The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-05-13

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According to appointment Of the las. annual
Council fixing the date aud place Of the Forty.
First Annual Council Of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in the Diocese Of Florida, number
of the Clergy and Laiy assembled with the
Bishop in st. Johns Church, Tallahassee, on
Wednesday, May z. aud were in session from
day to day until Saturday. the 10Th. There
were in attendance the following clergymen Of
the Diocese:
Rev. ]. j. Scott d. D., Rev. 0. p Thackara
Rev E. Roote, Rev. w. H. Carter, D. D., IL. D.
PHI D., Rev. H. B. Stuart Martin, Rev. C. s.
Williams, Rev. C. s. Snowden. Rev. C. M. Stur.
yes, Rev. VIM. Wilson, Rev ]. r. Gray, Rev
John Blyman, Rev. F. r. Hoeman, Rev Ed
ward L. browne, Rev. Francis J. Clayton, Rev.
c. H. B. Turner, Rev C. w. Ward. Rev. S. B.
Carpenter, Rev. A. w. Knight. Rev. c. w. APP
pie, Rev. r. H. Weller, Rev. B. G. White.
The following Lay Deputies were in attend
ance:
Messrs. w. r. De Witt, M. D., Henry Hutch
inson, w. c. Miller, C. o. Hampton, Robert
Walker, Gov. d. s. Walker ST., J. 8. Winthrop,
p Houstoun G. E. Halves, N. D.. James Burt, C.
c. Yonge, ST., George r. Fairbanks, Judge J. T.
Copeland, c. B. Benedict D. G. Amber, G. W.
Gibbs, E. X. Foster
Lack of space prevents publication in full of
the annual address of Bishop Young, and we Sc
lect the following portion as showing the mate
rial progress Of the Church:
In these visitations, which have occupied
nearly all my time for over four months, have
found the condition of the Parishes and Missions
in the Diocese, with but few exceptions, pros
porous and promising well for material advance
ment in the near future. Considerable has been
done during the year in church building and
furnishing.
AT Cedar Key, where the church was placed
when built in part on lot not belonging TO the
Parish, it has been moved on to the church lot
and properly located, with the addition of a
commodous chancel and robing room.
AT Rosewood a plain building has been Sc
cured and fitted up for church.
AT Tampa a very neat and commodious
church, with seating capacity for about two
hundred has been completed and is admirably
located
At Orlando the church has been furnished
with exceptionally fine windows, as | am in
formed, with beautiful chancel furniture made
in New York, with fine bell of over five hun
dred pounds weight and being already quite too
small for the rapidly increasing population of the
town, contracts have been signed for adding 10
the church one half present size.
AT Maitland, too, the church has been made
complete by the insertion of the beautiful win
dows and completion of the chancel furniture,
including fine eagle lectern.
AT Sanford, too, the church has been COM
pleted, and through the efforts of the Rev. Mr..
Carpenter Rector of the church in Sanford,
fine lot has been secured in Enterprise, and
church built and paid for at a cost OF nearly two
thousand dollars.
At DeLand the church is 30 far completed
that the Easter day services were to be held
in it.
AT Eusts the church has been occupied for
services for some months
At Palatka a church for the colored people
has been built and paid for
At Green Cove Spring the tower and spire
which were badly shattered by lightning last
summer have been repaired al a cost to the in
surance company of nearly eight hundred dol
lars. And this reminds me Of renewedly i'm
pressing upon the Diocese the great importance
of keeping constantly insured all our churches
and rectories, and of having the lightning clause
in all cases inserted in the policies, in this eli
mate we are in more danger from lightning than
ordinary fires. The burning of the church and
recory at Tallahassee just after the policy of in
surance had expired, the burning of the old rec
tory at ST. Augustine under similar circumstan-
ces, and the recent burning of the church at
Monticello, which l was told was not insured at
all, are sufficient admonitiOns to US touching
this matter
The church at Hibernia has been compile ted
AT Mandarin very beautiful church has
been completed and paid for at a cost of some
81, 800.
81. Phillips Church, Jacksonville, for colored
people, has received its beautiful windows the
principal subject in the east end triplet being the
baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch by ST. Phillip.
ST. Andrews Church, East Jacksonville has
just been tastefully finished in the interior
new church for the cOlOred people has Just
been erected some six miles from Fulton, on the
lower St Johns river, by Mr. r. F. Cutting, of
New York, the benefactor Of that mission.
The church at Fort George has just been made
complete by the erection of its beautiful win.
dows.
The new st. Peters Church, at Fernandina, is
so far completed as to be comfortably occupied,
and will be for a long time one of the
finest churches of the Diocese. And in the
prosecution of this noble work for God the de-
voted people of that Parish have altogether ex-
ceeded their former enviabe record. Being but
few in number and having but little of this
worlds goods, of the $l0,047. 90 which has been
paid out up to this date for the erection of their
church the congregation of st. Peters have
raised $9,26S. 10, only $77978 having been re-
ceived from all outside sources And while the
Parish has been bearing this heavy burthen it
has never failed in paying fully its diocesan as
sessment, its contributions to the Womans
Auxiliary, and has just sent thirty dollars to the
Theological Department Of the University of the
South. If the other parishes of the diocese were
actuated by one-half of the zeal and devotion to
the work of God which is the great honor of st.
Peters, Fernandina, the church in this diocese,
with the blessing of God, would advance with
redoubled activity and power
The Bishop announced the following Standing
Committees of the Council
On the State of the hurch.-Rev -Messrs Scott,
Holeman and browne; and Messrs. Halves.
Hutchinson and Swami.
On Cdnons. Rev. Messrs Carter, Ward and
Roote and Messrs. Fairbanks, Daniel and Eos
ter
On Nnance.-Messrs Amber, YOnge and
Benedict; and Rev. Messrs. Sturges, Martin and
Gray.
On Unfinished Business-Rev Messrs Snow
den and knight; and Messrs. Hutchinson and
Burt
On Christian Educohon.-Rev. Nessrs. Carter,
Weller and Apple.
On Admission Of Aeso PAriahes-Rev Messrs.
Williams, White and Carpenter; and Messrs.
Halves, Swami and Copeland.
Rev. G. S. Williams and Mr. George r. Fair
banks were appointed special committee the
University Of the South. The Deputies to the
last General Convention were appointed a COM
mitee to report TO the next Council on the
changes In the book of Common Prayer, as pro.
posed by said Convention
The Committee on the State Of the Church, to
whom was referred the Bishops address, the
Parocbial and Missionary report. and the report