JOURNAL
OP THE
PROCEE DINGS
OP THE
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION,,.
OP THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
IN THE DIOCESE OF GEORGIA*
Held in, Christ Church, Savannah
Commencing on the 4th May, 1S43,
SAVANNAH :
\V. T. WILLIAMS.
1843,
LIST OF CLERGY.
&t. Rev. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr. D. D., Bishop, Rector of
St. John's Church, Savannah.
*Rev. THEODORE B. BARTOW, Chaplain in the U. S. Navy.
" SENECA G. BRAGG, Rector of Christ Church, Macon.
" WM. D. CAIRNS, Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus.
" CHARLES FAY, Rector of St. Luke's Church, Monroe
County, and Principal of the Episcopal Institute
at Montpelier Springs.
" EDWD. E. FORD, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Augusta.
" JOHN B. GALLAGHER, Assistant Minister of St.
John's Church, Savannah, and Missionary at large
under the direction of the Bishop.
* " JOHN J. HUNT, residing at Athens.
" EDWARD NEUFVILLE, Rector of Christ Church,
Savannah.
" THOMAS F. SCOTT, Deacon, -officiating in St. James'
Church, Marietta, Cobb County.
" WILLIAM BACON STEVENS, Deacon, officiating in
Emanuel Church, Athens.
" EDWARD T. WALKEK, Rector of Christ Church, St.
Simon's Island.
" GEORGE WHITE, residing in Savannah.
" JOHN A. VAUGHAN, D. D. of the Diocese of N. York,
performing Missionary duty in St. David's Church,
Glynn County.
Messrs. WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS and NORMAN C.
STOUGHTON, candidates for Orders in the Dioceses of Vir¬
ginia and North Carolina, respectively, were admitted to the
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sittings of the Convention.
* Did not attend the Convention.
LIST OF LAY DELEGATES
WILLIAM B. BULLOCH,
l)r. THEODOSIUS BARTOW, VChrist Church, Savannah.
JNO. McPHERSON BERRIEN,j
GEORGE R HENDRICKSON, J
KuUT. M. CHARLTON, > St. John's Church, Savannah.
Dr WM. A. CARUTHER9, 3
gerard Mclaughlin, )
B T. NICHOLS, >St. Paul's Church, Augusta.
GEORGE PARROTT, 3
NATHAN C. MUNROE,}
HORACE PITCH, C Christ Church, Macon.
GUY L. WARREN, 3
THOMAS M. NELSON, 1
JOHN B PEABODY, Trinity Church, Columbus.
*LEWIS W. WELLS, J
?rmeslfsgouldy' ] chr'ist church' st> sim0n's isiand'
^ ^ St. Michael's Church, Springfield.
^BENEDICT BOURQ.UIN,
JACOB WALDBURG, ) - ,_ 1,0,! n
Br. P. M. KOLLOCK. \ e Church* clarksville.
Br. JOHN R COTTING,}
JOHN S. THOMAS, C St. Stephen's Church, Milledgeville.
WM. S. ROCKWELL, 3
*CHARLES F. M. GARNETT,}
* WILLIAM ROOT, Cst. James' Church, Marietta.
*H. S. CURRIER, 3
hugh f. grant, l. n ,-j,
*I)r. JOHN C. TUNNO, J David s Church, Glynn County,
*S H. FAY, )
*L. N. WHITTLE, >St. Luke's Church, Montpelier,
SAMUEL G. JONES, )
Br JAS. HOLMES, )
JAMES F. S. HEALD, >St. Andrew's Church, Darien.
SAMUEL PALMER, )
Gen. ED. HARDEN, ? T,
*W. N1CHOL&, £ Emanuel Church, Athens.
* Bid not attend the Convention.
JOURNAL,
CHRIST CHURCH, SAVANNAH,
May 4, 1843.
This being the time and place for the Twenty-First Annual
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese
of Georgia, the Rt. Rev. the Bishop, and a number of Clergymen
and Laymen assembled, for the purpose of Divine worship, in
Christ Church : the order for Daily Morning Prayer being per¬
formed by the Rev. Wm. D. Cairns, and the Convention Sermon
preached from Colossians 1, 28, by the Rev. Edward E. Ford,
in place of the Rev. J. B. Gallagher, prevented by sudden indis¬
position from performing that duty according to previous ap¬
pointment.
The Bishop having taken the Chair, the following persons
entitled to seats in this Convention, were found to be present,
to wit :
of the clergy.
of the laity.
Rev. Edward Neufville,
Wm. B. Bulloch,
" Edward E. Ford,
Dr. Theodosius Bartow,
•' Seneca G. Bragg,
Jno. McPherson Berrien,
" William D. Cairns,
Dr. Wm. A. Caruthers,
George White,
Robert M. Charlton,
" Charles Fay,
Geo. R. Hendrickson,
" Edward T. Walker,
B. T. Nichols,
" Wm. Bacon Stevens,
G. McLaughlin,
" Thomas F. Scott,
Nathan C. Munroe,
Horace Fitch,
Guy L. Warren,
Thomas M. Nelson,
John B. Peabody,
Charles Grant,
Robert G. Guerard,
Jacob Waldburg,
Dr. P. M. Kollock,
Dr. John R. Cotting,
John S. Thomas.
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Whereupon, a constitutional quorum being present, the Con¬
vention re-elected the Rev. Wm. D. Cairns as its Secretary for
the ensuing year.
The Chair then appointed the following Committees :
On the State of the Church.—Rev. Messrs. Neufville, Bragg,
and Ford.
On Unfinished Business.—Rev. W. D. Cairns and Mr. Munroe.
On Finance,—Messrs. Bulloch, Nelson and Guerard.
On the Admission of New Parishes.—Rev. Mr. Ford, Messrs.
Charlton and Peabody.
On motion, Clergymen of other Dioceses and Candidates for
Holy Orders present were invited to attend the deliberations of
the Convention.
The following Rules of Order were adopted for the govern¬
ment of this Convention :
RULES OF ORDER.
Rule 1. The business of each day shall be introduced by the
order for daily morning prayer and a sermon.
Rule 2. When the President takes the chair, no member
shall continue standing, or shall stand up, unless to address the
chair.
Rule 3. The order of doing business in the Convention shall
be as follows: 1st. The appointment of a Secretary by ballot.
2. The appointment of committees of the Convention, and spe¬
cial committees. 3. The annual address of the Bishop. 4. The
reading of the Parochial reports. 5. Reports from committees
of the Diocese. 6. Reports from the Treasurers. 7. Reports
from committees appointed at the last Convention. 8. Reports
from committees. 9. Election by ballot of Treasurers, Standing
Committee of the Diocese, Diocesan Missionary committee and
deputies to the General Convention.
Rule 4. When any member is about to speak in debate, or
present any matter to the Convention, he shall, with due respect,
address himself to the President, confining himself strictly to the
point in debate.
Rule 5. No member shall absent himself from the service of
the Convention unless he have leave, or be unable to attend.
Rule 6. No member shall speak more than twice in the same
debate without leave of the Convention.
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Hule 7. A question, being once determined, shall stand as the
judgment of the Convention, and shall not be drawn inro denr-it^ the
same session, unless with consent of two thirds of the Convention,
Provided always, that any member of the Convention voting in
favor of any question, may, on the same day in which the vote is
taken or on the succeeding day, move a re-consideration of said
vote.
Rule 8. No motion shall be debated, or shall be considered as
before the Convention, unless seconded, reduced to writing, aftd
read by the Secretary.
Rule 9. When a motion is under consideration, no other mo¬
tion shall be made, except, to amend, to divide, to commit, or to
postpone ; a motion to adjourn, however, shall always be in order,
and shall be decided without debate.
Rule 10. A question on amendment shall be decided before
the original motion.
Rule 11. Every member who shall be present when the ques¬
tion is put, shall vote, unless personally interested, or excused by
the Convention from voting.
Rule 12. When the Convention is about to rise, or adjourn,
every member shall keep his seat until the President shall leave
the chair.
The Committee on the admission of New Parishes reported
in favor of the application of
Emanuel Church, Athens.
St. Andrew's Church, Darien.
St. Luke's Church, Montpelier.
St. James' Church, Marietta.
St. David's Church, Glynn County;
"Which Report was accepted, and the following Delegates took
their seats as members of the Convention :
Dr James Holmes,
James F. S. Heald,
Samuel Palmer,
Hugh F. Grant.
After Prayer by the Bishop, the Convention adjourned to meet
at the hour of Divine Service, to-morrow morning.
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At night, in St. John's Church, Evening Prayer was read by
the Rev. Mr Neufville, and a Sermon preached by the Rev. Wra.
X). Cairns, from Jeremiah 32, 39.
FRIDAY, MAY 5th. half-past 10, A. M.
Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Neufville, and a
Sermon preached by the Bishop from the Song of Solomon 2, 15:
the services being in accordance with the recommendation of the
Civil Authority setting apart this day for Fasting, Humiliation
and Prayer.
The minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
Messrs. George Parrott, Wm. S. Rockwell, Samuel G. Jones,
Gen. Edward Harden and Mr. James F. Gould, appeared and
took their seats.
The Bishop then read to the Convention his
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
"Brethren of the Clergy and Laity :
It is with the most heartfelt gratitude to our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Head over all things to the Church, that I recount to you the
many mercies which have been vouchsafed our Diocese during
the past year. Although in many respects the times have been
evil, they have not been evil to us, and through a period of unex¬
ampled trial, temptation and difficulty, the Spirit of Christ has
guided our little flock unharmed and unspotted. And not only
has it been guided, it has been likewise specially blest. The
Clergy who have been added to us as co-workers in the Vineyard
of the Lord, the Churches which have this day united themselves
to us—the offspring of the year, and yet, in a certain sense, alrea¬
dy full grown—the Parishes which, for the first timfe, have enroll¬
ed their names upon the records of our Convention, all testify
that, of a truth, the Spirit of God hath been with us to bless us.
