Journalof the Proceedings of the

Bishops, Clergy, and Laityof the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

in a General Convention1823

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JOURNAL.. MTRJI

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"BISHOPS, CLERGY, AND LAITY

O~ TIU;

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH

XII TIIJ!

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Xif

A GENERAL CONVENTION,

Held in St. l'eter's Church, in the City of Philadelphia, from the 20th t".the 26th Day of May inclusive,

A. D. 1823.

NEW· YORK ~

PlllNTED BY T. lit J. SWURDS:No. 99 Pearl-street,

1823.

The Right Rev. William White, D. D. of Pennsylvania, Pre­siding Bishop;

The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D. D. of New-York,The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D. of the

Eastern Diocese, comprising the states of Maine, New­Hampshire, Massachusct ts, Vermont, and Rhode Island,

The Right Rev. Richard Cldlnl!ing ~IQore. D. D. of Virginia.The Right Rev. James Kemp, D. D. of Maryland.The Right Rev. John Croes, D. D. of New-Jersey.The. Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D. of South-Carolina.The Right Rev, Philander Chase, D. D. of Ohio.The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D. LL. D.

of Connecticut. ._The Right Rev, John Stark Ravenscroft, of North-Carolina.

N. B. Those whose names arc in Italics, were preventedfrom attending,

HOUSE OF CLERICAL AND LAY DEPUTIES.

N. B. The deputies whose names are in Italics, were notpresent.

CLERICAL DEPUTIES.

Vermont.

.:11aesachusetts,

Rliode-[sland,

{

T hC Rev• .Ilbraham Bronson,The Rev, George Leonard,The Rev. Carlton Chase,The Hey. Joe! Clapp.

(The Rev, John S. J. Gardiner, o. D., The Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D.) The Rcv• .d sa Eaton,\. The Rev. James Jl1ons.

{

T he Rev. Salmon -Wheat.oll,The Rev. Nathan B. Crocker.The Rev. .lasper Adams, .The Rev. Lcmuet Burge.

..Delaware.

Georgi«.

New· York.

N ew·Jerse!!.

Pennsylvania.

JlCarylamI.

Virginia.

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{

T he Rev. Ashbel BaldW.in,Connecticut. The Rev. Daniel Burhans,

The Rev. Harry Croswell,The Rev. Truman Marsh.

{

T he Rev. David Butler,The Rev. Thomas Lyell, D. D.The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk,The Rev. Orin Clark.

{

T he Rev. Charles H. Wharton, D. D.The Rev. John C. Rudd,The Rev. John Croes, Jun.The Rev. George Y. Morehouse.

{

T he Rev. James Abercrombie, D. D.The Rev. Jackson Kemper,The Rev. William A. Muhlenberg,The Rev. Levi BlIlI.

~The Rev. Ralph Williston,The Rev. Robert Clay,The Rev. Daniel Higbie•

{

T he Rev, John Johns,The Rev. John P. I{. Henshaw,The Rev. Gf~orge Weller,The Rev. Wilti~m Hawley,"

{

T he Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D.The Rev. William Me:lde,The Rev. Edward C. M'Guire,The Rev. Oliver &rris.

{

T he Rev. John Avery,. The Rev. William Hooper,

North-Carolina, The Rev, Richard S. Mason,The Rev. William M. Green,

South-Carolina. 5The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden, D. D.l The Rev. Milward Pogson,

{

T he Rev. Edmund JlIalhe.cs,The Hev, .flbiel em'ler,The Rev. Hugh Smith.

• The fullowing note was handed to the Committee of Publication, with a requesttl.at it might appear sttached to the List ofM,·mhers, The Rev. Mr. Hac-lev, orthe western shore. was unanimously appointed by th.e delegation from the Dioceseof Maryland. to fill the vacancy oeeasioned by the absence of the Rev. Mr. \\'ickes,because there was no Cleriaal gentleman IIttending from the eastern shore of thatdiocese.

J 0UI'fUJ1 of Ihe Ge~eral CQn'Dention-182~. r.LAY DEPUTIES.

Delaware.

f'iTginia.

Vermant.

New-York.

NmylancZ.

Connecticut:

{

J oshua Isham,George Clea'liewnd,.11exander Fleming,Joshua Sheldon.

{

G ardiner Green,

.Uassacoosetts. Joseph Head,William Appleton,George Suiliiian,

{

T homas L10Ju Halsey,Alexander Jones,

Rhode-]sland. Stephen T. Northam,Samuel Slater.Oliver Coles.

{

Philip S. va,n Rensselaer,Richard H arisen,Morris S. llIiJ!cr,John Wells.

{

Peter Kean,Plunket F. Glentworth,Joseph V. Clark,George C. Thomas. ""

{

Samuel Sitgrcaves,William Meredith,

Pennsylvania. J I I" do In ...ca ,Edward J. Stiles.

5Nicholas Ridge(,!,~ Kensey J 011l1s,{.Daniel Rodney_

ST ench Tilghman,John C. Herbert,

j Francis S. Key,~Robert H. Goldsborouglt,"

SWilliam l\byo.Hugh.l\lerccl",·

) .John Nelson,~ Rouert Lew•.-.

f J olui /1. Cameron,v h C I' .r,osiah Collins, ..:yort . aro ma."( "f J .J. oscs ar;JZS,. Alexander Caldcleugh•

N ew-JerspY.

. ~ Al!l)ointed :lhrccn.bly.to rcguletlons o~ COl~.Yer.tij)'~ ill tll.l\j,o rC5~,:cfivc. ,::;t:lf "", pro..':;~m~ III ('asp of .t~f'nce 10 the elected ~L·I~o:!~'~lfitl. '- (./:, '.": ttce n,l .J "nblicaticn,

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South-Carolina. Governeur l\I. Wilkins.

~George Jones, .

Georgia. /Jnthony Barclay,William W. Hazzerd.

Clergy who attended the sittings ofthe Convention.

The Rev. Henry Anthon,The Rev. William Barlow,The Rev, Thomas Brcintnall,The Rev, George W. Doanc,'l'he Rev, Manton Eastburn,The Rev. James Milnor, D. D.The Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, 1\1. D.The Re\", Henri L. P. F. Penevcjre,The Rev. William Richmond,Thc Rev, Lucius Smith,The Rev, Samuel H. Turner, D. D.The Rev, Jonathan M. Wainwright,The Rev. Richard F. Cadle,The Rev, Ji,l1n M. \Vard,The Rev. William L. Johnson,The Rc\·. Jacob M. Douglass,'fhe REv. Benjamin 1\lIclI,The Rev. Frederick Beasley, D. D ..The Rev, Gregory T. DedeH,The Rev. George Boyd,The Hcv, Samuel C, Brinkle,The Rev. Jehu C, Clay,The Rev. Charles l\1. Dupuy,'fhe Rev. Joseph Hutchins, D. D.The Rev. Joseph .Iaquett,The Rev, Richard U. Morgan,The Rev. Norman Nash,The Rev, Joseph Pilmore, D. D,The Rev. John Rodney,The Rev, William Thompson,The Rev, Bird Wihon. D, D.The Rev. James \Villbank,The Rev, 'William E. Wyatt, D. D.The Rev, George l\l'Ellinney,The Rev, Charles P. i\1'Ilvainc,The Rev, Stephen H. Tyng,

·The Rev, Edward R. Lippit,

1

Nee-York;

)INeio-Jersty.

1>Pennsyh-atlw.

I)

1lAfarYland.

Virginia •

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Students of the General Theological Seminary.Robert B. Croes, } .Ma.tthew Matthew!, F' t CI\Villiam T. Potter, Irs ass.William Shelton, •Isaac Low, ~George A. Smith, Second Class.James L. Yvonnet,Danforth Billings, ~Charles P. Elliott, Third Class.Philip Gadsden,

Henry 1\1. Mason, Candidate for Holy Orders IQ PeIlD­sylvania.

New.York.

From Vermont.

JO·URNAL

or TUB

PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF CLERICALAND LAY DEPUTIES.

--Philadelphia, .May 20th, 1823.

THIS being the day appointed for the meeting of the Gene­fill Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the

United States of America, several Clerical and Lay Deputiesattended in St. Peter's Church, at 10 o'clock A. M.

Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. John S. Ravenscroft,and a sermon was preached by the Right Rev. Bishop Croes,

After Divine Service, the Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D.was requested to take the Chair, and the Secretaries of the lastConvention acted as Secretaries pro tem.

The House then proceeded to read the testimonials of theClerical and Lay Deputies, which were severally approved;and the following gentlemen took their seats in the House.

CLERICAL DEPUTIES.

5The Rev. George Leonard,l The Rev. Carlton Chase.

Massachusetts. The Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D.

~The Rev. Salmon Wheaton,

Rhode-Istand. The Re~. Nathan B. Crocker,The Rev. Jasper Adams.

{

T he Rev. Ashbel Baldwin,The Rev. Daniel Burhans,

Connecticut. The Rev. Harry Croswell,The Rev. Truman Marsh.

~The Rev. David Butler,The Rev. Thomas Lyell. D. D.The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk.

2

Virginia.

Maryland.

Delaware.

J wmal of"~6 Gir&ual C0n1mdien-:l823.

~The Rev. Jobn C. Rudd,

FJ&m New·]ersey. 'The Rev. John Croes, jun.The Rev. George Y•.Morehouse.

lT he Rev. James Abercrombie, D. D'.Pennsylvania. The Rev. Jackson Kemper, .

The Rev. ,William A. Muhlenberg.SThe Rev. Ralph Williston,l The Rev. Daniel Higbie.

The Rev. John Johns, '

{

T he Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D.The Rev. William Mead,The Rev. Edward C. M'Guire,The Rcv. Oliver Norris •.

~The Rev. William Hooper,

,Rorth.Caroliua. The Rev. Richard S. Mason,. The Rcv. William 1\1. Green.

~The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden,

South-Carolina, D. D.The Rcv. lllilward Pogson~

)()

LAY DEPUTIES.

f'roitl Rhode-lsland.

Connecticut.New-York.

New.Jersey.

Pennsylvania.

l\laryland.

Virginia.

5Thomas Lloyd Halsey,~ Alexander Jones.

Oliver Coles.l\lorris S. l\'liIler.

( Peter Kean,

lPlunket F. Glentworth,George C. Thomas,Joseph V. Clark.

{

Edward J. Stiles,Samuel Sitgreaves,William Meredith,John Read.

~FranciS S. Key,Tench Tilghman,Robert H. Goldsborough.

{

William Mayo,Hugh Mercer,John Nelson,Robert Lewis.

Journal of the GemrJll COR,ention~182~. ' 11

'The House proceeded te the election of a President, Sec­Rta"ry.~ndAssi!<tantSecretary, when it appeared that the Rev.William H. Wilmer was chosen President; the Rev. Ashbelllaldwin, Secretary; anti the Rev. John C. Rudd, AssistantSecretary.

The Rev. Mr. Baldwin offered his resignation as Secretary,which was accepted; whereupon, resolved, that the thank!of this House be given to .the Rev. Mr.Baldwi~ for his longand faithful services as Secretary.

'The Rev. Dr. Abercrombie and }'dr. Meredith were ap­pointed a Committee to inform the House of Bishops, that thisHouse was organized and ready to proceed to business, TheHouse of Bishops returned for answer, that they were alsoorganizedaod ready to proceed to husiness, and that they hadchosen the Rev. WilliantH. De Lancey their Secretary.

A Journal 01 the ;Convent~.o0'£ the Protestant EpiscopalChurch in the State of Georgia was presented to this House.witb an application of the Chur,c.h iQthat State, ~ be receivedinto uuioa with the General Convention.

It appearing to .the satisfaction of this House, that theConvention of Georgia had acceded to the Constitution of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,

Resol-ced, if the House of Bishops concur therein, that theChurch in .the State of Georgia, be received into union withthe General Convention.

This resolution, with" the Journal and applica-tion of tfie.Church in Georgia, was. sent to the House of Bishops, whoreturned for answer, that they concurred in receiving theChurch in Georgia into union with the General Convention.

The Rev. Hugh Smith, a Clerical Deputy, and Mr. GeorgeJones, a La) Deputy, from Georgia, presented certificates oftheir appointment, which wue i'cad and .appeoved, and theytook their seats in the House.

On motion, rel/o[-eed, that the Clergymen of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church who may he in the City of Philadelphiaduring the session of the General Convention: the Professorsof the General Theological Seminary, Students of Theology,and Candidates fer Holy Orders, be admitted to the sittings(if this House. .

Certain documents relative to the election of the Rev. John6. Ravenscroft as Bishop of NO£th-CarGlina, were laid beforethis House, with a request for the House to grant the testimo­nial required by the third Canon of JS08, in relation to .theconsecration of a Bishop elect.

The documents appearing satisfactory. the House resolvedtoO grant thetestimonial required, which was accordingly signed

rs J oumal of IheGeneral CCl1Illenlion-] 823 •.

by all the members present, and sent to the House of Bishops,who returned for answer, that they would take the subjectinto consideration, and communicate to this House. .

On motion, resolved, that a list 'of the members of thisHouse be published.

On motion, resolved, that a committee, consisting of onemember from each state represented in this Convention, beappointed to examine the Journals of the different state Con­ventions, Episcopal Charges, and Pastoral Letters, which havebeen, or which may be 1aid before this House during the pre.sent session; to make inquiry into the state of the Church ineach Diocese, and into the attention paid to the Rubrics andCanons; to draw up a view of the state of the Church, and toreport the same to this House, agreeably to tbe 45tb Canonof 1808. •. '. .

The following gentlemen were appointed to compose saidCommittee, viz.

Vermont, The Rev. George Leonard.'Massachusetts, The Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D.Rhode-Island, The Rev. Nathan B. Crocker.Connecticut, The Rev. Harry Croswell.New-York, The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk.New-Jersey, The Rev. John C. Rudd.Pennsylvania, The Rev. James Abercrombie, D. D.Delaware, The Rev. Daniel Higbie.Maryland, Tire Rev. John Jobns,Virginia, The Rev. William Meade.North-Carolina, The Rev. Richard S. Mason,South. Carolina, The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden, D. D.Georgia, The Rev. Hugh Smith.The rules of order in the General Convention of 1820, were

adopted as the rules of this House.On motion, resolved, that the hours of business of this House,

during the present session, shall be from 9 .o'clock' A. bl. to3 o'clock P. M. each day.

This resolution was sent to the House of Bishops.~n motion, resolved, that a Committee be appointed to ex- '

amme the J ournal of the last General Convention, and reportthe unfinished business, if any. The Rev. Mr. Butler, theRev. ~I'. Wheaton, and Mr. Halsey, were appointed theCommittee,

The House adjourned,

hamal oj llu G c11eraJ Con'Pfntion- t 823. J 3

WuInesdaY,t(WuY2J! 9 o'clock .'1. Itt.

The House met.Moming Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Butler.The minutes of yesterday were "read and approved.The House proceeded to the choice of Secretary and Assist.

ant Secretary, when it appeared that the Rev. John C. Huddwas chosen Secretary, and the Rev. James MontgomeryAssistant Secretary.

The following gentlemen, whose testimonials had been readand approved, appeared and took their "eats, viz. The Rev.Levi Bull, a clerical deputy from Pennsylvania , Rev. John P.K. Henshaw, and the Rev. George ~Vcller, clerical deputiesfrom Maryland; the Rev. John Avery, a clerical deputy fr0p'North-Carolina; Governeur M. Wilkins; a lay deputy fromSouth-Carolina; Kensey Johns, a lay deputy from Delaware ,John C. flerbert, a Jay deputy from Maryland; and SamuelSlater, a lay deputy from Rhode-Island.

On motion, resolved, that two Standing Committees be ap­pointed, one upon the General Theological Seminary, a IIII theother upon the General Domestic and Foreign MissionarySociety.

Whereupon, the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, the Rev. Dr. Gadsden,and Mr. Meredith, were appointed" the Committee on theTheological Seminary.· " .

On the Missionary Society, the Rev. l\1r. Kemper, the Rev.ftlr. Croes, and Mr. Mercer, were appointed the Committee.

A message was received from the House of Bishops, withcertain documents from South-Carolina, relative to the Gene­ral Theological Seminary, which were read, and referred tothe Committee on that subject.

OIl motion, resolved, tlmt the Committee on the state of theChurch be requested to ascertain, as nearly as the)' Cali, thenumber of candidates for the ministry in the several dioceses,and embody the result in their report.

The Committee appointed to examine the Journal of thelast General Convention, reported all unfinished business,The alteration of the first article of the Constitution proposedin ]&20; the resolution on the subject of establishing aCollege, to be under the superintendence of the General Con­vention; and the reports of two committees, one on the sub­ject of raising a fund for the General Convention, and theot~r for the Constitution and Canons as adopted in 1789,with subsequent amendments and alterations.

The Rev. Mr. Kemper laid before the House the Consti-

No.Aye.Aye.Aye..Aye.Aye.No.

Aye.

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tution of the Missionary Society, with proposed alterations,which were referred to the Millsionary Committee.

A message was received. from the House of Bishops, inform­:togthis Honse that they bad examined the testimonials of theelection of the Rev. John S. Ravenscroft to the Episcopateof North-Carolina; and that they had agreed to proceed tohis consecration to-morrow morning at ]0 o'clock. .

Mr. Kean called up the subject of the proposed alterationof the fil'it article of the Constitution, relative to the time andplace of meeting of the General Convent ion. The questionbeing taken by states, was decided as follows.

Clergy.Vermont, No.Massachusetts, ". Aye.Rhode-Island, '" No.Connecticut, Aye.:New-York, Aye.New-Jersey, Aye.Pennsylvania, Aye.Delaware, Aye.Maryland, No.Virginia, Ayc.North-Carolina, Aye,South-Carolina, Aye. Aye.Georgia, Ayc. . Aye.So the proposed alteration was adopted, and notice thereof

tent to the House of Bishops.On motion. res'Jlved, that the Pew on the right of the Chair

be appropriated to the use of the Bishops, when they may bedisposed to attend the sittings of this House. This resolutionwas sent to the House of Bishops.

On motion, resolved, that the delegation from each State be'Calledupon for their respective nominations of Trustees of theGeneral Theological Seminary; whereupon, such nomina-·tions were laid upon the table, and referred to the Committeeon the Theological Seminary.

The following documents; which had been laid before theHOU5C, agreeably to the 45th Canon of] 80U, were referred tothe Committee on the state of the Church. .From Vermont, Printed Journal for 1822, with the Constitu-

tion of the Church in that State, and abstractsof the Journals for 1820 and ]821.

Rhode-Island, Written Journals for 1821 and 182:1.New-York, Printed Journals for 1820,1821, and 1822,

and a Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of'the Diocese.

JoiJrnal oft1&~ G~f1~ral COnlltflti01l-1 ~~3. 15

Prom New.Jeney, Printed Journals for 18'20, 1821., and 1822,. and an a6stract of the Proceedings of the

, Corporation for the Relief of Widows andChildren of Clergymen.

Fennsylvania, Printed Journals for 1821 and 1822.Delaware, Printed Journal for 1822.Maryland, Printed Journal for 1822. .North-Carolina, Printed Journals for 1821,1822,1823,

and a Sermon by 'he Right Rev. Bi­shop Moore.

South-Carolina, Printed Journals for 1821, 1822, and1823.

Georgia, Printed Constitution of the Church in thatstate, and the Journal of the first Conventionfor 1823.

The House adjourned.

Thursday; .May 22, 9 o'rlock .1. u .The House met. ,The minutes of yesterday were read and approved.The Rev. Robert Clay, a Clerical Deputy from Delaware,

and the Rev. William Hawley, a Clerical Deputy from Mary­land, having produced testimonials of their appointment, ap­p eared and took their seats.

The Rev. Dr. Lyell asked, and obtained leave of absencefor the. remainder of the session.

On motion, ruol'Ded, that the Secretary of this House be,lnd he is hereby, directed to obtain a proper record book, and!hat he therein record the proceedings of this session of thisHouse, and that said book be preserved as the record bookof the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, wherein to recordall future proceedings of this House.

Notice of this resolution was sent to the House 'of Bishops.The House adjourned to St. Paul's Church, to attend the

consecration of the Rev. John S. Ravenscroft, Bishop electof North-Carolina. Morning prayer was read by the Rev.Mr. Green, and a sermon was preached by the Right Rev.Bishop Griswold.

2 o'clock P. N.

'\fter divine service, the House met.The Rev. Orin Clark, a Clerical Deputy from New-York,

Itaving presented his testimonials, appeared and took his seat.A message wall received from the House of Bishops, accom-

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panied with a-portion ora letter from the Right Rev. BishopChase, relative to the situation of the Church in the Dioceseof Ohio, which was referred to the Committee on the state ofthe Church.. . . .

. Messl'3. Mayo and Nelson asked and obtained leave of abosence for the remainder of the session.

The House adjourned.

Friday, .May 23, 9 o'clock .11• .III.

The House met.The minutes of yesterday were read and approved. ,A message was received from the House of Bishops, inform-

·jng this House that they had concurred in adopting the pro­posed alteration of the first article of the Constitution.

The House adjourned to attend divine service, and hearthe sermon directed to be preached this day before the Do­mestic and Foreign Missionary Society.

Morning prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, andthe sermon was preached by the Right Rev. 'Bishop White,President of the Society.. '; . '

;·12 o'clock noon.

The House reassembled for business.Mr. Alexander Caldcleugh, a Lay Deputy from Nortlt­

Carolina, having presented his testimonials, appeared and.took his seat. . . .

On motion, resolved; if the House of Bishops concur there­in, 1. That a joint Committee be appointed. to consider, andreport to the next General Convention, whether any, and jfany, what, alterations it is proper to make in, or additions to,the Book of Psalms and Hymns in metre, now allowed to beused in this Church; 2. That the said Committee consist ofthree Bishops, to be appointed by the House of Bishops, andseven Clergymen, and seven Laymen, to be appointed by theHouse of Clerical and Lay Deputies; 3. That seven mem­bers .of this Committee be a quorum for transacting business,provided there are included at least one Bishop, two Clergy­men, and two Lavmen; and that the concurrence of the threeorders shall be necessary to constitute a decision of the Com­mittee.

The foregoing resolutions 'Were sent to the HOUlIe ofBishops.

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The Committee appointed at the last General Conventionto report, the Constitution as adopted in 1789, with alterations,&c. made a report, which wall ordered to lie on the table.

The joint Committee of the last General Convention on thesubject of a standard copy of the Book of Comtnon Prayer,made a report, which was read and accepted. [See AppendixNo. ].]

A.. message Was received from the House of Bishops, on thesubject of proposed alterations of the Constitution of the Mis­sionary Society, which was read and referred to the Commit­tee on the Missionary Society.

A message was received from the House of Bishops, witha report of the Trustees of the Theological Seminary. Orderedto lie on the table.

The Rev. Mr. Burhans, the Rev. Mr. Higbie, and Mr.Thomas, asked and obtained leave of absence for the remain­der of the session.

The Committee on the State of the Church made the fol­lowing report:

The Committee on the State of the Church regret that thetoo general non-compliance with the requisitions of the 46thCanon of 1808, has prevented all full a view of the subjectreferred to them as they would wish to present. That Canonmakes it "the duty of the Secretary of the Convent.ion ofevery Diocese or State, or of the person or persons withwhom the Journals or other ecclesiastical papers are lodged,to forward to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, atevery General Convention, the Journals of the different StateConventions since the last General Convention, together withsuch other papers, viz. Episcopal Charges, Addresses, andPastoral Letters, as may tend to throw light on the State ofChurch."

Theae requisitions have been but very partially compliedwith. From such sources, however, as were 'within theirreach, the Committee have drawn up the following report,which they propose for the adoption of this House, as thereport required by the 45th Canon of 1808, to be sent tothe HOUle of Bishops.

Signed,JAMES ABERCROMBIE, Chai~man.

The preposed report on the State of the Church Wll6 thenread in part, when the House adjourned.

IS .Joumal of tke General P9nTlt1ation-182S.

Saturday, Alay 24th;9 o'clock s, x.The House met.»Morning prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Smith.The minutes of yesterday. were read and approved.Mr. Slater asked a.rd obtained leave of absence for the

remainder of the seSS1011.

The reading of the proposed report on the State or theChurch was now resumed and finished, and the said reportadopted as the report of this House, and after being signedby the President, was sent to the House of Bishops.

REPORT.

The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, in compliancewith the 45th Canon of 1B08, have taken a general view ofthe State of the Church, and send the same, as required bythe said Canon, to the House of Bishops.

Vermont,

There has been a gradual and steady advancement of theChurch in this State, since the last meeting of the triennialConvention. By a late decision of the supreme court of theUnited States, a large amount ofIanded property is expectedto come into the possession of the Church, which will afforda permanent revenue for the support of the clergy, for whichthe gratitude of Episcopalians is due to that venerable society,which was the first in those exertions for the promotion ofChristianity, that so peculiarly distinguish the present period,which has done, and is still doing so much for extending theinfluence 'of pure and undefiled religion, on this and on theother continent-lhe Society in England for Propagating theGospel in Foreign Parts, Since the last report of the general'State of the Church, a church has been consecrated at Man­chester; the church at Windilor has been finished and conse­crated. a work that does great credit to the zeal and liberality ofthe Episcopalians of that town, especially to the munificenceof one individual; the contribution of the Hon, Jonathan H.Hubbard, in the land on which it is built, and in money to buildit, amounting to more than two thousand dollars; a churchis now ready for consecration in the town of Berkshire, andanother has been commenced this season "in the town ofBethel. The number of communicants has very considerablyincreased during the three years last past; but our clergy haveiulfered a diminution by the removal of the Rev. Mr. Beach,and by tho untimely and lamented death of the Rev. Mr.

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Gray, who was successfully officiating in Berkshire and theadjacent towns. A missionary society was organized in thisState in 1821, which, small as are its means, has already beenattended with some good effects. They are employing amissionary, the Rev. Mr. Brainard, lately ordained a Dea­con, in the northern parts of the State, who gi\ es a favourableaccount of his mission, Still there is much more to be done,which we hope, through that grace, without which nothing il!strong, nothing is holy, to see in due time accomplished.

, ATossnchusetts;

The Church in this Diocese may justly be represented asflourishing, if we take into view the ditlicutties and trials whichit has had to encounter. Notwithstanding the political andreligious preju-lices which operated here with peculiar hos­tility, there were 17 churches fouuded in Massachusettsproper, between the years 16'79 and; 774. During the revo­lution two Clergymen only continued the exercise of theirpublic ministrations; yet of the 17 thus founded, 15 have beenpreserved to this day, through evil report and good report;and though most of them are small, they arc still united andstriving together for the faith of the Gospel. The Churcheshere enumerated, are Trinity Church and Christ Church, Bos­ton; St. Peter's, Salem; St. Michael's, Marblehead; St.Paul's, Newburyport; Christ Church, Cambridge; St. Paul's,Dedham; St. Andrew's, Hanover; Trinity, Marshfield;Trinity, Bridgewater-; , Taunton; Christ Church, Quincy;

,Hopkillton; St. James's, Great-Barrington; and St.Luke's, Laue-borough.

Trinity Church and Christ Church, Boston, are full and flour.~shing. The churches ..t N ewburyport, Great- Barrington, and.Lanesborough, are also thriving. The church at Salem has.lately become vacant, and is consequently suffering; hut when\gain supplied, will doubtless regain, and l'I'ohably increase, its

former strength, The churches at Hanover and Marshfieldhave been for some years united under the rectorship of theRev. Mr. lVolcott, and are increasing. Those of Bridgcwatel'and Hopkinton are stationary for the want of missionaries,having been vacant most of the timo since the revolution, andkept alive only by the occasional services of visiting ministers.The Rev• Isaac Hoyle has been settled, within the last year, atDedham, where the prospects of the increase of the church aremcouraging, Such also is the case with the church at Quincy,where the Rev. Mr. Cutler is officiatinl!.-During the presentyear an attempt has been made to alter the charter of the Epit..

