Journal Of The Proceedings Of The Annual Convention Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The State Of North Carolina Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Journal of the Proceedings: Of the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of North-Carolina, 1825 This being the day appointed for the meeting of the Convention, the members thereof assembled in the Church, for the purpose of organizing, the Rt. Rev. Jno. S. Ravensckoft, D. D., acting as President, and the Rev. R. S. Mason as Secretary pro tempore. The list of the Clergy being called over, the following were found to be present: Rev. John Avery, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Edenton. Rev. Wm. M. Green, Rector of St. John's Church, Williamsboro Rev. R. S. Mason, Rector of Christ's Church, Newbern. Rev. H. M. Mason, Deacon, St. John's Church, Fayetteville. Rev. Joseph Piersn, Deacon, Peter's Church, Washington. Rev. Thos. Wright, Rector of Calvary Church, Wadesborough. The certificates of lay delegation were then presented, and the following persons admitted as members of the Convention: Philip B. Wiley, Christ's Church, Newbern. Abner P. Neale, St. Peter's Church, Washington. Joseph Wail, Trinity Chapel, Beaufort county. Reading Grist, Trinity Chapel, Beaufort county. Marshall R. Wilkings, St. John's Church, Fayetteville. Jeremiah Lippitt, St. John's Church, Fayetteville. The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a Secretary, and the Rev. R. S. Mason was chosen. The Convention being thus organized, adjourned to attend Divine Service. Morning Prayer was performed by the Rev. Wm. M. Green, and a Sermon delivered by the Rev. Thos. Wright, from the Song of Solomon c. IV, V. 16. The Convention then assembled tor business. The Rev. Adam Empie, Rector of St. James's Church, Wilmington, now appeared and took his seat. Certificates of lay delegation from Christ's Church, Raleigh, and from St. James's Church, Wilmington, were presented, and Gavin Hogg from the former, and Thos. Callender, Dr. F. J. Hill, and Richard Quince, from the latter, were received as members of the Convention. It was then, on motion, Resolved, That such candidates for orders in this Church, as may be present during the sittings of this Convention, and are not members of this Convention, be admitted to honorary seats. A committee on the state of the Church, consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Empie, Wright, and Avery, of the Clergy, and Messrs. Callender, Hogg, and Neale, of the laity, were appointed by the President. After which the Convention adjourned till 4 o'clock P. M. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.