, and personal in- tercourse. As this address will also be published, it will be doing it best justice to describe it no further here. "At four o'clock a musical rehearsal was given in the school- room. The choruses were particularly sweet, and it was all unusually interesting. The most memorable features of the pro- gramme were a Grand March, ' The Re-union,' dedicated to the Alumnse, written for the occasion by Mr. G. W. Hewitt, Professor of Music at the Hall ; aud a song, being a poem of Bishop Doane's, ' What is that, Mother ?' set to music by Prof. Hewitt. "This concluded the first reunion. The graduates all passed to the office of the Principal, and recorded their names and ad- dresses, the matrons giving both the old and the new. A tender and loving memento of this festival was a little poem by Miss Mitchell, entitled ' Heart's Ease — for Kemembrance,' which was distributed among the graduates. And still another of a more practical character, was a little pamphlet, ' A Letter about Reading and Books ; for the Pupils and Graduates of St. Mary's Hall,' by the Rev. Principal, a very timely and suggestive paper. "I beg that space may be allowed for a word of public testi- mony to the eminent services of the vice-principal, Miss Stanley. 702 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Her name is mentioned because she and her noble fame belong to the Church at large. She is so inwoven with the story and success of this school, that hers will be an historic character. St. Mary's Hall is one of the crown-jewels of the Church in Amer- ica, and the vast throng of those who receive her benefits, are indebted for them, under God, to two persons chiefly, the founrler, and the vice-principal. " A grateful incident of the occasion was the placing in the chapel a polished brass lectern, the gift of the Principal and his wife. It bears this inscription : ' For mercies manifold, a Thank-offering from a Priest and his wife. May 27th, A. D. 1875.' "—Eev. Geo. McClellan Fisk. ADMIRAL DE CAMP.f Oa the 14th day of June, 1875, Rear Admiral John r>e Camp, U. S. N., was baptized on his sick-bed, at his residence on the southwest corner of Wood and Union streets, Burlington, by the Rev. Dr. Hills ; his wife, son, and daughter, and the Rev. Geo. McClellau Fisk being present. The Admiral entered into rest June 24th, aged 63 years. His remains were taken for in- terment to Morristown, N. J. t John De Camp was born at Morristown, N. J., in 1812 ; and was appointed a midshipman in the Navy, from Florida, on the 1st of October, 1827. His first active service was on tlie sloop Vandalia, of the Brazil squadron, in 1829-30. On June 10, 1833, he was promoted to Passed Midshipman. After duty on the frigate Constellation, of the "West India squadron in 1837, he was commissioned Lieutenant on February 28, 1838. In 1840, he was again on duty on the Brazilian station, being attached to the sloop Peacock, and in 1845-46 to the sloop Boston, of the same squadron. During the war with Mexico in 1846-47, he distinguished himself at the battle of Vera Cruz. His next field of duty was the Pacific squadron, on the sloop Falmouth, in 1850 ; then the coast of Africa, on the frigate Constitution, in 1854 ; and on Septem- ber 14, 1855, he received his commission as Commander. He was subse- quently attached to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and on duty as a Lighthouse Inspector. The outbreak of the Rebellion found him in command of the storeship Relief, from which he was ordered, in 1861, to the command of the steam sloop Iroquois, of the "Western Gulf Blockading squadron. This was one of the vessels of Flag-Officer Farragut's fleet, which made the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the 24th of April, 1862, previous to the cap- ture of New Orleans. The vessel of Commander De Camp was on picket duty, about a mile in advance of the main squadron, on the night of the 23d and 24th. _ In the perilous passage of the Rebel Forts, the Iroquois occupied a position in the Second Division, under Captain Bell. By 4 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, she was hotly engaged with the forts, and shortly after- ward a Rebel ram and gunboat came astern and poured into the Iroquois a most destructive fire of grape shot and langrage, most of which was copper IN BURLIXGTON. 703 EESTOEATIOX OF THE OLD CHUECH.f At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church,, April 6th,. 1875, it was Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to secure a plan, and devise ways and means for the conversion of the old Church into rooms for the Sunday School, and other parish pur- poses. On the 12th of July, the committee reported progress; and William D. Hewitt, architect, submitted plans and specifications- to the Vestry. '^higs. An 11-inch shell and a stand of canister driven into the gunboat drove iier off, and the Iroquois proceeded, only to suffer severely from the raking cross-fire of Fort St. Philip. As De Camp's vessel passed the forts, she was beset by five or six Eebel steamers, to each of which she gave a broadside of shell as she passed, nearly every one of her assailants being completely de- stroyed. Four miles above the forts the Iroquois captured a well equipped gunboat and forty Eebel soldiers. The Iroquois lost eight men killed and) twenty-four wounded, and was badly injured in her hull. Commander De Camp subsequently took part in all the engagements on the Mississippi, up to and including the capture of Vicksburg, and for his gallantry at New Orleans was commissioned Captain on July 16, 1862. He commanded the frigate, Wabash, of the South Atlantic squadron, in 1863-64 ; and was commissioned Commodore on September 28, 1866. In 1866-67, he commanded the Potomac, when at Pensacola as a storeship, and his last active duty was as commander of the same vessel, while stationed at Philadelphia as a receiving ship, in 3868-69. On July 13, 1870, he was made Eear Admiral on the Retired List. He was in active service forty-three years, over eighteen of which were passed at sea. He was one of the ablest and bravest, of the old school of naval officers. An illustration of his daring was furnished on one occasion when, while suffering from illness, he caused himself to be fastened in the chains of his vessel, and lost part of an ear by a fragment of a Bebel shell. Admiral De Camp came to Burlington to reside in 1871, where he attended St. Mary's Church, as regularly as his impaired healtli would permit. He was ever ready to contribute, according to his means, for the promotion of Church objects. He was a great readei-, and during the last years of his life turned his attention to several religious books. Bishop Hopkins' " End of Contro- versy Controverted," gave him especial pleasure. A day was fixed for his public baptism in the Church, two years before his last sickness, but an attack of illness prevented it. f From the beginning of this work until its completion, in the daily morn- ing and evening prayers at St. Mary's Church, the following, set forth by the rector and sanctioned by the Bishop, was offered : A prayer; To he offered during the restoration of old St. Mary's Church, Burlincjlon, N. J". Blessed be Thy name, Lord, that it hath pleased Thee to put it into the hearts of Thy servants to- build the old wastes, the desolations of many gen- erations. Direct the counsels of those to whom the plan is entrusted. Guard and defend the workmen from accident and harm. Bring it to a safe and happy completion. Bless its- friends and benefactors ; and grant that all who- shall enjoy the benefit of this pious work may show forth their thankfulness, by making a right use of it,, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.. Amen. 704 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Oq the 9th of August, the Rector, Wardens, Edward T. Dug- dale, and Henry B. Grubb, were empowered to solicit further subscriptions, make a contract and complete the work. Mr. Henry B. Grubb was appointed Treasurer of the Com- mittee, and the following subscriptions were received: Anony- mous, $800; Euphemia B. Grubb, E. Burd Grubb, each $500; C. Ross Grubb, Florence R. Grubb, Charles Ellis, Elizabeth A. Ellis, Geo. Morgan Hills, J. Howard Pugh, Julie E. Reynolds, William S. Walker, Franklin Woolman, each flOO; Laura Col- let, William Hance, R. C. McMurtrie, Elizabeth M. L. Paladini, Nancy M. Stanley, the Misses Wetherill, each $50; Charles E. Allen, Virginia L. Allen, Sarah P. Cleveland, Edward T. Dug- dale, Anna Earl, W. D'Olier, Geo. A. Rogers, Souder & Hugg, John Wm. Wallace, Geo. H. Woolman, each $25 ; James H. Castle, Harriet T. McPherson, each $10 ; Isaac Kimball, $5. A contract, for $5091.00, was made in September, with James Wilson, master-builder, who associated with him, William A. Goodher, mason. The work was begun on the 12th of that month, and continued without interruption under the personal inspection of the architect and committee, Mr. Grubb devoting much thought and time to it, almost daily. During its progress, the interest of the people was unusually great, and it was a subject of universal gratulation that this his- toric house, in which so many generations praised God, was not permitted to be demolished, but restored for sacred purposes.f t Under this structure several sleep who "once knelt down in its aisle." One stone, covering their place of entombment, bears this inscription : " Ebv. Chas. H. Wharton, D. D., died July 23d, 1833, Aged 86. Ann Wharton died June 20th, 1834, Aged 63." Not far from this, a similar stone reads : " Sacred to the memory of John H. Carr : Born in Birmingham, England. He did honorable service for more than thirty years in the navy of the United States ; and died in Burlington, New Jersey, October 18, 1833; aged 71 years. Of simple and unostentatious habits, he loved to exercise a liberal hospitality : retiring and reserved by nature, he was an affectionate husband, a good neigh- bour, and a generous friend. Beloved for his candour and kindness, by those who knew him well ; all respected him as an honest and honorable man. This stone records tlie grief of his bereaved widow." The places of others are not designated, but when we reflect that the first Bishop in America, (see p. 211) and he who ought to be regarded as the earliest statesman of America, (see p. 164) are there, we have enough to war- rant usin considering this restored fabric one of the most interesting and sacred in this country. IN BURLINGTON. 705 DIAGRAM OF THE RESTORED CHURCH. The following is the architect's diagram, showing the arrange- ments of the old Church restored, for the Sunday, and Parish ■Schools : A Parish Sihooi I,\.. ^-^ Room. Bihle Class Uuma. Lih-mrij. n " L !/ a. The imcient Ploly Table. h. b. Chairs for the Clergy. c. c. c. Windows. d. d. d. Doors. (.'. c. e. FolJing-doors. /". Entrance to Parish School Room. (J. West porch. k. Teacher's desk on foot-pace. i. Cabinet-organ. j. Lecturn. All the rooms are appropriately furnished with forms, desks, and chai/-s. 2y 706 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE BENEDICTION OP THE OLD CHUECH OF ST. MAEY. Few events have takeu place in Burlingtou during the past quarter of a century which have awakened a deeper interest than the re-opening of the venerable fabric on the corner of Broad and Wood streets, which has been so elegantly restored. It was the Feast of the Purification, a day in the Church's calendar, which has no superior in appropriateness for such a solemnity. The Holy Eucharist had been said at the present Parish Church, according to usage on every Holy Day, at 9 o'clock ; the Bishop of New Jersey being celebrant, assisted by the Rector, and the Rev. Nathaniel Pettit, rector of Christ Church, Borden- town. Af 10 o'clock, the old bell — bearing the date 1769 — in the quaint belfry of the restored building, after long silence, was heard once more, calling to the special Office of the day, which was prepared, expressly for the occasion, by the Rector. There was a very large congregation in attendance, including the teachers and children of the Sunday and Parish Schools, in a body ; and the families of St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, the latter in their uniform for dress parade. The clergy present were the Bishop of Northern New Jersey, the Bishop of New Jersey, the Rev. Drs. Hills, Hoffman, Hyde, Clerc and Walker, and the Rev. Messrs. Smith, Pettit, Goldsborough, Lighthipe, Willes, Burton, Hotchkin and Fisk. At lOJ o'clock, the bishops and other clergy, in their ofBcial vestments, were received at the southwest entrance by the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen, when the Rector, ad- dressing the Bishop of the Diocese, said : Keverend Father in God — I hold in my hand the original deed for the land on which we stand. It was purchased on the 6th of March, 1702, from certain men, styled " Yeomen," by Nathaniel Westland, Kobert Wheeler and Hugh Huddy, as "ffeofiees in Trust, for the Erecting a Church & other build- ings as occasion may serve for Charitable uses." The Church was built in 1703 ; extended westward, in 1769; extended east- ward, in 1811; increased in accommodation, in 1821 ; made cruciform by en- largement north and south, and consecrated, in 1834 ; and finally left for the new Church, in 1854. Thus, for more than a hundred and fifty years, the land was used for a Church in accordance with the first clause of the provision of its deed. We meet to-day, Et. Eev. Father, to ask that the second clause of this provision in its deed may be complied with ; and that you will bless the restored building, for its " charitable uses," now that " occasion serves." IN BURLINGTON. 707 Here the Rector read the minute of the A^estry of St. Mary's, adopted last month, requesting the Bishop to perform this office. The Bishops and Clergy, advancing into the building, said : The Bishop— O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have de- clared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their davs, and in the old time before them. Response — Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honmir. Bishop— Glorj be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; Response — As it wets in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, vorld without end. Amen. Bishop— Blessied be Thy holy Name, O Lord, for all Tliy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear : give us grace so to follow tlieir good examples, that with them we may be partakers of Thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for .Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Anicn. Blessed be Thy Kame, O Lord, that it hath pleased Thee to put it into the hearts of Thy servants to build the old wastes, the desolations of many genera- tions. Grant that all who shall enjoy the benelit of this pious work, may show forth their thankfulness, by making a right use of it, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to hallow this place afresh, that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the time of its desolation, being ])urged and done away, it may be presented pure and without spot before Thee, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech Thy Jfajesty, that as Thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, BO we may be presented unto Thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Father, Who art in heaven, etc. The Bishops and Clergy, having reached the west door, made the circuit of the entire interior of the building, Parish School room, Bible Cla-ss rooms and Sunday School room, saying responsively Psalm cxxvj. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already; whereof we rejoice. Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the south. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Psalm cxxvii. Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman loaketh but in vain. It is but lost lahour that ye haste to' rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb, are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them ; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. 708 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Glory be to tlie Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Psalm cxxviii. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord, and walk in his ways. For thou shall eat the labour of thine hands: well is thee, and happy shah thou be J Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house. Thy children like ike olive-branches round about thy table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee, and thou shall see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoiit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The Rev. Dr. Clerc, Rector of Burlington College, then read for the First Lesson : Isaiah lxi. 4 1[ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord ; men shall call you the Ministers of our God : ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 % For your shame ye shall have double ; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, jnd their ofispring among the people : all that see them shall acknowledgeihem, that they ai-e the seed which tiie Lord hath blessed. Here followed, without announcement. Hymn 281, to the tune of St. Ann's : O 'twas a joyful sound to hear Our tribes devoutly say, etc. The Rev. Elviu K. Smith, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, then read for the Second Lesson : St. Luke i. 46 And Mary said. My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden : for, behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. ' 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ; and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is On them that fea;r him from generation lo generation. 51 He hath showed strength with liis arm ; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. IN BURLINGTON. 709 o4 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy ; 00 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. Here followed Hymn 180, to the tune of St. George's: Behold a humble train The courts of God draw near, etc. Bishop Scarborough then said : "Let us rehearse the Articles of the Christian Faith, as contained in the Apostles' Creed." The Belief ended, the Bishop, stepping out from the chancel into the head of the nave, and turning toward the East, with his right hand uplifted, said : In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen- 1 Certify you, that in this case all is well done, and according unto due order, concerning the purifying and hallowing afresh of this house, where our fathers praised God. Here Bishop Odenheimer took up the " Office," saying : The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : Let him, not leave us, nor forsake us. Let us pray : O Lord, shew Thy mercy upon us : And grant us Thy salvation. O Lord, save our Rulers : And mercifully hear ms when we call upon Thee. Endue Thy Ministers with righteousness : And make Thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save Thy people : And bless Thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord : Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only Thou, God. O God, make clean our hearts within us : And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. O most glorious Lord, we acknowledge that we are not worthy to offer unto Thee any thing belonging unto us ; yet we beseech Thee, in Thy great goodness, graciously to accept the renewed Dedication of this place to Thy service : receive the prayers and intercessions of all who shall call upon Thee in this house; that coming before Thee with clean thoughts and pure hearts, with bodies undefiled, and minds sanctified, they may always perform a service acceptable to Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Grant, O Lord, that whosoever shall teach in this place, may be taught of Thee, not speaking the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, that so they may be to those entrusted to (heir charge, a wholesome example, in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in patience, and in purity; knowing that they that be teachers shall shine as the bright- ness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. O Lord Jesus Christ, who, as a Child, wast found in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions ; let Thy blessing rest upon all the children who shall be taught in this place ; and grant that they may follow Thy example, in honoring their parents, in loving their kinsfolk and acquaintance, in heeding the instructions of their spiritual pastors and masters, in keeping all Thy commandments and ordinances, and 710 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH in growing in wisdom, and favour witli God and man. Grant this, O blessed Jesus, our only Mediator and Redeemer, to whom with tlie Fallier and tlie Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be num- bered ; Make us, we beseech Tliee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncer- tainly of human life; and let Thy Holy Spirit lead us through this vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness, all the days of our lives: That, when we shall have served Thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience; in the communion of the Catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious and holy hope; in favonr with Thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. After this, Hymx 501 was sung to the tune of Burlington. Thou art the Way, to Thee alone From sin and death ^^■e flee, etc. Bishop Scarborough then called upon the Rev. Dr. Hills, the Rector of St. Mary's, to give a historical sketch of the parish. The Rev. Doctor ascended the dais, erected just where the pul- pit stood in the old Church and, without notes, depicted the rise and progress of the venerable corporation of " the Church of St. Mary in Burlington in the "Western division of New Jersey," from the beginning of the rei^n of Queen Anne to the present time. During his address, Dr. Hills exhibited the old record-books and deeds of the parish, a large collection in vellum, and pre- sented canes, cut from the live oak king-posts of the ancient fabric, to both of the Bishops and to the Rev. Dr. Hoffman, a former Rector of the parish. He also read letters of congratulation from the Bishop of Albany and the Rev. ^Ym. Allen Johnson, former Rectors of the parish, expressing their regrets at necessary absence on the joyful occasion, with assurances that they would bo present in spirit and in prayer. Bishop Odenheimer was then conducted to the dais, by the Rev. Drs. Hoffman and Hills, and read a written address ; his chief references being to the old Church as he first knew it, when Rector of St. Peter's, Philadelphia. Bishop Scarborough made the concluding address, in which he said : " The restoration of this ancient building is an endur- ing monuinent to the Rev. Dr. Hills ; and is one of three thincrs IN BURLINGTON. 