The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-15
Work OF the Diocesan Council.

Wa5hOuL on the railroads, DuI on
Thursday and Friday It made up for
lost time. Owing to the same cause
many delegates never reached Aber-
deem at all. hardly more than half
of those who had accepted, finally
came.
Thursdays work opened with eel
ebration of the Holy Eucharist by the
Rev. Edwin d. Weed, assisted by the
Rev Geo. s. Gibbs. Mathis was said
by the Rev. W NJ. Green.
Almost the whole day was taken
up in discussing the proposition,
brought in by the Diocesan School
Committee, to mortgage the Battle
Hill property at Jackson in order
to erect at once an $50, 900 building in
the school property recently acquired
in Vicksburg. The proposition arous-
ed considerable opposition, many
feeling that this property, which has
been held through three EpiscOpates,
should be preserved intact as an en-
dowment for the Episcopate. Able
speeches were made on both sides ION
the affirmative notably by Mr.. j. Q.
Parnell; on the negative by Judge l.
Brame. Just before adjournment Tor
supper the proposition was carried on
a vote by orders. the vote being in
the clerical order, Aye II, No D. the
lay vote being Aye II, No g. on
vote by orders each priest or deacon
casts one vote, and the lay delegates
cast one vote for each parish.
The missionary meeting on Thurs
day night, conducted by the Bishop,
developed d healthy condition in the
missionary work of the Diocese.
Funds were at hand to meet all de
mands. The only difficulty was that
there were four vacancies in the mis-
sionary staff, but sixteen missionaries
being at work, against twenty last
year. The Bishop is making efforts
now to fiji the vacancies. The parish
and missions made their pledges for
the missionary work for the coming
year. All renewed their pledges or
in some cases increased them, assur-
ing the Diocese a good missionary in
come for the next year. The pledge
of st. Johns parish was $50.
The Missionary Committee was
completed by the election of lay
members: For Oxford, Mr.. j. c, Par
nell; for the Delta, DR.. Lucas; for
Jackson, Mr.. ". J. Wells; for Pass
/ Christian, Mr. J. s Richardson; for
Natchez, Mr.. T. X Robinson. These
with the Deans of Convocation elect
ed on Wednesday make up the Com
mittee that has disbursement of all
missionary money.
The Friday session opened with a
celebration of the Holy Eucharist, the
Rev. J. Lundy Sykes, Priest; the
Rev. Geo. Z. Myers, Deacon. The
day was mostly given up to elections
and reports of committees. The Rev.
Charles Hinton and Mr.. L. p. Yerger
were elected to complete the Stand
/ ing committee of the Diocese. Mr..
W. s. Hamilton was elected to sue
coed himself as a Trustee of the Epis-
copal Fund Church Property. Mr.. A.
/ c. Jones was elected Treasurer of the
/ Diocese.
The Diocesan School Committee
presented a report containing several
matters supplementary to mortgaging
Battle Hill
The Trustees of the University of
the South, Sewanee, Tenn. reported
that gifts aggregating $3.50, 600 had
been made to the University, condi-
tional on the raising of about 1000
more.
The Trustees Of the Episcopal Fund
and Church Property, presented their
report, Judge L. Brame presenting an
able minority report, strongly dissent
ing from the mortgaging of Battle
Hill.
The Finance Committee reported
that nearly all the parishes and mis-
sions had paid their assessments for
Bishops salary and diocesan ex-
penses.
BY vote of the Council the Dioces-
an School Committee was merged in
to the Trustees of All Saints College
having full authority to erect build
| ing, maintain a school for girls and
mortgage the school property and
Battle Hill property for 500 900. Elec-
tions for the Trustees resulted as fol-
| lows:
To serve one year, Rev. E. f Gum,
Mr.. W. S. Hamilton, Mr.. P. Gardi-
ner.
To serve two yeas, Rev. w. NJ.
Green, Rev. Chas. Hinton, Mr.. ". ".
Moore.
To serve three years, Rev. Albert
Martin, Mr.. j. c. Purnell, Hon. T.
L. Sisson.
The Rev. Geo. 5. Gibbs was elect
ed deputy to the General Convention.
The deputies To the General Con
vention were chosen 10 represent the
Diocese at the Missionary Council of
the 4th Department, to be held in
Jackson, Miss, next October. This
comprises all the Dioceses and Mis-
sionary jurisdictions from South Car
DINA to Mississippi.
The following memorials were
adopted. The Rev. Henry II. Mes
senger 1925 1908. A Priesthood of
more than fifty years spent in the
missionary service Of the church. His
work began among the cannibal saw
ages of Africa where for three years
he lived in the forest one hundred
miles from the nearest civilized black
settlement. Returning with broken
health and the loss of his wife, he
held missionary charges in California,
rra~~oS ar1 for 4ba last 6ftaap wars