Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-10-07

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THE GENERAL PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CON
VEAT.0N.
EIg,T DAY, WEDNESDAY, OCrcDER ., lhI!.
Our rcadc.s are aware that the preparation
TO welcome and provide for tie comfort Of TN
worthy delegates who attend this importan
Convention have been carried out with cheer
iul good will 10y our citizens Although liz
hotels were soon flied on Tuesday evening
&c, .nany Of our citizens opcnei their house:
freely 10 the delegates. 50 that none might h'
nnprovided for. The th;r;y-thrce States Of tn
Cuon are now represented in this Convention
hv eminent diyincs and distinguished and N
tcligent lay delegates.
The Ri. Rev Bishops in attendance, who
compose the House of Bishops Of the EP'sco
pal Church in the United States, are the Rt
Rcys. VIM Mead, d. d., Virginia; }. II. Hoy
kns, u. D., Vermont; L. B. Smith, d. d Ken
tuchy; Charles Z. Mcllwaine, D. D., d. c. J.,
Ohio; j. Il. Otey, D. D., Tennessee; j. Ke!npeT
ID. D.. Wisconsin, $. 4. McCo>kry, u. D..
d. {. l., Michigan; /. Polk, D. D., Loni.iana
W. II. Delaney, d. D. l.. l.. D., d. c. l..
W. y. Y: W. T. Whittineham, d. d., Mary
land: -. Elliot, u. D., Georgia; Alfred Lee, d.
D., Delaware; D. Johns, ID. d., Iirginia: Man
ton Ea,tburn d. b. Massachusetts; {. Chase
d. D.. New Hampshire; y. II. Cobbs, d. d.,
Alabama; c. :. Hawk, b. y. Missouri; a.
Potter, b. D.. l.. l.. d., PennsyiraIiai Il. Bur
CESS, >. d.. Maine; q. Uphold, d. d., Indiana
W. y. Green, D. d., Mississippi; John Payne
d. D., Africa, F. H. Rutledse ID. D., Fiorid,
john Williams, D. d. Connecticut; j. H.
Whitehousc, D. D., Illinois; Thoma, +. Davis
d. d., South Carolina; Thomas Atkinson, d.
d., North Carolina; Thomas +. Scott, d. D.,
Oregon; IL. VI. Lee ID. D., Iowa; Hor. Potter
y. D., New York 7. NJ. Clarke, d. d., RhHde
Island; 5. Bowman, D. b., Pennsylvania; Rev
Alexander Gregg, Up. elect, Texas; ". H.
Odeaheimcr d. D., Bp. elect New Jersey; e.
T. ErG.i. d. D., AS. Bp. eject, Ohio u. H.
Wlippie. lip elect Minnesota; l.. P. ". Bach,
Secretary liu Of bishops.
The hour Of 10. \. VI. yesterday WAS NJ,
pointed for the opening services Of the general
Convention, and at that time the extensive aud
cle.ant church OF ST. Paul On Grace Street was
Literally crowded The forward portion OF thc
ai>irs was devoted 10 the use o! the delegates
while the remainder Of the pews and galleries
was ,hrongcd with citizens and visitors.
As the exercises were - commence With
divine service, which. il t.c Protestant Fps
copal Church, though simple for the under,
standing Of all. is Yet sublime in words and
teaching, soon after IN o clock The oi,iclat!n.
clcrgvmen. accompanied by the Reverend
BiSi!oy,S in their gowns, entered the chanceI
and took the respective positions HS'ignei To
them--on each side of the chair a., pulri;.--
The Rev. c. +. puiuta:d, Of tennessee, read
the first part o. tie service. reading rs lisl les
son for the ,iay the 10th chapter Oi Isaiah,
which predicts the PRONUNCIATION Of the Gospel,
the preaching Of John the Baptist, and OF thc
Apostles and through the oInnipotcncy oil God
and His inconparablcncSs, promises comfort "a
His people. The second lesson was the 3rC
chapter of ST. paul's first ct.Itic to the CORN
thians, which showclh how strife and division
are arguments 0c ilcShv mind; how the
ministers are Cots fcllow.workmcn, with
Christ the only foundation; how men are
the temples of God which must be kept holy,
and how the wisdom OF this world is foolish
ncss with God The psalms chauntcd b. the
excellent choir Of St Paul'S were the tGth ana
6sth selections Ia TIE regular divine service
the commandments were read by the 1t Rev
Bishop j. H. Hopkins. Of Vermont; the offer
tory. during the collections, was read BY the
1t. RcY. bishop 3. Is. SMITH, Of Kentucky.