711 which will make his rectorship in this parish forever memora- ble; the other two being the acquisition of a fine rectory, and the important and delightful 'History of the Church in Burling- ton,' soon to issue from the press — the fruit of the Doctor's research for several years, and one of' the most valuable con- tributions to American Ecclesiastical History." The Rev. Dr. Hoffman, at the request of the Rector, read the Offertory from the Prayer Book of the Church of Scotland, which differs from that of the English and American Prayer Books. The well-filled alms-basons — presented on the ancient holy table, vested with the cloth given by Mrs. Franklin, wife of the last Colonial Governor of the province — showed that the parish- ioners of St. Mary's did not " appear before the Lord empty." After their presentation. Bishop Odenheinier said : Blessed be Thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine ; Tliine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all ; all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee. For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O Lord our God, all that we have prepared to build Thee a house for Thine holy Name cometh of Thine hand, and is all Thine own. O Lord, God of our fathers, keep this for ever in the thoughts of Thy people, and be Thou our God, and the God of our children after us, in their generations for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed be Thy Name, O Lord God, for that it hath pleased Thee to have Thy habitation among the sons of men ; bless, we beseech Thee, the religious solemnities of this day, and grant that in this place now devoted anew to Tliy service, Thy holy Name may be taught in truth and purity through all gener- ations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The God of peace, etc. Hymn 232, was the Recessional, sung to the tune of Sullivan : "Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war," etc. As the congregation, amid mingled smiles and tears, slowly left the Church, the chimes of St. Mary's played " Home, sweet home ; " " Carol, carol. Christians ; " t " Let the merry Church bells ring," etc. f This air was composed in 1842, by the author of this History, expressly for these words. Music and words may be found in Ooodrich's Tane Book for Sunday Schools, edition of 1866, p. 38. 2z 712 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE FIEST ISSUE OF THIS HISTORY. The first copies of tlie preeeding seven liundred and eleven pages, (see Preface to the present edition, page 6,) together with the Appendices and Index, now somewhat enlarged, left the binders May 27th, 1876, and were soon in the hands of subscribers. A LITERARY COMPLIMENT. " The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, " No. 820 Si)ruce street, "Philadelpliia, June 27th, 1876. " Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills, 1). D. : "Dear Sik — I am directed by the Council of the Society to communicate to you the following extracts from the Minutes: "The following letter from John William Wallace, president of the Society, was read : " ' 728 Spruce St., "'Philadelphia, June 27th, 1876. " ' Dear Sir — I shall not be able to be at the meeting to- night of the Council of our Society ; but I beg to propose for membership of our body the name of the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., of Burlington, New Jersey. His recent book, called ' History of the Church in Burlington, New Jersey,' is one of merit. It is an 8vo. of more than 700 pages, and is characterized by extraordinary research into early docu- ments, both civil and ecclesiastical, by a discriminating consid- eration of evidence, and by an arrangement lucid and effective. * * * He produces and publishes in extenso, for the first time, documents of value to us in Pennsylvania, as well as to people in New Jersey. With an author of less skill than Dr. Hills, or one who possessed no art of representation, this would make a book prolix and dull. But things are well grouped together, and co-ordinated with so much skill that the whole comes out effectively, and attention is sustained throughout. ******** ** ifi " ' I am, very respectfully, dear sir, " ' Your most obedient servant, " ' John William Wallace. '■ ' To Charles M. Morris, " ' Chairman of Council.' " IN BURLINGTON. 713 " Which letter, having been read, it was "Unanimously resolved, That, in testimony of the sense wliich this Society has of the value of the researches made by the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., into the field of early American ecclesiastical and civil history, and especially of that of the city of Burlington and of West Jersey, as shown in his recently- published ' History of the Church in Burlington,' he is hereby elected a member of this Society. "I have the honor to be 'Your obedient servant, " John W. Jordan, " Secretary of Council." bishop kip to the rev. dr. hills. " S. Francisco, California, "Feb. 24th, 1877. " Rev. and Dear Sir — I am much obliged to you for send- ing me the History. * * * "TheCliurch owes you a debt for rescuing these materials and securing them for all future time. As I began my ministry in St. Peter's, Morristown, N. J., and was ordained Priest f there by Bp. Doane, I have always taken a great interest in your diocese. "I found the enclosed letter among the j)apers of the Rev. Abr. Beach, D, D., maternal grandfather of my wife, (daughter of Isaac Lawrence, Esq., of New York; and, in 1815, a mem- ber of the New Jersey Convention.) I send it to you, as it may interest you to read an account of an early Convention in N. J. "Trusting that you may continue to give to the Churcli the benefit of your pen, I remain, "Yours very truly, " Wm. Ingeaham Kip, Bishop of California. Rev. Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D. t October 20th, 1835. 714 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH THE EEV. MR. BEND TO THE REV. ME. BEACH. "Philadelphia, July 9th, 1788. "Dear Sik — It is a long time since I wrote you last; however, I have not been much concerned at my own silence, for if I have neglected you long, you have neglected me much longer. " You have not now to learn, that I attended the Jersey Convention. Oh for talents equal to celebrating the praise of General or Bishop O nlf Which shall we call him? We shall not be out of the way, if we give him both titles; he is not the first Clergyman, who has played the General. " The Bishop fairly or unfairly out-generaled us. I was prepared for an attack, upon the opening of the Convention ; but when I found he made no objection to my sitting in it, — when he did not oppose the electing of you, as President, I thought our meek brother had been reclaimed by some miracle, & designed to act like a Christian & a man of sense. Those who have no sinister designs to prosecute are easily tlirown off their guard by the artful & designing ; the General lulled us into security, & for a day & a half exerted himself in bringing over the laity to his side. He was wonderfully success- ful ; for on putting the question on Mr. O's motion whether the rule for ad- mitting non-resident Clergymen should be expunged, 7 out of 12 congregations said aye, & another divided. Much was said on the subject before the ques- tion was put: the Bishop was specious & windy ; & I was surprised at the weak manner in which Mr. Parker & Halsted answered him. Silence became me. " I foresee the ruin of the Church in Jersey, except it be preserved by the wisdom of the General Convention. O n has already made a party amongst the laity & I fear the next Convention will witness his complete triumph. In the next Convention there will be Spraggs, Ogilvie, Cloud, Ayres, & one Crowse or Crout or Slaugh (I don't know which) from New Ark, all under his influence ; & who are to oppose such a phalanx ? The non-resident Clergy will be immediately excluded & the General will be made Bishop. Should the G. C. contrary to my hope & expectation, recommend him for consecration, every man, who shall sign his credentials, will assist in annihi- lating our Church in Jersey. He would rule his clergy with a rod of iron, whilst he would be shamefully negligent of order & discipline, would subvert Episcopacy & establish canting methodism on its ruins. J " Ambition, what a vile, what a pernicious passion art thou, when not t Eev. Uzal Ogden. (See pp. 348-50.) He became rector of Trinity Church, Newark, N. J., in 1788, and in 1798 received the degree of D. D. from Prince- ton College. In October, 1805, having been suspended since May "from the exercise of all ministerial duties in the State of New Jersey," he joined tlie Presbyterians, and died November 4th, 1822, aged seventy-nine years. He published sermons, essays and pamphlets on various subjects. Bev. Dr. Ethan Allen's MSS.^ See, also. Biographical Encyclopaedia of New Jersey, issued by Galaxy Publishing Co. JFor his sympathy in this direction, see Memorials of Methodism in New Jersey, pp. 286-293, 306-311. IN BURLINGTON. 715 springing from virtuous motives & not directed by prudence & honor ! But ambition in this case is truly contemptible; for surely he is grasping at the shade of a shadow. If it be true, & the assertion can be defended, that honor is a shadow, it is equally true, that an American Episcopate is the shade of a shadow. "I never saw more boobies in a small assembly, than in our Convention at Shrewsbury: What, in the name of wonder, induced the people of Bruns- wick to send Vickars there? He would not join Mr. L. Clarkson in voting against O n's motion. I overheard him say to C, he should have no objection to the admission of non-resident Clergymen, provided they would come & advise, without expecting permission to move & vote. I stept up to him: 'Who do you think,' said I, 'would come to Jersey from N. Y or Piiil'a, to be cyphers in yr. Convention ? No one, sir. There are too many cpyhers in it already ; & we wish rather to diminish than encrease the number.' "We have had rare doings in Philadelphia, in celebrating of the establish- ment of the Federal Constitution. I confess my expeclations were far ex- ceeded by the procession. It was a grand, solemn, & pleasing spectacle. All the law, all the religion, all the learning, the humanity, the wealth, the in- dustry, the enterprise of the city were assembled to rejoice in one of the most extraordinary events, which has ever happened in the world, — in a revolution from licentiousness & anarchy to real liberty & good government, — a revolu- tion effected without bloodshed. " Scarcely any, who composed a part of the procession, made a more con- spicuous figure, .than the Clergy, who displayed a complete triumph over religious prejudices : The Jew joined the Christian ; the Episcopalian the Presbyterian; & the Seceder the Koman Catholic, & all walked arm in arm, exhibiting a proof of brotherly affection, & testifying their approbation of the Kew Constitution. "But amidst the sublime ideas, which it excited in the mind, some ludicrous ones intruded themselves. If we were filled with pleasure in seeing justice borne aloft in a triumphal oar, we were also diverted at the sight of a man in complete armour, who forcibly reminded us of a hog armed cap a pie. If we were pleased at seeing the different trades and professions, all expressing their Joy on this auspicious occasion, we could not help laughing at the odd dress of the butchers and bakers. * * * " Mr. Hutchins is desirous of establishing in New York a school, for the edu- cation of females alone, in which they may be instructed in the principles of the Christian religion, in reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, Englisli gram- mar, & composition; but he wishes to know first, whether such a scheme is practicable. Will you please to enquire, & inform me in your next? I have written to Dr. Provoost & Mr. Moore f on the subject. t Eev. Benjamin Moore, afterwards Bishop of New York, who was conse- crated to that office in St. Michael's Church, Trenton, N. J., September 11th, 1801 — the General Convention being then in session there. See Sprague's Annals, vol. V., pp. 299-304. 716 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "Pr&sent my respects to Mrs. Beach & Miss Hannah. "Write soon to me, and oblige "Your affectionate brother & " friend, & obedient servant, " Jos. G. J. Bend." t Note. — This letter has the following address outside : " Rev- erend Mr. Beach, J No. 29 William Street, New York." And in the left-hand lower corner, " Care of Mr. G. Bend." THE GUILD OF ST. MARY'S PARISH. On Sunday morning, February 25th, 1877, the Rector preached on the subject of organized lay-work, from Romans 16: 3: Greet Priscilla and AquUa, my helpers in Christ Jesus. At the conclusion of the discourse, he requested both men and women to meet him for conference on the following Wednesday even- ing, in the parifeh schoolroom, and in view of that occasion to offer at least twice daily the collect : Direct us, &o. Nearly one hundred leading parishioners came together at the time appointed. A committee was raised to report a constitu- tion. The ladies' society known as " The Guild " (see p. 644) yielded that name to this new organization, and took the place of its " Committee on Missions." The constitution was finally adopted on the 7th of March ; the Rector was made " ex officio Master of the Guild," a secretary and treasurer were elected, and twelve "Working Committees," numbering from three to thirty members each, were appointed : I. Strangers. II. Young Men. III. Young Women. IV. Ushers. V. Parish School. VI. Sunday School. VII. Library. VIII. The Altar. IX. Church Decoration. X. Sick and Needy. XI. Missions. XII. Finance. § f Kev. J. G. J. Bend was ordained Deacon July 15th, 1787, by Bishop- Provoost, at the first ordination ever held in the diocese of New York. See Sprague's Annals, vol. V., pp. 353-355. X Rev. Abraham Beach, — for a biographical sketch of whom, see Sprague's Annals, vol. V., pp. 255-266. ^Tliis association was incorporated, under the laws of New Jersey, July 7lh, 1879, taking for its name The Guild of St. Mary's Parish, Burlington, N. J., and the cerlificafe of incorporation is recorded in Book B of Corporations, p. 74, in the clerk's office at Mt. Holly, N. J. IN BURLINGTON. 717 Each committee elects its own officers, adopts its own plans, reports monthly to the Guild and gives a summary of work through the year at the annual meeting, on the Feast of the Annunciation. BEQUEfeTS OF MISS E. A. SWANN. Miss Elizabeth A. Swann t — who departed this life May 31st, 1877 — among her bequests made the following: "First: I give and appoint to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, where I worship in Burlington, New Jersey, eight hundred dollars, to be kept invested, the interest whereof shall be used in preserving in complete order the graves of my family ; and unto the same Church five thousand dollars, to be kept invested securely on bond and mortgage, the interest of which is to be used by the rector of said Church for the benefit of the sick poor of the parish. "Secondly : I give and appoint five hundred dollars to said St. Mary's Church for the parish school and Sunday school — two hundred and fifty dollars each. A TEIBUTE TO MISS STANLEY. "The Trustees of Burlington College, having before them for the second time the resignation of Nancy M. Stanley as Vice Principal of St. Mary's Hall, after thirty years of unwearied conscientious and successful work, cannot yield to its acceptance without placing upon their minutes, and transmitting a copy of the same to her, their deep appreciation of her character and services as an educator of the daughters of the Church for so long a period, and to assure her that, individually arid as a cor- porate body, this board unites with' the many thousands in the best homes of America in venerating her name — a name so in- woven with St. Mary's Hall, that it must ever occupy in its history a place second only to that of its illustrious founder. t See p. 686. 718 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH "Signed in tlie name and on behalf of tlie board. ' " Geo. Morgan Hills, " J. C. Garthwaite, " Committee. "July lltb, 1877." THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. On Monday, the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25th, 1878, tlie one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of St. ]\Iary's Church was celebrated. The chimes were played at eight A. M., and again at ten A. M. At half-past ten o'clock, morning prayer was read by the Rev. E. K. Smith, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, assisted by the Rev. N. Pettit, of Bordentown. After the general thanksgiving, there was introduced from the litany, "O God, we have heard with our ears," &c., with its accompanying response, and the Gloria Patri. "O 'twas a joyful sound to hear," was sung as an iiitroit, to the tune of St. Ann's. The Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., began the communion office. After the hymn — "Come, let us join our friends above," the Rector of the parish made an historical address. Bishop Scarborough was celebrant at the holy Eucharist, the offerings being for missions in the Convocation of Burlington. From three to five p. M. there was a reunion of the Sewing School, (which was inaugurated November 23d,) one hundred and forty in number, many of whom had never known how to use a needle till last autumn. At half-past seven p. Mt the "first annual meeting" of the Guild was held. The Rector said the Office of Devotions. The roll of members was called, and the annual reports of the "Working Committees" were read. Tiie Rector next read a letter from his immediate jiredecessor in the rectorship, the Rev. Wra. Allen Johnson, in which he says: "I have been much interested in your Guild. It seems to me to be the very thing IN BURLINGTON. 