Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-09
THE FIRST SESSION
OF THE EPISCOPAL COUNCIL OF
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA DIOCESE.
TIE ATTENDANCE IS VERY LARGE.
The sermon Preached by Rev. w.
q. Hullihen, of StauntOn-ROutinc
Business-The Dame Family-Fino
Looking body of Men.

DANVILLE. VA, Juno S-(Speclal)-
The seventh annual council of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Diocese OF Southern
Virginia convened here In Epiphany
church at 10 o'clock this morning. Bishop
Alfred Magill Randolph, ID. D., OF Nor
folk. presided. The attendance of dele
gates, clerical and lay, is large. About $50
are in attendance, besides a number of
visitors. The only disagreeable feature is
the suffocatingly warm weather. The Their
mometer lowered about the 90 mark at
noon.
The business session was preceded this
morning by a service Of worship, at which
a largo congregation of city people was
present The preliminary prayer service
was participated in by Rev. T. NJ. Carson,
Of Lynchburg; Rev. Beverly ID. Tucker, OF
Norfolk; Rev. ]. Cleveland Hall. OF Dan
Vile, and other clergy. Rev. W. q. Hulli-
hen, of Staunton. delivered the council
sermon from the text Second Peter. ill.,.
8: But beloved, be not ignorant of this
one thing, that one day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, and thousand
| years as one day" 1t Is pronounced a
thoughtful, scholarly address.
The Bishop administered holy commu-
Mon after the council sermon, nearly all
of the general congregation remaining
| through the service.
| ROUTINE BUSINESS.
| After an intermission of twenty min
utes following the communion service, the
| business session proper commenced at /
! O'Clock. The roll-call was followed by
| the announcement of the standing COM
| .i..4t. Cd fxin
the hours of the daily sessions from $3.50
A. NJ. to l p. NJ. and 3 to =. NJ, with a
provisor that the order for afternoon SEES
| sion be suspended for to-day.
The rules of order for the guidance OF
| last years meeting were adopted for This
session of council.
| Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, rector, submit
! ted, on behalf of the vestry OF Epiphany
| church, q resolution extending the privi-
| leges of the floor TO Rev. Mr.. Dame.
| The resolution was unanimously adopted.
The report of the committee having IN
| charge the matter of amendment 10 Ca
mons Z and IA was made the special order
| for II o'clock tomorrow.
| Council adjourned at / 80 p. NJ. until 9Se
tomorrow morning. Tonight general
! service was held, at which addresses were
made by several clerical delegates on the
work in the diocese during the year ana
the outlook FOR the next twelve months.
COUNCIL NOTES.
Nearly all the members OF the family
| of the late beloved rector Of Epiphany,
| Rev. George w. Dame. ID. D., are In the
city. Rev. w. NJ. Dame, d. D., OF Balti-
| more Md. is the guest of Rev. D. Cleve-
land Hall; Rev. Nelson p Dame, OF Win
chester, Va, is stopping with Mr. w. W
Waddill a prominent Baptist laymani
! Rev. George W. Dame, OF Baltimore, Is
the guest of his brother-in law, Mr.. Ro-
bert Brydon, who is also entertaining
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Thompson,
of Maryland, and Miss May p. Dame,
! of Richmond.
Bishop Randolph is the guest of Colone
| j. ~ Neal. The Bishop confirmed a
small class at $50 this morning.
Two OF the most popular ministers are
the Lloyds-John j., Of Lynchburg, and
| Arthur T.. OF Norfolk. The former is the
guest of Mrs. c. II. Cabaniss. and the
latter is stopping at the rectory, with
Rev. j. Cleveland Hall.
The Southern Virginia Diocese is large
| ly a country diocese. One might ma
turally conclude that the personnel of this
clerical body would suffer by compari-
son with gathering comprising larger
percentage of urban clergy. The infer
! ence would not be warranted by the ap-
/ pearance OF the delegates in attendance
who compose as Observation-Disclosures a
body as one would wish TO see.