HELD IN TRINITY CHURCH AND ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, JUNE 13TH AND 14TH, 1837. NEW HAVEN: PRINTED BY HITCHCOCK & STAFFORD. JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION, 1837. NEW HAVEN, JUNE 13TH, 1837. 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 10 o'clock A. M. in Trinity Church, New Haven, which had previously been designated by the Bishop as the place of meeting. Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. Lemuel B. Hull, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Wallingford, and a Sermon delivered by the Rev. George Burgess, Rector of Christ Church, Hartford. The Rev. Edward J. Darken, and the Rev. William Warland, Jr., were then admitted by the Bishop to the Holy Order of Priests; after which, the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Croswell, and the Rev. Messrs. Hull and Burgess, administered the holy Communion. The services being concluded, the Convention was called to order by the Bishop. The list of Clergy entitled to seats in the Convention, was then called, when the following gentlemen were found to be present, and took their seats as members: The Rev. Mr. Morgan and W. W. Boardman, Esq., were appointed a committee to receive and examine the testimonials of the Lay Delegates. The Convention then adjoured to meet in St. Paul's Chapel, at 3 o'clock P. M. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 3 o'clock. The Convention met according 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: William Spencer, Christ Church, Guilford, *Hezekiah Thomas, Christ Church, Bethany, *Calvin Wooding, *George O. Jarvis, St. Michael's Church, Naugatuck, Union Church, Hitchcocksville, Scovell M. Buckingham, St. John's Church, Waterbury, Leonard Platt, Benjamin F. Judd, St. Peter's Church, Plymouth, *Chester L. Carrington, Joseph H. Gregory, St. James' Church, Danbury, Reuben Booth, Orlando Walker, Trumbull, Eli F. Rogers, Trinity Church, Branford, Joel Foot, *Zachariah Cone, St. Peter's Church, Hebron, Stephen C. Gilbert, St. John's Church, North Haven, Noah A. Phelps, Christ Church, Middletown, William W. Boardman, John B. Robertson, Levi H. Young, Enos A. Prescott, Trinity Parish, New Haven, Nathaniel Wooster, Christ Church, Oxford, *George A. Tomlinson, Aner Bradley, Russell S. Beers, Christ Church, Watertown, Henry Smith, St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, Chevers Brainard, *Moses B. Wright, St. Stephen's Church, East Haddam, John Bishop, Christ Church, East Haven, Jonathan Godfrey, Jr., Trinity Church, Fairfield, Charles Townsend, Middlebury. The Report of the committee was accepted by the Convention. The Convention also admitted to a seat in this house, to represent their respective Parishes, the following gentlemen; satisfactory evidence having been produced that they were duly elected, although from various causes they had not furnished the committee with the testimonials required by the Constitution: William Hinman, St. Peter's, Oxford, Asa J. Driggs, St. Peter's, Cheshire, Thomas S. Shelton, St. Paul's, Huntington, Cyprian Nicholls, Christ Church, Hartford, Nathaniel Clark, Grace Church, Saybrook, Joseph Nettleton, St. James' Church, Newtown. The roll of the Lay Delegates was then called, and the above named gentlemen took their seats in the Convention, with the exception of those to whose names an asterisk is prefixed. The Convention then proceeded to the election of a Secretary, when, on counting the ballots, it appeared that the Rev. Allen C. Morgan was chosen. A. B. Chapin, Esq. was, on motion, appointed Assistant Secretary. The Rev. Robert A. Hallam and the Rev. L. H. Corson appeared and took their seats. The Rt. Rev. The Bishop, pursuant to the 51st Canon of the General Convention, then delivered the following address. ADDRESS. MY BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY, and of the LAITY : In consequence of a change in the Constitution of the Diocese, it is only about eight months since the last annual meeting of the Convention. At the time of our session in October last, my visitations for the season were nearly completed, and it is but a short period since the state of the weather and the roads has permitted the renewal of them for the current year. The record of services, performed within the Diocese, which I have now to lay before you, must therefore be more brief than usual. But, during the usual respite from my Episcopal labours, when I would gladly have devoted my time to study, and to the care of my family, the providence of God has directed my steps to a far distant portion of the Church. When spending the winter in New Orleans, two years before, I had been instrumental in collecting together the scattered Episcopalians of that city, and in encouraging their exertions for the erection of a new house of worship. At the close of the last autumn, the edifice was nearly completed, but the Parish was yet without a Pastor, and I was urgently requested by the Vestry once more to visit the city, to consecrate the new Church, to aid in reassembling a congregation preparatory to the sale of the pews, and to assist in procuring a permanent Rector. The measure of success which attended these efforts encourages the hope, that they were favoured and blessed by the great Head of the Church. After an absence of five months from my Diocese, and home, it is with no ordinary emotions that I find myself again permitted to renew my intercourse with my brethren of the Clergy and Laity of Connecticut, and to meet so many of them in Convention at this time. May our hearts be penetrated with gratitude and love to that great and good Being, who has kept us in safety |