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BISHOP COMPTON 
 
 BISHOP CROES 
 
 BISHOP DOANE 
 
 BISHOP SCARBOROUGH 
 
 BISHOP ODENHEIMER 
 
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 S. 3\4arys Chimes 
 
 ECHOES FROM A 
 COLONIAL PARISH 
 
 bicentenary 
 
 igo2-igo3 
 
 Burlington, New Jersey 
 
 Edited and Illustrated by 
 
 Henry D. Gummere and George W. Hewitt 
 
 Members of the Vestry 
 

 IN MEMORIAM 
 
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CONTENTS 
 
 Story of S. Mary's Parish i, 5, 19, 27, 31, 41, 47 
 
 Story of S. Mary's Hall, 8, 14, 22 
 
 Story of Burlington College 5^ 
 
 The Settlement of Burlington, 1 1 
 
 The Free Church of S. Barnabas 35 
 
 Memorial Windows at S. Mary's 3^ 
 
 The Bicentenary ' 4° 
 
 The Old Church Plate, 46 
 
 Memorials 68, 74 
 
 The Rev. Charles Henry Hibbard, D.D., 69 
 
 Record of the Bicentenary, 7° 
 
 Bishop Doane at Riverside, 73 
 
 A former Curate 74 
 
 Original Call to Bishop G. W. Doane, 75 
 
 Corporation and Officers of S. Mary's 74 
 
 Sermons — Rev. G. W. Harrod, 11 
 
 Rev. J. F. Olmsted, 79 
 
 Rev. Wm. Allen Johnson, 80 
 
 Rev. John Fearnley, 84 
 
 Bishop of Albany 85 
 
 Rev. Geo. McC. Fiske, D.D 90 
 
 Bishop of New Jersey 95 
 
 Poetry — Old Burlington 4 
 
 All's Well, 10 
 
 Evensong at Burlington 18 
 
 "The Chimes," 75 
 
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ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 The Bishops — Dr. Henry Compton, Lord Bishop of London in 1703 . . 
 
 Dr. John Croes, First Bishop of New Jersey 
 
 Dr. George W. Doane, Second Bishop of New Jersey .... I Frontispiece 
 Dr. William H. Odenheimer, Third Bishop of New Jersey 
 
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 Dr. John Scarborough, Fourth Bishop of New Jersey . . 
 The Seals of the Diocese— The Parish — The College and S. Mary's Hall — Title Page 
 Queen Anne {^ce page iv 
 
 The Rev. George Keith 
 
 Old Church and Wood Street 
 
 Bishop Henry Compton 
 
 S. Mary's Church, Bridlington, Yorkshire .... 
 Interior of S. Mary's Church, Bridlington, Yorkshire 
 
 First Friends' Meeting House 
 
 Samuel R. Gummere's Boarding School 
 
 S. Mary's Hall and Chapel of the Holy Innocents . 
 Interior of the Chapel of the Holy Innocents . . . 
 
 The Rev. Colin Campbell 
 
 The Rev, Jonathan Odell 
 
 The Rev. E. K. Smith .• • • • 
 
 Col. Daniel Coxe 
 
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 16 
 18 
 20 
 22 
 24 
 26 
 
The Rev. Dr. Wharton face.page 28 
 
 The Lawrence and Cooper Houses follows 
 
 The Old Parsonage face page 30 
 
 Bishop Doane " "32 
 
   • Riverside " " "34 
 
 S. Barnabas' Church and Guild House " "36 
 
 S. Barnabas' Church, Guild House and Rectory " "38 
 
 The Rev. George W. Harrod . " "40 
 
 Parish School Children " "42 
 
 Tomb of Bishop Doane " "44 
 
 Old Plate " "46 
 
 Bishop Odenheimer " "48 
 
 The Rev. William C. Doane " "50 
 
 The Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman " "52 
 
 The Rev. William A. Johnson " "54 
 
 The Rev. George M. Hills, D.D " "56 
 
 Burlington College , " "58 
 
 New Church soon after completion " "60 
 
 The Rev. William S.Walker, D.D " "62 
 
 New Church from the S. ,E. . . " "64 
 
 The Altar of the New Church " "66 
 
 The Lych Gate " "68 
 
 The Rev. Charles H. Hibbard, D.D " "70 
 
 Interior of the New Church follows 
 
 The Rev. James F. Olmsted, D.D face page 72 
 
 Procession leaving the Old Church follows 
 
 Procession approaching the New Church follows 
 
The Bishop of Albany at the door of Riverside .... face page 74 
 
 Evening Bells " "76 
 
 The Old Church at the present day " "78 
 
 The Old Church from the North " "80 
 
 New Church from the West " "82 
 
 Church-yard in Wmter " "84 
 
 The New Church in Winter " "86 
 
 In the Church-yard " "88 
 
 The Rev. George McC. Fiske, D.D, " " 90 
 
 The Church-yard alter the storm of February, 1902 " "92 
 
 Familiar Path follows 
 
 South Porch face page 94 
 
 The Spire follows 
 
 The Old Church from the West face page 96 
 
 The New Church from the North " "98 
 
 The Programme of the Bicentenary follows 
 
 N. B. — The illustrations of the Old Plate — The Altar— the two Processions and the Bishop of Albanx at Riverside 
 are from photographs taken by Ge •. W. I'ichnor, of Burlington; ihe most of the others, except the portraits, ..re fr m 
 photographs taken by George W. Hewitt. 
 
 IV 
 
THE REV. GEORGE KEITH 
 First Missionary of the S. P. G. and one of the Founders of this Parish 
 
THE -OLD CHURCH" AS IT IS AT THE PRESENT DAY 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 At All Saints' of next year our Bicentenary will 
 begin, as on that day in the year 1702, the Rev. 
 George Keith, first missionary of the then new 
 S. P. G. held in the Court House the first public 
 service of the Church of England ever held in 
 Burlington. This no doubt was the beginning 
 of the Parish, for in the following February 
 ground was bought at Broad and Wood Streets, 
 for a Church and Churchyard, and in March on 
 the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed 
 Virgin (Lady Day), the cornerstone of what we 
 now call the Old Church was laid. Of this John 
 Talbot writes to the society, " On Lady Day last 
 after service in the morning I went out and laid the 
 corner stone of the Church, we called it Saint 
 Mary's, it being her day.'' We therefore issue 
 this illustrated supplement of S. Mary's Chimes 
 as a forerunner of that event, but it has no con- 
 nection whatever with the former parish paper. 
 It will be published on the old Quarter Days, Lady 
 Day — Midsummer's Day — Michaelmas and Christ- 
 mas in the years 1901 and iqo2, a double number 
 on Lady Day, 1903, and another double number in 
 May of that year, giving an account of the Bicen- 
 tenary celebration, thus completing the paper in 
 twelve numbers. The portraits and other illus- 
 trations will be given without regard to the date, 
 but they will be so printed that when the num- 
 bers are bound they may be put in their proper 
 place. 
 
 Dr. Hills never could find a portrait of John 
 Talbot, so that the first Rector will have to be 
 represented by George Keith who was the 
 co-founder with Talbot of the Parish — we also 
 give Dr. Charles H. Hibbard's, the last Rector 
 before the present one, whose picture will appear 
 in an early number. 
 
 In the second number will begin a history 
 of S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 From the founding of Burlington, in 1677, 
 until the year 1702, there was no other place of 
 
 worship but that of the Friends, we therefore are 
 having some account of that quarter of a century 
 written, and it will appear with an illustration of 
 the Old Friends' Meeting House. 
 
 Single numbers of this paper may be had at 
 H. B. Weaver's, High and Union Streets. 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MCCLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 " A glorious village church, embowered in trees, 
 
 Bursts on the sight, with heavenward-pointing spire ; 
 And in the sycamores, in solemn glees, 
 
 The birds sing hymns, sweet, rich, and full of fire. 
 Here lies entombed many a grey-haired sire, 
 
 A simple cross doth mark with love the spot ; 
 Here rest the weary, whom the world's joys tire, 
 
 And many a village saint long since forgot, 
 And, ah ! pass not 
 
 This sleeping innocent ; list to the breeze, 
 And then shall fancy, on this hallowed plot. 
 
 Bring to thine ear celestial harmonies 
 Of holy Angels that are watching round, 
 
 With hymns incessant, this sweet solemn ground." 
 Holy Times and Scenes. 
 
 " And bury me at S. Mary's Church 
 All for my love so true ; 
 And make me a garland of marjoram 
 And of lemon-thyme and rue." 
 
 Ballad of Lady Alice. 
 
 It has been beautifully said that " not only is it a 
 solemn thing to read the face of Christendom, whose 
 cities are each words to be spelled out, telling secrets 
 of the past, and having the foot-marks of the Invisi- 
 ble not yet worn out of their streets, when He passed 
 there with His Church, to guard her and see her 
 through ; but it is a solemn thing from books, con- 
 versation with strangers, the kindling of thought in 
 stirring localities, and from other sources of observa- 
 tion, to watch and take the shape and bearings of 
 those huge masses of cloud which are casting here 
 and there such ponderous prophetic shadows upon 
 the Church, in motion here, and there at rest, dip- 
 ping earthwards here because of sin, and there, drawn 
 awhile upwards because of local prayer and holi- 
 ness." Such a " stirring locality," such a sphere of 
 "local prayer and holiness" is Burlington. 
 
 One who should, in the spirit of a religious trav- 
 eller, his perceptions quickened and touched by the 
 beauty of the Catholic Religion, enter the streets of 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 antique Burlington, would be sure to exclaim, 
 " Quam dilecta tabernacula tua Domine virtutum / " * 
 
 As his eyes rested on the lofty cross-topped spire 
 of S. Mary's Church, with the calm slumberers at its 
 feet, as his ears were filled with the melody of its 
 glorious bells, he would feel like saying, " Here will 
 I dwell for I have a delight therein." 
 
 None can walk through the lanes and highways of 
 this quaint and quiet town without a sense that here, 
 in spite of the great world of toil and crime, are 
 "the ways of truth and peace." But back of all, 
 that comes so gratefully to the weary soul, lies a his- 
 tory, rich in interest, pathos, and spiritual romance. 
 
 Burlington ecclesiastical life has had, has, will 
 always have, its biographer, whose work, so far as he 
 lived to carry it, can never be re-wrought. Later 
 hands may, it is to be hoped, will, be found to take 
 up the tale where he left off, but his narrative of two 
 hundred years will forever stand alone, and all who 
 venture to continue the story, or to tell it anew, will 
 have to pay tribute to the labours of George Morgan 
 Hills, Priest, Doctor in Divinity and twelfth Rector of 
 S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 In 1875, Dr. Hills published the first edition of 
 his " History of the Church in Burlington, " ten 
 years later to be followed by a second edition, en- 
 larged and illustrated. In five years after, October 
 15, 1890, the gifted historiographer was taken to his 
 rest, but his works do follow him. Since 1885, nearly 
 sixteen years have elapsed. A generation has mean- 
 while arisen to whom Dr. Hills' monumental volume 
 is largely unfamiliar. Its size and cost forbid its being 
 popularly known. It would seem, therefore, that the 
 time has come to tell briefly again the story of the 
 Church in Burlington. 
 
 As a settlement, Burlington dates from 1677, Its 
 antecedents were Quaker ones. Its founders were 
 Friends, mostly from Yorkshire in England, some 
 from London, who bestowed on their new trans- 
 atlantic home the name of their Yorkshire town of 
 Bridlington, which oral use made ' ' Burlington, " " the 
 rapid utterance of the first syllable with a long / mak- 
 ing it sound as though spelled Burlington^ 
 
 The ships, which bring the pioneers in colonial 
 beginnings, are always memorable. The "Half- 
 Moon" and the "Mayflower," for instance, will 
 never be forgotten. Three are the ships which fig- 
 ure in Burlington's nativity — the "Kent," from 
 London, saluted and sped on its way with the bless- 
 
 * Psalm 84 : i, " <9 how amiable are thy "dwellings : 
 thou Lord of Hosts." 
 
 ing of His Royal Majesty, King Charles the Second ; 
 the Flie-Boat "Martha," from Hull, and the 
 " Shield " also from Hull ; this being the first ship 
 which actually came up the Delaware to the site of 
 Burlington, mooring to a tree, " tradition says, the 
 enormous sycamore still standing on the river bank 
 nearly opposite the residence of C. Ross Grubb." 
 This tree ought to be in the folk-lore of Burlington 
 what the Rock is to Plymouth, and what Roger Wil- 
 liams' Rock is to Providence. The town was laid out 
 with the East side of the main street assigned to the 
 Yorkshire, and the West to the London proprietors. 
 The names of some of those whom these first ships 
 brought are still familiar to Burlington ears, e. g., 
 Wills, Stacy, Scott and Kinsey, the latter a name to 
 become illustrious in the annals not only of New 
 Jersey, but of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Out of the Friends themselves, God prepared one 
 to be an apostle of the Anglo-Catholic Church in 
 Burlington. 
 
 George Keith was a Scotchman, the friend and 
 fellow-student at Aberdeen of the famous Burnet, 
 Bishop of Salisbury, who says of him, that Keith 
 was the most learned man in the sect of Quakers, 
 "well versed both in Oriental tongues, in Philosophy 
 and Mathematics." He was sent out to Pennsylvania 
 with a view to educational work among Friends. 
 Here he distinguished himself as a vigorous foe of 
 latitudinarian and rationalizing tendencies among the 
 Quakers. " It appeared to him that they were Deists, 
 and that they turned the whole doctrine of the Chris- 
 tian Religion into allegories ; chiefly those which 
 relate to the death and resurrection of Christ, and the 
 reconciliation of sinners to God by virtue of the 
 Cross ; he being a true Christian, set himself with 
 great zeal against this." "His adherents called 
 themselves Christian Quakers — but they were gener- 
 ally called Keithians. " 
 
 We are just now in a mood to appreciate fully any- 
 thing eventful about the close and opening of Cen- 
 turies. This time, of which we speak, was the close 
 of the 17th Century. It was certainly a marked time, 
 a turning-point in English Church history. It wit- 
 nessed the beginning of that expansion, which has 
 resulted in that modern, present-day condition of the 
 Church, known as the Anglican Communion. In 
 1694 Keith returned to England. We do not know 
 nor would there be space here to relate all that took 
 place in the next six years. But in 1700 Keith was 
 ordained in the Church of England by the Bishop of 
 London. Meanwhile the Spirit of God had stirred 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 hearts and set minds at work to forward the growth 
 of the Church in the colonies. A flame of missionary 
 zeal was kindled, which has never died down, but 
 which has burned with intenser ardour ever since. 
 
 The dawn of the i8th Century was signalized by 
 two events of the greatest moment to the Church of 
 England : the accession of Queen Anne, and the birth 
 on June i6, 1701 of "The Society for Propagating 
 the Gospel in Foreign Parts," commonly known as 
 the " S. P. G." The work of this Society is one of 
 the glories of modern English churchmanship. It 
 founded Sees and Parishes, which are now among the 
 fairest and most fruitful gardens of the Church. 
 Venerable in years and grace, but youthful in spirit 
 and activity, it still lives to bless and extend the 
 Church. 
 
 Queen Anne is entitled to everlasting remembrance 
 as a benefactress of the Catholic Church. Worthy 
 grand-daughter of King Charles the Martyr, she must 
 forever shine as one of those in whom was fulfilled 
 the glowing prophecy of Isaiah that queens should 
 be the nursing mothers of the Church. 
 
 We must pause here to explain an important epi- 
 sode in English Church history, which is woven into 
 the fabric of the history of the Church in Burlington. 
 When James the Second was dethroned, and the 
 crown of England transferred to his daughter Mary 
 and her husband, William, Prince of Orange, a 
 new oath of allegiance was imposed ignoring the 
 idea of hereditary right implied in the former oath. 
 This new oath was refused, on grounds of conscience, 
 by a number of Bishops and Peers. The Bishops so 
 refusing were, Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; 
 Turner, of Ely ; Lake, of Chichester ; Ken, of Bath 
 and Wells ; White, of Peterborough ; Lloyd, of 
 Norwich; Thomas, of Worcester; and Frampton, 
 of Gloucester. About four hundred other clergy and 
 many lay people joined in the action of these Bishops. 
 Those taking this attitude were known as the non- 
 jurors (/. e. non-swearers). They formed a con- 
 siderable body in the Church, and as a rule were 
 able, learned Catholic-minded and holy men. They 
 are sometimes identified, though not with entire 
 accuracy, with the Jacobites (/. e adherents of James) 
 who formed a party actively occupied in trying to 
 bring about the restoration of James and his son. 
 So that the non-jurors, while mostly peaceable and 
 law-abiding, shared the distrust, suspicion and 
 hostility with which the political Jacobites were 
 regarded. The non-juring movement threatened to 
 become a schism in the Church of England, but was 
 
 happily overruled by the Providence of God. Its 
 history is one of great interest and forms a long 
 chapter in the sorrows of the Bride of Christ. On 
 February i, 1690, Sancroft, Turner, Ken, White and 
 Frampton were by Act of Parliament, deprived of 
 their Sees. The other non-juring Bishops had died. 
 
 A fourth ship now lifts its sails above the Burlington 
 horizon. This is the" Centurion," from Cowes, April 
 28th, 1702, bound for Boston. Some distinguished 
 gentlemen are among the passengers. Col. Dudley, 
 Governor of Massachusetts ; Col. Povie, Deputy- 
 Governor, and Mr. Morris, afterwards Governor of 
 New Jersey. At that time these might have seemed 
 the most important persons on the ship. But at this 
 distance they are insignificance itself compared with 
 three priests on board, viz. : George Keith and 
 Patrick Gordon, first missionaries of " the Society 
 for the Propagating of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," 
 and John Talbot, Chaplain of the ship. This meet- 
 ing, on the sea, of Keith and Talbot, was full of conse- 
 quences for Burlington. They sailed together for six 
 weeks, and a day, landing at Boston on June nth, 
 S. Barnabas' Day. This was not the last time that 
 Burlington's ship was to come in by way of Boston, 
 The impressions made by the three clergymen on their 
 fellow-travellers speak volumes for their personality. 
 Col. Dudley, Col. Povie and Mr. Morris, Keith says, 
 " were so generous and kind both to Mr. Patrick 
 Gordon, Missionary to Long Island, and to me, that 
 at their desire we did eat at their table all the voyage 
 on free cost." And Judge Sewall's diary states 
 " That such deference was paid to the senior mis- 
 sionary that he was called upon to say Grace, 
 although the Chaplain was on board.' ' And on 
 arriving at Boston, Keith, by the advice of friends, 
 especially Governor Dudley, would have Talbot to go 
 with him as his assistant and associate in his mis- 
 sionary travels and services. Evidently Keith and 
 Talbot were mutually attracted to each other, as 
 Keith says of Talbot, " he having freely and kindly 
 offered himself, and whom I freely and kindly re- 
 ceived." Keith wrote to the Society praying them 
 to allow of Talbot to be his fellow-companion and 
 associate in travels. Already voluntarily such, 
 Talbot officially received this office from the Society 
 on September 18th, 1702. Thus did the man appear 
 whose name is forever sacred to the Church in Bur- 
 lington. 
 
 (To be Continued) 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Old Burlington. 
 
 Lines written in passing down the river in 1834 by one, 
 who in 1797, had been a school-boy in the town. 
 
 Ah, old acquaintance ! there thou art — 
 I hail thee with a beating heart, 
 I'll sing of thee, before we part, 
 
 Green bank of Burlington. 
 
 May I a passing tribute pay. 
 
 Where 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. 
 
 And most enchanting was the 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 flavour 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 
 Where 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. 
 
 Sometimes we hired a boat to speed 
 On a ducking trip where wild ducks feed, 
 But less ducks than duckings we got indeed, 
 On Neshamony's marshy flats. 
 
 How spreads the river like a bay, 
 I've skated on it many a day, 
 With Bristol boys have had a fray* 
 
 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,t 
 At every varying tide. 
 
 I could have sprung from off the deck. 
 To give his hand a hearty shake. 
 For him and for his city's sake, 
 
 My dear old Burlington. 
 
 * Snow-balling battle. 
 
 t Innkeeper and ferryman. 
 
 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. 
 
 The lapse of almost forty years, 
 Has ended all their joys and cares. 
 We hope 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. J 
 
 I cannot see Saint Mary's fane ; 
 
 It often gave me heartfelt pain 
 
 To think how oft I've heard in vain 
 
 Good Doctor 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. 
 
 Saint Mary's lifts no towering spire, 
 For passing travellers to admire. 
 Fit emblem of the holy sire 
 
 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 Doctor Staughton's time.§ 
 
 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. 
 
 Saint Mary's has a pastor new, || 
 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. 
 
 X This packet belonged to Capt. Myers, a well-known skipper. 
 § Master of the Academy. 
 II Bishop Doane. 
 
THE REV. CHARLES HENRY HIBBARD, D. D. 
 13th Rector 
 
 Born in Eltnira, New York, January 28, 1853. Prepared for College at De Veaux College, 
 Niagara Falls, New York. Entered Hobart College, Geneva, New York, 1872, and 
 graduated B. A , 1876. M. A., 1879. Tutor in Seabury Divinity School, 1875-1878. 
 Studied Theology in Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn., and the General 
 Theological Seminary, New York City. Ordained Deacon by the Rt. Rev. A. 
 Cleveland Coxe, 0. D., 1879. Advanced to the Priesthood by the sanne, 1880. Curate 
 in S. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, 1880-1882. Rector, Church of S. John Baptist, 
 Germantown, Philadelphia, 1882-1891. Rector, S. Mary's Church, Burlington, New 
 Jersey, 1891-1897. Rector, S. Peter's Church, Morristown, New Jersey, 1897. 
 Received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hobart College, 1892. Married 
 January 27, 1883 to Reb<)kah Lewis, daughter of Edward M. Hopkins, Esq., of 
 Philadelphia. 
 
INTERIOR OF THE "NEW CHURCH," CONSECRATED AUGUST, 1854 
 
S. MARY'S CHURCH 
 
 Bridlington or Burlington Yorkshire, Through Priory Gate 
 
INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST, S. MARY'S CHURCH 
 
 Bridlington or Burlington Yorkshire 
 
THE REV. COLIN CAMPBELL 
 3rd Rector 
 1738 — 1766 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 5 
 
 The second Rector of the Parish was the Rev. 
 Robert Weyman who came from Trinity Church, 
 Oxford, Philadelphia, in 1730, and remained until his 
 death in 1737. Of him we have no portrait. We 
 shall give in the next number of the Chimes an 
 illustration of the original buildings of Samuel R. 
 Gummere's school as they appeared in 1831 — this 
 property was bought in 1836 by Bishop Doane and 
 became Saint Mary's Hall. The next number will 
 also contain an article on the Friends in Burlington 
 during the first quarter of a century from the settle- 
 ment of the town in 1677 until the founding of the 
 Church in 1702, with this article we shall give an 
 illustration of the Old Friends^ Meeting House. 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 " God bless this Church and let them prosper that love 
 it." — John Talbot. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MC CLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 The Talbot Era. 
 
 The period deserving to be called " The Talbot 
 Era,' ' comprises twenty-five years and one month — 
 October 29, 1 702 — November 29, 1 727. He, who gives 
 it name and fame, was a marked personality. Ro- 
 rnance. Mystery, and Pathos beautify his life. 
 John Talbot, Missionary Priest of the S. P. G. was 
 of gentle blood, born in 1645 of a Norfolk family. 
 He was an M. A. of the University of Cambridge, 
 being a member of Christ' s College, and a Fellow of 
 Peterhouse. He is said to have been in Virginia in 
 1693. On S. Peter's Day, 1695, he was instituted 
 to the Rectory of Fretherne, Gloucestershire. He 
 was, we can see at once, by birth, rearing, associa- 
 tions, and positions, no commonplace character. 
 Gentleman, Scholar, and Ecclesiastic, he must have 
 possessed the brave, bold traits of Pioneer, Pilgrim, 
 and Cavalier, which make up the ideal Missionary, 
 when we find him at the age of fifty-seven defying the 
 perils of comparatively unknown seas, forsaking ease, 
 competence, and preferment, leaving home and 
 friends behind, to carry the Cross into the virtual wil- 
 derness of the New Western World. 
 
 From Boston, Keith and Talbot proceeded on their 
 Apostolic way, through the lower New England colo- 
 nies, and on October 29th, arrived in Burlington. 
 On All Saints' Day, that year a Sunday, Mr. Talbot 
 preached in the morning and Mr. Keith in the after- 
 noon. The Town-House, in which these first services 
 were held, contained that day, " a great auditory of 
 
 diverse sorts, some of the Church, and some of the 
 late converts from Quakerism." Colonel Hamilton, 
 "Governour" of West Jersey, attended both services, 
 and entertained the Missionaries at dinner. Keith's 
 text was, St. John xvii : 3, " And this is life eternal, 
 that they might knuw Thee the only true God, and 
 Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. ' ' 
 
 Much the same warm welcome met the two priests 
 everywhere. In the spirit of a zealous propagandist 
 Talbot writes that if he knew the language he would 
 at once go among the Indians. New interest imme- 
 diately developed. A convocation of clergy was held 
 in New York to consider the needs and prospects of 
 the extension of the Church. On the 26th of Febru- 
 ary 1 702- 1 703 Keith writes that ;^200 are already 
 gathered towards building a Church in Burlington. 
 The same year, 6th of March, 1702, Nathaniell West- 
 land, Robert Wheeler, and Hugh Huddy, for "the 
 Sume of Twenty pounds of Currant Silver money with- 
 in the Province," bought of William HoUinshead and 
 John HoUinshead, Yeomen, all that " Lott of Land in 
 Burlington, bounded Easterly by a street commonly 
 called Wood street, & adjoining to & Rangeing 
 with the Easterly end of that Land purchased lately 
 & ffenced in a Christian Burying ground & runs 
 thence in a direct Line bounded by said Wood street 
 unto the street called Broad street & soe runs West- 
 erly bounded by the said Broad street untill it Range 
 in a direct Line with the Westerly end by the said 
 Burying ground & is the same in Length with the said 
 Burying ground." This was the site for the Church. 
 On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed 
 Virgin, March 25, 1703, the cornerstone of the Church 
 was laid. Talbot writes of it : " After sermon I 
 went out with the rest of the people, and laid the 
 corner-stone of S. Mary's Church, God grant it may 
 rise to be the house of God the Gate of Heaven 
 to them." And again on May 3d, Talbot writes : " I 
 was at Burlington last Lady Day, and after prayers 
 we went to the Ground where they were going to 
 build a Church, and I laid the first stone, which I 
 hope will be none other than the House of God and 
 the Gate of Heaven to the People. ColL Nicholson, 
 Governor here, was the chief founder of this as well 
 as many more ; and indeed he has been the bene- 
 factor to all the Churches on this land of North 
 America. God bless this Church and let them 
 prosper that love it. We called this Church S. 
 Mary's, it being upon her day." 
 
 It seems likely that the name S. Mary's, was 
 determined not merely by the day on which the foun- 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 dation stone was laid but that the day was chosen and 
 the name given under the influence of English mem- 
 ories. The most historic feature of the English Bur- 
 lington, or Bridhngton, was and is still the ancient 
 Priory Church of S. Mary. This was originally part 
 of a Monastery of Augustinian monks founded there by 
 Walter de Gant or Gaunt in the reign of Henry the 
 I. Gilbert de Gant, lord of the manor, was the nephew 
 of William the Conqueror. After the spoliation of 
 the Religious Houses the Priory Church survived as 
 the Parish Church. It strikes a familiar chord to hear 
 in connection with the original Burlington, the names 
 of Gaunt & Prickett. We cannot doubt that the 
 recollection of the ancient S. Mary's, Bridlington, led 
 to the perpetuation of the endeared name in the new 
 Burlington across the sea. The Rev. George Keith 
 preached the first sermon in the new S. Mary's on 
 Sunday, August 22, 1703, from 2. Sam. 2J : j, 4, and 
 the Blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of 
 Christ was celebrated for the first time in it, on Whit- 
 sunday, June 4, 1704, by the Rev. Mr. Talbot. 
 
 On the 2nd of April, 1704, the churchmen of Bur- 
 lington sent a petition to Dr. Compton, Bishop of 
 London, who had jurisdiction over the Colonial 
 Church, praying that Mr. Talbot might be ordered to 
 settle at Burlington. This petition was taken to Eng- 
 land by Mr. Keith, who says: "Some time ago the 
 Right Reverend Henry, Lord Bishop of London, has 
 writ to him (Mr. Talbot) to fix at Burlington to be 
 minister of the Church there, where there is now a 
 large congregation." From this time onward the 
 Talbot history is very eventful. Talbot's activity was 
 great, in fact, marvellous, when we consider his years. 
 He was seen and heard over a wide range of territory. 
 During his first year he says that he visited the 
 churches from Dover, N. H., to Philadelphia. Besides 
 Burlington, Long Island, Staten Island, Rahway, 
 Freehold, Amboy, and many other places, received 
 his ministrations. He was apparently a great 
 favorite wherever he went. His preaching was 
 admired, his holiness of life was revered, and 
 his zeal and energy applauded. His career was 
 one of constant self-sacrifice. Aside from his scanty 
 stipend from the S. P. G., he literally preached the 
 Gospel without charge, while he refused repeated 
 offers of positions more lucrative. He was offered 
 ^100 a year to be missionary to the Indians, and 
 V1C130 per annum, with "Board & Lodgings," to 
 be Chaplain of the Queen's Fort and Forces at New 
 York. On S. Paul's Day (Jan. 25th), 1709, the 
 Charter of S. Mary's was formally enrolled. The 
 
 Corporation is styled "The Minister, Church-War- 
 dens, & Vestry of the Church of S. Mary in Bur- 
 lington." The original members of the Corporation 
 named were: The Rev. John Talbot, Master of Arts ; 
 Robert Wheeler and George Willis, Church Wardens ; 
 Col. Daniel Coxe, Lieut.-Col. Hugh Huddy, Jere- 
 miah Bass, Esq., Secretary of the Province ; Alex- 
 ander Griffith, Esq., Attorney-General; Thomas 
 Revell, Daniel Leeds, William Bustill, William Budd, 
 Nathaniel Westland, John Roberts and Abraham 
 Hewlings. 
 
 The Burlington and the S. Mary's of the Talbot 
 days, we may somewhat imagine from the glimpses 
 given us by Gabriel Thomas and others, viz.: "A 
 very famous Town, having a delicate great Market- 
 House, a noble & Spacious Hall over head, 
 where their Sessions is kept, having the Prison ad- 
 joyningit." " Many Fair and Great Brick Houses 
 on the outside of the Town which the Gentry have 
 built there for their Country Houses." " There are 
 kept also in this Famous Town several Fairs every 
 Year ; and as for Provisions, viz.: Bread, Beef, Pork, 
 Cheese, Butter, and most sorts of Fruit, here is great 
 Plenty and very Cheap." .So, we may say, it is unto 
 this day. " There are also two handsome Bridges to 
 come in and out of the Town called London and 
 York-Bridges.'" The Church is described as " 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.' ' 
 
 From the beginning, S. Mary's has been a House 
 of Prayer. When the faithful, tireless priest was at 
 home, he evidently offered daily worship. In 1724, 
 when 79 years old, he says : "I have been here 
 altogether this last half year ; I preach once on Sun- 
 day morn, and Catechize or Homilize in the after- 
 noon. I read the prayers of the Church, in the 
 Church, decently, according to the order of Morning 
 and Evening Prayer, daily through the year, and 
 that is more than is done in any Church that I know, 
 apud Americanos' ' 
 
 In 1 7 14 the Parish School was begun by a Master 
 sent by the S. P. G., Rowland Ellis, whose descend- 
 ants have long been prominent in the Church and 
 social life of Burlington. 
 
 Gifts began to be made which are still held among 
 the patrimony and treasures of S. Mary' s. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 In 1707 the Rev. Thorowgood Moore bequeathed 
 a collection of Books " with a large chest to put them 
 in, to ye use of ye Minister for ye time being of ye 
 Church of Englai\d in Burlington in New Jersey & 
 to his successors forever." 
 
 In 1709 Thomas Leciter, of Piscaltaway, left to the 
 Church "two hundred and Six ackers of Land." 
 
 In 1708, Her Gracious Majesty, Queen Anne, gave 
 Lead, Glass, Pulpit Cloth, and Altar Cloths, together 
 with a Silver Chalice and Salver for the Communion 
 Table. These Sacred Vessels engraved " Anncs 
 RegincE" are still in use, as are also an " Embossed 
 Silver Chalice & Patten," presented by Madam 
 Catherine Bovey of Flaxley, ' ' the perverse widow ' ' 
 of Addison' s Spectator. This • ' Patten ' ' is inscribed, 
 " The Gift of Mrs. Catherine Bovey, of Fflaxley, in 
 Gloucestershire, to S. Mary's Church, at Burlington, 
 in New Jersey, in America. " 
 
 In 171 1 the Honourable Colonel Robert Quarry 
 presented to S. Mary's "a large Silver Beaker with a 
 cover well engraved for the use of the Communion." 
 This Beaker is still in use. 
 
 Dr. Frampton, non-juring Bishop of Gloucester, 
 left ^100 towards propagating the Gospel in America, 
 at the disposal of Dr. Compton, Bishop of London. 
 Bishop Compton, before his death, through Mr. Tal- 
 bot' s efforts to secure the legacy for the benefit of 
 S. Mary's, directed, on April 11, 1713, that the 
 money should be paid to Madame Catharine Bovey, 
 to be by her,   ' with the advice and Assistance 
 of the Minister, Churchwardens and Vestrymen of 
 S. Mary's," laid out for the " purchase of an aug- 
 mentation to ye maintenance of the Rector of S. 
 Mary's and his Successors, Rectors of that Church." 
 
 Kr. Talbot having had the benefit of this legacy 
 in his lifetime, bequeathed in 1724 his land and real 
 estate to the parish for the support of the Rector. 
 One of the conditions of the enjoyment of this be- 
 quest is that each new Rector shall, upon the Easter- 
 day, or Whit-Sunday, or the Easter Monday, or 
 Whitsun-Monday, next following his admission to the 
 Cure, " after Divine Service is Ended in the fifore- 
 noon publickly before the Congregation with an 
 audible Voice read the 39 Articles of the Church of 
 England." This provision is still observed. 
 
 The most memorable aspect of the " Talbot Era" 
 is its aspect as a chapter in the history of the Amer- 
 ican Episcopate. The pathos to which we have 
 alluded as an element of Talbot' s career involves all 
 the early days of the American Church. We meet 
 
 it in that phrase of our Prayer-Book Preface, which 
 speaks of the " long continuance of nursing care and 
 protection " for which " the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in these States" is indebted to the Church of 
 England. Alas! the Church of England and the 
 Church " in these States " were victims of that hate- 
 ful Erastianism which is still the curse and the 
 penalty of Establishment. 
 
 Talbot, far-seeing, eager, self-sacrificing, realized 
 with painful intensity the necessity of Bishops in this 
 new land. It is pathetic, indeed, to note the heroic 
 struggles to secure the Episcopate and their coming 
 to naught because of the political shackles which 
 fettered the Enghsh Church. Talbot's letters to the 
 S. P. G. are full of the most earnest entreaty and ex- 
 postulation, while time and time again he brought to 
 bear the collective action of himself and contem- 
 poraries, but all in vain. On November 2, 1705, the 
 Clergy of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania 
 met in Burlington and drew up and signed an address 
 to the Bishop of London, imploring the appointment 
 and consecration of a Suffragan for the colonies. 
 Mr. Talbot went in person to England, where he re- 
 mained more than a year, to present this address. 
 He writes from London, " I have no Business here, 
 but to solicit for a Suffragan, Books and Ministers for 
 the propagating the Gospel." The prospect was 
 evidently hopeful, as we can see from the tone of his 
 letters, and not long after his return to America a 
 noble property was purchased, October 29, 171 2, at 
 Burlington by the S. P. G. at a cost of ^600 for the 
 residence of a Bishop. Fifteen acres of land and 
 twelve acres of meadow were included. This estate 
 was situated in that part of Burlington known as 
 " The Point," and was the area bounded by the Del- 
 aware River, Assiscunk Creek, Broad Street and 
 S. Mary Street. The mansion must have been an 
 unusual one for this country of those days. It is 
 spoken of as a " Great and Stately Palace," and as 
 "the best house in America," " having a very fine 
 and delightful Garden and Orchard adjoining to it, 
 wherein is variety of Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers ; as 
 Roses, Tulips, July- Flowers, Sun Flowers, Carnations, 
 and many more." 
 
 It bore the name of Burlington House, which 
 dignified appellation, it seems somewhat strange. 
 Bishop Doane did not resume, when at last a Bishop 
 did come to reside at Burlington. This purchase was 
 not made hastily, nor unadvisedly. Not only was 
 the property most fit and desirable for its important 
 purpose, but its location at Burlington was studied 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 and chosen. Those were the days when New York 
 was spoken of as "the little town of New York," 
 when the Rev. William Vesey, then Rector of 
 Trinity, New York, wrote to the Bishop of London that 
 a Bishop "seated in Burlington (which is the centre) 
 would very much promote the interest of the Church 
 and religion," and when the S. P. G., "looking out 
 for the best and most commodious place, as near the 
 centre as possible of the above-mentioned colonies 
 (/. e., New England, New York, Pennsylvania and 
 the adjacent colonies), to fix the See for the said 
 Bishop," selected Burlington. But no Bishop came. 
 The property fell into ruin, was repaired and put in 
 first-class order at great expense, while Talbot and 
 his fellows waited, "these twenty years, calling till 
 our hearts ache," as he said. In 17 14 Queen Anne 
 died, and the hopes of sound Churchmen died with 
 her. The gloomy Hanoverian period set in, new 
 oaths of allegiance were framed, and it is not to be 
 wondered at if Talbot underwent a reaction towards 
 Jacobitism. His enemies charged him with it, as 
 they always had, though he denied it, and all his 
 friends bore witness to his loyalty in the very strong- 
 est terms. Twice he induced the Rector and V^estry 
 of Christ Church, Philadelphia, to unite with him in 
 an address to the Archbishops and Bishops of the 
 Church of England, pleading for a Bishop, first, 
 June 2nd, 17 18, and again in April, 17 19. Finally, 
 Mr. Talbot, now 75 years of age, in 1720, once more 
 crossed the ocean, and was absent nearly two years 
 and a half. During this time it is supposed that he 
 was consecrated Bishop by Ralph Taylor and Robert 
 Welton, of the Non-juring line. This is stated by 
 Percival in his "Apology for Apostolical Succession." 
 Some have doubted, not satisfied with the evidence. 
 In 1875 the Rev. Dr. Hills discovered in the office of 
 the Register of VJk'ills, Philadelphia, the will of Mr. 
 Talbot's widow. It bore a seal with the name John 
 Talbot in monogram, surmounted by a mitre. This 
 was fresh and presumptive evidence, and to most 
 minds is conclusive. After his last visit to England, 
 Mr. Talbot married a widow, a Mrs. Herbert, of Phila- 
 delphia, who survived him nearly four years. In 
 1725 Mr. Talbot's enemies, persecutors and slander- 
 ers prevailed against him. Their falsehoods and the 
 Governmental suspicion of his Episcopal orders led to 
 his being bidden to "surcease officiating." Thus his 
 earthly ministry ended. And on November 29, 1727. 
 he was called to his reward. An air of mystery envel- 
 opes both his life and death. His grave is a secret 
 which careful search has thus far failed to reveal. He 
 
 is unknown by face to the generations which have 
 cherished and yet do cherish his illustrious services, 
 and which still enjoy the bounty of his gifts. No 
 portrait of him is known. It is possible that his may 
 be among those of the unidentified clergy at Flaxley 
 Abbey. A street in Burlington bears his name. A 
 beautiful window in the chancel of the new Parish 
 Church commemorates him thus : 
 
 "In Memoriam. 
 
 Rev. Johannis Talbot, A. M. 
 Hujus EcclesicB Fundatoris, 
 
 A. D. MDCCIII. " 
 
 And in the church, whose corner-stone he laid, are 
 two fair mural tablets. One is graven with his Epis- 
 copal seal, and reads : 
 
 JOHN TALBOT, 
 Founder of this Church, 1703. 
 
 Bishop, 
 
 By Non-juror Consecration. 
 
 Died in Burlington, Nov. 29th, 1727. 
 
 Beloved and Lamented. 
 
 St. John 11-17. 
 
 The opposite one is thus inscribed : 
 
 " In memory of Anne, widow of Bishop Talbot." 
 
 These stones and brasses are not necessary to keep 
 Talbot in remembrance. They are faint symbols of 
 the imperishable monument he reared for himself. 
 S. Mary's Parish with its endowments and traditions, 
 is the true memorial of this Hero and Confessor, 
 
 "THE GREATEST ADVOCATE FOR THE ChURCH THAT 
 
 EVER APPEARED ON THIS SHORE," as the Philadel- 
 phians testified, and one whom his spiritual descend- 
 ants at Burlington glory in regarding as the " First 
 Bishop in North America." 
 
 (To be continued.) 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 BY HENRY BUDD. 
 
 No history of the Church in Burlington would be 
 complete without some account of S. Mary's Hall, 
 and any history or memorial of S. Mary's parish 
 which should be put forth without embracing, at 
 least, a short narrative of the Hall's foundation, life 
 and work would be singularly incomplete, for the 
 Hall is part of the parish, and, perhaps, the most 
 interesting part of it 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Few schools have clustering about them so much 
 of interest, and certainly no Church school for girls 
 in this county has stood for so much as has S. Mary' s 
 Hall, the mother of church schools for girls in the 
 United States. 
 
 Estabhshed by a saintly founder that she might be 
 a centre of Christian education and hfe, that "what- 
 soever tends to the advancement of true religion and 
 useful learning may forever flourish and abound," 
 and that within her walls should be offered prayer for 
 Christ's Holy Catholic Church, and especially "that 
 pure and apostolic branch of it which God has planted 
 in the United States of America," S. Mary's has 
 trained her children in accordance with his design, 
 and from her portals have gone forth educated, 
 earnest churchwomen, who have carried the teachings 
 they have received from her into distant States, where 
 they have founded, in imitation of her, other schools ; 
 or have entered upon different stations of life, exalted 
 or humble, but carrying, into both, lives which have 
 been blessings to all around, to husband, to children, 
 to friends, because grounded upon sound learning 
 and, above all, because grounded upon the doctrine of 
 the Holy Church, instilled into them, at the receptive 
 period of their lives, in the class room and by the 
 services and instructions of the Chapel of the Holy 
 Innocents. 
 
 The great need of a school for girls, which should 
 be essentially a church school, impressed itself early 
 upon the mind of Bishop Doane, and, shortly after 
 his accession to the diocese of New Jersey, he 
 resolved to establish one. The accomphshment of 
 his resolve was made more easy by the fact that, in 
 1836, Mr. Samuel R. Gummere, who had for many 
 years conducted a school for girls, upon the principles 
 of the Society of Friends, wished to retire from 
 active work and offered his school buildings for sale. 
 The Bishop bought them. They comprised, as 
 appears from a picture of the school, which is printed 
 at the head of one of Mr. Gummere's circulars, issued 
 in 1 83 1, the present old main building, a small 
 house to the south of it, set back of the ground now 
 occupied by the chapel, a two-story-attic addition to 
 the north of the main building, also set back some 
 distance from the front of the grounds, and a two- 
 story and attic building at the north end of the 
 school lot. Having acquired the place for a school, 
 the Bishop opened S. Mary's Hall on May i, 1837. 
 From the start there was left no ground for doubt as 
 to the character of the school. The very name, that 
 of the Blessed Virgin, the type of the perfection of 
 
 womanliness, was an announcement that the first 
 object of the school was the foi"mation of the Chris- 
 tian character in girls. In his appeal to parents, 
 issued in 1837, Bishop Doane says, speaking of the 
 Hall : " It will enjoy the benefit of constant and 
 immediate Episcopal supervision. Its worship, 
 whether in the chapel or in the Parish Church, will 
 be of a kindred character ; and divine service will 
 be attended, not only on the Lord' s day but all the 
 festivals and fasts of the Christian year. ' The doc- 
 trines, constitution and liturgy of the Church' will 
 be subjects of constant and diligent instruction. 
 Preparation for the apostolic ordinance of confirm- 
 ation, as indeed for the due reception of both the 
 sacraments, will be kept constantly in view ; and, in 
 short, nothing will be left undone, to imbue every 
 mind with the principles, and every heart with the 
 piety, of the primitive ages of the Church ; and to 
 render S. Mary's Hall a nursery of pure and 
 undefiled religion. It is thought best to state, dis- 
 tinctly, this characteristic of the Institution, that 
 there may be no disappointment and no dissatisfac- 
 tion. The doors will be open to all. All who desire 
 instruction will be welcome, whateverbe their religious 
 birthright, or the profession of their parents. But 
 all who come will be instructed in the same principles, 
 accustomed to the same worship and trained in the 
 same discipline. There will thus be no division of 
 interest and no collision of feeling. Serious inter- 
 ruptions will be avoided. Unprofitable comparisons 
 will be prevented. Important influences will be 
 secured. There is, as Paul assures us, but 'one 
 Lord, one faith, one baptism, ' and it will be our con- 
 stant prayer and effort ' to keep the unity of the 
 Spirit in the bond of peace.' " 
 
 This idea was steadily kept both before the pupils 
 and the community at large. In his sermon at the 
 consecration of the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, on 
 the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin 
 Mary, 1847, the Bishop said: " Education to be true 
 and real must be Christian education. If there be a 
 soul in man ; if it be that which at first was in God's 
 image, and in which his image must be recreated 
 that it be not lost forever; then, most obviously, as it 
 is He that made, that sanctifies, that saves, so it must 
 be He that is to educate, and train and renew and to. 
 transform it. And He does so, as in the first crea- 
 tion, so, in the second in the way which He Himself 
 ordains. He took no counsel with man, before the 
 world was framed. He takes no counsel with him 
 now, upon that greater act, its restoration to hoHness 
 
lO 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 and happiness, which it has forfeited by sin. For 
 that He sent His only Son to die for us. For that 
 He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell with us. For that 
 He gave His blessed Church. For that the ministry 
 was ordered, the sacraments ordained, the blessing 
 given to prayer. And to separate Christian Educa- 
 tion from any of these; to hope to train a soul by 
 human means ; to seek the new creation of the heart 
 by temporal aids and secular influences : or, worst of 
 all, to leave it to the new creation of itself, is farther 
 far, from reason and from hope, than the attempt to 
 feed the body upon air or mould the mind by hydro- 
 static pressure.' ' 
 
 But while this was the primary object of the 
 school, the intellectual training was to be of the 
 highest character. How could the design have been 
 otherwise ? How could anyone, moved to the educa- 
 tion of the young, as a duty and service towards God, 
 be content with giving anything but the best practica- 
 ble instruction to the minds of his young charges ? 
 How could he neglect anything which would heighten 
 the mind, render more keen the intellect, for the in- 
 tellectual powers as well as the powers of faith are the 
 gift of God, to be cherished for His glory ? And that 
 the Bishop aimed at this is shown, not only by the ex- 
 cellent character of the course of studies laid down for 
 the girls, but by his utterances on public occasions. In 
 his address on the laying of the corner-stone of the 
 chapel, St. Michael's Day, 1845, he said : " S. Mary's 
 Hall is for Female Education on Christian Principles. 
 It is to take the daughters of our race and train them 
 up to be its mothers. * * * * * In all the 
 elements of useful knowledge ; in polite and elegant 
 letters ; in the exact sciences ; in whatever is called 
 worthily, by that much prostituted name, philosophy ; 
 in the fine arts, and in all truly womanlike accom- 
 plishments ; we resolve to spare no pains, or cost, 
 for the improvement and advancement of the girls 
 committed to our care. With what success, thus far, 
 with great and serious disadvantages to contend with, 
 we appeal with confidence to the late closing exer- 
 cises, second in their results , as competent; impartial 
 men have said, to no one institution in the land, for 
 either sex. But we admit, with all sincerity, that we 
 do prize the training of the heart, more than the 
 storing of the head. We frankly own that we desire, 
 before all graces, for these beloved children of our 
 house the graces of the Holy Spirit. We earnestly 
 declare that our first wish for them, our midst, our 
 last, is that they be • Holy Women.' our heart's desire 
 and prayer to God, by day and night, is that He will 
 
 graciously vouchsafe to bless S. Mary's Hall, to be a 
 nursery of Christian Mothers." And there is a like 
 tone in his address to the class of 1857 : " laimed 
 at this that they should be daughters, sisters and 
 mothers to bless and sanctify their homes ; and that 
 they should shed out on the world around them, the 
 light and warmth of their own consecrated hearths. 
 And I have not been disappointed.'' 
 
 The Bishop's idea as to education is well summed 
 up in the verse, which for so long was borne upon the 
 pages of the annual catalogue, but which has now, 
 we are sorry to say, disappeared along with the form 
 of bidding prayer, which so distinctly gave character 
 and tone to the catalogue and announced the charac- 
 ter of the school: "That Our Daughters may be as 
 the polished corners of the Temple." 
 
 The Catalogue, in other respects, kept, for many 
 years, the character of the school before those to 
 whom it offered its advantages. Until this year the 
 opening paragraph of the catalogue contained the 
 following : ' ' The fundamental idea of the school 
 was not only secular education but obedience to God 
 like hers whose name the school bears and whose 
 words ' Behold the handmaid of the Lord ' is the 
 legend of its seal and for which " the aim of the 
 school is to give a thorough education and to develop 
 healthy bodies, gracious manners and Christian char- 
 acter " seems a poor substitute. 
 
 (To be continued) 
 
 '•All's Well." 
 
 An Evening Hymn. 
 
 BY H. MC E. K. 
 
 The day is ended. Ere I sink to sleep 
 My weary spirit seeks repose in thine ; 
 Father, forgive my trespasses, and keep 
 This little life of mine. 
 
 With loving kindness curtain Thou my bed, 
 And cool in rest my burning pilgrim feet. 
 Thy pardon be the pillow for my head, 
 So shall my sleep be sweet. 
 
 At peace with all the world, dear Lord, and Thee, 
 No fears my soul's unwavering faith can shake ; 
 All's well whichever side the grave for me 
 The morning light may break. 
 
OLD S. MARY'S AND WOOD STREET 
 
THE REV. GEORGE MORGAN HILLS, D. D. 
 I2th Rector 
 Born in Auburn, New York, October lo, 1825. Prepared for College In select schools 
 and under private tutors. Graduated B. A with honours at Trinity College, 
 Hartford, Conn., August 15, 1847, proceeded M. A. in 1850; was ordained Deacon 
 by the Rt. Rev. William H. De Lancey, D D., L L D. D C L (Oxon.). Bishop of 
 Western New York in Trinity Church, Buffalo, New York, September 22, 1850. 
 Rector of Grace Church, Lyons, New York. 1850-1853; ordained Priest in Trinity 
 Church, Geneva, New York, by Bishop De Lancey, September 21, 1851. 
 
 Rector of Trinity Church, Watertown N. Y., 1853-1857. Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
 Syracuse, N. Y., 1857-1870. Rector of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., 
 1870-1890. Received honorary Degree of D.O. from his Alma Mater, Trinity College, 
 July i3tn, 1871. Married October 7. 1852 to Sarah, daughter of the late John Dows 
 of New York City. Died in Tacoma, Washington, October 15, 1890, and was 
 buried in S. Mary's Churchyard. 
 
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NEW S. MARY'S 
 
 From the Southeast 
 
THE REV, JONATHAN ODELL, A. M. 
 4th Rector 
 1767 to 1777 
 
OLD S. MARY'S 
 
 From the North 
 
FIRST FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE 
 
 High Street, Burlington 
 
 Built 1682 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 The story of S. Mary's Parish will again be 
 taken up in the Christmas number. 
 
 The Settlement of Burlington. 
 
 BY AMELIA MOTT GUMMERE. 
 
 The month of June, 1677, saw the " goode Shippe 
 Kent," Gregory Marlowe, Master, making her slow 
 way up the Delaware after a long and tedious voyage. 
 Her arrival within the capes of Delaware had been 
 retarded by the interference and gubernatorial red- 
 tape of Sir Edmond Andros at New York. Even the 
 King's blessing as the Quakers left their native 
 shores had not lightened their burdens, and. death 
 had been among them, two of their passengers hav- 
 ing died on the voyage. It is therefore, not difficult 
 for us to imagine the relief with which man, woman 
 and child would hang over the sides of the vessel, 
 admiring the luxuriant growth of tree and shrub, and 
 the many strange fish and water-fowl that then 
 abounded. For one hundred and twenty miles they 
 pursued their winding way, finally landing at the 
 island of Matiniconk, on what is now the site of 
 Burlington. The Assisconk Creek on the east, and 
 the southern and western tributaries of it, and of the 
 Delaware River, which lay to the north, formed, 
 with the surrounding marsh lands, a more protected 
 barrier against Indian depredations than was else- 
 where available in the neighbourhood. Here, on the 
 green banks, under forest trees of which one still 
 stands, this colony of Quakers built their first cabins ; 
 and here, spreading the broad sail of the ship, for their 
 gospel tent, they worshipped in peace after their own 
 simple fashion, thankful to escape the persecutions 
 that for twenty-five years had been their portion in 
 the mother country. Under this tent is said to have 
 been solemnized the marriage of James Brown and 
 Honour Clayton, whose certificate is in the first book 
 of marriage records in Burlington Monthly Meeting. 
 
 Little definite knowledge is left us of the life led by 
 these early settlers. A few letters to the relatives at 
 home have been preserved, and these are unanimous 
 in their expressions of pleasure and satisfaction at 
 the possibilities of the new country. John Crips 
 wrote: "The country is so good that I do not see 
 " how it can reasonably be found fault with. There is 
 *' good land enough lies void would serve many thou- 
 
 " sands of families : and we think if they cannot live 
 " here, they can hardly live in any place in the world." 
 Details are not here possible of the settlement of the 
 Jersies, nor of the adjustment of difficulties between the 
 early owners — Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret ; 
 John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge ; William Penn, 
 Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas, and the final 
 " Concessions and Agreements " of the twenty-four 
 Proprietors, still represented by a body that holds its 
 annual meeting in Burlington. 
 
 William Penn and others had circulated in Eng- 
 land and Holland descriptions of the Jersies, setting 
 forth their advantages as a colony and inviting the 
 Quakers to avail themselves of the opportunity thus 
 afforded. Some of these interesting publications still 
 exist, and may be found in private collections, in the 
 library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and 
 in the British Museum. Having overcome their first 
 reluctance at seeming to seek escape from trials that 
 God had required them to endure, the Quakers began 
 to emigrate ; and history tells the long tale thereafter. 
 The first Quaker current had set northward, and the 
 sect was represented in New England forty years 
 before they came up the Delaware, a few having 
 removed to East New Jersey and the neighbourhood 
 of the Raritan and Shrewsbury, from Long Island, 
 Rhode Island and other parts of New England. The 
 "Lower Road'' on the old Indian trail across the 
 Jersies from the Raritan to what is now Burlington, 
 had been travelled as early as 1672 by George Fox 
 and his companion, George Whitehead. By 1683 
 this was known as the " Burlington Path." 
 
 The earliest visitors to the new settlement who 
 have left any comments are Jasper Dankers and 
 Peter Sluyter,* two Dutchmen sent out by the Laba- 
 dists in 1679 ^o reconnoitre for that sect, some mem- 
 bers of which came later to Bohemia Manor, in 
 Maryland. These men visited the Delaware, or, as 
 it was then called, the "South" river, to distinguish 
 it from the Hudson, still known as the "North" 
 to-day. They stopped with a Quaker who~had a grist 
 mill at the Falls, and who was probably Mahlon 
 Stacy. From here they visited the Quakers' meeting 
 at Burlington, and were not greatly pleased. "What 
 " they uttered," say they, " was mostly one tone and 
 " the same thing, until we were tired out and came 
 " away ! ' ' They were apparently more pleased with 
 the Quakers' peach brandy, which evidendy appealed 
 
 * See " The Journal of Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter to New York 
 and other American Colonies, i679-'8o." Published in Memoirs of the 
 Long Island Historical Society. Vol. L 1867. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 to Dutch taste. They lodged at the house of a 
 countryman, one Hendricks, above the village, by 
 reason of the overcrowded tavern, and the next day 
 again came to town. This time the Dutch brethren, 
 determined that nothing about their hosts should be 
 to their mind, found them quite too worldly, and too 
 learned ! They say : "We went again to the village 
 "this morning, where we bieakfasted with Quakers, 
 "but the most worldly of men in their deportment 
 "and conversation. We found lying upon the win- 
 " dow a volume of Virgil, as if it were a common 
 " handbook, and also Helmont's book on medicine, 
 " whom, in an introduction which they have to it, 
 "they make pass for one of their sect, although in 
 "his lifetime he did not know anything about 
 "Quakers ! " Anyone familiar with the volume of 
 Van Helmont in question must be diverted at the 
 astute Dutchmen' s views. 
 
 The two travellers describe the clapboarded houses 
 of the English settlers thus : " They first make a 
 • ' wooden frame the same as they do in Westphalia, 
 " and at Altona,but not so strong : they then split the 
 "boards of clapboard so that they are like cooper's 
 " pipe staves, only they are not bent. These are 
 ' ' made very thin with a large knife, so that the 
 " thickest end is about a pinck (little finger) thick. 
 " and the other is made sharp, like the end of a 
 " knife, They are about five or six feet long, and 
 " are nailed on the outside of the frame, with the 
 ' ' ends lapped over each other. They are not usually 
 " laid so close together as to prevent your sticking a 
 " finger between them, in consequence either of their 
 " being not well joined, or the boards being crooked. 
 ' ' When it is cold and windy, the best people plaster 
 " them with clay. Such are most all English houses 
 " in this country, except those they have which were 
 " built by the people of other nations." The houses 
 built by the Swedes, who were numerous on the 
 Delaware, are described as much more substantial. 
 They were ' ' block houses, which are nothing more 
 " than entire trees, split through the middle, or 
 " squared out of the rough and placed in the form of 
 " a square, upon each other, as high as they wish to 
 " have the house — the ends of these timbers are let 
 • ' into each other, about a foot from the ends, half 
 " of one into the half of the other. The whole 
 ' ' structure is thus made, without a nail or -^l spike. 
 "The ceiling and roof do not exhibit much finer 
 " work, except among the most careful people, who 
 " have the ceiling planked and a glass window. The 
 " doors are wide enough, but very low, so that you 
 
 ' ' have to stoop on entering. These houses are quite 
 "tight and warm, but the chimney is placed in a 
 " corner." 
 
 Within a year after the arrival of the " Kent," a 
 regular Monthly Meeting was established at Bur- 
 lington, with the following minute as a record of the 
 fact : "Since, by the good providence of God, many 
 ' ' Friends with their families have transported them- 
 ' * selves into this province of West Jersey, the said 
 " Friends in these upper parts have found it needful, 
 ' ' according to cur practice in the place we came 
 "from, to settle Monthly Meetings for the well- 
 " ordering of the affairs of the Church : it was 
 " agreed that accordingly it should be done, and ac- 
 " cordingly it was done, the 15th. of 5mo. 1678."^ 
 The handwriting of this interesting entry is as clear 
 as on the day when it was written, but there is no 
 clue to the clerk's name. The second entry shows 
 characteristic care in a collection for the use of the, 
 poor, " and such other necessary uses as may occur," 
 among which was the proper fencing in of the bury- 
 ing ground. The first death in the town was that of 
 John Kinsey, grandfather of the Chief Justice of 
 Pennsylvania of the same name. The first birth was 
 that of a daughter to Robert and Prudence Power, 
 on the " Seauenth of the 7th moth, 1677." 
 
