. Record of the life and work of the Rev. Stephen Higginson Tyng and history of St. George's church, New York, to the close of his rectorship. irm the nomination thus made by theclergy, and, on the sixth ballot. Dr. Tyngs name was again pre-sented without his consent, receiving thirty-six votes, and Dr. Bow-man thirty-seven, again. At this point a committee was appointed to suggest some pres-byter upon whom the clergy could unite, but upon the followingday this committee rej^orted their inability to agree. A seventhballot was therefore ordered, and Dr. Alonzo Potter, having beennominated by Dr
. Record of the life and work of the Rev. Stephen Higginson Tyng and history of St. George's church, New York, to the close of his rectorship. irm the nomination thus made by theclergy, and, on the sixth ballot. Dr. Tyngs name was again pre-sented without his consent, receiving thirty-six votes, and Dr. Bow-man thirty-seven, again. At this point a committee was appointed to suggest some pres-byter upon whom the clergy could unite, but upon the followingday this committee rej^orted their inability to agree. A seventhballot was therefore ordered, and Dr. Alonzo Potter, having beennominated by Dr. Suddards, received forty-one votes, and was thuschosen, his election being unanimously confirmed by the lay \ote. In the meantime the call to St. Georges Church had been pre-sented to Dr. Tyng, and thus released from all his obligationsto hia brethren in Pennsylvania, the way was opened for itsacceptance. Twenty-four years of his ministry had been completed, when, inMay, 1845, he entered ujion the responsibilities and demands of thislarge field of duty and began the career which in the details of itshistory fills the following
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