Master-builder in the Temple of Christ; he built for strength, not for show; for others, not for himself. His remains were interred on the evening of the 11th of June, within the walls of his own cathedral, with all the solemnity due to his character and station. In ordaining that his ashes should rest in the land of his high and holy exertions, Providence would almost appear to have placed his heavenly mark upon their worth. He has left no children behind him to lament his loss; but in the person of his widow, he has left a sacred legacy to his country-a legacy that, we trust, will be accepted and cherished. Of this amiable and excellent woman the bishop, in a private letter, spoke in the following affecting words" Mrs. Middleton is nearly all that I have to rest upon in India, particeps omnium conciliorum meorum, et pro viribus ad jutrix." Dear is the name of this great and good man, to those that knew him best and loved him most; and precious will his memory be in the sight of those whose hearts are engaged in the advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom upon earth." His body is buried in peace, but his name liveth for evermore.' Millions and millions of those who shall hereafter be added to the Church of Christ in the regions of the East, shall bless in pious gratitude the memory of him, who was the first and great instrument of the Almighty in their conversion; and among them shall his name be had in honour, till time itself shall be no more. If there be in heaven, as we believe in humble confidence that there is, an exalted lot for those apostolic men, who have sacrificed every tie of kindred and of country to the call of heaven, and have gone forth to plant the Church of Christ in distant lands; among these holy spirits shall the great founder of the Indian Church be numbered for ever, and, in the presence of the Redeemer, enjoy with them the consummation of his everlasting reward. BARTLETT'S BUILDINGS, 16th Dec. 1822. At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, convened for the purpose of considering what measures it might be proper for the society to adopt, on occasion of the famented death of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta : The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF LONDON in the chair, (in the unavoidable absence of his grace the president.) The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to: "That this board baving received, with feelings of the deepest regret, intelligence of the death of the Right Rev. Thomas Fanshawe Middleton, D. D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta, do sincerely deplore the sudden termination of that long and intimate connexion which subsisted between his lordship and the society. "That this board feel it their duty thus publicly to express their lively sense of that rare union of wisdom, activity, and firmness, which marked the character of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and qualified him, in an eminent degree, to accomplish the arduous undertaking of establishing in the East a branch of the apos tolical Church of England; an undertaking, which, under his prudent and energetic management, was in the most promising state of advancement; but the completion of which, under the Divine Blessing, must be looked for from a similar combination of talent and piety in those who may hereafter be called to the exercise of episcopal functions in India. "That this board, recollecting the solemn and affecting address, in which the bishop, upon the eve of his departure for India, took leave of the society, and adverting to the pledge which he then gave of promoting to the utmost of his power the objects of the society, within the sphere of his spiritual influence, are desirous of expressing their grateful sense of the zealous and effectual manner in which that pledge has been redeemed. ་ "That with a view to a more durable expression of the esteem and regret of this board, measures be taken for the erection of a Monument to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in the cathedral church of St. Paul; the expense to be defrayed by the individual subscriptions of members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; and that books be forthwith opened at the society's office, and with the secretaries of the diocesan and district committees, for receiving the names of subscribers. "That this board feel a melancholy satisfac tion in adopting a suggestion made by the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in his last letter to the society, relative to the foundation of five scho larships in the Mission College at Calcutta ; and accordingly agree to place the sum of 6000%. at the disposal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the purpose of endowing five scholarships, besides affording a salary for a Tamul teacher, in the said college, with such reference to the sons of the society's missionaries as the statutes of the college may allow; and that this board, anxious that the piety and zeal of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta should be honoured with an appropriate memorial in the country here they were most conspicuously and beneficially displayed, do recommend, that the said scholarships be founded, and henceforth called by the name of Bishop Middleton's Scholarships. "That this board, having a well grounded confidence, that the Venerable Archdeacon Loring will, during the vacancy in the See of Calcutta, use his best endeavours to promote the several important designs for the advancement of Christian knowledge in the East, which occupied so large a portion of the late Lord Bishop's time and solicitude, do invite the archdeacon to enter into correspondence with the society; and do assure him, that any sugges tions which he may think proper to offer, in furtherance of those designs, will obtain the society's most favourable consideration. That, as a mark of the high esteem entertained by this board for the character and vir tues of the widow of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, a copy of the resolutions adopted at this special general meeting of the society, handsomely written on vellum, be presented to Mrs. Middleton immediately after her arrival in England. "That a committee, consisting of nine members of the society, viz.