This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... requirement. The difficulty was to find a man who could accept it. It would mean for him, in all probability, personal unpopularity among his neighbors at home, a costly and dangerous voyage over the sea for consecration, infinite labor to meet and overcome the prejudices of the authorities in the English Church, and, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... requirement. The difficulty was to find a man who could accept it. It would mean for him, in all probability, personal unpopularity among his neighbors at home, a costly and dangerous voyage over the sea for consecration, infinite labor to meet and overcome the prejudices of the authorities in the English Church, and, in all likelihood, permanent expatriation. Their choice fell finally upon two men, either of whom would be suitable, but neither of whom was present. Choosing the They were the Rev. Drs. Jeremiah Learning first bishop. and Samuel Seabury. They were both in New York, but belonged in Connecticut by birth and service. Dr. Learning was an old man. He had been rector of the church at Norwalk, but had been driven away, with loss of goods and friends. When he was informed of the action of his Connecticut brethren, he at once declined the office. He was too infirm to bear the voyage, and, at his age, he could not face the probability of making for himself a new home outside of the State., Dr. Seabury accepted. He was a Connecticut man by birth, and was now fifty-four years of age, in the vigor of his life. He was the son of one of the "New England converts " from Puritanism, and, like all that stock, Dr-Seabur/s a High Churchman. He had studied medicareer. cine at Edinburgh, been ordained in England, had served as a missionary in Long Island and New Jersey. At the beginning of the war he was rector of the parish at Westchester, N. Y. He had been a pronounced and active Tory from the beginning. With his friends Inglis and Chandler, he had conducted a literary bureau advocating the British side of the contest. He was generally believed to have written the biting letters of Wilkins, signed by "A Westchester Farmer." He had published ...
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