The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-24
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHBRCK
IN OHIO

The Journal of the 37th Annual Con-
yention of the Episcopal Church in this
Diocese has Just been published From
this document we learn that the Diocese
comprises within its bounds 90 Clergy.
men, (including the venerable Bishop
Mel cIlvaine, who is at their head, j SZPar-
ishes, and about 4, 700 communieants.-
The number Of the clergy is less, BY Eve
than at the preceding convention; while
four new parishes have been added, and
notwithstanding an unusual amount Of
loss to the communion by death and re-
moFal, the aggregate increase ofcommu-,
nicants has been rather more than 200.
The Bishop had, during the year, ordain-
ed 8 deacons and 10 Priests, and had
confirmed $40 persons He had ia the
same time consecrated three church edi-
fees, number which might have been
much larger, were it not for the Bishops
unbending rule to cousecrate no church
while it is burdened with debt The
contributions In diocesan missions, IN
the year, had reached nearly "a, 4,O00.-l
We notice that one Parish Christ
Church, Cincinnati, contributed to va
rious religious and benevolent purposes.
s6,873; supporting, in great part, two
city missionaries, and distributing IN
charity to the poor upwards Of 8 4, ,lO0.l
st. Johns Church, in the same city, al.
through a now Parish. and having res
Gently discharged very heavy indebted
ness incurred for their elegant and cost
ly church edi6ce, has not been far behind
its elder and stronger neighbor-its con-
tributions, other than the expenses Of the
Parish, being s5,246.
The four Episcopal Churches Of our
own city seem to be prospering. Trini-
ty, the oldest Parish in Cleveland, re-
ports the cost of its new church edifes.
lot, organ, bells, Sc, at $42 coo, and
expects soon to have the church ready
for conservation. It's contributions to
other objects have, of course, been limits
ed this year, by the large expendituro
for church building; the total sum re-
ported is $636s72. Grace Church re-
ports 81 ,222 for various religious objects
Isl 900 of which was spent in repairing
and improving the Church. st. Paulis.
the Parish last formed, reports Sc, 600
expended in finishing the Church, pro.
curing bell, &C., &c., besides S732 for
other purposes, and considerable sum
not spesifed applied to the liquida-
tion Of the church debt. The reports
of these Parishes show the number Of
communicants as follows; Trinity f10.:
st. Johns west side 12l GRACE 99
st. Paul's l09-in all 469.
A large portion of the Journal Il ocs
cupied by the able and satisfactory re,
port of the committee appointed by a
previous Convention to investigate the
affairs of Kenyon College This Report,
made by Col. VIM. Key Bond, of Gin
cinnati, will be gratifying to the Diocese.
as showing that the affairs of this im-
portant Institution have been, on the
whole, wisely administered, both by the
late Bishop Chase and by the pr: sent
dioceian, with the Trustees and their
agents. The resources of the College
and Seminary are steadily If not rapidly
increasing. The endowment consists Of
about 1000 acres of land, with many
buildings, and personal es.
tate of more than SIC, 900. Under the
present able faculty large accession
has been made to the number of students,
and as Col. Bond observes, /" Scarcely
a doubt remains of the returning, and
great, prosperity of the In-
stitution. ~
The next Convention is to meet at
Zanesville of Thursday, the 9TH of june,