. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . l invitation of the minister and clergymen within its venerable walls. The first wardens, preached in the chapel by the bishop of occasion was in 1S58, when for two Sundays the the diocese of Massachusetts and various Epis- Church of the Advent, whose building was bcinor copal clergymen of Boston,repaired, was kindly given the use of the chapel - See a memoir of Dr. Gardiner in Quincys for its services. The second was in 1873, when, nistory of the Boston Athenaeum. \ n\ II KV OF CIUKCII (ii;u\VTIl IN BOSTON 193 during the Revolution,
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . l invitation of the minister and clergymen within its venerable walls. The first wardens, preached in the chapel by the bishop of occasion was in 1S58, when for two Sundays the the diocese of Massachusetts and various Epis- Church of the Advent, whose building was bcinor copal clergymen of Boston,repaired, was kindly given the use of the chapel - See a memoir of Dr. Gardiner in Quincys for its services. The second was in 1873, when, nistory of the Boston Athenaeum. \ n\ II KV OF CIUKCII (ii;u\VTIl IN BOSTON 193 during the Revolution, — the man to whom, as his successor, l>, said of him in his funeral sermon, must doubtless beattributed the preservation of the Episcopal Church in this town, —Dr. Samuel Parker, of Trinity Church, was chosen to be the successorof Bishop Bass; but he died on Dec. , L804,before he bad performedany of the duties of his office, and the diocese was once more without:i bishop. Indeed, in these early days it was not by any special over-. J. S. J. GARDINER, sight ot inspiration of the bishops that the Episcopal Church was grow-ing strong. It was by the long and faithful pastorships of the ministersof her parishes. Such a pastorship had been that of Dr. Parker. Forthirty-one years Trinity Church enjoyed his care. I well rememberhim, writes Dr. Lowell, of the West Church, as a tall, well-propor-tioned man, with a broad, cheerful, and rubicund face, and flowinghair; of tine powers of conversation, and easy and affable in his man-ners. He was given to hospitality, and went about doing good. He, 494 HISTOBY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. too, was a man of the eighteenth century, not of the nineteenth; buthe was thoroughly the man for his own time, and the Episcopal Churchin Boston will always be his debtor. In the year after Bishop Parkerdied, another of the long and useful pastorates of Boston began in thesuccession of the Rev. Asa Eaton to the rectorship of Chris
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