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Box 2247 Austin, Texas 78768 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 512-472-6816 Fax: 512-480-0437 J OU RNA L OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THlE BISHOPS, CLERGY, AND LAITY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THlE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ASSEMIBLED IN A GENERAL CONVENTION, e15 in5#. vaul's (tQyrtlj, in ile titg of yiicbmcb, FROM OCTOBERc5TH TO OCTOBER 22D, INCLUSIVE,- IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD. 1 85~9. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONSTAIN ING ETC. THE CONSTITUTION, DIGEST OF THE CANONS, A LIST OF THE CLERGY, PHILADELPHIA: KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, 607 SANSOM ST. 1860. TREASURER OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. HERMAN COPE. Residence, City of Philadelphia:to whom all sums assessed on the Diocesan Conventions by $ 5 of Canon I. of Title III., are to be sent, at or before any meeting of the Ceneral Convention. SECRETARY OF THE HOUSE OF CLERICAL AND LAY DEPUTIES. REV. M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE, D.D. Residence, Philadelphia. or THE SECRETARY requests that copies of the Journals of each Diocesan Convention, together with such Episcopal Charges, Ad- dresses, and Pastoral Letters as are issued in each Diocese, may be forwarded to him as soon as published. Duplicates of the same should be presented to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, as required by Sections 3 and 4 of Canon XV. of Title I. A certified copy of the testimonials of Members appointed as Deputies to the next General Convention is also required to be forwarded to him as soon as may be practicable. SECRETARY OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS. REV. L. P. W. BALCH, D.D. Residence, Newport, R. I. iW The next TRIENNIAL MEETING Of the GENERAL CONVENTION will be holden in the City of New York, on the first Wednesday in Octo- ber, in the year. of our Lord one thousand eight hundred antd sixty-two. (iii) ORDER. Of the Secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. SECTIOX 1. A Secretary shall be chosen at every Convention, by ballot, by a majority of voters, after viva voce nominations. If but one person is nominated, the balloting shall be dispensed with: The Secretary shall continue in office until the meeting of the next Con- vention, and until his successor is chosen. 'He shall attend at the time and place appointed for the meeting of the General Convention; shall receive the testimonials of those who shall there attend as members of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies; shall record the names of those who present testimonials; and when such list is made, shall take the votes of those named in it for a President. The insertion, by the Secretary, in the list so made by him, of the name of any per- son who has presented a testimonial of his appointment as a Deputy, shall be prima facie evidence of the right of such person to a seat; but as soon as the House is duly organized, a Committee on Elections shall be appointed, to whom the testimonials of all those claiming to be members shall be referred. The Secretary shall keep full minutes of the proceedings of the House; transcribe them with all Reports into a book provided for that purpose; preserve the Journal and Records of the House; deliver them to his successor, and perform such other duties as maybe directed or assigned to him by the House. He may, with the approbation of the House, appoint an Assistant Secretary. If, during the recess of the General Convention, a vacancy should occur in the office of Secretary, the duties thereof shall devolve upon the Assistant Secretary, if there be one; if not, or if the Assistant Secretary shall die or resigna Sec- retary shall be appointed by the Standing Committee of the Diocese in which the next General Convention is to meet. SECTION 2. In order to aid the Secretary in preparing the list speci- fied in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to forward to him, as soon as may be practicable, a copy of the Journal of the Diocesan Convention, to- gether with a certified copy of the testimonials of members aforesaid. (iv) COMMITTEES TO SIT DURING THE RECESS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. Joint Committee on a Standard Bible. The Rt. Rev. Bishops Whittingbam, Elliott, Burgess, H. Potter, and Odenheiner; Rev. Drs. H. M. Mason, M. A. De