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Show Thkuf. are thirty colored men in the priesthood of the Protestant EplaoopaJ church of America. The oldest congregation congre-gation of colored people belonging to this denomination, it may not be known generally, is St. Thomas' church, Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, whic h was founded nearly a century ago, during the episcopate of iiishop Win ri:, who was the first bishop of Pennsylvania, and the lirst American consecrated in England, l'robably the most learned and distinguished colored man in the KpWcipal ministry is the KeV. Al.KXANHAK t lilMMF.l,. 1). I)., 1). C.L., who has been honored by the university uni-versity of Oxford, England. For many years he has been tho rector of St. Luke's church, Washington, D. C, and is respected by all who knew him for his profound scholarship and exemplary exem-plary life. ; t l |