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 Bishop Jos. Blount Cheshire 
 
 BEFORE THE 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 1917 
 
 RALEIGH 
 
 EDWARDS a BROUGHTON PRINTING CO. 
 
 1917 
 
ADDKESS OF THE BISHOP. 
 
 Brethren of I he Clergy and Lady: 
 
 The 24th of April, just three weeks ago, was the one hun- 
 dredth anniversary of the formation of the Diocese of North 
 Carolina, and of the meeting' of our first Diocesan Conven- 
 tion. The Diocese then embraced the State of North Caro- 
 lina. By the erection of the Diocese of East Carolina in 
 1883, and of the Missionary District of Asheville in 1895, 
 Ave have become three separate organizations within the limits 
 of our State, though still bound together by common tradi- 
 tions, and by ties of affection and sympathy. I deny myself 
 the pleasure of enlarging upon the many interesting topics 
 suggested by the completion of a century of diocesan exist- 
 ence, because we hope to meet in Xewbern on Holy Thurs- 
 day, immediately upon the adjournment of this Convention, 
 that North Carolina, East Carolina, and Asheville may join 
 in a common service of commemoration and thanksgiving 
 upon this memorable occasion! 1 think we may truly say, 
 "The Lord hath done great things for us already, whereof we 
 rejoice" ; and may He have greater things to do with us in 
 the years to come ! 
 
 I must begin my Address by calling on you to join with 
 me in thanking our merciful God and Saviour for the useful 
 lives and peaceful departure of some of our dear and noble 
 brethren, who since our last meeting have been called to their 
 rest. 
 
 The oldest Priest of the Diocese, and in some respects the 
 most notable, the Rev. Benjamin Swann Bronsoh, fell on 
 sleep April 14, 1 ( .»17, having completed his eighty-eighth year 
 April 3d. I saw him on the 20th of March preceding, and 
 conversed with him for perhaps an hour. Weak in body, he 
 showed no dimness of intellectual or spiritual faculties. He 
 spoke with entire freedom and composure of his approaching 
 transition, expressing no reluctance to go, but hoping that he 
 might finish out his eighty-eight years, a hope which was ful- 
 filled. The only personal concern of which he spoke had 
 
reference to the discharge of an obligation to a dear and 
 valued friend, who had been very kind to him. I was able to 
 assure him that he need feel no apprehension in the matter. 
 All his other interest seemed to be connected with the present 
 condition and prospects of St. Mary's School and the Thomp- 
 son Orphanage. He had always felt that the interests of the 
 Church could best be served by building up permanent insti- 
 tutions for Church work, and he had given much of the 
 thought and effort of his life to such objects. He had not 
 been successful in his own attempts, for he was singularly 
 lacking in executive and administrative ability. He was, as 
 we say, visionary, and in his fine inward vision forgot out- 
 ward detail. But the power of vision is a marvelous power, 
 and the real source of all worthy achievement: "Where no 
 vision is the people, perish." He saw what might be, and 
 what ought to be; and he showed the way. He was a great 
 source of help to me. When I followed him in Charlotte, 
 after an interval of three years, I found St. Peter's Church 
 in that city alive with his ideals and purposes and hopes. I 
 tried to take up and carry out some of the designs I thus 
 found ready to my hand. I feel that such work as I may 
 have accomplished there was to a considerable degree by 
 building upon his foundations. Since I have had the care 
 of this Diocese committed to me, I have had much help of 
 the same kind from him. His mind was a mine in which 
 might be found much precious gold of priceless thoughts and 
 ideas. I believe many others have consciously or uncon- 
 sciously been helped by him, as I gratefully acknowledge 
 that I have been. 1 believe him to have been a much more 
 useful man than would appear from any work done by him- 
 self in its visible results. The Thompson Orphanage, devel- 
 oped and established by the faith and labors of the Rev. 
 Edwin A. Osborne, sprang out of the hopes and efforts of 
 Mr. Bronson, and is today carried on under the provisions of 
 a deed of trust executed by him to the Trustees of the Diocese. 
 The first hospital, as an instrumentality of Christian and 
 charitable wook, in this State, St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, 
 had its origin in the same source. The Good Samaritan Hos- 
 pital for Xegroes, the first in the State, was the offspring of 
 St. Peter's Hospital. But I cannot prolong this notice, only 
 I must lie allowed to record this slight tribute to our dear 
 brother, however inadequate it may be. 
 
It has not been my custom to dwell upon the death of the 
 lay members of the Diocese. It. would be impossible to 
 mention all, and the difficulty of making a just discrimina- 
 tion must be quite apparent. But when in one year we lose 
 from oin- parochial and diocesan activities John S. Hender- 
 son, William L. London, and .John Cameron Buxton, it is not 
 possible that I should fail to give some expression to that 
 universal sense of sorrow which I know afflicts the hearts of 
 our people of North Carolina. They were all notable men 
 in their own individual personality; they came of distin- 
 guished ancestors who had held the highest positions both in 
 Church and State since we have had civil and ecclesiastical 
 institutions ; they had been, each one from his early youth, 
 earnest, active, and useful in the Church, each one the lead- 
 ing Churchman in his own community, and they had all 
 served for many years in our Diocesan Convention, and re- 
 peatedly represented the Diocese in the General Convention. 
 Tt would be a pleasure to me to draw out, so far as my abili- 
 ties might enable me, their several characters, and to dwell 
 upon their services to their fellows — especially the noble part 
 they have played in our Church life. This, however, is im- 
 possible. I must content myself with this brief reference to 
 them. In this our centennial year, they are a noble trio 
 added to the treasures the Church in Xorth Carolina has laid 
 up in the eternal storehouse. While we feel the greatness of 
 our loss, we rejoice in their goodly example : "My song shall 
 be of mercy and judgment : unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing.'' 
 
 The following is a summary of my official acts in the 
 Diocese during the year ending March 31, 1917: 
 
 April 1. At Chapel Hill, had a conference with the Vestry of the 
 Chapel of the Cross in regard to the calling of a rector. 
 2. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. In the Chapel of the Cross. 
 Chapel Hill, I confirmed 4 persons, preached, and ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 9. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. Raleigh, visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Christ Church: Preached, and confirmed 39 per- 
 sons. 
 •5 p. m. Chapel of St. Mary's School: Confirmed 11 persons 
 and made an address. 
 
