the high estimation in which the piety and talents of Dr. Dehon were held, the Vestry offered him the Rectorship; but he preferred remaining in Rhode-Island. It was then offered to the late Bishop Madison, of Virginia, but he politely declined. The Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Rector of St. Michael's, was then elected, Dec. 2, 1804, and the Rev. William Percy was elected, Jan. 3, 1805, a temporary, or third Minister, of St. Philip's and St. Michael's. In the spring of 1807, Dr. Jenkins went to England,* and appointed the Rev. James D. Simons, to officiate during his absence. Dr. Jenkins resigned the next year, and Mr. Simons was elected Rector, Aug. 27, 1809. The Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, Minister of St. John's, Berkley, was elected Assistant, Dec. 21, 1809, and Dr. Percy ceased to officiate at St. Philip's, Jan. 1, 1810. Mr. Gadsden was Ordained Deacon, July 25, 1807, by Bishop Moore, of New-York, and Priest, in April, 1810, by Bishop Madison, of Virginia. The Rev. Mr. Simons died May 27, 1814, and the Church was kept open, during the summer, by the Rev. F. Dalcho, Minister of St. Paul's, Colleton; Mr. Gadsden being absent as a Delegate to the General Convention, in Philadelphia. This gentleman succeeded to the Rectorship, July 17, 1814; and in the following year, received the degree of D. D. from the So. Ca. College. The Rev. Thomas Frost was elected Assistant Minister, March 12, 1815, and died May 16, 1819. The Rev. Allston Gibbes, officiated the remainder of the year. He was Ordained Deacon, April 14, 1817, by Bishop Griswold, of the Eastern Diocess. After Mr. Cooper's dismission from St. Michael's, the Vestry invited to that Cure, the Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rector of St. Paul's, Colleton; but he declined the appointment. It was then offered to the Rev. Mr. Ellington, Rector of St. James', Goose-Creek, and he * Dr. Jenkins was living in England, in 1819. He likewise declined. The Church was supplied, until the fall of Charles-Town in May, 1780, by the occasional services of the Rev. Messrs. Moreau, Hart, Smith, Purcell, Pearce, Lewis, and Percy; the latter, statedly for six months. While the town was in possession of the British, Dr. Jenkins officiated as Rector, and left it at the evacuation. The Rev. Henry Purcell, having officiated statedly since that time, was elected Rector, April 2, 1784. The Rev. Thomas Gates, D. D. was elected Assistant Minister, March 19, 1790. was ordained Deacon, by the Bishop of Lincoln, and Priest, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He resigned Oct. 25, 1796, and was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Jenkins. Dr. Purcell died March 24, 1802, when Dr. Jenkins was elected Rector, and the Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, Assistant Minister. He was Ordained, by Letters Dimissory from Bishop Smith, Deacon, June 3, 1800, and Priest, in Oct. 1802, by Bishop Bass, of Massachusetts. The Rev. Mr. Pogson, of St. James', Goose-Creek, leaving his Parish in the summer, officiated until Mr. Bowen's arrival. The Rev. Dr. Jenkins was elected Bishop of the Diocess, by the Convention, Feb. 20, 1804, but declined the appointment on account of his age. He resigned in St. Michael's, Dec. 17, 1804, to take upon him the cure of St. Philip's, and Mr. Bowen succeeded him in the Rectorship of the former, Dec. 24. In Jan. 1805, the Rev. Wm. Percy was appointed a temporary Assistant at both Churches, and continued in St. Michael's until 1809. The Rev. Mr. Bowen having given notice of his intention to resign this Cure, the Rev. Theodore Dehon, D. D. Rector of Trinity Church, Newport, was elected his successor, July 19, 1809. The Vestry presented Mr. Bowen with some pieces of plate, "in testimony of their affection and grateful sense of his meritorious labours." Dr. Dehon was elected Bishop of the Diocess, by the Convention, Feb. 20, 1812, and was consecrated Oct. 15, follow ing. In 1813, the holy and Apostolical rite of Confirmation was administered for the first time in Carolina, at St. Michael's Church, to a considerable number of persons, among whom were many advanced in years. Bishop Dehon died Aug. 6, 1817, when the Rev. Dr. Bowen was again invited to that Cure, and, in the mean time, the Church was supplied by the Rev. F. Dalcho. Mr. Bowen was honoured with the degree of D. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1814, and in a few months after, by the College of So. Ca. On the 18th of February, 1818, Dr. Bowen was elected, by the Convention, Bishop of the Diocess,* and en The Bishop of this Diocess received no other maintenance from the Church, than his Salary as a Parish Priest. But it is neither just nor convenient that one Church should furnish both the Officer and the Salary, while every Church in the Diocess partakes of his spiritual labours It is meet that he who has "the care of all the Churches," should be able to devote to each as much of his time, as is necessary for their spiritual prosperity, and the increase of the Redeemer's kingdom; and it is just, that his support should be derived from the Churches generally. But most of the Churches, as corporations, are poor, and all their resour ces are wanted for the maintenance of their own ministers; and even this, some of the Parishes are unable to afford. This state of things, at length, excited great interest in the friends of the Church. A plan was suggested, we believe, by the Hon. Judge Gaillard, for establishing a fund for the support of a Bishop, which would, in some measure, relieve him from a continued attention to Parochial duty, and a particular