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Bishop Bass Welcomed by His Convention I Nteresting P — Ar Er Reads the Vote of the Vious Convention Lars Dr B I SH B A S O P S , MA SSA CH E T U S T S. ‘ R J O H N N . N O T O N , r m os o u s-r am: o m m m n. , “ am onor m nor wno was nu nlnur mo n acinema ? “ a ” “ an or m op m a ” nonm o n r , no. Bisho Bass was a ood scho ar aso nd divine atr e Ch rchmana ractical p g l , u , u u , p and evane ica reacher aconscientio s astor and Bisho and one who showed g l l p , u p p ; himse f to he the tr e manof God b the habit a h mi it meek ness and ent e l u , y u l u l y , , g l ness of his haracter throu h man s amid cons t tok of h c , g y trial , tan ens onor, respect. nd ove an nd the h h di nit of om "— a’ a d er i ce. 0Mrcm e l , u g g y m N E W Y O R K GeneralQ u antumE piscopalSauna]; Schoolunion aah ( that ch £00k Society, A 7 6 2 B R O D W A Y. 1859. T HE HON. EDWARD A. NEWT ON, P I T T SF I E L D , MA SSA C H U SE T T S. e ica d d ted to you. One of our ancestors was amon the founersof Kin’s Chael y g d g p , Bostonand avestr manas earl as 1099 ou new oo t o , y , y ; y k g d p Bass and love him ou are the ol est la member of our General , d ; y d y Conventionnow living ; and your liberality to allobj ects pertain A il anative Ameri ing to the Church is proverbial. nd wh e, as can, your name is thus intimately associated with the Church inthe New Worl ou are no stran er to our bret renof the same ouse old d, y g h h h lnti A resi ent of I niaf of fait onthe ot er si e of the At a c. or h h d d d , more t antwent ears ou eno e the n'iendshi of Mi leton h y y , y j y d p dd and Heber d ind of Wilsont enhe was a aris riest , an, wd, , oo, wh p h p n an inE gl d. N o laymaninthe United Stateshasbeenso long and so devotedly engaged inaiding the cause of missions to the heathenasyourself. F or t ese reasons m ear sir I trust t at ou willnot be offened h , y d , h y d i f o onore nam that I have ventured to make th s use o y ur h d e. ‘ ‘ lnns isne branch ef literature which doesmore good cr oom municates more pleasure thanBiography ; for there is none that so completely appeals to the two passions which make literature pepu T he mo ern lar the love of knowledge and the love of amusement. d bio ra er w h n f H e almost invarial too e fear as ma e ects. is b g ph , , y d y — long ; he is deficient inperspective ingiving harmony to his pro ortions he is ne li ent of realit isincline to conceive of ast p ; g g y , d d p lib as of something that once lived and breathed as surely and as n in we ut it must be amitte after all, a th see now. B m y g d d, t - “ W at tsahard ch a LoadersQuarterly Review. “ ne I t “pmbably knownto most of our readersthat the great Ge vanreformer Calvinat one stae of his career was ver esirous , , g , y d of having Bishops consecrated for the Church of Genevaat the ll made overtures o t at hands of English Bishops. H e actuay t h ch at to the British Government w ic were efeate Po is , h h d d by p h W T he b d atierwardseame to light, but too late for remedy, M a iI cant f t furnishes us onthe one haud m aet tt is. I m , , with the testimony of the great Presbyterianreformer to the scrip and i tiv it f nthe M pr mi e author y or Episcopacy, and shows, o othss hsnd, howmuoh Rome dreadsaChurch which hasanEpisco palmvannsnt inconnectionwith Evangelicalm u ch -um P R E F A C E . v I r was not . without some misgi ings that the writer be an some months ao to oolleet materialsfor t life of g , g , hfi ere so dr and mea re that he feare that evenif h w y g , d , e rea it oul rove rat er unintere t n fo n i r chil re . d , w d p h s g d He is most happy to believe that his anticipations were t r uch time nd troub qui e unfounded . Afte m a le spent in ettin facts to et er fromever availale source he has g g g h y b , beenable to frame anarrative which certainly willnot tellbehind any volume of this series ininterest and ln n t t u t illbe es e iall valuale Bosto i is o c . , h gh , w p y b And here the writer would returnhis best thanks to th r e . Ranall D . of Bost the Rev. e Rev. Geo g M d , D. , on, n late President of Ho art Colle e Be aminHale D . D. j , , b g , and N ur ort for th h nE war 8 . B of e e and t e Ho . d d , wb yp , re him inthis attem t to s etch kind assistance rende d , p k the early history of the Diocese of Massachusetts, and to t o it r t o draw the portrai f s fi s Bish p. T noven rivate raer be a rave esi n p p y b d g , e or romi lo Y t public hath m e p ses, more ve. And v ' ei earts to s lo e saw ght to h ; eye , asign. We allare but cold suitors; let us move Where it is warmest ; leave thy six and seven; Pra he most for re m ra y with t ; whe ost p y is heaven. non th foot ters e Whe ce y en th church, be bare ; God ismore there thanthen; for thou art there nl H e ion en e r is rmiss . T wae O y by p h b , r n And make thyself allreve e ce and fear. li n’ r o in uit th Knee ng e e sp iled silk stock g. Q y state e u wit c urc ’ t Ail q alare hinthe h h sgae. Besort to sermons; but to prayersmost ’ in h e of reac . be Praying s th end p h g o , drest l ’ h o in. h ou l Stay not for t ther p W y, th hast ost i wo or T us ot A j oy for t rth w lds. h helld h j est a essins nd ex treml t Aw y thy bl g , a e y tiou thee. of service sealu bot t in e I ntime , p h h e yes, And sen t emto th eart t at s in sin d h y h ; h , py g , ' e ma wee out the stainsb m T h y y p y the did rise. T ose oors bein s ut allb the ear coms h d g h , y e in. ’ inc urc - time ot m Who marks h h hers sy metry, Clones Hn 'r m . C O N T E N T S. CHAPT ER 1. non Shallwe ever look uponhislike again — A visit to the Dio o M u e t — Dorc e ter and i r cese f assach s t s h s , ts place inhisto y — — Much work inashort time Birth of our hero Puritanstock — - Good and bad points A good and studious boy Early entrance to college— Something about Harvard— T he and CHAPT ER I I . Stu ious habits kept 11 T hree ears as ateacher Benefits of d — such acourse Sewn college gegree Licensed as aCongra ctionalpreacher Becomes aChurchmenfromconviction fiigotry and uncharitableness— Valuable matter inanote Goodly number of ChurchmeninN ew England Perils to be encountered by those who went to England for ordination - — Drea of smallpox Dr. Jenner, and the importance of his d — — i v r itanbitterness Mr. Bass e to Enl 21 d sco e y Pur go s g and . CHAPT ER I I I . — t Portsmouth Going voutly to be tuous — inner w - B est Returnto N ew d hi Mr. ass 88 CHAPT ER I V. — — Bass’ onl aro Parsons onwheels A bitter reme y Mr. s y p — d — chialc?arge History of the Church inNewbury Episcopal X CONT ENT S. u mone s porting Puritanpreachers— Attempts to build a ' churc yi h- an e measure— F res eilorts and successful h d d h , n — i na — o es T h iss o r d is ta Mr. Lucas e m y, an h short s Us ab r d tra ic —T v atthi Plant efull o s an g aldeath he Re .
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