gregation to which he is assigned, as he may deem most fit and proper for such purposes, and the Rector shall be at liberty to give additional instruction if he shall deem it expedient; and in order to have uniformity of instruction, the Vestry deem it desirable that the Rector and Assistant Ministers should annually, agree on such general plan and course of instruction for the ensuing season, as they may deem most appropriate and useful, but no course of instruction disapproved by the Rector, shall be pursued by any of the Assistant Ministers.

6. Resolved, That it be the duty of the Assistant Ministers, from time to time to report to the Rector the names and places of residence of such communicants and other pious persons of their respective congregations, as may be in need of pecuniary assistance, and of all monies belonging to the Communion fund which the Rector may give for distribution to the Assistant Ministers, they shall account to him, quarterly, or otherwise, as he shall direct.

7. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Assistant Ministers to report to the Rector, without delay, any case of failure, neglect or disobedience on the part of any of the Organists, Clerks or Sextons, in the performance of their several duties.

8. Resolved, That it be the duty of the Rector to appoint the days on which the several canonical collections shall be made, and that no collections be made in any of the churches, unless by his appointment or with his consent.

9. Resolved, That the times for the Celebration of the Lord's Supper be appointed by the Rector, and that it be the duty of all the Assistant Ministers to assist at the Celebration thereof, except on the greater festivals when it shall be administered at the same time in all the churches.

10. ORDERED that the arrangements directed by these Resolutions go into operation on the first day of May next.

The following additional resolutions were then submitted to, and severally considered and passed by, the Vestry.

11. Resolved, That whilst the office of Assistant to the Rector shall not be filled in pursuance of the Charter, it shall be competent to the Rector on all occasions of his absence from the city, or of his inability from sickness or other cause to perform the duties incident to his office, to designate one of the Assistant Ministers to attend to and perform such duties, or any of them, during such his absence or inability, and in the case of his omission, at any time, to do so, the performance of such duties shall devolve on, and belong to, such one of

the Assistant Ministers as shall at the time be the Senior Presbyter according to the dates of their respective ordinations.

12. Resolved, unanimously, that concurring in the opinion expressed in the report under consideration, and also in the report of the Committee on the state of the Church, as to the indispensable importance to the harmony of the Parish, and the edification of the Parishioners, that a feeling of mutual confidence and satisfaction should be maintained between the minister and people, and recognizing the same salutary principle in the former proceedings of the Vestry establishing the tenure upon which the Assistant Ministers of this Parish, now hold their offices, this Vestry will at all times, feel it to be their duty, to supply all the congregations, with clergymen, whose character and ministrations shall be satisfactory and acceptable.

Records, liber iii., folio 146.

III.

A SKETCH OF THE REV. EDWARD YOUNG HIGBEE, D.D., ASSISTANT MINISTER 1836-1871, BY THE REV.

JOSEPH HOOPER, M.A.

Edward Young, a son of the Rev. Daniel Higbee, was born at Mount Holly, New Jersey, in 1810. His mother was a member of the wellknown Hollinshead family, of Delaware. His father, an early convert from Methodism, was for many years a successful missionary in the diocese of New Jersey. By his exertions many parishes were revived and others established. For St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly, he did much to increase both its material and spiritual

resources.

His son was carefully trained by him, and attended while a boy the best schools near his home.

Upon the removal of his father to Lewes, Delaware, the boy was sent to Philadelphia, to an excellent preparatory school. It was his ambition to serve his country in the army, and he was fitted for the Military Academy at West Point. His father was earnestly desirous that he should enter the holy ministry. After some anxious and prayerful debate with himself, Mr. Higbee gave up the pursuit of earthly glory and military fame. He pursued his course in divinity at the General Theological Seminary, which he entered in 1827. was a close student and was graduated with high honor in 1829.

He

He was made deacon by Bishop Hobart on July 9, 1829, with other members of his class. He at once took charge of the Parish of St. George and St. John, Harford County, Maryland. The chief portion of his work was in Havre de Grace. Here his zeal, good sense, and ability were shown. He acquired a reputation as a melodious reader of the church service, and as a preacher of force and originality. After using well the office of a deacon he was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Dr. William Murray Stone, Bishop of the diocese, on Thursday, June 27, 1833, in St. John's Church, Havre de Grace. On the same day the church, which had been rebuilt through his exertions, was consecrated.

In 1834 he accepted the rectorship of the recently organized Trinity Church in the city of Washington. Here he found full scope for all his oratorical gifts and latent ability. It was a time when there were in the Congress of the United States, especially in the Senate, many men of extraordinary power and international reputation. Some of them were attracted to the services at Trinity and its Rector. Through the regard of the Hon. Daniel Webster and other friends he was made Chaplain of the Senate during the sessions of 1835 and 1836. In this trying position he acquitted himself to the satisfaction of his critical congregation of Senators.

The circumstances of his election in 1836 to this Parish and his work in it are given sufficiently in the text of the History.

