Excerpt from Historical Papers, Vol. 13: Published by the Trinity College Historical Society In 1839 a committee Of the General Theological Seminary declined to admit to the Seminary a colored young gentleman from the State of New York who had been recommended as a candidate for holy orders. Later, while Phillips Brooks was considering entering the ministry, a friend represented to him how the church and the clergy were holding aloof from the humanitarian movement which called for the abolition of slavery but against this plea, which made its impres sion, he persisted in listening to other voices, to some inward call14 In December 1860 the Chicago Record, the Episcopal organ for the Northwest, acknowledged that the bishops and clergy of that denomination had never raised their voices against the South or slavery.15 The whole atti tude Of this Church seems to have been one of inactivity rather than Of participation on either side Of the slavery controversy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.