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Resolved: That a committee of three be appointed by the rector to confer forthwith with the vestry of Grace Church and respectfully request them to transfer the fee of the church property to this vestry, upon such liberal terms as may be consistent with the circumstances of the origin and organization of Grace Chapel.

And whereas it has been intimated to this vestry that the vestry of Grace Church are ready to give a deed for the chapel property to this vestry subject to the subsisting mortgage thereon of $6,000:

Resolved: That if such offer be made by the vestry of Grace Church the committee be instructed to accept the same, and to assume the payment of the principal and interest due and to become due on the said mortgage, and to express to the vestry of Grace Church the great relief which will thereby be afforded to the parish of the Church of the Incarnation, and the sincere gratitude with which such offer will be received.

After a rectorship of two and a half years his people viewed with alarm indications of failing health in Mr. Harwood, and they realized that his literary labors and faithful devotion to his pastoral work were breaking him down.

It was with unfeigned sorrow that members of the vestry, present at a meeting of that body on March 10th, 1854, which was held at the residence of the rector, heard from Mr. Harwood the statement that "in consequence of an attack of disease of the throat his physicians had advised him to cease preaching, and leave the country for a time, and that this would be necessary for at least three and perhaps for six months."

Consent was immediately given to the rector to relinquish charge of the church for six months. The Rev.

Heman Dyer was asked to officiate in the parish during the absence of Mr. Harwood. The vestry adjourned under resolution, to meet in a body on Friday evening at the residence of the rector to take leave of him, and to wish him God-speed on his journey to Southern Europe, for which country he intended to sail on Saturday, March 16th, 1854.

The Rev. Dr. Means, a life-long and intimate friend of Mr. Harwood, speaks of his embarkation in these words: "Loving friends gathered around him, proud to help him, and under the most imperative command of his physician he was carried hastily on board ship, and sent alone on a long voyage to Europe."

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Wainwright, Provisional Bishop of the diocese, died September 21st, 1854. The vestry of the Church of the Incarnation, in common with other parishes of the diocese, ordered the chancel of the church to be appropriately draped in mourning, and also expressed their sympathy with the widow and family in these words:

"We recall with affectionate remembrance his selfsacrificing and indefatigable labors in the exercise of his Holy office, his gentle manners, his conciliating spirit and his wise councils to the harmony and unity of our Church."

The first time that confirmation was administered in the new parish was on March 6th, 1853, and it was also the only occasion upon which Bishop Wainwright officiated in the Incarnation.

The Rev. Mr. Harwood sought in the warmer climate of Italy and southern Europe the rest and treatment necessary for his recovery. After having spent the summer abroad he returned to New York; but to the

great regret of himself and of his many friends, his physician advised him not to resume pastoral work for the present. Accordingly he stated to the vestry, at their meeting, September 23d, 1854, "that he would be unable to carry on the church by himself for six months to come, and that it would be necessary for him to have an assistant, or to resign; that it would be a matter of great regret to him to resign; and knowing the limited resources of the parish he was prepared that the vestry will take that into consideration; but he feels warranted in expressing the hope that in six months he will be able to resume the full charge; and recommends the appointment of a deacon as assistant, at $500 or $600 per annum, if it should be taken out of his own salary."

Evidently the vestry did not feel warranted in engaging an assistant minister. Mr. Harwood's condition gave no prospect of immediate improvement; and therefore, he wrote to the vestry, tendering his resignation, as follows:

Oyster Bay, 8th October, 1854.
To the Vestry of the Church of the Incarnation,
New York,

Brethren:

I beg leave hereby to offer you my resignation of the rectorship of the Church of the Incarnation. I am deprived by an act of Providence from power to perform the duties of my office and the only course open to me is to vacate it. Rest assured I feel this necessity painfully. I had hoped to pass many years among you laboring for your welfare with all the ability vouchsafed me from on High. I had hoped to see the Church of the Incarnation, of which you are the representatives, flourish and become eminent for the zeal, the activity, the enlightened character of its members, but if I shall be permitted to see this re

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