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Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America Assembled in a General Convention 1844 Digital Copyright Notice Copyright 2017. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America / The Archives of the Episcopal Church All rights reserved. Limited reproduction of excerpts of this is permitted for personal research and educational activities. Systematic or multiple copy reproduction; electronic retransmission or redistribution; print or electronic duplication of any material for a fee or for commercial purposes; altering or recompiling any contents of this document for electronic re-display, and all other re-publication that does not qualify as fair use are not permitted without prior written permission. Send written requests for permission to re-publish to: Rights and Permissions Office The Archives of the Episcopal Church 606 Rathervue Place P.O. Box 2247 Austin, Texas 78768 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 512-472-6816 Fax: 512-480-0437 OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE 3Jhteb Sia~eo of 'atera, ASSEMBLED IN A GENERAL CONVENTION, HELD) IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. From October 2d, to October 22d, inclusive, IN THE YEAR 01FOUR LORD 1844. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, A LIST OF THE CLERGY, &c. NEW YORK: JAMES A. SPARKS, 161 FULTON STREET, CHURCHMANl5 BOOS STORE, (Opposite St. Paul's.) 1845. 3. W. BENEDICT & CO., STER. & PRINT., 16 Spruce street. INDEX TO THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS. PA~s Africa----- - - 107,177, 185 Arkansas, Resignation of Acting Miss'y Bishop - - 43, 137 Article X. of Constitution adopted- -- - - 26, 36, 71, 73, 128 Article V of Constitution, proposed alteration - - 37, 67, 77, 87 Bible, Standard Edition of -- - - --- 89, 96, 165 Bishop, Election and Consecration ofi Rev. Dr. Chase - 17, 33, 35, 43,145 Election and Consecration of Rev. Dr. Cobbs - 17, 33, 35, 43, 145 Election and Consecration of Rev. C. S. Hawks, 44, 70, 140, 154 Election and Consecration of Rev. Dr. Freeman - - 113 Election and Consecration of Rev. Dr. Boone - - 109, 111 [Election and Consecration of Rev. H. Southgate- - 109, 112, 116 Election of Rev. A. Glennie -- - - -107 Elect of Mississippi, proceedings in the case of, 17, 26, 34, 37, 45, 48, [50, 71 Onderdonk, H. U., Proceedings in the case of - 104, 171 Griswold, Resolutions relative to- 94, 181 Moore, Resolutions relative to -94, 181 Otey, Report of-- 43, 137, 140 Board of Missions, Election of - -- -86, 92, 96, 162, 165 Triennial Report of - - - -109, 176 Canons, new, passed- -Of the Expenses of General Conventions - 46, 67, 146 Of the Election of Bishops-- -80, 159 Of the Trial of a Bishop- - - 36, 57, 77, 144, 154, 158 Of Episcopal Resignations - - - 22, 32, 54, 79, 84, 86, 144, 157 -Of Ministers removing from one Diocese to another - 30, 34, 41, 67, 130, [133, 163 Of a Discretion to be allowed in the Calling, Trial, and Exami- nation of Deacons in certain cases - - 37, 89, 92, 110, 134, 169 Of Foreign Missionary Bishops - - 99 101,107 153, 166, 175 Of Missionary Bishops within the United States - - - 107, 174 Of Clergymen Ordained in Foreign Countries by Bishops in Communion with this Church 91, 113,169 Canon Law, Joint Committee on -- -- - - -- -27, 123, 133 Church, Report on State of the-66, 146 Diocese of Missouri, application for Bishop 43, 125, 137 Documents from Pennsylvania- ---- 44, 104, 164 Elections, Report of Committee on-- - - - 23 Expenses, Report of Committee on-- 28, 40, 97 IV INDEX TO THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS. General Theological Seminary- PAGs. Report of Trustees - -- - - - - - - 30, 106, 133 Minority Report -. 34, 106 Report of Standing Committee - - - 68 Visitation of Bishops - -- 18, 106, 120, 126, 138, 187 Nomination of Trustees - -30, 68, 77, 151 Resolutions touching Organization 87, 88, 106, 126, 133, 170, 173 Historiographer, Letter from - -122 Journals, Printing of - - 96, 103 Printing entire Set of - - 129 Memorial, from Texas -- 25, 128 from Christian Jews - 145 Missionary Society, Amendment of Constitution - 20, 75, 80, 129, 141, 143 Report of Committee - 80 1Vinority Report - - - -- 82 Organizing of the House of Deputies - -- - 11, 33,47 Pastoral Letter - -- 113, 118, 181, 186 Prayer Book, French 21, 99, 123 German - -- - - 42, 135, 137, 166 Hebrew - - - 136 Standard Edition of, - 29, 55, 76, 78, 103, 105, 138, 143, 149, [156, 160, 170, 175 Welsh - 95, 99, 166, 175 Resolutions, respecting the supposed introduction of Errors of Doc- trine, by means of Tracts, &c. - 30, 33, 38, 41, 44, 60 Register, Letter from - 124 Appendix A. Report on the State of the Church - - - - 191 B. Tabular Views - - - - - - 211 C. List of Documents - - - - 215 D. Treasurer's Report - - -. 