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 Beloved Brethren of the Clergy and Laity :— 
 
 By the goodness of God, we are permitted to assemble in an¬ 
 other Diocesan Convention, which, while in title “ Special,” is 
 designed to fill the place and scope of our Annual Meeting. 
 We meet with our numbers undiminished by death, though the 
 cause of our postponed convocation may justly impress us more 
 deeply with the uncertainty of life, and the peculiar mercy 
 which prolongs our own. In several parts of the Diocese, and 
 especially in this city, where we convene, that strange disease 
 has prevailed, which, in its short career of a quarter century, 
 has hurried so many tens of thousands to the grave, and taught 
 us all to mark with anxiety the first steps of its mysterious ap¬ 
 proach. The results of suffering this year have been less than 
 the earlier cases portended ; but there was more than enough to 
 make it unsafe and uncertain to collect at the constitutional 
 period. By concert among the clergy, it was agreed that the 
 appointed time should be permitted to pass without any attend¬ 
 ance ; and a circular, signed by most of the clergy, was ad¬ 
 dressed to me, containing a request that I would convene a 
 Special Convention to conduct the business pertaining to the 
 
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 Stated. On this statement and request I have acted ; and the 
 body is now assembled and duly organized for the transaction of 
 regular business under Article 3 of the Constitution. In the 
 exigency, the course pursued was probably the best, as no pro¬ 
 vision existed in our Diocesan legislation to meet it in any pre¬ 
 scribed or discretionary mode. The event will of course sug¬ 
 gest the propriety of such addition to the Constitution as you 
 may deem proper to meet the case of the prevalence of an epi¬ 
 demic disease in the place appointed for the meeting of the 
 Convention. It appears to me that, inasmuch as the cholera or 
 other sickness frequently prevails in many places at the same 
 time—rendering unsafe the travelling, and inexpedient the at¬ 
 tempt to convene large bodies for business—it would be proper 
 that the discretion, in such a case left with the ecclesiastical 
 authority, should extend to the change of time as well as of 
 place. I would venture also to suggest, in this connection, 
 whether the first week in September, the date now of our An¬ 
 nual Convention, is not, of all seasons, the one most exposed to 
 interruptions from sickness ; and invite attention to the propriety 
 of amendment in that clause of our Diocesan Constitution. 
 
 My first service, after the adjournment of the Convention, was 
 September 11, at Bloomington, McLean County. An incidental 
 visit to this place in June, 1852, impressed me very favorably 
 with the prospects for the Church ; and before a year had 
 passed, the Rev. John A. Bowman, Deacon, settled there. A 
 building, formerly occupied by the Methodists, was rented and 
 fitted up with great taste for our Avorship, and an active congre¬ 
 gation gathered. On this visitation I confirmed six persons, 
 and ordained the Rev. John A. Bowman to the holy order of 
 Priests. The Rev. Mr. Cracraft presented the candidate, and 
 with the Rev. Mr. Niglas, assisted in the laying on of hands. 
 
 I regret, however, to add, that some months since Mr. B. 
 left in consequence of impaired health, and has been trans¬ 
 ferred to the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The place occupied for 
 
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 worship has also been bought by the Roman Catholics. This 
 has given a temporary check to the growth of the parish, but 
 has not diminished the zeal and fidelity of its prominent mem¬ 
 bers, who will soon effect, by God’s blessing, their purpose of 
 erecting a Church. 
 
 September 13.—Visited St. Paul’s Church, Springfield, where 
 I confirmed three. 
 
 This important place is now vacant, its esteemed Rector hav¬ 
 ing accepted the situation of Chaplain and Professor of Belles- 
 Lettres in Jubilee College, in which department he will direct 
 the theological studies of the candidates who may be resident 
 at that Institution. The change, though a painful one, as sever¬ 
 ing parochial ties of long affection, is valuable for the Church, 
 from the peculiar qualifications of Mr. Dresser for the station he 
 has taken. 
 
 On Wednesday , September 14, in Trinity Church, Jackson¬ 
 ville, I confirmed one person. The only change of note in this 
 parish is, that the Rev. T. N. Morrison has succeeded in its 
 rectorship the Rev. Mr. Worthington. 
 
 From Jacksonville, I proceeded to Pittsfield, in Pike County, 
 to consecrate the new Church edifice of St. Stephen’s, at which 
 service the Rev. Mr. Morrison was present, with the Rector, 
 the Rev. Mr. Worthington. The structure is of brick. I con¬ 
 firmed three persons. The arrangements for Missionary ser¬ 
 vices in several localities in this county from the Rector of St. 
 Stephen’s have, I regret to say, been arrested by his resignation, 
 and the field is, at present, destitute. 
 
 I spent the following Sunday, September 18th, at Waverley, 
 where Mr. Dresser met me, and assisted in the two services by 
 reading prayers. I here confirmed one person, and adminis¬ 
 tered the Holy Communion. The long-tried friend and father 
 of this little Church, Mr. Allis, was absent on a visit at the 
 East. It has been my effort to get a Missionary for this dis¬ 
 trict, but hitherto the different plans have failed to secure one. 
 
 The month of October was occupied in attendance on the 
 General Convention. I fully participated in the universal grati. 
 fication that meeting has inspired of growing harmony in the 
 Church—closer fellowship with the Church of England—and 
 
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 the promise of still more adaptive relation of the Episcopal 
 Church to the wants and claims of our own country. 
 
 October 28.—I had the pleasure of assisting in the consecra¬ 
 tion of the Rev. William Ingraham Kip, D. D., Rector of St. 
 Paul’s Church, Albany, who has been appointed the first Mis¬ 
 sionary Bishop of California. 
 
 Sunday , November 20.—I officiated in Trinity Church, Chi¬ 
 cago. 
 
 Thursday , November 24, the day appointed for public thanks¬ 
 giving, I preached in St. James’s Church, Chicago. 
 
 November 27, Sunday. —I preached in the Church of the 
 Atonement, Chicago ; and in the evening of the same day in 
 Trinity Church. 
 
 November 29.—In the evening I married a couple in Trinity 
 Church. 
 