 In 1682, — the year that William Penn founded 
 Philadelphia — the Burlington Friends began their first 
 meeting-house, holding their meetings meantime in 
 private houses, chiefly at Thomas Gardiner's, on the 
 west side of what is still Main street, near the present 
 site of Pearl. Thomas Gardiner died in 1694. At 
 his house was held the first Yearly Meeting of the 
 Quakers in the Middle States, on the 28th of the 6mo., 
 168 1. It opened under the title : "A General Yearly 
 " Meeting held for Friends of Pennsylvania, East 
 " and West Jersey and the adjacent Provinces.' ' The 
 illustration here given of the first meeting-house is 
 from a painting done by a native artist after a 
 drawing presented to him by Samuel Emlen, ist. 
 The curious hexagonal form* of the structure is a 
 survival among the Quakers of the idea that all 
 buildings intended for the worship of God must follow 
 a conventional pattern. The earliest Puritan meet- 
 ing-houses in New England were of this ancient 
 form ; and an old meeting-house of this kind is still 
 standing at Hingham, Mass. There is material for 
 an interested antiquarian architect in the early 
 conical-roofed meeting-houses of the Quakers and 
 Puritans in New England. It may not be too much 
 to hazard a guess at Puritan influence in the archi- 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 13 
 
 lecture of the very interesting old structure in 
 which the Burlington Quakers worshipped for one 
 hundred years. The exact site of this building, for a 
 long time conjectural, was definitely determined in 
 1880, when in digging for an interment in the adjoin- 
 ing graveyard, the workmen exposed the old walls of 
 the early foundation. Confirmation of the spot as 
 correct exists in the presence of the two old sycamores, 
 still standing in a hale old age behind the present 
 meeting-house, which was erected in 1784. They 
 then stood in front of the old house, which was not 
 demolished until 1792, when the English bricks used 
 in its construction were incorporated in the school- 
 house at the corner of York and Union streets, built 
 in that year by the meeting. 
 
 The m.eeting-house seems to have been put to 
 secular uses for a time, for in 3mo., 1691, it was 
 ordered that Bernard Davenish "should not suffer 
 "the Court to be kept in our meeting-house any 
 "more. A minute dated 7 of 11 mo., 1705, runs : 
 ^' It is the request of some Friends of Burlington to 
 " this meeting that they may have the privilege of 
 "allowing a school to be kept in this meeting-house 
 " in Burlington, which request is answered by this 
 " meeting." This is the first school of which there is 
 any record in Burlington. After the Court was 
 ousted from the meeting-house, it met in the new hall 
 over what was described by old Gabriel Thomas, in 
 1698, as "the delicate great market house, * * * 
 " It hath a noble and spacious Hall overhead, where 
 " their Sessions is kept, having the Prison adjoyning 
 ' ' to it." The semi-annual Fair was held in May and 
 ■October, and at the monthly meeting of "4 of 8mo. , 
 ' ' 1 697, ' ' it was ordered ' ' that our next-monthly meet- 
 " ing be deferred one week longer than the usual Day 
 "because the fair falling on that Day the meeting 
 "should be.' ' This may sound to us rather frivolous ; 
 but nearly all the j^early trading was carried on at 
 these times, and it was a matter of great moment to 
 attend the fair. 
 
 The course of Quakerism, however, was not 
 destined to flow in quiet channels, even though in a 
 new and free land, Daniel Leeds in 1687 published 
 an " Allmanack " which, like many such early pub- 
 lications dealing with astronomical predictions, 
 ventured over the border into the mystical. Probably 
 influenced by the teachings of his Germantown 
 friend, Kelpius, Leeds entangled Quakerism in the 
 mazes of little understood scientific theories. He 
 was finally disowned, and became a follower of 
 George Keith ; his descendants are to be found 
 
 among both the Quakers and the Churchmen, In 
 1696 the Yearly Meeting had a turbulent visit from 
 Heinrich Bernhard Koster, the Germantown mystic, 
 who was present with six of his more peaceable Men- 
 nonite companions who were in the habit of attend- 
 ing the meetings in Burlington. Dr. Sachse tells us 
 that on this particular occasion there were present 
 four thousand people and forty ministers, Koster 
 failed to receive the attention he demanded ; and after 
 interrupting various speakers, he adjourned to the 
 Court House steps and from there harangued the 
 passers by. 
 
 1688 had seen presented to this same meeting the 
 remonstrance of the Germantown Friends on the sub- 
 ject of keeping slaves, which Whittier tells us is the 
 first instance of formal action on that subject by 
 any body of people in America. Unfortunately, 
 nothing came of it at this time. It was left to another 
 Burlington Quaker to become famous in the cause of 
 the slave. John Woolman is as much appreciated 
 by the world outside as by his own sect. The early 
 Quakers who were prominent in the meeting were 
 also prominent in the State, for in New Jersey, as in 
 Pennsylvania, the Quaker governing class was then 
 in power, and amongthem were such men as Thomas 
 Olive, Governor, Justice of the Peace and Speaker of 
 the West Jersey Assembly; Samuel Jennings, the 
 famous Deputy Governor for Edward Byllinge ; John 
 Kinsey, well known in public life, and father of the 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, of the same name ; 
 Edward Hunloke, Justice ; Thomas Gardiner, and 
 many more than can here be named. 
 
 The history of Burlington Meeting, however, can 
 no more be complete than can that of S. Mary's 
 Parish without reference to George Keith, whose first 
 coming to this country in 1684, was under appoint- 
 ment from Governor Robert Barclay, as Surveyor 
 (jcneral.* He ran the line between East and West 
 Jersey in 1686. Keith was a Scotchman, an M. A. 
 of Aberdeen, a man of high literary attainments and 
 formerly a rigid Presbyterian. The circumstances of 
 his conversion to Quakerism are not known. In 
 1664 he came up to Aberdeen from his home in the 
 south, as a Quaker preacher, and between that date 
 and his emigration to America, he was many times 
 imprisoned. Keith's much disputed boundary line 
 
 • " List of Persons imported by George Keith, February, 
 1684-5 ; Himself— wife Anna, daughters Anna and Eliza, 
 apprentice Richard Hodkins, servants, Mary Smith and 
 Christin Ghaine. Robert Bridgman imported himself." 
 N. J. Archives, xxi. p. G9. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 has often been fou^lit over, and was finally re-run 
 and much of it confirmed by the present Surveyor 
 General, Henry S. Haines, of Burlington. In 1689, 
 George Keith removed to Pennsylvania as head 
 master of what is now the Willian Penn Charter 
 School, of Philadelphia, and this has probably given 
 rise to the erroneous idea that he came to this coun- 
 try in connection with educational interests, since he 
 had been a schoolmaster both in Scotland and in 
 England. The position in Philadelphia was relin- 
 quished at his own request however, the following 
 year, in order to be at liberty to travel and preach. 
 Whether his wife accompanied him does not appear. 
 In fact, Mrs. Keith is at all times very little in evi- 
 dence, although we know of her existence. This is 
 not the place for any extended examination into the 
 grounds of the famous controversy, begun in 1691, 
 which was led by George Keith, and which eventually 
 resulted in his disownment from the Society of 
 Friends in 1695, after repeated appeals to the Yearly 
 Meeting in Burlington, and finally to that in London; 
 a single and unique instance in the history of the 
 Quakers. Like other men of pronounced character 
 and ability, who have become involved in contro- 
 versial matters, he carried personal invective into his 
 theological convictions ; and becoming convinced 
 that Quakerism contained too much that was ration- 
 alistic and was not sufficiently evangelical, he hotly 
 attacked both Quaker doctrine and method. The 
 interval to which Dr. Fiskehas alluded between 1694 
 and 1700, was filled with strife and controversy, and 
 is not unimportant because the schism thus created 
 ' ' affected not only the religious organization but 
 " the political organization as well, helping to deprive 
 " Penn for a time of his Province." * 
 
 George Keith was for thirty years an active Quaker 
 preacher, and spent nine years of the time in Amer- 
 ica in that capacity. Five years were then spent 
 again in England, and in 1702 we find him in this 
 country as the pioneer missionary of the Episcopal 
 Church in America, where he remained a little over 
 two years, returning to England in 1704, and dying 
 at an advanced age in 17 14. 
 
 No adequate life of this remarkable man has ever 
 been published, although a good deal of material for 
 the purpose is in existence. Original Keithian liter- 
 ature is very rare, although extensive, since his 
 activities interest so various bodies of people. Many 
 early books and pamphlets dealing with George 
 
 ♦" History of the Society of Friends," p. 232. Thomas. 
 
 Keith are to be seen in the British Museum and the 
 Bodleian Library at Oxford. An almost unique copy 
 of the " Confession of Faith" that was "Given forth 
 "from the Yearly Meeting at Burlington the 7th. of 7th. 
 "moneth 1692," is in the Haverford College Library, 
 worth quite its actual weight in gold. After the 
 establishment of S. Mary's Church in Burlington, for 
 many years the Quakers and the Episcopalians were 
 the only religious denominations in the town. Time 
 and an advancing civilization made early polemical 
 strife a thing of the past ; and the friendships between 
 the worshippers in the "steeple house," as George 
 Fox called the Church, and the meeting-house were 
 warm and constant, as many an old family letter can 
 still testify. 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 BY HKNRY BUDD. 
 
 CONTINUED. 
 
 The school opened May i, 1837. It enjoyed the 
 personal supervision of its founder, who not only 
 attended the meetings of teachers, listened to their 
 complaints, advised and assisted them in their dif- 
 ficulties, was a court of ultimate appeal in matters of 
 discipline, but gave actual instruction. One of his 
 early pupils, speaking more especially of his com- 
 position class, says, " We forgot that he was a Bishop 
 " there, in the one thought that he was our father and 
 " when the round of duty had begun, we felt that he 
 "was our teacher, a great teacher. He forgot every- 
 " thing else in the work before him. Into that he 
 " threw his whole soul. One would have thought that 
 " he had no other duty. * * * Ah ! what a teacher 
 " he was ! How intuitively he knew every disposition 
 " and the exact progress each pupil was making. He 
 " saw the good and bad, in every character ; and used 
 " that knowledge with consummate skill. He always 
 " said the right thing, to the right person, at the right 
 " lime. The gentle rebuke : can we ever forget it ? 
 " The word of encouragement to the timid : how good 
 " it was. 
 
 " His criticism was able, exact, but it had no sting. 
 " How he would urge it upon us, to say no more, na 
 " less, than we meant, and how to draw from the pure 
 " Saxon source of our language. 
 
 " His fertility of invention was matchless. He wa& 
 " constantly devising new exercises to call every faculty 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 '5 
 
 " into action * * * Truly he inspired while he 
 " instructed. Everything was interesting, when he 
 "told it." 
 
 Two customs were early established in S. Mary's 
 Hall, one. the Word for the Day, which was intro- 
 duced at the very opening of the school, and which, 
 it is assumed, still continues. It was that the chil- 
 dren at the opening of the day' s work should repeat a 
 text of scripture, previously assigned for study, upon 
 which the principal made a very few remarks. As 
 said by Bishop Doane, "the sacred text thus chosen 
 " serves as the key-note for the day, and hearts are 
 "harmonized and tuned by it.'' This custom had a 
 Moravian origin. At Hernnhut, one of the elders 
 visited each family every morning. Before begin- 
 ning his round, he received, from the minister, a slip 
 of paper, which contained one of a previously made 
 selection of scripture texts, which was to serve as the 
 subject of meditation for the congregation for the 
 day. The text on the paper was read to the family 
 by the visiting elder, who added a proper exhortation. 
 Beginning with 1731 the collections so made were 
 printed. 
 
 The other custom alluded to is that of the midday 
 service, which is thus described in that very inter- 
 esting and delightful book "Louie's Last Term 
 "at S. Mary's." "It was a voluntary service and 
 " took up more than half the short recess allowed at 
 " noon, and, between the demands of study and the 
 " desire for recreation, but a small proportion of the 
 " large school found their way into the quiet chapel. 
 " But to those who did, it was the sweetest service of 
 " the day — a lull in its busy turmoil — a momentary 
 " break in the business and pleasure that none are 
 " too young to find engrossing — a respite and refresh- 
 " ment that none ever failed to find the benefit of." 
 And to those who were not of the school, or who, 
 being of it, did not come to the service, the sound 
 of the midday bell was as a call to prayer, if even 
 a brief one, perhaps affecting some as did the bell 
 which George Herbert's parishioners heard while at 
 their work in the fields. This custom lasted through- 
 out the rectorate of the Rev. J. Leighton McKim, 
 but when, after his resignation, a lady principal was 
 substituted for a rector, as the administrative head of 
 the school, and the services were confided to a 
 chaplain, who was compelled to divide his time 
 between the school and S. Mary's Church, the mid- 
 day prayer was discontinued, an occurrence much 
 to be regretted and only to be justified by necessity. 
 The writer of this paper remembers very well the 
 
 meeting of the trustees, in 1888, at which, twelve 
 o'clock having just passed, one of the board, the 
 Rev. J. Nicholas Stansbury, Archdeacon of Newark, 
 himself an old Burlington College boy, rose and, 
 after sadly alluding to the fact that he had for the 
 first time heard noon pass in Burhngton, without 
 the bell from S. Mary's calling to prayers, spoke of 
 the need of maintaining the religious standard of the 
 Hall, and the board, much impressed by his remarks, 
 passed the following resolution : 
 
 " Resolved, that the Bishop and three other clerical 
 ' ' trustees be appointed to examine and report whether 
 "any change be recommended in the by-laws for the 
 ' ' improvement of the religious services and instruc- 
 ' ' tions in S. Mary' s Hall." The Committee provided 
 for seems never to have reported. As above inti- 
 mated, necessity only could justify the abandonment 
 of the midday prayer, and now that the necessity 
 has ceased, and the Hall has again in residence a 
 priest of the Church, it may be hoped that, if the 
 service has not already been restored, it soon 
 will be. 
 
 The Hall had its struggles. It opened, as above 
 stated, in 1837, a year famous in the annals of 
 financial disaster. The effect of the hard times 
 was to check the subscription toward the en- 
 dowment of the school, to prevent the attendance of 
 girls who would otherwise have sought the care of 
 the good Bishop, so that, at one time, there were but 
 twenty-six pupils, of whom more than one-fourth 
 were free pupils, it being a part of the Bishop's 
 scheme to provide liberally for those who were un- 
 able to pay adequately for their education, which 
 policy has since been reaffirmed by the Board of 
 Trustees, both practically and by direct vote. The 
 receipts from tuition fees were, for several years, be- 
 low the expense of maintenance. This involved 
 debt. With the return of prosperity to the country, 
 the prospects of the school brightened and its condi- 
 tions improved. In 1849, there were in the school 
 143 girls. But the debt was still pressing. Pros- 
 perity had led to, had necessitated, additional ex- 
 penditures. The Bishop had struggled nobly but, 
 in 1849, the burden had become too great for him to 
 bear. He made a proposition to his creditors which 
 involved his continuing to labour in the school and 
 in Burlington College, which he had estabhshed in 
 1845, without consideration or compensation until all 
 indebtedness was extinguished. This propositions 
 was rejected. His thought then was how to save 
 S. Mary's. He turned to the Trustees of Burlington 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 College, a body which then contained many devoted 
 Churchmen, who were prominent in the community, 
 and proposed that the Board should take to itself the 
 school, should provide the means for its support and 
 save it for the cause of Christian and Church educa- 
 tion. As a result of the appeal of the Bishop, at a 
 meeting of the Board, held July i, 1850, an address 
 was directed to be issued which, after reciting that 
 S. Mary's had closed its twenty-sixth semi-annual 
 term with one hundred pupils, was, in part, as fol- 
 lows : " In his zeal for the cause and confidence in 
 ' • its success, the Bishop of New Jersey embarked 
 " himself and all that he had. The result is that the 
 " estate of Riverside is subject to mortgages amount- 
 " ing to ^29,000, with a proportion of a joint mort- 
 «'gage of )?44,ooo, and S. Mary's Hall to $25,500, 
 " with its share of the same mortgage, while Bur- 
 " lington College for mortgages and claims is liable 
 " to ;?3o,ooo. The gross amount of incumbrances is 
 " thus $128,000 with the resulting annual burden of 
 "$7,716. * * * It is proposed to raise $130,000 
 " for the purpose of relieving these several estates 
 " from their incumbrances, on the following condi- 
 "tions: That Riverside and S. Mary's Hall be con- 
 " veyed in trust, forever, to the Trustees of Burlington 
 " College, to hold and manage for the uses of 
 " Christian education. That the three estates be 
 "and remain free and unincumbered thereafter, and 
 " that there be no obligation on the contributors to 
 ' ' this object unless the whole sum be obtained. The 
 "debts being extinguished, the consequent release 
 " from the payment of interest and the confidence 
 " thus given to the institutions will insure, on their 
 ' ' economical administration, a surplus income which 
 " it is proposed to apply, annually during his life, to 
 "the extinction of the debts of the Rt. Rev. G. W. 
 " Doane, incurred in carrying on their undertak- 
 "ings. 
 
 "This appeal is to all who desire to promote the 
 ■*' work of Christian education, and especially to 
 -" Churchmen, to come forward at the present critical, 
 -"and yet, most favourable moment. Success in the 
 "proposed undertaking, humanly speaking, will estab- 
 •" lish S. Mary's Hall and Burlington College as per- 
 " ' petual sources of the best influences for the diocese 
 " and whole country." 
 
 Governor Haines, the Hon. Chas. C. Stratton and 
 the Hon. William Wright were appointed iu receive 
 the subscriptions. 
 
 The Bjard, having issued its address, went to work 
 mxnfully to render it effective, and in the meantime 
 
 the Bishop carried on the school. In 1854, the 
 Committee on subscriptions had so far accomplished 
 its work that it reported to the appointed custodian 
 of the fund that $142, 309.50 had been subscribed of 
 which sum $106,732.50 came from New Jersey, 
 $[4,165 from New York City, $7,600 from Boston, 
 $5,000 from Cleveland, Ohio, $4,375 from Philadel- 
 phia, $2,000 from Troy and Lansingburg, $i;5oo 
 from Albany, $737 from Connecticut, $200 from 
 Washington, D. C. On October 26, 1856, the 
 Bishop executed a deed, in accordance with the terms 
 of the address, conveying S. Mary's Hall to the trus- 
 tees of Burlington College. A few days before this, 
 viz., October 29, 1856, Mrs. Sarah P. Cleveland 
 conveyed to the Trustees of Burlington College the 
 land and buildings of S. Mary's Hall and Riverside, 
 "in trust for the uses and purposes of Christian 
 "education, without the power of selling, aliening, 
 " incumbering or transferring the same or any part 
 "thereof by any deed of conveyance or mortgage or' 
 " otherwise however, the same not to be subject to any 
 "judgment recovered or to be recovered against the 
 "said corporation." 
 
 By this deed the school, which had been the 
 private property of Bishop Doane, became the prop- 
 erty of a board of trustees of which the Bishop was 
 a member. By the original charter the Bishop was 
 not a trustee ex officio. The Act constitutes ' ' George 
 "Washington Doane, Garret D. Wall" and others 
 " and their successors being members of the Prot- 
 ' ' estant Episcopal Church " a body politic. The by- 
 laws of the trustees provided : "On the demise of 
 " the Bishop, his successor in office shall succeed to 
 "his place as trustee." The efficacy of this by-law 
 seems to be recognized by the Act of the New Jersey 
 legislature of April 3, 1855, lessening the legal 
 quorum of the board of trustees. Notwithstanding 
 the change of ownership, there was apparently no 
 change in the actual management of the school 
 immediately after the execution of the deed, and 
 Bishop Doane was left in supreme control of that 
 which had been his creation and which he had so 
 faithfully nourished. 
 
 The Bishop, however, did not long remain ; the 
 period of his faithful labours, his struggles, his trials, 
 his joys and his triumphs in this world was near at 
 hand. In March, 1859, he delivered his sixteenth 
 and last address to a graduating class of S. Mary's 
 and the last words of that address show so clearly the 
 Bishop's idea of womanhood and the object of the 
 school that we may be pardoned for again quoting 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 17 
 
 " ' Be strong in the Lord ' dear children ' and in the 
 "power of his might.' Keep your Bibles, ever, in 
 "your hearts; Have your Prayer Books, ever, in your 
 "hands. Be true to yourselves. Be true to your 
 " homes. Be true to your Church. Be true to your 
 " God. Follow after her, who sat down at Jesus ' feet 
 "and His word. Follow after them who left His 
 " Cross, the last, and found His grave the first. Fol- 
 " low after her, whose sacred legend gleams upon you 
 • ' now ; it may be for the last time ; ' behold the hand- 
 " maid of the Lord.' Remember, always, that you 
 ' ' are women. Remember always to be ' holy women. ' 
 " Keep your hands, ever, on the cross. Fix your eyes, 
 ' ' ever, on the crown. Lambs of the Lamb in meek- 
 " ness, and gentleness, andlovirgness ; be dovelings 
 " of the Dove in peace, and purity, and piety. Dear 
 • • daughters of my heart. God bless you ! ' ' 
 
 At the Trustees' Meeting in October, 1859, the 
 death of Bishop Doane was formally announced to 
 the Board, which passed resolutions recording its 
 "profound and grateful sense of his unequalled ser- 
 " vices in the cause of liberal, religious and churchly 
 "education ; of the high faith displayed by him in 
 "the founding of S. Mary's Hall and Burlington 
 "College ; and of the wisdom, patience and unswerv- 
 " ing self-devotion with which, through innumerable 
 " discouragements, trials, sufferings and losses, he 
 "has raised those schools from small beginnings to a 
 "state of usefulness and efficiency, fully demonstrat- 
 " ing their importance to the Diocese of New Jersey 
 "and to the Church at large," and acknowledging 
 "the increased responsibility devolving upon us and 
 "upon all friends of Christian education to carry on 
 "in faith the work so faithfully begun and to do all 
 "that in us lies to aid its prosperity and success." 
 The Board adjourned to meet at the call of the 
 Bishop-elect, at the earliest practicable date after 
 his consecration. 
 
 On November 9, 1859, the new Bishop, the Rt. 
 Rev. W. H. Odenheimer, met the Board for the first 
 time. At this meeting the President ex-officio, the 
 Governor of the State of New Jersey, presided. 
 
 The next meeting was a very important one in the 
 history of the Hall. It was a special meeting called 
 under the following circumstances : Bishop Oden- 
 heimer was of opinion that his relations to S. Mary's 
 were, at least so far as powers of government were 
 concerned, the same as those which the late Bishop 
 had exercised, legally and of right, while the school 
 was his private property, and by the acquiescence of 
 the trustees, after the deed conveying the school to 
 
 them. This position was disputed by some of the 
 trustees, and the Bishop, in consequence of the dis- 
 pute, called a meeting of the Board, the object of 
 which was set forth in the following letter : 
 
 "Burlington College, April 23, A. D. i860. 
 "Burlington, N.J. 
 " To the Board of Trustees of Burlington College. 
 
 "Gentlemen : — I have called this special meet- 
 " ing of the Board in order to inquire respectfully 
 "who are the legal Proprietors and Directors of 
 " S. Mary's Hall and also to request the Board to 
 "define the relations which the Bishop of this Dio- 
 " cese has had and is expected to sustain towards 
 "this institution — which pomts have been an occa- 
 "sion of serious difference of opinion between three 
 "of the trustees, (the Hon. Judge Ogden, J. C. Garth- 
 " waite, Esq., Joel W. Condit, Esq.) & myself. 
 "Respectfully yrs. 
 (Signed) " W. H. Odenheimer, 
 
 " Bishop of New Jersey." 
 
 In response to this the Board passed the following 
 preamble and resolution. 
 
 "Whereas, in an address to the Patrons of S. 
 " Mary's Hall and Burlington College and the friends 
 "of Christian education" of the date of July ist, 
 1850, it was proposed that certain sums "be raised 
 ' ' to free the Estates of Riverside, S. Mary's Hall and 
 "Burlington College of their several incumbrances : 
 " and that said estates of Riverside and S. Mary's 
 " Hall be conveyed in trust forever to the Trustees of 
 ' ' Burlington College to hold and manage for the uses 
 " of Christian education, 
 
 "AND WHEREAS, such conveyance having been 
 " made and recorded, a doubt still exists as to the 
 "nature and extent of the powers of the Trustees of 
 ' ' Burlington College in the premises under their 
 ' ' charter. 
 
 "AND WHEREAS, The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of the 
 "Diocese has called the attention of this Board, 
 "to the position of S. Mary's Hall, and who are its 
 " proprietors and legal directors, and to the relation 
 " the Bishop of the diocese has had and is expected, 
 " to sustain towards this institution. 
 
 "Therefore resolved, that a Committee be- 
 " appointed to report to an adjourned meeting of this 
 "Board, to be held on the 4th. day of June, i860,. 
 
 "First, whether any power is possessed by the 
 "Trustees, under their charter for the management 
 " of a female school as contemplated in the address 
 ' ' above mentioned. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 " Secondly, in case they have such power, what 
 " are the duties imposed upon them by the trust deed. 
 
 " Thirdly, In what form those duties can be best 
 " assumed and discharged. 
 
 " Pourl/ily, as to the relations the Rt. Rev. the 
 "Bishop of the Diocese has had and is expected to 
 " sustain towards S. Mary's Hall," 
 
 The Committee appointed under the resolution em- 
 braced a rare combination of legal, educational and 
 theological learning. Its members were the Hon. 
 Thos. P. Carpenter, the Rev. Dr. Milo Mahan, the 
 Rev. James A. Williams, Abraham Browning, Esq., 
 Jeremiah C. Garthwaite, Esq. , J, L. W. Stratton, Esq. 
 
 To cover the ground, until the Committee should 
 report, the Board passed, by a vote of lo to 7, a reso- 
 lution ' ' that the Bishop of New Jersey be considered 
 " Rector of S. Mary's Hall in the same sense that his 
 " predecessor was immediately before his demise, 
 " until otherwise directed by this Board, and that the 
 ' ' diplomas issued to the late graduating class be 
 "signed by him according to the usual form, provided 
 "that nothing herein shall be construed to affect in 
 " any manner the legal rights or responsibilities of 
 '.' any parties interested." This resolution vested, 
 ad interim, internal governing powers in the Bishop 
 so far as it was in the power of the Board to so vest 
 them. . 
 
 (To be continued.) 
 
 Evensong at Burlington 
 
 BY THE REV. THOMAS LYLE 
 
 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 S. Barnabas' 
 
 Kneels with his faithful band ; 
 And, laden with the burden rich 
 
 Of earnest prayer and laud, 
 Their breath to Heaven like incense goes. 
 
 And bears their souls to God. 
 
 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 S. 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. 
 
 Bright beams the moon o' er Delaware 
 
 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. 
 
 Unceasing be these cheerful rites. 
 
 Till time itself shall end ; 
 For not alone on those who kneel 
 
 Shall answering grace descend. 
 On friends afar, on Holy Church, 
 
 On sinners wandering. 
 These faithful orisons shall draw 
 
 Fresh blessings from our King. 
 
BOARDING SCHOOL OF SAMUEL R. GUMMERE 
 
 Green Bank, Burlington 
 
 As it appeared in 1837 when it becanne S. Mary's Hall 
 
THE REV. WILLIAM ALLEN JOHNSON 
 nth Rector 
 
 Son of the Rev. Samuel Roosevelt Johnson, D. D., and descendant of the Bards, 
 Marmions and De Normandles, of Burlington, many of whom are laid at rest in 
 S. Mary's Churchyard. Also a descendant of Dr. John Johnston, one of the 
 Proprietors of East New Jersey. Born at Hyde Park, N. Y., August 4, 1833 
 Graduated at Columbia College, July 27, 1853, and at the General Theological 
 Seminary, June 24, 1857. Ordained Deacon by the Rt, Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., 
 1857; took charge of S. Peter's Church, Bainbridge, and Christ Church, Guil- 
 ford, Western New York, 1857. Advanced to the Priesthood by the Rt. Rev. 
 William Heathcote De Lancy, 1858; Missionary in the Mining Region of Lake 
 Superior, 1862-1864 ; Rector of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 1864-1870; Rector 
 of S. John's Church, Salisbury, Conn., 1871-1883; Professor in Berkely Divinity 
 School, 1883-1900. Married, June 12, i860, to Henrietta Chamberlain, daughter 
 of Joseph Pollard Chamberlain, Esq., of Chenango County, N. Y. 
 
THE NEW CHURCH 
 
 From the West 
 
THE REV. CHARLES HENRY WHARTON, D. D. 
 7th Rector 
 Born at Notley Hall, S. Mary's County, Maryland, 25th of May, O. S. 1748. His ances- 
 tors were Roman Catholics, and the family plantation, " Nptley Hall' was a gift to his 
 grandfather from Lord Baltimore. In 1760 he was sent to the English Jesuits' College 
 at Saint Omers. He was ordained in 1772 in the Roman Catholic Church, Deacon in 
 June, and Priest in September of that year. He returned to America in 1783, and soon 
 after conformed to the Anglican Branch of the Church, and became Rector of 
 Immanuel Church, New Castle, Delaware. He was elected Rector of S. Mary's, 
 5th of September, 1796, and remained until his death, 23d of July, 1833. 
 
OLD PARSONAGE 
 Before additions were made for Guild purposes 
 
STEPHEN GERMAIN HEWITT 
 
 Memorial Lych Gate 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 19 
 
 The fifth Rector was the Rev. Levi Heath from 
 1789 to 1793. Of him we know very little. He was 
 ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Hereford in the 
 Cathedral on the 29th of June, 1783, and Priest by 
 the same Bishop, 18th of October, 1784, 
 
 The sixth Rector was the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, 
 S. T. D. He was born in Nassau Street, New York, 
 in 1 744, graduated at King' s (now Columbia) College, 
 1 76 1. Moved to Stratford, Conn., where he studied 
 law. He married Huldah Lev* is 9th of August, 1767. 
 He practiced law for a time but gave it up and 
 studied for the ministry. He was one of the three 
 candidates ordained by Bishop Seabury at his first 
 Ordination at Middletown, Conn., the 3d of August, 
 1785. He was Rector of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 
 1 785-1 79 1. Rector for a time at Peekskill, N. Y., 
 Perth Amboy and New Brunswick, N. J., and 
 S. Mary's. Burlington, 1 793-1 796. In 1792 he 
 received the degree of S. T. D. from Rutgers College. 
 After leaving Burlington he was Rector of S. James', 
 Newtown, Long Island, 1 797-1 802. He died in 
 New York the 17th of September, 1804, and was 
 buried in Trinity Church Yard. 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE McCLELLAN FISKK, D. D. 
 
 The Transition Period. 
 
 "O English policy ! Alas for it." 
 
 Colin Campbell. 
 
 The little more than seventy years — we might call 
 it, in round numbers, threescore and ten — from the 
 death of the Rev. John Talbot to the Rectorship of 
 the Rev. Dr. Wharton, was a lifetime, indeed, in the 
 annals of S. Mary's. As the "Talbot Era " was the 
 birth and infancy of the Parish, these succeeding 
 days of its growth may stand for its childhood and 
 adolescence, as the struggles, which enter into the 
 formation of character. Those were eventful years, 
 troublous times in more ways than one. In the 
 same year wherein Talbot died, George the Second 
 came to the English Throne. Walpole was soon to 
 fall to make way for the ascendancy of Pitt, whose 
 brilliant statesmanship was to lead rapidly to modern 
 England, the United States of America, and imperial 
 Germany. These three-quarters of the eighteenth 
 century included, the Seven Years' War, the capture 
 of Quebec, and both the American and French Rev- 
 olutions. It was a period of vast and far-reaching 
 
 changes. If it witnessed the loss to England of her 
 American colonies, it saw her supremacy firmly fixed 
 in the northern latitudes of the western hemisphere, 
 and her star of empire rising in far Eastern India. 
 As regards the Church of England, it was at once 
 the Hanoverian period at its worst, and the beginning 
 of the Church's regeneration. It was the age of 
 Wesley and Whitefield, forerunners of the glorious 
 Oxford movement of the nineteenth century. It saw 
 the nascent American Church, struggling to keep 
 itself alive, starved for want of Episcopal supervision 
 and ministration, and left at last, when national inde- 
 pendence was achieved, a free Church in a free State, 
 yet " alas, for English pohcy !" a Church without a 
 Bishop. 
 
 During these signal years, Burlington, New Jersey, 
 was a place much spoken of, in London, in political 
 and ecclesiastical circles, by Ministers and Bishops. 
 
 No one figure, as in Talbot's time, dominates 
 Burlington history, but a procession of reverend 
 personages in wigs, and gowns, and bands, marches 
 by, as we review those scenes. 
 
 On the death of Mr. Talbot, and for some little 
 time before, the Rev. Nathaniel Horwood ministered 
 at Burlington. The Society for the Propagation of 
 the Gospel offered Burlington to the Rev. John 
 Holbrook and proposed to send Mr. Horwood to 
 Salem, N. J., to take Mr. Holbrook' s place there. 
 This, Mr. Holbrook declined, to his subsequent 
 regret. He speaks of Burlington, as well-nigh every 
 sojourner there has spoken, with admiration, as 
 " reckoned healthy and is as famous for a situation, 
 the most pleasant and agreeable of any on either side 
 the Delaware." He tells us of the " clever house 
 and glebe," and of the congregation, " comparatively 
 large," consisting "of people capable of doing 
 handsomely for their missionary." There is some- 
 thing very pathetic in Mr. Horwood's connection with 
 the Parish. He writes at one time, of "pretty 
 numerous congregation," of the "abundance of the 
 adjacent country" coming frequently to Divine 
 Service, of great numbers baptized, of twenty-two 
 persons baptized in one day about thirty miles off, 
 though at first he found the congregation dispersed 
 and very cold. Then, after the space of two years, 
 the Church-wardens ask for the removal of Mr. 
 Horwood, alleging that he had " reduced once a brave 
 flourishing congregation into almost none at all," and 
 " that, for want of a sober and vigilant labourer in their 
 vineyard." This was on December 3, 1729. On 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 July 28, 1730, seven months after, he died, departing, 
 "without being desired." But let us not judge 
 him hastily or harshly ; for his side of the story we 
 may never know. 
 
 The Rev. Robert Weyman, of Trinity Church, 
 Oxford, Pennsylvania, where he had served most 
 acceptably for eleven years, came next. He minis- 
 tered at S. Mary's Altar from 1730 to October 5, 1737, 
 when he died. 
 
 Mr. Weyman praises the people of Burlington for 
 constant and due attendance in the worship of God, 
 but utters the same complaint as Mr. Horwood, that 
 they do not care to do anything toward the support 
 and maintenance of the ministry. He extenuates and 
 accounts for this fault by saying that they were never 
 used by Mr. Talbot to supporting the minister, for 
 Mr. Talbot did and could subsist upon the Society's 
 bounty without their help. 
 
 Mr. Weyman officiated at Bristol, and within one 
 year baptized ninety children and six adults at 
 Burlington and elsewhere. Thus, in spite of all 
 hindrances, the Church was growing. 
 
 The long and faithful Rectorship of the Rev. Colin 
 Campbell, from May 10, 1738, to August 9, 1766, 
 must have done much to establish and extend Church 
 influence and parochial life. Mr. Campbell was sent 
 out from England, and his antecedents were such as to 
 attract attention in addition to his own intrinsic 
 worth. He was a man of mark, coming of the re- 
 nowned and noble Scottish family of his name. He 
 married, in Burlington, Miss Maiy Martha Bard, 
 daughter of Col. Peter Bard, a Royal Councillor, and 
 Supreme Court Judge of New Jersey, whose descend- 
 ant Mr. John Bard, kinsman of a later Rector of 
 S. Mary's (the Rev, Wm. Allen Johnson) is im- 
 mortalized to American Churchmen as the munificent 
 Founder and Benefactor of S. Stephen's College, 
 Annandale, N. Y. 
 
 In 1742 a church was built at Mount Holly. In 
 1745 S. Mary's Parish was presented with a piece of 
 silver plate, made over in 1839 into an alms basin 
 and inscribed : ' ' This plate given to the Rev. Mr. 
 Campbell by Mrs. Katharine Pierce, for the use of 
 St. Mary's Church in Burlington, 1745." 
 
 In the same year, 1745, steps were taken towards 
 securing a new parsonage. This was done by the 
 sale of certain unproductive land for £7$, to which 
 was added ^40, given to the " S. P. G." for a bell, 
 which was finally obtained from another source. 
 
 In 1748, Burlington House, which had long been 
 going to decay, was destroyed by fire. 
 
 In 1752, Paul Watkinson, clerk of the Parish for 
 forty-five years died, bequeathing, after his wife's 
 death, his house with land worth a hundred pounds 
 sterling, to S. Mary's Parish, for the purpose of 
 building a steeple for the Church and making other 
 "repairs of this Church forever." This land was 
 memorable on account of its pedigree of ownership^ 
 for either the whole, or at least a portion of it had 
 been purchased June 22, 1720, from the Rev. John 
 Talbot. And it became still more memorable as the 
 site on what Watkinson called his "little orchard," 
 first of the Burlington Academy, and afterwards of 
 the present stately Parish Church. 
 
 During Mr. Campbell's Rectorship, Burlington 
 entered on its last decade of civic grandeur. In 
 1763, William Franklin, son of Dr. Benjamin Frank- 
 lin, arrived in Burlington as the last Royal Governor 
 of the Province of New Jersey. Here he lived for 
 the greater part of the time, until 1774. 
 
 Mrs. Franklin, whose mural monument with its 
 touching inscription, may be seen in S. Paul' s Chapel, 
 New York, was an ardent Church woman, and traces 
 of her loving thoughtfulness are yet remaining. The 
 Altar-cloth, which she presented, of handsome red silk 
 brocade, ornamented with the sacred monogram, is 
 still in use, in a fair state of preservation, and in 
 1876, Dr. Hills says, that a card may yet be seen on 
 which is written : " Mrs. Frankliti s compVts to Mr. 
 Campbell & has sent a surplice which she desires 
 may be presented to the Church of Burlington, 
 Novbr. 16." 
 
 In the summer of 1766, Mr. Campbell was taken 
 to his eternal rest. He had grown old and feeble in 
 the Lord's service. The Parish had thriven under 
 his faithful care, and priest and people had lived 
 together in unity and Godly love. The letters of Mr. 
 Campbell and other records of his time, are filled 
 with mournful reflections on the disastrous results of 
 being without a Bishop, with lamentations over the 
 policy, which was stifling the young life of the 
 American Church, and with the description of oppor- 
 tunities, which were being lost. There must have 
 been some heart-searching conversations when the 
 clergy met together in convention, as at Burlington, 
 October, 1762, and Perth Amboy, in October, 1765, 
 to report upon their field to the Society for the Propa- 
 gation of the Gospel. One of Mr. Campbell's last 
 official letters to the Society, in December, 1765, tells 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 a gloomy tale of the effects of the Stamp Act, and of 
 financial stringency. Yet these adversities were about 
 to be the occasion of the Church's deliverance. 
 
 The Rev. Jonathan Odell was the next Rector. His 
 was a distinct and striking personality. A Jerseyman, 
 born in Newark, educated at Nassau Hall, bred a 
 surgeon, and serving for awhile as such in the 
 British army, he was ordered Deacon in London, 
 S. Thomas' Day, 1766, ordered Priest in January 
 immediately following, and having been appointed 
 Christmas Day, 1766, as Missionary at Burhngton, 
 reached there on S. James' Day, 1767. On the 
 morrow he was inducted into the Rectorship by 
 Governor Franklin. Dr. Odell found some 200 church 
 families, with a church edifice "very much out of 
 repair." He evidently brought new life and energy 
 to the Parish, for, in 1769 land, acquired from Dr. 
 Jonathan Smith was added to the churchyard, while 
 in the same year the church was extended westward, 
 and a gallery added. Dr. Odell seems to have been 
 a leading spirit among the clergy and chief laymen. 
 He will be forever associated with the origin of that 
 important church institution, "The Corporation for 
 the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen," 
 which held its first meeting in Burlington, October 3, 
 1769, and of which Dr. Odell, who was one of the 
 committee to secure the charter, was the first secre- 
 tary, serving from 1769 to 1774. 
 
 On May 6, 1772, the Rector was married at 
 Burlington to Anne De Cou. The year before, July 
 25, 1871, he took up again, in addition to his 
 sacerdotal and pastoral duties, the practice of medi- 
 cine. In explanation of this we find him writing to 
 the S. P. G., April 17, 1775 — "I should actually 
 find it difficult, if possible, to maintain my Family 
 which is a growing one, did I not call to my aid the 
 practice of Physick, for which Profession I was 
 originally educated." In 1774, he was admitted to 
 membership in the New Jersey Medical Society, in 
 which he became very active and influential, appear- 
 ing in 1775 as the Chairman of a Committee to 
 prepare and present to the Governor and Council a 
 Charter for the Society. The War of Independence 
 brought this able and fruitful Rectorship to an 
 untimely end. There is probably no Rectorship in 
 the history of the Parish, which, all circumstances 
 considered, makes a better showing than that of Dr. 
 Odell. For nine years and six months to December 
 21, 1776, "The Parish Register has," says Dr. 
 Hills — " 26 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." Those fair manuscripts 
 indicate the character of the man, as one, who did all 
 work well, with thoroughness and grace. 
 
 Dr. Odell was a LoyaHst. It would be interesting 
 to know the formation of his opinions. Very likely 
 his service in the British army and his friendship for 
 Governor Franklin had to do with it. Dr. Odell, in 
 common with many other Clergy of the Church, 
 doubtless intended to maintain a strictly neutral 
 attitude, refraining from any overt or aggressive 
 speech or action. In October, 1775, he was sum- 
 moned before the New Jersey Provincial Congress in 
 regard to some correspondence of his, which had 
 been intercepted. But it was decided that these letters 
 did not go beyond " the right of private sentiment," 
 nor were intended to influence public measures, and 
 Dr. Odell escaped public censure. Again on July 20, 
 1776, he was placed on parole, " on the East side of 
 Delaware River within a circle of 8 miles from the 
 Court House in the city of Burlington," as " a person 
 suspected of being inimical to American liberty." 
 Had Dr. Odell been a more commonplace man, he 
 might have escaped trouble. But his genius was 
 calculated to expose him to attack. • He was a poet 
 Dr. Hills notes of him, ' ' Dr. Odell and Mr. Stansbury 
 were the two most important loyal versifiers of their 
 time. "As a political satirist," says Winthrop 
 Sargent, in his collections of the ' • The Loyalist 
 Poetry of the Revolutiony p. 202, "Dr. Odell »s 
 entitled to rank high. In fertility of conception, and 
 vigour and ease of expression, many passages in his 
 poems will compare favourably with those of Churchill 
 and Canning.' ' 
 
 The ' ' History of the Church in Burlington " gives 
 the text of two specimens of Dr. Odell' s pen : 
 ' • Song for a Fishing Party, near Burlington, on tht 
 Delaware, in 1776," and an " Ode for the King' s 
 Birthday,'" June 4, 1776 — Sung by a number of 
 British officers, (captured at St. John's and Chambly 
 by Gen. Montgomery) who were prisoners at that time 
 at Burlington, and who to avoid offense, had an 
 entertainment in honour of the day prepared on an 
 island in the Delaware, where they dined under a tree. 
 They had their band of music on the island, and 
 "that," says Croft, "had liked to have made a 
 Rumpus. " 
 
 In the months following these occurrences and 
 effusions, in the excitement caused by the approach of 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 the Hessians to Burlington, the feeling of the patriots 
 against Dr. Odell grew very intense, and he became 
 an object of pursuit. The Revolutionary Journaloi 
 Mrs. Margaret Morris, who had bought from Gov. 
 Franklin his house on Green Bank and was living 
 there then, gives an account at once thrilling and 
 amusing of her concealing the Rector of S. Mary' s in 
 a secret closet known as the '■'^ auger-hole,'' wherein 
 Dr. Odell eluded the fury and vigilance of the search- 
 party, until he was able to make his escape within 
 the British lines, whence he went to New York, never, 
 so far as we know, to revisit Burlington. Blessed 
 among women be Mistress Morris for that Christian 
 act of protection ! It was an eirenicon betwixt the 
 Churchmen and Quakers of Burlington, which ought 
 never to be broken. 
 
 Dr. Odell remained in New York for several years, 
 where we hear of him as army chaplain, and in 
 1782, making the address in presentation of 
 standards to the King's American Diagoons, in the 
 presence of the future King William IV., then a 
 midshipman, and of other distinguished army and 
 navy officers of Great Britain. Soon after. Dr. Odell 
 sailed for England, and finally obtained the appoint- 
 ment of Royal Councillor of the Province of New 
 Brunswick, being Secretary, Registrar, and Clerk of 
 the Council with a salary of ^1,000. He served in 
 this capacity for upwards of thirty years, being known 
 as "The Honourable and Rev. Jonathan Odell." 
 He died in Fredericton, N. B., November 25, 1818, 
 aged 81 years. 
 
 Dr. Odell's abilities, varied acquirements, and 
 eventful career, would form a valuable and interesting 
 monograph or biography, and would afford some 
 aspects of the American Revolutionary period, which 
 are not often duly considered. 
 
 Dr. Odell became a refugee in January, 1777. 
 The following seven years were years of leanness, no 
 doubt, for S. Mary's Parish, as they were for our 
 Church congregations generally. 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." And 
 now too, we must part company with the venerable 
 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, for whose 
 noble work the American Church will never cease to 
 give God thanks. 
 
 (To be continued.) 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 BY HENRY BUDD. 
 
 CONCLUDED. 
 
 On June 9th, the Committee presented a careful 
 and elaborate report, which after reciting the appeal 
 for relief of the two educational institutions, the Hall 
 and the College, from their pecuniary difficulties, the 
 terms upon which such relief was asked, and the 
 conveyance of S. Mary's Hall, set forth the opinion 
 of the Committee (i) that the corporation had power 
 to manage • • a female school of the character con- 
 templated in the address and such as S. Mary's Hall " 
 (2) that it was the duty of the Trustees to assume the 
 management, and that they were committed to such 
 assumption, charged therewith as a trust, by the 
 acceptance of the deed conveying to the corporation 
 S. Mary's Hall and Riverside ; (3) that such man- 
 agement could be best discharged through an exec- 
 utive committee, to be appointed by the Board, 
 aided by a financial agent of their own appointment, 
 the academic conduct of the institution to be under 
 the management of a principal, who should be 
 chaplain and head of the family as heretofore, such 
 principal to be appointed by the Trustees on the 
 nomination of the Bishop and recommendation of a 
 majority of the executive committee, unless no such 
 nomination were made, in which case any trustee 
 might nominate. Coming to the question of the 
 relation of the Bishop to the school the report con- 
 tinued. 
 
 ' ' 4thly : That the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of the 
 Diocese shall be the president of S. Mary's Hall, but 
 free from all responsibility as to the teaching or 
 disciphne of the establishment, for which the principal 
 and executive committee shall be accountable. 
 
 ' ' The predecessor of the present Bishop whose 
 ardent zeal for the advancement of Christian education 
 finds its noblest record in S. Mary's Hall, held an 
 abnormal relation to it, which throws but little light to 
 guide our present action. In its origin, the Founder 
 and owner of the Hall, his will called the institution 
 into being and guided its management. When 
 circumstances caused him to relinquish this ownership 
 and the institution, organized and in active operation, 
 was transferred to the hands of friends, who by pur- 
 chase became its proprietors, he still aided in its 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 23 
 
 management and participated to some extent in its 
 direction. Your committee however think it 
 inexpedient that the Bishop should now be charged 
 with the active duties of the establishment or held 
 responsible for its conduct. 
 
 " They recommend that as President and Visitor, 
 he shall be its Spiritual Head and Pastor: that he 
 shall preside at examinations and commencements, 
 which shall be conducted under his directions ; that 
 he shall confer degrees and sign testimonals ; visit the 
 institution, observe its order and management, making 
 such suggestions as he may see fit to the executive 
 committee, Principal and Trustees ; that when present 
 he shall, in his discretion, conduct the religious 
 services of the chapel; the religious teaching and 
 exercises of the institution to be at all times conducted 
 according to his general directions and subject to his 
 control, except so far as they may be provided for by 
 express statutes or by-laws. 
 
 "The standing and character of the institution will 
 much depend upon this religious teaching and over- 
 sight of the chief Pastor of the Diocese. The 
 services to be thus given cannot be too highly 
 appreciated and make it proper that this additional 
 suggestion be made, to wit : that, as a matter of right, 
 at all times the President shall be entitled to place in 
 the Hall (as also in the College) his children or others, 
 members of his immediate family, to be there educated 
 free of charge," 
 
 Upon the presentation of the report the Board of 
 Trustees passed resolutions providing for the appoint- 
 ment of an executive committee of five, and thus 
 defined the rule of government of the Hall. 
 
 ' ' 3. That said committee be charged with the gen- 
 eral control of the institution and the management 
 and control of its fiscal and economical departments : 
 that all powers pertaining to the management of the 
 institution necessary to be exercised, during the 
 absence of the Board of Trustees or when the Board 
 is not in session shall be vested in this committee who 
 shall be responsible and report to the Board annually 
 or oftener if required. 
 
 "4. That the academical conduct and discipline of 
 the institution shall be under the management of a 
 principal who shall be the chaplain and head of the 
 family as heretofore ; that such Principal shall be 
 appointed by the trustees of the College on the 
 nomination of the Bishop and recommendation of a 
 majority of the Executive committee : In case no 
 nomination is so made or, if made, is disagreed to, the 
 
 Board of Trustees may elect a principal, on the 
 nomination of any of its members. 
 
 " 5. That the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of the Diocese 
 shall be the President and Rector of S. Mary's Hall, 
 but free from all responsibility as to the teaching or 
 discipline of the establishment, for which the Principal 
 and Executive committee shall be accountable. That 
 as President, Rector and Visitor the Bishop shall be its 
 Spiritual Head and Pastor : that he shall preside at 
 examinations and commencements, which shall be 
 conducted under his directions, confer degrees and 
 sign testimonials : that he shall visit the institution, 
 observe its order and management and make such 
 suggestions as he may see fit to the Executive com- 
 mittee, to the Principal and to the Board of Trustees : 
 that when present, he shall, in his discretion conduct 
 the religious exercises of the chapel ; the religious 
 teaching and exercises of the institution to be at all 
 times according to his general directions and subject 
 to his control, except so far as they may be provided 
 for by express statutes or by-laws," 
 
 This action of the Board settled the question of 
 the government of the Hall and this episode of its 
 history is interesting as showing the high sense of their 
 duties entertained by the trustees. While an oppor- 
 tunity was offered to place both work and responsibility 
 upon the willing- shoulders of Bishop Odenheimer, 
 they knew that they were trustees of the work of 
 Christian education for the benefit of the community 
 and of the Church, bound also by the solemn pledge 
 involved in the address and by their acceptance of the 
 deed conveying to them the property of the Hall. 
 The responsibility resting upon them they could not 
 honestly evade ; they could not, as honest trustees, 
 place control elsewhere than in themselves and then, 
 if things went wrong, absolve themselves from all 
 blame because they had not actively taken part in 
 the wrong doing. They, therefore, resolved that what 
 had been the history of so many boards of charities 
 or of educational institutions should not be the history 
 of the S. Mary's board, namely, that a board came 
 together simply to nod approval of the work of its 
 employees, without a thorough examination, through 
 the instrumentality of some of its own members, of 
 what that work was and how far efficiently and how 
 far negligently it was performed, while the members 
 of the board lent their highly respectable names as 
 endorsements of what they knew not. The Board, 
 in i860, acted as men charged with a real responsi- 
 bility for the advancement of Christian and Churchly 
 education must have acted, if their duty was to be 
 performed and not ignored. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 In accordance with the law laid down by the trus- 
 tees and which is still the law, except that the bishop 
 has been made a member of the Executive Committee, 
 the work of the school was continued. The Executive 
 Committee mana.i=jed the school in the recess of the 
 Board and the internal government was confided to 
 the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, as Rector, Mr. Smith 
 having been the associate of Bishop Doane in the 
 work of the school, while the bishop, residing at 
 Riverside, was the visitor in religious matters. An 
 attempt was afterwards made to re-open the question, 
 in 1862, under guise of a resolution for the appoint- 
 ment of a committee to report in whom was vested 
 the power of employing and dismissing teachers. 
 This resolution was, however, laid upon the table. 
 Under this system, the school prospered and the 
 number of the pupils grew apace. In 1866 the 
 number of pupils was 175 ; in 1869 — 205 ; in 187 1 
 — 209; in 1872 — 212. In 1867, the matter of 
 enlarging the accommodations of the school was 
 taken up and arrangements were made for the erection 
 of the present " new" dormitory building. In 1868, 
 the building was underway and the matter of the 
 enlargement of the chapel was referred to the Exec- 
 utive Committee with power to act. 
 
 In 1 86 1, the Board passed a by-law requiring the 
 appointment of a committee on examinations, which 
 committee for some years actually attended the 
 examinations of the girls, and did not shrink from 
 criticising, as well as approving, as appears by the 
 report of the committee in 1862 signed by the Rev. 
 Drs. Mahan and Hoffman and by Mr. Edward Burd 
 Grubb. At the same meeting, that of 1862, a rather 
 amusing report upon the vacations of the College 
 and the Hall was presented. At that time, the 
 vacations of the two institutions were not con- 
 temporaneous. It was proposed to make them so. 
 This proposition was opposed by the Rector and 
 teachers of the Hall. A committee was appointed, 
 whose report was in accordance with the wishes of the 
 Rector, and contained the following language : " It 
 does not appear that there is any necessity for apply- 
 ing the same rule to both institutions. While there 
 are some advantages in making the one conform to 
 the other, there are also some disadvantages. For 
 example it might seem desirable that brothers and 
 sisters in the College and Hall, should go to and from 
 their homes at the same time ; yet the experienced 
 Principal of the Hall and his tried associates, the 
 teachers, decidedly object to such an arrangement. 
 The services the boys might render : as protectors or 
 escorts, are more than counterbalanced, it is thought, 
 by a natural disinclination on their part to confine 
 their attentions to their sisters." The bovs and girls 
 do not seem to have been consulted. In 1865, by 
 resolution, the Principal of the Hall was given a seat, 
 without a vote, at the meetings of the Board. 
 
 In 1867, the health of the Principal requiring a 
 rest, the Executive Committee gave him leave of 
 absence from May until October, together with an 
 appropriation towards the expenses of a visit to 
 
 England, as a slight acknowledgment ' ' of Mr. Smith' s 
 invaluable services through so many years of patient 
 labour to St. Mary's Hall." In the absence of Mr. 
 Smith, his duties were performed in part by Prof. 
 Hyde and in part by Misses Stanley and Ogden. 
 
 In 1870, by resolution the "Rt. Reverend President" 
 was made a member of the Executive Committee, which 
 committee does not seem to have been elected annually, 
 until the change in its constitution in 1878, when a by- 
 law was passed declaring that it should consist of the 
 bishop and four members to be annually elected. 
 
 In 1874, the diocese of New Jersey was divided 
 and Bishop Odenheimer electing to take the new 
 diocese of Newark or Northern New Jersey, his con- 
 nection with S. Mary's Hall ceased. Bishop Oden- 
 heimer's successor. Bishop Scarborough, declined to 
 occupy Riverside, and established his home at Tren- 
 ton, which, of course, deprived the Hall of the im- 
 mediate episcopal supervision in religious matters 
 which it had formerly enjoyed. The new bishop, 
 however, placed himself in very close touch with the 
 school and made to it frequent visits and soon won 
 the hearts of the girls, drawing forth from them mani- 
 festations of affection, which to those have been, like 
 the writer, privileged to see them, were very pleasant 
 indeed to behold. To see the bishop come up 
 through the garden in the rear of the Hall with a 
 group of girls around him, one carrying his satchel, 
 another his hat, and all bright, cheery and laughing, 
 while he was all smiles and good nature (as indeed 
 how could he help being?) was, and it still is, a sight 
 most happily suggestive that the relation of Spiritual 
 father and childhood had not been destroyed by the 
 fact that the father was no longer immediately at hand. 
 
 In 1876, Miss Nancy M, Stanley, Vice- Principal of 
 the Hall, who had before tendered her resignation 
 but had been induced to withdraw it, again resigned, 
 and her long and valuable services were duly 
 acknowledged by a resolution of the trustees ; while 
 the former pupils of the school have kept her name 
 and memory before their successors by the memorial 
 tablet in the chapel. 
 
 The dark days of the Hall now came on. Owing 
 to bad drainage, an epidemic broke out in the school, 
 and though the cause of the evil was removed, yet 
 the ill name given to the school by its temporary 
 existence was not so easily got rid of. The number 
 of pupils fell off. The funds diminished. The trus- 
 tees felt compelled to issue some $35,000 of bonds, 
 secured by a mortgage upon all of those parts of the 
 school and college property which were subject to 
 mortgage. In 1878, the College having been closed 
 some time previously, the Executive Committee 
 reported that the Hall had opened with a still 
 diminished list of pupils, that it had reduced all 
 salaries twenty-five per cent, and dismissed all 
 employees not absolutely needed for the conduct of 
 the school, but that, notwithstanding all endeavours, 
 while the current expenses might be met, yet interest 
 on the bonds could not be paid. In alarm, one of 
 the trustees moved that the school be closed at the 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 25 
 
 end of the current term. But the Board was not 
 prepared weakly to surrender or to cease its efforts in 
 the cause of Christian education, it recognized its duty 
 to the Church, and, instead of passing the resolution 
 to close, it appointed a committee, consisting ot the 
 bishop and four other members, to make an effort to 
 liquidate the debt. In 1879, the Rev E. K. Smith 
 resigned the Rectorship of the Hall and, at the same 
 special meeting at which the resignation of Mr. 
 Smith was presented, an offer was rei eived to rent 
 S. Mary's Hall, which offer does not seem to have 
 been given serious consideration, the trustees perhaps 
 being, even then, fully persuaded of the illegality of 
 such a lease. At the regular annual meeting of 
 1879, the Executive Committee reported that it had 
 accepted the resignation of Mr. Smith, and the fol- 
 lowing minute was placed on the record. 
 
 "For twenty-one years the Rev. Elvin K. Smith 
 has devoted himself with untiring energy and zeal to 
 the interests of S. Mary's Hall. Under him as 
 Rector and Principal the school has accomplished a 
 grand work in sending out hundreds of educated 
 Christian women into all parts of the country. The 
 discipline has been ministered with parental careful- 
 ness and impartiality, the religious training has been 
 thorough and conscientious. 
 
 " In accepting his resignation of a position so long 
 and honourably filled by him, the Trustees desire to 
 put on record some expression of their grateful 
 obligation to one who has done so much for the cause 
 of Christian education here and who as their associate 
 in responsibility has always gladly borne more than 
 his share. Chosen of Bishop Doane — the Founder 
 of S. Mary's Hail — as his helper and co-worker he 
 has consistently and loyally carried forward his plans 
 and built upon the strong foundation which he laid. 
 In relinquishing a post so long and so faithfully held, 
 the Trustees beg most cordially to assure him that he 
 carries with him the confidence and esteem both as 
 man and educator and a Priest in the Church of God. " 
 
 The trustees determined, after Mr. Smith's resig- 
 nation, to depart from the system which had prevailed 
 and elect a woman Principal. The choice of the 
 Board fell upon a graduate of S. Mary's, Miss Mary 
 Rodney of S. Helen's Hall, Oregon. 
 