719 ■to complete what was lacking in St. Mary's parisli — putting all the members to some good work. And such a Guild as you have now organized, with the Rector at the head, supplies systematic work under authority." The Rector next called attention to a copy of The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, found in the Church, which was printed in 1696 ; and to the parchment deeds on the walls for all tiie land held by the corporation since 1695, and then to the portraits of former Rectors and others distinguished in the annals of the parish, touching on the chief ciiaracteristics and events in the life of each ; and lastly, exhibiting the altar silver, nineteen pieces, naming, as nearly as possible, the donor and date of each piece. THE BURIAL OF DR. MORGAN. October 7th, 1878. The remains of Dr. John Geo. Morgan, founder of the Medical College in Geneva, N. \'., and its first Dean and Professor of Surgery,f who died in Philadelphia on the 4th inst., were this day interred in St. Mary's Churchyard — the Rev. Geo. McClellan Fisk, at the Rector's request, officiating. Besides the relatives, the chief among those presunt were Charles Ellis, M. D., Joseph Parrisli, M. D., Franklin Gauntt, M. D., Edward S. Lansing, M. D., and Ledyard Van Rensselaer, M. D. t Dr. Morgan's first practice of medicine was in Auburn, N. Y., where, in 1826-1S30, he was brought to wide public notice by his repeated attendance upon Bishop Hobart. During his last illness, that prelate said to him: "My dear doctor, give me your hand, it soothes me; you have been very kind and faithful to me; you have been most judicious in your treatment of me; you will not lose your reward, for whether I live or die, you have done your duty. God will bless you; my Saviour will bless you." Dr. Morgan was physiciau and surgeon to the hospital of the state prison, in Auburn, between nine and ten years, and here made his name historical by being the first to successfully tie ihe jugular vein — in the case of a convict who had cut his throat. He also began in his office a course of medical lectures, at first with three students and increasing each winter until his class num- bered fifty-three. His fame as an instructor went throughout the state, and in 1834-18.35 he wa? invited by the trustees of Geneva College to add a medical department to that institution. It was opened with about twenty-five students, and continued lo increase during his incumbency until there were about two hundred students. He afterwards engaged in practice in New York, San Francisco, New Orleans and St. Louis. See Dr. Rudd's Memorial of Bishop Hobart, pp. 238-240 ; also. Medical Record of New York, 1878. 720 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IJSVITATIOX FROM HISTORICAL SCHOLARS. " The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, " Philadelphia, Sept. -23(3, 1878. "Rev'd Sir: The discovery made by you among early public records in this city of an impression from an Episcopal seal, which on its face shows that it was the seal of John Talbot, who, it was long ago conjectured, but not cer- tainly known, was secretly consecrated by the nonjuring Bishops, and exer- cised Episcopal offices here, about the years 1722-24, seems to us a discovery which tende to establish a fact in our early political and religious histoiy sufficiently interesting to be brought out and enlarged upon. "A statement of the evidence of Talbot's consecration as Bishop, and an account of what he did in our early colonies, would, we think, prove inter- esting to some of our members. " As the successor of Talbot in the ancient Church of St. Mary at Burling- ton, N. J., and from your well-known general learning in history, we suppose you to be acquainted with most that relates to him, and if agreeable to you to put what you can tell us before our members at their next meeting, on the second Monday (th« 11th) of November, we shall be happy to have you give it to us. " We are. Reverend Sir, " With great respect, " Your friends, " Chas. M. Mohris, " Henry C. Cabby, "Chas. Willing, "C. Cope, " Eli K. Price, "John Jordan, Jr., " P. McCall, "John William Wallace. "The Rev'd George Morgan Hills, TK D." THE IIvVITATIOX ACCEPTED. "»St. Mary's Eectory, "Burlington, N. J., Oct. 1st, 1878. " To Messrs. Chas. M. Morris, Henry 0. Carey, Charles Willing, &c. .- " Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- munication of the 23d ult., requesting me to tell what I can about John Talbot to the members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at tlieir next meet- ing, on the lllh of November. "It will give me pleasure to comply with your wishes, not only from the interest of the theme, but as a proof of the personal respect with which I am, " Gentlemen, " Faithfully yours, "Geo. Morgan Hills. Enlarged i'hotograph ot the Seal of JOHN TALBOT, The First Bishop in North America, A. D. 1722, Discovered on his widow's will, Sep. 1875, by the Rev. Dr. Hills. IN BURLINGTON. 721 JOHN TALBOT, THE FIRST BISHOP IN NORTH AMERICA. A MoTiogmph read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Monday Evening, Kov. 11th, 1878, by the Rtx. George Morgan Hills, D. D. Some three years since, I discovered in the office of the Reg- ister of Wills in this city, an instrument which was admitted to probate an hundred and fifty years ago, having for its seal a mitre, and, in monogram, all the letters of the name "John Talbot." This is a culminating evidence of what has been wrapped in mysterious obscurity. Tradition, indeed, had vaguely whispered that there were Bishops in America in Colonial times. Documentary proofs of this were brought from Great Britain to this country in 1836, by the late Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks. Perciva), in the appendix to his work entitled, "An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession," gives a table of English Nonjuring Bishops, naming among them Welton and Talbot, with the remark, " They both went to the Colonies in North America (the former to Philadelphia), and exercised the Episcopal functions." Lathbury, in his "History of the Non- jurors," makes a similar, though less definite statement. Haw- kins's "Missions of the Church of England," and Anderson's " History of the Church of England in the Colonies," both enlarge upon it, taking, of course, the Establishmentarian view. Encouraged by the invitation of this distinguished Society, and with the further materials in my possession, I shall attempt a monograph of him whom chronological accuracy must desig- nate as " The First Bishop in North America." John Talbot, Master of Arts, and Priest of the Church of England, had been in the Colony of Virginia as early as about the year 1693. Ten years afterwards, we find him Chaplain of the ship Centurion, Capt. Heme, Commander, during that memorable voyage, when, on the 28th of April, 1702,f she sailed from Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, bound for Boston, in New England; and freighted with a group of rare prominence, Col. Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts, Col. Povie, Deputy Gov- ernor, and Mr. Morris, afterwards Governor of New Jersey,J f See page 20. % See next two pages. 722 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ^^ s a p-^ CO G CT3 ■- O *- Q. 5^ n CJ C (u S r- O t-5-a -M CJ=-g o- S i" « ■" si| bog. C CO 3 1. n3 O n3 3 o g 5 ' i/ ^OJ '1' K IN BURLINGTON. 723 -3^ ^^ '^ ^.. ^^^s^s. 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" t So generous were these Governors to tiieir clerical companions, that they extended to them the hospitality of their table through- out the entire voyage. Judge Sewall's Diary, a MS.| in the Library of the Historical Society of Massachusetts, says, that such deference was paid to the senior missionary that he was called upon to say Grace, although the Chaplain was on board. How intensely interesting, at this period, would be notes of the conversations between these three Colonial statesmen, and three intelligent clergymen, during that long voyage of six weeks and a day ! Mast they not have been largely interspersed with the political, moral, and religious condition of the Colonies, and the imperative needs of the hour? No wonder that an ardent, devout, and energetic man, like John Talbot, expressed a desire to exchange the service of the Admiralty for the harder service of the adventurous missionary. It was a great event when that shij) arrived. Prominent colonists went on board to welcome their political officials, while the two ministers of the Church of England congregation in Boston greeted their brethren in the Holy Ministry. This was on the 11th of June. On Sunday, the 28th of June, the Rev. Mr. Talbot took his turn in preaching in the Queen's Chapel, Boston ; and the journal of the senior missionary adds, in connection with this entry, " By the advice of my good Friends at Boston, and es- pecially of Col. Joseph Dudley, Governour of Boston Colony, 1 chose the above-named Mr. John Talbot to be my Assistant and Associate in my Missionary Travels and Services, he having freely and kindly offered himself, and whom I freely and kindly received, and with the first occasion I wrote to the Society, praying them to allow of him to be my Fellow Companion and Associate in Travels, &c., which they accordingly did." Mr. Talbot began at once his missionary work, although his appoint- ment by the Society bears date the 18th of September. His was t Eev. George Keith, and Eev. Patrick Gordon. J This Diary has since been printed. IN BURLINGTON. 725 a spirit which could not brook delay ; and in the intervening three months much could be accomplished by those who leaped rather than ran. On the 1st of July he was present at the commencement of the College at Cambridge, Mass. ; and, on the 9th, was at Lynn ; and thence ])roceeded on an extensive mis- sionary exploration. The tour was made on horseback, except where occasion demanded tliat both men and beasts should be shipped upon sloops. From twenty to fifty miles a day were thus accomplished. Churches, meeting-houses, town houses and private houses were used for Divine Service, and the prayers of the Cliurch of England were duly read before each sermon. The continual change of scene, the cordial welcomes, the thronged attendance, the politeness of every Colonial Governor, the exhilarating mode of travel, the crisp air, and sweet odors of autumn, as they passed through Rhode Island, Connecticut, Long Island, and East and West Jersey kept the missionaries in high spirits. Laus Deo apud Americanos ! is the outburst of the full heart of Talbot, inscribed at the top of this page of his register, in bold and beautiful letters. * * * Five hundred miles of travel had now been made; and, to use Talbot's own language, " In all places where we come, we find a great ripeness and inclination amongst all sorts of people to embrace the Gospel." * * * "We have great need of a Bishop here, to visit all the churches, to ordain some, to confirm others, and bless all." This expression, with scarcely any alteration, was transferred to a conspicuous position in the first report of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and has been a classic sentence, re- peated in ecclesiastical accounts of the Colonies ever since. On the 10th of the next April, Mr. Talbot writes from New Castle, * * * « Qq(^| jjjggg Q^een Anne, and defend her that she may defend the Faith ; and her Faithful Councellours, if they have any piety or policy, I'm sure will take some course with these Heathens and Hereticks, for if they be let alone to take the sword (which they certainly will when they think tliey are strong enough), we shall perish with it, for not opposing them in due time." 726 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH When we reflect that this utterance was made seventy years before the outbreak of the American Revolution, we must credit Mr. Talbot with the ken of a prophet. Temporizing^ continued, with regard to the Colonies, and shameful neglect in manning the Church. Neither the mace of the law, nor the trumpet of the Gospel was adequately employed ; and the power of . Britain was swept from its transatlantic Colonies, according to the minute prediction of this man of God. * * * * * * A war in which Great Britain was engaged produced in Mr. Talbot conscientious scruples, which caused him to omit that suffrage in the Litany for victory over her Majesty's enemies, and the prayer appointed to be said in time of war. Moreover, he went as far as New York in pursuance of a resolution to sail for England again, but changed his mind and returned to Burlington, where he bought a house and lot on the east side of what is now called Talbot street. The autumn following, Gov. Hunter, in behalf of the Society, consummated the purchase of the " mansion-house and lands" in Burlington,, for £600 sterling of England, or £900 current money of New York, for a Bishop's seat.f This famous property, only a few years previous, was described by Gabriel Thomas, in- his quaint way, as " The Great and Stately Palace of John Tatehani, Esq.," " pleasantly situated on the north side of the town, having a fin& and delightful Garden and Orchard adjoyning to it." Its domain, of fifteen acres, was bounded on the north by the Dela- ware river, on the east by Assiscunk creek, on lihe south by Broad St., and on the west by St. Mary st. It was us level as a bowling green. The posts of its fences were cedar; the cover- ing of its roof, lead ; and there were offices, and a coach house, and stables, and every appointment to make it at once the grandest, and — for want of a purchaser — the cheapest establish- ment in America. A Bill was ordered to be drafted, to be offered in Parlia- ment for establishing Bishoprics in America; and Butlington was designated as the first American See. Everything presaged jN. Y. Colonial MSS. (Hunter), vol. 58, pp. 58, 59. Secretary of Slate's- office, Albany, N. Y. IN BURLINGTON. 727 success, but before the Bill was introduced, its great patroness. Queen Anne, died. On the accession of George the First, a different complexion was given to American affairs. The feud between the Jacob- ites and the House of Hanover was reopened. All who held office were required to take the oath of allegiance afresh. This Mr. Talbot declined. Such a political offence, together with his plainness of speech, were made the ground for Gov. Hunter to charge him, in a very scurrilous letter, with "incorporating the Jacobites in the Jerseys." And three of the most distinguished men in the Province — Ex-Gov. Bass, the Attorney-General, Mr. Alex. Griffiths, and the Hon. Col. Daniel Coxe — were included as his main abettors. The allegation was sent to England, and returned to Mr. Talbot. His vestry, who had known him for twelve years, united in pronouncing it "a calumnious and groundless scandal." Talbot, in his reply to the Bishop of London, says that he was a Williamite from the beginning, and took all the oaths at the admiralty office before first leaving England. Mingled with his indignation, he cannot resist a pun upon the Governor's name. " I suffer like ray Lord and Mas- ter between two at Philadelphia and New York, but God has been my succour, and I doubt not but he will still deliver me from the snare of the Hunter." * * * Eighteen years had now jiassed, during which entire period Mr. Talbot had been incessant in toils, and importunate in appeals, for what he deemed the chief need of the Provinces. On the 22d of June, 1720, he sells a portion of his land in Burlington, doubtless to defray the expenses of the voyage, and sails for England, uncertain as to whether he will ever return. In April, 1721, he applied to the Lord High Chancellor, and received the interest on Archbishop Tenison's legacy, as the oldest missionary. He was absent two years and a half, and became intimate with Dr. Ralph Taylor,t a Nonjuring Bishop. f A news-letter written from London, 7th January, 1722-3, contains tliese words: "A few dayes agoe dyed the Rev. Dr. Balph Taylor, who not con- forming at the Kevolution to the terras of the Government, followed King J^mes the 2d into France, and for some years was Chaplain to the Protestants of the Court of that unhappy Prince." 3a 728 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH The original Nonjuring Bishops, Sancroft, Ken, and others, were deprived of their Sees, as Talbot well knew, on purely political grounds. They held to the doctrine of hereditary right. They held further, that when the State persecuted the Church, the union of Church and State was dissolved; and that there was no validity in lay deprivations of Bishops and Clergy. In sympathy with such views, cliarged with Jacobitism when it was a false accusation, and despairing of an Episcopate for the Colonies in any other way, Talbot was induced to unite with Dr. Ricliard Welton,t in receiving consecration from this source. The Nonjurors were in undoubted possession of the historical Episcopate. Yet, politically, they were under the ban; and they had recently had a division among themselves on the ground of " usages." These things made the venture desperate. Still, there were arguments that overbalanced them. The American Colonies were not in any diocese, nor at that time, in any jurisdiction. From the middle of Charles II.'s reign until the close of that of Queen Anne, the Bishops of London had exercised Episcopal powers over America under a special seal —the arms of the See of London, surrounded by the inscrip- tion : " SiGiLLUM. Episcopi. Londinensis. Peocommiss. Ameeicanis." In George the First's reign, however, the question was referred to the Attorney and Solicitor- General, " Whether America was so far to be deemed within (he Diocese of London, that the Bishop thereof had all power in America?" The law-officers gave it as their opinion that letters-patent from the Crown were necessary to constitute such Episcopal powers, which Dr. Gibson, the then Bishop of London, refusing to take out, the seal became no longer an object for use.J § A well- t The Cliristian name of Dr. Welton was not Robert as staled on the authority of Percival, on page 168, but Richard, as given in Eawlinson's MS and m the Eegisler of Christ Church, Philadelphia. ^ ^ ' '" J:i IN BURLINGTON. 743 standard of acquirements in Divinity." Thus was he a year in advance of that action in the General Convention which made examining chaplains a canonical requirement iu every diocese ; and thereby he contributed to, if not originated, the great step which can never be receded from of elevating Theological scholarship throughout the American Churcii. At the age of twenty-one, he returned from the Seminary in New York to St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, as an assistant to Dr. De Lancey — then in the height of his parochial power, and that very year, 1839, elevated to the episcopate of the newly-erected diocese of " Western New York." The assistant deacon, young as he was, was chosen to succeed to the rectorship, and for twenty years — the entire period of his rectorate — was the diligent student, the devoted pastor, and the faithful priest. In any one of these he was eminent enough for general com- mendation, but being eminent in them all, he attracted the attention of the whole Church in America, and his name was always associated with all that was elegant in a gentleman, cul- tured in a man of letters, and admirable in a clergyman. Nor was it by the hearing of the ear alone that he enjoyed this repu- tation. A personal acquaintance with him confirmed these reports. He could accomplish more than most men because he was methodical. No study was neglected, no duty lefc undone. He performed in an extraordinary way not only what was then regarded as the sum of a rector's work, but inaugurated in his parish the daily morning and evening prayer, and the celebra- tion of the Eucharist on all Sundays and holy days — customs obsolete in America since pre-revolutionary days. (See page 189.) It was the prayer-book pattern, and that in all its ful- ness, which he aimed to fill. And now observe his special train- ing by the Great Teacher for his future work. For eight con- secutive seasons he had made his summer home in Burlington; frequenting "Riverside" as only not his own, and knowing more about the schools, the parish and the diocese than almost any one in canonical residence. (See pages 561-564.) * * * To unify a distracted diocese was his ceaseless aim. Love was the watchword of his mission — love to God and love to man. 3b 744 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH He preached it; he practiced it; he lived for it; he died for it. He was always finding good in every body. He praised others so habitually that some called it flattery. They forgot that he never uttered a word of self-praise. He could thunder ex cathedra, but it was the oflfice, not himself, wiiich he magnified. He never discouraged by word or look, but was always ready with a word of cheer. He lightened the burdens of presbyters and laymen by commending rather than criticising their efforts. He drew npon him the benediction of God and the admiration of men by speaking well and thinking well of some who never did the same of him. With a voluminous vocabulary and an endless flow of cliarming conversation, there could not be a man with greater sweetness of speech. In his hastiest utterances, in the most unguarded moods, I cannot recall from him one un- seemly word. He was playful at times among his peers and pets, but never in a frame of mind from which he could not turn in a moment and kneel collectedly in prayer. Although always, in all things, a Bishop — in dress, in decorum, as well as in doctrine — no one seemed more possessed of the fact that the many in infinite and subtle combinations, past man's understanding, produce results rather than any one. It was with this thought uppermost that he prosecuted his labors, ready for any exigency or any extra call, whether to aid a brother Bishop in a distant diocese hundreds of miles away, (see page 656,) or painfully leaning on his staff (see page 665) and walking to the humblest cot to give its occupant the seal of the Holy Ghost. It was this self-abnegation which enabled him to say at the consecration of Bishop Coxe : f " The hill of ecclesiastical eminence, like Cal- vary of old, is crowned with The Cross; and they who, in God's providence, ascend through the grades of the Christian ministry to the highest point of churchly authority, will find themselves lifted up, not for self-exaltation, but for self-cruci- fixion." How he was " given to hospitality " is remembered by countless guests who enjoyed his receptions at Commencements, Convocations and Conventions. * * * (See pages 662-665.) His style of writing harmonized exactly with the tones of his ■\ Journal of Convention of Western New York, 1865, Appendix VI., p. 179. IN BURLINGTON. 