 Sunday , December 4.—I officiated morning and afternoon in St. 
 Paul’s Church, Quincy, being the last services in the old wooden 
 building, which, with many additions, had until this time served 
 the purpose of that congregation. The change was to the new 
 structure, which, on Thursday morning , December 6, I conse¬ 
 crated to the service of God. The building is of stone, well 
 arranged in all its details, and of good architectural appearance. 
 At the same time I confirmed ten persons. The Rev. G. P. 
 Giddinge, its laborious Rector, shortly after consented to sus¬ 
 pend for a year his pastoral services, and seek by change of 
 scene the restoration of his impaired health, one effect of which 
 had been an alarming disease of the eye. His place has been 
 very ably supplied by the Rev. S. J. Evans, of the Diocese of 
 Connecticut. There is promise that Mr. G. may soon resume 
 his parochial labors. 
 
 April 30, Sunday .—I commenced my Spring visitation at this 
 date in Trinity Church, Chicago, and confirmed ten persons. 
 In the evening visited the Swedish Church of St. Ansgarius, 
 and confirmed eight persons. The sermon was in English, and 
 the address to the candidates w T as interpreted by the Rector. 
 The Church building has been increased for the accommodation 
 of worshippers by the erection of galleries. For the coming year, 
 in consequence of the destitute condition of the Norwegian con- 
 
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 gregation of St. Olaf’s, in Wisconsin, Mr. Unonius will give a 
 monthly service in that Diocese. 
 
 May 1*7 and 2d, spent with St. John’s Church, Lockport, 
 where I confirmed three. Since my last visit, an event had 
 occurred which I record with peculiar satisfaction—the pur¬ 
 chase of a parsonage house, at an expense of 650 dollars. It is 
 of great importance that our parishes should make early and 
 resolute effort to obtain a glebe and parsonage. It is due to the 
 clergy in order to assist their inadequate salaries ; and the effect 
 is favorable in averting so frequent changes in pastoral charge. 
 
 May 3.—At Morris met the members of the Vestry, and found 
 a very earnest and liberal spirit to sustain a clergyman. The calls 
 since made by them have so far, however, been unsuccessful. It 
 is an important and promising place. Mr. Robert Ryall, now a 
 deacon of the Diocese, has rendered occasional services by Lay 
 Reading, and being ordained, will become the resident pastor 
 and Missionary. 
 
 May 4.—In the morning visited and preached in La Salle. 
 We have no Church building in this place. It forms, with Peru, 
 the parish of the Rev. Eli Adams. In the evening, in St. Paul’s 
 Church, Peru, I confirmed eight. The prospects of the Church 
 here are very encouraging, and liberal subscriptions have been 
 given for the erection of a Church. The interesting family of 
 the Rector conduct the music, a son of fourteen years old play¬ 
 ing the melodeon. 
 
 On Friday , May 5, I passed by way of Ottawa to Farmridge, 
 where, on the morning of Saturday, I consecrated the Church 
 by the name of “ St. Andrew’s.” The Rev. Charles P. Clarke 
 assisted in the services, and in the Holy Communion. Through 
 his exertions, about three hundred dollars were collected in 
 New-York and Philadelphia for the erection of the building, 
 which is of wood, 30 X 40, and cost twelve hundred dollars. 
 
 To the Warden, Mr. Beebe Clark, we are indebted for the 
 gift of the land—eight acres—and nearly half of the amount ex¬ 
 pended, besides the finishing, at his own cost, the vestry-room 
 and bell-tower. It is a rural district, and the few Episcopalians 
 there have worked with zeal and efficiency. The Rev. Mr. 
 
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 Warner, from Freeport, has accepted a call, and efforts are mak¬ 
 ing to procure or erect a parsonage. 
 
 Sunday , May 7.—In Christ Church, Ottawa, I confirmed 
 twenty persons. Ten of these were young persons from Alsace. 
 They had been prepared for this rite by a course of instruction 
 in their own tongue ; and as they did not understand English, I 
 performed the Confirmation service in the French language. 
 
 The persons confirmed also received the Holy Communion. 
 I officiated again in the evening. This congregation has risen 
 from a condition of great depression, by God’s blessing, on the 
 faithful exertions of its present Rector. 
 
 Wednesday , May 9.—Preached in the evening in the Second 
 Presbyterian Church, in Rock Island. A congregation is formed 
 there, and Mr. Louderback, of Davenport, Iowa, has afforded 
 them service on Sunday afternoons. It is a very important 
 point. 
 
 My appointments should have taken me from this place to 
 Galena ; but after waiting in vain for a boat too long to reach 
 that city in time for the service, I went round by railroad through 
 Chicago to Freeport, where, on Saturday, in Zion Church, I 
 confirmed three. The Church is now vacant. 
 
 Sunday , May 14. —Visited Emanuel Church, Rockford. 
 Preached morning and afternoon, and confirmed five. The con¬ 
 gregation is rapidly advancing under its present Rector, Rev. 
 Anson Clarke. 
 
 May 16.—-Accompanied by Rev. Dr. Smallwood, and Rev. 
 Dudley Chase, went to Waukegan. In the evening I confirmed 
 seven in Christ Church, and the Rev. Dr. Arnett, of Milwaukie, 
 preached. 
 
 May 7.—I admitted to the priesthood the Rev. Joseph W. 
 Pierson, Rector of the Church. Morning Prayer was read by 
 the Rev. Dr. Arnett, the Lessons by the Rev. Hiram N. Bishop, 
 of Kenosha. The candidate was presented by Rev. Dr. Small¬ 
 wood, who, with the Rev. Dudley Chase, united in the laying 
 on of hands. The Gospel and Offertory were read by the Rev. 
 Joseph H. Nichols, of Racine, Wisconsin. The Rev. F. W. 
 Hatch, residing in Kenosha, was also present. The Church 
 
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 edifice has been much improved since my last visit, and the 
 condition of the congregation is very gratifying. 
 
 Sunday , May 21.—I officiated all day in St. Paul’s Church, 
 Alton, confirmed fifteen, and administered the Holy Communion, 
 preaching twice. 
 