 Miss Rodney declined the position and so the 
 change, which afterwards took place, was postponed. 
 The Executive Committee then appealed to the Rev. 
 John Leighton McKim, one of the trustees, to take 
 up the work, which was apparently in desperate 
 straits. Mr. McKim responded nobly to the 
 appeal. About that time there were some eleven 
 pupils in the school ; at the end of Mr. McKim's 
 first year, he was able to report the pupils for the 
 first term at 62 in number, viz. ; Boarders 39, Day 
 pupils 23, for the second term at 70, viz., 45 Boarders, 
 25 Day pupils. In r88i, the number of pupils had 
 risen to 80, (52 Boarders), in 1882 to 87( 69 
 boarders) in 1883 to 104, (78 boarders) and at the 
 trustees' meeting of 1883 the debt committee reported 
 that since 1879, the school had been self-support- 
 
 ing, and it further reported that the committee had 
 succeeded in inducing some ot the holders ot bonds 
 to present them to the Hall and others to agree to 
 sell them to the committee at reduced rates. The 
 work done by this committee (Robt. H. McGrath, 
 Esq., Chairman ; Rev. J. Leighton McKim and the 
 Hon. J. Howard Pugh, M. D.) was most arduous and 
 of inestimable benefit to the Hall. At the meeting 
 of June 10, 1885, the Rector made a proposition to 
 lease the Hall. This proposition apparently met 
 with the approbation of the trustees present who 
 passed resolutions, reciting that it was the sense of the 
 Board that the Hall should be leased for a term of 
 years for the purposes of Christian education and 
 appointing a committee to consider the legal ques- 
 tion involved and, if found legal and practicable, to 
 report a plan for carrying the sense of the Board into 
 effect. This committee (Messrs. McGrath, Littell 
 and Merritt) reported at an adjourned meeting held 
 June 26, 1885, that, under the deed by which the 
 property was held, a lease was ultra vires as to the trus- 
 tees, and, beyond that, as by the charter the entire 
 management of the affairs and concerns of the 
 Corporation were vested in the trustees, they could 
 not, even if a lease of the premises on which the 
 school was carried on could be made ; " so dispose 
 of the school as to confine their duties to the receipt 
 and disbursement of the rent but they must reserve 
 in themselves visitorial powers over the school and 
 the modes of instruction therein, " and, after a careful 
 consideration of the duties and powers of the trustees, 
 concluded against the legality of the proposed lease. 
 This ended the consideration of the lease. In other 
 words, when brought face to face with a proposition 
 to have an easy time by casting the duties incumbent 
 upon them to maintain and govern a school for the 
 purpose of Christian education upon the shoulders of 
 a lessee, the trustees recognized their responsibility in 
 the forum of conscience and concluded to bear the 
 burden and perform their duty. 
 
 In 1887, the Rev. J. L. McKim resigned the Rector- 
 ship and the selection of a new principal was referred 
 to the Executive Committee. That Committee 
 selected Miss Julia G. McAllister, who entered upon 
 her duties in the summer of 1887. She was a lady 
 of rare tact and of lovable qualities ; she had the 
 faculty of endearing herself to the girls ; an excellent 
 churchwoman, zealous in the service of the Church, 
 the Churchly character of the school suffered no 
 derogation during her administration. The change 
 from a Rector to a Principal as the executive officer 
 of the Hall made necessary a new officer, the 
 chaplain, and, by arrangement with S. Mary's 
 Church, the chaplain was at the same time an 
 assistant in the parish, making another link between 
 the two organizations, and emphasizing their con- 
 nection which had been before symbolized, in one 
 way amongst others, by the bestowal upon the 
 Rector of the Hall of a stall in the choir of the Church. 
 Under Miss McAllister, the home life of the school 
 was rendered a more prominent feature than it had 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 been since the time of Bishop Doane and a very 
 cliarming home life it was. Tlieie was perhaps a 
 little relaxation in the severity of the studies, and 
 Butler" s Analogy no longer taxed the memories and 
 reasoning powers of the girls. A change also took 
 place in the character of the examinations. Instead 
 of being conducted with formality in the presence of 
 a committee of the Board, at the suggestion ot Miss 
 McAllister they were private, and informal visits were 
 paid to the class-rooms on behalt of the trustees by 
 one or more of their number. This system of visitation, 
 continued through the Principalship of Miss 
 McAllister and Miss Titcomb, very pleasantly, 
 brought the Board into an Informal touch with the 
 school and constituted an assurance to the parents and 
 guardians that the trustees were alive to their duties 
 of supervision. The present Rector, however so 
 strongly objected to any inspection of the school of 
 the above character, that this year no visit has been 
 paid on behalf of the committee of examinations, 
 but a return to the old practice was resolved 
 upon by the committee and the Rector has been 
 directed to send schedules of the examinations to the 
 committee some weeks in advance of the time of 
 their being held, so that the examinations may be 
 held in the presence of one or more members of the 
 committee, it is questionable whether this is so 
 good a system as that lately in vogue which embraced, 
 beside the visits, the sending of the examination 
 papers to the members of the committee, as directed 
 by the chairman, and the inspection of said papers by 
 the members. Miss McAllister resigned in 1890 to 
 take the headship of Miss Reed' s School in New York 
 City. She was succeeded by Miss Charlotte Titcomb. 
 Under Miss Titcomb, was begun a college preparatory 
 course. One effect of this was to lower a little the 
 standard of the school, considered as a school in 
 which most of the pupils would receive their hnal 
 instruction before going out into the world, for 
 example.trigonometry was taken from the mathematical 
 course, and it was proposed that the girls should no 
 longer read Horace' s Odes, but this was so strongly 
 opposed by one of the trustees, who argued that the 
 result of it would be to give the non-college-going 
 girls such a very limited acquaintance with Latin 
 poetry, one author and one meter, that Horace was 
 retained, with the approval of the Principal, and very 
 good work continued to be done in the Latin 
 department under Miss Ross and her successor. Miss 
 Murphy. During Miss Titcomb's administration, 
 one of the first additions to the teaching staff was 
 Miss Beulah Starkey, who was the German and English 
 under-teacher and who is at present, as Mrs. 
 Fearnley, the lady Principal of the school. Dur- 
 ing the latter years of Miss Titcomb's Principalship 
 her health was not so good as could have been 
 wished and, in the winter or spring of 1900, she 
 tendered her resignation, which was accepted. The 
 trustees then went back to the old system of a 
 clerical head of the school and the Rev. John 
 Fearnley, an Englishman by birth, but whose orders 
 
 are American, and whose degree, M.A. , is we 
 believe from the University of the South, was called 
 from his parish in Louisiana to the Rectorship. Mr. 
 Fearnley accepted and entered upon his work in the 
 tall ot 1900, and a gratifying increase in the number of 
 scholars loilowed, as against less than thirty boarders 
 in 1 899- 1 900, more than forty were upon the rolls for 
 1900-01. For the present year (190 1-02) the number is 
 somewhat smaller. This, of course, is a poor showing 
 compared with the days of the Hall's prosperity, but 
 still we may hope that we see signs of an upward 
 tendency which will be pursued if S. Mary's Hall be 
 true to the object of her existence and to her 
 traditions. There are many merely secular schools 
 throughout the country who do their merely secular 
 work well, and under circumstances more favourable 
 from their point of view than those of S. Mary' s. 
 There are many fashionable schools, to which girls, 
 who desire to use the closing years of their school 
 life in making acquaintances who will be useful to 
 them from a "society," rather than a social, point 
 of view, may be sent, with a much better prospect 
 of the accomplishment of their purpose than at 
 S. Mary's. S. Mary's never was and has never 
 been intended to be what is known as a " fashionable " 
 school. She was never intended to be a mere train- 
 . ing school for the entry of girls into college. 
 Although she has prepared girls for college, her main 
 duty has been to the much larger class of girls who 
 do not expect to enter college, but to go from the loved 
 halls on the banks of the Delaware into home Hfe or 
 to work. S. Mary's object has been to make of 
 girls, educated Christian women, to so ground them 
 that they will ever be faithful daughters of the Church, 
 and who can tell, in these latter days of, what we may 
 call, tumultuary womanhood, how precious, how 
 priceless to the community, are women, whose ideal 
 of womanhood is the Blessed Virgin the handmaid 
 of the Lord, who, in all ner devotion, was thoughtful 
 and studious, for she "pondered all these things 
 in her heart ' ' ? May S. Mary's be ever faithful to her 
 first, true inspiration, may she ever send to the 
 world graduates who are first Churchwomen, and 
 then scholars — and if they be the first, they must be 
 the second, for Church work is honest work — and a 
 Church school, of all others, must insist on the best 
 character of work and instruction. If S. Mary's so 
 remain faithful she must succeed, for there will ever 
 be a class of parents who desire for their children not 
 merely secular, but true Christian, Churchly training, 
 and there will come to S. Mary's Hall, many, many 
 young girls, who will join the veil-wearing procession 
 of those who daily pour into the Chapel of the Holy 
 Innocents, who receive the Blessed Sacrament at 
 its Altar, and who, on commencement, follow the 
 banner of the Blessed Virgin and Child, and meekly 
 kneeling before the Chief Pastor of the diocese 
 receive his benediction before they pass from school 
 life, with its protection and, at S. Mary' s, its sanctifying 
 influence to the busy world without. 
 
THE REV. ELVIN KEYSER SMITH, M. A. 
 
 Born in Philadelphia, S. Mark's Day, 1826. Graduated at the General Theological 
 Seminary, June, 1851. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Doane in Christ Church, New 
 Brunswick, S. Peter's Day, 1851. Ordained Priest by the same Bishop in S. Paul's 
 Church, CamdAn, May 23, 1852. Appointed Missionary same day to South Camden, 
 where he founded S. John's Church, and was its Rector until 1858. Principal and 
 Rector of S. Mary's Hall, 1858 to 1879. Rector of S. Andrew's Church, Lambertville, 
 1879-1896. Rector Emeritus, 1896-1900. Senior Presbyter of the Diocese by Canonical 
 residence, 1885-1900 Trustee of the General Theological Seminary^ 1869-1900. 
 Departed hence in the Lord on the Feast of the Annunciation, 1900, and buried in 
 S. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, 
 
CHURCHYARD 
 
 in Winter 
 
NEW S. MARY'S 
 
 in Winter 
 
COLONEL DANIEL COXE 
 Son of Dr. Daniel Coxe, of London 
 
 Born in 1673 and Baptized in Church of S. Botolph Aldersgate, London, on August 31 
 1673. Came to America in 1701 to look after his father's interests in New Jersey. 
 At different times was member of Royal Council. Was Associate Justice of 
 Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1734. to time of his death. Was Provincial Grand 
 Master of Freemasons of the Middle Colonies, Appointed 1730 He was also one 
 of the Vestrymen named in the first Charter given to S. Mary's Church by Queen 
 Anne and was one of the best members and benefactors of this Parish. He died 
 April 25, 1739 and was burled in front of the chancel of the Old Church. 
 
THE RT. REV. GEORGE W. DOANE, D. D., L. L, D, 
 
 8th Rector— 1833 to 1859 
 
 And Second Bishop of New Jersey 
 
PARISH SCHOOL CHILDREN 
 Returning from Matins 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 27 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEOUGE MC CLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 THE TRANSITION PERIOD CONCLUDED. 
 
 In 1784, Samuel Roe was engaged as Lay Reader, 
 and in September 1785 having been ordained Deacon 
 and Priest, served S. Mary's Parish until " somedme 
 after July 28, 1 786, " when, ' ' a difficulty having arisen 
 between Mr. Roe and his people, the connection be- 
 tween them was dissolved." For upwards of a year 
 after this, the Rev. Sa[muel Spraggs, ordained with 
 Mr. Roe at New Haven, by Bishop Seabury, offici- 
 ated temporarily, in connection with his charge at 
 Mt. Holly. On September 27 and 28, 1786, the third 
 "Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
 the State of New Jersey" was held in S. Mary's 
 Church, Burlington, the first having been held at New 
 Brunswick, July 6, 1785, and the second at Perth 
 Amboy, May 16-19, 1786. We are now in the infant 
 days of Diocesan life. At this Burlington Conven- 
 don, communications from the English Archbishops 
 to the General Convendon were read, and Delegates 
 to that Convention, to be held at Wilmington, Del., 
 October 10, 1786, were elected. In 1787, the Vestry 
 of S. Mary's recommended Mr. John Wade to the 
 Rt. Rev. Bishop White for Holy Orders, the Mt. Holly 
 congregadon joining with them in the recommenda- 
 tion, and at Easter, 1788, Mr. Wade was engaged to 
 minister in S. Mary's Parish. At the same meeting 
 a Committee was appointed to confer with Bishop 
 White that he might nominate a Rector, and also to 
 arrange with the Vestry of S. Andrew's Church, Mt. 
 Holly, for the services of the Rev. Mr.' Spraggs, until 
 " a minister can be procured." 
 
 The only record of Mr. Wade's incumbency is that 
 of one bapdsm. 
 
 The next Rector of S. Mary's was the Rev. Levi 
 Heath, supposably an Englishman, ordained both Dea- 
 con and Priest by the Bishop of Hereford, 1783 and 
 1784. Mr. Heath was " settled as minister," April 13, 
 1789, having officiated for some months previous. 
 He was the Preacher at the Eighth New Jersey Con- 
 vention, held in Newark, June i, 1791- There is 
 little to be told of Mr. Heath or of the events of his 
 Rectorship, which came to an end April i, 1793- 
 according to a formal agreement, made between the 
 Rector and Vestry on October i. 1792. The Rev. 
 Henry Van Dyke became Rector of S. Mary's, July i, 
 1793. The Church at Moorestown came also under 
 his care, and to some degree, that at Mt. Holly. Mr. 
 
 Van Dyke was a person of distincdon. The son of 
 Richard Van Dyck (or Dyke) and Elizabeth Strang 
 (or L'Estrange) Van Dyck, he was a descendent of 
 Franz Claessen Van Dyck. He was born in Nassau 
 Street, New York City, in 1744 and was graduated 
 from King's, now Columbia College in 1761.* First, 
 a lawyer, he forsook that profession to obey a voca- 
 don to Holy Orders, and at the age of forty-one was 
 one of the first four clergymen of the American Church 
 ordained by Bishop Seabury, August 3, 1785. 
 
 Mr. Van Dyke served at Peekskill, N. Y., and at 
 Perth Amboy and New Brunswick, N. J. Of the 
 Ninth New Jersey Convention in Christ Church, New 
 Brunswick, June 6, 1792, he was the President. 
 
 He is thus described by his granddaughter : (Mrs. 
 Cornelia Van Dyke Clark of Mt. Holly). ' • Mr. Van 
 Dyke was a man of deeds rather than words, quiet 
 and reserved, almost to austerity in his deportment 
 and a close student. He possessed the power of 
 inspiring the fullest confidence, even in the humblest 
 of his flock, and intercourse always ripened into 
 attachment. He was shghdy above the medium 
 height, dark complexion, with a deep-set, calm, pen- 
 etraung black eye. He was a sound, staunch Church- 
 man, 'High Church' in his views." In 1792 he 
 received the degree of S. T. D. from Rutgers College. 
 On August 10, 1796, Dr. Van Dyke resigned his 
 Rectorship, at Burlington, to accept that of S. James' 
 Newtown, L. I., which he held undl 1802. He was 
 the warm friend and follower of the great Bishop 
 Hobart and was an excellent specimen of the learned 
 Priest and cultivated gendeman of that day. After 
 he left Newtown, he lived in New York City, where 
 he died, September 17, 1804. at No. 4 Cedar Street, 
 and was buried in Trinity Churchyard. 
 
 We are brought now to the verge of the Nineteenth 
 Century. The Colonies have passed through the 
 furnace of war's afflicdon into the Nadon of the 
 United States. The Church has passed from its 
 wanderings in the wilderness, as scattered congrega- 
 dons, to the beginnings of Diocesan organizadon 
 and Nadonal Church autonomy, under the loving 
 care of Bishops of its own. State policy has ceased 
 to afflict it. 
 
 We see, at this point, the Parish of S. Mary' s 
 prepared to go forth in the widening paths which a 
 freer and fuller ecclesiastical and civil life are opening 
 
 ♦These data in regard to Mr. Van Dyke's parentage and descent 
 have been furnished by one of his descendants (Mrs Henry C. 
 Payne wife of the Postmaster-General of the United States), in 
 correction, according to later genealogical researches, of some 
 dates and names given in Dr. Hills' history -G. McC. F 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 to her feet. The years, which we have just now been 
 reviewing, while full of anxiety and distress to the 
 Church, (and many souls must have suffered much 
 in those days) have left picturesque touches on the 
 page of history. The British scarlet and the Con- 
 tinental buff and blue were seen in the streets of 
 Burlington. The courtly Franklin, the illustrious 
 Washington, the chivalrous Steuben, were known by 
 face to the quiet town. November 14, 1781, there 
 was baptized in Burlington, presumably in old 
 S. Mary's Church, an infant boy, James, son of John 
 and Martha Lawrence, who in after years, was to add 
 his name to the shining roll of American heroes, as 
 his cry of "Don't Give Up the Ship" rings out from 
 the deck of the Chesapeake, to rouse all ages of his 
 countrymen to deeds of patriotic valour. On Sep- 
 tember 15, 1789, there was born, in Burlington, 
 James Fenimore Cooper, destined to become one of 
 the greatest figures in American literature, and to 
 invest early American history with the romance of 
 that truth, which is stranger than fiction. Mr. Cooper 
 came of a family of Friends, but was baptized. Ash 
 Wednesday, 185 1, in Cooperstown, N. Y., and con- 
 firmed the same year by his brother-in-law. Bishop 
 De Lancey, of Western New York. 
 
 One other event of the last years of the eighteenth 
 century in Burlington may find chronicle here, and 
 that is the establishment of the Burlington Academy. 
 This was to all intents and purposes a Church School. 
 It was inspired and promoted by churchmen, and it 
 seems to have been the foreword of that educational 
 activity, which has made Burlington famous so many 
 years. The Prospectus and Subscription List are 
 dated May 5, 1792. The institution was established 
 "with design to lay the foundation of a liberal 
 education.' ' The building stood, as above stated, 
 on ground leased from S. Mary's Parish. The Rev. 
 Mr. Van Dyke was the president of the corporation. 
 The first trustees were, Joshua M. Wallace, Jno. Law- 
 rence, Joseph Bloomfield, Wm. Coxe, Jr., William 
 Mcllvaine, Wm. Griffith, and Joseph Mcllvaine. 
 And among the other subscribers are such names as 
 those of Bowes Reed, William Bard, Daniel Ellis, 
 Frederick Frelinghuysen, James Kinsey, and many 
 others. The Academy, a building of brick, was 
 opened about 1795, and "maintained, for 30 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." The grave of John Michael Hanckel is in 
 the churchyard, while Christian Hanckel lived to be- 
 come a very distinguished Priest and Doctor of the 
 Church. He received baptism in S. Mary's, Feb- 
 ruary II, 181 1, and became a candidate for Holy 
 Orders, October 12, 181 2. Long connected with the 
 Diocese of South Carolina, he died in 1870, aged 
 82 years. 
 
 The W^harton Patriarchate. 
 
 " Unanimity and brotherly love continue to flourish in our little 
 Church-circle and claim our thanks to the Author of Peace." 
 
 Rev. C. H Wharton: D. D. 
 
 A new chapter in the life of S. Mary's Parish opens 
 with the Rectorship of the Rev, Charles Henry 
 Wharton, D. D., who was elected to that office on 
 September 5, 1796. On March 15, 1798, he records 
 himself in the Parish Register as having arrived in 
 Burlington with his family. Here he lived and 
 labored until his death on July 23, 1833. 
 
 Dr. Wharton's is a lustrous name, not only in the 
 history of S. Mary' s, but also in that of the American 
 Church. Of gentle blood, born May 25, (O. S.) 1748, 
 in Maryland, of an ancient Roman Catholic family, 
 educated in France and Flanders, ordained to the 
 Diaconate and Priesthood in the Roman Church, 
 resident some time in Worcester, England, conform- 
 ing finally to the Angelican Church in the United 
 States, his were a training and an experience, varied, 
 rich and cosmopolitan. Dr. Wharton was prominent 
 both as a scholar and as an ecclesiastic. 
 
 There is still in existence his certificate of honour- 
 ary membership in the American Philosophical 
 Society, bearing the signatures of Benjamin Franklin, 
 President, and William White, one of the Vice- 
 Presidents. 
 
 In 1785 he declined an invitation to be principal 
 of the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia. In 
 1 801, he was elected president of Columbia College, 
 New York, which he accepted, and where he pre- 
 sided at one commencement, but resigned in the course 
 of that year ; and the Vestry of S. Mary's having 
 agreed to certain proposals of his, regarding his per- 
 manent maintenance, he decided to remain in Bur- 
 lington. In 1803, he was offered the principalship 
 of the College at Beaufort, South Carolina, with the 
 Rectorship of the Parish there, but declined. In the 
 councils of the Church Dr. Wharton held a con- 
 spicuous place. During his Rectorship of Immanuel 
 Church, Newcastle, Delaware, he served as a member 
 of the General Convention of 1785, where we find 
 him on the committee to " prepare and report a draft 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 29 
 
 of an Ecclesiastical Constitution for the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church in the United States," on the com- 
 mittee "to prepare a Form of Prayer and Thanks- 
 giving for the Fourth of July," and also on the 
 committee " to publish the Book of Common Prayer 
 with the alterations, in order to render the Liturgy 
 consistent with the American Revolution and the 
 Constitutions of the respective States." 
 
 As a New Jersey Priest, we find him still a leader. 
 In 1805 he presided over the Diocesan Convention 
 held in S. Mary's on June 5th, where he was chosen 
 one of the " Representatives to attend the General 
 Convention," andpresidentof theStandingCommittee, 
 Ur Wharton's pastorate in S. Mary's was a path of 
 peace and progress. In 1799, a parsonage (now the 
 Guild House of the Parish) was built at the corner of 
 Broad and Talbot Streets, costing " $1,217-6-9." 
 
 This building was hallowed by the life and death 
 
 within its walls of the venerated Dr. Wharton, by 
 
 the residence therein of the illustrious second Bishop 
 
 of New Jersey, and has been further immortalized 
 
 by the sending forth from it to the world of the 
 
 First American Edition of Keble's "Christian 
 
 Year," under the Editorship of Bishop Doane. The 
 
 American Editor's Introduction is dated S.Mary's 
 
 Parsonage, Burlington, July i, 1834, and the 
 
 inscription from the same place. May 27th, (Bishop 
 
 Doane' s birthday) 1834, as follows : 
 
 "To 
 
 My next friend 
 
 And more than brother 
 
 The Rev. William Crosv^'ell, 
 
 Rector of Christ Church Boston, 
 
 These pious breathings 
 
 of 
 
 a kindred spirit 
 
 Are most affectionately inscribed 
 
 G. W. D." 
 
 In the Summer of 1810 plans were adopted and 
 
 put into execution for the enlargement of the Church. 
 
 This work included a new pulpit, which was probably 
 
 a very doubtful "improvement." Bishop Mcllvaine 
 
 says, " the old pulpit and desk with its English 
 
 sounding-board" were taken down, and "anew 
 
 and outlandish thing (a carpenter's device)" put up. 
 
 The extension of the Church was completed and 
 
 worship in it resumed on April 28, 181 1. The 
 
 result, in size and appearance, is thus described. 
 
 "The Church after this addition, having been 
 
 increased in size three times, was in the form of a 
 
 rectangular parallelogram, extending East and West 
 
 sixty-three feet three inches, and North and South 
 
 thirty-three feet four inches ; having at the East end 
 
 a chevet, or semi-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 fixed the belfry." 
 
 In 1820, a new organ, costing nearly $500 was 
 placed in the Church. An event, during Dr. 
 Wharton's Rectorship, of great and permanent 
 importance to the welfare of the Parish was the con- 
 veyance to the Parish, on April 13, 1803, by the 
 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, of their 
 historic landed property in Burlington, which has 
 since formed the dower of S. Mary's. 
 
 Another memorable institution associated with 
 Dr. Wharton's Rectorship, is the Sunday-school. 
 This was organized in the Spring of 18 16, chiefly 
 through the efforts of Mr. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, 
 then a student at Princeton, and afterwards Bishop 
 of Ohio. The school was held in the Academy 
 building. 
 
 Testimony to the prosperity of S. Mary's Parish, 
 during what we may fitly call the Wharton Patriarchal 
 Dispensation, is abundant. The Rector speaks of 
 "devout attention in general paid to Divine service, 
 and to the rubrics of the Church, " During his time 
 that flame of Missionary zeal long since traditional 
 in the Parish, seems to have been kindled. He 
 speaks of "an association of young ladies in aid of 
 the Missionary Fund," and of " a respectable sum 
 raised — as the fruit of their edifying industry," — ^50 
 of which they have appropriated to constituting their 
 Rector a Patron of the General Domestic and Foreign 
 Missionary Society." He says "a spirit of genuine 
 religion is increasing in this congregation" — The 
 Diocesan Committee on the state of the Church, in 
 1814, "with pleasure proceed to the state of 
 S. Mary's Church, Burlington. This congregation, 
 long respectable and flourishing, continues to preserve 
 its rank among the first in the diocess, as well with 
 respect to the number and piety of its members, as 
 the value of its funds, and the decency and neatness 
 of its Church.' ' Dr. Wharton repeatedly reports the 
 regular attendance and increasing attachment to the 
 Church. In 1821, Bishop Croes, in his Convention 
 Address, says, "the congregation of S. Mary's is in 
 an increasing state." 
 
 Dr. Wharton lived to see three Bishops elected for 
 New Jersey. The first, the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D. D., 
 chosen at a Convention in New Brunswick, August 
 15 and 16, 1798, failed of confirmation by the 
 Church. At the Convention August 30, 18 15, in 
 S. Michael's, Trenton, at which the Rev. Dr. John 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Croes was elected, Dr. Wharton preached the ser- 
 mon. And again just as his sun was sinking in 
 the West, he hailed the new day, which rose for 
 S. Mary's Parish, for the Diocese of New Jersey, 
 and for the whole American Church, when the Rev. 
 George Washington Doane, D. D. , Rector of Trinity 
 Church, Boston, Mass., was elected Bishop of New 
 Jersey, in Christ Church, New Brunswick, October 
 3, 1832, and consecrated in S. Paul's Chapel, New 
 York, on October 31st, of the same year. 
 
 Dr. Wharton was twice married. His first wife 
 died soon after his removal to Burlington, on June 2, 
 1798, in Philadelphia, and lies buried in S. Peter's 
 Churchyard. On November 28, 1799, he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Anne Kinsey, of Burlington. His seven 
 and thirty years at Burlington form an interesting 
 and distinct period of National, Diocesan, and 
 Parochial life. It covered the early years of the 
 Republic, the Death of Washington, and the Episco- 
 pate of Bishop White, who visited Burlington in 
 Dr. Wharton' s day, officiated at his burial, and soon 
 followed him to the grave. It was the age in Bur- 
 lington history of Elias Boudinot, Dr. Wm. S. Coxe, 
 Joshua Maddox Wallace, the Mcllvaines, and many 
 other persons and families of note. It was the age — 
 the last age — of the Parish clerk — the office 
 closing with Thomas Aikman. Dr. Wliarton died 
 on July 23, 1833, nine days after the birthday (July 
 14, 1833), as Dr. Pusey and his fellows kept it, of the 
 Oxford movement — that mighty, monumental revival 
 which has become one of the splendours in the his- 
 tory of the Catholic Church, and which was to have 
 Burlington for its Transatlantic home and for its gallant 
 champion and leader on these shores, that youthful 
 prelate, whose welcome to New Jersey and to Bur- 
 lington, Dr. Wharton lived just long enough to give. 
 In striking contrast and significance, as if the con- 
 junction of the old order and the new, Bishop White 
 and Bishop Doane officiated together at Dr. Wharton's 
 funeral. He was buried in a spot, which subsequent 
 changes in the building have brought beneath the 
 Church. His library he bequeathed to the Parish, 
 and also the bulk of his property, after the death of 
 his wife and the payment of $1,000 to the Domestic 
 and Foreign Missionary Society, 
 
 On the south side of the sanctuary of the new 
 S. Mary's a window set apart and inscribed by Bishop 
 Doane as follows : "In Memoriam Rev. CaroH 
 Henrici Wharton, D. D. Hujus Ecclesiae Rec torts, 
 A. D. MDCCXCVI A. D. MDCCCXXXIIiy has 
 been during a recent Rectorship (Dr. Hibbard's) 
 
 filled with richly coloured English glass. Dr. Hills 
 records for preservation the following inscription, 
 prepared by Bishop Doane for a mural tablet, never 
 yet erected : 
 
 "Behind this Chancel 
 rests the mortal part of 
 Charles Henry Wharton, D. D., 
 who died July 23, 1833, 
 aged 86 years ; 
 during 37 of which he was Rector of this Church, 
 A finished scholar, 
 An elegant writer, 
 A sound divine, 
 A faithful preacher of the Cross ; 
 in peace and meekness, purity and charity, 
 in childlike simplicity and unaffected piety, 
 a daily example of the lessons which he taught ; 
 while he lived, the faithful servant of this Church, 
 and, at his death, its generous benefactor ; 
 such was he 
 whose name this stone commemorates, 
 and whose virtues 
 are embalmed in the affections of his people." 
 The Hon. Horace Binney thus describes Dr, 
 Wharton : " 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 in- 
 fusion 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 relig- 
 ious education, in toning down his manners and con- 
 versation so as to obliterate from them everything 
 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 direction for some distance below the shoulders. 
 He did not stoop, but he was a little bent. His form 
 was slight and valetudinary, but without emaciation. 
 His eyes, were, I think, pale-blue or gray, his com- 
 plexion 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 the parishioners whom he saw in the 
 pews to receive him, nothing could be more gracious 
 and paternal ' ' 
 
 Well may S. Mary's cherish the memory of the 
 Wharton Patriarchate ! 
 
 To BE CONTINUED. 
 
/:■ 
 
 •'SSii^SC^-" 
 
 THE REV. EUGENE AUGUSTUS HOFFMAN, M.A. 
 
 lOth Rector 1863-1864 
 
 Now Ine Very Rev. Dean of the General Theological Seminary, New York 
 
IN THE CHURCHYARD 
 
CHURCHYARD AND WOOD STREET 
 After the great storm of February, 1902 
 
TOMBS OF BISHOP DOANE 
 
 and others of his family 
 
THE REV. WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, B. D. 
 
 gth Rector — 1860-1863 
 
 Now the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Albany 
 
C C C ,C ( 
 
THE NEW CHURCH 
 Soon after completion — From an old print 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 31 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE McCLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 THE ZENITH. 
 
 " The effective influence of the Episcopal office 
 in strengthening and extending the Church' ' 
 
 " The triumph here achieved has been the 
 triumph of the Gospel in the Church" ' — Bishop G. 
 
 W. DOANE. 
 
 The era of S. Mary's on which we now enter is a 
 very brief one of less than twenty-seven years. It is not 
 merely Parochial, but Diocesan, National, Catholic — 
 Church history. It is the history not only of a Parish 
 but of an Episcopate. For Bishop Doane was, for 
 virtually his whole Episcopate, Rector of S. Mary' s 
 Parish, being elected as such on August 3, 1833, and 
 accepting the office on October ist of the same year. 
 The present writer is therefore sorely tempted to for- 
 sake his modest task as annalist and chronicler of that 
 impersonal affair, a parish, and undertake the ambi- 
 tious post of biographer and eulogist of the magnifi- 
 cent second Bishop of New Jersey. But this he may 
 not do. It has been done once for all by one who, 
 besides having the intellectual power and skill to do 
 justice to his splendid theme, had the knowledge of 
 his subject and the right to use it, which only a son 
 can have. "The Life and Writings of Bishop Doane, " 
 by the Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, now Bishop of 
 Albany, form a most touching, complete, and enduring 
 picture of his illustrious father. 
 
 Other American parishes have had their Bishops 
 for their Rectors, but no other American parish has 
 had for its Rector such a Bishop as S. Mary's had. 
 Under such circumstances the parish necessarily re- 
 ceived an impress which will never disappear. A 
 glory has been shed upon it, which it will never lose. 
 S. Mary's Parish lived in the very heart of "the 
 Great-hearted Shepherd," it was his home, his 
 hearthstone, his family. And it is now and will be 
 till the Resurrection Day the possessor of his grave, 
 the guardian of his ashes. Bishop Doane' s connec- 
 tion with Burlington was like the bright vision and 
 visitation of some celestial youth. One of the youngest 
 Bishops ever consecrated, being then but 33 years 
 old, he was still comparatively speaking, young when 
 God took him, not having completed his sixtieth 
 year. 
 
 It was observed in the first of these sketches that 
 when Talbot landed in Boston, it was not the last 
 
 time that Burlington's ship of blessing was to come 
 in by way of Boston. When the Rev. George Wash- 
 ington Doane was elected Bishop of New Jersey he 
 was Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, There was a 
 singular providential fitness in the choice, for Mr. 
 Doane was a Jerseyman, born in Trenton, May 27, 
 1 799. He was graduated from Union College in 1 8 1 8, 
 studied theology at the General Theological Semi- 
 nary, was ordered Deacon in Christ Church, New 
 York, April 19 (Maundy-Thursday) 1821, and 
 ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
 August 6 (Transfiguration) 1823. He was the dis- 
 ciple and friend of Bishop Hobart from whom he 
 received Holy Orders, and with whom as a champion 
 of the Faith he must ever rank. The Bishop of 
 Albany has most truthfully said of his father: "First 
 Seabury, and then Hobart, and then he; the asserter, 
 the definer, the defender of the Faith. ' ' Mr. Doane' s 
 antecedents were intellectually brilliant, and his de- 
 velopment and rise were rapid. From his early youth 
 he manifested the aptitude and qualities of the 
 scholar. He was known in college as an accurate 
 and industrious student, and was the salutatorian of 
 his class. Then, for awhile a law student, and after- 
 wards engaged in teaching in New York City, he was 
 acquiring the skill, information and experience which 
 resulted in his becoming one of the most distinguished 
 educators of his day. After his ordination he was on 
 the clerical staff of Trinity Church, New York, during 
 which time he helped to found S. Luke's Parish in 
 that city. From 1824 to 1828 he was Professor of 
 Rhetoric and Oratory in Washington, now Trinity 
 College, Hartford, Conn., under its founder and first 
 President, Bishop Brownell, who, as Professor in 
 Union College, had known and admired the worth 
 and promise of Mr. Doane as a student. 
 
 From Hartford he went to Boston as Assistant 
 Minister of Trinity Church, succeeding in 1830 to 
 the Rectorship, which he held until his elevation to 
 the Episcopate in 1832. In 1833 Washington and 
 Columbia (N. Y.) Colleges both conferred upon him 
 the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and in 
 1 84 1 S. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, made 
 him a Doctor of Laws. On September 17, 1829, he 
 was married by the Rev. William Croswell in Christ 
 Church, Boston, to Mrs. Eliza G. Perkins. Two sons, 
 both born in Boston and both eminent ecclesiastics, 
 were the fruit of this union, viz. : Monsignor George 
 Hobart Doane, of the Roman Diocese of Newark, 
 and the Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, first and 
 present Bishop of Albany. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Bishop Doane continued to officiate in Trinity 
 Church, Boston, until Easter, 1833, removing to 
 New Jersey in the Spring of that year. In his address 
 to his Diocesan Convention in 1834 he speaks at 
 some length of his reasons for fixing the seat of his 
 See at Burlington. It seems that " induced by local 
 and personal considerations,'' he went to reside 
 temporarily at Burlington. It would be interesting 
 to know what those " local and personal considera- 
 tions " were, when we cannot help thinking ot the 
 many indications, extending back so many years, of 
 God's choice of Burlington as a Church centre. 
 
 The conviction in the minds of the Colonial 
 fathers that Burlington was the place of all others 
 for the residence of a Bishop ; the purchase of the 
 valuable estate there for a Bishop's home, the long- 
 cherished, long-deferred hope of the sending of a 
 Bishop from England to live at Burlington ; the veiled 
 Episcopate of Talbot, mysterious, clandestine ; were 
 not all these things foresh ado wings, presages of what 
 should surely be ? At last there appeared in Burling- 
 ton a Bishop of the American succession, a Diocesan 
 Bishop, there, it might seem, accidentally, tarrying 
 only for a time, concerned but to discover, as he said, 
 "the position most favourable to the discharge of my 
 official duties, and the advancement of the interests 
 of the Church." 
 
 During this sojourn in Burlington an earnest and 
 cordial effort was made by Trinity Church, Newark, 
 to persuade the Bishop to locate there. At this 
 juncture S. Mary' s Parish was left vacant by the death 
 of Dr. Wharton, and the Bishop, who was about to 
 accept the Newark overtures, felt it his duty to con- 
 sent to take temporary charge of the bereaved Parish, 
 of which, after six months, he became Rector, invest- 
 ing it with that full-orbed splendour of interest 
 which can only come from contact with a superb 
 personality. From this time on, until Bishop Doane's 
 death in 1859, S. Mary's was one of the most con- 
 spicuous parishes in the American Church, if not in 
 the whole Anglican Communion. The light that 
 shone in Burlington illuminated the entire ecclesias- 
 tical sky. The Bishop's leading idea in becoming 
 Rector of S. Mary' s was substantially the Cathedral 
 principle. Of this he was the first and most practical 
 exponent in the American Church, which he furnished 
 with normal instruction in three great lines, viz. : 
 Missions, Education, and Pastoral Care. He .timed 
 to make S. Mary' s Parish a model, a working model 
 for parish priests, an object lesson of " the Gospel in 
 the Church." And such he did make it. It is safe 
 
 to say that more inspirations and suggestions as to 
 proper parochial life and efficiency have been given 
 by S. Mary's Parish, than by almost any other parish 
 in the land. The salient features which characterized 
 Bishop Doane's Rectorship of S. Mary's were : 
 
 First. — His establishment of the Public Devotional 
 System of the Church, as set forth by the Book of 
 Common Prayer. The Daily Offices and Weekly 
 Eucharist he advocated by word and deed. And to 
 this day no more telling arguments for the Daily 
 Service and frequent Eucharists can be found than 
 his. 
 
 Second. — His organization of Systematic Giving 
 through the offertory. His writings on this subject 
 are a storehouse of information and convincing proof. 
 
 Third. — Catechizing and Christian Instruction. 
 With Bishop Doane this prime factor in Church 
 work was a science and an art, practised by a master. 
 He showed how it could be done, to the admiration 
 of pupils and hearers, and his works do follow him, 
 for he trained up a generation of inteUigent, devout, 
 clear-headed, Catholic-minded churchmen and 
 churchwomen, who never could be anything but 
 churchmen and churchwomen, and who continued 
 " steadfast in the Faith," " faithful unto death." 
 
 This last topic, as well as the two former ones, 
 Bishop Doane not only vigorously illustrated in his 
 parochial administration and teaching, but he also 
 wrote copiously upon it, so that his published 
 treatises on these three subjects are permanently 
 valuable treasuries of instruction on these points of 
 pastoral theology. 
 
 Perhaps there should be added to these a fourth 
 feature of Bishop Doane as a Pastor, viz. : His per- 
 sonal ministration to souls, in counsel, visiting, con- 
 soling and monishing the sick and the whole. In 
 this he excelled — all the more to be remarked 
 when we take into account the other dignities and 
 relations which might have absorbed his duty 
 and his time. But he was, in the parish life of 
 S. Mary's, known and loved of all. He was father, 
 friend, brother and neighbour of each one — high or 
 low, rich or poor, old or young, learned or ignorant 
 — each claimed and had the Bishop as his own 
 familiar friend. 
 
 The parish soon felt the power of its great Rector. 
 The house to house visitation, the magnetism of his 
 catechetical teaching, the consecrated enthusiasm 
 with which he kindled a blaze of new liberality in 
 offerings and, added to all these, his marvellous 
 genius as a preacher, thrilled the parish and the 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 33 
 
 community with new life. On the 3d of September, 
 1834, the Vestry resolved " That Christian Larzelere, 
 William McMurtrie (Wardens), Jacob Shedaker, 
 Daniel Hancock and James Hunter Sterling, with the 
 Rt. Rev. Rector, be a committee to inquire and 
 report at a future meeting of the Vestry what altera- 
 tions can be made in the Church, whereby its 
 revenues may be augmented, its appearance im- 
 proved, its convenience increased, and its usefulness 
 extended." On the 26th of September the commit- 
 tee reported a plan, which was approved and accepted 
 by the Vestry. John Larzelere, Edward Rogers and 
 William McMurtrie were appointed the Building 
 Committee. Isaac Holden, of Philadelphia, was the 
 architect employed. The work begun on October 6, 
 was completed for the consecration on Tuesday, 
 December 23, 1834. This was the fourth enlarge- 
 ment of this Church. The request of the Vestry for 
 the consecration was presented to the Bishop by 
 Christian Larzelere, Esq., Senior Warden, and read 
 by the Rev. Hewlett R. Peters, Rector's assistant 
 The sentence of consecration was read by the Rev, 
 George Y. Morehouse, Rector of S. Andrew's Church, 
 Mount Holly, and a sermon of great eloquence and 
 historical interest was preached by Bishop Doane, 
 from the text, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us," 
 I Samuel, vii: 12. 
 
 The Bishop, in his Convention Address in 1835, 
 says: "On Tuesday, December 23d, 1834, on the 
 representation of the Wardens and Vestry that S. 
 Mary's Church, Burlington, having been erected one 
 hundred and thirty years ago, and eighty years before 
 the introduction of the Episcopate into the country, 
 had never been consecrated according to the usages 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and on their re- 
 quest, that being now, for the fourth time, enlarged 
 and greatly improved, it might be so set apart, I pro- 
 ceeded duly to consecrate it to the service and worship 
 of Almighty God, the Rev. Messrs. Cuming (of New 
 York), Morehouse, Peters and Starr being present 
 and assisting." The enlargement thus made was 
 north and south, i. e., towards Broad Street and into 
 the churchyard, parallel with Wood Street." 
 
 A very good view, in few words, of the Church 
 edifice and of the general state of the parish at this 
 time is found in Bishop Doane's report as Rector 
 that same year, 1835. He says: "Since the last 
 Convention, the Church has been doubled in size, 
 being now in form a Latin cross, of which the nave 
 is 80 feet by 30, and the transept 60 feet by 30. 
 There were before thirty-four and now are sixty pews. 
 
 nearly all of which are oQcupied. The whole arrange- 
 ment of the Church, including improvements of the 
 ground, fixtures, furniture, &c., has cost about 
 $4, 500. About |8oo were raised as a premium for 
 the choice of pews. 
 
 "The frequent absence of the Rector, of necessity 
 interrupts his pastoral labours and diminishes their 
 effect. Since his sickness in the Autumn he has 
 been aided, under the liberal provision of the Con- 
 vention, by the acceptable services of the Rev. Mr. 
 Peters. The Church is generally open when the 
 Rector is at home, on Sunday evenings, and always 
 on Thursday evenings ; when a lecture is delivered, 
 expository of the Scriptures, which is also the lesson 
 for the Sunday School on the Sunday following. This 
 service has been peculiarly blessed to the spiritual 
 edification of the people. An increasing interest in 
 the best things has been perceptible among them, 
 and has lately resulted in several adult baptisms and 
 the confirmation of twenty-six persons, nearly all of 
 whom, it is hoped, will present themselves at the 
 Table of the Lord. The children are catechized on 
 the afternoon of the first Sunday in every month, 
 after evening prayers, before the whole congregation. 
 The exercise is acknowledged as profitable to all, 
 and gives great satisfaction. The Rector has pursued, 
 since February, with signal advantage, a systematic 
 course of pastoral visitation and instruction from 
 house to house. The offerings of the Church for 
 eleven months (from ist of June to istof May,) are 
 a little greater in amount than for the twelve months 
 of last year. They are collected on the morning of 
 the first Sunday in each month (when the Communion 
 is always administered), and are presented on the 
 Lord' s Table as the oblations of the people.' ' 
 
 The office of Bishop Doane as Rector of S. Mary's 
 necessitated his having a good deal of assistance, 
 and consequently not only the Bishop's residence 
 there but also his being a parish priest, made Bur- 
 lington a clerical centre. Quite a list of clergy, 
 several of them of particular note, forms a feature of 
 the record of Bishop Doane's Rectorship. They 
 were either temporarily officiating, or were regularly 
 appointed assistants. We find the names of the 
 Rev. Charles Williams, D. D. ; the Rev. Hewlett R. 
 Peters, M. A. ; the Rev. Samuel Starr, M. A. ; the 
 Rev. Benjamin Davis Winslow, M. A. ; the Rev, 
 Frederick Ogilby, M. A. ; the Rev. James Gilborne 
 Lyons, LL. D., the Rev. Benjamin Isaac Haight, 
 M. A.; the Rev. John L. VerMehr, Ph. D., LL, D. ; 
 the Rev. Adolph Frost, M. A. ; the Rev. George 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Hobart Doane, M. D.; the Rev. Wm. Croswell 
 Doane, M. A. ; and the Rev, Charles Frederick 
 Hoffman, M. A. 
 
 Under the Bishop's constant and loving care and 
 teaching, and kept in contact with a superior type of 
 clergy reflecting their great Preceptor's spirit, the 
 people of S. Mary's Parish acquired that reverent 
 esteem for the Sacred Ministry and that deference to 
 and consideration for the clergy, which have become 
 traditional in Burlington. Those unseemly strivings 
 between Priest, Vestry, and People which are born 
 of "Error, Ignorance, Pride, and Prejudice," and 
 which disfigure the doings of many parishes are 
 unknown, have been for many years, and probably 
 will be, for all time to come, to S. Mary's Parish. 
 This fair and firmly established harmony is due to 
 Bishop Doane. One of his earliest acts as Rector 
 was to secure the repeal of a vicious proviso in the 
 charter of the parish which allowed nine members of 
 the Vestry to discharge their minister after giving 
 him six months' notice. 
 
 During the earher years of Bishop Doane's rector- 
 ship, the Vestry attempted interference with the 
 ordering of Divine Service ; they claimed it to be 
 their province to direct the Rector as to the postures, 
 places, and vestments to be used in pubhc worship, 
 and that they had the power, either by reducing the 
 Rector's salary, or by " discharging " him, to carry 
 out their wishes. It is needless to say that they were 
 speedily set right by the Bishop, and the proper 
 status of the parish priest, and the duties of Wardens 
 and Vestrymen were clearly defined to the salutary 
 instruction of Parish, Diocese, and the Church at 
 large. Bishop Doane's action and experience in 
 these matters at S. Mary' s were a valuable contribu- 
 tion not only to the right judgment and peace, but 
 also to the law, of the American Church. In 1837 
 S. Mary's Hall was founded. The history of this 
 School has already been fully given in the Chimes. 
 It is referred to here as bearing distinctly upon the 
 life of the parish. The Parish Church was, in the 
 Bishop's plan, the centre of all ecclesiastical activities 
 in Burhngton. On Sundays and Holy Days the 
 whole of the family of S. Mary's Hall attended ser- 
 vice in the Church. The Reverend Principal (the 
 first one being the Rev. Asa Eaton, D. D., of Boston) 
 took his place in the chancel. The presence of this 
 numerous body of pupils with their teacheia and 
 priest swelled the congregation, and increased the 
 interest and enthusiasm which numbers always 
 bring. The parishioners of S. Mary' s were constantly 
 
 reminded of their relations to the Church " spread 
 abroad." They had, almost daily, glimpses of 
 the Catholic horizon. When Bishop White died, S. 
 Mary' s was draped in mourning, and a memorial 
 sermon was preached by Bishop Doane. Beside the 
 younger and resident clergy, grouped like satellites 
 around their centre, Bishops and dignitaries from 
 other dioceses, and from other quarters of the Angli- 
 can Communion were from time to time appearing 
 to be seen and heard. The Diocesan Convention 
 was held in S. Mary's Church fourteen times 
 during Bishop Doane's rectorship. On these occa- 
 sions other Bishops were frequently present, as for 
 instance, in 1837, Bishop Mcllvaine, and in 1839, 
 Bishop DeLancey. The Lord Bishop of Quebec, 
 Dr. Mountain, visited Burlington in 1839, and 
 preached in S. Mary's Church. All these events 
 and circumstances tended to prevent any narrow paro- 
 chialism, and combined, with the Catholic principles 
 of Faith and Worship, untiringly inculcated, to produce 
 a truly Catholic spirit and feeling in regard to the 
 Church. Such an episode, for example, as Bishop 
 Doane's visit to England in 1841, in response to an 
 invitation from the great Dr. Hook, to preach the 
 sermon at the consecration of the new parish church 
 at Leeds, was one to heighten and enlarge the 
 Church conceptions of the Burlington parishioners. 
 The Church is one of the grandest of modern build- 
 ings of its kind ; the service was a memorable one, 
 the preacher was the first American Bishop to preach 
 in England, his sermon was a burst of sacred elo- 
 quence, and his sojourn in England an ovation. 
 
 In Lent, 1843, the daily service was really begun 
 in S. Mary's Parish — with Morning Prayer — evening 
 service, on Holy days, and about July 15th of that 
 year the evening service became a daily one. That 
 work of faith and labour of loye and loyalty to the 
 Church has brought its blessing. It is hard for us to 
 enter in imagination into the conditions which pre- 
 vailed when the Holy Communion was celebrated 
 only four times a year, and when the plainest direc- 
 tions of the Prayer Book were ignored. Out of such 
 a state Bishop Doane lifted his parish and his Dio- 
 cese. He said, " I was induced to accept and have 
 continued to hold the rectorship of S. Mary' s Church 
 that I might illustrate for the instruction of my clergy 
 the pastoral office in its practical detail. I have 
 done so successfully. In this way the offerings of 
 the Church, the public catechising, etc. , etc. , have 
 been more effectually introduced into the Diocese." 
 
 (To be continued.) 
 
THE " FAMILIAR PATH 
 
THE REV. JAMES FREDERIC OLMSTED 
 14th Rector 
 
 Born in New York City, March 3, 1859; Trinity College, B. A., 1884; M. A., 1887. Gen- 
 eral Theological Seminary, 1891. B. D., 189a. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Doane, 
 of Albany, June 14, 1891. Priest by the same, December 17, 1891. Assistant Minis- 
 ter S. George's Church, Newburgh, N. Y., 1891-1892. Rector of S John's Church, 
 Champlain, N. Y., 1892-1893. Rector of Christ Church, Schenectady, N. Y., 1893- 
 1897. Rector of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., October 1, 1897 
 
THE BIRTHPLACES OF CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE 
 
 AND JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 
 
THE RT. REV. WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER, D.D. 
 
 Third Bishop of New Jersey 
 
 In charge of the Parish, January to August, 1860 
 
THE REV. GEORGE W. HARROD, B.D. 
 Priest of S. Barnabas 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 35 
 
 The Free Church of Saint Barnabas 
 
 A Retrospect. 
 
 1856-1902. 
 BY THE REVEREND GEORGE WILLIAM HARROD, B. D. 
 
 Thebi-centenary of S. Mary's parish may well recall 
 an incident in the life of the Church in Burlington — 
 namely, the founding and establishing of a Mission 
 work, now known as the Free Church of S. Barnabas. 
 This work was undertaken at a time when the Church 
 at large was feeling the full tide of the wave of spiritual 
 impulse which arose as the result of the Anglo- 
 Catholic movement. The earlier leaders of this 
 movement had been men who concerned themselves 
 almost entirely with doctrine, with the reassertion of 
 the old Theology of the Anglican divines. It was 
 several years before the general Church came to feel 
 their influence. Between the years 1850-1860, arose 
 a class of priests and laymen who had been thoroughly 
 imbued with the doctrinal teaching of men like Dr. 
 Pusey and Mr. Keble and those who were in imme- 
 diate sympathy with them — and who were anxious to 
 put their theories to the test of practical, working, 
 everyday life. The success which followed such 
 enterprises as S. Paul's, Knightsbridge and its daughter 
 S. Barnabas, Pimlico ; S. Peter's, London Docks; S. 
 Augustine's, Kilburn ; to mention just a few works 
 which sprang into vigorous existence at this particular 
 period of the expanding life of the Church, had 
 undoubtedly a large influence in arousing a spirit of 
 emulation in good works in this country. The Church 
 in Burlington has always been under the influence of 
 the old Anglican standards, and it was natural that the 
 life that was reasserting itself in the Mother Church 
 should become a marked force in the lives of those 
 whose devotion to their faith remains as a stimulus 
 even to this present day. 
 
 The first official nodce that we find of the new 
 enterprise known later as S. Barnabas' Church is 
 contained in the Convention address of Bishop Doane, 
 1857. 
 
 " On Sunday evening, November 30, 1856 (Advent 
 Sunday and S. Andrews' Day) I opened S. Barnabas' 
 Free Mission chapel in Burlington with appropriate 
 services. This movement undertaken by my son 
 (the present Bishop of Albany) after long considera- 
 tion and deep reflection, has my consent, approbation 
 and blessing. It is a work loudly called for, and 
 
 would have been begun two years sooner if a suitable 
 place could have been had. Its sole reliance for 
 support is on voluntary offerings." 
 
 The work was begun in the house known as S, 
 Barnabas' Mission House, and it became evident in 
 a few months that a permanent chapel must be sup- 
 plied at once. So the present S. Barnabas' Church 
 was built and occupied. The corner-stone being laid 
 on S. Barnabas' Day, 1858, and the completed build- 
 ing was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God 
 on Saturday, November 27th, of the same year. 
 The architect of the building was Mr. C. H. Condit, 
 of Newark, N. J. It is spoken of in the Convention 
 report of 1859 as "an early English building of 
 brick with a chancel of wood. The church has a 
 seating capacity of 400." In regard to the wooden 
 chancel it may be as well to explain that it was the 
 intention to build a large permanent church, running 
 east and west and that the present building was 
 looked upon merely as a school chapel, which would 
 practically form a transept of the completed design. 
 In view of the improbability of any increased attend- 
 ance beyond the capacity of the present building, it 
 seems as though ' ' the ark of God had dwelt within 
 curtains " long enough and that a very present duty is 
 to supply a chancel of brick in keeping with the 
 general architectural features of the church. But to 
 return to our record. The priest in charge of the 
 new enterprise was the Rev. William Croswell 
 Doane, and under his energetic and wise admin- 
 istration the work grew apace. They were years of 
 hard and careful work. Years that showed, 
 both in their method of work and manner of 
 worship and teaching, that a high ideal inspired 
 those who gave so freely of their best endeavours to 
 uphold a true standard of faith and practice. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Doane remained in charge of the 
 work until his call to the rectorship of S. Mary's 
 Church. He was instituted rector on the first Sun- 
 day in Advent, December 2, i860. 
 
 He still kept the oversight of S. Barnabas' Mission, 
 being assisted by different clergymen until his resig- 
 nation of the Burlington work in Eastertide, 1863. 
 
 From 1863 to 1866 the services were supplied 
 under the direction of the Rectors of S. Mary's 
 Church, and in 1866 the Rev. Robert Lloyd Golds- 
 borough took charge and the work was then formally 
 incorporated as a parish and the property deeded 
 over to the new corporation known now as "The 
 Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of the Free Church 
 of Saint Barnabas in Burlington." In the Parochial 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 report for 1866 the Rev, William Allen Johnson, the 
 then Rector of S. Mary' s Church, speaks thus of the 
 new enterprise : 
 
 " With the full consent of all parties it was thought 
 best to divide this ancient Parish and let the Free 
 Mission Chapel of S. Barnabas be the nucleus of a 
 second Church. This was accordingly done by the 
 election of Wardens and Vestrymen and by the legal 
 incorporation of the Free Church of Saint Barnabas." 
 
 Mr. Goldsborough, in his first parochial report, says : 
 "The Church was consecrated on June 16, 1866. 
 The whole debt was extinguished during the year 
 and previous to consecration." 
 
 The parish priest was instituted July 15, 1866. 
 The rectorship of the Rev. Robert Lloyd Goldsborough 
 was marked by devotion to his sacred office and by 
 a ministry effective in many lines, and while ad- 
 vancing years and physical weakness may have 
 made his later years less fruitful to outward seeming 
 no one could doubt the intense earnestness of his 
 nature and his sincere desire to further the work God 
 had given him to do. He was called to his rest after 
 a rectorship of over twenty years on January 18, 1888. 
 
 The months intervening between his last sickness 
 and death and March, 1888, were practically a period 
 of desolation in the history of S. Barnabas, and it 
 seemed as though the altar-fires might never be 
 rekindled. 
 
 But there were a few remaining who loved the old 
 S. Barnabas' ideal, especially bne faithful woman, 
 Miss Cornelia Van Sciver, whose connection with the 
 work from its inception and whose many years of 
 service as Treasurer should receive appreciative 
 mention. 
 
 The S. Barnabas' ideal was a Free Church where 
 the ministrations of religion should be open to any- 
 one desiring them without any question as to what 
 they could do in return, apart from their free-will 
 offerings. A free Church is not intended primarily 
 as "a poor man's Church," but as a Church for all, 
 without those distinctions of place which prevail 
 under other systems. 
 
 It was felt that there should be such a Church in 
 Burlington. A place where the widow could give her 
 mite and a poor man his offering of penury and at 
 the same time have all the privileges of a religion 
 intended to be Catholic — that is, for the whole world, 
 just as God made it and not merely for those capable 
 of meeting a definite assessment. 
 
 The doors of S. Barnabas' Church were opened 
 again on March 22, 1888, when the Rev. George 
 
 William Harrod was formally appointed by the 
 Bishop of the Diocese priest in charge. 
 
 It was felt that the parochial organization would 
 not be a strength under the conditions that prevailed, 
 and so by general consent the work reverted to 
 earlier methods, which seemed to promise a freer 
 scope. 
 
 The parochial organization is not disbanded. It 
 is simply in abeyance, and can be resumed at any 
 time on due notice being publicly given. But the 
 present incumbent is no favourer of a "one-man- 
 power.' ' The rights of the congregation have been 
 duly conserved by an Executive Committee of eight 
 members — four men and four women. This com- 
 mittee has given valuable help through the years, 
 and has proved a useful ad interim adjunct to 
 the work. 
 
 The last phase of S. Barnabas' life has certainly 
 had marked elements of interest. The problems 
 were difficult of solution. 
 
 An old work gone to decay. No constituency to 
 fall back upon. No choir. No organ. No Sunday 
 school. Not a prayer book or catechism. Not even 
 a surplice or piece of altar linen. What are the 
 probabilities of such a work succeeding in a town 
 where ten years show no growth in population, even 
 commensurate with the births ? where several large 
 and influential congregations have already gathered 
 in the available material. Will it be a wise thing 
 for a priest to give a large share of his life to build- 
 ing up such a seemingly doubtful enterprise ? The 
 present head of the work determined that, God 
 helping him, this church should not be added to the 
 wrecks of the past. 
 
 What has been accomplished ? How far is S. 
 Barnabas a true factor in the religious life of 
 Burlington in this year of Grace 1902 ? 
 
 The Free Church of S. Barnabas consists of its 
 ecclesiastical head — the priest in charge — assisted 
 by an Executive Committee of four men and four 
 women. The choir of fifteen adult voices does good 
 and regular work. The music sung is of standard 
 quality, not neglecting the choral and plain-song 
 music of the church. We have been favoured in our 
 organists, and the musical rendering has been far in 
 excess of what the narrow means at our disposal 
 would seem to make possible. During all these years 
 the music has been practically "a labour of love," 
 and God is not unrighteous that He should forget it. 
 
 The Sunday School opened with six scholars in 
 1888, and it now has an annual enrollment of from 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 37 
 
 eighty to one hundred and ten. This continues year 
 after year. 
 
 "S. Barnabas' Guild" binds together the women 
 of the congregation. 
 
 "The Society of the Sons of the Holy Cross'' 
 seeks to keep the interest of the men. The junior 
 branch of this society, known as the League of the 
 Holy Cross, is composed of boys who are looked 
 upon as probationers of the main society. 
 
 The Girls' Friendly Society is doing a large and 
 useful work among the girls. The senior and junior 
 branches have an enrollment of over eighty members 
 in this organization alone. 
 
