Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-19
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
SECOND DAY.
Na Nav Is 1893.

WINCHESTER, Va, May is, 1898.
The council met atI.halfpast ten
o'clock and was opened with divine
service. Morning prayer was read by
the Revs. Preston Nash, Of Richmond,
and H. B. Lee. of Charlottesville: KEY.
Hartley Carmichael, of Richmond,
preached the sermon from st. John 10;
IS, "They hated me without a cause.
At the close of divine service the
Bishop called the Council to order 1or
business. After the reading of the
minutes by the secretary the Bishop
appointed the regular committee OF
the council. He then made his annual
address which we summarize as FOL
lows: He began by saying that the con-
ditions under which the council meets
are greatly changed and very sad ow-
ing to the death of several of the clergy
and the fact that half of the original
diocese is now separate organization.
He thought the line of division adopt
ed by thecouncil held at Danville an
unwise one, but as he could not be
present he did not feel at liberty to
withhold his consent. The action of
the last council on division was con-
firmed by the general convention and
primary council of the new diocese
met in St.Paul's church, Lynchburg,
for organization Nov. 18th, 1892, at
which the Bishop made an address
which he desired to be placed on the
minutes of this council. The Bishop
referred to his illness and gave a sy-
nopsis of Bishop Randolph's work prior
to the confirmation of the division of
the diocese, and his own as follows:
Episcopal visitations Al, combinations
3i2, postulants received S, can
didates for deacon's orders, admit
ted l, present number of candi-
dates for deacon's orders /
white and l colored, total 2; can
didates for priests orders, admitted, s
present number %, deacons ordained 3,
presbyters 4, ministers deceased 3, let
tiers dimissary given 6, accepted 2,
churches consecrated 8, lay readers IL
censed 20, present number of ministers
(of whom are in Brazil and 8 are COL
ored) so, number of churches and chap
els IA colored) LA. By the death OF
DR.. Dashiell the council was left with
out a secretary at most important
iuncture. AS the canons make no pro-
vision for such an emergency the Bish-
op appointed Miss Dashiell, who was
most competent for the work, besides
having her fathers papers in possession,
to perform the duties of the office until
the meeting Of council. AS she has
done the work efficiently he requested
that her fathers salary be continued TO
her up to the date of the election of the
new secretary. Rev. w. NJ. Clark has
been appointed on the board of exam
lining chaplains to take the place of the
Rev. B. D. Tucker, now in the new do
cese. Rev. J. J. Norwood has resigned
the position of evangelist, leaving only
Rev. Everard Meade i'll the field. The
Bishop urged the importance of keeping
ND the country parishes, as the city
churches received number of mem
bers from them, and most of the candl-
dates for holy orders also come from
this source. He thanked the children
of the diocese for their liberal contribu-
tions to diocesan missions during Lent,
and commended most highly the work
of the Woman's Auxiliary, urging the
formation of branch in every parish.
The Bishop referred in feeling terms to
the deceased ministers, Revs. X. X.
Meade, ]. S. Hanckel and t. G. Dash
iell. He also expressed himself as able
to manage the affairs of the diocese
without other assistance.
The election of the standing commit
tees of the council was next in order.
The standing committee of the do
cese of last year was elected by ballot.
On the diocesan missionary committee
Revs. II. B. Lee and S. A. Wallis were
elected to take the place of Rev. Drs.
Glib son and Dasheill, deceased, and MIR.
F. d. Beveridge instead of Mr.. A. D.
Blair, resigned. On the committee on
church property Rev. Dr. J. B. Newton
was elected instead of the late DR..
DasheiH, and on the board of trustees
of the fund for the relief of disabled
clergy Rev. DR.. James Grammer sue
ceeds Rev. ]. B. Funston, now of South
ern Virginia. Messrs. Julian T. Burke
and L. NJ. Blackford were elected as
trustees of the Episcopal fund in place
of Messrs. Arthur Herbert and G. R..
Hoof, resigned. The report of the
brotherhood was handed in by Rev. L..
w. Burton, who also held the report of
the woman's auxiliary asking that it be
printed as an appendix to the
journal. Rev. G. NJ. Murray asked that
the committee Oh the relation of con-
vocational to diocesan missionary work,
of which he is a member, be discharged.
The Bishop appointed one to succeed
this consisting of Revs. H. B. Lee, Car
ter Page, and Messrs. David Meade and
J. C. Cooke.
The report of the committee on the
substitute for article V. of the diocesan
constitution which was submitted by
Mr.. L. NJ. Blackford yesterday, was
next offered and recommended for
adoption. There was minority of the
committee opposed to the substitute,
Revs. James Grammer, D. d., and G.
w. Nelson. Discussion followed in
which Revs. DR.. Grammer, G. w. Mel
son, Messrs. l.. M. Blackford and
Joseph Bryan took part. As the hour
of adjournment now arrived the coun-
Gil took recess until four o'clock.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
The council was called to order at
4 p m. by the Bishop. The discussion
of the morning was continued by Major
r. Taylor Scott, Professor Grammer,
Major John Page, and L. NJ. Blackford.
A vote was called for by orders on this
question and the substitute was lost.
Rev. Angus Crawford moved that
PRAYER be offered at the missionary