The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-18
THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION
Protestant Episcopal Church Has
Made Gain During Past Year

0Hif ONfAh5 ooh Sdi
St Adams, June 16-Bishop Halls
annual address in which he announced
that Bisnop Hopkins school for girls
at Rock Point, Burlington, may be
opened in the fall of 1910 and the cleo
ton of officers were the principal fea
lures of the 10th annual diocesan con-
vention of the Episcopal church of
here today The weather was fine
and the attendance large. The bisn-
op called the convention to order at
nine o'clock, when the credentials
were passed upon and the roll called.
At $3.50 there was adjournment for
communion service in the main edi-
fee with the bishop as celebrant, the
Rev S. Halsted Watkins of ST. Adams
as epistoler and the Rev. w. F. Weeks
of Shelburne as gospeller.
The business session was resumed
and the Rev. W. f. Weeks of Smell
burne was elected secretary with the
Rev. c. S. Lewis of Woodstock as as
sistant.
The bishops address, one of the
best he has yet given, which held the
close attention of the convention, one
of its important features being gen
eral review of the action taken at the
great Lambeth conference in Eng
land, which the bishop attended
Bishop Hall reported that there ad
been 412 combinations during the
year the largest number in any one
year in the history of the diocese ex-
cept in 1894 the first year of his epis-
copate, when many candidates were
waiting.
The bishop reported the permanent
appointment Of the Rev. David l.. San
ford as diocesan missionary. In nine
counties the missionary has visited
43 towns with 376 families, 1116 indiv-
iduals, 349 confirmed persons and 1876
baptized persons under his care.
The most important of the material
gains during the year reported by the
bishop was the new church of st. Pc
ter's at Bennington which was dedi-
Gated on Palm Sunday and is now
nearly out of debt and will soon be
ready for conservation.
The bishop announced that s92,24O
of the 100000 fund necessary to re-
open Bishop Hopkins hail. the school
for girls at Rock Point Burlington,
had been raised and that $5275 more
had been pledged, making the sum
thus far s97,534. The remainder of
about $4,000 would be earned by an
other years interest in March and
it was hoped to open the school in he
fall Of 1910
Tae auditor Of the trust funds re-
ported that the total of the funds was
now S351 ,SS942.
The business session was resumed
some after three O'Clock, when Mont
pelier was chosen as the place for
holding the convention in June, 1910.
The afternoon session was taken up
with reports and discussion of the
Sunday schol commission and the re-
port of the trustees of the diocese.
A resolution introduced by Rev. Mr..
Lewis of Woodstock, providing for the
appointment of a committee of five to
consist of two priests and three lay
men to consider and report at the
next convention on the question of al
lowing women to vote at parish meet
ings was lost by vote of 10 to q.
Officers were elected as follows
Registrar, the Rev. George b. Johnson
OF Burlington; standing committee the
Rev. George Y. Bliss of Burlington, the
Rev. w. F. Weeks of Brandon and the
Rev. S. Halsted Watkins of st AL
bans; missionary committee, the Rev.
w. T. Forsythe of Enosburgh Falls,
the Rev. Philip Schuyler of Benning-
ton, the Rev F. Barnby Leach of Rich
ford, S W. Hindes of Burlington, c.
Il. Parker of Vergenes and n. X. Chat
fee of Rutland; representatives. to the
general missionary council, the Rev.
ID. l.. Sanford of Hardwick, the Rev.
Philip Schuyler of Bennington, the
Rev Joseph Reynolds of st. Johnsbury
and the Rev. S. II. Watkins of st. AL
bans, ex-Gov L. G. Ormsbee of Bran
don S. w. Hindes of Burlington, N. X.
Chaffee of Rutland and E. P. Gibson of
Rutland.