May His presence abide with us during our session, and preserve
us from every influence which may darken our counsels or disturb
our peace, and may all our deliberations turn, with a single eye,
to the praise and glory of God in Christ.
My first official act, during the Ecclesiastical year which has
now come to its close, was the Confirmation in Trinity Church,
Columbus, on the Sunday after Ascension, of thirteen persons, and
the administration of the Communion to a large concourse of the
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faithful. This Confirmation occurred during the session of our
last Convention, subsequently however to the delivery of my
annual address, and is now, for the first tjme, officially reported
to your body.
Mr. Henry Elwell, of the Diocese of Florida, having been re¬
commended to me by the proper authorities of that Diocese, as a
fit person to be admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons, I sub¬
jected him to the necessary examinations, and on Whit-Sunday,
May 15th. 1842, ordained him. Since his Ordination Mr. Elwell
has been laboring at Monticello, Florida.
While delayed at Columbus by the Ordination of Mr. Elwell,
I made a visit to Russell County, Alabama, at the earnest request
of several Episcopal families, and after Divine Service in the
neighbourhood school-house, organized a Parish with the title of
St. John's in the Wilderness. This organization was immediate¬
ly reported to the President of the Standing Committee of the
Diocese of Alabama. While this Parish continues without a
Clergyman, its members worship in Trinity Church, Columbus.
From Columbus I proceeded, accompanied by the Rev. Mr
Bragg, to Marietta, Cobb County, where service was held in tho
Presbyterian and Methodist Churches for three successive days,
and a Parish organized under the title of St. James' Church,
Marietta. Nothing could exceed the zeal with which the friends
of the Church at that point entered upon the work of erecting a
House to the Lord of Hosts, and nothing proves more conclu¬
sively than their complete success, how much a mere handful of
Churchmen can effect, when they move forward in faith and
prayer.
From Marietta I visited Milledgeville, preached on the 1st
Sunday after Trinity, and on Monday the 30th May selected, with"
the advice and concurrence of the Vestry, the site for St. Ste¬
phen's Church.
From Milledgeville I returned to Savannah, and until the 10th
October performed Parochial duty in the united Parishes of
Christ Church and St. John's, and on the 15th Sunday after
Trinity confirmed in St. John's Church seventeen persons from the
two Parishes.
On the 10th October I proceeded to Clarkesville, Habersham
County, and on the 21st Sunday after Trinity, consecrated Grace
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Church in that village. This is a very neat wooden building,
with tower and bell, prettily located, and an ornament to the
village. The heavy debt which has been hanging over it lor the
last three years is now, I am happy to say, in the way of speedy
liquidation. May the time quickly come, when it, along with all
its sister Churches of the Diocese, may say that it " owes no man
any thing but love!" The Rev. J. B. Gallagher will resume his
Missionary labours in Clarkesville immediately after the adjourn¬
ment uf the Convention.
The 22d Sunday after Trinity (Oct. 23) was spent in Athens.
I preached twice in the Presbyterian Church and administered
the Communion at night to ten communicants at the house of Dr.
Moore.
The 23d Sunday after Trinity (Oct. 30) was devoted to the
interests of the rising congregation at Marietta. I preached twice
in the Presbyterian Church, baptized one infant, and administer¬
ed the Communion to eight communicants, at the house of Col.
Long. I found upon this visit a very pretty stone Church just
shewing itself above its foundation, and an undiminished zeal in
the hearts of our people.
The month of November was passed in Savannah in the per.
formance of Parochial duty. On the 28th I paid my semi-annual
visit to Montpelier and occupied a week in the examination of the
Schools. On the second Sunday in Advent, I confirmed two pu¬
pils of the Institute and administered the Communion to about
thirty persons.
The remainder of the month of December and the half of Jan¬
uary were spent in Savannah in the performance of Parochial
duty, when I set out upon the visitation of the Churches upon
the Eastern Shore. On the second Sunday after Epiphany, I
consecrated C hrist Church, St. Simon's Island, baptized twenty-
one coloured adults, five by immersion, and confirmed twenty-
eight persons. Services were held during the two following days,
which were punctually attended by the inhabitants of the Island.
I found the Church upon the Island very much improved since
my last visit. Its external appearance spoke well for the people,
and the increased interest in spiritual things for the Pastor. His
labours among the negroes had been attended with decided suc¬
cess, and twenty-one candidates for Baptism were the first fruits
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of his exertion. Finding that they desired immersion, I deter¬
mined to carry out the Rubric of the Church and force it upon
their notice, that the Ministers of the Church generally poured or
sprinkled in Baptism, not because they had any objection to im¬
mersion, but because they deemed those modes equally scriptural
and far more convenient. I read the Baptismal service upon the
bank of the.river, proceeded iuto the water, immersed five, and
the prejudice was at once overcome. The remaining sixteen
sent a message informing me that they would prefer to be bap¬
tized in the Church by pouring. I am thus particular in the
statement of this case, because I think that it might be well to
pursue, from time to time, a like course in other parts of the
Diocese, that the people may understand, that so far as the Epis¬
copal Church is concerned, the real difference between the Bap¬
tists and ourselves lies not in the matter of immersion, but in the
more vital question, whether our children shall be admitted into
the covenant with Christ—whether the promise shall be sealed,
as St. Peter assures us it was given,to our children as well as to our¬
selves, or whether the more glorious dispensation of the Gospel
shall be counted, in this respect, inferior to the dispensation
which gendered unto bondage.
On the 3d Sunday after Epiphany (Jan. 22) I confirmed in the
Methodist Church, in Darien, twelve persons, having previously
baptized three white adults and a child, and commenced a series
of services which terminated on Tuesday night in the adminis¬
tration of the Lord's Supper to a large body of communicants. I
found the state of feeling so promising as to determine me to pay
this Parish a second visit as quickly as possible.
On the 25th January I returned to Savannah and was with my
Parish until the middle of February,when I visited Glynn County
and consecrated St. David's Church in the old Colonial Parish of
the same name. This is a small but very neat country Church,
built by five Planters for the accommodation of their own families
and of such of the neighbourhood as may please to join with them
in the worship of the Church.
This Church is interesting to us in many ways. It is a spark
of proper liberality uncommon in these days of faithlessness, and
we trust will not be lost, as a noble example, upon those who may
be cast in a like situation. It is an evidence of growing interest
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in the religious instruction of the negroes, for it places at least
one thousand slaves under the direct pastoral care of the Rector.
It is an opportunity for trying fairly, in this Diocese, the experi¬
ment of the adaptedness of the Church to the spiritual wants of
the neffroeo, for their owners are determined to commit them
(without compulsion, of course) to the charge of their Rector, and
lend him all their influence in his work. The Kev. Dr. Vaughan
lias been labouring in this Parish for the last six weeks and has
received a call to become its Rector. May the Holy Ghost direct
liis heart that way, and make his path plam before him into this
interesting field of labour. We trust that God, in his Providence,
intends him to lead the van of the Episcopal Missionaries that
must shortly extend in an unbroken phalanx from the Savannah
to the St. Mary's. One half, at least, of the large slaveholders on
the Savannah, the Ogeechee, the Alatamaha, the Satilla and the
Sea Islands which skirt the coast of Georgia, are Episcopalians,
and it is time that they were awake to their responsibility in this
matter. May St. David's Church be the first fruits to the Lord of
the rich harvests with which he has so long blessed these rivers
and islands, and may many a spire speedily point Heavenward
from their banks and groves, to disperse the gathering wrath of
the Almighty 'and bring back to them prosperity and plenty.
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be
meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of
Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven and pour
you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive
jt."
.But it is useless to arouse the Planters to their duty so long as
the Ministers of the Church and her candidates for Orders shut
their eyes to the vast work which is here spread out before them.
From this city we can look out upon, at least, ten thousand slaves
whose masters are, for the most part, willing that they should be
religiously instructed—willing too to pay that they might be in¬
structed especially anxious that they should have Episcopal
instruction; and yet among all that vast multitude there is not
heard the voice of a single Episcopal Pastor. From the bluff at
Dai ien, there are to be seen plantations containing five thousand,
slaves, and St. David's is the first Episcopal Church that has of¬
fered th.e glad tidings of great joy to their greedy ears. Lying
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between these points, and upon the islands to the East, are thous¬
ands more, and still no Pastor from their Master's Church tells
them of their souls and of their Saviour. Why is this so? Can
our young men answer this question satisfactorily to their con¬
sciences? It cannot be lack of zeal for the extension of the
Church, for, now-a-days, the Chufch is in every body's mouth,
and to judge from the utterance of the lips, there is not one that
would not give up every thing for her glory. It cannot be a want
of Missionary spirit, for at this moment there are more applica¬
tions for foreign stations than the Board can venture to encourage.
It cannot be fear of climate, for he that would risk an Indian or
an African sun, might well rejoice in the very worst atmosphere to
which he should be subjected among us. It must be ignotance of
the field that has kept our Ministers back, and we ourselves must
be in fault in not having sufficiently instructed the Church in ra-
gard to our wants in this particular. All that time will permit me
now to say is this, that for any young man, suitable to the work,
who will dedicate himself to it as to a foreign field, a convenient
mission, with a competent salary, can be immediately procured.
From Glynn County I returned to Darien, aud on the evening of
the 17th February I baptized one coloured adult, and confirmed
twelve persons in addition to those previously reported. The
services were peculiarly interesting and were closed by my lay¬
ing the corner stone of St. Andrew's Church, Darien. May it have
been laid upon Christ the Rock of Ages, and may the Church grow
up a spiritual temple, holy and acceptable to God.
The Rev. Frederick J. Goodwin of Flushing, L. I., accom¬
panied me in this and my previous visitations to these Parishes,
and has laid me and my people at the South, under a load of
obligation, which can only be repaid by our common Lord and.
