Evening journal., 1903-06-03
MANY CHURCHMEN
MEET IN SMYRNA
II7th Annual Meeting OF the
Diocese of Delaware in
Session There
NEW SECRETARY is ELECTED

As 8. N. Curtis, Who Served for
FOrty.two Years, Declines Re.Elee.
tiOn-convention Will Oppose the
Proposed Change in Church Name.
In old st. Peters Church the 117th annual
convention Of the Diocese of Delaware is |
being held today and on this pretty little
town the eyes of the Episcopalians OF
Delaware are centered. The church is a !
quaint one and located in a quiet street. q
fitting place for the house of God. All
around the birds are twittering; the flow
ers booming making a scene Of perfect
peace in keeping with the meeting Of the
disciples Of the great King of Peace.
Morning prayer was said in the church
at O'clock. AS soon as the delegates ar
rived on the morning train the meeting
was called TO order by Bishop Coleman.
The first business was the election of
secretary, S. NJ. Curtis OF Newark, who
gave AZ years OF his life as secretary of
the clocese, refused reelection. John S.
Grohe, of Wilmington, who has been his
assistant for several years was elected to
succeed Mr.. Curtis.
The business meeting then adjourned
until this afternoon.
At IL o'clock the Holy Communion was
celebrated In the church with Bishop
Coleman as celebrant. The beautiful SER
vice was well ATTENDED by the towns peo-
pie. From the first to the last it was
very impressive. Headed by the boy choir,
the clergy marched from the parish house
TO the church. One of the smallest boys
headed the procession. Then came the larg-
or boys, followed by the white robed
clergy and last the venerable and beloved
bishop.
The diocese embraces thirty-seven
churches. Among the lay delegates pres
ent are:
New Castle county-Claymont william
Clough, William X. Lloyd; Grace, Brandy
wine hundred, John A. Mouseley, John b.
Seymour; Christ. Christiana hundred,
Henry Brown, John W. Mocxlin; Trinity,
Wilmington, John 5. Grohe, e. T. Candy;
st. Johns, George A. Elliott, William J.
Hemphill; Emmanuel, Highlands. William
X. Brinckle, John Bradley; ST. Andrews
Wilmington. Captain Willard Thomson, j.
II. Hoffecker, Jr.; Calvary, Wilmington,
Horace G. Rettew, Robert W. Tadman:
Emanuel, New Castle, l.. r. Rogers; St.
James. Stanton, Robert g. Justis, Richard
7. Pilling; st. James, Newport, Thomas
3. Lyman, Frederick Bringhurst; ST.
Thomas. Newark. S. NJ. Curtis, DR..
George A. Hanter; Christ church, Brandy
wine hundred. Joseph Reeves, o. B. Win
gate; st. Anne's. Middletown, Frederick
Brady, J. j. Bragdon.
Kent county-St. Peters, Smyrna, w.
II. Janney. L. A. Jardine Trinity, Clay
ton. DR.. c. G. Harmonson. T.. r. Sipple;
Christ, Dover, Henry Hidgely r. *.
Jones; Christ, Milford Or. Watson, S. ].
Abbott
Sussex county-St. Paurs, Georgetown,
L. r. Paynter, c. l.. Moore; st. Peters
Lewes, James Marshall, DR.. w. p. Orr;
st. Luke's, Seaford. ]. =. Dulany, Charles
W. Robinson: Christ. Broad Creek, ]. T.
Wright, John Henry; st. John the Baptist,
Milton. John Ponder, r. IL. Douglass; St
Marks. Mnlsboro, II. c. Frame, ]. j.
Perry; St. Johns. Little Hill, Cyrus Ward.
Edwin Sirman; Little Creek. S. W. Ellis,
s. T. Ralph.
As soon as the session resumed this af-
ternoon Bishop Coleman read his annual
address. He referred to the corrupt state OF
politics dn Delaware and deplored it,
Other things he touched upon, in part,
were as follows:
Bishops Address.
beginning my annual address. accord
ing to an old and reverent custom as to
such documents with the record of deaths
among our bishops during the year, have
o note more than the average loss in
he report.
First came the death Of the Right Rev.
Trancis M. Whittle, d. u, Bishop of
g If fafr nj
evoted ITO his work. He may have different
rom many Of us in matters of compara-
lively minor Importance; but he was made
the stuff of which martyrs are made.
Then ensued the death Of the Right
ev. Robert w. Barnwell. d. D., Bishop
r Alabama. who had scarcely begun his
piscopate, but who strongly entrenched
the confidence and affection of his peo-
le bade fair to do great service to the
lurch.
Next in the list was Ehe Right Rev.
ugh Miller Thompson, d. D., Bishop OF
ississippi, who, with a quaintness and
iggedness Of character. combined un-
iuai intellectual gifts and attainments
hich he devoted to the best interests OF
fellow man.
Another bishop Just consecrated. fol-
we'd him, the Right Rev. frederick W.
;ylOr, ID. D., Bishop OF Quincy, a man
no had already, as a scholarly and dill
( mt rriest, impressed himself deeply upon
? respect and regard Of all who knew
n.
And last Of all the Oldest of all ouI
|H hops save one, the Right Rev. Thomas
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