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potism was introduced the anticanonical custom of frequently changing the head of the Greek clergy.

During his first Patriarchate, he had the good fortune to save the Greek Christians from the fury of the Divan, who had it in contemplation to make that people responsible for the French expedition into Egypt. He succeeded in preserving his countrymen from the hatred of the Turks, but he was not the better treated for his interposition; the Turkish government banished him to Mount Athos. Recalled to his See some years after, he was again exposed to great danger in consequence of the war with Russia; and, on the appearance of an English fleet off Constantinople, the Patriarch was exiled anew to Mount Athos, from whence he once more ascended that throne on which he terminated his career.

This Prelate invariably manifested the most rigid observance of his sacred duties; in private life he was plain, affable, virtuous, and exemplary. To him the merit is ascribed of establishing a patriarchate press. He has left a numerous collection of pastoral letters and sermons, which evince his piety and distinguished talents. He translated and printed in modern Greek, with annotations, the Epistles of the Apostles. He lived like a father among his diocesans, and the sort of death he died adds greatly to their sorrow and veneration for his memory. This Prelate had not taken the least share in the insurrection of the Greeks; he had even pronounced an anathema against the authors of the rebellion; an anathema dictated, indeed, by the Mussulmans' sabres, but granted to prevent the effusion of blood, and the massacre of the Greek Christians.

When the Rev. Mr. Connor was at Constantinople, in 1819, he was introduced to this venerable Patriarch as an English clergyman. "He received me," says Mr. C."very kindly; and, after conversing some time on literary topics, particularly on the affinity of various languages, about which he was very inquisitive, I made him acquainted with the existence and state of the Bible Society. He approved of it. On my mentioning that I had in Pera co

pies of the Scriptures in twelve languages, he seemed surprised, and intimated a wish to see some of them. The same day I sent him copies of the transla tions which I possessed. He was highly gratified, and expressed his thanks in writing. I was glad to hear, the other day, that he has already sent the copies which I gave him, to some of his distant friends, of high rank in the Church, as a valuable present."

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From that moment he became the warm and devoted friend of the Bible Society; anxious to hear of its success, and employing every means which his peculiar situation would allow in its behalf. We mourn his removal; not so much on his own account, for, to a man in his 80th year, death must soon come, and to a Christian it ever comes as a friend, whatever be its outward form; but we fear it may be long before his place is supplied by a Prelate of equal piety, zeal, and prudence; and must, therefore, regret his loss as a serious injury to the promotion of the Gospel of Christ.

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same time, a temporary hindrance to it, in the prevailing spirit of the times. The truth is, that a task so insolated as that which we are now prescribing,

Address of the Board of Trustees of the
General Theological Seminary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.

UNITED STATES.

THE Trustees of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, present to you the annexed statement of the mea sures which they have adopted for carrying into effect the great and interesting object committed to their charge.

does not suit with the present rage for To THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPALIANS OF THE generalising. There is an appetite for designs of magnificence. There is an impatience of every thing short of a universal scheme landing in a universal result. Nothing will serve but a mighty organization, with the promise of mighty consequences; and, let any single person be infected with this spirit, and he may decline from the work of a single court or lane in a city, as an object far too limited for his contemplation. He may like to share, with others, in the enterprise of subordinating a whole city to the power of some great and combined operation. And we may of ten have to deliver a man from this ambitious tendency, ere we can prevail upon him to sit humbly and perseveringly down to his task-ere we can lead him to forget the whole, and practically give himself to one of its particulars-ere we can satisfy him, that, should he moralise one district of three hundred people, he will not have lived in vain-ere we can get him to pervade his locality, and quit his speculation."

"Not that we at all admire the narrowness of an unsocial spirit, which cares for nothing beyond the confines of its own territory. It is simply, that we hold it to be bad moral tactics, thus to extend the field of management-thus to bring a whole city or a whole province under one unwieldy jurisdiction -thus to weaken, by dispersion, the interest which we think is far more vivid and effective when concentrated upon one given locality-thus to exchange the kindness of a small appropriated home for the cold lustre of a wider and more public management thus to throw ourselves abroad, over an expanse of superficiality, instead of thoroughly pervading and filling up each of its subordinate sections. We have, in fact, somewhat of the same antipathy to a general society for matters spiritual, that we have to a general session for matters temporal; and are most thoroughly persuaded, that the less we are linked and hampered with one another, the more effective will be all our operations." VOL. VI.