Saviour. To his valuable services much of the present feeling in
those Parishes is to be attributed, and it must be to him a most
^ratifying cause of thankfulness to God, that he was permitted to
turn a season of weakness and infirmity to so good account. Long
will the remembrance of him be cherished among the people of
St. Andrew's.
On the 26th February, Quinquagesima Sunday, I admitted the
Rev. Edward T. Walker to the Priesthood and Dr. William
B Stevens to the Holy Urder of Deacons, in Christ Church,
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Savannah, and on the first Sunday in T ent, I confirmed seven per¬
sons in Christ Church, from the associate Parishes of Christ
Church anc! St. .John's.
On the 7th March I left Savannah for Augusta upon my spring
visitation. Upon the 8th and 9th I examined Mr. Thomas F.
Scott, upon the 10th officiated in St. Paul's, and on Saturday
nigiitilie 11th confirmed fifteen persons. On Sunday the 12th I
admitted Mr. Thomas F. Scott to the Holy Order of Deacons, and
in the afternoon administered the Communion to a large body of
communicants.
Chi the 14th March I left Augusta for Lexingtoij, accompanied
by the Rev. ffm. B. Stevens. I officiated in Lexington on Wed¬
nesday and Thursday mornings, Dr. Stevens preaching in the
afternoon of Wednesday, and on Thursday I confirmed two per¬
sons in the Methodist Church and baptized a child at the residence
of Maj. Rembeit.
On Friday Dr. Stevens and myself went up to Athens. I offi¬
ciated on Sunday morning in the Presbyterian Church and bap¬
tized the child of the Rev. Mr. Hunt on Monday the 20th. I
found our friends in Athens prepared to build and anticipating
much pleasure and edification from the ministrations of Dr.
Stevens, I feel sure, under God,, that we shall collect in Athens
a very respectable congregation.
On Monday the 20th I proceeded to Columbus and officiated in
Trinity Church on Friday and Saturday evenings, and on the 4th
Sunday in Lent confirmed seven persons. I found this congrega¬
tion stronger and in better spirits than I had ever seen it.
The next Lord's day found me at Milledgeville, where in the
morning I read the service, preached and administered the Com¬
munion to six persons at the house of Dr. Cotting, In the after¬
noon and evening I officiated in the Presbyterian Church. On
Monday, April 3d, I held a meeting of the Wardens and Vestry
of St. Stephen's Church and finally determined upon a plan for a
Church edifice and the terms of the contract. Our friends at Mil¬
ledgeville are firm, and I feel confident that we shall secure a good
footing in the metropolis so soon as we can procure a Clergyman
to officiate regularly in the place.
On the Sunday next before Easter, I consecrated St. James'
Church, Marietta, and administered the communion to twelve
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communicants. This is a very pretty Gothic Church, of rubble
masonry, with tower and vestry, and capacious enough to ac¬
commodate some hundreds of persons. Its erection reflects great
credit upon the zeal and energy of the young men who took it
in hand and carried it through. Within ten months the Parish
was organized and already is the Church finished, paid for and
tolerably well furnished, and provided too, in the good Provi¬
dence of God, with a suitable Pastor, the foundation of whose
Episcopacy was laid about the same time with the corner stone
of the Church. It was as if God raised up together the Parish
and its Minister.
From Marietta I visited Macon, where I found a very gratify¬
ing state of things. By a generous exertion the congregation
had just paid off a heavy debt which was pressing upon it, and
the Spirit of God was visibly moving in the midst of them. I
held services during Passion week, and on Easter Sunday bap¬
tized four adults and cenfirmed thirteen, persons. In the after¬
noon I visited, examined and addressed the white and coloured
Sunday schools.
On Monday I made my semi-annual visit to the Montpelier
Institute and spent the week in examining the .two departments.
I was highly gratified at the condition of the Institute and was
pleased not only to note a decided improvement in moral feeling^
but a deep religious impression pervading the schools. This
was the result of Scriptural study, of private prayer, of pastoral
instruction. It eventuated in the baptism of four of the pupils
of the Institute and in the Confirmation of four. There were two
others who desired Confirmation, but as they were not the chil¬
dren of Episcopalians, and had not the written consent of their
parents, I declined the administration of the rite.
Since my last address to the Convention, very great improve¬
ments have been made at the Institute. The building originally
purchased (Lamar Hall) has been rendered much more com¬
fortable. A very handsome and spacious school-room with
chamber and private parlour for one of the teachers, and with
rooms for ten pupils, has been finished and is in use. A mile
distant from Lamar Hall, a boys' school has been built, having
accommodations for fifty boys, with school-rooms, music-room,
&c., and suites of apartments for the Rector and his family, and
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the various officers of tlie school. This building has been occu¬
pied since January last, and has been named after our Presiding
Bishop, the venerable Bishop of Illinois. Its rapid completion
reflects great credit upon Mr. S. H. Fay's taste and energy.
The improvements at Lamar Hall, the new school house at¬
tached to the female department, and the building of Chace Hall,
have called for ah expenditure of eight thousand five hundred dol¬
lars Besides bearing its own expenses, the Institute has paid
the whole of this amount with the exception of about twenty-five
hundred dollars, which will be met by the tuition money accruing
in June and January next. We ask nothing of the Church but
its children. Fill our schools, and we shall have a clear income of
seven thousand dollars over and above all expenses, which will be
faithfully disbursed in rendering the Institute still more worthy
of the Church's patronage. Nothing will prevent us, the blessing
of God continuing to rest upon it, from making it the very first
school in the United States, but the withholding of your children.
One hundred pupils, fifty girls and fifty boys, are all we need to
put. it upon this footing, and already have we nearly seventy.
This point once gained, we shotild present the singular spectacle
of a school unsurpassed in its means of education of every sort,
with a nett income of seven thousand dollars, and yet furnishing
that education, including French, Italian, Music, Drawing, with
board and most comfortable lodging, for two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, not more than one half of the cost of a north¬
ern education of like quality.
Since the publication of the Card setting forth the arrangements
of the school, I have received a letter from my friend, Mr. Tebbs'
of London, who has kindly procured many of my teachers forme,
announcing the engagement of Mr. George M. Messiter, B. A.,
of Wadham Cullege, Oxford, as Classical and Mathematical Ush¬
er of the boy's school. He has very high testimonials of character
and scholarship from the late Dr. Arnold of Rugby, and the Tu¬
tors of the University. His services, together with those of Mr.
and Mrs. Fay and of Mr. Berner, (a graduate of Leipsic,) give us
ample assurance that whatever is taught, will be thoroughly
taught.
And here, at the risk of being tedious, le*" tne say a word to all
those who may entrust their children to our care. My injunc-
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tions lo the teachers are to educate thoroughly, and never to hes¬
itate to put the oldest boy or girl back to the rudiments of learn¬
ing, should they have been neglected. No very rapid improve¬
ment therefore must be looked for, except in character—that, we
strive to improve at once—and faith must be had in the wisdom
and judgment of teachers as experienced and devoted as those
at the Institute. In many instances a very large part of the first
term has been spent in teaching young people, who came from
other schools where they were studying Mathematics and the
Natural Sciences, to read, Write and spell. We do not under¬
take to cram children—our endeavour is to train them—to give
them a thorough education, combined with such accomplishments
as the pupil will receive. Our plan is slow, but sure, and must
ultimately fiird its reward in the hearts of parents.
Of the candidates for Holy"] Orders reported at the lasf Con¬
vention, Dr. Wm.'B. Stevens has been admitted to the Holy
Order of Deacons ; Dr. J. J. Ridley has been transferred to the
Diocese of North Carolina, and Mr. W. J. Ellis is pursuing his
studies at the Theological Seminary of Virginia. During the
year Mr. Thomas F. Scott, late a Preacher among the Presby¬
terians, was admitted as a candidate, and"his six months having
elapsed, was ordained in March last. Mr. Benjamin F. Mower,
transferred as a candidate from the Diocese of Alabama, is like¬
wise at the Theological Seminary of Virginia.
Since the last convention the Rev. John B. Gallagher has been
canonically transferred from the Diocese of South Carolina, and
Messrs. Scott and Stevens have been added to the Ministry by
ordination. No clergyman has left the Diocese, nor has any
one been liable to Ecclesiastical censureTof "any kind.
During the past year I have been called upon Ufgive my con¬
sent to the consecration of the'Rev. John Johns as Assistant
Bishop of Virginia, and of the Rev. Manton Eastburn to the Epis¬
copate of Massachusetts. My response to the application was a
hearty Amen, with an earnest prayer that God would multiply
such Bishops in the Church.
Nothing remains for me but to convey to" this Convention my
sense of the irreparable loss which the Church has sustained in
the death of our late Presiding Bishop, the Right Rev. A. V,
G lis wold. St. Paul's description of Barnabas,that he was a good
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man and full of the Holy Ghost and of Faith, has always struck
me as peculiarly applicable to him. He walked by faith, and the
unction of the Holy Spirit was upon all he said and did. Silently
and unobtrusively he laboured for his M aster, and without the
sound of hammer or of axe, or any tool of iron," he has left behind
him a spiritual Temple, which astonishes us by its vastness and
satisfies us with its completeness. As a Parish Minister, as a
Bishop, as the Presiding Bishop, he maintained a character of
unspotted consistency, and although be was permitted in the
good Providence of God, fulfilling the truth of Scripture," He
that humbleth himself shall be exalted," to reach the highest
position in the American Church, he was, in every sphere, meek,
humble, spiritual. . May the beloved Brother, on whom his man¬
tle has been cast, be replenished, like him, with truth of doctrine
and adorned with innocency of life.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT, JR. "
' Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia.
The Parochial Reports were read and ordered to be printed,
as follows :
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SAVANNAH.
Rt. Rev. S. Elliott, Jr., Rector.
Rer. J. B. Gallagher, Assistant minister.
