Ministry, never attaining the good degree of Priest, was divided between Burlington and Lewes; in both which places his memory is sweet and sacred.

CONVERSIONS TO THE CHURCH.

Rev. Mr. T. F. Roberts, lately admitted to the Diaconate by Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, was formerly a Minister among the Protestant Methodists.

Mr. Von Schmidt, formerly a Lutheran Clergyman, in charge of three congregations in Wisconsin, was Confirmed at Nashotah, Oct. 23d, and is now a Candidate for Holy Orders in the Church.

The Rev. Fred. Beckell, lately ordained Deacon by Bishop Kemper at Milwaukee, was also formerly a Lutheran Clergyman. Both these gentlemen are said to be accomplished scholars and able men, and they will be accompanied by their congregations. The downward tendencies of Lutheranism, it is said, first alarmed these gentlemen, and set them searching after Apostolic Order.

At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Iowa, held at Davenport, Nov. 15, Dr. William W. Estabrook, late a minister of the Methodist denomination, was recommended to the Bishop for Deacon's Orders. He has since been ordained.

At a late Confirmation in Geneva, W. N. Y., a Student of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Auburn, received the rite, and applied to become a Candidate for Holy Orders.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS.

The Annual Meeting of this Board was held in St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, Oct. 9th. There were present the Bishop of Vermont, (presiding.) Bishops of Ohio, Western New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Minnesota, the Northwest, and the Assistant Bishop of Ohio, together with a fair attendance of clerical and lay members of the Board.

On behalf of the Domestic Cominittee, the financial statement was as follows:On hand Oct. 1, 1860,

Due to Missionaries, do.

Receipts general,.

do. special,

----$14,679 51 14,735 21 -$34,184 76 11,704 89-$45,889 65

Of this there was received from parts of the country with which there is now no communication, $3,860 75; from all the rest, $42,028 88. Payments during the year,

-$56,579 53

Of this, expended in parts of the country with which there is now no communication, $11,718 35; in all the rest, $44,861 18. Of the $11,704 89 credited above as "special," the sum of $3,951 18 was received through the Episcopal Missionary Association for the West. The legacies received during the year were as follows: Mrs. Lucy Nichols of New Haven, Conn. . Hanford Smith, Newark, N. J.,..

Mrs. Eliz. H. Burd, St. Stephen's, Philadelphia,. (Part) Mrs. Ruth Mumford, Rochester, N. Y..

$48 00

225 78

2,850 00

3,000 00

$6,123 78

The Foreign Committee report Total receipts, from Oct. 1, 1860, to Oct. 1, 1861, $59,126 82.

The receipts this past year from contributions had been about $23,000 less than the year before.

In China the Boarding School for boys had been broken up, 40 boys sent away. Mr. Doyen and his mother had returned to this country, and the schoolhouse itself was sold for $12,000. Mr. Hubbell and a native teacher named He-Ding had re

signed; the Rev. Mr. Nelson had been retained in this country; others had withdrawn by leave of absence or resignation. With all this reduction, $5,000 would be needed for China and Japan between now and next January. In Africa half their schools had been dismissed, and there were only three white ordained Missionaries, including the Bishop.

Several matters of importance came before the Meeting. The relations of the Board to Missionaries in the Seceded States called forth a free discussion, conducted with great wisdom, and moderation. At length the following was adopted. WHEREAS, it appears from the Report of the Domestic Committee that communications with several Missionaries of the Board have ceased; and

WHEREAS, at present it is impossible to ascertain what Missionaries have disclaimed their connection with the Board; therefore

Resolved, That the relations of the said Missionaries with the Board, and their claims for salary, be referred, until the next meeting, to the discretion of the Domestic Committee; Provided, that no payments be made to any clergymen disclaiming their connection with this Church.

The Special Committee on the Greek Mission reported Resolutions which, with slight modifications, were adopted as follows.

Resolved, That this Board approves of the Conciliatory Principle set forth in the Letter of Instructions given to the Rev. Drs. Robertson and Hill, dated Philadelphia, Sept. 24, 1830, in so far as it implies to the Greek Mission as it was originally established, and as it still is conducted, by its venerable founder.

Resolved, That it does not appear, from any evidence laid before this Board or its Committee, that the Rev. Dr. John H. Hill, has deviated from the Instructions under which he was sent out as a Missionary to Greece; or that he has failed in the faithful teaching of the Gospel in the manner pointed out by his Instructions; but that it appears, from the testimony submitted to them, that he has been an able, efficient, and successful conductor of the schools under his charge.

