Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-10
Episcopal Church Interests.

The Diocesan COnvention-Large Gather
 ing of Clergy and Lay Delegates-The
 Bishops Review of the Year-Finan-
 cfaI and Theological.
 Bishop Williams in his annual address at the Diocesan convention at Hartford stated that during the year he had visited 9S par ishes, missions and chapels, officiated 200 times on these occasions preached and de- ivered 220 confirmation and other addresses; administered the Holy Communion 27 times, baptized two adults and three infants, sol emnized four marriages, oficiated at nine burials, and confirmed nine hundred and six ty-seven persons. Tn looking over the rec ords of combinations for three decades, be- ginning with 1850, I fnd,'' he continues, ''that, in the first period, 7,489 persons were confirmed in the second S,956, and the third ITO. The increase, therefore, in the sec ond period over the first is l, ACT; that in the third period over the second is 2, 814. Statis- tics which extend over such portions of time may, I think, be relied on as evidences of growth on the contrary, although those of single years cannot be- Only once before has he had to record so many deaths They are six: Rev. Dr. Mead, Rev. MT. Acly, Rev. Joseph s. Covill MT. Hoffman, Rev. Dexter L. Lounsbury and Rev. Thomas Mallaby. Among the dead laymen Samuel Howarq Huntington was alluded to, and Corneha Boardman's decease was mentioned Dur ing the past year,'' the address continues, seight persons have been admitted to the holy order of deacons, seven deacons have been advanced to the priesthood, fifteen clergymen have received letters dlsm1ssory, and six clergymen have presented letters dls- 14--4 1Nao,, vnd ITlfn diocese. This latter number will be almost immediately increased. The whole number of candidates for holy orders during the past year has been twenty-nine. Ordinations and transfers have left upon the list twenty four "
 The consecration of St. Paul's, Bridgeport, was on May IS, 1880 on November 23, 1879, Trinity church, Thomaston, was reopened, and Christ church, Hartford, was also re- opened December g, 1879. The last was fiftieth anniversary.
 The semi-centennial of St. ?aul's in this city is the occasion of highly complimentary remarks by the bishop, and special mention. As to the bequest of $10,0O0 by the late Sam uel Hall, of Waterbury, for the erection of home in Waterbury, St. Johns parish has raised a similar amount, and the whole IS ap- pIicable to the object. The Church Home of Hartford has secured a good site in that city, northern part
 As to the indebtedness of Episcopal parish es the bishop is enabled to say: It is, even now, great satisfaction to know, from the report of the Bank Commissioners, that the amount loaned by savings banks and secured by liens of church property, IS very much less in our case than in that of three other principal bodies of protesting Christians in the State.
 In summing up, the outlook is pronounced such as to inspire renewed confidence and effort, and is cause for congratulation, de- spite features in the missionary work which need remedy.
 The treasurer's report showed receipts of $1 ,278 from parishes, and $620 in expe ndl- lures. Rev. Francis Goodwin reported from the trustees of the bishops fund an income of about $2, 800 from investments and $2,000 from assessments parishes J. c. Hol- lister, of this city, treasurer of the aged and infirm clergy fund, re- ported receipts to the amount of $2, 200 and payments to benefciaries to the amount of $2, GOO. Rev. Dr. Beardsley of this city, Rev. Dr. Tatlock of Stamford, Rev. Dr. Deshon of Meriden, Rev. $. O. Seymour of Litchie1d and Rev. Dr. Pyncheon of Hart ford were elected the standing committee. St. Johns church, Sandy Hook (Newtown), was admitted to the union, the papers being correct. An assessment of two and half per cent on the salaries paid the clergy by the parishes was laid for the bishops salary It was also voted that the trustees of the fund be requested to consider plan and present the same to- the next convention, whereby the fund may be increased to a sufficient sum to meet the demands upon it from the income | thereof.
 In the evening the report of the Missionary society was presented by Benjamin Stark j; | $7, ,675 had been contributed. The secretary l of the convention was thanked for his map of the diocese. The report of the church scholarship society showed $1 1855 loaned to scholars. The board of education was re- elected, together with Rev. Dr. Giesey, Rev. c. M. Selleck, F. J. Kingsbury and Dr. G. w. Russell. By one majority St. James church of Danbury was refused re-admis- sion Benjamin Stark, of New London, 1 John c. Hollister of New Haven, Elisha Johnson of Hartford Walter Ferguson of Stamford Charles A. Warren of Watertown, 1 and Robert G. Pike of Middletown were chosen lay directors of the Missionary socie- ty. To fill vacancies, the Rev. O. H. Raftery of Cheshire was elected a trustee of the Epis- | copal Academy the Rev. s. O. Seymour of Litchfeld a trustee of the Berkeley Divinity School, and Mr. George R. Curtis of Meriden trustee of the bishops fund.
 Yesterdays Dofngs-Eleetion of DeIe- gates.
 Most of the morning yesterday was taken up with the election of delegates to the gen. eral convention. There was a large number of ballots on some of the names and the final | Four clerical and four lay delegates were chosen with an equal number of substitutes, and the method followed is for the lay and clerical portions of the present convention to make their choice in separate session, though the election in each branch must be ratified by the other before it becomes valid. The election resulted as follows:
 Clerical delegates-Dr. B. E. Beardsley, New Haven Dr. Edwin Harwood, New Ha- ven Rev. Professor Johnson Hartford; Dr. G. H. Deshon, Meriden. Alternate clergy men-Rev S. H. Giesy, D. D., Norwich; Rev. John McCook, Hartford Rev w. G. Spencer, D. D., South Norwich. Lay dele gates -Origen s. Seymour, Litchfeld; Jere- miah Halsey, Norwich; Henry B. Harrison, New Haven; Calvin G. Child, Stamford. Lay substitutes s-Benjarnin Clark, New London w. B. Franklin, Hartford; A. L. Kidston, New Haven Oliver Buckley, Westport.
 An attempt was made to reconsider the ad- mission of the church at Danbury, which had once been excluded from representation, but it was unsuccessful, and after some little routine business the convention adjourned.