 May 22.—Visited Carlinville, and officiated in the evening in 
 the Methodist Church. During my .stay the next day, I bap¬ 
 tized in two families, in each one infant. 
 
 The few Churchmen here are resolved to build, and will pro¬ 
 bably, to some extent, accomplish their purpose ; else they for¬ 
 feit four out of eight valuable lots which they own. They have 
 subscribed among themselves a thousand dollars, which, in pro¬ 
 portion to their means, is very liberal. 
 
 May 24.—Rode from Alton to Marine, 28 miles, accompanied 
 by Rev. Dr. McMasters and Mr. Schweppe. In passing through 
 Edwardsville, where we have a deserted Church, I found that 
 the prospects for its restoration were still unpromising. We 
 arrived at Marine in heavy rain, late for the hour appointed for 
 service, which had been commenced by the Rev. Mr. Griswold. 
 There were no candidates for confirmation. At Marine, Oak¬ 
 dale, and Vandalia, with an occasional visit to Edwardsville, the 
 Rev. Asa Griswold has labored for the past year. From his 
 report, as from my own observation, I consider that the chance 
 is small of collecting a congregation in the two places first 
 named. In Vandalia there is more spirit and material. I 
 licensed Mr. Clark* of this place, to act as lay reader, the ap¬ 
 pointment being made at his own request, and the duties of 
 which have been kindly and fully met. For the ensuing year, 
 Mr. Griswold will make Vandalia his residence, and act as 
 Missionary along the line of the “ Central Railroad,” below that 
 place, where there are many points of growing interest, and with 
 the facility of that mode of intercourse, a long circuit can be 
 included. 
 
 May 25, Ascension Day .—In Collinsville I preached and ad¬ 
 ministered the Communion, assisted by the Rector, Dr. Darrow, 
 Mr. Griswold also being present. 
 
 On Friday morning , May 26, in St. Louis, I had the honor of 
 
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 attending the opening services of the Convention of the Diocese 
 of Missouri, on which occasion I read the Ante-Communion. 
 
 May 28, Sunday .—Consecrated St. Mark’s Church, Chester, 
 preached, and administered the Lord’s Supper. In the after¬ 
 noon preached again, and confirmed eleven. 
 
 It seemed a glad day of fulfilled longing, and of warm hopes 
 to the esteemed Rector, and the faithful friends there of himself 
 and the Church. The Instrument of Donation was read by 
 Colonel Servant, the Senior Warden, and the Sentence of Con¬ 
 secration, with Morning and Evening Prayer, by the Rev. Dr. 
 Mitchell. Hitherto the labors of the medical profession have 
 been added to those of his ministry. I am thankful that he is 
 now warranted in devoting himself exclusively to his parish. 
 
 May 30.—On Tuesday evening I reached Albion, in the fer¬ 
 tile region of the Wabash ; and on Wednesday morning, with 
 the usual services of the Chancel and Pulpit, confirmed sixteen 
 in St. John’s Church. The Rev. William Clotworthy had been 
 the minister for the previous year ; but on the return to Albion 
 from Philadelphia of the Rev. Benjamin Hutchins, the former 
 Rector, Mr. C., resigned, and has since taken letters dimissory 
 to Bishop Green, of Mississippi. Mr. Hutchins is now the 
 Rector. 
 
 Whitsunday , June 4,1 spent at Marion, Ohio, where I preached 
 
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 twice, on the invitation of the Rector, Rev. Mr. Sturgis. 
 
 My next service in the Diocese was at Galena, on Sunday, 
 July 2d, a day of intense heat, where I preached twicej^onfirmed 
 eighteen , and administered the Holy Communion. The state of 
 the congregation is favorable, under the prudent diligence and 
 ability of the Rev. Mr. Benedict. The edifice, which is one of 
 the best in the Diocese, has been improved since my last visit 
 by a fine bell, and appropriate chancel furniture. 
 
 From Galena I travelled, by way of Chicago, to Peoria; 
 where, on the evening of Thursday, I married a couple, but was 
 not able to hold any public service from the state of the church 
 building, which was undergoing extensive alterations. These 
 have been since completed, and it is now re-opened for Divine 
 worship. 
 
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 On Thursday I went with the Rev. Dr. Niglas to the German 
 Mission at Germantown, and administered the Communion. The 
 exertions of Dr. N. are faithful and efficient; but very few seem 
 inclined to attach themselves to our Church. 
 
 On Saturday I left for Jubilee College, where I remained until 
 
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 'Tuesday. The Board of Trustees met, all being present. 
 Among other important measures, it was determined to offer for 
 sale the outlying part of the College domain, amounting to about 
 fourteen hundred acres. It is not required for our main purpose 
 of moral defence, and cannot be advantageously cultivated by 
 the College. This Institution, the importance of which, I fear, 
 is not adequately appreciated by the Diocese, is advancing stead¬ 
 ily ; and gradually overcoming the pressure of indebtedness, 
 which, though not very large, was an oppressive burden for a 
 corporation so limited in its annual resources. It merits, accord¬ 
 ing to its capacity for the work, your full confidence, for the 
 soundness of its instruction, and its careful guardianship, in 
 morals and health, of those intrusted to its charge. 
 
 On the Lord’s Day I preached in the Chapel; confirmed one , 
 and celebrated the Lord’s Supper. In the afternoon I visited 
 Kickapoo, and confirmed one , a descendant of the first Bishop 
 of Connecticut. The Rev. George Sayres has supplied this 
 place and Brimfield during the year; but will, for the ensuing, 
 officiate in Metamora and Pekin—the Rev. Lloyd Johnson, for¬ 
 merly of this Diocese, but now in Mississippi, being expected 
 to succeed him at Kickapoo and Brimfield.* 
 
 My next appointment was an interesting one at Warsaw, for 
 the appointed Consecration of its church, and Confirmation. I 
 travelled eighty-five miles by stage to Oquawka, expecting to 
 take the daily packet down the river. My arrangements, how¬ 
 ever, were all frustrated, from the vessel neglecting its usual 
 trip; and after two days’ delay, I was compelled to abandon the 
 hope of reaching Warsaw, took a boat up the river to Rock 
 Island, and returned to Chicago for my engagements in that 
 city. 
 
