The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-01

In DAllas-An0 u sumulate euort W siu III
It's successful complstton.
The following report from the secretary
was then read, and upon motion, the treas
ursr was directed 10 pay to the secresary
the sum Of $40 03 TO enable him to pay the
bills therein mentioned - still unpaid.
DALLAS. Texas. May, ~. issi-To the President
aud members OF the Tenth Annual oonvoea.
Your secretary rsspsctiully reports that
he mas incurred the following expenses IN
behalf Of the convoostion:
For printing Journal Of 9th c)nvocauen..s 70 oo
For postage on same. ..............,. zee. W
For printing 200 BLANKS for parochial re' 4. =,
For p;iaiins 80 blank certificates Of cleo. -
For three re s pack age. ext. large envelopes %
For package postal cards and prinuns ~
Far postal on psrochiai Is
For stationery for use Of convocation ~
Total. .slsi IS
!
Paid on same by treasurer ..... .....".. % 90
Balance yet unpaid ......... ,..........v " %
Your secretary respectfully requests that
the treasurer he directsd to paw the above
bill out OF any tunds In his hsnds TO the
credit OF convocation expenses. Respect
fully, RICHARD MORGAN, JR.,
The following report was then received
from tn, committes on the state OF the
church:
To the PRESIDENT aud Members OF thu Ten tn
Your commit tese on the state OF the
church respectfully report:
Annual reports have been recslved from
all parishes exc, pt Clsbu-ne-ind from all
org suiz ed Missions except Clsrksvtlle and
! Eanis. Reports have also been received
from the following uuorgsnized missions
viz. D1blin, Lawrence. Waxan schie. Noun
tain Home, Mineral Wells aud B.'rd.
Toe reports from the unorganized mis-
sions are for the most part meagre aud 10
satisfactory.
We have examined these reports with
our disposal would permit, and We submit
here with statistical table giving sum
m ary OF the statistics contained In them.
! La preparing this table we have also 10
cluded the number OF comm untcsuts and
value OF property 10 oil parishes and mis-
sions reported last year, 6u. from wh'nn
no report has been recsived this year. In
these Instances we have assumed that the
condition OF affairs remains unchauged.
| In this connection We desire to impress
upon the clergy, and those laymen whose
duty or privilege 1t may be to prepare
these reports In future, that It 10 Of she ~,
most Importance that these reports shouId
enough before the meeting Of the convooa.
the opening of the convocstion.
Without this table Of statistics, the most
i'm portant work Of the conversation cannot
% intellieently done; its proper pfe .nHn.
fore, II it has t. be prepared after the con-
vocation ascend 90 (ss has ALWAYS hereto.
| fore been the easel the hour OF adjourn
ment 10 almost upoL us before the c1nvocs'
ton 10 ready to begin its most important
work, and consequently much has 70 be left
much benefit 70 the work Of the church
throughout the Jurisdiction. -.
From the tabular statement herewith
50 omitted II appeas With glance that the
condition OF the church In this jurisdiction
10 much better this year than 1t Vas year
ago; .S. ,,.. ., IN. ruu-
Dor OF onirm atoms, and also Ia the mum.
| Der OF baptisms. One very gratifyins fes-
ture IN this connection Is the large propro'
ton Of adults baptised and heads OF fami.
lies confirmed,
TIE increase 10 the value Of church prop.
- h :n' '. oo: Y ss@ .Siob
Of course does not appear In any psroohial
report which should not be for 20 ten, Wis.,:
the AGO uisition OF Q valuable anf beautiful
site, containing nearly 20 acree OF
ground for st. Msry's institute ct Dallas.
The sum total Of offerings shows an 10.
crease OF some seven thousand dollars over
last year, almost 100 per cent.
The sum total OF present communicates
10 bat little over what II WAS last year
This IL. perhaps, largely attributable 10 the
fact that probably In no part OF the United
States IL there state or territory In which
the population 10 ~ shifsing as In north.
s s.a.ss ' hss tho sam. amount Of territory
been as rsplaly allied up Nth immigration
A ours has been 10 the last ten years.
Thoussuds OF miles OF railroad have beel
built. Hundr sds OF thousands Of acres Of
wild frontier ,ountry have been convarted
into fsrms-"sw towns sud villsgee oy the
hundred have sprung up 10 every direction
-some Of th IN, built 10 anticipation OF Q
railroad reaching them, have faded aim ost,
n not entirely, out OF existencs when the
az oeoted railroad did come but lett them
ten or fifteen miles 70 the right or lsft Of
the road. The conseQ uence has been that
many Of our psep,:-sssrsossd t ~ sns d nat,
from one place to another, many OF
them, leaving the towns altogether. have
moved out into the country, and thus, q.
though still In the Jurisdiction, We have
lost them from our rolls. simply from the
fact that they are located 1t some point
where We have no ono to keep or render 90
Tais suggests one defect In our plan Of
work for which we are not prepared 70 sug-
eest a remedy, but TO which We desire to
call attention ID the hope that ct this or
some succeeding. convocation remedy
may be suggested. The matter to which
We sllude II the fact that our work Ct pres
ent is confined almost entirely to
large centres of population, and the nun.
drcds Of thousands In little hamlets and
upon farms ere never brought within
the circle OF the church's ind uence'
One Of the most serious obstacles 70 the
growth OF the church, and ~hicn has been
alluded to on former occesions, is the ire
ouencv with which the clergy change their
aeld Of lsbor. Whatever may DO the causes
OF these changes, the loss to the churcn 10
incslculs Able. and We cannot refrain from
expressing the earnest hope that henceIortn
no change will ever be lightly made or tor
any but the most pressing necessity:
wherever the clergy have remained longest
the work hes bssn done best, and the pros
nect for the future II the most encouraging
A new form tor psrochisl reports has
been issued this year. We consider 1t an
IMPROVEMENT on any thing we have hereto
fore seen, but Il 10 still imperfect and We
suaeest that anyone who notes any defects
in II and can suggest remedy, Will confer
4 great favor By communicating Of once
Win the secretary OF the conversation on
the subject.
reR.ster hes been kept, the reason essieoed
for THIS being 10 some instances that the
expense Of procuring proper BOOK was 700