The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-08
DIOCESAN
I. CONVENTION,
Much Business Transact.
ed Yesterday Al
\ ternOOn.

! At the afternoon meeting Of the Die
oesan convention yesterday reports wer
received from the standing committees
missionary ana education committee, til
trustees Of the diocese, and the treasurer
Tho missionary aud cd ucation com mite
repoJted the following receipts: From
churches. sl.0l6.23; from Sunday schools
t89. 30; spscial offertorles, A5.49; persona
contributions. COZ. 1886 81; loan, ss9s balance
Rev. c. N. spsuldlng, R. L. Arm.
strong and y. r. Paynter were appointed
committee on now parishes.
Previous to tho business meeting Rev
NJ. Mnnsou preached the sermon from
tho text 81. Marx 4: 1884 After the bust
ness session the Bishop said:
Assembling, as We do for the first time
during my Episcopate In this parish Sc
dear to me because OF many most cherish
. Cd associations. / cannot but recall the
lives and labori Of the two devoted SER
wants Of God, to whose plety and liberal
ity 1t chiefly owes. under Him, its exist
eRce and the beginning of that efficiency
90 signally continued under Its present
Jealous and honored rector. The names
OF Alexis Irenee Du Pont and Joanna, his
wife. should ever be gratefully remember
cd, not only by this parish, but by the
whols diocese OF Delaware
Tho number Of our fell0w-ab orers
whom we have lost during the past year
has been unusually large They wore
Right Rev. j. II. ID. Wingfleld, d. D., the
late Bishop Of Connecticut; Right Rev.
Dr.. John Williams Among those whom
we have lost from our diocese, the one
whom we miss the most Is Rev. Charles f.
Musray,D, d., rector OF ST. Andrews
Chruch, Wilmington. who SO life and lab
ors during his residence in our midst for
nearly twenty years, drew all hearts to
him. Others are Mrs. Chares I. du Po mt
| .0f st. Andrews, Wilmington; Mrs John
| Norman Of DelaWags GfSy; Mrs. Mitchell
Of Milford; Miss Margaret Stuart Of Will
mington, Horatio w. Willetts, for many
| years senior warden Of Middlotown; Dav.
Ia j. Cummins sometime senior warden
Of SMYRNA; Robert Hill, junior warden of
the same parish; Hon. George p. Fisher Of
Milford; E. A. Van Trump of the parish
where we are now assembled; Captain
Stuart Of Christ Church. Christiana; and
Rev. Stanley F. w. Symonds one Of my
own sons in the Gospel, whom l ordained
both deacon and priest.
The bishop called attention TO the recent
commemoratiOn OF the bi-centennial OF
Old Swedes Church. and sad it reminded
us very forcibly of two members OF that
venerable parish who above all men of re-
cent years had devoted themselves to the
preservation OF that ancient editlce and
to the maintenance of Its best traditions.
The men were D.. Horace Burr and the
+ Hon Thomas f, Bayard. In his address
the bishop gave gpod deal of interesting
information concerning improvements
which had been made to churches of this
diocese, and the erection of parish houses.
In speaking of the statistics for tho past
convention year the bishop noted the
changes among the clergy. the confrlpa-
tion during the years the total Of which
wa' 427, ordinations to daconate and
priesthood. rostulants, candidates for
doacon's orders, aud summary of his |
own official acts during the year.
Changes among the clergy have been ~
foliows Rev. Horny Ward Cunning
ham was received from the Diocese of |
SNrlngf I'D. September Is, 1898; Rev.
Arthur +. Lewis from the Missionary Ju-
risdlction of Montana, October 49,. ls9B;
Rev. Clarence Dexter Woeden, from tho
Henry Thomas, from the Diocese Of West
ern Virginia, April 8, 1899; Rev. F. w.
Symonds, from the Diocese of Pennsylya-
mia. April l5, 1899; Rev. William M,
Jeffsries. D. d., from tho Diocese OF Texas,
May y, 1889: Rev. Edward Arthur Dodd,
ph q, by ordination, May 25, 1885, Rev.
