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The surname has been spelled both as "Olmsted" and "Olmstead." This difference in spelling is reflected in the various references used in this article. However, this article always uses the
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to be illegal and corrupt. All the talk about "tainted money" seems to me to be beside the mark. Money itself, I suppose, cannot be tainted, but it may at times represent a tainted partnership, and it is not well for the Church to have her tongue tied by any such coalition, because it is her duty to
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On June 2, 1921, following the advice of his
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A newspaper editorial about the election of
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Olmstead was a founder of the Utica
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321:, New York City. While in this position, he married Catharine Lawrence, daughter of Joseph and Rosette (Townsend) Lawrence of New York city, on April 25, 1876. He stayed in that position until May 1884, when he became rector of
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Olmstead was a bishop in
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be ready to denounce wickedness in high places as well as in low places. The Church can never gain by getting wealth which paralyzes her proper functions.
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Charles Tyler Olmstead was born in Cohoes, N. Y. on April 28, 1842. His parents were Charles A. and Ardelia (Wilkinson) Olmsted.
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In 1903, on Washington's birthday, Olmstead, while bishop coadjutor, addressed the 1903 banquet of the Board of Managers of the
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The Church Of Jesus Christ should not be in alliance either with individuals or with corporations whose principles and methods
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in the State of New York. Bishop Dan Huntington died in July 1904, leaving Olmstead as his successor diocesan bishop.
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in Middletown, Connecticut. While a student in the Berkeley Divinity School, Olmstead also tutored Latin and Greek at
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