The Rt. Rev. THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, died at Hartford, Jan. 13, 1865, aged 86 years.

The Burial Services were performed in Christ Church, Jan. 17th, at 1 o'clock, P. M. Special Prayers for the family were offered at his late residence, by the Rev. Dr. Clark, of Hartford. The following gentlemen officiated as bearers:-Of the Laity, Messrs. Zephaniah Preston, Ebenezer Flower, A. S. Stillman, George Beach, J. G. Wells, L. B. Goodman, Wm. T. Lee, Edward Goodman, T. C. Allyn, Elisha Johnson, F. A. Brown, D. W. Pardee, R. D. Hubbard, James Bolter, Geo. G. Sill.

Of the Clergy,-Rev. Drs. Mead, Hallam, Clark, Beardsley, Emery, Camp, Willey, Goodwin, Jarvis, Holcomb, Fuller, Short, and Rev. Messrs. Fisher, Yarrington and Huntington.

The procession entered the Church in the following order; Bishop Eastburn reading the sentences:—

Bearers.

Bishops.

Rector of Christ Church.

Family and Friends.

The Clergy, as Mourners.

Bearers.

Wardens and Vestry of Christ, St. John's,
Trinity, and St. Paul's Churches.

Faculty and Students of Trinity College.
Faculty and Students of Berkeley Divinity School.

Officers of Retreat for the Insane.
Citizens.

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, read the Anthem; the Rt. Rev. Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, the Lesson; the Rt. Rev. Bishop Burgess, of Maine, delivered an address; and the Rt. Rev. Bishop Eastburn, of Massachusetts, offered Prayers from the Litur

gy. At the grave, in Spring Grove Cemetery, the remainder of the Burial Service was performed, by the Rt. Rev., the Bishops of Vermont and New York. At a meeting of the Bishops and other Clergy, in the Chapel of Christ Church after the Burial, appropriate commemorative and tributary Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Those who have known Bishop Brownell only in his later years, when the infirmities of old age had crept upon him, can but imperfectly appreciate the qualities of his character, and the valuable services which, during his long life, he has rendered to the Church. We propose to offer a tribute to his memory in the next No. of the Review.

The Rev. GEO. WASHINGTON DOANE COPELAND, Assistant Minister of St. Luke's Church, New York, died at Boston, May 21st, 1864, aged 31 years. He was born in Boston, Feb. 22d, 1833; he first engaged in mercantile pursuits; entered the German Theological Seminary, in October, 1857, and graduated in 1860; was ordained Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, July 1st, 1860, by Bishop Chase; and Priest, Oct. 17, 1863, in St. James' Church, Fordham, N. Y., by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Horatio Potter. His ministerial life was spent in connection with St. Luke's Church, New York City; yet his labors were frequently interrupted by physical weakness and suffering. He was buried from the Church of the Advent, in Boston, May 24th. A memoir of his singularly beautiful and saintly life, is said to be in course of preparation.

The Rev. DAVID DOREMUS died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 29th, 1864. He was born near Paterson, New Jersey, March 5th, 1835. In 1837, he removed, with his parents, to Little Neck, Long Island, and remained there until 1845. Four years afterwards, he removed to New Rochelle, N. Y., where he was baptized by Rev. Mr. Bolton, at that time Rector of Christ Church, Pelham, N. Y. In 1852, he connected himself with the Baptist Society, in New Rochelle, and was by them sent to Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y. He remained there only a year, not being able to agree with, and renouncing the doctrines taught by his Baptist brethren. In 1856, he was confirmed in Christ Church, Pelham, by the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D. He then entered Kenyon College, and, in 1858, became a member of the Junior Class in the General Theological Seminary, N. Y. City. During his Senior year, he was ordained to the Diaconate, and served the Congregation at St. John's Church, Willmot, New Rochelle, where he continued to minister until the time of his death. During his long illness he was patient, and his ministry, though brief, was characterized by great unostentation and fidelity.