-His Grace the Land Archbishop of Canterbury, (president,) the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Lomlon, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, (Dean of St. Paul's,) the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, the Venerable the Archdeacon of London, the Venerable the Archdeacon of Middlesex, the Venerable the Archdeacon of Colchester, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, Joshua Watson, Esq. be appointed to superintend the erection of the monument, and to take all such steps as may be necessary for carrying the resolutions of this meeting into effect. "That the contributions, towards the erection of the monument, be limited to the amount of each member's annual subscription to the society. "That the resolutions adopted by the board at this special meeting of the society, be published under the direction of the committee. "Agreed unanimously, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, for having taken the chair; and for the very obliging and able manner in which he has conducted the business of the day. "GEO. GASKIN, D. D. "Secretary." Dec. 27, 1822. At a second special general meeting, convened for the purpose of receiving and taking into consideration, an application from the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, " for permission to Co-operate with the members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in the cathedral church of St. Paul, and thus to perpetuate their feelings of gratitude for his services and admiration of his talents:" His Grace the LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY in the chair: The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to: "That this board gladly acknowledge the cordial union that has so long and so happily subsisted between the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, inasmuch as the two societies arose from the same stock, were founded on the same principles, and act under the same president. "That this board, therefore, however anxi ous they may have been to reserve to the members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge the honour of offering a suitable tribute to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, cannot resist the earnest request that has now been made by the sister society, to be admitted to co-operate with them in the erection of the monument proposed to be placed in the cathedral church of St. Paul. "That two members of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, viz. the Rev. H. H. Norris, and the Rev. J. Lonsdale, be added to the special committee which has been appointed to carry this design into execu tion "Agreed unanimously, That the cordial and respectful thanks of the meeting be offered to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for presiding on this occasion. “GEO. GASKIN, D. D. "Secretary." Another account from the Missionary We record, with sincere sorrow, the unexpected and sudden demise of the Bishop of Calcutta. This afflicting event is thus announced in a Calcutta paper : "July 11th, 1822.-At the Presidency, on the night of Monday, the 8th instant, about eleven o'clock, died the Right Rev. Thomas Fanshawe Middleton, D. D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta, after a short but severe illness, which baffled all medical skill. His Lordship was in full possession of health on the preceding Tues day, when he visited the college. On the day of his death, he was conceived to have passed the crisis of the fever, under which he had suffered during this short interval; and to be out. of danger: at half past seven o'clock, he was thought much better; but, at eight, he was seized with a violent paroxysm of fever, and at eleven o'clock expired. The tolling of the cathedral bell, at intervals of a minute, announced this melancholy event to the community, at sunrise on the following morning." We have learned some further particulars, which will be interesting to all who have marked, with pleasure, the course which this able prelate was pursuing in India. The objects before his Lordship, in proceeding to India, were confessedly great and difficult. fully against his very office; while he had to He had to conciliate prejudice, acting powermaintain both the dignity and the courtesy of a. Christian bishop: and, above all, while extending his first care to his own countrymen in India, and watching over their spiritual interests, a mind like his could not but be deeply affected by the ignorance of multitudes of native Christians, and the awful condition of the myriads of heathens and Mahomedans around him. Yet this great object his Lordship had to approach with peculiar caution. Prejudices and fears on this point, altogether unworthy of professed Christians, and countenanced neither by faets nor by just reasoning, were, however, numerous and strong. In what manner the bishop's mind seems to have opened to the right course, and how nobly he was countenanced and supported by the whole body of the church and its chief societies at home, our readers well know. To this difficult post, the bishop brought an enlarged and comprehensive mind; which was, however, somewhat anxious in the prosecution of its purposes. The importance of his office, and his work in India, appears to have been felt by him with increasing weight. The exer tions both of mind and body requisite for the discharge of this office, as the bishop laboured to discharge it, in so extensive a diocess as that committed to his care, seem to have been more than his constitution, though naturally strong, could bear up against in such a climate as India. The slightest indisposition would latterly depress him, and lead him to speak as if he felt himself to be dying. Such had been the geneThe author of the Letter to Lord Liver- ral habit of his mind for some time back. pool on Bible Societies. Ed. C. J. "That the Archdeacon of London be requested to furnish the board with a copy of the admirable address delivered by him at the last special general meeting, for the uses of the society. On Wednesday, the 3d of July, the bishop the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States: and his lady went to take an airing about an hour before sun-set. On turning a corner, about half a mile from home, the