 On a conservative enumeration, it is fair to say that 
 S. Barnabas' Church touches fully two hundred and 
 fifty souls, counting men, women and children. This 
 following has been gathered without any weakening 
 of existing work, and without any attempt to offer 
 temporal inducements. Whoever has attached him- 
 self to this church, has done it for the spiritual l^ene- 
 fit to be derived. It was the intention of the present 
 incumbent to strengthen the life of the church in 
 Burlington, not to weaken it or divide it. It is not 
 for him to say whether he has succeeded or not. His 
 intention has always been to do the church's work in 
 the church's way. 
 
 Perhaps in a review of this kind, which will form 
 historical data for those who look back from the 
 eminence of another hundred years, it may be as 
 well to say in what the present property consists. 
 
 In 1888 the church vvas thoroughly cleansed and 
 put in good working order as to the interior ; the ex- 
 terior was in a ruinous condition. There was also an 
 old parish building, around which very unsavoury 
 traditions lingered. It was in a hopeless state of 
 decay and was pulled down and the site cleared in 
 the autumn of the same year. There was no place 
 for Guild or other general gatherings, and so it was 
 at once determined to build a Guild House. The 
 present structure has served us well. The next duty 
 was to put a new roof on the church and to repair 
 the exterior. 
 
 Then followed the acquirement of the rectory 
 house, the gift of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ellis, who has 
 been a most generous and untiring friend of our 
 work through all these years. This provision for the 
 comfort of those who formed the rectory family gave 
 them a feeling of having a settled home of their own, 
 and is, of course, it its way, a permanent endowment 
 of the work. When a clergyman finds a church, a 
 schoolhouse and a rectory free from debt, he thanks 
 
 God and takes courage. The next improvement was 
 the erection of an iron railing about the entire prop- 
 erty. 
 
 In 1896 the congregation placed the fine organ in 
 the chancel which now lends so much dignity to the 
 services. 
 
 Our last large undertaking was the putting in 
 thorough repair the interior of the church, which 
 was in part made possible by the generosity of Mr. 
 G. W. Hewitt, whose professional skill and personal 
 generosity has aided in so many of our undertak- 
 ings. The property stands now in good repair, and 
 is increased in value at least f 10,000 by the repairs 
 and additions which have been made upon it. 
 
 And now a word as to future work. What S. Bar- 
 nabas might have been, if it had been possible to 
 develop the educational and industrial work as it has 
 always been in the heart and intention of its pastor 
 to do, may not be even estimated. 
 
 S. Barnabas will, from the force of circumstances, 
 largely influence the lives of those whose lot in life 
 is to labour, and its power for doing good in the com- 
 munity will be largely increased when it can help the 
 young to know their own powers as factors in the life 
 of work. It would be a great gladness of heart to 
 those who are most intimately connected with the 
 work, if a Christian kindergarten could be opened 
 for the young children and industrial classes for the 
 older boys and girls. But this kind of work indicates 
 the need of at least a small endowment. It would 
 be most ill-judged to open up such enterprises, when 
 all the money has to come from people of narrow 
 means. 
 
 In most places those who have the stewardship of 
 wealth are glad to forward such ventures and put them 
 on a sound basis. The future development of our S. 
 Barnabas' work demands and calls for a suitable 
 endowment for central expenses. Whenever our 
 present small endowment fund shall reach an amount 
 that will guarantee to the treasury $1,000 per annum, 
 the hourwill have sounded for an advance along the lines 
 of educational and charitable endeavour. Miss Julia 
 Lanahan, who entered into rest September 17, 1894, 
 left one-half of her estate — subject to a life interest 
 of one member of her family — for the endowment 
 of our work. This legacy will without doubt secure 
 us in the future about $2,500. The principal sum is 
 being carefully looked after. Miss Laura A. Collet, 
 who entered into life eternal on August 20, 1896, left 
 us $300, as a token of good will. A portion of this 
 was used in the interior adornment of the church. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 which was done as a memorial of the donor, who was 
 always a faithful friend. The balance was put with 
 another sum given later as a thank offering to the 
 credit of the Endowment Fund, which awaits further 
 gifts by legacy or other benefaction, Perhaps, if you 
 who read this can do nothing in your lifetime to 
 forward our work, you might leave a memorial 
 behind you and assist us by legacy. It seems as 
 though the only way in which we can avoid being 
 paupers in the other world is through buying up 
 opportunities from a wise stewardship of earthly 
 wealth. 
 
 ' ' Prayer-book churchmen do not need to be re- 
 minded that the rubrics of the office for the Visitation 
 of the Sick make it imperative on the minister to 
 urge those who are of ability to be liberal in assisting 
 good works and so laying up in store for themselves 
 a good foundation against the time to come," or, 
 as it it said elsewhere, "so gatherest thou thyself a 
 good i;jeward in the day of necessity.'' 
 
 If the work of S. Barnabas' Church has moved 
 along on humble lines, it has not been out of touch 
 with the larger life which has aroused so many 
 activities in the Church. The Holy Eucharist has 
 always had its prominent place in the worship of this 
 Church. From the very first we find every Sunday, 
 Holy day, and Octaves of Feasts, marked by this 
 great central Act of Worship. S. Barnabas was one 
 of the first — if not the first church in the country — 
 to have a surpliced choir in the chancel, and to use 
 the plain-song chant in the Divine offices. The Altar 
 has always had its traditionary ornaments, and the 
 following "Ordo," which ruled the principal ritual 
 acts, will be of interest as marking liturgical customs 
 as far back as 1858. 
 
 " It is the custom of this Mission : 
 
 To turn to the East in the Creeds and Glorias. 
 
 To make due and lowly reverence at the Holy 
 Name of JESUS. 
 
 To have the Glorias always begun by the officiating 
 clergyman. 
 
 To reserve the Shorter Absolution, the Nicene 
 Creed and Gloria in Excelsis for the Communion 
 office. 
 
 To remain kneeling until the Sacred Vessels have 
 been cleansed and are taken from the Chancel." 
 
 The following from a porch-card is of intere---: 
 
 "This is none other but the House of God," 
 therefore it is always holy before service, in service, 
 after service — always. Any talking, laughing or 
 
 trifling in the porch or in the Chapel is an insult to 
 the honour of God' s presence. 
 
 The nave of the Chapel is always open in the day- 
 time, not for curious gazers, but for the private 
 prayers, reading, and meditation of devout worship- 
 pers. All the seats are always free to any who will 
 use them reverently and properly." 
 
 This is a brief record of the life of the Free Church 
 of Saint Barnabas. May God deepen this life in all 
 ways most acceptable to Himself. May He strengthen 
 it where it is weak and correct it where it is faulty, 
 and if it is granted to the mother and daughter 
 Churches to observe the ter-centenary of the planting 
 of the Church in BurHngton may they both be found 
 faithful witnesses, testifying in their appointed places 
 even to the end of the world. 
 
 Memorial Windows at S. Mary's. 
 
 The question of memorial windows is a serious and 
 delicate one in any Parish, and very often an other- 
 wise beautiful and graceful fabric is irretrievably 
 injured, if not ruined, because of the shocking taste 
 displayed in the employment of glass of inferior 
 quality and workmanship and the selection of subjects 
 which stand in no harmonious relation to each other 
 but are sometimes fanciful and even grotesque. So 
 we find in most churches a medley of windows, made 
 perhaps in different parts of the world, some follow- 
 ing the old ecclesiastical lines, others the modern and 
 domestic styles, each one set off against the other and 
 injuring the other, without harmony of tone or colour 
 or general design, and illustrative, not of any great 
 idea or subject, but only of the individual caprice of 
 the well-intentioned but misguided giver. 
 
 Bearing this in mind it is a matter for congratulation 
 that the Vestry of S. Mary' s in 1 893 took up the subject 
 of stained glass for the windows of S. Mary's and 
 adopted a set of regulations for the guidance and 
 help of those who wished to make use of the windows 
 as memorials of deceased friends. 
 
 It was in their minds to secure harmony of subject 
 matter, material, colouring and workmanship. 
 
 Fortunately only the east and west windows were 
 already filled with stained glass, so the remaining 
 windows, thirteen in all, and all of the same size 
 and pattern, furnished a splendid opportunity for car- 
 rying out their purpose. 
 
 To secure the desired harmony, they knew it was 
 necessary, first, to have the windows form a connected 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 39 
 
 series in proper sequence, and then that they should 
 all come from the hands of the same artist and be 
 made at the same place. 
 
 For reasons connected with the clergy, memorial- 
 ized by the three windows in the Choir and Sanctu- 
 ary these were made to illustrate the three orders of 
 the ministry, Bishops, Priests and Deacons, while the 
 windows in the Nave and Transepts, as most appropri- 
 ately in a Church called after S. Mary, were com- 
 memorative of the chief events of her life, taken in 
 connection with the life of our Blessed Redeemer. 
 
 The party fixed upon as the makers of all the 
 windows was the firm of Lavers & Westlake, Lon- 
 don, well known in England and America, Mr. 
 Westlake being the distinguished authority upon this 
 branch of art. The makers follow the old conven- 
 tional ideas of the glass stainers so conducive to de- 
 votion, and so in harmony with Gothic architecture. 
 
 The wisdom of this policy of the Vestry has been 
 fully justified by results and many a Parish might 
 profit by their experience. 
 
 In the first place having a definite, consistent plan 
 covering all the windows, and having designs for 
 each one, and knowing the exact cost of each, a 
 choice could be easily made, with the result that the 
 windows all but one, are now in place. In the sec- 
 ond place there is unity and concord throughout, the 
 series moving on from step to step m the same rich, 
 harmonious setting. There is no note of discord, 
 and the effect taken individually and as a whole is 
 one of unusual satisfaction. 
 
 As a matter of interest and of Parochial history a 
 list of the windows are given here with the memorial 
 inscriptions and the subjects illustrated. 
 
 CHANCEL. 
 
 1, The Commission to the Eleven, 
 
 In Memoriam, Rev. Johannis Talbot, A. M, 
 Hujus Ecclesiae Fundatoris, A. D, — MDCCIII. 
 The subject of this window is considered peculiarly 
 appropriate because of the conviction of many that 
 the Rev. John Talbot was consecrated a bishop by 
 Non-Juror succession. 
 
 2. The Institution of the Blessed Sacrament. 
 
 In Memoriam Rev. Caroli Henrice Wharton. D.D. 
 
 Hujus EcclesicE Rectoris, A. D.— MDCCXCVI— 
 A. D.— MDCCCXXXIII. 
 
 This window illustrates the great distinctive func- 
 tion of the Priestly office which Dr. Wharton exer- 
 cised for thirty-six years at S. Mary's. 
 
 3. The Martyrdom of S. Stephen. 
 
 In Memoriam, Rev. Benjamin Davis Winslow, 
 A. M. 
 
 Hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris Adjuvantis A. D. — 
 MDCCCXXXIX. 
 
 S. Stephen the Deacon was chosen for this window 
 because it was chiefly as a Deacon that the ministry 
 of the Rev. Mr. Winslow was exercised in Burling- 
 ton. 
 
 NAVE AND TRANSEPTS. 
 
 This series begins at the lower end of the north 
 side of the nave and concludes at the lower end of 
 the south side. 
 
 1. First lancet: The Childhood of S. Mary, with 
 her mother, S. Anne. Second lancet : The Espousals 
 of S. Mary and S. Joseph. 
 
 This window is not as yet filled. 
 
 2. First lancet : The Annunciation. Second lancet : 
 The Visitation. "My Soul doth magnify the Lord." 
 To the Glory of God and in Memory of William Syd- 
 ney Walker, D. D., 1 796-1 882 , Eliza Greenough 
 Walker, 18 16-1897. 
 
 3. The Epiphany. 
 
 ' 'A Light to lighten the Gentiles.' ' 
 In Memoriam, Brinton Coxe. Born 3 August, 1833 ; 
 died 15 September, 1892. 
 
 4. The Purification. 
 
 " Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine." 
 In loving memory of F'ranklin Woolman, 1814- 
 1889. For twenty years Treasurer of this Parish. 
 
 5. The Flight into Egypt. 
 
 " He took the Young Child and His Mother into 
 Egypt." 
 
 To the Glory of God and in loving memory of 
 Camille Baquet, LL. D., died 27 March, 1880. 
 Harriet Stuart Baquet, died 26 August, 1900. 
 Francisco D. H. Baquet, died 8 July, 1862 
 Harriet Stuart Baquet, died 29 July, 1901. 
 Marie Amelie Baquet, died 30 August, 1895. 
 "He giveth His beloved sleep." 
 
 6. The Finding in the Temple. 
 
 "When they saw Him they were amazed." 
 In Memoriam, William Wilson, 1818-1897. 
 
 7. The Marriage in Cana of Galilee. 
 
 " The conscious water saw its God and blushed.' ' 
 In Memoriam, Harriet Elizabeth Wilson, 1823- 
 1894. 
 
 8. The Way of the Cross. 
 "Surely He hath borne our griefs." 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 In Memoriam, Mary Armitt Askew, 1 798-1 888. 
 In Memoriam, Elizabeth Catherine Brown, 1805- 
 1893. 
 
 9. The Third Word from the Cross. 
 "Woman behold thy son." 
 
 In Memoriam, George Haines Woolman, 1837- 
 1882. 
 
 For twenty years Secretary of the Vestry of this 
 Parish. 
 
 10. First lancet ; The descent from the Cross. 
 Second lancet : The leading the Blessed Virgin 
 away. 
 
 " He took It down and wrapped It in linen." 
 
 To the Glory of God and in memory of Pemberton 
 Smith, of Philadelphia, 18 16-1873, ^^^ 
 
 Margaretta E. Zell, his wife, 1817-1900. 
 
 Erected by their only child, Guilford Smith, of 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 THE EAST WINDOW. 
 
 This window, consisting of three lancets and form- 
 ing "the Chancel window," was put in place in 
 1 86 1 and is in memory of Bishop George Washington 
 Doane, D. D. , L.L. D. , Rector of the Parish for 
 twenty-six years. The middle lancet has as its 
 central figure "the Good Shepherd" with "the 
 Pastoral Commission to S. Peter" above, and " the 
 Deliverance of S. Peter from prison ' ' below. 
 
 The side lancets contain, on the north side, the 
 Pastoral Staff and Keys cross-wise, with the seal of 
 Burlington College below, and a passion cross en- 
 twined with passion flowers, above; on the south, 
 the mitre, with the seal of S. Mary's Hall below ; 
 and aljove a crown of glory in a wreath of ivy leaves. 
 
 This window was made in West Bloomfield, New 
 Jersey. The groundwork of the whole is a deep 
 blue quarry, with a rich ruby border. While this 
 window is endeared to the people of S. Mary's by 
 its associations and the long time it has been in place, 
 yet it is distinctly inferior to the other windows of the 
 Church. 
 
 The writer of this article ventures with great diffi- 
 dence to make the following suggestion, namely to 
 take out this window and place it in the north or 
 south transept, retaining its dedication to Bishop 
 Doane as Rector of the Parish, then put an English 
 window in its place in the Chancel in memory of 
 George Washington Doane as the Great Bishop of 
 New fersey. The new Chancel window would have, 
 of course as its one distinctive feature the Madonna 
 and Child, and thus would give a climax to the 
 beautiful series which already adorns the Church ; 
 and being of the same tone as the others it would be 
 a haven of rest for the eyes of the congregation as 
 
 they are turned ever towards the East in Divine 
 Worship. 
 
 THE WEST WINDOW. 
 
 This is in the west end of the church and consists 
 of three lancets. 
 
 The subject is " S. Paul preaching on Mar's Hill." 
 The inscription is as follows : 
 
 To the Glory of God and in rnemory of 
 
 George Morgan Hills, 
 
 Priest and Doctor, Rector of S, Mary's Parish, 
 
 1870 to 1890. 
 This window, made in New York City, was put in 
 by the many friends of the late Dr. Hillb, and they 
 regret that it is not more worthy of his long and 
 faithful rectorship. 
 
 It is not too much to hope that some day it may 
 give place to another of the same subject and dedica- 
 tion and of equal merit with the other glass in the 
 Church. C. H. H. 
 
 The money for the Talbot Memorial window was 
 raised by the Sunday School. For the Wharton 
 window by Mrs. Elizabeth K. Hale, who was a niece 
 of the wife of Dr. Wharton. For the Winslow 
 window by S. Elizabeth Guild. 
 
 The Bicentenary. 
 
 The keeping of our Bicentenary will begin on All 
 Saints' Day, as on that day, in 1702, the first service 
 of the Church of England in Burlington was held in 
 the Court House with sermon by the Rev. George 
 Keith, the first Missionary of the S. P. G. There 
 will be a special service at night, the Rev. George W. 
 Harrod, Priest of S. Barnabas, being the preacher. 
 This will be followed by a Parish Tea in the Guild 
 House. 
 
 The corner-stone of the Old Church (still standing 
 and in use by the Parish and Sunday Schools) was 
 laid on the Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day), 
 1703. There will be a service on the nighl of that 
 day in 1903, with sermon by the Rev. James F. 
 Olmsted, Rector. 
 
 The chief celebration of the founding of the parish 
 will be held in May, 1903, from Sunday the loth, 
 to Sunday the 17th, both inclusive, and the following 
 have been selected by the Vestry as the preachers : 
 
 Sunday morning, 10th May, Rev. Wm. Allen 
 Johnson. nth. Rector; evening, Rev. George 
 McClellan Fiske, D. D., of Providence, R. I. Thurs- 
 day morning, 14th May, Right Rev. the Bishop of 
 Albany. 9th, Rector. Sunday morning, the 17th 
 May, Rev. Charles Henry Hibbard, D. D. 13th, 
 Rector ; evening. Right Rev. the Bishop of the 
 Diocese. 
 
 There will be Celebrations of the Holy Com- 
 munion at seven o' clock every weekday morning, 
 the Celebrants to be former curates — the Rev. 
 Messrs. Mackellar, Taylor, Stewart, Longley and 
 Reynolds. 
 
GENERAL VIEW OF S. BARNABAS' CHURCH 
 
 Guild House and Rectory, with the Old Elm 
 
S BARNABAS' CHURCH AND GUILD HOUSE 
 
QUEEN ANNE 
 
 From an old Amsterdam engraving (1744) of Sir G. Kneller's 
 portrait of the Queen in Kensington Palace. 
 
BISHOP HENRY COMPTON 
 
 Lord Bishop of London and in charge of all Colonial Parishes at the time 
 the Old Church was built in 1703. 
 
 Taken for "The Chimes" from the portrait in Fulham Palace, 
 through the kindness of the Right Hon. and Right Rev. A. F. 
 Winnington-ingram, D D., 
 
 LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 41 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MCCLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 The Zenith [continued). 
 
 It is of interest to note in this history the gifts from 
 time to time of ornaments and furniture of Divine 
 Service, particularly associated in memory with those 
 ministering in the Parish. For instance, in 1838, 
 Mrs. Bradford presented a Bishop's Chair, now in 
 the chancel of S. Barnabas' Church, and wherein 
 some of the older parishioners can vividly behold 
 Bishop Doane seated, as the writer has heard him 
 described, during his memorable catechisings. The 
 same year, 1838, at Christmas, the Bishop himself 
 presented a Font, whereupon the silver Baptismal 
 Bowl, previously in use, and which had been 
 given by the Hon. Elias Boudinot, was, with the con- 
 sent of Mrs. Bradford, daughter of the donor, con- 
 verted into an Alms Basin. 
 
 About this time the Parish was blest and hallowed 
 by the holy life and death of the Rev. Benjamin 
 Davis Winslow. Mr. Winslow was the nephew of 
 Mrs. Doane. A native of Boston, a graduate of Har- 
 vard University and student of the General Theologi- 
 cal Seminaiy, he was for two years resident in Bur- 
 lington, as Assistant Minister of S. Mary's Parish, 
 "domesticated in the family of the Bishop of New 
 Jersey, to whom he was as a son." He was ordained, 
 in the " Old Church," Deacon, on Whitsunday, June 
 3d, 1838, and Priest, Friday, March 15th, 1839. He 
 died November 21st, 1839. When it is considered 
 that he was then less than 25 years of age, the deep 
 impression of intellectual and spiritual power which he 
 left on the most superior minds, shows him to have been 
 an unusual personality. The President of Harvard 
 said that he was regarded as " the pillar of the Uni- 
 versity," and Bishop Doane said, "a young man of 
 the brightest promise I have ever known." The 
 religious life of Burlington was profoundly stirred by 
 his early death, the Presbyterian, Methodist and 
 Baptist Societies uniting in their mourning at the 
 Parish Church, to listen to the Bishop's eloquent and 
 touching eulogy, " Looking unto Jesus." Bishop 
 Doane published a memorial volume, entitled, " The 
 True Catholic Churchman in His Life and in His 
 Death,' ' comprising Winslow's " Sermons and Poeti- 
 cal Remains," together with his own sermon and 
 other memoranda. The record of Mr. Winslow has 
 thus passed into the history and literature of the 
 Parish, and indeed of the whole American Church, for 
 when, in 1899, the venerable John Williams, Bishop 
 
 of Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of the Church, 
 a prelate of international fame, was called to his rest, 
 the fact was discovered that he was brought into the 
 communion of the Church through the influence of 
 Benjamin Davis Winslow, his fellow-student at Har- 
 vard. Beside the dear "Familiar Path," from Wood 
 Street to the Sacristy, is the grave of this youthful 
 priest. The inscription on the stone,- which marks 
 his body' s resting-place, is sure to arrest the passer- 
 by. Written by Bishop Doane, it breathes his lov- 
 ing and poetic spirit : " Sacred to the memory of the 
 Rev. Benjamin Davis Winslow, A. M. , assistant to 
 the Rector of S. Mary's Church, who died Nov. 21, 
 MDCCCXXXIX, in the twenty-fifth year of his age. 
 ' Looking unto Jesus.' The Bishop of New Jersey, 
 to whom he was as a son, thus sorrows for him as a 
 father ; but not as they who have no hope ; since 
 them who sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him." 
 And a window, in the south side of the choir of the 
 new S. Mary's, reads : " In Memoriam, Rev. Ben- 
 jamin David Winslow, A. M. HuJMS EcclesicB Rec- 
 torem adjuvantis, A. D. MDCCCXXXIX.'' 
 
 In Bishop Doane's Episcopal Address, in 1846, 
 the subject of a new church edifice for S. Mary's 
 Parish, Burlington, is mentioned. The Bishop says: 
 " The present venerable structure, doubled in size 
 since my connection with the Parish is now too small, 
 and will not bear enlargement. I hope soon to lay 
 the corner-stone of the new edifice." He also states: 
 " I have substantial evidence to offer of the engaged- 
 ness of my parishioners in the cause and service of 
 the Church, in the fact that, within a few days, I pro- 
 cured from them, on my sole application, and with- 
 out the slightest occasion for solicitation, the sum of 
 thirteen thousand dollars toward the erection of a 
 new Church, which is to cost twenty thousand." 
 
 On September 25, 1846, plans, by Mr. Richard 
 Upjohn, were submitted to the Vestry, and on Tues- 
 day, November 17,-1846, the corner-stone was laid. 
 Nineteen priests were present, in addition to the 
 Bishop of the Diocese and the Bishop of North 
 Carolina (Dr. Ives), who made the address. Nearly 
 eight years went by before the work thus begun was 
 completed. That octave of years included, to the 
 illustrious Rector, the entire scale of emotional ex- 
 perience from the low notes of pain and suffering to 
 the high ones of victory and joy. It was during 
 this period that repeated and persistent efforts were 
 made by Bishop Doane's enemies to procure his 
 condemnation. Those efforts were most signally 
 defeated. Their history belongs not here, but forms 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 an important and thrilling chapter of shameful per- 
 secution and disgraceful partisanship in the history 
 of the American Church. For an account of these 
 troubles and their connection with similar persecu- 
 tions of other Bishops, the reader is referred to 
 "The Life of Bishop Hopkins, by one of his Sons." 
 It may suffice to remark here that these attacks on 
 Bishop Doane were, as Dr. Hopkins truly says, 
 " simply the tribute which meanness, cowardice, 
 fear, and hatred are wont to pay to those who display 
 unusual power as leaders of men, in pushing forward 
 principles that are unpopular," and that their only 
 effect on S. Mary's parishioners was to endear to them 
 with an everlasting love, their Bishop and Rector. 
 
 The event, during this eight years' interval, 
 which bears most upon the development of the 
 Parish was the establishment of the Parish School. 
 Through the kindness of Miss Mary Thomasine 
 Kingdon, a former teacher of the School, we are 
 enabled to give the following account of its rise and 
 progress : 
 
 " S. Mary's Parish School for girls (the second in 
 the Diocese, the first being at Trinity Church, 
 Princeton) was founded in 1847 by Mrs. Sarah 
 Paine Cleveland and numbered thirty-three pupils. 
 They were taught the ordinary branches of an 
 English education, with Bible lessons, Catechism, 
 and plain sewing. One afternoon in each week the 
 school was visited by two ladies of the Parish, one 
 of whom read to the children, while the other inspected 
 the sewing. The school was held in what is known 
 as Rogers' building in a large upper room, fronting 
 on Broad Street above High. The only uniform 
 worn by the children was a blue gingham sun-bonnet 
 in Summer, and a blue hood in Winter. The chil- 
 dren attended Daily Service in the Parish Church. 
 
 Miss Eliza J. Coakley* recommended to 
 Bishop Doane by Dr. Muhlenberg, was the first 
 teacher, and (as far as known) remained in charge 
 for ten or twelve years, and was succeeded by 
 the Misses Olden, Gill, and Wagner. These ladies 
 were succeeded by Miss Blackney (Mrs. H. L. M. 
 Clarke) who continued the care of the girls' school, 
 which numbered eighty pupils. 
 
 In 1854 a school for boys was started under the 
 care of Mr. Samuel Seaman, and was held in the 
 
 * Miss Coakley was born in the island of S. John, one of the Virgin 
 Isles of the Lesser Antilles and after leaving Burlington became a 
 Deaconess in the Diocese of Long Island and was known as Sister 
 Eliza. She died, October i, 1898, and was buried in Hempstead 
 Church Yard. 
 
 west end of the old Church, the girls occupying the 
 east end. Miss Blackney resigned in 1856 or 1857, 
 and was succeeded by Miss Fergus (Mrs. George 
 Woolman) who united the two schools and had about 
 sixty pupils. Miss Forgus continued teaching until 
 1870 when she was succeeded by the Misses Mary 
 and Hepzibah Rogers, who continued the work until 
 1875, when the school was closed for a brief period 
 during the restoration of the old Church. In 1876 
 the school reopened, and Miss Kingdon was elected 
 teacher by the School Committee of the Vestry. Miss 
 Kingdon continued the work until 1888, when she 
 resigned and was succeeded by Miss Oli Conghlin, 
 who after two years was succeeded by Miss Mary 
 Coxe Boyer (Mrs. Charles D. Gauntt). 
 
 Miss Boyer after nine years of successful teaching 
 was succeeded by Miss Elise Hewitt, who resigned in 
 August, 1902 and was succeeded by her sister, Miss 
 Eleanor Hewitt, the present teacher. 
 
 Until 1863 the Vestry had no charge or oversight 
 of the school, but in that year a committee was 
 appointed to look after the affairs, elect and pay the 
 teachers, and inspect the work generally. The school 
 is partly supported by scholarships, and an endow- 
 ment, and partly by small weekly payments made by 
 the pupils. From time to time the children have 
 various entertainments and outings and the Christmas 
 Festival is largely provided for by a donation from 
 the daughter of the foundress." 
 
 Another incident of historic interest was the visit 
 to Burlington on July 29, 1849, eighth Sunday after 
 Trinity, of the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, B. D., Secre- 
 tary of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of 
 the Gospel, who, in his official connection with that 
 society, to which was due the planting of the Church 
 in Burlington, "laid the foundation of 13 Colonial 
 Bishoprics." 
 
 This same year, 1849, Mrs. John Bradford Wallace, 
 of Philadelphia, presented to the Parish a "massive 
 silver flagon," in memory of the baptism in that 
 Parish of three children, A. D. 1807, 18 10, 18 11. 
 
 On Christmas Day, 1850, a valuable and beautiful 
 silver-gilt chalice and paten were presented, "the 
 Thank-offering of a parishioner.' ' 
 
 At Easter, 1854, an elaborate and richly decorated 
 paten was, as inscribed, '^Humbly laid upon the 
 Altar of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, New 
 Jersey." 
 
 Christmas, 1853, saw the introduction of the 
 " Waits," whose midnight carols have become a 
 feature of Christmas-keeping in Burlington. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 43 
 
 In 1854, a subscription was made for a new organ, 
 to cost $1, 500. This was, of course for the new Church, 
 
 This eight years' interval of development and tran- 
 sition, "while the ark was a preparing," saw the 
 entrance into Holy Orders and the "first works ' ' of 
 one now pre-eminent in the great Anglican Com- 
 munion. William Croswell Doane was graduated 
 from. Burlington College, in 1850, was ordained 
 Deacon in S. Mary's Church by his father, March 
 6, 1853, and advanced to the priesthood by the lay- 
 ing on of the same hands in the new Church, March 
 16, 1856. 
 
 On April 21, 1853, he was elected Assistant Min- 
 ister of the Parisii. He was also connected with the 
 Faculty of Burlington College as Adjunct Professor 
 of English Literature and Instructor of Anglo Saxon, 
 and in 1855 began the work of S. Barnabas' Free 
 Mission Chapel, now S. Barnabas' Church. 
 
 George Hobart Doane, the elder son of Bishop 
 G. W. Doane, was also graduated from Burlington 
 College in the Class of 1850. After a subsequent 
 medical course in Jefferson College, Philadelphia, 
 and graduation as Doctor of Medicine, he entered 
 the Sacred Ministry, bemg ordained Deacon by his 
 father in S. Mary's Church, Sunday, March 4, 1855. 
 Suddenly, and in an apparently unaccountable way, 
 Dr. Doane, after being in Orders a little more than 
 six months perverted to the Roman Obedience, and 
 on September 15, 1855, was deposed by his father. 
 This was perhaps the sharpest thorn in the Bishop's 
 crown. Dr. Doane has attained high rank in the 
 Roman Church, having been Vicar General of the 
 Roman Diocese of Newark, and as Monsignore 
 Doane is a dignitary of the Papal Court and House- 
 hold. He is remembered in S. Mary's Parish with 
 affection and admiration, but with loving regret that 
 he should have been led to forsake the Church of 
 his race, his ancestry, and his kindred, for what can 
 never be honestly regarded, both in England and 
 the United States, as anything more than an "Italian 
 Mission." 
 
 At last on Thursday, August 10, 1854, the long de- 
 ferred hopes of Rector and people were realized in the 
 consecration of the new Church. The Bishop thus 
 referred to this event in his next Episcopal Address : 
 " 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 the Senior Warden, Thomas Milnor, Esq. It 
 was read by the Rev. Dr. Watson, Rector of Burling- 
 
 ton 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 Diocese of Penn- 
 sylvania ; now, I am happy to say, of this Diocese), the 
 Rev. Messrs. Clarkson and Macurdy reading the 
 Lessons. I preached and administered the Holy 
 Communion, the Rev. Mr. Germain, Principal of S. 
 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, B^asley, 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 Massachusetts), and the 
 Rev. Mr. Boyd (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 chanted antiphonally, and 
 the whole music excellently sustained ; and in many 
 other ways contributed to the 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. It does honour to the eminent 
 architect, Mr. Richard Upjohn. For solidity and 
 durableness, the building can hardly be surpassed. 
 Its promise of perpetuity is as great as can be pre- 
 dicated of any work of man. From age to age it 
 will remain, I trust, a monument of the Faith, and a 
 temple for the worship, of the One, Holy, Catholic, 
 Apostolic Church. To have been an humble instru- 
 ment, 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 prayers. Daily Morn- 
 ing and Evening Prayer, and the Weekly Adminis- 
 tration 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.' " 
 
 The building of this Church was an event and a 
 far forward step in the history of American Church 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 architecture. After nearly fifty years have passed it 
 is still one of the most noteworthy Parish Churches 
 of the country, and for a Church of its size and cost 
 is unrivalled in dignity and devotional effect. At 
 the date of its erection it attracted most emphatic 
 notice. An elaborate description of it, evidently the 
 work of a professional hand, appeared in the Church 
 Journal (New York), and was republished in full by 
 the EngHsh " Ecclesiologist " in its vol. xv. (1854). 
 The editor of that work says that S. Mary' s, Burling- 
 ton, is a church " of peculiar importance, being the 
 virtual Cathedral of its Diocese," and that it offers 
 "the most satisfactory evidence of the progress of 
 ecclesiology in the United States." 
 
 It seems worth while to insert here some extracts 
 from this contemporary description. 
 
 * * * " The font is just outside the chancel-arch, 
 on the south side. It is large, octagonal, on a step ; 
 the whole being of Caen stone. The eight sides of the 
 bowl bear alternately, in panels, four angels with 
 scrolls, and four emblems. On the scrolls are the 
 words, " By one Spirit we are all baptized into one 
 body." The emblems are the Hart drinking, the 
 Pelican in her piety, the Lamb and the Dove. The 
 carving of these is of remarkable excellence, boldly 
 and beautifully undercut, and in the purest 
 ecclesiastical style. The shaft of the font is also 
 beautifully panelled, and the mouldings are in 
 excellent harmony. The pulpit, a decagon, stands 
 against the north pier of the chancel arch. Its sides 
 are panelled, with angle-shafts, and it rests upon a 
 short stem. It is surmounted by a sounding-board, 
 of a low pyramidal shape, supported by brackets, 
 and is of very good height. The preacher can be 
 seen and heard by nearly every person in a full 
 congregation. The choir is three (stone) steps 
 above the nave, the sanctuary one above the choir, 
 and the altar one more, extending across the chancel. 
 The chancel is paved with Minton's encaustic titles, 
 the pattern increasing in richness the nearer to the 
 Altar. The lectern is very plain, standing on the 
 second step under the chancel-arch. It will be 
 replaced hereafter by a richer one, of bronze. The 
 choir is furnished on each side with a stall-bench 
 against the wall, which will accommodate about six 
 on a side. Before these are two other seats, one 
 step lower, for the choir of men and b<)ys ; each 
 having, at its western end, a separate seat for one of 
 the officiating clergy. The book-board is simply 
 panelled. At the east end of the south stall-bench 
 stands the Bishop's chair, (or throne as it used to be 
 
 called.) It is elevated three steps above the choir 
 floor, richly panelled below, and has a canopy of 
 richly cusped and crocketed tabernacle work, 
 supported on slender cluster shafts, rising from the 
 four corners of the solid work below. This — the 
 handsomest Bishop' s seat in the country — was pre- 
 sented by the Alumni of Burlington College. At its 
 northeastern angle stands a Bishop's pastoral staff, 
 with which are connected very interesting associations. 
 It is made of the old oak' found in the ruins of 
 S. Augustine's, Canterbury, at the time it was 
 restored to the Church, and rebuilt as a missionary 
 college. It is shod with metal, has an • Agnus Dei ' 
 carved in the floriated head, and 'is adorned with 
 colour and gilding. It was presented, several years 
 ago, to the Bishop, by Mr. Beresford Hope. In the 
 sanctuary are three sedilia on the south side, quite 
 plain, the eastern one being on the upper step. On 
 the north is a plain Bishop's chair. The Altar is 
 surrounded by an open arcade of detached shafts 
 and cusped arches, the upper surface being inlaid 
 with five crosses of holly wood. All the furniture of 
 the church which we have enumerated — Altar, 
 sedilia. Bishop's chair and throne, stalls, pulpit, the 
 panelled fronts of the galleries, the seats in the nave 
 and transept, the low wainscot around all the wall, 
 and the organ-case — are of solid black walnut. 
 
 * * * • ' But the most striking feature of the in- 
 terior is the polychromatic decoration, which is the 
 most brilliant and successful specimen yet given us 
 by Mr. Akeroyd, of his skill. The ceilings of nave, 
 transept and lantern are of deep, pure ultramarine 
 blue, the principals, purlines, braces and joists being 
 adorned with plain red, white and green. The chan- 
 cel roof is far richer, the blue being relieved with 
 roses and lilies, and the beams being delicately picked 
 out with flowers and foliage; The east wall, from the 
 string-course under the window, is divided into three 
 compartments, the two at the ends having a blue 
 ground, the larger, in the center, being of red, and 
 the diaper-work in all being bold and eflective. 
 Over the Altar appears the I H S in a glory, very 
 elaborately wrought out, a floriated cross being on 
 either side. Under the string-course runs the illumi- 
 nated inscription : ' God so loved the world that He 
 gave His only-begotten SON, that whosoever believ- 
 eth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting 
 life.' — S. John iii, 16. The front of the Altar is the 
 richest of all, being mainly of red and gold. A deli- 
 cate sprig runs round the chancel windows and door. 
 The roof of the south porch is also very prettily 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 45 
 
 picked out with white flowers on a blue ground, and 
 over the south door is the illuminated text, ' Keep thy 
 foot when thou goest into the house of the LORD.' 
 Such truly beautiful specimens of ecclesiastical art as 
 this — richly solemn yet with nothing gaudy or tawdry 
 in effect — will speedily render wall decoration as uni- 
 versal in our new Churches as stained glass. 
 
 " The dimensions are as follows : Chancel, 35 feet 
 deep by 23 wide; transepts, 32 by 23; nave, 95 by 
 23. Height of walls to eaves, 20 feet; to ridge, 40; 
 to tower cornice, 60 ; to top of cross on spire, 1 74 feet." 
 
 This Church was consecrated on the loth of August, 
 forty clergy being present." 
 
 The brief earthly life, blending so strangely, toil, 
 tribulation and triumph, of the great Bishop and 
 laborious Parish Priest, was now drawing to its close. 
 In less than five years his prayer, that he might at 
 last lie down within the shadow of the beautiful 
 church he built, was granted and, on Wednesday, 
 in Easter-week, April 27th, A. D. 1859, departed in 
 peace, the unqualifiedly greatest Bishop with whom 
 the American Church has ever been blessed, and one 
 of the very greatest men whom our country has ever 
 produced. On Saturday, April 30th, his body was 
 laid in the grave, north of the chancel, "sown in 
 tears," amid such a concourse of mourners and with 
 such abundant weeping as Burlington never saw 
 before, nor is likely to see again. 
 
 The Bishop of Vermont (Dr. Hopkins), the Pro- 
 visional Bishop of New York (Dr. Horatio Potter) 
 and Bishop Southgate (formerly of Constantinople) 
 with over one hundred other vested clergy were in at- 
 tendance, together with many of the most eminent 
 men of the State and Nation. 
 
 Of the funeral Bishop Southgate wrote: "I was 
 one of the crowd which last Saturday attended the 
 burial of Bishop Doane, at Burlington, New Jersey. 
 The concourse was the largest that I ever saw on 
 such an occasion ; and there were other features of 
 it which were still more remarkable. It was the 
 most sorrowful assemblage which I ever witnessed ; 
 nor was the sorrow confined to the women and 
 children. I never before saw so many men bowed with 
 grief. I do not believe that, in all my life I have 
 seen so many men shed tears as I saw on that single 
 day. Nor were they all men of the softer mood. 
 Some of them were venerable judges, practiced 
 lawyers and men of business, from whom one would 
 have expected only the serious and respectful de- 
 meanour suited to the solemn circumstances. I saw 
 the heaving breast, the manly struggle to repress the 
 
 signs of emotion, and, in some instances, the com- 
 plete breaking down under the force of the inward 
 grief. For example, one elderly gentleman whose 
 name, were I at liberty to mention it, would be 
 familiar to many of your readers, a man used to 
 public life and inured, one would think, to 'all the 
 changes and chances of this world,' approached the 
 grave after the body was lowered, to take a last look 
 at the coffin, which contained the mortal remains of 
 the departed. His lip quivered, his eye moistened, 
 he exerted himself strongly to retain his composure. 
 But it was in vain. He was forced to yield to his 
 emotion; and, his gray hairs drooping over the 
 grave, his tears streamed freely down upon the coffin 
 beneath. I witnessed many such scenes during the 
 day and especially at the grave. The whole town 
 seemed in mourning. Persons no way connected 
 with the deceased by kindred, were in full black. 
 Shutters were closed on the streets, and badges of 
 grief were hanging from different parts of the houses. 
 Nor did the sorrow seem to be confined to those who 
 were of the same religious communion with the de- 
 parted. Men of other names were as deeply affected 
 by the sympathies of the occasion. I have often seen 
 great burials before. I have often marked the 
 sobriety and general decorum which attend them. 
 But I have never until now seen such an assembly 
 pervaded with the grief that is felt when one has lost 
 a near and beloved relation. If a stranger had 
 happened there who had learned nothing of the cause 
 of the gathering, it would have seemed to him as if 
 almost everyone present must have been of the 
 family of the dead man. 
 
 My own feeling was, that none but a very 
 remarkable man would be followed to the grave by 
 such a manifestation. And he was a. remarkable 
 man ; in some respects, one of the most remarkable 
 of the men who rank among the historical personages 
 of America ; for such undoubtedly will be the 
 position which posterity will assign to him ; Ae will 
 be a historic person." This judgment and prediction 
 of Bishop Southgate are being fulfilled as time goes 
 on. Bishop Doane' s fame is secure and imperishable. 
 The lustre of his genius and character only increases 
 with years. Time is only magnifying hitn. And this 
 is a test of greatness. When the names and 
 accusations of his detractors, opponents and enemies 
 have disappeared in oblivion, and they have nearly 
 reached that point now, the works of geokge 
 WASHINGTON DOANE will foUow his name in a trail of 
 living splendour. 
 
46 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Bishop Doane' s death called out the eloquence and 
 pathos of the ablest minds and tenderest hearts. 
 Among these masterly tributes, three may be 
 especially mentioned, that of the Rev. Frederick 
 Ogilby, D. D., that of the Rev. Cortlandt Van 
 Rensselaer, D. D., the distinguished Presbyterian Pas- 
 tor of Burlington, and that delivered before the 
 Diocesan Conventionof New Jersey, on May 25, 1859, 
 by the Rev. Milo Mahan, D. D. This last discourse, 
 entitled, "The Great-Hearted Shepherd," was truly 
 memorable. The author, himself a priest of the 
 rarest learning and intellectual power, seem.ed inspired 
 by the occasion, and rose fully to the height of his 
 august theme, producing an unfading picture and 
 appreciation of his friend and Bishop. That ancient 
 Homeric epithet, "Great-Hearted," has acquired a 
 new and consecrated immortality from its appli- 
 cation to Bishop Doane, and in its Greek form, 
 MEFAAHTOPOS, is graven upon his tomb. That 
 tomb is one of the veritable shrines of the American 
 Catholic Church, visited constantly by pilgrims from 
 afar in reverence and love, and tended daily by the 
 original and inherited affection of the citizens of 
 Burlington and parishioners of S. Mary's Church. 
 For the more than three and forty years since the 
 gr?ive was made, it has never been without flowers. 
 
 The Bishop's tomb, as a work of art, is notable, 
 and ecclesiologically has few equals. It is a massive, 
 cruciform coped-tomb of freestone. The Mitre, the 
 Pastoral Staff, the Keys and Crown of Thorns are the 
 sculptured emblems. The inscription is as follows: 
 -\- JESU Mercy. George Washington Doane, 
 D. D. , LL. D., for XXVII years Bishop of New 
 Jersey; Born May 27, A. D. MDCCXCIX; Fell 
 Asleep. April 27, A. D. MDCCCLIX: In Pace. 
 " I have waited for Thy Salvation, O Lord.'' 
 
 At the foot of the monument: 
 
 -|- In Memoriam. 
 
 Episcopi. Neo-C^sariensis 
 
 Hujus. Ecclesi^. Sanct^. Mari^. 
 
 CoNDiTORis. Et Rectoris. Collegii Burling- 
 
 TONIENSIS. AtQUE. 
 
 AUL.E. Sanct^. Mari^. Fundatoris. 
 
 PastORIS. MErAAHTOPOS. 
 
 To BE CONTINUED. 
 
 The Old Church Plate. 
 
 Queen Anne Silver. 
 The first Rector, Rev'd John Talbot returning 
 home from England in 1708, reports that he had 
 presented our humble Address to Her Majesty, and 
 that she had been graciously pleased to give us a 
 silver Chalice and Salver for the Communion Table. 
 
 The Chalice is 7^ inches high, and the Paten 5 
 inches in diameter — the inscription on each is 
 
 " AnN^ REGINiE." 
 
 The Rector also brought an embossed silver Chalice 
 and Paten, the gift of Madam Catherine Bovey, of 
 Flaxley Abbey. This lady we are informed in a letter 
 from the brother of the present owner of the Abbey, 
 to Dr. Hills in 1881, was of very remarkable char- 
 acter and attainments. She was the intimate friend 
 of Steele and Addison, and was the original of the 
 perverse and attractive widow, beloved of Sir Roger 
 deCoverly, immortalized in the pages of the Spectator. 
 
 The Chalice is on a baluster stem, the bowl, stem 
 and foot richly chased with cherub heads, emblems 
 of the Passion and foliage. Inscription on each : 
 "The gift of Mrs. Catherine Bovey of fflaxley in 
 Gloucestershire to St. Mary's Church, att Burlington 
 in New Jersey in America." 
 
 The Quarry Beaker was the gift in 1 7 1 1 , of Honour- 
 able Col. Robert Quarry. Among the devises engraved 
 upon this beaker is that of a hunter with a horn at 
 his lips and a spear in his hand, preceded by three 
 hounds in pursuit of a stag. 
 
 Of this piece Mr. J. H. Burk in his book on old 
 plate says : "Before we leave the XVI and XVII 
 Centuries notes must not be omitted of other cups, 
 of quite exceptional forms which are occasionally 
 found, some of great excellence ; these have, no doubt, 
 been originally drinking cups, but since devoted, by 
 the piety and liberality of their owners, to more 
 sacred purposes. Perhaps the most beautiful of all 
 such vessels is the crowned beaker at S. Mary's, 
 Burlington, N. J., of which Mr. Cripps (author of 
 Hand Books of old English plate) writes: "The 
 beaker is not a very early one, late in the XVII 
 Century, I fancy ; but it is not English ; if not 
 German or Dutch, it has been copied from a German 
 or Dutch piece.' ' 
 
 In 1895 one hundred and eighty-seven years after 
 the Bovey Silver was given, a gift was received from 
 the Sisterhood of the Holy Navitity, Providence, 
 R. I., consisting of a Pyx, made of gold upon which 
 is a cross set with diamonds, this is a sacred vessel 
 used to carry the Blessed Sacrament to the sick and 
 dying. This Pyx is made of gold and jewels worn 
 by Sister Christina before she came into the Sister- 
 hood. Sister Christina was of the Bovey family and 
 it was her earnest desire that this Pyx should be made 
 and given to S. Mary's Church, Burlington, in memory 
 of her kinswoman Madam Catherine Bovey for whose 
 memory she always cherished a sincere affection. 
 
OLD PLATE 
 
 The Queen Anne Chalice and Paten 
 
 The Quarry Beaker 
 The Bovey Pyx 
 
 The Bovey Chalice and Paten 
 
THE ALTAR 
 
 of New S. Mary's 
 
^ 
 
S. MARY'S HALL 
 
 and 
 
 CHAPEL OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS 
 
Interior 
 CHAPEL OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS 
 
BURLINGTON COLLEGE 
 about 1873 
 
RIVERSIDE-BURLINGTON 
 Residence of Bishops Doane and Odenheimer 
 Still held in trust for tne use of the Bishop of the Diocese 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 47 
 
 The Story of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MCCLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 THE AFTERGLOW. 
 
 "Si monumcntum requiris, clrcumspice — if you seek 
 a monument , look around! How many things in Bur- 
 lington might bear this inscription to the memory of 
 Bishop Doane!" — The Rev. Frederick Ogilby, D. D. 
 
 On the death of Bishop Doane the Parish was in 
 charge of the Rev. Charles Frederick Hoffman. This 
 priest, brother of the Rev. Dr. E. A. Hoffman, be- 
 came widely known throughout the church for his 
 interest in the cause of Christian education, being 
 the virtual founder of the Church University Board 
 of Regents, and of the Society for the Promotion of 
 Church Schools and Colleges. Several honourary Doc- 
 torates were conferred upon him, and a number of 
 Church institutions, notably S. Stephen's and Hobart 
 Colleges, were the recipients of his munificence. Dr. 
 Hoflfman died in New York, March 4th, 1897, being 
 then Vice Chancellor of Hobart College, and having 
 been for many years Rector of All Angels' Church, 
 New York. 
 
 On May 25th, 1859, the Diocesan Convention held 
 its seventy-sixth annual session in S. Mary's Church, 
 On the 3rd day, May 27th, at noon, the birthday of 
 Bishop Doane, the day of the month, and almost the 
 hour of his entering into rest, the Rev. William 
 Henry Odenheimer, D. D., Rector of S. Peter's 
 Church, Philadelphia, was elected third Bishop of 
 New Jersey. He was the son of John W. Odenheim- 
 er and was born in Philadelphia. August nth, 1817; 
 graduated at the University of Pennsylvania (Vale- 
 dictorian), July 30th, 183s; also at the General The- 
 ological Seminary, New York, June 29th, 1838; was 
 ordained Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 
 September 2nd, 1838, by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk; 
 became assistant to the Rev. Dr. DeLancey of S. 
 Peter's Church, Philadelphia, January lOth, 1839, and 
 succeeded to the Rectorship on consecration of Dr. 
 DeLancey to the Episcopate of Western New York; 
 ordained Priest in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
 October 3rd, 1841, by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk; re- 
 ceived the honourary degree of D.D. from the Univer- 
 sity of Pennsylvania, July 3rd, 1856. Dr. Odenheimer 
 was a worthy successor of Bishop Doane, being his 
 intimate friend, having spent much time in Burling- 
 ton, and being like minded in Churchmanship. He 
 was in the full vigour of ripened youth, and had long 
 been conspicuous as a Catholic leader in the Church 
 life of Philadelphia. His career had been rapid and 
 brilliant, yet c'lc of solid worth. It was a happy 
 
 choice for New Jersey. On June 24th, 1859, the 
 Bishop-elect signified his acceptance and was conse- 
 crated during the session of the General Convention 
 in S. Paul's Church, Richmond, Va., on Thursday, 
 October 13th, 1859. 
 
 Soon after, Bishop Odenheimer took up his resi- 
 dence in "Riverside," where for twenty years he dis- 
 pensed a genial Episcopal hospitality, and took deep 
 root in the hearts of S. Mary's parishioners, and of 
 all the people of Burlington. Naturally, the parish, ' 
 which had good reason to deem itself a quasi Cathe- 
 dral foundation, looked to the Bishop as its head, and , 
 on January i6th, i860, it was placed in his charge. 
 
 On November lOth, 18.S9, Mrs. Doane, the widow 
 of the Bishop, died in Florence, Italy. Known, rev- 
 ered and beloved in Burlington as a ministering angel 
 and a worshipping saint, her name and memory are 
 bright in the golden store of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 On August 20th, i860, the Bishop resigned charge 
 of the Parish, and on September loth, i860, the Rev. 
 Wm. Croswell Doane was elected Rector, accepting 
 under date of September i8th, and taking charge on 
 S. Luke's Day (October i8th), the same year. Mr. 
 Doane was born in Boston, Mass., March 2nd, 1832 ; 
 removed with his father to Burlington in the spring 
 of 1833 ; graduated at Burlington College. September 
 26th, 1850; became a candidate for Holy Orders the 
 same year ; was ordered Deacon by his father in S. 
 Mary's Church, Burlington, March 6th. 1853 ; elected 
 Assistant Minister of S. Mary's Parish, Burlington, 
 April 4th, 1853 ; proceeded M. A. in Burlington Col- 
 lege, September 29th, 1853 ; was advanced to the 
 priesthood by his father in S. Mary's Church, Burl- 
 ington, March i6th, 1856; resigned the Assistantship 
 of S. Mary's, May 2nd, 1856, and the same year pro- 
 ceeded B. D. in Burlington College, and founded S. 
 Barnabas' Free Mission, Burlington, where he was 
 ministering when chosen Rector of S. Mary's Parish. 
 
 The new Rector was instituted May 26th, 1861. and 
 loving, sorrowing hearts were soothed as they said 
 within themselves, "The spirit of Elijah doth rest on 
 Elisha." On March loth, 1861, a Faldstool was 
 placed in front of the Bishop's chair in the sanctuary. 
 A brass plate is inscribed : 
 
 "The Bishop of New Jersey. I was glad when they 
 said unto me, we will go into the House of the Lord. 
 Fourth Sunday in Lent, A. D. 1861." 
 
 This gift reminds us here of a former one of some 
 years before, viz., a cross-handled silver knife for 
 preparing the sacramental bread and inscribed, "S. 
 Mary's Church, Burlington. Offering of a Priest." 
 The box in which this knife is kept contains a note 
 in Dr. Odenheimer's handwriting, which, as a voice 
 of fifty years ago, is interesting to-day, when the 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 change of the name of the Church is so fully becom- 
 ing a practical question. This note reads : "A Thank 
 Offering to the Lord for His Mercy in restoring to 
 heahh, and thus continuing to the Church the wise 
 counsel and effective labours of His 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 Pennsylvania, 
 Christmas Day, 1853." During the year 1861 an addi- 
 tion was made to the burial lots, from the ground, in 
 the rear of the new Church, left l)y the Rev. John Tal- 
 bot for the use of the Rectors of S. Mary's Church. 
 Mr. Doane in his parochial report, May, 1861, men- 
 tions "larger congregations," "increased attendance at 
 special services" and "enlarged alms." The Rev. 
 David C. Moore is the Rector's assistant. S. 
 Mary's Academy for Boys is in successful opera- 
 tion, with twenty-one scholars, who receive a thor- 
 ough English and classical 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. The report of this year, 1861, 
 is still more memorable for the following statement, 
 viz. : "The Rector adds, as an important event, the 
 Act, which makes S. Mary's the Cathedral Church of 
 the Diocese. It is such by nature and necessity, and 
 has been always, in all but 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 the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church, within the State, to register cer- 
 tain acts in the register of S. Mary's Parish, in the 
 city of Burlington. 
 
 "I. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As- 
 sembly of the State of New Jersey that hereafter all 
 baptisms and marriages, or any other official or min- 
 isterial acts which have been or may be solemnized by 
 the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church within 
 this State, 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 have the like legal 
 effect and operation, as if the said marriage or bap- 
 tism 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. 
 
 "And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect 
 immediately." 
 
 The clerical staff of S. Mary's, as thus constituted 
 the Cathedral Church, appeared as follows: The 
 Rt, Rev. W. H. Odenheimer, D. D., Bishop ; the Rev. 
 
 Wm. Croswell Doane, B. D., Bishop's Chaplain, Rec- 
 tor ; the Rev. David C. Moore, Rector's Assistant ; 
 the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, Principal of S. Mary's 
 Hall, Chaplain of Holy Innocents' Chapel. 
 
 The Rev. J. Breckenridge Gibson, Rector of Burl- 
 ington College, Chaplain of the Holy Child Jesus 
 Chapel. 
 
 The Rev. M. F. Hyde, Professor of Ancient Lan- 
 guages in Burlington College, Missionary to Christ 
 Church, Riverton. 
 
 Levi Johnston, C. P. Jones, Lay Readers. 
 
 On December 9th, 1861. the Vestry set apart a pew 
 for the Bishop and his family, and also a plot of 
 ground (alas! to be occupied all too soon) in the rear 
 of the Chancel. 
 
 On April 20th, 1863, the Rev. Mr. Doane resigned 
 the Rectorship to accept a call to S. John's Church, 
 Hartford. His term as Rector of S. Mary's, al- 
 though brief, will forever stand out as a glowing rec- 
 ord of eloquence, burning zeal, self-sacrifice and un- 
 tiring labours. He built fully and nobly on the strong 
 foundations laid by his great father, and on his career 
 as priest and man in Burlington, S. Mary's will ever 
 dwell in devoutest gratitude and pride. Mr. Doane, 
 after .short but brilliant Rectorships in Hartford and 
 in S. Peter's, Albany, was consecrated on February 
 2nd, 1869, First Bishop of Albany. His long and 
 fruitful Episcopate has won for him a commanding 
 position second to none in the entire Anglican Com- 
 munion. Indeed, it is doubtful if there be any Bishop 
 in that Communion so widely known and so largely 
 influential as Bishop Doane. Oxford and Cambridge 
 Universities in England, Trinity College, Dublin, 
 Columbia University. Trinity College and the Uni- 
 versity of Pennsylvania in our own country have be- 
 stowed upon him their highest academic degrees of 
 honour, while his Cathedral, Schools, and other Insti- 
 tutions of his founding in the Diocese of Albany will 
 ever remain as majestic monuments of a truly great 
 prelate. On Mr. Doane's resignation, the Rectorship 
 was offered to Bishop Odenheimer, who declined it, 
 but accepted the "charge of S. Mary's Parish" on 
 April 24, 1863. On May nth, 1863, the Rev. Eugene 
 Augustus Hoffman. Rector of Christ Church, Eliza- 
 beth, N. J., was elected Rector, on the nomination of 
 the Bishop. Mr. Hoffman accepted May 21st, and 
 was instituted by Bishop Odenheimer on S. Peter's 
 Day (June 29th), 1863. His Rectorship was very 
 brief — less than one year in length — yet momentous 
 in its results for the good of the Parish. 
 
 Mr. Hoffman, the son of Samuel Verplanck Hoff- 
 man, was born in New York city, March 21st, 1829; 
 graduated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., 
 in June, 1847, and at Harvard University in June, 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 49 
 
 1848; also at the General Theological Seminary, New 
 York, in June, 1851 ; received the degree of M. A. 
 from Rutgers College in 1850 and from Harvard in 
 1851 ; was ordered Deacon by Bishop G. W. Doane in 
 Christ Church, New Brunswick, N. J., June 29th, 
 1851, and advanced to the Priesthood in St. John's 
 Church, Elizabeth, N. J., April 28th, 1853, by the same 
 prelate. After a year and a half at Grace Mission 
 Church, Elizabethport, he accepted in the spring of 
 1853 the Rectorship of the newly-organized Parish 
 of Christ Church, Elizabeth, N. J., where he minis- 
 tered for ten years, and until called to the Rector- 
 ship of S. Mary's Parish, Burlington. The great 
 achievement of Mr. Hoffman's Rectorship was the 
 extinction of the heavy debt of nearly $20,000 which 
 had been a sore burden for more than ten years. The 
 Parish was thus placed upon a firm financial basis. 
 This happy event carried in its train one of the most 
 important gifts ever made to the Parish. Two saint- 
 ly sisters, parishioners of S. Mary's, the Misses Mar- 
 garet S. and Mary Mcllvaine, who gave a very lib- 
 eral subscription towards the payment of the debt, 
 promised, if that effort should prove successful, to 
 place, at their own cost, in the tower of the church, 
 "a sweet chime of bells." The order for this splen- 
 did gift was sent November 22nd, 1864. to the cele- 
 brated foundry of G. C. Mears & Co., Whitechapel, 
 London, and the bells, eight in number, were brought 
 to Burlington on February i6th, 1866, and were first 
 formally used on Easter Day, April ist, i865. Mean- 
 while Miss Margaret Mcllvaine had died. This 
 Peal of Bells, said by the founders to be one of the 
 very finest ever made by them, and unsurpassed by 
 any in this country, have been the joy and pride of 
 Burlington, and their tones are ringing in the hearts 
 of all S. Mary's children far and near. The cost 
 of the bells, including all expenses, was over $10,000. 
 To this Miss Mary Mcllvaine added $5,000 as a fund, 
 "the interest of which was to be appropriated to the 
 chiming, ringing and keeping in repair, the bells." 
 The gifts of the Misses Mcllvaine to the Parish, in- 
 cluding their benefactions on behalf of the debt, 
 amounted to upwards of $22,000. The parochial re- 
 port of the Rector, May 15th, 1866, says : "The peal 
 of bells was given in memory of the Rt. Rev. G. W. 
 Doane, second Bishop of New Jersey, and is the 
 carrying out of one of his long cherished wishes." 
 The bells have been thus described : The largest one 
 weighs 2,800 pounds, and is inscribed as follows : 
 This peal of eight bells is the gift of Margaret S. and 
 Mary Mcllvaine to S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 
 New Jersey, Christmas, A. D. 186^. Glory be to God 
 on high, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 
 
 Second. The Bishop's Bell : 
 
 In memory of George Washington Doane, Second 
 Bishop of New Jersey. The glorious company of the 
 Apostles praise thee. 
 