 12. Raleigh, St. Ambrose' Church, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 9 persons. 
 
 13. Raleigh, St. Saviour's Chapel, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 7 persons. 
 
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 Apr. 15. Monroe, Holy Trinity Mission (for negroes), visitation: 
 Preached, and confirmed 4 persons. 
 16. Palm Sunday, visitations : 
 
 Monroe, St. Paul's Church: 11 a. m. Baptized an infant, 
 confirmed 4 persons, preached, and administered the 
 Holy Communion. Confirmed 2 sick persons in private. 
 8 p. m. Charlotte, St. Martin's Church: Preached, and con- 
 firmed 10 persons. 
 
 18. Charlotte, St. Peter's Church: Officiated with the rector. 
 
 19. 10 a. m. Inspected the Thompson Orphanage. 
 
 8 p. m. Church of the Holy Comforter, visitation: 
 Preached, and confirmed 4 persons. 
 
 21. Good Friday. Statesville, Trinity Church, visitation: Con- 
 
 firmed 1 person, preached, and administered the Holy 
 Communion. 
 
 22. Easter Even. Charlotte, St Peter's Church: 4 p. m. Bap- 
 
 tized an infant, and said the Evening Service. 
 2'3. Easter Day. Charlotte, visitations : 
 
 11 a. m. St. Peter's Church: Preached, confirmed 24 per- 
 sons, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 4 p. m. In the same church, made an address to the 
 children. 
 
 8 p. m. Church of St. Michael and All Angels (for ne- 
 groes) : preached, and confirmed 8 persons. 
 
 24. 11 a. m. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of the 
 
 Thompson Orphanage. 
 6 p. m. In the Church of the Holy Comforter, confirmed 3 
 persons. 
 
 25. St. Mark's Bay. 10 a. m. Annual meeting of the Board 
 
 of Managers of the Thompson Orphanage. 
 11 a. m. Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, visitation: Con- 
 firmed 7 children, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 28. Gulf. St. Mark's Church, visitation: Preached. 
 
 29. Pittsboro, St. James' Church (for negroes), visitation: 
 
 Preached, confirmed 2 persons. 
 
 30. The First Sunday after Easter. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Pittsboro, St. Bartholomew's Church: confirmed 
 1 person, preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 8. p. m. Sanford: Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 May 4. Raleigh, Christ Church: Officiated at a funeral. 
 
 7. The Second Sunday after Easter. Raleigh, Church of the 
 Good Shepherd, visitation: Confirmed 29 persons, 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
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 May 10. Raleigh, St. Mary's Chapel, special visitation: Confirmed 
 7 persons, and made an address. 
 12., Attended meeting of Executive Committee of St. Mary's 
 School. 
 
 14. Wake County, St. John's Mission, visitation: Preached. 
 
 confirmed 5 persons, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 15. Henderson, Church of the Holy Innocents: Officiated at 
 
 a missionary meeting. 
 
 16. One Hundredth Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Conven- 
 
 tion. Henderson, Church of the Holy Innocents. 
 
 10 a. m. Said Morning Prayer, and called the Convention 
 to order. 
 
 11 a. m. Opening service: Administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 4 p. m. Presided at business session. 
 
 8:30 p. m. Officiated at Evening Prayer and read my an- 
 nual Address. 
 
 17. 7:30 a. m. In same church, administered the Holy Com- 
 
 munion. 
 
 Presided in the business sessions of the Convention in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 3 p. m. Officiated at a funeral near Warrenton. 
 
 4:30 p. m. Presided in the Convention. 
 
 8 p. m. In the Parish House of the Church of the Holy 
 Innocents: Opened joint meeting of the Diocesan Con- 
 vention and the Diocesan Branch of the Woman's Aux- 
 iliary. Afterwards continued the business session of 
 the Convention. 
 
 18. Continued the business sessions of the Convention and at 
 
 4:30 p. m. conducted the closing service. 
 20. The Fourth Sunday after Easter. 7:45 a. m. In Chapel 
 of St. Mary's School I administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 11 a. m. In the same Chapel, officiated at the "Commence- 
 ment Sunday" service, the Rev. Mercer P. Logan, of 
 Charleston, preaching the sermon. 
 
 5 p. m. In the same Chapel, made an address. 
 
 7:30 p. m. In Chapel of St. Augustine's School, officiated 
 at the Evening Service. 
 23. St. Mary's School Commencement: Attended the Com- 
 mencement exercises in the Auditorium. 
 
 12:30 noon. Officiated at the closing service in St. Mary's 
 Chapel; delivered the diplomas to the graduates, and 
 made an address. 
 
 3 p. m. Presided at the annual meeting of the Trustees 
 of St. Mary's School. 
 
May 28. The Fifth Sunday after Easter. 11 a. m. Durham. St. 
 Philip's Church: Officiated with the rector. 
 5'p. ra. In St. Augustine's Chapel, officiated at the Com- 
 mencement Sunday service. 
 31. 10 a. m. Attended the Commencement at this School. 
 2 p. m. Presided in the meeting of the Trustees of St. Au- 
 gustine's School. 
 June 1. Ascension Day. Raleigh, Christ Church: Administered 
 the Holy Communion. 
 2. Attended a meeting in the interest of St. Mary's School, in 
 Christ Church Parish House. Raleigh, and made an 
 address. 
 
 4. The Sunday after Ascension Day. 11 a. m. In the Church 
 
 of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, the rector being absent, 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 6 p. m. In same Church, said Evening Prayer. 
 
 6. 7:30 a. m. In the Chapel of St. Mary's School, at opening 
 
 of St. Mary's Conference, administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. This day and the following one I attended the 
 sessions of St. Mary's Conference. 
 July 2. The Second Sunday after Trinity. In Calvary Church, Tar- 
 boro: Officiated morning and evening, administered the 
 Holy Communion at the former service and preached: 
 made an address at the evening service. 
 
 The same day. at 4 p. m., at the mission in a schoolhouse 
 below Macclesfield. Edgecombe County, preached, and 
 confirmed 6 persons presented by the Lay Reader and 
 Catechist. 
 
 At 6 p. m., in schoolhouse near Macnair's Crossing, said a 
 short service and made an address. 
 
 5. Raleigh: Attended meeting of the Executive Committee 
 
 of the Convocation of Raleigh. 
 
 7. Duke, St. Stephen's Church, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 4 persons. 
 9. The Third Sunday after' Trinity. 11 a. m. In Christ 
 Church, Raleigh: Ordained Basil M. Walton to the Dia- 
 conate: preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 8 p. m. West Durham, St. Joseph's Church, visitation: 
 Confirmed 7 persons, and made an address. 
 
 12. High Point, St. Mary's Church, special visitation: Con- 
 
 firmed 8 persons, and made an address. 
 