The Committee also report that no formal action of the Board, or of its Executive Committee, has been furnished as evidence that the present allowance of $3,300 to the Greek Mission was to be continued so long as Dr. Hill was at the head of the Mission; but that the correspondence of a former Secretary of the Foreign Committee, and of others, with Dr. Hill, as cited by him, seems to justify the impression existing in his mind (as in the minds of others,) that the allowance and the Mission would continue till his death or resignation. The Committee, however, are of opinion that the Board has full power over the Mission, and recommend the adoption of the following Resolution:

Resolved, That this Board has full power over the Greek Mission, to continue or terminate it, and to fix the amount of appropriation to it, as in the case of all its other Missions.

At this Meeting the resignation of the Rev. R. B. Van Kleeck, D. D., as Secretary and General Agent of the Domestic Committee, on account of ill-health, was presented and accepted. His fidelity and efficiency were testitied to, and the sympathy of the Board was tendered in appropriate Resolutions.

The Rev. Dr. Hawks, by the Secretary, resigned his position on the Committee of the Domestic Board, which he has so long and so ably filled, and the Committee expressed its regret by Resolution.

ASSISTANT BISHOP OF PENNSYLVANIA.

The Special Convention for the election of an Assistant Bishop, met in St. Andrew's Church, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday morning, October 23d, the Bishop of the Diocese present and presiding.

On the First Ballot, 153 votes being cast, and 77 being necessary to a choice, the result was; for Dr. May, 53, Dr. Coxe, 29, Dr. Morton, 27, Dr. Stevens, 24, Dr. Howe, 6, Dr. Goodwin, 4, Dr. S. H. Weston, 2, Dr. Hare, 2, Dr. Charles Mason, 1, Dr. Leeds, 1, The Rev. B. W. Morris, 1, Blank, 3.

On Thursday morning, Rev. Dr. May having been withdrawn, and the Rev. Drs. Howe and Stevens nominated, on the Eighth Ballot, the vote stood, whole number, 152, necessary to elect, 77. Dr. Stevens, 61, Dr. Howe, 50, Dr. Morton, 21, Dr. Leeds, 8, Dr. Butler, 7, the Rev. B. W. Morris, 3, Dr. May, 1, Dr. Hare, 1.

The Rev. Dr. Leeds was then nominated, and on the Tenth Ballot, the vote was, whole number, 155; necessary for a choice, 78. Dr. Leeds, 58, Dr. Stevens, 48, Dr. Howe, 27, Dr. Butler, 16, Dr. Morton, 2, The Rev. Mr. Miles, 2, Dr. May, 1, Dr. Mason, 7.

The Rev. Dr. Howe then withdrew his name, and on the Thirteenth Ballot the choice by the Clergy was made: whole number, 149; necessary to a choice, 75. Dr. Stevens, 85, Dr. Leeds, 50, Dr. Butler, 8, Dr. Tyng, 1, Dr. Goodwin, 1, Dr. Mason, 1, Blank, 3.

The laity then deposited their ballots, which were as follows:

Approved,
Disapproved,

Divided,

84

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The Bishop then rose and declared the Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D. D., duly elected Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania.

CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK.

DIOCESE.

DIVISION OF THE

At the adjourned Convention in St. John's Chapel, Oct. 2nd, after the Bishop's Address, the Rev. Dr. Hawks offered the following Resolution, which, after debate, passed unanimously.

Resolved, That a Committee of Thirteen be appointed, who shall confer with the Bishop of the Diocese respecting that portion of his Address which relates to the supply of Episcopal service within his jurisdiction, and who shall consider and report to the next Convention upon the whole subject, whether any (and if any, what) proceedings may be necessary or expedient concerning the same. The Rev. Dr. F. Vinton, offered the following Resolutions:

Resolved, That if, in the opinion of the said Committee, a division of the Diocese be deemed expedient, they prepare a plan or scheme of division, to be laid before the Convention, together with their report.

Resolved, That the Bishop be, and he is hereby, requested to call a Special Convention to meet at some time in the month of May next ensuing, to receive the report of said Committee.

The first of these Resolutions was adopted by a large majority and without counting; the second, on motion of Rev. Dr. Eigenbrodt, was laid on the table by a vote of 135 to 77.