 Monday , July 1 Qth .—In St. James’s Church, Chicago, con- 
 
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 firmed ten , and, in the afternoon of the same day, seven in the 
 Church of the Atonement; preaching in both places, and ad¬ 
 dressing the candidates. 
 
 On Tuesday , July 18 th, I had the pleasure of consecrating 
 Trinity Church, Aurora, and leaving that parish and the Mission¬ 
 ary places adjoining in charge of the Rev. Julius H. Waterbury, 
 Deacon, from the Diocese of Nevv-York. Few of my public 
 services in the year have given me more satisfaction. The re¬ 
 covery of the enterprise from almost hopeless depression—the 
 completion of a fine church—the settlement of an active minis¬ 
 ter—the gathering of a fair flock—the revival of Church services 
 along the line of beautiful towns on Fox River and the vicinity, 
 where they had been for more than a year destitute—were events 
 beyond my expectation, and were enhanced in influence by the 
 previous depression. I must be allowed to add, that for this, in 
 addition to the liberality and wise efforts of Mr. M. Hall and 
 Mr. Francis Hall, we owe gratitude to the Church of the Holy . 
 Trinity, in Brooklyn, in the well-ordered benevolence, of which 
 many, besides ourselves, have cause to rejoice. 
 
 On my return to Chicago I found a telegraph dispatch, advis¬ 
 ing me of the dangerous illness of- my venerable father ; and, al¬ 
 though my long journey was performed in the shortest time 
 possible, I was not permitted to see him alive. Perhaps I am 
 violating strict delicacy and official restraint, when I suffer my 
 heart, which leaps to my pen, for a few moments to speak. The 
 decease of a parent so far beyond the mortal limit as four-score 
 and seven, must be, in most cases, so associated with pain and 
 decay, as to render the grave a welcome rest. Children are then 
 themselves touching the confines of declining life, and probably 
 with a gulf of large span between the feelings and incidents of 
 childhood, and familiar intercourse with the surviving parent. 
 In our case, the entire reverse of this has existed ; and the play¬ 
 fulness, intellectual vigor, physical elasticity, and tender sympa¬ 
 thy of the father of our boyhood, have cheered, guided, and 
 blessed the hours until “earth knew him no more”—all un¬ 
 changed—undiminished : so that I have often felt, in my own 
 grave and oppressive duties, that my beloved father was the 
 younger man, as he was certainly a higher specimen in the beau- 
 
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 tiful harmony of what is “pure, lovely, and of good report” in 
 manhood. I have accounted him for years in this aspect—har¬ 
 mony of the physical, mental, and moral—the just relations of 
 the will, temper, affections, and taste—the man and the Christian 
 —as one of the healthiest and best proportioned natures I have 
 ever studied. 
 
 His grandchildren, while they reverenced him, lament him as 
 a playmate. His children regard him as the model of a Chris¬ 
 tian gentleman—a parent in whom they cannot recollect a senti¬ 
 ment that was not high-minded and honorable—a habit of life 
 not refined, temperate and pure—a social relation not just and 
 generous. In private intercourse, his presence, as he passed 
 among our households, was an ever beaming light and warmth. 
 His memory is to us all, full-orbed beauty ; and we follow him 
 in spirit with grateful assurance to the waiting rest of the de¬ 
 parted. 
 
 My father had been, for many years, the parishioner and friend 
 of the late Provisional Bishop of Nf,w-York, and the last 
 note I received penned by him—once my pastor, too—my friend 
 and brother—was one of affectionate sympathy, and regret that 
 he could not perform the last rites which, until that hour, he 
 had expected to do. The next bier by which I stood was that 
 Prelate’s own. The next time my voice spoke in the service 
 for the dead, was when we committed, under the noble vault 
 which had so late witnessed his consecration, his manly frame, 
 as “ dust to dust.” The next tears I shed were those which 
 mingled with as true and wide a grief as the “household of 
 faith” could well pour over the dead Father in God. And well 
 they might, in startled sorrow, prostrate before the sovereign 
 God. This, not because they lost in him—nay, we lost—it was 
 common loss—common grief for the Church of God—the cour¬ 
 teous, talented, faithful, laborious Bishop—he was all this—this 
 and more—but because he was so eminently the man for the 
 great exigency of the Diocese, and beyond all expectation, and 
 in face of all fear, had in two short years wrought out, by the quiet, 
 earnest, straightforward discharge of duty, results which have 
 called out a burst of eulogy from all parts of the Church. 
 
 It is not the least of that praise that already, with all unaniin- 
 
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 ity, a successor, like-minded, stands awaiting his consecration; 
 testimony that the Diocese did “plant deep upon their Father’s 
 grave, the heavenly virtues of peace, and brotherly love, and 
 mutual forbearance.” 
 
 From the grave of one Bishop I passed, as it were, to the birth 
 of another; for, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, by appointment from 
 the Presiding Bishop, I attended and assisted in the consecration 
 of the Rev. Henry W. Lee, D. D., as Bishop of Iowa. The 
 impressive services took place in the Church—St. Luke’s, Roch¬ 
 ester—the scene of my own long pastorship, and of which Dr. 
 Lee has been, for several years, the Rector. From our common 
 associations of pastoral love and labor, we have both gone out 
 in jurisdiction that borders, fellow-workers in a less happy, but 
 wider ministry. 
 
 On Sunday , Oct. 22, I, a second time, visited Trinity Church, 
 Aurora, drawn there by the first-fruits of the success of its ac¬ 
 tive young minister. I preached and confirmed five ; not, how¬ 
 ever, half the number really prepared, and expecting to present 
 themselves. Sickness and the state of the weather prevented 
 the residue from attending. 
 
 In the afternoon, I officiated ten miles farther, in the Metho¬ 
 dist Church, at Geneva, where I preached, but, from a similar 
 cause, the candidates for confirmation were absent. In the 
 evening, I preached again at St. Charles, in a building erected 
 for the Swedish congregation of “ St. Eric’s.” It had passed 
 out of their hands, but has been recently purchased by the liberal 
 effort of a few Episcopalians, and constitutes part of the pasto¬ 
 ral charge of the Rev. Mr. Waterbury. I here confirmed one. 
 The state of the Church through this district is encouraging. 
 May God fulfil the work, to the praise of His Gospel! 
 