Baptisms—white infants 15, adult 1, coloured infants 2, 18
Burial, 1
Confirmed, ------ 12
Communicants—white 58, coloured 3, - - 61
Collections for Foreign Missions, - . - g 99.25
Collections for Domestic Missions, - - . 99 25
Sunday School Contributions, i 317.42
Since the last annual report, there has been a large increase both in the
number of the communicants and of attendants upon the stated services of
the Church.
The Sunday School, comprising twenty teachers and one hundred and
twenty scholars, is in a very flourishing state, and indications of spiritual
good have been afforded not only by the large attendance of scholars,
averaging between eighty and ninety, but in some instances by evidences
of the renewing influence of the Spirit upon their hearts.
A Parochial day school has been established for the education of indi-
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gent children, wheret they are instructed in the rudiments of learning,
conducted with a view to their spiritual training1, through the gratuitous
labour of several pious and benevolent ladies connected with the Church.
A few of the poorest scholars are placed at board, and are maintained by
the contributions of the Sunday School.
A school for coloured children was opened during the summer in the
Church, on the afternoon of Sunday, at which oral religious instruction
was given to about 150, Deep regret was experienced on account of the
necessity of suspending this important and interesting work through the
winter, for the want of a convenient place in which to conduct the school.
CHRIST CHURCH, SAVANNAH.
Rev. Edwd. Nenfrille, lieclor.
Baptisms—adults 2, infants-11, - ... . 13
Marriages, - - - - - - 9
Burials—4 of the congregation, 7 others, - - 11
Confirmed, ... 12
Communicants—added 20, removed and died 10, - 160
Offerings and collections for Diocesan Missions, - g 101 00
Do. do Domestic Committee of do. 104 67
Do. do Foreign Committee do. Ill 17
Contributed by Ladies of the Congregation for St.
Michael's Church, Springfield, .... 315 00
Contributed by the Ladies' Missionary Association
to the Diocesan Church building fund, - - . 166 00
The Female Prayer Book, and Tract Society have distributed 150 Prayer
Books and a large number of Tracts.
It will be seen that the decrease in the number of Communicants, con¬
sequent upon the transfer of some to St. John s Church, as noticed in the
last annual report, was but temporary ; and that the hope of increase and
enlargement based upon the harmony subsisting between the two congre¬
gations, has been to some extent realized. May they ever continue to
"follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one
may edify another, standing fast in one spirit, with one mind striving to¬
gether for the faith of the Gospel!"'
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, AUGUSTA.
Ber. Edward E. Ford, Rector.
Baptisms—White adults, 4 ; children, 43.
Black children, 13. Total, - 60
Confirmed, "
Communicants—Added 20, including 6 from other con¬
gregations. Died 1, Removed 9. Present number - 84
Marriages, - "
Burials, including two not of the congregation. 4
Catechising —The children of the Congregation are catechised in
the Church, monthly, by the Rector.
Sunday Schools.—The White school numbers 60 actual attendants,
under the instruction of the Rector, aided by a Librariaii and 9 Teachers.
In the Black school, there is an average attendance of about 60, who are
instructed by the Rector and eight Teachers. A number of the atten¬
dants are adults. The Church Catechism forms the basis of the instruc¬
tion, which includes also the Church service, with portions of which the
school is opened. The Vestry are taking measures for the erectioji of a
commodious brick building, to be located on the Church lot, for the ac¬
commodation of the Sunday Schools. This, it is expected, w ill be com¬
pleted by the fall of the present year. The funds to very nearly the
amount of the contemplated cost are already in hand.
Church Offehikgs,—The sum of gl30 has been realized from the
•weekly " Church Off erings," and transmitted, except a small amount ex¬
pended for Sunday School Books, Prayer Books and Tracts, to the Mis¬
sionary Committee of the Diocese. Collections for other objects have
also been rnpde: among these was one of $80 qh Quinquagesima Sunday,
under the appeal of the Domestic and Foreign tommitteesof the General
Board of Mibsions.
CHRIST CHURCH, MACON.
Kct. Seneca G. Bragg, Rector.
Baptisms—Adults, (including four baptized by the Bishop of the Dio¬
cese, at the request of the Rector,) - - - 5
' Children, ------ 3i
Total, - 36
C onfirmations, - - - - - 13
Communicants—Died 1 ; Riepelled 2 ; Removed 8 ;
Added 19. Present number, 68
Marriages, - - - 7
Funerals, ------- -10
Of the Communicants reported last year, two have finished their Chris*
tian course, and entered into rest; although one of them had removed
from the Diocese before her decease. Both of them were much beloved
and deeply lamented. Many changes, of a painful character, have oc¬
curred among us. The cloud of embarrassment which has overshadowed
our prospects, is gradually disappearing. Unusual self-denial and abound¬
ing liberality, have grappled with our pecuniary difficulties ; and our nu¬
merous causes of discouragement have been followed by blessings, which
we dared not anticipate The contributions of the Congregation have been
chiefly applied to the object of relieving the Parish from debt. The sum
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of fifty dollars has been collected and remitted in answer to the urgent
appeal of the Hoard of Missions of the P. E. Church ; and about thirty-
six dollars contributed in aid of Missions within the Diocese
Through the active zeal and untiring industry of the " Ladies' Associa¬
tion," the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars has been raised and ap¬
plied to objects of Parochial interest and importance. To their future
exertions in the work of Christian benevolence, the friends of our Church
looK with abiding confidence.
The Sunday School for White children, remains in charge of the same
Superintendent, as in years past. He is aided by three Male and five
Female Teachers. The number of scholars usually attending, is forty-
five.
A small addition has been made to the Library.
Our expectations in regard to the Sunday School for Coloured persons,
have not been realized Oral instruction lias been regularly and faithfully
given ; but we have not seen that decided fruit of our labour, which we
desired. Still, the Superintendent £fnd the Teachers, have resolved to
persevere in their efforts. The number of scholars attending varies from
ten to thirty,
A weekly meeting of Communicants, held the past year, has been
particularly blessed in promoting unity of spirit and harmony of action.
We have been recently called to rejoicing and praise, in view of the gra¬
cious dealings of the Lord, during Passion week and on Easter day, while
favoured with frequent Episcopal servicers through the appointed season
of visitation. An impression has been left on many in our Parish, which
we trust may result in permanent and growing prosperity. For the vari¬
ous mercies bestowed on us, we would gratefully acknowledge our obli¬
gations to the Divine Head of the Church, and would "magnify His glori¬
ous name/'
TRINITY CHURCH, COLUMBUS.
Rev. William. B. Cairns, Bcctor.
Baptisms—White Infants 14;
Coloured Adults 4, Infants 6. Total, 24
Confirmed, - - " - - - 7
Communicants—Added 13 ; Removed 8, - - - • 77
Maniages, ^ 5
Burials, " 7
Sunday School—Teachers 10 ; Scholars about - - - 80
Collections—About §1000
This C hurch continues, by the blessing of God, to increase in numbers
and in strength. With the aid of the Bishop, a successful eff ort has been
made to liquidate the only claim remaining against the Church, with the
exception of what remains due to the Rector for the payment of Executions
previously noticed. The Ladies have been, as ever, indefatigable in their
industry, having- contributed more than three: hundred dollars in aid of the
Church. A collection, amounting to sixty dollars, was made lor Domes¬
tic ilissions, on occasion of the visit of ttie Rev. secretary of the Domestic
Committee in January last—and another of thirty dollars for the Sunday
School, in the month of March. T he Parish has also paid its quota for
Conventional expenses and the Bishop's fund.
CHRIST CHURCH, ST. SIMON'S ISLAND.
Ber. Bdward T. Wal&«r, minister.
Communicants—10; Added/, - - - - - 17
• Negroes, ---.---24
Baptisms—Children 6 ; Infants 3, 9
Negroes, Adults 19 ; Children 6; Infant^ 5, - 30
Confirmed, - 8
Do. Negroes, - - - - - -20
Burials, ------ 1
Marriages—1 White, 1 Black, - - 2
We were favoured with a visit from the Bishop in company with the Kev.
Mr, Goodwin, and the Rev. Mr. Neufville, in January. The Church was
open for Divine Service morning and afternoon for three successive days.
Those at the Church and at other points, were of an interesting nature,
and it is believed were productive of good.
Much time has been given to the religious improvement of the Negroes
during the past year. In addition to the Sunday afternoon services, three
evenings of the week have been devoted to teaching, and preaching to
them.
A large portion of those who are members of the Church have been
taught, (with the assistance^ of othfcrs) the Morning Service, (excepting
the Psalms,) and others have been instructed from Jones' Catechism.
The readiness and ease with which they have learnt the Church ser¬
vice—their willingness to instruct each other—the Scriptural knowledge
thus gained, give reason to hope and believe, that soon they will cheer¬
fully join our communion from personal interest and feel and realize that
they are the objects of the Church's care and love.
During the year a Vestry Room has been built, and the Church repaired
and painted.
The Offerings for Home and Foreign Missions have been g60. The
Negroes gave $3 50. The Missionary Bee Hive Society have realized
g 140.
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GRACE CHURCH, CLAttKESVILLE.
Iter. John B, Gallagher, minister.
Baptism—Infant, - . ^ . . - . . 1
Funerals, - . - - ^ - . . .2
Communicants, - -.--....17
Divine Service was regularly held in Clarkesville from May to the last
of October, the greater part of the time in the Church edifice, which
though not entirely finished, was sufficiently advanced towards-comple¬
tion, to enable the congregation to worship within its walls during the
summer. Great inconvenience and discouragement had been encountered
in carrying the work thus far, and this measure of success is partly owing
to the zeal and liberality of the Ladies of the Congregation, who contri¬
buted during the year towards the payment of the debt and other objects
connected with the Church, upwards of §400. The consecration of the
Church by the Bishop of the Diocese, took place on the 18th October, in
the presence of a large and very attentive congregation.