 13. Charlotte: 11 a. m. Attended a meeting of the Board of 
 
 Managers of the Thompson Orphanage. 
 8 p. m. St. Andrew's Chapel: Confirmed 2 persons. 
 
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 July 16. The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 11 a. m. 
 Visited St. Mark's Church, Mecklenburg County; 
 preached, confirmed 1 person, and administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. In St. Stephen's Church, Mooresville, preached, 
 and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 17. St. James' Church, Iredell County, visitation: Preached, 
 
 and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 18. Walnut Cove, Christ Church, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 1 person. 
 
 19. Mount Airy, Trinity Church, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 2 persons. 
 
 20. Mayodan, Church of the Messiah, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 21. Stoneville, Emmanuel Church, visitation: Preached. 
 
 22. Rockingham County, St. Andrew's Mission, visitation: 
 
 The Rev. Wm. J. Gordon baptized 15 adults; I preached, 
 and confirmed 16 persons. 
 
 23. The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 11 a. m. 
 
 Leaksville, Church of the Epiphany: Preached, and ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 3 p. m. Spray, St. Luke's Church: Preached, and con- 
 firmed 5 persons. 
 
 8:15 p. m. Reidsville. St. Thomas' Church: Preached. 
 
 30. The Sixth Sunday after Trinity. 11 a. m. Statesville, 
 
 Trinity Church, visitation : Preached, and administered 
 the Holy Communion. 
 The destructive floods of this month made it impossible 
 for me to carry out the arrangement I had made for a 
 visitation of Christ Church, Cleveland, the same day. 
 
 31. In Salisbury, 3 p. m. I attended an important meeting of 
 
 a Committee of the Managers of the Thompson Orphan- 
 age. 
 8 p. m. Woodleaf, St. George's Chapel, visitation : Preached, 
 confirmed 1 person. 
 Aug. 2. Salisbury, St. Paul's Church, visitation: Preached. 
 
 3. 11 a. m. St. Mary's Church, Rowan County, visitation : 
 Preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. St. Matthew's Church, Rowan County, visitation: 
 Preached. 
 6. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity — The Feast of the Trans- 
 figuration. Ansonville, All Souls' Church, visitation: 
 Preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 9. Went to Goshen, Granville County, to inspect the Thorp 
 Family Burying Ground and give directions concern- 
 ing it. 
 
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 Aug. 29. Avadesboro, at a private residence, I officiated at a mar- 
 riage. 
 
 30. Raleigh, in St. Ambrose' Church, 8 p. m., attended the an- 
 
 nual meeting of the Colored Convocation of the Diocese. 
 
 31. In the same church. 10 a. m., at the opening session of the 
 
 Convocation, I administered the Holy Communion, and 
 at 11 a. m. delivered my annual Address to the Convo- 
 cation. 
 3 p. m. Presided in the business sessions. 
 8 p. m. In the same church, presided at a missionary 
 meeting of the Convocation, and made an address. 
 Sept. 1. In the same church, presided in the business sessions of 
 the Convocation. 
 3. The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Williamsboro, St. 
 John's Church, visitation: Officiated morning and eve- 
 ning, preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8. 7:45 p. m. At the State Agricultural and Mechanical Col- 
 lege, on the opening day of the Fall Term, I said 
 prayers in the chapel (Pullen Hall), and made an 
 address. 
 10. T.he Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. In the Church of the 
 Good Shepherd, Raleigh, took part in the service which 
 concluded the twenty-five years rectorship of the Rev. 
 Dr. Pittenger. 
 12. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Con- 
 vocation of Raleigh. 
 
 21. 9 a. m. In the Chapel of St. Mary's School, took part in 
 
 the opening service of the school year, and made an 
 address. 
 10 a. m. In the Church of the Good Shepherd, adminis- 
 tered the Holy Communion. 
 
 22. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of St. 
 
 Mary's School. 
 
 23. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of St. 
 
 Augustine's School. 
 
 24. The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. In the Church of 
 
 the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, I ordained Howard Stetter 
 Hartzell to the Diaconate, and Arthur William Taylor, 
 Edga N. LeBlanc, and Floyd Stephen Cartwright to the 
 Priesthood, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. I officiated in St. Ambrose' Church. 
 26. Attended in Oxford a meeting of the Committee appointed 
 by the Convention of the Diocese in regard to the legacy 
 of Miss Lucy Thorp, and with Mr. A. C. Zollicoffer, a 
 member of the Committee, visited and inspected the 
 burying ground at Goshen. 
 
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 Sept. 28. 11:30 a. m. Took part in the service at the opening of the 
 academic year of St. Augustine's School and made an 
 address. 
 Oct. 1. The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Hillsboro, St. Matthew's Church: Confirmed 1 
 person, preached, and administered the Holy Commun- 
 ion. 
 3:30 p. m. Orange County, St. Mary's Church: Preached. 
 
 4. Attended a meeting of a Committee of the Board of Trus- 
 
 tees of St. Mary's School. 
 
 6. 3 p. m. In Salisbury, attended a meeting of a Committee 
 
 of the Board of Managers of the Thompson Orphanage. 
 7:30 p. m. Lexington. Grace Church, special visitation: 
 Preached, and confirmed 2 persons. 
 8. The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 
 
 At China Grove, consecrated Ascension Church, baptized 
 an infant, preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 3:30 p. m. Cleveland, Christ Church: Confirmed 8 per- 
 sons and preached. 
 29. The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Greensboro, St. Andrew's Church: Confirmed 10 
 persons, made an address, and administered the Holy 
 Communion. 
 3 p. m. Officiated at a special service on opening the new 
 Church of the Redeemer for our Colored Mission in 
 Greensboro. 
 Nov. 1. All Saints' Day. 8 p. m. Statesville. Trinity Church: An- 
 nual meeting of the Convocation of Charlotte; Preached. 
 
 2. Presided forenoon and afternoon in the business sessions 
 
 of the Convocation. 
 8 p. m. Chapel of the Holy Cross, colored mission, visita- 
 tion: Preached. 
 
 3. 7:30 a. m. In Trinity Church, Statesville, administered 
 
 the Holy Communion. 
 7:30 p. m. Davie County, Ascension Church, visitation: 
 Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 5. The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. "Winston, St. Paul's Church: Preached, and ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 7:30 p. m. St. Stephen's Church, our colored mission in 
 Winston: Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 7. Elkin, Galloway Memorial Chapel, visitation: Said Eve- 
 
 ning Prayer, baptized a child, and preached. 
 S. Germanton, St. Philip's Church, visitation : 5 p. m. Con- 
 firmed 2 persons. 
 7:30 p. m. Said Evening Prayer, and preached. 
 
