The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-11

The Protestant Episcopal Convention.
The Triennial observation-disclosures Pre-
sent-sermon by Bishop Lee. OF
Delaware. sss

The trieppial general convention Of the Protes.
,ant Episcopal Church, convened on the 1tn: AZ
Trinity Church; New aoIk ss nsss temDoTsry or
oanizstion il was found that Of the house OF bish
eps there we're forty.two bishops present. Oh
which the following lie partial list;
xa;n ~ Of Ohio; Kemper. Of Delaware; Johns. Of |
Virginia EastburD, OF Massachusetts; 1rS4n, VI
Mississippi; Williams, of Connecticut; whlte-
house, Of Illinois; Ellis, OF South Garonna; Az
kinson. of North Carolina; Lee. of Iowa; Potter
o Of New York; Clark, Of Rhode Island; 0den-
bsimer' of New Jersey Bedell, of Ohio; Gregg,
of Texas; whipple. Of Illinois; Lay, OF tne
Southwest; Talbot, Of indiana; S we've snsas:
R;shops Ouintard, of Tennessee; Claxson. OF
Nebraska; Foote, Of Pittsburg Randall o. Gan.
tucky; futile. Of Montana; Young, OF Florda;
Beckwith, of Georgia; White, Oh virginia
Beasel, of Vermont.
Bishops Uphol, of Indiana, and Chsse, Oh Now
Usmpshire were unable to attend on account OF
The clerical and lay deputies occupied seats at
the head of the nave, and we're received oy q
committee of srrangements appointed ,or , anS
purpose. There were sixty clerical depuues anu
the same number of lay deputies. :,
The clergymen generally, the lay members Of
the Board Of Missions and other cnurcn insutu,
tons and the vssy & dnS sonh ss
reserved to the families Of the bishops. deputies
and yestrymen Of the Trinity. The north asle was
devoted to the use Of the public. as well As the
other portions Of the church ynlGa Potsr D.
D.. rector Of Grace Church and secretary OF the
House of Bishops, assisted by Rev. W. +: Perry;
of Connecticut, secretary to the house OF eiehcai
The frat lesson was read by Rev. Cannon Balch,
of Montreal, and the second OF Luke oy rev. w.
F. Perry. Of Connecticut The eighth selection
of Psalms was read in the course OF the serv1ce,
the Gloria Pstre being sung by the choir. Inc
creed and concluding prayers were read by Rev.
W. j. Ketchum, of England. The htany was
read by Rev. N. A. Howe, of Philadelphia. The
Psalm after prayers was from the nlnety-nih'n So
lection, verses four, five. six and seven.
In the anie-communion services four bishops
took part. The opening portion. including the
Ten Commandments, was read BY Bis19p Oss,'
kinson. and the Gospel by Bishop Johns. Toe
hymp was the 152d, verses one, two, nge ana SIX.
Bishop Lee, of Delaware, then ascended the
pulpit and took his textfrom revelations lltn ana
Eth: He that hath an ear to hear, let MN near
what the spirits saith to the churches. In the
course of an able argument in favor OF the SIM
plcity in worship, be said that the ministry was
Of sacred character, and was not sancuoae9 oy
festant shows that according to one OF the srtl'
cles the pretense of offering mp Christ by masses
etc. was q grave and dangerous error rne Eps-
copal ordination sefvice merely gave authority 70
The preacher next referred to the power Of
forpiving sin claimed by the clergy, and denleo
epy such power was possessed by them. A sec
opd error was giving ecclesiastical censure wnicn
was the same as giving the power to retain sins
Bs&ysu Is f. APPROPRIATE
sacrifice.
He next alluded to the innovations which have
taken place, in sensuous ceremonies whicn merely
strike the eye, and said minister was not o.. on
5aiued 10 be master Of ceremonies. to value tns
cut and color of garments, and to bow down II
foolish pantomime this would underlay anothe
and a far more dangerous business which coui'
only be evaded by going back to the purity
our religion. He maintained Christ as the rule
of faith and practice, Himself the only propiuato
and His blood the only cleanser OF sin. while Hi
word was our only absolution ana latsscessiou
and If we had these in their simplicity and purity
then we had the true faith. IL not Protestan
church, we had no right to be considered
church at all, and the reformation would be coz
sidered mere sham. On tins platform We ha !
omega, and the author and fnlsher OF oar fiiti
he next touched upon the Christian, which q
said should not be affected by looking to partie
far removed as in faith and being Is at be-
supertitious We should choose between the dea
past and the living present, and not go PACK
closter and cowl for our faith. How FAR an uni'
among Protestant Christians was possible, was
question which could not be answered IN Q m
mept. but Christian fellowship should be followe
and practiced, and this would lead TO un'o
4. more lasting than any other. Let rs give conce
tions and conciate those who In measure ON
from Us. True conciliation could only be o
tanned by speaking the truth by earnest praye
by earnest and loving argument, and Dy iookiI
to Him only as our priest, who offered himself 81
sacrifice for the sins OF the world.
He concluded with an earnest prayer that Gt
would bring about such reunion for Christ
sake. Tie sentences Of the onertory were thu
read By Bishop Lee. of Iowa, and the congreg
ton proceeded to the holy eom hiahO l., 10,
equally divided by foreign and domestic mlssior
Attbe close of the communion service the hou
of bishops retires, and Rev. w. s. Perry, secl
tary of the lay convention, called the house
clerical and lay deputies to order. In calling I
delegates from New York, Governor seymour
On motion of Mr.. Otis, of Illinois. the Dos
proceeded TO the election OF president Oh
convention.
Mr.. Otis nominated J. II. Craig. D. D., of X
tucky and as there was no opposition the rev
end gentleman was elected by exclamation, :
Rev DIR. Meade and Rev. Otis we're appointed
committee to conduct the president elect TO
chair. .
for this renewed mark OF their confidence, sp1
with thsnkfulness that they had once more D'
permitted to meet together, but he spoke "
fes1ss VI usIursv VI uisuy VI tue si,fuiuE iis
=. Hawks Sa' Hon. I washington Hunt Judge Chi
bers, and Hugh d. Evans.
Rev. DIR. Hsight then read for the informal
of the house the rules to be adopted as fo1 10.
ell the House Bishops to be held IN the sen
house of the chapel in the morning; prayer Q
day at 10 O'Clock, and the sessions to continue
4 O'Clock; the board missions meet every q
at Z O'Clock. On motion OF z. Perry U. ID.
Connecticut, elected secretary, ]. b. Hodges
D., was appointed secretary,
A message was received from the House
Bishops, stating they had organized and '
ready for business.
49, committee of two was appointed to car
similar message to the House Of Bishops.
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