The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-15
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SATURDAY MORNING. :. OCT. Is, 1852
GENERAL CONVENTION
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH af the UNITED STATES
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EIGH TIL d AY.
FRIDAY, Oct. IA. 1859.


| O'Clock Morning Prayers by Rev. CHRISTIAN
| HANcKEr., ID. d., of South Carolina, aud Rev.
T. +. FoRp, ID. d., of Georgia.
| The INMATES OF Wednesday were read and
| approved
| Mr.. Fairbanks, OF Fla, inquired by what
| authority hand bills and pamphlets were each
| morning thrust into the pews OF members -
| By such n course we mghe have n detail OF
| every scandaious quarrel that had occurred
and every trial thathad taken place for twenty
| years. He thought the practice nuisance and
II dissertation of the House OF God
| The President said he had, on inquiry,
! learned that they were distributed by the sex
/ ton. but by whose authority he knew not. He
| would not permit it henceforth, either by
authority of the Rector or any one else.
| This episode grew out of the distribution OF
| q large number of ttracts,' entitled "A Cate
chism for the Times; that is to say, An In
struction to be Learned by the Members of the
ConYen ton the Protestant Episcopal Church
otthe United States, assembled in the City OF
Richmond, October, is59.r 1t gives detail of
| the charges on which Bishop Onderdonk was
| tried, in lsii, in language not particularly
chaste, the object being, doubtless, TO prevent
| the restoration of the suspended Bishop.
The Rev DR. Wyatt of Md, from the Com
| mit1ee on the Theological Seminary. submitted
| a report:
| The Committee on the General theological Semi
nary to whom referred the trienuial report Of
the Trustees of said Seminary, with the documents
accompanying that report, also the certificates OF
| the election of Trustees from various Dioceses,
That YOUR committee has carefully examined tho
report OF ihe Trustees OF the Seminary, and hndlng
| it to contain matters of Importance with which
| this House might desire To he made ACQUAINTED,
| they have in detail herewith presented the same
| Your committee further report that the ceItlh-
Gates of the election OF Trustees referred to them
| Hampshire, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey,
NOS, Missouri wisconsin, Kentucky; that no eleo
| the following Diocsses no cerhflcatos ot election
have been received MZ vermont asSae4assVtts Vs
| glna, North Carolina South Carolina. Louslana,
| Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Gait
| a list of the Trustees certified as elected,
| accompanies the report
| Ii having been suggested that there We're
| some mace aracieS in the election OF the Irus-
| tees the report was, on motion, re-commltt tied.
! Subsequent explanations showed that these
| inaccuracies were not owing to any neglect or
| fault of the committee.
n message was received from tho House Of
Bishops, transmitting the following resolu-
| tion:
| Rssolred. The House of Clerical and Lay Depu-
ties concurring, that JOINT committee be appoint
| ed To devise plan for the creation of Church
building fund to aid feeble parishes and oongresa
church edlhces, and that the committee report at
the present session OF the General Conventon.
Committee on The part OF the House OF BlSh-
ops-Bishops Upfold. Clark and Bowman.
The following message was also received:
The joint committee appointed in the Convention
of 1853, and continued IN 1856, the pr raration oI
a Prayer Book in the Spanish langnase, beg leave
to report, that the work OF publlslIns translation
of the Book OF Common Prayer having been I'M
dertaken by other bo.es connected with this
Church there is necessity Tor the further con-
tinuance OF the committee they therefore recon-
ment the passage of the following resolutions
RsSoirsa, The House ot Ciercai ana Lay Depu-
ties concurrjng that the comm!tte be discharged
Rev DR. Hanckel of S O., from the special
committee 10 whom was referred proposed
Canon for the regulation and government OF
| churches or congregations in foreign countries,
not within the jurisdiction OF Foreign MIS-
RiShDnS reported : lO!lUWS.