The attendance throughout the season, especially on the . pirt of the
settled inhabitants of the village, was more general than during the pre¬
vious summer. A speedy accession to any great'extertt, from the settled
population, can scarcely be expected, but the willingness of the people to
attend the services of the Church,, induces the hope, that ia time they will
be Enabled to appreciate more highly its Apostolic character.
Of the number of communicants reported, ten are summer residents,
who together with temporary visiters, composed the majority of the con¬
gregation.
A Coloured Sunday School was opened throughout the season with a
favourable attendance and manifestation of interest,especially in the case of
the adults. The average attendance of scholars was about 60.
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, MONTPELIER.
Rev. Charles Fay, Rector.
Baptisms—white adults 4, infants 1, coloured infants, 2, - 7
Confirmed; - ......6
Communicants—white 21, coloured 8, - - 29
Marriages, - - > - - 1
Collections for Foreign and Domestic Missions, - - §100
As heretofore, the congregation, for the most part, is made up of the
teachers, pupils and other members of the Georgia Episcopal Institute.
The Rector is happy to state, that the spiritual condition of the Church
at Montpelier is highly encouraging. A growing seriousness and interest
in religious things, have, during the course of the past year, been mani.
fested, both among the boys and girls composing the male and female
departments of the Institute. At the late visitation of the Bishop, several
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more than the candidates offered for Confirmation, w^re ready and desi¬
rous to be confirmed, who, by a rule of the school, were required to wait
until the consent of their parents or guardians could be obtained.
There is now a promise of much good in this interesting field of labour,
which, it is hoped, will be realized, through the Divine blessing, in the
happiest results.
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, MILLEDGEVILLE.
The Senior Warden reports, that on due enquiry in Milledgeville and
the vicinity, he find* the number of Communicants to be sixteen, who
have expressed their determination to return to the Church as soon as re¬
gular service is instituted.
A Sunday School was founded on the first Sunday after the Epiphany,
in the present year, under the superintendence of a commuhicant of our
Church, to instruct the principles and doctrines of the Citechism, Bible
and Prayer book, and is in a very flourishing condition. It commenced
with three pupils and now numbers twenty-two-
A -Ladies Sewing Society has been established, for the purpose of ob¬
taining a Library for the Sunday School and to aid in the purchase of an
organ for the contemplated Church edifice now being erected, by whose
praiseworthy efforts, a small collection of books has been obtained for
the use of the pupils, which will be increased as the wants of the school
demand. '
A building for a Church, is under contract, to be finished for consecra¬
tion by the 1st of December next. The courtesy- and Christian feeling
manifested towards the F.piscopal Church by the well informed of differ¬
ent denominations in Milledgeville, merit our gratitude,* and lead us to
indulge the pleasing anticipation that the establishment of a Church at
the seat of Government, on the Apostolic foundation, will ultimately re¬
dound to the increase of piety and national devotion, and that from this
place, under the direction of the Great Heap of the Church, may radiate
streams of light which shall make glad the city of our God.
JOHN RUGGLES COTT1NG.
ATHENS AND LEXINGTON.
Kev. Win. Bacon Stevens, M. D., Officiating.
On Tuesday, the 14th March, in company with Bishop Elliott, I arrived
at the scene of my future labours. The two following days, service was
held in the Methodist Church in Lexington by the Bishop and myself, to
small but attentive audiences. On Friday we went up to Athens, and held
service that night in the Baptist Church. The next Sunday, the Bishop
and the Rev, 1 hos. F. Scott, officiated in the Presbyterian Church, and
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the Sunday following1,1 held service twice in the same place, having been
requested to do so by the Session of the Church in the absence of their
Minister. Since then I have, while in Athens, regularly held services in
the Town Hall, which have generally been well attended. Encouraged
by mercies from on high, the friends of the Church have organized them¬
selves into a body by the name and title of the Wardens and Vestry of
Emmanuel Church, Athens; have elected a building committee—purchased
a lot and are now erecting a neat and beautiful place of Worship, which
we hope will be ready for consecration by autumn
Our prospects of success in Athens are certainly good, and if we will
but wait upon the Great Head of the Church in humble prayer and fervent
faith, we shall be sure of his blessing. The number of communicants, so
far as 1 have be^n ab e to ascertain, is 17.
By an arrangement with the people of Lexington I officiate.in that
place on the 3d Sunday of each month. On the 3d Sunday of last month
being K.aster, I held service three times in the Methodist Church to quite
large audiences. The number of communicants at this place is six.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, DARIEN.
Baptisms—11 White children ; 3 Adult Whites ; 1 Coloured, 15
Confirmations—23 Whites; 1 Coloured, - - - 24
Communicants—30 Whites; 1 Coloured, - - - - 31
The Wardens take pleasure in stating that the building of St. Andrew'9
Church will be commenced within the present month, and trust, with the
blessing of God, to see it open for His service, in the fall.
ST. JAMES' CHURCH, MARIETTA.
Rev. Thomas F. Scott, Officiating.
This Church was organized by the Bishop shortly after the adjournment
of thef last Convention. Since that time a very neat and substantial stone
building has been erected, and consecrated to the worship of Almighty God.
This work reflects great credit upon the taste and energy of those who super¬
intended its erection, as well as upon the liberality of the citizens. The,
building is 40 by 48 feet, with a pitch of 22 feet In the rear is a Yestry
room, say 12 by 16 feet} while the front is surmounted by a Tower with
an elevation of about 55 feet from the ground The wall, on the outside
is rough-cast, and the whole structure is according to the modern Gothic*
style.
There are forty six Pews in the body of the Church, in which about 230
persons may be comfortably seated, beside accommouations in the gallery
for a hundred more. The building is now completed, except the paint¬
ing of the interior, which will be done so soon as the means are in hand.
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We now lack but a bell, an organ, and a communion service, to complete
our fixtures; a very handsome Bible and Prayer Book for the Desk,"and
some other articles having- been kindly furnished by our friends of St.
Paul's Church, Augusta.
The number of communicants is eight. Of these however, one is most¬
ly absent on professional business, and two others live at such a distance
as to prevent them from worshipping with us more than occasionally-
Two infants have been baptized by the bishop
"We can say nothing definitely as to our congregation. There is but
one family at Marietta which has heretofore been connected with the
Episcopal Church. The others who are attached to1 it, are individuals
mostly transitory We can place our hope in nothing therefore but in the
righteousness of our cause, and in the blessing of t iod. We. take courage
however from the interest manifested in our cause by the community, and
feel assured that when our doctrines and usages come to be understood
they will also be appreciated by many
A Sunday School has beenxommenced, but it is not yet fillly organized*
Several heads of families have expressed a ^desire that their children be
trained in a school under our direction A number of Tracts and Prayer
Books have been forwarded us from the Depository at Macon* A portion
of these have already been distributed, and inquiries for them are becom¬
ing frequent.
ST. DAVID'S CHURCH, GI<YNN COUNTY.
Ker. John A, Vauglian, D. D. Officiating*
The Church of St. David's, Cilynn county, having been-consecrated by
the Bishop of the Diocese 011 the l^th of February last, remained closed
until \pril. The undersigned then undertook the pastoral care of the
Parish for that month, having the .assistance of a' friend in parts of the
service. During -fiv.e Sundays,- service has be'en regularly held in the
morning, and on three, in the afternoon ; the latter being especially for
the coloured people. On four Sundays there has been service also on one
or other of the plantations With the exception of the first Sunday the
children (amounting to about 20) have been regularly catechised in Church.
One child has been baptized Six white communicants (females) are at¬
tached to the Parish, three of whom became such during this brief min¬
istry now closed.
On Good Friday the undersigned preached and administered the com¬
munion in Danen
Few fipids ot Parochial labour possess greater interest. Five Planters
whose families compose the larger part of the white population ot the
neighbourhood built the Church, and it owes no man any thing The
Same parties intend during a second year, to add a vestry and enclose the
lotj to erect a. Parsonage as a healthy summer and winter Residence near.
-and secure the services of a permanent pastor. These efforts have also
djptinct reference to the religious instruction of the coloured people of
their plantations amounting- to between lOOi; and 1200 with hair as many
more in the immediate vicinity ; and no doubt can exist of such instruction
heing most thankfully received. Partial eff orts already made under the
disadvantage of merely occasional visits from a Minister resident in a neigh¬
bouring1 county, have produced evident good results, and justify expec¬
tations of greater good under the faithful care of a resident pastor of our
Church, for whose services the coloured people evince a growing attach¬
ment.
He who has led the hearts of the Planters to begin this work, has mani¬
festly given His blessing in its progress thus far.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD,
EFFINGHAM COUNTY,
yarious,circumstances have prevented tire performance of Divine ser¬
vice in this Church •during the past year. It is hoped that strrangements
will be made at an early period for the, support of a Missionary in this
Parish If the regular services of a clergyman could be procured there is
nQ place in the lower country where one might be more profitably em¬
ployed. An active and pious young man is wanted, as well as Prayer
Books, and Tracts explaining the doctrines of the Church. The building
is finished and ready for consecration, and for neatness and convenience,
will not suffer by a comparison with , any country Church in the1 Diocese.
The means ot the Parish are very limited, and it must rely for a considera¬
ble time upon members of our own communion,.-The debt is gradually
diminishing, and. if Episcopalians wiH only reserve apart of their means
for the support of this infant Parish, "Jacob's hand here would not be lift¬
ed. up in vain."
During the past year the undersigned has officiated seven or eight times
in the Meeting-House on Wilmington Island. A few members of our
Church reside on this and the adjacent Islands It is believed that they
have been pleased with the services.
The congregations of Blacks at White Bluff and Savannah have shared
in the weak efforts of the undersigned
On several occasions aid has been rendered to the Rev Messrs. Neufville
jind Gallagher.
GEORGE WHITE,
Savannah, May 4, 1843.
