The Addresses Delivered in Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut; At the Diocesan Centenary Celebration of the Consecration of the Right Reverend ... Diocese Held on Wednesday, October 27, 1897 baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...well his part in these discussions he would spend the night sitting in his chair supported by pillows, in the greatest pain, but he bore all with patient submission and a sweet cheerfulness which brought tears into the eyes of all who were witnesses of his sufferings. There were few parishes to visit. There was not the hurry, confusion and excitement as to the necessity See for the Bishop's address and that of the Clergy, Appendix IV, page 87. for keeping the next appointment which seems to be the accompaniment of modern Episcopal visitations. Time then was not the sole consideration. It was not thought to be wasted if spent in the service of God, in learning the actual condition spiritually, financially, and otherwise of the various parishes. A Bishop was a novelty, but his character, his office, was fitly appreciated, and by the longer sojourn in the parishes there grew up that love and devotion for the Bishop which has always distinguished Connecticut. The progress during Dr. Jarvis's Episcopate was slow. It was, however, of a permanent character, as the organization of St. Michael's, Litchfield, and the revival of the parish at Hartford show. The better support of the Episcopate was among the subjects which engaged the earnest attention of many Conventions. The tax of a half-penny in the pound which had been recommended in the early days of Seabury's administration was again urged, and after 1801 a tax of one and a half mills on the dollar was substituted. There was, however, no full response to this recommendation, and although in 1792 "Trustees for receiving and holding donations for the support of the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State" had been appointed and incorporated, Bishop Jarvis quaintly says in his address to t...