Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-10

inst. On that occasion they will have
their grand Missionary Anniversary.
DR.. Parsons, of Louisville, will be pres
eut and preach the sermons, and good
time generally is looked for.
Prosestanf X plseopal Church.
Sr. PAUL's CHuRoH.-Serviees as
rsuaI on Sunday. Sunday School at 2
la. M. Morning service at l01 A. M.
Evening service at P. M. During the
week, every morning, except Wednes-
day and Friday, at sam. On We'd
nesday and Friday, LitanyN at Is min
utes of IL NJ, and evening service, with
lecture, at o'clock, P. NJ.
The Assistant Bishop of the Diocese
of Indiana visited St. Pauls Church last
Sunday and confirmed eighteen persons,
all Of whom, with one exception, were
married people, and ten of them gen.
tlemen. 1t was an exceedingly inter
es:ing class All who were confirmed,
Immediately received the Lords Sup
per at the hands of the Bishop and
Rector. ~ .
The Bishop preached two very able
and practical discourses during the day,
the one in the morning being from the
text Acts viii, So: See here is mater;
schat doth hinder me to be baptised ="
and that in the evening from Acts xvi,
So: g What must I do to be saOed ~
Both dscourses were listened to with
close attention, and, we trust and pray,
with profit to all the hearers The
Bishop also delivered Missionary dis
course on Monday evening, which was
without notes, and was an exceedingly
forcible statement Of Christian duty With
reference to the Missionary work of the
Church and the Diocese. Though speak
ing for an hour, the interest was unabat-
ed to the end: ara afalI7a Fao3
After the service the friends and par
ishioners met the Bishop at the Rec
tory.
During bis stay, Bishop Talbot also
visited, with the Rector, the sick, and in
one case administered the Lord Supper
to devout member who is very ILL.,
On the whole, this first visit of the
new Head of the Diocese has been pro-
ductive of great good, both to Rector
and people, and We hope there are in
store for us many more such, oas adj
During the stay of the Bishop there
were present, besides the Rector, who
took part in the various services, the
Rev. J. C. Jackson; Of Greensboro, Ky,
and the Rev. Mr.. Rowe, of Ssndersville,
South Carolina has returned to full
connection with the General Conventio q
ofthe Church in the United States. This
took place at the meeting of the Coun.
ell, on Ash.Wedpssday, at Charleston.
Moreover, on thus concentrating the
reunion, on motion of the Rev. A.
Toomer, Pastor, they sung, the Gloria
In ErceEsis over it. The Church has a
right to point to such result Of the
action of the General Conventions of DC
tober with thankful exultation; and to
hold up the Church, which has made for
herself such a record as this, as a beacon
light of hope for the future, TO console a
still divided and sorely troubled people.
Tbs action concerning the freedmen,
10 also worthy Of note. A body such as
that diocesan council represents the best
and most Influential part of The South 3
ern people, much more faithfully than
the anonymous correspondents of parti-
san newspapers at the North.
The resolutions which unanimously
passed were these:
!. ResolUed, That Board of Missions
to the colored people aud freedmen of
the Diocese, to consist of three clergy
men and three laymen, the Bishop being
e1 o6fcio chairman, be elected annually,
10 whom the whole subject of this in
struction shall be entrusted
2 That this Board be requested to
take early action TO revive and sus-
tain snoh missions to colored people ex-
clusively, as existed before their eman-
cipation.
8. That this Board do consider the
expediency of organizing churches and
congregations consisting in whole or in
part of colored people, under such regu.
lations as to them may become advisable,
and as may be consistent with the consti.
tuition and canons-of this Diocese.
4. That this Board be urged to take
early action TO establish and maintain
parochial schools for the secular and
religious instruction of the colored PEG
pie in our cities, towns and parishes, to
be conducted by teachers male and fe-
male, Of orr own communion, and under
the supervisionioft the clergy within whose
cures said schools may be established
the industrial feature being engrafted
therein whenever practicable.
5. That this Board be authorized and
requested to search out and take by the
hand any of this class who may be de-
sirous of preparing fol. the sacred minis
try of our Church, to whose capacity,
and moral and spiritual fitness, their
pastors may testify, and to provide for
their education and training at Schools
or Summaries, by and with the sanction
and approval Of the Bishop.
6. That wherever churches, parson-
ages, glebe, or other church property in
the several parishes are no longer oc~
cupied or needed by the white members
of one church, and can be made avail
able for any of the aforesaid objects,
the duty and expediency of so applying
the same be respectfully urged upon the
legal representative of such churches or
property. he- F -
The last two resolutions, which we do
not give, refer to the receiving and dis
bursting of funds for the above objects,
and the appointment Of missionary
agent, whose duty it shall be TO visit all
points where colored people may be
cougregated, and ascertain their eondi-
ton, wants, and wishes to collect all
information pertaining to the work, and
to solicit pecuniary aid within, and, if
found necessary. beyond the limits of