Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-06-07
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The Episcopal Church I'm North CaxOlin.
/. The Convention of the Episcopal Church
in the Diocese of North Carolina has re-
solved to hold its next Annual MEETING in
Tarboro', on the first Wednesday in NAV
1868. At that Convention an Assista1t
Bishop is to be elected for this Diocese =
These facts recall some interesting remin.
iscences of "the olden time" in connac-
ton with the Church in this State, which
may not be uninteresting to your readers
The Convention which elected the frst
Bishop of North Carolina was held in tLiS
place on the 2Sth day of May, 1894. The
Church in this State organized itself into a
Diocese in 1892, and sent deputies to the
General Convention held in New York IN
September of that year.
Previous to the General Convention &c
1895, an effort was made to obtain the
Episcopal succession for this Diocese and
q Convention was held for that purpose in
Tarboro, to elect suitable person for the
Office of Bishop, as will appear by the fol-
lowing copy of document recorded in the
history of the Church.
eve, the subscribers, having met in
Convention, at Marlborough, North Carolina
on the 28th day of May, 1894, for the pur.
pose of considering the declining situation
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this
State, and having chosen the Rev. Charles
Pettigrew as a person fit to be our Bishop,
and worthy to be recommended for conse-
Grafton to that holy office-but being sensi-
bic that the great distance at which the
laity as well as the clergy of this State live
from each other, deprives us of sufficient
personal acquaintance with one another to
subscribe testimonial in the words pre-
l. - A.
Protestant Episcopal Church, have thought
it necessary and proper to make some de-
Walton therefrom, which we presume to
hope will be no obstacle to our laudable
pursuit. We therefore do hereby recon-
mend to be consecrated to the office of
Bishop the said Rev. Charles Pettigrew
whom, for his morality, religious princ.
Piles, piety of life, from his general reputa-
ton in clerical character, from the per
sonal knowledge we have of him, and from
his suficiency in good learning and sound
ness in the faith, we are induced to believe
worthy of being consecrated to that i'm
portant Office. We hereby promise and en-
gage to receive him as such when canoni.
cally consecrated and invested herewith
and to render that canonical obedience
which we believe to be necessary to the
due and proper discharge of so important
address the Right Reverend, the Bishops
in the several United States, praying their
united assistance in consecrating this our
said brother, and economically investing
him with the apostolic Office and powers.
In testimony whereof, we hereunto sub.
scribe our names, the day and year above
written.
Clergy-N. Blount, J. s. Wilson, J. Cur
ley, S. Halling, II. j. Miller.
Laity.-J. Leigh, M. D., J. GUN, NJ D.,
r. White, Lawyer, B. Woods, Lawyer, W.
Clements, L. Desseaux, W. Grimes, Il.
Cody"
The Rev. Charles Pettigrew, thus elected
to the office of Bishop, set off to attend
the General Convention of 1896, which was
to be held in the city of Philadelphia, III
the month of September, with view to his
conservation, but was prevented from pros
ecuting his journey by the prevalence Of
an epidemic fever in Norfolk, which had
suspended the accommodations for travel
ling. Before another opportunity for his
conservation occurred the Bishop elect
died. After the long interval of "a years,
1.-The Church of our forefathers" proposes
again to assemble her representatives cleri
cal and lay, in this place, and to elect on
the spot where she elected her first Bishop
an assistant to her present venerated Do
cesar, to carry on that work of the Lord,
which is growing too great for one to do.
We anticipate for that meeting of Con
vention such a gathering of the Church
and such a social and spiritual blessing for
our community, by the interchange of hos
pitality and religious acts and influences
as will make it long to be remembered in
the history of our furnishing town.