The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-08
NEW YORK.
Dedication of the Memorial Statue
Of General SedgWlck-A uel Mp
ped In the Igud-GeBePal COHVeH-
tlOn of the PrGteStanteEp Episcopal
Church.

NEW YORK, Oct. THE triennial
gAueral Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church convened this
morning at Trinity Church. The
opening services We're performed.
After a temporary organization, il
was found that, of the House o.
Bishops, there were forty two mem
bers present, OF which the following
is a partiallist: Smith, of kentucky
Presiding Bishop; McIlvaine, of Ohio
Kemper, Of Delaware; Eastburn, ot
Mass 4chusetts Green, of Mississippi;
Ellis of South Garolina; Atkinson
of North Carolina; Lee. of Iowa;
Pat ;er, of New York Clark, of Rhode
Island; Adenheimer, of New Jersey
Bedell, OF Ohio; Gregg, of Texas;
Whipple, of Illinois; Lay, Of the
Southwest; Talbot, of Indiaaa; Will
mer, of Alabama; Cox, of Western
New York; Quihtard. of Tennessee
CIarkson, of Nebraska; Foot, ol
Pittsburg; Randall, of California
Wilmer, of louisiana; Cummins, Ol
Of Monta IA; Young, Of Florida
Breckwlth, of Georgia; White, OF
Virginia; Bissel, of Vermont. Bishop
Upfold, of Indiana, and Chase, of n.
O., were unable to attend on account
of indisposition.
The clerical and lay deputies occu-
pied seats at the head of the nave, and
were received by committee of ar
raOgements appointed for that pur-
pose. There we're one hundred aud
sixty clerical deputies and the slms
number of lay delegates. The clergy
generally, the lay members of the
Board of Missions and other Church
institutions, and the Vestry of Trinity
Church occupied seats in the nave
Behind the south aisle was reserved
for the families of bishops and depu.
ties. The north aisle was devoted tC
the use of the public, and this, a
we'll as all other portions of the
Church was crowded.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Potter, DID,, Rector o.
Grace Church and Secretary of the
House of Bishops, assisted by Rev
| w. T. Perry, OF Couuecticut. Secre-
retarv TO the House of Clerical anc
Lay Deputies.
The first Iesson-Isaiah LI-was
read by Rev Canaan Balch, of Mont
real; and the second-Luke X-by
Rev. w. T. Perry, oe Connecticut
The eighth selection of Psalms was
read in the course Of the service-the
Gloria l3atriG being sung by the
choir. The creed and concluding
prayers, were said by Rev. Ketcham
OF England The litany was read by
w A. Howe, of Philadelphia. The
Psalm after prayers was from the 995h
selection, verses 4, B, 6, and z.
In the anti-comMunion services
four Bishops took part. The opening
portion, including the Ten Command
ments, was read by Bishop Eastburn
aud the Gospel by B shop john. The
Hymn was the 152d. verses l, 2, 3
and 6.
Bishop Lee, of Delaware, then
ascended the pulpit, and took his
text from Revelations II, z, "He that
hath an ear to hear let him hear what
the Spirit saith to the churches" In
the course of an able argument in
favor of simplicity in worship, he
said, the theory that the ministry was
of a sacredatal character was not
sanctioned by the Protestant Episco-
testant showed this, and according to
one of the articles the pretense of Of
fering up Christ by masses, &c, was a
grave and dangerous error. The
Episcopal Church ordination service
merely gave authority to preach the
Word. The preacher next referred
to the power Of forgiying sins claimed
by the clergy, and denied that any
snch powerG was possessed by them.
a ceremony was the giving of ecclesi-
asticaI censure, which was the same
] as giving the power to retain sins
He dwelt strongly on this matter