Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
THE Ep1soopAL CONTENTION.


THE Episcopal CONTENTION.
II Opened Yesterday with a ria
Between nr. Fs0sf and tbe Bishop
List of delegates Present,
The ninety first annual convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church for the
Diocese of Delaware was called to order
about . O'Clock yesterday morning
by Bishop Lee There were about 70
per sons present in Calvary Church, the
place OF meeting, most OF them being
delegates, clerical and lay.
Dr. Frost of Trinity was present and
occupied front seat. Neither DIR. Phillips,
the irrelressible rector of Christ Church,
Delaware tity, nor his associate, Rev.
Kensey Johns Stewart. were on hand ~
the opening of the convention.
Having called tue meeting tu order,
Bishop Lee directed the secretary OF the
last convention, Mr.. :. NJ. Curtis of
Newark, to call the list of clerical dele
gates ''rntited to seats.
The following reciors answered to their
names
Revs. j. Is. Clemson, d. b., George W.
Dubois u. D., B. J. Douglas, William R.
Ellis, l.. W. Gibson, W Il. Gordon,
William ID. Hanson, David Howard,
| William NJ. G. .leileris, John w. Kaye,
William q. W. Lewis =. Gardiner Littell,
G. Il. Milnor, R. Ii. Murphy, ID. d. Smith
and /. A. Stone.
Neither DIR. Frost non Dr. Phillips was
called.
nE. FROST SPEAKS.
When the secretary had ended Dr.
Frost arose aud said
| tMr. President-'i
Bishop Lee not recognizing the inter
ruption-"rhe next business in order wall
he the appointment of "A committees ON lay
delegates lie then named Rev. Messrs.
Domglas, Rdgeley and Cumnins as the
committee.
DIR. Frost Inlay ask to be heard in
regard to an omission | noticed in the
call of clerical delegates 7"
| Bishop llee--"N0, sir. it will not ht in
ORDER
DR.. Frost-"After the calling OF the
| delegates, will it be in order t''
To this the Bishop maze no reply.
the LAY DELEGATES.
| Of the lay delegates reported by The
committee as duly elected, the following
| answered to their names.
| William Cloud, Louis Smith, Il. Pasehall
Dixon, Gregg Chandler, George II. Bates,
| Horace Burr, NJ. ID. ,George ID. Armstrong,
| Charles Cook, Edward ii. Bradford, Ir.,
! Amor j. Harvey, Charles Green, William
Luke, Thomas llolcomb, Thomas Brackin,
| AlouZo Newlin, j. Poulson Armstrong, s.
NJ. Curtis, 'ieorge w. Colmery, Joseph $.
| Dunlap, William Cummins, NJ. d., James
j. Turner, Henry Ridgeley, NJ. D., John Z.
salisbury, Henry Role, Edwin r.
| paynter, Henry {. Frame, Joseph G. Ellis,
James Ponder and Erasmus NJ. Lingo.
Mr.. 5. NJ. Curtis of Newark was re-
elected secretary Of the convention, and
he reappointed George IL. Bates, ESD, as
| his assistants
The rules OF the last convention were
then read and adopted.
DIR. FROST TRIES AGAIN.
Or. Frost then arose again, saying as
| the convention now organized for bust
hess p
Bishop Lee-''For business, yes; but,
as you are not u member of the body Won
cannot be heard
DIR. Frost, interrupting and grow ing
animated, 81 think, sir, have right in
this case to be heard. My name has been
untted---'
interrupted by - call to order from a
member.
DR.. Frost, continuing 81 beg, sir, to
| present protest and to read it before
| this conventiun--'' s-.-=.
Bishop Lee-'The gentleman has no
| place On the floor of this convention. II
he has a petition to offer he can reduce it
to writing and have it presented regu-
larly."
Dir. Frost then subsidized.
To an EVERY EVENING representative he
explained that he had risen to protest
| against the omission of his name for the
purpose of showing that he did not
| acql,ieSce in that omission. Had he been
| accorded a hearing lie intended to present
two papers the first containing q state
ment of his reasons for continuing in the
recturship the second containing pro-
| test against the action of the Bishop in
emitting his name. He will now embudy
the protest in Il petition and have the
same presented this afternoon.
| OTHER BUSINESS.
series of resolutions, fixing the
salary of the Bishop at 81 800 and re-
quiring parishes to report to the conven-
ton, was made the special order of bust
ness for this afternoon.
Rev. Joseph A. Stone, secretary of the
Standing Committee, presented the re-
port Uf the committee for the past year.
Six meetings had been held, as follows
Sept. O., lsS0-Regular meeting at Will
mington, to aia the Bishop i'll preparing his
| trlennlal report to the General Convention.
December ID, 1880 Special meeting called
by the Bishop to consider differences existing
| between the rector and yestry of Trinity
parish. RESOLUTIONS were adopted declaring
as the Judgment of the committee that the
pastoral connection of DIR. Frost with the
| church should terminate on Easter Sunday,
and that the vestry should pay him his salary
up to the close of his present year, June list,
| 1881.
March g. 1881 SPECIAL meeting at New
Castle, to consider the Christ Church trouble.
| The committee recommended the vestry of
| Christ Church to withdraw all action with
reference to the resignation of the rector,
Rev. ii. l.. Phillips,and further recommended
the rector to tender his resignation at an
early day.
March 2lst, 1ssl-Speca meeting on the
same subject. lie ,outions adopted similar
to those Iii the Trinity Church case.
April 18th, 1SSl-Special meeting on gem
| eral condition of church. IA.
May 10th, 1881 Especial meeting to con-
slider paper purporting to be prcsentment
OF the Bishop to Presiding Bishop Smith, for
his action i'll the Trinity and Christ Church
| cases. After careful consideration of the
matter the committee passed an appropriate
resolution and directed it to be sent 60 the
presiding bishop.
LAID On THE TABLE.
DIR. William Cummins OF Smyrna
offered a resolution reciting that Whereas
the peace, harmony and prosperity of Ger
tain parishes have recently been greatly
disturbed, that the Convention should de
vote one hour tomorrow morning to
prayer and supplicatiun to tod that he
will restore peace and harmony truth and
Justice and pirty to tile diocese.
After Il short bnt warm discussion, Dr.
Cummins refusing to withdraw ms rrso-
luton, it was laid on the table by
practically unanimous vote.
The meeting then took recess until
1890, when the convention sermon vas
preached. -. 49,. --s
At 1870 IL. m, the Episcopal clergy reas-
semhled in Calvary Church to take part in
the devotional exercises. The church had in
the meantime filled mp with an attentive con-
GreSation.
Rcy. W. r. Ellis of Sussex county preached
the convention sermon. lie took for his text,
Isaiah Nv, 10, IL. His theme was Gods care
for His peuNle, which, beginning with the
patriarchs., He traced through the Jewish
theocracy and the apostolic and early
Christian churches down Ia the present day.
The communion was then administered by
Bishop Lee assisted by Rey1. Gibson. Murphy
Dubois, | evils. Clemson and Ellis.
The devotional exercises were concluded at
1890, and the convention then went again
| into business session.