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 Nov. 9. Greensboro. Holy Trinity Church, visitation: Preached, 
 and confirmed 10 persons. 
 10. Greensboro, Church of the Redeemer, our colored mis- 
 sion: 8 p. m. Preached, and confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 12. The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity. Visitations : 
 
 11 a. m. Concord, All Saints' Church: Said Morning 
 Prayer, preached, and administered the Holy Commun- 
 ion. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Salisbury, St. Luke's Church: Preached, and 
 confirmed 11 persons. 
 
 13. Cooleemee. Church of the Good Shepherd, visitation: 
 
 Preached, and confirmed 2 persons. 
 
 14. In the same church, at a service on the Fiftieth Anniver- 
 
 sary of the Marriage of the Rev. Simeon J. M. Brown, I 
 administered the Holy Communion, assisted by Arch- 
 deacon Hardin. 
 
 18. Littleton, St. Anna's Church, our colored mission, visita- 
 
 tion: Preached, and confirmed 6 persons. 
 
 19. The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Littleton, St. Alban's Church: Confirmed 1 per- 
 son, made an address, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Halifax, St. Mark's Church: Preached. 
 
 21. In Trinity Church, Scotland Neck: Annual meeting of the 
 
 Convocation of Raleigh. 7:30 p. m. Officiated at the 
 opening service and presided in the business session. 
 
 22. Attended the business sessions of the Convocation. 
 
 8 p. m. In the same church: Confirmed 10 persons, and 
 made an address. 
 
 23. Attended the forenoon session of the Convocation. 
 
 8 p. m. Wilson, St. Timothy's Church: Officiated at a 
 marriage. 
 
 24. Lawrence, Grace Memorial Chapel: Said Evening Prayer, 
 
 preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 26. The Sunday next before Advent. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Tarboro. Calvary Church: Confirmed 32 per- 
 sons, preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 Confirmed 2 sick persons in private. 
 
 3:45 p. m. Speed, St. Mary's Church: Preached, and con- 
 firmed 4 persons. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Tarboro, St. Luke's Church: Preached, and 
 confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 27. Rocky Mount, Church of the Good Shepherd, visitation: 
 
 Said Evening Prayer, and preached. After the service 
 had a conference with the Vestry. 
 
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 Nov. 28. Rocky Mount, Holy Hope, colored mission, visitation: 
 Preached. 
 
 30. Thanksgiving Day. Raleigh, in the Church of the Good 
 
 Shepherd: Preached. 
 Dec. 1. Pittsboro, St. Bartholomew's Church: Officiated at a 
 funeral. 
 
 3. The First Sunday in Advent. Visitations : 
 
 11 a. m. Weldon, Grace Church: Confirmed 5 persons, 
 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 7:30 p. m. Jackson, Church of the Saviour: Preached. 
 
 4. Ringwood, St. Clement's Church, visitation: 3:30 p. m. 
 
 Preached. 
 
 5. In Enfield, baptized a child in private. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Enfield, Church of the Advent, visitation: 
 Preached, confirmed 5 persons. 
 
 10. The Second Sunday in Advent. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Pittsboro, St. Bartholomew's Church: Confirmed 
 2' persons, preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 3:30 p. m. Pittsboro, St. James' Colored Mission: Preached, 
 confirmed 2 persons. 
 
 8 p. m. Sanford, St. Thomas' Church: Preached. 
 17. The Third Sunday in Advent. Visitations: 
 
 9:30 a. m. Wilson. St. Timothy's Church: Officiated at a 
 funeral. 
 
 11 a. m. Confirmed 20 persons, preached, and adminis- 
 tered the Holy Communion. Before the service, con- 
 firmed a sick man in private. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Selma, St. Gabriel's Church: Preached. 
 25. Christmas Day. Raleigh, in the Church of the Good 
 Shepherd: Preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 31. The Sunday after Christmas. Raleigh, in the Church of 
 
 the Good Shepherd, I ordained a Deacon and adminis- 
 tered the Holy Communion. 
 1917. 
 Jan. 1. Feast of tjie Circumcision. Raleigh, Church of the Good 
 Shepherd: Administered the Holy Communion. 
 3. In same church, said Morning Prayer and Litany. 
 
 6. The Epiphany. In the same church, administered the Holy 
 
 Communion. 
 
 11. At the inauguration of Governor Bickett: Offered prayer, 
 
 also gave the benediction at the close. 
 14. The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. Visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. Roanoke Rapids, All Saints' Church: Confirmed 
 
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 3 persons, preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 2:30 p. m. Laid cornerstone of new church in Roanoke 
 
 Rapids. 
 7:30 p. m. Weldon, Grace Church: Preached. 
 Jan. 17. Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Said Morning 
 Prayer and the Litany. 
 
 19. In the same church, at a general meeting of the Woman's 
 Auxiliary, administered the Holy Communion and made 
 an address. 
 
 21. The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Chapel Hill, Chapel 
 of the Cross: The parish being vacant, said Morning 
 Prayer and the ante-Communion, and preached. The 
 evening of the same day, in West Durham, had a con- 
 ference with the Diocesan Commissioner of the Pension 
 Fund. 
 
 24. Raleigh. Church of the Good Shepherd: Said Morning 
 
 Prayer and the Litany. 
 
 25. Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. In the same church, 
 
 administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 27. Attended meeting of the Executive Committee of St. Au- 
 
 gustine's School. 
 
 28. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. 
 
 7:30 a. m. Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 11 a. m. In the same church, officiated at the mid-day 
 service. 
 
 2:30 p. m. In Christ Church. Raleigh, baptized an infant. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Church of the Holy Comforter. Burlington, 
 visitation : Preached, and confirmed 11 persons. 
 Feb. 2. Feast of the Purification. Raleigh, Church of the Good 
 Shepherd: Administered the Holy Communion. 
 4. Septuagesima Sunday. Raleigh, 11 a. m. In the Church 
 of the Good Shepherd, preached, and administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 
 3:30 p. m. In the same church, officiated at a funeral. 
 
 7:30 p. m. Said Evening Prayer and preached. 
 
 6. Spring Hope. St. Jude's Church, visitation : Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 7. Battleboro, St. John's Church, visitation: Said Evening 
 
 Prayer, preached, and confirmed 2 persons. 
 11. Sexagesima. Sunday. Raleigh, in the Church of the Good 
 
 Shepherd : Officiated morning and evening, and made 
 
 an address on the Church Pension Fund. 
 18. Quinquagesima Sunday. Salisbury. Consecrated two 
 
 churches: 
 
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 Feb. 18. 1. St. Peter's Church ; preached, and administered the Holy 
 Communion. 
 