 Yesterday, in your presence, I admitted to the Holy Order of 
 Deacons, Frederick William Thomas, and Robert Ryall ? 
 A. B., Trin. Dub. The ordination of these candidates was to 
 have taken place at Aurora, but was postponed until the Conven¬ 
 tion, in consequence of the absence of a presbyter to present. I am 
 glad, for your sakes, that it was so ; for, as with myself, so I doubt 
 .not, with many of you, brethren of the clergy, the witnessing the 
 solemn anointing to the Gospel ministry calls up long memo- 
 
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 ries from tile past, and directs anxious looks to the approaching 
 account of our stewardship, which makes it good for us to be 
 there. This brings the record of my humble labors to the 
 present. 
 
 I proceed with some of the other incidents which it is my 
 duty to present. 
 
 MISSIONARY. 
 
 The existing arrangement for Diocesan Missions is an Asso¬ 
 ciation composed of the clergy of the Diocese ex-officio, and all 
 lay members contributing live dollars per annum. A meeting 
 of this body was held at the close of the last Convention. Sta¬ 
 tions were selected with their incumbents, and the pledge made 
 to raise the amount of live hundred dollars during the year by 
 stated collections in the churches. The reports of the Treasurer 
 show that there is a large deficiency in this small sum, and 1 
 fear unpaid arrears rest in shame upon us. 
 
 The stations for the Missionaries, aided by the “ Association 
 of the Diocese,” have been as follows :— 
 
 Warsaw. —Rev. S. R. Child. 
 
 Freeport. —Rev. A. J. Warner, transferred to Farmridge. 
 
 Bloomington. —Rev. John A. Bowman, stipend since given to 
 
 Grand Detour. 
 
 Lockport. —Rev. S. D. Pulford. 
 
 Princeville , 6fc. —Rev. Philander Chase. 
 
 Missionaries of the Domestic Committee— 
 
 Oakdale and Marine. —Rev. Asa Griswold. 
 
 Germantown and Black Partridge. —Rev. Dr. Niglas, (German). 
 
 Pittsfield , dye. —Rev. John Worthington. 
 
 Albion. —Rev. John Clotworthy. 
 
 Ottawa. —Rev. C. P. Clarke. 
 
 Warsaw. —Rev. S. R. Child, for itinerant services. 
 
 Chester. —Rev. William Mitchell, M. D. 
 
 Limestone Prairie. —Rev. John Benson, 
 
 Peru. —Rev. Eli Adams, by the Philadelphia Association. 
 
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 Chicago. —Rev. Dudley Chase, by Philadelphia Association. 
 Chicago, ( Norwegian , fyc.) —Rev. G. Unonius. 
 
 Aurora. —Rev. J. H. Waterbury, by the Church of Holy 
 Trinity, Brooklyn. 
 
 'The following clergymen have been received into the Dio¬ 
 cese :— 
 
 Rev. George Sayres, from the Bishop of New-Jersey. 
 
 “ Asa Griswold, “ 
 
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 Connecticut. 
 
 “ Anson Clarke, “ 
 
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 Ohio. 
 
 “ Eli Adams, “ 
 
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 Ohio. 
 
 “ John McNamara, “ 
 
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 Missouri. 
 
 “ Julius H. Waterbury, “ 
 
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 New-York. 
 
 “ J^ouis L. Noble, “ 
 
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 New-York. 
 
 I have given Letters Dimissory to four, viz.:— 
 
 Rev. C. E. Swope, to the Bishop of Maryland. 
 
 “ William Clotworthy, “ “ Mississippi. 
 
 “ John A. Bowman, “ “ Pennsylvania. 
 
 “ John McNamara, Missionary Bishop of Northwest. 
 
 There have been during the year Jive candidates for Orders : — 
 
 Charles Minkler Taylor. 
 
 David Walker Dresser. 
 
 C. Colling wood Barclay, M. D. 
 
 Frederick W. Thomas. 
 
 Robert Ryall. 
 
 I have consecrated five churches:— 
 
 St. Stephen’s Church, Pittsfield. 
 
 St. John’s, Quincy. 
 
 St. Andrew’s Church, Farmridge. 
 
 St. Mark’s Church, Chester. 
 
 Trinity Church, Aurora. 
 
 And St. Paul’s Church, Warsaw, is ready for the same. 
 
 1 have ordained four —to the priesthood, two—Rev. John A. 
 Bowman; Rev. Joseph Wheeler Pierson. To the Diaconate, 
 two—Frederick Wm. Thomas ; Robert Ryall. 
 
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 DISCIPLINE. * 
 
 I have deposed from the ministry Rev. John McKeown, Deacon, 
 from the Diocese of Montreal, under Canon V., 1850. 
 
 From other Dioceses the following notices have been re¬ 
 ceived :—Oct. 20th, 1853. From the late Provisional Bishop 
 of New-York, Rt. Rev. Dr. Wainwright, Rev. William F. 
 Walker , sentence after trial. 
 
 Dec. 18th. From Bishop Whittingham, displaced and deposed 
 from the holy ministry in St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore, Thomas 
 A. Quinan and Francis A. Baker , “they having renounced the 
 ministry and joined other denominations of Christians.” 
 
 1854. From Bishop Otey, deposition of Rev. W. H. Good , 
 Presbyter, June 20, 1854. 
 
 In addition to acts already mentioned, I record as summary— 
 
 I have administered the Holy Communion nineteen times. 
 
 Attended four Funerals. 
 
 Marriages, four. 
 
 Baptized eight times , sixteen children.* 
 
 And on twenty-six occasions confirmed one hundred and eighty- 
 four. 
 
 I have preached seventy-one times ; other addresses, twenty- 
 nine. Total, 190. 
 
 And I add, as a record of God’s preserving care, that I have 
 travelled on official duty during the year upwards of eleven thou¬ 
 sand miles. 
 
