The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-16
ADJOURNED FOR A YEAR.
THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CON-
VENTION's WORK ENDED.

ton to the Bishoprtc-His Reply TO
tie Committee "A Delegation to
Carry a Formal Notification to the
Pishop-eIect-The Closing Proceed
Ings of the Convention-The Mission
Work and the State OF the Church.
The Conventions New Of1csrs-The
Next Session to be Held IN Column
bus.
The Episcopal diocesan convention ed-
journed yesterday at ? o'clock. The next
convention will be held in Trinity church,
Columbus, May II. 1892.
The convention met at 10 O'Clock yester-
day morning to finish up the mission bust
ness and to hear the reports of the commit
tees. The attendance vas not 50 large as it
was the previous day, the election Of a
bishop having been disposed Of and the in
terest of the public somewhat dulled. Most
of the delegates were in their places, how
ever.
After the convention was called to order
for business by President Hunter. on motion
of Col. z. d. Harrison, committee of three
was appointed to notify DR.. 7. F. GaiIor Of
his election. The president appointed Rev.
C. G. Williams, Rev. II. <. Rees and Col.
u. u. Harrison.
DIR. GAILoR NOTIFIED.
The committee dispatched the following
telegram:
Rer. Taos. y. GaiIor, Unioersitv Of the South,
Serdnee, Tenn:
In behalf of the convention Of the diocese we
beg leave 20 notify you that you were last
night elected bishop of Georgia on the first bal
lot. Please acknowledge receipt Of this notifi-
cation, Q. @. WILLIAMS,
Y ID. HARRISON.
The missionary work was taken up by the
convention, having been made the order Of
the day for 10 o'clock.
DR.. II. G. White of Athens moved that
5000 be appropriated for mission work In
lieu Of the present appropriation Of $500,
that the enlargement of the bounds of the
church in Georgia might be pushed more
vigorously. He said that bis church at
Athens-Emanuel-wo double its appro.
priation for this purpose.
w. @. Charlton, ESQ.,, read report show
ing what the church had been doing in the
way OF missionary work
Rev. y. F. Reese Of Macon said he did not
see why the appropriation should be
increased from $500 to 5000 when there
Is q balance of 81 900 in the treasury from
last years appropriation still unused.
TEE MISSIONS APPROPRIATION.
A resolution by Rev. G. C. Williams pro-
viding for an appropriation of IS, 500 for
mission work, 10 be added to the 81 900 was
carried.
Something of stir was caused by the
announcement by Rev. Robb White that
Christ church intended to decrease her APP
preparation for mission work by $500 this
year on account of mission work of it's
own which it had undertaken in Savannah,
and upon which 1t would expend several
thousand dollars. Christ church has been
the heaviest contributor to this work for
years, perhaps ever since the organization
of the diocese. Mr.. White said he thought
some Of the other churches were able to in
crease their appropriations.
A number Of speakers trained their guns
upon the delegates from Christ church In
an endeavor to cause them to recede from
the position they had taken, but without
changing their determination. Instead of
$500, Christ church will only give $500 to
the mission work of the diocese this year.
Their appropriations to other causes will be
as liberal as heretofore. The mission which
they have established in the lower portion
of the city will cost them heavily for the
first two or three years
EXTRA CONTRIBUTIONS BY PARISHES.
A motion that the deficiency caused by
the action Of Christ church be made up by
extra contributions from the other churches
prevailed, and the roll of parishes was
parishes contributed, most Of them very
literally, some of them doubling their APP
propriations st. Johns. Savannah
Trinity, Columbus, and the Church of the
Atonement contributed 800 each. The
total extra contributions from the parishes
amounted to $719 %.
Rev. G. II. Strong read the report of thu
committee on constitution and canons. rec>
ommending some minor changes, which
were adopted.
Rev. g. B. Hudkins, Of the committee on
the state OF the church, submitted the fol-
lowing report;
TEE STATE OF THE CHURCH.
The statistics as gathered from the incou-
plete data given in the various parochial
and missionary reports render 1t impossible
70 compare the present state of the church
with that published in the journal of the last
diocesan convention. The cause is attrib-.
uted to the neglect of many parishes and
mission stations In sending In any report.
Some of the largest parishes have neglected
their duty In this respect. Your committee
would respectfully request that the clergy
men and wardens of the diocese send In
their full reports to the secretary of the
convention in time TO be printed in the next
journal.
With no bishop, the list of clergy num-
boring only thirty-one economically residents
OF the diocese. only twenty-eight doing the
work OF the church, the splant-
ing" and watering have been
deplorably little, and consequently
the increase is not. For the ingathering
of the fruits of Gods vineyard is in proper
tion to the number and diligence of its
laborers. The Macedonian cry, "Come
over and help u.s." is heard throughout the
land from the hills and valleys OF Georgia
70 its ocean-washed shore. The harvest is
truly great, but the laborers are lamentably
lew. 1t is meet and necessary, therefore,
that the "fsithful few should become more
fervent and incessant in praying that the
Lord Of the harvest send forth more labor
ers into bis harvest field.
THE DIocEsE's FINANCIAL TATUs.
In one sense the financial reports mad
by the parishes and diocesan treasurer seem
encouragingly good, because of the un.
usually large balance on hand, but when i,
Is remembered that much of the surplus Ii
Que to the lamentable fact O
the few missionaries in the fiels
1t is really discouraging, al
unhealthy state of affairs. The demanC
for missionaries is greater than the supply
and IL the needed workers could be sent int,
the field he would never hear Of a balance
IN the treasury. 1t is gratifying news &c
hear that SO many faithful lay workers ar,
doing what they can to build up the church