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because he thought that If there were two
dfoceses In place of one each bishop could
than one can do now with such a large
territory under his charge. The work of
the diocese has materially increased since
the days Of Bishop Whittingham and even
slnce the days OF Bishop Pinkney Still, If
1t Is the will of the convention that the
diocese be not divided he would still con-
tinue to do the best work he could for the
charge intrusted to his keeping 1t was
the general welfare of the church and the
advancement of it's work that they were all
seeking, and not the personal comfort of
the bishop. AS for himself. Ie would say
frankly that he thought that ten years
hence church life would be much stronger
in each diocese if division were made.
When the subject of division was first
brought up, the bishop said, he had stated
that he would never give his consent. as
required by the law of the church. unless
he was satisfied as to the proposed settle
ment OF two most important matters The
DIVISION must be made along lines that
would be fair and equitable to both inter
ests concerned. Furthermore, he would not
consent unless he was assured that seemly
ana satisfactory provision would be made
Tor the proper support of each bishop.
During the convention the Washington en-
doWment committee would report that they
mad succeeded in raising sufficient
amount to guarantee the proper support of
bishop for the new diocese if the division
be made. As to Baltimore he was not so
clear, but he felt sure that a satisfactory
report would be made.
Misunderstanding Explained
The bishop said that he had been rather
misunderstood in the matter of the condi-
tions which he had laid down. He had insist
ed that an equitable division be provided for
rot an equal division. Neither had he said
that endowments were necessary so large
that no assessments would have to be
made, but only that no material in
crease In the assessments would be nee
essary.
The, bishop closed his address after re-
iterating the statement that 1T was in his
belief that the interests of the church
would be enhanced. and not as a measure
OF relief for the bishop, that he advocated
the division of the old diocese of Maryland
The bishop said: But earnestly as l still
think division advisable. cannot count the
action OF last year as irrevocable New
light may have come to some New light
ought to have come to us all. 1t may be
that careful and thorough reconsideration
may only the more strongly confirm our
former convictions. If those views We're
right they will stand all the light that can
De thrown upon them. and will be the surer
for it. What we all seek is the real
strength and welfare of the church: its
greater power and effectiveness as Christ,
instrument and servant in perpetuating and
spreading His blessings for mankind. Let
US seek that in our thoughts and d 'scussion.
Let us seek that in our votes, and above all
seek 1t in our prayers, that God, the Holy
Ghost, may lead us into the right, may
u
and help us to choose and to do what He
Wills"
At the conclusion of the bishops address
contribution was taken up for the beue-
mt of the diocesan mission fund, and then
the bishop administered the sacrament of
holy communion to all such as desired to
partake. The religious service closed with
the singing OF recessional hymn.
The Delegates Present.
Shortly after noon the convention as
for h,c
presiding officer, had his chair and table
IN the pulpit, and called the meeting to
order at 12:1O o'clock.
The secretary of the convention, Rev.
PereSrine Wroth Of Baltimore. read the
roll of the delegates, which showed that
the following were present:
The Clerical Delegates.
William Paret. DID,, LID, Thos G. Ad-
Olson. DID,, D. p Allison, VIM. A. Alrich.
John c. Anderson, John A. Aspinwall, Thos.
Atkinson, Thos. S. Bacon, DID,, David
Barr. Frank H. Bigelow. C. w. Bispham,
Geo. F. Bragg, jr.. William F. Brand, ST
D.. William Brayshaw James A. Buck,
Clarence Buel, William c. Butler. John w.
Chesley. Thos. Spencer Childs. DID. Fred.
w; Clampett. James w. Clark. J. T. Cole.
Edward A. Colburn. Stuart Crockett, Will
liam NJ. Dame, DID, Willard G. Daven-
port. Geo. Fiske Dudley John H. Elliott,
STD, John Arthur Evans, Nelson Falls,
Joseph Fletcher. W. NJ: Gilbert, Theo. C.
Gambra!l, J.: G. CAN'T. William F. Gardner,
Frank NJ. Gibson. Frederick Gibson. Walter
p Griggs, p. F. Hail. Alfred Harding.
Carroll E; Harding. Hall Harrison. DID,,
VIM. A. Henderson. Chas. A. Hensel, Jesse
Higgins. Albert NJ. Hiliker, Edward Fl
dnsle, Osborne Ingle. Arthur S. Johns,
Ws9rs Vhomas sEmnr J9hnsrone 5s6ez C. Koon j.
J: N. E. Mckee. R. #. McRim. DID,. A.
De Rosset Meares. w. A. Mitchell, Francis
j. Clay Moran, Edw. NJ. Mott. W. D: Nor
gan, Reginald H. Murphy, r. G. Osborne.
Thos. ]. Packard Coupland R. Page. Jas.
j.: Page, Robert H. Paine. VIM. p. Painter,
Adolphus T. PindelI. Jas. E. Poindexter,
f. Andrews Poole. Arthur C. Powell, VIM.
III. Y. Powers. ]. B. Purcell, Md: P. NJ.
Prescott. John G. sadtler. J. Julius Sans,
DID,: Alex. Mackay-Smith, DID,; c.
Ernest Smith. Hobart Smith. Jas. L.
Smiley. Levin J. Sothoron, William S.
Southgate, DID,; George B. Stone. Chas. F.
Scntag. John NJ. Todd, Thomas o. Tongue,
]. L. Townsend. STD: VIM V. Tunnel,
3. 7. Turner. Maurice H. Vaughan, Rich
bert F. Williams. Robert S. w. Wood. Ed
ward w. Wroth, Peregrine Wroth.
The Lay Delegates.
Jas. F. Aston. James NJ. Anderson, Sam'l
H. Anderson, Thos. Armstrong, Robert
Atkinson, II. 3. Bird. p. A. Bowen, A. o.
Brady. ]. Tnos Bronze Arthur 5. Browne,
Barnabas Bryan. w. w. Burdette, -
Bundy. Rich. b. B. Chew, Theo. s. Corner,
alt; Thomas Cradock, Fearce Crosby, ].
c. b. Davis, Lewis J. Davis, ]. Marshall
Dent, Chas. G. Emack. VIM. r. Fluharty,
VIM. F. Focke Thos. J. Franklin. Aug. Y.
Gray, John B. Gray. VIM. Il. Griffith, John
H. Hancock, Edwin b. Hay. Chas w. Hen
derson,- j.; Seth Hopkins, sam'l ]. Hough.
Jno. w. 1slrhart, H. Irwin Keyser, Chas.
King. William C. Kloman. Thomas H
LOCKER, Lloyd Lowndes, John a. Lynch,
MCGEE, f. Abbey Martin, Jno. T. Mason,
r.: Thos. McGilton. VIM. A. MeIoy, Chas.
W. Michael. VIM B. Mobley. John Moores,
JOS. r. Owens. Joseph Packard, IT., John
G. Parke. H. E. Pellew. f. G. Perine, John
70. Phillips. Franklin A. Pilling, VIM. w.
Poole, Geo. f. Rairsford. Phil. X. Reilly,
Edw. y. Rich. Alex. H. Robertson, Con-
WY W. Sans, Charles Fl. Stanley, J. Penn
broke Thorn, Daniel NJ. Thomas, Geo Trues-
dell. Seymour W. TUlloch. Cecilius e. War
field, John W. Warner Elkanah N Waters,
VIM. II. Waters, John F. Welbourn. alt
Sam. r. Wheatley, Harry c. Whiting Philip
c. Williams. j.. \. Wilmer. Skpwith VIII
mer, Chas. II. Wyatt.
The list of lay delegates was only a pro-
visional roll, as the names have au to be