Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-18
ME DAILY SESSIONS.

Iederate MuScuHl. i nc ihFitdtlp1 Whs
accepted.
on motion Of Rev r. A. Goodwin. the
visiting cleEgymen were invited to occupy
seats among the delegates.
A letter was read by the secretary from
Mr.. Charles L. Hudgins. secretary Of the
House OF Deputies. containing copies Of
the amendments TO the constitution,
adopted by the last General Assembly.
which met in Washington.
Rev. George W. Nelson. Of Warrenton.
moved that the matter be laid over until
the next session of the council, but agreed
to an amendment offered by Rev. T.
Meade, to have the subject referred 10 d
special committee. consisting of three
clergymen and three lay delegates to re-
port to the next council. The resolution
was adopted, and the chairman stated
that he would announce the committee
later on
SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK.
Rev. Mr.. Goodwin called attention to
the resolution of the last council. pro-
Niding for setting apart a certain hour for
the discussion Of Sunday-school work. and
moved that 1870 o'clock be set apart
therefor This was agreed to, and Bishop
White appointed Rev. Il. A. Goodwin
and Mr.. r. c. Ruffin to lead the discussion
on this subject.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Meade. it was
decided to print hereafter 1900 cxua
copies of the journal OF the council con-
tanning the canon Of the Church.
Bishop Gibson. as chairman Of the Board
Of Trustees Of the invested funds,
submitted his reports, which were referred
to the proper committees.
\ resolution. offered by Rev. j. Y.
bowman. expressing approval # the
meeting In the interest of the Daughters
of the King, to be held Friday, was
adopted.
Rev. Il. NJ Randolph, recalling the reso-
luton appointing 4:30 as the hour for
Sunday-schOO work to be discussed.
moved that 4 o'clock this afternoon he
substituted as the hour, and his motion
prevailed.
THE TINE OF MEETING.
DR.. John McGin called up the resolution
offered before the last council providing
that Tuesday, instead of Wednesday.
shall be set apart as the day on which
the council shall annually assemble. DR..
MoGil advocated the change as most adj
visable, asserting that the business Of the
council would be greatly expedited by
changing the meeting day 10 Tuesday,
and, again. it would give an opportunity
for the Bishop to revive the custom Of
addressing the clergy on the closing night
of the council.
Rev. Dabney Davis advocated the pass
age OF the resolution. making the change.
and there was some little discussion of
desultory nature. Bishop White, be-
fore putting the resolution. rather hui
morously objected to having the duty
of addressing the council resolved" on
him. lie spoke at some length concerning
the growth of communicates in the
Church during his thirty-one years as
Bishop. He objected to the spirit of un-
rest, and though he said he did not want
to influence the vote. he urged upon the
council to leave the day of assembling
unchanged The resolution was defeated
by the vote Of 81 ayes to 80 noes.
At 80 o'clock the council took a recess
until =. NJ.
missionary Addresses AT Night.
The evening session OF the council
opened at s o'clock, with the regular
evening service conducted by Bishop
Whittle. There was a fine congregation.
After the second hymn Rev. Preston
Nash read the annual report Of the Elk
ecutive Committee Of the Diocesan Mis-
sionary Society, which says:
1--WE make TO you the following finan-
cial exhibit:
Balance on hand May 49, 1898. ..... 80, S23 O6
Received from May IS, 1898, to
May 10, 1899 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6,623 CT
Iota! .............. ...............$9.4i6 10
Disbursements same period ...... 6,252 20
Balance on hand May 1G, 1898. ....s3,194 90
Received from churches since May
49, 1873 '.'''....... ......".........N7l %
Received from Sunday schools
since May Is. 1898 ............... 1872 70
Iotal ....,....... .................$662 3 Ct
''In administering your finances we have
paid supplementary salaries to thirtyfour
missionaries. whose fields of labor extend
into every county in the diocese except
three. The excepted counties are Alex
andria, Charles City. and New Kent.
Your missionaries have received from
your treasury sums ranging from $50 TO
$500 per annum, and yet with such added
stipends their average salaries have been
less than 800 while in each case they
have served from two to six regular APP
pOintments. The services of the Church
are rendered in every county in the do
cese and at as many points as ii is pos
sible TO reach with the number Of mis-
sionaries engaged. There are fifteen
counties that have the services of only
one clergyman to each county. There are
thirteen clergymen each OF whom has
services in two counties. There is one
clergyman whose work extends into three
counties. There Is one county in which
there Is neither resident clergyman nor
regular clerical service In the county Of
New Kent. within which is the old Colo
NAL church of St. Peters, there is no
clergyman located The offices OF the
Church are rendered by two faithful lay
men from Richmond.
THE SOCIETY'S NEED.
"With the corps now dependent upon
the Diocesan Missionary Society. 1t is
clearly impossible for the Church 10 eX-
tend her work into the remote sections of
the diocese. The need OF the diocese Is
not for more energy or more consecra-
ton among her missionaries. but for
men-more men-who will be brothers in
work and I'm spirit with those already in
the field For more men we need more
means; for more means we need WIDER,
moro thorough dissemination of mission
airy intelligence among the people.
centralizing OF the churches IN the
towns and cities, and concentration OF
these churches within their own parishes,
are inevitable and deplorable conse-
ouences II we do not arouse and main
tain a vital interest i'm the Diocesan MIS-
sionary Society. This society. Is the lie