Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-19
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION
The Fourth and Last Day.
SESSION.


and Helm, the Convention met yesse
day morning pursuant to adjOurnmen
d The report of the Accessory COmmittl
being IN order, Rev. David Pise, ID
moved = suspension Of the rules in ord
g thai other business might be taken up.
g Rev. Geo. N. Jsmes submitted a pla
for Missionary work, which, on motto
8 OF Rev. George II. Hunt, was referred {
4 a committee to report to the next Cor
9 yention. The following gentlemen com
pose the committee Revs. George y
James and ThOs. w. Humes, and lay
d man John Foster.
The committee on the Division Of th
, Diocese made a report which wa
adopted. The following are the rasOIu
: tons Of the committee:
Resolved, That TO establish smaller
Dioeeses is q pressing duty and an urgen.
necessity Of the Church.
Rssotuedi That the division of thi,
Diocese Is of the very highest impor-
lance, q would vastly promote the
growth Of the Church Ia Tennessee.
Resolved, That the Provincial system
presents the only true and proper basis
Of division and subdivision.
ResOired, That a COMMITTEES OF two
clergymen and one layman be appointed
to draft a suitable memorial to the Gene
raj convention upon this subject, and
submit II for approval at the next ses-
sion OF the Diocesan Convention.
A resolution was presented by Mr..
James A. Anderson, providing for the
appointment Of a Committee OF three to
report on q plan that will hereafter
secure an effectual assessment and
prompt collection of the Diocesan Fund,
this Committee to report to the next
meeting of the Convention. Adopted,
and the following Committee Appointed:
Rev. VIM. O.. Gray, and Messrs. James
A. Anderson and Barnwell $. Stuart.
The following Was adopted
WHEREAS, On account Of the altered
state of the caDODs, requiring vestrymen
and electors to be communicates Of the
Church, the articles Of association re-
commended to parishes by the Conyen-
ton Of 1855, and now believed to be in
use, are inconsistent with said alteration,
and inadequate to the present events I;
therefore
ResOlued, That a Commit Of two
olergymen and one iayman disappointed
to revise the said articles of association,
or to draw up new ones, and 10 bring the
same before the next Convention for con-
sideratiOn.
Reys. George n. James and Z. n.
VoIght OF the clergy, and Messrs. ThOs.
b. Kirby Of the laity, were appointed
this committee.
DR.. ID. d. Saunders, lay delegate from
st. Lazarus Church, Memphis, appeared
and took his seat.
The credentials OF Atlas J. PEBBLES and
George s. Phillips, lay delegates from
st. Thomas Church, SOmerrviile, were
reported upon favorably, and Mr.. PEBBLES
look his seat.
THE CHURCH AND THE FREEDMEN.
The COMMITTEES to whom was referred
that portion Of the Bishops address
which relates to the work Of the ChurGh
among the freedmen, respectfully sub
nit the following report
They are fully impressed with the i'm
pOrtanee of the work, and would heartily
commend it to the Convention Of the
Diocese. At the same time they are
obliged to deploTe the want of men and
means to give it that actual efficiency
which they could desire. In our present
condition TIE Committee feel that our
sphere of action must Of necessity be
circumscribed and since this is the
case, they would venture to recommend
that encouragement be afforded-fr5t of
all to those shsrts Of the servants Of the
Church which have already been under
taken, and afterward been extended to
new fields and new efforts in proportion
to the abilities and opportunities Of the
Church.
The Committee feel that it is ex-
eeediDgly desirable, not only 10
do all in our power to promote the
general welfare of the freed peO-
pie who dwell among as, but also to
bring the youth and the adult population
under the influences of the Church, and
that steps should be taken at the e~sTliest
possible moment, looking toward ene ed
ueatiOn Of the more intelligent for the
sacred ministry, in order that they may
be qualified to do the Church1s work
among those of their own color.
But the work to which the Committee
aimed. row especially direct the atten-
ton OF the Convention, after ample
sources of information on the subject, is
that Of the Colored Orphan Asylum al
Memphis. They have had a lengthy in
terview with the excellent and devoted
Church-woman to whom its foundation
is due, and also with another active
member OF the Board Of Trustees. The
whole matter has been laid before the
Committee, aud they are satisfied that
the income of the Asylum Was greatly
diminished by its transfer to the Church,
in the consequent withdrawal Of Il e in
cidental sources of supply. And they
feel that the Diocese ought to DO all it
can toward its maintenance. After care
full consideration they recommended the
resolutions :
l. That in the several Parishes of the
Diocese the offertsry be devoted semi
annually toward the support of the
asylum.
9. That the clergy be requested 70 call
the attention of their congregations,
especially in the western part OF the
Diocese, 10 the Orphan Asylum at Mem
phis, and that they recommend the
adoption Of the children into the church
with q view to bringing them
under church influences.
5. That the grateful acknowledgements
Of this Diocese are due to Bishop Nell
the Diocese Of Ohio, and also to
Generals o. @. Howard and c. B. Fisk
the interest they have manifested, !
and the liberal in which tnvT
have aided the work.
4. That the Convention appoint q per
nsnent committee to whom shall be in
.rusted the general work Of the church
among the Freedmen of the Diocese.
THOS W. HUMES. chm.
J. n. BOWLES,
GEO. y. JAMES,
q K q EVANS L.