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To the Convention of the Diocese of Georgia :
Since the last Convention my residence has been changed from Wasli-
ington to this place. I have no Ministerial acts to report other than an
occasional service for other denominations in the town and neighbourhood,
JOHN JAMES HUNT.
Athens, April 25, 1843,
The Committee on Missions made the following Report, which
was accepted :
The Committee on Missions, respectfully
REPORT:
That appropriations have been made during the past year, for the sup¬
port of Missionaries at such points in the Diocese, as were recommended
by the lit. Rev. Chairman ex-officio.
A reference to the Report of the Treasurer of the Committee will show-
in what manner those appropriations have been applied. His account
exhibits a balance in hand of about eighty dollars. Of this amount the sum
■which may be necessary to procure an additional supply of two hundred
Prayer Books, is pledged to that object, only ten copies remaining in the
Depository. Donations of Prayer Books have been freely made in con¬
nexion with, or in anticipation of Missionary efforts. Ninety-five copies
liave been sent gratuitously to Marietta an(J Athens, within the Conven¬
tional year. Several thousand pages of tracts have been distributed in
like manner.
The Committee have refrained from enlarging the stock of Sunday
School Books, and from supplying defici«ncies, except'to a limited extent.
Without larger contributions in aid of the Depository, we shall not be able
to meet the future claims of our Missionary stations. The < ommittee look
forward to the ensuing year, as one of increased activity and success.
SENECA G. BRAGG, Chairman pro. tem.
The Standing Committee .made the following Report, which
was accepted :
The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Georgia
REPORT :
That they have frecommended to be received as a candidate for Orders,
Mr. Thomas F. Scott, late a Minister of the Presbyterian Church. They
have recommended to the Bishop for Deacon's Orders, Messrs. William
Bacon Stevens and Thomas F. Scott, and for Priest's Orders, the Rev. Ed-
syard T. Walker of St. Simon's Island.
They have also given consent tso the Consecration of the Rev. Dr. John
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Johns to be Assistant Bishop of Virginia, of the Rev. Dr Manton Eastburn
to be Assistant Bishop of Massachusetts,and of the Rev. Dr.John P. K Hen-
shaw to be Bishop of Rhode Island.
ED. NEUFVILLE, President.
The Reports of the Treasurers of the Convention and of the
Missionary Committee were referred to the Committee on Fi¬
nance.
The Committee on the proposed alterations in the Prayer
Book and the Constitution of the Church, were again, on request,
continued to the next Convention.
The Convention then proceeded ,to the election of its Standing
Committee, Committee on Missions, and Delegates to the Gene¬
ral Convention, which resulted as follows :
STANDING COMMITTEE.
Of the Clergy. Of the Laity.*
Rev. Edwajd Neufville, Mr. Wm. B. Bulloch,
" Edward E. Ford, Dr. Theodosius Bartow,
" S. G. Bragg. ' Hon. Robert M. Charlton.
COMMITTEE ON MISSIONS.
Rev. S. G. Bragg, - Mr. N. C. Munroe,
" Charles Fay. • " Horace Fitch.
" Geo. A. Kimberly.
DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION.
Rev. Edward Neufville, Hon. J. M. Berrien,
" Edward E. Ford, Maj. T. M. Nelson,
" Wm. D. Cairns, Mr. E. F. Campbell,
" S. G. Bragg. • " N. C. Munioe.
On motion, after Prayer by the Bishop, the Convention adr
journed to the hour of Divine Service to-morrow morning.
At night, in St. John's Church, Evening Prayer was read by
the Rev. Mr. Neufville, and a Sermon preached by the Rev. S.
i&. Bragg, from 1 Kings, 18,21.
SATURDAY, MAY 6, f past 10 A. M.
Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Dr. Stevens, and §.
Sermon preached by the Re,v. Charles Fay, from Acts 16, 31. The
jninutes of yesterday were read and approved. The Committee
on the State of the Church made the following Report which was
accepted:
The Committee on the State of the Church, beg leave tq
REPORT:
That while the aggregate returns from the different Parishes exhibit at)
increase of numerical strength in the Church in this Diocese, the very gen¬
eral attendance of the Lay Delegates appointed to represent them in this
Convention, furnishes a gratifying evidence of a spirit of zeal and interest
in the cause we have in hand, which cannot fail, under the Divine blessing,
to be productive of important results.
The speedy rebuilding of. the wall of Jerusalem in Nebertiiah's day, was
accomplished, not by the energy of his character, alone, but by the co-op¬
eration of "the people," who " had a mind lo work," and yielded a ready
compliance also with the direction : " In what plade ye hear the sound of
the trumpet, resort ye thither unto ys." As then, so now, " the work is
great sj.nd large, and we are separated one far from another," Mid stand in
equaj need of mutual counsel and combined effort for the advancement of
the interests intrusted to our care.
A comparative statement is herewith stibmitt6d of the returns made to
the last and present Conventions,; which, flattering as it is, your Commit¬
tee hope may still prove foi^t the first fruits of a more abundant harvest.
1842.
1843.
Baptisms, adulf, - r .. ',
32
43
" infants, - - J ' -
- 143
162
Confirmed, r 4
72
132
Communicants, - - -
- 460
621
Marriages, - - . _
35
29
Burials, - _ ,
- 54
36
Deacons ordained, - " -
1
•y
Priests ordained, - .
0
1
Parishes received into union, - '
0
5
Clergy present at Convention, ^ -
5
11
Lay Delegates present at Convention,
8
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All of which is respectfully submitted
ED. NEUFVIL^E, Chairman;
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The Committee on Finanoe made the following Report, which
was accepted :
The Committee on Finance, .to whom were referred the accounts of the
Treasurer of the Diocese, and the Treasurer of the Missionary fund, beg
leave to
RKPpRTj
That the accounts are. regularly, and satisfactorily stated—that of the
Treasurer of the Diocese is balanced, and the Treasurer of.the Missionary
fund has in his hands a balance of §82.24. All the items of each account
are sustained by proper vouchers.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. B. BULLOCH, Chairman.
The Committee on Unfinished Business Reported and were
discharged.
The Committee appointed to Report on " the expediency of
limiting the future meetings of the Convention of this Diocese to
such places as are central or easy of access," requested to be dis¬
charged from the further consideration of the snbjept : which re¬
quest was granted.
Mr. Wm. P. Hunter and Mr. Nathan C. Munroe were unani¬
mously re-elected Treasurers of the Diocese and of the Missionary
Committee, respectively. ■ . .
The following preamble and resolutions, were unanimously
adopted:
It having pleased the Sovereign andRightseous Disposerof events
to remove from his earthly labours to his Heavenly reward, the
late Reverend and beloved Father in God, Alexander Viets
Griswold—
Resolved, That while this Convention bow with unfeigned sub¬
mission under this chastising rod of Him who they are persuaded
ordereth all things in infinite wisdom and righteousness,they can¬
not withhold the expression of their unfeigned grief under a dis¬
pensation which has deprived our Geneial Convention of a coun¬
sellor so rich in experience, while yet so eminently adorned with
"the meekness of wisdom;" bis own Diocese of the ministrations
of a devoted, affectionate and beloved JBi shop and Father; the
whole body of our Clergy of an edifying model of ministerial
zeal and fidelity ; and the Church at large of the benign influ-
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ence of liis lovely and winning example as a faithful follower of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Resolved, That while they cherish a high admiration for the
virtues of this beloved Prelate, and a heart-felt veneration for his
memory, they also render to the Great Head of the Church, their
devout thanks for the signal benefits conferred upon her through
his instrumentality; and especially for the good example of one who,
having finished his course in faith, doth now rest from his labours:
beseeching God to give to them and to his whole Church, grace
so to follow that good example, that with him they may be par¬
takers of his heavenly kingdom.
Resolved, That copies of the foregoing Resolutions be trans¬
mitted by the Secretary of this Convention, to the surviving re¬
latives of the deceased, and to his Right Reverend successor in
his holy office, as expressive of the sentiments and feelings of this
Convention with reference to the bereavement which they have
sustained.
The Bishop having retired, the Rev. Mr. Neufville was called
to the Chair, when the following resolution was offered and unan¬
imously adopted :
Resolved, That a committee of three Clergymen and three Lay¬
men be appointed to wait bn the Bishop, and request of him, in
the behalf of this Convention, a copy of the Sermon preached by
him on the "Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer," appointed
by the civil authority, for publication and circulation amongst the
Parishes of this Diocese.
The Rev. Messrs. Cairns, Ford, and Bragg, and Messrs. Bul¬
loch, Caruthers and Nelson, were appointed said Committee, who
having conferred with the Bishop, and obtained his consent to the
publication of the Sermon, 1000 copies were ordered to be print¬
ed.
The Bishop having returned to the Chair, on motion, it was re¬
solved, that in the form of a Certificate of appointment as Delegate
to the State Convention, the word " Diocese" be substituted for
the word " State," wherever it occurs.
On motion, it was ordered, that 1000 copies of the Journal be
printed for distribution under the direction of the Secretary.
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The thanks of the Convention were unanimously tendered to
the Treasurers of the Diocese and of the Missionary Committee,
for their faithful and efficient services to the Church.
The next anniial Convention was appointed to meet in the city
of Augusta on the first Thursday in May, 1844.
The Rev. J. B. Gallagher was appointed by the Chair, preach¬
er i<f the Convention Sermon, and the Rev. Wm, Bacon Stevens
preacher of the Missionary Sermon at the next Convention.
After Prayer by the Bishop, the Convention adjourned until
Monday at 9 A. .M.
At night in St. John's Church, Evening Prayer was read by
the Rev. T. F. Scott, and a Sermon preached by the Rev. W.
13. Stevens, from 2 Chronicles, 16, 12.
SUNDAY.
A. M.—In Christ Church, Morning Prayer was read by the Rev^
Mr. Cairns, and a Sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Scott, from 1
John, 5, 8.