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eopal parish at Marblehead, So as to convert it into an Inde­pendent or Congregational Society. The attempt was occa­sioned b1 the declining state of this once prosperous church,which has never recovered from the blow it received at therevolution. Through the merciful Providence of God, this de­sign was defeated, and what was meant as an occasion of its fall­ing, has been the means of increasing its strength. A mission­ary is now established there, and the scattered remnant of theflock are returning to the fold. At Taunton public service hasbeen suspended in consequence ofthe accidental demolition ofthe small and inconveniently situated church which was erectedthere in I '767. The members of that congregation have oClate,however, expressed a wish to build in a more favourableposition. In case this measure is accomplished, they will besupplied with a missionary. The church at Cambridge,founded the year 1761, but deserted and almost destroyed dur­~ng the revolution, bas languished ever since, having beenchiefly supplied by lay readers, who were resident graduatesat Harvard University. It is now in so ruinous a state, that itwas thought necessary to suspend public worship in it in De­cember last, since which time it has Dot been opened. TheEpiscopal students at the University have amounted, for aseries of years, to one seventh of the whole number; and thisyear there are 45, most of whom are from the middle andsouthern states. The students are not allowed to come toBoston to attend divine service; and the Episcopalians, theirown church being closed, are required to attend constantly atthe College chapel. It is due, however, to the President of theCollege to state, that he has expressed a desire to have thechurch repaired; and. provided with a suitable minister, as amean ofproviding for the accommodation ofthose students whoprofess to be Episcopalians. If the ilftluencc of impressionsmade on the minds of these young men during the interestinglJeriod of collegiate life is properly considered, the state ofthis church will produce a feeling of anxious solicitude ill the'bosom of every parent in our communion, who wishes to havehis children enjoy the advantages which that distinguishedand richly endowed University offers. The church at Cam­bridge is therefore to be considered as a chapel for Episcopalstudents, and as such, a subject of general interest.

Such is the state of the churches formed previously to therevolution. Since that event, eight new congregations havebeen organized, and seven of these within the last ten years.'These are St. Paul's and St. Matthew's Churches, in Boston;St. James's Church, Greenfield; Trinity Church, Montague;St. John's, Ashfield; St. Mary's, Newton; St. Paul's, Lenox~and Church, S,p~eJd.

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It is remarkable that thechurehes formed since the revo­lution are, generally speaking, more vigorous than thosewhich existed previously to that event. The fact is doubtlessto be accounted for from the absence of those political preju­dices which were then excited, from the supposed inseparableconnexion of episcopacy with monarchy. Shortly after thesession of the last General Convention, St. Paul's Church.Boston, which had been built in the preceding yeal', was con­secr-ated to the service of Almighty God; and it is now nearly,if not quite, equal in numbers to Trinity Church. What ren­ders this increase a subject ofgreater tbankfulness, is the factthat it has taken place without weakening in allY respect thepreviously existing churches. 011 the contrary, both Trinityand Christ Church are as full. if not fuller, than they werebefore the erection ofSt. Paul's. St. Matthew's was unhap­pily built in South-Boston, a new part of the city, connectedwith it by a toll-bridge, and in which there are few inhabitants,most of whom are labourers, and a great many of them IrishRoman Catholics. It is under the care of a lay reader, andis slowly increasing, but is not likely to have a full and per­manent congregation for many years.

St. James's, Greenfield on Connecticut river, is ofvery. fewyears standing, but having been blest by the constant servicesof a zealous and faithful pastor, it has become one of the mostflourishing parishes in the State. By his ministrations, thetwo congregations at Ashfield and Montague have been re­eently organized. The former is especially flourishing, andis the most promising field for missionary labours in the wholeState.

The church at Springfield, on Connecticut river, wasorganized, and for a short time enJIl.ved the ministrations orthe Rev. Mr. Rutledge, of South-Carolina. Since he left itthere has been, it is believed, no service there, excepting whenthey have been visited by the Bishop, or Mr. Strong, the rectorof the church at Greenfield, who is the only one Rear them.The want of clergymen to act as missionaries, is sensibly feltby this little flock.

It is not so with the church at Newton. This zealous con.gregation have, with the aid of occasional missionary labours,for the few years since their church was built, and by theconstant use of the Liturgy, built themselves up so, that, duringthe past year, they have elected their first rector, and nowsupport him witbout depending on any other than tbeir ownexertions.

The church at Lenox, which, though mentioned last, wasthe first formed after the revolution, is in avery flourishing

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state, and is quite equal, if dot superior in numbers to the oldparish of Lanesborough, with which it is connected, under tbepastoral care of the Rev. Aaron Humphries.

These twenty. three churches are all which are at presenterganized, It is impossible to state the aggregate amount oftheir parochial reports, as these have not been given with suf­ficient accuracy to warrant any thing more than a conjec­tural estimate.

A Missionary Society for Foreign and Domestic Purposes,was incorporated in the year 1815, with a provision enablingthem to distribute Bibles, Prayer Books, Tracts, and volumesofa religious and moral character. This society, which hadremained inactive, and without funds. was revived in 1822, andhas commenced its operations with a prospect of considerablesuccess. The want of missionaries, however, has been thechiefobstacle with which it has had to contend. Employmentmight be given at once to five or six, and the society have buttwo.-The increase of manufactures in Massachusetts has,within the last few years, been uncommonly great, and thishas attracted to that part of our country a large number ofEnglish families, most of whom were educated in the princi­ples of our common faith, and are attached, from habit at least,jf not from higher motives, to the externals of our worship.These are scattered over the whole State, and if exertions arenot speedily made to supply their wants, they must inevitablybe lost from our communion. In addition to this, it may beremarked, that there ia every where visible a growing respectfor our Liturgy, and for the Episcopal office and ministry.It may, therefore, be said, without exaggeration, that no partof our country presents to the faithful and diligent minister,who would gladly spend, and he spent in his Master's service,\\ greater field of usefulness.

The number of clergy in Massachusetts is 20, of whom threeonly are in Deacon's orders. One is connected with HarvardUniversity, two have private schools, two are at present chap'Iains in the navy, and three arc without cures.

Since the last Convention, the Bishop has admitted, on the.recommendation of the Standing Committee of this State,Messrs. Alfred Baury, Silas Blaisdell, Stephen H. 'fyng, Ben­jamin Clark Cutler, and Lot Jones, to the order of Deacons;and the Rev. Isaac Boyle, and the Rev. Alfred Baury to thatof Priests. Mr. Tyng removed soon after his ordination tothe Diocese ofl\1aryland. The institutions, since the last Con­vention, have been the Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D. to theRectorship of St. Paul's Church, Boston; and the Rev. IsaacDoyle, to the Rectorship of St, Paul's Churcb, Dedham. The

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.Rev, Jobn L. Blake has lately removed from Concord, inNew-Hampshire, to Boston, where he has opened a boardingschool for the education of young ladies.

There are at present, recommended by the same StandingCommiltee, six candidates for orders :-William T. Potter, Jo­seph Muencher, Thomas S. W. Mott, Benjamin C. C. Parker,James Everett, and Theodore Edson. One of these is a stu­dent of the General Theological Seminary, two at Andover,and three, from the want of means of support at New-York,are obliged to pursue their studies in private.

Rhode-!sland.

No material change has taken place in the Church ofRhode-Island during the last three years. The several con­gregations are in a stale of coutinued prosperity. The Rev.George Taft has recently been settled in North-Providence,under very auspicious circumstances•. The Rev. :Mr. Aldenis employed as a missionary in the Slate, and measures wereadopted, at the last meeting of the Convention, to increasethe contributions for misiionary purposes, which promise tobe successful. Sunday schools are established in all the con­gregations; and a "proper regard is paid to the canons andrules ofthe Church. There are two candidates for the minis­try, and three preparing to become candidates.-Number ofbaptisms 15I-communicants 619.

Connecticut.

The state of the Church in the Diocese of Connecticut hasbeen steadily improving since the last triennial report; andnow generally appears under prosperous circumstances. Insome instances, the increase of communicants has been alto­gether unprecedented , and in every parish, where the minis­trations of the word and ordinances are regnlarly enjoyed, thecongregations are advancing in number, zeal, ana respecta­bility.

The following churches have been finished and consecrated,viz.-St. Paul's, Sharon; St. John's, Kent; St. Paul's, Ripton j

St. John's, Washington; St.John~s, Essex; St. Paul's, '''ood­bury; and Grace Church. Harnden, These are all new,spacious, and commodious edifi(~ei, reflecnng great credit OIl

the zea'-nd liberality of the respective parishes. St. An­drew's Church, in Northford, raised before the revolutionarywar, having been completely refitted and finished. has alscbeen consecrated. The churches in Hartford and. Bridgeport,in consequence of the increasing demand for seats, have beea

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ISO altered as to accommodate their growing congregations,Three other churches are now building in the Diocese.

The following persons have been admitted to the holy or­der of Deacons :-Edward Rutledge, since removed to South­Carolina; Daniel Somers, since removed to Maryland;Beardsley Northrup, lately a minister of the Methodist con­nexion ; David Botsford, since deceased; Bennet Glover;Thomas Warner, late of the Associate Reformed Church inNew- York; Moses P. Bennet, since removed to Pennsylva­nia; Seth B. Paddock; Palmer Dyer, since removed to New­York; J ohn M. Garfield; Lemuel B. Hull; William Jarvis;and Ransom 'Varner.

The following Deacons have been admitted to the holy or­der of Priests :-The Rev. Peter G. Clarke; the Rev. OrigenP. Holcomb; the Rev. George B. Andrews; the Rev. ThomasWarner, since removed to the island of St. Croix, 'Vest-Indies;the Rev. Beardsley Northrup; and the Rev. Seth B. Paddock.

The following Clergymen have been removed by death­The Rev. Richard Mansfield, D. D. at the age of97; the Rev.John Tyler. also at a very advanced age; the Rev. WilliamSmith, D. D. and the Rev. David JlJotsford, Deacon.

The Rev. Solomon Blakesley has removed to the EasternDiocese, and the Rev. Jonathan Judd to Maryland; and thefollowing Clergymen have been received into the Diocese:- The Rev, Ambrose S. Todd, and the Rev. Stephen Jewett,from New-York; the Rev. William J. Bulkley, and the Rev.Henry R. Judah, from Maryland; and the Rev. StepheaBeach, from Vermont, employed as a missionary.

The Clergy of the Diocese consist at present of the Bishop,forty Presbyters, and four Deacons: and the following personsare candidates for holy orders :-William Shelton, GeorgeShelton, -- Todd, Edward Ives, Hector Humphreys,Enoch Huntington. _

The rite of confirmation has been-administered to rising ofJ600 persons.

For the purpose of preserving that strict regard to the can­ens and rubrics of the Church, which is one of the characteris­tics of the Diocese, the convocations of the Clergy have beenemployed in settling an uniform practice throughout tbe re­spective parishes; and it is beliesed that departures from the-­established rules of the Church seldom or never occur.

The Society for the Promotion of Christian liPowledge,having determined to devote its receipts for the present to thesupport ofmissionaries within tbe Diocese, has been enabled,by the annual collections in the several parishes, and by theaid of auxiliary societies established in IWIny of them, to em-

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ploy two or three active missionaries, whose labours havebeen already- crowned with the most Hattering success,

The agent for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Societyhas visited a few of the larger parishes in the Diocese, for thepurpose of making collections, and his success has been suchas to afford an earnest that the claims of that society will notbe neglected in Connecticut.

The Episcopal Fund, pal tly through the munificence of thestate administration, and partly by the liberality of the respec­tille parishee in the Diocese, now amounts to a sum nearlysufficient to give to the Bishop au adequate support.

Sunday schools _arc generally established throughout theDiocese ; and by the adoption of measures for pursuing a sys­tematic course of instruction, are becoming highly beneficial10 the interests of the Church.

A memorial is now before the state legislature, praying fatthe charter of a college, to be located either in Hartford, Mid­dletown; or New-Haven, and to be under the patronage anddirection of Episcopalians. .

Amid the general prosperity of the Church in Connecticut,however, it is not to be disguised that there are some circum­stances of an unfavourable tendency, Many of the parishesare still small and depressed; and in consequence of the fre­quent emigrations from the state, are sometimes deprived oftheir most active members, . These are only partially iUP­plied; as, in many cases, one Clergyman has the care of two,three, or more parishes; and even with this laborious charge,it too frequently happens that his support is altogether dispro­portioned to his labours. But a hope is indulged, that throughthe instrumentality of missionary exertions, the Lord willcause the waste places to be repaired, and the whole Dioceseto become a flourishing portion of his vineyard.

New-Yor/,-.

The Diocese of New-York contains eighty-nine Clergymen,(viz.-The Bishop, sixty-nine Presbyters, and nineteen Dea­cons.] and 127 congregalions.

Since the last stated General Convention, the following per­eons have been ordained Deacons, viz.-Benjamin Dorr, Am­brose S. Todd, (since removed to Connecticut.) Henry P.Powers, (since removed to New-Jersey.) M08es Burt, PeterWilliams, jun. (4 coloured man,) James P. F. Clarke, WilliamThompson, (since removed to Pennsylvania.) George W.Doane, Lawson Carter, Ezra B. Kellogg, (since removed toOhio,) Phinas L. Whipple, William B. Thomas, Algernon S.

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Hollister, Alollzo P. Potter, Manton Eastburn, Thomas K.Peck, Levi S. Ives, William S. Irving, Richard Bury, Wil­liam L. Johnson, (since removed to New-Jersey,) Seth W.Beardsley, Burton H. Hecox, John Sellon, 'and AUgllstUll L.COllverlie.-Total 24.

The following Deacons have been ordained Priests, viz.­'l'he Rev. George Upfold, M. D. the Rev. Alexis P. Proal,the Rev. Charles M'Cabe, the Rev. Leverett Bush, the Rev.Henry M. Shaw, (since removed to Maryland,). the Rev.William Barlow, the Rev. John Grigg, the Rev. Francis H.Cuming, the Rev. Deodatus Babcock, the Rev. Marcus A.Perry, the Hev, William Richmond, the Rev. William H.De Lancey (since removed to Pennsylvania,) the Rev. Law­ion Carter, the Rev. James P. F. Clarke, and the Rev. Benja­min Dorr.i--Total 15.. The institution of the following Clergymen to their re"pec­tive Rectorships has taken place, viz.-The Rev. William A.Clark, to that of Christ Church, Balston-Spa, Saratogacounty; the Rev. Cyrus Stebbins, to that of Christ Church,Hudson, Columbia county; the Rev. Parker Adams, fromSouth-Carolina. to that of St. John's Church, Johnstown,Montgomery county; the Rev, Alexis P. Proal. to that of St.George's Church, Schenectady; and the Rev. Henry Anthon,to that of Trinity Church, Utica, Oneida county.

The following Clergymen have also been settled in theirrespective stations, l"iz.-The Rev. David Huntington, Rectorof St. Paul's and St. Mary's Churches, Charlton, Saratogacounty; the Rev. John V. E. Thorn, from Pennsylvania,Rector of St. George's Church, Flushing, Queen's county ;the Rev. William Richmond, from Pennsylvania, RectorofSt.Michael's and St. James's Churches, New-York; the Rev.Peter Williams, jun. (a coloured man,) Deacon, Minister of 81.Philip's Church, New- York, of which the congregation is com­posed of coloured persons; the Rev. George U pfold, M. D.Rector of St. Luke's Church, New-York; the Rev. BenjaminDorr, Rector of Trinity Church, Lansingburgh, Rensselaercounty, and Grace Church, \Vaterford, Saratoga county , theRev. Jonathan M. ·Wainwright, Rector ofGrace Church, New­York; the Rev. George W~ Doane, Deacon, a temporary As­sistant Ministerof Trinity Church, New- York; the Rev. LewisP. Bayard, from New-Jersey, Rector of TrinitvChurch, New­Rochelle, Westchester county , the Rev. Samuel Phinney.Rector of St. John's Church, Ithaca, Tompkins county; theRev. William B. Thomas, Deacon, Minister of Trinity Church,Fishkill, Dutchess county ; the Rev. William S. Irving. Dea­co~)MiniiterofSt;Mark'a Church, Le Roy, Genesee county;

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the Rev. Seth W. Beardsley, Deacon, Minister or Ch.ristChurch, Sackett's Harbour, Jefferson county; the Rev. JamesP. F. Clarke, Rector of St, John's Church, Canandaigua. On­tario county; the Rev. Richard Bury, Deacon, Minister ofChrist Church, Duanesburgh, Schenectady county; the Rev.Manton Eastburn, Deacon, Assistant Minister of ChristChurch. New- York.

The Rev. John Sellon, Deacon, ofliciates to a congregationwhich occupies the building formerly the parish church of theparish of Christ Church; which congregation, it is expected,will soon be organized.

Twenty Missionaries are at present employed in this Dio­cese; of whom the following have entered on their duties sincethe last stated General Convention :_The Rev. Marcus A.Perry, from the Eastern Diocese j the Rev. Algernon S. Hollis­ter. Deacon; the Rev. Thomas K. Peck, Deacon; the Rev.Levi S. Ives, Deac« II; the Rev. Palmer Dyer. Deacon, fromConnecticut; the Rev. Lawson Carter; the Rev. Phineas L.'Whipple, Deacon; the Rev. Moses Burt. Deacou ; the Rev.Frederick T. Tiffany, Deacon; and the Rev. David Brown.

The following persons are candidates for orders :-GeorgeM. Robinson, Eleazar 'Villiam~,Samuel R. Johnson, AugustusG. Danby, David Osborne, Henry N. Hotchkiss, RichardSalmon, Orsimus H. Smith, Marvin Cady, W. W. Botswick,Edward K. Fowler, ·W. C. Meade, Samuel Mcrse, EdwardNeufville,jun. Cornelius R. Dntlie, Lewis Bixley, William R.Whittingham, Danforth Billings, James L. Yvonnet, Benja­min Holmes, Isaac Low, Henry J. WhitehQuse, Charles P.Elliot, John Duer.-24.

It has pleased the Divine Head of the Church to preservethis Diocese from any loss of its Clergy by death. It is pain­ful, however, to be obliged to notice that the Rev. James P.Cotter, a Presbyter, and the Rev. Asahel Davis, a Deacon. ofthe Diocese, have been displaced from their respectivegrades in the ministry, under the seventh Canon Q{the GeneralConvention or 1820. •

The following Churches have been duly organized, and re­ceived into union with the Convention of this Diocese :-St..Jolin's Church, Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county; ZionChurch, Russel, St. Lawrence county; St. Mary's Church,Charlton, Saratoga county; St. Luke's Church, New- York;St. John's Church, Ithaca, Tompkins county; Trinity Church,Fredonia, Chatauque county; Trinity Church, Cherry Valley,Otsego county.-Total 7.

The following Churches have been consecrated by theBishop :-5t. Luke's Church, Rochester; Monroe county i

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St, Paul's Church, Buffalo, Erie county; St. George's Church,Flushinz, Q seen's county; St. Luke's Church, New-York ;Grace (;lmrch, Jamaica, Queen's county; St. Philip's Church,New-York, (rebuilt after destruction by fire ;) Christ Church,Binghamton, Broome county; Christ Church, New-York.-8.

The Churches at Flushing and Jamaica have been erectedin the place of former edifices, which' had gone to decay.Christ Church, New- York, has been built by the old parish ofthat name, who have disposed of their former Church; thepresent situation of which is noticed above.

Again-the third time in less than eight years-the mem­bers of our communion in the city of New- York, have lost aChurch by"fire. In December, 1321, St. Philip's was de­stroyed, It is highly creditable. however, to the prudence ofthe vestry of that Church, which is composed of coloured'Persons, that the building was insured. This circumstanceenabled them to erect, on the same spot, the very neat edificewhich was consecrated in December last.

The Missionary and Parochial reports- for the last threeyears, furnish the following ag~regate :-Baptisms (Adolt~

.529, Infants 2713, not specified 1282,) 4521-Marriages 1112-Funerals 3488. .

The number of communicants reported at the last Conven-tion, is 4722.. ..

The number of persons reported by the Bishop as con­firmed, since the last stated General Convention, is 1797.

The collections for the Missionary Fund, reported at thelast three Conventions, amount to $ 4603 25~; and for theEpiscopal Fund, to $ J866 8.3';-. . .

Mis!\ionary labours continue to receive much aUention, and.to be very usefully prosecuted. The appointment and charzeof the Missionaries rest solely with the ecclesiastical authority.There are a number of Missionary Societies; but their onlyobject is to .olleet funds to be placed at the disposal of theCommittee for PrePagating the Gospel, which is appointed bytbe Convention, and of which the Bishop is, ex tdficiQ, chair­man. As an important portion of our western country is in­cluded within the bounds of New-Yo.rk, and the rapid increaseof its population renders obvious the duty of extending to itproportionable means for the diffusion of the principles andpractice of the Gospel, it is gratifying to find this section ofour Church bestowing its efforts in this way. There areannually raised, in various ways, within the Diocese, anddevoted to this object, about $ 2500. The reports of theMissionaries affotd- the gratifying hope that much good toreligion and the Church is thus effecting.

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Besides these missionary exertions at home, the membersof the Church in this Diocese lent a willing ear to the lateearnest and affecting appeal of tbe Bishop o.f Ohio for assist­ance to the Missionary Society of that Diocese, from themore favoured sections of the Church in the Atlantic States.

.It appears by the returns of the agent of the Ohio Society, thatof the $ 2911 9, raised by him, S 1339 17, were from theDiocese of New-York.

The several Societies of the Church in this Diocese con­tinue their beneficial operations. Under their auspices, Bi­bles, Gommon Prayer Books, and Relr~i:HI" Tracts. are dis­tributed in considerable numbers, fuuds are raised for mission­arJ purposes, and the benefits of gratuitous Sunday instructionextended to a large number of children and others. i\S con­nected with this latter branch of I'eligious charity, may bementioned the existence and successful operation, in the cityof New- York, of an Episcopal Charity School, originallyestablished, long before the revolution, but lately enlargedand organized on Dr. Bell's system, extending daily instruc­tion to 250 poor children, and particularly devoted t6 theirimprovement in Christian knowledge and piety.

It appears by the address of the Bishop to the last Conven­tion, that there is now a fair prospect of securing, at Geaeva,in this Diocese, what has been so long a desideratum in ourChurch-a College, to be under the management and directionof her members. Should the efforts to this end prove SIIC­

cessful, as there is every reason to hope they will, vny essen­tial benefit to the cause of our church and religion, rna}"be anticipated.

To this notice of matters relating to the outward State ofthe Church in this Diocese, it is gratifying to be able to add.that there is reason to hope, that in the much more essentialpoint of' spiritual prosperity, the divine blessing continues torest upon it; and that in the enjoyment of this, very satisfac­',ory evidence is afforded of the natural tendency of the insti­tutions of our Church, and of conscientious adherence to herprimitive and evangelical order, to promote the interests oftrue Gospel piety, and with them, the glory of the Saviour, andthe spiritual and eternal good of his people.

New-Jersey.

In New-Jersey the Church continues gradually to improve.The number of Clergymen il thirteen; the Bishop, nine Pres­byters, and three Deacons. The number of congregations is\"ent:r-eight; eighteen ofwhich have the enjoyment of regular

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. service; the remainder, Gfoccasional service by a Missionary.1'he number of Churches is twenty-five, which, with one ex­ception, are in excellent repair. A new one, ofconsiderable­size, to be constructed of atone, is in progress in Newton, inSussex county, in which place no Episcopal Church has everbeen erected.

Since the last stated General Convention, the Bishop ofthe Diocese has admitted to Deacons' orders, John MortimerlVard; and the following Deacons, viz. the Rev. RichardF. Cadle, and the Rev. Henry Pi.Powers, to Priests' orders.

Within the same period, the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard hasremoved to the Diocese of New York ; the Rev, Simon Wil·mer, to the Diocese of Virginia ; the Rev. Augustus Fitch, Dea­con, to the Diocese of New-York; the Rev. Daniel Higbie,to the Diocese of Delaware; the Rev. George H. Woodruff,(since deceased.) to the Diocese of Pennsylvania; and theRev. Abiel Carter, to Savannah, in Georgia. ,

The Bishop has also, within that time, instituted the Rev.Richard F. Cadle, to the Rectorship of St. John's Church, Sa­lem; 'he Rev. Jacob M. Douglass, to the Rectorship ofTrinity Church, Swedesborough ; and the Rev, Henry P.,Powers, to the Rectorship of Trinity Church, Newark,

The Rev. John lU. Ward hail taken charge of St. Peter'sChurch. Spotswood, and St. Peter's, Freehold; and the Rev.William L. Johnson. late of the Diocese of New-York, of St.Michael's Church, Trenton.

Robert B. Croes is at present the only candidate for holyorders.

The number of baptisms reported to the last three Dioce­san Conventions, is fonr hundred and twenty-three. Thenumber of persons who have been confirmed. is two hundredand eleven. The communicants in the Diocese amount toabout seven hundred and fort}". i' Attention is generally paidto the Canons and Hubrics of the Church, and her authority'is respected in the Diocese.

The Sunday Schools are flourishing, and promise muchgood. Very considerable benefit is derived from the Mission­ary fund, which is gradually increasing. It has already beenthe means, under the Divine blessing, of preserving and rescu­ing several Churches from impending ruin, and of Iosteriagaod improving the condition of others. '

The fund of the Corporation for the Relief of Widows andChildren of Clergymen, is likewise in a very prosperous state;upwardS of $ 8000 of which are now at interest.

• In the last report there Willian eJTor in t,he calculatioD, it shoull\ !¥lve beel}m:reIl mit eighlllWldred. -'.

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The Episcopal Society of this Diocese,for the Promotion of.christian Kn01J)ledge and Pitty, which was instituted princi­pally for the distribution of Bibles, Prayer Books, and Tracts,has succeeded beyond calculation. Its support is derivedchiefly from four or five congregations ; 'yet it has been able,through the smiles of Providence, to distribute, and almostaltogether gratuitoutily, upwards of two thousand PrayerBooks, besides a large number of Bibles, and more than fivethousand Tracts. Its permanent fund also exceeds g 1000.

The congregations, with an occasional exception of one ortwo, are visited yearly by the Bishop.

.From all these circumstances, it is evident that the Churchin this Diocese is regularly improving, both in its temporal-and spiritual concerns. May it, under the blessing of itsDivine Founder and Head, still progress, and become instru­mental, in a higher degree, to the promotion of his glory, andthe best interests of men.

Pennsyl'Vrtni~.

The Diocese of Pennsylvania consists at present of theBishop, twenty-nine Presbyters, four Deacons, and forty-fourcongregations. .

SInce the last stated General Convention. the followingpen;ons have been admitted by the Bishop of this Diocese, to

. the holy order of Deacons:- Charles P. l\l'llvaine, (since re­moved to the Diocese of Maryland.) Joseph Jaquett, ThomasH. Taylor, (under letters dimissory from the Bishop of South­Carolina,) Peter Van Pelt, jun. (since removed to South-Carolina.] and Richard U. Morgan.-5. _

Within the same period, the following Deacons have beenordered Priests :-The Rev. Charles G. Snowden, the Rev.John Rodney, jun. the Rev. William A. Muhlenberg, theRev. Samuel C. Brlnckle, the Rev. Manning B. Roche, theRev. ·William Thompson, the Rev. Peter Van Pelt, jun.(under letters dimissory from the Bishop of South-Carolina.)and the Rev. Joseph Jaquett.-8. .

The following Clergymen have taken charge of the parishesannexed to their respective names :-The Rev. 'William A.Muhlenberg, associate Rector of St. James's, Lancaster, andSt. John's, Pequea; the Rev. Jehu C. Clay, Rector of St.James's, Perkioaien, and St. John's, Norristown; the Rev.Benjamin Alleu, from Virginia. Rector of 81. Paul's, Philadel­phia; the Rev. William.Thompson. from New-York, Rectorof Trinity Church, Pittsburg: the Rev. William B.De Lancey,from New-York, an Assistant Minister of Christ Church, St.

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Peter's and St. James's, Philadelphia.; the Rev. Moses P.Bennet, from Connecticut, Minister of Christ Church,Greenburg; the Rev. Samuel Sitgreaves,jun. Minister of St.Stephen's Church, Wilkesbarre; the Rev. Richard U. Mor­g3n, Rector of St. Paul's, Chester, and St. Martin's, l\Iarcu8Hook; the Rev. Joseph Jaquett, Minister of St. James's,Bristol; the Rev. Joseph Spencer, Rector of St. John's, Car­lisle; the Rev, James Montgomery. Rector of St. Stephen's,Philadelphia; the Rev. Gregory T. Bedell, Rector of St.Andrew's, Philadelphia; and the Re v, John P. Bausman, jun.from Maryland, Minister of the Churches in Fayette county.

The Rev. Dr. Joseph Hutchins has returned from Barba­does, and resides in Philadelphia. The Rev. Dr. Wilson isProfessor of Systematic Theology in the General Seminary.The Rev, Joseph Spencer is Professor of Languages in Dick­inson College, Carlisle, The Rev. Norman Nash is at presentofficiating at Huntingdon and its neighbourhood.

There are tell candidates for holy orders. Several youngmen are preparing to become candidates. .

