. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ame,as it is said he prayed it might come, suddenly. In the evening ofthe 25th of February, 1796, he was attacked with apoplexy, whileat the house of one of his wardens, and so passed from his earthlylabors. His body lies under the chancel of the new St. JamessChurch, New London, as in the final place of rest against the judg-ment of the great day. A simple, grand, conciliatory, uncompromising mau! Sowrites one whose judgment is certainly not unduly prejudiced in hisfavor. Every line of his biography is his eulogy. Earnest and pa-tien
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ame,as it is said he prayed it might come, suddenly. In the evening ofthe 25th of February, 1796, he was attacked with apoplexy, whileat the house of one of his wardens, and so passed from his earthlylabors. His body lies under the chancel of the new St. JamessChurch, New London, as in the final place of rest against the judg-ment of the great day. A simple, grand, conciliatory, uncompromising mau! Sowrites one whose judgment is certainly not unduly prejudiced in hisfavor. Every line of his biography is his eulogy. Earnest and pa-tient ; strong in his convictions, yet full of charity; a learned theolo-gian, whose words for accuracy, soundness, or courage challengecomparison with those of any who filled the office of a bishop in hisday; one of those great men, as has been said already, who can me- 1 The reason for his absence from the Gen- an epidemic disease which prevented intercourseeiul Convocation of 179J was the prevalence of between New York and Philadelphia. rni: se mm u\ s 155. diate between the nM and the new, because they have caught all thaii- good in the spiril of cadi, not diminishing one whit from the oldtruth nor neglectingto apply it to newly arisen , his name will al-ways be promim-nt in the Churchs history. And what a work he did !Indirectly he brought aboul the release of the Scotch Church frompersecution, and opened the way for tin- English bishops to give theepiscopate to America : mostdirectly he accomplished theunion of the Church in theUnited States : he persuadedit to accept a primitive andcatholic liturgy ; he taughl ita sound theology, which will;dw a\ - do much to make itboth pure and strong. Fromthe heart of every true church-man will beechoed the prayerwhich a loving pen has writ-ten under his mitre, in it-plate in the library of TrinityCollege : Nbvi orbis apontolisit nomen perennel Bishop Seabury, doubt-less remembering the intoler-ance of which he had beenwitness at V
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