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 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 MAY 20-22 
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 Brethren of the Clergy and Laity : 
 
 We meet for our Annual Convention in the Capital City of 
 our State, and in one of our oldest parishes, whose stately 
 and beautiful buildings give fit expression to the earnest and 
 loyal devotion of its rector and congregation to the best tra- 
 ditions of the Church, and to their zealous activity in making its 
 present and its future worthy of the past. 
 
 We meet one week later than the date fixed by the last Con- 
 vention. Our Board of Missions met last week in New York in 
 one of the most important sessions of the year. Being a member 
 of the Board, and feeling that its business has an all but supreme 
 demand upon its members, I consulted the Standing Committee 
 of the Diocese, and they concurred with me in thinking that, 
 under the circumstances of the case, I might properly exercise 
 the discretion allowed me of changing the time of our meeting, 
 so as to enable me to attend the meeting of the Board. 
 
 We cannot at this time fail in some measure to recall the 
 amazing changes which have passed over the face of human 
 affairs since our last Convention, changes whose ultimate results 
 are far beyond our power even to conjecture, but the immediate 
 effect of which we must acknowledge with devout and humble 
 thanks to Him, in Whose hand are all corners of the earth, and 
 Whose loving kindnesses fail not. When we last met in Annual 
 Convention the great world war in which we were engaged, and 
 in whose bloody encounters our American soldiers were just 
 beginning to be involved, had reached its most disastrous and 
 perilous stage for our Allies and for ourselves. For months 
 every important contest had been against us, and what seemed to 
 be an irresistible tide of conquest and of destruction was ready 
 to sweep the British armies into the English Channel, and to 
 overwhelm all French resistance to the advance upon Paris. It 
 seemed that the contest might be decided against us before we 
 should be able to throw our soldiers, with their fresh courage and 
 enthusiasm, into the scale of battle. This was the situation 
 when we returned to our homes from our meeting in Salisbury. 
 At that fateful moment our President called upon us to unite in 
 
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 humble prayer to God for His blessing upon us and upon our 
 armies as "we entered into the stupendous struggle. Thursday, 
 May 30, throughout the United States, in prayer and fasting, 
 we humbled ourselves before God, and implored His pardon for 
 our many sins and His blessing upon our efforts to maintain 
 truth and justice and the cause of the helpless. 
 
 We may not presumptuously interpret divine providences. 
 Our short sight can look but a little way into God's designs. 
 But we should not fail to thank Him when He manifestly 
 answers our prayers. And who, that remembers June and 
 July, 1918, can ever forget the peril and the deliverance, the 
 first faint light of reviving hope after the fear, as the thin line 
 bent and then held, and held, and then bent again, but refused 
 to break; and at last, almost beyond belief, the great advance 
 was halted, July 15, and was held! And then July 18, French, 
 British, Americans, our own among the first, bore back the great 
 and arrogant hosts of the invader with steady, unvarying, ever 
 increasing success, which suffered no pause or check — so much 
 more than we had dared to hope — until in absolute subjection 
 and surrender he yielded up the victory ! Today we have our 
 own again in peace; with us, to strive still for truth and right 
 on earth, or with us, in the surer possession of the life above. 
 
 We prayed that God would give success to our cause and vic- 
 tory to our arms; and He gave us more, much more, than we 
 had dared even to hope for; and the price we paid in the blood 
 of our sons was amazingly less than we could have expected. 
 And I cannot refuse to connect the two things together. I add 
 the great things of the year, 1918, coming so soon after our day 
 of fasting and prayer, to those great things of which we have 
 heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, of 
 the noble works which God did in their days and in the old 
 time before them. 
 
 God still rules the world. It is only in this confidence that 
 we dare face the future and the many strange and startling con- 
 ditions which have so suddenly developed out of the great victory 
 for which we give thanks. We asked for it, and He gave it to 
 us. May He help us with wisdom and strength to face and to 
 solve the possibly greater difficulties and dangers which now 
 confront our country and the world. 
 
During the past year and up to the present month we have 
 lost by removal to the world beyond, two of our brethren of the 
 clergy, one in the fullness of years, the other in the vigor of early 
 maturity and in the very midst of his zealous service, only be- 
 ginning, as it seemed, to enter upon his most fruitful endeavors. 
 
