Bristol, Trinity Church. New Britain, St. Mark's Church. Windham County. Brooklyn, Trinity Church. Pomfret, Christ Church. Windham, St. Paul's Church. Middlesex County. Tolland County. Hebron, St. Peter's Church. New London County. New London, St. James' Church. St. Preston, (Poquetonnuck,) St. James' Middletown, Christ Church. Grace Church. North Killingworth, Union Church. New Haven, St. Paul's Chapel. Guilford, Christ Church. Farms.) Woodbridge, Trinity Church. Middlebury, Church. Bethany, Christ Church. Wolcott, All Saints' Church. Church. Salem, Christ Church. Fairfield County. Stratford, Christ Church. Bridgeport, St. John's Church. Fairfield, Trinity Church. Weston, . Church. Norwalk, St. Paul's Church. Danbury, {St. Thomas' Chapel, St. James' Church. Litchfield County. Litchfield, St. Michael's Church. Bradleyville, Milton, Church. Church. PUBLICLIBRARY P ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1898. JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION, 1838. HARTFORD, JUNE 12th, 1838. THIS being the day appointed by the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut, for the Annual Convention of the same, the Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D. LL. D., Bishop of the Diocese, and several of the Clergy and Laity, assembled at half past 10 o'clock, A. M., in Christ Church, in the city of Hartford, which had been previously designated by the Bishop as the place of meeting. Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Ambrose S. Todd, Rector of St. John's Church, Stamford, assisted by the Rev. Enoch Huntington, Rector of St. John's Church, New Milford, and a Sermon delivered by the Rev. William Cooper Mead, D. D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk. Messrs. Alonzo B. Chapin, Zebadiah Hyde Mansfield, and Henry B. Sherman, were then admitted by the Bishop to the Holy Order of Deacons; and the Rev. Messrs. David Ogden, Henry Fitch, and Alfred Lee, to that of Priests; after which the Bishop proceeded to administer the Holy Communion, in which he was assisted by the Rev. Dr. Mead and the Rev. Messrs. Todd and Huntington. The services being concluded, the Convention was called to order by the Bishop. The list of Clergy entitled to seats in the Convention, was called by the Secretary, when the following gentlemen answered to their names, and took their seats as members: 1 The Secretary, and the Rev. Messrs. Baldwin and Rossiter, were appointed a Committee, to receive and examine the testimonials of the Lay Delegates. The Convention then adjourned, to meet in the same place, at 3 o'clock P. M. CHRIST CHURCH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O'CLOCK. The Convention assembled pursuant to adjournment. The committee to whom were referred the testimonials of the Lay Delegates, reported that the following persons had been duly elected to represent their respective Parishes in this Convention : Henry Northrop, John B. Grummon, St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield. Luman Preston, St. Matthew's Church, Plymouth. Henry Bronson, *Alfred Bassett, Middlebury. William B. Dickerman,} Grace Church, Hamden. William H. Scovil, St. John's Church, Waterbury. Joel Foote, John S. Peters, M. D. St. Peter's Church, Hebron. Albert Todd, St. Andrew's Church, Northford. Richard Adams, Esq. Christ Church, Norwich. Nathaniel Carroll, William H. Merriman, *Burrage Beach, Esq. St. Michael's Church, Naugatuck. Asa J. Driggs, M. D.St. Peter's Church, Cheshire. George Hubbard, George Shepherd, Christ Church, Middle Haddam. James D. Mead, St. Paul's Church, Norwalk. Dudley Watrous, St. Luke's Church, Glastenbury. Charles A. Sterling, Christ Church, Sharon. William W. Boardman, Esq. R. S. Hinman, Esq. Enos A. Prescott, Ephraim L. Perkins, *William Adams, Trinity Parish, New Haven. Christ Church, Bethany. St. Andrew's Church, Simsbury. Alvia Brown, New Preston. Eli F. Rogers, Trinity Church, Branford. Joseph Goodspeed, William Palmer, Jr. J St. Stephen's Church, East Haddam. Wait S. Northrop, St. Paul's Church, Brookfield. Moses Andrews, St. Andrew's Church, Meriden. Uriah Spencer, Union