Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-08
on DIOCESE.
TIE QUESTION OF A NEW DIOCESE TO CONE
UP THIS MORNING
II The Episcopal C0uHcil-Ths Address Of the
Bishop Given Ysssriay-Talk On
Work Among the Negroes.

auu VIII pfOoaoly precipltata the most
interesting debate Of the meeting. For
some time this matter has been agltated
and there seems to be a growing santi-
msnt in favor Of the new Diocese. Ina
letter which has been previously pub
lished Bishop Peterkn announced him
self in favor OF it and in his annual ad-
dress yesterday referred 70 the letter.
While favOring the division be is
taking no active part and
in his address refers the matter solely
20 the Council. The report OF the Com
|mittee on Division Of the Diocese aD-
pointed last year will DO read this
morning az ten o'clock, and will recon-
mend the division. A line following
the northern boundaries of Jackson,
ROane, Braxton, Webster aud Pocahon-
tas will probably be the division line if
q new Diocese is created.
Another matter that will draw out an
Interesting discussion will be the reso-
luton offered by Mr. B. NJ. Amber, re-
commenting some action favoring
church unity, which was made the
special order for 2 p. IN. to-day.
4nh bAehOF > ADDRESS
The annual address OF the Bishop was
read yesterday showing the number of
places visited In the last year In West
Virginia 20 be 60, elsewhere A., total
los. Visits 1G5 The number OF SER
mons and addresses was 253, other
services and meetings At. The Bishop
has baptized one person and performed
the marriage ceremony three times in
the last year, mas ordained one Priest
and one Deacon ia West Virginia and
four DeaCons in Brazil. Number Of
combinations TO West Virginia 500, in
Virginia 81, in Brazil -.
The Bishops address showed that the
receipts az the Scattering Arms Hos
pital TO have been SO $50. u for the last
year, the expenses So, 25S 90. There
have been 116 patients cared for at an
average cost Of SIS. "The Hospital is q
distlnctlvely church enterprise and this
laboring among q class neglected and
otherwise entirely uDprovided for has
the highest claim upon our sympathy
and support, said the Bishop
WORK AMONG THE NEGROES.
The RI. Rev. Bishop Peuick ai-
dressed the Council, yesterday after
noon upon the work Of the church
among the negroes. The negroes, be
said, form One-njnth OF our population.
Ia the South there is one for every two
white men, 10 the north one for every
fifteen. The most remarkable thiag
the world had ever known save the
incarnation Of Christ was the advance
of the negro race To- morality, re-
ligion, wealth and general progress.
No remnant Of any race has
ever made so bold stand
for existence as have the ne
gross since the war. They now
own property worth $500, 900, OOO There
are $4,000 professors and teachers
anOnQthbm, and 1000, 600 OF them can
- They have one church for every
$40 negroes, while the whites have only
one for about 500 persons. They have
education, religion, liberty, and they
are making a bold struggle for the bet
terment Of their race, though the strug-
gle must necessarily be a hard one.
The war cost eight times the market
value OF the slaves. II cost ten times
as much as all the circulating money Of
the United States, and in pensions we
pay now once 10 every ten years as
much money as there is In the United
States. To addition to the money cost,
three white lives had been lost for every
two negroes freed.
A people who had cost so much and
made such an effort 20 live should DO
worked for and saved. He spoke Of the
good results Of the work Of the church
among the negroes, and urged the ne
cessity for more OF TO-
Speaking OF the condition OF the
negroes OF the South, be paid that sec
tion a high tribute. The people of the
South pay annually for the education of
the negroes FIVE and a quarter million
dollars, which, considering the circum-
stances, Bishop PeniCk regarded as
heroic. He quoted census statistics
to show that even in the States
OF Louisiana, Mississippi aud
South Carolina, where they OUT.
number the whites, the condition Of the
negro. is two aud one-haIf times better
thar 10 the Northern States. Tdere is
aysmaller per cent. Of crime among
s6em, a smaller per cent. OF them in
prisons and 10 al the Southern States
they are shown by the Census 20 be
after class OF citizens shan 10 the North.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The Bishop appointed the follow ing
Committees of the Council:
State of the Caurch--Rsy. w. H.
Nelson, ID. d., Rev. c. c. Pearson, r.
c. Berkeley aad 2. C. Eastman.
Admission OF New Churches-Rev
John S. Gibson, Rev. W. II. Burkhart,
E. T. Lee ald w. II. Baird.
Finance-W S. LaidIey, r. NJ.
Brown. M. c. Dimmick, L. II. SJrider,
w. p Watson and Joseph ID. Dubois.
Episcopal and Permanent Fund
Rev. j. ~. Woods, Rev. j. u. Foster,
w. H. Moss and b. c. Washington.
BrotherhOOd-Rev r. r. SwoDe, ID.
d., Rev. G. n. Campbell, PEBBLES Tatum
and VIM Queale.
Unfinished BusinesS-Rev. d. r. For
rest, ID. d., Rev. j. Birmingham, Z. 3. !
Bowie and George a. Baxter.
On metes and bounds OF parishes /
Rev. John $. Gibson, Rev. w. Burk- I
hart, w. 5. Laidley and Dr. @. A. Asch- /
man.
TO correct certain abuses OF the yes, /
try system-Rev s. s. Moore, d. D., /
Rev. C.. A. Gibbons, Judge Frank Beck f.
with, E. /. Lee.
MISSION WORK.
Rev. S. S. Moore reported for the EX- .
ecutiva Committee Of the Diocesan Mis- I
sionary Society. The fund for mission |
ary work has fallen of from So, 42S in /
1892 to 50, 159 in 1898 and Sl,739 10 1894. 7
80 addition to this the expenses have /