The Rev. DAVID G. TOMLINSON, whose death was recorded in our last No., was born in Milford, Conn., Jan. 14, 1799. His studies, preparatory to the Ministry, were directed by the Rev. Edward Rutledge, Rector of the Parish in Milford, and the Rev. Henry Judah, of

Bridgeport. He was ordained Deacon, in St. John's Church, Bridgeport, Nov. 17, 1831, by Bishop Brownell, and Priest, by the same Bishop, in Christ Church, Watertown, Jan. 17, 1833. He was Minister of St. Paul's, Bantam Falls, and Trinity, Milton; then of Christ Church, Tashua; and subsequently, of Emmanuel Church, Weston, Conn. He published a useful pamphlet, "Harmony of the Protestant Doctrine of the Sacraments," showing that Baptismal Regeneration is taught in the Doctrinal Standards of the leading denominations; and also " Thoughts on the Righteousness of Justification," which work appeared just before his death. Mr. Tomlinson was a devout man, of great sincerity and simplicity of character.

The REV. WILLIAM YAHN died in July, 1864. He conformed to the Church, with his whole Congregation, about a year since, having been a Lutheran Clergyman at Valparaiso, Ind. He was ordained Deacon, by Bishop Upfold, at Trinity Church, Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 14, 1864, and Priest, by the same Bishop, in St. James' Church, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 21, 1864. He was on a journey to collect funds for the erection of a Church, when he was shot by guerillas, on the North Missouri Railroad, in July last. The letter giving an account of this tragic end, was misdirected, and for many months his family and friends were ignorant of the manner of his death.

The Bev. JOHN O'BRIEN, D. D., Rector of Zion Church, Pontiac, · Mich., died at Pontiac, Dec. 13, 1864, aged seventy-one years.

The Rev. WILLIAM CHRISTIAN died at Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dec. 13, 1864, aged 30 years He was a native of Virginia; was ordained Deacon, by Bishop Whittingham, in Grace Church, Baltimore, Feb. 28, 1858, and Priest, by the same Bishop, in Calvary Church, Baltimore, March 24, 1859. He was Assistant in Ascension Church, Washington City; Rector of All Saints' Church, Calvert, Md.; and Rector of St. Albans Parish, in the District of Columbia.

The Rev. JOSIAH MULFORD HEDGES died at Herkimer, New York, Dec. 22, 1864, aged 42 years. He graduated at Madison College, Hamilton, N. Y.; conformed to the Church, studied at the General Theological Seminary, was ordained Deacon, July 3, 1853, in Trinity Church, New York, by Bishop Wainwright, and Priest, June 3, 1855, in St. John's Church, Honeoye Falls, by Bishop DeLancey. He labored at Honeoye Falls, and Middleburgh, W. N. Y., and in 1858 became Rector of Christ Church, Herkimer, which position he was compelled by ill health to resign in 1863.

The Rev. RICHARD HENRY LEE, LL. D, Rector of Trinity Church, Washington, Penn., died at that place, Jan. 3d, 1865, aged about 75 years. He was, for many years, Professor in Washington College, Penn.

The Rev. TAPPING REEVE CHIPMAN died at White Plains, New York, Jan. 1st, 1865, aged 54 years. He was born at Middlebury,

Vt., Feb. 9, 1811, of Presbyterian ancestry. It was a careful study of the Presbyterian Dr. Miller's (of Princeton) quotations from the Fathers, which seems first to have shaken his confidence in Presbyterianism. He saw that these quotations were garbled, mutilated, and did not give the true testimony of the Fathers, as to the Constitution of the Christian Ministry. How he reconciled such use of the Fathers, on the part of Dr. Miller, with moral honesty, we do not know. But the result of his careful study led him, finally, to seek Orders in the Church. He graduated at the General Theological Seminary, in 1839. He officiated in Brockport, Leroy, and East Bloomfield, W. N. Y.; Astoria, N. Y; Christ Church, Detroit, Mich.; was Rector of the Church of the Reconciliation, New York City, and was Assistant Minister in St. George's Parish, at the time of his death. He was a good classical scholar, and a zealous, conscientious Minister of Christ.

