The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-17
TIE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Second Days Procecdinss-Thc Bishops
Address.
frRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

fFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
ADEEvILLE, May l5
resume my account of doings In Abbeville,
connected with the meeting Of the Episcopal
Convention. Yesterday evening there was
service at o'clock, the evening prayer being
read by Rev. P. D. Hay, Of Society Hi, and
an excellent discourse delivered by the Rev.
E. C. Edgerton, of Aiken. This morning, at
half-past o'clock, there was q meeting at
which, after prayer, the Rev. Mr.. Bellinger de-
llvered one Of his usual stirring addresses. The
convention reassembled at 10 o'clock, morning
prayer and lltany being said by the Rev. R. P.
Johnson, of York, and the anniversary ser
mon of the Advancement Society preached by
his brother, the Rev. John Johnson, of Cam
den. Before the sermon the bishop admins
tered the rite of confirmation to two persons.
After the formal proceedings of reading
minutes, &C., the Committee on Credentials Of
Lay Deputies, reported certificates from the
following additional churches, viz: Trinity
Church, Society Hills Luke's, ,Newberry; Mes
slab, North Santee; st. Johns, Rlchland; Holy
Trinity, Grahamvllle; Redeemer, Orangeburg;
St. Paul's, Radclifeboro'; and Messrs. E. McIn-
tosh, from Society Hill; N. B. Mazyck, from
Newberry; Stephen E. Barnwell, from North
Santee; A. Shoolbred, from Richland; W. R.
TreadweIl, from 0rangeburg, answered to
their names. The following clergymcn also
were present in addition to those Of yesterday:
Rev. j. G. Drayton, P. D. Hay andJ. W. Motto.
THE BISHOPS ADDRESS
was then read by the Rev. Wm. P. DuBose.
After full and detailed account of bis arduous
labors during the year, and report OF mis-
sionary funds received and expended by him,
the bishop proceeded thus:
Death again, dear brethren, calls upon US
for 81 memorial. One Of the most respected
and beloved Of our presbyters has passed from
earth-we doubt not to the ''rest that re-
Christian Hanckel. D. D., Is no more. His last
illness was sudden and brief; sufficient, how
ever, to indicate bis composed confidence In
God, and express his loving goodbye to those
who surrounded him. DR.. Hanckers life Is
embodied with the history OF the diocese. He
was, for fifty years, the rector OF st. Pauls
Church, Charleston, and extensively engaged
in the administrations ofthe church, marked
man, his presence and influence were always
in his purposes, brave and open in all his ac-
tions. he was always understood. We feel his
absence here to-day You will all bear wit
ness to what have said; and-in the name Of
the church, which he so much loved. tender
to his family and friends the testimonies and
sympathies Of the diocese.
It gives me pleasure again to bear my testi
mony to the success and value OF the Paro-
chial school, connected with the Church Of the
Holy Communion, Charleston. 1t has now
passed it's childhood and youth and is entitled
to be considered matured and established
institution of the diocese. In travelling
through the State, during the past year, have
received repeated and unsolicited assurances Of
its beneficial influences, and the regard In
committed to its trust. They invariably eX-
press their confidence in its instructions, and
their grateful acknowledgement ofits relief
and benefit to themselves In reviewing the
results Of my visitations for the past year, l
find that the number Of my combinations has
been lessened. 1t may not perhaps be easy to
account for this, or trace it to any special
causes. 1t is well for us, however, to reflect
whether it does not proceed from an apathy
in spiritual things overpowering our minds,
under the influences of the necessities and su1-
ferings of our temporal conditions. In our mis-
sionary operations, on the other hand, there Is
o decided advancement. Our missions exhibit
more vitality, more promise OF success, and
wider field of action. Their finances nave, too.
been much increased, having risen since the last
convention from s496 Is to s2057 10. Also
from assurances already received, feel conf
dent that there will be an additional increase
tor the ensuing year. Before I close this ad-
dress, brethren, permit few remarks from
one who has closely observed the condition OF
the church in all parts of the diocese. That
there is crisis upon us cannot be doubted.
We are compelled to feel it at every point.
The old church Of South Carolina is gone, in
those particulars, mean, which gave especial
character to its visibility; but with this there
was embodied also, be it remembered. its
spiritual and eternal influences. In its old
forms and rea lizations it is more than proba-
what IS written, is written. The reflection