JOURNAL
OP THE
Proceedings
OP THE
TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION,
OF THE
PBOTESTANT EPISCOPAL CIIURCH,
XIV THE DIOCESE OF GEORGIA,
Held in 'trinity Church, lolumbuSi
Commencing on the 5th May, 1842.
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LIST OF CLERGY.
*Rt. Rev. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Bishop of the Diocese, and
Rector of St. John's Church, Savannah.
*Ret. EDWARD NEUFVILLE, Rector of Christ Church*
Savannah.
" ED. E. FORD, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Augusta,
" T. B. BARTOW, Chaplain in the U. S. Navy.
* " SENECA G. BRAGG, Rector of Christ Church, Macon.
* " WM. D. CAIRNS, Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus.
" JOHN J. HUNT, Missionary at Lexington, and Teacher
of a Seminary in Washington, Wilkes Ceunty
" GEORGE WHITE, Rector of St. Michael's Church,
Springfield.
* " CHARLES F AY, Rector of St. Luke's Church, and Prin¬
cipal of the Episcopal Institute at Montpelier.
" ED. T. WALKER, Deacon, Minister of Christ Church,
St. Simon's Island.
LIST OF LAY DELEGATES.
christ church, savannah.
Dr. THEODOSIUS BARTOW, Messrs. *WM. THORNE
WILLIAMS, R. R. CUYLER.
st. paul's church, augusta.
Messrs. *G. McLAUGHLIN, *B. T. NICHOLS, BENJA¬
MIN CONLEY.
christ church, macon,
Messrs. *LEWIS N. WHITTLE, GEO. A. KIMBERLY,
NATHAN C. MUM ROE.
trinity church, columbus.
Messrs. *THOS. M. NELSON, *ED. B. FISHBURNE,
*LE WIS C. ALLEN.
st. joiin's church, savannah.
Messrs. *GEO. R. HENDR1CKS0N, *JAS. A. CLIFFORD,.
^Present at Convention.
JOURNAL.
TRINITY CHURCH, COLUMBUS,
Ascbnsion Day. May 5, 1842.
This being the time and place for the Twentieth Annual1
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocef
Georgia, the Rt, Rev the Bishop, and a number of Clergj
and Laymen assembled for the purpose of Divine Worsh:
Trinity Church: the Order for Daily Morning Prayer I
performed by the Rev. Edward Neufville, the Communion Se:
by the Bishop, and the Convention Sermon preached by the
Charles Fay, from Acts, 2d chapter, 47th verse.
The Bishop having taken the Chair, the following pei
entitled to seats in this Convention, were found to be presei
wit:
op the clergy. % op the laity.
Rev. Edward Neufville, Wm. Thorne Williams,
" Seneca G. Bragg, G. McLaughlin,
Whereupon, a constitutional quorum being present, the i
vention re-elected the Rev. Wm. D. Cairns as its Secretarj
the ensuing year.
The Rules of Order of 1838, were adopted for the Go>
ment of this Convention.
On motion, the Rev. Mr. Neufville and Major Nelson ^
appointed by the Chair, a Committee to report upon the app
tion of Churches for admission into connexion with this Con
tion.
The Chair appointed the following Committees:
On the State of the Church.—The Rev. Messrs-. Neufville
Bragg.
" William D. Cairns,
" Charles Fay,
B. T. Nichols,
Thos, M. Nelson.
Ed. B. Fishburne,
Lewis C. Allen.
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On Unfinished, Business.—The Rev. Mr. Cairns, and Col. Wil:
Hams.
On Finance.—Mr. McLaughlin and Maj. Nelson.
On motion, the Chair appointed the Rev. Mr. Neufville and Mi*.
Allen a committee to report to the Convention a proper form for
the purpose of facilitating the due organization of Parishes, de¬
signing to seek admission into connexion with this Convention.
Candidates for Holy Orders in this Church present, were invited
to attend the deliberations of the Convention. Mr. Wm. X Ellis,
a Communicant of Trinity Church appeared and took his seat.
The substitute for the Sixth Article of the Constitution of this
Diocese, proposed by the last Convention, was unanimously
adopted. -Whereupon, the Missionary Sermon was ordered to
be preached by the Rev. Mr Bragg to-morrow evening, and a
collection made in aid of Missions within this Diocese.
Convention adjourned to meet at the hour of Divine Service,
to-morrow morning.
At night, Evening Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Neufville,
and a Sermon preached by the Bishop from St. John's Gospe],
16th chap. 7th verse. The Sacrament of Baptism was admin¬
istered by the Rector to two adult persons immediately after the
second lesson.
FRIDAY, MAY 6th, half-past 10, A. M.
Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Fay, and the Sermon
preached by the Rev, Mr. Neufville, from Psalm 92, vs. 13,14,15.
The minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
A certificate of delegation from St. John's Church, Savannah,
was presented to Convention and Messrs. George R Hendricksom
and James A. Clifford, the Delegates took their seats.
The Bishop then read to the Convention his
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Brethren of the Clergy and Laity :
At tfee close of another year of labour and of privilege, we are
assembled in Council to speak of the dealings of the Lord with
our portion of his Church, and to advise together, in faith and
grayer, for its advancement and prosperity. May the mighty
power of the Holy Grbost direct, sanctify and govern us in our
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present work, inspiring us with the spirit of truth, unity and con'
cord, and preserving us. from all error, ignorance, pride and prep
udice.
The past year has been one of unexampled public depression
and pecuniary embarrassment, afflicting severely our Churches
and our people, but it has also been one, I humbly trust, of steady
spiritual improvement. Thje chastisements of the Lord have
produced their proper effect, and the people, ashamed of their
sacrifices, are turning from their idols to serve the living Grod.
Let us pray that this spirit of true humiliation may increase and
deepen, until our dross being purged away, the Lord shall turn
aside his fierce anger and once again bless us with plenty and
prosperity.
Immediately after the adjournment of our last Convention, I
left Macon for the Montpelier Springs, with the double purpose
of organizing our Schools at that place and a Church in connexion
with them. I remained four days with our friends at that point,
examining the property of the Institute and arranging the details
of its management; and on the fourth Sunday after Easter, 1841,
I confirmed in the temporary Chapel of the Springs, seventeen
persons, thirteen of whom were slaves. After Morning Service a
Church was organized, under the title of St. Luke's Church,
Montpelier Springs, Monroe, Co., Ga., by the election of War*
dens and a Vestry. The Rev. Charles Fay, Rector of the Schools,
will officiate regularly at this point.
On Monday, the 10th May, I visited Forsyth, the County site
of Monroe County, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Bragg, and offi¬
ciated in the evening in the Baptist Meeting House. I found at
this point several intelligent Episcopalians, who stand connected,
at present, with the Churches at Macon and the Montpelier
Springs.
From Forsyth I passed to Clarksville, in Habersham County,
in the expectation of consecrating our Church in that village. I
found it in too unfinished a state for consecration or even for ser¬
vice and officiated both morning and afternoon of the Fifth Sun¬
day after Easter in the Methodist Meeting House. Our progress
at this station has been hitherto very slow, owing to many una¬
voidable circumstances, and out ultimate success will depend very
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much, tinder God, upon the firmness and zeal of our friends foi
a. year or two longer. The services of the Rev. J. B. Gallagher,
during the past summer, were very acceptable to the whole com¬
munity, and it is with pleasure that I state to the Convention
that he will resume his Missionary labours in that field the ensuing
Summer.
On Tuesday, May 18th, T proceeded to Athens, still accompa¬
nied by the Rev. Mr Bragg, and on Wednesday afternoon officia¬
ted iu the Presbyterian Church, and at night in the Methodist
Church It was not deemed advisable to organize a Church in
Athens upon this visit, as there was no clergyman prepared to
take charge of the congregation, but 1 feel satisfied that there will
ultimately be no difficulty in establishing ourselves firmly at this
important place.
From Athens, I went down, on the 20th May, to Lexington?",
Oglethorpe county, at which place I remained four days, officiating
daily. On Sunday the 23d May, I administered the Communion,
assisted by the Rev- Messrs. Bragg and Hunt, to such persons as
were prepared to unite in its celebration. There are, at this
point, several zealous Church families, who have received Epis¬
copal services from time to time, from the Rev. Mr. Hunt, of
W ashington. In consequence of the fewness of our members at
Lexington and its proximity to Athens, it will be necessary for
the present, to unite our people at this point with the contempla¬
ted congregation at Athens, and serve them once a month from
Athens, and once a month from Washington, so long as Mr. Hunt
shall remain there.
From Lexington, I proceeded to Washington, Wilkes County.
Here I spent the night under the roof of the Rev. Mr. Hunt. In
the afternoon, I baptized the child of Mr Hunt, and at night offi¬
ciated in the Presbyterian Church. Besides Mr. Hunt's family,
there are one or two individual Episcopalians in the Town of
"W ashington, but no more. In the present condition of our
Diocese, it would be lost labour to attempt any thing in this village.
From Washington, I returned to Augusta, and on the 26th May
administered the rite of confirmation to twelve persons in St.
Pauls Climch. These candidates were upon the list presented
by the Rector of St. Paul's for confirmation on Jb aster Sunday,
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but had been prevented from attendance by the extreme inclem¬
ency of the day. I reached Savannah on the 28th May, termina¬
ting my first Episcopal visitation, thanks be to God, without any
accident or mischance.