Charles Murray, D. D., died January
died May-1s99 Rev. Albert R. Walker
has been transferred to the Diocese of Vir.
ginia; Rev. George w. Dame has been
transferred to the Diocese of Western New
York; Rev. Y. Gardiner Litsell, D. d.,
has been transferred to the Diocese Of New
York
Conflrmations-duringt the year have been !
|; Graos. Brandywine Hundred B: Old
Swehes. II: Trinity, 1s: ST. Andrews, II;
q. Johns Ssi Calvary. "a; Emmanuel. 4;
Chapel OF the Good Shepherd S; st. Mat
NEWS Mission, 4; elsewhere, 6; Whining
ION, Christ. Christiana hundred. z; I'm
manuel, New Castle. IL; Christ, Delaware
ClIy, 4; 81. James, Newport, 8; st. Bar
.rk 20; St. Anne's, Middletown, 8; 81,
Peters, Smyrna, s; Trinity, Clayton s;
Christ Dover, 4; ST. Stephens Chapel,
darlington, /; Christ Milford, 5; st.
.uke's, Seaford, 2; st. Philips, Laurel, s;
70 Paups Georgetown, 4; s.. Peters
ewes. 2: St. Johns Little Hill. 8; st.
Marks Little Creek, I; ST. Andrews, FL
"a Grove, 2. In addition ! have con-
lrined In the diocese of New York, SO; Al
any, 1923; Newark, "a; n total os 497. I
ave held tho following ordinations dur
ng the year: To the diacouote. Trinity Sun ,
ay. June 5, 1893, in St. Johns Church,
William Byrd Page Harri-
on and Samuel Harrington Littell;
thursday, In Witun Week. May rs.
'99 IN ST. Andrews Chnrch, Whining
IN, Edward Dodd, Phi. D. to the priest. h
ood; persons confirmed, 427; marriages |;
funerals. ~; number of deacons or !,
aimed, .; priests ordained, l.; churches
'nsecrated, l services of benediction, S;
'rner-stones laid, 4:clergym0n instituted, II
celebration OF the Holy Communion, ,1O5; V
rlnons and address, including address, n
confirmation classes, 297. |,
Officers were elected as folowa: n
COm1Oittee for tha opc,,;,u
ar, Revs; H. Ashton Horny, J. Layton T. :,
cKim, kinsey J. Hammond, Judge
radford and S. M. Curtis. o.
Di0cesasan missionary committee, Rows. p
:. J. W!lkie r: X; Miller, Francis G. Du p
9nt and John 8. Grohe. rs
\ atlohal missionary council, Rev. +. NJ. d
lnson and Joseph Swift. II
Committee on Delaware Cfurchmau. 4,
'ys leighton Coleman, j. P. Du HameI. \,
N. Munson, W. J. WiIkie, and John s. ~
oho, G. NJ. Curtis and Il T. Werner.
'glstrar, Rev. Martin B. Dunlap; treas.
or Of convention. w. r. Brinckle; trus-
q diocese for six years. W. r. Brnckle; no
Hail. George A. Elliott, clerk; arch- He
,oon of Dover, Rev George NJ. Bond: ne
lllam Denney, clerk. -.
\ proposed amendment TO article 2of r.
constitution Changing the date for OF
Ding tho convention) was postponed AZ az,
lennitoiy. An amendments offered by ~ ~
v. Mr.. Taylor Of Lswes, to amend the -
inns was reported on bya committee Ir
laid over for consideration at the next Ag
) ual convention. Oh
At4 O'Clock Archdeacon Halls report as
taken up After great deal of dis OF
sion, embodying the opinions of most M.
he mem bers of The convention the mst. ant an
was indefinitely postponed. The con- 80
ton adjourned until next year to meet me me,
Milford. 70
ast niQbt a reception to tho ,orh.r, Ne,
he convention was given by the bishop ~
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