Upon coming to New York he made many congenial friends, and found in the activities of the Parish in the period of its greater expansion, a field of labor peculiarly fitted to him.

With the lapse of years and through personal trials and sorrows, his health was gradually undermined.

One of the last occasions upon which he appeared before the whole parish was in October, 1866, at the Centennial of the Dedication of St. Paul's Chapel. To him as the Senior Assistant Minister was given the honor of reading the dedication sermon of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Auchmuty. Those who were privileged to hear him can never forget his massive frame, his dignified appearance, and his sonorous, melodious delivery of that eighteenth-century discourse.

Upon the morning of Sunday December 10, 1871, he was found Idead in his room. The funeral was held from Trinity Chapel, the Rector of the Parish and others officiating.

Dr. Higbee was a man of marked individuality. He was warm and impulsive in his manner, with much of the Southern courtesy and formality. He became prominent in the general affairs of the Church.

He served for many years as a Trustee of the General Theological Seminary, and was for a long time Secretary of the Board. At a time when the funds of the Seminary did not allow the services of a professor he gave instruction in Homiletics and Pulpit Oratory to the delight of the students. He is characterized by his colleagues on the Standing Committee of the Seminary as one whom they will remember "with affectionate respect" for "his intense earnestness in purpose and his manly defence of sound doctrine and primitive discipline.”

In the Conventions of the Diocese he was recognized as a vigorous debater and wise counsellor. He served on important committees, and was frequently chosen as a Deputy to the General Convention.

One who knew him well says that we will find in his sermons "originality of thought, freshness in the mode of presenting truth, and a lucid, chaste style that gave him a most enviable kind of popularity which he retained to the last."

In 1838 Dr. Higbee preached before the Alumni of the General Theological Seminary a sermon upon The Doctrine of the Trinity, which was published. In 1856 he conducted through the press the memorial volume of Bishop Wainwright's sermons, in which is printed his address at the funeral of Bishop Onderdonk.

IV.

A SKETCH OF THE REV. HENRY ANTHON, D.D., ASSISTANT MINISTER, 1831-1836, BY THE REV.

JOSEPH HOOPER, M.A.

Henry, a son of Dr. John Anthon, was born in Broad Street, New York City, on March 11, 1795. His parents were devout members of Trinity Church, in which all their children were baptized and received their religious training. He was well educated, both at home and in good private schools, and fitted to enter Columbia College at the age of fourteen. He graduated with honor in 1813. He immediately commenced to study for the holy ministry under the Assistant Bishop, Dr. Hobart. He was made deacon September 29, 1816. His three years of work until of age to be ordained to the priesthood were spent in the recently formed parish of St. Paul, Red Hook, Duchess County. He was there in the midst of beautiful scenery, on the east bank of the Hudson River, and in the neighborhood of the large estates of old colonial families, among them the

Livingstons and De Peysters. His time was spent in developing the work of the church, in searching out opportunities for service in the surrounding villages and hamlets. His perseverance and faithfulness were rewarded by attentive congregations and many brought to Holy Baptism, Confirmation, and the Holy Communion. Clermont, Upper Red Hook, Pine Plains, and Rhinebeck (formerly Red Hook Landing) were among the places he visited. St. Paul's is justly styled the Mother of Churches for the upper portion of Duchess County, and much of the energy and zeal it has always shown is due to its first minister, with his superabundant enthusiasm, energy, and devotion. The corner-stone of a substantial church, a mile and a quarter east of the present village of Tivoli, was laid by the Rector, on July 7, 1818. It was consecrated by Bishop Hobart, on May 27, 1819, when Mr. Anthon was ordained priest.

His hard work had impaired his health, and he determined to resign his parish and take a brief period of time for recuperation. With his bride, whose maiden name was Emilia Corré, of New York City, he journeyed to South Carolina. He spent two years pleasantly among hospitable and congenial people. He does not appear to have undertaken any permanent parochial duty, although he did undoubtedly assist his brethren when he had recovered his strength. In 1821 he was able to return to New York, and soon after became Rector of Trinity Church, Utica. This was a growing and important parish, and Mr. Anthon found ample opportunity to exercise fully his varied talents. The death of the much loved Dr. Feltus, of St. Stephen's Church, New York City, in August, 1828, left a vacancy which its vestry were anxious to fill with a clergyman acceptable to the congregation and able to carry out the plans of their lamented Rector. Mr. Anthon was called to the rectorship on January 8, 1829, which he accepted two days later. From his East-Side work he was summoned to the parish of his childhood as an assistant minister. The text sufficiently details both his success in gaining the appreciation of many in the Parish and his persistency in the advocacy of certain measures which he thought necessary for the greater usefulness of the venerable Parish.

His knowledge of homiletics and his attractiveness and influence over young men led the Standing Committee of the General Theological Seminary in March, 1834, to request him to assume the duties of the professorship of Pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence. The funds of the institution would not allow the appointment of a permanent professor with a salary. Dr. Anthon devoted two days in the