 2. St. Philip's Church, for our new mission in Salisbury. 
 for negroes. Archdeacon Delany preached: I adminis- 
 tered the Holy Communion. 
 
 19. Attended in Salisbury a meeting of the Executive Commit- 
 
 tee of the Convocation of Charlotte. 
 
 20. Concord, All Saints' Church: Officiated at a marriage. 
 
 21. Ash Wednesday. Concord, Grace Church, visitation: Con- 
 
 firmed 2 persons, preached, and administered the Holy 
 Communion. After the service confirmed a sick child in 
 private. 
 2'2. At the inauguration of President Riddick as President of 
 the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, I 
 offered a prayer at the opening of the exercises and 
 gave the Blessing at the end. 
 
 25. The First Sunday in Lent. 11 a. m. Southern Pines, Em- 
 
 manuel Church, visitation : Confirmed 6 persons, 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Said 
 Evening Prayer and preached. 
 
 26. Smithfield, St. Paul's Church, visitation: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 4 persons. 
 
 27. Attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the Con- 
 . vocation of Raleigh. 
 
 28. 7:45 p. m. Raleigh, St. Ambrose' Church: Made an ad- 
 
 dress. 
 8:30 p. m. Attended a meeting of the Executive Commit- 
 tee of the Colored Convocation. 
 Mar. 2. Stovall, St. Peter's Church, visitation: Preached. 
 
 3. Oxford. St. Cyprian's Church, colored mission, visitation: 
 
 Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 4. The Second Sunday in Lent. Visitations: Oxford, St. 
 
 Stephen's Church: 7:30 a. m. Administered the Holy 
 
 Communion. 
 9:30 a. m. Confirmed sick person in private. 
 10 a. m. Confirmed 7 persons, and preached. 
 7:30 p. m. Henderson, Church of the Holy Innocents: 
 
 Preached, confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 5. Henderson. St. John's Chapel, visitation : Preached, con- 
 
 firmed 6 persons. 
 
 7. Raleigh: Attended meeting of the Diocesan Apportion- 
 ment Committee. 
 
 S. Attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the Con- 
 vocation of Raleigh. 
 
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 Mar. 9. Middleburg, Church of the Heavenly Rest, visitation: 
 Preached, confirmed 4 persons, and made an address. 
 15. Attended meeting of the Executive Committee of St. Mary's 
 School. 
 
 18. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. Durham, visitations: 
 
 11 a. m. St. Philip's Church: Confirmed 32 persons, of 
 whom 15 were deaf-mutes, preached, and administered 
 the Holy Communion. 
 
 4 p. m. St. Titus' Church, our colored mission:' Officiated 
 at Evening Prayer. 
 
 19. Warrrenton, Emmanuel Church, visitation: Confirmed 10 
 
 persons. 
 
 20. Warrenton, All Saints' colored mission: Confirmed 7 per- 
 
 sons, made an address. 
 
 24. Chapel Hill, Chapel of the Cross: 7:30 p. m. Said the 
 
 Litany. 
 
 25. The Fifth Sunday in Lent; Feast of the Annunciation. 
 
 Visitations: 11 a. m. Chapel Hill, Chapel of the Cross: 
 
 Confirmed 3 persons, preached, and administered the 
 
 Holy Communion. 
 7:30 p.m. West Durham, St. Joseph's Church: Confirmed 
 
 10 persons, and made an address. 
 28. 3 p. m. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of St. 
 
 Mary's School. 
 8 p. m. Raleigh, St. Ambrose' Church, visitation: Preached, 
 
 Confirmed 10 persons, and made an address. 
 
 My services outside the limits of the Diocese have been the 
 following : 
 
 Besides taking part in the general services connected with 
 the Commencement of the University of the South at Sewanee 
 last June : 
 
 1916. 
 June 13. 7:30 a. m. I administered the Holy Communion in All 
 Saints' University Chapel. 
 22. In the Capitol at "Washington I participated in the cere- 
 monies attending the unveiling of the statue of Gov- 
 ernor Vance, offering a prayer at the opening, and giv- 
 ing the Blessing at the close. 
 Aug. 13. The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. In All Faith Church, 
 St. Mary's County, Maryland, I took part in the service, 
 and preached. 
 20. The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. In St. Paul's Church, 
 Camden, Delaware: 7:30 a. m. I administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 6:30 p. m. Said Evening Prayer and preached. 
 
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 1917. 
 Jan. 31. In the Church House, Philadelphia, I delivered an address 
 before a Church Historical Society. 
 
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 I have thus officiated outside the Diocese four times 
 preached twice, administered the Holy Communion twice, and 
 delivered one address. 
 
 A summary of my services within the Diocese gives a total 
 of 185 services, 98 sermons, 25 addresses, 54 celebrations of 
 the Holy Communion, 510 confirmations, G infant baptisms, 
 3 marriages, 4 funerals, 3 churches consecrated, 1 cornerstone 
 laid, 3 Deacons advanced to the Priesthood, and 3 Candidates 
 ordained Deacons. 
 
 The importance of the last mentioned services demands a 
 fuller record of these ordinations. 
 
 The Third Sunday after Trinity, being June 9, 1916, in Christ 
 Church, Raleigh, I ordained to the Diaconate, Basil Manly Walton. 
 The Candidate was presented by Archdeacon Hughes. I preached 
 the sermon. The Rev. Julian E. Ingle, the Rev. Milton A. Barber, 
 and the Rev. Isaac W. Hughes assisted in the services. 
 
 The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, being the 24th day of Sep- 
 tember, 1916, in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh. I or- 
 dained to the Diaconate Howard Stetter Hartzell: and advanced to 
 the Priesthood, Arthur William Taylor, Edgar N. LeBlanc, and Floyd 
 Stephen Cartwright. Messrs. Hartzell, Taylor, and LeBlanc were 
 presented by Archdeacon Hughes, and Mr. Cartwright by the Rev. 
 Julian E. Ingle. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Albert S. 
 Cooper, of the Diocese of Hankow, China. 
 
 The Sunday after Christmas, December 31, 1916, in the Church of 
 the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, I ordained to the Diaconate Sanford 
 Louis Rotter. The Candidate was presented by the Rev. I. McK. 
 Pittenger, D.D. The sermon was preached by the Rev. A. Burtis 
 Hunter, D.D. 
 
