, 1865-09-14
EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION
TWEETY.EIGHTH ANNUAL GATH
ERING OF THE CLERGY,
AND LAY REPRESEN-
TATIYES.
Opening Devotional Excrcises.-.Annunl
Sermon by Rev. G. D.
Cummins, D. D.
Delegates In MISUNDERSTANDING or
Ohccrxs and Appointment OF Conn
n1tteea-The CracFaft Difhcu1ty
Tho Church Mt Calcsburr
Expelled from Conn
munlon.

~ sn'ae. " "eat " "asnlne1on ana tuolH ho.s'
great number Of the Iatty VETO also present, the
Churches evidently spu,cieffne the importance OF
the m oerss,on. ' "a>A1N e1@'> 0
"T ooas.uu
procession Of clerical and lay delegates, headed by
the Dlshon repca,tnc the us,ss selections from the
$50 ~ 10 ~ sss,aa ~ ste,,. - ~
church. the delegates separated md rnoFed to thetr
respective eg4te come Of which were In the etal1s
n irnn ~ III III ehancnl' N''>' -41'A'''
eaatte0ais 1onnno.
The hhsolnton Was pronounced oy me blshop.
The pen1tet for the 1Sah day OF the month Wasfen-
desed aul3phonal1y, the clergy being led BY Rev.
John Wilkinson and the people by the choir, under
ths direction ~ o. w To I9a9fy, kq x t,n.d,ct
Of Ottawa.
The second lesson VAS read by Rev. Clinton
fhe nd soes: Ssd by Re, Warren
Il. Kolests. Of Galcsbnrg:
The lItany was read BY Res. u. \. Bishop, d. D.,
The au.e-commnnioa "a. read hy the Bishop.
D1. Chass Or Jnbl!ee Gonese. ien1ins INC eplsic
for thc thirteenth Sunday alez Trinity, End the
ihe ecl1non Mas tleo aeliserea ny Mer. GearEe
y Cum1nins, u. ". Aecaof Of Trinity Church, Chi
oso, on the
uroS rnE lNE1rCAx rEorLE.
The trxt ,xne t,ten frcm 1obc a..
s.And Nathaniel aaid unto Lin, ,;csn any rood
thing co1ne onf Of Nazareth r1,fn sid nnfo h;Hn
Conc and ece,7' -'-'~ -'A.7
Ailer referring to the prejudice existing aratn.t
the Episcopal Church, founded upon The Ieiief TINT
int herforn Of Government e mare IL eansnnsne,
With nmonarchy linn witha repphc and 1hal On Ills
tIese Und states fhe reyernd S sS ene.1 1r. ..
ccedcd 10 ar=uc that rerfrt analogy exists b.
fHe
u,s-,rx orur c,,,7r,,,
rs follows:
L. there antth.nE. thcn. N the history Of the
church 10 juEtity the r1e)ndee We a,e combating!
There 1tc tacts c1nuecftd W1ta the early history
this country in {elalion to this church which ar
perhaps known to but ieT, huf Which might win 1or
re rd ,;;5 nd lnss &c, S ssc aaeEsan s dhe
q con,mon l4syer, md the arst sasase, ,Tantso,
ne cSs1 ihc aaa q hoasos IL a to ea
| Of North Csrolin1- Tie Grst celebration OF the
holy communion on these shores was By an EpIs-
y.osslip o1 God Nrs an Episcopal ch1rr1. The 1rst
thrislan tnarriaEe ever =olemnzcd in tais land
by . minister Of this church. The n1ss assembly
efunsp, came together on lie a;h Of july, le13, In
church i .,;s and was open
pe:ual f1 ertst" says The historian pancfo{f sat
iacEcs 10 ti= first elective body that ever assembled
in the WGster1 world FcptcsGptiug the pcople OF
VisrIuia, sut rakinr lawe for lhelr cove,rtncut.
