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...Churchman appeared a classified advertisement...
...East Side, whence came Alfred dEmanuel Smith. Like most New York bosses, Mr. Curry is of Irish descent and distinguished himself by early physical prowess, in his case footracing. Until his election in 1903 to the State Senate he was a Western Union telegraph operator. He is a devout churchman, speaks quietly and?unlike Bosses Tweed, Croker and Kelly?prefers to remain out of the picture as much as possible...
...glad to hear that I have been asked to come here not only as a citizen but also as a churchman for the work that I have done for the Church here in America...
John Benjamin Wesley (1703-91) founded the Methodist Episcopal Church but did not mean to. A conservative and a high Churchman, he lived & died a member of the Church of England. He vehemently inveighed against his followers who left the Anglican fold. But before his death the U. S. Methodists under his lieutenant Francis Asbury were already de facto a separate church; Wesley's demise legalized the divorce. Wesley was a gentleman and had a gentleman's education. At Oxford before he was converted he wrote verses envying Chloe's flea for its ability to roam Chloe...
Editorialized The Churchman, liberal Episcopal weekly: "[According to Bishop Manning] we, the Roman Catholics, and the Greeks, are the only Christians of whom Christ fully approves...