In the arrangements which they have made for giving efficiency to the design of the General Convention in the establish ment of this institution, they have deemed it right, in dependence on Divine Provi dence, and the zeal of the friends of our venerable Church, to lay at once the foundation of a widely extended system of theological instruction; while it was necessary that they should accommodate their expenditures, as far as practicable, accomplish both these desirable objects, to the means placed at their disposal. To they have availed themselves of the assistance of several Professors, whose services will be, for the present, gratuitously rendered; under the expectation, however, that suitable provision will be made for their just remuneration as soon as the state of the funds will warrant.

The appeal is now made to your feelings of attachment to the doctrine, ministry, and worship of the Church; to your desire for the promotion of a spirit of enlightened piety among her members; and to your anxiety for the extension of her principles, as intimately connected with the advancement of primitive truth and order, with the well being of the social state, and with the salvation of men. And that under the influence of these consithe Trustees cherish the confident hope, derations, your contributions will be proportioned to the superiour magnitude of the objects of the institution, and will afford the means of an adequate remuneration to pious but necessitous students. the Professors, and of pecuniary aid to

Your prompt and vigorous assistance is the more earnestly solicited, because the generous bequest which has so materially influenced the authorities of the Church, in the establishment and location of the munificent as an individual benefaction, is General Seminary in New-York, though not likely to equal in amount the expectations that have been indulged, and with all the other resources in the possession of the Trustees, will fall far short of the present exigences of the institution. While they venerate the memory of the departed benefactor of the Church, and gratefully appropriate the proceeds of his

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bounty to its destined uses, the Trustees indulge the hope that his generous beneficence will operate as a stimulus to new and spirited exertions. They will not for a moment suppose that this act of pious liberality will be considered, by any of the friends of the Church, as rendering unnecessary their vigorous efforts in behalf of an institution, the respectability, usefulness, and permanency of which must depend on the general and liberal support which it shall receive.

The present Constitution of the Seminary is calculated to give to every diocess a just influence in its affairs, and to secure a correct management of them. This Constitution was adopted by the late General Convention with singular unanimity. The same harmony has prevailed at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, where the strongest desire has been manifested by all present to conduct the institution with a reference to the interests of every part of the Church. They trust that the feelings which have thus happily influenced the measures by which the Seminary has been established, will pervade the great body of Episcopalians. Their increasing numbers, liberality, and zeal, forbid the anticipation that they will suffer an institution to languish, which is essentially connected with the respectability, influence, and extension of their Church, and with the advancement of the great concerns of religion and the best interests of mankind.

The Trustees are happy to state, that a number of pious and well educated young men are ready to prosecute their studies under the several Professors, at the opening of the first session.

The Trustees confidently hope that the period has now arrived, when our Church, mindful of her divine origin and glorious design, will, by a simultaneous effort in her different branches, zealously engage in the important undertaking which her ecclesiastical authorities have so cordially begun, of preparing for the work of her ministry a succession of faithful labourers, who, being rightly called, shall be also duly qualified, for the momentous trust. Thus will this venerable member of the mystical body of Christ become an instrument, under God, of perpetuating in our land the inestimable blessing of a learned, pious, and faithful ministry.

May the great tread of the Church, to whose glory we desire that all our labours should be consecrated, give effect, by his Spirit, to the appeal now made; and may you, beloved brethren, reap the rich reward of a beneficence excited by the love of God and of your fellow men, in the present consciousness of well doing; in the approbation of your Redeemer at the last day; and in the enduring blessedness of his heavenly kingdom.

Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, held in the City of New-York, December 19, 1821.

1. Resolved, That the General Theolo⚫ gical Seminary be established in the city of New-York.

2. Resolved, That in compliance with existing engagements and responsibilities, on the part of the Theological Education Society in the state of New-York, and in conformity with the sixth article of the Constitution of this Seminary, a branch school be established at Geneva, in the state of New-York, under the superintend ence and controul of this Board.

