measure, flowed, in order that men might be led to a just feeling and judgment of the truth."

The other tract was entitled Modern Policies: its object was to expose the hypocritical and wicked policy of the then prevailing party, by laying down In detail, as the principles on which a true politician should act, those false principles on which the leading agitators of the day had but too successfully conducted their designs; and then holding them up to the contempt and abhorrence of the reader, by the manner in which they are stated and illustrated.

Dr. D'Oyly has given some interesting extracts from Mr. Sancroft's correspondence during this calamitous period; whence it appears, that he was not only busily employed in administering such literary remedies to the diseases of the times, as his abilities could afford, but that he also contrived, out of his scanty income, to give liberal aid to several excellent fellow-sufferers, who were still more grievously afflicted than himself by the loss of their preferments. Among others to whom his purse was opened was Dr. Cosin, afterwards Bishop of Durham; and it is grateful to the best feelings of our nature to observe, that the assistance which he was thus enabled to give to this learned and excellent man, then in poverty and exile, laid the foundation of all his future advancements. For, when Dr. Cosin, at the Restoration, was deservedly selected to fill a distinguished station on the Episcopal Bench, he did not forget his humble benefactor; but immediately appointed him his chaplain, gave him good preferment in his diocess, and was strenuous in recommending him to those in power; until he saw him placed in a situation where his own character and abilities could be fairly appreciated, and his future promotion might be safely left to their influence.

In the year 1657, Mr, Sancroft, wearied and disgusted at the scenes which every where presented themselves in his native country, passed over into Holland; and, having remained there nearly two years, in the month of July, 1659, he extended his

tour into Switzerland and Italy, in the company of an opulent friend, who appears to have defrayed all the expenses of the journey; and he was summoned from Rome, in May, 1660, by the welcome news of the Restoration.

Mr. Sancroft was now appointedchaplain to his friend and patron Bishop Cosin; and in that capacity he assisted in those alterations which were made in the Liturgy, after the termination of the Savoy Conference; though it is not easy to ascertain on what particular parts of the work, or to what extent he was employed.

Preferment now flowed in rapidly upon Sancroft. He was successively appointed chaplain to the restored monarch, Rector of Houghton le Spring, and Canon of Durham, Master of Emmanuel College, and Dean of York. The Mastership of his College was bestowed upon him in a manner peculiarly grateful to his feelings: for, as he states himself, it was quite unexpected, and he knew nobody in the College, his acquaintance being quite worn out. He seems to have owed the appointment entirely to the high estimation in which his character was held; and his conduct in the office justified the choice. For he appears to have applied himself diligently, and with characteristic prudence, to the restoration of the discipline of the house; anxiously considering the best means of filling it with respectable and learned inmates; and devising plans for the improvement of its buildings; to which, though he did not hold the Mastership long enough to carry his objects into effect under his own superintendance, he was afterwards a munificent contributor, having presented the College with nearly £600 towards the expense of erecting a new chapel.

He retained the deanery of York only ten months, when he was removed to the more lucrative and important station of Dean of St. Paul's: and, in this situation, he was employed in preparing for the substantial reparation of that ancient, and now miserably dilapidated Cathedral, when the great Fire of London completed the destruction of the venerable fabrick.

(To be continued.)

Abstract of the Proceedings of the Thirty-fifth Convention of the Dio cess of New-York, held in Trinity Church, New-York, on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of October, 1821.

THE Convention was composed of the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, 46 Presbyters, 6 Deacons, and Lay Delegates from 42 parishes.

It was opened with Morning Prayer, conducted by the Rev. Lucius Smith, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Auburn, Cayuga county; an appropriate Sermon by the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. Rector of St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, King's county; and the administration of the Holy Communion by the Bishop.

A certificate was produced and read of the incorporation of St. Luke's Church, New-York; and the said church was received into union with this Convention.

The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk was elected Secretary.

Agreeably to the 45th Canon of the General Convention of 1808, the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart delivered the following address:

MY BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY

AND LAITY,

The following is the register of my proceedings since the last Convention: On the Friday following the meeting of that body, I ordained Peter Williams, jun. a man of colour, Deacon, in the African Church of St. Philip's, in this city, where he still officiates, and is collecting a large congregation, who exhibit much order and devotion in the exercise of worship.