 Third. The Rector's Bell : 
 
 "O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, praise 
 Him, and magnify Him forever." 
 
 Fourth. The People's Bell: 
 
 O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, praise 
 Him, and magnify Him forever. 
 
 Fifth. The Thanksgiving Bell: 
 
 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and 
 let all flesh give thanks unto His holy Name forever 
 and ever. 
 
 Sixth. The Funeral Bell : 
 
 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the 
 Lord, praise Him, and magnify Him forever. 
 
 Seventh. The Marriage Bell: 
 
 Those zvhom God hath joined together let not 
 man put asunder. 
 
 Eighth. The Patriot's Bell: 
 
 Give peace in' our time, O Lord. 
 
 The inscriptions were chosen by the Rev. Mr. Hoff- 
 man. The bells were first pealed on Christmas Eve, 
 1866, and it may not be out of place to recall the 
 names of those who took part. They were : Messrs. 
 Elwood P. Hancock, E. B. Grubb, Jr., Henry B. 
 Grubb, Charles B. Hewitt, Edward L. Hewitt, Wil- 
 liam D. Hewitt, George W. Hewitt, Jr., Craig Moffett, 
 Thomas Lee, J. Mortimer Barclay, Charles M. Engle, 
 Camille A. Baquet, Ledyard Van Rensselaer, Henry 
 H. Douglas, A. Lardner Brown, John W. Buckman, 
 Hugh Morris, George W. Caldwell, Rev. Wm. Allen 
 Johnson. 
 
 On May 21st, 1866, Elwood P. Hancock was ap- 
 pointed Master of the Chimes, a position which he 
 held until May, 1892 (except a short time when it 
 was held by Avery Hurry, Mr. Hancock giving it 
 up on account of illness, and taking it again upon 
 Mr. Hurry's death), when he was succeeded by 
 Frederick Fennimore, who in June, 1895, was succeed- 
 ed by Henry F. Parker, the present Chimer. On Feb- 
 ruary 29th, 1864, the Rev. Mr. Hoffman presented his 
 resignation, to take effect April ist. 1864, he having 
 accepted the Rectorship of Grace Church, Brooklyn 
 Heights, N. Y. Mr. Hoffman's Rectorship marked 
 a distinct era in the prosperity and strengthening of 
 the Parish, and he will always be remembered as a 
 never-to-be-forgotten benefactor. After five years 
 in Brooklyn, Dr. Hoffman was for ten years Rector 
 
so 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 of S. Mark's, Philadelphia. Both these Rectorships 
 were signalized by very great gains in temporal and 
 spiritual things. Wherever Dr. Hoffman laboured he 
 left behind him the most substantial and lasting me- 
 morials, and his works follow him. It is said that 
 during his Rectorship of S. Mark's, Philadelphia, the 
 number of communicants was doubled. In 1879 Dr. 
 Hoffman became Dean of the General Theological 
 Seminary, holding this most important office until his 
 death on June 17th, 1902. Dean Hoffman rebuilt, 
 in fact, may almost be said to have recreated the 
 Seminary. He was known and revered as one of the 
 most distinguished priests of the American Church, 
 and enjoyed international fame as an educator and 
 administrator. Possessed of immense wealth, his 
 benefactions to the Seminary and to Church purposes 
 were very ample. He will be remembered as one of 
 the great fi&ures of our Church history, and S. 
 Mary's Parish must ever hold him in the most grate- 
 ful love and honour. 
 
 Dean Hoffman received the degree of D. D. from 
 Oxford University (Eng.), Rutgers College, Racine 
 College, the General Theological Seminary, Colum- 
 bia University, and Trinity College, Hartford, 
 Conn. ; that of D. C. L. from King's College, Wind- 
 sor, N. S., and that of LL.D. from the University of 
 the South, and Trinity University, Toronto, Canada. 
 He married, 19 April, 1852, Mary C. Elmendorf, 
 daughter of Peter Zabriskie Elmendorf, of New 
 Brunswick, N. J. 
 
 On October i8th, 1864, the Rev. William Allen 
 Johnson was elected Rector. Mr. Johnson, second 
 son of the Rev. Samuel Roosevelt Johnson, D. D., 
 clarum et venerabile nomen, was born at Hyde Park, 
 Duchess county, 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, N. Y.. 
 June 28th, 1857, by Bishop Horatio Potter; proceeded 
 M. A. at Columbia College, June 30th, of same year. 
 Became the minister of S. Peter's Church, Bain- 
 bridge and Christ Church, Guilford, in the Diocese of 
 Western New York, September 6th, 1857; was ad- 
 vanced to the priesthood in S. John's Church, 
 Whitestown, N. Y., October 31st, 1858, by Bishop 
 DeEancey, and was missionary at Clifton and parts 
 adjacent in the Diocese of Michigan from November 
 9th, 1862, to August 28th, 1864. Mr. Johnson having 
 accepted the Rectorship, entered upon his duties on 
 the 26th Sunday after Trinity, November 20th, 1864. 
 A learned and holy priest, the new Rector upheld 
 in every way the high tradition of S. Mary's pastors, 
 and his name is never spoken without profound love 
 and veneration. The parish was strengthened in his 
 
 day, and although S. Barnabas was set off and incor- 
 porated as an independent parish, S. Mary's was 
 not weakened, but grew stronger temporally and 
 spiritually. On July 8th, 1867, a Permanent Fund of 
 the Parish School was constituted. The nucleus was 
 $113.38 from quarterly collections for the purpose 
 since January 19th, 1866, and $500 derived from the 
 sale of land in Newark, presented to the Parish by 
 Mr. Richard Ellis Bull, of England. In 1868-69 the 
 ladies formed the "Church Missionary Guild" of S. 
 Mary's Parish, the ancestor of the present organiza- 
 tions for missionary and charitable work. 
 
 On July 30th, 1869, the Parish formally received 
 from the estate of Mrs. Sarah C. Robardet a legacy 
 of $S,ooo "towards erecting a parsonage and furnish- 
 ing the same." 
 
 On March 9th, 1870, Mr. Johnson, compelled by 
 solicitude for his own health and that of his family, 
 presented his resignation, to take effect on July ist 
 of that year. The Vestry reluctantly accepted it, with 
 unfeigned sorrow, shared by the entire Parish. Mr. 
 Johnson's Rectorship was one of marked spirituality 
 and solemn earnestness and made a deep impression 
 on every mind and heart. His teaching and example 
 were lofty and pure, and he showed both by his 
 preaching and living that illumination with true 
 knowledge and understanding of God's word, which 
 distinguishes the "faithful priest." 
 
 With true scholarly instinct and method Mr. John- 
 son began researches into the history of Burlington 
 and of the Church there, thus pointing the way to 
 the rich results obtained by his successor. 
 
 Mr. Johnson on his retirement from Burlington 
 became Rector of S. John's, Salisbury, Conn., and 
 after some years' service there accepted and held 
 for many years the chair of Ecclesiastical History 
 in the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn. 
 
 On August 3rd, 1870, the Rev. George Morgan 
 Hills, Rector of S. Paul's Church, Syracuse, N. Y., 
 was elected Rector, accepting the call on August 
 9th, entering on his duties September 4th, 1870, and 
 being instituted by Bishop Odenheimer on the second 
 Sunday in Advent, December 4th, 1870. The Bishop 
 was the preacher on that occasion from the text, 
 "There was war in Heaven, Rev. xii : 7. At Evening 
 Prayer, on the same day, the preacher was the Rev. 
 Thomas F. Davies, D. D., then Rector of S. Peter's 
 Church, Philadelphia, now Bishop of Michigan. 
 
 The chronicle of the formalities attending the in- 
 duction of this new Rector concludes with the fol- 
 lowing note of a quaint custom : "On Monday in 
 Whitsun-week, May 29th, 1871, 'after Divine Service' 
 was 'ended in the fforenoon,' in compliance with the 
 conditions of the deed of John Talbot, made July 
 
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 13th, 1724, the rector 'publickly before the Congrega- 
 tion read the thirty-nine Articles in the Book of Com- 
 mon prayer.' " 
 
 V/e come now to a Rectorship of twenty years, 
 crowded with important events, one of the most in- 
 teresting in the history of the Parish, and one still 
 very fresh and living in the minds and memories of 
 S. Mary's parishioners and friends to-day. The 
 choice of Mr. Hills as Rector was another admirable 
 and timely one, added to the many happy and divine- 
 ly guided choices for S. Mary's. In temperament, 
 associations, tastes and Churchmanship, Mr. Hills 
 was eminently qualified to appreciate and delight in, 
 the blended atmosphere, ecclesiastical, academic, epis- 
 copal and parochial, which gave the Burlington of 
 thirty years ago a peculiar charm. 
 
 Mr. Hills, second son of Horace Hills, was born 
 in Auburn, N. Y., October loth, 1825; graduated 
 at Trinity College, Hartford. Conn., August 5th, 1847 ; 
 proceeded M. A. after three years' study in Divinity; 
 was ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Buffalo, N. 
 Y., September 22nd, 1850, by Bishop DeLancey, and 
 took charge of Grace Church, Lyons, N. Y. ; was 
 advanced to the Priesthood in Trinity Church, Gen- 
 eva, N. Y., September 21st, 1851, by Bishop DeLan- 
 cey; was Rector of Trinity Church, Watertown, N. 
 Y.. from July 17th, 1853, until May ist, 1857, and 
 from that date, of S. Paul's, Syracuse, N. Y., until 
 he entered upon the Rectorship of S. Mary's Parish, 
 Burlington. 
 
 On March 21st, 1871, an alms chest, the first one 
 used in either the old church or the new, was placed 
 in the south transept, and on Easter Even, April 8th, 
 of the same year, the first Altar Cross, used in S. 
 Mary's, of Italian marble, was presented by Mrs. 
 Elizabeth A. Ellis. 
 
 On July 13th, 1871, the Rector was honoured by 
 his Alma Mater, Trinity College, Hartford, with the 
 degree of Doctor of Divinity. 
 
 A memorable event occurred during this same 
 year, in the visit to Burlington on November 9th, as 
 Bishop Odenheimer's guest, of the Lord Bishop of 
 Lichfield, the Rt. Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, 
 D. D., D. C. L., even better known as the first Mis- 
 sionary Bishop of New Zealand. Bishop Selwyn, just 
 previous to his going out to New Zealand, met Bishop 
 G. W. Doane in England and the two kindred spirits 
 became fast friends. There was, therefore, a peculiar 
 pathos about this pilgrimage to Burlington. On his 
 arrival Bishop Selwyn went at once with Bishops 
 Odenheimer and W. C. Doane to the grave of his 
 friend, and then entered the Church for a short ser- 
 vice, where he made an address. This visit was a 
 striking testimony to the worth and fame of the sec- 
 
 ond Bishop of New Jersey. The "Parochial Report," 
 1873, states that a legacy of $1,000 had been received 
 from the estate of Mrs. Sarah C. Robardet, the an- 
 nual interest of which, by the provisions of her will, 
 is to be applied to "the purchase of fuel for the needy 
 members of the Parish." The same report also men- 
 tions that "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 con- 
 structed 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." 
 
 On November 8th, 1873, the present rectory, built 
 in 1838, was purchased at public auction at a cost of 
 $7,000, $6,000 of which was Mrs. Robardet's bequest 
 for this purpose with accumulated interest, and the 
 remaining $1,000 being the gift of Mrs. Euphemia B. 
 Grubb. The new Rectory was first occupied as such 
 March nth, 1874. On Sept. 29th, 1874, the Rector be- 
 came Dean of the Convocation of Burlington, an im- 
 portant Diocesan office, which he continued to hold, 
 in later years under the title of Archdeacon, until 
 the end of his life. 
 
 The year 1874 marked an epoch in New Jersey 
 Church history, in the division of the Diocese. Bishop 
 Odenheimer, having elected the new Diocese, first 
 called Northern New Jersey, now Newark, a special 
 convention was held in S. Mary's Church on Novem- 
 ber I2th, 1874, for the election of the Fourth Bishop 
 of New Jersey. The Rev. Joseph E. Garrison, M. D. 
 presided, and the sermon, /. 5*. Timothy, v:22, was 
 preached by the Rev. Alfred Stubbs, D. D. On No- 
 vember 13th, on the fourteenth ballot, the Rev. John 
 Scarborough, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, Pitts- 
 burg, Pa., was elected. Dr. Scarborough was a priest 
 of distinction, with a noble record of life and work, 
 a staunch Churchman, in hearty sympathy with the 
 theology and labours of his predecessors, and withal 
 in the prime of an unusually vigorous physical and in- 
 tellectual maturity. His Episcopate, now nearing the 
 completion of its third decade, has been one of tran- 
 quillity and steady growth in the Diocese, full of 
 blessing and good fruits. The new Bishop was con- 
 secrated in S. Mary's Church on the Feast of the 
 Purification February 2nd, 1875, and was a great oc- 
 casion. It was said that the assemblage was the larg- 
 est since the funeral of Bishop Doane, about 1,000 
 persons being present. The Consecrator was the 
 Bishop of New York, the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, 
 D. D., and the preacher was the Rt. Rev. John B. 
 Kerfoot, D. D., Bishop of Pittsburg, his subject being 
 
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 "The Pastoral Office of a Bishop, I. S. Peter, 11:25. 
 Besides the Bishops mentioned there were present the 
 Bishops of Pennsylvania, Long Island, Albany, Mas- 
 sachusetts and Central Pennsylvania, and upwards 
 of 100 vested priests and deacons. Bishop Odenheim- 
 er was in England, seeking rest and health. "After 
 the service the Bishops, Clergy, Lay Deputies and 
 their families were invited to unite with the parish- 
 ioners, including the teachers and pupils of S. 
 Mary's Hall and Burlington 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." 
 
 The career of Burlington as a See City, for the 
 present, closes here. Bishop Scarborough deemed it 
 best for the interests of the Diocese to make his 
 residence in Trenton and with his location there the 
 Cathedral character of S. Mary's Parish practically 
 disappeared — although the legislative enactment mak- 
 ing St. Mary's the depository of the records of Epis- 
 copal acts is still in force. During the year 1874-75. 
 S. Mary's was the recipient of important legacies from 
 the estate of Miss H. Catharine Swann, of Burling- 
 ton, who died November 23rd, 1874; $2,000 for the 
 poor of the Parish, $500 for the Parish School, and 
 $300, on condition of a further sum of $800 being 
 raised within three years, for repairing and restoring 
 the graves and tombstones needing such care, in S 
 Mary's Churchyard. 
 
 On Easter Day, March 28th, 1875, two silver alms 
 basins were presented to the Parish by Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth A. Ellis. 
 
 Another event of 1875, historical in itself and as 
 the beginning of what is now getting to be a time- 
 honoured custom of every fifth year, was the First 
 Reunion of the Alumnae of S. Mary's Hall. This 
 took place on May 27th. Bishop Doane's birthday, 
 opening with a service in S. Mary's Church, at which 
 over 150 graduates and former pupils of the Hall 
 were present. The Bishop of Albany preached a 
 powerful sermon from the text, ///. S. John, 4. 
 
 On April 6th, 1875, the vestry appointed a commit- 
 tee "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 purposes." The 
 plans of Mr. William D. Hewitt, architect, were 
 adopted. Under the energetic supervision of the 
 architect and of Mr. Henry B. Grubb, treasurer of 
 the committee, the work went rapidly forward, and 
 the ancient building was brought into its present con- 
 dition, apartments being provided for a Parish 
 
 School, Sunday School, Bible Classes, and Library. 
 The chancel now occupies its original and literal 
 Eastward position, and in the sanctuary stands 
 the venerable Altar, or Holy Table, still covered 
 with the crimson cloth presented by Lady Franklin. 
 On the Feast of the Purification, 1876, the first anni- 
 versary of his consecration, Bishop Scarborough 
 blessed the restored edifice, making an address, as 
 did also Bishop Odenheimer and Dr.. Hills. The Rev. 
 Dr. E. A. Hoffman was also present. Bishop Scar- 
 borough said : "The restoration of this ancient build- 
 ing is an enduring monument to the Rev. Dr. Hills, 
 and is one of three things, which will make his rec- 
 torship in this parish forever memorable ; the other 
 two being the acquisition of a fine rectory, and the 
 important and delightful 'History of the Church of 
 Burlington,' soon to issue from the press — the fruit 
 of the doctor's research for many years, and one of 
 the most valuable contributions to American Eccles- 
 iastical History." 
 
 On the 27th of May, 1876, this book was given to 
 the public, and at once attracted wide attention 
 throughout the Anglican Communion. It brought ad- 
 ditional renown to S. Mary's Parish, and to its able 
 Rector. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
 elected the author a member, and from every quarter 
 came constantly expressions of admiration of the 
 service Dr. Hills had rendered to our civil as well 
 as ecclesiastical history. A second edition, "enlarged 
 and illustrated," was published in 1885. This work is 
 dedicated to the Rev. John Talbot, and really is his 
 most important and lasting memorial. The "fore- 
 word," in dignified brevity, tells his story. 
 
 "This volume is inscribed to the memory of the 
 Rev. John Talbot, M. A., Founder and First Rector 
 of the Church in Burlington, who, after twenty years 
 of missionary toil, with ceaseless but ineffectual en- 
 treaties that a Bishop might be given to America, 
 was induced to receive consecration from a line of 
 non-jurors in England, and returned to Burlington, 
 where, after three years more of ministration, fol- 
 lowed by two of inhibition, he died and was buried 
 within the walls of the Church which he built, No- 
 vember, A. D. 1727." 
 
 Dr. Hills was devoted to the memory of Talbot, 
 and has done more than any other hand to bring him 
 again into the mental vision of these days. His 
 monograph on Talbot, read on November nth, 1878, 
 before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, was 
 a permanent contribution to the literature of the 
 subject, and gained for the author much and well 
 deserved praise. During this same year, 1878, the 
 mural tablets, before referred to, in memory of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Talbot, were placed in the old church, one, the 
 
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 gift of John Wm. Wallace. Esq., President of the 
 Pennsylvania Historical Society; the other, of Charles 
 Ellis, M. D., of Burlington. These were followed 
 in 1879 and 1880 by tablets in the same edifice to the 
 Rev. Colin Campbell and to the Rev. Robert Wey- 
 man. 
 
 On February 28th, 1877, was organized the "Guild 
 of S. Mary's Parish," afterwards incorporated under 
 the New Jersey laws, and still, with its twelve com- 
 mittees in vigorous operation. In this new organiza- 
 tion the former "Guild" became the "Committee on 
 Missions." By the death on May 31st, 1877, of Miss 
 Elizabeth A. Swann, several important legacies, de- 
 vised in her will, came to S. Mary's, viz. : $800 as a 
 fund for keeping in order the graves of her family ; 
 $5,000 to be invested for the benefit of the sick poor, 
 and for the Parish and Sunday Schools, $250 each. 
 
 On August 14th, 1879, the beloved Bishop Oden- 
 heimer died at "Riverside," where his last months of 
 lingering illness were spent in the family of his son- 
 in-law, Mr. Henry B. Grubb. On August i8th the 
 funeral services were held in S. Mary's Church, the 
 Bishops of New Jersey, Albany and Springfield, be- 
 tween fifty and sixty priests and deacons, and a very 
 large congregation of lay-people, many of great prom- 
 inence, being in attendance. The inclemency of the 
 weather made it necessary to defer the interment in 
 the churchyard until the next morning. The Bishop's 
 cruciform tomb of blue granite is only second in in- 
 terest to that of Bishop Doane. It bears the mitre, 
 pastoral staff and keys, and is inscribed "William 
 Henry Odenheimer, D. D., born August nth, A. D. 
 1817, died August 14th, 1879, in the twentieth year of 
 his Episcopate. Third Bishop of New Jersey and 
 First Bishop of Northern New Jersey. Patient in 
 tribulation, continuing instant in prayer. Romans xii : 
 12." Also the words of his own selection, "Rest 
 awhile. St. Mark, vi:3i." A costly tablet of Caen 
 stone and brass, erected by the New Jersey Branch 
 of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions, 
 commemorates the Bishop on the chancel arch of S 
 Mary's Church. 
 
 In 1880 a further addition was made to the burial 
 lots from the Talbot land. As this property was left 
 by Mr. Talbot for "an augmentation to the mainten- 
 ance" of the Rector of S. Mary's Church aforesaid, 
 forever, a careful stipulation in legal form between 
 the Rector and Church Wardens, was adopted by the 
 Vestry on March 20th, 1880, by which all moneys re- 
 ceived from the sale of these lots should be devoted 
 to the original purpose of Mr. Talbot's bequest. After 
 this addition, some doubt existing as to any previous 
 formal consecration of the Churchyard, the whole 
 enclosure, old and new, was solemnly blessed by 
 
 Bishop Scarborough on Palm Sunday, April 2nd, 
 [882, after a form prepared by the Rector. On Palm 
 Sunday, March 21st, 1880, the installation of the vest- 
 ed choir took place. The following young men, all 
 communicants of the Church, were admitted as chor- 
 isters by an office drawn up by Dr. Hills and author- 
 ized by the Bishop : William S. Cherry, M. Howard 
 Giberson, George F. Hammell, Stephen G. Hewitt, 
 Alexander C. James, William C. Reick, Edward T. 
 Dugdale, C. Ross, Grubb, Richard Hepworth, George 
 Heathcote Hills, Henry E. Lincoln, Thomas I. Rog- 
 ers, Charles D. Gauntt, Edward S. Hammell, Hobart 
 D. Hewitt, John Dows Hills, Samuel Pew, William L. 
 Sherwood, Augustin Thwaites and Herbert S. Wells. 
 This choir, which has continued to furnish S. Mary's 
 music, was organized and trained by Stephen Ger- 
 main Hewitt, who, in 1881 was succeeded by George 
 H. Allen. At first it consisted entirely of men. Boys 
 were first admitted in July, 1881, five in number. This 
 choir, whose outdoor singing has become so asso- 
 ciated with "Sweet S. Mary's Churchyard," first sang 
 at a funeral, at the burial of the Rev. Prof. Hyde, 
 September 7th, 1880. 
 
 On Sunday, June 17th, 1883, the beautiful Lych 
 Gate, in memory of Stephen G. Hewitt, was blessed 
 by the Rector. Mr. Hewitt, youngest member of the 
 remarkable Burlington family of that name, was a 
 j'oung man of brilliant talents arid saintly character, 
 who died on the eve of his admission to Holy Orders. 
 His personal influence and work for the Church were 
 most exceptional, and the Gate was a beautiful tribute 
 to his worth. The corner-stone was laid by Mrs. C. 
 Ross Grubb, and the office on that occasion was said, 
 in the absence of the Rector, by the writer of these 
 notes, who also composed the inscription as follows : 
 
 To the Glory of Jesus' Christ, The First Fruits of 
 them that slept. This Lych-Gate was erected A. D. 
 1883, in loving memory of Stephen Germain Hewitt. 
 By many friends who, holding him in everlasting re- 
 membrance, are animated by his example to pray, 
 That all flesh here committed to the ground may rest 
 in hope and rise with joy. "Blessed are they that do 
 PI is commandments, that they may have right to the 
 Tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates 
 into the city." In the summer of 1883, after the re- 
 painting of the interior of the Church, the marble 
 Altar cross was removed to the Old Church, and a 
 brass cross, vases and chancel rail were placed iri 
 the New Church. It may be of interest to note that 
 Antependia of the five ecclesiastical colours have been 
 the use of the Parish since 1871 ; banners since 1878 
 and coloured stoles since Advent 1883. In 1885 the 
 Parish received another valuable legacy of $24,000 as 
 a permanent fund "for the sick and needy of said 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Church," from Signer A. Paladini, who died on 
 March 2nd of the above year. Signor Paladini, whose 
 grave is in the churchyard, for thirty years was in- 
 structor of Italian and Spanish in S. Mary's Hall and 
 Burlington College. At the death of his widow in 
 1894, the Parish received further benefactions from 
 her to the amount of $900. 
 
 No one who traces the life of S. Mary's Parish can 
 fail to notice the succession of loving remembrances 
 bequeathed by faithful hearts to maintain through 
 time to come what was their dear spiritual home on 
 earth. 
 
 One of the most touching of these permanent funds 
 but just completed (1903) is that for keeping flowers 
 perpetually on the grave of Bishop Doane. Reference 
 has already been made to this beautiful custom. It 
 was maintained by Miss Anna L. Kinsey until her 
 death in 1884. After that, the pupils of S. Mary's 
 Hall sent a large Easter cross every year until the 
 change in the Easter vacation took place in 1892. 
 Then a graduate of the Hall, of the Class of i860, 
 Miss Mary T. Kingdon, took charge of this loving 
 tribute, the Hall supplying part of the money needed 
 for flowers, the rest being collected from friends of 
 Bishop Doane. As year after year these friends pass- 
 ed to their rest. Miss Kingdon felt that the time had 
 come to raise a fund to perpetuate the custom. Be- 
 ginning in 1894, contributions were received from 
 many Alumnae of the Hall and personal friends of 
 Bishop Doane, until the entire sum desired, $500. 
 was obtained, the last $50 being given by a member of 
 the Class of i860, Mrs. Lucy Wharton Drexel, in 
 memory of her classmates at rest in Paradise. This 
 fund is, at present, in charge of its founder, who 
 prizes the blessed privilege of arranging the flowers 
 on the sacred spot. Before leaving this subject it will 
 be worth while to set down here a pleasing reminis- 
 cence, but lately brought to mind. Mention has been 
 made of the eloquent discourse delivered by the Rev. 
 Cortlandt Van Renssalaer, D. D., on the death of 
 Bishop Doane. That discourse ends with these 
 words : "My offering 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." This beautiful sentence has 
 generally been supposed to have been a figure of 
 speech. This is a mistake. It was a statement of 
 fact. On Sunday morning. May ist, 1859, the day 
 following the Bishop's funeral. Dr. Van Renssalaer, 
 according to the testimony of Charles Burr, the sex- 
 ton, came between six and seven o'clock and laid vio- 
 lets on the Bishop's new-made grave, literally ihe first 
 flowers placed there. This tender tribute ought to 
 
 endear always to S. Mary's people the name and 
 memory of this noble Christian minister and gentle- 
 man. 
 
 In 1887 the Rev. Robert MacKellar became Curate, 
 combining with this office the Chaplaincy of the Hall. 
 
 In 1888, the health of the beloved Rector began 
 seriously to decline. Affected by pulmonary disease, 
 he sought relief in the South and in the West, but 
 without avail, and at last, on October 15th, 1890, 
 tarrying with his son, the Rev. John Dows Hills, 
 Rector of S. Luke's Church, Tacoma, Washington, 
 his pure and gentle spirit departed to its rest. 
 
 The funeral was on Saturday, October 25th, 1890, 
 in Burlington. It will never be forgotten by those 
 who witnessed it. The Autumn balm and haze, the 
 yellow, falling leaves, the long procession of vested 
 clergy and choristers, the train of mourners, parish- 
 ioners and "much people of the city," passing from 
 the Rectory to the Church, the singers singing as 
 they went, the tuneful, sympathetic chimes, made up 
 a scene of hallowed sorrow, not that of others who 
 have no hope, but the sorrow of those who comfort 
 one another with the words, "Them also which sleep 
 in Jesus will God bring with Him." 
 
 Thus ended a tranquil, loving, yet eventful Rector- 
 ship of twenty years. It was a blessed time. The 
 Parish was strengthened and its fame was spread 
 abroad. As one pauses before the massive cross 
 which marks the grave of Dr. Hills he feels himself 
 venerating the ashes and the deeds of a priest who 
 worthily succeeded Talbot and Doane. Dr. Hills did 
 much for S. Mary's Parish. No one with his eminent 
 gifts of mind and character and with his enthusiastic 
 love for the Parish and intense loyalty to its ante- 
 cedents and traditions could help benefiting it. Gra- 
 cious and dignified in manner, graceful and charming 
 in speech public and private, a sound Churchman, a 
 cultured and refined man, he adorned the priesthood 
 and the doctrine of Christ in all things. In the Na- 
 tional Church he was widely known. He had held 
 many Diocesan offices of distinction. In the General 
 Convention he was a prominent member, holding 
 there for several sessions the chairmanship of the 
 Committee of the House of Deputies on the State of 
 the Church. His record in S. Mary's history is one 
 that will always shine in living light. 
 
 After the death of Dr. Hills the Parish was minis- 
 tered to temporarily by the Rev. Thomas BoonC; 
 until, after some months, the Rev. Charles Henry 
 Hibbard, M. A., Rector of S. John Baptist's Church, 
 Germantown, accepted the Rectorship. Mr. Hibbard 
 was instituted on June i6th, 1891, by Bishop Scar- 
 borough. The sermon preached on this occasion by 
 the Rector of S. Stephen's, Providence, R. I., was 
 
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 published by, and at the request of, the Vestry. Mr. 
 Hibbard, who in 1892 received the honourary degree of 
 Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater, Hobart 
 College, served the Parish with great acceptance until 
 May, 1897, when considerations of health induced 
 him, to the universal regret of his parishioners, to 
 accept a call to the Rectorship of S. Peter's Parish, 
 Morristown, N. J. Dr. Hibbard's Rectorship was 
 marked by many enrichments and embellishments of 
 the church property. A carefully studied series of 
 subjects, "The Life of the Blessed Virgin," was 
 adopted by the Vestry for the windows of the church, 
 and, several, executed by Lavers & Westlake, of Lon- 
 don, were given and placed as memorials, an account 
 of which has already been printed in the Chimes. An 
 excellent heating plant was installed during the year 
 1891. 
 
 In 1893, a Rood-Screen of iron and brass was 
 placed in the Church in memory of members of S. 
 Mary's Brotherhood, deceased. 
 
 In 1892 a Litany Desk was given in memory of 
 De Tracey Hudson Rich. 
 
 And in 1894 a Credence Table was erected in mem- 
 ory of Miss Sarah B Woolman. 
 
 During the year 1896 the old Parsonage was reno- 
 vated and enlarged, so as to preserve entirely its 
 identity and architectural character, for the purpose 
 of an admirable Parish House, as well as commodious 
 quarters for a Sexton and Curate. 
 
 In 1898 Mr. George W. Hewitt made a gift to the 
 Parish of $2000 to be invested as a fund, whose in- 
 come should be devoted to Scholarships in the Parish 
 School in memory of his son, George Notman Hewitt. 
 He also placed a stone coping on the Churchyard 
 wall, and built at the Broad Street entrance, near the 
 old Church, a fine Colonial gate and gateway of iron 
 and brick, in memory of Elizabeth Hewitt, his wife, 
 and their daughter Anne. The handsome iron fence 
 in the rear of the Churchyard was the gift of Mrs. 
 Elizabeth A. Ellis. 
 
 During the Rectorship of Dr. Hibbard he was as- 
 sisted by the Rev. H. N. Wayne, the Rev. W. B. 
 Morrow and the Rev. W. P. Taylor. 
 
 In the year 1890 the organ was removed from the 
 west gallery, rebuilt and placed adjacent to the 
 chancel. As a part of this very important improve- 
 ment, the sacristy was extended to add a choir room, 
 opening into the North Transept. 
 
 On the resignation of Dr. Hibbard, the Vestry 
 elected as Rector the Rev. James Frederick Olmsted, 
 M. A., Rector of Christ Church, Schenectady, N. Y., 
 who entered upon his duties October, 1897. 
 
 Mr. Olmsted, brother of the Bishop of Colorado, 
 and of a family of note in ecclesiastical and educa- 
 
 tional spheres, has entered into the life and work of 
 the Parish with ardour, afifection and ability. May he 
 long be spared to minister at S. Mary's Altars. 
 
 On the morning of Easter Day, April 12, 1903, at 
 the 7 o'clock Eucharist, a handsome Lectern, "To the 
 Memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Rich and her two sons. 
 Thomas Hudson Rich and John Contee Rich," was 
 blessed, taking the place of the temporary Lectern 
 used for almost 49 years. The new Lectern is in the 
 same style of architecture as the Church furniture, 
 and like it, of black walnut. The book rest is sup- 
 ported by an eagle on a panelled base, at whose 
 angles under Gothic canopies are carved figures of 
 the Four Evangelists. Floriated finials surmount 
 both the panels between the figures and the can- 
 opies over them. The base is richly moulded and 
 buttressed. The eagle is boldly carved in character 
 with the style and stands on a carved and moulded 
 base, which connects with the pinnacle over the fig- 
 ures, making the whole very symmetrical and in good 
 proportion. 
 
 In thus briefly reviewing the years of S. Mary's, 
 the writer has been deeply impressed by the evidence, 
 so continuous, of the good Hand of God upon this 
 Parish, in giving it, one upon another, men after His 
 own Heart, for Pastors. Each one has seemed won- 
 derfully adapted for his day and generation. Each 
 one has loved the Parish, and revered and cherished 
 its ways and works and workers. These good Catho- 
 lic-minded priests, holy and well-learned, have fed 
 the Lord's people in Burlington with a faithful and 
 true heart, and ruled them prudently with all their 
 power. It is indeed a field, which the Lord hath 
 blessed. Little, far too little, has been said, of the 
 lay-people, men and women, who have held up the 
 hands of the clergy, "poured water on the hands of 
 Elijah," lived lives of sweetness, holiness and beauty, 
 and who sleep with the Sign of Faith in the sleep of 
 peace. How pleasant it would be to speak of such 
 spirits as Jeremiah Bass, Rowland Ellis, Paul Wat- 
 kinson, Joshua M. Wallace, Charles Kinsey, Thomas 
 Milnor, William A. Rogers, Samuel Rogers, George 
 A. Rogers, Charles Ellis, George H. Woolman, Ed- 
 ward B. Grubb, Franklin Woolman, Charles S. Gauntt 
 and Franklin Gauntt; of Lady Franklin, Mrs. Brad- 
 ford, Mrs. Askew, Mrs. Kinsey, Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Wal- 
 ker, Mrs. Grubb, Mrs. Paladini, Mrs. Charles Gauntt, 
 Mrs. Barclay, Miss Collet, Miss Sherwood and a mul- 
 titude of others, who laboured much in the Lord. Did 
 space permit, this history might contain accounts and 
 descriptions of those figures which once made the 
 courts of S. Mary's Church so picturesque and inter- 
 esting, the Rev. Adolph Frost, "learned yet child- 
 like ;" the Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., and the Rev. 
 
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 William Sydney Walker, D. D., Prof. George W. 
 Hewitt, Camille Baquet, LL. D., E. R. Schmidt, Ph. 
 D., Signor Paladini and Sir Andreas B. Engstrom, 
 Knight of S. Olaf. These precious souls form the 
 garden of the Lord. "Their bodies are buried in 
 peace; but their name liveth forevermore." 
 
 As this imperfect sketch closes, none can be more 
 painfully conscious of its imperfection than its author. 
 He has attempted to write upon an august theme, 
 with poverty of expression indeed, yet with a full 
 heart. It has been a labour of love, -even unto tears 
 Reader! pray for his soul, that he may be of that 
 golden harvest which S. Mary's Churchyard shall 
 yield to the Lord of the Harvest in the Resurrection 
 Day. 
 
 "If I have done well, and as is fitting the story ; 
 it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and mean- 
 ly, it is that which I could attain unto. And here 
 shall be an end." 
 
 The Story of Burlington College. 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MCCLELLAN I-ISKE, D. D. 
 
 "A great enterprise for Christ and the Church, to 
 carry on the work of education on the domestic plan 
 under religious principles." — Bishop G. W. Do.'kNE. 
 
 Burlington College ! Hail, and Farewell ! This is 
 "as it were a tale that is told," for alas ! Burlington 
 College exists now only in law and on paper, as a 
 Corporation, holding property indeed and carrying 
 on still the work of the Christian education of girls 
 in S. Mary's Hall. But as a concrete institution for 
 boys and young men. Burlington College is only a 
 name and a memory. The story is worth telling, 
 for it is one of the most remarkable chapters in the 
 annals of American education. With an active life 
 of few more than fifty years, the results are out of all 
 proportion to its age. There seems a brilliant audac- 
 ity about the existence of Burlington College. Like 
 a meteor it blazed across the Academic firmament 
 and disappeared. It .was an enterprise born of Chris- 
 tian Faith and Fearlessness, founded in solid intel- 
 lectual power, and carried on by sheer force of intrin- 
 sic merit in its teachers and teachings. With a ma- 
 terial framework of the slenderest description, that is 
 to say, without such endowment, buildings, libraries, 
 and apparatus, as are supposed necessary for a suc- 
 cessful College, it yet produced, for a number of 
 years, young men liberally educated, and as fully 
 equipped for professional study as the graduates of 
 any other College in this land. In Classics and Eng- 
 lish, the Alumni of Burlington College were unri- 
 valled among American college-bred men. They en- 
 
 tered the great English Universities with ease and 
 found a congenial home, and honours quickly within 
 their reach. In what it actually accomplished and in 
 what it can show for having been, Burlington College 
 is probably without a parallel. 
 
 It is an instance of the fact that the master makes 
 the pupils. Given a great teacher, of gifts, and mag- 
 netism, and he will not lack disciples. Such a mas- 
 ter was George Washington Doane. Burlington Col- 
 lege is a monument of his greatness, as a leader and 
 trainer of the intellectual and moral characters of 
 men. Bishop Doane, after the establishment of S. 
 Mary's Hall, soon found a demand for an institu- 
 tion of similar tone for boys. Parents far and wide 
 discerned in the Bishop a great educator and sought 
 with ardour to have him as the preceptor of their 
 ■sons. 
 
 A charter granting full Academic powers of confer- 
 ring degrees was obtained from the Legislature of 
 New Jersey, February 27th, 1846. The incorporators 
 were Bishop Doane, Garret D. Wall, Isaac B. Parker 
 Rev. Reuben J. Germain, Rev. John D. Ogilby, Rev. 
 Edmund D. Barry, Richard S. Field, Elias B. D. 
 Ogden, William Wright, Richard W. Howell, George 
 P. McCulloch. James Parker, Charles King, James 
 Potter, Garret S. Cannon, Jonathan J. Spencer, John 
 Joseph Chetwood, Thomas P. Carpenter, Jeremiah C. 
 Garthwaite, Abraham Browning, Rev. George Y. 
 Morehouse, William Halsted, and Daniel B. Ryall. 
 
 The charter provided that the President or the 
 Principal Officer, by whatever name called, of the 
 College should always be a Trustee, and a Citizen 
 and inhabitant of the State of New Jersey. The 
 By-Laws of the College constituted the Bishop vis- 
 itor and President, and, in that latter capacity, its 
 Head. There was also to be resident at the College 
 a Rector, always a Presbyter of the Church. Com- 
 mencement Day was originally on September 29th 
 (S. Michael and All Angels). This was changed in 
 1857 to the 4th Thursday in September, and in 1865 
 to the 3rd Thursday in July. 
 
 The first recorded meeting of the Trustees was 
 held at "Riverside," the Episcopal residence, on 
 March i6th, 1846. The Charter was presented, and 
 the Rev. Benjamin I. Haight was elected the first 
 Rector. 
 
 On May 7th it was agreed to purchase, as a site 
 for the College, the property of Mrs. Rebecca Chester 
 "situate next below Riverside." They said of it : 
 "It is sufficiently near the City of Burlington for all 
 purposes of convenience, both of access and of resi- 
 dence, and yet it is, by its position, retired and se- 
 cluded. It is a situation which will command the 
 notice and attention of the multitudes who pass, 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 57 
 
 whether by the River or the Railroad, and will so 
 enjoy the advantage of a perpetual advertisement. 
 The location is pre-eminently beautiful and healthy, 
 and will afford in the grounds and in the access to the 
 water every advantage of cheerfulness and recrea- 
 tion. The building now erected is large, substantial, 
 and commodious, and will answer the present pur- 
 poses of the Institution with scarcely any expense of 
 adaptation." 
 
 This fine estate, whereon Burlington College lived 
 and died, was known aforetime as "GrEEn Lawn." 
 The purchase price was $20,000. At the Annual 
 Meeting of the Trustees on September 28th, 1846. it 
 was "Resolved, that the Rt. Rev. G. W. Doane, D. D., 
 LL.D., President of Burlington College, have the 
 permission and authority of the Board to occupy the 
 Property of 'Green Lawn' lately purchased by them, 
 without rent or interest, and to organize and carry 
 on the School and College, for the space of ten years, 
 under the direction of the Trustees, at his own risk 
 and for his own benefit." 
 
 The opening of the Preparatory School was re- 
 ported, and the President submitted a Course of Stu- 
 dies for the School and for the College, which was 
 adopted, together with the now well-known Seal 
 of the College, viz : Our Lord blessing little children, 
 within a triangle and circle and the words "Valium 
 enim est Regnum Dei." The Rev. Dr. Haight at 
 this meeting resigned the Rectorship of the College. 
 During the year following, 1847-1848, additions were 
 made to the College buildings, and at the next Com- 
 mencement the institution appears to be fully organ- 
 ized. The President reports that 67 resident scholars 
 have been received at the College since the last meet- 
 ing of the Trustees, and that the present numbers 
 of resident pupils is 99, and of Day Scholars 9. The 
 first Junior Class consisting of three had organized 
 and become the Middle Class, while the Sixth Form 
 numbering six became the Junior Class. 
 
 The plan of the College was one which combined 
 the Six Forms of the Great English Schools with the 
 class grouping of the American College, in a house- 
 hold under one roof, with a common table, and com- 
 mon daily worship. A boy could thus be taken in 
 extreme youth and carried on, without interruption 
 of his associations, to his graduation as a Bachelor 
 of Arts. This was according to Bishop Doane's 
 happy, epigrammatic description, "education on the 
 domestic plan under religious principles." 
 
 On April i6th, 1849, the Bishop convened the Trus- 
 tees in special meeting to communicate "to them his 
 inability by reason of existing pecuniary embarrass- 
 ments, longer to carry on the arrangement made with 
 
 him as per their resolutions of September 28th, 
 1846." Elias D. B. Ogden, Jeremiah C. Garthwaite, 
 and Richard S. Field were then appointed a pro- 
 visional committee to take the future fiscal charge 
 of the College. At this meeting a bequest of $2000, 
 for the support of theological students studying at 
 Burlington College, was announced from the estate 
 of Miss Rachel B. Wallace. 
 
 At the Annual Meeting of the Trustees, September 
 28th, 1849, the President of the College reports the 
 roll of the College as containing the names of 136 
 pupils, 113 resident. The three College Classes are 
 completely organized, the newly-admitted Juniors 
 numbering 19. He then goes on to say : "The chief 
 motive of thanksgiving is in the successful issue of 
 the great principles and aims of the Institution in 
 scholarship and discipline. An amount of study has 
 been accomplished and a standard been maintained in 
 its prosecution to the full extent of the highest 
 expectation which has ever been encouraged, and 
 further than this, by a constant adhesion to the great 
 plan of the College as a place for the formation of 
 Christian character and conduct, the high point of 
 success has been attained, at which discipline well- 
 nigh administers itself : the issues of the last term in 
 this respect are a great moral triumph. The ends 
 and objects of Burlington College are rapidly becom- 
 ing real. If the Trustees shall supply the great wants 
 of the Institution in grounds, buildings, library and 
 apparatus and God shall continue His blessing, noth- 
 ing will be wanting to entitle it to the highest public 
 confidence, and to secure for it the most extensive 
 public patronage." 
 
 At this meeting the Rev. J. W. Bradin, A. M., was 
 elected Rector, Marcus F. Hyde, A. M.. Professor of 
 Ancient Languages, and Jacob Zehner, A. M., Profes- 
 sor of Mathematics. 
 
 There is a pathetic sameness in the yearly surveys 
 of the work, which ever flourished. There were 
 many pupils, excellent scholarship, unflagging labour, 
 herculean exertion by the Bishop, a faculty in him- 
 self, but alas ! res angusta donii. The College chest 
 was always empty, while that generation stood by, and 
 doomed that "King of men," the Bishop of New Jer- 
 sey, to premature old age and early death, and the 
 College to ultimate extinction, for the lack of a few 
 paltry thousands of dollars. 
 
 Again and again the brave President pleads for the 
 material support, which his work had justified. Al- 
 most every report of his contains something of this 
 kind : "It may be concluded without question, that 
 when the organization of the College shall be com- 
 plete, and the necessary accommodations and con- 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 veniences, domestic, Academic, and religious, pro- 
 vided, the highest expectations of its most sanguine 
 friends will be realized." 
 
 The College certainly showed capacity for attract- 
 ing patronage. In 1850 it showed 126 pupils. In 
 1851 98 were registered. In 1852 the students num- 
 bered 94. In 1853, 87. In 1854 the College Register 
 shows the names of 103. In 1855 there were "JZ- In 
 1856 the number was 74. In 1857, 85 were on the reg- 
 ister. In 1853, T}) are reported. Changes in the Rec- 
 torship were frequent. The Rev. Mr. Bradin retired 
 in 1851, when the Rev. Prof. Hyde became Acting 
 Rector, with the Rev. Edward P. Wright as Vice 
 Rector, until the Commencement of that year, when 
 the Rev. Moses P. Stickney was elected Rector. Mr. 
 Stickney resigned after one year's service, when there 
 seems to have occurred an interregnum, as in Septem- 
 ber, 1853, the President, in his annual report, deplores 
 the want of a Rector, and a committee are appointed 
 to consult and advise with the President upon the 
 choice of a Rector. At a meeting of the Trustees 
 held October 31st, 1853, the Rev. John L. Watson, 
 D. D., Rector of Grace Church, Newark, was elected. 
 On August 15th, 1854, the Rev. Dr. Watson, on ac- 
 count of impaired health, resigned from the close of 
 that Academic year. The office then appears to have 
 been vacant until September, 1856, when the Rev. 
 Hobart Chetwood was elected. 
 
 At the time of Bishop Doane's death there appears 
 to have been no Rector, and the Rev. E. M. Pecke 
 was acting temporarily as such. The last report of 
 Bishop Doane, dated September 22nd, 1858, is of sad 
 and significant interest as his last and farewell view 
 of the condition of the College ! He says : "The Pres- 
 ident in his last Annual Report to the Trustees stated 
 his conviction that with the endowment of three 
 Professorships ("If God shall put it into the hearts of 
 Christian men to endow the Professorships of English 
 Literature, Ancient Languages, and Mathematics, 
 with $20,000 each, the College may be considered, if 
 He please, a perpetuity." — Report, 1857) and one hun- 
 dred paying pupils, the College might be regarded 
 as, humanly speaking, safely established. The dis- 
 asters which fell on the country made the attempt 
 to obtain an endowment hopeless. And the number 
 of paying pupils has materially fallen oflf. The gen- 
 eral condition of the College financially and especially 
 the diminution of the College classes should receive 
 the careful attention of the Board. To that end, the 
 President advises that the whole subject should be 
 referred to the Provisional Committee to report as 
 to the causes of the present state of things and as to 
 the best remedy, to an adjourned meeting of the 
 
 Board, to be held in Newark, on Monday, 4th Oc- 
 tober." 
 
 This meeting does not, from the records, appear to 
 have been held, and the next entry on the minutes of 
 the Trustees is of their annual meeting October ist, 
 1859, when their Bishop and College President had 
 been five months dead, and they could only praise his 
 memory. 
 
 The enormous difficulties against which Bishop 
 Doane and his devoted friends had to contend in 
 their noble struggle to maintain their schools, will be 
 understood if we reflect that in twenty years the 
 financial energies of the country were twice pros- 
 trated by desolating revulsions, that of 1837 and that 
 of 1857. Considering this, what was accomplished 
 by the Burlington educators is all the more remarka- 
 ble. The article on S. Mary's Hall has already 
 spoken at length of the "Address" issued by the 
 Trustees of Burlington College, on July ist, 1850, 
 to "the Patrons of S. Mary's Hall and Burlington 
 College, and the Friends of Christian Education for 
 the purpose of raising funds ; embracing within its 
 scope the liberation from indebtedness of the three 
 establishments at Riverside" (viz. : the Hall, the Col- 
 lege, and the Episcopal Residence). That three-fold 
 indebtedness amounted to upwards of $142,000. As 
 a result of the "Address," after several years of hard 
 work, requiring, as the Committee of the Board ex- 
 pressed it, "time, patience, persevering begging; and 
 sometimes, supposed, but unintentional obtrusive im- 
 portunity," the large sum needed was secured and 
 in October, 1856, the Hall and "Riverside" were con- 
 veyed in trust to the Trustees of Burlington College. 
 As one examines the detailed record of this great 
 work he must feel the highest admiration for, and the 
 deepest gratitude to, the men who wrought it. 
 
 At the first meeting, above mentioned, of the Trus- 
 tees after Bishop Doane's death, beside the usual ac- 
 tion of eulogy and condolence, the following resolu- 
 tion was adopted, viz. : 
 
 "Resolved, That in memory of the invaluable ser- 
 vices of the deceased, and as a perpetual token of the 
 high respect in which his name is held, measures be 
 forthwith taken to establish and endow a Professor- 
 ship of Belles Lettres to be called 'the Bishop Doane 
 Professorship.' " 
 
 "The Rev. William Croswell Doane was authorized 
 and requested to take the necessary measures for the 
 endowment of the Bishop Doane Professorship of 
 Belles Lettres in Burlington College." 
 
 At a meeting of the Board, November 9th, 1859. it 
 was voted that the President appoint a Committee 
 of three "to confer with the Bishop and Provisional 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 59 
 
 Committee, and report to this Board at its next meet- 
 ing the best means of resuscitating this institution 
 as a College." A Browning, Esq., William Halsted, 
 Esq., and the Rev. Dr. Mahan were appointed such 
 committee. 
 
 It was voted, "That the endowment of every Pro- 
 fessorship connected with the College shall be not 
 less than $20,000," and "The Rev. William Croswell 
 Doane, Messrs. George M. Miller, and C. W. Littell 
 were requested and authorized to take the necessary 
 measures for the endowment of the Bishop Doane 
 Professorship of Belles Lettres in Burlington Col- 
 lege." 
 
 At a special meeting of the Board, April 23rd, i860, 
 "the following proposed resolution was referred to 
 the Committee appointed at the last meeting of the 
 Board on the State of the College : It appearing that 
 in operating the College, there has been a deficiency 
 in the funds of several thousand dollars annually for 
 several years past ; and that the scholastic department 
 has not, for want of still greater expenditures, sus- 
 tained the high character necessary for usefulness and 
 success ; 
 
 "Therefore, Resolved, That the College be discon- 
 tinued, on and after the next Term, ending in Septem- 
 ber next, until such time as provision be made for 
 greater efficiency by endowments, or otherwise." 
 
 At the meeting of June 19th, i860, the Committee 
 on the State of the College asked to be, and were 
 continued. Later, in this same meeting, the motion 
 continuing the Committee on the State of the Col- 
 lege was reconsidered, so far as it related to the 
 resolution proposing the discontinuance of the Col- 
 lege. That resolution was then taken up, and after 
 considerable debate, was referred, with an additiona? 
 proposed resolution, and "any matters bearing upon 
 the subject," to the Committee on the State of the 
 College to report fully and definitely on July 17th, 
 i860. This last proposed resolution was to this ef- 
 fect: 
 
 "Resolved, That the Course of Instruction of Bur- 
 lington College after the present term be confined to 
 the Theological Course, and to the preparatory classes, 
 at such reduced expense as the President and Pro- 
 visional Committee may direct." 
 
 On July 17th the Committee on the State of the 
 College reported as follows : 
 
 "The Committee appointed to examine the condi- 
 tion of the College and suggest the best mode of its 
 future continuance desire to call the attention of the 
 Board to the facts which they have elicted and the 
 judgments they have made; as introductory to the 
 resolutions which will be offered for the adoption of 
 the Trustees. Almost ever since the foundation of 
 
 the College it has annually drawn from the net earn- 
 ings of S. Mary's Hall, several thousand dollars; the 
 gross amount now being sixty and seventy thousand 
 dollars. Your Committee thought that the first effort 
 to be made was to make the College for the future, 
 as nearly as may be, self-supporting. In their view, 
 the best mode of attaining this end is to place it, rent 
 free, for a term of years, in the hands of some ex- 
 perienced, competent, and learned teacher (a mem- 
 ber of the Church), who shall conduct the Institution 
 until it can be developed into the proportions of a 
 College. And although the Committee failed to secure 
 for this object, the services of the Rev. Dr. Lyons, 
 they still think that some other proper person can be 
 found, and recommend the continuance of the Com- 
 mittee or the appointment of another with power to 
 make such selection, agree upon terms, and if neces- 
 sary call a special meeting of the Board. 
 
 "On behalf of the Committee. 
 
 "A. Browning. 
 
 "Whereupon, it was, on motion, 
 
 Resolved, That the Report of the Committee on the 
 Condition of the College be accepted and approved, 
 and that the Committee be discharged. 
 
 "On motion. Resolved, That the powers heretofore 
 vested in the Provisional Committee be vested in the 
 Executive Committee appointed at the last meeting 
 of this Board and the Bishop ; said Committee to be 
 responsible and report to this Board. 
 
 "On motion. Resolved, That said Committee to- 
 gether with the Bishop be authorized to manage this 
 College on the principle, as near as may be, of a self- 
 sustaining institution, either directly, or under the 
 headship of any suitable and responsible persons with 
 whom they may contract — any such contract to be 
 subject to the approval of this Board." 
 
 At the Annual Meeting of the Trustees on Septem- 
 ber 26th, i860, the Bishop reported as to the method 
 decided upon by himself and the Executive Commit- 
 tee for managing the College ; and also that they had 
 called the Rev. J. Breckenridge Gibson to the Rec- 
 torship of the College. This action was approved by 
 the Board. 
 
 At this meeting the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
 was voted to Custis Parke Jones and Edward Burd 
 Grubb, Jr., and the degree of Master of Arts to such 
 members of the Class of 1857 as should apply. So 
 far as is known to the writer, no Academic degrees 
 were conferred after this until July i6th, 1867, when 
 Mr. Jones received his Master's degree in course. 
 On July i6th, 1873, the degree of Bachelor of Divin- 
 ity was conferred upon the Rev. John Nicholas Stans- 
 bury, this being the last time the Trustees have ex- 
 ercised their power of conferring degrees. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 At the next Annual Meeting, September 25th, 1861, 
 a By-Law proposed November 9th, 1859, was adopted 
 (rescinded July 19th, 1871), giving the Rector of the 
 College a seat, without a vote, in the Board of Trus- 
 tees, and the Rector, Dr. Gibson, thereupon appeared 
 and took his seat. Dr. Gibson brought new life and 
 promise to the College. The number of pupils 
 steadily increased. 
 
 In i85o the number of boarding pupils at the Col- 
 lege is given as 36. In 1861, 25. 1862, not stated. 
 In 1863, 55. 1864, 70. The revenue increased. Year- 
 ly expenses were met, and the scholarship was pro- 
 nounced to be thorough and of high order. Visions 
 of the revival of the Academic department began to 
 float before the eyes of the Trustees. At their annual 
 meeting on July 13th, 1864, it was "Resolved, That 
 the resolution of this Board, passed July 17th, A. D. 
 1862 (the writer is unable to verify this record. A 
 resolution on this subject was proposed, June 19th, 
 i860, but referred), discontinuing the Collegiate 
 classes of the Institution, be and is hereby rescinded." 
 
 "On motion, Resolved, That a Committee of the 
 Board be appointed, the Rt. Rev. the President of the 
 College being the Chairman, to consult with the Ex- 
 ecutive Committee as to any measure that may need 
 to be taken looking towards the restoration as soon 
 as possible of the Collegiate Department of Burling- 
 ton College." 
 
 "On motion. Resolved, That the Rector of the Col- 
 lege, in connection with the Rt. Rev. the President, 
 be and hereby is authorized to secure donations and 
 subscriptions to be used for the erection of a Chapel 
 in connection with the College." 
 
 The next Annual Meeting, July 19th, 1865, marks 
 a crisis and an opportunity. The Executive Commit- 
 tee report the purchase during the year of twelve 
 acres of land for $1500, in addition to the College 
 Farm, making that domain to consist of thirty-two 
 acres. They say : "It has been ascertained by careful 
 computation for some years past that this Farm is an 
 excellent investment. It pays for itself in point of 
 economy. What is vastly more important it is pro- 
 motive of health in the two schools, by furnishing 
 the table with an ample supply of pure milk, fresh 
 vegetables, and. other articles not easy to be obtained, 
 in their most wholesome form, in the markets." They 
 _ go on to praise the condition and management of the 
 College, "steadily growing in strength and favour." 
 They admit the high desirability of organizing all its 
 departments fully, as early as possible, but recognize 
 the necessity, for this, of liberal expenditure, and va- 
 rious endowments. They deprecate taking any steps 
 in this direction, "adding any link to the chain which 
 
 binds the College to the present place," until a "thor- 
 ough reconsideration" is given to the question, 
 "whether the present site of the College is the best 
 that can be secured for the purpose." They conclude 
 by saying that "the College improves every year, in 
 discipline, and in thoroughness and accuracy of teach- 
 ing." The Rector's report is of historic interest. 
 He says, "the boys admitted during the year have 
 numbered 82. The whole of that number, however, 
 has not been resident at any one time. The buildings 
 will not properly comfortably accommodate more 
 than 70 boys." He then says : "I take this opportu- 
 nity to call the attention of the Board of Trustees to 
 certain points of great interest to the College, and of 
 vital importance to its welfare and permanency. The 
 work for two years has been stationary. Nothing 
 effective has been done towards realizing its original 
 design, or towards accomplishment of the object, the 
 fulfillment of which induced me to accept my present 
 position. 
 
 "The establishment of a College, with the full Col- 
 legiate courses was the work originally contemplated. 
 The Preparatory Department was to be but A step- 
 ping-stone to this, and was to serve as a feeder and 
 preparer of boys for the College proper. 
 
 "When the College classes were suspended five 
 years ago, financial difficulties and necessity alone led 
 to that suspension. The design then was to restore 
 these classes as soon as the preparatory department 
 should become effective and self-sustaining. It was 
 only with this understanding, with a view to this end, 
 that I entered on my work here five years ago. I 
 think that for two years, at least, the preparatory de- 
 partment has been virtually self-sustaining. It has, 
 at least, been full to its utmost capacity. A large 
 number of boys have been rejected because there were 
 no accommodations for them. If the limited num- 
 ber of boys has caused an inadequate supply of funds, 
 that cause ought to be removed by the provision of 
 more room for the boys, who are, each year, turned 
 away from our doors for want of room. 
 
 "The three obstacles which seem to stand in the 
 way of the revival of our full and proper work are : 
 
 "I. The want of additional accommodations for our 
 Preparatory Department. 
 
 "II. The want of a building for the College Classes. 
 
 "III. The want of some endowment, full or partial, 
 for at least two Professorships. 
 
 "To remove these obstacles, funds are necessary; 
 and these funds can only be secured by the active ef- 
 fort and co-operation of all interested in, and re- 
 sponsible for, the work which God has committed to 
 our trust. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 6i 
 
 "The questions to be considered and decided — and 
 which, I respectfully submit, ought to be considered 
 and decided at the present meeting of the Board are : 
 
 "Ought not the efiforts suggested above to be made? 
 
 "And ought they not to be made now? 
 
