APPENDIX. WITH mingled emotions of pain and satisfaction the following testimonies are here added, of the deep feeling of bereavement and loss experienced by all classes of society in the dispensation which gave occasion to the foregoing sermon, as well as the high estimation in which the character and many virtues of our lamented Diocesan and Father were held by all. Most fully do these testimonies justify the even tenor of his course, the singleness of his aim, and the steadiness, the uncompromising steadiness of its pursuit. Many additional proofs of respectful and sacred remembrance of Bishop HoBART have been given, but not having reached us in proper form, are, we regret, precluded from insertion here. TRINITY CHURCH. Ar a meeting of the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Corporation of Trinity Church, in the city of New-York, on Wednesday, September 15, 1830, the following resolutions were adopted: Having received the afflicting intelligence of the death, while on a visitation to a distant part of his diocese, of the Right Rev. JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D., Bishop of New-York and Rector of this Church, and fully sensible of our duty as Christians, to bend with humble submission to the ordering of a wise and overruling Providence: we hereby unanimously resolve That we shall ever hold in the most grateful and respectful remembrance the truly Christian and apostolic character and eminent services of our deeply lamented Rector. That as a part of the diocese of New-York, and of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, we feel it a duty to our venerated and beloved friend and pastor to express, as we do hereby express, our high sense of his promptitude, unexampled zeal, and unwearied exertions to promote every object connected with the best interests of religion and of the Church, of which he was one of the most able, disinterested, and indefatigable servants. That the respectful and affectionate condolence of the Vestry be tendered to the afflicted relict and family of the deceased. That, with the concurrence of the family of the deceased, the funeral be conducted under the direction of the Corporation of this Church; and that Mr. M'Evers, the Hon. Judge Irving, Mr. Hone, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Johnson, be a committee to make such arrangements in relation thereto as they may think best suited to manifest the feelings of this Church on this melancholy event. That in further testimony of our high respect for the memory of our late Rector, the members of this Vestry will attend his funeral as mourners, and wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. That Trinity Church and St. Paul's and St. John's Chapels be hung in customary mourning until the festival of Christmas: That a certified copy of these resolutions be delivered to Mrs. Hobart, the respected relict of our late Rector. NEHEMIAH ROGERS, Chairman and Church Warden. WM. JOHNSON, Clerk, pro. tem. GRACE CHURCH. Ar a meeting of the Vestry of Grace Church, New-York, held in the Vestry room on Wednesday morning, September the 15th, 1830. The Rector having communicated to the Vestry that he had convened them on occasion of the distressing intelligence of the death of our highly respected and beloved Bishop, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the members of this Vestry have heard, with the deepest grief, of the loss which they, the diocese, and the Church at large have sustained in the death of the Right Rev. Bishop HOBART; and although they feel it to be their duty to bow with humble submission to this afflictive dispensation of Divine Providence, yet they are desirous of thus recording their sorrow, and the unqualified respect and affection with which they regard the character of their late Diocesan. Resolved, That in their estimation the Church in this diocese is chiefly indebted, under Providence, for its rapid increase and its present peaceful and flourishing condition, to the wisdom, zeal, energy, self-devotion, and piety of its late Bishop, in whose character were beautifully combined virtues that dignify and adorn our nature, varied talents of the highest order, piety deep and unaffected, a heart replete with affectionate and benevolent sentiments, and a deportment that won the confidence and love of all who knew him. Resolved, That in the testimony of our grief, and as a tribute of our respect for our departed Bishop, this Church be hung in black until the festival of Christmas, and that the Vestry will attend the funeral, and wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days. Resolved, That the Clerk of the Vestry send a certified copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Hobart, and communicate to her and her family the expression of their heartfelt condolence with them in this afflictive bereavement. [A true copy.] (Signed) EDWARD R. JONES, Clerk of the Vestry of Grace Church. ST. THOMAS' CHURCH. Ar a special meeting of the Vestry of St. Thomas' Church, New-York, held on Wednesday, 15th September, 1830-On motion of Mr. John Duer, it was unanimously Resolved, That the intelligence of the death of their Reverend Diocesan, the Right Rev. JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D., |