This Diocese has been deprived by death of the Rev.Joseph Turner, the Rev. Slater Clay, the Rev. George ·Wood­ruff. and the Rev. Elijah G. Plumb.

Charles G. Snowden. and Manning B. Roche, formerlyPresbyters of this Church, ha ve been displaced from the mi­nistry; agreeably to the provisions of the seventh Canon of1820.

There have been duly organized in this Diocese, and re­ceived into union with its Convention, St. Stephen's Church,Wilkesbarrc; Trinity Church, Southwark; St. Mark'sChurch, Mantua; St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia; St.Andrew's Church, Philadelphia; and Christ Churcb, Greens­llUrg.-6.

The following Churches have been consecrated by theBishop:-St. James's Church, Lancaster; Trinity Church.Easton; St. Mark's Church, Mantua; Trinity Chureh, South­wark; and St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia.c--a,

Confirmation has been administered in the followingChurches:-St. John's Church, New-I,.ondon; St. David's,Radnor; St. James's, Lancaster; Christ Church, Leacock;St. John's, Pequea; Trinity Church, Easton; St. John's, Car-­lisle; Christ Church, Adams county; St. John's, York; St.John's, Norristown; Trinity Church, Soutbwark; All Saints!Church, Lower Dublin; Trinity Church, Oxford; St. Mary's.Chester county; Bangor Church, Churchtown; and in severalChurches ill the city of Philadelphia. The number confirmedwas 618.

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The number of baptisms reported since the last GeneralConvention is J591, of whom 1~6 were adults. The nurn­ber of communicants reported to the last Diocesan Conven­tion is 1606. Sunday Schools exist in many of the parishes,and are flourishing. Their effects have been highly beneficialboth upon pupils and teachers. 1587 scholars were reportedfrom 11 congregations. Bible classes have been establishedin some parishes, and have been found highly advantageous.

In consequence of the exertions of some respectable ladiesof the city of Philadelphia, a Scholarship has been establishedin the Theological Seminary by the deposit of $2500 in itsTreasury. In aid of the same institution, a board of agents)established in Philadelphia, has collected $1500.

The Church in this Diocese has exhibited much interest inthe concerns of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society.Several public meetings were held ill Philadelphia to promoteits important objects. Eight Auxiliary Societies have beenorganized. Some of the Clergy have been made patrons bythe female members of their congregations. The Treasurer'sstatement shows that in Pennsylvania there are 10 patrons,9 life subscribers, and 71 annual subscribers.

The interest thus exhibited in the cause of this institution,has not, and, it is trusted, will not affect the concerns of thosesocieties which have been established to promote the welfareof the Church within the bounds of the Diocese. The Societyfor the Advancement of Christianity continues its usefullabours. Eight Clergymen have acted as its Missionaries, orhave been assisted from its funds, while they were endeavour­ing to build up infant Churches. Three Missionaries are nowin their employ, and they are anxious to obtain some more.They are in possession of the stereotype plates from whichthe standard edition of the Book of Common Prayer, autho­rized by the last General Convention, is published. Thissociety, and the Pilmore Society of St. Paul's, Philadelphia,recently established, have aided six young men in their pre­paration for the ministry•. Tracts, Homilies, and well selectedbooks for Sunday Sc:hools, are published and distributed bysocieties formed for t~ purpose. The Episcopal Fund isincreasing in a manner,'jIighly gratifying to all the membersof the Church. The resources of the Corporation for theRelief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, are quite exten­sive; they exceed $ 30,000.. , The venerable Bishop of theDiocese still continues at the head of the first Bible Societyever formed in America. The annual meeting of the Conven­tion has been altered of late, on purpose that It may not inter­fere with the nnniversarv (If the Bible Society of Philadelphia.

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In consequence of a resolution of the Convention of 1Sl22,the greater part of the Clergy have devoted a portion of theirtime to vacant congregations, and to those vicinities wherehopes are entertained that Churches may be established,The result has been considered highly useful. At compara~

tivcly a very small expense, about 40 Sundays have beendevoted to Missionary labour, and a proportionable numbezof sermons have been preached.

Delawa·re.

The Diocese of Delaware continues nearly in the same'state it was at the meeting of the last General Convention',with the exception of some improvements in repairing and,building Churches. There are 14 Churches in this State,mostly in good repair. Nine of which are under the pastoralcare of the three Clergymen resident in the State.

Immanuel's Church, at New Castle, has been rebuilt, andornamented with an elegant steeple, This was effected bythe well directed effort or a small number of families. ThisChurch was consecrated last fall by the Right Rev. BishopWhite. St. James's parish, near Stanton, are building acommodious Church; and some improvements have latelybeen made iii' some of the Churches in other parts of the Dio­cese; and we discover a'D inereasiog desire for the prosperityof our venerable and apostolic Church in this State: and itappears to us that a great and effectual door is now open inthis Diocese, for the most zealous labours of Christian Mission­aries; and the most sanguine hopes are entertained that oneunited effort will he made to rescue this branch of our vener­able Church from final ruin. Although a gleam of hope beamsupon the Church in this State, yet its condition is stilldeplorable, and speaks to the general Church in the languageof supplication, and seems to say,-Come over and help us­help us to rescue this once important part of our Church fromfinal ruin. And may we not indulge the hope that the time isnot far distant, when, under the blessing of the Great Headof the Church, the united efforts ,of the Clergy and Laitywill produce a general reforrnation.ssnd evangelical piety willspread its benign influence to every part of this Diocese ;and the primitive and interesting service ef our Church beduly performed in every congrsgation!

There are in the State three officiating Clergymen, andabout three hundred and fifty communicants. The Canonsand Rubrics of the Church are in most res~ects generallyobserved; and there is in some parts of the State a growing,attachment to the Liturgy of the Church,

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Maryland.

Since the meeting of the last General Convention, the pros­perity of the Church in this Diocese hail been steadily pro­.gressive. The number of communicants has considerablymnltiplied; and in general there is an increasing attention,among the different congregations, to the services of the sane­tuary, and a continued call for the labours of devoted minis­ters. From the addass of the Right Rev. Bishop to theClergy and Laity assembled in the last Convention, the fol­lowing paragraph is au extract :_H When J look back to thedepressed state of the Church at the time I entered the holyministry, and contrast that state with the present appearances,my heart expands with joy, and I am completely confirmedin the belief. that to extend the limits and the influence of thistruly apostolic Church, nothing is wanting but a sufficientsupply of well educated and faithful ministers."

Deeply impressed with a conviction of this truth, the Con­vention had, for some time past, been anxious to place withinimmediate reach, such facilities as might encourage the effortsof those young men who are solicitous of being duly preparedfor the high and responsi ble office of the Gospel ministry. Attheir last meeting, in 1822, the following proposal was broughtbefore them-" Resolved, that it is now expedient, in reli­ance on the blessing of God for success, to establish a localTheological Seminary." This resolution, as appears from therecorded votes, was adopted by a very large and respectablemajority of both orders. On this measure, some diversity ofsentiment has existed. The House of Clerical and Lay De­puties refrain from the expression ofany opinion on the meritsof this measure. To the Bishop of the Diocese, it may bedeemed due to state, that this act of the Convention has metwith his decided disapprobation and strenuous opposition.The progress and influence of this institution are now in ex­periment.

At the same Convention it was also resolved to establish aDiocesan Missionary Society for the State of Maryland, aux­iliary to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United States. A Con­stitution was adopted, and a Board of Managers elected, ofwhich the Bishop is, ex officio, the President. Those socie­ties which had been previously established, continue theiroperations with encouraging success. The Prayer Book andHomily Society, especially, promises much aid to the generallntcrests of the Church, and great utility to its individual mem

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bel's. On the whole, the members of this Diocese have rea­80n to be thankful to the Great Head of the Church, and torejoice in those tokens for good, which they have been pri­vileged to receive.

Virginia.

No material alteration has taken place in the condition andcharacter of this Church since the last report. The numberof its ministers had increased until the last year, when, bydeaths and removals, it was reduced to the number reportedto the last triennial Convention. Some valuable ministershave been lost to the State by reason of the great difficulty ofprocuring a support for them in these times of unparalleledpecullJary embarrassment.

Since the last triennial Convention, a measure which hadlong been deemed of high importance to the interests of theChurch in Virginia, has been pressed on the attention of itsmembers: to wit, the establishment of a Theological Schoolin some suitable situation within the Diocese. It has pleaseda gracious Providence so to bless the endeavours, that the sumof $ 14,000 has been subscribed, a considerable part alreadypaid, and a good prospect held out of ultimate success. Thefund for the support of the Bishop is still gradually increasing.

As to the spiritual condition of the Church, to which all out­ward means are intended to be subservient, it is hoped andbelieved that its ministers faithfully declare the whole councilof God, and that just views of religion prevail among the con­gregations committed to their care. God continues to begracious in the gift of his Holy Spirit, and considerable addi­tions are made to the Church of such as, it is hoped, shallbe 'saved. It is particularly worthy of grateful acknowledg­ment, that an unusual display of the power of religion has oflate been witnessed in the town of Fredericksburg. The heartsof many have been most deeply affected with a sense of theirlost condition, by nature and practice; they have earnestlyinquired" what shall we do to be saved;" they have attendedanxiously upon the assemblies of God's people; from houseto house, as well as in the public temple, the life giving wordhas been preached to them, and importunate prayer offeredup to the God of grace for their pardon and sanctification.The result has already been the conversion of a goodly num­ber to the Lord who bought them-s-and a deep solemnity andanxious sprrit of inquiry seems generally to pervade the con­gregatioll.

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dericksburg, and may all the Churches of our land obtain thesame blessing from the Lord. ;

N orlh·Carolina.. .

The prospects of the Church in this State are equally albright and encouraging as they were represented to be in theGeneral Convention of ]820. Its renewal resembles indeedless the restoration of an old and decaying, than 'the healthfulwowth of a young and vigorous plant. This appears, notonly from the rapid augmentation which has already takenplace in its numbers, but from the principles of increase whichit appears to possess within itself. Its present prosperity isvisible in the addition to the numbers of its congregations andclergy, in the erection of new Churches, in the increase ofbaptisms and communicants, in the greater zeal manifestedfor the fundamental doctrines, and correspondent practices;of our holy faith in general, and of the government and dis­cipline of our Churcli in particular; also in the formation ofBible, Prayer Book, Missionary, and Tract Societies, and so­cieties for the encouragement of industry, and relief of indi-gence. .

There are at present twenty-five congregations in this State,being seventeen more than was reported at the General Con­vention of 1820. Most of these, however, are small, aJlti-butbadly provided with ministerial services. Some are att~dedby Missionaries, at regular, indeed, but long intervals; whilemany have to depend entirely on the occasional visits of theparochial ClergJ. This want has been supplied, as far aspossible, by the appointment of Lay Readers, and much be­nefit has apparently resulted from the measure. Congrega­tions have, in some instances, been saved, in a good degree,from dissolution; greater interest has been produced for thecause ofthe Gospel, and a better acquaintance contracted withthe more common forms and ceremonies of the Church.

There are eight Clergymen at present officiating in theState, viz.-The Rev. Adam Empie, St. James's Church, Wil­mington; the Rev. John Avery, St. Paul's Church. Edenton;the Rev. William Hooper, St. John's Church, Fayetteville;the Rev. Richard S. MasoD, Christ Church, Newbern; theRev. William M. Green, St. John's Church, Williamsborollgh;the Rev. R. J. Miller, Christ Church, Rowan county; theRev. Thomas Wright, Calvary Church, WaJesborough; andthe Rev. Robert Davis. Missionary. Besides the dutiesrendered to the Churches to which they are now particularlyattached, the Rev. Messrs. Wright, Miller, and Green, per-

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tGrm MiS$ionary services in tbe congregations nearest thefield of their regular labours, Completeness has recentlybeen given to the '_.rgallizationof the Church in this Diocese,by the election and consecration of the Rev. J. S. Ravens­croft. as Bishop thereof: an event which we hail withevery demonstration of Christian joy; and for which we arebound to render unfeigned thanks to the Great Head of theChurch; aa event which promises the most incalculablebenefit to thi'Portion of Christ's kingdom. This Diocese had,indeed. as far as was practicable, been blessed with tbe coun;sel and fatherly care of the pious and diligent. Bishop Moore,of Virginia; and deeply and gratefully sensible were all ofthe importance and benefit of his labours. But his being resi­dent in another Diocese, and the multiplied concerns of thatDiocese rendering it impossible for him to pay such attention­as was necessary to this State-the election and consecra­tion of a Bishop was eagerly desired. And unanimously hasthat election, and most happily has that consecration, beeneffected.

Since the last triennial Convention, but three Clergymenhave removed from the State:-The Rev. Gregory T. Bedell,now Rector of St. Andrew's, Philadelphia; the Rev. SamuelSitgreaves, who acted a short time as Missionary, and isnow in Pennsylvania; and the Rev: John Phillips, now inVirginia. The following ordinations have taken place withinthe est three years:-The Rev. William Green, and theRev. Robert Davis, to the holy order of Deacons; and theRev. R. J. Miller, to the order both of Priest and Deacon, inthe year 1821. In 18:22, the Rev. William Hooper, the Rev.William M. Green, and the Rev. Thomas Wright, to theorder of Priests. The following persons are at present can­didates for orders in this State :-Mr. George W. Freeman, ofWarrenton; Mr. George W. Hathaway, of Wadesborough;Mr. Moss, of Warrenton. ,

'I'he following are lay readers:-Mr. George W. Hathaway,Wadesborough; Mr. Walker Anderson, St Mary's Chapel,Orange county; Mr. Ichabod Wetmore, St. Matthew's Church,Renston; Mr. James Marsh, St. Thomas's, Bath j Mr. JarvisB. Buxton, Zion Church, Beaufort county.

A neat and commodious Church has been erected at War­renton; one is in rapid progress at Washington; and a veryelegant one is nearly completed at Newbern. The Churchat Williamsborough ha.s been thoroughly repaired; and theattention of the congregations in general seems to be turnedto the erection of DeW, or the re'paratiol) ofdecayed, placee of'Worship.

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The baptisms, since 1820, have been about 430; and the'bumber of communicants, as at present stated, are 480; but&lns is far from being the exact number, as a great part of thecongregations not having the benefit of regular ministerialattendance, their true state canDot be reported.

It is evident to those who have observed the condition orthe Church in this State, that a greater zeal for the Gospel,and a higher standard of moral principles and conduct, havebeen produced among its adherents. A greater knowledgehas been acquired of the distinguishing principles of ourChurch, and an increasing attention has been paid to its formsand ceremonies.

The hope ofincreased prosperity depends on the prospectof greater stability in those congregations which have beenalready formed , but which, as yet, walk with the feeblenessand hesitation of childhood; on the formation of new congre­gations, where Churchmen are resident; and, lastly, on theeffects to be produced ou gruuml 1I0tyet occupied, in placeswhere Christians of no denomination have as yet laboured;we may almost say, have as yet existed.

It is believed, that, generally speaking, the canons andregulations of the Church, are as regularly attended to in this,as in any other part of our Church. .'

A munificent bequest of from fourteen to fifteen thousanddollars has been recently made by the late Mrs. Blount, ofTarborough, for the purpose of erecting a church in the cityof Raleigh.

South-Carolina.

Since the last General Convention, the number of Clergyin this Diocese has increased. In 1820 there were twenty­seven; there are lit present thirty-five, the Bishop, ~8 Pres­byters, and six Deacons. Some of the parishes have been~lldeavouring to create permanent funds, In one of the par­ishes, the planters had taxed themselves. in addition to theirannual contribution, two per cent, on the proceeds of theircrops; and thus have created an accumulating fund, whichwill soon equal the amount. when its interest will be applica­ble to the support of their Rector. In another parish, severalindividuals have given each '$ 1500 to create a fund for thelIa~e purpose. The -fund. for the support of the Episcopate,whIch ~as commenced m 1818, is gradually accumulating.It amounts at present to about" 8000. At the suggestion ofthe Bishop, a Committee has been 31 pointed to inquire intothe state of the property belonging to the Church, ill parishes

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where there exist no vestries, and to adoptmeasures forsecuring the same to the uses of the Diocese. '

Within the period, embraced in this report, there havebeen admitted to the order of Priests, six :-David I. Camp-

,bell, J. W. Chanler, Henry Gibbes, R. Dickenson, E. Rll.!­ledge, and Peter Van Pelt l the latter by the Bishop of Pennsyl­vania. And to that of Deacons, also sixper.lons of thisDiocese :-W. H. Mitchell, E. Philips, B. H. Fleming, «.. H.Rutledge, M. Motte, and T. H. Taylor; the latter by theBishop of Pennsylvania, The number of candidates recog-nized by this Diocese, ill four. ' ,

The Rev. Thomas Osborne, who had removed into Ohio,has returned to the parish he formerly had in South- Carolina.Six young men from this Diocese have been pursuing theirs,tudies preparatory to the ministry, at the General Theolo-"gical Seminary. .

There are at ,resent thirty-five organized congregations.Five of them are vacant. Since this State was settled byChristian people, there has never been so many ministers ofour communion as at present. .

The Protestant Episcopal Society for the' Advancementof Christianity in South-Carolina has essentially contributedto the pre!!ent promising condition of our Ecclesiastical con­cerns. It has aided several of the parishes, otherwise un­able to support ministers. The missionaries sent forth atdifferent times, have all, with a single exception,~ derivedtheir 'Whole support from this society. It is formed on tbemost comprehensive plan, being at once a Bible, a PrayerBook, a Tract, a Missionary, and an Education Society.Its books have been distributed in most of the parishes. Ithas aided several young men while engaged in their academi­cal studies, preparatory to theology; after which, it has beenhoped, our Theological Seminary, by Scholarships, or other­wise, would provide for them. It possesses a select library,which contains about one thousand volumes, and is increasing,instituted more particularly for the use of the Clergy and thecandidates for the sacred office.

The Charleston Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society,composed of Young Men and others, designed to act as auxili­.ary to the elder institution, when necessary, and to send Mis­sionaries beyond the Diocese, within which the earliest so­ciety is restricted, has had a Missionary for nearly two yeanat St. Augustine. . .

• The mi9'ion to Cheraw, here referred to. was parUy maintained by the Youill'A'~l."'odety.

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The exciting, among our youth an interest- in the cause ofthe Redeemer and his Church, and the regulation of their zealby well established principles, are among the valuable effectswhich appear to have resulted from this association.

The Ladies' Domestic Mission:uy Society is supporting,for the second ycar, a minister for the benefit of the poor, andsuch persons as hold the faith of the Church, but are not con­nected with any ofour congregations. The flock thus gather­ed, at present meet in a room for public worship, but mea­sures have been adopted for erecting a church. It is designedto accommodate the poor, the stranger, the seaman, and othersof our communion, who, in the city of Charleston, need sucha charity. Of this Missionary Society, the Bishop remarks inhjs last address to the Convention, "consisting of respectable,pious female members of our Church, it is characterized by azeal of Christian charity, as prudent as it is unostentatious.and adorned with the meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sightof God, is of great price." .

This church, the worshippers at which will be subjected tono expense, will also afford additional accommodation for ourcoloured population. It appcars that a large number of thisclass, both bond and free, have a decided preference for theworship of our Church. In communicating to them Christianinstruction and incitement, many and peculiar difficulties arcunavoidable. But it should be recorded as an encouragementto perseverance, and in gratitude to the Giver of Grace, thatthe salutary influence of Christian motives, is evidenced ill thelives of many of them-in thcir fidelity to their masters-s-intheir kindness to each other-in their recognition of the claimsof government-in contentment, meekness, and devotedness tothe one thing needful. The calls to attention in the forms ofour pu blic worship-the power of its music-the invariable uscof the same prayers-the simplicity of language which adornsour liturgy-the plan of reading the Scriptures in order,whereby" the whole council of God" is declared in his ownwords-the concise summary of faith in the creed, and of obe­dience in the commandments, repeated Sunday after Sunday-the practice of reciting after the minister, whereby prayerssuitable for private use are learned, and all the fundamentaltruths of the Gospel. These, and other circumstances, provethat the system ofour Church i! eminently adapted to promotethe spiritual welfare of the illiterate, and those who have dullminds. To this subject, the Bishop has constantly, in private.and in his annual addresses, invited the attention of theClergy. He speaks of this class of our fellow bcings, "as aportion of that moral creation, for which Christ died, and for

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whose !'pirituut arid moral happiness, and the alleviation oftheir temporal lot, as inseparable from that, we are sacredlybound to be concerned."

Sunday Schools arc in successful operation in several of"-the parishes. They arc chiefly for religious instruction, (asfree schools -xist e\'cry where.) and regulated, in every re­spect, by members of our own communion. The children of'people of colour, and some adults of that class, have beenamong the pupils, These arc among the poor, whose claim011 this charity has been considered peculiarly urgent; andthe interests uf their proprietors, as well as of the community,demand their being brought up in that religion which teaches'the servant to be obedient to his master according to the flesh,and contented in that state of life in which it hath pleasedGod that he should be.

'I'hc number of baptisms reported to the Diocesan Conven­tions during the three years last past, we find tu he 880. Ofthese, six were of the .l ewish persuasion, three of them adults,

.and three infants.The forty-fifth Canon of 1803 prescribing a particular

inquiry " into the attention p-a-id to the Canons and rules ofthe Church," we remark on that suhject,-The Episcopalvisita.tions have been statedly performed, The Canons andRubrics are conscientiously observed, Both ministers andpeople appear to be desirous of walking ill the old' paths,where is the good way. Great harmony and affection pre­vail among the Clerg;y.

The advantages which result to our Church, and to each­Diocese in particular, [rom our happy union in General Con­vcntiou, arc suitably recognized,

In obedience to the high authority ofOUf Supreme Council,the General Thcological Seminar)" and the General Mis­:;ionary Society, have her-n patronized ill some degree; and­there can be no doubt that this Diocese will co-operate,cheerfully, promptly, and etf{'ctually, in forwarding thesegreat undertakings,

The Convention, ".v a resolution unanimously adopted, ispledgeu to C(.lll~ribute its full proportion to the Theologica~Se­minary. It IS intended- that sermons should be preached In allthe parishes, as has alre-ady been done in several of them,nnd colh:ctiollS made for the benefit of this institution. OurBishop has, at the request of the Convention, circulated anaddresS on this subject, l\1ore than $ 7500 have been paid intothe Treasury of the Seminary hy this Diocese. Includingthe Ochoa Scholarshi1', about S10,000 have been collected forthis object.

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By encouraging our candidates.... to pursue their studies atthe Seminary, we have also wished to te stify our desire toassist in rearing this valuable establishment, On its success,as the number of our Clerl!y is scarcely sufficient to supply

. our churches, must depend greatly that of the MrssionarySociety. We consider, therefore, that we are essentiallypromoting the interests of this excellent Socie-ty, by aidingthe Seminary ; the natural operation of which will be to in­crease the number, and the capacity for usefulness, of labourersin the sacred ministry. N~rlhdess, the agent of the societywas welcomed in this Diocese; sermons were preached re­commending it; and it appears he collected $ 1G43. principallyfrom person:! who were already patrons of our own Mission­ary Societies, Qf which there are three-olle whose operationsare limited to Charlestou-c-a second, to the State of South.Carol ilia-and the third unlimited in eH'I'y respect.

The subject of the education of the .\outh of our commu­pion is beginning in this, as in other DIOceses. to excite amerited attention. Our Bishop remark" in his last Conven­tional AdJress, that" he ha,; IOllg painfully contemplated it asthe misfortune of this Church. remediable only hy all c1Iort ofzeal, which circumstances seemed to forbid to he expected,that the whole pr~ress of the academical education of itsyouth should be conducted uudr-r influences at variance withthe principles which distiuguish its communion. -lIe lo"si.ders this a lot not more to be lamented than it is extraordi,narily peculiar. He is reasonably auxrous, I hal he ma), 1I0t,on this subject, be misconceived. lIe glories ill the realliberality of sentiment and conduct, with respect to otherChrisfinu societies. which he sincerely believes, in an emi­nent degree, to characterize thatofwhich he is one. He de­precates, at the same time, the ctlccts of such an erroneouslibcrality, as would make that to be regarded with illllill;'r­ence here, which, among all others, is cherished as a conce-rnof high and sacred importance, That the edn,:ation·of theirOWIl youth, under circumstances the mns t favourable to theircontinuing ill their own religious principles. is :;0 cherished hvall descriptions of Christian pCllple, with the excf>ptiolJ ofProtestant Episcopalians. ill these States, he ussert-, with aconfidence that needs no qualhication. Permit me then, re­spectfully and affectionately, to submit the cjllCstioll-Call Webe thus excepted, cousisteutiy with a SOIlIllI ami rational, how-

• All the candidates of this lljot'cst't l'XCt'l)lin~ nne who is p"c~ulia1'ly circum..stanecd, and anotlll:r ,,110 has returned hOh\(: 011 ucrou nt 01" ill health, arc: now con­nected with the (~cnel'al Theological Sell.'narJ. Ttw t:al1lliJalt s ICCOl.:Iliz,(,':(] in thisDiocese arc fOUl" in num her. ""'

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ever moderate, preference of the Christian doctrine and disci.pline under which our particular religious profession ranksus? Must not such a preference, where it really exists, natu­rally and inseparably associate with it an anxiety, that theprinciples we profess should be those in which our children,and the generations following us, should abide, and underwhose influence their character, both for this life and theeternal, should be formed? Is not the subjection of our youthto influences unfavourable to their continuing in the faith weentertain, virtually conceding, as a point 1I0t worth our care,the character of their religion? If domestic nurture and ad­monition be insisted on as sufficient to prevent or remedy anysuch aberration of the mind of youth from the way of theparent's religion, the appeal is to fact and experience, abun­dantly certifying the contrary, and to the conduct of all otherreligious communities, exhibiting the strongest persuasion ofthe contrary. No Christian community in Christendom, ex­cept that of Protestant Episcopalians. in the United States,does not, as a communiiq, make provision, or whcre provisioncannot systematically he made, anxiously watch against whatis considered the perverting influence of academical educa­tion. It is the mode in which, above all others, a real soli­citude to transmit to their children the religion which mencherish, is most unequivocally expressed, to commit theireducation to no circumstances that shall have a tendency tocounteract its claim upon their respect and adherence. Letme, I pray you, not be understood to intimate. much less toallege, any thing derogatory to the claim of the respectableinstitutions, by charter appropriated to other religious deno­minations, and of unquestionable right, subject to a religiousinfluence peculiar to themselves, for the candour and indul­gence with which the interests of denominations, differingfrom their own, as far as they are committed to them, may betreated. ] have no reference but to the indirect and uuavoid­able effect of the circumstances under which academic educa­tion is conducted, to influence the future feelings and decisionof the mind, with respect to religion, in a manner more cor­responding with the prejudices of the college, than, exceptunder circumstances of more than ordinary care and judg­ment, of the parent's roof. I would not be thought unawareof the facility which the expression of sentiments such asthese maj-aflord, where the StlujC':tis not duly considered orunderstood, to the reproach of narrow and illiberal conduct.I feel, at the same time, so incapable of that. in religious senti­ment or conduct, which might, with any rational construction,be so imputed, that I could not forego this opportunity 0 f

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bearing my testimony, however feeble and vain it may: prove,a<Tainst a laxitv and indifference on the momentous business ofeducation, in"its relation to the moral interests of characterand life, for which we are not more unconsciously distin­guished, than, to say the least. wondered at by OUI' Christianbrethren at large. They readily enough, indeed. may explainthe difference at present existing between the ProtestantEpiscopal Church and others, as to the possession and govern­ment of seminaries of learning, into the difference of the cir­cumstances of our institutions and theirs, before the coloniesbecame independent States. But they know that 0111' com­munion embraces much of the wealth and liberality, at Jeastof all the Atlantic. States. and might, long ere this, have other­wise provided fOI' a subject, with them alway s suflicreutly im­portant fOI' any sacrifices and exertions it may require.Brethren, in laying before you these impressions, I am notconscious of the existence of any feeling in my mind, which)'Ou could, on the closest inspection, disapprove. Out ofthefuiness qf a heart, anxious for the permanent, sound respecta­bility and strength of our peculiar institutions, I have spokenwhat I have; nor can I imagine anJ circumstances of moralconsciousness. under which it could prove painful to me, to bel}emil1ded that I had thus expressed myself before you."

. Georgia.