 "Each year, for threee years, we have been sending 
 away boys to other Colleges ; some of whom at least 
 might have been kept here, to form the nucleus of our 
 College Classes ; boys, who have been trained care- 
 fully for years, under our system, who would have 
 done credit to our College work, and whose spiritual 
 interests are perilled by their being committed to in- 
 fluences of an unchurchly and godless character. 
 
 "Two more points only, I refer to in this connec- 
 tion : 
 
 "I. I believe I express the views of those inter- 
 ested in the question when I assert that the erec- 
 tion of a great popular College here is not contem- 
 plated or desired, but of a Church College, of mod- 
 erate size, thorough in its Acedemic work, where 
 the sons of Churchmen may be comparatively safe 
 from the contaminating influences of ordinary College 
 life ; with religious provisions and disciplinary restric- 
 tions somevyhat different from those met with in other 
 Institutions. 
 
 "II. I know that one difficulty which has existed 
 in some of your minds with regard to making pro- 
 visions for the erection of buildings, etc., for College 
 work here, arises from the question whether it is de- 
 sirable to go on at all with the College work in this 
 locality, or whether it shall be removed to some other 
 spot. If this is a serious difficulty, and stands in the 
 way of the contemplated action. I respectfully suggest 
 that it be fully considered and finally settled now." 
 
 The Board adopted the following resolutions, viz. : 
 
 "Resolved, That the Executive Committee be in- 
 structed to provide additional accommodations for 
 more students in Burlington College, as soon as the 
 money can be raised. 
 
 "Resolved, That the Rector of Burlington College, 
 in connection with the President and the Executive 
 
 Committee, be empowered to raise the sum of 
 
 dollars, with a view to the above enlargement of the 
 College buildings." 
 
 At the Annual Meeting on July i8th, 1866, the res- 
 ignation of the Rev. Dr. Gibson was reported as of- 
 ferred February 13th, 1866, since which time the Rev. 
 Anthony Ten Broeck had been appointed pro tempore 
 Dr. Gibson's resignation was accepted and Dr. Ten 
 Broeck elected Rector, serving in that office until 
 1870. 
 
 "On motion. Resolved, That a Committee of the 
 Alumni be appointed, who shall be authorized and re- 
 
 quested to receive funds for the endowment of Pro- 
 fessorships and Scholarships in Burlington College 
 and the erection of a Chapel and other suitable build- 
 ings upon a plan to be obtained by them and approved 
 by the Executive Committee." 
 
 The members of this Committee were George M. 
 Miller, Esq., the Rev. W. C. Doane, the Rev. H. 
 Chetwood, the Rev. G. J. Burton, Messrs. C. Willing 
 Littell and R. S. Jenkins. 
 
 At the Annual Meeting, July i6th, 1867, 22> pupils 
 were reported as connected with the College the year 
 past, and its condition on the whole was deemed such 
 as to merit the confidence of parents and "guardians, 
 and to give hope for steady growth in point of num- 
 bers. 
 
 The report in 1868 shows 32 pupils, and the Col- 
 lege not yet self-sustaining. 
 
 At the Annual Meeting, July 14th, 1869, on Mr. 
 Littell's motion, it was voted that a Committee con- 
 sisting of the Alumni of the College now on the 
 Board be appointed, whose duty it shall be to call a 
 meeting of the Alumni to effect an organization of 
 the Alumni and former students of the College and 
 to report the result of such organization to the Ex- 
 ecutive Committee. It was also voted to admit day 
 students to the College. 
 
 An event of this year was the issuing of the follow- 
 ing appeal : 
 
 "In connection with the subject of Christian educa- 
 tion, I ask the attention of the Clergy and Laity of 
 the Diocese to the following appeal for the perpet- 
 uity of Burlington College : 
 
 " 'The establishment of Burlington College, upon 
 a firm financial basis, is a duty which has been too 
 long neglected by its friends. 
 
 " Tt is proposed to devote the "Bishop Doane Mon- 
 ument Fund" to the endowment of the Professorship 
 of Ancient Languages, and to tender the Chair to the 
 Rev. Professor Marcus F. Hyde, the incumbent since 
 the foundation of the College. By this memorial, the 
 perpetuity of this institution will be guaranteed, its 
 usefulness and influence increased, its standard of 
 scholarship maintained, and an important advance 
 will be made toward the position which it was de- 
 signed to occupy, and to which it is entitled. 
 
 " 'The memory of its founder and first President 
 cannot be more affectionately honoured, or his influ- 
 ence more appropriately perpetuated, than by thus 
 associating with his name, the first endowment of 
 the College, whose interests were so near his heart, 
 and with which he was so entirely identified. 
 
 " 'The cordial and practical approval of this project, 
 by those of the Alumni to whom it has already been 
 
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 communicated, warrants confidence in its speedy ac- 
 complishment. Your aid and influence are respectful- 
 ly requested in the attainment of this object. 
 
 " 'Contributors to the fund, for the endowment of 
 the Bishop Doane Professorship of Ancient Lan- 
 guages in Burlington College, can address communi- 
 cations to any one of the undersigned, who were ap- 
 pointed a committee on the organization of the 
 Alumni, at the last meeting of the Board of Trus- 
 tees : 
 
 " 'Wm. Croswell Doane, 
 "'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., Philadelphia. 
 
 " 'Edward B. Grubb, 
 " 'Class of i860, Burlington, N. J. 
 
 " 'Alumni and Committee of the Trustees.' 
 "The eflForts of the Committee of the Board of 
 Trustees of Burlington College, N. J., to endow the 
 Professorship of Ancient Languages in the Institu- 
 tion, 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 application of the 
 Committee from all who have enjoyed the benefits of 
 the College ; from all who bear good will to the mem- 
 ory of the dead, and who have at heart the promo- 
 tion of sound Christian education and exact scholar- 
 ship. W. H. Odenheimer, 
 "Bishop of New Jersey. 
 
 "Burlington, N. J., Sept. loth, A. D. 1869." 
 
 On May 27th, 1870, the Executive Committee re- 
 ported to a special meeting of the Trustees that a 
 time was approaching when the interests of S. Mary's 
 Hall demanded the whole of its income, and the Col- 
 lege must be expected to support itself. For some 
 years the deficiencies of the College, averaging $4000 
 per annum, had been met from the surplus of the 
 Hall. The Committee recommended the suspension 
 of the College for the present, unless it could be com- 
 mitted to some trustworthy person, who would under- 
 take it at his private risk. The Board thereupon 
 voted the temporary suspension of the operation of 
 the College at the close of the current term. This 
 vote was, however, repealed at the annual meeting of 
 
 the Board, July 20th, 1870. At this meeting the gift 
 of $1000 from an anonymous lady benefactor, through 
 Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, for the endowment 
 of the "Archibald Shaw Odenheimer Scholarship" in 
 Burlington College, was announced. 
 
 Soon after the opening of the new College year, 
 the Rev. Charles T. Kellogg, M. A., became Rector, 
 and at once the prospects of the Institution bright- 
 ened. At the annual meeting, July 19th, 187 1, 33 pu- 
 pils were reported as having been in attendance dur- 
 ing the year. Two gentlemen of the Board of Trus- 
 tees, Gen. E. Burd Grubb and Mr. Richard S. Con- 
 over, made themselves personally responsible for any 
 deficit in revenue, and under their warm, liberal inter- 
 est and the energy and ability of the Rector, the Col- 
 lege began again to display signs of vigorous life. 
 Its numbers steadily increased, between 60 and ^0 
 pupils registering during the years 1871-1872, and 
 patronage and public favour turned towards it rapidly. 
 
 Dr. Hills has chronicled, as an incident of this 
 period, the attempt to revive the Divinity Course in 
 Burlington College : 
 
 "On Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, 1870, the 
 service appointed for the festival having been said 
 in S. Mary's Church, at which the Rector 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 fol- 
 lows: The Rt. Rev. William H. Odenheimer, D. D., 
 Lecturer on Christian Ethics and Canon Law ; the 
 Rev. Charles T. Kellogg, Instructor in Ecclesiastical 
 History and Liturgies; the Rev. Elvin K. Smith, In- 
 structor in Dogmatic Theology; the *Rev. Marcus 
 F. Hyde, D. D., Instructor in Sacred Criticism and 
 Patristics ; the *Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., Lec- 
 turer on Oriental and Biblical Literature; the Rev. 
 George Morgan Hills, Lecturer on Homiletics and 
 Pastoral Theology." 
 
 *"The Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., for many years 
 Professor of Ancient Languages in Burlington Col- 
 lege, entered into rest September 4th, 1880. The 
 office for his burial was said in S. Mary's Church on 
 the 7th, Bishop Scarborough officiating, assisted by 
 the Revs. Drs. Walker and Hills, and the Rev. 
 Messrs. Goldsborough and Fiske. The pall-bearers 
 were the Rev. Dr. Weld and the Rev. Messrs. Pettit, 
 McKim and Perkins. The officers and students of 
 Burlington College were present in a body; and the 
 vested choristers, for the first time in attendance at 
 a funeral, sang the anthem and hymn in the Church ; 
 De Profundis, while moving to the grave ; 'I Heard a 
 Voice,' etc., and Dominus regit, as a recessional. 
 
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 "Marcus Ferris Hyde was born near Oxford, Conn., 
 December 28th, 1818, and was prepared for College 
 at the Cheshire Academy, where he had the instruc- 
 tion of a native Greek, Demetrius Stamatiades. He 
 was graduated from Trinity (then called Washing- 
 ton) College in 1839, and held a tutorship of ancient 
 languages in his Alma Mater. Then he established 
 a school in Brooklyn, L. I., and in 1846, at the solici- 
 tation of Bishop Doane, assumed the chair of ancient 
 languages in Burlington College. He was admitted 
 Deacon in 1849, married the day after, and advanced 
 to the priesthood in S. Andrew's Church, Mount 
 Holly, April 26th, 1851. In addition to his duties 
 in the College as Professor and Librarian, he 
 was usually engaged on Sundays in mission- 
 ary work, being among the first to hold ser- 
 vices at Florence, Pemberton, Rancocas and 
 Riverton. He received the honorary degree of Doc- 
 tor of Divinity in 1870, from Andalusia College; and 
 from 1874 until incapacitated by ill health, was an 
 Examining Chaplain of the diocese. His contributions 
 to the press and his revised edition of St. Cyprian 
 show his position among classical scholars. He left 
 a large amount of manuscript bearing upon patristic 
 literature." — History of the Church in Burlington. 
 
 *"The Rev. William S. Walker, D. D., sometime 
 Lecturer on Oriental and Biblical Literature in Bur- 
 lington College, entered into rest at his private resi- 
 dence, on Green Bank, October 2Sth, 1882, aged about 
 86 years. His burial took place from S. 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, 
 McKim, Hibbard and J. D. Hills. 
 
 "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. Com- 
 ing to the United States in 1833, he followed a liter- 
 ary life until moved to holy orders. He was admit- 
 ted Deacon by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, April 7th. 
 1841, and advanced to the Priesthood by the same 
 prelate, June 12th, 1842. After being assistant in S. 
 Stephen's, Philadelphia, he became Rector of S. Mat- 
 thew's, Sunbury, Pa., whence he removed to S. 
 John's, Ithaca, N. Y., where he was Rector for 
 twenty-five years, during which time he was instru- 
 mental in erecting a handsome brick church for that 
 parish. After his removal to Burlington he officiated 
 on Sundays at Lambertville, Toms River and Flor- 
 ence, and after that, as long as health and strength 
 permitted, he uniformly aided in the services at S. 
 
 Mary's on Sundays, and was ready to answer any call 
 from the Hall or College." — History of the Church 
 in Burlington. 
 
 This was little more than an attempt. So far as 
 known, only one student was the fruit of it, viz. : the 
 Rev. Joseph Benedict Trevett, Master in Burlington 
 College, ordained Deacon in S. Mary's Church, June 
 2ist, 1872. 
 
 At Easter, 1872, Rev. Mr. Kellogg withdrew from 
 the Rectorship. The vacancy, however, was speedily 
 filled by the election of the Rev. Francis J. Clerc, D. 
 D., one of the most cultured and saintly priests of 
 the American Church. Dr. Clerc was widely known, 
 had always been interested in educational work, and 
 had held important Academic positions. Under his 
 administration and influence the College was very 
 prosperous, and at the annual meeting of the Board, 
 July i6th, 1873, the Executive Committee reported 
 that the current expenses had been met by the cur- 
 rent receipts, leaving a small balance in the treasury. 
 At last the tide seemed to have turned toward the 
 good fortune of the College. A superior class of 
 pupils filled the study and dormitories, military drill 
 was effectively introduced, the Six Forms were again 
 actualities and a number of boys were prepared for 
 Yale, Trinity, and other Colleges, where they ac- 
 quitted themselves with distinction, winning honours 
 and reflecting credit on Burlington. 
 
 The Trustees again in 1873 voted hearty thanks to 
 Gen. Grubb and Mr. Conover, who for the three pre- 
 vious years had bestowed generous, personal care 
 upon the College, and made good their pledge that it 
 should not fail for want of pecuniary support. 
 
 The "dark days" of the Hall in 1876 and after, 
 and the widespread distrust as to the healthfulness 
 of Burlington, told even more severely upon the Col- 
 lege, the feebler institution of the two, and on May 
 3rd, 1877, a special meeting of the Board was held 
 "to consider whether under the present circumstances 
 the College should be carried on." This question 
 was, by vote of the Board, "referred to the Bishop 
 and the Executive Committee as a special commit- 
 tee with power to act." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the Board November 
 14th, 1877, the Executive Committee reported that 
 the College was closed, "that the prospects at the be- 
 ginning of the year were so poor that there seemed 
 no likelihood of its being able to pay its current ex- 
 penses, and hence it was not thought advisable to 
 open it." It was voted, "That the Executive Commit- 
 tee be authorized to offer the Burlington College 
 property for rent, for the purposes of a Church 
 School, with power to enter into such arrangements 
 as may seem to them the best possible under the 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 circumstances, not to exceed ten years, and upon ef- 
 fecting such arrangement, power is hereby given to 
 the proper officers to execute a lease and affix the 
 corporate seal." 
 
 At a meeting of the Board, November 22nd, 1878, 
 the Standing (since amendment of By-Laws, Febru- 
 ary 8th, 1878) Committee reported, "Burlington Col- 
 lege is still closed — the only outlay of money neces- 
 sary being for Insurance and Watchman."' 
 
 On December 20th, 1878, the Standing Committee 
 reported to the Board, "that they had agreed to lease 
 Burlington College and furniture to the Rev. T. M. 
 Reilly, of Camden, until the first day of June, 1880, 
 with the privilege of renewing said lease from year to 
 year until the first day of June, 1890." 
 
 "On motion, the Standing Committee were author- 
 ized to execute the proper lease." 
 
 "Resolved, That the Standing Committee be in- 
 structed to remove the portrait of Bishop Doane from 
 Burlington College to S. Mary's Hall." 
 
 This magnificent full-length portrait, the one real 
 ornament of the humble building of Burlington Col- 
 lege, was painted by James R. Lambdin, and pre- 
 sented to the College by John S. Littell, Esq. It de- 
 picts the Bishop, vested, standing at the Altar, and 
 through the fine steel engraving made, from the paint- 
 ing, by Thomas D. Welch, the princely face and 
 figure of the Founder of Burlington College have 
 been rendered familiar to thousands of American 
 Churchmen. When this portrait left the College it 
 seemed as if the glory had at last fully departed, as if 
 the genius loci had vanished, and as if there had 
 fallen the premonitory shadow of that dire word. 
 "Ichabod," which in a few years more should be 
 ■'writ large" over the site of Burlington College. 
 
 There is little more to tell, save of private ventures. 
 Mr. Reilly occupied the College property until 1890, 
 his brother, the Rev. Edward Maxwell Reilly, being 
 the Rector of what was known in those days as "Bur- 
 lington Military College." In 1890-91-92, the Rev. 
 Charles W. Duane rented the College estate, expend- 
 ing a good deal of money in repairs and putting the 
 building in fine, modern condition. But not receiving 
 the patronage looked for, Mr. Duane relinquished 
 his undertaking, becoming later Rector of Christ 
 Church, Boston. 
 
 In 1893 the College property was rented to the 
 Rev. J. M. Williams, D. D., who began a work of 
 much promise, which was suddenly cut short by his 
 lamented death in June, 1895. 
 
 On June 3rd, 1896, the College premises were leased 
 for a term of three years to the Rev. C. E. O. Nichols, 
 
 who for four years conducted a good school, with a 
 constantly increasing number of pupils, under the 
 name of "Burlington Academy." In the Autumn of 
 1900 Mr. Nichols closed his school and the career of 
 Burlington College was ended. 
 
 On April 26th, 1902, the Trustees voted to convey 
 the land and buildings of Burlington College to the 
 Thomas Devlin Manufacturing Company. Thus 
 closes the story of six and fifty years. The real his- 
 torical interest and fame belong to the first thirteen 
 of these years — 1846-1859. The remaining forty-three 
 cover the protracted struggles to restore these halcyon 
 days, when the shades of Burlington's ancient trees 
 were classic, when the Academic costume of cap and 
 gown and hood was an everyday sight in street and 
 lane and Church, and when there rose from the calm 
 Delaware shore at Burlington a strain of eloquence 
 so rare that it sounds alone in the records of Amer- 
 ican Academic oratory. The Baccalaureate Addresses 
 of Bishop Doane — only nine in all — each one a marvel 
 of brevity — are gems, poems, pictures of the most ex- 
 quisite colour and variety. They are immortal. They 
 ought to be better known. Some day they will be 
 discovered, published, read, admired and cherished 
 as works of art by a master hand. 
 
 There is a multitude of incidents, associations, cus- 
 toms and traditions connected with Burlington Col- 
 lege and its life which ought to be collected, described 
 and preserved. It is greatly to be hoped that some 
 Alumnus of the College may be led to gather up his 
 reminiscences of school and College life there under 
 Bishop Doane, and so give us the real, true story of 
 Burlington College. The Alumni Association of Bur- 
 lington College ought to be maintained. The pres- 
 ent members will have no successors. But while 
 they yet live they ought to bring together and set 
 in order everything which can possibly be ascertained 
 in regard to the College history. The writer of these 
 notes feels it an honour, second only to the honour 
 of being a son of his own beloved Alma Mater 
 (Trinity College), to be an adopted son of Burling- 
 ton College, having been elected an honourary mem- 
 ber of the Alumni Association at the Alumni meet- 
 ing in 1871, when he held the position of Head-master 
 of the College, under the Rector. 
 
 There are a few things of special interest which 
 may be mentioned here. The beautiful hymn, by Bish- 
 op G. W. Doane, "Fling Out the Banner !" a hymn 
 brought into notice and use within the last ten years, 
 and one of our most stirring and effective "spiritual 
 songs," was born at Burlington College. The text 
 was the College Flag, still in use during the writer's 
 residence there. This flag, displayed from a tall 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
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 staff, on the front Campus, near the river, was a very 
 large United States tlag, with an immense white 
 Cross. 
 
 ''The Sun that lights its shining folds, 
 The Cross on which the Saviour died." 
 
 That hymn is truly a Burlington College hymn, 
 and the fifty-six years of the College's pinched and 
 struggling life were worth while, if only to have made 
 occasion for the production of that hymn. 
 
 A custom memorable and never to be forgotten was 
 what was known as the "Salutation at Riverside" on 
 the 4th of July. It has been thus described: 
 
 "THE SALUTATION AT RIVERSIDE." 
 
 "From the time of the foundation of Burlington 
 College, the anniversary of our National Indepen- 
 dence has been observed with customs and exercises 
 unique. As a description of one of these occasipns 
 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 a formal 
 raising of 'the College flag on the Campus. This ban- 
 ner is the same as that of our national colours, except 
 that in the ground which is occupied in them by the 
 stars a large white Cross appears. The Star Span- 
 gled Banner' is played by the band as soon as the 
 Hag reaches its highest position on the staff. 
 
 "At 9 A. M. the family of S. 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 stu- 
 dents in military array — neat gray uniforms, with 
 banners and muskets and martial music — are drawn 
 up in a straight line facing Riverside. 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 S. Mary's spire are heard playing na- 
 tional 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 Book.' " 
 
 Another custom was the Form of Bidding Prayer — 
 used both at Burlington College and S. Mary's Hall, 
 especially at the brief noonday Litany service. The 
 beauty of this formula, of ancient English University 
 origin, and so far as known, used nowhere else in 
 this country, entitles it to a place among these mem- 
 oranda of the College. To many it will be new — in 
 some it will strike a chord of pensive affection — to 
 all it will be a delight: 
 
 "THE FORM OF BIDDING PRAYER. 
 
 As it is used in S. Mary's Hall and Burlington Col- 
 lege. 
 
 "Ye shall pray for Christ's Holy Catholic Church; 
 and as I am more especially bound, I bid your prayers 
 for that pure and apostolic branch of it, which God 
 has planted in the United States of America. 
 
 "Ye shall pray for the President of the United 
 States, and for the Governor of this State, and for all 
 that are in civil authority over us; that all, and every 
 of them, in their several callings, may serve truly, to 
 the glory of God, and the edifying and well-govern- 
 ing of His people, remembering the account they have 
 to give. 
 
 "Ye shall also pray for the Ministers of God's Holy 
 Word and Sacraments ; whether they be Bishops, 
 and herein more especially for the Bishop of this 
 Diocese; or Priests and Deacons, and herein more 
 especially for the Clergy here residing; that they 
 may all shine like lights in the world, and adorn the 
 doctrine of God, our Saviour, in all things. 
 
 "Ye shall pray for all the people of these United 
 States, that they may live in the true faith and fear 
 of God, and in brotherly charity one towards another. 
 
 "And for a due supply of persons qualified to serve 
 God, and set forth His glory, ye shall pray for all 
 Schools and Seminaries of godly and good learning, 
 and for all whose hands are opened for their main- 
 tenance ; and, more especially, for S. Mary's Hall and 
 Burlington College, and all benefactors of the same; 
 that, in these and all other places more immediately 
 dedicated to God's honour and service, whatsoever 
 tends to the advancement of true religion, and useful 
 learning, may forever flourish and abound. 
 
 "Finally, let us praise God for all those which are 
 departed out of this life, in the faith of Christ ; and 
 
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 pray unto God, that we may have grace to direct our 
 lives after their good example ; that, this life ended, 
 we may be made partakers, with them, of the glorious 
 resurrection, in the life everlasting, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 'Let us pray.' 
 (Then follows the Litany.)" 
 
 Our sketch, incomplete at the best, would be con- 
 spicuously so, did it not include some description of 
 the fullest glory, which Burlington College ever saw 
 — its Commencement Days. And for this purpose 
 nothing can be more perfect than the account of such 
 occasions, given by the Bishop of Albany in the Life 
 of his father. And with this, our readers will be glad 
 to see the programme of the first Commencement, 
 September 26th, 1850. The names of the Graduating 
 Class make it of present-day interest : 
 
 "BURLINGTON COLLEGE. 
 The first annual Commencement of Burlington 
 College was held on Thursday, the 26th of September, 
 1850. The programme on that occasion will give the 
 best idea of the exercises on each similar occasion 
 for ten years following. It reads thus : 
 The Procession 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 Col- 
 lege. 
 Matron and Teachers of S. Mary's Hall. 
 Invited Guests. 
 The Reverend Clergy. 
 Students. 
 Trustees of Burlington College. 
 The Graduating Class. 
 Rev. Rector. Rt. Rev. President. Rev. Principal of 
 S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 ORDER OF EXERCISES IN THE GENERAL 
 STUDY. 
 
 Music. 
 
 An English Oration, with Salutatory Addresses— 
 The Exodus from College is the Genesis of Life 
 —George McCulloch Miller. -• 
 
 The Essay, in Italian— The Power of As.sociation— 
 George Hobart Doane. 
 
 Music. 
 The Eulogy, in French — Lafayette — William Cros- 
 
 well Doane. 
 
 The Trilogy, in German — Schleswig Holstein — The 
 
 Graduating Class. 
 
 Music. 
 The Oration, in Latin — Parnassus — George McCul- 
 loch Miller. 
 The English Oration — Sir Philip Sidney — George 
 Hobart Doane. 
 
 Music. 
 The Dialogue, in Greek — Poetry — George H. Doane, 
 
 William C. Doane. 
 The English Poem — Martyrs — Wm. Croswell Doane. 
 
 Music. 
 The Dissertation, in Spanish — Carbon — George Mc- 
 Culloch Miller. 
 An English Oration, with the Valedictory Addresses 
 — The Last ! — William Croswell Doane. 
 
 Music. 
 
 Investiture of the Class entering College. 
 
 Music. 
 
 12 O'CLOCK, M. 
 
 The Procession will go from the General Study to 
 S. Mary's Church, in the following 
 
 ORDER. 
 
 Rev. Rector. Rt. Rev. President. Rev. Principal of 
 
 S. Mary's Hall. Faculty of Burlington College. 
 
 Band of Music. 
 
 The Graduating Class. 
 
 Trustees of Burlington College. 
 
 Matron and Ladies connected with Burlington Col 
 
 lege. 
 
 Matron and Teachers of S. 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 — isoth Psalm. 
 
 The Bidding Prayer. 
 
 The Litany. 
 
 Chant by the College Choir — ii8th Psalm. 
 
 The Baccalaureate Address. 
 
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 Degrees Conferred. 
 
 Chant, by the College Choir, during the Investiture— 
 
 119th Psalm, 2nd part. 
 
 The Blessing. 
 
 Anthem by the College Choir— Psalm 147. 
 
 The Holy Communion. 
 
 Voluntary. 
 
 The Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, in his Memoir of 
 his father thus described the scene: "Doctors 
 and Masters and Bachelors and undergraduates, 
 with their distinctive gowns and hoods, were about 
 the Bishop. And the first thing was to kneel 
 in silent prayer. Then, when the music stopped, he 
 stood erect, and bowed. 'Auditores docti ac benevoli, 
 hi juvenes nostri, priman lauream ambientes, vos, per 
 Oratorem, salutare cupiunt ; quod, illis a vobis con- 
 cessum, fidunt.' And then taking his seat with a bow 
 to the Salutatorian ; 'Orator salutatorius, in lingua 
 Latina ascendat.' This was the signal for each, 'Ora- 
 tor, in lingua Gallica, Orator in lingua Vernacula ; 
 Orator Valedictorius.' 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 dic- 
 tam, admittere proponimus, eosque induere toga virili. 
 Academiae Nostrae.' 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 he delivered his Baccalau- 
 reate. This done, the conferring of degrees be- 
 gan. Standing up. he addressed the Trustees, 'Cur- 
 atores honorandi, ac reverendi ; juvenes, quos coram 
 vobis, videtis, publico examini, secundum hujus acad- 
 emiae leges, subjecti; habiti fuerunt omnino digni, 
 honoribus academicis exornari ; vobis igitur com- 
 probantibus, illos ad gradum petitum, toto animo ad- 
 mittam.' And when the answer came from the Presi- 
 dent, '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 Dom- 
 ini nostri Jesu Christi ; ad profectum Ecclesiae Sac- 
 rosanctae, et omnium studiorum bonorum ; do tibi 
 (putting a Greek Testament in their hands) licentiam 
 legendi, docendi, disputandi, et caetera omnia facien- 
 di ; quae ad gradum Baccalaurei (or, Magistri ; or. 
 Baccalaurei in literis sacris) in Artibus, pertinent; 
 cujus hocce diploma sit testimonium, in Nomine, Pa- 
 
 tris et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.' And each 
 time he lifted his cap at the mention of the Triune 
 Name. The Service ended, always, with the cele- 
 bration of the Holy Eucharist." As the roll of 
 Burlington Alumni is finished, it will be proper to 
 print here the names of this notable group. They are 
 few in number, but they are the names of men who 
 have made themselves felt, in the Church and in the 
 world, as leaders and blessings. The list here given 
 is that published by Dr. Hills in his "History of the 
 Church in Burlington," second edition, 1885, P. 575. 
 Many of the Alumni are now deceased. 
 
 ALUMNI OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE. 
 
 From 1850 to i860, both years included, there were 
 graduates in Arts, every year continuously, with one 
 exception. The names of these gentlemen, as given 
 in the catalogue for 1872, are as follow^s : 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCL. 
 
 George Hobart Doane, A.M., M.D Newark, N. J. 
 
 Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, A.M.B.D.D.D., 
 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 George McCuUoch Miller, A.M... New York, N. Y. 
 
 Rev. John Trimble, A.M.D.D Georgetown, D. C. 
 
 Rev. Edward Purdon Wright, A.M.D.D. ..Dayton, O. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLI. 
 
 Rev. Hobart Chetwood, A.M.B-D. . .Newburgh, N. Y 
 Frederick Augustus Clarke, A.M, 
 
 Elizabethtown, N. J 
 Rev. Wm. Tilghman Johnston, A.M.B.D.Waverly,Md 
 Rev. Joseph Shepherd Mayers, A.M.B.D, 
 
 Elizabethport, N. J 
 
 Christopher Wolfe Smith, A.M Newark, N. J 
 
 Sheldon Hanford Smith, A.M Newark, N. J 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLII. 
 
 William Cushman Avery, A.M.M.D, 
 
 Greensborough, Ala. 
 
 Nathaniel Bailey Boyd, A. M Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 John Henry Hobart Brientnall, A.M.M.D., 
 
 Newark, N. J. 
 Rev. Francis Dayton Canfield, A.M. ..Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 George Whiting Garthwaite, A.M Newark, N. J. 
 
 Richard Stockton Jenkins, A.M Lancaster, Pa. 
 
 Devereux Klapp, A.M Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Charles Willing Littell, A.M Germantown, Pa. 
 
 Warren Livingston, A.M New Brunswick, N. J. 
 
 Lindley Hoffman Miller, A.M. . . .Morristown, N. J. 
 Rev. Walter Alexander Mitchell, A.M.B.D., 
 
 Ellicott City, Md. 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 George Champlin Mason Mumford, A.M. .New York. 
 
 Dayton Ogden, A.M Paterson, N. J. 
 
 Rev. James Atchison Upjohn, A.M. . .Caldwell, N. Y'. 
 
 BACHELOR OF ARTS, honoris causa. 
 
 William Edward Coale, M.D Boston, Mass. 
 
 Jacob Da Costa, M.D Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Henry Tudor Brownell Hartford, Conn. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLTH. 
 
 Isaac P. Brewer, A.B Haddonfield. N. J. 
 
 Rev. Gideon J. Burton, A.jVI Sunbury, Pa. 
 
 Jeremiah C. Garthwaite, Jr., A.^I Newark, N. J, 
 
 C. Gilbert Hannah, A.B Salem, N. J. 
 
 John Lathrop, A:M Dedham, Mass, 
 
 Thomas W. Ryall, A.B ....;.. Freehold, N. J, 
 
 J. Watson Webb, Jr., A.B New York. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, ho)wris causa. 
 
 Rev. Andrew Mackie Newark, N. J 
 
 Jacob DeCosta, M.D. Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 John L. Blake Orange, N. J. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLIV. 
 
 F. W. Alexander, A.M Baltimore, Md 
 
 Henry O. Claggett, A.M ." Leesburg, Va 
 
 Rev. P. Voorhees Finch, A.M Pittsburg, Pa 
 
 A. Montgomery King, A.M Newark, N. J 
 
 G. Hood McLaughlin, A.M Augusta, Ga 
 
 William Vanderpool, A.M Newark, N. J 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLV. 
 
 Rev. Hugh L. M. Clarke, A.M Rome, N. Y. 
 
 Rev. George Seymour Lewisj A.^L .... .Lewes, Del. 
 Rev. T. Gardiner Littell Wilmington, Del. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, honoris causa. 
 Rev. Harry Finch Shrewsbury, N. J. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLVI. 
 
 Luke Davis Chadwick, A.B Newark, N. J. 
 
 James Otis Watson, A.B Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Rev. Robert Greene Chase, A.AL . .Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Rev. Edwin Bailey Chase, A.]\I..Cambridgeport, Mass. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, honoris causa. 
 
 Rev. John Wragg Shackelford Newark, N. J. 
 
 Rev. Edward Augustus Foggo. . . .Bordentown, N. J. 
 Rev. Daniel Caldwell Millett Burlington, N. J 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLVII. 
 
 Francisco D. H. Baquet, A.M Burlington, N. J. 
 
 Bradbury C. Chetwood, A.M Elizabeth, N. J. 
 
 Rev. Henry W. Nelson, A. ]\I. ,... ..Hartford, Conn. 
 Beach Vanderpool, Jr., A.B Newark, N. J. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, honoris causa. 
 Rev. William H. Williams Ridgefield, Conn. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLVIII. 
 
 Henry C. Russell, A. B Pottsville, Pa. 
 
 William B. Giffen, A.B New Orleans, La. 
 
 James A. C. Nowland, A.B .New Castle, Del 
 
 Frederic Engle, Jr., A.B Burlington, N. J. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, honoris causa. 
 
 Rev., William Murphy ..Snow Hill, Md. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Dean Philip. ....... .Brooklyn, N. Y'^. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLIX. 
 
 CLASS OF MDCCCLX. 
 
 Rev. Custis P. Jones, A.B.. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Gen. E. Burd Grubb, A.B Burlington, N. J. 
 
 MDCCCLXVII. 
 
 MASTER OF ARTS, IN COURSE. 
 
 The Rev. Custis Parke Jones, A.B. 
 MDCCCLXXHI. 
 
 BACHELOR OF DIVINITY. 
 
 The Rev. John Nicholas Stansbury. 
 Could the full list of persons connected with Burl- 
 ington College as Rectors, Professors, Masters and 
 Pupils be spread upon our pages it would be found 
 to contain a surprising number of names of men 
 who have been prominent in both ecclesiastical and 
 civil life. They are a goodly company. But the old 
 home which sheltered them is theirs no longer. 
 "COLLEGIUM BURLINGTONIENSE!" Vale! 
 
 ANOTHER 
 
 In the year 1893 some of the members of the 
 family of the late George W. Hewitt, as a memorial 
 to their father, added two new stops to the organ and 
 also made certain much needed improvements in the 
 instrument. "Mr. Hewitt was for very mny years 
 the organist of the Parish and was held in the highest 
 esteem by all who knew him." 
 
 MEMORIAL 
 
 "It is eminently fitting to have such a memorial in 
 the Church, and to have the name of one associated 
 with the organ, who in life adorned and dignified his 
 position, and has left behind him a record of noble 
 work in the cause of the Church and her services." — 
 Prom the Chimes of that year. — H. D. G. 
 
"Those evening bells! those evening bells! 
 How many a tale their music tells 
 Of youth, and Home, and that sweet time 
 When last I heard their soothing chime!" 
 
SOUTH PORCH 
 
 CLAYTON R. PRICKETT 
 
 Sexton and Verger 
 
 1866 to 1899 
 
THE SPIRE 
 From tne Old Parsonage 
 
«^ 
 
PROCESSION APPROACHING THE NEW CHURCH 
 
THE REV. WILLIAM SYDNEY WALKER, D D. 
 
THE REV. GEORGE McCLELLAN FISKE, D.D. 
 
 Born in Broad Brook, East Windsor, Conn., October 21, 1850. Prepared for college in private 
 schools and by tutors. Entered Trinity College, Hartfo'd, Conn., 1866, and graduated therefrom 
 B. A., 1870. *. B. K. and Valedictorian. Member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. M. A. in course, 
 1873 ' Head Mastor of Burlington College, 1870-1873. Studied theology at Burlington and at 
 the Berkeley Divinity Scnool, Middletown, Conn., graduating in the class of 1874. Ordered 
 Deacon in S. Mary's Churcn, Burlington, N. J., by the Rt. Rev. Wm. H. Odenheinner, D.D., 
 Trinity Sunday, May 31st, 1874. Missionary in charge of S. Mark's Church, Hamnnonton, 
 N. J., ard Christ Church, Waterford, N. J., 1874-1876. Ordained Priest by the Rt. Rev. John 
 Scarborough, D.D., Trinity Sunday, May 23, 1875. Rector of S. Mary's, Castleton, Staten 
 Island, N. Y., Oct. 1876— June 1st, 1880. Curate of S. Mark's, Philadelphia, 1880-1883. Rector 
 of S. Peter's Church, Peekskill, N. Y., June ist, 1883, to Dec. 1st, 1884. Rector of S. Stephen's 
 Church, Providence, R. I., since Dec. ist, 1884. Elected Bishop of Fond du Lac. June, 1888. 
 Declined. Received degree of Doctor of Divinity fronfi Trinity College, Hartford, 1888. Elected 
 Rector oif S. Mary's Parish, Burlington, N. J., 1891. Declined. 
 
 Married June 4th, 1874, in S. Mary's Church, to Mary Greenough, daughter of the Rev. Vl/m. 
 Sydney Walker, D.D., of Burlington 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 69 
 
 The Rev. Charles Henry Hibbard, D. D. 
 
 The one regret felt at the time of the Bicentenary 
 was the absence of Dr. Hibbard and his family, and 
 as we could not have a sermon from him it seems 
 to be fitting that some fuller account of his Rector- 
 ship should be given than has appeared in the 
 Chimes, we therefore reprint from the Parish Paper 
 of June, 1897, an article that came out soon after he 
 left Burlington, omitting only some paragraphs re- 
 lating to Memorials already mentioned. We also give 
 the Resolutions of the Vestry and his reply. 
 
 A Memorable Rectorship. 
 
 The Rectorship of the Rev. Dr. Hibbard is one, 
 which although brief, will be historical. It will stand 
 out in our annals as a period of distinct advance in 
 the prosperity of the Parish. 
 
 In this respect it somewhat resembles the Rector- 
 ship of the Rev. Dr. Hoffman, which although very 
 brief was an epoch of strengthening and of acquisi- 
 tion. A glance at some of the salient features of 
 Dr. Hibbard's six years' Rectorship will show us 
 how much has been accomplished. First we should 
 always consider the spiritual sphere. There is very 
 much about this, which cannot be put into statistics, 
 described in words, or seen by the outward eye. But 
 we must all feel that the spiritual life of the Parish 
 has thriven and deepened during these six years. 
 There has been a growth in devotion, in reverence, 
 in appreciation of the sacraments, in consciousness 
 of the Catholic character of the Church, in love for 
 the services, in the peace, unity, and enthusiasm, 
 which have pervaded all our people, and which have 
 constantly attracted others. 
 
 Careful teaching, and faithful shepherding have 
 been blessed as the records of baptisms and confirm- 
 ations, the attendance upon the worship of the 
 Church, and the deep and earnest interest of all have 
 plainly shown. 
 
 On the material side, our retrospect is hardly to 
 be paralleled. ******** 
 
 For many years the beautiful Church building had 
 waited for due embellishment in the way of "storied 
 windows, richly dight." Bishop Doane had marked 
 three in the Chancel with the names of Talbot. Whar- 
 ton, and Winslow, clergy ever to be venerated by S. 
 Mary's people, but a generation and a half had 
 passed and no memorial appeared. 
 
 Dr. Hibbard, at once, with quiet deternnnation 
 took the matter in hand. In a short time the Chan- 
 cel windows were appropriately fitted with fair 
 colours from one of the best English makers, five 
 other windows from the same hand, glorified the Nave 
 and Transepts with their sacred story, in remem- 
 
 brance of past worshippers and the Vestry took, un- 
 der Dr. Hibbard's advice, the admirable step of enact- 
 ing that no windows, save from the same English 
 house, should be thenceforth placed in the Church. 
 Dr. Hibbaid has thus secured to the Church a se- 
 quence of beautiful glass which will praise God and 
 teach His people. 
 
 And last, but not least, the late Rector has enlarged 
 the old parsonage in such a way as to furnish for the 
 Parish an adequate and excellent Guild House at a 
 cost of only $5000. 
 
 So that Dr. Hibbard not only leaves what he found, 
 but he leaves it all enriched and multiplied. He 
 leaves the Church property in splendid order with 
 a complete equipment for work on modern lines and 
 adapted to present day needs, a fine Choir, and a 
 strong and harmonious Parish. 
 
 Of course S. Mary's with its age, its illustrious 
 associations, its endowments, and its firm foundations 
 of Catholic churchmanship gave any one coming 
 to its Rectorship a magnificent plant ready to his 
 hand. But not many priests would have had the dis- 
 cernment and the taste to perceive at once, what was 
 yet needed, and few would have had the wisdom, the 
 judiciousness, and the influence to achieve so many 
 striking results in so short a time. 
 
 Dr. Hibbard is permanently enshrined among 
 the history-makers of S. Mary's Parish, and will 
 rank high among those by whom God has done great 
 things for us. 
 
 Resolutions of the Vestry. 
 
 At the Easter meeting of the Vestry the follow- 
 ing Resolutions offered by the Senior Warden, Dr. 
 Pugh, were passed. 
 
 Resolved, That this Vestry has learned with sincere 
 regret of the inability of the Rev. Charles Henry 
 Hibbard, D. D., to be present during the bi-centen- 
 nial exercises in May next. 
 
 Resolved, That his connection with the Parish as 
 Rector for a number of years, and his helpful and 
 acceptable work therein, make it specially desira- 
 ble that he should be present on an occasion, so im- 
 portant in the history of the Parish, and deepens 
 the sense of regret that he will be unable to be with 
 us. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk of the Vestry be in- 
 structed to transmit him a copy of these resolutions, 
 with an expression of our best wishes for his health 
 and happiness. 
 
 Henry D. Gum mere. 
 Clerk of Vestry. 
 
IP 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 
 May 5th, 1903. 
 My Dear Dr. Pfigh: 
 
 I am quite at. a loss how to thank the members- of 
 the Vestry for the kindly feeling which prompted 
 them to send the resolutions of regret at my not 
 being able to be present and take part in the ser- 
 vices and exercises of the Bi-Centennial. 
 
 It is a bitter disappointment to me to miss the 
 celebration, and I am anxious that the Vestry and 
 my friends in the Parish should know that it is no 
 light contingency that keeps me away, but rather a 
 grave necessity of health. 
 
 I wish I could be with you to testify to, and to as- 
 sert, my deep love and reverence for S. Mary's and 
 its history and traditions. The six years I spent 
 there I count the best and happiest years of my min- 
 istry and I carry with me always in my heart's 
 treasury the memory of friends living and departed 
 who were and are very dear to me. 
 
 My prayers and best wishes will go out to the 
 Parish in connection with this great event, and I wish 
 you a successful issue of the programme which has 
 been so wisely planned. 
 
 Please give my affectionate greeting to the Bishop, 
 Rector and Vestry and to my many friends who were 
 so true and loyal in the days when I v/as with them, 
 and who I rejoice to know still hold me in kindly 
 remembrance. 
 
 Faithfully and respectfully yours, 
 
 Chas. H. Hibbaru. 
 
 A Record of the Commemorative Services 
 of the Bicentenary Year. 
 
 Prepared by Rev. G. W. Harrod, B. D. 
 
 Those who keep the ter-centenary of S. Mary's 
 Parish will turn with deepest interest to the records 
 of the bi-centenary. 
 
 What would it not have been to us to have had 
 just such a register of the hundredth anniversary as 
 S. Mary's Chimes supplies of this Commemoration ! 
 So if it seems as though this account went into too 
 great minuteness of record, remember that just such 
 detail becomes of the utmost interest with the lapse 
 of years and gives information most difficult to ob- 
 tain. 
 
 The Opening Service of the Bi-centenary. 
 
 The services commemorating the founding of S. 
 Mary's Parish were held on All Saints' Day, 1902. 
 
 Besides the regular offices of the Feast there was 
 a Procession of Guilds at night, with Sermon by the 
 Rev. George W. Harrod, Priest of S. Barnabas' 
 Church. 
 
 There was a large procession of the officials of the 
 parish and the officers and members of the various 
 Guilds. 
 
 There were at a conservative estimate at least two 
 hundred persons in the procession, and a large gen- 
 eral congregation. 
 
 Festival Evensong followed and the Hymns of 
 All Saints were sung. The Sermon was from the 
 text, "Called to be Saints." i Cor. : i. 2. 
 
 This service on All Saints' Day was a commemora- 
 tion of the first services of the Church held in Bur- 
 lington on All Saints' Day, 1702. 
 
 The journal of the Rev. Mr. Keith speaks thus of 
 that service : 
 
 Nov. I, 1702. We preached in the Town-house at 
 Burlington, and we had a great auditory of diverse 
 sorts. 
 
 My text was : "This is life Eternal that they might 
 know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ 
 whom Thou hast sent." S. John xvii. 3. 
 
 Truly a lovely message to a new world. 
 
 THE EEAST OE THE ANNUNCIATION. 
 
 The second of the special commemorations was 
 held on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 
 1903. 
 
 This observance was intended to mark the Laying 
 of the Corner Stone of the original Church-building, 
 on the Feast of the Annunciation, 1703. There was 
 special Evensong with sermon by the Rev. James F. 
 Olmsted — fourteenth Rector. 
 
 The text was : "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me 
 both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria, 
 and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts i : 8. 
 
 The Sermon very happily blended the thought of 
 the Incarnation as the corner-stone of Theology 
 and the central teaching of Lady Day, with the 
 special local observance which the service was in- 
 tended to commemorate. 
 
 In a letter dated JVIay. 1703, the Rev. Mr. Talbot 
 says : "I was at Burlington last Lady Day, and after 
 Prayers we went to the ground where they were 
 going to build a Church, and I laid the first stone 
 which I hope will be none other than the House of 
 God and Gate of Heaven to the people. 
 
 "We call this Church S. Mary's, it being her day." 
 
 THE JUBILEE WEEK OF THE BICENTENARY YEAR. 
 
 For the greater convenience of all and also to 
 secure a more general and representative observance 
 of the Festival Year it was resolved to set apart a 
 week in Eastertide that should mark in an especial 
 manner the rejoicing and thankfulness of her chil- 
 
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 71 
 
 dren at the Two hundredth Birthday of this mother 
 of Churches. 
 
 The time chosen was the week beginning with 
 the Fourth Sunday after Easter, May 10, and closing 
 with the Fifth Sunday after Easter, Rogation Sunday, 
 May 17. 
 
 The services of the Anniversary week began with 
 a Celebration of Holy Communion at 7.30 a. m. Cel- 
 ebrant : The Rev. George McClellan Fiske, D. D., 
 Rector of S. Stephen's Church, Providence, R. I., 
 assisted by the Rector of the Parish in the adminis- 
 tration of the Chalice. 
 Matins followed at 9.45. 
 
 At 10.30 a. m. there was a Procession into the 
 Church through the West Door. The Holy Eucharist 
 was celebrated by the Rector. 
 
 The Rev. G. McC. Fiske, D. D., and the Rev. W. 
 A. Johnson, acting as Epistoller and Gospellef. The 
 Chalice was administered by the Rev. G. W. Harrod. 
 The preacher at this service was the Rev. Pro- 
 fessor William Allen Johnson, eleventh Rector. 
 
 The text was : "And the branch that Thou madest 
 so strong for Thyself." Psalm Ixxx. 15. 
 
 The words of the preacher, spoken with the added 
 dignity of long years of faithful service in the sacred 
 office, made a memorable opening of the Festival 
 week. 
 
 Evensong at 7.30. Officiant : The Rector. The Les- 
 sons read by the Rev. G. W. Harrod. Preacher : 
 The Rev. John Fearnley, Rector of S. Mary's Hall. 
 
 Text : "That our sons may grow up as the young 
 plants : and that our daughters may be as the polished 
 corners of the Temple." P,salm cxliv. 12. 
 
 The preacher's experience as an educator made 
 his strong words in favour of Christian education 
 fall with peculiar force and emphasis : and consider- 
 ing the close connection between S. Mary's Hall 
 and S. Mary's Church the presentation of the subject 
 seemed timely and effective. 
 
 Present in the Sanctuary: The Rev. G. McC. Fiske, 
 D. D., and the Rev. W. A. Johnson. The latter gave 
 the final blessing. 
 
 THURSDAY IN THE OCTAVE. 
 
 Thi:; day was one of great rejoicing, and was 
 marked by a large attendance of those interested 
 in the past and present of S. Mary's Church. 
 
 The perfect weather, the beautiful surroundings, 
 the universal enthusiasm, the joy of happy reunions 
 made it a day to be remembered for a life-time. At 
 10.30 a. m. the principal Service of the day was held. 
 
 A procession was formed in the Old Church con- 
 sisting of the Vestry of the Parish, headed by the 
 Verger, bearing the mace : 
 
 The Crucifer and Vested Choir: The Banner, 
 Clergy of the Diocese -and Visiting Clergy: The 
 Bishops: The Rt. Rev. Charles Sandford Olmsted, 
 D. D., Bishop of Colorado. The Rt. Rev. William 
 Croswell Doane, D. D., LL.D., Bishop of Albany. 
 The Rt. Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., Bishop of 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Passing through the Lych-gate, the procession en- 
 tered the Church through the west door singing 
 as the Processional Hymn, "Ancient of Days." 
 
 The Holy Eucharist was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. 
 the Bishop of Albany. 
 
 Epistoller : The Bishop of Colorado. 
 Gospeller: The Bishop of New Jersey. 
 The Preacher: The Rt. Rev. William Croswell 
 Doane, D. D., LL.D. (ninth Rector). 
 
 The text was : "We have heard with our ears. O 
 God our fathers have told us what Thou hast done 
 in their time of old." Psalm xliv. i. 
 
 The sermon, in every way memorable and touch- 
 ing, wa? largely historical in character, and was fol- 
 lowed with unabated and sympathetic interest by 
 a congregation that taxed even the large seating 
 capacity of the Church. 
 
 The Bishops present and the Rector of the Parish 
 assisted in the administration of the Sacrament. Fif- 
 teen other clergy were vested and present in the 
 Chancel besides a large number in the general con- 
 gregation. 
 
 After the service a most bountiful luncheon was 
 served in the Guild House by S. Elizabeth's Guild to 
 some two hundred invited guests and at the close 
 Bishop Doane, who was to leave in a few hours, gave 
 some words of greeting and remembrance that went 
 to the hearts of all who had the pleasure of hearing 
 him, and seeing him in their midst again. 
 
 At 8 p. m. in the Old Church an informal gather- 
 ing of parishioners and friends was held and several 
 addresses were made by appointed speakers. 
 
 The Rev. James F. Olmsted, the Rector of S. 
 Mary's Church, presided. After opening devotions 
 the Rector introduced as the first speaker the revered 
 Bishop of the Diocese, who was followed by the 
 Rev. William Allen Johnson, who spoke as a pre- 
 vious Rector, and brought greetings and good wishes, 
 giving a number of interesting reminiscences of the 
 past. Dr. J. Howard Pugh, as Senior Warden, spoke 
 earnestly as to the outlook for the future, suggest- 
 ing that the time might come when it would be a 
 plain duty to rank S. Mary's Church among the 
 Free Churches of the country. 
 
 Addresses were made in the following order by 
 the Rev. John Fearnley: The Rev. G. W. Harrod: 
 The Rev. G. McC. Fiske. D. D. : The Rev. William 
 
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 S. MARVS CHIMES 
 
 H. Bowers, a visiting English Priest. And in clos- 
 ing by the Rt. Rev. Charles S. Olmsted, D. D., Bishop 
 of Colorado. 
 
 After the Blessing by the Bishop of the Diocese 
 the company passed to the Guild House, where re- 
 freshments were served, and a social hour was spent. 
 
 And thus ended a day memorable among days. 
 
 THE CI<0SING SUNDAY 01^ THE OCTAVE. 
 
 The services of the last day of the Feast were 
 observed with undiminished spirit and fervour. 
 
 One could but recall the beautiful lines of George 
 Herbert : 
 
 "Sweet day so cool, so calm, so bright. 
 The bridal of the earth and sky." 
 
 The Holy Communion was celebrated at 7.30 a. m. 
 by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Colorado, assisted by 
 the Rector of the Parish. 
 
 Matins followed at 9.45. 
 
 The celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 10.30 
 was preceded by a procession through the Nave of the 
 Church. The Celebrant was the Rector of the Par- 
 ish. 
 
 Epistoller: The Rev. G. W. Harrod. 
 
 Gospeller: The Rev. W. A. Johnson. 
 
 The Rev. A. L. Longley assisted in the administra- 
 tion of the Chalice. 
 
 The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Colorado gave the Ab- 
 solution and Blessing. 
 
 The Preacher was the Rev. George McClellan 
 Fiske, D. D., Rector of S. Stephen's Church, Provi- 
 dence, R. I. 
 
 The text was: "Whose faith follow." Hebrews 
 xiii. 7. 
 
 The preacher's intimate acquaintance with the 
 Church-life in Burlington gave great force to his 
 noble words, and they will not soon be forgotten. 
 
 The closing service was Evensong at 7.30. 
 
 Officiants : The Rev. G. W. Harrod. 
 The Rev. A. L. Longley. 
 
 The lessons being read by the Rev. J. Fearnley. 
 
 Preacher: The Rt. Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., 
 Bishop of New Jersey. 
 
 The text was : "And the house when it was in 
 building was built of stone made ready before it was 
 brought thither: So that there was neither hammer, 
 axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while 
 it was in building." i Kings vi. 7. 
 
 The Bishop's earnest words and manner, the time 
 and the occasion, made a deep impression ; and as 
 he gave the special prayers and Blessing it seemed 
 as though no one could more fitly close the solemn 
 observance of the Two Hundredth Anniversary than 
 our beloved Diocesan. 
 
 There was a daily celebration of the Holy Eucharist 
 during the Octave at 7 a. m. 
 
 The Celebrants were as follows : 
 
 Monday : The Rector of the Parish. 
 
 Tuesday : The Rev. Robert MacKellar, Rector of 
 Trinity Church, Red Bank, N. J. 
 
 Wednesday : The Rev. William P. Taylor, Rector 
 of S. Paul's Church, East Orange, N. J. 
 
 Thursday: The Rev. Alonzo C. Stewart, Rector of 
 S. Alban's Church, Newark, N. J. 
 
 Friday : The R,ev. Albert L. Langley, Rector of 
 Trinity Church, Asbury Park, N. J. 
 
 [These four priests above named had served S 
 Mary's Church as Curates in past years.] 
 
 Saturday: The Rev. G. W. Harrod, Priest of S. 
 Barnabas' Church, Burlington, N. J. 
 
 The Rev. W. B. Reynolds, of the Diocese of West- 
 ern New York, a former Curate, was also present, 
 but was deterred from taking his appointed Celebra- 
 tion by the need of returning to his work for the 
 approaching Sunday. 
 
 The number of Communions during this Octave 
 reached the gratifying total of four hundred. 
 
 The Daily Offices were said through the week at 
 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. 
 
 Great praise should be given for the excellent 
 work done by the Choir, under the skillful training 
 of the Choirmaster and Organist, Mr. A. R. Willard. 
 
 We give in full, lists of the week, as showing the 
 musical standard of the time. 
 
 S. MARY'S CHURCH. 
 
 BURLINGTON, N. J. 
 
 The opening service of the Bicentenary week, Sun- 
 day, May 10, 1903. 
 
 10.30. 
 
 Processional 483 
 
 Kyrie Eleison Parker, in E 
 
 Credo Parker 
 
 Hymn 388 
 
 Offertory, "Glorious is Thy Name" Mozart 
 
 Sanctus Parker 
 
 Agnus Dei Parker 
 
 Gloria in Excelsis Parker 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Vincent 
 
 Recessional 522-2 
 
 730. 
 
 Processional 433 
 
 Psalter Sel. 19 
 
 Magnificat Mark.s, in D 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Marks, in D 
 
 Hymn 467 
 
 Offertory, "Glory is Thy Name," Mozart 
 
 Recessional 522-1 
 
S. MARVS CHIMES 
 
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 Thursday in the Octave, May 14, 1903 : 
 10.30. 
 
 Processional 311 
 
 Kyrie Eleison Parker, in E 
 
 Credo Parker, in E 
 
 Hymn 450 
 
 Offertory, "Sing Praises," Gounod 
 
 Sanctus Parker 
 
 Agnus Dei Parker 
 
 Gloria in Excelsis Parker 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Vincent 
 
 Recessional 520 
 
 The closing Sunday, May 17, 1903 : 
 10.30 
 
 Processional 118 
 
 Kyrie Eleison Martin, in C 
 
 Credo Martin, in C 
 
 Hymn 505 
 
 Offertory, "Sing Praises," Gounod 
 
 Sanctus Martin 
 
 Agnus Dei Martin 
 
 Gloria in Excelsis Martin 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Vincent 
 
 Recessional 521-1 
 
 7-30. 
 
 Processional 344 
 
 Psalter Sel. 20 
 
 Magnificat Lee-Williams, in C 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Lee-Williams, in C 
 
 Hymn 418 
 
 Offertory, "Sing Praises," Gounod 
 
 Recessional S21-1 
 
 It was a heartfelt pleasure to welcome so many 
 of the old-time friends and parishioners. 
 
 It should be noted as a part of the observance 
 of the week that S. Barnabas' Congregation as a body 
 attended the principal Services of both Sundays as a 
 mark of interest and affection. 
 
 Bishop Doane found time in the few hours he was 
 in Burlington to make a brief informal visit to S. 
 Barnabas' Church, the scene of his early labours, 
 where he offered special prayers and gave his Bless- 
 ing. 
 
 It was a deep regret to all that the Rev. Charles 
 H. Hibbard, D. D. — thirteenth rector — was prevented 
 by the counsel and judgment of his physician from 
 being present and preaching in his appointed order. 
 
 The prayers of many will be given for his perfect 
 and speedy restoration to health and strength. 
 
 God hallow the third century of the life of S. 
 Mary's Church. May she rise to her high vocation 
 and in blessing otber§ be hersejf blessed. 
 
 Bishop Doane at "Riverside." 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE MCCLELLAN FISKE, D. D. 
 
 One of the historic ecclesiastical places of Bur- 
 lington is the estate known as "Riverside.'' On the 
 bank of the Delaware, commanding an extensive view 
 of the river, up and down, surrounded with trees 
 and spreading lawns, it stood, with its Cross-crowned 
 tower, a landmark of singularly picturesque character. 
 With S. Mary's Hall on one hand and Burlington 
 College on the other, it was a striking symbol of the 
 fatherly presence of the Bishop in the midst of his 
 children to guide and bless. 
 
 The mansion was built by Bishop and Mrs. Doane 
 in 1839, after designs by Notman, the eminent archi- 
 tect of some of our most important buildings, e. g., 
 S. Mark's, S. Clement's, and Holy Trinity, Philadel- 
 phia. Bishop Doane, after living for awhile in the 
 old Parsonage on Broad street, from which, as pre- 
 viously stated, the "Christian Year" was introduced 
 to the American Church, moved to "Riverside," in 
 1839, and lived there until his death, April 27, 1859. 
 
 It has already been told how and when this prop- 
 erty was acquired to be held in trust by the Trustees 
 of Burlington College for the use of the Bishop of 
 the Diocese. From 1859 to November, 1874, the 
 "Palace" was occupied by Bishop Odenheimer. Soon 
 after, it was rented by Mr. Henry B. Grubb, son-in- 
 law of Bishop Odenheimer, who died there August 
 14th, 1879. 
 
 After this, from 1887 to 1902, the premises were 
 tenanted by "The Burlington," a social club of ladies 
 and gentlemen. At present the house is occupied 
 only by a care-taker. 
 
 With such associations with two great Bishops 
 in life and death, "Riverside" has distinct interest 
 and sacredness for all, who know and appreciate 
 Burlington history and traditions. The Bishop of 
 Albany in his Life of his father says that the im- 
 mense front door of "Riverside," that "broad-spanned 
 arch" wide enough to admit a troop of soldiers 
 abreast, was a thought of the Bishop to set forth 
 the Episcopal virtue of hospitality.* 'That virtue is 
 certainly one prominent in the recollections of all 
 who remember "Riverside" as a See House. The 
 clergy and people of Burlington and of the Diocese 
 ever found there a cordial welcome while the list 
 of distinguished persons, who have tarried there 
 would be a long one. Riverside" is a name for a 
 beautiful social life. Domestic, Academic, Ecclesiasti- 
 cal, sweetened and consecrated by Christian graces. 
 