That they have considered the important subject.
and have framed Il Canon accordlnsly lhe neces-
establishment Of ChuLeh and congregation OF
Americans in the city OF Paris, IN France, who by
their deliberate act have desired To place theni-
selves under the direction OF the General ConVen-
| ton The ease and frequency OF intercourse with
| the Continent of Europe, together with the ctF-
| cumst.nce that Amencans are residing IN Ihs
continental cities, render 1t eIpedsn, In the Judg-
| ment of your COMMITTEES, that some provision
should he made to ensbie such residents to continue
! te worship God according to the truth ana dlscl'
pne of the Prote estapt Episcopal Church.
| And II especially hehooves this Generai Conven-
ton take under its protection nd authority such
| Church or congregation of American citizens as
have desired 10 be in communion with this Church,
| and to be Guarded by It's shield and sceptre.
| The Committee have specially considered the
question, whether any entangling alliances, any
| unwse interference with foreign Powers. either
| ecclesiastical or political, could be consequential
| on the jurisdiction of this Church over It's own
members IN foreign countries: and they this
| Convention that no evil this character can, in
! their judgment, ensue. But, on the contrary, the
! Canon winch shall recognize these foreign congrs
! cations of Americans, Will have an influence to
| maintain their allegiance and TX their affections
towards the Episcopal Chu rch in this land, and will
tend to prevent them from wandering INTO error in
lsion, into vciousness OF life, and into indifer-
The object of the Canon is to gather into the fold
of Christ's Church the sheap and the lambs that
| are scattered abroad
The Committee, therefore, recommend
| TITLE Canon lll:-sEcT;oN s.-W Min1sters
| ever Church or Congregation shall have heen
| organized in any foreign country. not within the
Bishop; and shall by its Constitution or plan Of
Articles of Organization have acceded to or recog-
pine and Worship of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the u. S. Of A., and shall have declared
Church Warden and two Vestrymen or Trustees.
to he under the direction OF the General Conyer
tion thereof the shall be subject TO the Eps-
eopa government and jurisdiction OF the Presiding
Bishop, for the time being, OF the House OF Bish-
2. Such Presiding Bishop may, from time to time,
assiSn to any other Bishop, or TO any Assistant
Episcopal duties, and the exercise of any Episco
pal power, IN relation to such church or congrega
tion, and for such period OF time as he may deem
| ). The clergyman settled in any such church or
jurisdiction OF the Presiding Bishop OF Of such AS
sistant Bishop, named by MIN, as above provided,
in the same manner as i he had Canonical resi-
dence within the United States.
CH. HAxcx1L, Chm.
After reading the report, DIR. Hanckel said
that a congregation had been organized in Pa
ment, and the ground purchased for the eree-
ton of church. That one individual alone
had subscribed $4,000 towards it, and that
congregations in this country We're about fur
nisflng aid. He briefly reviewed and recon-
mended the adoption Of the Canon.
DIR. Randall, of Mass, read a memorial
which had been forwarded to him by the Rec
tor of the American Episcopal Church of the
Holy Trinity in Paris, addressed to the House
of Clerical and Lay Deputies. The memorial
concludes as follows:
"It only remains that the undersigned present to
the General Convention tie following statement
of the parochal or pastoral work performed during
the eleven months of his ministry here, amd hin
drances and inconvenienees OF the most serious
There have been rs public services held; dur
ing which there have been Is public admipistra-
tions Of the Holy Communion showing an average
OF nearly 40 commandments. There have been
chureh. e l' The frst was he'd By the RI Rev the
Bishop of South Carolina, on the lIth OF October
ast hs secopd 9y the r. Rey q the Bishop ,a Of
third was held by the RI. Rev. the Bishop of Penn
sylvania, on the 18th of May last. The number,
in a, of persons confirmed, being seren.
.Thefe have been II baptlsms 3 adults and in,
fants; marrl.ge and buIials Visitation Ia !. and s
ing, have in many instances testified to the great
importance and comfort of the Church's ministry
.:These results may be regarded as only the be-
ginning Of the usefulness that is s9 sIgnlhcantiy
e e. Tins ,ss ssunsd nsdsn Enovs s ns1s
tions will be moro numeronsly and generssily
sought. And ii IL in view oil such fntlre useIui
ness as we'll Ms of its present necessities. that the
Rector and vestry are anxious to reneye ths oaly
py Ipfuence-the want Of a suitable building, ftiy
appointed and entirely conseerated to holy uses
This they hope soon to accomplish through the
Christian zeal and aid of chnrchmen ut hame and
abroad; and TO this end they earnestly AJAX at the
hands Of the General Convention, some action
which shall sanction its existence, general objects
and claims, and commend u TO tho support and en-
couragement OF the Church At large. y
WILLIAM o. LAMsos.
Paris. 7th September, 1889. !,