The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-08


ceremonies which merely strike th
eye. A minister was not ordained {
be master Of ceremonies; to value tn
cut aud color of garments, and bo'
tdown In foolish pantOmimes. Bu
this underlays another and far NOR
dangerous business which could onl
be evaded BY going back to the purit
, of our religion. He maintaine'
Christ as the rule of faith and prac
tice; Himself the only Propitiatol
and His blood the only cleanser o
sin, while His word was the only alb
solution and intercession, and if W.
had these Ia their simplicity and
purity. then we had the true faith; il
not a Protestant Church, we had nc
right to be considered a Church al
all; and the reformation would be
considered mere sham. On this
platform we must stand, and make
Christ as be Is, the Alpha and Omega,
and the Author and Finisher Of our
faith.
H. He next touched upon the Chris
tian, which he said should not be af-
fected; by looking to parties far re
moved is in faith, and being at best
81 perstltiOus, we should choose be-
tween the dead past and the living
present, and not go back to the clois-
ter and the cowl for our. faith. How
| far unity among protestant Chris
| which could not be answered IN a mo-
ment; but Christian fellowship should
be tostered and practiced, and this
would lead to a union more lasting
than any other. Let us give; such
1 - b
who were In measure differing from
US. True Cancellation could be only
| obtained by speaking to truth, by
earnest prayer. by earnest but loving
/ argument, and by looking to Him
only as our priest who offered himself
as sacrifice for the sins fthe world
He concluded with an earnest
prayer that God would bring about
such a areunion for Chris is sake.
TIE sentences of the offertory were
then read by Bishop Lee, of Iowa,
and the congregation proceeded to
the Holy Communion. The offerings
were announced by the Bishop Of
Iowa to be equally divided between
foreign and domestic missions. At
the close of the communion service. !
the house of Bishops retired, and
Rev. w. S. Perry. of Connecticut,
Secretary of the Lay Convention,
called the house of clerical and lay 4
deputies TO order. In calling the dele
gates from New York, Gov. Seymour
did not answer. On motion of Mr.
Otis, of Illinois, the Board proceeded
to the election of President of the
Convention. Mr. Otis nominated
Rev j. H. Craig, DID,, of Kentucky,
and as there was no opposition, the
reverend gentleman was elected by
acclamation.
Rev. DR.. Meads and Mr. Otis were
appointed a committee to conduct the
President elect to the Chair.
a. The President, after thanking the |
Convention for this reverend mark of |
their confidence, spoke with thank |
fulness that they had onc3 more been |
permitted to assemble together; but /
he spoke with regret of many
shining lights of the Church, among /
whom were Rev. Francis l.. Hawks, |
Hon. Washington Hunt, Judge |
Chambers and Hugh d. Euans.
DIR. Haight- then read, for the in
formation of the house, the rules to
be adopted, as follows:
The business sessions are to be
l.
of Bishops is to be held in the schoo!
house Of tho Chapel Morning
Prayer each day at 10 O'clock. and
session to continue till 4 no meet
ings in p NJ; and the Board of Mis-
sions to meet every night at Z.
On motion, r. Perry ID. D., of
and j. I, B. Hodges, DID,, was ap-
pointed Secretary. @
A message was received from the
House of Bishops, stating that it was
organized and ready for business.
A committee of two was appointed
to convey a similar message to the
House of Bishops. - ( a
The rules Of the last Convention
were adopted as the rules of the pres
ent house and others framed. 5aa
Mr. Otis moved that the number of
each standing committee be increased
from 9 to Is, which, after some objec
ton, was carried, and the Convention
adjourned till tomorrow morning.
NEW YORK, October 1.-THE dedi- +
cation of the memorial statue of
Major General Sedgwiek takes place
at West Point on the 21st, Officers
and soldiers are particularly invited
to attend. The statue Is designed by
and cast from captured
cannon contributed by the nation,
and erected through contributions
by the officers and soldiers of the
Sixth Corps. Leo W.. Curtis is to
deliver the dedicatOrv OratiOn.
A man named Hancock, of this
city, some time since challenged t. {.
Hearn, of Florida, to fight a duel.
The challenge was accepted, and the
meeting arranged for to-day at Ely
sian Fields. The affair came to the
knowledge of the police, and all the
parties, principals, seconds, surgeons,
&c, arrested except Hancock, who
fed to philadelphia.
The steamer Denmark. from Liver
pool, arrived to day. y lcs IS
New YORK, October. 1.-THE Ma
tional Conference of Unitarians met
to-day. -
The address of welcome to the dele
cations was made by Hon, l, ID. Ell
Rev. E. Hale, of Boston, read a
report of the Council of the National
Fourteen local confer
enees were established. 4
McHenry, the principal witness
against Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Rollins, has been arrested
on charge of perjury, and held Tor
examination.
Recorder Hackett, in charge of the
Grand Jury of the Court of General
Sessions, to day, temperately, but de-
referred to the habit Of the
Citizens Association in granting
charges against public officials, and q