BIB_ID
347167
Accession number
MA 366.121
Creator
Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868.
Display Date
[1865].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (15 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
A penciled notation on the verso of p. 15, indicates this is the draft of the Pastoral Letter of 1865.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Expressing gratitude that the war has ended; describing the challenges that face the Church as it heals from the divided loyalties among the clergy; urging the clergy to bring together the friends that the war has separated; reminding the clergy of the rights of the people to think and speak their mind; discussing the consequences of war and the demoralization of the nation and the increase in profanity and infidelity; asking that they increase the number of schools of Christian education; wishing that this General Convention will be remembered for the "Restoration of those beloved brethren of the Southern Dioceses, to our old fraternal unity."
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