745 voice. It was ponderous, sonorous and filled the mind as the ear, like the diapasons of an organ. * * * All the American Bishops at the first "Pau Anglican," received from Cambridge, England, the doctorate of Civil Law, but nothing could induce him to consider it his, be- cause he had not been there and received it in person. * * * Five years ago the Church in this state had so increased that the northern third of its territory, the upper seven counties, was erected into a separate diocese. (See page 677.) By permission of the canon which allowed the choice he elected the new diocese as his jurisdiction, chiefly because of its easier oversight by one hopelessly crippled and struggling with a disease which was sapping his vitals. He dismantled "Riverside," his home for fifteen years, and left it to an unknown successor, and in beauti- ful letters to the city and the diocese, said "Good Bye" to Burlington and old New Jersey. (See pages 678, 680.) Four years, in weariness and painfulness, he administered "Northern New Jersey," and a year ago was threatened with speedy death. His chief wish was to return to his old home, long occupied by his son-in-law. A special car was chartered. He was brought from Newark, and by the aid of sympathetic helpers was lifted into a carriage at the Burlington station. As the vehicle slowly turned into Wood street and passed old St. Mary's and revealed the graves of his parents and children and so many who had loved him, he slowly raised his hat from his head in reverence for the precious "God's acre" in which so many hundreds of His people sleep. But the end was not by and by. Patience was to have her perfect work. Like his Divine Master, so far as one only human could be, he was " made perfect through suffering." He bared his breast, and without a quiver of his lip received from day to day and week to week the sharp and heavy strokes which severed one by one the strong strands which knit together his splendid frame and made its demolition such a flostly sacrifice. On every Lord's day during that eleven months of waiting he received from his domestic chaplain f the heavenly viaticum of the Lord's Supper. My last sight of him in life tThe Bev. Elvin K. Smith, of St. Mar/s Hall. 746 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH was on one of these occasions. His head was reclining on his breast, his eyes were'closed, and tiiere was an expression of pain upon his brow which recalled the pictures of Him " Who bowed His head and died." He ripened, Oh, he ripened for the garner ! Gentleness, sweetness, childlikeness, saintliness were iiis. There was at times about his face a radiance suggestive of the beatific vision. * * * That grave ! Near to the resting places of his best beloved children, and close as proximity can make it to those of his venerated parents. The mightiest of men, when they draw nigh to death, some- times " become as little children," and express the wish which he did, to nestle once more in the arms which bore them. His prayer was granted, and I have found it in the text, " Let thy servant, I pray Thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother." MINUTE OF THE CONVENTION OF NEW JERSEY. The Rev. Elvin K. Smith, from the Committee on Resolu- tions on the death of the late Bishop Odenheiraer, read the following at the Annual Convention of the diocese. May 25th, 1880: The Diocese of New Jersey, at this its first Convention after the death of Bishop Odenheimer, desires to put on record its reverent and loving remem- brance of the Prelate who, for fifieen years, was its chief pastor, and to bear witness to the high qualities which endeared him as a Bishop and a man. In scholarship Dr. Odenheimer was eminent. Habits of close accurate study, and practical application of his acquisitions, produced, even in his youth, works of condensed learning that at once became trustworthy and useful hand-books to the teachers and disciples of Catholic truth ; and studious habits were maintained to the last year of his life; the daily handling of God's Word in the original tongues, and the intelligent examination of the latest theological writings, making him a wise counsellor in questions of doc- trine and law, ripe and ready, conservative yet progressive, confided in by his peers on the Bench of Bishops, as well as by the clergy and laity. In priestly character he was ex,emplary. Among the very foremost in re- viving the thorough Church system— in daily prayer and weekly Eucharist and the full observance of the Ecclesiastical year, "instant, in season, out of season," in pastoral visitation and instruction ; notably the model priest, durin">- his pastorate of more than twenty years in one parish, from whom a genera- IN BURLINGTON. 747 tion of younger priests gained inspiration and encouragement to attempt, in their own ministry, " the ancient things of the Church Catholic.'' In his Episcopal office he " so ministered discipline that he forgot not mercy," and ever studied the things that make for peace, thereby harmonizing the- differences and uniting in fraiernal confidence the forces of a great diocese and preparing it to become, under his own hands " two bands " of beauty and strength. In his private life he illustrated in a rare degree, comparable to Hooker and Hammond, the saintly virtues of reverence, purity and patience. The sick-room, which at three several periods of his Episcopate was for months his only abode, he consecrated to be the very House of God by daily offering of the Church's Prayers, and a Lord's Day reception, constantly, of the Holy Communion ; and the privileged visitors to that sick-room found it also the Gate of Heaven, where patience was having her perfect work, and the chastened son and servant of God gi-owing up to that entire submission and conformity to God's Will, in which nothing appeared wanting for the departure to be with Christ. We bless God for the good example of His servant now at rest; for the good fruits of his Episcopate in the two dioceses of New Jersey ; for his use- ful services to the whole Church of Christ, and especially for the pattern of that cheerful saintly submission to the Divine appointment whicli detained him an helpless invalid at Eiverside, when his chosen treadings would have been over the broad field of his diocese, and in the yet ampler domnin of the whole Church's activities of work and thought. His life-walk was, in extra- ordinary measure, by Cross to Crown. May we, who survive him on earth, have like grace to follow him as he followed Christ. Elvin K. Smith. Erskine M. Kodman. J. Howard Pugh. Which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the Convention. BISHOP ODENHEIMEE 8 GRAVE. The grave of Bishop Odenheimer, a short distance east from the chancel, (see pages 591, 595,) is covered with a coped tomb of blue granite, tiie top forming a plain Latin cross, on which reposes, in relief, a pastoral staff. On the west end of the tomb is a mitre, and under it these words : " WILLIAM HENBY ODENHEIMEE, D. D. "Born August 11th, a. d. 1817 — Died August 14th, a. d. 1879 " In the 20th year of his Episcopate," 748 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH On the south side run the words : "Third Bishop of New Jersey and First Bishop of " Northern New Jersey." On the north side are : " Patient in Tribulation : Continuing Instant in Prayer. " Momans xii: 12." While on the east end are the crossed keys, and beneatli them the words selected by himself: "Eest Awhile. " Si. 3Iark vi : 31." TABLET TO BISHOP ODENHEIMER. The New Jersey branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to tiie Board of Missions erected a massive and beautiful tablet in St. Mary's Church in memory of the late Bishop of the diocese. It is of Caen stone, of a delicate cream color, inlaid with brass. In form it accommodates itself to tlie chancel-arch, being a paral- lelogram, two feet eight inches wide and five feet six inches high. On the sides of the stone, which is secured to the wall at this point, are square panelled pilasters, set at an angle, with faces of stone. Between these is a raised diagonal panel, on which is fastened a plate of burnished brass, with the inscrip- tion, "The Right Kev. William Henry Odenheimer." Above this, on the marginal band of brass, are the words, " To the glory of God," and " In memory of." On the lower edges, " Entered into rest, Aug. 14, 1879." On the plate is a vertical,, highly-illuminated cross, with the sacred monogram I. H. S. at the intersection of the arms. Above the arms of the cross are the words, "Deacon, 1838," "Priest, 1841." On the lower part of the plate, "Bishop of New Jersey, 1859," "Bishop of Northern New Jersey, 1874." At the bottom of the stone, and distinct from the above, is another small brass plate with the Note.— In 1881, E. P. Button & Co., of New York, published thirty Sermons by Bishop Odenheimer, " With an Introductory Memoir, edited by his Wife " Mrs. Anne D. R. Odenheimer. ' IN BURLINGTON. 749 text, " Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," I Corinthians 1 : 7. The lettering ou the brass plate is richly illuminated in red, black and blue enamel. At the centre of the top moulding is sculptured a Bishop's mitre in bold relief, and on the face edge of each pilaster is a richly-carved pastoral staff, indicative of his two dioceses. The base moulding is carved and ornamented with appropriate emblems. The four spandrels at the corners formed by the centre panel, the pilasters at the sides, and the top and bottom mouldings, are carved with delicale patterns. At the base of the side pilasters are carved and moulded corbels, which extend into the wall, and serve as a sup- port for the upper stone-work. At the top the pilasters are ter- minated with richly-carved finials. The extreme height of this chaste and beautiful piece of work, from the underside of the corbels to the top of Ihe finials, is about eight feet. TABLETS TO WEYMAN AND CAMPBELL. March 4th, 1880. Through the contributions of a few church- women of the parish, a tablet of Vermont blue marble was this day affixed to the northwest wall of the old Church, '•'In memory of the Rev. Robert Weyman, second Rector of this Church." The March previous, through the same source, a similar tablet had been affixed to the southwest wall, "In memory of the Rev. Colin Campbell." f f Mr. Campbell's grave is beneatli the spot where the third pulpit stood. See diagram, p. 435. When Mr. Campbell had been Rector about eigh- teen months, the Rev. Geo. Whitfield preached in St. Mary's Church, as the following shows: [1739-40] " Monday, November 12. "About one o'clock we got safe to Burlington in the Jei-seys (20 miles from Philadelphia,) where 1 was importuned to preach as I went along. The Gentleman who gave me the invitdtion, received me and my friends in as sweet a manner as can well be imagined. Immediately after dinner I read prayers and preached in the Church lo a mixed, but thronged and attentive congregation. I scarce know the time when I have spoken with greater freedom ; and I perceived several were much affected. The poor people were very importunate for my slaying with them all night and giving them another discourse ; but it being inconsistent with my business (with great regret,) about Five in the evening, we took our leaves, and by eight o'clock reached Trent, another town in the Jerseys." — The Two First Parts of His Life, with Journals, &e., by Qeorge Whitfield, A. B , 12mo., London, 1756. f See Addendum subscript on next page. Erratum. — On p. 268 the name of ihe physician with Mr. Campbell should be Dr. Alexander Ross. Dr. John Ross was his son. 750 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH STIPULATION BETWEEN THE RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDENS. At a meeting of the Vestry held May 8th, 1879, the Wardens were appointed " (o ascertain on what terms, if any, an addition could be made to the burial lots from a further portion of the Talbot land." (See page 291.) At a meeting of the Vestry, September 24lh, 1879, "the Committee on Talbot Lots" were not ready to report, and were continued. (See page 296.) After long and careful deliberation, the Church Wardens desire to record in this Minute Book of the Vestry the following agreement: " Whereas, John Talbot, Rector of St. Mary's Churcii, Bur- lington, N. J., did, on the 13th of July, 1724, execute a deed of gift of land to Joseph White and John Allen, Churcli Wardens of the parish of St. Mary's Church aforesaid, and their succes- sors, Church Wardens, &c., in trust, for 'an augmentation to the maintenance of the present Rector of St. Mary's Church in Burlington, in New Jersey, and his successors. Rectors of that Church, forever.' "And whereas. At some time in or before the month of March, in the year of our Lord 1861, a part or parts of the above-mentioned land, lying on the north side of the new St. Mary's Church, was laid out into ' burial lots,' and for a money consideration the privilege of the burial of the dead allowed therein, which said land was given by the aforesaid Talbot ex- pressly for 'an augmentation to the maintenance' of the Rector of St. Mary's Church ' forever ; ' " Therefore, I, Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D., present Rector of St. Mary's Church aforesaid, do hereby demand that the present Addendum. — "Colin Campbell, Esq., attorney at law, late of Burlington in New Jersey, elde^t son of the Kev. Mr. Colin Campbell, late Kector of St. Mary's Church in that city, was married in New York on the 26lli day of Deer. 1781 to Mi^s Abigail Muiuford Seabury, second daughter of the Kev. Doctor Samuel Seabury, [afterwards Bishop Seabury] late Rector of St. Peter's Church in West Cliester in the Province of New York and Mary his wife late Mary Hicks, daughter of Edward Hicks Esq of New York, Merchant. They were married by her fatliei- Doctor Seabury at his house No. 22 Beekman Street; parties present, Eev. Dr. Inglis, Rector of Trinity Church, Mr. David Seabury, Mr. Isaac Hicks, Doctor Samuel Bard, Mr. Thomas Polgreen Haw- lings, Miss Violetta Eickets Sealury, Miss Maria Seabury, Masters Samuel Edward, and Charles Seabury."— Camp6e// Family Bible. (See p. 341.) ' IN BURLINGTON. 751 Church Wardens of the said Church, the Hon. J. Howard Pugh, M. D., and Charles S. Gauntt, do invest, all and singu- lar, the money or moneys at any time received for such privileges of burial, in safe interest- bearing securities, in the name of the said Church Wardens of said Church, in trust, for the use and purposes expressed in the said original deed of gift. " And provided the said money or moneys be invested and held as aforesaid and not otherwise, I consent, so far as I can lawfully do so, that a further portion of the first-mentioned Talbot land, viz. : Beginning at a stake in the range of the north line of the burial lots as now laid out on the before-mentioned Talbot lands, and in the range of the west line between said Talbot lands and lands of the estate of Joseph Wain, deceased, and four feet nine inches southwardly from the southwest corner of said Wain lands ; and extending thence westwardly, along the north line of the burial lots aforesaid, one hundred and thirty-eight feet six inches, to the line of the Parsonage lot, as the fence now stands; and then the lot extends northwardly, the same width, along and parallel with the line between said land of said Wain, as laid out by James Batten in August, 1834, ninety-four feet six inches, and, no more, be laid out into additional burial lots; and on the further and express condition that all money or moneys at any time received for the privileges of burial in said additional burial lots be added to the permanent fund aforesaid, and in- vested in the same way, for tiie sarae purpose — that is to say, for ' an augmentation to the maintenance ' of the Rector of St. Mary's Church aforesaid 'forever;' and that the whole be called and known as ' The Talbot Fund.' " In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set ray hand on tiiis twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty. " Geo. Morgan Hills, D. D., " Rector of St. Mary's Parish. "We, the undersigned. Church Wardens above mentioned, do hereby concur in, and agree to, so far as we can lawfully do so, all and singular, the conditions in tiie above-mentioned instru- 752 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH lueDt. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands on this twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eiglit liundred and eighty. "J. Howard Pugh, M. D., "Charles S. Gauntt, " Church Wardens of St. Mary's Churoh." IMSTALLATION OF CHORISTERS. On Palm Sunday evening, March 21st, 1880, St. Mary's Church was densely filled to witness the formal installation of vested singers — the first ceremonial of this kind, it is believed, in this country. At seven forty-five P. ii., the following young men, all communicants and slvilled in music, in cassocks and cottas, entered the Church from the north transept door, and stood at the head of the nave, viz. : William S. Cherry. Edward T. Dugdale. Charles D. Gauntt. M. Howard Giberson. C. Ross Griibb. Edward S Hammell. Geo. F. Hammell. Richard Hepworth. Hobart D. Hewitt. Stephen G. Hewitt. Geo. Heathcote Hills. John Dows Hills. Alexander C. James. Henry E. Lincoln. Samuel Pew. William C. Reick. Thomas I. Rogers. William L. Sherwood. Augustin Thwaites. Herbert S. Wells. The solemnity was then conducted according to the following Form prepared by the Rector, and authorized by the Bishop of the diocese : A FORM FOR THE ADMISSION OF CHORISTERS. When the iiour appointed by the Rector of the parish is come, such as are to be admitted choristers being duly vested, and standing at the head of the nave, the Rector shall say : Dearly beloved, forasmuch as devout and holy men, as well under the law as under the gospel, moved either by the express command of God or by the secret inspiration of the blessed Spirit, have appointed singers before the Lord who should praise the beauty of holiness ; let us not doubt but that He will favorably look upon our godly purpose of admitting these persons here present to the like office; and let us humbly beg His blessing on this our undertaking. Then, all kneeling down, the Rector shall say : Direct us, O Lord, etc. Our Father, etc. m BURLINGTON. 