 "We have lost from our Clergy List since my last report : 
 By death: 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Swann Bronson, died April 14. 1917. 
 By transfer to other Dioceses: 
 
 Rev. Homer W. Starr, April 17, 1916, to South Carolina. 
 
 Rev. Albert New, September 5, 1916. to Asheville. 
 
 Rev. Henry T. Cocke, September 15, 1916. to New Jersey. 
 
 Rev. Locke W. Blackwelder, October 31, 1916, to South Carolina. 
 
 Rev. Floyd S. Cartwright. November 22, 1916, to East Carolina. 
 
 Rev. Henry C. Smith. December 18, 1916, to Arizona. 
 
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 Rev. Edgar N. LeBlanc, December 18, 1916, to Asheville. 
 
 Rev. Edgar V. W. Edwards, February 23, 1917, to East Carolina. 
 
 We have gained : 
 By ordination : 
 
 Rev. Basil Manly Walton. July 9, 1916. 
 
 Rev. Howard Stetter Hartzell, September 24, 1916. 
 
 Rev. Sanford Louis Rotter, December 31, 1916. 
 By transfer from, other Dioceses: 
 
 Rev. Reuben Meredith, June 20, 1916, from Southern Virginia. 
 
 Rev. Frederick Diehl, February 5, 1917. from Southern Virginia. 
 
 Rev. Charles Aylett Ashby, March 1, 1917, from East Carolina. 
 
 Rev. Richard Maynard Marshall, March 1, 1917, from South 
 Carolina. 
 
 Having lost nine and gained seven, our total is reduced by two. 
 and stands now, 1 Bishop, 51 Priests, and 10 Deacons — 62 in all. 
 
 It should be remembered that the Rev. Edward Philip Green, whom 
 I had deposed in 1901 for causes not affecting his moral character, 
 and who had been for some time residing in Augusta, Georgia, was, 
 upon the request of the Bishop of Georgia, and by due canonical pro- 
 cedure, restored to the exercise of his function October 31, 1916; and 
 was the same day transferred to the Bishop of Georgia and accepted 
 by him. 
 
 The Candidates for Holy Orders are: George C. Pollard, Arthur 
 Myron Cochran, George H. W. Bullock, James Reginald Mallett, 
 Roger Edgar Bunn, Theodore Stroup, and Roma Coxey Fortune. 
 
 The Postulants are: Edward Gray Joyner and Jadi Levi Martin. 
 
 The fields of labor of the Clergy are the same as last year, 
 with the following exceptions : 
 
 The Rev. Basil M. Walton, Deacon, is serving under the 
 direction of the Rev. Isaac W. Hughes, his special work being 
 in St. Paul's Church, Louisburg, and St. James' Church, 
 Kittrell. 
 
 The Rev. Howard S. Hartzell, Deacon, is serving under 
 the Rev. William J. Gordon, in Leaksville, Spray, and ad- 
 jacent missions, 
 
 The Rev. Sanford L. Rotter, Deacon, is finishing his course 
 in the Virginia Theological Seminary. 
 
 The Rev. Reuben Meredith is Rector of Trinity Church, 
 Scotland Xeck, and has also under his care Halifax, Enfield, 
 and Ringwood. 
 
 The Rev. Frederick Diehl is Rector of the Church of the 
 Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount, and has under his care Battle- 
 boro and the new mission of St. -Tilde's Church, Spring Hope. 
 
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 The Rev. Dr. Pittenger, having resigned the rectorship of 
 
 the Church of the Good Shepherd, after twenty-five years of 
 faithful and efficient service, has taken charge of the missions 
 of St. Gabriel's, Selma, and St. John's, Wake Count)-. 
 
 The Rev. Charles A. Ashby became Rector of the Church 
 of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, March 1. 
 
 The Rev. R. Maynard Marshall assumed the rectorship of 
 the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, March 1 . 
 
 The Rev. Lewis C. Morrison, of the Diocese of Harrisburg, 
 has been put in charge of St. Stephen's Church, Duke, and 
 St. Paul's Church, Smithfield, but has not as yet presented 
 his letters dimissory. 
 
 The Rev. Phillips S. Gihnan, of the Diocese of Massachu- 
 setts, has accepted a call to become rector of St. Paul's 
 Church, Winston, and promises to take charge the first of next 
 July. In the meantime that parish is fortunate in having 
 the services of the Rev. A. Whitfield Cheatham. 
 
 St. Thomas' Church, Reidsville, vacant since the transfer 
 of the Rev. Mr. LeBlanc to the District of Asheviile, is being 
 cared for at present by the Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Spray. 
 
 The Rev. Clarence G. Prosperi, Deacon, has given up the 
 work at Concord, Mooresville, and St. James' Church, Iredell 
 County, and is for the present assisting in the work in Rowan 
 County, in connection with Trinity Church, Statesville. 
 
 The Rev. Lewis X. Taylor has resigned the work at Stovall, 
 Townesville, and St. John's Church, Vance County, and 
 April 1 assumed charge of the important work of All Saints' 
 Mission, Roanoke Rapids, and St. Luke's Church, Xorthamp- 
 ton County, formerly under the care of the Rev. Henry C. 
 Smith. 
 
 Under an arrangement with Archdeacon Hughes, the Rev. 
 Frank B. Ticknor, of Southern Florida, is for the present 
 officiating at Sanford, and also caring for St. Mark's, Gulf, 
 and the Mission at Holly Springs, Wake County. The Rev. 
 Harry O. Xash, of Southern Pines, desiring a charge during 
 the heat of summer, will have charge for some months of 
 Stovall, Townesville, and the rest of the field lately served by 
 the Rev. Lewis ITST. Taylor. 
 
 The most important vacancies are High Point, Concord, 
 and Mayodan. At the last named place Mr. J. Reginald 
 Mallett, one of our Candidates for Orders, is very effectively 
 serving as lay reader and catechist for the present, and I hope 
 
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 within the next few months to have a- resident minister in 
 charge. At Concord and High Point earnest efforts are being 
 made to secure permanent pastors. 
 
 On the whole the Diocese is well manned. The several im- 
 portant vacancies which have occurred during the year have 
 all been supplied, and the new men who have come to us are 
 a distinct addition to the strength of the Diocese, as well as to 
 their several parishes. 
 