From the 28th May until the 9th of June, I performed Paro¬
chial duty ih the Parishes of Christ Church aud St. John's, Sa¬
vannah, in conjunction with the Rev. Mr. Neufville. On the 0tb,
I left Savannah to me0t the Board of Missions of the Protestant
Episcopal Church at Philadelphia. Preached the Annual Sermon
before the Board on Wednesday the 16th June, and attended the
meetings of the Board until its adjournment on Friday the 18th.
On Friday proceeded to New-York and spent Saturday in exam¬
ining the Schools stt Flushing, with reference to our Institute at
Montpelier Springs. Returned to Savannah on Saturday morn¬
ing the 26th June.
From the 26th June to the 25th September, I performed Paro¬
chial duty in the Parishes of Christ Church and St. John's, Sa¬
vannah, in conjunction with the Rev. Mr. Neufville. On the 25th
September, I proceeded to New-York to attend the meeting of
the General Convention. Attended without intermission the ses¬
sions of the House of Bishops from the 6th to the 19th October,
and during the same time was present at the triennial meeting of
the Board of Missions. The proceedings of both these bodies
have been published and are before the Church for its judgment*
From the 30th October, the period at which I returned to Sa¬
vannah, until the 3d December, I continued my ministerial du¬
ties in the united Parishes of Christ Church and St. John's, and
on the 3d December, proceeded to Montpelier Springs to at¬
tend the Semi-Annual Examination of our Schools. Remained
at the Springs until the 9th, inspecting the Schools and making
arrangements for the winter term. I found every thing in the
very best condition, full of promise to the Church and to the
State. Spent three days with our people at Macon and reached
Savannah on the 14th December.
I resumed my Parochial duties in Savannah, and on the 23d
January, (Septuagesima Sunday,) I admitted Mr. Edward T.
Walker, a candidate for the Ministry, transferred from the Dio¬
cese of Virginia, to the Holy Order of Deacons. Mr. Walkar
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has taken charge of the Parish at St. Simon's Island, vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Bartow.
On the 18th February, I commenced my Spring visitation, ac¬
companied by the Rev. Mr. Walker. Reached St. Simon's Island
on the 19th, and officiated four days in Christ Church. I found
the Church and its enclosures in excellent order, although the
people had been without Church services for nearly a year, owing
to the continued illness of their late Rector, the Rev. Theo. B.
Bartow. They Were very anxious for the renewal of regular
worship, gladly received their young minister, and cheerfully
contributed to make his ministrations among them agreeable and
successful. The Glebe land attached to this Church has been
sold within the year, and the proceeds invested, the interest of
the fund to be applied to the support of the minister of the Par¬
ish. This sum, added to a moderate pew assessment and a little
help from our Diocesan Society, enables this limited congrega¬
tion to maintain its Rector comfortably. While upon the Island
I baptized four children.
On the 3d Sunday in Lent, the 27th February, I officiated in
Darien in the Baptist and Presbyterian houses of worship, and at
night administered the Communion to fourteen members of our
Church, at the house of Dr. Holmes. Our church people in Da'
xien and its neighbourhood, have been prevented, by the embar¬
rassment of the times, from erecting a Church edifice, but are
prepared, the ensuing winter, ta receive a clergyman and maim
tain him. I found no diminution of their interest in the estab¬
lishment of a Church, and hope to see them represented in both-
orders at the next Convention.
Upon looking into some ancient records, the Vestry discovered
that Darien was located in the Colonial Parish of St. Andrew,
and they resolved that their Church should be known hereafter
by the style of St. Andrew's Church, instead of St. Peter's as re*
ported to our last Convention. During my visit to Darien, I bap¬
tized six children.
From Darien, I paid a visit to the Planters of Glynn County \
remained with them three days and baptized four children. I
have been since informed officially by one of the Wardens elect,
that soon after my departure, a Parish was organized under the
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title of St. David's, Glynn County, and that a small Church would
be erected during the ensuing summer, and a fund provided for
the larger portion of the maintenance of a clergyman. The neigh¬
bourhood is thinly settled, but the immense number of slaves
makes it a very interesting point of missionary labours.
From Glynn County I returned to Savannah and continued at
my Parish through the closing weeks of Lent. On the 5th Sun¬
day in Lent (March 13) I administered the rite of Confirmation
in Christ Church, for the united Parishes of Christ Church and
:St. John's, when sixteen persons were confirmed.
On the 8th April I proceeded to Augusta, and on the second
Sunday after Easter, administered Confirmation to eight persons,
two of whom were colored. This Church I found suffering much
from emigration, but firmly sustaining itself against depressing in¬
fluences. I baptized a child at the request of the Rector.
On the 19th April I went to Milledgeville and remained two
days with our people. I officiated one night in the Presbyterian
Church to a very good congregation. During my visit I held a
meeting of the Vestry of St. Stephen's'Church and arranged a;
contract for a Church edifice to be ready for service next Februa¬
ry. This contract will be finally concluded at a visit which it is
my intention t© pay this place as I return to Savannah.
On the 22d April I reached Macon, and on the fourth Sunday
after Easter I baptized three adults and confirmed' twelve persons
in the morning,and baptized eight infants in the afternoon, the Rec¬
tor having been requested to act as sponsor and witness in the res¬
pective cases. Services were continued in this Church for seve¬
ral days, and although suffering from the pecuniary pressure which
lies heavy upon the country, is rich, I trust, in faith and prayei*.
It has made steady increase during the past year.
On the 27th April, I proceeded to the Montpelier Springs and
spent four days in examining the Schools and visiting the Church.
On the fifth Sunday after Easter, I confirmed in the temporary
chapel, four persons, two of them pupils of the school, and one a
slave. In the afternoon, I administered the communion to a large
body of communicants, white and colored. I also baptized a col¬
ored infant.
Our Schools have flourished at the Springs beyond our mo,st
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sanguine expectation. In spite of the strict Episcopal principle
upon which we arranged the enterprise—in splto of the numeroui
schools which are scattered over the State—in spite of the preju
dices which were excited and fostered against us by designing anc
interested parties—in spite of the pecuniary embarrassment o:
the times, which has compelled every body to husband their re^
sources' to the uttermost, the excellence of the instruction and the
devoted religious spirit which breathes around the Institute, have
worked our Schools silently and surely into the favour of christian
parents, and have made- them anxious, of whatever denomination,
to secure their advantages to their children. We lack but twelve,
should all return who were attasched to the Schools the last term,
of our full complement.
It seems strange, that, among all the other plans which have
been adopted in the slave-holding States for the promotion of edu¬
cation,the one,upon which turns the success of our Institute, should
never before have engaged the public attention, especially when
something of the same kind {ias been successfully carried on, for
many years, in the Island of Barbadoes. Our plan—one struck
out very much by the circumstances of the case—is to make a
stock farm cultivated by a slave force owned by the Institute,
pay all the expenses of the Schools except the salaries of the In¬
structors. By throwing only this burden upon the tuition money,
we are enabled, should the plan continue to work as well as it has
hitherto done, to furnish the hest education, together with all such
accomplishments as christian parents should desire for their chiI->
dren, at a cost far below the usual charges, at the same time that we
improve the property and enlarge the schools. Working at disad¬
vantage the past year upon this plan—subjected to large expense
in the improvement of the Institute, with many of our spliolars
coming in late in the year, we have been enabled, through the
blessing of God and the admirable managomenf of our Superin-
tendant, to maintain the Institute upon the most liberal footing,
and to say at the end of one year s experience, that we owe no
man any thing but love.
Anothei striking advantage of this plan is its expansivepess.
It can be enlarged upon the same principles of arrangement to
uny-extent, and twenty schools may be supported as easily as qu&
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at tlio same time that the capital required to be invested in ]anc|
and negroes for their support, will diminish in proportion as the
schools increase. Our present investment sustains one school-—
double the farm and the number of labourers and we can make it
sustain four schools—double that again and it shall sustain, not
eight, but twelve schools—and this arises from the greater pro¬
ductiveness derived from a division oflaboux* and the ability to con¬
centrate a large force at any given moment upon any given point.
My design is, with this result in view, to increase, with any money
that may come into our hands, the landed and slave property of
the Institute, until they shall be sufficient to supply any number
of schools that we may need with every thing necessary for their
comfortable support and maintenance. It will remain with th®
wealthy citizens of Georgia, and especially of the Episcopal
Church, to determine whether this plan si?all be developed slow¬
ly or rapidly, for not a step shall we take forward upon credit or
upon hope. We are free from debt at this moment, and intend,
by Gr-od's blessing, to remain so. Very much of our usefulness
will depend upon our independence of popular caprice: for the.
principles of education, like those of religion, have been long
since settled upon their only sound basis, and any thing new in
the one is just as likely to be false as any thing new in the other.