755 Then, all standing, tlie Rector shall say : Hear what is written in the Second Book of Chronicles, in the twentieth chapter, beginning with the twentieih verse: Hear nie, O Judah. and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem ; Believe in the Lord- your God, so shall ye be established ; believe His prophets, so shall ye pros()er. And when lie had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as tliey went out before the array, and to say. Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth forever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against tlie children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which were come against Judah ; and they were smitten. Hear, also, what is written concerning the worship of heaven, in the seventh chapter of the Kevelation, beginning at the ninth verse : I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried witli a loud voice, saying. Salvation to our God which sittetli upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying. Amen : Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. Then shall be sung the Bonum est. Here may follow an address, or charge, on the duty and office of choristers. The Rector shall then demand of thera, standing in order be- fore hira, as follows ; the questions being considered as addressed to them severally, and the answers to be made accordingly : Dost thou desire to enter into this choir, to draw nearer unto the Lord, and to lead His praises in the great congregation ? Answer — I do. Dost thou promise to he reverent in coming and going, and in all thy stay in this holy place? Answer — I do. Wilt thou obey such rules and officers as may be lawfully made, subject always to the Rector of the parish? Anawer — I will. Then, every one of them kneeling before him, the Rector shall say : By virtue of the power vested in me as priest and Rector of this parish, I admit thee to the office of a chorister in this Church; in the Name of the- Father, and of the Son, ^nd of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the Rector deliver to them the Psalter, saying : 754 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Eeceive this book, and see that what thou singest with thy mouth thou be- lieve in thy heart, and show forth in thy life. Then shall the Rector add : Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. Here the choristers shall enter the choir, all singing Ptialm 122, Lcelatus sum. Hector — The Lord be with you. Ansioer — And with thy spirit. Rector— O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us. Answer — ^And grant us Thy salvation. Rector — Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness. Ansmei — And let Thy saints sing with joyfulness. Rector — O God, make clean our hearts witliin us. Answer — And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. Then shall follow this collect : O Lord God Almighty, before whom the choirs of heaven rest not day and night, graciously behold and accept the services of these Thy servants, upon whom, in Thy Name, we have placed the garments of praise; thai they may sing with the spirit and with the understanding also, and at last be admitted to the ranks of those who liave washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, Whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, we wor- ship and glorify as one God, world without end. Amen. Then shall the Rector add this blessing : God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep you, now and for evermore. Amen. Note. — Steplien G. Hewitt organized and trained this choir, they taking the name of "St. Mary's Choral Society," and elect- ing him choir-master January 13th, 1880. Subsequently, George H. Alien was " admitted " to the choir, assisting Mr. Hewitt for a time, and succeeding him as choir-master July 15th, 1881. On the 17th of the same month, the first boys, five in number, soon increased to eleven, were "admitted" after the same Form. BURIAL OF DR. BAQUET. Camille Baquet, LL. D., for nearly thirty years a teacher of the French language in St. Mary's Hall and Burlington Col- lege, entered into rest at Mount Holly, N. J., on Easter even, IN BURLINGTON. 755 ^ S H H I CO W o M P CM o b 'tn »— ' 1^ c c« H cqo ) S" i J £ f o, O CO &^ *f C to ^cc - I— ' O '^ (U • ^ 3 ^ SbS.g i-O oj ^ «^ - 't3resent, in addition to those already named, were the Revs. H. G. Batterson, D. D., R. E. Dennison, R. L. Golds- borough, Joseph W. Lee, L. H. Lighthipe, J. L. McKim, G. M. Murray, E. M. Reilly, P. W. Stryker, Thos. McClintock, John Dows Hills and E. W. Neil. The congregations at both services were very large, comprising many from various other places, and there was an universal expression of delight with the clioir festival. CONSECEATION OF ST. MARY's CHURCHYARD. A large addition having been made to St. Mary's Churchyard, the whole of it was consecrated as a cemetery, by the Bishop of New Jersey, on Palm Sunday, April 2d, 1882. At 2.30 p. M. the congregation left the west door of tiie Church, two by two, and moved to the northwest entrance of the new ground in the following order : The Bishop. The other Clergy. The Choristers. The Teachers and Students of Burlington College. The Parishioners. The Teachers and Pupils of the Sunday School. Reaching the entrance to the new ground, the solemnity was conducted after the following Form, jjrepared for the occasion by the Rector of the parish. The Bishof) and Clergy, with the Choristers, were received by the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen ; with the Instru- ment of Donation, and the request to consecrate, which was then read by the Rector as follows : We, the Kector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, in the city of Burlington and State and Diocese of New Jersey, having appro- priated and devoted this plot of ground exclusively for the use of the Church in her appointed Office for the Burial of the Dead, do hereby request the Kt. 768 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Rev. John Srarboroiigh, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, to talce said ground under his spirilnal jurisdiction, and that of his successors in tins Episcopate, and to consecrate it, by the name of St. Mary's Churchyakd. And we do hereby relinquish all claim to any right of disposing of this ground, or any part of it, or of allowing the use of it in any way inconsistent with the terms and true moaning of this Instrument of Donation, and tlie consecration hereby requeste was sung. The Rev. Edward M. Reiily, Rector of Burlington College, then read Gen. xxiii : J 3. I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee money for the field, etc. The Rev. John Dows Hills, assistant to the Rector of St. Mary's Parish, then led in the following : If a man live many years, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial ; I say, thai an untimely birth is better than he. a. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? ai'e not his days also lil^e the days of an hireling ? V. The days of man are but as grass ; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. E. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more, V. For what is your life? It is even ti vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanishetli away. R. What man i'.s he that liveth, and shall not see death ? V. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. R. For out of it wast thou talcen : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. V. '>ne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. SPIRE OF THE CHURCH, LOCKINi; SOUTH, HEIGHT OF SPIRE, 1 72 FEET. IN BURLINGTON. 769 -B. And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth wiih pleasure. V. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. M There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ; V. Neither hath he power in the day of death. a. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death. V. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! R. If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. V. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. R. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them : even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. V. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live, R. And shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. V. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise iirst. R. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. V. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi- palities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, R. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Father, etc. The Eev. J. Leighton McKim, Rector of St. Mary's Hall, then read St. John xix. 38. Joseph of Arimathsea, etc. The Bishop then said : Let us pray. O God, who didst move the patriarch Abraham to provide a possession of a burying-place, and didst hallow the sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathfca, make this ground, we beseech thee, to be a field which the Lord hath blessed : that it may be a sure possession, and a quiet resting-place, until the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall arise : All which we beg for His sake, who lay down in the grave and rose again for us, thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. Then, while a Cross was set up for a memorial of the Atone- ment, and to mark the place as a Christian cemetery, Hymn 74, "Glory be to Jesus," was sung. And afterwards was said : Bemember not. Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare «s, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil ; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. 770 HISTORY OF THE (^HURCH From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Oood Lord, deliver us. , t, • -u . i By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion; by tliy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; ana l)\' the coming of the Holy Ghost, Oood Lord, deliver us. . • .t i <■ In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour ot ■death, and in the day of judgment. Good Lord, deliver us. ,„ , , ., . ■, i -\\e sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God ; and that it may please -thee to bless, hallow, and consecrate this cemetery ; ]Ve beseech thee to hear m, good Lord. , j. n -i j That it may please thee to guard it, by night and by day, from all evil and profaneness ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee that the bodies herein buried may never be dis- honored or sacrilegiously removed ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee shortly to accomplisli the number ot thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom. We beseech thee to hear vs, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. ■O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Grant «s thy peace. •0 Lamb of God, wlio takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. ■Our Father, etc. 'Jhen the Bishop said : In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy .Ghost. Amen I consecrate this ground, by the name of St. Mary's Ghukchyakd for the use of the Church in her appointed OfBce for the Burial of the Dead ; and I devote and hallow the same forever, for this use and for no other, under my Canonical authority, and that of my successors in this Episcopate, according to the good order of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the LTnited States of America. Amen. Here the Sentence of Consecration was read, by the Rector of the Parish, as follows : SENTENCE OF CONSECRATION. AVhereas, the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, •of the city of Burlington, and State and Diocese of New Jersey, have appro- priated and devoted a piece of ground for the Burial of the Dead, according to the provisions of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and by an Instrument this day presented unto me have requested me to take said Burial Ground under my spiritual jnrisdiction, and that of my successors in this Episcopate, and to consecrate it by the name of St. Mary's Churchyard ; Tlierefore, know all men by these presents, that I, .John Scarborough, D. D., by Divine permission Bishop of the Diocese of Ne\v Jersey, acting under the protection of Almighty God, on this second day of April, being Palm Sunday, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, have IN BURLINGTON. 771 taken the SL\icl Burial Ground uniJer my spiritual jurisdiction as Bishop afore- said, and that of my successors in this Episcopitte; and in the presence of divers of the clergy, and a public congregation, iiave solemnly consecrated it. And Ido hereby pronounce and declare that the said St. Mary's Chuech- YAED is separated henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common uses, and dedicated to the honor and service of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the Burial of the Dead, according to the provisions of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in its min- istry, doctrines, discipline, liturgy, rites and usages. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal and signature at Burlington, on the day and year above written, and in the eighth year of my consecration. [l. S.J John Scakboeough, Bishop of New Jersey. Hymn 104, "Jesus Lives," was then sung, and afterwards was said the Creed commouly called Nicene. SUPPLICATIONS. Regard, O Lord, the supplications of thy servants, and gi-ant that all foolish talking and jesting may be put away from this place forevermore. Amen. Grant that all who shall visit this place may respect the same, as those that are mindful of their own mortality. Amen. Grant that all whose bodies shall be buried in this place may have grace in this mortal life, so to number their days as to apply their hearts unto wisdom. Amen. Grant that all who shall come here to bury their dead may have the conso- lations of thy Holy Spirit. Amen. Grant that all who shall draw near, like Mary, to weep over the graves of their dead, may remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, I am the Resurrection and the Life ; he that believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Amen. Finally, we beseech Thee, grant unto every one of us here present, always to live in such a slate that we may never be afraid to die; and that thi'-ough the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The God of peace, who brought again from the dead, etc. Hymn 189, "Hark! the Sound of Holy Voices," was sung as a recessional. DEATH OF THE EEV. DR. WALKER.. The Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., f sometime Lecturer on. Oriental and Biblical Literature in Burlington College (see p. f William Sydney Walker was born in England, but he completed his academic years at the Sorbonne, Paris. He had more or less knowledge of some fifty languages, while in seven he conversed fluently. Coming to the United States in 1833, he followed a literary life until moved to holy orders. He was admitted Deacon by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, April 7th, 1841, and advanced to the Priesthood by the same prelate, June 12th, 1842. After being. 772 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 655), entered into rest at his private residence on Green Bank, October 25tli, 1882, aged about 86 years. His burial took place from St. Mary's Church, on the 28th, Bishop Scarborough officiating, aided by the Rev. Drs. Weld and Hills, and the Rev. Messrs. Spooner, Goldsborough, Pettit, Parkman, McKira, Hibbard and J. D. Hills. MAERIAGE OF EEV. JOHN DOWS HILLS. A strictly ecclesiastical wedding was solemnized on Thursday, January 18th, 1883, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J. The ushers were Mr. B. F. H. Shreve, of Mount Holly, N. J. ; Mr. S. Ashton Souder, of Philadelphia ; Mr. Reginald Hills, of New York, and Mr. G. Heathcote Hills, of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., the last two being brothers of the groom. At half-past eleven a. m. the Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., rector of the parish, and father of the groom, entered the chan- cel as Officiant, attended by the Rev. Henry A. Dows, of Pater- son, N. J. ; the Rev. N. Pettit, of Bordentown ; the Rev. R. L. Goldsborough, of Burlington ; the Rev. P. W. Stryker, of Bev- erly, and the Rev. G. McC. Fisk, of Philadelphia. At the same time the choristers of St. Mary's moved in a body to the west door of the nave, and the groom, the Rev. John Dows Hills, rector of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, N. J., with his best man, Mr. Charles D. Gauntt, of Burlington, came from the sacristy and stood at the choir steps awaiting the bride and her attendants. The choristers slowly preceded the four ushers, singing, for a processional. Hymn 248 — "The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day,'' etc., and were followed by the three bridesmaids. Miss Alice M. Whelen, of Bryn-Mawr, Pa. ; Miss Emma M. Lloyd, of Phila- assis^^ant m St. Stephen's, Philadelphia, he became Rector of St. Matthew's Sunbury, Pa„ whence he removed to St. John's, Ithaca, N. Y., where he was Rector for twenty-nve years, during wliich time he was instrumental in erect- ing a handsorne brick Church for tliat parish. (See p. 687.) After his re- moval to Burlington he oftciated on Sundays at Lambertville, Toms River and Florence and after that, as long as health and strength permitted he uniformly aided m the services at St. Mary's Church on Sundays, and 'was ready to answer any call from the Hall or College. IX BURLINGTON. 773 delphia, and Miss Constance Hills, of Burlington, N. J., a sister of the groom ; and last, by the bride, in full dress. Miss Clara James Eogers, daughter of the late Capt. Timothy Rogers, lean- ing on the arm of her brother, Mr. Henry M. Rogers, of Phila- delphia. The part of the service known as "the espousals" was said at the choir steps, and after the bride was given away she was led by the bridegroom to the altar, where the marriage was concluded. " Our hearts to Thee, in prayer we bow ; Jesus, the heavenly Bridegroom, Tliou," etc. ; was sung as an introit. The rest of the bridal party joined the new couple at the altar-rails, and the holy Eucharist was cele- brated by the Rev. Dr. Hills ; the Rev. H. A. Dows, a second cousin of the groom, acting as Deacon. After the blessing, the choristers escorted the party to the south porch, singing Hymn 247— "Deign this union to approve. And confirm it, God of love." The wedding march was then played, and tlie chimes of St. Mary's rang a merry peaLf fOn the Sunday previous to this marriage, after the gospel, the Kector said: "I publish the Banns of Marriage between the Eev. John Dows Hills, of Mount Holly, and Miss Clara James Eogers, of Philadelphia. ]f any of' you know cause or just impediment why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. This is the only time of asking. This publication is made in rubrical form in order to invite this congregation, and other friends, to witness the nuptials in this Church, on Thursday morning next, the 18th inst., at half-past eleven o'clock." When the day was come, the Church was decked with evergreens, and in the nave a double gate, (festooned with wreaths of smilax, surmounted by across on either gate,) marked off the sittings allowed for special guests. At the offertory the groom made his offerings in envelopes for each and all who had assisted at the nuptials — the oflSciant, the choir, the organist, the chimer, and the sexton. "The bride," says the Home Journal, in its issue following, "was robed in white Ottoman silk, with full court train, the tablier being made of heavy brocaded satin. The veil of tulle was confined by a spray of orange- flowers, and she carried pendent a fan-shaped bouquet of white rosebuds and smilax. The bridesmaids' gowns were of white silk, with full trains and large corsage bouquets of Marechal Kiel roses, and they wore dainty little bonnets of white lace. Among the guests were several from New York, Philadelphia, Bryn-Mawr and neighboring towns." 