. Letters from Waldegrave cottage. the following letter it will be my aim to presentsome brief recollections of two very distinguishedEpiscopal clergymen. The first is that of FrancisL. Hawks, , When I first knew him hewas preaching in Trinity and St. Pauls churches, inNew Haven, as assistant to the Rev. Dr. it was not long before he accepted a call toPhiladelphia as assistant to Bishop White in church. In 1831 he became rector of church, New York, and in the followingyear of St. Thomas church, on the corner of Broad-way and Houston street. This was
. Letters from Waldegrave cottage. the following letter it will be my aim to presentsome brief recollections of two very distinguishedEpiscopal clergymen. The first is that of FrancisL. Hawks, , When I first knew him hewas preaching in Trinity and St. Pauls churches, inNew Haven, as assistant to the Rev. Dr. it was not long before he accepted a call toPhiladelphia as assistant to Bishop White in church. In 1831 he became rector of church, New York, and in the followingyear of St. Thomas church, on the corner of Broad-way and Houston street. This was the scene of most eloquent efforts as a preacher. Hewas also a powerful speaker in the conventions andcouncils of the church. His gifts as an orator surpassed, I think, those ofany speaker I ever heard. Great numbers flocked tohis church from all parts of the city and beyond it,and all were moved and entranced by his effectivepreaching. His deep, broad and impressive tonesin reading the service of the Episcopal Church112. THE REV. FRANCIS L. HAWKS, , , OF New Yobk. Bev, Dr, Hawks. 113 arrested the attention. His imagination would carrythem captive, and his pathos would move them totears. No greater pulpit orator ever graced the Epis-copal Church. Besides, he was deeply learned andskilled in the knowledge of canon law and churchhistory. After Dr. Hawks left St. Thomas church hebecame rector of Calvary church, corner of Twenty-first street and Fourth avenue, where he remainedfor five years. During the civil war Dr. Hawkspreached in Baltimore. He then returned to NewYork, where he ministered in a church built for himby friends and admirers. Increasing years and bod-ily infirmities impaired his energies, and soon after,in 1865, he departed this life, leaving behind him awell-earned fame. He was a thoroughly evangelicalpreacher, and a warm advocate of the polity of theEpiscopal Church. He preached the pure gospel,viewing man as a lost sinner, with no hope or refuge
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