Strict discipline, after the fashion of the Proverbs, religious train¬
ing upon the system of the Church, thorough instruction along the
old thorny road of hard study and minute accuracy; these,in which
there is nothing new, I consider necessary to any good result, and
these can only be maintained now-a-days, I regret to say it, by a
perfect independence of parental whim—by an ability to say to
any dissentient " the removal of your child is your loss and not
ours." Any increase in the number, &c. of schools, will not inter¬
fere with the present system of management. Instead of enlarg¬
ing one building and accumulating numbers of children together,
my intention is to multiply buildings, at suitable distances from
each other, each constituting a separate family under distinct man¬
agement of its own, and connected together only by some general
government under my personal control. I pledge myself, as these
schools increase, that they shall be furnished with the best teachers
that can be procured from Europe or America, and it will remain
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with the citizens of Georgia to determine whether they will edu*
cate their children at their own doors, at a diminished expense as
compared with a northern education, and upon religious princi¬
ples, or whether they will still continue to drain the State of its
resources and subject their children to the temptations necessari¬
ly incident to a residence remote from pai'ental influence, and to
the dangers arising from a change of constitution, by a long ab¬
sence from the climate of the South at the most critical period of
life.
Another part of my plan is to combine with the education and
accomplishments of these schools some instruction, during leisure
moments, in rural economy. Not that the boys will be required
to labour at all r but if the farm be well cultivated and skilfully ar¬
ranged, they may be taught many lessons of management and
economy, to be turned to good account in after life. And whether
much be gained or not in this particular, we are so imitative, that
we will carry away from our early associations, feelings and hab¬
its that it will be difficult afterwards to get rid of. A long res¬
idence, during years of boyhood, upon a well kept and well
arranged farm, wilj impress upon the eye and upon the feelings a
habit of order and neatness which will make most of them, after¬
wards, attentive to these things in their own domestic relations,
They will also be trained in the best mode of performing their
duties as the owners of slaves and the masters of human beings
for whose souls they must give an account.
On Monday, the 2d May, I visited Forsyth, accompanied by the
Rev. Mr. Fay. I preached at night in the Baptist house of wor*
ship, and administered the rite of confirmation to three persons.
The Rev. Thomas A. Cook, late of La Fayette, Ala., is now resi¬
dent at this point, engaged in the business of instruction. This
act closed my official operations previous to the meeting of this
Convention.
It is with heartfelt gratitude that I acknowledge the goodness,
of God towards our Diocese, in raising up for us, during the past
year, three Candidates for Holy Orders, Mr. Wm. J. Ellis, of
Columbus, Dr. J. J. Ridley, of Forsyth, and Dr. William Bacon
Stevens, of Savannah. It is indeed a special mercy to us, for I
feel convinced that the enlargement of our borders will depend
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Very much upon the building up of a native ministry, having at
heart the spiritual interests of their countrymen, and prepared to
live and die upon the soil of their nativity or adoption. It is ex¬
tremely difficult for us to procure an efficient ministry from abroad,
for the double reason, that every Diocese needs its own increase,
and we have nothing to offer as an inducement to tempt men
away from their homes and their associations. Our unsupplied
Parishes are all Missionary stations, at which the Church will
have to struggle up against prejudice and pre-occupation, and very
few have the faith or the zeal to cast themselves into such posi¬
tions for Christ's sake and the Church. Let us continue, there¬
fore, beloved brethren, to supplicate the great Head of the Church
for more labourers in the vineyard, for new supplies of good men,
full of the Holy Ghost, that shall be willing to dedicate themselves
to the service of the Lord. They will come at the summons of
prayer, and such as we need will come in no other way.
During the past year, there have been very few clerical changes
in our Diocese. The Rev. Theo. B. Bartow has resigned the
Parish of St. Simon's Island, and become a Chaplain in the Navy.
He still retains his canonical connexion with this Diocese. The
Rev. Edw. T. Walker has taken charge of the Parish left vacant
by the resignation of Mr. Bartow. The Rev. J. B. .Gallagher will
resume his missionary labours at Clarkesville this summer. No
clergyman has removed from the Diocese during the year, neither
has one died or been degraded.
It gave me pleasure to perceive upon my late visitation, how
generally my suggestions of last year, in relation to the religious
instruction of negroes, have been acted upon. At almost every
point I found a Sunday school for their benefit in full operation,
and,for the most part, well attended,and taught by the most intelli¬
gent members of the congregation. Upon the Clergy would I
urge a perseverance in this good work—this labour of love—noth¬
ing but perseverance—perseverance through every discourage¬
ment—perseverance in the most systematic manner, will produce
the result which I desire to see—a body of well instructed colored
communicants in every Episcopal Church. The Sunday School
is the nursery whence these members must be drawn—the Sunday
School, conducted as much as possible upon the system recommen-
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tied in my last Conventional address. Upon the Laity would I
also press this matter, especially upon the large slave owners of
the Eastern and middle sections of the State, as demanding their
?nost imperative attention. I know that to a certain extent it is
attended to, but at the best, very imperfectly and inadequately.
It can only be effectually carried out by a judicious union of adja¬
cent plantations and ttie procurement of a clergyman who will
live in the midst of them and be a Pastor—a Pastor in the old
and primitive sense of that word—one feeding them with knowl*
edge and with truth. It is difficult to find in our Church, met*
willing to labour perseveringly in this field; but I trust that they
will be raised up of God for our necessities. The General Conven¬
tion could aid us much in this matter by the passage of a Canon,
such as was prepared and passed by the House of Bishops, and
laid upon the table of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies in
October last,authorizing the admission of suitable men to a perpet¬
ual Deaconship, upon lower literary attainments than are required
of those who intend to pass on to the higher grades of the ministry.
We trust that we shall not be left much longer to mourn over the
want of such an order of men in our Church. To others it may
be a matter of choice or caprice ; to lis of the slave-holding States
it involves the whole question of the kind of teaching which these
people shall receive. It is now almost monopolized by the Meth¬
odists and Baptists, for the single reason that they have sent out
men upon lesser literary qualifications, who were, at the same
time, perfectly competent to instruct our slaves, and willing to
live humbly and hardly for Christ's sake. In a certain section of
the State, the Presbyterians have laboured with most interesting
results and have placed slave instruction upon a systematic basis
which it would not be easy to surpass. While we give honor to
whom honor is due, let us imitate this good example and strive to
do our duty in connexion with those whom the Lord has commit¬
ted to our especial keeping. It does not become us as the Church
of Christ, whose treasures have always been the poor and the af¬
flicted and the ignorant, to devolve the slaves whom the Lord has
entrusted to us, upon any other teaching than our own. If we do,
we shall have to answer for it to the Great Head of the Chyrch;
and we shall certainly suffer for it here upon earth.
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&ince the adjournment of the last General Convention, it has
pleased our Lord to call to his rest, one of the most venerated of
the Fathers of the Church. Our mourningr is not. for him. Hav-
ing fought a good fight and finished his course and kept the faith*
he has gone to receive the crown of righteousness laid up for him
with Jesus. It is for the Church, which has been deprived of
another of those holy men w ho framed her polity and guided her
infancy and rejoiced in her rapid strides to maturity. It is for
the Bench of Bishops which has lost its kindest heart* its most
affectionate spirit. It is for the clergy, who loved to look upon
his venerable form and dress themselves in the mirror of his
excellence and sweetness. It is for his Diocese which has lost a
Parent as well as a Bishop, a Father as well as a Pastor. May
the Lord bless this affl'ction to the Church and the Ministry,
teaching the one that his purposes are not wrought out by might
nor by power, but by his spirit—warning the other to watch and
be sober lest that day come upon them as a thief.
In conclusion, let me call your attention as a Diocesan Conven¬
tion, to the proposed alteration in the Prayer Book, and the pro¬
posed addition to the Constitution, with copies of which you will
be furnished. The former is of very little consequence; the lat¬
ter of immense importance.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr.
Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia.
The "alteration in the Prayer Book," and the "addition to
the Constitution," proposed by the last General Convention, and
alluded to by the Bishop in his Address, was referred to the Rev.
Messrs. Fay and Bragg as a Committee to report to this Conven¬
tion.
The Parochial Reports were then read and ordered to be prin¬
ted.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SAVANNAH.
Baptisms—white infants, 13 ; adults, 2 ; coloured infants, 1, 16
Marriages, - - - 2
Burials, - - - ~ * -4
Confirmed, 6
Communicants—whites, 38 j coloured, 1. Total, - - 39
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dec! in my last Conventional address. Upon the Laity woulu I
also press this matter, especially upon the large slave owners of
the Eastern and middle sections of the State, as demanding their
most imperative attention. I know that to a certain extent it is
attended to, but at the best, very imperfectly and inadequately.
It can only be effectually carried out by a judicious union of adja¬
cent plantations and the procurement of a clergyman who will
live in the midst of them and be a Pastor—a Pastor in the old
and primitive sense of that word—one feeding them with knowl*
edge and with truth. It is difficult to find in our Church, me$
willing to labour perseveringly in this field; but I trust that they
will be raised up of God for our necessities. The General Conven¬
tion could aid us much in this matter by the passage of a Canon,
such as was prepared and passed by th-e House of Bishops, and
laid upon the table of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies in
October last,authorizing this admission of suitable men to a perpet¬
ual Deaconship, upon lower literary attainments than are required
of those who intend to pass on to the higher grades of the ministry.