In this Diocesefhe Church is rapidly rising into notice;and its present state and prospects are such as to warrant themost sanguine expectations of its more general extension., Asyet, there are only four organized churches in the Diocese:one at Savannah, one at Augusta, one on St. Simon's Island,and one at Darien; the two latter being under the pastoralcharge of the same Clergyman, the Rev. E; M. Matthews.All these congregations, it is believed, are in a flourishingcondition, and increasing in numbers. In Savannah andAugusta there are large and commodious edifices of brick,furnished with everJ thing requisite for the due celebrationof public worship. In Oglethorpe county, there is an agedpious, and exemplary Presbyter of the Church, the Hev, Mr:S~rol~g? 'Yho occasionally offi.ciates t~ a small congregati~ inhis vicinity ; but as yet, no information of the regular organi­zation of the congregation has been communicated.

As the services and principles of the Church are becoming!D0re generally known and understood, the prejudices againstIt are wearing away, and public sentiment is becoming morefavourable to its establishment. A large proportion of the po-

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~ulation of'the State are natives of Vrginie, baptized and edu­cated in the Church, still retaining their attachment to herprinciples, and willing to co-operate in any efforts for theintroduction of her services. The deep anxiety which hagbeen manifested by individual members of the Church, in dif­ferent parts of the State. to obtain her ordinances, affords amost convincing proof, that missionary labour would there becrowned with complete.success.

A society for missionary purposes was instituted by theState Convention in February last; but as Mr. Bacon. theaccredited agent of the Domestic and Foreign MissionarySociety of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America. shortly after came into the Diocese, tosolicit contributions to that society, it was deemed inexpedi­ent to make any immediate effort to obtain subscribers to thedomestic institution. This, however, will be done, and pro·bablv with success, in the ensuing autumn.

It'would scarcely be hazarding-too much to assert, that noportion of OUl" country presents a more promising field formissionary exertion, than some of tile upper counties in theState of (jeorgia; and the hope is indulged that this .field willno longer be neglected by those who arc engaged in the goodwork of "sending forth labourers into the Lord's vineyard.':

Ohio.

From a letter of the Right Rev. the Bishop of this Diocese,addressed to the House of Bishops, and by them referred tothis House, the following statement is drawn.

Ordinations have taken place, of .Iohn Hall) Rufus Murray,and one other, Deacons, and one Priest.

The Rev. John Hall, Deacon, has been appointed Mission.ary at Ashtabula; and the Rev. Rufus Murray, Deacon, atNorwalk, Huron count}. The Rev. Intrepid :\Iorse has takencharge of the church at Steubenville. The Hev. John Arm­strong, of Virginia, acts as Missionary iii St. Clairsville andMorristown. The Rev. EZI"a 13. Kellogg has taken charge ofSt. Paul's Church, Chilicothe,

One Deacon has been displaced from the ministry, and oneJ>retbyter suspended.

St. Paul's Church, Chilicothe, and St. Thomas's, St. Clairs­" ville, have been consecrated.

Two hundred and eighty-five persons have been confirmed.The Clergy generally are very faithful and laborious; and

strict attention is paid to the Canons and Rubrics of theChurch.

WILLIAM H. WILMER, President.Philadelphia, .IlIa:; 24; tT>23.

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From the Dioceses of Maine and New-Hampshire, no reo'port or documents have been received.

The whole number of candidates for holy orders in theleveral I lioccscs, is sixty-one.

In conclusion, the House of Clerical and Lay Deputieswould respectfully invite the attention of the House of Bi­shops to the {acts that many churches are without paslors­that ill the west there exists a large body of Episcopalians,who are as sheep without a sheplwrd-that our missionarysocieties arc. comparatively, inefficient for want of Missiona­ries-aul! ill fine, that it is emphaticatly true, as it respectsour Church, the harvest is plenteous, but the labourers arcfew. The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, respectfullyrequest the House of Bishops to suggest such measures asmay seem to them the best adapted to secure to this Churchan increase of faithful and capable ministers,

In making the preceding statement, the House of Clericaland Lay Deputies solicit the prayers and blessing of theHouse 01 Bishops, and respectfully request their counsel ill aPastoral Letter to the members of the Church.

Signed, in behalf of the House of Clerical and Lay Depu­ties,

A message was received from the House of Bishops, witha report of !he joint C« mmittce, appointed at the last GeneralConvention, to conect documents aill! pamphlets, interesting~o the Church, t\'gcther with a resolution of the House of Bi­shops on the same subject. The report was read and accept­ed, and the resolution was concurred in, and notice of COli.

currence sent to the House of Bishops, [See Appendix,No. II.] .

Mr. Key presented and read a communication from a Com­mittee of the American Colonization Society, which was sentto the House of Bishops; and at the same time, referred to aCommittee, consistinp; of Mr. Goldsborough, the Rev. lUr.Onderdonk. and Mr. Key.

The Right Rev. the Presiding Bishop of the House of Bi­sh0l's, as Presiden! of the Domestic and ForeignMissionarySociety, sent to this House the report of said society , which-was accepted, and referred to the Missionary Committee.

The Missionary CommiUee reported in favour of adoptingthe alterations of the Constitution of the Domestic and Fo~.

reign Missionary Society, proposed by the HOUEC of Bishops.

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The report was accepted, and the proposed alterations were"adopted, and notice thereof sent to the House of Bishops,[See Appendix, No. III.]

The same Committee recommended the following resolu­tion, which was adopted, and sent to the House of Bishopsfor their concurrence,

Resolxed, if the House of Bishops concur therein, that thereport of the !\lissionary Society be sent to the Board of Di­rectors of said society. with a request that they will publishsuch parts thereof as they may deem expedient.

The Rev, Mr. Hawley offered the following, which wasordered to lie 011 the table:

\" hereas, by the first article of the Constitution of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,it is declared that the Convention thereof shall meet trienni­ally; and whereas a difference of opinion ami practice existsin the different Dioceses, respecting the period for whichDeputies arc elected; therefore, for the purpose of produc­ing uuiforrnity in the clecuou of Deputies, and of preventingany collisions of claims to the right of membership, resolxed,that it he declared as the opinion of this House, that this Con­vention is a triennial body, and that it be recommended to theseveral Dioceses, in their future elections, to be governedaccordingly. .

The report of the Trustees d'f the General TheologicalSeminary was !lOW taken up and read, and referred to theCommittee on that subject, [See Appendix, No. IV.]

On motion, rrsohietl, that the next meeting of this Conven­tion shall take place on thc first Tuesday in November, 1826,at half past 10 o'clock A. }1.

Resolved, '1d, that the next meeting of this Convention shaltbe held in the city of Philadelphia.

These resolutions were sent to the House of Bishops.The following resolution was offered, and after some de­

bate, was.postponed, and made the order of the day for Mon­day next:

Resolved, in order that the expenses of the General Con­vention may be defrayed, that it be recommended to theseveral Statc Conventions, that each Slate or Diocese shallforward to the secretary of this House, twenty dollars; andfor each Clergyman, not exceeding in number 15, the furtbersum of one dollar; and if exceeding the number of 15, and notexceeding 30, the sum of 75 cents; and if over that number,the sum of 50 cents for each Clergyman. .

A message was received from the House of Bishops, inform­ing this House, that they had concurred in the resolutions of'

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this House on the subject of Psalm and Hymns in metre, andhad appointed the Right Rev. Bishops White, Hobart, andCroes, on the part of their House. .

The following gentlemen were appointed, on the part ofthis House:-The Rev. William Meade, Kensey Johns,The Rev. Samuel F.Jarvis, D. D. Robert H. Goldsborough,The Rev. William A. Muhlenberg, John Read,The Rev. Jackson Kemper, Edward J. Stiles,The Rev. Bird Wilson, O. D. Tench Tilghman,The Rev. Samuel Turner, D. D. Francis S. Key,The Rev. Richard S. Mason, Peter Kean,

A message was received from the House of Bishops, withinformation that they had adopted the resolutions of this Houseon the subject of the time and place of meeting of the nextGeneral Convention. ..

Mr. Kean offered a canon relative to the canonical resi­dence of Professors io the General Theological Seminary;which was ordered to lie on the table.

A message was received from the House of Bishops, withan opinion relative to the communication from a Committeeof the American Colonization Society; which was read, andreturned to that House.

A message was received from the House of Bishops, witbinformation that they concurred in the resolution of thisHouse, relative to the printing of the report of the Mission-uy Society. . .

The House adjourned".

.Jrfonaay, .Ma!l 26, 9 Q'clock.!J.lt!.

The House met.Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Dr. Jarvis.The Rev. Charles H. Wharton, D. D. a Clerical Deputy

from New-Jersey, having produced his testimonials, appearedand took his seat. .

The resolution relative to provision for defraying the con­tingent expenses of the General Convention was now calledup, and referred to a select Committee, with leave to sit im­mediately. The following gentlemen were appointed tocompose said Committee :-

Mr. George Jones, the Rev. Mr. Croes, the Rev. Dr.Wharton. the Rev. Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Tilghman.

Mr. Kean offered a resolution relative to seminaries of'Ibaming; which was read and adopted, and sent to the House..,[ Bishops. .

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The Committee 011 the resolution relative to provision fu.rdefraying the contingent expenses of the-General Convention..reported the resolution with amendrnents ; which report wae­accepted; and the following resolution was adopted and sentto the House of Bishop~:- .

Resolved, in order that the coatingcnt expenses of theGeneral Convention may be defrayed. that it be recommendedto ~he several Diocesan or State Conventions, to forward to'the Secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, ateach meeting of said Convention, 75 cents for each Clergy­mao within-said Diocese or State.

The joint COlWUiHee of the two Houses, appointed at thelast General Cousention, to report a standard copy of theBible, made report; which was read and accepted, and notice(If acceptance sent to the House of Bishops. [See Appendix,No. V.]

The Committee on the Theological Seminary made thefollowing report; which was read and unanimously accepted.

The Commitlee of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies,to whom was referred aU matters relating to the TheologicalSeminary, having had under consideration the report of theTrustees, and other papers referred to them by the Hoose,respectfully

REPORT,

That they have directed their attention to the mode ofeducation pursued in the Seminary, the state of its finances,the number of Trustees which it wiB be proper for this Con­vention to appoint, the impediments which retard its progress,and the means of rendering it more extensively useful to theChurch.

With respect to the mode of educalion pursued in the Semi­nary, your Committee refer the House, with great satisfaction,to the able and luminous report of the Faculty, embodied inthe report of the Trustees to the Convention. The coursepursued is, in the opinion of your Committee, expanded andliberal in its character, well fitted to render the students ableministers of the New Testament, and to train them up in reoligious habits, as well as in sound learning.

Your Committee regret that they cannot speak with equal:approbation of the report respecting the finances. They havenot been able, in all cases, to determine whether the sumsmentioned as subscribed, have been paid; and they have rea­son to believe that the expenses of the institution exceed itsincome. They wish to invite the notice of the Convention to

,this alarming fact, which, they surely need not add, must pro·

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..roce the ruin of the Seminary, if measures to counteract tbe~il be not speedily adopted, .

The want of precision in the financial report involves afurther difficult)' with respect to the choice of Trustees ; yo~Committee being unable to determine the exact amount wllichhas been actually paid, or secured to be paid, by the severalDioceses. It does not appear that any monies have beenactually recei\'ed,excepting from the Statea of Massllchusetts.New- York, Pennsylvania, and Solbth·Cal'olina. The aUlountreceived from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and South-Caro­lina, is defined, because i~ has beef) contributed in money;that from Ne-w-York is not equally so, from tbe nature andcondition of the property. There are. two questions which itseems proper to meet at the outset, in order tn prevent future-dilliculty ; These are, whether all property given by indivi­duals, not connected with other Dioceses, is to be consideredifs belonging to that in which the Seminary is established;and whether, in case an individualremoves wom one Dioceseto another, the amount ceutributed by him is also to be .trans­lerred, You... Committee are of'.epinioa that .the sums sub­scribed and paid in each Diocese, ought not to be affected bythe removal of the individual donor, but should be consideredfor ever as a portion of 1he property contributed by that Dio­.cese. And in order to prevent any present or future difficul­ties in the choice of Trustees, your Committee beg leave torecommend, that the nominations transmitted to this Conven­tion by the several State Conventions, he now received with­out discussion; but that a Canon he formed, requiring theseveral State Conventions, in future, to seud a proper certifi­cate, exhiLJiting an exact inventory of the number of Clergy,and of the amount- of property paid, or secured to be paid,in each Diocese; and that, in default of such certificate, anynomination of such Diocese shall not be confirmed by theGeneral Convention.

While on this subject, it is proper to add, that your Com­mittee have been informed, that the Diocese of North-Caro­lina, with a zeal which deserves the praise and imitation ofour whole Church, have subscribed a large slim towards thefoundation of a Professorship, of which no notice appears tohave heen given to the Trustees,

The Committee were induced to consider the impediment!which retard the progress of the Seminary, in cOllseqrlCllce ofnoticing thc fact, rCjlo"rled to this House b)' the Committeeon the State of the Church, that there arc sixty candidatesfor the ministry in the Atlantic States alone, or" which num­ber there are but eighteen at llrese r iin the Seminary. Why

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this vast disparity? Your Committee are unable to assignmore than two causes ; some feelings yet remaining of a sec­tional character, and the want of means for supporting indi-gent students. . . .

There appears to be some 'apprehension on the part of themore distant and less wealthy Dioceses, that the students of theSeminary will be induced to desert their proper field of'futureJabour, under the idea of having greater advantages in thevicinity of the Seminary. If such an apprehension does exist,)'our Committee are persuaded that the silent influence oftime will destroy the rlluaion, T~ere are no facts, as yet, bywhich it can be supported; and the love of country, and theinfluence of early habits, will gradually create, throughout theunion, an indigenous Clergy. There is no more reason toapprehend that candidates for orders, educated at the GeneralTheological Seminary, wilt not return to their respective Di­oceses, than that students educated in the northern Collegesshould thereby be aleniated from home. If there be anydanger, it is more to be apprehended in the northern sectionof our country, than in the southern. It may, however, beeffectually guarded against, by making the students candidatesfor orders in their respective Dioceses, hy greater exertionsto support the Clergy, which will diminish inducements toemigration, and by enforcing the already existing regulations,which require Deacons to be under the direction of the Bi­shops who ordain them.

Your Committee cannot but contemplate with. pleasure,the delightful prospect of having a General Seminary, whither,like the temple at Jerusalem, the tribes ofthe Lord will go upto testify unto Israel; and they anticipate, with full confidence,that happy period when the north and the south will give up,and the east and the west will not keep back. On this account,as well as for other reasons, hereafter to be mentioned, yourCommittee notice with pleasure, the indication, in the reportof the Trustees, of a disposition to abolish the Branch Schoolat Geneva; and they beg leave to recommend an expressionof the sense of this House, approving of that measure.

The second cause which has hitherto prevented the in­crease of the Seminary, will best be considered by advertingto the means to be employed, of rendering it more extensivelyuseful to the Church. .

And on this head, your Committee are. decidedly ofopinion,that provisio~ should be made, as soon as possible, for placingthe students an a situation more retired from the noise, andbusiness, and corrupting pleasures of the world; that the exllenses of the institution should be diminished by the mos

J ol4t"flQl of tIle Gtneral Conventilln-1823. ssprudent and undeviating ~conomy; that the office .o~ libra~anIlhould be gillen to some mdigent student, a provrsron whichmay also perhaps be extended, so as to emb~ce the oflice ofJanitor' that means be taken for the establishment of com­mons, ~nd for furnishing the apartments of th~ students,which may be done at a. small expense, by donations of fur­niture by the pious and charitable members of our Church ;and that it be earnestly recommended to the several Diocesesto form more Scholarships. The prosperity of our Churchdepends much, under the Divine blessing, upon the supportgiven to this institution. Withou~ it, .O~I· Missionar.r Society,it will evidently be seen, must be inefficient, and a tact statedby the Bishop of Ohio, affords a striking evidence of thistruth. He has now, for nearly two years, had in his hands,it is believed, about '$ 3000 for the support of Missionaries,and has not been able to obtain them. The harvest truly isplenteous, hut it may emphatically be added, that the labour.ers are few.

. By order of the Committee, .SAMUEL F. JARVIS, Chairman.

The Committee on the communication from the AmericanColonization Society, asked to be discharged from the furtherconsideration of the SII hject; which request was granted, andthe Committee discharged.

The following resolutions were adopted, and sent to theHouse of Bishops:-. .

Resolved, 1st.. That the members of this Convention be,and they hereby arc, respectfully requested to assist the agentor agents of the General Theological Seminary, in his or theirendeavours to collect subscriptions in their respective Dio-ceses. •

Resolved, 2d, That it is hereby respectfully recommendedto the Board of Trustees of said Seminary, to persevere inthe measures they have adopted, and to adopt all such 'uthel'measures as may seem best for augmenting the funds of theSem.inar}"; als? to adopt some system of finance, whereby aportion of the mcome shall be added yearly to the capitalso that the said capital may accumulate, until it be fully ade~quate to the purposes of tbe Seminary; that it also be recom­mended to the Board of Trustees to endeavour to reduce theexpenses to which the students are now liable for board andmaintenance; that it he also recommended to the said Boardto reduce the expenses of the Seminary, by abolishing theBranch School at Geneva, and by any other measures thatmay be adopted, so that the said expenses may not, at anytime, exceed the clear income of the funds of the Seminary.

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A message was received from the House of Bishops, withinformation, that they concurred in the resolution of this Housson the subject of providing for the contingent expenses of theGeneral Convention. .

A canon was received from the House of Bishops, regulat­ing the admission of persons as candidates for holy orders;which was referred to a Committee consisting of the Rev.Messrs. Croes and Adams, and Mr. Sitgreaves, .

Another canon was received from the House of Bishops,relative to a standard copy of the Bible; which was referredto a Committee consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Baldwin andBull, and Mr. Herbert. .. On motien, resolned, that the rule of this House, whichlimits its daily session to 3 o'clock P. M. be rescinded; andthat when this House adjourn, it shall be adjourned to meetagain at 7 o'clock this day. Notice of this resolution wassent to the House of Bishops.

The Committees on the Canons sent from the House ofBishops, respectively reported in favour of adopting saidCanons; which reports were accepted, the Canons adopted,and notice thereof sent to the House of Bishops. [See Ap.Fendix, No. VI.]

The resolution of the House of Bishops designed to ac·company the canon relative to a standard copy of the Bible,was concurred in by this House, and notice of concurrencesent to the House of Bishops.

On motion, resolved, that the report of the Committee onthe Constitution and Canons of the Church, laid UPOll thetable on Friday last, be printed. .

A message was received from the House of Bishops, with aproposed amendment to the resolution of Mr. Kean, relativeto seminaries of learning; which amendment was agreed toby this House, and notice thereof sent to the H~use of Bi­shops, and the resolution as amended, and concurred in, bythe House of Bishops, was adopted as follows:-

Resolved, if the House of Bishops concur therein, that ajoint Committee, to consist of such a number of Bishops asthe House 'of Bishops shall appoint, and five members of thisHouse, be appointed, whose duty it shall be to inquire andreport to the next General Convention:-

How many, and what, Colleges in the United States admitClergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be eligibleto Professorships in their respective faculties;-

How many, and which, of these institutions have Clergy-men of this Church now employed as Professors ;- '

How many, and which, of said Colleges have adopted a

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syetem for the religious instruction of youth; and as tat aspossible, to ascertain what such systems are;- ,

How many, and which, of said Colleges are so situated a"to permit their students to attend divine worship in a Pro-testant Episcopal Church or Chap:1 ;- .,.

And that said Committee be instructed to mqUire into,and report on, the practicability of establishing a sem~nai'yor seminaries, for the education of youth, under the influ­ence and authority of members of the Protestant Episcopal'Church.

_t\ message was received from the House of Bishops,. withinformation, that they had appointed the Right Rev. BishopsWhite, Bowell, and Brownell, a Committee on the part oftheir House, on the subject of the foregoing resolutions. Thefollowing gentlemen were appointed to act on said Committee,.;>0 the partofthis House, viz.-Mr.Kean, the Rev. Dr. Whar­ton, the Rev. 1\Ir. Baldwin, the Rev. Mr. Hooper, and .Mr.Wilkins.· .

The Pastoral Letter of the House ofBishops was now read.The following resolution was 'adopted, and sent to the

House of Bishops, who returned notice of their concurrenceill the same .

•Resolved, in order that the number of Trustees to whicheach Diocese is entitled, according to the third article of theConstitution of the General Theological Seminary, may bereadily and accu"ately ascertained, that it be required thata certificate, stating Ole exact number of Clergymen in theDiocese, and the amount of tUlJd6 paid, or secured to be paidtherein, be signed by the President or Secretary of each Dio­cesan or State Convention, and transmitted, with the nomina­tion of Trustees, to the General Convention; and withoutsuch certificate, the nomination shall Dot be confirmed.

The House adjourned.

Monday evening, 7o'cl'Ock.

The House met.Mr. Tilghman offered the following proposed canon, which

was ordered to lie on the table. Canon-.I1dditionaJ to the42d Carlorl of ]808.

It is hereby declared, that the General Convention is atriennial body.

The Domination of the Trustees of the General TheologicalSeminary was now read and confirmed, and sent to the Houseof Bishops, who returned it with their concurrence, aad thefollowing were declared duly appointed.

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Ve;mont. The Rev. Abraham Bronson.JJfllssachusetls. The Rev; Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D. the Rev.

James M,?rse,Gardiner Green, David Sean,George Sullivan.

Rhode-Island. The Rev. Salmon Wheaton, the Rev. NathanB. Crocker.

Connecticut. The Rev. Daniel Burhans, the Rev. TillotsonBronson, D. D. the Rev. Harry Croswell,Samuel W. Johnson, Nathan Smith, RichardAdams. .

}t/ew·Yorl.:. The Rev. William Harris, D. D. the Rev.David Butler, the Rev. Thomas Lyell,D. D. the Rev. William Berrian, the Rev.John M'Vickar, the Rev. James Milnor,D. D. the Rev. William Creighton, the Rev.Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. the Rev. Jona­than M. Wainwright, the Rev. Henry An•

. thon, the Rev. Lucius Smith, Wright Post,Nehemiah Rogers, John Wells, David S.Jones, Henry lU'Farlan, Thomas S. Town­send, Edward R. Jones, Stephen Warren,Robert Troup, Philip S. Van Rensselaer.

N fW-J ersey. The Rev. John Crees, jun. Peter Kean,Pennsyl'Pania. The Rev. Jackson Kemper, the Rev. George

Boyd, the Rev. Gregory T. Bedell. theRev. James Montgomery, the Rev. BenjaminAllen, William Tilghman, John Read.

JJar91and. The Rev. William E. Wyatt, D. D. the Rev.John P. K. Henshaw, the Rev. Jobn Johns,Nicholas Brice, Tench Tilghman, John C.Herbert, John B. Eccleston.

Virginia. The Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D. theRev. William Meade, tbe Rev. Edward C.M'Guirc, William Mayo, Hugh Mercer.

North-Carolina. The Rev. Adam Empie, Duncan Cameron.South·Carolina. The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden, D.D. the

Rev. Paul T. Gervais, the Rev. ChristianHanckle, the Rev. Allston Gibbes, WilliamHeyward, Benjamin Huger, William Clark­son, Thomas Lowndes. .

The Rev. Mr. Rudd, the Rev. Mr. Onderdonk, and Mr.Kean, were appointed a Committee to superintend the print­ing of the Journals, Pastoral Letter, and other documents,and notice of this appointment was sent to the House of Bi­shops , who returned for answer, that they had appointed the

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Right Rev. Bishop Croes, and their Secretary, the Rev. Mr.De Lancey, a Committee to unite with the Committee of thisHouse.

On motion, resolved, that the thanks of this House be pre.sented to the President, Secretary, and Assistant Secretary,for the services rendered by them respectively, during thepresent session.

On motion, resolved, that the Secretary be directed to trans­mit a copy of the resolution of this House, relative to defray.ing the contingent expenses of the Convention, to each Dio­cesan or State Convention.

The Rev. Mr. Butler, the Rev. Dr. Jan-is, and Mr. Tilgh­man, were appointed a Committee to wait on the House ofBishops, and inform them that this House is now ready to rise,and request the Bishops to unite with them, and close thesession of the Convention with suitable acts of devotion, andtheir benediction.The two Houses united in singing the] 33d Psalm; and appro­

priate prayers from the Liturgy were read by the presidingBishop; who closed the exercises with the benediction; andthe House adjourned sine die.

Signed by order of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.

WILLIAM H. WILMER, President.

Attested,

JOHN C. RUDD, Secretary.

JOURN..'\J~

OF TilE .

ROUSE OF BISHOPS.

•

PIli/adelphia, Tuesduy, .lIlay 20th, 1823.

THIS being the day prescribed by the Constitution ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States ofAmerica, for the meeting of the General Convention of thesarne ; and the city of Philadelphia having been appointed asthe place of meeting, the Right Rev. William White, D. D.Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania; the Hight Rev, Alex­ander Viets Griswold, D. D. Bishop of the Eastern Diocese;the Right Rev. James Kemp, D. D. Bishop of the Diocese ofMaryland; the Right Rev. John Crees. D. D. Bishop of theDiocese of New-Jersey; the Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen,D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of South-Carolina; and theRight Rev. Thomas C. Brownell, D. D. LL. D. Bishop ofthe Diocese of Connccticut ; assembled in the Vestry room ofSt. Peter's Church, in the said cit)".

The Rev. William H. De Lancey was appointed Secretaryto the House,

The Presiding Bishop read a letter from the Right Rev.Bishop Mool"e, of Virginia, which was ordered to be laid uponthe table.

The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D. D. Bishop of theDiocese of New- York, was prevented by sickness from beingpresent at the Convention.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, with information that they were organized, andready to proceed to business: whereupon, this House return­ed for answer, that they also were ready to proceed to busi­ness, and that they had appointed the Rev. William H. DeLancey their Secretary.

Oil motion, resolved, that this House will attend DivineService with the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, agree­bIy to the first rule of order of that House, every morningduring the present session of the Convention.

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A communication, on the subject of the Theological Semi­nary, was received from the Standing Committee of the Dio­cese of South-Carolina :-

Whereupon, it was reso[wd, that the House of Bishops havereceived, with much satisfaction, the communication from theStanding Committee of the Diocese of South-Carolina, on thesubject of the Theological Seminary, and that we dulyap­preciate the zealand liberality which that Diocese has mani­fested in favour of the institution,

Re.oo/ved, further, that the communication, together withthe foregoing resolution, be sent to the House of Clerical andLay Deputies,

The following communication was received from the Houseof Cicrica! and La}' Deputies, viz. The House of Clerical andLay Deputies inform the House of Bishops, that, having receiv­ed satisfactory evidence of the due organization of the Protest­ant Episcopal Church in the State of Georgia.and of the Churchin the said State having acceded to the Constitution of theProtestant Episcopal Church in th« United States, they haveresolved, that the Diocese of Georgia be received into unionwith this Convention, and clltiLlcd to a delegation therein.

Signed,JOHN C. H.UDD, Secretary.

'VherClIpoll, a Committee of two, viz, Bishop Croes andBishop Brownell, was appointed to examine and compare theConstitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Stateof Georgia, with the Constitution and Callous of the Protest­ant Episcopal Church in the United States; who reported,that nn examination, they had found it consistent with thesame.

lVhel'eupon, resolved, that the House of Bishops concurwith tbe House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, in admittingsaid Church into union with the Convention.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, accompanied with canonical testimonials ofthe election of the ~{,ev, Jol,m S. Ravenscroft to the Episco­pate of North-Carolina ; which was ordered to be laid 011 thetable,

A message was received [I'om the House of Clerical and-,Lay Dcp~ties, that they were ready to adjourn; and that theyhad appointed from. V o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock P. M. everyday, as hours of business :-whereupon, this House adjournedto meet to-morrow rnorning at 9 o'clock. '

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Wednesday, JlIuy 21st, 1823.•

The House of Bishops met pursuant to adjournment, andattended Divine Service.

Present as yesterday.The minutes of the meeting yesterday were read and

approved. . 'On motion, resolved, that the thanks of this House be given

to the Right Rev. Dr. Crocs, Bishop of the Diocese of New­Jersey, for his Sermon preached at the opening of this Con­vention, and that he be requested to furnish a copy for pub­lication.

A communication was received from the Domestic andforeign Missionary Society; which, upon motion, was orderedto be laid on the table,

The House then went into consideration of the messagereceived yesterday from the House of Clerical and Lay Depu­ties, accompanied by the testimonials of the election of theRev. John S. Havenscroft to the Episcopate of North-Care­Iina :-whcrcupoll, result'cd wumimollsly, that this HOWle,having duly considered the testimonials laid before them, ofthe election of the Rev. John S. Ravenscroft, as Bishop ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church in the Stale of North-Caro­lina, and found them to be in all respects canonical andregular; and knowing no cause why the Rev. MI'. Ravens­croft should not be consecrated to that high office, do agreeto proceed to his consecration; and do, accordingly, appoint10 o'clock A. 1\1. to-morrow, as the time at which they will,with the Divine permission, perform that solemn office, insuch Church as the Presiding Bishop shall appoint.

