The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-07
DIOCESAN COUNCIL
or tho Episcopal Church of Wost
Virginia In Session.
NEARLY A HUNDRED DELEGATES
Arc Present from all Parts of tho
Stato-IntcreSting Services Wore
Held Yesterday Morning. Afternoon
nnd liyOning-MiSs Julia l;mory's
Address-The Programme for To-
day.

Yesterday was the first day Of tho
meeting in Wheeling Of tho Diocesan
Council Of the Protestant Episcopal
church OF West Virginia, aud tho opcn-
ing session was attended fully ns well
"a expected, nearly n hundred dele
gates representing both tho clergy and
lalty being present. The session con-
tinucs four days, concluding Saturday
with IN outing A. Altenhcim and
Wheeling Park which will DO q pleasing
wind-up OF tho meeting.
The number OF delegatca who had
arrived Tuesday evening waS consider.
able and yesterday many more arrived
on tho several railroads. Tho visitors
wcr0 received at tho stations BY mem.
bers Of the Brotherhood OF St. Andrew,
aud conducted to headquarters whore
they werc assigned quarters for the
week. Among yesterdays arrivals were
tho following: Rows. J. J. Newman, Of
Cairo; pierson, OF Morgan:own Gravatt,
Of Charlestown; Mcssrs. Cause, OF the
Virginia Seminary, Alexandria, Va ;
NJ. q. Dimmick, OF Huntington: Alex
Parks, OF MartinsburG; B. G. Washing
ton, Of Chnrlcstown James Eastman, of
Martinsburg, md Prof. Berkeley, OF
Morgantown.
MORNING SERVICES.
The morning services wero held At
1920 o'clock in st. Matthew'S church,
and we're conducted by Right Rev.
Bishop George ". Peterkin. OF Parkers.
burg, assisted by Rev. DR.. X. Rush
Swope, OF this city; Rev. DR.. S. Scolley
Moore, OF Parkersburg; Rev. Mr.. Brook.
ing, OF Point Pleasant, and Rev. Mr..
Birmingham, OF St. .Luke's church, this
city. The church never looked
handsomer than it did yesterday with
the recently completed Improvements.
Tho sermon wa delivered by Rev. DR..
Nelson, Of Shcpherdstown, the text be-
ing The kingdourCome."
After tho services were concluded 1t
wa found 10 DO too late to start the
business work OF the scheduled session,
and it was laid oyer until this morning:
At noon tho delegates lunchcd at the
Fort Henry club. Lunch is served to
them every day ut theclub. through the
courtesy OF tho ST. Matthew's church
congregation.
In tho afternoon tho delegates Assem-.
bled in the lecture room OF ST. Matthew'S
to hear tho addrcssof Miss Julia Emory,
OF New York, on the work OF
THr woNHy'S AUXILIARY
OF the missionary society, a, an organi-
zation. The talk was extremely inter-
esting, and was OF course listened to
with attention and pleasure. these
auxiliary societies arc formed within
almost every Episcopal church, and
their principal work is the furnishing
OF supplies. clothing. etc, for the mis-
~sionaries OF tho church. This praise
worthy work has been pushed by the
ladies for twenty years, and tho
amount OF supplies furnished yearly
aggregates from 5000. 900 to $4,000.
making it one OF the most progressive
and successful OF the women's church
movements.
Last evening Parson S. A. Hanes, OF
Indianapolis, gave an interesting ad-
dress on the work OF 'the Brotherhood
OF St. Andrew to Il large audience at the
lecture room OF St. Matthews. Mr.
Hancs is a travelling man who take.
great interest in the work OF this society
OF young men. and HIS talks on the.sub-
ject arc invariably full OF enthusiasm
that is infectious.
To-day's programme includes the
business session OF the council, which
takes place at St. Matthews at 1880
o'clock, when Bishop Peterkin will de-
liver his annual address. The morning
service will occur ut II O'Clock, and the
sermon will be by Rev. Mr.. Thomas, OF
Martinsburg. In the afternoon there
will be a business session lasting from
I:30 to Up. N. At the evening session
diocesan missions will be discussed.