The Jarvis Centenary; Wednesday 27 October 1897, and the Consecration of the Bishop Coadjutor Elect, Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, Thursday 28 Octo

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1897* Excerpt: ... to $ 12,000." At the Convention of 1805, a Committee appointed to make enquiry of the Trustees respecting the state of the Academy reported that the condition of the Academy "is not flourishing, the number of students gradually diminishing, the building going to decay, and the institution itself sinking in reputation." This Committee suggested that these results had come in some measure from the location of the Academy in the vicinity of a flourishing University, and in a town where it receives little patronage or encouragement. It would, however, seem that in part at least this condition was owing to the fact that the Rev. Dr. Wm. Smith, who had succeeded Dr. Bowden as Principal, was lacking in certain qualities required for the successful management of a school. This Dr. Smith is the person to whom our Prayer Book owes the "Office of Institution of Ministers." It was prepared in response to.a request from the Convention of 1799 that he "prepare an office for inducting and recognizing Clergymen into vacant Parishes." It was adopted by Convocation and a copy sent to all the Bishops. Afterwards the General Convention of 1804, with a slight change of name, adopted it for general use. Dr. Beardsley describes Dr. Smith as "a man who possessed singular versatility of talents, and who was both a theologian and a scholar, a composer of Church music and a constructor of Church organs." But apparently he could not keep a school, and the decline of the Academy may have been owing to his unfitness for the place. Beardsley's Addresses and Discourses, page 18. The period of Bishop Jarvis's Episcopate was full of stirring events; some of these, having reference to the growth and prosperity of the Church, were encouraging even though they involved anxiety and much hard...