The Presiding Bishop presented a communication from theHight Rev, Philander Chase, D. D. Bishop of the Diocese ofOhio, which, having heen read, was referred to a Committee,consisting of Bishop I~emp and Bishop Bowen.

A message was received from the House of Clerical and LayDeputies, that they had provided seats for the Right Rev.the Bishops, whenever they might please to attend in thesame. The House returned their thanks. '

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, that they have adopted the alteration of thefirst article of the Constitution, proposed at the last GeneralConvention; which alteration was concurred in by this House,and the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies informed there­of.

J. message was re~ei\'ed from the House of Clerical and

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Lay Deputies, that they were about to adjourn; whereupon,this House also agreed to adjourn until to-morrow at 9 o'clockA. M.

TJwTsday, ftlay 22d, 9 o'clock .fl •.iU.

The House met pursuant to adjournment. .On motion, resoloed, that this House adjourn, ill order to

attend the consecration of the Rev. Mr. Ravenscroft, in St.Paul's Church in this city.

2 o'clock P. M.

The House having attended the consecration of the Rev.Mr. Ravenscroft, resumed its session.

The minutes of the meeting yesterday, wer'e read andapproved.

The Right Rev. John S. Ravenscroft, Bishop of the Dio­cese of North-Carolina, took his seat.

On motion. resolved unanimously, that the thanks of theHouse of Bishops be given to the Right Rev. Bishop Gris­wold, for his Sermon this day delivered at the c.onsccratiou ofthe Rev. John S. Ravenscroft; and that he be requested tofurnish a copy of the same for the press. .

The House then went into the consideration of the com­munication received yesterday from the Domestic and Fo­reign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin the U nited States; which, upon motion, was referred to aCommittee, consisting of Bishop Crees, Bishop Kemp, andBishop Bowen.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, that they had directed their Secretary to pro­cure a record book.

Bishop Kemp, from the Committee on the letter of theRight Rev. Dr. Chase, Bishop of the Diocese of Olrio, re­ported as follows :-

Resolved, that so much of the said communication as relatesto the State of the Church in that Diocese, be sent to theHouse of Clerical and Lay Deputies, to be referred to theCommittee on the State of the Church; and that the Presid­ing Bishop be respectfully requested, as soon as his conveni­ence will admit, to address Bishop Chase on the other pointscontained in his letter. .

The report was accepted by the House.The House then adjourned until to.morrow at !) o'clock

A. M.

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Friday, .May 23d, 9 o'clock .II• .lt/.

: The House met pursuant to adjournment, present as yester­day.

The minutes of the proceedings yesterday were read andapproved.

The House then attended Divine Service.Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, a

Delegate from the Diocese of Connecticut; and a Sermonpreached by the Right Rev. Bishop WhIle, for the benefit ofthe Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protest­ant Episcopal Church in the United States.

Bishop Croes, from the Committee on the Constitution ofthe Missionary Society, reported certain alterations in thesame j which, upon motion, were sent to the House of Cleri­cal and Lay Deputies.

The House went into consideration of the report of tbeTrustees of the General Theological Seminary j which, hav­ing been read, was, upon motion, sent to the House of Cleri­cal and Lay Deputies.

The Presiding Bishop, as President of the Domestic andForeign MisF.ionary Society, laid before the House the reportof the said Society, which was sent to the House ofClcricaland Lay Deputies. '

The Right Rev. Dr. Croes introduced a substitute for thefirst clause of the seventh Canon of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch in the United Statcs , which was ordered to be laidupon the table.

The Right Rev, Bishop Bowen introduced a preamble andresolutions, in reference to the Theological Seminary; whichwere ordered to be laid upon the table.

A message was ..eceived from the House of Clerical andLay Delegates, accompanied by certain resolutions respect­jog alterations in, and additions to, the' Book of Psalms andHymns in metre, now allowed to be used in this Church;which was ordered to be laid upon the table.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.

Saturday, .May ~4th, 9 o'clock .11. M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and attendedDivine Service.

A report was received from the joint Committee, appointedat the last General Convention, on the subject of a standardedition of the Book of Common Prayer; which was accepted.[Vide Appendix, No. J.J

Journal of Ihe General C07K1enliQn-1823. 63

A repert was also received from the joint Committee, ap­pointed by the General Convention of 18~O, to make a col­lection of the Journals of the General Conventions, and ofthe several Diocesan Conventions, and of other documentsconnected with the history of the American Episcopal Church;

. whereupon, resolxed, that the House of Bishops approve ofthe disposition ,made of the documents by the said Commit­tee, and that they be requested to continue their servicesin procuring such other documents as may be practicable.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, that they had accepted the report of the Com­mittee for the collectiou of Documents, &c. and also thatsaid House had concurred in the resolutions of the House ofBishops, relative to the continuance of the services of theCommittee.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, accompanied by a report, and documents onthe State of the Church in the United States; which report,having been read, was concurred in by this House, and re­turned to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.

The House went VIto consideration of the Canon intro­duced yesterday by the Right Rev. Dr. Crees, entitled a" Canon regulating t!'Je admission of persons as candidates forholy orders, and repealing the first paragraph of the seventhCanon of 1808, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in theUnited States;" which was passed by the House.

The House took up the resolutions offered yesterday by theRight Rev. Bishop Bowen, respecting the General Theolo­gical Seminary; which, upon motion, were adopted asfollows :-

Resolved, that this House entertain a gratifying sense of thefidelity with which the Trustees and the Faculty of theGeneral Theological Seminary have executed the trust com­mitted to them, and respectively fulfilled the duties of theirappointment; and while they deeply regret that no otherprovision than such as is yet inadequate to the permanentsuccess of the design, has hitherto been obtained for it, of themembers of our Church, they still contemplate it with hope,and affectionately commend it to the liberality and patronageof their brethren, both of the Clergy and of the Laitv, as ameans of increase to the number of well qualified mini;ters ofthe Gospel in this Church. .

ResobJerl, further, as the opinion of this House, that theGeneral Theological Seminary, having been established bythe whole body of this Church, in General Convention, seemspeculiarly to demand the concurrent solicitudes and exertion.

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to be eoncentered on it, of all its members; inasmuch as thisinstitution, when possessing the' combined and etficrent sup­port of the whole Church, must be the mos t effectual means,under Providence, of perpetuating the uni ty of the Church,in the bond of peace.

The House went into consideration of the message receivedyesterday, from the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies,accompanied by resolutions, proposing a joint Committee onthe subject of alterations in, and additions to; the Pook ofPsalms and Hymns in metre, now allowed to be used in thisChurch: which resolutions were concurred in; and the RightRev. Bishops \Vhite, Hobart, and Croes, appointed a Com­mittee on the part of this House.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, relative to the printing of the report of theMissiollary Society; which was concurred in by this House.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, accompanied by resolutions, respecting thetime and place of the meeting of the next General Convention;which resolutions were concurred in by this House.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, transmitting a communidauon from the Boardof Directors of the American Colonization Society; whichhaving been read, the following opinion was adopted, andsent to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, to be readand returned to this House:- .

On consideration of the communication made by a Com­mittee of the Board of Manugers of the Colonization Society,to the General Convention, the House of Bishops are ofopinion, that as the objects of that Society arc more of a poliotical than of a religious nature, it is inexpedient to accede tothe proposal therein made, to send a Delegate, 011 the part ofthe Church, as a body, to act on behalf of the same, at theproposed meeting of the Society, at the city of Washington, onthe first Monday in June next. While, as individuals, the ob­jects of the society command their most hearty good wishes,and are entitled to all the aid they can give, they do not feelauthorized, in their collective capacity, to take any order onthe SlIbject.

The House then adjourned, to meet on Monday next, at 9o'clock A. M. .

.lUonday, May 26th, 9 o'clock .11 • .ill.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and attendedDivine Service with the House of Clerical. and Lay Deputies.

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,The minutes of the proceedings on Saturday were read andttpproved.. . .. .

A report was received from the joint Committee, appointedal; the last General Convention, on the subject of a standardedition of the Holy Bible; which was accepted.

A canon prescribing the mode of publishing authorizededitions of the standard Bible of this Church, introduced bythe Right Rev. Bishop Kemp, was passed, and sent to the otherHouse for concurrence; also a resolution to accompany thesaid canon.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, proposing the appointment of a joint Commit­tee on the subject of obtaining information relative to semi­naries of learning; which was concurred in with an alteration,and returned to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies,who acceded to the alteration.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, accompanied with resolutions, providing forthe contingent expenses of the General Convention; whichwere concurred in by this House.

The House went into consideration of the Pastoral Letter;which, baving been read by the Presiding Bishop, was unaui­mously accepted, and sent to the House of Clerical and LayDeputies. -

A message was received from the Honse of Clerical andLay Deputies, that they had concurred in the canons 1"'0­posed by the House of Bishops, and ill the resolution accom­panying the second canon.

A message was received from the House of Clerical andLay Deputies, relative to Trustees of the General Theolo­gical Seminary; which was concurred in by this House.

A message was also received from the House of Clericaland Lay Deputies, accompanied by resolutions, recommend­ing the assisting of the Agenh of the General TheologicalSeminary, and the establishment of a permanent fund for thesaid institution ; which were concurred-in by this House.

The House adjourned till 7 o'clock P. !\I.

JI'/onda!h ,Jl'!a!l 26th, 7 o'clock P • .JIf.

The House m~t pursuant to adjournment.Present as before.The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and -r-.

proved. .. .A message was received from the House of Clerical and

Lay Deputies, that they had confirmed the nominations of. !'

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Trustees of the General Theological Seminary, aa presenteet(rom tbe several Dioceses; whereupon, this Honse also con­curred in said Dominations.

A message was received from the House of Clerical anaLay Deputies, tbat they had appointed a Committee of pub­licatio n ; with whom this House agreed to associate the RightRev. Bishop Croes, and their Secretary, the Rev. William H.De Lancey. . ..

A message having been received from tbe House of Clericaland Lay Deputies, that they were ready to adjourn; and theHouse of Bishops being also prepared toadjouro, the busi­ness of the Convention was concluded with singing the 133dPsalm, and with prayer and the blessing by the Presiding Bi..shop,

Signed by order of the House of Bishops,

WILLIAM WHITE, Presiding Bishop.Attested,

WILLIAM H. DE LANct~Y, Secretarj-,

Attested,JOHN C. RUDD, Secretary•

,CANONS"ASSED IN GENERAL CONVENTION, IN 18!3.

-CANON I.

ltegulating'h~ admission of persons as Candidates for HolyOrders, and repealing the first paragraph of Ihe seventhCanon of 1808.

Every person who desires to become a condidate fur or­clers in this Church, shall obtain admission from the Bishop,or such body as the Church in the Diocese or State in whichhe intends to apply, may appoint, at least one year before hisordination. The first paragraph ofthe seventh Canon of ] 808is he reby repealed.

CANON II.Prescribing the mode of publishing authorized editions of the

Standard Bible of this Church.

The Bishop of this Church, in any State or Diocese, orwhere there is no Bishop, the Standing Committee, is autho­rized to appoint, from time to time, some suitable person orpersons, to compare and correct all new editions of the Bibleby the standard edition, agreed upon by the Qeneral COD\'en­tion. And a certificate of their having been so compared andcorrected, shall be published with said book.*' .

Done in General Convention, in the city of Philadelphia,May, 1823.

By order of the House of Bishops,

WILLIAM WHITE, Presiding Bisho£,.Attested,

WILLIAM H. DE LANCEY, Secretary. -

By order of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies,WILLIAM H. WILMER, President.

• The followin~ resolution was ordered to accompany this Canoa :-Re.olved, hy the two Houses of Convention, that it be recommended to every f,,­

ture Convention, to nppeint ajoint Committee, to whom there may be eomrnuni­cated aUerrors, iuUly, in editions of the Bible printed under- the operatjcn of theseeond Canon of this Convention , such errors to be notified on the Joul'n,,1 ,f till'CllIlvclllion, to which they ma'- at an:-- time 00 pre&entcd by the joiat (;ommitK"'-,

.APPENDIX.

-No. I.

Report of the Committee appointed to superintend the publication. qf an Edi.ion of the Book of Common Pra!Jtr, we. ..

. The joint C'lfnmittee appointed at the last General Con­vention, with authority during the recess of the Convention,to superintend the printing of an edition of the Book of Com­mon Prayer, correcurur and supplying therein any errors andomissions ill ihe edition theretofore established as the Stand­ani Book. and introducing a table of the days in which Easterwill fall for thirty-eight years, beill~ the time of two cycles ofthe moon, as reported by the Prc~idillg Bishop to that Con­veutiou ; with iustructious, in the choice of an edition, for thesake of greater accuracy, to give a preference to one to beprillted from stcreotj pe plates, and to authenticate the same'by their certificate ;-

-REPORT,

That in pursuance of the authority and instructions abovestated, an edition of the Book of Common Prayer ar.d Admi­nistration of the Sacraments, has been published nndcr theirsuperiuten.ianc«, by S. Potter &.: Co. I'hiladelphia, from thestereotype p:ate!" of .. the (\-mI11011 Prayer Ilook Society ofPennsylvania," after they had been carefully examined for thepurpose of correcting and supplying errors and omissions, the

..former of which were found to be more numerous than hadbcen41nticipah~d.

The Committee believe this edition will appear, upon ex­amination, to have approached nearer to correctness than anywhich has preceded it; and have, in this belief. by an instru­ment tinder their hands, lJear'in~ date on the 2d of Septem­ber last, prefixed to it, certified that it ., is published as thestandard edition of the said Book." .

\~,TJLLIAl\'l WHITE,BIRD WILSON.W. MEREDITH,FREDERIC HEASLEL

Philadelphia, JI1ay 22cl, 1S~3,

Appendix.

N-o. II.

69

WILLIAM WIjITE,GEORGE BOYD,

JACKSON KEMPER•

Report ofa joint Committee, appointed by the General"Conllen­" tion of 1820, in 1 elution to the procuri~'g ofdocuments inter­

esting to the Church.The joint Committee appointed by the Convention of 1820,

to make a collection of the Journals of the General Conven­tions, and of the several Diocesan Conventions, and of otherimportant documents connected with the history of the Churchin the United States; and to deposit the same, subject to thedisposal of the General Convention, in such hands as may bedeemed proper,-

Beg leave to report, that they have been enabled to collectthe greater part of the documents tbey were required to ob­tain; which they have deposited in the library of St. James'sChurch, Philadelphia, under the care of the Society for theAdvancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania.

The Committee recommend that all the documents thuscollected be placed under the care of the Society, in whoselibrary they are now deposited; and that the Bishops, and theSecretaries of Conventions, and other members of the Church,be requested to forward to the librarian of the said Society,copies of all publications connected with the history of theChurch in America, not yet procured by the Committee, andall which may hereafter be published: provided that the Trus­tees of the said Society will take charge of the above docu­ments, and submit them, at all times, to the inspection of themembers of the General Convention.. •

The accompanyiug papers [marked A. D.] contain a listof those documents that have been obtained, and of those,which, in the opinion of the Committee, it iii desirable topossess

.Mag 23d, 1823.

A.List ofDocuments.

The Committee of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputiesbeg leave to state, that they arc almost entirely indebted tothe Right Rev. Bishop White for the Journals and other valu­able papers they have obtained.

~ WILLIAM WHITE.

70 .Apptndix.

1. An account in M. s. or the first meetings or Committeesfor organizing the Church. On this M. S. there is written as:follows :~" I deposit this with the Committee of the GeneralConvention for collecting Journals- it being the original re­cord of the first steps taken for the organizing of the Episco­pal Church throughout the Union.

" .' LC Ott. 30, 1821."

2. A collection in writing from the records of the office orthe Bishop of London, relative to the Church in this country.The following statement is given on the cover of the book :-

" This manuscript was copied from the records of the officeof the Bishop of London, by the Rev. Alexander Murray, whohad been Missionary in Pennsylvania before the Revolution,He went to England during the war. When measures beganto be taken for the organizing of the Episcopal Church, hebegan a correspondence with me, and transmitted some infor­mation which was important, and had an effect Oil the proceed­ings of the General Convention held in ) 785. On my arrivalin England with Bishop Provoost, in tbe latter end of 1786, Dr.Murray communicated to us, that he had been making suchtranscripts as the following , but we held them entirely irrel­event to the situation in which we were, and did not ask for aperusal of them. Within a year or two after our return toAmerica, he returned also, and took up his residence in Phi­ladelphia; where he died in the Yellow Fever of 1793. Be.fore his decease, he gave me the transcript, And J lay it by,among papers relative to the Church, not knowing how far itmay hereafter be a document gratifying to curiosity. ,

"WILLIAM WHITE~. "June 25th, 1810."

.. Oct. ~Oth, 1821. I deposit this manuscript with the Com­mittee appointed at the last General Convention for the col­lecting of Journals.

"WILLIAM WHITE."

3. A volume containing Journals of the General Conven­tion from the year 1735 to 11314 inslusive, to which are addedthe Pastoral Letters from the House of Bishops for the vears] BOB, 181 1, 1814. On the first page of this volume the Co"Uow..ing statement is written :- .

.. This volume. i: the only entire collection within myknow­ledge, of the original Journals of the General Convention,from the be~inniD", for the ~i.pace of thirty years. It may be:

.Rpptndi:;;. '11

-otuse, in determining On any questions which may arise eon­cerning any particular of the republication of the Journalsby John Bioren, Accordingly -I deposit it with the Commit­tee appointed by the last General Convention, for the collec­tion of Journals. I also deposit with the Committee, my col­lection of the Journals of the Conventions in the differentStates] comprehending, I believe, almost all which have beenedited. Those for several of the States are entire.

"WILLIAM WHITE.~, Oct. 30th, ] 821.;'

In addition to the Journals contained in this Tolume, theCommittee have obtained the Journals for ]821.

4. Journal of .Massachusetts for 1790, and a: copy of theConstitution and Canons published 1817.

5. Connecticut. The Journals of 1802 and ] 803. TheJournals from 1808 to 1821 inclusive. The Constitutionprinted in 1821, and Bishop Brownell's charge Wil.

6. N alD-Yark. Journals from 1785 to 1791 inclusive.From 1801 to 1812 inclusive. From 1811 to 1816 inclusive.The Journals of 1818, ]820, 1821, and 1822. The Constitu­tion and Canons in 1812.

7. N ew-J ersey. Journals from ] 785 to ] 798 inclusive.From 1800 to 1822 inclusive. The address from the Presidentof the Convention in 1797. The Canons, Constitution. &c.printed in 1811. The report on the State of the Church for1811. The charge of the Bishop for 1819.

8. Pennsylvania. The Journals from 1785 to 1822 inclusive.The Uonstitution and Canons printed in 1822. . .

9. Delaware. Commenced in 1791. The Journals from1791 to 1794 inclusive. From 1798 to 18eo inclusive. TheJournals of 1810, 1818, 1821.

10. Nary/and. The Journal of 1784. The Journals from1788 to 1800 inclusive. From 1802 to 1804 inclusive•• From1806 to ] 819 inclusive. The Journal of 1821.

An address from Convention to the vestries in 1794. TheConstitut.i0n and Cano:ls printed in 1802. Bishop Kemp'sAddress In 181 G. The Pastoral Letter from the two Bishopsin 1816. The Address from a Committee ordered by theConvention of 18] 7.

) I. Vireinia. The Journals of 1785 to ] 787· inclusive.The Journals of 1789, 17!)J, 1792, 1794, 1B13. Journalof the Special Convention of 1814. Journals of 1816, ]81818]9. , '

An address to the Convention by Bishop Madison, withoutdate,

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. 12. North·Carolina• . AU the Journals. Commenced in'1817.

13. South·Carolina. A MS: without date, containing a pro­posed Constitution. The Journals from 18I8 to 1822 inclu­sive.

14. Ohio. Commenced in 1818. The Journals of 1819,1820.

B.Documents not obtained.

General Convention.

Maine. •M assachusetts,New-Hamp.hire.Rhode./stand.Vermont;Eastern Diocese.Connecticut.

New-Jersey.

Delaware.

.Mal'yland.

Virginia.

Georgia.Ohio.

Journals for J817, J820. Pastoral Let­ters for 1817, JH20. All Sermonsbefore General Convention.

AU.AH except 1790.All.All.All.All.AH Journals before 1802. Those from

J804 to J807 inclosive, J822.The J onrnals from 1792 to 1800 inclu­

sive, Those of 1813, IbJ7, J819.The Journals for the annual and Spe­

cial Conventions of 1799.Journals from 1795 to 1797 inclusive.

From J801 to 1809 inclusive. From1811 to 1817. The Journals of1819, J820, 1822.

Journals from 1785 to 1787 inclusive•And the Journals of 180 J, 1805,1820.

Journals of 17P¥t. 1790, 1793. Jour­nals from 179'; to 1812 inclusive,Journals of 1814, (not special) 18J 5,J8J7, J820, 182J, 1822.

Journals from the commencement to1817.

All.Begun with 18] 8. The Journals of

1818, 1821, 1822.

Appendix. 13

The Committee presume it would be desirable to po~sess, inaddition to all the Journals, copies of all Pastoral Letters andCharges, and of Sermons preached before Conventions, theHeports of Societies connected with the Church, copies of allpublications in which the leading doctrines of the Church havebeen defended, and particularly the Reports of the venerableSociety ill England for Propagating the Gospel in ForeignParts,

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'fhe Constitution of the Domestic and Foreign .Missionm'.1J So.cidy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United Stutes(if .I1merica, as amended by the General Conoention, 1823.

ART. I.

This Institution shall be denominated the Domestic andForeign Missionary Society of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch ill the United States of America.

ART. II.

It shall be composed of the Bishops of the Protestant Epis­pal Church, and of the members of the House lit Clerical ar.dLay Deputies of the General Convention of said Church, rorthe time being; and of such other persons as shall contribute,by subscription, three dollars, or more, auuually, to the ob­jects of the Institution, during the conunuance of such con­tributious ; and of such as shall contribute at once thirty dol­lars, which contribution shall constitute them members forlife.

Members who paJ fifty doilars on subscribing, shall bel1enominuted patrons of the Society,

It shall be the privilege of the subscribers to designate,on their subscriptions, to which of the objects, domestic orforeign, they desire their contributions to be applied. If nospecification be made, the Board of Directors lJIay apply themto either, or both, at their discretion.

ART. III.

The Society shall meet triennially, at the place in which theGeneral Convention shall hold its session. The time of meet.ing shall be on the first day of the session, at five o'clockP. 1\1. -

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A Sermon shall be preached, and a collection made in aidof the funds of the Society, at such time, during the session ofth~ Convention, as may be determined at the preceding meet.ing: the preacher to be appointed by the House of Bishops.

ART. IV.

The Presiding Bishop of this Church shan be President ofthe Society; the other Bishops, according to seniority, Vice­Presidents. There shall be a Secretary, and twenty-four Di­rectors, who shall he chosen by ballot, at each meeting.

ART. V.

The Directors. together with the President, Vice- Presidents,and Patrons of the Society, who shall, ex officio, be Directors,shall compose a body, to be denominated the Hoard of Di­rectors of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States ofAmerica. They shall meet annually in the city of Philadel­phia, except in the year of the mceting of the General Con­vention, when they shall assemble at the place of the meetingthereof. Nine members of the Board of Directors shall benecessary to constitute a quorum to do business.

The meetings of the Board of Directors sluil] altvays beopened by us it/I{ a form ofprayer, consisting ofa special collect,to be prepared b.1f the Presiding Bishop, and OTIC or maTt: coCqlects from the L~·(urgy.

ART. VI.At the annual meetings, all missionary stations, appoint­

ments of l\1i!'sionaries. and appropriations of money, and allby- laws neees"ary for their owu government. aIILI fo\' conduct­:ing the atfairs of the missions. shall he made; provided, that~11 appointments of ~lissionaries shall be with the approbationof the Bishops present. Special meetings rna)' be called bythe President, or by one of the Vice-Prcsidcuts, as often asmay be neces-ary to carry into effect the resolutions adoptedat the annual mectinzs of the board, ruul to .fill up the uacun­cies that nu!!! occur am'm./; Jl[/s"ionarics, either on account ofthoee who fwd been. apP'Jillted derb/li/lf{ to serve. or from tltt:-resignation or death (if others; at/d. if such power shnl! be con­fided to them at the preceding annual meeting of the Board. tofloC new ~Ilssio{(llr!! stations, and to appoint a new JUissionaryor Jl1issiullnries, a. cirCIl1/£stances ma.IJ rrquire : ilu: appointmentso 'milde to be With the approbation of the Bishop or Bishopspre-sent. fflheltr'ver JI/issiO'lmries are appointed, and their sta­tions fixed, provision shull be made for their support out oj the

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"ppropriation made for the year, at the annual meeting of th«Board. At the special meetings, seven members, includingthe President, or one of the Yice- Presidents, shall be a quo­rum to transact business.

The Board of Directors, whether at their annual or specialmeetings, may appoint such Committees as may be necessaryor useful,

ART. VII.

There shall be annuaIly appointed by the Board of Directors,II. Treasurer and two members of the Society, who, together,shall be termed Trustees of the permanent luud,

The Treasurer shall receive all contributions which shall bemade to the Society, and enter them in detail, distinguishingbetween what may be contributed for domestic, and what forforeign purposes, if any such distinction should be made; andpresent a statement of his accounts annually, or oftener ifrequired, to the Board of Directors. He shall not pay moneysunless on an order from the Board, signed by the President,or, in his absence, by the senior Vice- President who mayattend the meeting when such order is given. -

Twenty per cent. of all monies which shall be contributed,to carry into effect the objects of the lustituiion, shall be vest­ed by the Trustees, in their own name, as officers of the So­ciety, in some safe and productive Block, to constitute a per­manent fund, The residue of the contributions, with the in.terest arising from the permanent fund, shall be appropriatedto the objects for which the Society was formed.

ART. VllI.

The Board of Directors, at their annual meetinzs, shall takesuch measures as they may deem proper, to establish auxiliarySocieties in any Diocese, with the advice aud consent of tileBishop of the same; to secure patronage, and to enlarge thefunds of the Institution. The Bishop of every Diocese shallbe President of the auxiliary Societies organized within it.

ART. IX.

In any Diocese or district where there is a Bishop, or anEcclesiastical body duly constituted under the authority of theConvention of the same, for missionary puqJOscs, aid may begiven in money; but the appointment of the Missionary shallrest with the Bishop 01' Ecclesiastical hody aforesaid. Heshall act under their direction; and ,;11311 render 10 them areport of his proceedings, copies of which shall he forwardedto this Society,

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ART. X.The Board of Directors shall, at every meeting of the So­

ciety, present a detailed report of their proceedings; which,if approved and adopted by the Society, shall, on the nextday. be presented by their President to the General Conven­tion, ali the report of the Society.

AUT. XL

The present Convention shall elect, by ballot, the twerrty..four Dii-ectors and the two Secretaries, provided for by the41h article, to act till the first staled meeting of the Society;and the first meeting of the Board of Directors shall takeplace at Philadelphia, on the third Wednesday in Novemberinstant,

ART. XII .

.Illtemtions of llu: Constitution may hI'. proposal either by theSuciety, or by the General Cr.:~vention, at their respective trien~

7!1(JI meetings ; but 110 proposed alteration shall be adopted, unle«.•vJI lh, concurrent 'l;ote of the hco bnclies.

ART. XIfI.It is recommended to every member of this Society, to pray

to Almighty God for his blessing upon its designs, under thefull COI1\ iction, that unless he direct us in all our doings withhis most graciol1~ favour, and further us with his continualhelp, we cannot reasonably hope either to procure suitablepcr"ons to act as l\lis"ionarics, or expect that their endea­vours will be successful.

N. B. The amendments are designated by italics•

•No. [V-•

.Repori nf tlle T'rustees of the General T'heological Seminal~1J oftht. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, to th«Gt.nera/ Convention 182.3.

The Tru-tucs of the General Theological Seminary of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United Stases, agreeabljrto the second article of the Constitution,

REPORT.

The following is a statement of the subscriptions to theSeminar} in the various Dioceses aud Congregations, and thesums paid thercon i->

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JrIassachusetts,

'Subscribed and paid to the Seminary at N~w·Haven

6.nd still unpaid

Connecticut.

