The Portland daily press., 1892-06-15

The whole amount of the episcopal
fund was reported at 500, 796.0s.
A resolution was adopted expressing
congratulations to Bishop Austin of
British Guiana on the completion of half
century of service as bishop.
Canon Sills read the report of the
Cathedral Chapter. Among other items
of interest, he said that the sum of $780,
30 had been spent during the year for re-
pairs on the cathedral. The new build
ing now erecting will cost $1,000 and will
be completed in about two months. A
memorial window for Walter F. Tibbetts,
farmer vestryman, has been placed in
the new building.
Mr.. Charles B. Greenleaf was unan-
imously chosen treasurer of the diocese
for the coming year.
Atthis point the convention adjourned
until o'clock.
At IL o'clock the convention sermon
was preached by Rev. Theodore A. Allen
of Wiscasset.
AT one o'clock lunch was served at
Canon Sills's residence for the visiting
clergy and their wives.
In the afternoon Bishop Nicely deliv-
cred his annual address. of which the
following is an abstract:
Bishop Nicely spoke of the fact that
after 25 years service in the office of
bishop he is still in the place. He then
referred in appropriate terms to the mem
bers of the house of bishops who died
during the year. He gave a review of
his episcopal acts during the year, COM
mencing with special episcopal vista
ton to the diocese of Nova Scotia. I'M
dertaken during the sickness of the
bishop of that diocese. While there he
confirmed 1877 candidates and consecrated
a chapel.
The bishop then spoke of attending the
graduating exercises of st. GATHERINGS
hall, the school for girls of the diocese.
He visited Henderson, where services
had been for some time conducted by a
lay reader, and where chapel has since
been built and services maintained. Fol-
lowing on the line of his Episcopal labors
and travels through the diocese the
bishop spoke of the progress of the work
in Sherman, Aroostook county, as the
result of the labors of candidate for
holy orders, Mr.. Irving of New York,
who is to have charge of the same mis-
sion for the present summer. St. AIMS
chapel at Kennebunkport is now almost
completed and will be consecrated this
summer. He spoke of having visited the
missions in Aroostook county and of the
marked progress of the work there large
ly due to the efforts oil candidates for
orders.
Bishop Nicely spoke of the withdrawal
OF Rev. Joseph Dingley to the diocese of
Massachusetts,, and the reception of the
Rev. ii. A. Remick, from the diocese of
New Hampshire. The Bishop reported
considerable progress made in the cree
ton of Trinity chapel, Deering, and paid
a touching tribute to the memory of
Mrs. Merrill, widow of the late Charles
b. Merrill. He also spoke of the late
Hon. George E. B. Jackson as a model
churchman, one who was not content
with claiming for the church standing
with other religious bodies, but who,
fully believing in the mission of the
church, gave to the church his full allie
glance. He spoke of the devotion of the
late Mr. Jackson to the work of mis-
sions, and of his love for the services of
the church. The Bishop spoke of his la
bors outside the diocese during the year,
dwelling briefly on a visit paid to Hobart
College, and to services he conducted in
Christ church, Rochester, New York, of
which he was the first rector.
After his return to his diocese, he was
present at the festival of vested choris-
tiers, and bore especial testimony to the
pleasure the occasion gave him. He
then spoke of the marked improvement
made in St. Peters church, Rockland,
and of the large congregations called to-
gether by the special service when the
church was re-opened after the compile
ton of the same. He told of the ses-
sions of the Board of Missions in Bangor
and elsewhere during the year, and of
the ordination as deacon of Rev. George
B. Nicholson. A feeling tribute was also
paid to the late Mrs. Jackson, widow of
the late George E. B. Jackson.
Bishop Nicely then went on to speak of
of his conservation to the episcopate. AT
ter returning thanks to the clergy and
laity of the diocese for their remem-
brance of the occasion. The bishop re-
ferred to the completion of the ''episco-
pate fund.- as a circumstance of especial
importance in the history of the year,
and returned thanks, not only to his own
people, but also to generous friends in
other dioceses.
The bishop then spoke of the late Mrs.
Ballard of Brunswick, a venerated
'Mother in Isreal."
After speaking of numerous visits in
other sections of the country, and of his
meeting the distinguished bishop of
Derry whose acquaintance he made at