The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-09
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION OF THE
DIOcRsE OF OHIO.

Ohio was held at Dayton last week,
June lst. AsonO of the lay
delegates representing tho Lancaster
Parish, wc enjoyed the hospitality of
tho members of Christ Church, Day
ton, and had the pleasure Of meeting
in session with that "noble army" Of
good and learned men, the Episcopal
Clergy of Ohio.
After service and communion the
Convention was called to order by the
venerable Bishop MoILvAINE. The
preliminary business having been dis
patched, and the manuscript of the
regular Bishops Address not having
arrived, the Bishop, at the solicitation
of the Convention, related some ofthe
incidents of his recent visit to the
Christian Commission at Fredoricks-
burg. 1t was exceedingly interesting
to learn what great work the Chris
tian Commission was doing-a work
even greater than the Sanitary Com
mission, and all without any ostenta
ton, and almost without tho knowl-
edge Of the public. AT the headquar-
ters of the Commission at Frederieks-
burg there were 179 ministers devo
ting themselves to the 10000 sick and
wounded; sleeping on the floor, with
out any accommodations for them
selves, and taking the best care of their
patients. The Bishop observed that
the soldiers swear when they 60 into
battle, but never when they come out.
We were more than over impressed
with tho appearance of the Bishop
Without doubt, he is the most pure and
venerable looking man we ever saw
and we wcro especially struck by
his remarkable rcsemblance-(a fact
which we afterwards learned had been
often noticed by others ito the best
portraits of Washington. In breadth
of brow, in serenity and purity Of
countonance, and in the shape Of
nose, lips and chin, the resemblance is
most striking The Bishop goes to
Paris in few weeks, to consecratc an
American Episcopal Church recently
erected. He goes by special request
of the members, having been chosen
from among the House of Bishops, an
indication of his eminence and his
standing abroad. The Bishop states
that it has been matter of surprise to
the people of Europe, that in the midst
Of their terrible struggle for national
existence, the Americans can look
abroad and take care of their churches
and other interests the same as before
Besides the transaction of the usual
business of tho Convention, two i'm.
portant stops wero taken by the ses-
sion. First, it was determined to en-,
dow the episcopate, and, secondly, to
establish an Episcopal Seminary for
the education of females. A Commit.
tee was appointed to raise the fund
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for the endowment of the episcopate
and the moneys paid on tho Bishops
salary, and now in tho hands of the
Treasurer, were made the nucleus O.
the fund. This will render the BishoI
less dependent upon the individual
commandments in the diocese, and will
thus perhaps remove him farther from
them, but the certainty and pcrma
ncnco of his salary and the relief t.
the parishes from this annual tax, will
compensate for any disadvantages. A
Committe was also appointed to take
the preliminary steps toward the es
tablishment of the Seminary. 1t il
surprising, whom nearly every otho
denomination in Ohio has long had III
female schools, that the Episcopa
Church should be without them. Tn,
religious education of the coming gen
GRAFTON depends upon woman, ant
hence the Importance of educating
girls in Episcopal Churches if the Epis
copal Church Is to thrive. So long al
they are sent TO Catholic, Methodist
or Baptist churches, they will com
out Catholics, MethodiSts or. Baptists
five believe so heartily in the purit,
of her gospel and the beauty of he
worship, nothing should be left undon
|, to impress this upon the minds Of tn
: young, and nothing can do this so wei
f as schools under Episcopal influence
! We are glad, therefore, to see tn
Church using all proper means osur
= ply the want, which exists in so man
. minds, of worship which is rigidl
Y pure and scriptural and at the sam
q time beautiful and satisfying to tn
;, taste and tho imagination.
Q The Rov. Mr.. McElroy presented tn
: following resolution on the State Of tn