Evening star., 1909-05-28
PROCEEDS WITH BUSINESS.
General Council Of Episcopal Church
Makes Progress.
OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, May 2s. 1869.
The second days session of the general
council Of the Episcopal Church of the
diocese OF Virginia convened at $50
o'clock in the morning.
After the devotional exercises by Rev.
]. W. Ware of Culpeper, Rev. w. H.
Burkhardt read the report of Miss SAL
lie Stuart. diocesan secretary Of the wom-
ans auxiliary. resume of the work of
the past year was given in the report.
and reference to the meeting at War
renton was made. Three new branches
have been organized and one revived. The
disbursements for the year amounted to
So, ,S65.34, with $153.59 additional from
the junior and babies branches.
Rev Thomas u. Lewis read the report
Of the widows and orphans fund, and
Messrs. P. H. Mays. James Caskill and
Judge r. Carter Scott were nominated
by Judge Wallace as members Of the
finance committee.
Messrs. p. P. Phillips. Bergman Green.
j. j. Gravatt. Arthur Herbert. L. NJ.
Blackford and John r. Zimmerman were
elected members of the standing commit
tee. The executive committee of the Do
cesan Missionary Society was reelected
with the exception of one member. Rev.
Maurice Eagle, who was succeeded by
vocation. The bishop coadjutor shall be
a member ex offcio.
J. Stewart Bryan of Richmond was
elected a member of the committee on
church property TO fill the vacancy caused
by the death of his father, the late Jo-
seph Bryan. Roosevelt Page presented
the report of the Bethany Institute. show
ing $1,Os3.SS now in the treasury.
Rev. W. y. Tillnghast presented re-
port on tue special fund of the diocese.
and Rev. Thomas g Darst presented a
report on disabled clergy.
Re-. F.. Il. Meade presented a petition
TO sc; apar; Christ Church, Gordonsvile,
Barbour's Memorial. Church, Barbours-
vile. ard the church at Somerset. in
Orange county, from st. Thomas Church.
Orange. TO ,or.n separate parish.
After Rev. +. L. Goodwin read re-
| port on the proposed amendment TO the
general constitutions Of Ike clur eli. siver
to il at the last meeting Of the council,
adjournment was taken fer divine serv-
ices Rev. William j. Morton CT -tleXon-
dria, Va. preached Z sermon. and Rev.
!, Alexander S. Gibson OF Aidie read the
SerN ice.
| Upon reconven:ng Rev. +. 4. Goodwin
made a motion that the portion of the
bishops address in regard to the $1,000
| feired to a special committee, where
upon Rev. Mr. Goodwin, Rev Thomas
Darst, Rev. James Clarke, Judge A. (.
Wallace and III. c. Marchant were ap-
pointed for the purpose.
| A telegram having arrived from Dr..
Lloyd simply stating that he appreciated
the honor conferred upon him by the
council and adding that he would meet
the committee in Richmond. Friday even
! ing, Rev. William Meade Clarke and
| John B. Minor were appointed as COM
mittee for this meeting.
Rev William 3. Lee presented a re-
port from the committee on the Bible and
Prayer Book Society, and also from the
| committee on colonial churches. He was
followed by Rev Churchill Cook of King
William, Va. who spoke in regard to the
condition of ST. Johns Church, in King
William, which is in great need of at
tention 1t was proposed that the coun-
ell should take steps for the Improvement
of the church.