774 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OPENING THE LYCH-GATE. A Lych-Gate, after designs of Hewitt, architect, erected at the main entrance to* St. Mary's Churchyard, was formally opened on Sunday, June 17th, 1883, immediately before the morning service. The vested choristers and visiting clergy, together with the congregation, moved in procession from the Sunday School rooms, outside the churchyard wall, down Broad street to the Lych-Gate, which was closed and locked. The Rector of the parish, attended by the Wardens and Vestrymen, and having the key of the Lych-Gate in his hand in open view, came from the sacristy inside the churchyard to the gate, and standing there, said the following, which he origi- nated for the occasion : In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Forasmuch as sundry devout persons in Burlington and elsewhere have, with the approval of the authorities of St. Mary's Parish, erected this Lych- Gate to the glory of Jesus Christ, and in loving memory oi Stephen Oermaiii Hewitt, and have requested that it be publicly received and opened with an office of benediction, now therefore are we all here present before God to beg His blessing on it. Then the Rector said : Our help is in the name of the Lord ; R. Who hath made heaven and earth. V. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; R. Henceforth, world without end. V. Lord, hear our prayer ; R. And let our cry come unto Thee. Let US pray : Our Father, who art in heaven, etc. O Lord God who lovest the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, vouchsafe graciously to accept, bless, and hallow this Fabric, that who- soever shall enter in at these gates to worship the Lord may be blessed in their going out and coming in from this time forth forevermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Eemember O Lord, for good, all those who have given of their time, labor and substance towards this Memorial : help them so to do Thv com- mandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and mav enter in through the gates of the city eternal in the heavens ; through Jesus Christ our LiOva. Amen. O Almighty God who, through Thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, hast overcome death and opened unto us the gale of everlasting life, grant unto us here present, and to all whose mortal bodies shall rest here for burial, that through the grave >.nd gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection • O 6 > a o > •7^ n 7i n •pi a IN BURLINGTON. 775 tor His merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us. Thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, witli whom the souls of the faithful are in joy and felicity, we give Thee hearty thanks for the good example of all those Thy servants who now rest from their labors. And we beseech Thee, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of Thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, botli in body and soul, in Thy eternal and everlast- ing glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Almighty God, who hast knit together Thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord, grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which Thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The God of hope till you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Here the Rector added : O Key of the House of David, holy and true, who openest and no man sbutteth, and shuttest and no man openeth, be graciously pleased to unbar the gates of all our hearts, and enter in and dwell there, who art with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen. The Sentence of Opening followed on this wise : In behalf of the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary's Church, of the city of Burlington, and State and Diocese of New Jersey, on this 17th day of June, in the year of Grace 1883, I, George Morgan Hills, D. D., Kector of said Church, do accept this Lych-Gate erected to the glory of JESUS CHEIST^ and in loving memory of Stephen Gbkmain Hewitt, as a sacred trust; and in token thereof do unlock and open the same, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Here the Rector unlocked, and the Church Wardens threw open, the gates. Then the Rector said : V. This is the gate of the Lord. R. The righteous shall enter into it. V. O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving. B. And into His courts with praise. Then the choristers and clergy, followed by the congregation, passed through the Gate into the churchyard, and to the west door of the Church, singing Psalm cxxii. — Lcetatus Sum. Hiiving reached the west door. Hymn 187 was sung as a pro- cessional in the Church ; which being ended. Morning Prayer followed and the celebration of the holy Eucharist. Inside the Lych-Gate, on the arch of the roof, facing south, is a brass plate, with this inscription : 2d 776 HLSTORf OF THE CHURCH ►{.To THE Glory op JESUS CHRIST, the First Fruits op them that slept, Tins Lych-Gatb was erected a. d. 1883, In LoviNCi JIemory op STEPHEN GERMAIN HEWITT.t By many friends who holding him in everlasting remembrance Are animated by his example to pray that all flesh hkre committed To the ground, may rest in hope and rise with joy. "Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they May have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through The Gates into the City. ►{* RENEWED, ENRICHED, AND REOPENED. During the months of July, Angust, and September of 1883, St. Mary's Church was closed for renewal and adornment, the congregation meanwhile worshipping regularly in the old Church. The walls were painted throughout in oils, the chancel decora- tions extended, and the altar-cross, vases and chancel railing were replaced by others of brass. J On Sunday, September 30th, the fabric thus improved was formally reopened by the Et. Rev. the Bishop of Western New York, acting for the Bishop of New Jersey. At ten thirty a. m. the choristers moved from the sacristy,, and were met at the west door of the nave by the Bishop and clergy, the Rector saying.: Rev. Father in God : By the authority of the Bishop of this diocese of New- Jersey, and in behalf of tlie Rector and Wardens of this Church of St. Mary, t Stephen G. Hewitt, B. A., founder of the Choir-Guild of the Diocese of New Jersey, entered into life eternal, October I2th, 1882, aged 26 years. Born on St. Stephen's day, named for the protomartyr, and studying for the cloth, seven by ten feet, intersected throughout with a silk cross of white With a crimson centrepiece, bearing the words " Jesu Mercy." On the twt> borders of white silk, embi-oidered with crimson silk in Church text, are the legends. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord," and '• The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God." t A brass altar-desk, while dorsel-cloth, frontals for the retable, and two hypin-guides were presented at Easter, 1880. Antependia of the five ecclesi- W? S7°sTi 1 '';?f '" 6 Simon Wilmer I 7 13 James Chapman ' 10 11 JohnM. Ward j 11 ; 15 Harry Finch ' 22 18 28 j 20 18 1 25 G. Y. Morehouse. Bishop's Charge.... 790 APPENDIX. CONVENTiOKS HELD IN ST. MARv's CHURCH — Continued. DATE. PRESIDENT. PREACHER. S 1841, May 26 1843, " 31 1845, " 28 Bishop G. AV. Doane... (( C( a u (( (. u u tt u l( K It (( (( (( James A. Williams.... Bishop Odenheimer.... It 11 IC It tt (( (( (( It tt It tt -Joseph F. Garrison Bishop Scarborough... M. H. Henderson John D. Ogilby Bishop's 5th Charge The Bishop John S. Kidney 31 ' 24 31 ■ 25 33 i 31 1847, " 26 32 ' 27 1849, " 30 34 33 1851, March 17 The Bishop 25 39 40 30 39 47 61 70 74 66 73 -78 83 99 65 60 69 31 1851, May 28 1852, March 17 Bishop's 7th Charge The Bishop 33 37 1853, May 25 1855, " 30 42 W H N Stewart 37 1857, " 27 Bishop's 9th Charge John Kelly Jos. F. Garrison, M. D... James S. Bush Bishop's 2d Charge F. C. Putnam 49 1859, " 25 1861, " 29 67 60 1863, " 27 67 1865, " 31 81 1867, " 29 69 1869, " 25 R. M. Abercrombie, D. D. Bishop's 4th Charge .... J. N. Stansbury 65 1871, " 30 63 1873, " 27 79 1874, November 12.. 1875, May 25 Alfred Stubbs, D. D 51 51 1880, " 25 F. M. McAllister 1" ORDINATIONS HELD IN ST. MARY's CHURCH, BY THE RT. REV. GEORGE W. DOANE, D. D., BISHOP OP NEW JERSEY. T[ No ordinations are recorded as held in Burlington, before the first on this list. 1832, December 12, Peter Lott Jaques Diaconate. 1834, " 24, Kev. Samuel Starr, M. A Priesthood. 1836, July 8, Francis Praileux Lee Diaconate. 1837, May 25, Edward Goldsborough Prescott " " June 1, Kev. Thomas Tanser Priesthood. APPENDIX. 791 1837, it June 1, 1, August 20, fi 183?, June 3, 1889, March 15, " 15, ti May 29, IC November 3, 1840, May 3, t( 24, ' August 2, 1841, April 8, 1842, July 3, 11 December 21, U 21, 1843, March 2(3, " June 11, ft October 15, 1844, July 7, 1846, , June 7, (I 7, 1847, February 28, (( 28, u September 19, 1848, March 19, 1( July 2, (( September 24, U December 27, 1849, June 3, '■' August 26, " September 23, ti December 23, 1850, June 2, li 2, ii 30, i( September 1, 1851, May 29, 1852, June 6, 1853, March 6, (( December 18, (f 18, 1854, November 26, 1855, January 14, it March 4, Eev. James Alfred Williams Priesthood. Rev. ReuBen Isaac Germain " Eev. Edward Goldsborough Prescott " Benjamin Davis Winslow, B. A Diaconate. Rev. John Peirce Lathrop, M. A Priesthood. Eev. Benjamin Davis Winslow, M. A '■ Rev. Henry Burroughs " John Purdue, M. D Diaconate. Philip JOdward Milledoler, M. D " Rev. Henry Major Priesthood. George Fitzhugh Worthington, M. A Diaconate. John H.Hanson " John Elliot Thompson, M. A " Rev. Alfred Mersan Loutrel, B. A Priesthood. Rev. John Elliot Thompson, M. A " James Gilborne Lyons, LL. D Diaconate. David Clarkson " Cyrus Munson. M. A " Rev. James Gilborne Lyons, LL. D Priesthood. John L. VerMehr, Ph. and LL. D Diaconate. Re7. Jacob DeLaMontaigne Moore, M. A. ...Priesthood. Charles Woodruff Rankin Diaconate. Eev. George Whitefield Timlow Priesthood. Eev. John L. VerMehr, Ph. and LL. D " Eev. Charles Woodruff Rankin " Andrew Mackie, B. A Diaconate. William Wilberforce Lord, M. A " Julius David Eose " f Eev. Andrew Mackie, B. A Priesthood. Nathaniel Peltit Diaconate. De Witt Clinton Byllesby " Marcus Ferris Hyde, M. A " Eev. John Anderson P.iisons Priesthood. Rev. Nathaniel Pettit " John Rowland Diaconate. Stephen Chipman Thrall " Rev. John Rowland Priesthood. Edward Purdon Wright, M. A Diaconate. Wm. Croswell Doane, M. A " Wm. Tilghman .Johnston, B. A " Joseph Shepherd Mayers, B. A " Rev. Wm. Tilghman Johnston, M. A Priesthood. Rev. Edward Hammond Massey Baker " Robert Farnum Chase Diaconate. fin the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, St. Mary's Hall. 2e 792 1855, March 4, 1856, 4, 1(3, K 16, 16, " 16, '• June 29, <( December 21, 21, " a 21, 1857 , Septembei •27, " December 20, 1S58, February 28, 28, June September 19, December 17, APPENDIX. George Hobart Doane, M. A., M. D Diaconate. Rev. Franklin Babbitt.' Priesthood. Rev. Wm. Croswell Dnane, M. A Rev. Joseph Sheplierd Mnyers, M. A Rev. Hobart Chetwood, M. A Priesthood. Walter .\lexander Mitchell, M. A Diaconate. Francis Dayton Canfield, M. A Wellington Forgus, M. D Edwin Bailey Chase, B. A Robert Green Chase, B. A Rev. Walter Alexander Mitchell, M. A Priesthood. Rev. Edwin Bailey Cliase, M. A John Nicholas Stansbury Diaconate. John Martin Henderson, M. A Horatio Thomas Wells, M. A Rev. Wellington Forgus, M. D Priesthood. Joseph S. Saunders Diaconate. Rev. James Thomson Priesthood. ORDINATIONS HELD IN ST. BARNABAS' CHAPEL, BURLINGTON, BY THE ET. REV. WM. R. WHITTINGHAM, D. D., BISHOP OP MARYLAND. 18.59, July 20, Edward Shippen Watson, M. A Diaconate. " " 20, Hugh Lorrington Morrison Clarke, M. A " " " 20, George Seymour Lewis, M. A " " 20, James Chryslal " ORDINATIONS HELD IN ST. MARY's CHURCH, BY THE RT. REV, WM. H. ODENHEIMER, D. D., BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY. 1860, March, 4, H. C. Eayre Costell Diaconate " " 4, Rev. Horatio Thomas Wells, M. A Priesthood " June 3, Rev. William Armstrong Dod, D. D " " " 3, Rev. Edward Shippen Watson " •' December 2, Rev. Thomas Jefferson Taylor 1861, March 10, Charles Douglas Diaconate " " 10, Robert Andrewes Poole " " " 10, Rev. John Martin Henderson, M. A Priesthooc " May 27, Samuel Seymour Lewis Diaconati " " 27, Horace Smith Bishop " " " 27, Rev. Hugh Lorrington Morison Clarke Priesthooc f By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D. D., Assistant Bishop of Connecticu acting for the Bishop of New Jersey. APPENDIX. 793 1862, September 21, 1863, February 27, " September 20, 20, " December 20, 20, 20, 1864, February 21, 21, 1865, ^une 2, 1866, April 3, " June 21, " September 26, 1868, June 1, 1869, December 19, 1870, July 28, 1871, January 14, 1872, June 21, 1873, December 19, 19, 1874, May 31, 31, " September 29, Levi Johnston Diaconate. Rev. Horace Smith Bishop ; Priesthood. Charles Theodore Seibt Diaconate. Eev. Charles Eitter Priesthood. Rev. William Henry Badger " Eev. Samuel Seymour Lewis " Bev. Levi Johnston " Eev. James Atchinson Upjohn " Eev. Charles Theodore Seibt " Alexander FuUerton, Jr Diaconate. George Hezekiah Williams " Wittingliam Doane Mitchell " Eev. Thomas Logan Murphy Priesthood. Eomaine Stiles Mansfield Diaconate. Eev. Custis Parsons Jones Priesthood John Alexander Goodfellow Diaconate. Eev. Arthur Eutherfurd Morris Priesthood. f Joseph Benedict Trevett Diaconate. George W. Goss Van Winkle " Eev. Samuel Gregory Lines ...Priesthood. George McClellan Fisk, M. A Diaconate. Eev. Edwin Gaines Nock Priesthood. Edward Maxwell Eeilly, B. A Diaconate. ORDINATIONS HELD IN ST. MARY S CHURCH BY THE ET. REV. JOHN SCAEBOKOUGH, D. D., BISHOP OP NEW JERSEY. Eev. George McClellan Fisk, M. A Priesthood. Eev. William Augustus Schubert Priesthood. Thomas McClintock Diaconate. Peter Claude Creveling " Thomas Florence Milby " Harry McDowell, B. A John Dows Hills, B. A Edward Wallace Neil George Herbert Norton " Eev. John Dows Hills, M. A Priesthood. Eev. Edward Wallace Neil " Eev. William Edgar Wright " George Heathcote Hills, B. A Diaconate. 1875, May 23, 1877, December 24, 1880, January 4, 4, 4, September 12, " . 12, November 30, December 19, 1882, June 24, " November 29, 1884, June 4, 1885, " 11, t In the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, St. Mary's HalL 794 APPENDIX. PRINCIPALS OF ST. MARY's HALL. The Rev. Asa Eaton, D. D May 1, lS37..0ct, 1, 1839. " " Beiiben Isaac Germain, M. A Oct. 1, 1839..March 27, 1855. " " Daniel Caldwell Millelt, M. A April 18, 1855..April 12, 1857. " " Elvin Keyser Smith, M. A Nov. 1, 1858..Aug. 23,1879. " " John Leighton McKim, M. A Sept. 10,1879 RECTORS OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE. The Rev. Benjamin Isaae Haight, M. A Mar. 16, lH16..Sept. 28, 1846. " " .James Watson Bradin, M. A Sept. 28, 1849. .April 21,1851. " " Marcus Ferris Hyde, M. A. t April 24, 1851..Sept. 27,1851. " " Moses Parsons Stickney, M. A Sept. 28, 1, Sol.. " 29,1852. " " Edward Piirdon Wright, B. A. t Nov. 1, 1852..0ct. 31,1853. " " John Lee Watson; D. D Oct. 31, 1853..Sept. 28,1854. " " Hobart Chetwood, B. D Sept. 27, 1856.. " 29,1858. " " Edward Mills PecUe, M. A. t Dec. 4,1858.. " 24,1859. " " Horatio Thomas Wells, M. A. t Sept. 24, 1859.. " 26,1860. " " John Breckenridge Gibson, M. A.. ..Aug. 26, 1860 .Feb. 13, 1866. " " Anthony Ten Broeck, D. D July 18, ]866..JuIy 20,1870. '" " Charles Thompson Kellogg, .M. A. ..Oct. 15, 1870..April 4,1872. " " Francis Joseph Clerc, D. D May 22, 1872 Feb. 13,1877. " " Edward Maxwell Reilly, B. A April 14, 1879 A COMPLETE LIST OF NAMES IN THE PARISH REGISTER, FROM FEBRUARY 20tH 170| TILL MARCH 28TII, 1836, WITH THE PAGES IN SAID REGISTER WHERE THEY ARE FOUND. Aaronsoii . Adeock. Surah, 63, 66. Edward, 70, 75. Ann, 11. Will. C , 63 Geo., 7;-). , a child, 66. John, 7U Adeir. Mary, 7(1. 75. Robert, 30. Alcott PhoBbe, 70. .Jacob, 69. Rebecca, 70, 77, S2. , 82. Furnace, 12. Alexander .A.bercrombie. Rov. James, 62. Aikman. Allen. Hannah J., 69. Andrew, 7.'). Acey. Jane, 69, 70. Anhe,72. Elizabeth, 20. Hepzibah, 43. George, 27 John, 13. Hannah, 10, 13, 46. Akermun. Adams Anne, 72. Amelia G , 66. EdiUl <;., 6.^. Margaret, 10. Blary, 20, 27, 75. Rachel, 29. Joseph, 20. Elizabeth A., (13. Blarv, 72. John, 63, 66, 67. Thomas, 75. Mary A., 64. Ricliard, 20. t Acting temporarily. APPENDIX. 795 Samuel, 27,49, 51. Baker. Barwell. Sarah, 20, 49, 51. Anthony, 75, 76. Mary A., 77. Theodosia, 27. Thomas, 13, 49. Baley. Bass. William, 73. Cliarles, 71. George, 27. Allenstown, 15. Ball. Bateman. The Widow, 19. Sarah, .37. Allinson. David, 70. Ballard. Bates. CieorgeB., 72. Allen. 38. Eliza (negro), 76. .Joseph, 73. Asa, .38. Ulizabeth, 61. Richard, n. John, .38 Henry (negro), 76. .•^arah, 12. Rebecca, .38. Marv, 61. William, 61. Anderson. Barber. Aaron, 57. Henry, 51. Batten. Mary (negro), OS, .lo.sepli, 46. Ann. 82, 83. (Widow), 57. In Bristol, 15. Emily A., 82. James, 71. Andrews. Barclay. James R., 82. Mary, 5. Catherine, 6. Mary A., 82. Annan. Barcley. Baynton. Sarah, 75. Helen, 7. Benjamin, 18. Esther, 41. Anthony, 16. Bard. Bennett, 18. Peter, 18. Antrani . Charlotte, 17, 32, 35. Beach. David, 47. Dinah, 13. James. 18 Lewis, 70. Appleton. John A., 16. Beers. Ann, 27. Martha, 13. James, 68. Mary, 13, 27. 32, 3.5, 43. James B,, 69. Archer. Marv M., 1,17. Su.san, (IS Josepli. 36. •Peter, 13, 16, 35, 36. Robert J., 27. Susanna B., 69. Armbrister. Samuel, 27, 3'2. Bell. Anthonv, 48. Sarah, 17. Mary, 2S. Johsi, 48. Robert, 28. Mary, 48. Baremore. Grace, 8. William, 52. Armstrong. Hannah. 8 Benezeb. George, 73. Henry, 8. Anne, 67 73. Marv, 8. James B., 67, 73. Ashton. Phojbe, 8. Susan, 67. Susanna, 2>^. Barbarronx. Bennet. Askew. Eliza, 73. Jacob, 31. Mary, 70. John A., 73. Mrs. . 73. Benoist. Atchinson. Mr., 74. . , 69. Barnell. Mary, 2S. Bensalena. Atkinson. Rheuben, 28. , 44. Charity, .51. Sarah, 28. John, 51. .lonathan, 2h. Barnes. Bensted, Lavinia, 30. Lambert, 30. John, 68. Sarah M., 70. Mary, 68. Susanna, 64. Barnsley. Rachel, 68, 70. William, 51. Barbara, 27. Thomas, 27, 41. Rebecca, 68. Austun. Berrian. John, 52. Barrer. Margaret, 70. Christopher, 51. Mary, 77. Austin. William, .38. Barrickstaller. Berry. Elizabeth, 42. A '11 Joseph, 50. Henry, 69. Bartram. Ayer. Sarahs., 74. Bessonet. John, 65, Lucresa (negro;, 70. William, 77. Ayers, Barts. Bethum. John, 39. Rebecca, 72. Nathaniel, 64. 796 APPENDIX. Betts. Bound. Browning. Anne, 40. Elizabeth, 84. Edward, 41. Joseph, 29. Bourchier. Grace, 41. Be van. Isaac, 40. Bruce. Charles, 46, 65. James, 40. Anne, 72. Suzanna, 40, Franklin, 32. Beyinet. James, 32. ■ Elizabeth, 71. Bowden. Benjamin P. , 63. Winifred, 32. Biddle. Lydia, 68. Brusen. William, 42. Margaret, 63. Susan, 68. Aaron (negro), 06. Biles. Bruten. Ann, .M. Bowen. Bridget, 27, 28. Juanna (negro), 65. Joseph, 27, 28. Binney. Mary, 27, 28. Horace, 73. Bowker. Barzillai, 19. Bryan. Birkey Daniel, I'.l. Jacob, 33. John, 74. Joana, 19. Rebecca, 47. Peter, 74. Richard, 19. Mary, 33. Bishop. Bozorth. Bryant. Andrew, 14. Zebulon, 30. James, 18. Joseph, 20. Bispham. Bradford. Ann, 61. Susan D., 83. Buckman. Joseph, 62. Braithwaite. Phoebe, 30. Blackwell. Agnes, 47. Budd. Hev. Mr., 57. AbJKail, 8. Brandenburgh. David, 8. Blair. John, 47. Elizabeth, 69. ElizBbeth, 38, 40, 45, Margaret, 47. James, 16. Richard. 38, 47. Jemima, 31. Sarah, 45 Brasen. Margaret, 13. Wm.,3«, 40, 44, 45, 47. Jane, 57. Mary, 8. Rebecca, 8. Bloomfleld. Brelsford. Sanmel, 16. Elizabeth, 50. Lydia, 36. Sarah, 8. Jeremiah, 50. Susanna. 8. Joseph, 72. Brian. Thomas, 8, 31, 52. Mary, 70. Jacob, 2S. William, 8, 40. Sarah, 50. Britton. Bullas. Bogart. Francis, 7. John, 53. Levina. 29. Mary, .53. Brock. Samuel, 50,52. Bolton. Oddy, 18. William, 44. Alice, 47. Henry, 47. Brooks. Bullock. Mary, 47. Anne, 35. Joseph, 41. Bondman. Broom. Bullus. Joseph, 20. John, 52. Mary, 56. Lydia, 69. .Samuel, 56. Booker. Rebena, 69. Susanna, 56. Mary, 13. Richard, 13. Broomhead. Buralean. William, 13. Benjamin. 72. Lydia, 9. Caroline, 83. Margaret, 9. Boon. Martha, 73. Mary, 9. Grace, 33, 39. Peter, 9. Rachel, 33, 39. Ralph, 33, 39. Brothe. Robert, 47. Burn. Borden. Rebecca, 50. Brown. Alexander, 50. Alexander R., 36, Mary, 36 William, 36. Boreadil. Henry, 16. Arthur, 65. John, 7. Burridge. Joseph. 71. Thomas, 71. Boudinot. Sarah, 63. Ellas, 06, 71. Thomas, 32. Burton. Hannah, 66. William, 63. Ann, 61. APPENDIX. 