The sermon, on this occasion, was delivered
by the RI Rev. Bi>hopJ. Ii. Otcy, CfTcnncSscc
and being an able discourse it was most attcn'
tivc!v listened .n The foIowin:; is copy o
it:
CHRISTIAN IiDUC-ATIOE.
TIE SERMON rEGAc4Ep TEF9EE TUE GESEEA!
EPLSC0PAL CHIECH Of TIE CyIIED STATES
Al RICHMOND. VA,
On "Wednesday, October 9th, l7"o
R7. REV. J. Il, oTEY. D. D.
BISHOP o. THE DIOCESE OF TENNESSEE
.ve.ily say unto vow. who,ocvcr shall 10; re
ce.vc the Kingdom OF God u Lille child &c a!ai
no: enter thcrtiT."-.T. .KGr%, X. 10.
Il the only acceptable Or admissible way
in which an adult person can receive Tho
Kingdom of God, Lc ~ 4 little Child receives
it, the inference, We think is unavoidable, thai
little children are proper subjects OF that Mig
dom. Upon this declaration Oh our i."rd and
Rcdccmcr, in connection with the context, an
unanswerab!c argument might be constructed
i'm favor of the lawfIlueSs OF infant bapti>ii.-
Eut we propose to follow different line OF re-
mark on this occasion, and to Use these words
OF cur Saviour as suggestive OF topic, thai
Which few others can more fifty claim the Sc
rious consideration Of Christian assembly, o!
tie anxious reflections of American citizens, Oh
the deep and pous thoughts Of the III. Reyer
end Fathers, ministers and brethren composing
this council Of the Church. Il is Christian Ed
ucatlOn, the training Of the young IN the way
Of holiness, which forms our theme Tor remark.
This is not subject which may or oaght Il
awaken interest only IN the nosoIuS Of Chris
tan parents. Its range is wide enough to en-
brace all the families of the land; and lis rcla
tons extend 10 many Other interests than those
merely of domestic lie. II is the boast OF ON
ccuntrymcn, that their social wcilbeing is
not dcpenden, for its Source, EOr for is
continuance on the circumstances whicA
may surround an Individual. The 'crn1
of u Sovcrcign's life, or the State Of hi,
health, or the moral disposition "t the hclr
apparent, never enters into our anXieties OF
specu!ations respecting the happiness 81 our
selves, orr families, or our country. siGt wc
should rcincmbrr-i0r II concerns us al tC
know-;hat though The succession oil power
among US be silent, gradual, and rnobNcrred,
the human exponent, so 10 speak, Is Yet tran
sient in its duration and susceptible "l change.
Many of US will probably live to see the Seep're
OF cnr civil condition transferred, and the DIES
TIMES of this nation, social and religious, intel
lectlal and moral, public and individual, pass
into the hands Of the little beings whose minds
arr uow occupied with the toys Of childhood.
The next race of the sovereign people may be
as degenerate rs the successor Of all absolute
monarch. MY. the voice Of history proc'aims
the grave and impressive lesson, tia; the sorlcs
of Republics have been cv'ncScen;; That their
energies have become Gillette and iansud, in the
transmission through fewer generations than
those of some hereditary dyna>tieS. They
sclm to resemble those vegetable productions
which bloom more magnitcenily and bear a
richer fruitagc, but arrive a. earlier decay and
decreptuie. How shall we, on whom the care
of ours is now incumbent, maintain the vital
principle with undimnishcd heaithlnlncSS and