 The Rev. Girard William Phelps was by ordination, as well 
 as in years, the oldest minister of the Diocese, having been born 
 (in Hyde County, I think), July 14, 1832, and having been 
 ordained Deacon by Bishop Atkinson in Emmanuel Church, 
 Warrenton, December 14, 1863. He was advanced to the Priest- 
 hood by the same Bishop in Christ Church, Raleigh, May 23, 
 1869. From January, 1864, until the end of the Confederate 
 War he served as chaplain of the Seventeenth ~N. C. Infantry. 
 After the war he served in several small parishes in the north- 
 eastern part of the Diocese until the year 1872, when he removed 
 to the Diocese of Virginia. Returning to North Carolina in 
 1879, he worked for a while in Rutherford and McDowell coun- 
 ties. In 1895 he removed to Littleton. In June, 1898, he be- 
 came rector of Trinity Church, Scotland ISTeck, where he 
 remained until 1908, when he retired from active service, and 
 removed to Victoria, Va., where he died December 5, 1918. He 
 was an earnest, devout and diligent preacher and missionary, 
 wholly given to the work of his calling, doing his work faith- 
 fully, enduring hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
 Although old and feeble, he continued to officiate in the services 
 of the Church and to minister to those about him, so far as his 
 strength permitted, to the end of his life. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Merrill Hanff, who died February 12, 1919, 
 seemed one of our young clergy, in the vigor of early manhood, 
 and with the promise of a most useful and successful ministry. 
 I had myself ordained him both to the Diaconate and to the 
 Priesthood, and all of his too brief ministry was served in our 
 own Diocese. He organized the mission of St. Stephen's Church, 
 Duke, and also St. Paul's, Smithfield, and served them faith- 
 fully and effectively for seven years, declining a number of 
 invitations to larger and more attractive churches. In both 
 places he continued his work until he felt that he had really put 
 them in a condition which gave assurance of continued life and 
 growth; and I had some difficulty even then in persuading him 
 
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 to remove from the humble sphere, where he loved his work and 
 his people, to one of larger responsibilities and opportunities, 
 where his own useful qualities could be more fully and effectively 
 developed. I mention this as a peculiarly fine trait in his char- 
 acter, and one which was soon recognized by all who came to 
 know him. He loved his people and his people loved him. He 
 drew them with the cords of a man. We have had no more 
 lovable, more beloved, or more useful man, among those upon 
 whom it has been my privilege to lay hands in ordination. JSTot 
 only his own parish feels and laments his loss, but all of his 
 brethren share their loss and their grief. 
 
 I cannot, in the nature of the case, dwell upon the case of 
 every faithful servant of God and of the Church, taken from 
 us from time to time in the course of our Diocesan experience, 
 • but I am sure you would all feel that it would be inexcusable to 
 omit from this brief reference to our year's experiences the name 
 of the late Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D., who has for years 
 past been the oldest and most eminent of those laymen promi- 
 nently connected with our diocesan history — carum et venerabile 
 caput. From godly and devoted parents he derived an early 
 love for the Church. In 1856 his name appears as a delegate to 
 the Convention from Christ Church, Raleigh, and from 1859 un- 
 til within a few years of his death he was in frequent attendance 
 upon its annual sessions. He was a member of the General 
 Conventions of 1865 and 1868. As a lay-reader and Sunday 
 School teacher he was not only faithful with a routine dili- 
 gence, but he put heart and thought and labor into whatever 
 he undertook for the Church. I have known very few laymen 
 who felt as he did the privilege of service, and who so really 
 devoted themselves to their Church work. And outside of what 
 he did, simply in his character and personality, he was one of 
 the most valuable Churchmen this Diocese ever had. I speak 
 under a deep sense of personal obligation and affection. No 
 young and inexperienced Deacon ever had a better friend or h 
 wiser counsellor than I had in him. Outside the circle of my im- 
 mediate family, he and his wife were the earliest friends whom 
 I can remember; at their request I was sent as a Deacon to 
 serve in the parish where he was Senior Warden ; and my early 
 confidence and attachment was only strengthened and developed 
 
by the accumulating experience of years. I need say nothing 
 of what he was in his relation to the State, to the University, 
 and to the community. His character and services have gone 
 to help make up the best traditions of our past. And it is not 
 the least of his services to the Church and to the State that he 
 brought up, and has left behind him, those who worthily per- 
 petuate his name and his character. 
 