In St. John's Church, Morning Prayer was read by the Rev.
Dr. Stevens, and a Sermon preached by the Kev. Mr. Bragg, from
Luke 7, 47.
P. M.—Both congregations uniting in Christ Church, the Holy
Communion was administered by the Bishop assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Neufville, to about 200 participants, including members of
the Convention.
The collection at the Offertory for the benefit of candidates for
Holy Orders in this Diocese, amounted to $123.
At night, in St. John's Church, Evening Prayer was read by
the Rev. Mr. Neufville, and the Missionary Sermon preached by
the Rev. Mr. Cairns, from Luke 3, 10. The collection amounted
to $157.
MONDAY MORNING, 9 o'clock.
Convention met pursuant to adjournment. The Rev. J. B,
Gallagher who had been for several days confined to his house
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by indisposition, appeared and took his seat. After Prayer by
the Bishop, the minutes of Saturday were read and approved.
There being no further business, after Prayer and Benediction
by the Bishop, the Convention adjourned sine die.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr.
Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia.
Wm. D. Cairns, Secretary.
Savannah, May 8, 1843.
APPENDIX
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
IN THE DIOCESE OF GEORGIA.
ARTICLE I.
The Church of this Diocese, as a constituent part of the Protes¬
tant Episcopal Church of the United'States of America, accedes
to, recognises, and adopts the General Constitution of that
Church, and acknowledges its authority accordingly.
ARTICLE II.
A Convention of this'Church shall be held at such time of
each year and place as the previous Convention may appoint:
provided, however, that no Convention shall be opened for the
transaction of business, unless there be present at least two
Clergymen and Delegates from two congregations. And in case
no Convention be formed, the standing officers of the last Con¬
vention shall hold their respective offices until successors shall be
appointed.
ARTICLE III.
The Bishop, or, if the Episcopate be vacant, the Standing Com¬
mittee, shall have power, when it appears requisite for the good
of the Church, to call a Special Convention, by a circular letter to
the several Churches. There shall not be less than four weeks'
notice previous to the day appointed, and such meeting shall be
holden when the authority calling it shall determine: and at such
Special Convention, no other business shall be transacted than that
stated in the notice calling the Convention,
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ARTICLE IV.
The Coavention shall be composed of Clergymen and Laymen.
Every Clergyman in good standing, duly exercising clerical func¬
tions in existing parishes, or in other situations under the direc¬
tion of the Ecclesiastical authority of this Diocese, shall be a mem¬
ber of the Convention ; and every duly recognised Minister of
this Church, engaged in the business of literary instruction, who
shall have resided within the Diocese for six months last past,
shall be entitled to all the privileges of a member of the Conven¬
tion, with the exception of a right to vote.
Each Church or Congregation in union with this Convention
shall be entitled to a representation by one Lay Delegate or more,
not exceeding three, to be chosen from its own body by the War¬
dens and Vestrymen thereof: Provided, however, that the Min¬
ister, or in his absence, the Delegate or Delegates present at any
Convention, may supply any vacancy in the delegation, if he or
they should find, at the place of meeting, a member or members
of the congregation whiclr they are empowered to represent.
ARTICLE V.
New Parishes may be admitted into union with this Conven¬
tion, by a majority of votes : provided they shall have laid before
the Convention written evidence, subscribed by the Wardens,
that they accede to the Constitution and Canons of this Church,
and are regularly organized by the election of two Wardens, and
any number of Vestrymen at discretion, not exceeding eight.
ARTICLE VI.
Every meeting of the Convention shall b.e opened with Morning
Prayer, and a Sermon delivered on the first day of the Conven¬
tion, by a preacher appointed at the preceding Convention : a
Sermon on Missions shall also be preached some time during the
sitting of each Convention, when a collection shall be made in
aid of Missions within this Diocese. The appointment of both
preachers shall be made by the Bishop, or, in his absence, by the
President of th§ Convention.
ARTICLE VII.
The Convention shall deliberate and act as one body, unless
When any member shall call for a division on any question, jn
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which case each Clerical member shall be entitled to one vote,
and the Lay-Delegates of each congregation jointly to one vote .
and a majority of both orders shall be necessary to a decision.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Bishop of the Diocese shall be, ex-ojficio President of the
Convention. In case there be no Bishop, or iti his absence, a
presiding officer shall be elected from among the clerical mem¬
bers present.
ARTICLE IX.
At each annual meeting of the Convention, a Secretary and
Treasurer shall be chosen, to hold their respective offices until
the next Annual Convention, or until successors shall be appoint¬
ed.
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive, or cause to be
received, at each annual Convention, the assessments upon the
Parishes of this Diocese for defraying the incidental expenses of
the Convention and the support of the Episcopate—and also to
pay to the Bishop quarterly in advance, the amount of salary
pledged to him by this Convention ; making a faithful return of
all these his acts in his annual report to the Convention of this
Church.
ARTICLE X.
A Standing Committee shall be chosen at each annual meeting
of the Convention, to consist of three Clerical and three Lay
members : of the time and place of whose meetings due notice
in writing shall be given to all the members thereof at least one
week before the time of such meeting. At a meeting thus noti¬
fied, any four members shall constitute a quorum. The Standing
Committee shall meet as soon as practicable after their election,
and choose a President and Secretary from among their own num¬
ber, and it shall be the duty of the President to call a meeting
of the Committee whenever he shall deem it necessary, or when¬
ever he shall be required so to do by any three members of the
Committee.
Vacancies in this Committee, caused by death, resignation, or
otherwise, shall be supplied by the suffrages of the remaining
members,
ARTICLE XI.
The Convention shall annually elect four Clergymen and four
Laymen, as Deputies to the General Convention, and to any
Special General Convention which may be held in the recess of
this Convention, who shall be empowered, in the absence of one
or more of their colleagues, to appoint in the place of such
Delegate or Delegates any citizen or citizens of this State : Pro¬
vided that such citizen or citizens be a member or members of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in this Diocese ; or if it be in¬
convenient for any Delegate or Delegates to proceed to the place
of meeting, the Bishop is authorized to appoint others in their
place. In case of a vacancy in the Episcopate, the power hereby
conferred on the Bishop shall be exercised by the Standing Com¬
mittee.
ARTICLE XII.
A proposition for altering and amending this Constitution shall
be introduced in writing, and considered in Convention : and if
approved by a majority, shall lie over to the next Convention,
when upon consideration again, if it be approved by a majority
of the Convention, it shall be adopted.
CANONS-
"CANON I.
Each Church duly represented in this Convention shall pay or
cause to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the Conven¬
tion the sum of fifteen dollars annually, for defraying the inciden
tal expenses of the Convention.
CANON II.
In case any Clergyman of this Diocese shall be accused of error
in doctrine, immorality of life, or neglect or transgression of any
of the Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States, or of this Diocese, it shall be the duty of any two or more
Clergymen, or of the Wardens and Vestrymen of the Church of
which he is Rector, or to which he may belong, who shall have
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knowledge or belief of such misdemeanor, to represent the same
to the Bishop, or in case there be no Bishop, to the Standing Com¬
mittee of the Diocese. In the event of such representation, it
shall be the duty of the Bishop, or if there be no Bishop, the Stand¬
ing Committee, if he or they shall deem the charge or charges
worthy of investigation, forthwith to notify the accused of such
charge or charges, together with the time and place appointed
for his trial. The mode of trial shall be as follows : The Bishop,
or the Standing C ommittee, as the case may be, shall appoint a
number of Presbyters not less than five, of whom the person ac¬
cused may select a majority by whom to be tried. The result of
the trial shall be made known to the Bishop, or in case there be no
Bishop, to the Standing Committee, who shall pronounce and ex.
ecute or cause to be pronounced and executed, such sentence as
may be awarded, should the same by him or them be deemed just
and proper.
Should the sentence be suspension or degradation from the
Ministry, the Bishop, or provisional Bishop, or should there be
none, some neighbouring Bishop shall be requested to pronounce
the same.
Should it be impossible to obtain from this Diocese the requisite
number of Presbyters to constitute a board of trial, the deficiency
may be supplied from a neighbouring Diocese.
Should any Clergyman, accused and cited for trial according to
the provisions of this Canon, neglect or refuse to obey the cita¬
tion, such neglect or refusal shall be considered as an acknowl¬
edgment of the truth of the charges preferred against him, and
sentence shall be pronounced accordingly.
CANON III.
The Convention shall appoint annually, by ballot, a Committee
of two Clergymen and three Laymen, of which Committee the
Bishop of the Diocese, when there is one, shall be, ex-officio, chair¬
man ; whose duty it shall be to take in charge the Missionary,
Bible, Common Prayer Book, Tract and Sunday School opera¬
tions of the Church in this Diocese: and it shall be further the
duty of this Committee to make a full report of all their proceed¬
ings to each succeeding annual Convention.
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CANON IV.
It shall be the duty of the Vestry of each Church in connexion
with this Diocese, to pay, or cause to be paid, into the hanjds of
the Treasurer of the Convention, at each annual meeting of the
Convention, the amount of the assessment laid upon the Churches
respectively represented by them, for the support of the Episco¬
pate in this Diocese.
CANON V.
Section 1. Whenever any number of persons shall associate to
form an Episcopal Congregation, they shall adopt articles of asso¬
ciation for their government, in which they shall acknowledge
and accede to the Constitution, Canons, doctrines, discipline and
worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,
and the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Georgia; they
shall assume a suitable name by which their Church or Parish
shall be designated, and elect two Wardens and any number of
Vestrymen at discretion, not exceeding eight. A certified copy
of the articles of Association and of the proceedings at their adop¬
tion, signed by the Wardens, shall then be laid before the Con¬
vention, and if approved by that body, delegates from such con¬
gregation or Parish may take seats in the Convention, and the
congregation shall be considered as united to the Convention and
subject to its decisions.