 As tedious as this formal report of the conditions of our 
 work must necessarily be, I cannot omit to mention, with 
 more than a passing notice, the resignation by the Rev. Dr. 
 Pittenger of the rectorship of the Church of the Good Shep- 
 herd, after twenty-live years of faithful service and most suc- 
 cessful administration. Not desiring to retire from active 
 work, but feeling that the demands of the parish were a 
 greater burden than he could well endure, he has taken charge 
 of two missions easily accessible from Raleigh, both of which 
 he had himself been instrumental in beginning some years 
 ago. When he formally tendered his resignation of the 
 parish, to take effect September 15, 1910, he could look upon 
 the fruits of his quarter of a century rectorship, represented 
 by one of the most beautiful churches anywhere to be found, 
 and upon a congregation more than doubled in numbers, well 
 organized, and zealous in all good works. We trust that the 
 Diocese and this Convention may still enjoy the benefit of his 
 services for some years to come. 
 
 When I come to speak of the many subjects of interest and 
 importance which present themselves to my mind as I think 
 of what lies before us, I hardly know how to choose those 
 which have the strongest claim to be pressed upon your atten- 
 tion at this time. Our most important diocesan institution 
 is St. Mary's School. I cannot too earnestly urge upon the 
 clergy and people of the Diocese to unite in strong and enthu- 
 siastic and generous support of the effort now made by the 
 Board of Trustees to provide for the more adequate support 
 and development of our oldest, most useful, and most success- 
 ful Church work. It is in every way entitled to all it asks ; 
 and I would gladly devote the whole of my space in this 
 Address to setting forth its claims upon us, both on the ground 
 of what it has already accomplished in its past for the Church, 
 and for the incalculable possibilities of its future. I feel, 
 however, that St. Mary's School will be adequately brought 
 
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 to your attention in the Report of its Board of Trustees, and 
 more especially by the Agent and Representative of the Board, 
 the Rev. Francis M. Osborne. 
 
 The same may be said of the Thompson Orphanage and 
 Training Institution. We shall have from its Board of Man- 
 agers and from its excellent Superintendent a full report upon 
 its work and its needs. 
 
 J feel that such space as remains to me in this Address 
 must be devoted to one or two matters in which our diocesan 
 affairs are very materially affected by the action of the Gen- 
 eral Convention of 1916. 
 
 THE PENSION FUXL). 
 
 I think I need not enlarge on this subject. It has been 
 brought so effectively to the attention of the whole Church 
 that you all appreciate its importance. It affords a way by 
 which the laity may make some reasonable provision for the 
 disability of its faithful clergy and for their dependent fami- 
 lies. But note, that it only establishes a means and a method 
 wTiereby provision may be made by the laity. Unless the 
 laity zealously use the means, and follow the method devised, 
 nothing will be accomplished. It has sometimes been sup- 
 posed, and erroneously asserted, that the method is purely 
 selfish business, with no element of generous Christian char- 
 ity, that they who pay much ' get much, and that they for 
 whom only small payments are made can receive only what 
 those small payments will provide. This is a great mistake. 
 It does proceed on the business principle that if the people 
 will not pay anything, or if they fail to pay the proportion 
 assigned to them, their minister will suffer loss by reason of 
 their failure. But it also provides that where the smallest 
 and weakest parish pays faithfully the small assessment re- 
 quired, their clergyman shall receive a pension twice as large 
 as the maximum granted to any clergyman in my experience 
 by our old method, which simply appealed to an unregulated 
 spirit of charity. So far as I am able to understand the sys- 
 tem, it commends itself to my judgment as admirably adapted 
 to meet the end proposed; but I am free to confess that, if to 
 my individual judgment it seemed otherwise, I should hesitate 
 to trust my individual judgment against the mature and de- 
 liberate conclusions of some of the best minds and soundest 
 hearts in our American Church. 
 
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 Our part now is to see that all our parishes, missions, Con- 
 vocations, and other ecclesiastical and semi-ecclesiastical or- 
 ganizations, which employ the services of a clergyman, pay 
 systematically the required assessment, that none of onr de- 
 serving brethren be deprived of the benefit of this noble effort 
 for their support and comfort. Immediately upon the going 
 into effect of the Pension Fund system, I called together the 
 Executive Committee of our several Convocations and had 
 arrangements made, and immediately put into effect, for pay- 
 ing the proper assessments on behalf of our diocesan mission- 
 aries ; and I also brought the matter to the attention of our 
 schools and other institutions. I believe a good beginning 
 has been made by all these diocesan organizations, and I trust 
 that the parishes have done the same. In accordance with the 
 terms of the Canon passed at our last Convention, I appointed 
 a Diocesan Committee on the Pension Fund, as is recorded in 
 our Journal of last year. 
 
 In speaking of the Pension Fund 1 should not fail to ac- 
 knowledge the services of our own Diocesan Committee, and 
 especially the faithful and efficient work of our Chairman, 
 Mr. Wm. A. Erwin. Called unexpectedly to take the place 
 of Dr. Herty, when the latter removed from the Diocese, 
 Mr. Erwin accepted the position under very considerable dis- 
 advantages, and at great personal inconvenience. It was late 
 in the campaign, and even then it was impossible for him to 
 begin his work, on account of previous engagements, until 
 some months had passed. Under these unfavorable circum- 
 stances the result achieved was much beyond my expectations, 
 and I am most deeply gratified that the Diocese was able to do 
 so well in this noble enterprise. 
 
 CHAXGE IX FISCAL YEAR, ETC. 
 
 An amendment to Canon 49 of the Canons of the General 
 Convention requires all parochial reports to be made annu- 
 ally up to December 31, and a new Canon 50 has been enacted 
 making the fiscal year end December 31, and requiring much 
 greater accuracy and fulness in parochial and other accounts, 
 with specific directions as to diocesan supervision of all ac- 
 counts and the systematic auditing of the same ; all which 
 demand the serious attention of this Convention and some 
 amendments in onr diocesan Canons, and the adaptation of 
 our methods to the provisions of these new enactments. I 
 
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 shall not attempt any exposition of these new rules and meth- 
 ods; they will be sufficiently manifest by an examination of 
 the Canons referred to, and a very full explanation of their 
 purpose has been put out by the eminent layman who is un- 
 derstood to have been chiefly instrumental in framing them, 
 which, in pamphlet form, has been widely circulated during 
 the last few months. J ask the Convention to give their care- 
 ful attention to this matter, that we may take such action as 
 may be necessary to carry out in our diocesan affairs the 
 methods prescribed by the General Convention. 
 