Church from his entire support. It was taken up by the Rev. Mr. Muller, who, while on a Missionary tour through a few of the Parishes, obtained the subscription of a considerable sum. The subject was brought before the Convention of 1818, by Gen. Huger, and the following measures adopted: "That it is expedient to raise a fund by subscription, to be called the Bishop's permanent fund, for the support of a Bishop of the Diocess of the State of SouthCarolina; "And they recommend, that one or more persons be appointed in each Parish of the Diocess by the President of the Convention, whose duty it shall be to call upon the Episcopalians in his Parish, and to transmit such monies, as he shall collect, to the Treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal Society for the advancement of Christianity in South-Carolina, to be by him invested in bank-stock, government-security, or otherwise, as the board of Trustees of that Society shall deem expedient, "That the certificates of stock, or evidences of property purchased, shall be in the incorporated name of the Society, in trust for the Bishop's permanent fund, "That not more than three fourths of the annual income of the said fund shall be applicable to the support of a Bishop, and that the remainder shall go toward the accumulation of the fund. "That, whenever the annual income of the fund, liable to appropriation, shall amount to more than the sum of $4000, the excess shall be at the disposal of the Convention of this State; and the Bishop shall then immediately cease to be the Rector of any particular Church, unless the restriction be removed by the Convention ; "That, in every year, a sermon shall be preached in every church in this Diocess, in aid of the support of a Bishop, until the Bishop's fund shall be adequate thereto; and that the sums collected be transmitted to the Treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal Society, and be applicable to the immediate support of the Bishop." The tered upon the duties of St. Michael's, 1st of March. He was consecrated Oct. 8, 1818. The Rev. Frederick Dalcho, M. D. was elected Assistant Minister, Feb. 23, 1819. He was Ordained Deacon, Feb. 15, 1814, by Bishop Dehon, of South-Carolina, and Priest, June 12, 1818, by Bishop White, of Pennsylvania. The increasing prosperity of the Episcopal communion in Charleston, made it necessary to provide an additional Church for their accommodation. In 1810, a third congregation were collected in the French Calvinistic Church, then vacant, and placed under the Ministerial care of the Rev. Dr. Percy, and arrangements were made for building a third Church. In a few years, this object was accomplished, and a spacious and elegant edifice was erected in the suburbs of the city, called St. Paul's. It is built of brick and rough-cast. The style of Architecture is modern with a Gothic Tower. The front is adorned with a handsome Portico, composed of four Doric Columns supporting an Angular Pediment. Around the building are Pilasters of the same Order, between which are two rows of lofty arched windows. The floor is about 5 feet from the ground, and on each side of the Chancel, is a Vestry-Room, 13 feet square. The extreme length of the building is 164 feet, and its width 70. The Chancel is 21 feet long; the Nave 90, the Vestibule 25; the Portico 20. The front steps are intended to be 50 feet wide; those on the sides are 10. There are 132 Pews on the ground floor. It has a fine Organ, which cost $2600. The Pulpit, Reading, and Clerk's, Desks, stand in the The following explanatory Resolutions were adopted by the Convention of 1819: "That it was not the intention of this Convention, by their resolution of the 21st of Feb. last, for raising an independent fund for the support of the Bishop, to increase his salary, as Bishop and Rector, to more than $4000; and that such was the understanding of all parties concerned. "II. That it was and is the intention of this Convention, so to increase the Bishop's fund, as will enable him to relinquish such a part of his Salary, as Recfor, as will support an Assistant Minister in his particular church." middle aisle. The Chancel is richly painted, and ornamented with Corinthian Pilasters having gilt capitals. It contains the usual Tables on either side of a large Window. The Baptismal Font stands in the Chancel; it is of white Italian marble, and has the following inscription: Presented by William Brisbane to St. Paul's Church, Radcliffeborough, 1817. The Galleries are supported by fourteen small Doric Columns, and the roof by twelve. The Communion Plate consists of one large Tankard, two Chalices and Patines, one Paten, and two Alms Plates, baving IHS. engraved on each piece.* This noble building was erected by the munificence of individuals, and was completed by the unwearied exertions of Dr. Percy, and the following gentlemen who composed the original building committee: Major Charles Lining, Messrs. William Brisbane, John Ball, Thomas Parker and Jonathan Lucas, Jun. The corporate name of this Edifice is, St. Paul's Church Radcliffeborough. It was consecrated by the * There is but one Monument erected in this Church, from which the following inscription is taken : Prepare to meet thy God. Within these Sacred Walls TUCKER HARRIS, M. D. Her birth place was Oxnam in Scotland, As a most exemplary Wife and Mother ; After suffering a painful illness for 11 months. Her spirit was released from this world Within the Cemetery of this Church. How lov'd, how valued once, avails thee not; To whom related, or by whom begot, A little Dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the Proud shal! be. |