The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . Onjiiish rule ofprecedence inconfcr-rinu orders, and hadheen observed in thecase of till- tonseera-tionofthetirst Amer-ican liishops at Lam-lieth, l>ishop Whitehimself having beenconsecrated beforeBishop Provoost, asthe senior doctor observance of Knglisii precedent was subseipiently ai) the priority of election to the office of a bishop substitutedin its stead. Bisho]) (iriswold entered ujjon his work with a zeal and fervorthat al)ateil nothing to the very close of life. He was in the fullmaturity of his
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . Onjiiish rule ofprecedence inconfcr-rinu orders, and hadheen observed in thecase of till- tonseera-tionofthetirst Amer-ican liishops at Lam-lieth, l>ishop Whitehimself having beenconsecrated beforeBishop Provoost, asthe senior doctor observance of Knglisii precedent was subseipiently ai) the priority of election to the office of a bishop substitutedin its stead. Bisho]) (iriswold entered ujjon his work with a zeal and fervorthat al)ateil nothing to the very close of life. He was in the fullmaturity of his powers. His appearance was at once dignitied and im-l)ressive. His voice, though never strong, was clear and nuisical. Inhis presence there was felt the restraining and softening influence ofthe man of God. His conversation was in heaven. His work was tothe last an arduous one. It was his task to revive the embers onaltars where the spiritual tires had widl-nigh dicil out. He was calledupon to harmonize the discordant elements of ciiurch life and church. A. V. (, )., HisHor of THE EASTEKN DIOCESE. Stoue= Memoir of the of Hi^hop tiii>woUl, |i|i. IC), lljtj. insiK)! () and the new knoland churches. 183 work, whicli, through neglector disuse, were jangled tune. iiis duty to administer diseiplinc whicli had been too long delayed,and to redress evils already chronic iu their hold upon the; Church. The very beginning of his episcopate was attended by specialtokens of the divine blessing. In the bishops autobiography he thusrecords the progress and results of a marked awakening to spirituallife on the jjart of pastor and people at Bristol: — In tho year 1812 then; was at Bristol an awakened attention to the subject ofreligion, which was veiy wonderful, and the like of which I had never before wit-nessed. It commenced among the members of my pavisli, when no such thing waslooked for, nor indeed thought of. No unusual efforts had been made w
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