 In a new and feeble Diocese like ours, it is not easy to 
 present statistically the evidences of increase and prosperity. 
 It is felt more easily than it can be described in detail. I am 
 thankful to say, that the visitations of this year have given me, 
 from every quarter, the sense of cheering growth. The in¬ 
 cidents vary in each parish: in one, the reviving of that which 
 w r as ready to perish; in another, the upspringing vigorously and 
 suddenly of what is new. Clergy appear more cheerful in their 
 w r ork ; parishes are better ordered ; churches enlarged, or built; 
 additions made to their proper furniture ; plans agitating for 
 
 * Some of these out of the Diocese. 
 
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 future extension; and, what I feel, perhaps, more closely, there 
 are many valued brethren in other parts of the field, who express 
 their willingness to come over and help us. Since the decease 
 of Bishop Chase, I have received and ordained seventeen clergy¬ 
 men. more than half of the whole number at that period. I have 
 consecrated eleven churches, where the whole number at that 
 
 date was little more than twice. I have confirmed over four 
 
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 hundred , nearly one halt of the seventeen previous years. There 
 
 were then no candidates for Orders. There have been, or now- 
 are, six. Six new churches have been admitted into union with 
 the Convention. This is but two years, and I thank God and 
 take courage. In all this there is small cause, indeed, for glory¬ 
 ing. It is very little, compared with what, perhaps, should be ; an 
 atom only of w r hat might be. And did all such forms of increase 
 mount up ten and twenty fold, there might be, nevertheless, only 
 more room for shame and sorrow 7 —if with the outward there 
 were not the advance of true godliness. Clergy and people 
 growing in truth and holiness ; harmony and confidence strength¬ 
 ening in our borders, and the Holy Ghost witnessing to His own 
 wurk in fruits for eternity. Of these deep things I have hope— 
 but dare not speak. Whether it be so or not, other records may 
 show. This assembly, “ in God’s name and presence,” will 
 itself witness to the Church and society around us. 
 
 At the last Convention, I brought formally to your notice apian 
 for the erection of a “ Bishop’s Church and Residence” in the 
 city of Chicago, of which I sketched in my Address the general 
 features. It was a matter in which, at the time, some encour- 
 aging progress had been made ; and, as far as I could judge, 
 with the uniform approval of many clergy and laity to whom the 
 plan had been detailed. Two lots had been procured in the 
 city of Chicago, purchased for the sum of $12,000, of which the 
 owrner gave two thousand, and I became responsible myself for 
 twenty-five hundred ; the residue being subscriptions from sun¬ 
 dry gentlemen, w 7 ho gave their notes for the same, payable in 
 part in one year. These notes were accepted as cash by the 
 owner, and a deed given in the name of “ the Bishop of Illinois 
 and his successors in office,” of the one lot for the church, con¬ 
 ditioned on the erection of a building with that object within ten 
 
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 years. The other lot lor my own residence adjoining, was not 
 1’ormally deeded, but left with a contract for the sale, in order 
 that the amount contributed by myself might be made up by other 
 subscriptions, and thus fully presented to the object. In this 
 view, I had executed a voluntary engagement that the Diocese 
 should have the privilege for ten years of purchasing the property 
 lor the permanent abode of their Bishops, at the cost price of the 
 edifice. This was the condition of the matter when it came in its 
 general merits before your body. I felt, as I then expressed, that 
 it would not be right or possible for the Convention to implicate 
 themselves in any pecuniary responsibility, nor, as a Conven¬ 
 tion, own or control the property. But while personally assum¬ 
 ing the main labor and responsibility of the work, I was unwil¬ 
 ling to proceed in such an undertaking without the intelligent 
 sanction and confidence of my brethren of the clergy, and the 
 representatives of the laity of the Diocese. With apparently 
 full and hearty unanimity, this approval was accorded. In the 
 interval, however, between the arrangement for the property in 
 December, 1852, and the meeting of the Convention, Septem¬ 
 ber, 1853, plans had been prepared, and some funds secured by 
 promise, and my personal arrangements had been advanced for 
 the early commencement of the buildings. Immediately after the 
 General Convention, I returned to Chicago for this purpose. 
 The result, however, was very different from my expectations. 
 I found the instalments then due on the notes unpaid, and some 
 of the subscribers unwilling to pay them. 'The Rev. Chairman 
 of your Committee had changed his estimate of the object, and 
 was opposed to its execution ; and the consequence was, that 
 1 found it impracticable to proceed with the unanimity and 
 confidence which such a work, resting on voluntary benevo¬ 
 lence, must require, and without which, I had myself small 
 heart to press it. I made, however, several pecuniary offers to 
 remove the impediment, and obtain a proper title for the lot on 
 which to build my own residence. They were declined ; and 
 on grounds principally of the delay which had occurred, the 
 abandonment of the whole, with the re-deeding of the property, 
 was asked at my hands. This I have hitherto declined doing. 
 First, because I could not admit the force of the reason, as no 
 
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 unnecessary delay had occurred ; and secondly, that I had doubt 
 of my right as conservator of a trust to abandon property thus 
 early, which might be occupied, and become the permanent 
 possession of the Diocese, the value of which had in the interim 
 tripled. This train of events has thus far stayed the progress 
 of the undertaking; and must, unless adjusted, prevent it alto¬ 
 gether. 
 
