Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . at he went too far the other way: — A little more caution and conformity to the different ages, manners,customs, and even prejudices of different companies would have beenmore politic; but his open, undisguised mind could not submit to asked to dine with an old charter senator who retained the customof saying grace sitting, the grave gentleman desired to know whichwould be more agreeable to His Excellency, that grace should be said 1 The Governors pew remained a and lind handsomely For the use of the uniq
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . at he went too far the other way: — A little more caution and conformity to the different ages, manners,customs, and even prejudices of different companies would have beenmore politic; but his open, undisguised mind could not submit to asked to dine with an old charter senator who retained the customof saying grace sitting, the grave gentleman desired to know whichwould be more agreeable to His Excellency, that grace should be said 1 The Governors pew remained a and lind handsomely For the use of the unique property of the Kings Chapel. Gentlemen of yc Bay of Handoras who The nearest approach to it in the other have been or shall be Benefactors to this Episcopal church was an acknowledg- Church. This was handsomely lind ment of the gift of a cargo of logwood with red Chany. (Vestry book). There from Honduras. Christ Church Rec- was a Governors pew, however, in the ords, June 9, 1727 : Voted, That a Pew First and South meeting-houses,be expeditiously built next to the Pulpit. 3J8 ANNALS OF KINGS CHAPEL. standing or sitting ? The Governor replied, Standing or sitting, any wayor no way, just as you please. He sometimes wore a cloth coat linedwith velvet; it was said to be expressive of his character. He was afirm believer of the truth of revealed religion, but a bigot to no particularprofession among Christians, and laid little stress upon modes and a clause in his last will he ordered his body to be buried, if he diedat New York, by his wife ; if in any other part of the world, in the near-est church-yard or burying-ground, all places being alike to Gods all-seeing eye. l The watchful Cutler wrote: 2 — The poor Church is, in some places, squeezing to death under theweight of the Dissenters loins; and neither Bishops, nor the son of aBishop now at the head of us, give us any relief. The latter is vigor-ously pursuing his own interest to get a fixed salary on a Governo
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