Show VETERAN PRELATE PASSES Bishop Edward G Andrews of M E Church Dies in the Harness New York Dec 31 Bishop Edward EdwardG G Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church died at t his home In Brooklyn at 5 this morning Death had been expected since yesterday wh when n the physicians physician In charge gaVe gae up all hope BIshop Andrews who vho was waR 82 years old contracted a severe cold while at attending attending attending tending the bishops conference and the meetings of the home and foreign mission boards of ot his church c at San Francisco last October He never fully recovered and a general breakdown followed BI hoIl Andrews AnrewS AI for nearly half a century was waI on one of the most widely JT J a a J a a ak k known clergymen In the United States Before his elevation to the bishopric he was pastor of several large churches In ir ii the New York Tork eastern conference Born In central New York he studied for the ministry In Wesleyan college For several years before entering the ministry he was president of virt vl academy in this state He was chosen bishop In 1872 and In 1904 was relieved of many man duties and placed on the retired list His active interest In Inthe Inthe inthe the administration of the th affairs of the church did not cease with his retire retirement retirement retirement ment however and he continued to take an important part In its councils to the last Bishop Andrews Is sur survived survived survived by a widow one son and nd three daughters |