"We trust that we shall not be left much longer to mourn over the
want of such an order of men in our Church. To others it may
be a matter of choice or caprice ; to lis of the slave-holding States
it involves the whole question of the kind of teaching which these
people shall receive. It is now almost monopolized by the Meth¬
odists and Baptists, for the single reason that they have sent out
men upon lesser literary qualifications, who were, at the same
time, perfectly competent to instruct our slaves, and willing to
live humbly and hardly for Christ's sake. In a certain section of
the State, the Presbyterians have laboured with most interesting
results and have placed slave instruction upon a systematic basis
which it would not be easy to surpass. While we give honor to
whom honor is due, let us imitate this good example and strive to
do our duty in connexion with those whom the Lord has commit¬
ted to our especial keeping. It does not become us as the Church
of Christ, whose treasures have always been the poor and the af¬
flicted and the ignorant, to devolve the slaves whom the Lord has
entrusted to us, upon any other teaching than our own. If we do,
we shall have to answer for it to the Great Head of the Chyrch;
and we shall certainly suffer for it here upon earth.
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*Ms Diocese from its first organization in 1823, at a Convention
held in Augusta. With only two exceptions he was a delegate
in attendance at every subsequent Convention until 1834, and;
also discharged the duties of Treasurer of the Diocese until 1837,
when he was compelled, through bodily infirmity, to retire from a
participation in the active concerns of life. His zealous devotion
to the interests of the Church, entitles his name to be had in last¬
ing remembrance.
The Rector avails himself of this opportunity to record his
grateful testimony to the unanimity of feeling which subsists be¬
tween this Church and St. John's (in which he officiates alternate¬
ly with the Bishop,) and to their flourishing condition. An in¬
creased attention to spiritual things has been discernible of late*
He who maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and with
whom is the residue of the spirit, has vouchsafed such manifesta¬
tions of His favour and goodness, as are calculated abundantly to
encourage the hope of future increase and enlargement.
AUGUSTA, May 2, 1842.
To the Secretary of the Convention :
Rev. and Dear Sir—I send you herewith my Parochial Report,
which I beg you to lay before the Convention for me. Most sin¬
cerely do I regret my inability, from a painful indisposition, to
meet the Convention—but rest assured, my whole heart is with
you. That the great Head of the Church may bless your mea¬
sures, to the advancement of the Church and the promotion of Hifi
glory, is the sincere prayer of
Your Friend and Brother in Christ,
EDW. E. FORD.
The Rector of St. Paul's Church, Augusta, presents the followc
ing Report of the state of his Parish, since the last Convention:
Baptisms—2 adults, 7 children, one of the latter by the Bishop of
the Diocese.
Confirmed—at two confirmations, 20.
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Communicants—added 10; removed 18; "repelled" from the-
Communion, for unchristian conduct, 2 ; withdrawn 1« Pros*
ent number 74.
Marriages, 4. Burials, 7.
Sunday Schools—White, about fifty children, under the direction
of the Rector, as Superintendent, two male and seven female
teachers. Black, about eighty scholars, taught by the Rector,
assisted by two male and six female teachers.
The Sunday School for coloured persons is the result of efforts
made by the Rector, in compliance with the suggestions on
that subject contained in the Address of the Bishop of the
Diocese, to the last Convention. Although established with
a view to the instruction of children, yet adults having in
seveial instances, presented themselves, they have not been
excluded. The Rector has been much gratified with the apparent
eagerness with which, thus far, the class of persons in question
have availed themselves of this opportunity for religious instruct
iion. No branch of his labours does he regard with greater inter¬
est, and he cherishes the pleasing hope that at least a foundation
has thus been laid for much good.
Since the last Convention, the 6um of about $350, raised by the
praiseworthy efforts of "the Ladies Working Association" of the
Parish, has been appropriated to the supply of certain needed
conveniences and improvements about the Church.
The sum of $121 56, has been collected through "the Church
offerings," and transmitted to the Diocesan Committee of Mis¬
sions, to be applied to the support of Missions within the Diocese.
The Rector has had to lament, during the past year, the drain-*
ing effect of emigration upon his flock. By the above statement
it will be seen that even the accession of ten new members to the
number of his communicants, has not served to maintain the Jbal-
ance- EDW. E. FORD,
CHRIST CHURCH, MACON.
Rev* Nenecn G. Bragg, Rector.
Baptisms (including three adults and eight children, baptized by
the Bishop of the Diocese, at the request of the Rector,) adults,
3; children, 19. Total, fc 2%
Confirmations, - - . - . , it
Communicants—died 2, removed 3, transferred to another Parish
3, added 13. Present number 60
Marriages, - - - . . .10
Funerals—"(including three attended by other ministers, in the
absence and during a bereavement of the Rector,) adults, (all
except two without the Parish,) 12 ; children, (all except one
without the Parish,) 9. Total, 21
The Rector would gratefully acknowledge, in behalf of himself
and the Parish of his charge, the signal mercy of the Lord, under
many chastisements, during the last Conventional year. But
three members of our flock have been removed by death ; two,
adults and beloved communicants, who departed this life in the
full assurance of faith,—the other a child, who had been received
into the Church, by baptism. Our afflictions have been of an un¬
usual character, and yet followed, as we hope, by salutary results.
Amidst our embarrassment and distress, some needful improve¬
ments have been made for the accommodation of the friends of
the Church, by the addition of nineteen new Pews, the erection
of a plain bellfry and the purchase of a bell. A few young men
of o.ur congregation have generously presented a baptismal Font,
of convenient form, chaste design, and beautiful workmanship.—
While we have been deeply humbled, by unexpected embarrass¬
ment which presses heavily upon the Parish at the present mo*
jnent, we would, be thankful, that, within a few weeks past, atten¬
tion to weekly Church offerings has been revived, with special
reference to the discharge of our pecuniary obligations. The
Ladies of the Congregation have liberally aided this important
object, by the payment of one hundred dollars, beside supplying a
nearly equal amount for the improvement of the interior of the
Church. Special donations have also been made, through another
channel, with a view to relieving the Parish under existing diffi¬
culties. Our contributions to Missionaiy and other objects of
christian benevolence, have been comparatively small; but we
trust, that by self-denial, economy, and systematic efforts, we may
be enabled, hereafter, to do more in the cause of charity, through
a simple reliance upon "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
Who " became poor, that we through his poverty might be riqji^
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The services of the Church are better attended than formerly.
The Sunday School for white children, rem iius under the care of
the same Superintendent to whom we have long been indebted.
He is aided by four male, and five female teachers, all members of
our Communion. The number of Scholars registered, ia sixty-
seven, and the number usually attending is above forty. In pur¬
suance of Episcopal recommendation, a Sunday School for col¬
oured persons has been established under the care of the Superin¬
tendent of the Sunday School fur white children, assisted by two
of the female teachers of that School. The number of scholars
exceeds twenty. Oral instruction is given them from the valua¬
ble catechism prepared by the Bishop of .North Carolina. The
Superintendent reads to them a portion of the Holy Scriptures,
usually accompanied with a few remarks, intended to impress reli¬
gious truth on their minds and consciences. On the first Sunday
in each month, it is the practice of the Rector, to examine and
instruct the children of the Parish in the catechism openly in the
Church—and expound to them a passage from Holy Writ. Im¬
mediately afterward, the Sunday School for coloured persons ig
visited by the Rector, and a similar mode of examination and in¬
struction is pursued. Two male teachers having just been engag¬
ed for the last mentioned School, we are encouraged to prosecute
our labour of love with renewed zesT, "lookingunto Jesus," as
the Divine Head of the Church, and the "light of the world."
TRINITY CHURCH, COLUMBUS.
Ber. William D. Cairns, Rector.
Baptisms—white adults, 2, infauts, 17
coloured do. 9, do. 6. Total, - 34
Confirmed, (1 coloured,) - - - - - 13
Communicants—removed 2, added 27, (of these 7 are colour¬
ed,) ....... 72
Marriages—whites 2, coloured 9, - - - - 11
Burials, - 2
Sunday School Teachers 11. Scholars, (20 coloured) 100
Collections—Communion Offerings, - - $250
From Ladies Society, - . 300
For Mibsions at this Convention, £0—6K>
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An Execution against the Church for rnoTe than Eleven Hun¬
dred Dollars has been paid by the Rector, not a little to his own
embarrassment, but in the confident belief that the friends of the
Church in the Diocese would susiain him in the effort to save from
desecration, property which had been solemnly consecrated to the
service of God. In this he is happy to inform the Convention, he
is likely not to be disappointed. His unfailing friends, the ladies
of Savannah, have added to their former benefaction the gift of
$300, through the Rev. Mr. Neufville, and assurances of relief
have been given from the Bishop and others, such as to induce
the conviction that he will sustain no ultimate individual loss.
The only claim now remaining against the Church, excepting that
of the Rector, is for a note of $430, with interest for several
years. The holder of this paper, from whom the Vestry have
ever experienced the kindest indulgence, consents that the Titles
of the Church shall pass into the hands of the Bishop. By this
means the most gratifying assurance is furnished to our friends,
both at home and abroad, that our Church, for which so much
anxiety has been felt and so much sacrifice made, is safe from the
spoiler, and we trust that God's blessing will forever rest upon
those who have so freely assisted us iu the accomplishment of this
gratifying end.
The spiritual condition of the Parish will be sufficiently indica¬
ted by the reported increase of communicants, and other pastoral
-acts.
CHRIST CHURCH, ST. SIMON'S ISLAND.
Rev. Edward T. Walker, Di-acot>, :TS iuintcr.
I accompanied the Bishop upon his second Episcopal visitation
to this Church in February. The Church was open for divine
Service for three successive days, on each of which the Bishop
preached. The Communion was administered by the Bishop to
nine persons, and the rite of Baptism to four children.
