The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31


/ ceipts .......-.........e a72.5oo So
Disbursements.
Perochial current ex
! penses ..............s lloals 81
I Other parochial expenses. 1858 ls
Total expenses ..s 2a7,1s7 81
Diocesan Contributions.
Total diocesan contribu
tons .................s assn 80
Contributions for general
! purposes ...............s 1858 o6
! Total disbursements ......s 2s7.5o3 Sc
Value of Church Property.
| Value OF insurable prop
erty ................. s1,S2e.3o5 90
Value of land ........... 322252 90
Total value OF prop
erty MISUNDERSTANDING 81, s22,305 90
Amount of fire ,nsur-
Am nnre ., 'd..h;;;'''' s sas $40 oc
Afternoon Session.
The council before concluding the
morning session voted 10 accept the
invitation from Lexington to meet in
that city next year.
The Rev. a. c. Thomson offered a
resolution providing that the amount
Of expenses necessary to meet the
diocesan missionary work be appor-
toned among the various parishes and
! churches OF the diocese. which was
adopted.
a Social Service Commission.
The Rev. Mr.. Gibson offered resolu-
tons providing: That the bishop
appoint a commission of nine members
of whom five shall be clergymen and
four laymen, to be known as the
Social Service Commission of the Do
cese of Southern Virginia" the duties
OF the commission being as follows:
/. BY study and investigation and
conference or correspondence with
clergy and laity in the diocese To
discover what are the conditions urpn
which the united influence of people
might be helpfully brought TO bear. and
to determine. in reference TO these con-
ditions, how the church may best
exercise a constructive social leader
ship.
?. In cooperation with the parish au-
thorities 10 stimulate interest in So
cial service in the several parishes and
to suggest places for local regulation
/ and work.
3. To cooperate upon unanimous
vote of the commissions with such
forces as may besN. prking for social
betterment within the territory of the
| diocese.
ALTO formulate a report upon the
findings. the work and the recommen-
dations OF the commission for sub
mission to the council OF 1918 as a
| basis for further legislation.
Lending to Politics.
The resolutions were opposed by
Rev. Cleveland Hall and Judge L. r.
| Watts as tending to lead to politics in
the church. to which both strenuous
ly objected. Mr.. Gibson declared that
they had no connection with politics
or with the liquor questions. There
were many other social evils to cor
| rect.
The council almost unanimously
voted to lay the resolutions OH the
New Parishes.
DR. Bryan. from tho committee on
new parishes, reported that ST. An
drew's Church. Norfolk. has been ad-
| mitted to the diocese as separate
| and Independent p ish, and the con-
solidation of st. James. Southern and
| Quito parishes In Pownatan county,
and Littleton parish. Cumperland coun-
~. into one parish.
| The report was adopted
Diocesan School.
George Mason offered a resolution
for the appointment OF committee of
| five, who shall devise and report 10
this council at its next meeting a plan
| for the establishment within the do
| cesc OF school for boys, either by
the council as a diocesan school, or
| by private enterprise under the au-
spices of the diocese. to be in either
case distinctivcly an Episcopal Church
| institution.
The resolution was adopted. and the
bishop appointed the committee as
| follows: Rev. j. w. c. johnson, Rev
f. p. cambridge, George Mason, Jacob
| Heffelhinger and c. w. Grandy. Jr.
Beautiful and Impressive Elaboration
The concluding portion of Bishop
| Randolph's address to the council yes
terday was in the nature of an ex-
/ horation to the clergy and laity 1t
was so earnest and so impressed those
to whom it was especially addressed,
that the council promptly ordered its
publication, as leaflet for distribu-
ton. 1t was as follows:
How rapidly these years go by,
and In the retrospect appear. on the
one side, so inadequate, on the other.
so blessed in privilege and in duty.
May l say a word n closing to
the clergy and the lsity, my fellow
workers unto the kingdom of God?
My brethren OF the clergy. you and
I are preachers and pastors. Preach
ing Is Christ's ordinance. and as His
transcends In import all other work
that men are called to do We must
think over our sermons. we must