Church, Hitchcocksville. Frederick W. Foote, Trinity Church, Newtown. Frederick Sill, Christ Church, Middletown. William H. Noble, St. John's Church, Bridgeport. F. W. A. Haughton, St. Paul's Church, Windham. Samuel F. Lambert, St. Matthew's Church, Wilton. Milden M. Isbel, St. James' Church, Westville. This Report being accepted, the roll of Lay Delegates was called, when a quorum was found to be present. Those marked with an asterisk, were absent. The Convention then proceeded to the choice of a Secretary, when, on counting the ballots, the Rev. ALLEN C. MORGAN was found to be re-elected. On motion, Mr. DANIEL RUSSELL was appointed Assistant Secretary. The Bishop then delivered the following Address, pursuant to the 51st Canon of the General Convention. ADDRESS. MY BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY, and of the LaiTY : Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the Church of this Diocese, we are again assembled in Annual Convention. It should be our first act to render our grateful thanksgivings to the Head of the Church, for the guardian care and favour which he has vouchsafed to this portion of his vineyard, during the year which has elapsed, and to supplicate his blessing on our persons, and his direction in our deliberations, during our present session, Every good and perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights; and it becomes us constantly to bear in mind that from this rich source of blessings is derived all the happiness that we enjoy, and all the temporal prosperity and spiritual illumination, that are shed upon the Church. Since the last Convention, I have visited nearly all the Parishes in the Diocese, and several of them have recently received a second visitation. In the course of these visits, 546 persons have received the imposition of hands, in the following Parishes, viz.: The following ordinations_have been held since the last Convention, viz.: On the 6th of July, in St. John's Church, Bridgeport, William G. Heyer, Solomon G. Hitchcock, David Ogden, and Henry Fitch, were admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons ;-the three latter being graduates of the General Theological Seminary. On the 25th of August, in St. Mark's Church, Bridgewater, George A. Sterling was admitted to the same Holy Order. The following Clergymen have been admitted to the Holy Order of the Priesthood, viz.: The Rev. David H. Short, in St. Thomas' Chapel, Danbury, on the 20th of June; the Rev. Theodore W. Snow, in St. Paul's Church, Wallingford, on the 6th of December; and the Rev. Charles Cleaveland, in St. John's Church, East Windsor, on the 10th of December. This morning, after divine service, the Rev. Alfred Lee, the Rev. David Ogden, and the Rev. Henry Fitch, were admitted to the Holy Order of Priests, and Alonzo B. Chapin, Zebadiah Hyde Mansfield, and Henry B. Sherman, to the Order of Deacons. Five new Churches have been consecrated since our last annual meeting, viz.: St. John's Church, Bridgeport, on the 6th of July; Trinity Church, Milton, on the 18th of August; St. Mark's Church, Bridgewater, on the 25th of August; St. Mark's Church, New Britain, on the 6th of December; and St. John's Church, New Milford, on the 11th of May. The new Church in Glastenbury, is now ready for Consecration. It is very gratifying to observe the great improvement in Church architecture which has taken place in our Diocese within the last ten or fifteen years. The first Church named above, St. John's, Bridgeport, is very spacious, and is built of granite, in the most substantial manner. The last named, St. John's, New Milford, is exceedingly neat and convenient in its arrangements, and is an excellent model of a wooden Church. The removals of the Clergy from one Parish to another, partly from the growth of the Church, but too frequently from the capricious spirit of the times, have been so frequent that the office of Institution has fallen nearly into disuse. It is with peculiar pleasure that I notice every thing that looks like *Eleven of them being from the Parishes of Westville and West Haven, under the charge of the Rev. Stephen Jewett. |