The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-18

Of the various churches. was finally re-
| jected by a vote Of 81 TO 50.
The secretary thon announced the time
and places when and where the various
standing committees would meet and. in
view Of the fact that all these meetings
were 10 take place during the afternoon.
| on motion Of Rev. George ". Nelson. the
Council took recess until o'clock in the
| evening.
Evening Session.
The evening session Of the Council
| opened nj SIS Il. NJ in 81. Paul s
church in the presence OF a large number
! of delegates and a good representation
OF the congregations from the various
Episcopal churches In the parish. blsh-
op Whittle read the evening prayer ana
at its close called on Rev. Preston NASH
the secretary OF the Diocesan Mission
Society, 10 submit his annual report
Mr.. Nash read a highly interesting
summary Of the work done by the Mission
Society during the past year which con-
tanned the following financial statement
The balance on hand ON May U.s. l,e. was
S2N-3W. while the receipts since then Up
20 May &c. 1870. aggregated S6.C-3Ci. maxi
/ ing q total of So $500. The disbursements
during that period amounted 90 {i.2l-.'o
! leaving balance on hand of $.l9i.0l.
The receipts from the various churches
! during the past year were H.lLa2 and
from the sunday schools. Sm2l2.
According 20 the report presented by
Mr. Nash the extension of the church
work IN some fields has been large. re-
curing Of course. large appropriation.
| This extra expenditure. however has
/ been Offset 90 a large extent by reduc-
tons made i'm other directions. There
are now thirty-four missionaries engaged
I f.. hrrf Do. BE- IU
Alexandria county three churches are
in existence with their own ministers. I'm
Charles city county one minister IS
looking after the three existing churches
and in New Kent county there are also
three churches. but no minister.
These thirty-f0ur miss 0nares are AZ
least iu part supported by the Missionary
Society. receiving from so % $500 an
nually but even with this additional
| compensation their average salaries are
less than $40 while in each case they
have at least six appointments. There
are fifteen counties in the diocese with
only one clergyman for each. while in
thirteen instances a clergyman has 10
look after two counties and in one case
one clergyman is IN charge OF three coun-
ties 1n one county New Kent no
clergyman is located and another county
has neither church nor chanel
LARGER CORPS NEEDED.
with the present corps 10 would be inn
possible 10 extend the church into the
remote sections Of the diocese. The need
of the latter is not for more energy ana
more conservation. but for more men,
which or course. means more expenditure
Of money II the church responds con-
scicnnously % these demands. then there
VIII be 10 lack OF means 70 maintain the
present force The Diocesan Missionary
Society is the life Of the parishes 30 the
country and its quarterly reports have
been very satisfactory and encouraging
20 the work done.
Rev. J. j. Gravatt. rector Of Holy
Trinity church "A members ~ the ola
executive committee Of the Mission So
ciety. was the first speaker OF the eNen-
ing He explained the nature or the
mission work iu the diocese which COM
prises a 90 square miles with N''0 Souls.
The church work is done by seventy-iVe
oergymen twenty-five OF whom are
supported by the cities and The Iheoiosi-
cal Seminary AT Alexandria. This leaves
fifty clergymon for the different counties.
of whom. as stated in Mr.. Nash s report,
thirty-four are at least BOO part supported
by the Mission Society. The diocese oI
Virginia is in "a different position from all
others. as 30 takes care of the entire
church work within its borders. As inc
counties send their crops 90 the clles TO
feed the people there, so they send also
their people there 20 help swell the cry
''.'7i 50 '.'i' - .t.-t. ..,s.s and give
~, a''o ,,,s.r',c.ilDs IN tho peoD.e
,H' il'0-77"'s ms ~ ..,,rtr,. roiea+
- w t--. -, cha cbu~.h
"'-'''i. 49, -, ~ mn, ~or---N-py
For a number OF years iu the past. three
'i " num- 49,. a.. rol,. orders
nuns ~ w. 80, .t.o co,,,tr, and nearly
l.' 49, 10 ,be eoveral churches
.,' rt1t,,,,,6 ~ nat an including the
u. ,,t.,,l- ~ tbe diocese. were reared
......,,,. AVID B.. seems therefore an
'n '-- t.,...s,, Ella. country There
@ 49, ,,,,. fn tha cities who con-
aye I"l '-li.... ,.., g., tho country.
b.. 49,. ,h,, tb. church needs moro
49,, .,5 ,,,ro means and I'm order 20
',',.''.- .--.s,or Interest AFR. Gravatt
-.,,,..t.5 ,h.t the diocesan secretary
t.f-, ta .,,,,orted bv the mission SOC
t..o,,e the editor of the paper
..I,,..l.., Wi N. should go 30
.verv parish and present 20 the congre-
cations the cause OF diocesan mission
work and also the cause or inc .o'le'y
ln distribution OF the prayer doom, -"
this could Doc effected. me 9"lI' WIZ" "'
additional expense OF Sb' per "nll'Ai'
Rev. j. i. Eliis, OF 'olooh7t-i.r "'1
the next speaker fe OK pid'leu 'li'' pc
has done mission WoIh J." l'.l7 "''r
Louisa coun,I'7 "H" "g
account oil ms sle"ei u7l'i5 '",
called attention 90 the eHecuFe Moih
lone by Christ church in Gomon7fl.Ie, oi