The Bishop announced the following, as the Committee of Thirteen on the Division of the Diocese:

The Rev. Dr. Hawks, The Rev. Dr. Tyng, The Rev. Dr. Higbee, The Rev. T. M. Peters, The Rev. Dr. Tucker, The Rev. Dr. Payne, The Rev. Dr. J. H. Coit, The Hon. Murray Hoffman, Mr. Henry E. Pierrepont, The Hon. Hamilton Fish, Mr. William A. Davies, Mr. Orlando Meads, Dr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer.

SOUTHERN EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

From an imperfect report of this Convention at Columbia, S. C., Oct. 18th, we make the following interesting extract. A motion was made, striking out from the first article of the proposed Constitution, as submitted by the committee, the words "Protestant Episcopal," and inserting "Reformed Catholic."

Bishop Green considered the term Protestant unmeaning from its generality, and that it involved the Church in the odium of the follies and heresies of the various sects. Episcopal, as a term, was not distinctive, because there were other Episcopal bodies. He preferred the title, "The American Catholic Church."

Bishop Elliott would be extremely loth to strike out a term which was a standing rebuke of Rome's peculiar assumption, that she is the Catholic Church of the world. The English Church gloried in it, and even the Queen had to take an oath to support the Protestant religion. He would repeat what he had said in a sermon in 1844, that the Church is Catholic for every truth of God, and Protestant against every error of man.

Bishop Davis dwelt upon the inconvenience of change. For several centuries after the Church was established, it bore the title Catholic, and derived character from it. Subsequently, when corruption crept in, it was not so. It became a

falsehood. Protestant in due time became the true term, and gave its historic testimony to the pure and true Church. Viewing each in its time, Catholic and Protestant are in harmony. The term Episcopal likewise testifies to the true Government of the Church.

Bishop Otey contended that the term Protestant is derived from Germany, and was not originally directed against errors in the Church of Rome. He alluded to the present war as the result, in his belief, of ultra Protestantism or Puritanism. He objected more particularly to the expression, "In the Confederate States." It was entangling.

Bishop Lay, of Arkansas, gave as a strong reason why the name should be retained, that its origin could not be discovered. Names gradually came into use. The reasons for their adaptation were in the course of time lost sight of, but the necessity for retaining them continued. When names were changed, principles often were. He thought Protestant affirmed the position of the Church in respect to the accretions of Rome, and Episcopal did so likewise as to the subtractions of other denominations. We should also not assume a name which others could not recognize as rightfully ours, without denying their own principles.

Bishop Meade, from the chair, expressed the deep regret he felt in putting the question. He implored his brethren to pause and consider well the results of the contemplated action. They might give aid and comfort to their enemies, and inflict incurable wounds upon their friends, whose affections they might alienate, and whose support they might lose.

Bishop Johns was sure that Virginia would not have sent delegates if she had thought this subject was to be discussed. The outcry against the term Protestant commenced in a little clique in Oxford, that tried to deprotestantize the world. He did not like to follow their lead. He feared that if the name be changed, it would be the beginning of division, and lead to disintegration to a greater or less extent. Bishop Atkinson urged that names should correspond to things. They should be distinctive. He thought the term Reformed more expressive than Protestant. The Jansenists protest, but do not reform. His preference was for the Reformed

Catholic Church. He considered the choice to be between Protestant and Reformed. Reformed expressed a fact, Protestant a spirit, and one that he could not approve of Emerson, Beecher, Parker, Strauss, etc,, were all Protestants, yet Emerson believed the leaves of the forest were God. The term, besides denoting unrest, doubt, denial and unbelief, was indefinite, and inexpressive of anything good. He liked the word Catholic, because it indicates the continuity of the Church of Christ. The state of religious feeling in Geneva, Holland, and elsewhere in Europe, among the sects called Protestant, was not such as to recommend the name, except where the influence of the English Church was felt, and produce a better sentiment.

Bishop Gregg agreed with the Bishop of North Carolina entirely as to the facts, but thought it wholly inexpedient to make any change.

Several of the Presbyters and Laity spoke pointedly. The vote was ordered to be taken by Yeas and Nays, and was as follows.

Of the Bishops, ayes 3, noes 6: of the Clergy, ayes 2, noes 7; of the Laity, five Dioceses voted no-one divided-so the motion was lost.

Judge Phelan moved to strike out the first section, and insert, "The Church shall be called the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America." The resolution was lost. Bishops, ayes 2, noes 7; Clergy, ayes 2, noes 7; Laity, ayes 1, noes 4; divided 1.