The Church has been open for service every Sunday since, and
during Lent every Wednesday and on Good Friday.
The attendance upon Church has been good, upon the tord'?
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day, during the Lent services, and upon the weekly prayer meet¬
ings; arid a growing interest for the spiritual and temporal condi*
tion of the Church has been evinced by her members.
For the last two months, services have been held for the Ne¬
groes on Sunday afternooD at the Church; 011 Sunday night and
once during the week at some one of the plantations, which are
visited in rotation.
The negroes have manifested a desire to be instructed and to
be taught of Jesus. They have been punctual in attendance upon
the services designed for them. They are not obstinate, hard to
teach, slow to learn, nor hard to deal with, but lather with willing
and grateful hearts have improved their religious privileges, and
many of them are true and lively christians.
In religion, the negroes have but one peculiarity. They uni¬
versally prefer immersion. They are not, however, irrecoverably
lost even in this respect,though it has been thought best to yield to
their prejudice, and some are waiting to be baptized by immer¬
sion. They have, however, cheerfully brought their children to
be baptized by pouring, according to the Baptismal service, to the
Church and to their own Churches upon the plantations to the
number of forty.
The monthly Missionary offerings, for March, April and May,
have been $17, negroes $1,12.
The Ladies' Working Society have about $250 with which it ie
designed to purchase an organ.
The arrangement of the pulpit and reading desk has been alter¬
ed and a Vestry Room is being built.
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, MONTPELIER.
Rev. Charles Fay, Rector.
Baptisms—5 white children, 12 coloured adults, 2 coloured
children. Total, ----- 1S^
Confirmations, - <• . - „ *21
Communicants, - - - . _ 28 •
Funerals, (1 coloured child,) - - - 1
Collection for Missionary fund, . . $20
At his last report, the Rector, from encouraging appearance^
2?r
at the time, expressed the sanguine hope, that a respectable con¬
gregation would be gathered at Montpelier. But his hopes have
Hot been realized, from the fact that strenuous efforts were made
by the surrounding sectaries to prejudice the community against
the Church, and to induce people to withhold, what then seemedi
a willing attendance upon our services. We have, notwithstand¬
ing, pursued the even tenour of our way, and by God's blessing,
have not been without seeing some good results to the glory of the
Redeemer and the advancement of the Church. The pupils of
the Institute and the various other members of the household, to¬
gether with two or three families from ihe neighbourhood, have
constituted a respectable congregation, and the usual services of
the Church have been regulary conducted. A chapel is expected
to be built during the ensuing summer, and the funds for the pur¬
chase of an organ are in progress of collection.
The efforts made in behalf of the coloured people of the planta¬
tion, have been eminently successful. The Steward of the Insti¬
tute, Mr. S. H. Fay, has kept up the Sunday School instruction
and other exercises for the benefit of the blacks, and their gener¬
ally correct deportment and moral conduct show, in a pleasing
manner, th£ influence of religion upon the uneducated, and the
adaptation of our Liturgy to the Condition of the slave population.
The Rector, as Principal of the Georgia Episcopal Institute, is
happy to testify to its present flourishing state and cheering pros¬
pects. Its growth has been gradual but sure. The pupils
amounted the last term to twenty-eight girls and seven boys, the
number being limited to thirty-six girls and twelve boys. We
have had also an acquisition of two female assistant teachers, who
are well fitted by their qualifications and zeal, to increase the effi¬
ciency and elevate the character of the School. Of our success
in improving the young people committed to our charge, it does
not become me to speak. Suffice it to say, that our great effort
has been to educate them thoroughly, as far as they go, in the
useful and ornamental branches of knowledge, to elevate their
tastes, to refine their manners, and above all, to bring them under
those moral and religious influences, which will fit them for hap¬
piness here and hereafter.
The Steward of the Institute has accomplished a great deal for
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the improvement of the grounds and buildings of the Institute^
and all the arrangement of the establishment are calculated to
make the pupils comfortable and satisfied, and to make them feel
as if they were members of one large family, united by the bonds
of Christian affection.
Hitherto the advantages of the School do not seem to have been
appreciated by our own people to the degree we should wish,
(about three fourths of our pupils coming from non-Episcopal
families ;) but as the pecuniary embarrassmenls of the country
become ameliorated, it is to be hoped, that Episcopalians will not
be found deficient in sustaining an institution so important to the
interests of sound education and true religion in this Diocese.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD, EFFING-
HAM COUNTY.
Rev. George White, Rector.
The Rector takes pleasure in stating that the Church is finish¬
ed, but some alterations in the pulpit and seats being considered
necessary, it has not yet been opened for divine service.
Confident hopes are entertained that it will be ready for consee-
oration in a few weeks.
The Ward ens desire the Rector to return their grateful ac¬
knowledgements to the Ladies in-Savannah, for several donations,,
among which is a neat Communion Service.
During the last summer, the Rector visited Springfield about
once every two weeks, and at each visitation, preached in the
Methodist Meeting House twice and occasionally three times. On
one of these visits he wis accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Forc^
from Key West.
Funerals 4. Marriages 2.
GRACE CHTJRCH, CLARKESVILLE.
Rev. JT. R. Gallagher, Temporary Minuter.
Baptisms,, infants, - . , . - ■ 48
Funerals, - - _ „ _ _ -3
Communicants, (admitted 2,) . - -14
This report embraces a period of five months, commencing witji
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Xuiie 1st, 1841. During this time Divine Service was regularly
held twice on the Lord's day, besides a Bible class and an evening
lecture in the course of the week. The congregation was en¬
couraging in regard to numbers, although of a very fluctuating
character and composed, to a great extent, of persons who resort
to Clarksville and its vicinity during the summer. Seven of th«
communicants reported are of this description. Several members
of other denominations who regularly united with us in the ordi¬
nance of the Lord's Supper are not included.
There is reason to believe that a better acquaintance with the
doctrines and forms of the Church is gradually vanquishing preju¬
dice and preparing the way for success and permanence among
the settled population of the country.
The effort to erect a Chuich, after a long suspension, was re¬
sumed and vigorously prosecuted during the summer. It is un¬
derstood that but little remains to be done in order to accomplish its
completion. It is expected that with the exception of the paint¬
ing, the edifice will be ready for consecration by the 1st of June.
Let us hope and pray, that this consummation so long desired will
prove, through the Divine blessing upon the appointed means,
productive of eternal benefit to the souls of those who shall wor¬
ship Almighty God in the house that is called after His name, and
hear within its walls the Gospel of salvation preached by the min¬
isters of Apostolic succession.
A considerable debt has been incurred in the erection of the
Church, but it is hoped that the members of this parish,struggling
in the feebleness of infancy, will not be allowed to appeal in vain
for aid to their more favoured brethren. A collection of $42 50,
ivas made in the Church in aid of Domestic Missions.
The Report of the Standing Committee was read and accepted.
The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Georgia
REPORT:
That since the last meeting of the Convention, they have signed
testimonials recommending to the Bishop as candidates for Holy
Orders, Mr. William Josiah Ellis, of Columbus, Dr. Joseph James
Ridley, of Forsyth, and Dr. William Bacon Stevens of Savannah;
r-A tyr. .Edward Tabb Walker, for ordination as Deacon*
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As Trustees of the permanent fund for the support of the Epis¬
copate under a resolution of the last Convention, (see page 22 ol
journal,) they have no report to make. The very great distress
and embarrassment of the times, and the frequent claims present,
ed for other and more immediately urgent objects, have probably
operated to deter the Clergy from calling the attention of theii
Parishioners to the subject.
All which is respectfully submitted.
EDW'D NEUFVILLE, President
The Report of the Committee on Missions vyas read and accep¬
ted.
The Committee on Missions respectfully
REPORT:
That the continued embarrassment of the Diocese has disposed
the Committee to move cautiously within the limited sphere of
their duties.
Soon after the last Convention, it was judged best that the
Chairman should accompany our Bishop during the period of his
first visitation, at those places where our Missionaries had recent¬
ly laboured. For the result of that visitation, the Committee
would refer to the annual address of our Diocesan. It was resol¬
ved to continue our efforts to sustain the mission at Clarksville,
and the services of the Rev. J. B. Gallagher were usefully bestow¬
ed at that point, until a previous engagement compelled him to
return to the Diocese of South Carolina. The Rev. J. J. Hunt
was again requested to visit the friends of the Church at Lexing¬
ton, and hold service among them as often as his other duties might
permit; who has reported a compliance with our wishes. In
regard to the future action of the Committee, we think it right to
wait for the suggestions of the Bishop, in reference to whom, as
the ex officio Director of the Missionary operations of the Diocese,
it is hoped there will be some modification of the Canon, which
provides for the annual appointment of the Committee on Mis-*
sions. The report of Nathan C. Munroe, Esq., Treasurer of the
Committee, showing the receipts and expenditures during the
past year, and a balance in his hands of about one hundred and
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twenty dollars, Is herewith submitted to the Convention. The
sum of one hundred dollars has been appropriated recently, to aid
Christ Church, St. Simon's Island, in the support of Public wor¬
ship, under the direction of the Bishop.
No change of importance has occurred in respect to the Depo¬
sitory of the Diocese. The number of Prayer Books unsold and
undistributed is one hundred and eighty-three.
We have a small supply of Tracts both doctrinal and practical.
