Smyrna times., 1926-05-12
DIOCESAN CONVENTION HOLDS
TWO DAY SESSION At REHOBOTH
REV. I. G. HILL, j. j. WILLIAMS
AND ROBERT H. HILL, ATTEND
Bishop Cook Calls Convention to Or
der and Makes an Able Address
Delegates to General Convention

ueF ana MAKES an Able Address
Delegates to General Convention
Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, rector Of st.
Peters Church, Smyrna, with Mr..
Robert II. Hill and Mr.. J. J. Williams,
delegates, are attending at Rehoboth
the one hundred and fortieth conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal Dio-
cese Of Delaware. A two-day session
IS being held in All Saints Chapel.
The annual address of Bishop Cook,
with which the convention opened
first reported upon. progress within
the diocese, then expressed the Bish-
ops views upon the general conditions
Of country and church. He began by
lauding the clergy, saying: "I wish to
bear witness to their faithfulness and
loyalty, to their patience and fidelity
sometimes under trying and dis
couraging conditions" He pointed
out that "this diocese has enjoyed
new and unique experience for the
past year in that every station has
been manned and every vacancy filled.
In this respect its record has been diff
ferent from that of almost every 9th
er diocese" The convention will be
in session two days as will also the
Women's Auxiliary.
Regrets Rev. T. G. Hills Leaving
Bishop Cook in his address enum-
Grated those who have assumed duties
IA the diocese, since the last conven-
ton and expressed regret at losing
Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, rector of St.
Peters Church, Smyrna, from the
Diocese. Rev. Mr.. Hill goes To Cha
mute, Kansas, on August l. Bishop
Cook was not at loss for words in
decrying present day conditions in the
United States since it has become the
wealthiest nation of the world. The
Bishop referred to "the lavishness Of
expenditure such as has seldom equal
ed on such magnificent scale. He
scored dress fashions, literature, stage
plays and habits Of life today as
daring" ''That we should be pos
SCISSORS of such wealth and sharers in
the income it produces was bound to
effect the life of the nation profound
" and influence every condition of the
social organization" said Bishop
Cook. "Where the individual has such
freedom of action as in this country
it is inevitable that those who have
not will take the fashion of their life
from those who have. That spirit has
entered into our habits. 1t explains,
in very large measure, the crimes and
penalties we see around US and those
things which furnish the press with
their daily news"
Banquet at the Belhaven Last Night
Last evening at 7.3O o'clock there
was banquet, at which Bishop Cook
presided. Rev. Charles McAllister, Of
the National Council of the church,
spoke on the work of the council.
Bishop Hiram Hulse, of Cuba, spoke
on the work of the church in Cuba.
The banquet was under the auspices
Of the Sussex County Laymen's Lea
que. At the same time that the con
vention was in session the Women's
Auxiliary met in annual session in the
Blue Hen Theatre. Mrs. Preston Lea,
of Wilmington, presided A number
of routine reports were made. Dele
gates to the general convention to be
held in Bethlehem in September next
were elected as follows: Mrs. Preston
Lea, Mrs. Philip Cook and Mrs. Henry
Higgins; alternates, Miss Anna Spru-
ance, of Middletown, and Mrs. Victor
Records, of Laurel. Both conventions
are holding their principal business
to-day.