797 Bussinett. Carter. Coats. Charlea, 56. Abigail, 32. Abraham L. , 69. Thomas, 65. Bustiel. Charles S., 69. Cocker. Grace, 15. Mary A. L., 69. Ann, 28. Samuel, 15. Sarah, 5. Cole. Butcher. Carty, Andrew, 42. Anne, 30. Editha, 72. Jane, 34. Sarah, 30. Edy, 27. I,etitia, 42. Thomas, 30. James, 27, 29. John, 27, 29. Nathan W., 66. Butter. Collet. John, 10. Carven. Anne W., 71. Mary, 10. Elizabeth, 52. Mark, 69. Margaret, 52. Thomas, 75. Butterworth. Thomas, 52. Hannah, 40. Collin. Carvil. Abraham, 37, 40. Buzby. George, 72. Isaack, 56. Maria, 70. Jacob, 37, 40. Cassell. John, 56. Bye. Diana, 14. Mary, 40. William P., 71. Chaderton. Polly, 56. Byles. Louisa, 75. Collins. Catherine, 77. David, 52. Elizabeth, 77. Chambers. Jlary, 73. Louisa, 77. John, 4. Mary, 4. Col ton. Byrnes. Kev.C.,77. John, 47. Chapman. Jliiry, 47. Catherine R., 82. Cohvell. David I, , 82. William, 42. Caasar. James B , H2 Lewis (negro), 7.5. John W., 82. Congo. Samuel B., S2. Emanuel, 82. Calanan. Thomas W., 82. George W., 82. Mary, 63. Charity. Rachel, 82. Calum. At Allentown, 15. Connse. Mary. 13. Eleanor. William, 13. Chasey. Calvert. John, 76. Sarah, 71. Chauncey. Connor. John, 47. Mary, 44. Mary, 71. Kacliel, 76. Cook. Chenorelh. Sarah, 5. Camel. John, 4. Eliza, 75. Will, am, 4. Cooper. John A., 75. Elizabeth, 36, 50. Chisolm. Henry, 19, 50. Cameron. Alexander, 50. Mary, 36. Dougal, 42. Christian, 50. Thomas, 36, 50. Mary, 42. Thomas, 50. Sarah, 42. Campbell. Christesen. R. A.,77. Copeland. Mary, 63. Archibald, 17. R. H.,77. Char es, 22. Core. Colm, 14, 16, 17. Clark. Barbara, 52. Hugh, 17. Benjamin, 32. Jane, 17, 37. Elizalieth,32. Corker. .John, 17, 49. Hannah, 11, 15. Aima, 37. Mary, 17, 49. John, 32. Mary, 37. Mary A., 17. Mary, 29. Michael, 37. Eebecca, 17, 31. Samnel, 15. Sarah, 49. Thomas, U, 15,51. Cornish. Carpenter. Clay. Dinah (negro), 71. Thomas, 50. Anne, 45. Cowan, Ciirr. Anne, 42. Hannah, 83. Claypole. Henry, 42. James, 44, 50. Anne, 38. Hugh, 42. John H., 67, 81. John, 18. Patrick, 41. 798 APPENDIX. Cowen. Thomas, 62. Elizabeth, IS. William, 62. Co.^e. Cullum. Ann, 65, 77. James, 48. Daniel, 1;; David J., 69. Cunningham. Dr. Wm.,76. Thomas, 74. Dr. Wni. S.,73. Edward D, 7.5. Currcv. Elizabeth, 67. lliiiinah, 42. Emily, (12. 70, 711. .hiiu. 42. Hariet, IW, 7">. Matthew, 12 Margaret, c.l.', 04, 70. Maria, 62. Currie. Mary, 42, 62, 64. 70, 76. Rev. Mr., 16. Eachel, 62, O."), 68, 77. Richard S., 69. Curtis. i^arah, 45. Hester, 11. Susan B. , 70. Nathaniel, 11, 12 William, 42, 02, 65, 68, 76. Solomon, 11. William D., 74. Dabzel. Crahan Anne, 60. David, 28. Dfllton. Craven. Henry, 36, 46. Thomas, 42. Joseph. 36. 40. Mary, 36,40. Creaton . Thomas, .'iO. Sarah, 52. Diiskinder. Cripps. Elizabeth, 18. Martha, 49. Davis. Crispin. Eliza W. P., 84. Hannah, 30. John E , ,S1. Lydia (negro), lil Croes. Margarel, 65. Bishop, 75. Martha, 65. Samuel, 33. Crompton. John C, 66. William, 61. Dawson. Hope, 20. John, .30. Cromwell. Euphemia (negro), 66. Margaret, 64. Martha, 11. Cronin. Mary, 65. Dayes. Margnret, 64. Crook. Anne, .38. Dazell. France,", 38. Charles, 66. John, 38. James, 67. Margaret, 67. Croskey. Joseph, 81. Deacon. Crothers. Anne, 68. John, 68. Margaret, 68. Nathan, 68. Alfred A., 77. Elizabeth, 73, 77 Emily, W2 Emily A.. 77. Ester A., H2. Fielding. 73. Crnuss. Mary, 34. George, 2«. 29, 70. Hainiah, 40. John, -10 Crowne. David, 28. Joseph P . S2 Rebeoea. 28. 29. Sarah, 77. Crozier. Jane, 67. De Cou. Anne, 15. Crumpton. AnnaM., 67. Delatush. Elizabeth, 62, 67. Henry, 41. Dennis, Abagail, 8. JIary, .S. Denny. Jane, 57. John, 57. De Normandie. Anthony. 17. Hannah, 20. James, 17. Mary, 17. William, 20. Departeene. Caliierine, 20. Dick. Jatnes, 47. Dicker. Elizabelh, 43. l.vdia. 37. 43. Blicbael. 41. Nii'liolns, 37, 43. William, .37. Dickson. ■John, 52. .Tohn R., 52 Susanna, 52. Diggins. Edward, 47. Elizabeth, 47. Esther, 17. Dinsmore. James, 75. Di.sborough i>r. Henry, 71. Dobbins. James, 46, Ruth, 46. William, 46. Dobina. Jamea, 22, 28. Joab, 22. Lettice, 22. Rlieiijah, 22. K'mli, 2,S. Sarah, 22 Zebedeo, 22. Dobson . ,Tane, 43. Downes. Rev. J., 44. Downey. Ann, 6. Dunham. Benjamin, 46. Dunkin. At Bristol, 64. Durden. Aloxiindcr H , 56 Frances, 56. Richard, 56. APPFNDIX. 799 Durdin. Esdall. Forster. Richard H., 61. Ellis, 36. John, 13. Elizabeth, 34, 50. Mary, 13. Dussar. James, 50. Thomas, 13. FloumondJ., 61. .John, 29, .36. Rachel, .33, 31, 50. Force. Kaeer. Sarah, .36, 52. David, .36. William, 71. Thomas, 33, 34. Deborah, 36. .John, 51. Enrl. Evans. Joseph. .">!. Thomag, 1 1 . Daniel. 64. Mercv. 51. Elizabeth, 70. Samuel, 36. Early. Thomas, 11. Elizabeth, 17. William, 63. Fort. Abraham, 19. Edington. Evesham, 12. Ann, 19. Philip, 6. Elizabeth, 29. Evringham. Hannah, 19. Elderton. Hannah, 44. .Tolin, 19, 55. Cornelius, ."to Mr.s. , 55, Elizabeth, .'">3. Ewers. Julia, 55. Allen, 8. Foster. John, 8. Abner, 19. Eldridge Aniariah, 19 Hannah, 51. Farley. Content, 19. Jabez, 51. Susanna, 57 Elizabeth, 19. Ephraim, H., 82, Elizabeth. Farmer. George, 16. At Burlington, 18. Abvahau), 68. Joshua, 19. James, 68. Mary, 19. Elliot. Nehemiah, 68, 70 Susanna, 52 Richard S., 69. .'iarali A., 68. Thomas, 19. William, 68. William, 78, Ellis. Daughter, 81. Bathsheba, 40, 44, 47, 49, Farnai'. 55. Michael, 67. Fowler. Daniel. 19, 21, 40, 44, 47, Rev. Andrew, 61. 49, 55. Farn**r. Elizabeth, 83. Elizabeth, 66. Fowlsten. Hannah, 53. Mary, 72, Elizabeth, 03, .Johannes, l."). Cie(jrt^e, 6,'i. Jolni, 19 Farrel. Mary, 63. .Iose|)li. 1.1, lil, .55. Rebecca, 62. Mai-K!U-et, !.">, Fo.\-. Jlarllia. :!'>. 47 Fasset. John, 39, .50. Ifiirv, 7.i. 1!> William, 6. Jliwijah, IW, 70. Francis. Richard, 11, 15, 49. Fennymore. Martha. 11. Rowland, 11, 12, 15, 19, John, 62. Mary, 11. 35, 40, 44, .53. Richard, 11. Sarah, 15, 19, 29, 35, 49. Fenton. Thomas, 15 19. Eliezer, 5. Franklin. William, 15. Elizabeth, 5. Enoch, 5. Gov., 22. Elmore. Jeremiah, 5. Frazer. Mary, 20. Judith, 5. Collin, 35. Elizabeth, 50. Ferguson. Rebecca, .35. Elton. John, 55. Rev. William, 31 , 3 5, 5(J Ann, 15, 32, 35. Anthony, 15, 48, 50. Margaret, 55. Martha, 55. 57. Elizabeth, 22, 48, 51. Margaret, 22. Mary, 13. Rebecca, 62. Revel, 13, 32, 3d. Field. Anne, 53. .James, 53 Job, 53. Freeman. Hannah, 31. Thomas, 31. William H., 31. Robert, 15, 22. Mary, 53. Sarah, 51. French. Thomas, 61. Fielding. Eliza, 73. Catherine, 63, 69. Charlotte S., 03. English. Amy, 62. Flanigan. Edward L,, 63. Jackson B.,63, 7.!, Elisba, 63. James, 41. Joseph, 64. Eliza, 64 Martha, 41. Maria P., 63. John J., 63. Suzanna, 45. Footman. Frost. Thomas P., 63. Richard, 62. Samuel, .52. 800 APPENDIX. Furgiison, 34. Gordon. Haines. Andrew, 18. Elizabeth, 27 Furnace. Helena, 18. Hannah, 45. Mrs. , 62. , Halt. Benjamin. 49. Fury. Goslin. CliarlCH, 49. Sarah, 39. Anne E., 71. i'ornelius. 49. Joseph , 49. <;nlo. Gosling-. Rebecca, 49. ^Margaret, oO Jacob, 56. JNInry, 68. Hall. Granden. Benjamin, 9. Gallager. Bernard , 20. Charles, 9. Elizabeth, 63. Edward, -0. Daniel, 9. Mary, 15. Sarah, 20. David, 9 Gallinprbam. Edward, 83. Harriet, 03. Jacob, 9. William, 6.3. Janette, 9. Graves. John. 9. Galloham Elizabeth, 55. John A. R.,84. John, 65. Robert, 55 Joseph, 9. William, 55. Mary, 9, 81. Gamble. Olivia, 82, 83. James, 71. Greaves. Rev. Mr., Robert, 63. Samuel; 9. Gardiner. Sarah. 9. Bathsheba, 50. Green. Sarah C, 71. John, 64. Ephraim, 44. Solomon, 9. Susanna, 67. John (negro), 75. Thencas, 9. Thomas, 50. Thomas, 56. William, 8. Timothy, 50. Gregg. Ham el. Gardner. Amos, 65. Catherine, H. Avis S., 69. Elizabeth, 11. Elizabeth, 69. Grieg. John, 11. John, 71. Cato (negro), 68. John L., 69. Hammell. Mary, 70. Griffith. Deborah, 56. Mary J., 69. Arabella, 69. Resolved W., 69. John, 69. Hamilton. Louisa, 69. Anne, 73. Geiger. Sarah, 13. William C, 76. Susan B., 69. Hanckel. William, HI Christian, 67. Gibbens. John M., 67. Anne, 29. Francis, 29. Grinding. Elizabeth, 50. Hancock. Gibbes. Rev. A., 71. Sarah M.,71. Samuel, 50. Abraham, 22. William, 50. Grype. Amy, 70, 82. Ann, 47. Charlotte, 73, 75. Gibbs. Charles H., 71. Phoebe, 71. Henry, Guardham. Juliana, 64. Daniel, 51, 66, 73. Eleanor, 82. Elizabeth, 10, 64. Emeline, 73. Susan, 64. George, 51. Giffin. William, 65. Godfrey, 22, 47. Francis, 34. Hannah , 64. Martha, 61. Isaac, 22. Guerrard. John S.,e4. Gilkesen. Ester, 76. Augustus, 77 Emma, 77. Jonathan, 73. Levi, 51,61. Mary, 22, 64, 73. Gill. Mary, 4ii. Thomas, 46. Gunnel. Phoebe, 70, 51. Eleanor, 72. Rebecca. 22. Ellen B., 84, Margaret B,, 84. Sarah, 47, 51. Thomas, 47, 51, 6.5. Thomas A., 84. Willium,50, 64. . Gillette. Mrs. , 82. Dennis, 62. Gunnin. Dennis, 42. Hand. Golchorn. Charles, 83 Martha, 15. Haight. Joseph, 51. Laurence, 27 Goodwin. Rebecca, 51. Hank. Mary, 74. Sarah, 51. John, 51. APPENDIX. 801 Harding:. Hendrick. Ann, 52. Catherine, 28. Hardy. Hendry. His Ex., 21. Elizabeth, 46, 69. John, 46, 66. Harley. Mary, 67. Antliony (negro), 50. Samuel, 65, 72. Knowlton (negro), 50. Herd. Harris. Alice, 49. Agnes, 27. Anne, 28. Herman. John, 28. John, 64. John L., 75, 78. Mary, 28. Heuling. Isaac, 20. Harrison. Elizabeth, 41. Hewling. ■ James, 44. Abraliam, 13. Mary, 42. Elizabeth, 12. William, 68. Esther, 13. Mary, 13. Hartshorn. Mary, (H. Hewlings. Susan, 78. Amey, 55. William, 62. Christian, 73. Edith, 73. Hatcher. Hannah H.,73. Maiy,.36. Isaac. 55. Julia A. , 7-3. Hatfleld Mary C, 73. George, 14. Sarah E . 73. Thomas B , 73. Hawkins. William, 55. Elizabeth, 40. Rogers, 12. Hewlins. James, 71. Hayes. Nathaniel, 71. Anna, 49. ,63. John, 49. Rachel, 49. Hewson . William, 49. Elgy, 64. Haywood . Higarty. Deborah, 38, 46. Barnaby. 46. Elizabeth, 38. Catherine, 46. Cleorge, 38, 46. Sarah, 46. Marian H , 46. Higgins. Hazlehurst. Patrick, Ambrose (negro), 76. Elizabeth, 76. Hill. George H., 74. Jacob, 49. Harriet O., 76. Jeremiah (negro), 64. Joanna, 64. Julia, 76. Hillyer. Maria (negro), 76. Mary, 28. Robert, 73. Williams., 74. Hoageland. Hannah, 31. Heath. D. V.,76. Andrew, 10 Elizabeth, 10. Hoagland. John, 10. Sarah, 10. Oakey, 65, 65. Heatlicoate. Hodgkinson. Anne, 49. Anne, 67. Betha, 56. Heilard. Bethanah,76, Fredericic, 15. Catherine, 56. John, .36, 52, 68. Hellings. Elizabeth, SO. Mary, 36, 62, 66. Samuel, 52. Hely. Hodgsen. Rebecca, 68 James, 62. Hoelli. Catherine, 40. 41. Hans G., 40, 41. John, 40, 41. Hogan. James, 32. John, 32. Rozana, 32. Holinshead. Joseph, 55. Susanna, 55. Holland. Anne, 35, 44. James, .3.5, 44. Mary, 35. William, 44. Holman. Elizabeth, 12. Holmes. Rosel,72 Hood. John M., 72. Hooper. Ann, 8, 28. Elizabeth, 28. Thomas, 28. Horn. Benjamin, 70. Charles W., 70. James. 63, 67. John S., 64. Mary, 70. William, 06. Home. Caroline, 71. Edwards., 72. George, 68, 69. Henry, 81. John S. , 65. Maria, 74. Mary, 69. Peter, 68, 73. Horwood. Rev. N.,19. Hoskins. John, 64. Hotchkinson. Mary, 65. Howell. Elizabeth. 74. Richard, 70. Hoys. Elizabeth, 62. Hiiddlesten. Rebecca, 30. Huddy Hugh. 5. Hunloke, 5. Margaret, 5. 802 APPENDIX. Huff. John, 52. Keating. Eichard, 49, Rebecca, 52. Garrett, 29 Joanna, 29. Huflv Jackson. Mary, 29. Catherine, 69. Joseph (negro), 61. Richard, 41. Keen Hughes. Sarah, 41. Lucy A., 69. Mary, 65, 68. Susanna (negro), 63. AVilliam, 43. Keene. Huling. Elizabeth, lis Abram, l.S. Jarvis. Julia, 70. Hannah, 13. Lucy, 75. Keep. Hulins. Jasper. Sarah, 52. Christiflua, 74. At .. t. Holly, 18. Julia, 7-5. Kelley, Jeffries. .Vbrahani, 50. Hiilme. Jane, 61. Asa, 70. Janet, 8.3. Bridget, 27. John, 83. Jet. Deborah A., 70. Amelia (negro). 82, 83. Eliza, 76, S2 Hunloeli. Joseph, 30. Bowman H., 52. Jenney. unbaptized, 81 Thomas, 52. Eev. Mr., 17. Mary, 52. Kemball. Jobs. Aime, 35. Hunloke. Mary, 71. Edward, 30. Margaret, 6. Mary, 47. John. Kemble. Sarah, 47. At Allentown, 15, l.s. Aima, 55. Thomas, 43, 47. Anne, 51. Johnson . Chark"^, 55. Hunter. Ann, 8. Colin, 51. James, 52. Elizabeth, 8. Edward, 51, 53, 55. William W.,65. James, 18. Elizabeth L., 51. John, 8. Elton, 47. Hurtley. Jonathan, 49. John, 55. Jlary, 13. Mary, 18. Judith, 70. Susanna, 13 Peggy, 49. Levinia,5l, 53, 55. Sarah, «, 72, 73. Marv, 46. Hutehin. Thomas, 49. Sarah, 47. Alice, 39. Amos, 71. Johnson. Kemper Mary, 37. David, 52. Jonathan. 52. Rev. Jlr., 09. Hutchinson. Margaret, 52. Kempton. Elizabeth, 10. Sarah, 66. .John, 52. Isaac, 111. Marmaduke, Ifl. Johnston. Kendal. James, 14. David, 11. Hutson. Elizabeth, 11. Ann, 83. Jolly. Andrew, 13. Susanna, 11. Hutton. Jane, 68 Kennedy. Ann, 82. Lewis, 13. Anne, 48. Margaret, 13. John, 56. Ingar. Rebecca, 45. Adam, 50. Kerr. Barbara, 50. Jones. Blath,56. jNIarnaret, 52. Irick. Daniel, 44. Keyes. John, 42. David, 19. Elizabeth, 84. Mary, 42. Isaac, 50. Sarah, 15, 52. Khun. Isdale. Thomas, 19. John L.,73. Elizabeth, 46. James, 46. E>dia, 46. ^lary, 46. Hiohard, 46. Justice. Kimble. James, 44, 48. Benjamin, 61. Martha, 18 Burton, 62. Edward. 56. Isdall. Elizabeth, 51. Kale. Henry, 71. Elizabeth, 16. Helflekl,62 John, 14, ir. Rachel, 01. Jacobs. Jo, ()5 Mary, 74. Mary, 56', 02. Sarah, 62. Anne, 71. Kearney. Kirlcead. Catherine, .52. Michael, David, 57 APPENDIX. 803 Kinsey. Latrobe. Lets. Ann L.,72, 7.5, 81. John H., 64. Francis, Anne, 62. Catherine, 74. Laurence Lewis. Charles, 68, 76. ElishaT., 52. Edward, 52 Clia.s. W.,73. Elizabeth, 50. Phoebe P , 63. Kiizabeth, 72. 78. James. 53 Rheuben, 52 Hannah, 07, 72. 77. John, .35, 40, .52, 53. Sarah,. 52. Iliinriali F.,S1. Martha, 35, 49, .52, 53. Susan fliet;cO), 69. llck'u P , 72,77. Sylvia (tie^To), 66. Henrietta. 72, 7-5. Lawrence. Zaili^^ (nej^ro), liC. .Tallies, 72. 77. xVim, 17. I.uey A , 7l'i Catherine, 22. Leymnn. Marv, e.T. 117. Catherine, J. T., 65. Lydia, 81. Kcynoia K.,7-3. Eliz , 17. Mary, XI. Willian), i>:i. .Tames L , 65, John, 17, 14 William, 81. Knight. Lnev. 44. Liddeii. Anne, 46. "Maltha, 22. 44. James, 43. Elizabeth, 41, 46, Jlarv A-, 68. Hannah, 43. Sarah, 22 LiKht. Henry, 41, 16. Sarah M , 05. Elizabeth, :H. Reuben H., 41. Fredericic, .34. Leach. Peter, 34. Knott. Mary A., 6li Ehz.ibeth, 5. Susan, 70. Limbeck. Jolln D.,21. Kuhn. Leade. .John J., 21. George, 69. Anne, 66. Charles, Gfj. Lindsey. Lacy. Elizabeth, 61. Ann, 4. Leader. James, 4. Nathaniel, .52. Lippincott Mary, 65. Lafeter. Lee. Thomas, 27. Chas , 74. Jane, 62. Joseph, 74. John, 64. Loney. Samuel, 7J. Roberts., 61. Theodosia, 22 John, 71. La Fetre. Long. Sarah, A. E., 7.5. Leech. Richard, 29, 37. (Jlia'^ W, 75. John, 37. Lamand. .MiM'v, 71. Mary, 37. Mary L., 77. Sophi'a l',75. Long.staff. Land. Deboi-ah, 5. Mary, .57. Leeds. Elizabetll. 5. Abigail, 13. James, 5, 36. Lane. Ann, 4, 14. Lalan, 5. Anne, 43. Betbanash, 4. Daniel, 4. iMoses, 0. Larren. Elizabeth, 9. Louet. David, .30, .32. Felix, 4, 18. Jo, 65. Sarah, 32. Francis, 9. .Taphet, 4. Victoire, 65. Larzelere. -Vlexander A., 74. Chas., 66, 69. Christian, 64, 67, 70. Elizabetll, 64, 68, 82. Jane, 63. Jo 69. 7,5. John, 4, 9. Mary, 4, 7, 13. Miriam, 9. Philo, 4, 13, 22. Samuel, 22. Sarah, 9, 22. Stockton, 4. Lovet. Elizabeth, 19. Jolniathon, 19. Jonathan, 19. Samuel, 19. Samuel, 19. John, 31, 61, 69, 72,76. Titan, 4. Jonatlian, 64, 75. Margaret, 75. Maria, 77. William, 7. Leigh. Lovett. Jonathan, 13. Samuel, 13. Sarah, 13. Martha. 68. John, 52. Mary, 76. Thomas, 52. Moaes, 67, 76, 72 Lowden. Mrs. , 74, 82, 83. T jP m fi Tifl An. infant, 62. Nathaniel C, 76. J_i^ 1-1.1 U'llU ■ Lewis 61 Ann, 62, 65. Nicholas, 30, 64. J-JV^ *T *tjj ^-'i' Catherine, 3.3, 43,51, 66. Rebecca, 69, 72. Lenard. Charles, 71. Sarah, 30, 64. Diedrick, 72. .Sarah A., 68,75,76. AtMt. Holly, 15. Fred, 73. Thomas, 67. Frederic, 43. William, 69. Leoy. Frederick, 33, 51, 71. William K., 74. William, 72. George, 62. 804 APPENDIX. Henry, 60. John, 56. Joseph, 74. James P., 66. Neal, 50. Mary, 61. Mary, 3.3. Mrs. M , 76. Nancy, 51, TO. Manning-Ion. Rebecca, 6Jj. Rachel, 63. Anne, 50, 71, 74. William, 61, 75. Rhody, 63. Jacob. 67. William (Dr.), 49, 65. Samuel. 43, 62. T-i Margaret, 68. Sarah, 66. Eaohel, 68. McKee. William; 55, 62. Susan, 66. William, 45. William, 82. Lucas. McKinsie. Edward, 48. Mariner. Mr. and Mrs., 62. Esther, 18. Susan, 70. John, 48, 64, 06 McKlean. Mary, 64. Marling. Hugh, 35. Mary (negro), 68. Lucretia M., 42, Margaret, 35. Robert, 48, 64, 68,70. Sarah, 35. Sarah, 04, 72. Martel. Seth, 47, 48. Fanny, 82. McLean. Sylvia (negro), 68. Alexander K., 76. Wm., 48, 69. Marter. Alice L., 76. Emily, 82. LucreliaH., 76. Lufburry. Mrs. , 82. Susan, 83. Aaron, 69. Abraham, 66, 69. Martin. McMasters. Elizabeth, 71. Elizath,50. Mary, 50. Sarah, 65. Luke. Thomas, x-i McMuUen. Fanny, 39. William W., 50. Alexander, 50, 53. Mary, 50, 53. Lyburn. Martine. Henrietta, 76. Anna W. P., 43. ■ McMurlrie. Ellen, 82. Lytel. Martyr. Emily, 73. William, 64. Ann, 62. Maria, 70. Mary (at Mt. Holly), 18. Richard C, 70. Lytle. William, 67, 68, 72, 82, William, 62. Masson. Anne, '51. William H., 72. Lyndon. McNeale. William, 38. McBrierty. John H., 75. Eliza A., 69. MacClaskey. Mearns. Ann M., 76. McCaul. John. 68. John, 74. Mackason . Mechan Ann, 82, 83. McChesney. John, 68. John, 67. ,67. Meclutchy. Mackie. MoCollin. Hugh, 13. John, 40. Allan, 45. James, 13. Mackin. Eliza, 72. Mary, 13. Thomas, 72. MeDermot. Medley. Catherine, 64. Mary, 11. Maoklot. Hannah, 63. Richard, 11. Julia L., 74. John, 62. Melvil. MaComb. McElroy. Frederick, 9. Isabella, 73. Anne, 64. John, 9. Maria de, 77. Jo, 65. William, 9. Maria M., 75. Maria T., 81. McGill. Menall. Martha, 75. Teresa, 77. James, 70. Margaret, 11. William, 11. JIaetraffle. Mcllhany. Merrick. Timothy, 52. John, 82. Benjamin, 50. Jane, 50. Maguire. Matthew, 50. John, 50. Mcllvaine. Bloomfleld, 74. Meyers Benjamin S. , 70. Malcom. Charles C, 72. Elizabeth, 68, 73. Eliza M., 65. Chas. P. (Rev.), 72. George, 75. Malcomb. Edwards., 68. Frances, 82. Harriet, 72. .Tn ooh 7 1 Dr. , 56. Donald, 56. Helen, 69. Henry, Si. James G., 73. John, 61, 69. APPENDIX. 805 LibaK.,74. Mortimer. Robert, 11, 13. Martha, 76. Elizabeth, 61. WilHam, 13. Martha A., 72. Mary, 62. Moser. Neal. Mary J., 7-3. Catharine, 35. Anna, 45. Rebecca. 7Z. Jacob, 3d. Catherine, 14. Sarah, 73, 74. Eleanor, 27. Susan, 70, 82. Moses. Eliz., 53,62. Mary, 14. Isaack, 36. Miller. Jennet, 14. Charles P. M. (negro), 77. Molt. John, 27, 62. Edgar L. <;. (negro), 77. Ashur, .35. Margaret, 62. George W. C. (negro), 72. William, 61. Martha, 14 Hetta, 77. Mar}', 4.5, 55, 62. Hetty (negro), 77. Moulton. Thomson, 41, 45, SI, 53, John, 51. Dorothy, 46, 48. 55, .56. Susan (negro), 77. Mowzer. Neale. Milligan. Catherine, 46. Anne, 50, 66 Lydia, 72. Jacob, 46. Charles, -M. Rachel, 33. William, 46. Eleanor, 36, 60. Richard, 33. Eleanora, 44. William, 72. . Murphin, Eliz., 14,61. Thomas, 38. John, 14, 36, 44. .50, 64 Millington. Mary, 30, 51, 53, 61, 67, At Bristol, 50. Murphy. Anne, 81, 82. 72. Mills. Belty, 75. Newell. Mary, 69. David, 81. Anne, 72. Richard, 69. Edward, 47, 52. Robert, 71, 72. Susan, 68. Elizabeth, 52. Thomas, 67. Hannah C, 83. Newman. Henry, 52, 53. John C.,9. Milnor. Isabella, 47, 52. Martha, 9. Fl-ancis R., 83. James. 40, Mary, 9. Thomas, 88. Jeremiah, .52. Rachel, 9. William, 83. Mary, 40. 47, 53. Rebecca, 9. Nancy, 56. Richard, 9. Minnick. Rachel, .52. Sarah, 9. Maria, 68. Sarah, 81, 82. Walter, 9. Susanna, 53. William, 9. Mitchel Thomas, 52. Caroline L., 77. William, 40. Newton . « Henry, 34. John T., 83. Roberto., 77. Murray Martha, 64. Sarah, 38. Ctesar (negro), 61. Michael, 47. Virginia, 77. Leonard, 35. Sarah J., 83. William, 37. Murrell. Nichols. Mode. John, 33, 43. Andrew, 12. Sarah, 44. Jo.seph, 33, 43. Lucy, 33, 43. Rebeuca, 12. Moon. Nicholson. Alicia, 43. Murrill. Margaret, 7. .James, 43. Anne, 35. Jasper, 49. Joseph, 35. Niel. Mary, 41. Margaret, 35. John, 16. William, 52. Mary, 35. William, 35. Mary, 16. Montgomerie. Noble. Hetty (negro), 63. Muschentyne. James, 16. Roxana (negi-o), 82, 83. John, 50. Sarah, 50. Mary, 52. Morehouse. Norcross. Emily R., 71. Nancy (negro), 68. Bathsheba, 28. Rev. Mr., 71, 82. Isaac, 64. Napper. Mary, 64. Moreland. Eliz., 7. Elizabeth (gentlewo- Margaret, 7. Nordyke. man), 21. Mary, 7. Henry, 37. Rebecca, 7. Jacob, 40. Morford. Elizabeth, 46. Nayers. Normandy. Rachel, 31. George W., 68. Mary, 10. Morris. Naylor. North. Phoebe, 73. Dorothy, 11, 13. Eliz., 29. Tabitha, 45. Martha, 11. John, .50. 806 APPENDIX. Margaret. ;V2. Parker. Mary, 52, Anne, 4. Philip, 52. ■lohn, 4. Tirriiigham P., 52. Roger, 4. Norton. Patten. Estlier, 47. Anne, 71. Grace, 47. 51. Jemima, SI. Patterson . Martlia, 44. Alexander, 49. Kachel,4l. AiHie, 48. Siizanna, 31, 41, 47, 48. Jacobs., 48. William,. 31, 41, 17, 48, ."il James, 4S Mary, 68. Xotamdum. ,9. Peace. Rebecca, 66. Nottnagle. Henrietta, 71. Peachy. Leopold, 68. Ann, 5. Sarah, 39. Niitt. Thomas, 5. Mary, :J2. Peacock. Oakly. Ann, 55. Thomas, 61. William, 61 Odell. I'carce Anne, 48, 51, 53. Catherine, 50 Jonathan, 22, 27, io. 48, Edward, 50. 51, 5.3. Lupy A.,53. Pear-son. Mary, 48. Abel, .34. Harah A.,53. William F., 51. Peclie. Phoebei 4. Ogden. Thomas, 4. Jane, 46. Pennel. Oiergang. Mary A., 74. Margaret, 53. Patrick,. 53. Peno. .^nzanna, 53. Ann, 62. Oliver. Perit. Hannah, 71. Juiiet, 75. Orr. Helen, 71. Perkins. Bathsheba, 13. Packer. Benjamin, 5. Philip, 8. Eliz., 46, 67. Ke))ecca, 8. Hannah, 11. Sarah, 8. Isaalc,5, 46. Jacob, 5, 11, 13,46, Page. Mary, 5. George, 16. Sarah, 11, 46. James, 44. William, 46. Pain. Peters. Abigail,, Kev. Mr., 19. Painter. George, .55, 61, 62. Pottit. Chas., 31. Jennet, 61, 64, 66. Martha W., 64. Mary, 71. .Joseph, 31. Sarah, 81. Pall. Philips. Hannah, 71. Eliz.,45. Ephraim, 45 Palmer. James, 81. Tirringham, 35. Joseph, 45. Rebecca, 84. Park. George, 11. Pintard. John, 11. Samuel, 38. Pish. Devalt, 45. Eliz., 45. Pitman. William, 52. Piatt. Eliz., H. Jane, 11. John, 13. Mary, 13. Thomas, 11, 13. Pobyat. Marie P., 75 Pool. Sar,di, 21. William, 21 Poole. Abraham, 46. Eliza, O.s. Eliz., 33, 39, 46,51,0.'