A list of the several kinds of Sunday School Books remaining on
hand, is subjoined:
Sunday School Books, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Catechisms, Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
Church Catechism.
Church Primer.
Office of Devotion.
Short Piayers.
Questions on Common Prayer.
Union Primer.
Questions on St. Matthew, Parts 1 and 2.
Questions on the Acts, Parts 1 and 2.
Collects.
Questions on do,
Epistles and Gospels.
Questions on do.
Harmony of the Creeds.
First Truths.
SENECA G. BRAGG, Chairman.
The Reports of the Treasurer of tho Convention and of the
Missionary Committee, with the suggestions of the former, were
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The proposed alteration of the 9th Article of the Constitution
of this Diocese was, on consideration, unanimously adopted.
The Committee ou Unfinished Business reported and were dis¬
charged.
The Committee appointed at the last Convention to report on
the expediency of limiting the future meetings of the Conven-
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tion of this Diocese to such places as are central or easy of aor
cess," failed to procure a meeting and was continued.
The Standing Committee elected for the ensuing year, were
Of the Clergy. Of the Laiiy.
Rev. Edvv'd Neufville, Mr. Wm B. Bulloch,
" Edvv'd E. Ford, Dr. Theodosius Bartow,
" S. G. Bragg. Hon. R. M. Charlton.
The Delegates elected to the General Convention, wer#
Of the Chrgy. Of the Laity.
Rev. Edw'd NeufviPe, Hon. J. M. Berrien,
" Edw'd E. Ford, Maj. Thos. M. Nelson,
" Wm. D. Cairns, Mr. Ed. F. Campbell,
« S. G. Bragg, " Nathan C. Munroe.
Convention adjourned to meet at the hour of Divine Service
to-morrow morning.
At night, Evening Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Neufville,
and the Missionary Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Bragg,
when a collection was made for Diocesan Missions amounting tf
sixty dollars.
SATURDAY, MAY 7, half-past 10, A. M.
Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Bragg, and the 8er«
«non preached by the Rev. Mr Fay, from Phil. 3d chap. 20th ver,
Holy Baptism was administered to five infants, after the second
Lesson.
The minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
Mr. Whittle, a delegate from Christ Church, Macon, appeared
ancT took his seat.
The Committee appointed to prepare "A Form for the purpose
of facilitating the due organization of Parishes designing to seek
admission into connexion with this Convention," made the follow¬
ing
REPORT:
The Committee to whom was refeired the duty of preparing a
proper form for the purpose of facilitating the due organization of
^Parishes, beg leave to report the following Canon and Standing
J? ^solution, defining the course proper to be pursued in such
»1
CANON V.
Section 1. Whenever any number of persons shall associate'
fo form an Episcopal Congregation,they shall adopt articles of asso¬
ciation for their government, in which they shall acknowledge
and accede to the Constitution, Canons, doctrines, discipline and
worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,
and the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Georgia; they
6hall assume a suitable name by which their Church or Parish
shall be designated, ajid elect two Wardens and any numbei of
Vestrymen at discretion, not exceeding eight. A certified copy
of the articles of Association and of the proceedings at their adop¬
tion, signed by the Wardens, shall then be laid before the Con¬
vention, and if approved by that body, delegates from such con¬
gregation or Parish may take seats in the Convention, and the
congregation shall be considered as united to the Convention and
subject to its decisions.
Section 2. Every Parish so organized, shall annually, on Eastef
Monday, elect the same number of Vestrymen and Wardens.
Resolved, That in the organization of new Parishes, the follow¬
ing form of declaration be recommended, and the meeting in
which it is adopted be held and conducted according to the pro*
visions of Canon 5.
" We, the subscribers, assembled for the purpose of organizing a
Church [or Parish] of the Protestant Episcopal Church in ,
county of , and State of Georgia, after due notice given, do
hereby agree to form a Church [or Parish] to be known by the name
of Church , and as such, do hereby acknowledge and ae-
Cede to the doctrine, discipline and worship, the Constitution and
Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
of America, and the Constitution and Canons of the same Church
in the Diocese of Georgia, and we do accordingly now appoint A.
B. and C. D. to be the first Wardens, and E. F., G. H , I. J., to be
the first Vestry nun of Church, to continue in office until
Easter Monday, a. D. , and until others be chosen in their
place. And an election of Wardens and Vestrymen shall hereaf¬
ter be held on Easter Monday of Each successive year.
Witness our hands at , county of , and State of Geor¬
gia, this day oi , in the year of our Lord
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A copy of the foregoing shall be forwarded to the Bishop, or if
there be no Bishop, to the President of the Standing Committees
.AH of which is respectfully submitted.
EDW'D NEUFVILLE,
LEWIS C. ALLEN.
The Report was accepted, and the Canon unanimously passeis
The Report of the Committee on Finance was read and accept¬
ed, as follows:
The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the accounts
of the Treasurer of the Diocese, and of the Treasurer of the Mis¬
sionary Fund, beg leave to
REPORT:
That the accounts are regularly stated, leaving a balance in the
hands of the Treasurer of the Diocese of $7, and in the hands of
the Treasurer of the Missionary fund of $121 37, all the items of
each account being sustained by proper vouchers. All of which
is respectfully submitted.
THOS. M NELSON, Chairman.
Mr. Wm. P. Hunter, of Savannah, was unanimously re-elected
Treasurer of the Diocese.
Mr. Nathan C. Munroe, of Macon, was unanimously re-elected
Treasurer of the Missionary Committee.
On motion, it was unanimously resolved, as a standing rule, that
the Reports of the Treasurers respectively, be printed in an Ap¬
pendix to the Journal of the Convention.
The Rev. Mr. Cairns declining a re-election, the Missionary
Committee chosen for the ensuing year were,
Of the Clergy. Of the Laity.
Rev. S. G. Bragg, Mr. N. Q. Munroe,
" Chas, Fay, " Horaee Fitch,
" Geo. A. Kimberly.
The Committee appointed to take into consideration so much of
the Bishop's Address as related to the proposed alterations in the
Prayer Bo^k and the Constitution of the Church, was, on request,
continued to the next Convention.
The Chair appointed the Rev. E. T< Walker, as Preacher of
the Convention Sermon, and the Rev. Charles Flay, of the Mis^
sionary Sermon at the next Convention,
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On motion, it w$s ordered that six hundred copies of the Joiii*
Jaal and one thousand copies extra of the Bishop's Address be
printed for distribution, under the direction of the Secretary!
The next Annual Convention was appointed to meet in the
City of Savannah, on the first Thursday in May, 1843.
The thanks of the Convention were unanimously tendered to-
the Treasurers of the Diocese and of the Missionary Committee,
for their faithful and efficient services to the Church.
On motion, it was unanimously resolved, that the words "of
which Committee the Bishop of the Diocese, when there is one,
shall be ex officio Chairman," shall be inserted after the word
Laymen, in the third Canon of this Diocese.
On motion, it was unanimously resolved, that it be recommend¬
ed to the Vestries of our Churches in this Diocese to discourage
the use of the Churches under their care, for all *'unhallowed, world¬
ly and common uses."
The .Report of the Committee on the State of1 the Church, was
read and accepted, as follows:
The Committee on the State of the Church, referring to the
Parochial reports as evidence of the fact, gratefully acknowledge
the Divine favour and goodness towards this Diocese, as manifest¬
ed in the enlargement of the borders of the Church, and the in¬
creased interest in spiritual things every where discernible.
In the prosperous circumstances of the Institute at Montpelier,
your Committee discern a token for good which the Great Head
of the Church has vouchsafed, to encourage us to go forward in
the work, which has been so auspiciously commenced, of imbuing
the minds of the young with religious principles, whilst at the
same time the instruction necessary for the fulfilment of the duties
of life, is such as to answer the utmost expectations of parents
and guardians.
The attention which has been paid to the religious instruction
of coloured persons within the Diocese, i|i conformity with a re¬
commendation to that effect in the Primary Address o^the Bish¬
op, has not been as general as could be wished, and the Commit¬
tee would call the attention of the Clergy to the importance of
exerting themselves to carry out the views expressed in that ad¬
dress, encouraged as they have reason to be by the experience of
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those who have gathered in the first fruits of a harvest, which, i?
is hoped, will under the blessing of the Lord, prove abundant
Respectfully submitted.
ED. NEUFVILLE,
S. G. BRAGG,
Committee.
Convention adjourned until Monday, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
At night, Evening Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Fay, and
a Sermon preached by the Bishop, from Matthew, 27 ch, 25 v.
SUNDAY.
A. M.—Morning Prayer was read by the Rev, Mr. Neufville.
Confirmation was administered to thirteen persons, one of them
coloured, and the address to the confirmed delivered by the Bish¬
op.
P. M.—The Communion Service was read by the Bishop, and
the Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Neufville, from Psalm
122, v. 6. About seventy united in the reception of the Holy
Communion.
At Night, Evening Prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Cairns,
and a Sermon preached by the Bishop from the Lamentations of
Jeremiah, 1 ch. 12 y.
MONDAY MORNING, 9 o'clock.
Convention met, according tp appointment. After prayer by
the Bishop,- the Minutes of Saturday were read and approved.
There being no further business, on motion, the Convention ad¬
journed, after Prayer and Benediction by the Bishop, to meet in
Savannah on' the first Thursday in May, 1S43.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr.
Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia:.
Wm, D. Cairns, Secretary.
Columbus, May 9, 1842.
APF3SHDIZ,
C O 8"S TITCTIOJ
OF THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
IN THE DIOCESE OF GEORGIA.
" ^ ARTICLE I.
The Church in this Diocese, as a constituent part of the Protes¬
tant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, accedes
to* recognises, and adopts the General Constitution of that
Church, and acknowledges its authority accordingly.
ARTICLE II.
A Convention of this Church shall be held at such time of each
year and place as the previous Convention may ajipoint: Provi¬
ded, however, that no Convention shall be opened for the transac¬
tion of business, unless there be present at least two Clergymen
and Delegates from two congregations. And in case no Conven¬
tion be formed, the standing officers of the last Convention shall
hold their respective offices until successors shall be appointed.
ARTICLE III.
The Bishop, or, if the Episcopate be vacant, the Standing Com¬
mittee, shall have power, when it appears requisite for the good
®f the Church, to call a Special Convention, by a circular letter to
the several Churches. There shall not be less than four weeks'
notice previous to the day appointed, and such meeting shall be
holden when the authority calling it shall determine : and at such
Special Convention, no other business shall be transacted than that
stated in the notice calling the Convention,
ARTICLE IV.
The Convention shall be composed of Clergymen and Laymen.
Every Clergyman in good standing, duly exercising clerical fuac-
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lions in existing parishes, or in other situations under the directior
of the Ecclesiastical authority of this Diocese, shall be a membei
of the Convention; and every duly recognised Minister of thif
Church, engaged in the business of literary instruction, who shal
have resided within the Diocese for six months last past, shall b«
entitled to all the privileges of a member of the Convention, with
the exception of a right to vote.
Each Church or Congregation in union with this Convention
shall be entitled to a representation by one Lay Delegate or more,
not exceeding three, to be chosen from its own body by the War¬
dens and Vestrymen thereof: Provided, however, that the Minis'
ter, or in his absence, the Delegate or Delegates present at any
Convention, may supply any vacancy in the delegation, if he 01
they should find, at the place of meeting, a member or members
of the congregation which they are empowered to represent.
ARTICLE v.
New Parishes may be admitted into union with this Convention,
by a majority of rotes : provided they shall have laid before
the Convention written evidence, subscribed by the Wardens, that
they accede to the Constitution and Canons of this Church, and
are regularly t>rganized by the election of two Wardens, and any
number of Vestrymen at discretion, not exceeding eight.
ARTICLE VI.
Every meeting of the Convention shall be opened with Morning
Prayer, and a Sermon delivered on the first day of the Conven-
ti°n, by a preacher appointed at the preceding Convention: a
Sermon on Missions shall also be preached some time during the
sitting of each Convention, when a collection shall be made in aid
of Missions within this Diocese. The appointment of both preach¬
ers shall be made by the Bishop, or, in his absence, by the Presi¬
dent of the Convention.
ARTICLE VII.
The Convention shall deliberate and act as one body, unless
when any member shall call for a division on any question, in
which case each Clerical member shall be entitled to one vote, and
the Lay-Delegates of each congregation jointly to one vote; and
a majority of both Qrdere shall be necessary to a decision-.
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ARTICLE VIII.
The Bishop of the Diocese shall be, ex-officie, President of the
Convention. In case there be no Bishop, or in his absence, a
presiding officer shall be elected from among the clerical mem¬
bers present.
ARTICLE IX.
At each annual meeting of the Convention, a Secretary and
Treasurer shall be chosen, to hold their respective offices until
the next Annual Convention, or until successors shall be appoint¬
ed.
ARTICLE X.
A Standing Committee shall be chosen at each annual meeting
of the Convention, to consist of three Clerical and three Lay
members : of the time and place of whose meetings due notice in
writing shall be given to all the members thereof at least one week
before the time of such meeting. At a meeting thus notified, any
four members shall constitute a quorum. The Standing Commit¬
tee shall meet as soon as practicable after their election, and choose
a President and Secretary from among their own number, and it
shall be the duty of the President to call a meeting of the Com¬
mittee whenever he shall deem it necessary, or whenever he shall
be required so to do by any three members of the Committee.
Vacancies in this Committee, caused by death, resignation, or
otherwise, shall be supplied by the suffrages of the remaining
members.
ARTICLE XI.
The Convention shall annually elect four Clergymen and four
Laymen, as Deputies to the General Convention, and to any Spe¬
cial General Convention which may be held in the recess of this
Convention, who shall be empowered, in the absence of one or
more of their colleagues, to appoint in the plaice of such Delegate
or Delegates any citizen or citizens of this State, provided that
such citizen or citizens be a member or members of the Protes¬
tant Episcopal Church in this Diocese; or if it be inconvenient
for any Delegate or Delegates to proceed to the place of meeting,
the Bishop is authorized to appoint others in their place. In case
of a vacancy in the Episcopate, the power hereby conferred on
the Bishop shall be exercised by the Standing Committee.
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ABTICLE XII.
A proposition for altering and amending this Constitution shai
be introduced in writing, and considered in Convention . and i
approved by a majority, shall lie over to the next Convention
when upon consideration again, if it be approved by a majority q
the Convention, it shall be adopted.
CANONS.
OAWON I.
Each Church duly represented in this Convention shall pay o?
cause to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the Conven¬
tion the sum of fifteen dollars annually, for defraying the incidenr
tal expenses of the Convention,
CANON II.
In case any Clergyman of this Diocese shall be accused oferroi
in doctrine, immorality of life, or neglect or transgression of any
of the Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States, or of this Diocese, it shall be the duty of any two or more
Clergymen, or of the Wardens and Vestrymen of the Church of
which he is Rector, or to which he may belong, who shall have
knowledge or belief of such misdemeanor, to represent the same
to the Bishop, or in case there be no Bishop, to the Standing Com¬
mittee of the Diocese. In the event of such representation, it
shall be the duty of the Bishop, or if there be no Bishop, the Stan¬
ding Committee, if he or they shall deem the charge or charges
worthy of investigation, forthwith to notify the accused of such
charge or charges, together with the time and place appointed for
his trial. The mode of trial shall be as follows: The Bishop, or
the Standing Committee as the case may be, shall appoint a num¬
ber of Presbyters not less than five, of whom the person accused
may select a majority by whom to be tried. The result of the
trial shall be made known to the Bishop, or in case there be np
Bishop to the Standing Committee, who shall pronounce and ex¬
ecute or cause to be pronounced and executed, such sentence as
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litay be awarded, should the same by him or them be deemed just
and proper.
Should the sentence be suspension or degradation from the
Ministry, the Bishop, or provisional Bishop, or should there be
none, some neighbouring Bishop shall be requested to pronounce
the same.
Should it be impossible to obtain from this Diocese the requisite
number of Presbyters to constitute a board of trial, the deficiency
may be supplied from a neighbouring Diocese.
Should any Clergyman, accused and cited for trial according to
the provisions of this Canon, neglect, or refuse to obey the cita¬
tion, such neglect or refusal shall be considered as an acknowl¬
edgement of the truth of the charges preferred against him, and
sentence shall be pronounced accordingly.
CANON III.
The Convention shall appoint annually, by ballot, a Committee
of two Clergymen and three Laymen, of which Committee the
Bishop of the Diocese, when there is one, shall be, ex-officio, chair¬
man ; whose duty it shall be to take in charge the Missionary,
Bible, Common Prayer Book, Tract and Sunday School opera¬
tions of the Church in this Diocese : and it shall be further the
duty of this Committee to make a full report of all their proceed¬
ings to each succeeding annual Convention.
CANON IV.
It shall be the duty of the Vestry of each Church in connexion
with this Diocese, to pay, or cause to be paid, into the hands of
the Treasurer of the Convention, at each annual meeting of the
Convention, the amount of the assessment laid upon the Churches
respectively represented by them, for the support of the Episco¬
pate in this Diocese.
0AN0N v.
Section X. Whenever any number of persons shall associate
fco form an Episcopal Congregation, they shall adopt articles of asso¬
ciation for their government, in which they shall acknowledge
and accede to the Constitution, Canons, doctrines, discipline and
worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,
and the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Georgia; they
shall assume a suitable name by which their Church or Parish
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shall be designated* and elect two "Wardens and any number .
Vestrymen at discretion, not exceeding eight. A certified cop
of the articles of Association and of the proceedings at their ado]
tion, signed by the Wardens, shall then be laid before the Coi
vention, and if approved by that body, delegates from such coi
gregation or Parish may take seats in the Convention, and th
congregation shall be considered as united to the Convention an
subject to its decisions.
Section 2. Every Parish so organized, shall annually, on Easte
Monday, elect the same number of Vestrymen and Wardens.
8TAND1NO BKSOLUTIOlYSi
For providing a permanent Fund for the support of the Episcopah
adopted 1841,
Resolved, That, as it is important that the formation of a perma
nent fund for the support of the Episcopate in this diocesfe, be a
once commenced, each Rector of a Parish is requested, annually
to call the attention of his Parishioners to the subject, and invito
contributions for the object in such mode as he may deem mos
expedient. That the Standing Committee of the Diocese, b(
Trustees of this fund, to whom all collections are to be paid ovei
by the respective Rectors, and the amount thus paid over investec
by the said Trustees, in what may appear to them the most saft
and profitable manner—the interest annually received to be adde<
to the principal, so that for the present the fund may be accuttiu
lating. And further, Resolved, That the Standing Committee as
Trustees aforesaid, be requested to report at each annual Conven¬
tion the amount received during the year, the sources from which
received, and the manner in which the same is invested.