On the Sunday after, in St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, I admitted the Rev. William Bartow, Deacon, of Canandaigua, to the holy order of Priests. I subsequently administered confirmation in that church to 50 persons.

On the 10th of December I visited St. George's Church, Hempstead, and adInitted James P. F. Clarke to the holy order of Deacons. He has since officiated at Waterville and Delhi, in Delaware county. I administered confirmation in this church to 30 persons. On the 7th of the month I officiated in the church at Islip; on the following

day in that at Setauket; and, on the 10th, officiated in the church at Nortla Hempstead, and confirmed 13 persons. On the 20th of the month, in St. John's Church, Yonkers, I admitted the Rev. John Grigg, Deacon, the officiating Minister thereof, to the holy order of Priests.

In the month of February I visited the western part of the State; induced to this journey at this unfavourable season principally with a view to consecrate the churches at Rochester and Buffalo, and to make arrangements with respect to the Branch Theological School which had been fixed at Geneva. On the 18th of the month I officiated at that place; and, on the 20th, consecrated the new church at Rochester, by the name of St. Luke's Church, and confirmed 10 persons; and, the following day, admitted the Rev. Francis H. Cuming, the officiating Mi nister thereof, (who had recently removed from Binghamton) to the holy order of Priests. It gave me great satisfaction to see a respectable and increasing congregation established in a flourishing village, the scite of which, at the falls of the Genesee river, a few years since was a wilderness. On the 23d I officiated to the congregation at Avon, and the following day at Geneseo, both on the Genesee river. And, on the 25th, consecrated a neat and commodious edifice, on the banks of lake Erie, at Buffalo, by the name of St. Paul's Church. This is also com paratively a new village, having been settled but little more than twenty years; and I experienced high gratification in witnessing the spirited exertions of the congregation in the erection of their edifice. Confirmation was administered to about 20 persons,

On the 1st of March I performed service at Batavia, on the 2d at Le Roy, and on the Sunday, the 4th, at Canandaigua; on the 5th at Richmond, and on the 8th at Auburn; on the 9th at Onondaga court-house; on the 11th at Utica, and on the 14th at Albany.

On the 19th of April, in Christ Church, New-York, William Thomp son, George W. Doane, and Lawson Carter; and, on the 18th of May, in Trinity Church, New-York Ezra B.

Kellogg, were admitted to the holy order of Deacons. Mr. Thompson has been assisting the Rector of Christ Church, and Mr. Doane has a temporary engagement in Trinity Church, New-York; Mr. Carter, residing in that city, has been officiating in the church at Belleville, in the diocess of New-Jersey; and Mr. Kellogg has gone to the state of Ohio, with some intention of settling there.

The respectable congregation of St. George's Church, at Flushing, LongIsland, one of the oldest in the state, having erected a new edifice for worship, in a style of neatness and convenience that does them great credit, I consecrated it to the service of Almighty God, according to the forms of Our Church, on Friday, May 25th.

On the 4th of June I laid, with suitable religious solemnities, the corner stone of the new church of St. Luke's, in the city of New-York.

In the months of August and September I officiated as follows: -August 9th, at Catskill; the 11th, at Waterville; and the Sunday, the 12th, at Delhi, the county town of Delaware, where a congregation was organized a few years since, which promises to be numerous and respectable; Tuesday, the 14th, at Unadilla, and confirmed 7; Thursday, the 16th, at CatharineTown, and confirmed 12. This congregation, though only supplied, for several years past, a few times every year with the services of a missionary, still keep up their numbers, and retain their attachment to the Church. This is in no small degree to be attributed to their meeting regularly for worship, having the service and sermons read by a lay reader. On Sunday, the 19th, I performed divine service at Angelica, the county town of Alleghany. This was only the second time that divine service, according to the forms of our Church, had been performed in that place by a clergyman; the Rev. Mr. Phelps, who for some time was the only nissionary in the western district, having performed service here several years ago. This is one of the many places in which our Church could be established, if it could be supplied with missionary aid. From Angelica I vi

sited, on the 22d, the congregation at Buffalo, and admitted the Rev. Deodatus Babcock to the holy order of Priests, and confirmed 4 persons; the 26th of ficiated at Batavia; the 28th at Geneseo; the 29th at Richmond, in the morning, and in the evening at Canandaigua, and confirmed 17 persons; the 30th at Geneva, and confirmed 37; the 1st of September at Waterloo, and confirmed 18 persons; the 2d at Auburn, and confirmed 41; the 4th at Onondaga, and confirmed 38; and the 5th at Manlius, and confirmed 18, and admitted Phineas L. Whipple to the order of Deacons.