3. Resolved, In conformity with the provisions of the fifth article of the Constitu-. tion, that the following persons, being Professors in the General Theological Seminary heretofore established by the General Convention, and in the Theological Seminary of New-York, be Professors of this Seminary: and that the professorships be constituted as follows, subject to the future regulations of this Board, viz. In the city of New-York

The Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence.

The Rev. Samuel H. Turner, D.D. Professor of Biblical Learning and the Interpretation of Scripture.

The Rev. Bird Wilson, D. D. Professor of Systematic Divinity.

The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, Professor of the Nature, Ministry, and Polity of the Christian Church, and of Ecclesiastical History.

Mr. Clement C. Moore, Professor of Hebrew and Greek Literature.

Mr. Gulian C. Verplanck, Professor of the Evidences of Revealed Religion, and of Moral Science in its relations to Theology.

In the Branch School at Geneva

The Rev. Daniel M'Donald, D. D. Professor of the Interpretation of Scripture, Ecclesiastical History, and the Nature, Ministry, and Polity of the Christian Church.

The Rev. John Reed, Professor of Biblical Learning.

The Rev. Orin Clark, Professor of Systematic Divinity and Pastoral Theology.

4. Resolved, Inasmuch as the funds of the seminary do not, at present, afford means of making adequate allowances to its Professors, and special considerations require some provision to be made in the first instance for particular individuals, that, with reference to such considerations only, and without intending to express any opinion as to the relative importance or labours of the different pro

fessorships, but with an earnest desire to make suitable provision for the support of all, at as early a period as possible, the following salaries be established until the further order of this Board :

To the Professor of Biblical Learning and the Interpretation of Scripture $1500 per annum.

To the Professor of Systematic Divinity $1500 per annum.

To the Professor of Hebrew and Greek Literature $750 per annum.

To the Professor of Biblical Learning in the Branch School $750 per annum.

To the Professor of the Interpretation of Scripture, Ecclesiastical History, and the Nature, Ministry, and Polity of the Church, in the same school, $300 per

annum.

To commence when the said Professors shall enter on the duties of their respective offices, in pursuance of this appoint

ment.

5. Resolved, That until the further order of this Board, the services of all the other Professors, as heretofore rendered to the Theological School of New-York, be accepted gratuitously by this Seminary.

6. Resolved, That the Rev. Henry J. Feltus be Librarian of the Seminary, with a salary of $150 per annum, and that the duties of Librarian at Geneva be performed by the Rev. Dr. M'Donald.

7. Resolved, That until the next meeting of this Board, the necessary business of the Seminary be managed and conducted by a Standing Committee, to consist of the Bishop presiding at this Board, and of such other Bishop or Bishops as may be in the city of New-York at any meeting of the Committee, and of six clerical and lay members. Of this Committee a majority of the clerical and lay members, and a Bishop, shall constitute a quorum. They may be convened by the presiding Bishop, who shall be their chairman, and shall be convened by him at the request of any other Bishop, or of any two members.

8. Resolved, That the Standing Committee be directed to digest and report to the next meeting of this Board, a system of rules, regulations, statutes, or by-laws, for the government of the seminary and the general management of its concerns.

9. Resolved, That until such report, the rules, regulations, by-laws, and statutes of the two seminaries before referred to, so far as they may be consistent with the Constitution of this seminary, with these resolutions, and with each other, be in force in this seminary; and, in case of collision, that the Standing Com. mittee act in conformity with either, in their discretion.

10. Resolved, That the following regulations be adopted by this seminary with respect to the founding of Professorships, Fellowships, and Scholarships.

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1. Any diocess, congre gátion, or as sociation of individuals, contributing $20,000 towards the founding of a Professorship in this seminary, or $10,000 towards the founding of a Professorship in the branch school, such Professorship shall bear the name of the founder or founders, or such name as he or they may designate.

2. Any congregation, or individual, or association of individuals, contributing $5,000 for the founding of a Fellowship, shall have the right, from time to time, to nominate from the students who shall have completed the prescribed course of studies, the individual who is to have the benefit of the same as a fellow of this seminary. The fellows, whilst unmarried and pursuing in the institution the course of theological studies prescribed by its regulations, shall have access to the library, and admission to all the lectures, and be entitled to receive annually, for a term not exceeding four years, the interest of the said sum of $ 5,000, at the rate of five per cent. per annum. It shall be the duty of fellows to perform such literary and theo. logical exercises as shall be assigned to them; and if any fellow shall pursue any profession or employment otherwise than in the service or by permission of the Trustees, or shall fail at any time to com ply with the rules and regulations thereof, he shall forfeit his right to the benefit of the fellowship.