Of the organization of neio Parishes, adopted 1842.
Resolved, That in the oi-ganization of new Parishes, the follow-
ing form of declaration be recommended, and the meeting in
which it is adopted be held and conducted according to the pro¬
visions of Canon 5.
We, the subscribers, assembled for the purpose of organizing a
Church [or Parish] of the Protestant Episcopal Church in ,
county of , and State of Georgia, after due notice given, da
Hereby agree to form a Church [or Parish] to be known by the name
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Church , and as such, do hereby acknowledge and ae-
cede to the doctrine, discipline and worship, the Constitution and
Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
of America, and the Constitution and Canons of the same Church
in the Diocese of Georgia, and we do accordingly now appoint A.
B. and C. D. to be the first Wardens, and E. F., G. H , I. J., to be
the first Vestryman of Church,, to continue in office until
Easter Monday, A. D. , and until others be chosen in their
place. And an election of Wardens and Vestrymen shall hereaf¬
ter be held on Easter Monday of Each successive year.
Witness our hands at , county of , and State of Geor¬
gia, this day of ——, in the year of our Lord ."
FORM OF A CERTIFICATE
Of Appointment as a Delegate to the State Convention.
This certifies that at a meeting of the Rector, Wardens and Ves¬
try, (or Wardens and Vestry, if no rector were present,) of ,
held on the day of , the following person (or persons, as
the case may be,) viz : K. L. M. N. and O. P., were duly elected
to represent this Church in the next Convention of this State, to
be held in , on the day of , 18—.
The above certificate shall be signed by the Rector, if present,
or in his absence by one of the Wardens or the Secretary of the
Vestry.
THIS STlTIiR OR TITLE OF CHURCHES.
The proper style for a duly incorporated Congregation is, "The
Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry, (or else the Church War¬
dens and Vestry) of Church in The first blank being
left for the name of the Church, the other for that of the place.
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Dfc. The Diocese of the State of Georgia, in Account
Voucher
1841. May 2S. To cash paid R. G. Guerard, late No.
Treasurer, in full for balance of account ren¬
dered last Convention, j * - - 1 $ .50
August 4. To cash paid Bull, Goulding & Co.
(through Rev. W. D. Cairns, Secretary,) for
printing, binding, &c, Journal of 19th Annual
Convention of Diocese, receipt dated Colum¬
bus, July 22d, 1841, - - - - 2 70.00
To cash paid Rev. W. D. Cairns, Secreta¬
ry, for postages incurred by him, (see his let¬
ter, Columbus, July 30th, 1841,) - - 3 5.75
To cash paid Rev. W. D. Cairns, Secreta¬
ry. asssessment upon this Diocese for contin¬
gent expenses of General Convention, (see
last Journal, page 22, and Rev. Mr. Cairns'
letter, Columbus, July 30th, 1841,) - 4 6.75
August 23. To cash paid Rt. Rev. Stephen El¬
liott, on account of salary as Bishop for the
year 1841, 5 1,800.00
1842. March 7. To cash paid Rt. Rev. Stephen
Elliott on account of salary as Bishop for the
year 1841, (leaving $100 still due from Ma¬
con.) .... 6 100.00
March 30. To cash paid Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott
on account of salary as Bishop for the year
1842» 7 600.00
April 20. Balance due by Wm. P. Hunter, Trea¬
surer, transferred to new account, - - 7.00
$2,590.00
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Current with "William, P. Hunter, Treasurer. Cr.
1841. May 3. By cash received from Rev. W.D. Cairns,
being quota of Trinity Church, Columbus, to Bish¬
op's Fund for 1841. $ 100
By cash received of ditto, for quota of Trinity
Church, Columbus, for expenses of Convention for
1841, - - 15
By cash received from St. Paul's Church, Augus¬
ta, quota for expenses of Convention for 1841, - 15
By cash received from Christ Church, Macon,
quotafor expenses of Convention for 1841, - 15
August 4. By cash received from Christ Church, Ma¬
con, on account of pledge of $300 from that Church
for Bishop's salary for 1841, leaving $200 still due
on that pledge for this year, .... jqq
August 23. By cash received from Christ Church, Sa¬
vannah, quota of that Church to Bishop's Fund for
1841, .... ... 1>000
By cash received from St. Paul's Church, Augus¬
ta, quota of that Church to Bishop's Fund, for 1841, 500
By cash received from Christ Church, St. Simons
Island, quota of that Church for Bishop's Fund for
1841,, - - _ - - - - 100
Sept. 20. By cash received from Christ Church, St. Si¬
mons Island, quota for expenses of Convention for
1841, 15
Nov. 23. By cash received from Christ Church, Savan¬
nah, quota of that Church for expenses of Conven¬
tion for 1841, - -- -- -- 15
1842. Feb. 22. By cash received from Christ Church,
Macon, on account of pledge from that Church for
Bishop's salary for 1841, leaving $100 still due for
1841,* - - - 100
March 29. By cash received from Christ Church, Sa¬
vannah, on account quota of that Church, for Bish¬
op's salary for 1842, 600
April 20. By cash received from St. John's Church,
Savannah, quota for expenses of Convention for 1841, 15
$2,590
E> E# w. P. hunter;
Treasurer of the Diocese of Georgia.
Savannah, April iQih, 1842.
^Tliis amount has been received since this statement was made?
out.
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Dr. The Committee on Missions of the Diocese of Georgia,
1841.
May 7. To amount paid Rev. S. G. Bragg, on account
of travelling expenses to Clarkesville and Lexington, $ 46.39
To amount paid Rev. Charles Fay, Missionary at
Montpelier, ..... 300.00
June 11. To amount remitted Rev. Jno. B. Gallagher,
Missionary at Clarksville in part of salary, - 150.00
Oct. 12. To amount remitted Rev. Jno. B. Gallagher,
Missionary at Clarkesville, in part of salary, through
Rev. Edw'd Neufville, - 131.00
Nov. 26. To amount balance of salary remitted Rev.
Jno. B Gallagher, late Missionary at Clarksville,
$96; enchange on do. $312, - - 99.12
1842.
April 29. Amount deposited with Bishop Elliott, for
the support of the ministry at St. Simons, - 100.00
To balance in hands of Treasurer, -r * J.21.37
$947.88
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in account with Nathan C. Munroe, Treasurer. Cr.
1S41. May 4. By balance from account N. Barker late
Treasurer. - - . . . $ 96.07
May 7. By amount received from Rev. W. D. Cairns,
for books from the depository, -
By amount received from the Wardens and Ves¬
trymen of Christ Church, Savannah, trustees of the
Female Episcopal Society, for the advancement of
Christianity in Georgia,by the hands of Bishop Elliott,
May 31. Am't rec'dfrom Rt. Rev, S. Elliott, Jr.from St.
John's Church, Savannah, for Missionary purposes,
June 10. By amount received from Rev. S. G. Bragg,
for books sold from depository,
Oct 12. By amount received from Christ Church,
Savannah, for Missionary purposes,* - - $81
By amount received from St. John's Church,
Savannah, for Missionary purposes,* - - 50—131.00
Nov. 15. Amount received from St. Paul's Church, Au¬
gusta, through Rev. E. E. Ford, for Prayer Books
from depository, ... $14.66
and for Diocesan Mission fund, - 38.34— 53.00
Nov. 26. By amount offerings Christ Church, Macon,
for Diocesan Missions, - 26.25
1842. Feb. 15. Am't rec'd from Christ Church, Ma¬
con, thro' Rev. S. G. Bragg, for S. School books, &c, 15.00
By amount received for Prayer Books sold from de¬
pository by Rev. S. G. Bragg, - - - 5.00
April 22. By amount received from Rev. E. E. Ford,
from St. Paul's Church, Augusta, for books from the
depository, $ 6.96
do. for Church offerings from the same, 79.35— 86.31
April 28. By amount received from Rev. S. G. Bragg,
for Suuday School Books, ordered by R. B. Murdock
for Sunday School, Trinity Church, Columbus, 2.00
Received from Rev. S. G. Bragg, for Prayer Books
sold from Depository, 3.00
Am't rec'd from Rev. S. G. Bragg, for S. S. Books,
S. S. Christ Church, Macon, 3.29
April 29. Am't rec'd thro' Rev. E. Neufville, from the
offerings of Christ Church, Savannah, $50, & from the
JLady's Miss'ry Association of Christ Church, Savan¬
nah, $50, for the support of the ministry at St. Simons, 100.00
Am't rec'd from offerings of Christ Church, Savan¬
nah thro' Rev. E. Neufville,for Books from the depo¬
sitory $12 75, and for Missionary purposes $7 54, 20.29
3.67
300.00
100.00
3.00
$947.88
* Remitted to Clarksville through Rev. E. Neufville, from Savannah.
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Bishop of "the Diocese of G<ergi
Rev. WILLIAM D. CAIRN
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President of Standing Committee.
Mb. WILLIAM P HUNTER, of Sa^tfmah,
Tieasurer of Diocese.
Mb. NATHAN C. MT N ROE,/of Macon,
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