The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-28
The Episcopal Council of Virginia.
SUNDAY SERrTrES~ cLoSfrG ADDRESS or
THE RiSHOP- REPIEH OF THE PR0tEED-
NOS WINCHESTER HO%PiTiLiTE.
special Correspondence nj Rlchmon! Di'p1tch


| Especial Correspondence "l Richmond bi'prtch
| WIHcuKsrER, Va. May IF. 1873.
The scrri,rs incident to the Sunday i'm.
mcd0tcly following the adjournment of IN
Episcopal tDuncll in Virginia always p0SscS'
| special interest, and those of Yesterday were
| no exception TO the rule The day was bright
| and beautiful, and not only residents and
previous sniorrncis. but large numbers OF
! EplsroIaiau. and others from Clarke and
the more immediate vicinity were in ;Hieud-
an'e. Every pulpit in town was, through
| the courtesy of its pastor and people, filed
| II! III Episcopal minister, though, rs might
have been expected, the largest congregations
| assembled al Christ church. ..
Al I o'clork cater morning PRAYER, said
| by the Rev. +. +. Martin. of Clarke. and the
| Rev. w. W. Greene, of Pitts, lyania. .lrlrycn
persons were confirmed hy Bishop Johns.
who delivered an appropriate address.
AT II O'Clock the li!any aud antc-con,-
munion were read, The Rev. j. :. IIanckel,
| of Charlottesville. and Bishop Whi,tlc Off
| clatlhg. The preacher was the Rev. George
W. fetcrkin. of Culpcpcr Courthouse.
After brief but eloquent presentation of
the cause by Bishop Johns, Il liberal cplcc-
tlon was taken up in behalf of tn" mission
school at .Jaff;t Of Miss Mary Il. Baldwin.
Evening service bc.run ut s O'clock. and
wa, performed Ivy the Rev. W. y. Pcndlo-
| ton, -. d.. OF Lexington, and the kev. W.
| J.. Hrland. ot Farkpr>lHlr%. The Rev J. \.
| Latane. ot Wheeling. preached on the text
"Ni9hty TO save" Both mnrriu- and eve.
ming the sermons We're able and effective.
and greatly liked.
| The closing address of the Bishop was
marked by even more than the wontd fire
and felicity of such occasions. After. refer
| ring briefly tp the sermon Just heard and
| cnloinin- ill., teachings. hr reviewed the pro-
grt'Ss of the dio,r>" durh.. tn" la>t ,cal
and The session or iir Council Just closed
| The Nariols grounds ct encouragement ai-
| furdcd by the statistics ut the tonnCl-veaI
have been already indli atrl III these columns
| and need not be here drtali,d. None l.iurt
substantial certainly Cln hr cited than III,
existence of nearly forty canrdit"> tor o.
dcrs, and the increase Of fourteen hun
drcd in the number ut commitments, AMI
| of S4o.00o i'll contributions.
| The course of the meeting Just closed wa
gratefully reviewed. The urr' IN, sermon
of Rev. DR.. Wn~tictl rs 10 the ChlIrcl's
duty in the n,attDrol education. was referred
10 with APPRECIATION. and the growing i'm
lUItanre and appreciation of the subject II
the diocc>c noted. The further development
| uf the missionary spirit witnessed al this
meet iug WAS remarked. especially ~ lndl
Gated hy the determination tu nave hereafter
n special sermon for foreign missions dulltH
Council, and 10y the rai>in" III il rIl-h0ur III
| saturday of the two thuli>ahl dollars nc,r>
| >arv for The salary uI IN evangelist In labor
| within the diocese. In connection with io
| rci"n missions another lrcliu" reference VA.
| made Ia the thirty three years ct ScINrr II
| the East on the part ct Miss Baldwin, now
| of the ,iatia mission. Il lady who went from
| this parish, and in whose work. ;,S i most 1T
Il lively interest has here been cNriicd. ls,
prosperity 1T the diocese VA, confidently 1t
| tlihutrd to The nyl.r blessing upon the SIN
| pie preaching Of the Gospel. unmarried y!
| the novelties that in other quarter. disturb
tn. ls;c" Of the Church aud lrndcr it, N"
| per work. An earnest and confident tribut,
| was paid to the fidelity Of tue clergy. and III
earnest eXhortalon gwen them 10 continue
and increase in their -"dlN lahur~. \ touch
! inw aud lmtcruaI ftrcwtl followed. closed J.,
the quotation and appropriation "l Rl>loI
Mcadr'S d,inr words, "Gnd bless hl
Church in Virginia.
The hymu Tho Nnicr If Free Grace
w;l~ then. in pursuance oi the custom iiandct
down from Bishop M"orc's ilm", SUM- 'N
the ya.t congregation, AMI after >uitlhl'
prayers and the blessing OF the Bishop lli'
people dispersed. 3d. ....
The religious services ,lurin- Council have
I been of unusual interest, and the rr'arh'G
perhaps never better liked. Iln' >,lnIi>'
meetings have been. ,hron@'d hy large al,t
devout congregations. while the other ser
| vice, have also been fully attended. Beside
the clergy already mentioned sermons have
been preached by the Rev. X. ii. Mckin. o
| Alexandria the Rev. }. :. Hanckr', OF Char
| lottc.yille: the Rev. W. 9. llullhen. .
Staunton; the Rev. G. NJ. Galloway. y
kanawha : and the Rev. +. \. Tidlnl', y
| Portsmouth.
II is scarcely necessary to s''v. in ronc'G
sion, TO any who know this town. That tn
| entertainment ui members of ih" C"'llu'll lA
| yten all that the most rN1rliu% could wish
In war or peace the hospitality Of WinrrS
ter is simply unbounded. and in the lrlS
twelve years it has become historical.
| .... ........ kir.