Bishop Elliot moved to amend the first article, so as to make it read, "This Church, retaining the name of Protestant Episcopal, shall be known as 'The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America."" The motion was carried. Bishops, ayes 6, noes 3; Clergy, ayes 7, noes 2; Laity, ayes 4, noes 1; divided 1.

SCHISM IN THE DIOCESE OF ILLINOIS.

In a Report of a late Meeting of the "Pastoral Aid Society," at Freeport, Ill., we find the following significant paragraphs. "Committees were also appointed for the purpose of procuring suitable laborers for the work of the Pastoral Aid

Society, (to which this body is subordinate,) and for reconnoitering the various fields now open for the efforts of the Society, and to look after other matters connected with supplying these various places with the preaching of the gospel." If this Society, though merely voluntary, were acting in harmony with the Ecclesiastical authorities of the Diocese, there might be some excuse for its irregularity. But when the judgment and feelings of the Bishop and the Convention have been so decidedly and officially expressed, and the wants of the Diocese, and the need of united and efficient action are so imperious, it is difficult to see how these men can reconcile their conduct with their Ördination Vows. We do not doubt that, as a class, these men are good men in their way; some of them are well known at the East; we have been strongly tempted sometimes to sketch a few portraits of some of the noisest and bitterest of the party leaders and disorganizers; certainly their own estimate of their own comparative piety is very extraordinary. They are, we believe, generally Calvinists in doctrine. The Bishop at the late Convention, thus noticed the Pastoral Aid Society. "As it meets my experience, that system, as administered, tends to make parishes and ministers stipendiaries for opinion; introduces discordant views into the feeble churches; engenders mutual distrust; classifies the clergy by arbitrary and forced distinctions; exasperates local differences; and, under the appearance of helping the Diocese by bearing a selected portion of its burthen, ignores it as a whole, and, in its parts, works irrespective of it, and against it within its own borders."

THE BURD ORPHAN ASYLUM. PHILADELPHIA.

The Corner-Stone of this Institution was laid Oct. 18, 1861, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop A. Potter, and the Rev. Dr. Ducachet. Its munificent endowment was the gift of Widow Eliza Howard Burd, who died April 6, 1860. White female orphan children, from four to eight years of age, of legitimate birth, are to be received within the Institution. Forty-five acres of land have been purchased outside the city limits. The Asylum will consist of a group of detached buildings-cruciform in arrangement, connected by corridors, built of stone in the plain English Gothic style. Within the building will be a beautiful Chapel seating 400 persons. It is a thoroughly Church Institution, and every provision has been made for the temporal and spiritual welfare of the inmates.

CREEDS VERSUS FEELING.

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A great hue and cry is made now-a-days, especially among Congregationalists and New School Presbyterians against dead Creeds and musty Platforms. "Right living" and "right feeling," is what these noisy men are so clamorous for; as if there could be either right living or right feeling that is not based on right doctrine, or on Creeds and Platforms. But this infidel onslaught on Creeds is popular with' the masses. In the "First Congregational Church," of Cincinnati, Ohio, troubles having been brought before the Civil Court, some very singular testimony was offered, both as to the preaching and the practice, the "living" and "feeling," of the Minister, the Rev. Mr. Conway. A friend of his thus testified: His opinions expressed in and out of the pulpit were objected to. Understood him to say (this was not in the pulpit,) that he did not believe Christ died on the cross-that it was not a death or means of punishment that usually produced death-that a woman was crucified seventy times in France without thus producing death-and that he did not believe in the resurrection of Christ. His views seemed identical with those of Strauss, the German rationalist,—that Christ was put into the tomb in a swoon, and when the women came there, instead of seeing angels they saw the grave clothes, from which when he awoke he came out, and dressed himself, probably in the gardener's clothes. Witness did not hear the sermon Mr. C. preached on the subject, but these were his recollections of a private conversation. His conduct out of the pulpit was not such as he should like to hold up in all respects as an example to his children." ****"I certainly went there with him, [to the theatre,] and think there was no impropriety; but it was stated Mr. C. went there at improper times and on improper occasions, and my opinion was, that, when public rumor inflicts that stigma on him, he ought to refrain altogether. I have heard from reputable sources that he was there on Saturday nights after the Sabbath had arrived, and attended the performances of Lola Montez, &c., &c."