3. Any congregation, or individual, or association of individuals, contributing $2,000 for the founding of a Scholarship, shall have the right to nominate, from time to time, the individual who is to have the benefit thereof; and such individual, producing the like evidence of his qualifi cations as is required by the Canons of the Church in the case of candidates for holy orders, shall be entitled to gratuitous instruction in any seminary which this Board may establish; and also to receive an nually the interest of the said sum at the rate of five per cent. per annum. But such individual shall be subject to all the rules and regulations of this seminary.

4. Any individual contributing by will to the amount and for the purposes specified in either of the two preceding arti cles, shall have the right to designate the name of the Scholarship or Fellowship, and also the person who shall possess the right of nomination to the Fellowship or Scholarship according to the provisions contained in those articles respectively.

11. Resolved, That the Professors of the seminary, together with the Librarian, and John Pintard, Esq. be a Library Commit. tee, with power to take all proper measures for the preservation and increase of the Library.

12. Resolved, That the Standing Committee be authorized to apply to the Le

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14. Resolved, That the Standing Committee be authorized to procure a Portrait of Mr. Sherred for this seminary, and one for the branch school, and to cause a Tablet to be erected to his memory in Trinity Church, in the city of NewYork.

15. Resolved, That the next session of this seminary, as to the course of education in the city of New-York, commence on the second Wednesday of February, and terminate on the fourth Thursday of July next.

Signed by order of the Board of Trustees. J. H. HOBART, President. H. U. ONDERDONK, Secretary.

Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Association of St. John's Chapel, auxiliary to the New York Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society. Instituted November, 1821.

ARTICLE I.-This Association shall be known by the name of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Association of St. John's Chapel, and shall be auxiliary to the New-York Protestant Epis

copal Missionary Society.

ART. II.-The object of this Association shall be to collect funds for the support of missions; which funds so collected shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Society before-mentioned, on or before the 15th day of October in

each year.

ART. III-Any person, (whether of the congregation of St. John's Chapel, or otherwise,) by paying the sum at least of one dollar, annually, may become a member of this Association; and, by paying ten dollars at one time, may become a member for life; and, by paying thirty dollars at one time, may become a manager for life.

ART. IV. The affairs of this Association shall be managed by a Presi

dent, 1st and 2d Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and twenty Directors. The Board, now chosen, shall retain their seats until the second Tuesday of October next, on which day the annual elections shall hereafter take place.

ART. V.-The Board of Managers shall meet on the second Monday of December, March, June, and September, at which time, one fourth of the whole number shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

They shall have power to make bylaws, to fill vacancies in their own body, to appoint delegates to the parent this Association. The President, or, Society, and call special meetings of in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, may call a special meeting of the Board, on being requested to do so by any two members.

ART. VI.-The anniversary meetings shall be celebrated at St. John's Chapel, on the second Tuesday of October in every year, when the annual be presented, a copy of which shall be report of the Board of Managers shall transmitted by the Secretary to the Corresponding Secretary of the parent Society.

ART. VII. No alteration shall be made to this Constitution, except by the concurrence of two thirds of the members present, at any meeting of the Association, when duly convened by the Board.

Officers appointed at the Establish

ment of the Association.

Levinus Clarkson, President; Charles Graham, 1st Vice-President; Ezra Weeks, 2d Vice-President; Robert Thomas, Secretary; Charles N. S. Rowland, Treasurer.

Managers.-John E. West, Thomas Browning, Henry Youngs, William Jones, Murray Hoffman, Richard Oakley, Henry A. Ten Broeck, Henry P. Wilcox, John I. Morgan, Peter V. Ledyard, Alfred Thomas, George Brooks, Thomas Swords, Cornelius R. Duffie, Thomas F. Popham, Charles W. Sandford, George Sinclair, Teunis Bergh, Wm. Shippey, Robert Hyslop.

Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by the following

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