Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD On his ordination as priest in June 1884, he was appointed Rector of Williamsburg, remaining for two years, when he was appointed Rector of Morrisburg, 1886-91, and during this period the degree of D.C.L. honoris causa, was conferred upon him by his old College. From 1891 to 1903 he was Rector of St. Mark's Church, Barriefield. During this period he was also Pro- fessor of English Literature at the Royal Military College, Kingston, and Examining Chaplain to Archbishop Lewis and his successor Bishop Mills of Ontario, and became Archdeacon of Ontario in 1901. It was while he was serving his first year as Rector of St. Lul:e's Church, Kingston, that he was elected Bishop of Nova Scotia, August 31, 1904, and was consecrated at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, on St. Luke's Day, October 18, 1904, by Archbishop Bond, Primate of the Church, assisted by nine other Bishops including Bishop Chas. H. Brent of the Phillipine Islands. He was enthroned as Bishop on November 10th. in St. Luke's Pro Cathedral Halifax, elected Metropolitan Arch- bishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada , Feb- ruary 10, 19153 Primate of All Canada September 24, 19313 and passed to a well-earned rest on August 10th., 1934, a life filled to the full with consecrated endeavour, rich useful- ness, and fruitful results. He has left us, a heritage of devotion to duty and tireless industry, for duty, that Stern daughter of the voice of God was ever the lodestar of the Primate's life. Was there ever a man, I wonder, amongst all the great leaders with whom God has blessed the Church in Canada, to whom duty meant more than it meant to him, or who spared himself less in its pursuit? Always the vision of duty burned before him brightly, and always he followed its guiding light. No considerations of selfish ease, no specious arguments of personal comfort, ever moved him from his appointed path.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 CLARENDON LAMB VVORRELL No Old Boy of the Old School has brought more honour to it, than the late Primate, the Most Reverend Clarendon Lamb Worrell, D.D. No one loved the Old School more than he did, and his heart ofttimes turned back to those early boyhood days when the foundations of his great career were laid. Born at Smith's Falls, July 20, 1853. the second son of the late Rev. Canon J. B. Worrell, he came to T.C.S. early in 1870, where his brother the late J. A. Worrell, K.C. had preceded him in 1866. After a most distinguished record under Rev. C. H. Badgley and Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Headmasters, he entered Trinity College, Toronto, in Octo- ber, 1870, standing lirst in the matriculation examination, winning the Wellington Scholarship at the June examina- tions in 1871, and again in 1872, also the Mathematical Prize in 1872 and 1873, and graduating with honours, winning the Prince of Wales Prize, holding first place in all his classes throughout the three years of his course. Following graduation, 1873-78, be became a Master at Bishop's College School at Lennoxville, Hellmuth College, London, the Wentworth School, Hamilton, and the Col- legiate Institute, Cobourg, and his testimonials bear ev- idence of his tact, popularity, efficiency, and a resolute energy which few men display, qualities which lasted throughout his life.. Following a brilliant course in the Divinity School of Trinity College, Toronto, he was ordained Deacon, Dec- ember 11, 1881, and became curate of Christ Church. Gananoque, 1881-823 and later curate of Holy Trinity Church, Brockville, 1882-84. During this last incumbency he was also Headmaster of the High School, Brockville, and found occasion to take his M.A. degree 118833 at Trinity College.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 5 Since his coming to the diocese of Nova ,Scotia thirty years ago, the late Most Rev. Clarendon Lamb Worrell brought to the problems of the Church his great abilities as a leader, his long experience as a parish priest, educa- tionist, Archdeacon, Bishop, Metropolitan and Primate. His election to the last mentioned office at the General Synod in Toronto in September, 1931, was a fitting crown to his great career. He will be remembered as a Wise counsellor, a courageous leader, and a splendid citizeng for his building of All Saints Cathedral, for the great Church Congress at its opening, and the commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Church in Canadag for his Work in con- nection with King's University, Edgehill , King's Col- legiate School, and education generally, for his Work in the reorganization of the Diocesan Mission Board, and other Boards and funds of the Church, for his interest in the Welfare of his clergyi his administration of important offices in the Provincial and General Synods, and the leadership he gave in the campaign for the Restoration of the lost funds in the Western Dioceses. Long known throughout the Canadian Church as the Administrator , every difficulty and crisis was to him a challenge, and the great achievements made under his leadership will stand as a monument to him, his earnestness of purpose and intrepid Will. We thank God for the heritage left to us by him and the work accomplished by him in the Master's cause. Reginald V. Harris CT.C.S. 1897-993, Chancellor of the Diocese of Nova Scotia.