It appears from the Journal of the General Con­vention of 1821, that there has been subscribedor promised

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Trinity Church and Chapels.Joshua JonesJacob SherredPhilip HoneEstate of James M'EversWilliam BayardBrockholst Livingstonl\lrs. J ones and three Sons1\latthcw ClarksonDavid LydigW diiam Rhinelander'Isaac J ones})cIU RooseveltMrs. HO!!"rsBeujuuuu M. BrownThoma" SwordsJames SwordsMr". Kirkpatrick and Misli1 CarmerThomas S. ClerksonJohn R. TriplettWilliam BrownCharles WilkesJames JourneayWilliam E. DuuscombThomas D. MooreJohn H. WheatonBenjamin rJaight.Iohn H. Contoit, jun.Ferdinand SuydamRobert BlackwellJonathan I. Coddington

S 1715 00JOO 00

J 1815 00

3700 00

'000 001000 001250 00JOOO 00500 00500 00500 00~50 00250 00~jO 00200 ()()200 00200 00100 00100 00JOO 0050 0050 00SO 0050 0050 0025 0025 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0010 00--S 7830 0(1

Amount brought forwardAlexander Ogsbury, jun.William BarnesCashCashCharles NewtonJames CummingsPhilip HenryA. WrightA. Ten EyckChristopher HelserJohn LangdonThomas WoodheadCash

Payable in five annual instalments,Henry l\'I'FarlanNehemiah RogersBenjamin W. RogersJohn RogersRignt Rev. J. H. HobartWilliam Bayard, juu,Thomas L. OgdenJohn LowGabriel FurmanJohn T. IrvingThomas N. StanfordThomas BoltonJohn A. MooreEdward W. LaightM. RobinsonRobert BrownThomas L. ClarkCornelius Oakley

, 783~ 0010 00]0 00]0 00]0 00.5 00.5 00.5 00.5 00.5 00.5 005 003 002 00

500 00500 00300 00300 00250 00~50 00250 00250 00~bO 00250 00]25 00125 00]00 00125 00]00 00100 00100 0050 00

S 1183':' 00

Of the above sum, about 'I, 750 was subscribed to the Semi­nary when at New-Haven, and $ 4250 paid to the New. YorkDiocesan Seminary,-$ 1200 of which were appropriated tothe support of that establishment, and the balance, S3050, wastransferred to the General Seminary.Collection in Trinity Church for the aid of Stu-

dents "206 7It

St. Gcorce's Church.-The Rev. Dr. Milnor-$ 200 in cash,

and ~ .')00 in three annual instalrnent-, 'I. ."i00 00

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Amount brought forward'I homas I I. SmithIsaac CarrowJohn Bristed

79

'It 500 00500 00200 00]00 00

S 100 00

$ 50 002;.i0 00

$ 125 0050 00

$ J.>OO 00

was paid to the Seminar)' when at New-Of the above,Haven $ 700.Grace Church.

Edward R. JonesFrederick De PeysterIsaac Lawrence (3 200 appropriated to

the aid of Students) DOD 00Henry A. & John G. Coster 500 00

The above was paid to the Seminary when at New-Haven.In Grace Church, about $ 11000 (eight individuals subscrib­

ing $ )000 each,) was subscribed to the Diocesan Seminaryin New- York, and afterwarJs renewed for the General Se­minary in that city, on t~e condition of $ ~O,OOO being sub­scribed for a Professor-hip, But there bcmg no prospect ofthis sum being raised. that subscription is now rclinquished ;and a new one is commenced in the expectation that a consi­derable amount WIll be contributed.St. Esprit.

John PintardPaid to the Seminary while at New-Haven.

~t. Stephen's Church.l\'lrs. WurnerThe Rev. Henry J. Feltus

St. Mark's Church,Mangle MinthornNicholas FishJacob LorillardDavid S. Jones

$ 175 00

$ '.!50 00250 00250 00250 00._--

These sums will be paid on demand.Christ Church

George LorillardThomas S. Townsend

Carried forward

$ 1000 00

$ 500 00250 00--$ 7bO 00

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4mount brought forwardDavid BakerBenjamin H}"deAbraham Valentine

'fhis sum will 50011 be paid.

Sckeltectailyo

J. C. Duane.}. J. De Graaf

"~ 750 00]50 00100 00

25 00

$ 100 0015 00

$ 2000 0050 0050 00

Col. Robert Troup $ 500 00Paid, at his request, to the Branch School in that place.

Troy.

Scholarship subscribed by Mr. Eliakim WarrenNathan BoutonWilliam Bradley

'~100 OQ

Utica,

M. S. MillerB. ·Walk(·rR. M. MalcolmN. WilliamsK. WinneA. B. and othersR. Mar.haH

$ so 0050 Op20 0050 0020 00II 001000

New.Jersey.

There have been some subscriptions for a Scholarship, butthe amount is not ascertained,

Pennsylvania.

The Bishop White Scholarship, subscribed by theLadies of Philadelphia $ 2500 00Some other contributions, but the particulars not known.

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Maryland.A'exander C. MagruderHon. John Q. AdamsJoseI,Jh Milligan

"900 0050 0020 00--• 270 00

Virginia.

There have been some subscriptions; but the amount anllparticulars not known to the Trustees.

North-Carolina.

A considerable sum, about'S t 0,000, has been subscribed,on conditions not known to the Board of Trustees.

South-Carolina.Collected from sundry persons in this Diocese,

and paid to the Seminary when first at New-York, and afterwards at New-Haven $ 5793 00

Received by the present Seminary at New-York 1723 77

. $ 70716 77In addition to the above, there have been subscribed to

found the Dehon Scholarship, about , 2500 00The following are the particulars of the subscriptions and

collections in South-Carolina, as far as known to the Trustees.Nathaniel Heyward , 500 00Frederick Kohne 500 00William Heyward 300 00The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden 300 00Hill Clarkson 300 00Robert Smith, S 300 in instalments, paid 200 00Hugh Campbell 300 00Margaret Bethune, S 300 in instalments, paid 100 00Thtl Rev. Paul T. Gervais 200 00Benjamin Huger 200 00Mr. and Mrs. Russell 150 00William Brisbane 15000J. M. Dart roo 00Miss Wragg and Mrs. Smith 100 00J. R. Poinsett 100 00William Fitzsimons 100 00John C. Faber 100 00Keating Simons 100 00

---Carried forward '$ 3800 0(:)

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Amount brought forwardP. G: PriplieuJohn StoneyC. C. PinckneyMajor VanderhorstThe Rev. Mr. SnowdenMR. GregorieMrs. M'Pherson)frs. WashingtonMrs..De~.1Inlrs. PetersJohn LewisJohn PotterCharles KershawThomas HighamThomas LowndesMr. DoughtyJames JerveyMr. WestonMr. TurnbullMr. DawsonMr. BacotRobert WithersD. HugerThomas CarrNewman KershawStobo R. PerryPhoebe ElliottT. S. GrimkeP. Weston

Another subscriptionC. RichardsonMrs. S. C. GravesEstate of Mr. Brisbane

Cellections at Chnrchcs.St. Michae11s'

St. Paul'sSt. Philip'siullivan's IslandEdisto Island

j 3800 00tOO O~100 00100 00]00 00100 00100 00JOO 00100 00100 00100 00JOO 00100 00100 00100 00

50 005000­50 005000lJO 0050 00300050 0020 00­20 0010 0010 0010 00

100 00. 50 00~OO 00100 00.'i0 00

100 00

'" 6250 00

S 147 0073 ]8~

313 59]80 00

10 00

7:.13 77i6~50 00

$ 6973 77.1

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The ReT. Henry Handley Norris, a Clergyml1-1lof the Church of England, h,s made a donationt9 th,e Seminary of £ J00 Sterling, for which~ishop Hobart bas drawn $ U4 44

20 00

!lOO 00

861 46

1998 76

2462 00fWO oo

4.700 00

, ,

The following sohedule, presented by the Treasurer, showsthe receipts and expenditures, and the present state of thefunds and property :-

The annexed account current shows that since the organi­2Atio'il of the Seminary, II pedud uf flfleoi;u months, there have,been 'received into the Treasury, viz.- .The amount collected in 'friuity Church for neces-

sitous students . . S 206 '74The balance of the funds of the late General Semi-

nary00 account of subscriptions by members of Tri­. J;lity Church, New-York, and her ChapelsDato, ditto, by member of Grace ChurchFrom Alexander C. Magruder, in Maryland, by

the hands of Bish~~ f!ow"rt '.From a Gentleman III North-Carolina, by the

hands of the Rev. Dr. MilnorInterest on capital' invested, (exclusive of Sher­

red Legacy, not yet received)To found the" Warren" and "Bishop l"bite. 8.clu>larships".· .

Leaving a balance in the Treasury of

S 10448 96

On the other hand, there have beenpaid from th~ Treasury,~e following, viz. - ,The collection at T~ini~y Church for. necessitous

students $ 206 74Placed at interest on stock securities (, 4500 of

which belong to .'Warren" and" BishopWhite .Scholarships") :;625 00

On account of salaries due the t Ith of Februarylast . 4110 00

4 student,one year-s interest on "lVarrenSCQQlar-ship" 100 00

Ordinary C.lpen~es 406 71

$ J0448 45

00 5l

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The ~emiDar1 owes (or salaries, due lith of Fe-bruary last . .

For salaries due 11 th of May inst.To Mr. M'Farlan. the Auditor of Accounts, for

money advanced by him in paying the ordinaryexpenses, and for books

III '0001050 oe

397 97

$ 1537 97

S 1500 002848 77

" 3050 003700 00

Jnventory of the propeatl belonging to the General Semi­nary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and of Scholarshipsendowed.,l\mount received from E. Warren, of Troy, to

found the "Warren Scholarship," which isloaned out on stock hypothecated Z 2000 00

Amount received from the Female Association atPhiladelphia, to found the "Bishop White

-4Scholarship," which is loaned out in the samemanner 2500 00

Capital of the Seminary.

Loaned to the Corporation ofTrinity ChurchCertificate of. United States six per cent. stockThirty Franklin Fire Insurance Company shares,. at par

Loaned on hypothecation of stock

S ]]098 77

Also sixty lots of ground at Greenwich, the donation ofClem~tC. Moore, Esq. at present unproductive,

To which will be added, as 50011 as certain legal formalities,required by his executors, are complied with, the legacy oftbe late Jacob Sheered, Esq. which will amount to aboutS57000.

The following are the reports of the Professors of the 'rhe­ological Seminary in New- York, and the Branch School atGeneva, and of thc Library Committee,

New-York, July 22, 1822.

The Professors of the General Theological Seminary begJeave respectfully to report to the Trustees as follows :-

At the commencement oCtbe session, on the I Sth of Febru­ary, ] 822, the following students were admitted as members

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ofthe institution :-Selh W. Beardsley, New-York, AugustusL. Convers, New-York; Robert B. Croes, New-Jersey ; JohnDick, New-York; Edw:lrd K. Fowler, New-York; ThomasT. Groshou, New-York; Lemuel B. Hull, Connecticut;'WiIliam L. Irving, New-York; Levi S. lves, New-York;William Jarvis. Connecticut; Samuel R. Johnson, New­York; William L. Johnson, Ncw-York; Samuel Marks,Pennsylvania ; Henry M. Mason, Pennsylvania; MatthewMatthews, Pennsylvauia ; Sylvester Nash, Virginia; ThomasK. Peck, New-York; William T. Potter, Massachusetts;Heorge M. Robinson, New-York; William Shelton, Connecti­cut; Edward Thomas, South-Carolina; Henry J • Whitehouse,New-York; and James L. Yvonnet, New-York. On the 22dof March, Samuel G. Raymond, Ncw- York, was admitted.On the 22d of April, Joseph P. Verdries, Pennsylvania;Philip Gadsden, South-Carolina; and William P. Coffin,South-Carolina; and, on the 17th of June, Paul T. Keith,South-Carolina.

The students attended the Professor ofPastoral Theology andPulpit Eloquence" one day every week, from the commence­ment of the session until the month of June, The service ofthe Church was on these occasions performed as a devotionalexercise by thc students in rotation, and two sermons, andfrcqucntly more, were delivered by them, which, as well asthc pcrformance of thc service, were the subjects oftbe criti­cisms of the Professor, They also went through a shortcourse of instruction on the qualifications and duties of theclerical office.

The Professor of Biblical Learning and of the Interpreta­tion of Scripture.I reports, that he has attended two classes,One of them, having studied with him, during the last term ofthe Seminary, while in New-Haven, the Epistles from Romansto Colossians, inclusive, has, during the present session, gonethrough the remainder. As this class attended him .but oncea week, it has been found impracticable to review any hut theEpistle to the Hebrews, The other class attended twice aweek, and after carefully reading the Gospel of St. Matthew,examined the Evangelists as an harmony, the Greek of Arch­bishop Newcome being used as a text hook, and the generalprinciples of other harmonists being occasioually pointed out.Since the beginning of May, they have pursued the study ofthe historical books of the Old Testament from Joshua toEsther, inclusive ; but as the variety of duties which engagedtheir attention made it impracticable for them to devote"more

.. ni~ht n~,·..John IIclIry H""3'1. n. D. t TI'PY. Samnel H. Turue-, D. n.

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than one dl\Y ill the week to this pursuit, it was impossible t~attend to it wHh any minuteness. Lectures on subjects con­nected with these studies were occasionally read by the Pro­fessor, and he believes that the most important questions of acritical nature, arising out of them, were' topics of discussion.

The class attending the Professor of Systematic Theology­began, shortly after the opening of the Seminary, to studyBishop Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, and have proceed­ed as far as that part of the work, inclusively, which treats ofthe personality and divinity of the Holy Ghost; comprisingnearly five-sixths of the whole. The class was attended threetimes a week generally, but considerable interruptions in theirexercises has been occasioned "J' the state of the Professor-shealth. The course pursued by him has been to connect withthe stud}' of the Exposition of the Creed, that of other workson some subjects which appeared to require a more full eXAamination than the Bishop's Exposition contains. The Class,accordingly, have studied nearly the whole of the following",orks :-Jones's Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity-DishopHorsley's Tracts on Unitarianism-c-Dr, Magee on the Atone.;.ment-Bishop Hobart's Tract on the Descent into Hell, withBishop Horsley's Sermon on the same subject j and West onthe Resurrection, with several of Bishop Horsley's Sermonson that subject. Occasional references have likewise beenmade to passages in other authors,

With the Professor of the Nature, :Ministry, and Polity ofthe Christian Church, and Ecclesiastical History,t the studentshave attended, during the present session, in two classes. Thefirst class, having prosecuted ill the Seminary, while at New­Haven, the study of the History of the Church before the com­ing of Christ, and for the three following centuries, have attend­ed to the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth century, with Mo­sheim for the text book. ltwas then thought adviseable to directtheir notice to the writings of the earlier Fathers, with the viewof passing from them to the study of the Nature and Ministryof the Church, under the advantage of the important lightthrown on these subjects by that sound and best rule for theinterpretation of Scripture, the generally prevailing princi­ples and practice of the first Christians.

The various other claims upon the time of the studentsrendered impossible a critical study of the Fathers in the origi­aal languages. All, therefore, that could be done on thishead. was to recommend that exercise to them when oppor­tunity shall be afforded. The generally accurate translation

• Rer, Ilird Wil!OD, D. D. t Re,.:Benjamin T. Onderdonk

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flC Archbishop Wake, and of the Rev. William Reeves, weremade subjects of particular examination, and those parts orthem which had the most important bearing on the principlesand practice of the primitive Church, having been comparedwith the originals, such inaccuracies as occasionally appearedwere pointed out. The notes and other observations or thesetranslators, particularly applying the study of the Fathers to theimportant topics connected with the first department of thisprofessorship, were made the subject of particular notice andexamination.

The second class have been engaged in the History of theChurch before tbe coming of Christ, and have recited thatportion of the third part of Stackhouse's Body of Divinitywhi~h relates to this subject, and the first six books of Pri­deaux's Connexions,

Each of the above classes bas attended the Professor oncein every week, and, for a short time, the second class hasattended twice.

The Professor has devoted as milch of his time as his etheravocations would admit, to the recitations of the students fromthe above text books.-Where additional facts or illustrationshave presented themselves to his mind, in the course of thisexercise, he has endeavoured to improve the circumstance,by a familiar and informal notice of them.

Upon the union of the General Seminary with that of'New­York. those students who had made some progress in the He­brew language, formed themselves into two classes, who haveattended the Professor of Hebrew and Greek Literature,"since the commencement ofthe session until the present time.During the above period, the classes have severally read thefirst 17 Psalms, and the first 17 chapters of Isaiah; and besidecontinual repetitions of distinct parts of the same in thecourse of the recitations, they have nearly completed a generalrevision of the whole. The class that read Isaiah have attend­ed the Professor once a week from the commencement of thesession. The other class, for some time, attended two recita­tions in each week; but in consequence of the numerousstudies to be pursued, the faculty thought it expedient to di­minish the number of recitations one half. Several studentswho were not able to join either of the above classes, haveseparately attended the Professor during the latter part of thesession. In addition to the above course of study, a part ofeach week has been devoted to such of the students as wertdesirous of having assistance in reading the notes to BishopPearsoa's Exposition of the Creed. .

• .MI',CIC1DeDt C. Moore.

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The Professor of the Evidences of Revealed Religion amiof the Application of Moral Science to Theolog)",* reports,t'hat since the last week of April, nearly all the students, ex­cept those of them who had already gone over the same courseduring the last year in the Ncw-York Seminary, have attendedhis instructions, •

The text book used in this part of the course, was Paley'sEvi(lelJccs, in which the class was regularly examined. Ingoing over this work, it was endeavoured to give such an en­largement of Paley's argument, by extemporary instruction,reference to other authors, and where the subject appearedto demand it, by written lectures or dissertations, as to pre­sent a general view of the historical and internal evidences ofChristianity, of the popular objections of infidelity, and theirrefutation, and of the history of controversies on that subject,especially so far as they seemed to have an influence upon theopinions ofour own country ; excepting only those objectionsand controversies of a purely abstract and metaphysicalcharacter. the consideration of which has been reserved foranother part of the course.

The F3ClIIty beg leave further to report, that of the studentsabove mentioned, Messrs. Dick, Fowler, Groshon, Peck. Ro­binson, and Raymond, have left the Seminary; also Messrs.Irving and Ives, in consequence of their expectation shortlyto take orders; and Mr. Nash, in consequence of the illness ofhis father. Messrs. Marks and Yvonnet are absent.

All which is respectfully submitted.Signed by order of the Faculty of the Theological Seminary.

J. H. HOBART, President.

The Faculty of the General Theological Seminary of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United States, respectfullysubmit to the Board of Trustees of the said Seminary, the fol­lowing

REPORT.Immediately after the examination of the students in July

last, in presence of the Trustees, commenced the annual vaca­tion prescribed by the statutes. On the re-opening of theSeminary, the students who bad belonged to it at the close ofthe former year returned, except Messrs. Hull, Jarvis, andW. L. Johnson, who had been ordained; Mr. Beardsley, whowas then about receiving orders; and Mr. Marks, who had re­moved to Philadelphia.

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At the same time, also, Mr. Low, who had entered at New..Haven, but had not attended since the removal of the Semi.aarj', owing to ill health. joined the second class •

.Since that period. the following students have been admit­ted:-November 18th, Edward Neufville, jun. and William"R. Whittingham, of New-York. December 2d, Henry N.Hotchkiss, Benjamin Holmes, 1}anforth Billings, and SamuelF. J. Wilsoll, of New-York; and Charles P. Elliot, of South­Carolina. January 20th, George A. Smith, ofVirginia.

These all entered the third class, except Mr. Smith. who,being found, on examination, duly qualified, was admitted intothe second class.

During the present year, there have left the Seminary, Mr.Converse, who has been ordained; Mr. Mason, who is aboutreceiving orders; Mr. Verdries, who has removed from New­York; Mr. Coffin, on account of ill health; and Mr. Wilson,who has relinquished the study of divinity.

So that the present students are the following :-" First Class.

Robert B. Croes, of New-Jersey,Samuel R. Johnson, of New-York,Matthew Matthews, of Pennsylvania,William Potter, of Massachusetts,William Shelton, of Connecticut. Q

Second Class.Isaac Low, of New-York,Edward Thomas, of South-Carolina,Henry J. Whitehouse, of New-York,James L. Yvonnet, of New-York,George A. Smith, of Virginia. ,;

Third Clas»,Philip Gadsden, of South-Carolina,Paul T. Keith, of South-Carolina,Edward Neufville, jun. of New-York,William R. Whittingham, of New-York,Henry N. Hotchkiss, of New-York,Benjamin Holmes, of New-York,Danforth Billings, of New-York,Charles P. Elliot, of South-Carolina, 8

'fotal number of students, ) 8

At the first meeting aftbe Faculty, after the annual vacation,they framed an order for the attendance ofthe several classes eby which it is provided that, besides the weekly attendanc~of all the students on the Professor of Pastoral Theology and

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Pulpit Eloquence, required by the statutes, and with the ex­ception of the day thus appropriated, and Sunday, each classshall attend one, and but one, recitation daily. Each recita­(ibn usually occupies from an hour and a half to two hoursand a half,

The Faculty have adopted a standing rille, that at the open­ing of the Seminary, every year, an Introductory Addressshall be publicly delivered by one of the Professors. As earlya day after the passing of this rule as could conveniently beselected, was appointed for the delivery. of the address thisyear; and Professor Turner was requested to perform the duty;which he accordingly did, in Trinity Church, in this City, in thepresence of several of the Trustees, the Faculty, a numberof the Clergy, and a large congregation, on the evening of thefestival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27th., The following standing rule on the subject of qualificationsfor admission into the Seminary, has been adopted by theFaculty e-s- ': , .. ..'. . .

" Whereas, by the statutes (if the General Theological Semi­nary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,(chap. vii. § 1.) 'satisfactory evidence of classical and scien­tific attainments,' is to be presented to the Faculty by everyapplicant for admission into the Seminarj; therefore resolved,that with the exception of ' candidates for holy orders withfull qualifications,' arid of those persons who shall present adiploma from some college, every applicant [Dr admission intothe Seminary shall be required to stand an examination on thegeneral principles of Natural and Moral Philosophy andRhetoric; and in the Latin and Greek Languages, on the fol­lowing works, or such others as shall be considered as allequivalent substitute, viz. Sallust, Virgil's .iEneid, Cicero'sOrations, or De Officiis; and the four Gospels, Xenophon'sCyropedia, and the firstthree books of Homer."

The subject of the Theological Society, directed to be form­ed by chapter x. of the statutes, received the early attentionof the Faculty. It has been duly organized, and gone intofull, and, we trust, beneficial operation.

Every second meeting is devoted, exclusively, to devotionaland practical purposes, and is occupied by the evening serviceof the Church, with an appropriate prayer for the Seminary,conducted by the presiding officer, and a sermon or essay 011

some practical subject. by a student; the subject being after­wards made the theme of familiar remark by the members andthe presiding officer; and the whole concluding with a selec­tion of collects from the Liturgy. The Faculty arc satisfied,that as this is a very interesting, so it will, through the Divine

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blessing,.prove a profitable addition to the means pointed outin the pftl,1 section of the seventh chapter of the statutes, forthe cultivation, on the part of the students, of .. evangelicalfaith, and a sound practical piety,"

"The other meetings of the society are appropriated todisser­tations on, and the discussion of, theological topics, and decla­mation.

For-a more particular view of the Society, the Faculty begleave to refer to its Constitution, a copy of which accompaniesthis report. ' .

Professors Turner, Wils~n, ~nd Onderdonk, preside, in rota­tion, at the meetings of the Society: provision being made that,in their absence, one of the members is chairman pro tern. .

for the greater part of the year, the students have assem­bled in the recitation room every other Sunday evening, whenDivine Service has been conducted, and a sermon or lecturedelivered, by Professor Turner, or Professor Wilson.· . .

As farther illustrative of the progress and present situationof the Seminary, the Faculty subjoin copies of the particularrepo,r~of the Professors respectivelj',

ct All the students of the Seminary have attended the Pro­fessor of Pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence, one day inevery week, from the commencement of the-first session, inNovember last. They have been engaged several hours, eachday of their attendance, in recitation, and in the delivery ofser...mons; and on certain days, in the reading of the service ofthe Church, as a devotional exercise. TJlVo, and frequentlythree, sermons have heen delivered by the students, in rota­tion, each day; which were the subjects of the remarks of theProfessor; and some of them also furnished, as an additionalexercise, outlines of sermons,

" The higher classes have recited Burnet's Pastoral Care,and the other, the Appendix to the Clergyman's Companion,on the qualifications and duties of the Clerical office. And1hey are all now considerably advanced in the study ofClaude'sEssay on the Composition of a Sermon.

"JOHN H. HOBART," Professor of "pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence,"

" The Professor of Biblical Learning and the Interpreta­tion of Scripture reports, that agreeably to the arrangementmade by the Faculty, he attended, during the last session, toihe third class, twice a week, and still continues the samell~fj. They have studied the book of Genesis, and abouthalf of Exodus, with some chapters of Numbers, in the ~~'p-

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tuagint, and are at present attending to the Historical Books.A short course of the Criticism of the Old Testament, andIOf Jewish Antiquities, has been studied; in which the Pro.fessor has been obliged to direct his pupils to several authorsfor correct and necessary information. Mr. Horne's latework on the Critical Study of the Sacred Scriptures cannot be considered as a text book, but has been one amongother books to which the students have been occasionally re­ferred.

l< This class are also engaged in the study of the Hannony 0'£the Gospels, using as a text book, the work 'of ArchbishopNewcome. '.

" The second class have attended three times a week. Tbeyhave pursued the study of the Epistles, and have read withcare all of St. Paul'~. except those to the Corinthians, and to.Philemon. The Catholic Epistles, also, have been examinedbut hastily, from the want of time. As much of Ernesti's'Work on Interpretation a~ has been translated by ProfessorStewart, has been used as a text book on that subject ; towhich were added such remarks and illustrations as appearedto be suitable. .

"The Professor begs leave to state farther, that as the Trus­tees thought proper, at their last meeting. to devolve on theJo'aculty the duty of providing for the instruction of the stu­dents in Ecclesiastical History, he consented to undertake,for a time, so much of that branch as comprises the Old Tes­tament history, and the connexion between it and the New,and the first three centuries of the Christian Church. Witli(he third class, he hall hitherto pursued this subject along withtbe study of the books of Scripture. The second class have'read the second part of Prideaux, with the omission of suchportions as have no immediate connexion WIth Jewish affairs;and are now attending to l\IosllEiim. .. .

" The extent and variety of the subjects which requireattention in his own professorship, lead him to express thehope, that the Trustees will vel'Y soon be able to provide formore efficient instruction in the other important departmentof theological learning, than the necessary duties of his OWH

will allow him to gi\'e."SAMUEL H. TURNER, Professor of lliblical

Learning and the Interpretation of Scripture."

" With the Professor of Systematic Theology, the first classhave proceeded through Bishop Pearson's Exposition of theCreed, from that part of it which treats of the' divinity andpersonality of the Holy Ghost, to which they had advanced

" BIRD WILSON," Professor of Systematic Divinity;"

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at the date of the last report to the Trustees. They havesinee studied Bishop Burnet, and Bishop Tomline on the thirty­nine Articles, the first three parts of Bishop White's Compara­tive Views of the Controversy between the Calvinists andArminians, and Dr. Laurencets Bampton Lectures. 'fothese works have been added the most important Homilies,and many occasional references to other authors on particularsubjects, .

".n consequence of the temporary arrangement made, atthe request of the Trustees, between the Professors of BiblicalLearning and the Interpretation of Scripture, and of Syste- .matic Theology, the first class have also studied, with the lastnamed Professor, Dr. Mosheim's history of the fifth, sixth,seventh, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, Bishop Burner'sAbridgment of his History of the Reformation in England,and Collier's History of the Reign 'of Elizabeth, from theperiod at which the preceding work concludes; and they havemade considerable .progress in the history of tbe seventeentbcentury. .

"Tbe second class commenced the study of SystematicTheology at the beginning of the second session. In the shorttime since elapsed, much progress could not be made. Theyare pursuing the same course detailed in the last report to theTrustees, with some enlargement and improvement.

" The first class have attended the Professor four days ineach week, during the first session, and three days in eachweek, during the second. The second class have attendedtwo days in each week.