 * Memoir, p. 336. 
 
74 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Now and then, some touch of incident will bring 
 back, as by a flash, the scenes of the old time. Such 
 an incidental touch was the visit, on May 14th, 1903, 
 during the Bi-Centenary of S. Mary's Parish, of the 
 Bishop of Albany to "Riverside." The Bishop was 
 accompanied by Mrs. Doane, their daughter and 
 grand-daughter. Once more, for a few minutes, a 
 Bishop and his family were under the roof of 
 "Riverside." May this event be one of happy fore- 
 cast, pointing forward to the day when the Cross 
 shall be replaced upon the tower, as a banner flung 
 out to say that a Bishop is at home in "Riverside." 
 
 At this memorable visit, the Bishop of Albany 
 kindly permitted his photograph to be taken, which 
 is presented in this number of the Chimes. The 
 Bishop of Albany at the door of "Riverside!" There 
 is a dramatic element in this picture, which will en- 
 dear it to the many responsive hearts to which it 
 comes. 
 
 As we have been speaking of the dwelling-places 
 of the clergy of S. Mary's, it may be fitting to note 
 here the different locations of the parsonage, before 
 the Broad Street house. The first clergy house was 
 if we are informed correctly, on the east side of Tal- 
 bot Street, between Broad and Union Streets. After 
 this, the parsonage was on the south side of Pearl 
 Street, between Wood and High Streets. 
 
 A Former Curate 
 
 The following letter is from an English clergyman 
 who was Curate during the Rectorship of the Bishop 
 of Albany : 
 
 The Rectory, 
 Cusop-Hay, 
 Hereford, 
 May 4, 1903. 
 To Henry D. Gummere, Esqr. 
 My dear sir: 
 I cannot find words to express fully my great 
 gratification at receiving the invitation of the Rector, 
 Wardens and Vestrymen of S. Mary's, Burlington. 
 N. J., to be present at the Bicentenary of the Parish. 
 Oh ! how I wish I could avail myself of it. The time 
 I was with Mr. (now Bishop) Doane at Burlington, 
 over 40 years ago, is one of the most pleasant remem- 
 brances of my 78 years he won my never dying affec- 
 tion. H this reaches you in time be kind enough to 
 give him my love. Would that I could hear him 
 preach on the 14th. If any Hewitts, Gaunts or others 
 remain who knew me, my hearty congratulations to 
 them in being present at the Bicentenary. . ^ 
 God bless Burlington, prays yours most truly, 
 
 David C. Moore. 
 
 Memorial. 
 
 A memorial that has not been mentioned is the 
 
 Processional Cross that has been carried before the 
 
 Choir for some 16 years. It was first used on All 
 
 Saints' Day, 1887, and is in memory of George 
 
 Fletcher Hammell, who was the Almoner of the 
 
 Parish and who died in July of that year. 
 
 Note. — Both the staff of the Cross and the Vergers' 
 staff carried at the Bicentenary are made from wood 
 of the original timbers talien out of the old church, 
 when the alterations were made in 1876 to fit it for 
 Sunday and Parish School uses. 
 
 Corporation and Officers 
 
 of S. Mary's Parish 
 
 in the year of the Bicentenary 
 
 The Rev. James F. Olmsted, B. D., Rector. 
 Senior Warden, J. Howard Pugh, M. D. 
 Junior Warden, William D. Hewitt. 
 Vestrymen : 
 Edward T. Dugdale, Henry D. Gummere, 
 
 Thomas I. Rogers, David V. Holmes, 
 
 William D Olier, Thomas Daniels, 
 
 Henry B. Weaver, George W. Hewitt. 
 
 William D'Olier, Treasurer. 
 Henry D. Gummere, Clerk of Vestry. 
 
 Curate " 
 
 Lay Readers, 
 
 Franklin W. D'Olier, Alfred R. Willard. 
 
 Organist and Choir Master, Alfred R. Willard. 
 
 Teacher of the Parish School, Miss Eleanor Hewitt. 
 
 Teacher-elect, Miss Florence Eyre. 
 
 Master of the Chimes, Henry F. Parker. 
 
 Acting, John H. Miller. 
 Verger and Sexton, Edward H. Rowe. 
 
 In this the final number of "The Chimes" the Edi- 
 tor wishes to thank all those who have done so much 
 to make it successful. Dr. Fiske for his interesting 
 and valuable Story of S. Mary's Parish and of Burl- 
 ington College, Dr. Hibbard for his paper on the 
 Memorial Windows of S. Mary's, Mr. Harrod for his 
 account of S. Barnabas and also of the Bicentenary, 
 Mr. Budd for the Story of S. Mary's Hall, Mrs. 
 Gummere for the Settlement of Burlington, and his 
 associate, Mr. George W. Hewitt for his untiring 
 labour and his liberality in the enrichment of the 
 work by the illu.strations. many of which are from 
 photographs taken by himself years ago, and which 
 it would be impossible to get now on account of the 
 changed surroundings, so that as time goes on they 
 will become more and more valuable. So thanking 
 all the subscribers to The Chimes who have given 
 their interest and support, we say farewell. 
 
 Whitsuntide, 1903. H. D. G. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 75 
 
 The Original Call to 
 
 Bishop George Washington Doane 
 
 from Saint Mary's Parish, Burlington. 
 
 Albany, N. Y., June 3, 1903. 
 My Dear Mr. Gummere: — 
 
 I found the other day among some old papers the 
 enclosed which I think may be of interest to the 
 vestry of St. Mary's to keep, and so I am sending 
 them to you. I am sorry that the reply is not signed. 
 It is written in the handwriting of one of my aunts, 
 and was of course a copy of the letter, but the call is 
 evidently the original document.- Believe me, 
 Very sincerely your friend, 
 
 W. C. Doane. 
 At a special meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's 
 Church, held on the 3 day August A. D. 1833 — 
 
 Present — Christian Larzelexe 
 Adam Price 
 
 [ Wardens. 
 1 
 
 Vestrymen 
 
 George Hancock 
 Daniel Hancock 
 Henry Kale 
 Peter Gurrard 
 John L. Harris 
 John H. Carr 
 Isaac Perkins 
 William McMurtrie 
 George Deacon 
 John Larzelere 
 
 Christian Larzelere the senior Warden presided. 
 
 On motion Resolved unanimously that a committee 
 of three be appointed, to wait on the Right Rev. 
 Bishop Doane and respectfully request him person- 
 ally, to supply the vacancy, occasioned in the Church, 
 by the decease of our late worthey Rector, the Rev'd 
 Dr. Wharton. 
 
 William McMurtrie, Adam Price & John Larzelere 
 were appointed said committee, and make report at 
 the next meeting of the Vestry. 
 
 Copy of reply from the Right Rev. George W. 
 Doane. 
 
 To Messrs. W. McMurtrie 
 John Larzelere 
 Adam Price 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Having duly considered 
 tained in the note of the Vestry passed unanimously 
 on the 3d day of August last, inviting me to accept 
 the Rectorship of St. Mary's Church, I have deter- 
 mined to accept said invitation, and have now the 
 honour to signify my acceptance to you as the Com- 
 mittee by whom the invitation was presented. In 
 
 ) 
 
 A committee of the 
 Vestry of St. Mary's 
 ) Church Burlington 
 
 the proposition con- 
 
 making this communication you will please to accept 
 assurances of my devotion to the interests of the 
 Parish of St. Mary's to the utmost extent consistent 
 with the duties of the Episcopate. I make no refer- 
 ence to the conditions of acceptance, confident that 
 these can be amicably adjusted at our leisure. I shall 
 expect to take up my residence in Burlington as early 
 as Easter week in the next year if not sooner. 
 
 Permit me to take this opportunity to express my 
 grateful sense of the kindness and civility received 
 at the hands of yourselves and the congregation which 
 you represent. It is in the belief that I should thus 
 subserve its best interests that I anticipate a decision 
 which I did not expect to make earlier than the 
 Spring. 
 
 Accept for yourselves and all with whom you are 
 connected the assurance of my constant prayers that 
 the connexion thus formed may be promotive of the 
 salvation of many souls, and of the glory of the 
 Redeemers kingdom, and let me be always remem- 
 bered in your petitions to the throne of grace. 
 
 I remain very affectionately your friend and servant 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Philadelphia, 5 December 1833. 
 
 The Chimes 
 
 Lift them gently to the steeple, 
 Let our bells be set on high ; 
 
 There fulfil their daily mission, 
 Midway 'twixt the earth and sky. 
 
 As the birds sing early matins. 
 
 To the God of Nature's prajse ; 
 These their nobler daily music. 
 
 To the God of Grace shall raise. 
 
 And when evening shadows soften 
 Chancel cross, and tower and aisle ; 
 
 They shall blend their vesper summons 
 With the day's departing smile. 
 
 Year by year the steeple music 
 O'er the tended graves shall pour; 
 Where the dust of saints is garner'd. 
 Till the Master comes once more. 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMKS 
 
THE BISHOP OF ALBANY AT THE DOOR OF RIVERSIDE 
 
THE OLD CHURCH FROM THE WEST 
 
THE NEW CHURCH FROM THE NORTH 
 
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 1902-1903 
 
 Services were held on All Saints' Day, 1902, with 
 sermon in the evening by the Rev. George W. Harrod, 
 B.D., Priest of S. Barnabas' Church, to commemorate 
 the first services of the Church of England, held in 
 the Town House, Burlington, All Saints' Day, 1702, 
 at which time sermons were preached by the Rev. 
 George Keith, first missionary of the S. P. G., and by 
 the Rev. John Talbot. 
 
 Services were also held on the Feast of the Annun- 
 ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1903, with sermon 
 in the evening by the Rev. James F. Olmsted, B. D., 
 Rector of the Parish, to commemorate the laying of the 
 corner-stone of the Old Church on Lady Day, 1703. 
 
 The Rev. Charles Henry Hibbard, D.D., thir- 
 teenth Rector, was to have preached on the morning 
 of Sunday, the 17th, but being in California for his 
 health his physician was unwilling for him to come 
 cast so earlv in the season. 
 
 NEW CHURCH 
 
 10tl|to 17% 1903 
 
 Celebration of the Holy Communion each week- 
 day morning at seven o'clock. Celebrants to be the 
 former Curates, the Rev. Messrs. Mackellar, Taylor, 
 Stewart, Longley and Reynolds. 
 
 ^unJJay i^ornmg, iMag 10tlj 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. William Allen Johnson, 
 eleventh Rector. 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. John Fearnlev, Rector of S. 
 Mary's Hall. 
 
 QH^ursliay ilurmng. Ha^ 14tlj 
 
 Sermon by the Right Rev. William Croswell 
 Doane, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Albany, ninth Rector. 
 
 LUNCHEON AT HALF-PAST ONE o'cLOCK 
 
 iEfanitng 
 
 Meeting in the Old Church to be followed by a Reception 
 
 ^lIlt^ay iUiumng. iHay ini| 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. George McClellan Fiske,D.D., 
 of Providence, R. I. 
 
 SbPtttng 
 
 Sermon by the Right Rev. John Scarborough, D.D.,. 
 Bishop of the Diocese. 
 
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S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 11 
 
 Called to be Saints. 
 
 I COR, 1:2. 
 A sermon preached at the Procession of Guilds in 
 S. Mary's Church, Burlington, New Jersey, on All 
 Saints' Night, 1902. Being the opening of the Bi- 
 centenary year of the Founding of S. Mary's Parish. 
 By the Reverend George William Harrod, B. D. 
 Priest of S. Barnabas' Church. 
 
 Greetings, beloved in the Lord, on this opening 
 of your solemn Jubilee Year. I bring you greeting 
 as one interested in the welfare of this venerable 
 parish and desirous for its spiritual and temporal 
 prosperity. My personal feeling was that such felicita- 
 tions should be made by some one outside our imme- 
 diate home circle, and yet I realize the propriety of 
 having a watchman from your own walls and battle- 
 ments sound forth the trumpet of this holy year. 
 
 May this be indeed Annus Domini — a year of the 
 Lord to each and every one of us. May we feel the 
 impulse, the thrill of the one life, which moves alike 
 in the saint on earth and the Saint safe-folded in the 
 Eternal Arms. 
 
 And so I ventiire to bring greeting in the name of 
 the holy dead as well, for they live unto God, and I 
 doubt not in the joy of the Heavenly places, where 
 they walk in white with palms of victory in their 
 hands— they do yet remember lis in our conflict, and 
 especially they whose every earthly hope and aspira- 
 tion found expression in the Jife of this Church. 
 
 You know well that this is true of many who are 
 now, Faith bids us believe, at rest with the Blessed. 
 
 They do not forget us — for they without us shall 
 not be made perfect — and we may dare to think that 
 many who loved this Church and its opportunities 
 for service with an unchanging love and devotion 
 during their earthly pilgrimage, are not forgetting 
 us who bear the burden and stress of our present 
 life. 
 
 As Moses and Elias — dead, as men esteem death, 
 for thousands of years — were yet talking with our 
 Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration of that which 
 he should after accomplish in an earthly city, so we 
 may believe the holy dead love us and follow us 
 still — not with the knowledge of Omniscience, but 
 as it is permitted to them who have drawn nearer to 
 the source of all knowledge, life and power. 
 
 "Called to Be Saints." I see before me one of the 
 most representative assemblages that a year brings 
 together. What a little world ! Boys, girls, youth, 
 young men and young women — those in mature life 
 and those upon whom age has set its crown of hon- 
 our. A world, and yet a dedicated world, for the 
 Cross is on every brow. 
 
 "Called to be Saints." Is there a message for each 
 one of you from this All Saints' Day? 
 
 Yes, it is this : Jesus Christ needs you and your 
 life to make up the number of the chosen of the Lord 
 and precious in the Heavenly Kingdom. 
 
 He needs the service of those who remember their 
 Creator now in the days of their youth. 
 
 He needs the service of the strong and vigorous 
 that His Kingdom may grow. 
 
 He needs the wisdom of experience that His work 
 on earth may be no experiment, but may be carried 
 on by those who bring to their spiritual duties the 
 calm precision of those who know just where they 
 stand in the life of faith, and what the issues at 
 stake demand from them. 
 
 He needs also the testimony of a long-tried faith 
 that can say to the halting and fearful or inexperi- 
 enced : be of good courage. The Lord is a strong 
 tower to them that trust in Him. And so He calls us 
 to be Saints, that is, men, women and children who 
 are pressing forward as did the children of Israel in 
 the days of their journeying in the desert, led by a 
 pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, 
 never out of sight of the living realities of the 
 Heavenly Life and purpose. 
 
 The great danger in our life is that we shall come 
 to think that nobility of character, of sanctity, of 
 high endeavour js not a practical part of our every 
 day life, in other words that it is a fine thing to ad- 
 mire in a book or to give us an hour's amusement in 
 some artistic representation where the ideal may 
 well be honoured, as it can there make no demands 
 upon real life. 
 
 It is very easy to test ourselves just here. What 
 is our standard in matters that are high and honour- 
 able? Are we beginning to disbelieve in sanctity as 
 a practical factor, in purity as a life principle, in liv- 
 'ing for others, as opposed to self-seeking? Do we 
 look on self-sacrifice as a weakness? 
 
 Alas for our Service of the Great High Priest if we 
 have in us no power of sacrifice. 
 
 Let us avoid that scornful depreciation of charac- 
 ter and motives, that semi-paganism which is so prom- 
 inent in much of the writing of our day. Let us avoid 
 the tone of men who can see no moral greatness any- 
 where, because they do not want it in their own lives 
 and do not wish to be rebuked by it in the lives of 
 others. 
 
 \"ou will find that men are influenced by the prin- 
 ciples in which they believe — and if one has come to 
 look on Saintship as a mere relic of past holiness 
 which would hardly stand the test of modern stand- 
 ards he will be impatient of anything that points him 
 Heavenward. Many of you are just entering that 
 period in your life when books open before you a 
 fresh interest in the world about you, if you find that 
 
78 
 
 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 a given author shocks your sense of right and wrong 
 close the book and take up some other that has a 
 more wholesome standard. A book or a friend whose 
 influencing traits move merely along the lines of de- 
 traction of human motives is never truly helpful. 
 
 It is never safe to take the judgment of one who 
 does not believe in high sanctity in matters that con- 
 cern holiness of life in others. This point is finely 
 illustrated by a priest of the Church who is alto- 
 gether too real to condescend to manufacture an illus- 
 tration for the sake of pointing a moral. 
 
 Speaking of the prevalent tendency to disbelief in 
 the possibility of high Saintly ideals he says : Some 
 time ago I was looking at a picture which used to 
 be very popular some twenty-five years ago, three 
 chorister boys singing Te Deum. The oldest boy in 
 the middle has a particularly fine, noble face, and 
 it was always understood to be a portrait and not an 
 imaginary picture. A friend said as we looked at it, 
 that it was easy to paint noble looking youths but 
 that it was well known that this particular boy turned 
 out a dissolute and bad man. He says, I turned 
 away sick at heart, though I did not quite believe 
 the story as it is the way of the world to make just 
 such remarks about those who live near holy things, 
 and are engaged in duties that make them in any 
 way leaders in life. 
 
 Not long after he was visiting an aged and sick 
 Sister of Mercy and on the mantel-piece of her room 
 he saw this same group of singing boys attached to 
 a memorial burial-card of a clergyman who was 
 much loved in life and greatly mourned in his death, 
 and he said, Sister, why is that picture part of the 
 memorial? And she answered, "because the tallest 
 one is the youthful portrait of my old friend who as 
 a boy was a Chorister in such a Church and he grew^ 
 up devoted to his religious duties and later he took 
 Holy Orders and was greatly revered for his work 
 among the most degraded of one of our large cities 
 and he was for thirty-three years choir-master of the 
 Choral Union of his Diocese." Never believe any 
 one who says that religion is not real to many and 
 that it is not absolutely controlling in many lives. 
 
 The Festival of All Saints is an answer to all this 
 disbelief about holiness as a principle of life. For 
 to-day we look through an open door and see the 
 marks of sanctity everywhere. It is a reality after 
 all. Those holy ones enjoy beatitude. For the most 
 of them there was no special encouragement or 
 marked romance of earthly experiences. They simply 
 came out of the great tribulation and washed their 
 robes in the Blood of the Lamb. They were called 
 to be Saints and they responded to their 'vocation. 
 So let us look up to the Heavens that we may see 
 
 the end of our calling. What we were created for, 
 and we shall learn to our joy that Christ Himself, 
 the consecrated Man, the Sacrifice of the World, is 
 calling around Him both here and now, and there 
 and beyond, those who have hearts to respond and 
 wills that can be dedicated. 
 
 Called to be Saints! What a glorious Festival is 
 this — rich in all the treasured memories not only of a 
 year but of a lifetime. The general assembly and 
 Church of the First-born whose names are written 
 in Heaven, and every spirit "of just men made per- 
 fect" since Abel worshipped or S. Stephen fell asleep 
 are seen thronging up the steeps of light in the 
 brightness of this Feast. It is as the sound of the 
 Bridegroom's coming and we may see the procession 
 of the saved crowding to the skies. 
 
 There go the wise virgins, lamps in hand — dedi- 
 cated souls who have watched and waited long for 
 their Lord. The flame of their lamps never went out. 
 And when others were faithless and said, The Lord 
 delayeth His coming, they looked the more earnestly. 
 There are the Martyrs — a witnessing host bearing 
 aloft the emblems of their toils and suffering. 
 
 How they glorify the knife and sword, the wheel, 
 the saw, the fagot! There are Apostles bearing the 
 keys of the Kingdom ; and now passes by a long 
 line of Bishops, Pastoral staff in hand, for they were 
 shepherds of the flock.. And lo the bright band of 
 those who bore the Cross faithfully they are to be 
 crowned and the palm branches tell of their victory. 
 
 We see among them with the eye of faith our own 
 dear ones and so our eyes which have been dimmed 
 with tears are cheered with the hope of Heaven, as 
 we see their glory, the glory as of the redeemed. 
 We sorrow not as men without hope, for we know 
 that they can never be taken out of His Hand who 
 loves them with an everlasting love. 
 
 Though they rest from their labours their lives 
 may live on in our life as we follow them in all vir- 
 tuous and Godly living. 
 
 The purity of their purpose ; the ardent fire of 
 their living faith may all help up when we are 
 tempted to sin, and may represent to us the possi- 
 bility of overcoming even if most sorely tried. 
 
 Then too their suffering and rewards ought to in- 
 cite our zeal and perseverance, for, men of like pas- 
 sions with ourselves, they yet became conquerors not 
 by an earthly sword but by the sword of the spirit. 
 How glorious become courage, constancy, resigna- 
 tion, devotion, sincerity and charity when irradiated 
 by the light of Heaven in the examples of Saintly 
 Heroes. On such a Feast let us model our life after 
 their virtues and aspire as a reward to receive a 
 beautiful crown from the Lord's Hand. God hasten 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 79 
 
 the day most bright and glorious when the Church 
 Expectant shall become the Church Triumphant. 
 
 This holy season must grow richer year by year 
 with fresh harvestings to the garner of our God. It 
 is not enough to delight in the joy and splendor of 
 this solemnity we must ourselves enrich it, now in 
 this our day. 
 
 Thousands swell the song of Victory this All 
 Saints' that last year were groaning under the burden 
 of life. 
 
 But the victory is theirs. Look through the V'eil. 
 It is lifted awhile ! I beheld and lo a great multitude 
 which no man could number of all nations and kin- 
 dreds and people and tongues stood before the throne 
 clothed with white robes, and palms in their hand.s, 
 and cried with a loud voice saying, Salvation to our 
 God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the 
 Lamb. And all the Angels stood round about the 
 Throne and fell on their faces and worshipped God 
 saying, Amen : Blessing and glory and wisdom and 
 thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be 
 unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 How our hearts are raised from earth to Heaven 
 by the joy and brightness of this Feast. But it al! 
 comes out of earthly travail. For the Blessed enter 
 not into joy until first they suffer. First the Cross, 
 then the Crown. 
 
 . On this day, two hundred years ago. a little com- 
 pany of believers gathered together to celebrate this 
 Festival and to hold the first services of the Church 
 in this our town. 
 
 The outlook was anything but encouraging, but 
 they persevered and the work grew. Certainly Para- 
 dise has been greatly enriched by the outcome of 
 that work begun in faith and trust. 
 
 Let us learn from this Commemoration that if God 
 calls us to be Saints, He certainly gives the grace 
 necessary for Saintship; and so like the Saints of 
 old let us persevere until we receive the Crown of 
 our rejoicing. 
 
 Notes of a Sermon Preached by the 
 
 Rector, March 25, 1903. 
 
 " Ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem 
 and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the utter- 
 most part of the earth." Acts 1 : 8. 
 
 The Annunciation is the prophecy of the Incarna- 
 tion of the Son of God. Through all the Christian 
 ages its festival has been kept as the foreshadowing 
 of the birth of Jesus Christ, setting forth God's love 
 for mankind. The Annunciation was indeed a mes- 
 sage of love and holiness for humanity. 
 
 On such a feast as this and on such an occasion as 
 this of our religious anniversary, the question nat- 
 urally arises : What is the essence of the Christian 
 religion ? There are in these days, so many conflict- 
 ing ideas of theology, so much false teaching and so 
 many confused notions of religion that the answer at 
 times seems difficult. But in reality we ought to have 
 our answer ready, simple and complete. It has been 
 handed down to us through all the Christian cen- 
 turies — the essence of the Christian religion is Jesus 
 Christ, both God and Man, the ever-living Redeem- 
 er, who died and rose again for us, who ascended 
 into Heaven, and who in glory makes intercession 
 for us before the throne of God. abiding a Priest for- 
 ever. 
 
 Jesus Christ has been known to men in three differ- 
 ent ways. First, there were those who knew Him in 
 His earthly life, who lived with Him and were con- 
 stantly in His human presence : Secondly, there 
 were those v/ho saw Him after His ascension, in 
 glory at the right hand of God. S. Stephen and S. 
 Paul had such a special revelation ; they were special 
 witnesses of Jesus Christ in this way ; and thirdly, 
 there are all others, who not having seen Jesus 
 Christ, have known Him and do know Him through 
 faith and through the message of His Holy Gospel. 
 These have just as true a conviction of the living 
 Redeemer as those who saw Him with their bodily 
 eyes ; through faith they are conscious of His per- 
 sonal reality, of His Heavenly Priesthood and inter- 
 cession. 
 
 "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me."' This is the mes- 
 sage of the living Jesus Christ to men through all 
 ages, and it emphasizes the attitude of His disciples 
 towkrds Himself and the mission of His Holy 
 Church. It proclaims Jesus Christ as the foundation 
 of the Church, as its Divine Head. It demands the 
 loyal allegiance of His followers to Himself. When 
 this demand has been recognized and yielded to, 
 when religious fervour has been aroused, when men 
 have realized this mission of the Church, then re- 
 ligion has grown and flourished in the earth, nour- 
 ished by the grace of God. 
 
 There was such a revival of missionary zeal in 
 the English Church two hundred years ago; under 
 its impulse the claims of the religious affairs of 
 the American colonies, England's principal posses- 
 sions abroad, were recognized. Dr. Thomas Bray, a 
 man of great ability and zeal, was sent to America to 
 examine into the condition of religion in the colonies, 
 and report to the Bishop of London, whose repre- 
 sentative and commissary he was. It must not be 
 forgotten that from Dr. Bray's efforts and through 
 his report came the revival in England of interest 
 
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 in the religious affairs of the colonies. The found- 
 ing of "The Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 
 pel in Foreign Parts" on June 27, 1701, was the great 
 step towards putting that interest into practical effect. 
 The influence which prompted and encouraged this 
 religious zeal was the conviction in these Christian 
 workers of the real meaning of the mission of the 
 Church, "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me." 
 
 George Keith, the first missionary of the Society, 
 and his companion, John Talbot, came to the colon- 
 ies with one inspiration, to set forward the holy re- 
 ligion of Jesus Christ. It is recorded that these 
 zealous men visited Burlington for the first time, 
 and preached in the Town House, on All Saints' 
 Day, 1702. The movement which they started led 
 to the permanent founding of this parish. The 
 ground where the old Church stands was purchased 
 soon after, and on the Feast of the Annunciation, 
 March 25, 1703, John Talbot laid the corner-stone of 
 the church. An extract from the Journal of John 
 Talbot reads: "We called this church S. Mary's, it 
 being on her day." 
 
 The life and labours of John Talbot are an in- 
 spiration to every Christian. As we look back on 
 what he accomplished our hearts are filled with 
 pride, veneration and love. 
 
 The old church is a venerable and int«resting relic. 
 For one hundred and fifty-one years it was used con- 
 stantly for the worship of God. In 1834 it was 
 changed to its present form, and consecrated by 
 Bishop Doane. When the new church was finished 
 and consecrated in 1854, the old church ceased to be 
 used for the purposes of Divine Worship. But old 
 S. Mary's still stands in good condition, an enduring 
 monument to the men who have fost'Cred and cher- 
 ished it throughout its long history — men of Godly 
 chai'acter, high purpose and Christian zeal. 
 
 With pride and affection we recall the names of 
 the former rectors of S. Mary's: John Talbot, Rob- 
 ert Weyman. Colin Campbell, Jonathan Odell, Levi 
 Heath, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Henry Wharton, 
 Bishop George Washington Doane, William Cros- 
 well Doane, afterwards Bishop, Eugene Augustus 
 Hoffman, William Allen Johnson, George Morgan 
 Hills and Charles Henry Hibbard. Their lives are 
 enshrined in this lovely spot ; they are men whom 
 we love and admire, and who have realized in their 
 words and deeds the ever living presence of Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Everyone who bears the sacred name of S. Mary's 
 should be full of love for her. Let us jiot glory in 
 the past alone ; but inspired by the past, and recog- 
 nizing our present obligations and opportunities let 
 us do for Jesus Christ deeds worthy of our lineage. 
 
 with lofty and noble purpose witnessing to Jesus 
 Christ and His holy religion. 
 
 Our prayer to God for Israel is that He will pour 
 upon us the abundance of His grace that we may so 
 pass through things, temporal that we finally lose not 
 the things eternal. To Him be the glory. Amen. 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. W. Allen Johnson, 
 nth Rector. 
 
 " And the branch that Thou madest strong for 
 Thyself." Psalm 80; part of 15th verse. 
 
 It is with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow that 
 I find myself standing again in this once familiar 
 pulpit, on this historic occasion. Joy, for it recalls 
 some of the pleasantest memories of my life, and I 
 see on every hand marks of the growth and prosper- 
 ity of the parish. Sorrow, to look about on a con- 
 gregation consisting so largely of strangers, though 
 I see some friends, earnest workers in the old time, 
 and still as ever faithful to their trust. 
 
 Almost precisely thirty-three years, the time usually 
 allotted to a generation, has passed away since I left 
 the parish, and nearly all those then in middle life, 
 or advanced in years, who were prominent in the af- 
 fairs of the Church, are resting peacefully in the 
 churchyard — so that I may almost say — "All, all are 
 gone, the old familiar faces." How solemn the 
 thought ! Let but another period, as brief, pass, and 
 so it will be with myself, and with most of those be- 
 fore me. How vividly it brings out the fact, that 
 nothing here is eternal, save God, the Soul and the 
 Church. 
 
 The Psalmist, in the words which I have chosen, 
 is referring to the condition of his people. They had 
 been blessed of God, made prosperous and strong, 
 but now trouble and disaster had come upon them. 
 
 We must remember that God's ancient people were 
 a Theocracy, and even after they had monarchs of 
 their own, theocratic ideas, were still dominant. 
 
 There was no distinction, as with us, between the 
 Church and the Nation. It was one body, though 
 it might be considered under different aspects, as 
 either the religious or secular side happvened to be 
 most prominent. The writer of the Psalm is over- 
 whelmed by the present condition of affairs, and 
 turns to the only source of strength and safety — the 
 Almighty King, the Shepherd of Israel that sitteth 
 upon the Cherubim. He pours forth into His ear 
 his earnest and solemn prayer. He reminds God 
 of the past blessings He had been pleased to bestow, 
 and how He had made this branch of the vine of His 
 own planting so strong for Himself. He prays Him 
 to raise up for its deliverance, the man of His right 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 Si 
 
 hand, even the son of man whom He had made so 
 strong for Himself to put his strength into the 
 branch that it might bloom once more, and bear its 
 old fruits ; and we cannot doubt that this refers to the 
 Messiah, at once the "strong son of God," and so'n 
 of man, whose promised coming was to restore all 
 things. And so, in the fullness of time it came to 
 pass, though the restoration efifected by Jesus Christ 
 was wholly spiritual and the Jewish hopes of tem- 
 poral prosperity were not, at that time, gratified. 
 In the subsequent history of the people of God the 
 same law has always existed. 
 
 As long as the Church has kept close to Jesus 
 Christ, and has been governed by His precepts, pos- 
 sessed by His spirit, she has been strong and has pre- 
 vailed, whenever she has for a time forgotten Him 
 and let the spirit of the world enter in and control 
 her affairs, she has been shorn of her strength and 
 become feeble. When Christ and His Church have 
 been closely knit together in the bonds of faith and 
 love, then has the Church gone forth conquering and 
 to conquer. Christ the strength of His Church must 
 be a maxim, never to be forgotten for a single in- 
 stant. 
 
 But we cannot, either, overlook the fact that it is 
 often through human agencies that His strength is 
 communicated to the Church, and that the power of 
 .Christ is manifested mediately, and not directly. The 
 spirit of Christ, the strong one, is given to m.en who 
 have made themselves ready to receive it, and they 
 become the great leaders in all forward movements 
 and in all aggressive work. 
 
 We can at once call up to mind, men like SB. 
 Irenaeus, Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine, in the 
 olden time, Saints like Bishop Andrewes and Bishop 
 Wilson, theologians like Hooker, Bishop Bull and 
 Bishop Seabury in our own reformed church. What 
 centers of power have such men as these ever been. 
 How they have lifted the life of the Church to higher 
 levels, and given it a progressive impulse beyond 
 what it had before. Well may they be styled in 
 prayer book phrase — "choice vessels of grace and 
 lights of the world in their several generations." 
 
 Turning our eyes then from the general Church 
 to this particular parish whose two hundredth Anni- 
 versary we are celebrating, I think we will find some 
 marked instances of the law of growth I have spoken 
 of. When the old church was built in 1703, the whole 
 community of Burlington, outside the few adherents 
 of the Church of England, was pretty much of one 
 religious faith, and at that period the Friends were 
 strongly antagonistic to the Church. When I look at 
 the old building which as it stands represents several 
 enlargements, and the new. When I consider the 
 
 wholly changed aspect of affairs, I cannot but think 
 that this parochial branch, m God's good providence, 
 has indeed been "made strong." 
 
 Without disparaging any one of the good and godly 
 men who, as Rectors, have helped on the work, I 
 think we may single out three, as notable if not pre- 
 eminent in their service. 
 
 And first, let us take the founder of the parish, the 
 Rev. John Talbot. It does not seem as though he 
 came to this country as a missionary. He was ciiap- 
 lain of the ship Centurion in which Rev. Mr. Keith, 
 sent by the Society for propagating the Gospel, came 
 over. It would seem that as soon as he arrived, and 
 saw the great needs of this country — inflamed by 
 the love of souls, he (as Mr. Keith says) "freely and 
 kindly offered himself to be the companion of his 
 labours and journeys" in the very spirit of the com- 
 panions of the Apostle Paul. That he must have 
 been a man of unusual gifts and attractions, we also 
 know from Mr. Keith's testimony. He writes in 
 1703 — "He hath been very comfortable to me and 
 serviceable throughout, and is usually so well be- 
 loved, that in every place where they want a minis- 
 ter, they have desired to have him." At a later period 
 we see Mr. Talbot pleading in the most plain and 
 earnest tones with the English authorities to give 
 the scattered flock in America, a Bishop to watch 
 over them, and if, as it is thought, he took episcopal 
 orders from the non-juring party, it was only in 
 hopes that he might in pari supply the crying need. 
 
 We find him standing up boldly in self-defence 
 against the cruel slanders of politicians in high 
 places. He read in his Prayer Book then as now the 
 order for daily Morning and Evening Prayer, and 
 alone first of all in America began the daily service 
 in St. Mary Church. All this betokens a very strong 
 character — one possessed by a sense of duty to God 
 and to His Church, and who had the courage of his 
 convictions so as to exemplify them in his life. 
 
 Under such a leader, this parish was started right, 
 and a right start in any enterprise, counts for a great 
 deal. 
 
 The next of the men of strength I have singled 
 out, v/as quite unlike the founder of the parish, but 
 we must remember that there are different kinds of 
 strength. The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Wharton held 
 by f^r the longest rectorship of St. Mary's and it is 
 impossible but that the extended rule of this godly 
 man, left a powerful impression upon the parish. 
 He early showed great strength of character when, 
 though trained in a Jesuit College, he had the cour- 
 age and clear-sightedness to shake off the trammels 
 of Romanism and to embrace a purer faith. 
 
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 Of great learning — Latin being to him as familiar 
 as English — and fine intellectual abilities, singled out 
 for the distinguished honor of the Presidency of 
 Columbia College, and named as the only other can- 
 didate for the first Episcopate of New Jersey when 
 Bishop Croes was elected, often a delegate to the 
 General Convention and President of the Standing 
 Committee of the Diocese, he loved better than acad- 
 emical dignities, the quiet pastoral work among his 
 beloved people. He speaks of "the devout attention 
 in general paid to divine service, and to the rubrics of 
 the Church," which shows him a churchman of firm 
 principle and attached to the order of the Church. He 
 seems to have been a man of most amiable and win- 
 ning temper, of gentle dignity, one to command re- 
 spect and yet to unite men. His very appearance in 
 his old age, as he approached the Church bowing 
 and smiling to the parishioners he met, and blessing 
 the children, was in itself a benediction. I think we 
 must admit that his very long rectorship after the 
 confusions of the Revolutionary War and the brief 
 pastorates which followed seems to have been provi- 
 dentially ordered to build up the congregation, and 
 make them strong for the further advance steps, 
 which were in store for them. 
 
 The name of the last of the three, all would divine, 
 if I did not mention him, Bp. George Washington 
 Doane was a Napoleon among bishops, and in addi- 
 tion to his vast episcopal labors, immediately suc- 
 ceeding Dr. Wharton he held the rectorship of St. 
 Mary's parish until his death. 
 
 Bishop Doane was brought up in his growth in the 
 City of New York. He and my father and uncle 
 were all boys together, and close friends.* I once saw 
 him in 1846, but only with a boy vision, and it was 
 a source of great regret to me in later years that 
 when a student in the General Seminary, I had not 
 come to Burlington to make a real acquaintance with 
 a man my father so loved and honoured. 
 
 Bishop Doane began his Episcopate and Rectorship 
 at a time of a great awakening in the church. Since 
 1816 Bishop Hobart, of New York, had been strenu- 
 ously advocating evangelical truth and apostolic or- 
 der, and his influence was wide and powerful. The 
 Church in America, also about that time awakened 
 to a sense of her missionary obligations. Bishop 
 Kemper was sent forth as our first missionary bishop 
 
 *Rev. Dr. Samuel Roosevelt Johnson and Rev. William I,up- 
 ton Johnson. Bishop W. C. Doane, in the Memoir of his father 
 (p. 80), thus alludes to the latter: "The Rev. Dr. Johnson of 
 Jamaica who was one of my father's first, last r»nd truest 
 friends— (the only man I ever heard call him by his Christian 
 name) who stayed away in prosperity, but came to him ever in 
 the days of trouble," 
 
 and it was Bishop Doane who announced in a 
 sermon before the General Convention, the grand 
 principle "every baptized person a member of the 
 Missionary Society." In England, too, the learned 
 writers of the Tracts for the times were studying 
 the Prayer Book critically, examining foundations and 
 searching into the testimony of antiquity, and the 
 impulse from this revival was beginning to beat upon 
 our shores. The old era of laxity and neglect, when 
 even the Canticles were not chanted, and Lent not 
 observed was passing swiftly away, never, let us hope 
 to return. 
 
 Bishop Doane, with an intellect of the highest order, 
 singularly receptive to the living spiritual impulses 
 of the time, and eminently the great executive, the 
 practical man of action, was keenly alive to all these 
 stirrings in the ecclesiastical world. I came to the 
 parish less than six years after his death when the 
 traditions of him were still fresh. Death had soft- 
 ened old antagonisms. I conversed freely with his 
 friends, and with those who had been opponents. I 
 carefully read his addresses to his diocese, and the' 
 result was that his character constantly rose in my 
 estimation, and I saw that his chief fault was, that 
 his ideas were fifty years ahead of his time ! 
 
 It was impossible for all men to have his pro- 
 phetic vision, and see things with his eyes — hence 
 opposition was inevitable. Then, he had a high ideal 
 of the Episcopal office. He did not think his only 
 duty was to confer the grace of orders, and to con- 
 vey the gift of confirmation. He was the foremost 
 missionary of his diocese — carrying the gospel in 
 the church, to the dwellers among the hills, and to 
 the villages among the sandy wastes, among the 
 pines. He was a true episcopos — overseer, and ruled 
 his diocese as a bishop should, not at his fancy but 
 in accordance with the canons of the church — and 
 like all able rulers, he incurred the hostility of those 
 who did not like to be ruled. I record it here as 
 my deliberate conviction that the church to-day has 
 not yet risen to the level of the progressive ideas of 
 this great bishop. It was impossible for a man 
 gifted as he was with exceptional power as a preacher 
 to leave a parish as he found it. The daily service 
 was again begun at St. Mary's. The parish school 
 re-established. The primitive zveekly Eucharist, and 
 the weekly oflfertory introduced. 
 
 This splendid new church was. erected, nor must 
 we overlook the fact of the founding of Burlington 
 College, and of St. Mary's Hall, the first Church 
 School for girls, which now has many counterparts. 
 
 These centers of religious life whose pupils all 
 attended the parish church, and in Bishop Doane's 
 time, were confirmed there, naturally acted and re- 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 83 
 
 acted upon the life of the parish. Bishop Doane in 
 his fearlessness, and in his enthusiastic maintenance 
 of the faith and order of the Church, and in his zeal 
 for her welfare, in his parish, his diocese and every- 
 where, was a modern Athanasius whose memory 
 should always be cherished, as among the very great- 
 est of our bishops. 
 
 In the historical investigation we have pursued, I 
 think we have found a clue to the kind of men needed 
 to build up the church. We have long been accus- 
 tomed to definitions of Churchmen by altitude and 
 latitude, but none of these cover the whole ground. 
 What this perturbed age of ours needs is what every 
 age has needed, strong churchmen. 
 
 The strong churchman remembers that a belief in 
 the Catholic Church is an article of both creeds. He 
 believes that the branch of it to which he belongs is 
 a continuous part of it, and the best representative 
 now existing of its primitive purity. He is aware that 
 man can no more make a church, than he can make a 
 star. He believes the church therefore to be a divine 
 society founded by our Lord and guided by His 
 Spirit. He holds it to be the body and bride of 
 Christ. He never makes use of the popular phrase — 
 "this Church of ours," because he does not value it on 
 that account, but because it is not ours but Christ's. 
 Holding the fundamental truths, and great under- 
 lying principles of the Church with an unflinching 
 grasp, he looks upon any practical methods for adapt- 
 ing these to the winning of souls — being of their own 
 nature alterable — as fitting to be tried and used, if 
 they do not contradict the word of God, or the long 
 established principles of the Catholic Church — so he 
 unites unchangeableiiess of principles, with flexibility 
 in their application. He knows how to distinguish 
 between articles of faith and pious opinions. His 
 own faith being firmly grounded and settled, he loves 
 to think of all baptized with water in the name of the 
 Trinity as being as to their baptism individually 
 members of the Catholic Church. Their after separa- 
 tion from its unity, and consequent forfeit of many 
 of its inestimable blessings, fills him with a deep long- 
 ing and profound regret. 
 
 The strong churchman does not look upon the 
 church as half right and half wrong — a position 
 which paralyzes zeal for her welfare. Believing every 
 important truth of the Prayer Book to be drawn 
 from the inspired words of God, he believes her en- 
 tirely right in essentials. 
 
 What he is fain to lament for her people is worldli- 
 ness, want of faith, want of zeal, and lack sometimes 
 of spiritual wisdom in availing themselves of the op- 
 portunities opening before her, 
 
 The strong churchman is not troubled by the so- 
 called higher criticism of the Scriptures, for his com- 
 mon sense has taught him that many of the most im- 
 portant and practical questions of daily life have to 
 be decided by a balance of probabilities ; and he sees 
 that the difficulty of supposing that our blessed Lord, 
 his inspired apostles and the witnesses of the Church 
 (which Scripture calls "the pillar and ground of the 
 truth") from their day to ours, have all been utterly 
 wrong on so fundamental a point as the nature of the 
 word of God, is infinitely greater, than to believe that 
 a few self-sufficient modem scholars using grotesque 
 methods, scarce ever applied to orher ancient writ- 
 ings, have blundered. 
 
 Moreover, he remembers and applies our Lord's 
 test — "by their fruits ye shall know them." Germany 
 has been amusing herself with criticizing the Bible 
 for many years, with the result that not one in ten of 
 the educated class believes that simplest statement of 
 Christianity contained in the Apostles Creed.* 
 
 The strong churchman is not strong enough to in- 
 novate in the conduct of divine service. If he wants 
 changes or improvements, he is content to wait, and 
 seek them through the constituted authorities of the 
 Church, and so he strictly follows the rubrics of the 
 Prayer Book. Believing that it is a safe principle to 
 hold that the collective wisdom of the Church is 
 much more apt to be right than the private judg- 
 ment of any individual, and gladly follows the laws 
 the Church provides for his guidance. His faithful 
 obedience causes the congregations he serves to rever- 
 ence the teachings of the Church, and amid the fluc- 
 tuations of individual tastes, which so disturb the 
 devotions of many of our people in these lawless 
 days, his people remain churchmen and church- 
 women, with their tastes and fancies controlled by 
 the sober teachings of the Prayer Book. 
 
 May it be that God will raise up men of this tem- 
 per, who like the worthies of old time, will do the 
 work this age so much needs ! May it be that in this 
 ancient parish of St. Mary's the Bible and the Prayer 
 Book will ever be maintained in their integrity! 
 
 Perhaps it will not be so. Perhaps the Laodicean 
 world spirit, which thinks if a man has any real con- 
 victions, he is prejudiced and intolerant will yet have 
 greater triumphs. We are warned in the gospel of an 
 arch-snare which will nearly deceive the Elect, that is 
 the Church. Our Lord says mournfully — "The Son 
 
 •Prof Wilbur Olin Atwater, of Weslej-an University, told 
 the writer that on the occasion of two different vi.sits to Ger- 
 many, he made special enquiries as to the belief of the German 
 people, and theanswer was that of those who had passed through 
 the Gymnasia— that is had had a High vSchool education — not 
 mgre ihaq one in ten believed the Apostles' Creed. 
 
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 S. MARYS CHIMES 
 
 of man when He cometh shall He find faith on the 
 earth"— let me then say near the conclusion of a long 
 life, to this congregation I loved so well, and through 
 them to the whole Church I have tried to serve. O 
 ye afflicted tossed with the tempests of these latter 
 days, and not comforted, you may search long, and 
 look far, but you will find no surer anchor for your 
 faith than the Nicene Creed ! 
 
 If things grow worse instead of better, let us not 
 lose heart, for the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ 
 have forewarned us of all these things — let us rather 
 lift up our heads as knowing that our redemption 
 draweth nigh, and that our King — the strong Son of 
 God and Son of man is near at hand, to rescue His 
 faithful followers and to restore all things. 
 
 Sermon on Christian Education. 
 
 By the Rev. John Fearnley, M. A., Rector of S. 
 Mary's Hall. 
 
 " That our sons may grow up as the young plants 
 and that our daughters may be as the polished corners 
 of the temple." Psalm 144 : 12. 
 
 (The following is a brief synopsis of Mr. Fearn- 
 ley's sermon, which was preached without M.S.) 
 
 As you |;ravel in Palestine on the road from Bethel 
 to Samaria, you pass a small, round hill, separated 
 by narrow valleys from the summits which surround 
 it. On that spot three thousand years ago stood the 
 Tabernacle, and there, in Shiloh, God's sanctuary, was 
 nurtured a Hebrew youth, who was to be the pride 
 of his mother's heart and the first of the goodly fel- 
 lowship of the prophets. In some of the most fas- 
 cinating and touching chapters of Holy Writ are de- 
 scribed for us the innocent boyhood and spotless 
 youth of Samuel — how he ministered to the Lord as 
 a little child, girt with a linen €phod : how the divine 
 voice came to him in the twilight, how he answered, 
 "Speak, for thy servant heareth," and how all his 
 life he listened to that divine voice and was obedient 
 to that heavenly vision. 
 
 Far sway, on the other side of Jordan, amid the 
 purple hills of Moab, there was growing up. about 
 the same time, a young girl, who, though of alien 
 race, was destined to be the ancestress of Christ. Of 
 the early surroundings and education of Ruth we 
 know nothing, but she must have enjoyed exceptional 
 advantages, for nothing can be more refined and 
 womanly than the unselfish tenderness with which 
 she clings to her husband's mother in the bitterness 
 of bereavement. She leaves country, kindred, father's 
 house and husband's memory to accompany this for- 
 lorn and companionless woman to her native land. 
 When they come to Bethlehem, she provides for her 
 
 and works for her, comforts her in sorrow and cher- 
 ishes her in affliction. What better picture has been 
 drawn of a perfect woman? Her modesty, grace un- 
 obtrusiveness and unselfishness make her an example 
 to all future generations. 
 
 It must have been with such ideals as Samuel and 
 Ruth in his mind that David uttered the prayer "that 
 our sons may grow up as the young plants and that 
 our daughters may be as the polished corners of the 
 temple." He has just spoken of the dangers that 
 await a nation which allows its children to grow up 
 without proper education. Strange children they be- 
 come, whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right 
 hand is a right hand of iniquity. Who is not familiar 
 with the vapid, careless girl who has been to school 
 and got nothing but a distaste for study, who has 
 travelled and got nothing but a spirit of restless- 
 ness, — her literature the trashy novel, her history the 
 daily chronicle of gossip, her conversation the bald 
 and disjointed inanities of personal talk. What bet- 
 ter description can be given of her than the Psalm- 
 ist's brief sentence "her mouth talketh of vanity?" 
 
 Whose memory will not supply them with a sadder 
 picture, darker because it represents a prostitution 
 of nobler faculties, — some bright boy, the jewel of his 
 mother's heart, who in early youth began to tread the 
 downward path, idling away his time on the street 
 corners, becoming dissolute and profligate and then 
 dishonest, and finally seized by the iron hand of the 
 law and condemned to the convict's stripes and the 
 felon's cell. Not a father or mother among us but, 
 remembering such cases as these, must repeat with 
 a shuddei-, "Save me and deliver me from the hand 
 of strange children, whose mouth talketh of vanity 
 and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity." 
 
 All who have meditated on the art of governing 
 mankind have seen that the fate of a nation depends 
 on the education of the young, and David, in his old 
 age, looking back on a long and successful reign, 
 enumerates three great benefits which accrue to a 
 nation's life when boys grow to vigorous manhood 
 and girls live up to a high standard of refinement. 
 Prosperity, freedom and happiness fall to the lot of a 
 nation which trains its sons and daughters aright. 
 
 No country in the world is as prosperous as the 
 United States. With the completion of the Pacific 
 cable we shall enter ori an era of national expansion 
 which, while it tasks our resources, promises mar- 
 velous rewards. At home the great heart of the na- 
 tion throbs with activity and energy. Go to our rivers 
 — they are thronged with hurrying steamboats ; stand 
 in our forests — they reverberate with roaring trains. 
 
 What has been the cause of this prosperity and 
 greatness? While there are many other factors to be 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
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 taken into consideration, it is in a large measure due 
 to our splendid system of national education. When 
 in England last summer a keen observer said to me 
 "England's ruin will come from the lack of educa- 
 tion of her working classes." Take that lesson 
 to heart. Train up your children under the best 
 teachers, with the use of the best methods ; make 
 them realize that they are to compete with the whole 
 world, and that their country expects each one of 
 them to do their part for the national welfare, and 
 then shall the genius of America go forth conquering 
 and to conquer, to replenish the world and to sub- 
 due it. 
 
 But education means more than material prosper- 
 ity, it means national and personal freedom. What 
 glorious achievements of freedom this nation has 
 made ! — freedom, a century ago, from the tyranny 
 of an arbitrary monarch, freedom in the last genera- 
 tion from the blight and pestilence of slavery, free- 
 dom just beginning from the exactions of fostered 
 monopoly and protected greed. No great revolution 
 ever succeeded among a nation of uneducated men. 
 Read the names of the signers of the Declaration of 
 Independence. Had any country ever better scholars 
 than Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin? Rude 
 and unlettered as he was, what speech of modern 
 time surpasses Lincoln's oration on the field of 
 Gettysburg? These were the men who by well stored 
 minds and highly trained intelligence were able to 
 break the shackles of tyranny and lift the yoke from 
 the neck of the slaves. 
 
 But there is a more grinding tyranny than that of 
 despot or slave holder or monopolist ; it is the tyranny 
 of our own passions. There is an oppression heavier 
 than that of unjust law or arbitrary taxation: it is 
 the coercion of man's lower nature. We say that 
 God's service is perfect freedom. The paradox is 
 true. There is no freedom except obedience to law. 
 And therefore freedom is impossible without that lib- 
 eral education which schools us in obedience to the 
 law of God and the laws of society. Mere book learn- 
 ing is but the husk of education ; its core and es- 
 sence is the training of the mind to self-reverence, 
 self-knowledge, self-control. 
 
 The third result of education is happiness. Educa- 
 tion increases and multiplies our capacities for en- 
 joyment. It puts art about animalism and .shows us 
 that the pleasures of sense are poor compared with 
 the delight of the mind in exploring new vistas in an 
 illimitable universe. "I thank God for my education," 
 said a great thinker of the last century. "It has been 
 its own exceeding great reward, it has soothed my 
 sorrows, it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments 
 and given me the habit of wishing to discover the 
 
 good and the beautiful in everything that surrounds 
 me." 
 
 Prosperity, freedom and happiness — these are the 
 results of education. Our gamers plenteous with all 
 manner of store, no leading into captivity and no 
 complaining in our streets. Happy are the people 
 that are in such a case, says the Psalmist, yea, blessed 
 are the people who have the Lord for their God. 
 
 Blessed are the people who have the Lord for their 
 God. Education without godliness is worthless. There 
 can be no prosperity without honesty, no freedom 
 without self-restraint, no happiness without a good 
 conscience. And honesty, self-restraint and con- 
 science are meaningless unless they are based on 
 belief in a God of right and truth. If honesty 
 is simply the best policy, a man who is honest from 
 that motive is little better than a rogue. If self- 
 restraint reduces itself merely to a calculation of 
 advantages and conscience to a consciousness of dis- 
 satisfaction, they will be swept away in the torrent 
 of surging appetites and passions. What shall intel- 
 lect avail apart from morality, duty, and God? A 
 boy will turn his arithmetic into roguery and his 
 literature into lust. A girl will turn her culture into 
 cynicism and her fine arts into frivolity. "Quarry the 
 granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a 
 thread of silk; then may you hope with such keen 
 and delicate instruments as human knowledge and 
 human reason to contend against those giants, the 
 passion and the pride of man." 
 
 Boys and girls of Burlington, present and past pu- 
 pils of St. Mary's Hall and St. Mary's parish school, 
 let me appeal to you on this memorable occasion, the 
 bicentenary of the organization of your Church, to 
 make the most of your opportunities of education. 
 Make your intellectual development a means of moral 
 and spiritual culture : so shall you be ready for all 
 the work God has in store for you both here and 
 hereafter, and so shall the prayer be fulfilled — 
 "that our sons may grow up as the young plants, and 
 that our daughters may be as the polished corners 
 of the temple." 
 
 Sermon by the Right Rev. the Bishop of 
 Albany, gth Rector. 
 
 " We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers 
 have told us what Thou hast done in their time of 
 old," Psalm 44 : i. 
 
 Uttered by the Psalmist in the time of deep de- 
 pression and anxiety when Jerusalem was threatened 
 by the Assyrian invader, and used by us frequently 
 and familiarly in our Lenten litany, these words are 
 at once a reminder and an appeal. Thank God in 
 the prosperity and joy of this festival day we are not 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 called upon to use them as the utterance of penitence 
 and sorrow. Yet they seem to me to have in them 
 the very fittest expression of what is in all our hearts 
 to-day, as we stand at the close of a period of time, 
 long as men's memories go, and marking an anti- 
 quity that is unusual in our country. And surely as 
 we look not backward only, but on to the future of 
 hope and service, we may well take them as the 
 groundwork of that hope and the guarantee of that 
 service, praying, as the Psalmist did, "for Thy mercy's 
 sake," or, as we phrase it in our litany, "for Thine 
 honour, O Lord, arise, help us and deliver us;" be- 
 cause such an inheritance of memories and such a 
 remembrance of names are not without their burden 
 of tremendous responsibility upon us in these latter 
 days. We are thinking of the noble works that God 
 did in the days of our fathers, "in their time of old," 
 and as the petition puts it in the litany, "in the old 
 time before them." Standing as I do here, with a 
 seventy years' heritage of memories of Burlington, 
 the oldest living claimant I fancy of its citizenship, 
 and standing in such close relation to one of the fa- 
 thers, my own in the flesh as well as in the spiritual 
 line of sonship, I s«t myself to speak of the two 
 periods of God's noble workings here, whose story 
 rang in my childish ears, and has lived in my man- 
 hood's memories, and has, more, perhaps, than any 
 other influence, colored and shaped my life. 
 
 More than any other place in America, Burlington 
 and this old parish church ought to be counted as the 
 cradle of American episcopacy. John Talbot, conse- 
 crated by the non-juring Bishops in 1719, sixty-eight 
 years before the consecration of the first Bishop of 
 Pennsylvania, and sixty-five years before the con- 
 secration qf the first Bishop of Connecticut, brought 
 the office, which perhaps he never exercised, to Amer- 
 ica. But even before that the Venerable Society for 
 the Propagation of the Gospel had fixed upon Bur- 
 lington as a see city and bought the Bishop's house 
 here, proposing in that day of feeble foresight and 
 small anticipations to have "two Bishops, one at 
 Burlington and one at Williamsburgh, Virginia, for 
 the continent of America, and two for all the islands, 
 one at Barbadoes and one in Jamaica." The place 
 and the house waited for more than a century for the 
 fulfillment of the Society's plans and the realization 
 of Mr. Talbot's prayers. I find in a note of my fa- 
 ther's to the sermon which he preached in 1834 at 
 the consecration of the old church here after its third 
 enlargement, this memorandum, dated "St. Mary'i 
 Parsonage, Christmas Eve, 1834," "Let it be re- 
 corded as a consideration of additional interest that 
 the writer is in the enjoyment as rector of St. Mary's 
 Church, of a residence provided for him, as to the 
 
 site, 126 years ago by the generosity of a Bishop of 
 Gloucester, through the friendly interest of a Bishop 
 of London." Consciously or unconsciously, I have 
 always thought that my father's decision to make 
 Burlington his see city was influenced by the mag- 
 netic power of this old purpose. He had come here 
 only for a temporary residence, and while here had 
 accepted an offer from the rector and vestry of Trin- 
 ity Church, Newark, to make that city his home, but 
 Dr. Wharton's death, and what he speaks of as "the 
 peculiar circumstances of the parish of St. Mary," 
 decided him first to take charge for six months, and 
 then to become the rector of the parish in 1833. And 
 more and more as the years went on, by degrees, 
 in everything but name, St. Mary's became the first 
 cathedral church in America. 
 
 Taking the periods of time in two divisions, from 
 1702 to 1833, and from 1833 to 1859, God surely 
 wrought many wondrous works here by the hands 
 of His appointed ministers. "Laus Deo apud Ameri- 
 canos. ' Mr. Talbot wrote as the heading of a page in 
 the parish register of what was then called St. Anne's 
 at Burlington. His ministry was that of a true mis- 
 sionary to the adjoining towns; and his eager desire 
 for the establishment of the Church in its fulness in 
 America had much to do with the sending of mis- 
 sionaries by the Venerable Society. Served by very 
 faithful men, the records of this parish filled no 
 small space in the annals of S. P. G. for the early 
 part of the i8th century, until the organization of the 
 Church in America. The longest rectorships were 
 John Talbot's, Colin Campbell's, Dr. Wharton's and 
 my father's. I cannot put in any words of mine the 
 story of these noble works as well as my father told 
 them in his consecration sermon in 1834, going back 
 to the beginning of Mr. Talbot's service in the first 
 St. Mary's Church and running down "the six score 
 and ten tongueless years," as he called them, to his 
 own day. 
 
