Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-01
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Termination OF its FOrth.Eighth
Annual session.

The Episcopal convention met again
yesterday afternoon, pursuant to ad-
journment, the Rev. John A. Harri-
son presiding. The body applied
itself toward a completion of its I'm
finished business. The following res
olutions were offered and adopted:
Requesting the clergy Of the do
cese to take up an offertory on Good
Friday, the proceeds to be applied to
the promotion of Christianity among
the Jews. Unanimously adopted.
The Rev. DR.. Duncan, OF Knox
vile, offered a resolution,
also unanimously adopted, the
sense of which was that the Episco-
pal female schools at Columbia and
Bolivar be commended to the foster
ing care of the parishes of the do
cese, with the hope of eliciting a
greater amount of patronage and in
huence in their favor.
Rev. Professor Jaigar, of the Uni
versity Of the South, addressed the
convention in an earnest appeal for aid
for that important institution-for aid
that had been promised or pledged by
the previous conventions and of which
the institution is sorely in want.
The Chairman presented to the con-
vention a letter addressed to the
bishop and other members of the on
vention of the diocese Of Tennessee,
from the bishop and lay representa-
tives of the ~archdeaconry Of Salop, in
England. The letter is a beautiful
work of art in its execution, and
handsomely framed. 1t was accepted,
and ordered to be preserved among
the archives Of the diocese. The
following is the text Of the letter:
To the Bishop and other Members of.
the Convention of the Diocese Of
Tennessee:
We, the clergy and lay representa-
lives OF the archdeaconry of SAILOR.
assembled in conference, under the
presidency 0 fthe bishopof the diocese,
desire to offer to the convention of the
diocese of Tennessee hearty
for the expression of condo
Ience with the diocese of Litchfeld
On the death of our late lamented
and for the just testimony
which it bears to his noble character.
his great attainments, his missionary
zeal, his apostolic labors in planting
and building up the church in New
and Polynesia, and to the
value Of his services to the church at
.arge.
The welcome which in his lifetime
Selwyn received during his
-wo visits to the United States, was
much esteemed in England-not only
Is a mark of recognition of his eminent
merits, but also as an evidence of the
,rotherly sympathy existing between
he church in England and the church
n the United States.
We cannot refrain from taking this
opportunity ofexpressing our satisfac-
Ion that so large a number Of Ameri.
IAN bishops were present at the recent
conference of Lambeth, in the success
II which Bishop Selwin was SO deeply
Interested, and our high appreciation
the words of counsel and encourage
nennt which these prelates have given
0 the church of England, not only In
i. Paul's cathedral, but in various
ther parts Of the Kingdom.
W. d. LITCHFIELD, Bishop.
B. G. HERBERT, Chancellor.
JOHN ALLEN,
Archdeacon of Salop.
THoS. B. LLOYD,
THos. MAYNARD How,
Secretaries.
The convention by vote decided
lpon Sewanee as the place for hold
ng the next annual convention in
Tune, 1881.
The journal was next read and ap.
and the convention adjourned
o pm. At that hour it again met,
7hen, after evening service and a SER
non, it adjourned sine die. The
left for New York night before
asst, and a majority of the members
.eparted for their respective homes
asst night and to-day.