. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . e, both by Parker, of Boston, and Dr. Peters, of London, theone well acquainted with the facts on both sides of the ocean, and theother thoroughly cognizant of the views and feelings of the dignitariesof Church and State in England, that the reception of the Scotch epis-copacy by Seabury alone secured for White, Provoost, and Madison,the English succession at a later date. Come how it did, we wouldgratefully thank God who thus renewedly connected our infant Churchwith the still-loved mother, whose long continuance of nursing careand p


. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . e, both by Parker, of Boston, and Dr. Peters, of London, theone well acquainted with the facts on both sides of the ocean, and theother thoroughly cognizant of the views and feelings of the dignitariesof Church and State in England, that the reception of the Scotch epis-copacy by Seabury alone secured for White, Provoost, and Madison,the English succession at a later date. Come how it did, we wouldgratefully thank God who thus renewedly connected our infant Churchwith the still-loved mother, whose long continuance of nursing careand protection we even now so willingly acknowledge. The original of the Plan for obtaining Consecration is still ex-tant, preserved among the archives of the General Convention, with theoriginal signatures of the members of the Convention of 1785. Wepresent it in fac-simile as one of the most interesting of our ecclesi-astical documents: — HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. <^^ae:^ .«*C-,-^^ y^/d^. CONSECRATION OF FIRST AMERICAN BISHOPS 63 g^/^^y. 64 . HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.


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