Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-19
Episcopal Council.
THURsDAY-SECOND DAY.
MORNING SESSION.

MORNING SESSION.
Charlottesville, Va, May Is, 1905.
The council met for business at 9:4o
a. IN. and was opened with prayer by
Rev. +. Leslie Robinson. After the
reading of the the minutes of the pre-
vious day the bishop read his annual
address, of which the following summary
is given:
Visitations, 1879; sermons and address
es, 200; whole number of combinations,
6Si, Of which were colored; postulants
for holy orders received, 6; total mum
Der, IL; candidates for orders, 10; trans
fers given to clergy leaving the diocese.
IL; trainers accepted to this diocese, 49,;
lay readers licensed, 90. One clergy
man was lost by death, Rev. Christian
r. Kuyk, of Barton Heights, Richmond.
The following changes have taken place
within the diocese: Rev. S. r. Tyler,
who assisted Rev. l.. r. Massie, of
Richmond, for while. was moved by
the bishop to assist Rev. W. b Lee;
Rev. f. l.. Goodwin has left st. Mark 5
Church, Richmond, for Zion Church,
Fairfax, and Rev. 7. G. Darst has re
signed the churches in Upperville and
Middleburg and accepted call to st.
Marks Church, Richmond.
The bishop referred again to the care
of the old colonial churches. They
were of great historical interest and in
cases where they had no rector or vestry
they ought to be put in charge of the COM
miltee on church properly and further
interest shown in their preservation By
committees formed in the parishes and
counties where they are situated with a
view to keeping them in repair. Where
the old churches had been utterly de-
stroyed stone markers should be placed
on the site and any historical incident of
importance connected with them be cut
on the stone in addition to the date of
the erection and destruction of the
church.
The bishop also commended the work
of the General Society of Clergy Relief
TO the council and asked that the day
appointed Cor its annual offering, Quin-
quagesima Sunday, be added TO the list
already approved by the council
The importance of the Sunday school
and the improvement of its course OF in
struction along the lines pursued by the
Sunday School Institute of Henrico
parish, Richmond, was earnestly recon-
mended by the bishop and he suggested,
if possible, the formation of diocesan
Sunday school institute.
He also advised the careful survey Of
parish lines and preservation OF the
psrochial entity which was in danger
of extinction under the conditions al
lowed by possible construction of the
diocesan canon on the subject.
At the conclusion of the bishops adj
dress the council took recess for divine
service. Morning prayer was read by Rev.
J. J. Grava,t, of Richmond, and Rev.
George p. Mayo, of Albemarle. A very
interesting address on the medical mis-
sion work in Ngankin, China, was de-
liyered by Dr. L. l.. Woodward at this
service. His sef-denying libors in that
difficult field are bearing abundant
fruit as revealed by the earnest aud
simple recital of his own work for a
period of almost ten years
few minutes after divine service the
council resumed its business. The FIRST
order was The election Of the council
committees which preserve almost the
same personnel they had last year
Rev, j. II. Dickinson then read the
report of the committee on parochial re-
ports which was the most accurate one
presented for years owing TO the fact
that there had been no delay on the part
of rectors sending in their reports and
the fuller reports now required by the
council. The condition of the diocese
as presented by these reports is most
gratifying. The thanks of the bishop
and of the council were heartily ac-
corded to Mr.. Dickinson for his pains
taking work in tabulatiDg the reports
The council then adjourned to meet at
$3.50 p. nj.
EVENING SESSION.
The council resumed its business with
Bishop Gibson in the chair.
1t was resolved that the secretary of
the diocese be authorized to purchase a
book in which TO inscri5e the authentic
records of each council signed by the
bishop and secretary.
Rev. p. p. Phillips then offered the
rerort of the standing committee of the
diocese in which it was stated that con-
sent had been given to the conservation
of Rev. Robert Strange as Bishop Coad-
jutor of East Carolina and Rev. DR.. c.
f. Woodcock as bishop of Kentucky and
Rev. DR.. Darlington as bishop Of Har-
risburg. The following gentlemen were
recommended as candidates for holy
orders; Messrs. Guy d. Christian,
Thomas L. Sinclair, Wiley R. Mason,
David II. Lewis, Lorenzo d. Vaughan
and L. c. Harrison.
1t was agreed that st, James Church
Warenton be placid on the list of places
for the meeting of the council and that
Warrenton follow Alexandria on the list
printed in the journal.
The report Of the committee on schools
was next presented to the council. The re-
port gives hearty recognition to the work |
done by the present diocesan school for
boys near Alexandria and the Virginia Fee
male Institute fertgirls at Staunton, and |
holds that tits best for these to develop |