216 E. Report of Board of Missions, with Documents - - 217 F. Report of Theological Seminary, with Documents - - 227 G. Standing Committees during the Recess - - - - 250 H. Rules of Order of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies 252 L List of the Clergy - 254 J. Constitution and Canons - - 277 Course of Ecclesiastical Studies -- 314 Library for a Parish Minister - - - - 317 ist of le ittenbing Uemberz. HOUSE OF BISHOPS. The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., of Illinois; Presiding Bishop. The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D., LL.D., of Connecticut. The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., of Virginia. The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D.D., of New York. The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, D.D., LL.D., of North Carolina. The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., of Vermont. The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D.D., of Kentucky. The Right Rev. Charles Pettit M'Ilvaine, D.D., of Ohio. The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., of New Jersey. The Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, D.D., of Tennessee. The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, D.D., of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The Right Rev. Samuel Allen M'Coskry, D.D., of Michigan. The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D., of Louisiana. The Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, D.D., of Western New York. The Right Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D., of South Carolina. The Right Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, D.D., of Maryland. The Right Rev. Stephen Elliot, Jr., D.D., of Georgia. The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D., of Delaware. The Right Rev. John Johns, D.D., of Virginia. The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., of Massachusetts. The Right Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, D.D., of Rhode island. The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D., of New Hampshire. The Right Rev. Nicholas Hawner Cobbs, D.D., of Alabama. The Right Rev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, of Missouri. 2 LIST OF THE ATTENDING MEMBERS. HOUSE OF CLERICAL AND LAY DEPUTIES. NoTE.-The Church in each Diocese is entitled (ConstitutiOn, Art. 2,) to a representation of one or more Deputies, not exceeding four in each order. The following list contains the names of such members as attended during the whole session, and also of those who, upon leave of absence or resignation of their seats, had their places from time to time supplied by other appointments. CLERICAL DEPUTIES. Maine.-The Rev. James Pratt; the Rev. Wm. R. Babcock ; the Rev. Alexander Burgess; the Rev. Thomas F. Fales. New Hampshire.-The Rev. Charles Burroughs, D.D.; the Rev. William Horton; the Rev. Henry S. Smith; the Rev. William H. Moore. Vermont.-The Rev. Joel Clap; the Rev. W. Henry Hoit; the Rev. Wmn. D. Wilson; the Rev. N. 0. Preston. Mnssachsetts.-The Rev. Titus Strong, D.D.; the Rev. Theodore Edson; the Rev. Edward Ballard; the Rev. P. H. Greenleaf. Rhode Island-The Rev. Nathan B. Crocker, D.D.; the Rev. George Taft; the Rev. Henry Waterman; the Rev. James W. Cooke. Connecticut.-The Rev. Harry Croswell, D.D.; the Rev. S. F. Jarvis, D.D. LL.D.; the Rev. Wm. Cooper Mead, D.D.; the Rev. Ambrose S. Todd, D.D. New York.-The Rev. John Brown, D.D.; the Rev. Reuben Sherwood, D.D. ; the Rev. William Berrian, D.D.; the Rev. Edward Y. Higbee, D.D.; the Rev. John iI. Forbes. Western New York.-The Rev. Pierre A. Proal, D.D.; the Rev. John V. Van Ingen; the Rev. Henry Gregory ; the Rev. James A. Bolles. New Jersey-The Rev. Edmund D. Barry, D.D.; the Rev. John D. Ogilby, D.D. ; the Rev. George Y. Morehouse ; the Rev. Clarkson Dunn. Pennsylvania.-TheRev. George Upfold, D.D.; the Rev. Levi Bull, D.D.. the Rev. Samuel Bowman, D.D. ; the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D.D. Delaware.-The Rev. G. W. Freeman, D.D.; the Rev. John W. McCul- lough ; the Rev. W. E. Franklin. jMaryland.-The Rev. William E. Wyatt, D.D. ; the Rev. Henry M. Mason, D.D. ; the Rev. Joseph Spencer, D.D.; the Rev. Thomas Atkinson. Virginia.-The Rev. Adam Empie, D.D.; the Rev. Edward C. McGuire, D.D.; the Rev. William Sparrow, D.D.; the Rev. John Grammer. North Carolina-TheRev. Richard S. Mason, D.D.; the Rev. Wi. M. Green ; the Rev. Moses A. Curtis; the Rev. C. F. McRae. South Carolina.-TheRev. Christian Hanckel, D.D.; the Rev. Joseph R. Walker; the Rev. Paul Trapier; the Rev. Thomas J. Young. Georgia.-The Rev. Edward Neufville; the Rev. Seneca G. Bragg; the Rev. John B. Gallagher. Florida.-The Rev. A. B. Hart; the Rev. David Brown; the Rev. Josiah Perry. LIST OF THE ATTENDING MEMBIERS. Alabama-The Rev. Nathaniel P. Knapp; the Rev. J. J. Scott; the Rev. William B. Otis. Mississippi.-The Rev. F. L. Hawks, D.D.; the Rev. B. B. Killikelly, D.D. ; the Rev. Andw. Matthews; the Rev. F. W. Boyd. Louisiana.-The Rev.