| Show RT REV THOMAS MARSH CLARK OLDEST EPISCOPAL BISHOP IS DEAD D rt rev thomas marsh claris clark bishop of rhode island and by virtue of his seniority presiding bishop of the episcopal church in this country as well as the oldest bishop in t the he anglican communion if not in the world died suddenly at his home in middletown IL I 1 bishop dark clark had been in the episcopate nearly fifty years he was a remarkable preach er on one occasion he preached for rev dr washburn of cavalry church new york A stranger was deeply impressed and going out of the church he asked the sexton the name of the preacher the sexton said bish op dark clark sir the stranger under stood him to say clarkson he ile looked into the church almanac and found that robert H clarl son was missionary bishop of nebraska and dakota he said if such a man mail as that is missionary bishop in the north west I 1 will send him my check for 1000 1 to help him in his work for some time after whenever these bishops met bishop dark clark would say playfully to bishop clarkson DIs gorge bishop clarks mother was a descendant of rev john wheel wright a graduate of cambridge varsity england who was an early minister in the massachusetts colony and banished twice from bos ton for heresy bishop dark clark was a graduate of yale college he ed the degree of D D from union college S T D from brown sity SAY providence R I 1 and LL dirom D from cambridge university england he ile was the moving spirit in the work of the sanitary commission during the civil war |
