IN CHURCH HISTORY. 1 27 



building up new settlements, and one of their 

 avowed objects was the extension of the Christian 

 faith among the Indians. In the New England 

 colonies the planting of the Church of England was 

 attended with many difficulties, owing to the un- 

 friendly aspect of the Puritans., who were in the 

 ascendancy there. In the southern colonies much 

 greater success attended its establishment. 



A very serious difficulty which the colonists had 

 to contend against was the lack of the Episco- 

 pate. Many requests were made to the mother 

 Church to have Bishops sent here, but they were 

 not complied with for a long while. Candidates for 

 holy orders, and for confirmation, were compelled 

 to make the voyage to England, which was attend- 

 ed with great inconvenience and expense. 



When the revolution ended, decided measures 

 were taken to adapt the Church here to the changed 

 condition of political affairs, and to set it up as an 

 independent organization. 



The first Bishop was Samuel Seabury of Connec- 

 ticut, consecrated by the Scotch Bishops in Aber- 

 deen, a. d. 1784. 



Subsequently, William White, and Samuel Pro- 

 voost were consecrated in Lambeth, England, foi 

 the dioceses of Pennsylvania and New York. 



The Prayer Book, as now used here, was set 

 forth in a. d. 1789. The American branch of the 

 Church has gone on increasing steadily in numbers 



