The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-18
Diocesan Division.

Tie committee appointed to consider the
division of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Mary land is in favor of the proposed division
and wi | rec 'mmend the adoption OF resolu-
tiol.s with hls obi ct in view at the forth
Coming diocesan convention.
The report of the commit re reads, in part,
as follows:
Your co mmittce have three distinct points
submitted to them.
1.-The ACCESSIBILITY of division.
"II-The lines Of such division, if tholeht
advisable.
"lII.-The conditions TO be observed.
ain regard to the ACCESSIBILITY of division,
your comm tt e are fully persuaded that no
bishop ought TO be called upon to endure and
and pleform The Nork which is now laid up
OH the Lead of this diocese 1t is already far
more than any one man can satlsfatt )rlly dis
Charge. We ought to excl his high office far
above that est m .te which views a bishop as
merely conf ming agent, and to regard
him as a successor of those noble apostles, who
no. only confirmed and preached, but also
laid wise pains and devised strong policies for
the church at large and the church at home
''As We lonk at The present Diocese of Mary
land there seem to be four natural subdivisions
which might be erected into dOce,es, and
however populous the Stat. may become, it
does lot appear that more than these four
would ever be required. These four sui
divisions are:
s.EI xr,;tl fIaa .r,,
counties.
Sec ond-Frederick or Higerstown, tn
the northwestern cou'ies.
.'fhird-Washlngton with til, Dwer Polo-
mac coui tie.
"Fourh-Annapols, with the Chesapeake
counties.
'Keepin, these possible subdivisions In view
any action which may be taken now ought to
conform to these, aud there ale two possible
lines which wi so do. and at the same time
divide the preesnt diocese equally, both as to
extent of territory and as to numerical
strength
'The east md vest line, beginning at the
Paapsco river runs from the Chesapeake to
DIARIES of Baltimore, Carroll s nd Frederick
couhtias.
1--WE are strongly of the opinion that the
cas- md west line affords the wisest division,
because the western counties are altogh er,
both socially and commercially, inlimatel :
allied with Baltimore while the southern
counties are, for the most part, directly related
10 Washington.
1--WE are Of the opinion that It aps should be
t iker at once to secure the episcopal support
measures may be adopted t, obtain the con-
sent of the General Convention to the pro. posed
division OF the diocese.
The committee therefore recommend to
the convention the adoption of the followiI g
resolutions.
''That it is the sense of this coaventi N that
It is advisable TO divide the Diocese of Mary
Ian into two dioceses.
That the Di let Of Columbia. together
with the couIt'es of Prince Georges, st.
Mary's, Charles, MOI ;omery, Calvert, Anne
Arundel and Howard, constitute the territory
of the new diocese, leaving the remaining part
of the preser diocese to constit t. the Diocese
of Maryland.
THAT two committees he appointed-each
consisting of three clergymen and four laymen
selected respectively from the proposed doceses
who shall take such NE assures as they may
.em best to secure adeq nate support for the
two bishops.
s'rhat the present episcopal fund, together
with accommodating episc pal funds, be equally
divided between the the two dioceses.
THAT the commit re BE- disch arged from the
further consideration of the sui ,ct.''
The report is signed by Rev. Arthur Chi.
ton Powell Rw. j. S. B. Hodge s, Rev. Albert
r. st tart, Rev. A. G.. Haverstick, Lloy 1
Lowndes, Bernad Carter and Henry E Pei
lew.
Mr.. Skipwith Wilmer, a member of the com
miilee, appends to the report the following
81 concur in 80 much of the report as pre-
poses a division of the d ocese on the lines
therein laid down. Bat | think there shout,
has been ascertalned thro ugh commi ties ap
pointed for that purpose, whethe all endow
ment fund for each diocese can be secured
sufficient to render unnecessary any incIeas
in the present assessme mt on the alishes all,
congreg atoms"
Sunday SehnoI COnvantiOn at CharltO,