| racfy illpa . year before The NarEoWer With he
| Pilgrims, lct The harpor OF Southampton. and
the couiincnt Of America
An incident in The cs.rly history Of this land re-
laied to he Prayer book ma Of intense interest,
thc night Of the latt o. july 17t5 which followed
The dark and gloomy day Of nEadlosk'e defeat on
.. ns
carried into the solitude OF tlr woods. whcFe his
grave vas dug IN darkness TO conceal it from the
| Inn then a youtLfnl ColnneI in The UfiI1sh o-nT,
| cnmmit ilc tcu,u1ns Of hie cou.rnandcr to TIC
IN se solemn and teqssin ;a words Of ths
PerAaps The prejudice whose unrcasonabIcpesI
We are cndcayorsnc to cIpos=. has ar1scn nun iht
thn.rh at 1lc s,e,iSd of lie peyoIS,joa. lie VI,
o! Ihc 1me1itan revolution" eays our ab1est hyiai
canoust aud historian, slet The Protestant and Eps
fn filoi cT cycry o;her rrli~io:s tino1ninaion /,
the land. II alone vas cntifeiy broker up In it
pcli,s. The othes tos,sstes LAD ssstcms tayo'sins
therefore could OF effect their government; at it
cjpsc they lad l,ut TO proceed ACCORDING to th
s,en ane a1v s' n1 ia r. sn1 %c nee
1,ssnrT 10 tkeu. Not so buyeye7. with lhc Epis
conaj clufch ii had been identified with The eeiab
G1e .cnse nut and MARCEL Of t. il he wnr il
coyc11mcnt wRs entirely subycs1ed; ii had there
iorc to commence de moro the work Of framing
Al ills period elcrgyueu OF the Church OF Enc
lind were settled in nearly ali .be colonies, mlnis
were 10 be loud he purest ma tic nob!est Of th
. | natYiots Of I'm Mapy Of these c.ergyuen wer
missionaries Of The Church OF England. and depend
thsir famiI,es in lie I'D World, willie III were ~
tics Of Great E,itain. IL it wonderful that man
u tLcsc men, when 1he ca,uui-s threw OF the yok
Of lie mother country prr!el1.d 10 return to theI
D native lind! can wc lightly sit in Judgment upo
5 the mtn who, At such crt-lA, deemed their ak
eianee 70 be due dt-t Of a and At every saezadc'
! 10 The old goytsnmenlf
4 but when al those who TINS felt had returned
Episcopal elct.yocrs who proved lhemselEGa 70 :
|. tGc tlGGrhtxl friends Of the intznt republic in
lo1S and c1ouded Struggle for place among The
: uons Of the ca1th. The Congress which decla:e
tae inaependGnfe o. nv Iau iaaJ,sa s rs rs y y
r. motion OF benjamin trankau o. aa hoaf 9! gre
n anxiety and rsrplc1its; and that IN! nraper
consrxt a. n'ctuscd 70 y r. eS ths H. artists @ e ps *
~ !. naion. And the tpiritaal adsissr m 1f Copsrst
N tof Pefaoa oi l"cn's-uts seas, was " II.
M tapns @ so IT, desiinies Or he Epieops! chn1sh
\ wisdom and moderation 70 nFoaay smnpho qo eps vs.
rn,on Of F1sakn sn nsas.sn and 5,y h.
l. . MnI,o VIZ aF ue f0N''' ~ 1A
n cuEeea. H.. ,,,o .+,1,,,.,,. n, ,he rero7n+,,
Was oEe anu vi ~: helu9e 9h NnS py ~ I ~
ee 1Ro a III ~ ony s Y; y
@ ~ ae no3stv 10 III new
aa ,s,erH1 nnxcsidp o ~ r,ies1 md i
dIo;s; f;n scIen SITES assamblea in Iniiade
~ ,Ss =, ~ mn,,h n t1ctohrr i;S and hem d
nnat N n .os osf1n9snr he Episcopal chr
Mn r dIsss Statss ~ a1nonc tac trfd nafriots ri
toE 1,nsc, tnrethcT IN 1Iai was INV be four
tno n.n,cs of IN and I1usue of New York. I'D
Il ,1,1l,' ~ penns o~en OF New Jc.-cy, a,
- Mft n1son ~ - GnTth T.-o1{n. Whst womb hs,
! bccn IIei9 iniisna,ion and inst rceeasment II Il
ehs-ne Ind then been utsere;i-..tbe church viii
n oa ny IT. sns,5tntinns of ih1s new npubc: it ie mo
s,,ttsi @ .nJ snndcicJ sftcr tfe dts,,nt,sms OF 1
~ ,a9, a1 ~ ~. 1n,n utso sof ~ nr1rzf
old wolfe In c-sd ~ the f E,scnTa rhnTch in ii
land, were too fresh from The councils 81 ~ bats
he!ds Hnose Nlsoom ana sa'yt r., aa ,E on 10 N
ana auosleoue, ~ S rn ~ ;I a ~ R.ttIs ~. st
'e zach an accusauGn as & smeI ~, y, .ro.
Of Set removed from their swords And there q