The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-02
weeks have gone by since his last resort Ia II
in tdlti'mcnt Of pastoral duty,


III tdti'mcnt Of pastoral duty.
5. The current Of the times and the move-
III nj in the population of the country are
ach As imrerat'vely to require of \ faithful
b anch Ct the Church of Christ increased
strinycDcy, and not timid relaxation, in The
announcement aud enforcement, of th. r,,le-
"i holy living, >clt.dcnial. and non-con.
t,rmi'y to the world.
!. pcclaeativc legislation for th, o,,;d-
ancr and strengthening Of pastoral teach.
ing and discipline hats been in all ares prar.
ticcd III the Church, and found 10 afford IT,,
ministers wholesome aid
). No qualifying vote can relieve Tho nm.
peal effected from the INTERPRETATION Of
cvlncinga change of position in regard To the
matters in question. The world, the flesh
and the tcvii will so understand it, and hnye
right 81 to use il.
Il. However circumstances NAV relieve tho
action now taken from the nulIitv which
must attach To Il change in the discipline of 4
diocese madc witboAt the advice and CON-
SEM. or even privity,. of its bishop, they are
not such a> TO bind the undersigned, who
must hold his own right in the canon to be
unaffected. aud consider it to hc. so far as
concerns himself aui his oflria action. Of
force and validity.
All w!sici i>atlrctionatcly and respectfully
represented.
WILLIAM Robinson WHITTISGHAM,
Bishop OF Maryland
Baltimore. May 80. 1873.
On motion OF Rev. DIR. Levin, the poper
was spread cn the Journal.
lhc Kew. Augustus Jackson, rector of ST.
-Pnul's parish, Washington,
MOVED 4 REcoSSIpER RATIoN OF TIE VOTE
by which the Convention repealed the 18th
canon III regard to light aud vain am,l>e
meu'>. He had voted for the repeal, but out
-ot respect and reneration to the beloved
Bishop whose protest on the subject had
been received, he earnestly desired TO restore
this 18th canon to lis position in the code.
Rev. }. Y. Levin, who had likewise voted
for tae repeal, urgently advocated it's restora-
lion.
Rev. DR.. Grammer wanted to adjourn un.
Ill L. NJ. tor the purpose OF acting upon
thi, motion thcu. H. ii WAS apparent that it
could mol be done now, a> i required two.
tht1! Is ot the Convention TO reconsider the
vo,e.
Hen. Montgomery Blair opposed the re-
consi, leraton of the vote by which the canon
was repealed.
Judge Magrlder, whilst having for his be-
loved Bishop all tue tilial devotion Of son.
yet wa> unwilling to support the recon-
>iderItion, as 1t would place the Convention
in a humiliatin- position. The members OF
the Church were. under their baptisnal
VOWS, obligated to "renU,lnce the devil and
all his works, the VAIN pomp and glory of
the world. and all the sinful desires OF the
1esa-" What more could he desired. As
Wa said TO the rich man. soicitouS for the
~rlfaer of his brethren IF they hear not
ilo>t, aud the propnets, neither will they be
pcrsua ded, though one rise from the dead"
- it might now be said that if the members
of the Cnucrh were iusen>ible and untaitEful
10 the obligations imposed upon them and
assumed By them in their solcnn baptismal
VOWS. neither would they be persuaded
though this ROW dcdd canon be raised up
again.
No kEcONSIpERATIUS.
Finally. after Il variety OF motions had
been MADE. the Convention resolved. after
the usual religious exercises, TO adjourn
Sip" d..