The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-23

TLEg ANNUAL ADDREss-WHAT He HAS
( DONE DURING THE PAST CoUNCiL YEAR
y HIS. VIEWS CONCERNING THE RiTUALIs-
TIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND PRO-
TESTS FROM REcToRs AND VEsTR1Es OF
SEVERAL OF THE PARIsHEs-THE CUES
TION of AN AssIsTA BISHOP NOT YET
DIsposED oF-REPoRT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF TnETHEoLoGIcALs SEMINARY, &C., &C.
TReporled for The D!spatch1
The Council resumed its delloerauons
Yesterday morning at eclock-bghop
white presiding; Rev. L. q. Dashleil, W
D.. secretary Rev. Thomas Spencer assist
ant secretary. ,:, n
D., OF Petersburg. 1.a,,h
Packard. D. d., had been appointed on. the
committee ON the State OF the Church 10
nIoce Of Rev. E. B. Mcclure, who had not
arrived. and Rev. E. Y. Jones on the Com
imn,tce on Widows and Orphans Fund In
place of Rev. j. r. Jones, who had not ar
rived. 49, .5z' r.
Risbop Whittle next proceeded to read
the annual report of his Episcopal duties
since the last CouRcif, as required by,the
Cancns OF the Church.
After giving in detail list OF conhrina-
lions, &c. the Bishop presents the names
of the following persons who have become
postulapts for holy orders during the past
wear :, David May. Charlotte county; &. y.
Prudeu. Nansemond; Richard w. Ander-
son, Charlottesville; Sam: Ar Willis. esai-
ford: George Fl. Appleton. Richmond;
David r, Meade, Clarke county; Martin Il.
johnson, Fauquier county; George Il. Ed
wards. Alexandria; Benjamin Dennis, Anne
liza: Francis NJ. Burch, Clarke; John =.
FAIR, Alexandria; j. W. Sykes, Norfolk /;
J. Thompson Cole, Culpeper; John .:
Clopton, Richmond; Job Turner "a dear
mute,. Staunton. William Meade Nelson,
OF Culpeper, has withdrawn from beng a
postulnnt, and William 7. Allen, DR., OF
Clarke county, has been transferred TO the
missionary district OF Western Texas.
CANDIDATES FOR DEACoSs' AND PRIESTS
ORDERS.
Richard A. Payne and Job Turner (dca-
cons orders).
For Priests Orders: Frank D. Lee, ED.
win 3. Rice, Robert r. Claiborne, EdWard
). Gregory, Thomas J. Packard, Ihomas
w. Cain (coored), L. II. Welman, Arthur
s. Lloyd, William NJ. Clark. Douglas Hooh,
e. l.. Goodwin, William W. kimbail, Mercer
p. Logan, Charles j. S. Mayo, J. Green
Shackelford. NJ. T. Turner. David W.Winn.
John Moncure, W. II. Ashton. Samue! A.
Wallis.
Ordained Deacons 18th June last at Theo-
logical Seminary: c. Braxton BRYAN, Prln-
cess Anne county; George W. Dame, Jr.,
assistant at St. james. Richmond; A. L.
Gray, assistant, St. Paul's, Lynchburg !;
Curtis Grub, Jr., Missionary to Africa; ;
w. B.. Lee. Culpeper and Madison coun-
ties; Frank Page, Fairfax county; BYRD
II. Turner, assistant, Mecklenburg County !;
S. S. Ware, Halifax county; j. W. Ware
Jr., Northampton county; John II. NJ. Fol
lard (colored). Alexandria.
Deacons admitted to,Driests' orders: Rev.
p. NJ. Bosden, Goochland; Rev. .. 5.
Bunting, Danville; Rcv. u. J. Dame,
Montgomery Rev. E. J. Hall, West Fir'
ginia; Rev. J. r. Winchester, Richmond;
Rev. W. W. Walker, Wicklitfe church,
Clarke county; Rev. Alexander l. Hund-
Icy, Gloucester.
LETTERS DIMIssoRY GIVEN.
Reys. William n. Dame, William Mum
ford, james w. Keeble, and David Barr 10
Maryland; Rev. J. r. Winchester to Alex
andria; Rev. William Il. Gordon to Della
ware; Reys.. R. A. Gibson and Robert D.
Roller to West Virginia; Rev. Curtis
Grub, Jr., to West Africa; Rev. W. II.
johnson to Pennsylvania; Rev. Theodore
Reed to Georgia; Rev. L. f. Martin to
Tennessee.
Letters dimissory received: Reys. Rev.
erdy Estil and Henry I. Sharp, from Ken
lucky; Rev. A. S. Johns. Delaware; Rev.
J. Ii. Stringfellow, South Carolina; Rev.
Charles C. Randolph, Maryland; Rev. James
Grammer, W est Virginia; Ry.J. L. Joyner,
Georgia.
Clelgy,nen who have died during the
year: Rev. A. II. Currie, rector OF Tillott-
son parish, Buckingham county; Rev. Ed
mund Withers, rector OF Nelson parish,
Nelson county; Rev. 4 N. Baker, General
Agent OF the Diocesan Missionary Society,
Richmond.
Lay-readers licensed !: J. G. Weems
and William T. Smith, Trinity church,
Manassas; S. B. Whitehead, Trinity,
Nelson county; DR.. Charles Il. Anderson,
Bethlehem, Nelson county; George A.
Barksdalr, St. Andrews, Richmond; Judge
j. j. Allen, WoodvilIe parish; and t. &.
Goodwin, Botetourt parish, Botetourt county.
SUMMARY.
ViSita1ons. minimum. LAO
RaDtiZed-adilit, !: children. g. .............. 4
Conflrmatlons-wh!te, 992; colortd, 4O..... 1882
Churches consecrated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1
Lay readers licensed. ...............
PoStulanlS licensed. 10
nsidatcS for dcaconS' orders. ................
Candidates for priests orders. 20
Persons ordained Geac0llS ~
UtacOns ordained priests Observation-Disclosures. s
Letters dimiSsory given. IL
Letters. dimissory received. :..... ............
Ministers deceased. 5
Number Of ministers increaSed.......
Received notice of ministers tepo>ed.......... IA
Taking as basis OF judgment the fore
going statement, together with the parochial
reports and those to be presented IS usual
by the officers OF our different educational
and benevolent institutions, think we may
conclude that '"
THE DIOCESE IS IN AN ENCOURAGING CoNDI-
TON.
The fields are everywhere white to the llar-
vest, but the Iaborers 10 reap them are en-
tirely inadequate. With seventeen clergy
men added to our list during the past year,
we have net increase OF but two-three
having died and twelve removed. In no
diocese OF our Church, in proportion to the
number OF commandments, is there annually
SO large number OF ordinations; and yet,
year after year, the number OF our minis
tiers remains very much the same, our mis-
sion seeming to be to raise up, educate, and
commission men TO preach the Gospel,
and then, see them leave our own borders