never have exulted, in his chains, in the transporting thought, Happen what may to me, "the word of God is not," cannot be," bound"! No when the tree has learned to bend its boughs all back upon its trunk; when the live coal has caught the trick of concentration, till it gives no heat; when the clear shining of the Morning Star beams inward only, and not out upon the world, then will the Church of God no longer be like them. It still will be" the tree of life," whose "leaves" are "for the healing of the nations." Still will its baptism be "the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire," to warm and melt and purify all faithful hearts on which it falls. Still will it be "the light of the world," in the comparison with which all other lights shall "pale their ineffectual fires: and that be true, which the beloved John hath written in the Revelation," and the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."-And mark the practical results of their position. Is not diffusion of the very essence of the Church? Would it be, but for diffusion? It could not be denied! How then can this Church do its duty in parts beyond the civil territory? It must be done by the several dioceses! But Bishops are essential to the diffusion of the Church. How can they be consecrated? Any three of the diocesans are competent to do it!-This is not fancy's sketch. It is the substance of actual conversations, and the practical result of the whole argument. It goes to show that the attention of the Church should be directed to this subject. It goes to show that Churchmen should be careful whom they send to represent them. It goes to show that dioceses, to have their sense of duty acted on, should cause it to be known. It is a case for anxious thoughtfulness, when in the exercise of one of their highest trusts for Christ, the action of the Bishops can be prevented by the smallest possible majority in either order: and a portion of Christ's Church forbidden to discharge the duty which is enjoined in its commission, and to the discharge of which, the promise of the Saviour's presence is assured, "make disciples of all nations," on the construction merely of the title of a human Constitution.

I have drawn out enough, the life-long earnestness of my Father's labours in this great cause. Had it pleased God to call him unto the most remote portion of His vineyard, he would have gone without a thought. Was it not a great work, to wake so many others to this glorious duty,-to be in thought and mind, and work and prayer, at once a Diocesan and a Missionary Bishop; to sow broadcast throughout the world the good seed of God, while every seed-place in his own special field was planted, and tended, and reaped, as though there were no other but itself? Truly, he paid the debt to Jew and Greek, to his own Diocese, and to the world.

The sacred privacy of his home life, in Boston, is unveiled, as much as it should be, in these extracts from his Private Journal:

Monday, April 7, 1828.-Unanimously elected Assistant Minister of Trinity Church.

Sunday, May 4, 1828.-Fourth after Easter-entered upon the duties of my office, which may God, Who alone giveth the increase, bless to my own soul, and to theirs unto whom I am appointed to minister, in holy things.

Thursday, Sept. 17, 1829.—My happy wedding day. May the blessing of the Lord rest upon it, and all its issues!

Nov. 11.-Consecration of Trinity Church; Rector preached from St. Jude 3. " Earnestly contend for the faith."-May God give us all this grace; and to His Name shall be all the glory.

Thus ends the year 1829. The happiest year of all my life. For it has united me "till death," with her whom my heart holds dearest. Whatever earth has of blessedness, seems now within our reach. May He keep us in his faith and fear. May we be meek, humble, and holy. May our love for each other, and for Him, abound more and more. May we be disposed and enabled to discharge every duty to Him, to each other, to our dear children, to the Church, and to all mankind. And when we have done serving Him here, may we rest together in peace, and together rise to His celestial presence, to dwell, accepted for His dear Son's sake, a family in Heaven. Amen.

Sunday, September 5, 1830.-My beloved boy born this morning. -Gratias Domino maximas !

Sunday, October 17, 1830.-My little boy baptized, by the name of George Hobart. May the rest of his life be according to this beginning. And may he be emulous, in his faithful service of the Lord, of him whose honoured name he bears. Deus faxit.

December 7, 1830.-Unanimously elected Rector of Trinity Church. "Non nobis Domine."

Another year completed. A year of great mercies, and most precious blessings. God, make me thankful for them! And enable me to live, more than ever, to Thy glory.

1831.

Still keep us, Father, in thy faith and fear,

And grant thy blessing, on the coming year;

Guard us at home, and guide in all our ways,

And fill our hearts, with love, our lips, with praise.

the Rt. Rev. Bishop Griswold.

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Tuesday, April 19.-Was instituted Rector of Trinity Church by Quod bonum, faustum, felixque nobis omnibus, totique Ecclesiae, Deus faxit, per Domnium nostrum Salvatoremque Jesum Christum. Amen.

1832.

Another year departed. No death, no sickness, no disaster. Former mercies still preserved, and new and greater added. Lord, as thou increasest our gifts, increase also our gratitude. Nor, shouldest thou withdraw them from us, leave us unresigned, and therefore comfortless.

Sunday, March 14; Quinquagesima: preached from "The good ness of God leadeth thee to repentance." Primum post natum W. Deo maxima laus; mihi penitentia, animusque gratus.

C.

