Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-01
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
Correspondence of Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND. Va, Jan. 81. 1894.

RICHMOND; va, Jan. OIL, 1o91.
The council assembled for divine SER
vice at ten O'Clock in st. Paul's Church.
The bishop of the diocese, Revs. DR..
Carmichael, DR.. Walker, B. NJ. Ran
dolph and w. c. Latane, were in the
chancel The communion service alone
was used, at the close Of which the
council met for business.
The secretary read, at the request Of
the bishop the authoritative cali for
this council, after which the secretary
read the names of clerical and lay dele
gates, reporting 81 clerical and 80 lay
delegates present.
The bishop then read his address
with reference to the call of this coun-
ell. He said he had hoped at the last
council his health could improve, but
during his fall vistations in the diocese
this hope was dispelled. His physician
told him that he could never visit the
country parishes again. and at the adj
vice of many of the clergy, especially
those of the city of Richmond, this
council was called.
The bishop will assign to the assist
ant bishop, if elected, the visitation and
oversight of the country parishes and
some of the cities.
The council moved to 60 into the
election OF an assistant bishop, but pre-
vious TO this the committee on finance
met in the vestry room and the coun-
ell waited for its report.
4 question was asked about the au-
thority of the assistant bishop.
The bishop explained that wherever
the assistant bishop went he went with
full authority, although he (the bishop
reserved to himself the right of yisitiI 6
any parish whenever he could do so.
The bishop said he would speak plain
" to the council and wished it
to be understood that he had
no intention of resigning his
authority and responsibility as long as
he held the office. He had thought OF
resigning the episcopate, but for two
reasons he could not. First, he had no
means of living without it; and, sec
ondly, the House OF Bishops was very
unwilling to accept any resignation eN-
cept for some very great emergency.
Mr.. Joseph r. Bryan then read the
report of the finance committee as fol-
lows: ''That the general expenses of
the diocese, except the salaries of the
bishops, be the same as heretofore and
that the bishops each receive 5000 per
aunum, the bishop to retain the episco-
pal residence and the assistant to pro-
vide his own house"
A discussion was held on the report
of the finance committee, during which
the Bishop called Rev. G. W. Nelson to
the chair. The report of the committee
was finally carried, to take effect upon
the conservation ofthe Assistant Bishop.
The council was now declared by the
Bishop to be open for the election of an
Assistant Bishop.
A resolution of sympathy with the
Bishop, regretting the necessity of the
call for this council, was unanimously
carried by rising vote.
The council engaged in silent prayer,
at the request of the Bishop, before pro-
ceeding to the election.
After some discussion about the
meaning of the canon on the election
of bishop the council adjourned till 5
o'clock for lunch.
WEDNESDAY, 8 O'CLOCK P. NJ.
The following names were put in
nomination for Assistant Bishop Rev.
DR.. Newton, by Rev. B. NJ. Randolph
Rev. John X. Mason, by Rev. H. 3.
Lee; Rev. Robert Gibson. by Rev. Ian
don Mason; Rev. A. S. Lloyd, by Rev.
S. S. Hepbron Rev. Robert A. Good
win. by Rev. w. Latane; Rev. Lewis
w. Burton by Rev. Carl Grammer /;
Rev. DR.. K. Nelson, by Rev. Professor
Crawford.
The first ballot was cast and resulted
as follows. Mason, I; Newton, 49, Bur
ton, 10; r. A. Gibson, 8; Kinloch Mel
son. 4: A. S. Lloyd, .; w. NJ. Dame, ..
Lloyd and Dame were dropped, and
the next ballot found DR.. Newton and
Mr.. Burton in the lead, DR.. Newton
being one ahead.
After three fruitless ballots council
adjourned until o'clock.
DR.. Newton was nominated on tie
fifth ballot, when the election by the
clergy was made unanimous.
The election was then confirmed by
the laity with only one dissenting vote.
DR.. Newton was presented to the
council by Rev. Carl Grammer and
made an earnest and affecting address.
The signatures of the members of the
Council were then appended to the GER
titicate of DR.. Newton's election, and
after the usual devotional services with
prayer for the bishop in his bereave-
ment, the council adjourned sine die at
q quarter after ten at night.
Just before the balloting began Rev.
H. B. Lee, Of Charlottesville, took the
floor. He had question to PROFOUND
which would probably bring out some
further discussion and possibly some
feeling. He, however, felt, he said, it
his duty TO ask if one of the gentle
men placed in nomination did not
hold unorthodox views with reference
to the doctrine of eternal punishment.
(He alluded 10 Rev. Robert Gibson.)
Professor Grammer defended vigor-
ously the gentleman to whom Mr.. Lee
referred. He asked If the council
should be influenced by rumors about
mans views, and thought that the
council was no place to decide such
roo.tar- The remarks of Mr. ea