 I venture, however, to make one suggestion for your con- 
 sideration in this connection. If our reports and accounts 
 must all be made up from January 1 to December 31, it is to 
 be considered whether that will not require some change in 
 the time of holding our animal Convention. If we meet in 
 May, accounts and reports for the year ending nearly five 
 months previous will hardly afford an intelligible basis for 
 our discussion and action. I.t is a question which should be 
 carefully considered, and I do not advance any very confident 
 opinion on it — but it has occurred to me that it might be an 
 advantage to hold our Diocesan Convention during the month 
 of February, if our financial and statistical reports are all to 
 be made up to December 31st. 
 
 I believe that the questions raised by these changes in the 
 Canons of the General Convention are the most important and 
 difficult of any now before us, and I ask that the Convention 
 give them their most careful examination and consideration. 
 
 A SUFFRAGAN BISHOP FOE TilE XEOKOES. 
 
 In common with most of our Southern Dioceses, we have 
 for some years been pressing upon the General Convention the 
 importance of doing something more .effective for the advance- 
 ment of our Church work among the negroes of the South. 
 Our preference has been for a Racial Missionary District to 
 include the colored clergy and congregations of contiguous 
 Dioceses, with a negro Missionary Bishop, under provisions as 
 to government and representation similar to those now apply- 
 ing to our territorial Missionary Districts. This proposed 
 method of dealing with the negro work has been earnestly and 
 elaborately considered and discussed for at least four General 
 Conventions, and has been as often rejected by that body in 
 favor of the proposal to deal with the negro work by the aid of 
 a negro Suffragan Bishop. I am not prepared to say what 
 
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 should be done by this Diocese, but I think that loyalty to our 
 highest legislative body, and consistency with our own reiter- 
 ated professions of interest in the welfare of our colored 
 brethren, and earnestness in support of our Church work 
 among them, require that we should at least consider seri- 
 ously whether we are in a position to take up the method 
 thus repeatedly recommended by our great national Church 
 Council. I therefore ask this Convention to appoint a Com- 
 mittee of its ablest and most judicious members — clergymen 
 and laymen — with instructions that they consider whether it 
 be advisable and practicable, by the action of our own I Hocese, 
 or in cooperation with other Dioceses, to secure the consecra- 
 tion of a negro Suffragan Bishop for the work of the Church 
 among the colored people. This Committee should be author- 
 ized to confer with any similar committees which may be 
 appointed by neighboring Dioceses, and to report to our next 
 Convention the result of their labors. 
 
 Other matters might be mentioned, but I must make an 
 end. I have said nothing of the condition of the country and 
 the many sad and solemn thoughts which must weigh upon 
 our hearts and minds as we find ourselves again drawn into 
 war with our Christian brethren of other lands. But our 
 business in this Convention has no immediate connection with 
 this condition of the country. We thank God that we have a 
 Chief Executive who has shown that he loves peace and 
 would willingly believe all things and endure all things, with 
 every possible exercise of charitable construction and interpre- 
 tation, rather than involve his country in the horrors of war. 
 And we thank God also that when patience and gentleness 
 were found unavailing to stem the tide of lawless barbarity, 
 he has invoked the power of our country to enforce among the 
 nations of the earth the principles of humanity and freedom. 
 We dare not claim for ourselves any exemption from evil or 
 error. In many respects we have great sins to repent of, and 
 great faults needing amendment. But in regard to this pres- 
 ent war we know that we have no selfish purpose or desires. 
 Our participation in it is only for the purpose of resisting 
 wrong and maintaining the rights of other nations and peoples 
 as well as our own. And in this confidence we send forth our 
 sons at the call of our country; and we humbly and with a 
 clear conscience pray that the God of Truth and Righteous- 
 ness may be with us, and use us to establish His reign upon 
 earth. Jos. Beou^t Chesitike. 
 
THE BISHOP'S ACCOUNT. 
 April 1, 1916— March 31, 1917. 
 
 receipts. 
 
 Collection* (hiring the year $ 570.65 
 
 Worn an's A uxilia ry : 
 
 Mrs. Burwell $ 78.50 
 
 Mrs. Gibble ' 4.25 
 
 Mrs. Spruill 10.00 
 
 Miss Hunter 6.55 
 
 Mrs. King 11.40 
 
 110.70 
 Special contributions : 
 
 Miss Benson $100.00 
 
 Chas. E. Johnson 100.00 
 
 Church of Good Shepherd, Raleigh 30.00 
 
 Wm. A. Erwin 500.00 
 
 — 730.00 
 In 1 crest on special deposit 87.46 
 
 $1,498.81 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Diocesan Missions — White : 
 
 Rev. Arthur W. Taylor ' $ 37.50 
 
 Rev. Edwin A. Osborne 15.00 
 
 Rev. Wm. H. Ramsaur 60.00 
 
 Rev. Floyd S. Cartwright 33.33 
 
 Grace School, Lawrence 50.00 
 
 — $ 195.83 
 
 Diocesan Missions — Colored : 
 
 Convocation $ 75.00 
 
 Rev. Chas. H. Male 40.00 
 
 Rev. John E. G. Small 25.00 
 
 Rev. Jos. H. Hudson 30.00 
 
 A. Myron Cochran 40.00 
 
 St. Michael's School 200.00 
 
 410.00 
 Education Fund: 
 
 Rev. Howard S. Hartzell $ 25.00 
 
 Roger E. Bunn 35.00 
 
 60.00 
 
 Rebuilding Church of Redeemer, Greensboro 250.00 
 
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 Miscellaneous : 
 
 Traveling expenses, etc., of clergy paid $ 24.21 
 
 Work on Goshen Graveyard 10.00 
 
 Packing and freight on books (Dr. Murdock's) .... 26.20 
 
 Insurance on Church at Selma 36.00 
 
 Rev. Girard W. Phelps 20.00 
 
 $ 116.41 
 
 $1,032.24 
 By balance 466.57 
 
 $1-498.81 
 
 Two matters I desire to mention in connection with my accounts 
 of money received and disbursed by me. 
 
 1. The items of interst mentioned in former accounts as received 
 from the William Belk Co. at Sanford, belonged to a fund held by 
 the Trustees of the Diocese for the benefit of our work at Sanford. 
 This interest has been paid out by me for that work, and has been 
 accounted for in a settlement made with the Rev. N. Collin Hughes. 
 Archdeacon, in charge of the work at Sanford. 
 
 2. A balance of $944.86 in the Raleigh Mechanics Savings Bank, of 
 a fund originally raised for building a church at Pinehurst, was 
 temporarily withdrawn from the bank, upon security approved by 
 the Trustees of the Diocese. It has been replaced in the same bank. 
 As a Trustee is entitled to some remuneration for administering 
 trust funds. I thought it not improper to use the interest, while thus 
 withdrawn, on the missionary work of the Diocese. 
 
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