" Agreeably to an arrangement of the Faculty, under the,eighth chapter of the statutes, the studies connected with the'Professorship of the Nature, Ministry, and Polity oftheChurch,nave been confined to the first class, which attended the Pro­fessor once in each week, during the first session. Since thecommencement of the present session, they have attendedtwice a week, and will continue to do so through the year.They have recited Potter on Church Government, nnd thefirst seven books of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity; and arenow engaged in Barrow's Treatise on .the Pope's Supremacy.Several valuable works connected With the subjects of thisProfessorship, which time would not allow to be recited. havebeen noticed and recommended to the perusal of the sturlcn ts ;particularly Slater's Original Draught of the Primitive Church,and rhe Letters of Mr. Law to the Bishop of Bangor, i'~ the

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Scholar Armed. The Professor has, also, from time to time,added such farther illustrations of the several subjects as be,thought might lead to a better understanding of them; oftenwith a particular reference to the system of EcclesiasticalPolity adopted in our own Church.

" The Trustees having, at their last meeting, at the requestof this Professor, grounded on the claims of his parochial con­nexion, excused him from the duties of the department ofEcclesiastical History; they have been dischargedby Profes-sors Turner and Wilson. .

" BENJAMIN T. ONDERDONK, Professor ofthe Nature, Ministry, and Polity of the Church."

cc The Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature begsleave respectfully to report, that during the first session, which.commenced in November last, he was attended by the stu­dents of the second and third classes. The second class re­cited twice in each week ; and in the course of the session,read in the original, and translated into English, the nineteenth,twentieth. twenty-first, and twenty-second Psalms; the first,sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirtecnth, fourteenth, fifty-third, andsixtieth chapters of Isaiah, and the first nine chapters of thebook of Job. Beside which, other parts of the Hebrew Biblewere, with the assistance of the Professor, occasionally trans­lated, without having been previously studied. During thecourse of the recitations, the attention of the students wascarefully directed to the characteristic force and beauties (I.fthe Hebrew Language, as well as to the vast difference be­tween the ideas excited in the mind by translations, and thevivid pictures presented to the intellectual view by the original.

" The students of the third class, during the first session,attended the recitations in the Hebrew tbree times in a week;and since the commencement of the second session, they haveattended but twice in each week. They commenced theirstudies with the Hebrew Grammar, and soon proceeded to}'ead and translate the Psalter. They have gone over the firsttwenty-two Psalms, and the first, sixth, ninth, eleventh,fhirteenth, fourteenth, and fifty-third chapters of Isaiah. IIIthe course of these recitations, the minute rules of grammarQave been continually pointed out, and questions upon themagain and again repeated, as occasions occurred for the appli­cation of them. This class has also read with the Professor,and without previous study, several chapters in Genesis,

" In both classes, a part of the business of most of the reci­tations has been, to repeat some portion ofwbat had previouslybeen recited. So thai. while the students have been gradually

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extending their stock of acquirements, they have been eon­. tinually impressing on their minds what they had alreadylearned.

" It was thought advisable that those who commenced theirHebrew studies in the Seminary, should begin to translate themore difficult books of the Old Testament; because, the timeallotted by the statutes being too short for a complete course,it seemed best that they should have the assistance of theProfessor in those parts where they were most likely to meetwith impediments in their progress.

" It has been the aim of the Professor to conduct his courseof instruction in such a manner as to give to the recitations inhis department the character of friendly and familiar conver­satious , and to afford the students every encouragement tostate, without reserve, whatever they found difficult or embar­rassing, and to offer freely the thoughts which presented them­selves to their minds, in the persuasion that more may helearned by unreserved communications, than by formal lec­tures; and that the lively and unbiassed intellects of youtllmay sometimes produce combinations of ideas, from whicheven veteraus in literature may derive advantage.

"CLEMENT C. MOORE," Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature.';

Agreeably to the order of attendance established by theFaculty, the Professor of the Evidences of Revealed Religion,and of Moral Science in its Relations to Theology, was not tocommence instruction in his department until the second ses­sion, which began after the Easter recess. Owing, however,to unavoidable absence from the city, he has but just enteredon his duties, and, consequently, has no report to make.

The Faculty feel great pleasure in being able to state thesatisfaction afforded them by the spirit and success with whichthe studies and exercises of their respective departments havebeen prosecuted by those students of the Seminary who havenot been impeded by ill health, or other unavoidable causes.This remark is especially applicable to the department ofOriental and Greek Literature, as most young men feel anaversion to the difficulty of learning the Hebrew language,the whole structure of which, as well as every word, and everycharacter, is totally different from any thing to which theyhave ever been accustomed; and in the acquirement of which,they are obliged, at first, to resume the elementary lessons ofchildhood.

At the same time, the Faculty feel still higher gratificationill the reason they have to hope, that the industry of the stu-

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dents in the prosecution of their studies, is not only with & vie ...to their advancement in theological science, and their respect­able standing in a learned profession, but principally with thehope of being thereby better qualified to advance the glory ofGod, promote the great interests of his Church, and be hum­ble instruments in the salvation of their fellow men.

The Faculty, therefore, encouraged by the opportunitywhich they have of becoming acquainted with the characters,talents, and acquirements of the students, beg leave to con­gratulate the Trustees on the prospect of the great good tothe cause of religion and the Church, which may be anticipat­ed from the future services of those whom the Institutionunder their protection is engaged in preparing for the mi­nistry.

In conclusion, the Faculty solicit the prayers of their fellowmembers of the Church, that in all the doings of this Institu­tion, it may be directed with God's most gracious favour, andfurthered with hili continual help, for his sake to whose ho­nour and glory it is devoted, Jesus Christ, our blessed Saviour­and Redeemer.

Signed, by order of the Faculty,J. H. HOBART, Pruiden.t.

New-York, May 14th, 1823.

Constitution of the Theological Society of the General Theolo­gical Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in theUnited States, adopted December 23d, 1822.

ART. I.This Society shall be denominated" The Theological So­

ciety of the General Theological Seminary of the ProtestaneEpiscopal Church in the United States."

ART. II.The object of this Society shall be as determined by the

s.tatutes, .(ch~p. x.) viz. "for the purpose o~ discussing quee­nons, delivering theses or sermons, declamation, and exercisesin reading, and for other objects connected with literary andtheological improvement; and particularly for such religiousexercises as are calculated to excite and cherish evangelicalaffections and pious habits."

ART. III.This Society shall be composed oCthe students ofthe above

mentioned Seminary.

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ART. IV.One half of the members shall constitute a quorum.

ART. vOne of the Professors shall preside at each meeting of the

Society, agreeably to such arrangements as may be made bythe Faculty.

AUT. vr,At the first regular meeting of the Society in each session,

there shall be chosen, by ballot. a Vice-President and Secre­tary, who shall enter upon their offices at the next regularmeeting after their election: and the Society shall have powerto supply any vacancies in these offices, at any regular meet­ing.

Au. VII.The Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the

Society, in the absence of the Professors; and if the Vice­President also be absent, the Society shall elect a Chairman.

Aa r, YIlLThe presiding officer shall take the question on all motions,

appoint all committees, determine all questions of order; andif he think proper, may give his opinion on all subjects of de­bate, immediately after their discussion,

ART. IX.It shall he the duty of the Secretary to record all the pro­

ceedings of the Society, keep :l~l its books and papers, and actalso as Treasurer.

ART. X.The Society shall meet, as provided for by the statutes,

(chap. x.) weekly, on Saturlay, or on such other day as mayhe appointed by the by-laws.

ART. XI.Every meeting of the Society shall be opened and closed

with otlices of devotion, appointed by the Faculty.

ART. XII.The second regular meeting in each year, and ever}' second

subsequent meeting, shall be appropriated to such religious(,Xt'rcl"('~ as are calculated to exvite and cherish evangelicalaffections and pious habits. For this Jlurposc, after appl"tj-

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priatc devotions, prescribed by the Faculty, a member shal'rread a dissertation on some religious topic of a practicalnature; on the subject of which the members shall be invitedto make remarks, with a view to their advancement in thegraces and virtues of the Christian life, and in the dispositionsand habits required by the holy calling for which they arcJ.1reparing.

And the other meetings shall be appropriated to declama­tion, the rcudinz of a thesis on some theological topic, and thediscussion of some question in divinity.

ART. Xilf.By-laws may he made, at any meeting of the Society, by a

majority of the votes of the member's present. But the by­laws shall he submitted to the Faculty at their next meeting,and if disapproved of by them, shall be thence forwardrepealed.

ART. XIV.Amendments to this Constitution may he proposed either b)"

the Faclllty, or bv the Society; and when adopted hyeither,shul l be reported to the other; and 011 being adopted by twothirds of each, shall be considered as a part of this Coustitu­tion,

.1\ true copv.'.1. L. YYO~NET, Secretary of

Theological Society of Genernl Theological Seminary.

nrr.-,rl rf the P raft rsors in the Branch T luolvgical School,Gmr,:n, 10 the 'l'ruetees nftlce Cen£ral 'l'beclogical Seminr:-r:;lit N c;w- Y ork:

The Profes-ors report the following YOllng gentlemen asmembers of the Hranch School, liz.

William ·W. Bestwick, I:if'h~rd Salmon. Man-in II. Cady.Orsimus lIvSrnith. l"l'adiul!Theology.-lra White, Seth Davis.Henry Gregory, Th:HltI':usGilrlick, John Gavott, Isaac El­wood, Isaac Pardee, and Henry S. At water, pursuing academi­cal studies, preparatory to reading Theology.-Burton II.Hickcox, haYlIlg recently received Dcacou's order", has lefttile SdH10l.-Joltn f\. Clark, formerly ill the 8<:11001. r-utcrcdtile senior class ill Union College last uuturnn ; but he willrl"tllrn at the end of the cn8llil;g ~urnmer.-IJenry Graves,IIOW in South- Carolina for the benefit of his health, will enterthe School upoa his return.-William \Y. 1"chef", 1\1. D. has

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entered his name as a student in Theology, to commence afterhaving renewed his classical studies.

On the bth of August last, the students took possession oftheir apartments in the new academy, eligibly situated on thehigh 'western bank of Saneca Lake. The change has beenfound to be not only pleasant, Lut advantageous to the student,by bnabling him to pursue his reading in his own retired room,at aU hours of the day, unmolested b)' the noise of business,and uninterrupted by incidents from which not even privatefamilies are always free. .,'

The four first mentioned students have passed their second.examination. but have been prevented from passing the thirdone, from the ill health of the Professor ofSystematic Divinity,The Professor of Ecclesiastical History has uniformly causedthe students to recite Theology daily, and he has devoted asmuch time each day to lectures, as the multiplied duties of theAcademy would permit. The l~ofessor of Systematic The­ology has devoted as much time as the duties of a parochialClergyman would permit, to examining the compositions of thestudents, in causing them to perform the service, and deliver

. their sermons before him; this practice he continued untilextreme ill health compelled him to relinquish it.

• D. M'DONALD.Professor of Ecclesiastical Hislo!')', &c.

ORIN CLARK.Professor of Svstematic Divi~jh·.

(;OIe7:a, jJpril ,tOl,h, 1823. • •

The Library Committee reports, that the union of the twolibraries, viz. that forwarded from New. HAven, and that ofNew- York, has given to the General Seminary a valuable cul­lection of about two thousand five hundred volumes, II IaJlbC

proportion of which arc folios and quartos. And a Committeehas been appointed to exehangc such duplicates and ado vo­lumes as it might not he oxpcdient to retain, so as to complete,as far as possible, imperfect "et", and extend our cvllecriou,

The Trustees appropriated, in July last, at our request,the sum of $ 500, for the IHll'}1oSe of proeul illg ulemeuturvbooks, in constant lise of the studeuts ; and such of these Look'sas couid be immediately procured have been obtained, awlorders have been forwarded t<. £unlpe for others.

Several gl~lltlcmcll have presented from their rri\'a:e libra.ries, valuable additions to our collection; particularl\' theRev, Mr. Price, ofTlllworlh, En:;land, from whom wc' hav«

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lately rccei vcd a handsome donation of about e.ghly volumes ;and from John Piutard, EsC}. of this city, in addition to his fOI',mer liberality, a donation of about sixty volumes; and thePhiladelphia Bible Society has kindly sent us reports of theBritish and Foreign Bible Society.

We are also indebted to tho liberality of Mr. James East.burn, and Messrs, Swords, booksellcrs ; to the Hight Rev.Bishop Hobart, the Rev. Mr. Richmond, the Hev, Dr. Upfold,Dr. D. Hosack, Dr, Francis, and Charles ~l'I~~vers, Esq. furconsiderable additions to our library during the past year.And we would earnestly invite the attention of the Irieuds ofour Institution to imitate such examples.

The Committee farther report, that a catalogue of thewhole lihrary is now in preparation, aud that books presentedas donations to the Institution, are entered upon a record keptfor the express purpose, and ill the names of the respectivebenefactors. .

Signed by order, and in behalf of the Committee.II. J. FELTUS, Librarian.

New.York, .Ull!J 14th, 1823.

The Trustees have adopted the following plan for the col­lection of funds :-

" it is expedient, that four Agents he appointed to collectfunds for the SCllIiuarJ,-one in the Stales cast of New- York,-onc in the State of New-York.-onc ia New-Jersey, Penn­sylvania, Dcla wnrc, :l'lll Maryland ...-:wd one in the Slates ofVirginia, North-Caro liua, South-Carofina, anrl Georgia.

'I-That the cKpensc3 of Ihe~<., r\gellis he dlfrayed.~ and UJa~thoy be allowed such compcu-atiou ;t.-; titt.: ~;l<llldillg COIOlni\­tee may deem I;roper.

\' 'l'lio: the Rev, Lemuel B. Hull he tile a~ent for the ~ta(cs.

east of New- Yark; Mr. Floyd Smith, for the Stale of New­York; Mr. Holwr! U. Croe~. for the States o( NCW.JNH'Y,

Pcnnsj lvania, Delaware. aile! Mar) laud; aud the Rev, Willia"lllBarlow, for the Stutes of Vir~illia, l\orlh and South-Caruliua ,and (";eorg:a :-:\110 that the Prrsidcnt qf the Sfanding Com­mittce he empowered to appoint additional agent", and to lillany vacancies which ilia." occur in the appoiuunents ; and thatthe agents he under his direction.

" That it is expedient that the agents (OJ" the northern allJmiddle divisions commence thei r oper;ltion~ as ~O()II a" p()~"i.

ble ; anti those of the southeru. a" Cal") as may he practicableiu the fall •. ,. Tl.a: it is e-';i'(~::(:lIt nl:lt al tile IllCctilig of the Genera!

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Conventicn, application be made for subscriptions; And thatthe Rev. Dr. Gadsden be the agent for this purpose.

" That as soon as the funds of the Institution will admit,it is expedient that a house be rented for the occupation ·01'some suitable person, who will board the students of the Semi­llar~', at a proportionably reduced charge."

The Trustees, in conformity with the power given them bythe Constitution, established, at their first meeting, a BranchSchool at Geneva, NewYork. But understanding that thepersons particularly intere-ted in that School, arc disposed torelinquish it, the Trustees have authorized the Standing Com­mittee to abolish it, in case thcv deem such a measure to beexpedient and pl'oper. •

'I'he capital of the Seminary being inadequate to its presentcircumscribed elipcnses, the Trustees confidently hope for thecountenance and aid of the Bishop:" Clergy, and Laity, inGeneral-Convention assembled, in the measures for raisingadequate funds lor an Institution which is so intimately con­nected with the interests and honour of the Church.

All which is respectfully submitted to the General Conven­tion, by the Board of Trustees.

HENRY U. ONDERDONK, Secretaryj.New.York, .Mail vus, 1823,

No. V.The joint Committee of the two Houses of Convention,

appointed by the last triennial Convention for reporting astandard copy of the Bible, having taken under considerationcertain testimonies borne to two editions of {!:Jre & Strahan,published in the years 180G and I ll/2, report, that the saideditions are believed by them to be the most perfect of allconcerning which intelligence has been obtained by thcm:Acrordingly, they recommend the adoption of the latter ofthese editions as the standard, 'Ve believe it to be the sameof w hich some copies have been imported by S. Potter, book­seller, and arc now for sale by him, the title page of which~lt:ars the date of 181.'3.

WILL(,\i\J WIllTE, Chairman•.JAMES K ";!\II',JOlIN CIWES,CrL-\HLES u. \\'IlARTO~

mu D WILSON, '

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CONS1'ITUTIO~OF TUB

Protestant Episcopal Church in the UniteelS/utes <if ..tmerica .

./1rt. I. There shall he a General Convention of the Pro­testant Episcopal Church In the United States of America,at such time in every third year, ami in such place as shall be.detcrmined by Hit: Convention; aud in case there shall be anepidemic disease, or any other good cause to render it neces­sary to alter the place fixed on for any such meeting of Con.vention, the Presiding Bishop shall have It ill his power toappoint another convenient place, (as uear 31; may be to theplace so fixed ou.) lor the holding of such Convention; andspecial meetings may be called at other times, in the mannerhereafter to be provided for: and this Church, in a majoritj:of the States which shall have adopted this Constitution, shallbe represented, beforc they shall proceed to business; except

.that the representation from two States shall be sufficient toadjourn; and in all business of the Convention, freedom ofdebate shall be allowed•

.II.rl. 2. The Church in each State shall he entitled to arepresentation of both the Clergy and the Laity; which re­presentation shall consist of one or more deputies.not exceed­ing four of each order, chosen by the Convention of the State;and, in all questions, when required by the Clerical and LayRepresentation from any State, each order shall have onevote ; and the majority of suffrages by States shall be conclu­sive in each order, provided such majority comprehend amajority of the States represented in that order: The con­.currence of both orders shall be necessary to constitute a voteof the Convention. If the Convention of any State shouldneglect or decline to appoint Clerical Deput iCE, or if theyshould neglect to appoint Lay Dcputies ; or if any of those ofeither order appointed should neglect to attend, or be pre­vented by sickness or any other accident, such State slnll,nevertheless. be considered as duly represented by suchDeputy or Deputies as may attend, whether Lay or Clerical.And if, through the neglect of the Convention of allY of theChurches which shall have adopted. or may hereafter adopt,this Constitution, no Deputies, either Lay or Clerical, shouldattend at any General Convention, the Church in snch Stateshall, nevertheless, be bound by the acts of such Convention.

Art. J. The Bishops of this Church, when there shall bethree or more. 51mB, whenever General Conventions arc held,form a separate House, with a right to originate and prol)U~e

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rick for the concurrence of the House of Deputies, composedof Clergy and Laity: and when any proposed act shall havepassed the House of Deputies, the same shall be transmittedto the House of Bishops, who shall have a negative thereupon;nnd all acts of the Convention shall be authenticated by bothHouses. And, in all cnscs, the House of Bishops shall signifyto the Convention their approbation or disapprobation (thelatter, with their reasons in writing,) within three days afterthe proposed act shall have been reported to them for con­currence; and, in failure thereof it shall have the operationof a law, But until there shall )JP three or more Bishops, asaforesaid, any Hishop attendimr a General Convention shallbe a member fX officio, and shall vote with theClerical Depu­ties of the State to which he bclougs ; and a Bishop shall thenpreside. .

.llrt.4. The Bishop or Bishops in every State shall bechosen a!!;reeahly to such rules as shall be fixed by the Con­vention of that State: and every Bishop of this Church shallconfine the exercise of his Episcopal officc to his proper Dio­cese or district; unless requested to ordain, 01' confirm, or per­fr,rm any other act of the Episcopal office, by any Churchdestitute of a Bishop.

Art. 5. A Protestant Episcopal Church in any of the UnitedStates, not now represented, may, at anJ time hereafter, beadmitted, 011 acceding to this Constitution.

..'l.i·l. G. In c,'ery State, the mode of trying Clergymen shallbe inotitutf'rl by the Convention of the Church therein. At"very trial of a Bishop. there shall be one or more of the Epis­copal order present; and none but a Bishop shall pronouncesentence of deposition or degradation from the miaistry, onany Clergyman, whether Bishop, 01" Presbyter, or Deacon•

•'lrl.7. No person shall be admitted to Holy Orders, untilhe shall have been examined by the Bishop, and by two Pres­bvters, and shall have exhibited such testimonials and otherrequisites, as the Canons in that case provided rna)" direct:;1:11' shall any person he ordained, until lie shan have snbscrib­('r'! the foHowin~ dechration~" I do believe the Holy Scrip­tures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of(;od,aud to contain all thilll;s necessarv to sal \ ation: AIHI I dos~llt:mnly en~agc t~ COHIllI'm 1 to the', doctrines a':d worship oft ne Protestant Li::;:·'o'lal Church In thr-so CllltCr! Slates.":;0 p2r~on ordained hy a for('i~n Bishop shn II be permitted toofiic;:J(c a!' a minister of this Church, until he "hall have com­plied with the Calion or Canons in that case provided andhave also subscribed t'1e aforesaid declaration, '

Art, 8. A Book of Common Prayer, Administration of the

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Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church,articles of religion, and a form and manner of making, ordain­ing, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, wheneSlabli;:hcd by this 01' a future General Convention, shall beused in the Protestant Episcopal Church in those States whichshnll hll'\'e adopted this Constitution.

No alteration 01' addiuon shall be made in the Book of Com­mon Prayer, 01' other offices in the Church, unless the sameshall be proposed ill one General Convention, and by a resolvethereof made known to the Convention of every Diocese orState. and adopted at the subsequent General Convention.

Jl.rl.9. This Constitution shall be unalterable, unless inGeneral Couveutiou, hy the Church, in a majority of theStates which may have adopted the same; and all alterationsshall be first proposed in one General Convention, and madeknown to the several slate Conventions, before they shall befinally agreed to, or ratified, in the ensuing General Conven­tion.

Done in tli« General CUll I ention of tlte Bishops, ClerJ!.'f, andLaity of lite Church; lAc second (luy of October, 1789.

The first article was amended in General Convention, 1r,04,and again in General Convention, 1823.

The third article was amended ill General Convention,1808. . .

The second paragraph of the eighth article was added if:!General Convention, 181 J.

The next General Convention will be held in the city uf Philadel­phia on the first Tuesday in November, 1826.

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LIST OF THE CLERGY01.' TUB

Protestant Episcopal Church in the United Slates of /lmerico .

•.East~ D",cese,

Composed of tbe States of Maine, New.Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ver­mont, and Rhode-Island.

The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D. Bishop,

~'aine.

The Rev. Gideon ,V. Olney, Rector of Christ Church, Gardiner.The Rev. Petrus S. Ten Broeck, Rector of St. Paul's Churcb, Portland.

NtraJ-HamjJ8hire.•

The Rev. Charles Burroughs, ~ectorofSt. John's Church, Portsmouth.The Rev. Robert Fowle, Rector of Trinity Church, Holderness,The Uev. J:lmes B. Howe, Rector of Union Church, Claremont.The Rev, George Leonard, of Vermont, officiates one third of his time. ih

Trinity Church, Cornish.

~fa8lac1nuttte;

The Rev. Alfred L. Baury, Minister of St. Mary's Church, Newton•.The Rev. Silas Blaisdell, Deacon, S..lorn-street Acatle.my, Boston.The Rev. John L. Blake. residing in BostonThe Rev. Solomon Blakesley, Rector ofSt. James's Ohurch,Great.Barrington.The Rev. James Bowers, residing in Framington,The Rev. Isaac Boyle,ltector of 8t Paul's Church, Dedham.The Rev Thomas Carlile, residing at Salem. •The Rev. Benjamin Clark Cutler, Deacon, Missionary, and.. Minister df

Christ Ohurch, Quincy.The Rev.•\sa Eaton, Rector of Christ Church, Boston.The Rev. Oheever Felch, Chaplain in the United States Navy.The Rev· John 8. J. Gardiner, D. D. Rector of Trinity Church, Boston.The Rev.Oalen Hicks, residing at Taunton.The Rev. Aaron Humphries, Rector of St. Luke's Church, Lanesborougll,

and St. Paul's, Lenox.The Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. o,Rector of St. Paul's Church, Boston.The Rev. Lott Jones, Deacon, Missionary at Marblehead.The ReV. James MOl"8s, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Newburyport. I

1'he He... George Otis, Deacon, Tutor in Harvard University, Cambridge.

It No list of Cle~ hoabeen received from this DiQ(ese. That here Illlbllshed isnoken&om Swordlla AlJU:lOllllk for 1823.

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10G List ofthe Clergy_

The Rev. Addison Searle, Chaplain in United States Navy.The Rev. Titus Strong, Rector of St. James's Church, Greenfield, St. John's

Church, Ashfield, and Trinity Church, Montague.The Uev.Calvin Wolcott, Rector ofSt Andrew's Church, Hanover, and per­

forming Missionary duties in the Churches ofMarshfield and Bridgewater.

Yermont.

The Rev. Elijah Brainard, Deacon, Missionary.'The Rev. Abraham Bronson, Hector of 8etbeland Bethesda Cbu,"ches, AI"

Iington, Zion Church, ""'nchester. and --- Church, Sandgate.The Rev. Carlton Chase, Rector of Immanuel Church, Bellow's Falls.The Rev. Joel Clapp, Rector of Trinity Church, Shelburne'J'he Rev. George Leonard, Rector of se Paul's Church, Windsor.The Rev. Samuel B. Shaw, Deacon, Minister of --- Church, Guilford,The Rev. Benjamin B. Smith, l\fidtllebury.

Rhode·Islami.

The nif("ht Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, D. D. Rector of St. Michael'sChurch, Br~to1.

The Rev. Jasper Adams, Professor of Mathematics and NlI.tural Philosophyin Brown Univ..rsity, Providence.

The Rev. - Alden, Missionary.. The Rev Lemuel Burge, Rector of St. Paul's Church, N"orth.KingswB, and

St. Paul's Church, South-Kingston.The Rev. Nathan Mourne Crocker, Rectee of St. John's Church, Providence.The Rev. George Taft, Rector of St. Paul's Ohurch, North-Providence,The !tev. Salmon Wheaton, Rector of Trinity Church, Newport.

C.mwcticlIt.

The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D. LL. D. Bishop, New.Haven.The Rev. George B. Andrews, officiating Minister at Kent, Sharon, and New­

Preston.The Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, Rector of Christ Church, Stratford.The Rev. David Baldwin, Rector of Christ Church, Guilford, St. John's,

N'lrth.Guilford, and Union Church, North.Killingsworth.The Rev, Stephen Beach.The Rev. David Belden, residing at Wilton.The Rev. Benjamin Benham, Rector ofSt. John's Church, New.Milfom, and

the Churckes lit Bridgewater and Brookfield.The Rev, Tillotson Bronson, D. D. Rector of 51. Peter's Church, and Prin­

cipal of the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire.The Rev. William J. Bulkley.The Rev. Nathan B. Burges, officiating in the parishes of Middle·Haddam

and Glastenbury.The Rev. Daniel Burhans, Rector of Trinity Church, Newtown.The Rev. Peter G. Clark, Rector ofSt. John's Church, Essex, Saybrook.The Rev. Asa Cornwall, Assistant Minister of St. Peter's Church. and Assist.

ant in the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire.The Rev. Harry Croswell, nector of Trinity Church, New.Haven.The Rev. John M. Garfield, New.Haven.The Rev. Alpheus Gear, Rector of St. John's Church, Waterbury, and­

Church, Salem.The Hev. Sturges Gilbert, Rector of the Churches in Woodbury and Rox-

bury. -The Rev. Bennet Glover, 1\linisterof- Church. But.Haddam, and­. Church, Hebron.The Rev. SamuelGrillwold, Simsbury.

List of the eler!f!}.

The Rev....·rederick Holcomb, Minister of the Churcbea in Watertown ariilNorthfield.

The Rev. Oeigen P. Holcomb, Minister of Trinity Church, Branford, St:.Andrew's Church.,Nnrth-llranford, ami Trinity Church, North.Haven.

The Rev. Lemuel B. Hull, Deacon, Missionary.The Rev. Reuben Ives, Rector of St. \ndrew's Church. Meriden.The Rev. \ViHiam Jarvis. Deacon, Missionary.The Hev. Stephen Jewett, Derby.The Rev. Isaac .Jones, Assistant Minister of the Associated Churches in

Litchfield.The Rev. Jaspee D Jones, officiating in Durham.The Rev. Henry K Judah.I'he Rev. Bethel Judd, Rector of St .•James's Church, New·London.The Rev. James Keeler, Rector of - hurch, \Vallingford. "'I'he Rev. Truman Marsh, Rector of the Associ.rted Churches in Litchfield.The Rev. Smith Milcs, Rector of Trillity Church, Chatham.fhe Uev. IJirdsey G, Noble, Rector of Christ Church, Middletown.The R"v. Beardsley Northrop, Oxford.The Itev Seth B. Paddock, Deacon, Assistant Minister of Christ Church.