Sunday, November 4.-Preached on "Ye are complete in Him,"

having been consecrated on the 31st of October, in St. Paul's Church, New York, to the office of Bishop of New Jersey. Lord, what am I, that Thou hast called me to this dreadful honour? Who is sufficient for these things? Blessed be Thy holy name, for that most gracious declaration, "My grace is sufficient for thee." So replenish me, O Lord, with the truth of Thy doctrine, and endue me with innocency of life, that I may earnestly feed Thy flock, diligently preach Thy word, and faithfully serve before Thee, to the glory of Thy great name, and the benefit of Thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thus ends a year by far the most eventful of my life. Blessed, in the early part of it, in the birth of a sweet boy, my second child, followed on the part of my beloved wife, by severe illness and long debility. The Summer much distracted, with dissensions in the Church at large, and attempts at division in my own Parish. Then my unlooked for, and most undeserved election to the Episcopate of New Jersey. In October, attended the General Convention, and by the special mercy of God's blessing and the generous interposition of friends, was rescued from a foul and cruel conspiracy, against my character and usefulness. Consecrated on the last day of October, (every cloud being dispersed, as by a wind from the Lord,) to the office of a Bishop. The remaining three months of deep domestic sorrow: yet God be praised, diversified with manifold and great mercies. Truly a memorable year."

CHAPTER IV.

CALL TO NEW JERSEY-CONSECRATION AND EPISCOPATE-WHARTON, WINSLOW AND OGILBY-MONUMENTS-GROWTH OF THE DIOCESE-GENERAL PUBLIC INTERESTS.

FULL of work, rich in influence, blessed with the utmost devotion of friendship, green with Croswell's affection, and beautiful with the opening of married love, my Father's life in Boston was full of happiness and promise. And yet it was but another class, of the training school, in which God was fitting him, for the labours and sufferings and triumphs, of his apostleship. He was digging out the channel, and planting the trees and flowers along its banks, in which the strong current of his life, should run, over the sands of sorrow, and past the rocks of bitter opposition, through meadows and pasture lands which it beautified and blessed, into the great eternal ocean of God's perfect peace. On the 17th of September A. D. 1829, in Christ Church, Boston, he was married by his friend Croswell, to Mrs. Eliza G. Perkins. Of his married life, on which the darkest clouds lowered, that the brightest sunlight might break through them, I may not speak. How near its joys, and she who made them, were to his inmost soul, his constant lines to her will best show, to those who have not had the opportunity to see and judge for themselves. Nor may I now, of his home, amid the lingering rays of its home light. Of all else that concerned him most intimately; of labour, and love, and friendship which faltered never through life; of influence, success, and usefulness I have spoken. Of suffering and sorrow I may speak again. But now I leave them, where in the year 1832 he stood so unconsciously, at the threshold of a "larger room" of labour, and suffering and success. I say unconsciously, for never could a more unexpected thing have fallen to any, than the call to the Episcopate of New Jersey proved to him.

At the annual Convention of the Diocese, held in Morristown in May A.D. 1832, the venerable Bishop Croes, prevented from

being present by the illness which proved to be "unto death," proposed by letter to the Convention, the election of an assistant Bishop. The proposition was not accepted; and the Convention, after ordering a letter of respect and sympathy to the Bishop, and of assurance that they would relieve his solicitude, about the future discharge of the Episcopal duties of the Diocese, "adjourned to meet in Morristown on the 2d day of August," in the same year. Two weeks before the Convention assembled, the Bishop entered into the rest prepared for the people of God. No election was made at the Convention in August, though two votes were taken. After resolutions of sorrow and of sympathy, the Convention adjourned to meet on the first Wednesday in October, for the purpose of making the election. During this time, my Father was quietly pursuing his plans and work, proposing larger labour, in the same field, and looking, with no thought beyond, to the continuance of his position.

*By the good hand of our God upon us, we are enabled now, to enter on our second editorial year. With our fervent praises, we renew in His strength, to whom alone all praise is due, our humble but determined resolutions of entire devotion, to the CROSS, and CHURCH, of JESUS CHRIST. In regard to the future, the editors make no professions, and no promises. They have a year's experience, and they hope to make it profitable. Valuable sources have been opened, which will facilitate and enrich, they trust, their future labours. Past errors, it will be their effort to avoid, and past deficiencies, to supply. For the rest, it shall be their purpose, and their prayer, the Lord being their helper, 'CONSTANTLY TO SPEAK THE TRUTH, BOLDLY TO REBUKE VICE, AND PATIENTLY TO SUFFER FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE.'

At New Brunswick, where Bishop Croes laid down the pastoral staff to take the victor's palm,† and where my Father held afterwards his first visitation as an act of respect to his predecessor, the Convention assembled. On the sixth ballot, my Father was elected, eleven out of fourteen clerical votes, and twelve out of twenty-two lay votes being cast for him. It is curious, that three of the other candidates, the Rev. Drs. Kemper, Delancey, and Johns, are now Bishops; and one, the Rev. Dr. Creighton, was Bishop elect of the Diocese of New York. Of the Committee appointed to inform him of his election, the Rev. Messrs. Noble and Peters, and B. Williamson Esq., two survive. Of the clergy who elected him, seven are still living; two of them, the Rev. Messrs. Dunn

*Banner of the Church, Sept. 15th, A. D. 1882.

"I was induced to enter on my official labours, at this point, that I might follow more immediately, in the footsteps of my venerated predecessor, who for thirty years, ministered, in holy things, to the people of that congregation."― First Conventional Address, May A. D. 1833.