From the western district I proceeded to the north-eastern section of the state, and officiated at Turin, on the Black river, on Sunday, the 9th, and confirmed 25 persons; on Wednesday, the 12th, I officiated at Waddington, on the St. Lawrence, and confirmed 7 persons. This congregation has been for some time destitute of the services of a clergyman, but has been kept together by the judicious services of a lay reader. The next day, the 13th, I officiated at Ogdensburgh, where a handsome stone edifice, for public worship, is in considerable forwardness; and the evening of the 14th at Sackett's Harbour. On the morning of Sunday, the 16th, I officiated at the Holland Patent, in the town of Trenton, where there is a small congregation, whose exertions are deserving of particular notice. They have raised and enclosed a building for worship, principally by the contributions of two individuals, in moderate circumstances; with both of whom I conversed, and found them possessed of that knowledge of the Church, and attachment to its principles, which induced them to think no exertions too great to obtain its invalu able services. This congregation has enjoyed but seldom the ministrations of a clergyman. In the afternoon of the same day I performed divine service in the village of Oldenbarneveld; on the 18th I officiated at Johnstown, and instituted the Rev. Parker Adams Rector of the church, formerly of this diocess, who had removed to South-Carolina, from whence he had recently returned; I also confirmed 8 persons. On the

following day I instituted the Rev. Alexis P. Proal to the rectorship of the church at Schenectady, to which place he had removed from Johnstown, and confirmed 28 persons. On Sunday, the 23d, I officiated at Goshen.

The rite of confirmation has been so frequently administered in the various congregations, that it is not to be expected the numbers confirmed will be so great as heretofore. It is a circumstance, however, gratifying to every friend of our Church, to know that in the western district particularly, and at Turin, on the Black river, the persons confirmed, principally of adult age, were, with few exceptions, those who, not educated in our Church, had embraced it from a conviction of the soundness of its principles, and of its affording eminently the means of spiritual edification, and those apostolic ministrations and ordinances* by which their communion is to be established and maintained with that Redeemer who, through his Church, conveys the blessings of his salvation.

In thus recording the advancement of our Church, I would beseech you to bear in mind, that but for missionary labours, I should not have had the gratification of witnessing, nor you of hearing these animating events. Our Church, in almost every instance, has arisen in the new settlements from the smallest beginnings. A few churchmen, adhering with a zeal which no depression could extinguish, and no difficulties daunt, to the faith, the ministry, and the worship of that Church which, as that fold of their Redeemer in which they are to be nurtured for heaven, engrossed their warmest affections, communicated by conversation, and espccially by regular meeting for worship, a portion of their zeal to others; and thus their small assembly gradually augmenting, and cherished by the occasional visits of a missionary, rose at last to a congregation, which, by extra. ordinary exertions, erected an edifice for worship. This is the history of the rise of our Church in almost all those

*This word was incorrectly printed in the Journal of the Convention, and in a separate pamphlet, ceremonies.

many cases in which we see her exhibiting the standard of apostolic truth and primitive order in those new settlements of our state, where abound nearly all the variety of sects into which Christians are unhappily divided. And, Brethren of the Clergy and Laity, let me impress deeply upon you, that this might be the history of the rise of our Church in innumerable more cases. could we extend the sphere of missionary exertions. But our means are inadequate even to the slender stipend of our present missionaries, whose scanty support is principally furnished by the free, but onerous contributions of those who have to contend with the embarrassments and difficulties attending the settlement of a new country. Could every individual of our Church feel as I have felt when compelled to damp every hope, urged by the most affecting entreaties, of receiving even the occasional supply of missionary services, the means of furnishing them would be amply afforded. And I know not how these means are to be supplied, and how our Church is to be kept from a retrogade instead of a progressive course, unless you, Brethren of the Clergy and Laity, in addition to your personal exertions, will impress on others the duty and the policy of ap propriating their bounty to their own Church, while she thus needs it all, and of resisting that popular and well meant, but injudicious and contagious . zeal, which, dispersing its gifts towards objects of uncertain benefit to all men, neglects the immediate sphere of obvious good, and leaves some of its own household to perish.