NorWIch.The Rev. Joseph Perry, RectorofChristCburch, Bast-Haven, 'and Trinity

Church, 'Vest.Haven. ,The Rev Chauncey Prindle, officiatin~in --Church, Woodbridge,'I'he Rev. Menzies Rayner, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Ripton, and St.

Peter's Church, New.Stratford.The Rev. Rodney Rossiter. Rector ofSt. Peter's and St. Matthew's Churches.

Plymouth.The l~ev. Philo Shelton, Hector of St. John's Church, Bridgeport, ana

Trinity Church, Fairfield.I'he Rev. Reuben Sherwood, Rector of S1. Paul's Church, Norwalk.The Rev. Charles Smith, Rector ofSt. Matthews Church, \ViltOn. and-":'

Church, tvidgefield.Tile Rev. Ambrose S. Todd, Deacon, Minister of St. John's Church, Starn

ford, and -- Church, Horseneck.The Rev. Ransom \Varner.The Rev. Josf"ph D Welton, residing at \Vaterbury.The Kev. N.1thaniel S. Wheaton, Iteetor of Christ Church, Hartford.The Re\".George S. White. residing at Brooklyn.

.IYe-.u. YQ,·k.The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D. D. Bishop, Rector ofTrinity Church,

including St. Paul's and St. John's Chapels, and Professor of PastoralTheology and Pulpit Eloquence in the General Theological Seminary ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church ill the United States, New.York.

The Rev. Parker Adams, Hector of St. John's Church; Johnstown. Mont.gomery county. .

The Rev. Henry Anthon, Rector of Trinity Church, Utica, Oneida county.The Hev. Deodatus Babcock, Missionary at Buffalo, Erie county, and parts

adjacent.The Rev. Amos G. Baldwin.The Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, Rector of Trinity Cburch, New-Rochelle. West.

chester county.The Rev. Seth ,V. Beardsley, Deacon. Minister of Christ Church, Sacket",

Harbour, Jefferson county.The Rev. William Berrian, an Assistant Minister ofTrinity Church. New·

York.The Rev. Thomas Breintnall, Rector of Zion Church, New.York.The Rev. David Brown. Missionary at Fredonia, Chatauque county. and

parts adjacent.

108 List ofthe .Clergy.

The Rev. John Brown, Rector of St. George's Church, Newburgh, and St.Thomu's Church, New-Windsor, Orange county.

The Rev. Moses Burt, l)eacon, Missionary at Granville, Washington county,. and parts adjacent.

The Rev. Richard Bury, Deacon, Minister of Christ Church, Duanesburgh,Schenectady county.

The Rev. Leverett Bush, l\lissionary at Oxford, Chenango county, and partsadjacent.

The Rev. David Butler, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Troy, Rensselaercounty.

The Rev. Richard F. Cadle, residing' in New·York.The Rev. Lawson Carter, Missionary at Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county,

and parts adjacent.The Rev. Orin Clark, Rector of Trinity Church, Geneva, Ontario county.The Re~·.William A. Clark, Rector of Christ Church, Balaton Spa, Saratoga

county.'fhe Rev. James P. F. Clarke, Rector of St. John's Church, Canandaigua,

Ontario county.The Rev. Timothy Clowes, LI•. D.The Kev. Augustus L. Converse, Deacon.The Rev. William Creighton, Rector ofSt. Mark's Churcb, Ne\v.Yorlc.The Rev. Francis II. Cuming, Kector of St. Luke's Church, Rochester,l\lon.

roe county.The Rev. George W. Doane, officiating in Trinity Church, New·York.The Rev. Benjamin Dorr, Rector of Trinity Church, Lansingburgb, Rensse.

laer county, and Grace Church, 'Vaterford, Sar.toga county.The Rev. Cornelius R. Duffie, Deacon, residing in New.York.The Rev. Palmer Dyer. Ueacon.The Rev. Manton Eastburn, Deacon, Assistant :\Iinister of Christ Church,

New.York..The Rev. Henry J. Feltus, D. D. RectorofSt. Stephen's Church, New.York.The Rev. Augustus Fitch, Deacon, Teacher, New.York.The Rev. Edw..rd K. Fowler, Deacon, officiating in St. John's Church, Hunt,

ington, Suffolk county.The Rev. Samuel Fuller, Missionary in Albany and Greene counties. 'The Rev. Ezekiel G. Gear, Missionary at. Binghamton, Broome count¥.

and parts adjacent.The Rev. Charles W. Hamilton.The Rev. William Hammel, residing- in New-York.The Rev. 'Villiam Harris, O. D. President of Columbia. College, New.York.The Rev. Seth Hart, Rector of St. Glorge's Church, Hempstead, Queen's

county.The Rev. Samuel Haskell, Rector of Cilrist Church, Rye, Westchester

county,The Rev. Burton H. Hecox, Deacon.The Rev. Algernon S. Hollister, Deacon, Missionary at. Trenton. Oneida

county, and parts adjacent. ..The Rev. Henry N. Hotchkiss, Deacon. . .The Rev. Reuben Hubbard, Rector of St. James's Church, Goshen, Orange

county.The Rev. David Huntington, Rector of St. Paul's and St. Mary's Churches,

Charlton, Saratoga county. .The Rev. Nathaniel Huse, Rector of St. Luke's Ch\U'Ch, Richfield, Otsego

county.The Rev. William S. Irving, Deacon.The Rev. Evan Malbone Johnson, Rector ofSt-James's Church, Newtown,

Queen's countv.The Hev. Cave iOAeS, Chaplaill in the United States Navy. Brooklyn. King's

county.

List of the CleTf{Y. 109

The R~v. \Villiam 8. Lacey,·nector of St. Peter's Chnrch, Albany.The Rev. Thomas Lyt'II,l>. .0. UeCIOI" of Christ Church, N..w,Yol"k.The Rev. Charles M'Cabe, Rector of St. James's Church. Miltull, Saratop

countyThe Rev Daniel M'Donald. D. D. Principal of the Academy, and Professor

of the Interpretation of Scripture, Ecclesiastical H,story, and the Nature,. Ministry, and Polity of the Christian Church in the Branch Tbl'ological

School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, Geneva.Ontario county.

The Rev. John :\1'Vicbr, Professor of Rhetoric and )foral Philosophy inColumbia College, New.York.

Tae klV. James 'hlnor, D. u, Kector of St. G~"rge's Church, New·York.The ltev. DaVId MoorE', Rector of Sl. Andrew's Church, mcluding Trinity

Chapel, Staten-Island, .The Rev. Daniel Nash. Missionary in Otsego county.The Rev. Samuel NlChob, Minister of S,. ~Iatthew's Church, Bedford,

\Vestchester countv,rhe Re,' G,.ol'!{e H. Norton. Missionary at Richmond, Ontario county, and

parts adjacent. .The Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church,

and Professul" of the Nature, Ministry, and Polity of the Church in theGeneral Theolog-ical Seminary ofthe Protest..nt Episcopal Church in theUnited States, N.· ..··York.

The Rev Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. RectorofSt.. Ann's Church, Brooklyn,King's county.

The Rev. Amos Pardee, Missionllry at Oswego, Oswego county, and partsadjacent .

The Rev. Thomas K. Peck, Deacon, Missionary at Ononwlga. Onondagacounty, and parts adj.,cent.

The kev Henri L. I'. F. Peneveyre, Rector of St. F.sprit, N~w.York, inwhich the services of th .. Church are celebrated in the French language.

The Kev. ~arcu~ A. Perry, :\lissionary at UnacliU", Otsego county, andparts adjacent

The Rpv. Samuel Phinnev.The Rev. Alonzo Potter: ,>eacon, Professor of Mathematics and Natural

Philosophy in Union CoUeS", Schenectady.The Rev Willi..m Powell, reSiding in \Vestchester county.Th e Rev. Jos"ph Prentiss, Rector of Trinity Church, Alhens, and St. Luke's

Church, C .uskdl , Greene county.Th« R,·v. Alexis P. Proal, Rector of St. George's Church, Schenectady.Th e Rev. John Reed, D. U. Rector of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutch-

ess county. •The Kev. WIlliam Richmond, Rector of St. Michael's and St. James's

Churches, New-York.Tbe Rev. Joshua M. Rogers, !\fissionary at Turin, Lewis county, and parts

adjacent.The Rev. Richard S,lmon, Deacon.The Rev. Gilbert H. Sayres, Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica, Queen's

county.The Ikv. Charles Seabury, Missionary at Setauket and Islip, Suffolk county.The Rev. Jehn Sellon, Deacon, officiating in the Church in Ann.street, New­

York.The Rev. William Shelton, Deacon, Missionary at Plattsburgh, Clinton

county.The Re... Lucius Smith, Batavia, Genesee county.The Rev.Orsamus Smith, Deacon.The Rev. Cyrus Stebbins, Rector ofChrist Church, Hudson,Columbia county,The Rev. William 8. Thomas. Deacon. Minister of Trinity Church" Pishkif},

Dutchess count!',

110 Lid of the CleT~.

The Rev. James' Tbompsoll, Missionary mGreene eounty.The Rev. Joho V~ E. Tbom. RectoI' of St. George's Churc:b. Flusbing,

Queeo's county.The Rev. Frederick T. Tiffany, Deacon, Missionary at Cooperstown and

Cberry Valley. Otsego county,.ltnd parts adjacent.The Rev. Samuel H. Turner. D. D. Professor of Biblical Leaming. and the

Interpretation of Scripture, in the General Theological Seminary of theProtestant Episcopal Church in the United States. New-York,

The Rev. George Upfold, M. D. Rector of St. Luke's Cburch, and officiatingin Trinity Church, New.York.

The Rev. Frederick Vanhorne. residing at Coldenham, Orange county.The Rev. Jonathan M. W4inwright, D. D. Rector of Grace Church. New-

York. ... :The Rev. Eli Wheeler. Rector of Christ Church, North-Hempstead. Queen's

county.'The Rev. Russel \\<'heeler. Rector of Zion Church. Butternuts, Otsego

county. and St. Andrew's Church. NeW-Berlin, Chenango county.The Rev. Phineas L. Whipple. l\lissionary at Fairfield, Herkime... county,

and parts adjacent. 'The Rev. Isaac "'i1kins. D. D. Rector of St. Peter's Church, Westchester.

Westchester county.The Rev. Peter Williams. jun. (a coloured man) Deacon, Ministe'r of St.

Philip's Church, New.York, the congregation of which is composed 8fcoloured persons.

.Nh".Jt:ruy.

The Right Rev.•Tobn Crees, D. D. Bishop, and. Rector of Christ Church,New-Brunswick. ,

The Rev. Abraham Beach, D. D. residing- near New.Brunswick. 'The Rev. James Chapman, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Perth.Amboy.The Rev- John Croes.jun. Rector of Christ Churc:h, Shrewsbury, and Christ

Church. Middletown.The Rev. Robert R. Crocs, Deacon ..Th.e Rev. Jacob M. Douglass. >-

The Rev. Clarkson Dunn. Deacon, Minister of Christ Church. N'ewton. andSt. James's, Knowlton.

The Rev. John Grigg, Minister cf'Christ Chapel, Belleville, and St. Mark'.Church. Patterson.

The Rev. William L. Johnson, Deacon. Minister of St. l\fichael'li Church,Trenton.

The Rev. George Y. Morehouse, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Mount-Holly.

The Rev. Henrv P. Powers. Rector of Trinity Church, Newark.The Rev. JohnC. Rudd, D. D. Rector of St. John's Church, Elizabeth.Town.The Rev. John ]\f. Ward, Deacon, Ministc... of St. Peter's Church, Spots-

wood. and St. Peter's Church, Freehold.The Rev. Charles H. Wharton, D. D. Rt:ctor of St. Mary's Church, Bur­

lington.

Penn~hJania.

The Right Rev. William White, D. D. Bishop, senior of the AmericanChurch, presidin~ in the House of Bisbops, and Rector ofChrist Churcb,St. Peter's, and St. James·s. Philadelphia.

The Rev. James Abercrombie. D. D. senior Assistant Ministe... of ChristChurch, St. Peter's, and St. James's, Philadelphia.

The Rev. Benjamin Allen, Rector of St. Paul's Church. I'hiladelphia.The Rev. Robert Ayres, reltidin&" in Brownsville, Fayette county.

List ofthe Clergy. 111

'rhe Rev. Jolm P. Bausman, officiating in Brownsville and Connelsville.Fayet~ connty.

The Rev. Frederick Beasley, D. D. Provost ofthe University ofPenllsylvania,Philadelphia.

The Rev. Gregory T. Bedell, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia.1'he Rev. Moses 1'. Bennet, Deacon, oSciating in Kittanning and Greens­

burgh.Ihe Rev. Robert Blackwell, D. D. residing in Philadelphia.l'he Rev. George Boyd, Rector of St. John's Church, Northern Libertie.,

Philadelphia.The Rev. Samnel C. Brinckle, Rector of St. David's Church, Radnor, and

5t Juhn's, Concord.l'be Rev. LeviBul], Rector of St. Gabriel's Church, Berk's county, St.

Motry's, Chester county, and Bangor Church, Churchtown, Lancastercounty.

The Rev. Joseph Clarkson, Associate Rector of St. James's Church, Lan­caster, and St. John's Church, Pequea, and Rector of Christ Church, Lea.cock.

The Rev. Jehu C. Clay, Rector of St. James's Church, Perkiomen, and St.John's, Norristown, Montgomery county.

The Rev. William U. De Lancey, AssiS1ant J.\.linisterof Christ Church, St.Peter's, and .st. James's, Philadelphia,

The Rev. Charles M. Dupuy, Rector of St. Luke's Church, Germantown,Philadelphia county.

fhe Rev. Richard D. Hall.'fhe Rev. Caleb Hopkins, Rector of St. James's Church, Muncey Creek, Ly­

coming county, and St. Gabriel's Church, Sugar Loaf, ColumbIa county.The Rev. Joseph Hutchins, D. D. residing in Philadelphia.The Rev. Levi S.Ives, Deacon, Minister of Trinity Church, Southwark,

Philadelphia. .The Rev. Joseph Jaquett, officiating at Bristol, Buck's county.The Rev. Jackson Kemper, Assistant l\linister of Christ Church, St. Peter's,

and St. James's, Philadelphia.The Rev. Edward R Lippit, Missionary, Uamiltonville, Philadelphia county.Tbe Rev. James Montgomery, Rector ofSt. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia.The Rev. Richard U. Morgan, Deacon, officiating in St. Paul's, Chester, and

St. Martin's, Marcus Hook, Delaware count}".'The Rev. 'Villiam A. Muhlenberg, Associate Rector of St. James's, Lan-

caster, and St. John's, Pequea, Lancaster county.The Rev. Norman Nash, Deacon, officiating in Huntingdon county.The Rev. Joseph Pilmore, D. D. residing in Philadelphia.The Rev. Francis Reno, officiating in Beaver county.fhe Rev. John Rodney, jun. Rector of Trinity Church, Easton, Northamp"

ton county.The Rev. George Sheets, Rector of Trinity Church, Oxford, and All Saints'

Church, Lower Dublin, Philadelphia county.The Rev S.muel Sitgreaves,jun. Deacon,officiating in St. Stephen's Churcb,

Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county.The Rev. Joseph Spencer, Rector of St. John's Church, Carlisle, and Pro­

fessor of Languages in Dickinson Colk-ge,The Rev. John Taylor, residing in Pittsburgh.The Rev. William Thompson, Rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Aile.

gany county.The Rev. Bird Wilson, D. D. Professor of Systematic Divinity in the Gene­

ral Theological Semiuary of' the Protestant Episcopal Cburch in theUnited States, New.York. .

The Rev. James Wiltbank, Master of the Grammar School in ,be Univ«·sity of PennaylvaniaJ Philadelphia.

lf2 List of tAt Olergy.

.lJela...are. •

Thl' R~v. Robert Clay, Rector of Emmanuel Church, Newcastle, and !!it. James's Cl1urch, Stanton.Tilt: RZ,v. Daniel Higbee, Minister ofSt. Peter's, Lewes , St. Paul's, G...orge­

town; Christ, Laurel; and Prince Geurge's, Dagsborough, Sussex county.The Rev. Ralph Williston, Rector of Trinity Ohureb, Wilmington.

Jlfaryland.

The Right Rev. James Kemp, D. D Bishop, and Rector of St. Paul's paris~,including Cbrist Church, Baltimore-,

The \lev. Walte r D. Addison, St. John's, Georgetown.The Rev. Grandison Aisquith, St. Pauf's Church, Queen ~ne county.The Itev. BthanAllen, \tectorof St. John's Church, l'rince George's county.Th.. Rev ..John Allen, Teacher in Baltimore.The Rtv. Thomas G. Allen, Prince George's and St. Bartholomew's parishes,

Montgomery county .The Rev. William Armstrong, kecter of St. Peter's Church, Montgomery,

and Zion Church, Frederick.The Rev. Charles C. \ustin, St. Thomas's parish, Baltimore county.:fhe Rev. Benjamin P. Aydelott, M. D. Christ Church, Queen Caroline

county, and Ziun Church, Prince George's county.The Rev, Edmund D. Bm-ry, D. D. I'rincipal of an Academy in Baltimore;.

and Professor of Languages ill the University of lU:.ryland;The R"·.lohn V. Bartow, Rector of Trinity Church, Baltimore,Th" R"y. Thomas Bayne, Rector of St. Peter's, Talbot.The Rev. John L. Bryan, St. \f ..rk's, Frederick. 'The R~\·. H ..nry L. :Oni., D. D. Rector 01' St. Anne's, Annapolis;The Rev. \Vilham Duke, si. Mary's Church, Cecil county.The Rev, Levin J. Gillis, SI. Paul's parish, I?rincc George's county.The Rev, William Hawley, Rector ofSt. John's Church, City of\Vashingtoe.The Rev. John P. K. Henshaw, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Baltimore.The Rev. Thomas Horrell, St. James's parish, Anne-Arundel.The Rev. William Jackson, Rector of St. Paul's, Chester, Kent county.The R",'. John Johns, Minister of Alls.,nts parish, Fredericktown,Tit" Rev. Matthew Johnson, Rector of Allsoints, Calvert. . ,'I'he Rev. Jon"tban Judd, Rector of Great Choptank parish, Dorchester

countyThe Rev. John R. Keech, Deacon, St. John's, Baltimore, and Christ Church.

Hartford cuuntv.·Tlle Rev. Joseph Lanston. -.The Rev. George Lemmon, Hagar's Town, \Vashington county. ..The Rev, Charles Mann, Rector of'Wrlkiam and !\1aryparisb, Charles county.Ttle Rev . Andrew C, M'Cormick, RectorofChrist Church, \Vashington City..The Rev. George l\l'Elhiney, St. James's Church, Baltimore county.The Rev. Charles 1'. M'llvane, Rector of Christ Church, Georgetown,

District of Columbia.The Rev. Richard H. 8. Mitchell, King and Queen parish, St. Mary's county.The Rev. Henry H. ('feifFer, Grace Church, Baltimore.The Rev. William R~fFerty, D. D. All·Haliows, Anne·Arundel, and Princi.

pal of St. John's Cotlege, Annapolis.The Rev. Thomas Reid. ,'l'he Rev. John Reynolds, Trinity Church, Charles county. . .The Rev. Neale n. Shsw, Rector of King and Qlleen, and Allfaitb, St. Mary's.Tbe Rev. Purnell F. Smith, Shrewsbury, Kent county. .

.. Noli.t or Clergrhns been received from this Diocese. That here publiahedl.taken from Swords's Almaoack for 1823.

Ust'lte Rev. Frederick Schroeder, St. :\Iicbael's, Talbot cGont.y.The iev. Daniel So~rs, Rector of Trinity Church, Upper Marlborough.The Rev. William M. Stone, Rector of Stepney, Somerset.The Rev. Samuel C. Stratton, Coventey, Somerset.The Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Rector of Queen Anne pal"iah. Prince George's

county.The nell'. George 'Yeller. Rector of St. Stephen's, Cecil county.The Rer. William E. Wyatt, D. D. Associate Minister efSt. Paufs pariah.

Baltirnore,The Uev. Noble Young, Durham, Charles county.

"irffinia.

The Right ltev. Richard Channing Moore. D. D. Bishop, and Rector of theMonumental Church, Richmond.

The Rev.John Armstrong, Wheeling, Ohio county.The Rev. Richard II. Barnes, St. M"rtill's par-ish, Hanover county.The Rev. Hugh C. Boggs. Berkeley parish, Spotsylvania.The Rev. Jo.iae Chapman, SL Paul's pllrisl1, King George, and Wasbington

parish, Westmoreland.The Itev. Moses B. thasc, St. George's parish, Accomack county.The Rev. William Crawford. Trinity parish, Louisa county,The Rev. Joseph Doddridge. 1\1. D.The Hell'; Jobn Dunn, Shelburn parish. Loudoun county.The Rev. Silas B. ]o'reeman.'I'he Rev. George Halson. residing near Norfolk.The Rev. William H. Hart, Henrico parish, Richmond;The Kev. Frederick 'V. Hatch, Fredericksville pariah, Albemarle,The Rev. Alexander Jones. Charlestown and Shepherdstown) JeR'erson

county.The Rev. Jacob Keeling. Nansemond county.The Rev. Ruel Keith. Bruton parish, Williamsburgh.The Rev. Edward C. M'Guire. St. George's parish. Frederickaburgh.The Rev. William Meade. Frederick parish. Frederick county.The Rev. Sylvester Nasb. Hampshire county.The Itcv· Oliver Norris, Christ Church. Alexandria.The Rev. Robert Prout, Lynnhaven parish. Princess Anne county.The Rev. Charles H. Pa~, Kanhawa county.The Rev. Ira Parker, Suffolk. Nansemond county.The Rev. Stephen W. Prestman, Dumfries, Prince William.The Rev. John J. Robertson. Frederick parish. and Grace Church, Norborne

parish. Berkeley. .The Rev. William Steele, Dettingen and Leeds. Prince'Villiam.The Rev. Daniel Stephens. Augusta parish. Staunton.The Rev. Andrew Syme. Bristol parish, Dinwiddie.'I'he Rev. Amos C. Treadway, Lynchburgb and Bedford·county.Tbe kev. William Wickes, Cbrist Church, Norfolk borough.'rhe Rev. 'Villiam H. Wilmer, D. D. St. Paul's Church, Alexandria.The Hell'. Simon Wilmer, Hungars parish. Northampton.The Rev. John H. Wingfield, Portsmouth parish, Norfolk: county.The Rev. John \\roodville. St. Mark's parish, Culpepper.

Nortb.·Carolina.

The Right Rev. jolm Stark Ravenscroft, D. D. Bishop. aad Rector of--=-Church, Raleigh.

The Rev. John Avery, Rector of St. Paul's Church. Edenton.The nell'. Robert Davis, Deacon, Missionary.The Rev. Adam Empie, l\ector of St .•Tames's Church, 'Vilmington. .The Itev- William l'il· Green, Hector ofSt. JOhl1'sChurch, Will\amshorougllo

1&

114 List of tke Clergy.

The Itev. William Roope!", Recto!" of St. John's Church, Fayetteville.The Rev. Richard S. ~hson, Rector of Chl'ist Church, Newbern.The Kev. Robert MilleI', Rector of St. Michael's Church, Iredell countyThe Qev. Thomas Wright, Missionarf·

SouIT,-Cat·QUna.·

The Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D. Bishop, and Hector ofSt.l\lichael'sChurch, Chartestou.

The Rev. David J. Campbell, officiatinl(" in St. Stephen's parish.The Rev. John W·. Chanler, Rector of St. Mark's, Clarendon.The Rev. Frederick Dalcho, l\I. D. Assistant ::\Iinister of St. Micl~ael's

Church, Charleston.The Rev. Francis P, De Lavaux, Rector of St. ~latthew'sparish.The Rev. Adolphus Dickinson, Minister of St. Paul's Church, Pendleton.The Rev. Patrick H. Folker, Rector of Trinity Church, Columbia.The Rev. Andrew Fowler, Missionary at St. Augustine, Florida.The Rev. Hugh Fraser, residing" in ,tUs.ints, WaccamaW.The Rev. Chcistopher E. Gadsden, lJ .. D. Rector of St. Philip's Church,

Charlestoll.The Rev. Thomas Gates, D. I). residing' in St. George's, Dorchester.The Rev. Paul T. Gervais, residing in St. John's, Colleton.The Rev. AUston Gibbes, Assistant Minister of St. Philip's Church,

Charleston.The Rev. Henry Gibbes, Deacon, officiating in A11511int5, Waccamaw.The Rev. Joseph M. Gilbert, Rector of the Church on Edisto Island.The Rev. Christian Hanckell, KectorofSt. Paul's Church, R"dclilfborou~ll.The Rev. lfaurice H. Lance. Rector of Prince George's, Georgetown.T!le:Re,·. Philip Matthews, Rector of St. Helena Church, St. Helena IslandThe Rev. Thomas Mills, D. D. Rocky Mount.The Rev. William H. !\Iitchell, Deacon, Minister of St. ~es's Church,

Santee.'The Rev. Albert A· MuJ~r, Rector of Christ Church parish.The Rev. Thomas A. Osborne, Edisto Island.The Rev. ~filw"rd Pogson, Rector of St. James's Church, Goose-Creek.The Re v, Charles H. Snowdon. residing' in St. Stephen's.The Rev. Robert S. Symmes, Charleston.The Rev. John Jacob Tschudy, Hector of St. John's, llerkeley.The Rev. Peter Van Pelt, Ht:ctorof St. Luke's parish.Tbe Rev. 'William S. Wilson, Deacon, officu<ting at St. John's. Colletor•.

Ohio.·

The night Rev. Philander Chase, n. l).lIishop.The Rev. Philander Chase, jun. Deacon.The Rev. Sumuel Johnstlln, Minister of Christ ChurcJ" Cincinnati.The Rev. Intrepid Morse. Minister ofSt. James's Church, Zanesville, .:Jnu

St. Paul's, Steubenville.The Rev. Hoger Searle, Minister of St. Paul's Church, Medina; St Jobn's

Church, Liverpool , and Trinity Church, Brooklyn.'.I'he Re,'. Spencer 'Vall.The Rev. Joseph Willard, residing in l'farietta.

·The .Rev:. Joseph Doddridge, 1\-1. D. of Virginia, officiates occasionally illthlll Diocese.

• No list of Clergy has been reeeived /i"()ffi tLis Dioccse. That here publiJ;bed j.t-kCh (1'(J11l Swords'. Alnll/,lll1ek fill' 1823.

List of the Clergy: lIS

Qeorgia.

'fhe Rev. AbielCarter, Rector of Christ Church, Savannah.The Rev. Edmund Matthews, Rector of Christ Church, bland of St.

Simons. ,', .The Iiev. Hugh Smith, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Augusta.rile Rev. Samuel Strong, residing iIi Oglethorpe county.

Certificate of Bisho]: Ra-venscroft's Consecration.

KNOW all men by these presents, that we, J'Villiam White,D, D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State ofPennsylvania, Presiding Bishop; Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D.Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Eastern Diocese ,James Kemp, D. D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church~n the State of Maryland; John Crocs, D. D. Bishop of the Pro­testant Episcopal Church in the Slate of New-Jersey j NathanietBowen, D. D. Bishop 'of the Protestant Episcopal Church in theState of South-Carolina; Ttunna» ChU;Tch Brownell, D. D. LL. D.Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Con­necticut; under the protection of Almighty God, in St. Paul'sChurch, in the city of Philadelphia, all Thursday, the twenty­second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and twenty-three, did then and there, rightly and canoui­cally consecrate our beloved in Christ, JOliN STARK RAVENSCROFj.·,Rectal' of St. James's Parish, Mecklcnberg county, in the Slate ofVirginia, of whose sufficiency in good leaming, soundness in thefaith, and purity of manners, we were fuJly ascertained, into theoffice of Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Stateof North-Carolina, to which he bath been duly elected by the Con-vention of said State. . .

Given in tile city of Plliladelpllia, tile twenty-second dey of,;l{uy, in the year of our Lord one tIIOUSU711J dgllt hundredand l wellty.tllree.

WILLIAM WHITE, (I.. S.)ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD, (L. S.)JAMES KEMP, (I.. S.)JOHN CnOES, (L. S,)NATHANIEL BOWEN, (L. S.)THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, (L. S.)

In page 5,1, speaking- of the report of the Committees on the Canonsrd;' rencc is made to Appendix, No. VI. \\'hen that reference was inserted'it was intended the Canons should form such Appendix; but it was after:wards found that the Canons were to be pllbli~I..:d separate from the .10111'.nals, which will accordingly be done.