Section 2. Every Parish so organized, shall annually, on Eas¬
ter Monday, elect the same number of Vestrymen and Wardens.
STANDING RESOLUTIONS.
For providing a permanent Fund for the support of the Episcopate,
adopted 1841.
Resolved, That, as it is important that the formation of a per¬
manent fund for the support of the Episcopate in this Diocese, be
at once commenced, each Rector of a Parish is requested, annually,
to call the attention of his Parishioners to the subject, and invite
contributions for the object in such mode as he may deem most
expedient. That the Standing Committee of the Diocese, be
Trustees of this fund, to whom all collections are to be paid over
by the respective Rectors, and the amount thus paid over invested
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fcy the said Trustees, in what may appear to them the most safe
arid profitable manner the interest annually received to be ad¬
ded to the principal, so that f >r the present the fund may be ac¬
cumulating, And further, Resolved, That the Standing Commit¬
tee as Trustees aforesaid, be requested to report at each annual
Convention the amount received during the year, the sources from
which received, and the manner in which the same is invested.
Of the organization oj new Parishes, adopted 1842.
Resolved, That in the organization of new Parishes, the follow¬
ing form of declaration be recommeuded, and the meeting in.
"Which it is adopted be held and conducted according to the pro¬
visions of Canon 5.
" We, the subscribers assembled for the purpose of organizing a
Church [or Parish] of the Protestant Episcopal Church in ,
county of , and State of Georgia, after due notice given, do
hereby agree to form a Church [or Parish] to be kn«»wnby th< name
of Church , and as such, do hereby acknowledge and ac¬
cede to the doctrine, discipline and worship, the Constitution and
Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
of America, and the Constitution and Canons nf the same Church
in the Diocese of Georgia, and we do accordingly now appoint A.
B. and C. D. to be the first Wardens, and R. F , G H , I. J., to be
fche first Vestrymen of Church to continue in office until
Easter Monday, n. D. , and until others be chosen in their
place. And an election of Wardens and Vestrymen shall hereaf¬
ter be held on Easter Monday of each successive year.
Witness our hands at ■. county of , and btate of Geor¬
gia, this day of , in the year of our Lord ——.'
For Printing Reports of Treasurers, adopted 1842.
On motion, it was unanimously Resolved,vs. a standing rule, that
the Reports of the Treasurers respectively, be printed rn an Ap¬
pendix to the Journal of the Convention.
On the Use of Churches, adopted 1S42.
On motion, it was unanimously Resolved, That it be recom¬
mended to the Vestries of our Churches in this Diocese to dis¬
courage the use of the Churches^ under their care, for all "unhal¬
lowed, worldly and comrrton uses-
rpJJ STYliE OB TITIJE OF CHURCHES^
The proper style for a duly incorporated Congregation is, "The
Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry, (or else the Church War¬
dens and Vestry) of Church in —. The first blank being
left for the name of the Church, the ether fer that of the place.
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Dr. The Diocese of the State of Georgia, in Account
1842 April 30. To cash paid Rt. Rev. S. Elliott, balance
due for 1S41, from Christ Church, Macon, (through
Rev. S. G. Brag?,) 100
June 10. To cash paid Rt. Rev. S. Elliott, on account of
salary for 1842, ------- 500
June 30 To cash paid Do. do. 110
July 23. To cash paid W. T Williams on account of bill
for printing Journal of Convention for 1842, - - 97
August 18. To cash paid Rt. Rev. S. Elliott on account of
salary for 1842, ------- 30Q
1843. March 6. To cash paid Rt. Rev. S. Elliott in full for
salary for 1842, 490
May 1. To cash paid Rt. Rev. S. Elliott on account of
salary for 1843, ....... 232
$1829
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Current with William P. Hunter, Treasurer. Cr.
1842. April 20. By Balance due by Treasurer as per ac¬
count rendered, - -- ...$7
April 30. By cash from Christ Church, Macon, balance due
for 1841, as per contra, 100
By cash received from W. T. Williams, Delegate,
the following, viz :
From Trinity Church, Columbus, being quota of
Bishop's Fund for 1842, - $100
From Do. for expenses of Convention, 1842, 15
From St. Paul's Church, Augusta, quota to
Bishop's Fund for 1S42, - 500
From Do. for expenses of Convention, 1842, 15— 630
June. By cash from Rev. Mr. Walker of Christ Church,
St. Simon's Island, on account quota for expenses of
Convention for 1842, ------ 10
July 7. By cash from Rev. S. G. Biagg of Christ Church,
Macon, quota for expenses of Convention for 1842,* 15
July 22. By cash from Christ Church, Savannah, quota for
expenses of Convention for 1S42, 15
From St. John's Church. Savannah, quota for ex¬
penses of Convention for 1842, 15
August 18, By cash from Christ Chu.ch. Savannah, 011 ac¬
count-quota to Bishop's Fund for 1842, - - . - 300.
1843 Feb. 9. By cash from Do. in full for quota of that
Church to Bishop's Fund for 1842, ... 100
Feb. 15. By cash from Do. on account quota to Bishop's
Fund for 1843, (leaving $868 due for 1843,) - - 132
Feb. 17. By cash from Christ Church, Macon, on account
of Bishop's Fund for 1S42, ----- 100
March 6. By cash from Christ Church, Macon, on account
quota to Bishop's salary for 1842, - - - - 100
March 17. By cash from Do in full for balance due on
quota to Bishop's salary for 1842, - 100
April 12. By cash from Do. on account quota to Bishop's
salary for 1843, (leaving still due for 1843, $200) - 100
April 28. By cash from Rev. Mr. Walker, balance due from
Christ Church St. Simon's Island, expenses of Con¬
vention for 1S42, ^
May 1. By cash from Christ Church, St. Simon's Island
quota to Bishop's salary for 1842, - - - - 100
$1829
W. P. HUNTER, Treasurer.
Savannah, May 2, 1843.
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Dk. The Committee on Missions of the Diocese of Georgia,
1S42. August 18. To amount remitted Rev. J. B. Gal¬
lagher, Missionary at Clarkesville, through Bishop
Elliott, $200 00
October 7. To amount remitted Rev. J. B. Gallagher,
Missionary at Clarkesville, - - $150 00
Paid discount on above remittance in
Central money $23, and exchange on
check, 75 cents, ----- 23 75—173 75
September 11. To amount paid by Rev. S. G. Bragg in
New York, for 400 copies Liturgy for Sunday
Schools, $S, 100 Catechisms, $9, - - - 17 00
1843. February 27. To amount paid Rev. E. T. Wal¬
ker, Missionary at St. Simons, - - - 90 00
April 4. To amount remitted Rev. T. F. Scott on ac¬
count of salary as Missionary at Marietta, - - 100 00
$580 75
Balance, - - - - - - 82 24
$662 99
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in account with Nathctn C% IMunroe, TreasuTtr, Cr.
1842. April 29. By balance in hand of Treasurer, from
previous account, $121 37
May 25. By amount received from W. Root, through
Kev. S. G. Bragg, as a donation to the Tract cause, 2 00
June 13. By amount received in Central Bank notes,
from Rev. W. D. Cairns, for first annual collection
for Missions, taken up during the Convention at
Columbus, - - - 60 00
August 18. By amount received from the Episcopal So-
ciety for the advancement of Christianity in Geor¬
gia, through Bishop Elliott, - - 141 10
By amount received from Christ Church,
SaVannah, Church Offerings, - 9 00
By amount received from Ladies Mission¬
ary Association, Christ Church, Sava'h, 22 00
By amount received from St. John's Ch.
Savannah, Church Offerings, 27 90—200 00
1843. February 9. By amount received thro'
Rev. S. G Bragg, tor Books for Christ
Church, Macon, Sunday School, - 10 76
By amount received through the same, for
Books sold to individuals, - 6 24— 17 00
February 11, By amount received from Rev.
Edwd E. Ford, for Prayer Books sold, 3 58
By amount received from same, for Sun¬
day School Books from Depository - 8 87
By amount received from same, for Dio¬
cesan Missionary Fund, 87 55—100 00
February 27. By amount received from Christ Church, .
Savannah, through Rev. E. Neufville, for Mission¬
ary purposes, - - - - - - - 70 00
By amount received from Christ Church, St. Si¬
mons' Island, through Rev. Edw'd T. Walker,
for Missionary purposes, 20 00
March 20 By amount received from St. Stephen's Ch.
Milledo-eville, for Prayer Books and Sunday School
Books,°thiough Rev. S. G. Bragg, - - - .5 0#
By amount received for Prayer Books sold by Rev.
S. G. Bragg, - - - 1 00
April 17. By amount received for collection in Christ
Church, Macon, on Easter Day, for Diocesan Mis¬
sionary purposes, " " 36 62
April 20 Bv amount received from St. Paul s Church,
Augusta, through Rev. Edw'd E. Ford, for Dioce¬
san Missionary purposes, 30 00
$662 99
Right Rev:. Sj EPIi EN LLLlOl l,.lr., D. i>
Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia.
Rev. WILLIAM D. CAIRNS,
Secretary of Convention.
REV. EDWARD NEUFVILLE J
President of Standing Committee.
Mr. WILLIA »I ■ 111 N 1
Treasurer of Diocese
<ef^SuY;
innah.
MR. N JJ
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, of Macon,
Committee.
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FORM or A CERTJIIC ATE
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Of Appointment as a D*jig ate to the Diocesan Convention.
This certifies tllat at a meeting of the Lector, Wardens anil Ves-
try, (or VV ardens and \ estry, it 10 rector were present,) of , v
held on the day of , the following person (or persons, as 8
the case may be,) viz : K. L. M. N. and O. P., were duly elected %
to represent tlii.s ( hurch in the next Convention of this Diocese, to L
be held in , on the day of , 1>—.
The above certificate shall be signed by the Rector, if present, $
or in his absence by one of the Wardens or the Secretary of the £>$
Vestry.