The Rev. HENRY P. POWERS, late of Ypsilanti, Michigan, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 2, 1865.

The Rev. JONATHAN GODFREY, r. died at Six-Mile-Run, New Jersey, Jan. 28th, 1865, aged 36 years.

CONVERSIONS TO THE CHURCH.

The Rev. CHARLES C. ADAMS, lately ordained Deacon, in Connecticut, by Bishop Williams, was formerly a Methodist preacher.

The Rev. J. W. RAY, lately ordained Deacon, by Bishop Whitehouse, in Illinois, was formerly, and for many years, a Presbyterian minister.

The Rev. AUGUSTUS HOHING, formerly a German Reformed minister, has become a Candidate for Orders in Ohio.

Mr. J. W. KRAMER, lately ordained Deacon, by Bishop Odenheimer, was formerly a prominent Methodist preacher in New Jersey.

The Rev. ABRAHAM REEVES, recently ordained Deacon in Indiana, was for many years a preacher among the Methodists.

At a recent Confirmation in South Amboy, N. Jersey, nearly all of the candidates were heads of families, and all but three of them (19) converts to the Church, one having been an esteemed preacher of the Methodist denomination. This is one of three Methodist ministers who have recently come into the Church in this Diocese, one of whom is shortly to be ordained.

BISHOP WILLIAMS ON THE DECISION OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Williams, in his Address to the last Connecticut Diocesan Convention, has the following words on a subject now

deeply agitating the English Church. The Bishop's statement of the character of the Court is important, and his caution to American Churchmen most opportune :

"And here, Brethren, I might close this Address, did I not feel anxious to add a few plain words concerning some of the dangers which beset the Church, in consequence of the rationalizing and unbelieving tendencies of the age.

"Recent occurrences in the Mother Church have brought these dangers nearer to us; and, for a reason which will immediately appear, I desire to speak briefly of them. I find an impression widely prevalent, that the Church of England has synodically decided, that her Clergy are not bound to hold the Holy Scriptures to be the Word of God, and are at liberty to deny the eternal punishment of the wicked. This view of the case will, no doubt, be zealously propagated by those who rejoice in any and all giving up of Christian Doctrine; and by those, also, who would be glad to cast this reproach upon our Mother Church and ourselves.

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But, God be thanked, it is not so. A tribunal, indeed, created by the State, possessed of no proper ecclesiastical character, in no way authorized to represent or to speak for the Church, and whose decisions are, in spiritual matters, entitled to no weight beyond what the individual character of the persons composing it may give them, has, apparently, decided, that under the present relations of the Church of England to the State, she is restrained from bringing discipline to bear on those who deny the two points above mentioned. Stretched to the very utmost, this is all that can be made of the case. There is no decision of the Church. All that there is, is interference on the part of the State. And that interference does not change doctrine; it simply shields individuals from discipline.

"The case seems to me exactly analogous to that of the interference of the Arian Emperors in the fourth century. They could not pronounce upon, far less could they change, the Faith of the Church. But they could interfere with the Church in various ways, and especially by preventing discipline from falling on heretical Bishops and Clergy. And this is all that has been, or that can be done, in the Mother Church.

"We, happily, are in no danger from such interference. If we have no special State protection-at the best a very questionable boonand no power to annex to spiritual censures any "civil penalty or incapacity"-always and every where a positive evil-we have, still, all that liberty of exercising spiritual discipline which Christ has given to the Church; a liberty which we trust God will, in His own good time and way, restore, in its fullness, to our venerated Mother Church.

"So long, however, as all those admitted to Holy Orders among us, are obliged to declare that they believe the "Holy Scriptures to be the Word of God," no honest man can claim that he fulfills the requirements of that declaration, by saying that the Scriptures only contain the Word of God. And so long as no technicalities of human law can intervene to shelter him, no man can so "palter in a double sense" with the language of our formularies, as to assert that the