The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D., His Life and ServicesJames Pott & Company, 1885 - 20 pages |
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The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D: His Life and Services (Classic Reprint) Eben Edwards Beardsley No preview available - 2019 |
The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D., His Life and Services Eben Edwards Beardsley No preview available - 2019 |
The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D., His Life and Services Eben Edwards Beardsley No preview available - 2019 |
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addressed APPENDIX Archbishop of Canterbury Ashbel Baldwin ASTOR PLACE Bishop Jarvis Bishop of Connecticut Bishop of Iowa Bishop of London Bishop Perry Bishop Seabury Book of Common Centennial Discourse choice and last Christian Church in Connecticut Church of England CHURCHMAN clergy of Connecticut clergymen colony commemorative sermon Common Prayer conclusion that Leam Connecticut Church Connecticut clergy consecration Convention at Wood copal Daniel Fogg decease delivered at Litchfield design would drop dition Durham duties EDWARDS BEARDSLEY elected Bishop Epis Episcopal Church Fairfield Fogg letters Gospel Haven Jeremiah Leaming late Dr Leaming declined Leaming remained Litchfield in 1846 missionary Momentous Rescue Norwalk opinion the design ordination pamphlet parish in Stratford preached a commemorative presbyters printed provident Jarvis request Samuel Johnson Samuel Parker Samuel Seabury Seabury's second choice secretary secure the episcopacy tion Tryon united suffrages Venerable Society voluntary and united voluntary Convention Woodbury write Yale College York clergy
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Page 18 - He was also directed to try to prevail on the Revd. Mr. Leaming or me to undertake a voyage to England and Endeavour to obtain Episcopal Consecration for Connecticut. Mr. Leaming declined on account of his age and infirmities ; and the Clergy who were consulted by Mr. Jarvis gave it as their decided opinion that I ought, in duty to the Church, to comply with the request of the Connecticut Clergy. Though I foresaw many and great difficulties in the way, yet as I hoped they might all be overcome; and...
Page 8 - My loss on that fatal day was not less than £1200 or £1300 sterling. Although in great danger, my life has been preserved, and I hope I shall never forget the kind providence of God in that trying hour. In this situation I was brought by His Majesty's troops to this city, at which I shall, with the greatest pleasure, obey the Society's commands.
Page 5 - ... All I now desire is, that those under my care may be Christians indeed; then there would be no fear of the future growth of the Church, notwithstanding the great opposition we meet with from the dissenters. I hope there will be means found out to support the Church in this government; otherwise I fear there will be no religion here in the next generation.
Page 15 - He said little ; spent most of his time in his own room, and never entertained his younger auditors with stirring tales of his earlier manhood. He is buried in the lot owned by the Episcopal Church in the New Haven burying-ground.
Page 8 - Leaming, the worthy Missionary, was the victim of sufferings both from the American and British parties. But let him tell his own story in this case. In a letter to the Secretary, dated at New York, the 29th day of the same month in which his church was burnt, he said: "It is now a long time since I have been able to convey a letter to the Society ; and now I must give a disagreeable account of my affairs. "On the llth inst., [12th,] by the unavoidable event of the operation of His Majesty's troops...
Page 18 - Mr. Learning or me to undertake a voyage to England, and endeavor to obtain Episcopal consecration for Connecticut. Mr. Learning declined on account of his age and infirmities; and the clergy who were consulted by Mr. Jarvis gave it as their decided opinion that I ought, in duty to the Church, to comply with the request of the Connecticut clergy. Though I foresaw many and great difficulties in the way, yet, as I hoped they might all be overcome, and as Mr.
Page 12 - GOD, declare to the world, that we do unanimously and voluntarily accept, receive, und recognize you to be OUR BISHOP, supreme in the government of the Church, and in the administration of all ecclesiastical offices. And we do solemnly engage to render you all that respect, duty, and submission, which we believe do belong, and are due to your high office, and which we understand were given by the presbyters to their...
Page 8 - On the llth inst., [12th,] by the unavoidable event of the operation of His Majesty's troops under the command of General Tryon, my church, and great part of my parish, were laid in ashes, by which I have lost everything I had there, — my furniture, books, and all my papers, even my apparel, except what was on my back.
Page 15 - Stratford and from the active ministry and took up his residence in New York. The closing period of his life, however, was spent in New Haven at the home of the widow of James A. Hillhouse. Some years later a grand-niece, Mary Hillhouse, wrote : "He rises to my mind, the very ideal of age and decrepitude — a small, emaciated old man, very lame, his ashen and withered features surmounted sometimes by a cap, and sometimes by a small wig — always quiet and gentle in his manner, and uniformly kind...