 But recently, another form of difficulty has arisen. The plan 
 itself has been strongly assailed in two of our religious papers ; 
 and from notice in these papers, I learn that a pamphlet, said to 
 be from “ a Clergyman at the East,” has elaborately opposed the 
 whole project. This paper has been sent freely to members 
 of the Diocese, but I have not myself been favored with a copy. 
 From all I have been able to read or hear on the subject, my own 
 mind has undergone no change. The objections appear to me 
 mainly founded on the possible abuse, and by far the greater por¬ 
 tion of them, to rest on a conception of the plan and purpose—of 
 my own sentiments and language in regard to it—so wide of the 
 reality, as to allow me to concur in the weight of those alleged, 
 without impeachment of the real project. To all scruples and 
 objections I would attach respectful weight; and on any proper 
 occasion, would be glad to meet them by any fuller explanation 
 of the plan in its principles, or its present limited development; 
 and to avail myself of counsel and direction in the permanent 
 form of the government and other relations of such a church, 
 supposing it to be erected. An Address like this is, however, no 
 place for such an exposition or discussion. I did not feel, after 
 the action taken so kindly by this body, that it would be respect¬ 
 ful or proper for me to omit a record of the facts ; but must re¬ 
 serve for freer communication, if need should arise, any further 
 details or vindication of the plan. If it be open to the grave 
 objections which have been alleged, and the portentous conse¬ 
 quences can in any reason follow, which I think a morbid imagi¬ 
 nation more than a sound judgment have predicted,—then there 
 would be found no one more ready than I should be, to resist 
 such tendencies, and withdraw myself from schemes beneath 
 which they might covertly skulk. I do not, cannot fear these 
 latent evils, any more than my judgment can admit the more 
 
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 direct arguments which I have most respectfully weighed. Had 
 no abrupt check been given, like that which has arisen, and 
 which could hardly have been assumed without implying an un¬ 
 generous mistrust of honor and integrity, three years would have 
 brought the work to witness for itself. The form of its perma¬ 
 nent government, which has been purposely left unsettled in de¬ 
 tail, would have been so wisely ordered by your counsel as to ^ 
 satisfy honest hearts, and leave them free to cheer, in loving 
 confidence, that and all other of our Diocesan enterprises. I am 
 bound thus to declare, that my own judgment has not altered— 
 my own interest has not cooled—my own will is yet firm to act 
 with my might, to create and to conduct a Free Church for the 
 Diocese, where the bright succession of its chief pastors may 
 ever have place to preach and minister the sacraments, and 
 illustrate the Church’s duty of instruction and charity. At the 
 same time, I must also say in candor, that I am not prepared to 
 press it on in strife—to set myself against the calm disapproval 
 or honest doubts of the clergy, or influential laity ; or, under any 
 aspect, to permit it to divert me from full attention to the ordi¬ 
 nary claims of the Diocese. As before in your ears, so now 1 
 utter what has been and will be my unvarying decision—“ 1 
 shall prefer to guide myself in harmony with even the adverse 
 sentence of the clergy and laity, rather than persevere in any 
 enterprise uncheered by their judgment and sympathy.” 
 
 You are all aware, that at the last Ceneral Convention, a Me¬ 
 morial was presented to the House of Bishops, the design of 
 which was, to “ submit the practicability of making our ecclesi¬ 
 astical system broader and more comprehensive than it is at 
 present—surrounding and including the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church as it now is—leaving that Church untouched ; identical 
 with that Church in all its great principles, yet providing for as . 
 much freedom in opinion, discipline and worship, as is compat¬ 
 ible with the essential faith and order of the Gospel.” To me 
 now, as when I first heard it, this is startling language. The 
 wide sweep of its suggestions is filled, to my feeble apprehen¬ 
 sion, with distinct and indistinct shapes of danger, revolution, 
 and self-betrayal—and thus, I think, it must agitate many a 
 Church-loving heart—breaking abruptly not only among endeared 
 
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 associations, but ominous for the shock of great and irreversible 
 principles. I am obliged to confess my fear, but do so only to 
 give force to the acknowledgment of my conviction, that in the 
 inquiry thus called up, and the wise legislative disposition made 
 of its whole range, we have the most important object, next to the 
 attainment of the Episcopate and first revision of the Liturgy, that 
 has ever engaged this American branch of the Catholic Church. 
 Though it may be somewhat a spectral finger rising in the 
 night season, yet it points in the direction of solemn duty—and 
 the voice utters its broad practical truth of the Church’s being. 
 She embraces all—she is adapted to all—she must seek all— 
 and if she does so in the wisdom, the love, and the labor of Christ, 
 she will find all—and the unity of the Spirit stand in noble 
 stature—seen of all men. 
 
 The “ Commission of Bishops” have commenced their “ mo¬ 
 mentous and comprehensive” work, and to prepare the way for 
 their “ patient and anxious consideration,” have circulated a 
 series of questions, addressed specifically to some individuals— 
 but open to the ministry in general, and requesting from each? 
 “answer to any or all of the questions in detail.” 
 
 Copies of these questions have been freely circulated through 
 all the Church papers, and I beg to commend them to the care¬ 
 ful personal thought of the brethren in the Diocese. The sub¬ 
 ject is not one of theory, but practical. It does not ask learned 
 discussion and speculative opinion. It challenges facts. It 
 calls for the response of experience, of want felt, and success 
 achieved in the by-places of the Church’s servants. It is 
 not to be solved in the midst of conventionalities which habit 
 has transmuted into principles ; and buttresses, which may be 
 thus of the earth, earthy, supporting her stately fabric. But where 
 the naked open battle of the Church is fought—where the sense 
 of lonely individual weakness in her minister gives life-and- 
 death interest to the deficiency of pliancy and adaptiveness in 
 the services of the Church—to the want of ordered lay co-opera¬ 
 tion—of larger privilege in philanthropic labors—of defined and 
 yet vvider discretion to godly expediency, without the sharp 
 check of law framed for far different objects, or the cry of re¬ 
 proach to hunt him down for his treacherous Churchmanship. 
 
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 Let, then, the village pastor, the Western Missionary, the toiler 
 among the strange and fearful congeries of opinion, energy, pas¬ 
 sion, apathy, lust of gold and hearty enterprise which has been 
 almost, as it were, hurled on this late wilderness by the force of 
 a social progress without precedent—let such answer these 
 questions. I commend them, brethren, to you for attention, for 
 thought, for prayer ; and if in reply to one inquiry you can offer 
 the sterling experience of' an actual suffering struggler, let that 
 word find its quiet way to the Commission ; it will there meet 
 with other whispers from East, and North, and South ; and as 
 they chord together, will combine in one loud and clear tone to 
 guide the doubtful and anxious like myself, and make our action 
 vigorous for success, because truthfully cognizant of the realities 
 of our age and country, the Church’s position in the present, and 
 her awful duty to the future. 
 
