. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . lute me, aS I approached his bed. As I took his Iiand, trem-bling with age and weakness, he burst into tears, and sobbed aloud. The grate-ful eflfusions of his heart, at the siglit of a minister of the blessed Jesus, weremade intelligible by the most aflfectlng ejaculations to God, His Maker, Saviourand Sanctifier. I see my Spiritual Father, said he, my Bishop, the Shepherdof the Flock of Christ, of which I have always considered myself and my littlelambs about me, the members, but too unworthj, I feared, to be sought and found 1 His
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . lute me, aS I approached his bed. As I took his Iiand, trem-bling with age and weakness, he burst into tears, and sobbed aloud. The grate-ful eflfusions of his heart, at the siglit of a minister of the blessed Jesus, weremade intelligible by the most aflfectlng ejaculations to God, His Maker, Saviourand Sanctifier. I see my Spiritual Father, said he, my Bishop, the Shepherdof the Flock of Christ, of which I have always considered myself and my littlelambs about me, the members, but too unworthj, I feared, to be sought and found 1 His own vote appears to have been cast for mously elected. There appears to be no ground the Rev. Dr. Doddi-idse, of Western Vu-ginia, for the charge that Mr. Chase voted for himself, who was present at the Convention and had Vide The Life of the late Right Reverend been voted an honorary seat. Bishop Chase, in his John Henry Hoi>kius, First Bishop of Vermont, Reminiscences, speaks of himself as unani- and Seventh Presiding Bishop, p. 98,/oo<-«o<«.. f-^wx 228 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. in this manner. O Sir! do I live to see tliis happy day? Yes, tis even so;Blessed Lord! Holy Jesus ! Thou who once earnest in great humility, to seek andto save that which was lost, receive the tribute of my grateful heart. Now letthy servant depart in peace. As the venerable man spake forth the effusions ofhis mind in words like these, he bowed Ms grey hairs, and begged the prayers andbenedictions of the Church. They were afforded; and cold must that heart be,which, under sucli circumstances, coulil refuse to be fervent. The Visitation Officewas performed; in which the family, joined by the neighbors hastily assembled,participated. The good effects of this Office, not only on the person to whom and forwhom it was prepared, but on all who witnessed it, were apparent. . Thebranches of the Family, and other persons in the vicinity, beiug, though at a latehoiu, sent for, I proc
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