^. Isaac, 39 48. John, 21, 32, 39, 46, 51 63. Porter. Joseph, 43. Potter. Ellen, 48. Jane, 48. Mary, 48. Thomas, 48. Powel. Margaret, 14. Powell. Eliz., 38. John, 37. Nicholas, 38. Price. Adam, .si. Anne, 29. Chas. C., 73. Edy, 29. Eliz., 68. Hainiah, 65. James, 69. Julia, 73. Lewis. f'lS. Mary, 73. Nancy, 62. Ralph, 55. Sally R., 81. Sophia, 83. Thomas, 29. Priestly. John G,, 56. Prince. Mary, 74. Pryce. Rev. Wm., 69. PuUen. William, 30. Quicksal. Eliz., 74. APPENDIX. 807 Rahn. George, 76. Ranier. John, 45. RaTvorth. Mrs. , 51. Read. Alice, 36. Clias..l8. 36. Joseph, 42. Reader. Eliz.,63. Reed . Ann, 55. Ann B., oS. Bowes, 52. 53, 55. C'lins. P., 53. Josepj^, 69. Margaret, ,52, 53, 55. Maria, 52, Martha, 71. Reeves. Charity, 51. George, 66. Hannah, 41, 45. Henry, 45. Jonathan, 45. Micajah, 41. Regent.* Hannah, 05. Regions. Margaret, 30. Reid. Hannah, 7. Helen,?. Renier. Jeminiii, ;>i Joshua, S'-j. Mary, 29. Peter, 33. Rosanna, -33. Suzanna, 44. Reynolds. Anne, 39. Chiehester, 39, 40. Margaret, 39, 40. Mary. 33. Rebecca, 40- Richard , 5. Robert, 5. Thomas, 33. Rhea. Jonathan, 69. Mary A., 68. Richardson. Anne, 34. Benjamin, 34. Ehz., 66. Esther, 34. Jane, .34. John,;i4, 43. Joseph,a4, 68, 70. Lucia, 47. Mary, 34. Rebecca, 43, 67. William, 34. .77. Ridg. Susan, 67. Ridgway. Anne, 22. Noah, 22 Rebecca, 22. Robardett. Sarah, 73, 83. Roberts. Mary, 47. Robinson. Abraham, 73. Anna, 17. Eliz.,13. John, J7- Mavy A.,73. Mrs. , 82. Rachel, 37. Susanna, 13. Thomas, 17. Thomas A., 73 AVilliam 13. Rodgers. Tace, 75, Roders. Ann, 8.. Bridget, 8. John, 8. Mary, 8. Rebecca, 8. Sarah, 8. Rodman. Esther, 68. Margaret, 49. Roe. Isabella, 57. Maria, 57- Rev. Samuel, 53, "lo, Rogers. Edw.,81, 82. Ellen, 81. John, lo. 46. Joseph , 46. Lewis K., 81. Margaret B., 81. Marv, 46. William B., 81. Rose, Catherine, 13. Mary, 13. Peter, 13. , (a negro), 4m Ross. Alexander, 21, 49. David, 67. Eliz , 49, 70. Eliza, 72. Hannah, 21. Hugh. 45. John, 21. Marian, 21, 49. Uossell. Martha, 42. Mary, 37. Rowe. Catherine, 51, 53. John, 37, 53. Ro^vley. Barnard, 18. Bartholomew, is Rowth. John, 16. Roxendale. Reuben, 31. Ruckhill. Mary, 47. Rutherford . Samuel, 28. Sal tar. Lucy, 14. Sandoz. Chas., 63. Francis, 63. Mary, 63 fiandy.s. Joseph, 51. Sapgirth- Benjamin, 68. Samuel, 68. Susan, OS. Sap p. Susan, 83. Sargent- Luciiis M., 70. Marv, 70. Mary T., 70. Scales. Edith A-, 65. Mercy M., 65. Scluiyler. Aaron, 55. Abraham, 19, 2X, 49. Ann, 55. Anna, 19, 51. Anthonv D , 67 Arant, 19, 2.s,32, 39, 49. Casparus, 49. Charles, 39. Jane, 32, 49. .lanfet, 19, 28, (59, 72 John, 19, 61. Miiry, 19,32, 49, SI Peter, 19. Susan, 69. Scott. Ann, 5. Henry, 5. Thomas, 5. 2f 808 APPENDIX. Searle. Shiras. Smitz. Edward, 67. Alexander, 69. Mary, 63. Emeline, 71. I'eter, 41. Grace, 30. Smyth. Rebecca, 70. Shippen. Ann, 9. Ann, 62. Eliz., 9. Secholey. Edw., 62. Jean, 9. Uobert, 4. Eliz., 62. Margaret, 9. William, 1. Frances, 62, 73. Mary, 9. Mary, 62. Thomas, 9. Sharp. Richard, 62. Wm., 9. John, 9. Sarah, 62, 70. Snowden. Shaw. Shule. Ruth, 20. Eliz., 39. Wm., 52. Eliz. M.,75. Snyder. John, 39. Silver. Wm.,70. Louisa, 77. t'hri&tian,'5. Louisa A., 76. .James, 5. Sollar. Susan D., 76. Smith, 5. Henry, 48. William, 77. Simons. Southard. Sheane. William, 74. Ann, 63. John, 7L Eliz,, 63. Sims. Mary, 63. Shedaker. Eliz., 66. Eliz., 40, 40. Jo, 61, 62. Spain. Jacob, .51, 67. John, 61. Edward, 71. John, 67. .John C , 66. John S., 46. Lancelot, 74. Sprague. Lydia, 67. Lancelot P., 66. Edward, 63. Mary, 67, 70. Mary, 61, 62. Eliz., 63, Rachel, 67. Thomson N., 62. Jo, 63. Rebecca, 63. Wm. N., 61. John, 65. Wm., 40, 67. Mary, 70. Sitman. Mary A., 63. Shee. Catharine, 68. Susanna, 63. Eliz., 63. Eliz., 68. George, 68. Stackhouse. Shefer. Rebecca, 68. Wm.,71. Jacob, 44. Sarah, 68. John, 44. Staymaker. Rachel, 44. Skeeles. Ann R., 17. Wm.,29. Marv, 17. Shelby. Thomas, 17. John, 66. Sluyter. John J. , 56. St. Clair. Shepherd. Mary, 56. Sir John (Baronet), 21. Adam, 33, 63. Adrian, 63. Randolph, 56. Steenbery. Benjamin, 71, 84. Louisa, 72. Chas., 14, 74, Smick. Eliz , 72. Margiiret, 33 Benjamin, .57. Betsey, 73. Stephenson. John, 57, Sarah A., 74. Susan, 63. Eliz., 57, 61, 74. .lo, 61. Nancy, 57. Susanna, 33. John, 57, 71. Sterling. Sherboon. Margaret, 61. i\Iarv, 57, 63. l^eter, 56. Eliz., 76. .James, 55, 66, 75. Thomas, 0. James H., 73, 83. William, 9. Mary, 5.3. Smith. Robert F., 74, 75. Shields. Andrew, 4. Samuel, 66. Anne, 6'.i. Daniel, 15. . 83. De Waters (M. S. N.), S3. ' ' ' Shinn. Eliz., 4. Stevenson . Abigail. 19. Ennis. 63. Elnathan, 28. Benjamin, 19. Frances, 71. Francis, 19. Gaspar, 15. Steward. John, 19. George, 31. HiiTot, 5. Joseph, 19. Hannah, 4. Lasey, 5. Jlary. 5. Thomas 5 67. Mary, 19, 6.1. Jolm, 50, 51. Patience, 19. Mary, 4 Rebecca, 19. Mary L., 66. Vestae, 19. Thomas, 4. Stewart. William, 19. William, 68. Anne, 66. APPENDIX. 809 Chas. P., 83. Sydenham. Margaret, 9. Edward G , 83. Isabel, 83. Catherine, 39. Eliz., 42. Theophilus, 9. Louisa , 83. Jacob, 39. Tonkin. Mary, 91. Suzanna, ,39. Bathsheba, 5 oamuel B., 83. Chas., 5. Samuel M., 83. Syphers. Edw., 30. Mary, 51. John, 4, 5,65. Stiles. Martha, 4. Jane, 76. TackbacktoU. Mary, 5, 50. Mary, 16, 61,65. John, 19. Susanna, 5. Samuel, 43, 70. Margaret, 19. Susanna, 16. Rachel, 19. Tooley. William, 16. Abraham, 40. Talbot. Anne, 40. Stjllwell. Rev. John, 8. Hannah, 40. James, 18. Jeremiah, 15, 18. Tamar. Towne. Jeremy, 15. , (a negro), 44. Benjamin, 43. Jolm , 15. Deborah, 43. Taylor. Rebecca, 43. Stines. Ann, 76,76. Maria, 67, 73. Bridget, 33. Toy. Sarah, 07. Clara (a negro), 61. Daniel, 29, 33. Do ly, 72. Eliz., 33. Stoekhom. Dorothy, 49,50,52,-53. Frederick, 33 Eljz.,34, .39, 49. Eber, 34, John, 33. George, 34, 39, 49. Eleanor S,, 7.5 Mary, 33, 52. Thomas, 34. Eliz., 50. Sarah, 33. Thomasine, 49. Ellen, 75, 82. George, 46, 49. Tread well. Stockton. James, 77. Margaret, 38. Abigail, .38. James (a negro), 61, 65. Rosetta, 42, Abraham, 77. Joseph, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, « Hannah, 31. 53. Treat. Hester, 71. Lewis, .33. Martha, 64. Hetty, 70. Mary, 52, 82. John, 74. Mary G.,75. Tribet, Rebecca, 70. Nancy {a negro), 64. Anne, 44. Richard, 30. Rebecca, 75. Eliz., 44, 45, .50. Mary, 56. Sarah, 50, 52. John, 36, 40, 47. Wm., ,32. Joseph, 47. Stookbery. Wm.,76. Mary, 40. Jacob, 51. Wm. A. (a negro), 63. Mehitable, 36, 40, 1 Sarah, 45. Streaker. Thomas Simon, 40, 44, 50 John, 19. Ann, 19. Symon, 45. Mary, 48. David, 42. Thomas, 36. Philip, 19, 4,8 Nathaniel. 19. Rebecca, 41. Wm., 50. Sturdevant. Tuly. Chas. B., 76 Thomkins. John, 22. Emma v., 76. Bathsheba, 15. Jonathan, 22. Forrest, 76. Chas., 15. Joseph, 22. Mary A , 76. John, 15, 16. Martha, 22, 36. Sarah, 76. Mary, 22. Stephen, 76. Thompson. Ann S,,75. Thomas, 22. Sturgeon . Henry A,, 74, 76, Tyler. Rev. Mr., 17, 22, Henry F.,76. Ann M.,75. ZelinaJ.,76. Richard, 73. Sullyvan. Suzanna, 50. Thomson. Eliz., .32, Tyndal. Surly. James, 32. Ann, 4. Eliz., 4. John, 4. Laurence, 14. Mary, 11. Rev. Wm., 45. Sutphin. Catherine, 44 Sutton. Margaret, 14 Threscot. Agnes, 70. Tisden. Susan, 67. .Joseph, 10, Mary, 4. Robert, 4. Sarah, 4. Thomas, 4. Swift. Vandegrift, Chas., .58. Tolly. Garret, 27. Mary, 56. Lewis, 9. Hannah, 62 810 APPENDIX. Joseph, 36. Vandyke. Cornielius, 38. Vanharlinger. John M., 61. Vanhorn . Barnet, 29. Gabriel, 28. Harriet, 66. Isaalc, 39. Margaret, 31. Martha, 34. Mary, 14. Peter, 44. A^ansciver. Abraham, 27, 39, 48, .52, 57. Anne, 22, 39. Barnaby, 39, 51. Charles, 51. Cornelia, 41. Deborah, 52. Gertrude, 48. Hannah, 22. Isaac, 65. Jacob, 65. Jane, 51, 65, 82. Jo, 69, 74. John, 41, 57, 74. , Joshua W., 70. Margaret, 83. Margaret W., 70. Maria, 65 Martha, 65. Mary, 27, 39, 41, 48, .32. 57, 83. Mary J., 70. Eachel, 39,51. .Sarah, 76. Walter, 22. William, .51, 83. Vaughn. David, 29. Verplanck. William B., 77. Vickham. Anne, 50. Waddell. Jlortimer, 65. Rev. l)r , 65, 67. Wade. Rev. John, .57. Wake. Baldwin, 51, Drury, 51. Frances, 51. Wall. Garret D. , 7.5, 77. Mary, 61. Matilda M., 77. Thomas, 48. AVallace. Elizabeth, 66. Elleslie, 71. Jane, 68. Joshua, 67, 71 . Joshua M., 65, 70. Joshua M., Jr., 66, Marv, 73. Mary B., ()7. Mary C 66. Rachel B., 82. Rebecca, 66, 67. Susan B., 69. Tace, 74. William, 67, 68. William B.,71. Wallard. , Mary, 52. Walker. James, 61. Wallin. Thomas, 20. Walling. Hope, 31. Wall on. Benjamin, [66. David, 43. Malachi, 18. Mary, IS. feebecca, 43. I^obert, 5. William, 18. Ware. Elizabeth, 11. Ralph, 11. Wnrne. .Stephen, 18. Ursula, 18. Warrel . Joseph, 51. Waterson. Jane, 70. Watson Caroline, 77. Edward S , 73 Elizabeth J., 76. Mary A., 7-5. Sarah S., 75. William J., 73. Weaver. Joseph, 37. Judith, 30. Weenies. William L., 63. A\'eitze1. .John, 45. West. George, 29, 02. Jennett, 67. John N., 66. Wetherill. Alexander P., ,S4. William, 73, Weyman. Rev. Robert, 14, 19. Wharton. Ann, 62, ,S2. Frederick (negro), 61. Mary C.,61. Rev. Dr., 61,62,64, 8L Thomas, 69. Wheeler. John, 4. Mary, 4. Rebecca, 4. Robert, 4. Whitace. Mary, 29. White. Joseph, 31. Joseph M., 31. Mary, 31. Rt. Bev. Wm., 62. Whitehead . William, 8. Whitlock. Elizabeth, 82. Wikotr, Anna M., 75. Wildes. JMargaret, 71. Wilkinson. Nalhanel, 52. Rachel, .52. Thomas, 47- A\'illiams. Margaret, 72. Maria P., 82. Rev. Dr., 81. Williamson. Elizabetli, .57. John, 50. Willis. George, 11. Mary, 11. Wilson. Charles, 15. John, 15. Martha, 74. Winner. Abraham, 36. Jacob, 50. Wisler. Christine, 31. John, 31. Josepli,_31. Wood. Amy, 47. Anne, 50. Elizabeth, .50. Isaac, 37, 43. John , 50. Mary, 43. APPENDIX. 811 "Woolston. Wright. Eosetla, 42. Ann, 19. Charles, 39. Sarah, 57. Barzillae, 19. David, 51. Sebastian, 42. Cyllania, 27, 30, 33, .U, 47. Ellis, 21. William, 21. Elizabeth, 13. Empsen, 47. John, 11, 42. Pretwell, 18, 21. Mary, .30. Hester, 51. Yates. Michael, 19, 45. Isaac, 21. Cai-oline M., 77. Samuel, 11, 13, 27, 30, 33, Jonathan. 21. 42, 47, 48. Joshua, 38. Savah, 19, 27, 30, 33, 4.5. Maria, 46. Yerkes. Susanna, 11. Peter, 18. Elizabeth, 38. Note. — Although the foregoing names, some three thousand in number, are a "complete list in the Parish Register," as stated, they are by no means all which onght to be there. During Mr. Talbot's and Mr. Weyman's incumben- cies, no records were made except those of Baptisms ; and probably not nearly all of these. There is no record of the burial of Gov. Bass, or Col. Coxe, or Robert Wheeler, and others. During Mr. Cambpell's ministry, the. registra- tion is less incomplete. It is not, however, until Dr. Odell's rectorship that we find everything in full. From the Revolution until Dr. Wharton's day, oinissions are the rule ; as, for instance, that of a Lay-Deputy from New Jersey to the General Conven- tion of 1789, whose headstone bears this inscription : " Sa(|red to the memoiy of Robert Steettell Jones, Esquire, who was a Man of Learning and Talents, and served his Country with, Reputation as a Magistrate and a member ofithe Legislature. Nutusfuit 2d Julii 1745." INSCRIPTIONS COPIED. In the summer of 1880, churchyard was made, with of St. Mary's Guild, viz. : George H. Allen. Edward S. Hammell. Stephen G. Hewitt. Reginald Hills. G. Henry Dugdale. M. Howard Giberson. Henry D. Gummere. Henry C. Lincoln. a transcript of every legible inscription in the a view to publication, by the following young men Clarence W. Carter. George F. Hammell. John Dows Hills. G. Heathcote Hills. W. C. D. Gauntt. John B. Goodlier. Alexander C. James. William C. Reick. Thomas I. Rogers. CoEEiGENDA. — On p. 30, read Mr. Innes for Junesee— the Rev. Alexander Jnnes being referred to. On p. 750, the references to pp. 291 and 296 are not to this volume, but to the Vestrv's Book of MiItotes. 812 APPENDIX. ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAF. REPORTS OF BUR- LINGTON. A. D. H < p" O ■A O s % H 5 O M Hi « 3 <] 3 p pq CO 1= Offerings. 1805 22 9 1.5 1 $36 00 1806 26 25 00 1807 .- 26 08 1808 18 6 10 10 18 15 17 12 9 18 10 9 5 6 7 14 11 23 11 10 8 9 9 2 26 21 36 14 30 37 35 35 36 38 38 40 36 35 38 46 60 50 26 11 1809 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 7 6 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 5 15 80 1810 30 00 1811 . 4 9 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 8 10 1 7 4 6 7 9 15 2 9 6 5 6 3 1812 f. , 17 11 1813 20 00 1814 27 25 1815 1816 150 41 44 1817 282 23 1818 30 00 1819 .' 85 00 1820 1821 45 00 1822 10 00 1823 11 12 50 50 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60 35 25 00 1824 75 00 1825 87 20 1826 120 OO 1827 151 70 1828 144 "^S 1829 50 90 100 100 90 102 50 1830 100 00 1831 1832 16 65 44 00 1833 APPENDIX. ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL LINGTON — CONTINUED. REPORTS 813 OF BUR- Baptisms. Commun'ts M tA K £ A. D. P < s •A ■< Zi 1— 1 15 23 1 ;? o o 17 p R < 17 a p a o H < < 1 a - « P O O s OS !h p i 1834 50 8 115 1271 -59 1,331 12 1835 10 13 ■^3 ^6 IS 58 1 14 115 1836 fi 9 15 8 31 86 2 10 110 777 29 1837 7 10 17 ^7. 39, 98 1 18 131 1,457 33 1838 7 S 12 19 19 16 44 18 49 102 144 4 8 16 125 90 835 07 1839 928 80 1840 8 5 7 12 12 15 15 12 14 15 13 12 23 17 21 27 25 27 26 18 38 98 150 153 179 195 215 230 3 2 2 3 3 12 10 18 15 10 8 631 02 1841 588 69 1842 29 I 30 36 ' 28 29 i 30 1 27 : 34 89 573 30 1843 994 71 1844 902 00 1845 1,626 71 1816 17 9 516 31 ' 43 246 7 15,636 13 1847 33 46 79 fiR 39 250 5 P 6,195 00 1,335 13 1848 43 37 80 85 250 3 32 90 1849 25 4 14 10 13 12 21 12 38 16 35 22 13 32 250 262 266 270 3 5 3 1 19 15 12 7 115 157 150 103 751 69 1850 34 37 34 52 60 34 451 92 1851 1,176 28 1852 993 57 1853 9 15 ?4 54 290 3 13 127 746 48 814 APPENDIX. ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL REPORTS OF BUR- LINGTON — CONTINUED. A. D. 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1869 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 , 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 , 1882 1883 1884 1885 Baptisms. 73 95 71 71 118 62 70 55 39 53 30 99 62 60 60 66 59 72 81 55 66 88 72 78 104 91 77 85 92 77 a H S h> Bi < tq H ?; O n H O 92 127 111 96 175 100 97 83 94 61 70 36 52 137 84 79 84 94 85 98 119 75 77 121 93 103 133 108 99 104 110 104 Communicants. 71 101 86 83 130 84 88 71 69 69 55 60 50 109 64 54 49 74 55 44 71 28 45 68 23 49 43 24 47 39 50 58 51 108 "46 a a w H S > B a n a tJ < Ph 47 28 28 26 I 18 I 43 24 89 49 40 27 "21" 26 46 28 29 19 20 19 21 34 37 26 -15 13 38 23 13 "17" 30 14 5 13 4 7 9 41 17 9 iNTS. f^ ti w m a 'A S c a i < ■< 3 'Si & 1-1 K >< Zi CO 280 4 23 194 374 6 31 218 352 4 21 210 319 •> 12 210 441 1 17 187 422 5 27 150 227 3 30 220 301 310 2 34 245 198 3 60 170 438 4 52 195 456 31 205 327 5 43 160 294 9 44 140 289 3 52 208 300 1 38 228 282 8 34 225 443 8 48 267 430 9 45 232 454 22 36 354 471 9 42 365 413 14 33 269 425 12 42 262 430 12 37 243 412 10 38 223 427 9 19 240 464 10 29 257 463 7 38 265 490 5 44 300 498 7 48 383 510 11 43 319 623 14 62 341 C5 o $2,775 04 2,658 56 1,268 40 866 44 2,758 65 4,587 30 1,326 02 1,762 53 1,968 22 1,346 82 19,926 72 1,767 76 17,446 00 3,432 70 3,015 76 6,325 95 5,627 48 7,215 13 8,718 79 10,003 40 10,568 49 11,657 77 11,732 24 8,935 30 18,938 74 8,116 18 7,536 55 6,546 41 7,784 80 8,480 21 11,175 47 9,967 14 INDEX. A Bishop in Burlington, 188. Abstract of parocliinl reporls, 812. Academy, at Pliibidelphia, 271, 360. Academy, Burlington, arrangements. 328 ; subscriptions, 328, 331 ; lease, 332, 507; name, 335; gifts, 343 more ground, 344 ; principal buried 378 ; worsliip in, 373 ; S. 8. organ! zed in, 383; alltided to, 404. 406 principals, buildings, sold, 507; al- luded to, 539. Accident, 665. Account book, 214. Accounts of Churchwardens, 268, 269. A cloud of melancholy thoughts, 93. Act, against negroes, also unlicensed liquor dealers, 16; in reign of George III, 285 ; new stamp, 287. Action of Vestry, u n usual ly i m portant, 261 ; extraordinary, 477. Acts of jurisdiction denied, 192. Addenda, 749, 750. Address to Archbishops and Bishops, 160. Address of Clergy, 108, 274, 281. Address, Episcopal, Bisliop Oden- heimer, 517, 561, 563, 568, 645, 649, 650, 655, 742 ; Bishop Scarborough, 683, 694, 695. Addresses at Centennial, where found, 782. Admiralty, alluded to, 724; office al- luded to, 142; records from, 722,72;3. A door open to the Gospel, 53. Affecting records, 344. Agitation in the colony, 1 1 . A great weight removed, 612. Agreement between rector and vestiy, 829, 750. Ahmedabad, India, letter from, 760, 765. Aikman, Thomas, 408, 788, 794. Albany, 64, 78, 88, 166, 644, 651, 662, 668, 688, 689, 690, 691, 693, 710, 740, 742. Allen, George H,, 737 ; choir-master, 754,788,811. Allen, Rev. Dr. Ethan, MSS., 714, 730. Alms bason, 261, 384, 465, 466, 694. Alms chest, 657. Alms, presentation of 671. Altar, 245, 508, 586, 568, 566, 657, 661, 663, 671. (see Hnly Table.) Altar cloth, 182, 133, 711; cross, 657, 776; desk, of brass, 776; linen, 668; vessels, 133, 134, 213, 261,384. 465, 466, 496, 497, 502, 563, 694,719. Alterations in the church building, 297, 369, 870, 372, 373, 380, 387, 394, 399, 400, 424, 435, 436. 444, 465, 466, 484, 489, 503, 505, 508, 578, 585, 668, 703, 704, 705, 706, 776. Alterations in organ, (see Organ.) Alumnae of St. Mary's Hall re-union, 698. ^ Alumni of Burlington College, 575. Amboy, 30, 36, 40, 48, 48. America, beat hnn.se in, 90; "the Bishop of," 60, 211, 704. American Independence, 819; Philo- sophical Society, 347; Revolution, 807; Statesm;in, 164, 704; Union, )ilan of 164; Weekly Mercury, re- ferred to, 211, 731. Amusements for Mav-day, 442. Anabaptists, 41, 42, 49, 51, 78, 468, 469. Andei son's History, alluded to, 721, 730. Andronicus Cyrrhites, 425. Anecilote of Dr. Wharton, 408. Anecdotes of Bishop Doane, 445, 666. Angel, sign of the, 262. Anna Regina, 19. Annse Reginte, 133. Anne, Queen, accession of, 19; sur- render of govern ment to, 20; instruc- tions of, 28; a sqnaw sachem, 27; God bless her, 38, 725; divests Corn- bury, 82 ; her reign praised, 86 ; not her fault, 89 ; in Privy Council, re- peals form of protesiation, 102; let- ter to, 116 ; death, character of, 123 ; gives holv vessels, 182, 694 ; alluded to, 432, 495, 710, 727. Anniversary, 17oth, of parish, 718. Annual meeting of the Guild, 717, 718. 816 INDEX. Another account of the trouble, 78. Ante communion, omitted, 405. Antependia, colored, 776. "Apostohun vehis," 546. Appeal to parents, 446. Appendix, 783. "Apud Americanos," 36, 37, 43, 54, 146, 189, 193. Archdeacon, 525 ; of Spanish Town, 496. Architect, 369, 370, 424,489, 491,703, 774. Architectural description, 424. "Ark of God among Philistines," 116. Articles, (see Thirty-Nine.) Atheism, bill against, 163. Attestation, signatures, 299. Auburn, N. Y., alluded to, 467, 654, 719. "Anise. Sanctse Marise. Fundatoris," 699. Autograph, of Talbot, 185 ; Doane, 520; W. C. Doane, .570; Oden- heimer, 560. Auxiliary to Board of Missions, 748. Aversion to independence, 316. B "Backwardness towards baptism," 387. Balance of debt paid, 617. Ballots for Bishops, 318, 382, 401, 557, 682. Bands, 289. Banners, introduced, 776. Banns published, 301, 773. Baptismal bowl, 384, 466, (see Font.) Baptized, large number, 272. Baquet, Dr., skelcli of, 756 ; mentioned, 603, 604, 606, 634; diploma, 755; burial, 754; tribute to, 756. Bard, Marv M , 257, 795 ; Peter, 163, 257, 795 Baron Steuben, 319. Baronet, married, 273. Bass, Hon. Jeremiah, Governor of East New Jersey, 194; Attorney- General, 194 ; commends Talbot, 92 ; admits will of Moore and Brooke, 95; ditto Leciier, 97; corporator, 97-100; letters to Secretary, 101, 1 10, 140, 143, 169 ; signs ditto to the (Jueen, 116; ditto to Gov. Nichol- son, 119; petition to the Archbish- ops and Bishops, 154; writes " His- tory," 127-139 ; his offices, 133, 145, 148, 194, 226, 227, 233; tried and acquitted, 145 ; representative, 148 ; speech, 149; appointed lay-reader, 233; will, 194; efTects, 199; allu- ded to, 214, 215, 224, 229, 230, 231, 694, 727, 811. Baylev. Mrs. Dorothy, friend of Tal- bot," 762 Baynton, Peter, 259, 795. Beach, Kev. Abraham, letter to, 713, 714, 716. Beaker, 134. Bell, or bells, 44, 190, 221, 222, 223, 224, 232, 234, 264, 291, 297, 351, 404, 405, 406, 478, 550 ; for St. Bar- nabas, 596 ; a chime offered, 615 ; the tower designed for chime, 618: English and American, 618 ; Eng- lish decided upon, 620; order given, 622, 637 ; the same acknowledged, " Doncaster pattern," 625 ; peal guaranteed, 626; a finer never made, arrival