 My next word is an echo—I thank God it is so—echo to a 
 theme which is stirring interest through the Christianity of our 
 land—the inadequate support of the Gospel Ministry. 
 The whole is onlv echo to another voice from far-off time in 
 Palestine—“The laborer is worthy of his hire.” 
 
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 There can be no doubt that the salaries of the ministry are 
 not merely below their services, but inadequate to their actual 
 wants, measured by a social standard, far lower than ought to 
 be. The relative expense of living is so much advanced, that 
 the same sum must be regarded as a painful reduction from the 
 past. I know not what we can do but cast the subject before 
 the honor, conscience, and Gospel fealty of the laity. Ours is 
 entirely “ the voluntary system,” sometimes regarded such to 
 the degree which permits promises for ministerial support to be 
 broken, and pledges of subscription to be unpaid-. But so far, 
 we have rejoiced that it is thus :—that religion is free from all 
 dependence upon the State, and the ministry dependent only on 
 the religious sense of the country. It will be a sad hour if that 
 dependence be found misplaced or insufficient. I have no per¬ 
 manent apprehension that it will. I am too hopeful in God and 
 my country. Society is rousing to the lamentable fact that the 
 clergy in the Protestant Churches of England and America, as a 
 body, are ill requited. They have no reasonable maintenance 
 
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 equivalent to their claims as educated, working men, resolutely 
 closing against themselves all avenues of worldly wealth, dedi¬ 
 cating to the ministry talents often which would make them high 
 in the lucrative professions—renouncing almost choice in place 
 of labor—willing to live reduced to a moderate maintenance— 
 in faith for the morrow—faith for sickness and old age—faith, 
 then most sorely tried, for helpless family orphaned, and wife a 
 widow. These men, God’s own ministers, called by Him, and 
 sent as the best gift Christ bestows in love to His Church ; 
 these men—I hush my voice to a whisper—beloved of the laity, 
 are almost starving ; they are ground down to the veriest pit¬ 
 tance ; and life’s heartiness, dignity, affection, and power are 
 shrunk and withered by the shifts of poverty. My tongue 
 would blister, however, if in this I spoke of charity. No, their 
 maintenance is a right —God-imparted, God-defended right. In 
 view of it, the Apostle almost takes the tone of irony :—“ Is it a 
 great thing?” “ If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it 
 a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ?” 
 
 What makes this inadequate support of the ministry worse, is 
 that it is an acknowledged fact in times of unprecedented pros¬ 
 perity. As a friend spoke in the Metropolis of England, writing 
 with “ Mother” and “ Daughter” alike before his mind—as, I am 
 sure, they are in his warm heart—“ Within the last few years, 
 the'wealth and resources have been advancing with unprece¬ 
 dented rapidity. Capital has been accumulating almost beyond 
 belief; gold pouring into the country inexhaustibly from both 
 hemispheres ; new machinery constructed, new markets opened, 
 and this great emporium of the world making every day and 
 every hour some fresh display of riches, power, taste, luxury, 
 and science ; but unhappily, as yet there is no corresponding 
 improvement in provision for the clergy. On the contrary, their 
 circumstances are becoming annually worse ; their wants more 
 urgent; their position more contradictory and distressing.”* 
 
 And in this strange, mighty West—in this part of that West— 
 what has been going on ? Are there not hundreds—thousands, 
 
 * The Ven. Archdeacon Sinclair’s Sermon in the Cathedral Church of 
 St. Paul, (London), at the “ Festival of the Sons of the Clergy.” 
 
 
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 rich now to repletion—who a few years, almost months ago, 
 were poor ? How has this happened ? Whence came this 
 wealth ? Did they wring it from the earth by the sweat of the 
 brow ;—gather it little by little, the savings of studious or brawny 
 toil ? It has come to them a great, sudden endowment from 
 God, almost as independent of their labor in creating it as if it 
 had rained down from heaven. Social advances, mighty Prov¬ 
 idences, new lands, the shaking of other powers by revolution, 
 famine, pestilence—national prosperity beyond census—these 
 have combined in what the world calls “ enterprise.” This has 
 come with swift wing far out here, and rushed on far beyond, 
 chasing the receding West; and here and there its foot has just 
 touched the poor acre on which the owner might have lived a 
 beggar had he tilled it; and it is Gold, Gold! He is a rich man. 
 And now what will that God-endowed man (their name is 
 legion) do ? Content himself with the measure of the past— 
 gauge his duty by what his neighbors are willing to do—satislied 
 to pay his pew-rent as a benevolent offering to Christ! Or will 
 he feel that the measure of gift is as he has received, and divide 
 this strange surprise of wealth, and let Christian education, the 
 Ministry, the Church’s work, the sick, the poor, and the outcast 
 become endowed too from the just stewardship of his grateful 
 Christian heart 1 But I forget my exact position. My theme 
 betrays me ; and I draw back to the colder tone of legislation. 
 Brethren of the laity, in this matter we are powerless. It is for 
 you to devise, for you to act, to relieve the worn heart of the 
 Ministry, to nerve the Missionary, and call out, by the blessing 
 of the Lord of the harvest, laborers adequate to the need. For 
 all which we shall not cease to pray. 
 
 There was another subject on which I wished to touch, but 
 from which I am warned from the length to which this Address 
 has already proceeded— attention to the religious instruc¬ 
 tion of the young. The concurrent interest in this is required 
 of minister and people—of the one to provide the occasions for 
 Catechetical and Bible instruction, and in the people to avail 
 themselves with earnest tidelity of the privilege in behalf of 
 heir children. 
 
 The effect is beneficial on the present growth of a parish 
 
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where this department is well fulfilled ; but in it, and kindred 
 instruction in the Sunday School, is to be found the great con- 
 servative power of our land—that which is to evangelize the 
 teaching of the Common School, and save us from becoming a 
 nation of unbelievers. On this I must forbear. 
 
 Brethren of the Clergy and Laity, I commend you and your 
 deliberations to the guidance of the Blessed Spirit, that He may 
 take from our hearts all selfishness, prejudice, and bitterness ; 
 till us with the wisdom which is from above—first pure, then 
 peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good 
 fruits ; make our counsels the directory for honest working, and 
 our works the honored means of advancing the Church of our 
 Redeemer.