sun shone full upon the bishop. He instantly expressed a feeling of having received what is called "a stroke of the Whereas, by the Statutes of the Gesuu;" and said that he was sure he should suf- neral Theological Seminary of the Profer from it. The carriage immediately returned home. Severe head-ache soon came on. His testant Episcopal Church in the United Lordship took strong medicine; but would not States, (chap. vii. 1.) "satisfactory allow his physician to be sent for. He became evidence of classical and scientific atvery restless; and, on going to bed, said that he never felt so before, and God only knew what tainments" is to be presented to the the result would be. Contrary to his usual ha- Faculty by every applicant for admisbit when unwell, he spoke no more of death.sion into the seminary; therefore, ReIn the night he was for getting up, saying he must work night and day to accomplish the business which he had on hand. Next day, he sat at his desk eight hours, answering some papers referred to him by government. At night, he allowed his physician to be sent for, but would see no one else was exceedingly restless, and seemed to labour under the impression, that a load of business lay upon him: and this idea did not forsake him till his death. The feverish symptoms were never violent-his pulse about 80, and only at one time 86; but the restless eagerness of his mind nothing could allay. In the evening of Monday, his physician left him with the impression that he was decidedly better; but he had not been long gone, when the bishop became very violent, walked about in great agitation, and, on being compelled to lie down, nature began to give way. His articulation soon failed. The archdeacon and his lordship's domestic chaplain were sent for. He knew the archdeacon, and made strong attempts to speak, but could not be understood. The final scene closed very rapidly, and about eleven he ceased to breathe. The physician, the archdeacon, the bishop's chaplain, the senior chaplain at the Presidency, and another friend, were present. The dying bishop and his afflicted widow were commended, in humble prayer, to the God of their salvation; and she seemed to receive strength in the attempt to resign herself to his holy will. The fever of which the bishop died is known to medical men; but its cause and cure have hitherto escaped their research. Under the restless anxiety occasioned by it, the patient, though conscious of every thing that passes, loses all control of his mind; so that the bishop would admit no one to his sick room but Mrs. Middleton, and the doctor and servant. On Sunday evening the bishop had desired to be prayed for by the congregation at the cathedral. On the evening of Thursday, his remains were deposited, amidst the affectionate regrets of multitudes. His lordship has left 500l. to the college, with 500 volumes from his library to be selected by the principal; and, as a token of regard to the place of his early education, a like sum of money to Christ's Hospital. Standing Rule of the Faculty of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. WE are requested to insert the following Standing Rule of the Faculty of solved, that, with the exception of "candidates for holy orders, with full qualifications," and of those persons who shall present a diploma from some college, every applicant for admission into the seminary shall be required to stand an examination on the general principles of Natural and Moral Philosophy, and Rhetoric; and, in the Latin and Greek languages, on the following works, or such others as shall be considered as an equivalent subStitute-viz. Sallust, Virgil's Eneid, Cicero's Orations, or De Officiis; and the four Gospels, Xenophon's Cyropedia, and the first three Books of Ho mer. The editors of the Gospel Advocate, Churchman's Magazine, Philadelphia Recorder, and Washington Theological Repertory, are requested to insert the above in their respective works. Bishop White Scholarship. A NUMBER of ladies in Philadelphia, with a laudable zeal, have endowed a Scholarship in the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary of the United States. By the constitution of the seminary, 2000 dollars only are required; but the sum raised by the ladies amounts to 2500 dollars; the whole amount being destined to the proposed object. New-York Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Society. THE sixth anniversary of the NewYork Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Society was celebrated in St. Paul's chapel, in this city, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 9th of April, 1823. The schools belonging to this society are those of Trinity church, and St. Paul's and St. John's chapels, and St. Mark's, Christ, Grace, Zion, St. Luke's, and St. Philip's churches. The scholars' assembled on this occasion amounted to about 1400, and, with their superintendents and teachers, and the managers of the society, occupied all the pews, and also benches throughout the different aisles on the ground floor of that large chapel. Evening prayer was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Lyell, and an appropriate address delivered by the Rev. Mr. Berrian. The scholars then sung a hymn, selected from the 106th psalm in metre: the final prayers, including an appropriate collect from the liturgy, and the benediction, by the bishop. The occasion and exercises were highly interesting, and calculated to strengthen conviction of the import ance and value of Sunday school instruction. Besides the officiating clergy, we were gratified to perceive, in the chancel, the attendance of the Rev. Drs. Harris, Turner, and Wilson; and the Rev. Messrs. M'Vickar, Onderdonk, Creighton, Wainwright, Breintnall,Upfold, Doane, Eastburn, and Sellon, of this city; the Rev. Mr. Haskell, of Rye; and the Rev. Mr. Sayres, of Jamaica, Long-Island. We refer our readers to the interesting and gratifying report of the board of managers of this institution, inserted at page 134 of this Journal. Society Lands in Vermont. In our number for February last, p. 61, we inserted an article from the Churchman's Magazine respecting these lands. In relation to the suit instituted for their recovery, the National Intelligencer says, that on "Wednesday, the 12th of March, Mr. Justice Washington delivered