Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-10-20
This is to come up as the order of the


Illinois, desiring that it be referred To the
committee on Can ons to report on the pro
priety OF chenging the name Convention
3D. that OF Council, Was promptly tabled
BY another, section 6, Canon x. of Title
I, was asked 20 BIZ altered, that Deacons
be three years in the diacanate. But these
things will come up again, and will not
SPEAK OF them at pl Q ient.
The Committee On the Prayer Book re-
ported book of praise of which I will
write to morrow or next day. delegate
moved to have it referred 10 Committee
on Canons to have the word fire. put in
after the word " pestilence" in the p. 3.
The resolution was voted down Another
desired an additional prayer for one on a
journey to be placed in it. It also failed.
There 81 ems to be very decided feature
against touching the Prayer Book ct all.
Certain hymns will be left out, and a
hymnal will be formed. It was concurred
Ill by this House that the 18th inst. be q
day to make collection in ali the church
es of this Church in aid Of the sufferers of
Chicago.
Last night I attended the anniversary
meeting Of the Evangelical Kuewl edge
Society. Addresses were delivered by RI.
Rev. G. ?. McIlvaine, Of Ohio; RI. Rev.
John Johns, of Virginia; Rt. Rev. Alfred
Dee, of Delaware; RI. Rev. Nation East
burn, OF Massachusetts. Here I found
Protestant Episcopelianism purely and
truthfully, ard. o, how ferveutly explain
ed. The aged and venerable man of God,
Bishop McIi7aine. has taught me
the truest lesson of the Episcopal
Church that have yet learned. 1t teaches
no vioarious sacrifice, no doctrine ground
ed on spurious tradition, no doctrine
grounded on outward fancy, touches of
ceremonies and the struttipgs Of PRIDE
It is the vindicator of the truth as taught
by the Reformers, and which is very little
taught now by the majority of those
styling themselves Episcopajians. The
annual receipts of this society are about
forty seven thousand dollars. Il is in
| creasiDg, and God will prosper it, The
grand jubilee celebration of tho Domestic
and Foreign Missionary Society will take
place Tomorrow. The General Conven-
ton will adjourn for that purpose.
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EIGHTH DAY.
| DEAR JoUTNAL:-The feoing that The
fire was out in Chicago las made every.
body here look happier. The jnbilee of
the fifteenth anniversary ofthe Domestic
and Foreign Mission Society of the Ameri.
can Church was celebrated this morning.
The church was we'll filled, and several
abie atldres S IS were delivered by Bishops
among whom were Kt. Rev. John Payne,
d. ID, aud Rt Rev. Geo. NJ. Il lndall, d.
D. Nearly al! tho Bishops were robed
and in the chancel. A very great number
commnned. Tonight this missionary
jubilee viii adj Jurn sine die, when other
addresses will be delivered by both bis
hops aDd presbyters.
After the services Of this morning the
House of Deputies had bat about on hour
| for business. Several things were refer
red to the Committee on Clnons, and il
they be OF any interest VIC will report them
when them come mp for debate or fipal &C
ton.
The most important message, if we OK
cept the one on ritual uniformity received
from the House Of Bishops, came up this
afternoon. 1t was signed by ell
the Bishops. 1t refers to tho word
4" regeneration in tho Baptism.-
It IS pronounced not TO mean q
moral change. But will speak more OF
this another time. It will be most proba-
bly, brought before this house for it's con-
sidera:ion tomorrow. Before the House
of Bishops adjourned, and after this pro
1enncian1e,atO, L learned from snre authority
that bishop McIlvaine said, presiding,
that never. for many torn, has there been
such good feeling and unity of action on
the part Of all shades of opinion as cha1ao-
teriz9 tbi5 present sitting. Bishop Nell
vaine is the soul of the: Evangelical party.
Or Glow church," as some call it. heard
him define, the other evening, the word
EVANGELICAL. Every word like barbed
arrow of Burning love entered nay heart. 1t
| was nothing but the truth as it is in Jesus
No absurd sacerdotalism. No absurd sa.
cramentalism; none of the absurditics
| which arc now often seen and heard, form
any part of Evangeicalism. No human
mediator-a self-styled priest OF v;carious
sacrifice which is now cropping out in
what was once happily called the Z. E.
Church, the Church Of the Reformation
in England. but of which some
| weak heads are now ashamed-no
human mediator Of this kind should
come between O soul and its God, nor
should the external idolatrous worship of
things which are simply the formal media
outwardly expressing the inward faith.
This is the Episcopal Church. The human
mind is not cramped down, and forced to
pay false respect to men-ministers of
the word, or should be, servants and
creatures Of the people. Ignorance does
all this. Intelligence never. A HymnaI, it
is thought, will be published by this Con
vention. OF the 1874 Metlical Psalms
76. is is said, in whole Or in part, will be
retained. Of the 212 hymns, 135 are to
be retained. OF the 60 additional hymns,
a. will be retained. Taken from other
sources there have been al other hymns,
which, in all, will make 49G hymns. Hymns
enough one would say. This will be a
variety to suit all. A resolution about this
is as follows
Res0zUed, That the Committee be au-
thorized to make arrangements for the
publication of this Hymnal, SO as to do
fray al expenses already incurred tor
printing the present edition. J. B. 7.
The CathoIIs Churches and EnstIIu .IOus an
ChfcagO-Dtspatch from Bishop Foley.
Much anxiety has been felt in this city
to learn the fate of the many institutions
in Chicago under the special charge OF
Bishop Foley, formerly of Baltimore.
They have Suffered terribly, as will be
seen from the tenor of tho annexed dis
patches, received last evening by Arch
bishop Spalding
CHICAGO, Oct -, 1871.
Archbishop Spaldlng, Baltimore Our
Cathedral, six Churches. Orphan Asylum,
Hospital House of the Good Shepherd,
schools, charitable institutions and Bsh-
ops house in ruins. Over a hundred
thousand people are homeless. I
beg you for general collection in all your