Democratic messenger., 1892-06-11
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The Annual Convention of the
Diocese Of EastOn.


Diocese OF EastOn.
\TM twenty-fourth annual conven-
tioR of the diocese of Easton met
Tdesdly in All lIallows' Church, in
ythis town. This year IS the two hun
drcdth Anniversary of the .ill Hal
lows parish, it having been founded in
l692.
During the past year extensive i'm
provements have been made upon the
church, and many handsome and cost
ly memorials placed within its walls,
all of which have been described here
tofurc in the MESSENGER.
The list of ministers and lay dele
gates present were af follows: The
Right Rev. w. +. ADAMS, Rev. n. K
Walker and Wm. Il. Martin. Easton;
Rev. II. G. Collins and Or. lIardCas-
tie, Trappe; Rev. e. Denroche and
Geo. Bell, Rev. X. +. Clute, George
d. Waller and I. Z. Turpin, QuantI-
Co; Rev. ). c. Roberts, W. ; Walk
er, Chestertown; Rev. G. +. Buck anc
General Iardcastle, Easton; Rev. VIM
Mumford, DIR. John Fulton, of Sails
bury, CDR Fulton's father was at one
time rector of All llallows); Rev
Algernon Bate, formerly, for eight
years, rector of All lllllows', and ".
II. Newman, Church Hill; Rev. II. Il
Martin aud lion. Levin Water, oI
Princess Aune; Rev. W. Y. Bevan,
George K. Goldsborough, Easton,
Rev. 4. L. Barber, DIR. I. II. Viii
lians, Cambridge; Rev. q. {. sutton
}. II. Ireland, tialena; Rev. c. II
Nandyne, {. c. Lloyd, Pocomoke
City; George NJ. Russum, Denton;
Rev. II. Davidson, X. Clanahan, Port
Deposit: Re-. Y. Duncan, Earlsvllle;
Rev. Oliver II. Murphy. Dr. W. II
Gale, Rev. G. Ewing, John ;. Sudler,
Fairinount; Rev. W. Schooler, DIR. K
c. Mackall, Eikton; Rev. j. NJ. Bry
an, \. Bosley, Cambridge, Rev. I. B
Adkins, Elstun; Rev. }. X. Joyner,
John r. purnell, Berlin, Rev. j. A
Mitchell, Hooper Gibson, Centreville;
Rev. q +. Bevans, W. +. Barlow
lllllsborough; Rev. G.. b. Cooke, II
; Condon, North East; Rev. Robert
Scott, Snow Hill. \ number I la
dies, representing the Women's Aux
iIlary of Domestic and Foreign Mis-
sions were present Confirmation SER
vices were held Monday evening prior
to the meeting of the convention oI
Tuesday, and class of six was CON
lirmed by Bishop Adams as follows
Jennie Ilurlock, Hattie Pennewell
Mrs. Jas. Il. Purnell, Mrs. James II
Selby and Harold Bochm.
The convention was called to order
promptly at 1870 a. III. by Bishop
ADAMS and ut once proceeded to busi-
ness. The morning session was de-
voted mainly to examining the Gre
dentials OF the clerical and lay
delegates and it IVES found that
twenty-five clergymen and about the
same number of laymen were present.
The afternoon session was largely
given To the discussion of the case of
It, Matthews Parish VS. Rev. + ;
llipkins upon winch case the Court OF
Appeals made Il recent decision The
following committee was appointed to
confer with the Maryland convention
upon the sui jcct The Bishop, Revs.
4. Bate. Dr. Barber and Chancellor
James Alfred Pearce. The evening
session was of missionary character
relating to missionary work in the
diocese.
On Wednesday the reports Of the
various committees were read and Of.
iicers elected to fill the various posi-
tions in the diocese the old officers
with one or two exceptions were re-
elected. The delegates to the general
convention are Revs. DIR. Barber,
Walker, Mitchell, aud Schooler, and
the lay delegate, Chancellor J. \.
Pearce. The evening session was held
in the interest of the Womans AuXil-
liary to the Board of Missions and was
of highly interesting character. The
sessions of the convention were all
well attended the evening sessions es-
pecially So, the church upon these
occasions being filled to Overflowing
The music was of an unusually fine
character, the choir being assisted by
the truly magnificent aud highly cul-
turcd voices of Mrs. Jesse Higgins
and Miss Sheppard. The visitors with
a few exceptions returned to their
homes ON Thursday morning highly
delighted with their visit to Snow
Hill, and loud in their praises of the
beauty of our town and the generous
hospitality of our citizens.