. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ies to theii*silent brethren. At length, providential circumstances led toa division of the extensive field. The Eev. Mr. Syle was placedin chaige of this special mission in the Diocese of Pennsyl- 4 The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes. vania and the adjoining Dioceses; the Rev. Mr. Mann in thir-teen of the Mid-Western Dioceses ; and the Rev. Job Turnerin the Southern Dioceses. The missionaries of The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes,New York, the Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, the Rev. John Chamber-lain, the Rev. Thomas B. Berry, and the Rev. Anson T. C
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ies to theii*silent brethren. At length, providential circumstances led toa division of the extensive field. The Eev. Mr. Syle was placedin chaige of this special mission in the Diocese of Pennsyl- 4 The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes. vania and the adjoining Dioceses; the Rev. Mr. Mann in thir-teen of the Mid-Western Dioceses ; and the Rev. Job Turnerin the Southern Dioceses. The missionaries of The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes,New York, the Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, the Rev. John Chamber-lain, the Rev. Thomas B. Berry, and the Rev. Anson T. Colt,,were limited in their ojDerations to the five Dioceses of theState of New York, the six Dioceses of New England, and theDiocese of Newark in New Jersey. The Rev. Francis J. Clerc, D. D., has rendered importantaid to this peculiar department of church work. For severalyears he held services for deaf-mutes in St. Stephens Church,,Philadelphia, and now as rector of St. Pauls Church, Phillips-burg, Central Pennsylvania, he does all in his iDower to en-. THE GALLADDET HOME FOR AfiED AND INFIKM DEAF-MUTES. courage those who are striving to preach the Gospel to thedeaf by the sign-language. The Rev. Henry W. Syle was taken to Paradise on Epiph-any, the 6th of January, 1890, and the Rev. J. W. Koehlerbecame his successor. The Rev. S. S. Searing, missionary tothe deaf-mutes in Boston and vicinity, and the Rev. C. in the Diocese of Western New York and Central NewYork, are associates of The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes,^New York. The Rev. J. H. Cloud, in charge of St. ThomassMission, St. Louis, is an assistant to Rev. Mr. Mann. Thusit will be seen that there aie eleven clergymen of the Protes-tant Episcopal Church in the United States who can ministerto deaf-mutes in the sign-language. The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes, New York, has estab-lished the Gallaudet Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf-Mutes, on The Church to Deaf-Mutes. 5 a farm of 156 acres, by the Hudson riv
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