Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-03

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every priest that is now In the diocese Of
Tennessee-tbat We have got q canon; that
this canon has been printed, real, been dis
cussed, and that it is thoroughly under
stood; that there is no possible misunder-
standing about this canon. Now, the bus
mess on going home Of every priest and
every layman is to see that the provisions of
this canon are carried out. My dear breth-
rem, we live in wonderful tiDsas. 1t is
wonderful age this in which we are
living. We don't begin to COM
prehend what issues are at
stake in the transaction of such business as
this we have performed. If we wotld just
lookout of ourselves a little-go a little out
of egation-take an outlook into the
woodland see what is going on, we would
see, there seems to be a readiustment ofthe
families of The world in progress-Teadjust'
nle1lt Of the families ofthe 1rorld--the ma
tions of the world. Three hundred years
ago the nations that are now known in the
world were unknown-Russia, Prussia and
America. These three were not known to
history at all. What is their position to-
day? They with the British Empire gov
ern the world. They are not under the in
fiuenee of Latin christianity. Protestant
OhAlotldAAlbJ ID doSCIIlLS lLSGli, anu
though in this day we see a vast amount of
activity-an activity that was glorious in
the days of Peter the Hermit, who reused
the nations to the crusades-and its earlier
missionaries, we see a different sort of
enthusiasm in this land; but not on the ba-
sis of Latin Christianity. Look out into
the world, and what is the fact? That
Latin Christianity is literally dying out.
Now this is why this branch of Christs
Holy Catholic Church must rise up to the
magnitude of its duty, and must go forth
to conquer this fair land, and light up this
natiOn-thiS ndti0n-to a higher grade OF
civilization than any nation in the world
has yet attained. And we have the ability to
do it. This church has developed the
grandest national civilization in the world,
as we see in the English nation itself. This
church has developed the most symmetrical
and harmonious individual, personal char
acter, and the reason is perfectly plain. Be-
cause this church holds men and nations
down to those things which are essential to
the salvation of the soul and the develop
ment Of national prosperity and national en-
hghtenment; leaves them perfectly free in
mere matters of opinion, sentiment and
taste. Well hold it is the duty of this
church-of this diOcese-tO recognize these
facts, these truths, and together take
hold of this work. And, my dear brethren,
hope every Rector, in every parish in this
whole diocese, will feel he is doing some
thing not merely for the parish in which be
serves; and / would have him go out liter
ally burning with the same holy spirit that
lighted on the Apostles in the days of Pen
tacost; telling the truth as it is in Jesus, to
all in this great commonwealth Of Tennes-
see. And once we arouse up to this great
work and Just make earnest petition that
Jesus fulfill the promise which he made to
the Church to US in particular, and give us
the baptism of the Holy Ghost, give US
the JUNCTION of the Holy Spirit, that
we may 90 forth to preach the ever
lasting gospel, that it win be a broad, wide
and deep, we viii be heard. Now, dear
brethren, l exhort every priest, deacon and
layman,as before the altar of God to go to
work straight along and carry this canon in
effect, you have adopted. You have done
it. And call upon you TO recOllect this
fact and when 90 around to the parishes
and mission stations, that this is your work
and that am only assisting you TO do your
own work, and may GOaisTighteous bene-
diction rest upon the work of this day.
Mr.. G.. r. Fairbanks, from the Commit
tee on the University Of the South, said:
"This institution was organized by the
Epiocopal Church of the Southern Dioceses
as a common institution to be established
for the benefit of the whole Church, the
Trustees of which are the Bishops ex Oficio
of each diocese, and one clerical and two
Law delegates in each diocese. They select
ed Sewanee, on the Cumberland plateau in
Franklin county, for the site of the Univer-
sity. where they have a domain Of 10000
acres of land. The institution was opened
with about a dozen students in 1868, and
has martriculated some 400 since that time.
1t is now in successful operation, stu
dents coming from all parts of the South.
There are some ten professors. 1t is Or
ganized with primary department, gram
mar school and University. The students
are uniformed and drilled in gymnastic and
military exercises. The original intention
and plan OF its founders was to procure an
endowment of at least two millions Of dol
lars aud to establish every school in every
branch known in any university in the
world. In their statutes they provided for
thirty-twO schools, of which seven are in
operation. The report urges the duty of
the church in Tennessee to support this in
stitution and by liberal endowments to aid
LARGELY in the erection of the requisite col
lege buildings"
CONCLUSION.
Rev. DR.. DeBosc reported from the Com
mittee on Education. He said the docu-
ments which had been examined by the
committee showed a manifest encourag-
ing growth of and interest in parochial
schools as well as material increase in the
number, Improvement and condition of
such schools.
After an impressive closing address by
the Bishop, and the singing Of the doxOl-
Ogy, prayer and the benedictiOn the Con-
vention adjourned sine die at $50 p. m. to
meet in Calvary Church, Memphis, on the
22d April, 1873.