Bishop Samuel Provoost preached the first Episcopal ordination sermon in St. George's Chapel, New York City, July 15, 1787: "We are occupied in the ... most important business that can possibly engage the human mind ... that ... in the Hands of God, we shall be made the happy instruments of turning many from Darkness to Light, and from the Power of Satan to the Knowledge and Love of the Truth. ...
«Гэты Кароль Шэкспір», — пісаў эсэіст Томас Карлейль у 1840 годзе — «вышэй нас усіх, самы шляхетны, найдалікатнейшы, але моцны; непарушны[163]»[164].