W. Howe, C. Andrews, Rev. Joshua Weaver; Messrs. H. D: Evans, E. A. Newton, and W. H. Bell. Joint Committee on Metrical Psalmody and Hymnody. The Rt. Rev. Bishops A. Potter, Bowman, Burgess, Hopkins, Whit- tingham; Rev. Drs. Howe, Wm. Bacon Stevens, A. C. Coxe, J. C. Talbot, C. Andrews, and W. H. Muhlenburg. Joint Committee on Friendly Intercourse with the Church of Sweden. The Right Rev. Bishops Brownell, Elliott, A. Potter, Hopkins, McIlvaine, and Burgess; and Rev. Drs. H. M. Mason, F. L. Hawks; the Rev. P. Trapier; and Messrs. J. Collins and H. D. Evans. Joint Committee to Devise a Plan for the Creation of a Church Building Fund. The Rt. Rev. Bishops Upfold, Clark, and Bowman; Rev. Drs. A. N. Littlejohn, and J. C. Talbot; Messrs. Wm. Welsh, H. B. Baldwin, and Cyrus Curtiss. Joint Committee on Reprinting the Old Journals of the General Convention. The Rt. Rev. Bishops H. Pottgr, Williams, and Odeuheiier; Rev. Drs. Higbee, Howe, and F. L. Hawks; Rev. Messrs. Willey, and Wm. S. Perry; Messrs. S. B. Ruggles, and Simeon Ide. Committee to Supervise the Translation of the Book of Common Prayer into the Spanish and Portuguese Languages. The Rt. Rev. Bishops H. Potter, Williams, and Odenheimer; Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks; and Rev. S. D. Denison. Commission of Bishops on Church Unity. The.Right Rev. Bishops Brownell, Hopkins, Elliott, A. Potter, and Burgess. Commission of Bishops on Opening Communications with Sister and Foreign Churches. The Rt. Rev. Bishops Whittingham, Lee, Eastburn, Williams, and Clark. (1) ) '0 COMMITTEES TO SIT DURING THE RECESS. Committee to confer with the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary. The Rev. Dr. F. Vinton, Rev. C. C. Pinckney, Rev. Dr. W. C. Mead, and Hon's. Murray Hoffman and John N. Conyngham. Committee to Publish an Edition of the Digest. Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks, and Hon. Murray Hoffmam. Committee on Lay Effort and Cooperation. Mr. S. B. Ruggles, New York, Mr. Alex. Duncan, Rhode Island, Mr. Samuel H. Huntington, Connecticut, Mr. Washington Hunt, Western New York, Mr. J. C. Garthwaite, New Jersey, Mr. Robert H. Gardiner, Maine, Mr. Simeon Ide, New Hampshire, Mr. Edward A. Newton, Massachusetts, Mr. Isaac H. Redfield, Vermont, Mr. Wm. Welsh, Pennsylvania, Mr. S. F. Du Pout, U. S. N., Delaware, Mr. J. Mason Campbell, Maryland, Mr. D. H. Conrad, Virginia, Mr. Josiah Collins, North Carolina, Mr. R. F. W. Allston, South Carolina. Mr. James Potter, Georgia, Mr. George R. Fairbanks, Florida, Mr. Robert T. Bunker, Alabama, Mr. George S. Yerger, Mississippi, Mr. W. N. Mercer, M. D., Louisiana, Mr. E. B. Nichols, Texas, Mr Francis B. Fogg, Tennessee, Mr. A. H. Churchill, Kentucky, Mr. Bellamy Storer, Ohio, Mr. Jas. Morrison, Indiana, Mr. Daniel Hough. Missouri, Major Martin, Kansas, Mr. H. P. Baldwin, Michigan, Mr. A. L. Pritchard, Wisconsin, Mr. B. B. Richards, Iowa, Mr. H. T. Wells, Minnesota, Mr. Edward Stanley, California, Mr. L. B. Otis, Illinois. Trustees of the Missionary Bishops' Fund. Messrs. R. B. Minturn, and Cyrus Curtiss of New York, Horace White of Syracuse, S. H. Huntington of Hartford, and Herman Cope of Philadelphia. Trustees of Fund for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergy- men, and of Aged, Infirm, and Disabled Clergymen. The Right Rev. Bishop A. Lee, Rev. Drs. J. H. Hobart, and Charles Burroughs, and Messrs. Hamilton Fish, Luther Bradish, H. B. Minturn and Josiah Collins. INDEX TO THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS. AYES AND NOES. HouSE OF DEPUTIES.-Votes by Orders and Dioceses. On place of meeting of next General Convention, 32, 39-0n ratification of proposed amendment of Art. VI. of the Con- stitution, 65-On Dr. Mahan's amendment of Dr. Coxe's substitute for the resolution of the Committee on the Use of the Prayer Book, as affected by the Memorial, 101, 103- On the adoption of the Canon " Of the Officiating of Min- isters within the Cures of others," 113. BIBLE, STANDARD EDITION. Report of Committee on Typographical Errors, 80-Commit- tee to supervise, 80-Typographical Corrector, 81. Honse of Bishops-Committee appointed, 183. BISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA. House of Deputies, invited to attend sittings of, 25-Com- munication to, 53. Honse of Bishops, introduced to, 148-Address to, 164. BISHOP KEMPER. Resignation as Missionary Bishop, 46, 156. BISHOPS-ELECT. Documents referred. 27. 28. 38-Consent to consecrate, 166 -Order of Seniority, 169-Letters of Consecration, Appen- dix N.