 "Run back in fancy to the second year of the last 
 century. See the little band of faithful followers of 
 Christ, consulting and contriving, day after day, 
 night after night, how they shall rear a temple for 
 the worship of their God and Saviour, in the way 
 their understanding has adopted, and their hearts 
 approve. See them with difficulty, and at great haz- 
 ard, and with great self-sacrifice, compass the erec- 
 tion of a plain and humble edifice of thirty-five feet 
 in breadth, by, perhaps, forty feet in length. Hear 
 them commended by the historian for their labours, 
 for their zeal and vigour in accomplishing, in fifteen 
 months, a work of smaller moment than our eyes 
 have seen effected in less than as many weeks. Be- 
 hold them on the joyous festival of Whitsun-day, 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 87 
 
 assembled in their simple house of prayer, and pour- 
 ing out, from hearts that overflowed with gratitude 
 and joy, the exulting strains which still, taught by 
 the Church, that holy season puts in all our mouths. 
 — "Great is the Lord and highly to be praised ; in the 
 city of our God, even upon His holy hill. The hill of 
 Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth ; 
 upon the north side lieth the city of the great King. 
 God is well known in her palaces for a sure refuge. 
 . Like as we have heard, so have we seen, in 
 the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God ; 
 God upholdeth the same forever. . . Walk about 
 Sion, and go round about her, and tell the towers 
 thereof. Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, 
 that ye may tell them that come after. For this God 
 is our God forever ; he shall be our guide unto death." 
 Follow their self-denying and laborious missionary, 
 "on the verge of sixty and greatly weakened by an 
 inflammatory fever," toiling his weary way from 
 Burlington to Bristol, and from Bristol to Mount 
 Holly, to tend and feed his Master's scattered sheep. 
 Run down the lapse of years, and see the humble fold 
 extending westward, and then eastward, and enlarged 
 with all economy and skill, that it may meet the 
 wants of anxious souls, and shelter from the howling 
 storm the Saviour's flock. Rehearse the names of 
 noble benefactors, who, in a far off land, gave freely 
 of their gold, to nurse and cherish this remote and 
 feeble congregation of God's people, — the Lady Cath- 
 arine Bovey, the generous Thomas Leicester, the 
 Bishops Frampton of Gloucester, and Compton, of 
 London, and her Royal Majesty, Queen Anne, — so 
 that we may literally use the prophecy of Scripture, 
 that a Queen has been its nursing mother. Observe 
 the memorable fact that, of this eventful series of 
 one hundred and thirty years, three pastors filled the 
 space of ninety; the last of whom (Dr. Wharton), 
 that humble, holy man, whose mortal part reposes 
 just below this pulpit, over whose new tomb the 
 tears of a whole sorrowing people were so lately 
 shed, went in and out among you, day by day, 
 through seven and thirty winters, — fulfilling thus 
 God's promise to His own loved Sion, "I will deck 
 her priests with health and her saints shall rejoice 
 and sing." 
 
 Then came the years of my father's ministry here, 
 faithful and fruitful, as a few of you can bear wit- 
 ness within your living memories, as the material 
 monuments of his twenty-seven years of service tes- 
 tify, as the touching eloquence, of his grave, still kept 
 and tended with unforgetting love, attests. What I 
 wrote forty years ago and more, of his relation to 
 the parish stands as my own recollection in briefest 
 
 and baldest statement of the work of his ministry in 
 Burlington. 
 
 "Of external marks there are very many. The 
 old church was twice enlarged. And the new S. 
 Mary's, than which there is no nobler building in 
 America, lays the long shadow of its beautiful spire, 
 in loving embrace, upon his grave. The number of 
 communicants from 35 has grown to 300. The bap- 
 tisms in the 26 years have numbered 991 ; the con- 
 firmations, 1 1 16, and the contributions, not includ- 
 ing the amount for Church building, have been $36,- 
 000. And this, in a small country town, which, but for 
 him, would be unknown to the Church and to the 
 world. It was the result of very constant labour, in 
 every line of work. His care of the Sunday School 
 was personal for most of his Rectorship. His visits 
 were as constant as they could be, until, in the last 
 few years, some aid was given him; to the sick, 01 
 suffering, or sorrowing, always most prompt, and 
 full of the most real sympathy. His public teachings 
 were faithful, fresh, earnest, incessant, twice every 
 Sunday, with the rarest exceptions when he was at 
 home. His preparation and seeking, of candidates for 
 confirmation, was most faithful and thorough, and 
 his personal relations to his flock were intimate and 
 close. In all points, far more than the clergy of his 
 time of training, far more than most of any time, he 
 fed the portion of the flock of Christ committed unto 
 him with food convenient, and with watchful, anxious 
 care." 
 
 Looking at the line of his work and reading the 
 tone of his teachings in the experience and condi- 
 tions of this present day, they seem natural and 
 familiar enough, but we may not forget that he was 
 the pioneer in America of things that are the habit 
 now. He really cleared the path, through the over- 
 grown brushwood of neglectful centuries, which led 
 to the opening up of the glory and beauty of the 
 Church in her primitive dignity, as woodmen de- 
 velop by their clearings the great cathedral vault- 
 ings of the forest primeval. He really, as Isaac did, 
 "digged again the wells of water, which had been 
 digged in the days of the fathers," which "the Philis- 
 tines" of Puritanism and Erastianism had stopped, 
 and "called them by their own names," and found 
 "the springing waters" of the restored Eucharist and 
 the resumed matins and evensong, and the holy days 
 observed and the Christian year revived. He re- 
 created the old Catholic thought of Christian educa- 
 tion. He brought the baseness of the mere commer- 
 cial interchange of money to pay for religious ser- 
 vices, up to the religious service of the offertory. I 
 think, of all the marked personality of my father's 
 ministry here, nothing remains more strongly in my 
 
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 memory than his monthly catechizings of the children 
 and his afternoon preachings, when, like the Master 
 on the way to Emmaus, "he opened the Scriptures," 
 until even the "fools and slow of heart" came to 
 an intelligent appreciation of them. Nor may I fail 
 to note among the noble works of my father's days 
 of old the building of this church. It marked a 
 period in the ecclesiastical architecture of America. 
 There is no building of its time that can compare 
 with it in its architectural grace and fitness. Since 
 then greater and finer and costlier churches have 
 been built, but S. Mary's, claiming high place among 
 the most beautiful of them all, has the high honour 
 after old Trinity, New York, of leadership in the 
 best church architecture of the land. 
 
 Brethren and friends, as my eyes look out to-day 
 on this familiar place, consecrated to me by the ten- 
 derest memories and the most sacred experiences of 
 my life, as I recall my catechizings, my confirma- 
 tion and my ordinations in the old church, as I re- 
 member my father in the innumerable associations 
 of my life with him in the two homes, of the old par- 
 sonage and Riverside, in the College, with all its 
 marked and unique characteristics of academic ob- 
 servances, in S. Mary's Hall, "mother and mistress" 
 of the Christian schools for women in America, in 
 my service under him and with him, and after him, 
 as deacon and priest, in the old and in the new S. 
 Mary's, and in the dear St. Barnabas Chapel, as it 
 then was. I feel as one of those who tell you of the 
 noble works which God wrought here of old ; and as 
 we turn these memories into words of prayer, surely 
 they utter themselves in the petition which closes the 
 Psalm and makes the response in the litany, "Arise 
 and help us and deliver us, for Thy mercy's sake and 
 Thine honour." 
 
 There lie before you the duties and responsibili- 
 ties of living up to and carrying on all that has come 
 out of the noble works of those who went before you 
 By a happy coincidence there have come back to 
 you, to fill the places where my father worked and T,* 
 four of my own sons in the faith, honoured and be- 
 loved, none more than the Rector who is your able, 
 head to-day. I am glad to own the touch that 
 ties me in this way not to the past only, but to the 
 future of this parish, so rich in its honourable rec- 
 ords of clergy and laymen, and standing so con- 
 spicuous among the venerable congregations of the 
 American Church. That it may still hold for us its 
 place as a stronghold for the maintenance of "the 
 
 *I cannot fail to note another tie, in the interchan^re of the 
 Episcopates, since Albany to whom New Jersey gac'e its first 
 Bishop gave to New Jersey my beloved and honoured brother 
 who fills the Bishop's throne to-day, 
 
 faith once delivered to the saints ;" that it may still, 
 and for all time, fulfil the purpose of its founding and 
 the character impressed upon it by the fathers of 
 old, with its continuous services of prayer and 
 praise, with its frequent and reverent Eucharists, 
 with its constant observance of the rich cyck of wor- 
 ship and commemoration in the Christian year, with 
 its faithful discharge of the high privilege of pastoral 
 service and work, with its clear and courageous main- 
 tenance of the truth, as the Scriptures contain it and 
 the creeds define and defend it, — for these we pray 
 God to arise and help us. For we are fallen in more 
 ways than one on perilous times. There are uncer- 
 tain sounds from the pulpits, and uncertain ques- 
 tionings from the pews of many of the churches in 
 our time. And in the temptation of restlessness and 
 the pursuit of popularity, there are dangers, to which 
 we may not shut our eyes, of a weakened hold upon 
 the great verities of the Christian faith, and of a lax 
 maintenance of the great principles of Christian wor- 
 ship and order. Somehow it seems to me that the 
 very oldness of the Church in Burlington, the very, 
 memory of the noble works wrought out here, your 
 very inheritance as children from the fathers of old, 
 have power in them to hold you to the preaching of 
 the pure Gospel, as it manifests Jesus Christ; and the 
 illustration of the Book of Common Prayer, as it 
 deals with the training of children, with the sacred- 
 ness of marriage and the family and the home, with 
 the deepest and noblest possibilities of pastoral work, 
 with the ministry of reconciliation to the penitent 
 and of consolation to the afflicted, with the uphold- 
 ing of the true catholicity of the Church in its Offices, 
 in its neglected and incomparable Catechism, in its 
 steadfast following through the table of feasts and 
 fasts, of the life of our Lord and his saints, and in 
 its faithfulness, like the wise householder, bringing 
 out treasures new and old, in the order of the ap- 
 pointed Psalter, and in the use of the authorized Lec- 
 tionary. I am not unmindful of the power of the 
 currents of thought and teaching which are stirring 
 in the world to-day, some of them strong tides of 
 cleansing and refreshing power, some of them "rag- 
 ing waves of the sea foaming out their own shame." 
 Old as I am, I am not old enough to forget that 
 there must be certain adaptations of method, in deal- 
 ing with new phases of life as the centuries go on ; 
 but I am very clear in my conviction that the inherit- 
 ance of belief and worship, which we have received 
 from our fathers, is our trust to hand on unimpaired 
 and unmutilated to our children's children. The bor- 
 rowing of novelties in worship to tarnish with the 
 tinsel of their modernness the "beautiful garment of 
 praise" in our Liturgy, and the bringing into the 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 89 
 
 pure simplicity of the Gospel, fads and fashions of 
 questioning and doubt and denial, or the passing 
 language of social and political experiments and 
 theories, are things from which, for His mercy's 
 sake and for His honour, we pray God to deliver 
 His church to-day. Whatever may come to be 
 thought out or inquired into in the quietness of 
 study, the preacher has no right to bring the crude 
 incompleteness of critical destructiveness into his 
 proclamation of God's eternal truth. No physician 
 would propose to practice vivisection or to conduct a 
 post mortem examination in the presence of his pa- 
 tient, with a view to relieving him from pain and dis- 
 ease ; and no teacher of the Bible is justified in mu- 
 tilating the Scriptures, under the pretense of leading 
 his people into a knowledge of the truth. And it is 
 as true that whatever personal preferences and opin- 
 ions may be allowed to affect and influence the pri- 
 vate devotions of the priest, he is bound in conscience 
 to conform in public worship, strictly and literally, to 
 the order of the Book of Common Prayer. 
 
 There are not many left among us now, but there 
 are some, who remember the revival which stirred 
 the Church out of a lethargy of neglected privileges, 
 into the assertion of her true catholicity and the exer- 
 cise of her inherent prerogatives. It was truly an ad- 
 vance movement, all along the line, of restoration, in 
 teaching, in worship and in practice. And in the very 
 •forefront of the movement, this old parish, under its 
 rector, had its conspicuous place. It was among the 
 noble works which God wrought in my father's time 
 of old, like the great rising of a tide, which swept the 
 waves of spiritual refreshment along the whole coast- 
 line of the Church. But there was then in the minds 
 and mouths of the leaders on both sides of the At- 
 lantic the word that said, not without God's voice in 
 it, "hitherto shalt thou come and no further." There 
 was a recognized limit of primitive teaching, beyond 
 which neither in doctrine nor in practice was there 
 attempt or desire to go. It seems to me a false argu- 
 ment which excuses to-day what is called the ad- 
 vance movement of our time, by a reference to the 
 stand which the fathers took in their time of old. 
 Only on the principle of the movement of a crab, 
 which goes always backwards, can it be counted an 
 advance, to go behind the English Reformation move- 
 ment in restoring the disused nomenclatures of 
 Rome ; in disproportionate dwelling upon outside 
 things, mediaeval at least where they are not more 
 modern ; and in perpetually trying to see how close it 
 is possible to walk upon the edge of debatable ground 
 without overstepping the limit, by an easy-going 
 tolerance, and a continuous justification in argument, 
 of the very things which the fathers of the Reforma- 
 
 tion rejected and the fathers of the Catholic revival 
 repudiated and refused. Hearing with our ears and 
 seeing with our eyes the noble works that God 
 wrought here and elsewhere in the old time, we have 
 need 1 think to pray God to "arise, help us and de- 
 liver us" from an unfaithfulness which would de- 
 prave and destroy the heritage which has come down 
 to us from them. The twin charters of that heri- 
 tage are the Holy Scriptures and the book of Com- 
 mon Prayer. 
 
 And I stand here to plead for honesty and faith- 
 fulness in the reverent exposition of the Holy Scrip- 
 tures, and in a real and sincere obedience to the 
 spirit and the letter of the Book of Common Prayer. 
 The critical spirit of our modern day is to be reck- 
 oned with and recognized. Its value depends abso- 
 lutely upon two things, the purpose of the critic and 
 the finality of the criticism. When a well furnished 
 student is searching for the truth, he will be sure 
 to find it, and when the findings have been sifted 
 and certified with patient care and consentient tes- 
 timony, the results, by every evidence on record in the 
 past, will not darken the revelation with doubts and 
 contradictions, but will brighten it with an illumina- 
 tion of richer fullness of meaning and clearer pre- 
 sentation of truth. Standing on the unquestioned 
 position of the absolute and attested authority of the 
 Bible, — as its canon was kept by the Jewish Church, 
 acknowledged by our Lord in His earthly ministry, 
 completed by the gradual addition of the books of the 
 New Testament, and handed down to us by the 
 Church as its "witness and keeper," — the preacher 
 of the everlasting Gospel, after the most searching 
 examination of its records, with the one aim and 
 object of finding in its pages Him of whom "Moses 
 in the Law, and the Prophets did write," will best 
 discharge his high and holy function by the positive, 
 constructive, spiritual presentation of its eternal ver- 
 ities ; remembering that from the beginning to the 
 end the object of the revelation is to reveal Jesus 
 Christ as the light and the life, the way and the truth, 
 the eternal Son, the incarnate God, the Saviour of the 
 world. The cry of the human race is to-day the old 
 cry of the Greeks in the Master's time, "Sir, we 
 would see Jesus." And it is our high privilege, as 
 stewards of the mysteries of the truth to lead them, 
 as Philip did, to Him, glorified by the voice of God 
 which speaks of Him in the Scriptures of either Tes- 
 tament. This is the inherited tradition of this 
 pulpit, and the loyal discharge of the responsibility 
 of the preacher. 
 
 And I stand here also to plead by all "the proph- 
 ecies that have gone before" on this venerable church 
 and parish, for the same reverence and honesty in 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 dealing with the Book of Common Prayer. 1 suppose 
 it is considered a sort of "higher criticism" in its 
 application to the study of that book, not so much 
 to look after the drift and object of its offices and 
 rubrics, as to discover, by what seem to me subtle 
 and sinuous and insidious ways, some drift and mean- 
 ing foreign absolutely to its tone. I cannot but 
 think that we are threatened with a loss of the very 
 purpose of a liturgy, by the vagaries of innumerable 
 private interpretations and interpolations, which de- 
 stroy the uniformity of worship in the Church to- 
 day. And just as I would have men hark back to the 
 old reverence and respect for the volume of the Holy 
 Scriptures, using all modern lights that may be 
 thrown upon it, not to destroy but to develop its 
 meaning, so I would have the Book of Common 
 Prayer dealt with, in its use and in its exposition : 
 not to find in it something which may contradict the 
 roundness and soundness of its catholic teaching, 
 but to use it as "the form of sound words," into 
 which, as St. Paul puts it, we are delivered, as molten 
 metal into a mould, to be shaped by it in our belief 
 and in our life, and not to twist it into new shapes, 
 to suit that most eclectic spirit, which is the essential 
 feature of the heretic, and set forth either passing 
 and popular notions, or personal and private preju- 
 dices, at the beck and will of pure individuality. You 
 will bear with me, brethren and friends, when I say 
 this, because I believe it to be the constant and har- 
 monious testimony, borne by the record of this old 
 parish, to the duty of stewards, who wish to be 
 "counted faithful," of the mysteries of truth and the 
 mysteries of grace, of which, not for two hundred 
 years, but for all the centuries of Christianity with 
 the accumulated power and the accumulated respon- 
 sibility of this venerable antiquity, we have been 
 "put in trust by God." 
 
 As when the angel went down into the pool of 
 the sheep market at Jerusalem and troubled the 
 waters, so the stirring of these memories comes in, 
 somewhat, to help and heal the infirmity of years. 
 And I am here with a feeling of almost renewed 
 youth, in the place of my holiest vows, of my first 
 and freshest service, to offer you with the spirit of 
 my first love the riper counsels of my advanced years. 
 There is no inch of ground in this old city that has 
 not some association with the earlier years of my 
 life. And the old faces come back ; and the old names 
 (still left here now) ; and the old streets and lanes 
 ring to the tread of my own feet and to the footfalls 
 of those who walked them with me once ; and the 
 old home brings back to me the joy of my children's 
 birth, and of my father's joy in them; and the old 
 Church rings again with the sonorous voices of my 
 
 two Bishops here, while in the churchyard's "holy 
 precincts lie ashes that make them holier." And so, 
 for this blessed bit of our earthly Jerusalem I pray, 
 "Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within 
 thy palaces." 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. George McClellan 
 Fiske, D.D. 
 
 " Whose faith follow." Hebrews xiii : 7. 
 
 It falls to my lot to say some of the last words 
 in your great parish birthday festival. This is no 
 easy task, after so much has been already said and 
 said so well. Nor is it easy, first or last, out of the 
 very multitude of thoughts arising at such a time, 
 to select the few and the fittest to be expressed. No 
 one now living will ever see a like occasion. More 
 than 100 years must pass before those shall be born, 
 who may celebrate the 400th anniversary of S. Mary's 
 Parish in A. D. 2103. By that time — yes, before 
 that time — the end of the world may have come. 
 But, if not, what shall be the reflections of the peo- 
 ple, who shall then stand looking back to 1903 — as 
 we stand, looking back to 1703? 
 
 The narrative of the past 200 years has been suf- 
 ficiently told. I need not now retrace it. Beginnings, 
 growth, maturity, struggles and triumphs, sorrows 
 and joys, have been recalled. Heroes, Confessors, 
 Martyrs, Bishops, Priests, Faithful People, men and 
 women, have marched in review before you, a Blessed 
 Company, a Cloud of Witnesses, whose Faith we are 
 summoned to follow, "considering the end of their 
 conversation : Jesus Christ, the same, yesterday, and 
 to-day, and for ever." 
 
 I find here my subject: The Leadership oE The 
 Past and the Following oe Faith. 
 
 We go back to the Past, to our S. Mary's Past, in 
 all loving reverence and honour. But not to gaze upon 
 it as we look upon the Face of the dead. Sometimes, 
 to some, the Past is dead, and we say "Let the dead 
 Past bury its dead." But never so the Christian Past. 
 The Christian Past is no embalmed and buried 
 corpse. Faith makes the Past alive and ever living. 
 Do you notice how it is said, "Whose Faith follow," 
 imitate, as if it were not behind you, but in front of 
 you, in advance of you, going ahead, leading the way. 
 The Past becomes a Leader. How wonderful ! The 
 Christian Past creates the Future. The Future is 
 simply the Following of Faith. This will not satisfy 
 all. There are those, who prefer to regard the Fu- 
 ture as an experiment, or a speculation. They imag- 
 ine that the more uncertain it is, the more glorious 
 it is bound to be. We cannot, of course, foresee or 
 foretell the things, which shall be hereafter. Our 
 
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 own personal future is unknown to us. "Now we 
 see through a glass, darkly." "It doth not yet ap- 
 pear what we shall be." The Faith of Christ does 
 not claim to tell us all that we would know. If it did, 
 it would not be a Faith. It does give us a Hope 
 of Glory, and instructs us how to realize that Hope. 
 It reveals to us the Person of the Risen Lord, and 
 says, "we shall be like Him." The Christian faces 
 the Future with the light of Faith. In whatever 
 degree he may be destined to be an explorer and dis- 
 coverer of truth, or inventor of fact, and theory; 
 whatever of adventure may enter into his career as 
 thinker, prophet, interpreter of his time, he goes for- 
 ward with a distinct measure of certainty. He holds, 
 he has, a certain Faith — and we mean by that, a Faith 
 that is certain. He is a follower — a follower of the 
 Faith that was in those, who lived this life and who 
 believed, before he came into it. There is an ele- 
 ment of humility in this picture. It does not minister 
 altogether to individual pride. The natural man likes 
 to lead. He would originate. He would under- 
 stand his own way. But the Christian method is to 
 follow. The Christian must not be too deeply con- 
 cerned about leading. Christ says "Follow," and the 
 way, in which that command of the Divine Master 
 is fulfilled in the long run, is to maintain the follow- 
 ing, which has been unbroken since the days of 
 Christ on earth. "Following" becomes a tradition. 
 The Faith was once for all delivered. Many quote 
 that text without stopping to reflect Who delivered 
 it. The answer is simple. Christ Himself once for 
 all, delivered that Faith to the Saints. And in that 
 Faith and the practice it involves He has been lead- 
 ing, and His disciples have been following, unto tWis 
 day. We can see this illustrated by the circum- 
 stances of our text. In the days, when the Epistle 
 to the Hebrews was written, the tradition of 
 following Christ, in the holding of a Faith de- 
 livered, received, and in turn again delivered and 
 handed on, was already established. The author of 
 that Epistle, be he S. Paul, or another, says, "Re- 
 member them which have the rule over you, who 
 have spoken unto you the Word of God ; whose Faith 
 follow, considering the end of their conversation : 
 'Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and 
 forever.' " Here was in those very early days, when 
 the years of Christianity as yet were few, when it was 
 a new thing in the world — here was already, the 
 Christian Past, brief as it was, creating, controlling, 
 and shaping the Future. "Them which have the 
 rule over you." They were as all admit, their for- 
 mer pastors — "the Guides" — as it might be rendered, 
 and as the margin reads. Our Blessed Lord provided 
 
 for keeping the Faith whole and undefiled, in other 
 words, for keeping Himself, fresh and distinct be- 
 fore the minds and hearts of men. He provided the 
 witness of the Church to do that. If you trace the 
 course of the Church all along, you must perceive a 
 sustained anxiety to retain and transmit an account 
 of Christ, which should never vary. The Church has 
 always been jealous of any attempt to alter this ac- 
 count of Him. Therefore she must be strict and 
 careful how He is described and spoken of. If men 
 are to follow Him, they must be able to recognize 
 Him. The question is — How shall they know Him? 
 So, the account of Christ, which we call the Faith 
 took on, of necessity a rigidity of statement. It was 
 all-important that no word, phrase, syllable or letter 
 should be employed, which might convey a wrong 
 impression of His majesty, or impair His honour as 
 Almighty God. The Church was made to be just this 
 vigilant, accurate, truthful, keenly-scrutinizing wit- 
 ness as to Christ's Person, so that His identity as an 
 object of worship and service might remain inviolate, 
 and never be obscured, confused, or lost. NicSea, Con- 
 stantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon, all parts of the 
 Catholic Church have passed along their answers to 
 the question, which the Lord Himself submitted, 
 "What think ye of Christ?" And this answer, we 
 otherwise call, "The Faith." There is no continu- 
 ous, collective following of Christ except that, which 
 has attended this witness of the Faith. Only as 
 men have lived in the Faith, as followers, have they 
 overlived and outlived Death and become leaders. 
 How brilliantly has this been illustrated on this holy 
 ground ! The work wrought here, which has made 
 Burlington a centre of charm, of interest, and of 
 sanctity, has been founded on the following of Faith ! 
 The "Guides," the Leaders, who, unto this day, are 
 leaders, whose Faith we are bidden to follow — Tal- 
 bot, and Doane, and the others, were no individual- 
 ists. Their works do follow them, they are leaders 
 still, because they followed the immemorial Faith. 
 This gave their teaching and their deeds strength and 
 proportion and durability. They planted themselves 
 squarely on the ancient witness of the Church to 
 Christ. They came here as followers, their eyes and 
 hearts full of that sublime Figure, which they had 
 been taught to take knowledge of as the Incarnate 
 Son of God, Who had received the uttermost parts 
 of the earth for His possession. They looked up, 
 and saw ever before them the Risen Lord, invested 
 by the merits of His Sufferings and Death, with all 
 power in Heaven and in Earth, issuing His com- 
 mands to go and make disciples — to baptize and to 
 teach. They followed in the track the fathers trod, 
 to impart to all men to whom they came, Sacramental 
 
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 Grace, and to train them in obedience to the pre- 
 cepts of our Lord. 
 
 They had, therefore, a definite message, and a def- 
 inite duty. They were, of necessity, missionaries. 
 If they had been exploiting themselves; if they had 
 come preaching another Gospel than the old one of 
 the Cross, which, at the same time, is the Gospel of 
 "newness of life" because it is the Gospel of Jesus 
 and the Resurrection, if they had come proclaiming 
 new ideas, they might have had a following for 
 awhile, but they would have had no following nozv. 
 They never would have been missionaries in th^ 
 Christian sense. The Christian missionary does more 
 than raise a sensation for the time being. As it has 
 been said, "the office of the missionary is to extend 
 the frontier of the Church or recover her lost pos- 
 sessions." He effects a permanent change. He plants, 
 he sows, he waters, for a harvest, which, afar in the 
 Future, other hands may reap. He does this, because 
 he follows the Faith, which alone preserves among 
 men a sense of the identity of the Author of the 
 Faith, that He is the Same yesterday, and to-day, 
 and forever. One of the peculiar glories of this ven- 
 erable parish, and which gives it the air and spirit 
 of immortal youth is its missionary character. It 
 was conceived and born in that passionate desire for 
 the extension of the Church, which was kindled in 
 the Church herself by Christ the Lord. That flame 
 burned in the Church of England in days, that, from 
 some points of view, seem days of apathy and lan- 
 guor. There rose out of that flame, the "Society for 
 Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts." That 
 missionary movement shrank not from espousing 
 in name and fact, that idea, which is most repugnant 
 to the selfish mind, the idea of "foreign Missions." 
 Then came Keith and Talbot — Keith from his 
 books, and Talbot from his comfortable living and 
 dignified Rectorship. Faring along the Atlantic 
 coast, they planted among other missions, a mission 
 here — in "Foreign Parts." "How is it brethren?" 
 
 Is it ever so, that here, in S. Mary's Parish, when 
 the missionary obligations and responsibilities of the 
 Kingdom of God are laid before you, there is some 
 one — man or woman — as there is in almost every 
 parish — to say, "I don't believe in Foreign Missions." 
 Such unbelief would be strangely out of place here, 
 and if such a doubter should perchance be brought 
 to light, he would be shamed and silenced straight- 
 way by the fact that S. Mary's Parish began life as 
 a Foreign Mission. God chooses places — so the 
 Bible shows us — as truly as He chooses persons. 
 There was something about this neighborb'xjd which 
 told the mission priests, that here was the proper 
 site for a missionary centre. Burlington is a kind 
 of American, Western, Glastonbury. As S. Joseph 
 
 of Arimathaea halted and thrust his staff into the 
 earth, so here the missionaries of the Faith in later 
 days, stayed their steps, and set up the Altar of the 
 Most High God. They felt that a Bishop ought to 
 be here to evangelize the region. They were not mis- 
 taken in their forecast. In due time he came, greatest 
 of bishops, truest, most ardent of missionaries, with 
 eagle eye, intense heart, and mind like the lightning. 
 He charged the American Church with the sense of 
 missionary vocation, and opened her eyes to the 
 missionary vision. The father of the missionary or- 
 ganization of the American Catholic Church was the 
 Second Bishop of New Jersey. This Parish has fol- 
 lowed his faith. Priests, who came after, have, one 
 and all, fostered the missionary spirit, and cultivated 
 the missionary energies of those, who worship here. 
 For example, only the other day, I read of Dr. Eu- 
 gene Augustus Hoffman, that he made Grace Church, 
 Brooklyn, the greatest missionary parish in the land. 
 Such has always been the spirit of the pastors of this 
 parish, and such may it ever be. 
 
 Another distinguishing quality of this parish has 
 been its loyalty to the Catholic standards of Faith 
 and Worship. The power and fulness of the Sacra- 
 mental and Devotional System of the Church have 
 been made known to and impressed upon this people. 
 The Prayer Book in its significance has been taught 
 and applied. It has been accepted as a rule of per- 
 sonal and parochial life. It is a living formula, not 
 a mere antiquity. It is a "use." The Church has 
 been felt, not only as a believing body, but. as a wor- 
 shipping and praying body, and so, of course, a work- 
 ing body. The Holy Eucharist as the Supreme Act 
 of Worship, constantly setting forth the Merits of 
 Christ's Sacrifice, and expressive of His Celestial 
 Intercession, the Daily Offices of the Psalms and the 
 other plighted blessings of the Church's fair and 
 ordered rites have been shown forth here, until the 
 Church has stood out, manifested as a teaching, 
 speaking, and living body in the midst of human life 
 in this town. The Church has been given its own 
 proper place of transcendent dignity, with free course 
 to be seen and heard. Besides these things, the 
 Church in Burlington has been pervaded by the 
 force and laws of beauty. It was a rightful instinct, 
 which in lofty perception of what was due to Al- 
 mighty God, reared this noble sanctuary, wherein, 
 every whit doth speak of His Glory. What men look 
 upon habitually has a great deal to do with what 
 they think, what they do, and what they are. Who 
 can begin to estimate how this splendid Church has 
 ministered to the better nature, to the higher instincts 
 of reverence, to sacred emotions, to desire and ef- 
 forts to rise with Christ. S. Mary's Church has 
 stood here now for almost 50 years, proclaiming not 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
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 only by its voices, but by its very silence, that God 
 is First, and that all men's goods are nothing com- 
 pared with Him. The alabaster box has been poured 
 out here to glorify the Saviour, and the perfume has 
 filled these courts. It was the wisdom of one wise 
 in the Holy Ghost to have built here such a Church 
 9S this in troublous times. The grandeur and beauty 
 of this edifice have been an influence, a lesson, and 
 an inspiration to all, who have come and gone be- 
 neath its blessed shadow. This building, with its 
 embellishments and surroundings, its seed-plot of the 
 Resurrection, has been, and will be always a teacher 
 never failing to arouse a hallowed enthusiasm, ad- 
 miration and pathos, and to stimulate Love, Hope, 
 and Faith. 
 
 We are being led then by those, who in Faith 
 taught and wrought in what we call the Parish of S. 
 Mary. We are not saying a farewell to our friends 
 and predecessors, as if we left them behind. We are 
 folloiving them as gone before — 
 
 "O, ye Dead, whose faces and voices our hearts are 
 
 breaking to see, to hear — 
 Should the mist be lifted that lies between us, 
 
 would our eyes, enraptured, behold you near? 
 Ye who in other days beside us kept the feast that 
 
 we keep to-day. 
 How is it with you now. Beloved; how have ye 
 
 fared since ye went away? 
 We have sung the same sweet alleluias ; we have 
 
 laid our flowers on mounds old and new ; 
 We have knelt for the Holy Eucharist; and all 
 
 with a tear and a prayer for you." 
 
 I know the flood of recollection which overflows 
 so many — perhaps I ought to say, all hearts to-day. 
 As the middle-aged and the elder ones look over 
 this Church, each one sees a diflferent congregation. 
 Each one sees the loved and familiar forms, and 
 hears the voices, of his own. And when, as mem- 
 bers one of another, we merge these individual ret- 
 rospects in one, these Churches, the old and the 
 new, are crowded, Sanctuary, Choir, Nave, and 
 Transepts, and the Churchyard, too, with a vast 
 throng of those, who for two centuries, have here, as 
 a congregation, bent the knee, and said the Creed, 
 and called upon the Name of the Lord. Though they 
 be absent in the flesh, yet are they with us in the 
 spirit, joying and beholding our order and the stead- 
 fastness of our Faith in Christ. Our following of 
 their faith is a spring of rejoicing to them. Shall 
 we not strive to be conscious and worthy of their 
 presence and of their leadership? 
 
 "In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us ofTer, 
 For the Saints who before us have found their re- 
 ward; 
 When the cords of our love broke asunder, we 
 
 sorrowed. 
 But now we rejoice that they rest jn the L,ord, 
 
 In the morning of life, and at noon, and at even. 
 He called them away from our worship below; 
 But not till His Love, at the Font and the Altar, 
 Had girt them with grace for the way they should 
 
 go. 
 These stones that have echoed their praises are holy, 
 And dear is the ground where their feet have once 
 
 trod; 
 Yet here they confessed they were strangers and 
 
 pilgrims, 
 And still they were seeking the City of God. 
 Sing praise then, for all who have sought and here 
 
 found Him, 
 Whose journey is ended, whose perils are past; 
 They believed in the Light ; and the Glory is round 
 
 them. 
 Where the clouds of earth's sorrows are lifted at 
 
 last." 
 
 When people are ashamed of, or despise, their 
 Past, they ignore it. When they are proud of it, 
 they are tempted to deal with it in one or both of 
 two illicit ways. They may lament it, saying "the 
 former days were better than these," enquiring not 
 wisely concerning this, or they may begin and end 
 with idle boasting. The Past of S. Mary's is one to be 
 proud of. Beware therefore, lest it be misused by 
 the double sloth of boast and of lament. Our true 
 relation to the Past stands, as I have suggested, in 
 the Communion of Saints, and in the following of 
 Faith. There is a legitimate sense, in which we 
 must forget those things, which are behind. The 
 "dead hand,'' the disposition to rest supinely upon the 
 achievement of those gone before, the weak-minded, 
 constant looking backward only to be become en- 
 crusted and stationary, are fatal to well-doing, well- 
 being, and personal duty. Our work lies in the pres- 
 ent. We are to be followers of Faith, not followers 
 of particular persons — whether Paul, Apollos, or 
 Cephas. We must earnestly consider the conditions 
 of our day. Faith's following is a progress, and is 
 the only real progress. "Up and be doing. Sons of 
 God, arise!" Reach forth unto those things, which 
 are before. There is everything, near and far, to 
 stir to action. 
 
 More than sixty years ago, Frederick William 
 Faber, then an Anglican Churchman, and speak- 
 ing at his best, said some very startling and pro- 
 phetic words about a Future nearer than he knew 
 or thought. He spoke of a time when there shall be 
 *"an emotion in Christendom," and when the scat- 
 tered fragments of a divided Christianity shall think 
 of trying to piece themselves together. That time has 
 come. We are entered upon it. There is an "emo- 
 tion in Christendom." That was a happy descriptive 
 phrase. "Christian Unity," perhaps is hardly more 
 than that at present — an emotion — hysterical, perhaps, 
 
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 spasmodic, an "iridescent dream" some say. But it 
 is at least an emotion — a strong emotion — and it 
 agitates the frame of Christendom. And out of the 
 emotion, deep, searching, and mighty, comes the fact : 
 after the wind, the fire, the earthquake, comes 
 the "still, small, voice" of God, to calm and unify. 
 
 A divided Christendom is locally exemplified sadly 
 enough, in Burlington. May we not dare to feel that 
 the Church, as the Lord has graciously presented her 
 here is to be for Burlington the channel and the ex- 
 pression of that "emotion in Christendom," which is 
 the presage of healing and reunion. The Church life 
 here has been marvelously preserved at unity in itself. 
 Outwardly it is pre-eminently attractive and com- 
 manding in this community. Do I mistake the feeling 
 among Burlington's inhabitants, when I venture to 
 think, that the people generally, of all Christian 
 names, feel a certain pride and sense of possession in 
 S. Mary's Church? When Bishop Doane was living 
 here, I am sure, that Burlington people, whether of 
 our communion or not, looked upon him, as in later 
 years Boston people looked on Bishop Brooks, and 
 thought and spoke of him as "our Bishop." Let us 
 hope that such a feeling will abide here and continual- 
 ly increase. Let us hope that S. Mary's Church may 
 more and more be felt to be enthroned here as a ten- 
 der and queenly mother, beaming with peace and love, 
 and reaching out her arms to welcome back the lost 
 and the estranged. 
 
 Without compromise, without sacrifice of prin- 
 ciple, without concealment of her great trusteeship 
 of Ministry and Faith, and Sacraments, I believe, 
 that S. Mary's Parish is in a position to present her- 
 self to all, who profess and call themselves Chris- 
 tians, as a Centre of Unity, for the dispersed, which 
 few parishes occupy. 
 
 This parish opens the new century of our Lord's 
 years, with superior strength and range of reach. 
 Rich in her inheritance, she stands with a new Bur- 
 lington at her feet. The quiet town, of intellectual 
 pursuits, the tranquil secluded home of a few cul- 
 tured, refined and leisure people has passed away. 
 New blood is coming in. New names are heard. 
 New activities are set up. But the Church is the 
 same ; only more beautiful for situation, more beau- 
 tiful in worship, grown more beautiful with Time. 
 The accumulations, and experiences, and acquire- 
 ments of 200 years gone, are all for this new Burling- 
 ton. The Church is here, in her strength, and glory, 
 and beauty, to meet and greet the new day. It is the 
 Divine property of the Catholic Church — that She is 
 superior to all changes in secular and temporal things. 
 She is always ready and always able to absorb, to 
 assimilate, to mould, and transform whatever mate- 
 rial she encounters. Every stream of civilization 
 
 that swells the current of the River of Time towards 
 the Ocean of Eternity, is tributary to the Church of 
 God. It has always been so. Into the narrow life 
 of the old Jewish Church came the forces of the 
 Gentiles. Out of the confusion of the Roman Em- 
 pire, as the new peoples poured in from every side, 
 came the magnificent development of the Western 
 Church, and all its attendant glories of Gothic archi- 
 tecture, Common Law, and Anglo-Saxon life, max- 
 ims, and manners. Nobody, nothing, comes amiss 
 to the Church. She finds, gold, precious stones, and 
 treasures everywhere. All that the Church needs 
 to be always sure of her Future and her Glory, no 
 matter what happens, is Fidelity to our Lord. He 
 is the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. 
 When our Lord took leave of the Temple before the 
 Crucifixion, the disciples gazed about them with lin- 
 gering admiration and said, "Master, see what man- 
 ner of stones and what buildings are here." He 
 knew the Future. He surveyed the Past. He looked 
 upon that glorious pile representing an inheritance 
 of many centuries, and He saw it without a Future. 
 "Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not 
 be left one stone upon another that shall not be 
 thrown down." That Church had been wilfully 
 ignorant of the time of its visitation. It had not 
 known, because it would not know, the things belong- 
 ing unto its peace-^and it was doomed. Far dif- 
 ferent, we are confident, is the prospect of S. Mary's. 
 We pause, in admiration, before these buildings. 
 We review the events and gifts which have made 
 the Parish what it is. It has known the time of its 
 visitation. It has cherished the things belonging to 
 its peace. New conquests for the Lord await it. 
 New Saints are to appear. New names are to be 
 written in Heaven. There are probably children in 
 this Church to-day, perhaps singing in the choir, who 
 are to be Priests of the Lord and Ministers of 
 our God. The Lord hath much people in this city. 
 This Parish hath many children to claim her care, 
 and in after time to rise up and call her blessed. 
 Larger fields than this Parish has ever been called to 
 labour in are before her, white already to harvest. For 
 200 years the Lord has been preparing this Parish to 
 do the work which is now at hand. There is a word 
 which, years ago, was, in eVery sense, a Bur- 
 lington word, and which thrilled the Church from 
 East to West. I do not remember to have heard it 
 yet recalled during this anniversary, and so lecalling 
 it. let me conclude. In the dear old language of 
 the College and of the Hall, it seems to me to be in 
 every way, of association and of truth, the "Word for 
 the Day." It is the motto on the Doane escutcheon, 
 "Right Onward." Take that word, dear friends and 
 children of S- Mary's Parish— especially you younger 
 
S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
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 ones, who are to have the making of the next 50 
 years — take that word, "Right Onward," and let S. 
 Mary's prove that this famous Burlington war-cry 
 has lost none of its significance, none of its power. 
 "Right Onward," bear ye all, good people, following 
 the Faith, which has made you what you are; the 
 Faith that Jesus Christ is very God of very God — con- 
 ceived of the Holy Ghost and Born of the Virgin 
 Mary ; the Faith of His Atoning Sacrifice ; the Faith 
 of His Glorious Resurrection ; the Faith of His As- 
 cended Life; the Faith of the abiding Holy Ghost; 
 the Faith of the Holy Catholic Church ; the Faith of 
 Sin's Forgiveness ; the Faith of the Resurrection of 
 the Flesh and of the Life of the World to Come. 
 
 "Right Onward," follow the banner, flung out, 
 "Skyward and Seaward, high and wide." "Right 
 Onward," following your Mother the Church, beau- 
 tiful here — in festal raiment, all glorious within. 
 "Right Onward," go, in patience, and quiet perse- 
 verance, in the old paths, which the Saints have trod, 
 in the old ways, which lead to Heaven ! 
 
 Sermon by the Right Rev. John Scar- 
 borough, D.D , Bishop of New Jersey. 
 
 " There was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool 
 of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." 
 I Kings vi: 7. 
 
 So vast and stupendous an undertaking was the 
 building of the first Temple that it taxed the re- 
 sources of a nation for many years. No other house, 
 built for religious uses, has rivalled it in the mag- 
 nificence of its workm.anship or the grandeur of its 
 proportions. No other monarch has been privileged 
 to rear such a structure, either as a monument of 
 his own greatness, or in honor of the God of Heaven, 
 as did King Solomon more than a thousand years be- 
 fore Christ was born. 
 
 Splendidly did the dazzling pile of gold and mar- 
 ble rise day by day, reflecting on all about it the lustre 
 of Judea's sun-light. Ten thousand hands are busy 
 toiling at their task from morning till night, yet is 
 there no sound heard, save the command of the mas- 
 ter-builder, as he moves among the busy throng. 
 Mysteriously — silently — the work goes on within and 
 without the building. The stone prepared and fitted 
 at the quarry, was laid in the walls without the aid 
 of axe or hammer or any tool of iron. And, I am 
 sure, this fact, so carefully recorded and yet so seem- 
 ingly unimportant, has a lesson of deep significance 
 for us, which we may study with profit and lay to 
 heart. 
 
 L In the first place, I think God meant to ttach 
 His people of old time, and us through them, that 
 all places are not alike hallowed. The summit of 
 
 Mount Zion had many and sacred memories bound 
 up with it, in the history of the nation, before a stone 
 of the Temple was laid upon it. It was there that 
 Abraham proved his fidelity to God's command, by 
 rearing an altar on which to offer his only son in 
 sacrifice. And it was there later on that David the 
 King made ample expiation for his sin and folly in 
 numbering the people and bringing on them a sore 
 plague. Thus the future site of the Temple was con- 
 secrated anew, and for the second time. No doubt 
 the army of workmen, familiar as they were with the 
 history of the spot, realized from the very inception 
 of their task that their feet were treading upon holy 
 ground, and that reverent silence was most befitting. 
 It may be safely assumed, therefore, that the absence 
 of the confusion — noise usually heard in the process 
 of building — was either an act of voluntary, religious 
 homage or the result of a divine command. It em- 
 phasized from the very inception of the work the 
 broad diff^erence between God's House and ordinary 
 dwellings. Might we not learn a lesson from these 
 ancient exemplars and remember that even without 
 any formal setting apart the place where God is to 
 dwell by His special presence, is in some degree sep- 
 arated from common uses and hallowed, even from 
 the inception of the builders' task? The very ground 
 on which God's House is to stand should be deemed 
 sacred before a stone is laid in foundation or walls. 
 II. But there is another and a deeper truth sug- 
 gested by the silence of the builders, and quite an- 
 • other lesson to be gathered from it. The whole 
 transaction belongs to an age of types and shadows, 
 prefiguring greater things to come. The Temple was 
 the great centre of Jewish interest and affection. 
 It was the earthly heritage of Jehovah. There the 
 great heart was to throb, whose pulsations should be 
 felt far and near. In its constrution it was — and was 
 meant to be — the figure of the true and the type of 
 that other spiritual House of which Christ was to be 
 the Head corner-stone and His disciples the living 
 stones of the walls, built on Him. 
 
 Like the Temple, which crowned the holy Mount 
 of Zion, that was likewise to grow noiselessly, gain- 
 ing here a little and there a little, rising slowly but 
 surely in its majesty, stone by stone, from small 
 beginnings to mighty results, without the use of axe 
 or hammer, or any material aid, or instrumentality 
 of man's devising. Thus in a figure the text tells the 
 history of the founding and growth of the Church 
 of Christ in the world. The stone, foretold in proph- 
 ecy, as cut out without hands, has through the cen- 
 turies, become a great mountain and filled the whole 
 earth — "a little one has literally become a thousand, 
 and a small one a strong nation." But the trans- 
 formation has been gradual and noiseless. The King- 
 
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 dom of God has not come with observation. An 
 angel is sent to an obscure town in Judea to an- 
 nounce the great fact that of an humble maiden a 
 Messiah should be born. In due time other angels 
 proclaim the fulfillment of this promise and He is 
 born, who is destined to be Head of a new dispensa- 
 tion. His lot is cast among the lowly. He lives 
 in comparative obscurity, and if ancient art and tra- 
 dition be true, He wrought with His own hands, and 
 earned His daily bread in the sweat of His brow. 
 At the age of thirty, by the Jordan's bank, He is 
 seated and set apart for His holy mission. He did 
 not essay to join Himself to the great men of the 
 earth. "Not many were men after the flesh — not 
 many mighty — not many noble, were called. He chose 
 the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, 
 and weak things to confound the things that were 
 mighty." He called to His side a little band of Gal- 
 ilean fishermen and for three short years He went 
 about doing good. He was put to death as a male- 
 factor, but rose again the third day in great triumph. 
 He commissions the little company of disciples, di- 
 vinely illumined, to go out and convert the world — 
 a rash undertaking, a forlorn hope in the world's es- 
 teem. Sometimes their message is patiently heard, 
 and divine seed falls on good ground. Oftener they 
 are hunted like wild beasts, persecuted and driven 
 from city to city, till finally, with a single exception, 
 they are made to drink of their Master's cup, and re- 
 ceive the martyr's crown. But all this while steady . 
 progress was made, though the growth was noiseless 
 and slow. And when those first called had all passed 
 away, others were raised up in their stead to con- 
 • tinue the work. So that like the bread in the hands 
 of Christ, which grew and multiplied as it was 
 broken, the Church grew and flourished under per- 
 secution and hate. The mustard seed assumed the 
 proportions of a great tree, spreading out its branches 
 into every land. The wave, so small at first as to at- 
 tract little attention, spread farther and farther — the 
 circle grew wider and wider, till finally it reached 
 the throne of the Czesars, and the cross became the 
 symbol of earthly dominion. "Galilean, Thou hast 
 conquered," was the confession wrung from a re- 
 fined but cruel and persecuting heathenism. During 
 all these centuries of varying fortune, without any 
 powerful earthly ally, the cause gained steadily, till 
 at length Kings became the nursing fathers of the 
 Church and Queens her nursing mothers. The light 
 spread from Judea's hills till it circled the earth 
 like a bright zodiac, and millions came bending as 
 humble suppliants to the altars, which their fathers 
 had vainly striven to tear down and destroy. In the 
 face of such historic facts who dares assert that 
 Christianity has failed in its mission, because its 
 
 growth has been both noiseless and slow? Thrones 
 have crumbled to decay. Empires have been blotted 
 out. Nations have risen, died and been forgotten, 
 but the Church which Christ founded has de- 
 fied the corrodings of time, growing constantly in 
 strength and beauty, without the aid of any gross 
 material agency, till all the ends of the world have 
 seen the salvation of our God. Let us not lose heart 
 nor be discouraged if now and then we see the truth 
 sorely tried and many of our fellow-men still grovel- 
 ing in error and superstition. In God's good time 
 the Church's mission in the world will be accom- 
 plished perfectly. But let us not be impatient. Four 
 thousand years .seem to us a long line of gloomy 
 sentinels as we look backward over the history of the 
 Church. But with the Lord a thousand years arc 
 as one day. And when all things are considered, 
 there is far more room for wonder at what has been 
 accomplished than for fears and misgivings because 
 more has not been done. Even in this our own day, 
 though we are too often prone to see only the evil 
 that is in it, the Lord's Spiritual House is rising, not 
 as rapidly as it would if our faith were stronger 
 and our gifts larger. And we lose sight of this fact 
 only when we forget one of the prime conditions of 
 growth. Not like the gourd that grew in a night 
 and perished as quickly, but like the oak-tree that 
 matures in centuries, was the Church to grow. Not 
 by any sudden upheavals or overturning of existing 
 systems, but like leaven hid in the meal, or like the 
 coral reef in the bed of the ocean, where a band of 
 tiny workers toil incessantly, laying the foundations 
 of a future continent. Every day though impercept- 
 ibly, the structure rises toward the surface, till after 
 the lapse of centuries it appears above the crested 
 waves, a refuge for the weary sea-bird and a lodge- 
 ment for the seeds that are swept along in air or 
 ocean, growing year by year, more fertile, till finally 
 it is. fitted for the abode of man, or like the action 
 of the waves, as they make their steady inroads on 
 the land, washing it away, sand by sand, pebble by 
 pebble, inch by inch. So was the Church's power 
 to make itself felt through the centuries. When in 
 our blindness or lack of faith we may think the 
 Church standing still or retrograding, we may be 
 very sure it is doing neither. As Galileo said of the 
 earth, so may we confidently affirm of the Church — 
 "It moves." Certainly and surely though noiselessly, 
 persecutions have been powerless to check it : The 
 gates of Hades have not prevailed, and never will 
 prevail. The final victory is assured by Him who 
 laid its foundations and cemented its walls with His 
 own most precious blood. Many generations may 
 come and go, many centuries may pass, before the 
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 of the Church's mission in the world, but it will come 
 as surely as this morning's sun rose to scatter the 
 mists and darkness of the night. God is not slack 
 concerning His promise. Let us not fail in doing 
 our part, for by withholding our gifts or our personal 
 service we may delay or hinder the accomplishing of 
 the divine plan. 
 
 The early planting of the Church on American soil 
 is a most marvelous illustration of the principle 
 illustrated in the building of the Temple. As early 
 as A. D. 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh, with a party of 
 colonists landed in Virginia, but failed miserably, 
 some of them returning home, and those that re- 
 mained perishing from hunger or exposure, or what 
 is more likely, exterminated as intruders by the cruel 
 tomahawk of the savage. The history of that ill- 
 fated settlement reads like a chapter in romance. 
 
 In 1605 a small colony from England settled on 
 the Kennebec River, in Maine, but the severity of the 
 climate and the poverty of the soil were obstacles 
 that could not be overcome, and this second attempt 
 failed to make a permanent lodgement. 
 
 In 1607, thirteen years before the landing of the 
 Puritans in Plymouth, a colony of Churchmen 
 planted the cross at Jamestown, in Virginia, and set 
 up a rude altar in the wilderness, whereon the Rev. 
 Robert Hunt, the chaplain, celebrated the Holy 
 .Communion, and returned thanks for the safety of the 
 little company, after the perils of a long voyage. 
 Jamestown may rightly be regarded as the birth- 
 place of the American Church. The ancient tower 
 stands there, though a ruin, to bear witness to the 
 fact. It is proposed that the General Convention of 
 1907 shall meet on Virginia soil and make a pil- 
 grimage to this venerable shrine, setting up some 
 fitting memorial to mark the spot where the Church 
 of England was first successfully planted in this new 
 land. I need not trace the history of the early ef- 
 forts of the Church to extend her influence and her 
 services and ministrations to other portions of the 
 coloni€s. Travel was most dangerous and difficult, 
 and there was no recognized spiritual head nearer 
 than the Bishop of London. Every man did what 
 seemed right in his own eyes. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray, who had been sent out 
 as commissioner to Maryland, returned to England 
 at the close of the 17th century to represent the sorry 
 condition of the Church in the colonies, and to plead 
 for more missionaries and larger help. His strong 
 words stirred the Bishops and others to take active 
 measures, and on the 27th day of June, 1701, "The 
 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- 
 eign Parts" was formed in Lambeth Palace, under 
 the Presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 George Keith, of blessed metnory, was the first rnis- 
 
 sionary appointed, and associating with himself John 
 Talbot, they began in earnest the laying of founda- 
 tions in New Jersey and the adjoining colonies — 
 which have endured for two centuries, and will con- 
 tinue till the world's aid. Through all these years 
 the spiritual house has risen to large proportions, 
 and is still growing, though noiselessly and by slow 
 stages — here a little and there a little. In the year 
 1678 the good ship "Shield" was moored to the old 
 sycamore tree, which is still standing on the banks 
 of the Delaware River, and a goodly company of 
 sturdy English emigrants landed on New Jersey 
 soil, and founded the fair city of Burlington. Among 
 these, though the greater part were Friends or 
 Quakers, were a few stanch Churchmen, who wel- 
 comed the ministrations of Keith and Talbot. S. 
 Mary's Church was speedily founded, and Burlington 
 soon became the centre of wide missionary effort, and 
 the designated seat of the first American Bishop. 
 Had the Mother Church been as wise and far-seeing 
 as she ought to have been, the cry of her missionaries 
 for Episcopal supervision would have been heard and 
 answered. But it must be confessed that in the 
 colonies and even among Churchmen, in certain quar- 
 ters, an anti-English feeling had grown up, which 
 professed to dread the introduction of Bishops as a 
 costly luxury, quite at variance with the plain tastes 
 and habits of the people. 
 
 The history of the founding and growth of S. 
 Mary's Church has been told so often, and is so 
 widely known the country over, that if I were to re- 
 peat it I am sure it would sound in your ears like an 
 oft-told tale. A late Rector of this parish, the Rev. 
 Dr. George Morgan Hills, has laid the whole Amer- 
 ican Church under deep obligation by gathering to- 
 gether a vast deal of information that was beyond 
 the reach of the ordinary student or reader, and fur- 
 nishing ready access to material of great value to 
 future historians. It is a history, of which the pres- 
 ent generation may be truly proud. During the past 
 two centuries S. Mary's Church has folded many 
 thousands, and this third century begins with no signs 
 of age or decrepitude, but with the hope and vigour 
 of youth. The whole American Church owes a debt 
 of gratitude to this venerable Mother of Churches, 
 because it has always stood as the "norne" of 
 sound Churchmanship and a wise conservatism. Like 
 the lantern that was hung from the tower of old 
 Christ Church in the city of Boston, as a torch of 
 freedom, so has the light streamed out from this 
 centre over all the land. With a wise adaptation 
 to the changing conditions of the time, this parish 
 has always stood, and stands to-day, as the witness 
 of Catholic truth, without addition or omission. The 
 faith of the ages in its purity and entirety is still pro- 
 
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 S. MARY'S CHIMES 
 
 claimed from altar and pulpit. Everything mere- 
 tricious or tawdry in worship is severely excluded, 
 and the unmutilated Book of Common Prayer is the 
 sole guide and rule of worship for both pastor and 
 people. There have been days of trial and re- 
 proach in your past, but S. Mary's has never swerved 
 so much as a hair's breadth from its steady course. It 
 has never set its sails to catch the passing breath of 
 popular favor. The approval and applause of men 
 have not been valued so much as the approval of 
 the Church's Head. Sterling principles have never 
 been set aside or sacrificed to gain the applause of 
 men. 
 
 You have been greatly favoured, dear people of S. 
 Mary's and greatly blest as well, in the men chosen 
 to be your leaders and guides in things spiritual. The 
 calling of the roll of the dead and the living would 
 bring before you a goodly array of honored names 
 from the days of Keith and Talbot down to the 
 present time and hour. A splendid body of laymen, 
 too, from the early Governors of the Province, have 
 been a bulwark of strength. 
 
 The men and women of this parish have never 
 failed to do their full share in the work of the Dio- 
 cese and the whole Church, as well as here at home. 
 I was deeply touched on Thursday last when your 
 festal week had reached its proud culmination and 
 the glorious words of the preacher were still ringing 
 in our ears and thrilling our hearts — your Rector, 
 from his place in the chancel, called for a thank- 
 offering from the great congregation — not to rear 
 some worthy memorial of the occasion which had 
 called them together — some mark in or about the 
 Church itself— no — but for the work of missions ! 
 and the spread of the Gospel the world over ! It was 
 most fitting that the parish which had once been a 
 feeble mission itself should not forget the fact, but 
 emphasize it in its day of strength and power. That 
 was to me, the true keynote of the grand service, 
 and added greatly to the joy of that memorable day. 
 Dear brethren, you have kept the Feast with great 
 gladness. You have recalled a long line of ecclesias- 
 tical ancestry — and you have felt an honest pride in 
 perusing the parish history. Let me in this closing 
 hour of your anniversary recall you from the con- 
 templation of the past to the responsibilities of the 
 present and the future. You have been making his- 
 tory and you must go on making history still. The 
 traveller who climbs the steep ascent of the mountain 
 may stop now and then to look back, and brush the 
 perspiration from his heated brow. But he must not 
 tarry long. The top is far distant, and he tnust face 
 the toil before him or fail in his effort. And so I 
 ask you not to be content with looking to the past — 
 much of satisfaction as it may bring you — but face 
 
 bravely the duties and the work of the present day 
 and hour. There are great opportunities before us 
 and about us if only we have the wisdom to see 
 them. Perhaps never in the history of the Church 
 since the Apostles' days have there been so many 
 open doors and so many Macedonian calls. Our ex- 
 tended civil possessions demand large ventures of 
 faith. The Church is pledged by her divine commis- 
 sion to go into all lands and to all people. At home 
 and abroad her hand finds much to do. She must 
 follow the ring of the woodman's axe and the miner's 
 pick, as well as carry the message to those who are 
 still sitting in darkness, whether in the jungles of 
 Africa or the wigwam of the prairie. You must 
 lengthen the cords and strengthen the stakes of your 
 own parish boundaries. It is a pitiable spectacle to 
 see one boasting of an honourable ancestry, while 
 he himself is unworthy of the name he bears. And 
 it is equally sad to see the disciple of Christ boasting 
 himself of what he was or did in the past and stand- 
 ing idle, with folded hands, utterly oblivious to the 
 duties of the present. Copy the noble example of the 
 great apostle, "Forgetting those things which are be- 
 hind and reaching forth unto those things which are 
 before press toward the mark for the prize of the high 
 calling of God in Christ Jesus." Pardon me a word in 
 closing that is personal to myself. I have the most 
 deep and tender associations bound up with this dear 
 parish church. The mose eventful day of my life was 
 spent within its hallowed walls. On the anniversary 
 of that Feast when our Blessed Lord was presented in 
 the Temple, I was myself presented here more than 
 twenty-eight years ago to be commissioned a Bishop 
 in the Church of God. All but one who laid holy 
 hands on my head that day rest from their labours. 
 The Bishop of Albany, my junior by one year, is sole 
 survivor of that distinguished group of men. May 
 he live long. I esteem him as my closest friend. I ad- 
 mire him for the name he bears, and for his own in- 
 trinsic greatness. Not the, shadow, as he modestly 
 declared the other day, of his father's wonderful gifts 
 and graces, but the heir and the very equal of him 
 whom we all delight to honor. You all have your 
 associations built up in these beautiful walls, but I 
 will yield to none in the hallowed memories thai 
 cluster here. In that service of consecration I felt, 
 and I still feel, that I was in contact with a long line 
 of worthies, who went before me, and I bless God for 
 the kind Providence that brought me here, and for- 
 ever linked my name with that great company, whose 
 shoes latchet I could not feel myself worthy to stoop 
 down and unloose. Whose names are written in the 
 imperishable records -of the Lamb's Book of Life, and 
 whose inheritance is with the Saints, here as well. 
 
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