Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-30
County Convocatlon.

Exercises at St. Paurs Church Yester-
 day-SeveraI Interesting DtscussnOnS-
 missionary Meeting Last Evening.
 At St. Paul's church yesterday the New Haven county convocation assembled at II a. m. Among the ministers present were: Rev. Drs, Bennett Vibbert, Beardsley. Spen- cer; Rev. Messrs. Wildman, Randall, Raf- erty, Witherspoon, Fitzgerald, Roberts, Hummer, Andrews, Steibert and most of the city clergy.
 The exercises commenced with holy com- munion. Rev. Joseph Brewster preached the convocstion sermon. At the conclusion of the forenoon services the clergy partook of a collation. in the basement of the annex to the church.
 In the afternoon Rev. H. P. Nichols, oA Element in Religion" which was followed by 8 discussion upon the topic and of the many valuable suggestions advanced.
 Then followed discussion founded upon the text: 'For every one shall be saIted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his saltness. wherewith will ye season it Have salt in yourselves and have peace, one
 with another" The discussion, which was
 of much interest. was opened by Rev. J E. 1 Wildman of St. Paul's church, WiIliman.
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 | The evening meeting was attended by g 1 small audience. The Rev. Mir. Means gave g | short address on home missions.
 1 Rev. Mir Streibert, rector of Christ 1 church, West Haven, gave an address upon l the subject of diocesan missions. He said that when dioceses become large an6 wealthy enough to take care ot themselves and go outside and dc new work they begin to do diocesan work
 Diocesan missions are domestic in a certain l sense, but are controlled entirely by the dio | cese. The missionary work in this State ii ! all diocesan. The work is a work of exten | sion and of preservation. In many small 1 towns in the State where the population ii drifting away the churches are dwindling an6 need support. Some Of these old parishes were long ago of great power to the church | and have an interesting history. They vii probably never be self-supporting again The church cannot afford to allow these ole churches to decay. Last year this diocese sent out $9, GOO for domestic and foreigr missions and gave $8, 900 for diocesan mis sionary work here. This year it is proposed | to raise $9, 900 for the diocesan missions Owing to sickness in his family, the Rev MT. Hummer, of Branford, was called home | and the address on domestic missions had on that account to be omitted. The Rev Mir. 1 Micou, of Trinity church, Waturbury, spoke on foreign missions. He deplored the lack of interest on the part of the churchr upon the subject of foreign missions One ob stacle to the success of foreign missionaries said the speaker, is the opposition the missionaries meet from the emissaries of commerce. The East India company, for example. ground down the natives, de- thnuo oh ko1 was 8 Christian nation. The prejudice against Christians engendered in the minds of the natives by the long course of spolia- tion of that company met the missionary at every turn. Many other examples were re- lated by the speaker to show how the mis- sionaries were hindered in this way. These outrages are sufficient to justify the entire failure of the foreign missionary project Oar missions date back one hundred years
 collection was taken for diocesan mis- sions. The convocation holds meetings to- day also. -