IV The Reverend G.W. Hodgson at St. Peter 's Selection of the Bishop's Chaplain. Bishop Binney was faced with the unenviable task of placing a priest in charge of the new church that was in the final stages of completion amidst opposition and controversy. Because of the division which had taken place within the congregation of St. Paul's Parish Church, and because the rector, Vestry and Churchwardens had opposed the wishes of the members of the Building Committee, it was essential that the man chosen to become the Priest-in-charge of the new St. Peter 's be a sensitive and sensible one. The intervention of Bishop Binney on behalf of the wishes and desires of the members of the Building Committee over those of the rector , Vestry and Churchwardens of the Parish Church, seemed to guarantee that relations between the congregations of the two churches might at first be something less than cordial. It was in the selection of candidates that Bishop Binney displayed a keen soundness of judgement, a characteristic of his tenure as Bishop of Nova Scotia . His choice was a man of learning, a man of understanding, a man who could lead and could teach, a man who was filled with compassion and the love of God, and a man who understood the realities of the local conditions, having been born and brought up in Charlottetown , P.E.I. George Wright Hodgson was appointed as Bishop's Chaplain to the newly erected St. Peter 's Church in Charlottetown in May of 1869. Born in Charlottetown , he received his early education at in the city and then matriculated King's College, Windsor in 1857, taking the Welsford Testimonial (given to the best all round freshman). He graduated from King's College in 1861 with a B.A . earning high honours in Classics, Divinity and other subjects. He completed his M.A . in 1864 and was immediately selected to act as replacement for Dr. McCawly in Classics on a short term basis. The Reverend G.W. Hodgson was made a Deacon in 1864 and was subsequently ordained Priest in 1865. Shortly afterward he was appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of Nova Scotia where his talents and abilities became known intimately by Bishop Binney. His first charge was St. John's Church, Lunenburg, where he ministered until his appointment in May of 1869 as 48