In addition to the changes in the diocess already noticed, I have to note the following:-The Rev. Benjamin P. Aydelott, M.D. has removed to the diocess of Maryland, and the Rev. Henry P. Powers to that of New-Jersey.

The Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, has been appointed Rector of Grace Church, in this city; and the Rev. William H. De Lancey has taken charge of St. Thomas's Church, Mamaroneck, Westchester county. The Rev. George Upfold, M.D. has removed from Lansingburgh and Waterford, of the congres

gations in which places the Rev. Benjamin Dorr has now the charge, to the recently organized congregation of St. Luke's Church, in this city. The Rev. Henry M. Shaw has removed from Utica to Sackett's-Harbour; and the Rev. Henry Anthon, who spent the last winter in South-Carolina, has been appointed Rector of the church at Utica.

The Rev. Mr. Fitch has removed from the diocess of New-Jersey, and is occupied in an academy at Bloomingdale. The Rev. Dr. M'Donald has removed from Fairfield, and acts as principal of the academy at Geneva, in the theological school, in which place he is also a professor. The Rev. Ezekiel G. Gear has removed from Onondaga to the missionary station at Binghamton; and the Rev. Milton Wilcox, from the Eastern Diocess, acts as missionary at Onondaga and the towns adjacent; as also the Rev Marcus A. Perry, from the same diocess, at Unadilla and the adjacent country. The Rev. Nathaniel F. Bruce, M. D. formerly of Duanesburgh, officiates at Redhook. The Rev. Amos G. Baldwin has relinquished the charge of the church at Ogdensburgh, and the Rev. Samuel Phinney that of the church at Coldenham, and the Rev Nathaniel Huse of the churches at Richfield and Paris.

The Rev. Ravaud Kearney has relinquished the rectorship of the church at Eastchester, and confines himself to the church at New-Rochelle; and the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, from the diocess of New-Jersey, has been elected Rector of the church at Eastchester.

The Rev. Alanson W. Welton has relinquished his missionary duties at Richmond and the parts adjacent.

The following are Candidates for Orders :-William B. Thomas, Algernon J. Hollister, George M. Robinson, Eleazar Williams, Richard Bury, William L. Johnson, Alonzo Potter, Rosevelt Johnson, Manton Eastburn, David Osborne, Levi S. Ives, Thomas K. Peck, William S. Irving. Nearly as many in this city, and at the academy at Geneva, are engaged in the preparatory studies, and some of them are ready to apply for admission as candidates for orders.

The Protestant Episcopal Theological Education Society, established by the last Convention, has gone into operation-and the report of the Trustees, which will be laid before you, will inform you of their proceedings, and of the present state of the schools which they have founded. The principal theological school is placed in the city of New-York, and a branch of it in the village of Geneva, in the western part of the state. The reasons for this arrangement, by which are secured to the candidates for orders the advantages of a retired and of a more public education for the ministry, having been detailed in my address to the last Convention, it is unnecessary to repeat them. It is proper, however, to observe, that it is not designed to consider these institutions as entirely distinct, but to afford to those students, who, from preference or from circumstances of peculiar convenience, have pursued their studies in the branch school at Geneva, an opportunity of completing or revising their course in the theological school in the city of New-York. By this arrangement they will enjoy the advantages which retirement affords for diligent application, and for the formation of those serious dispositions and habits which are essential to the ministry, as well as the benefits resulting from the theological establishment in New-York, where the number of the clergy and the congregations of the Church, and the opportunity of more extended social intercourse, will afford to the candidates for orders peculiar facilities for strengthening and refining their minds for obtaining that knowledge of human nature, which is so important and useful, and for improving themselves in the performance of the various offices of the Desk and the Pulpit.

In the city of New-York, Columbia College, which is constantly rising in reputation, affords advantages inferior to no other institution in the Union, for the studies preparatory to the ministry; and the Corporation of Trinity Church having transferred the annuity granted to the academy at Fairfield to a similar institution at Geneva, opportunities will be thus furnished for these preparatory