The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-31
Protestant E:n,scapat Annual COunci'.
Correspondence oi the Richmond dispatch.
IEurrrIxr May u 1870.


WHEELING, May y, 1870.
Last night al interesting public meeting
Of the diocesan Missionary Society was
h.Id-Bi<ilup Johus III the chair. After
Drawers by the Rev. ". L. ilylund, Of Par
kcrSbirg. and he singing by the entire con-
%rrgaiion ct the celebrated hymn ''Jcr;'+:s-
lem the Golden" stirring addresses We're
delivered 10y the Bishops. the Rev. DR.. Glib
son. of Petersburg; the Rev. Mr.. Curric,
Of Wheeling; the Rev. DIS. Minnigerodc
and prterkn, Of Richmond; and JUDGE
Shciicy, OF Sta,rlton. The lev. Mr.. Mchiln'
q; Alexandria, who WIS expected TO speak,
was prevented by indi-po>i'lon.
Where all were listened to with such III
tcrc,t it is gruceleSS' TO discriminate,
but the speech Of Nice-President Mir
nigcrodc-Jhc best man for NUS
SionarV address we know-waS, perhaps.
| in point Of fervor and interesting detail the
most striking. From him We learn that
during the last Council year $500 have been
contributed to the objects OF the Society,
| while the several conversations 81 the diocese
have raised for the same work, though not
| for disbursement hy the central committee,
| nearly ~ much more. Besides this, several
, thaltsandS. added b. societies in connection
VIII. the general churches. were gratefully
| ac:uoWio iGcd. The CcEral society, not
| counting the conVocations, has contributed
toward the support OF thirty clerrSymen
within the diocese, While. under lis
| auspices much efficient mlssionar! hDcr
| has been oratutollSly performed by the set
! fled clergy, With much to encourage,
| there is also, in DR.. .Minnigerodc's opinion,
not a little to deDlOre i'll What remains TO be
done. There are still many waste places in
orr diocesan Zion. Six untitled calls for IL
horers are recorded Ivy the Society, ana the
| cry for help still comes mp. WIN the con
timed blessing Of God, however, the
sphere of the Socicty's operations Is yearly
extended, and great good IS effected.
Bishop Whittle said that the genera A.
pcct of missionary work in the diocese was
highly encouraging, and that our people are
giTin. in proportion to their means, at least
double what they did before the war, toward
thc snread of the gospel. In Richmond, ioI
eyample, where competent Judges say iol!i'.
tifths of the property OF the people was loi
hv the war; the contributions OF EpLScop5
ljons arc as large as they trcre tenycdrS ago.
The Bishop is satisfied that liberal SlS!it
does not impoversh, and trusts that the I'M
nroyement in this respect already eXmDltel
in the DioceSc-Wherc there IS SUN vas
room for imDrovemcnt-may steadily 50 on
lie concluded with one Of those buImni
axhortatiuns for which he is already s.
widely known and everywhere renlcih
bpred. ,,,,
The missionary meeting of Thulsda. !
ni.h, was the most Interesting we rclleh1
brr. under similar circumstances, 10 hal'e
attended. =. ,,,..,s
Yesterday morning, in st. Matthew'S
church. after services by the Rev. Mess rs.
Martin and Gardner, sermon was ach-
yered Nv the Rev. Dir. Pendleton, of Lex
inaton. In the evening tine Rev. Mess rs.
Mckim and Il. Il. Davis read and the Kew
DR.. Gibson. OF Petersburg, preached.
'|- CLEMENT.