the opinion of the majority of the court in the case of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, (in England,) against the town of New-Haven, (in Vermont,) which was argued by Mr. Hopkinson for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Webster, at the last term. Certificate to the circuit court that the plaintiffs are entitled to judgment." Consecration of Christ Church. On Saturday morning, the 29th of March, 1823, Christ Church, in Anthony-street, near Broadway, NewYork, was consecrated to the service of Almighty God, by the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, agreeably to the rites and ceremonies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The day was remarkably fine for the season, which favoured the attendance of a very large and respectable congregation, whose serious deportment and attention to the solemn and impressive service, evinced a conviction that they regarded themselves assembled in the temple of the ever-living God. The erection of this chaste and splendid edifice reflects great honour on the spirit and enterprise of the Rev. Dr. Lyell (the rector) and his people, The site is very favourable, on elevated ground, a dry soil, of easy access from the west side of Broadway, and in the midst of a very respectable population. The form is oblong, about 100 feet by 65; the sides and rear of neat gray stone; the front and tower are faced with hewn brown stone, of superior quality and workmanship. The doors and windows in front are nicked and arched in the true pointed Gothic style; the windows in the flanks and rear are also arched in the pointed form, and cased with hewn brown stone. A quadrangular tower, projecting about three feet from the face of the front wall, and about 90 feet elevation, is crowned with an open battlement, and diagonal pyramids. The vestry-room, twenty feet by eight, is in the rear, from which a flight of steps leads to the pulpit. The interior is finished in a plain Gothic style, corresponding with the exterior, and contains 124 pews on the first floor, and 66 in the galleries, constructed on an improved plan, that contributes greatly to the ease and comfort of the occupants, as well as to their seeing and hearing the preacher. There is a gradual declivity to the chancel, which is in front of the pulpit, surrounded with a neat railing excluding the reading desk. The pulpit, canopy, and altar, are in a style bordering on the florid Gothic, and probably not surpassed in classic association and exqui site workmanship by any thing of the kind in this country. It is understood that the Rev. Manton Eastburn has been appointed by the vestry of Christ church assistant to the rector, and that it is intended to have three services every Sunday, and one on every Wednesday evening while the season permits. We have obtained the following extract from the bishop's sermon on that occasion: "For celebrating this worship with decency, with order, and with every possible convenience, this temple, is admirably adapted. It is not necessary for nie to enlarge on the neatness, the convenience, and the beauty of its arrangements. But I should do violence to my feelings, did I not express the satisfaction with which I behold my reverend brother, who commenced in this city his course of ministerial usefulness many years since, and with whom I have been from that period most intimately and affectionately associated, called hereafter to exercise his faithful and honourable functions in an edifice that presents every convenience, and every necessary ornament. Nor can I avoid congratulating the congregation, to whom he has so long happily ministered, on the zeal and pious enterprise with which, by their own resources, they have raised so costly a structure. Admitting, in the largeness of its accommodations, an accession to their numbers, we trust they will receive this accession from the respectable population which surrounds it-and that thus the burden of erecting it, which would fall heavily on them alone, will be shared by others. They have raised a building, an ornament to our city, and an honour to the church of which they are members; and they deserve, and we trust they will receive, cordial and liberal patronage and support." Ordinations at Baltimore. The Rev. Dr. Lyell. mitted to the holy order of deacons. The service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Barry, and the sermon by the Rev. Dr. Wyatt.-And on Thursday, the 20th of March, an ordination was held in the same church, by the same bishop, when the Rev. Charles P. M'Ilvaine was admitted to the holy order of priests. Sermon by the Rev. Dr Wyatt.-Theolog. Repert. Obituary Notice. DIED, lately, at Richmond, Virginia, the Rev. JOHN BUCHANAN, D. D. Rector of Henrico parish. The following obituary notice of this venerable man is extracted from a southern print: "There are few things more pleasing to a generous mind, than to call to view the merit of a departed friend, and to trace in recollection those virtues by which his life was distinguished. In the death of the late Rev. Dr. John Buchanan, our city has been deprived of an individual, whose amiable qualities gave him a place in the affections of all who knew him. He was a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ; and trusted to the atonement offered on the cross for the salvation of his soul. His disinterested labours form a proof of his attachment to the Redeemer perfectly conclusive; and the good will he manifested toward all men, is an evidence that his heart was influenced by the spirit of the doctrines he inculcated. He was a stranger to every disposition of unkindness, and no invective against himself, however bitter that invective might be, could extort from him an ex-, pression of resentment, or force him from the high ground of Christian charity. The author of this feeble tribute of attention knew him well, and it is with truth he can declare, that of all men with whom he has ever been acquainted, Buchanan was inferior to none in humility of heart, benevolence of disposition, and sincerity of friendship. 66 During his last illness, his mind was fixed upon the change which awaited him. He saw the gradual approaches of death; and endeavoured to prepare himself for the solemn summons of his God. He frequently united |