 Another name I must mention of those whom the Church 
 honors and thanks God for. One of the six laymen who, with 
 three clergymen, made up the roll of our first Diocesan Conven- 
 tion, was John R. London. And the name London has seldom 
 in my memory, if ever, been absent from our Convention roll. 
 Two years ago I recorded the loss sustained by the departure 
 of Mr. William L. London, to his rest. January 20, 1918, his 
 younger brother, Henry Armand London, in his 73d year, fol- 
 lowed him. An earnest and consistent Christian, a devoted and 
 ever faithful Churchman and member of this Convention, a use- 
 ful citizen in all relations of life, gratitude to God for his life 
 gives the best comfort in his death. 
 
 My services in Episcopal visitations and ministrations during 
 the year 1918 have been as follows: 
 
 1918 
 Jan. 1. Feast of the Circumcision: 
 
 I attended service in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 
 Raleigh. 
 15. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of St. 
 
 Mary's School. 
 19. In company with the Rev. Wm. H. Milton, D.D., a mem- 
 ber of the Church War Commission, I visited Camp 
 Greene, Charlotte, and conferred with the camp sec- 
 retaries of the Y. M. C. A. with reference to religious 
 work in that camp. 
 21. Had interview with the Rev. Harry 0. Nash, with a view 
 to his appointment by the Church War Commission as 
 volunteer chaplain at Camp Greene. Mr. Nash was 
 subsequently appointed to that work, and served faith- 
 fully and efficiently as long as his services were re- 
 quired. 
 12 m. Pittsboro: Assisted by the Rev. Mr. Nash I ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion at the residence of the 
 late Mr. Henry A. London to the members of his family. 
 1:30 p. m. In St. Bartholomew's Church, officiated with 
 Mr. Nash at the funeral of Mr. Henry A. London. 
 
27. Septuagesima Sunday: 
 
 Raleigh, Christ Church: Made an address on the Church 
 War Commission and its work. 
 29. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of St. 
 Mary's School, and Committee on St. Mary's Endow- 
 ment Fund. 
 31. Baptized an infant in private. 
 Feb. 10. Quinquagesima Sunday: 
 
 Durham, St. Philip's Church: Confirmed 12 persons, of 
 
 whom 5 were deaf mutes; preached, and administered 
 
 the Holy Communion. 
 
 7:30 p. m. West Durham, St. Joseph's Chapel: 
 
 Preached, and confirmed 5 persons. 
 
 11. 8 p. m. Durham, St. Titus' Church,' our colored Mission: 
 
 Preached, and confirmed 2 persons. 
 13. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of St. Augus- 
 tine's School. 
 
 16. Davie County, Cooleemee Plantation: In a room fitted 
 
 up for a Sunday School for the colored children, which 
 for many years has been carried on by the Misses 
 Hairston, I confirmed a colored man and his four 
 daughters, and made an address. 
 
 17. The First Sunday in Lent: 
 
 11 a. m. Davie County, Ascension Church: Confirmed 
 1 person; preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 7 p. m. Lexington, Grace Church: Preached and con- 
 firmed one person. 
 
 24. The Second Sunday in Lent; St. Matthias' Day: 
 Kittrell, St. James' Church: Confirmed 2 persons; 
 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 7:30 p. m. Louisburg, St. Paul's Church: Said Evening 
 Prayer, the parish being vacant, and preached. 
 
 25. 10:30 a. m. Visited St. Matthias' Mission School; held 
 
 a short service, and made an address. 
 
 8 p. m. St. Matthias' Church, our colored Mission: 
 Preached and confirmed 6 persons. 
 
 26. 8 p. m. Oxford, St. Cyprian's Church — Colored Mission: 
 
 Confirmed 2 persons, and made an address. 
 
 27. 7:45 p. m. Oxford, St. Stephen's Church: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 4 persons. 
 March 1. 3 p. m. Warren County, St. Luke's Colored Mission: 
 Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 3. The Third Sunday in Lent. Warrenton. 
 
 11 a. m. Emmanuel Church: Confirmed 10 persons, 
 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. All Saints' Chapel, Colored Mission: Preached, 
 and confirmed 5 persons. 
 
4. 7:30 p. m. Wilson, St. Timothy's Church: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 8 persons. 
 10. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Hillsboro, St. Matthew's Church: Officiated at 11 a. m. 
 and 4 p. m. At the former service confirmed 4 persons; 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 15. Pittsboro, St. James' Colored Mission: Preached. 
 17. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Pittsboro, St. Bartholomew's Church: 11 a. m. Preached, 
 and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 19. Hamlet, All Saints' Church: Preached, and confirmed 1 
 
 person. 
 
 20. Laurinburg, St. David's Church: Preached and con- 
 
 firmed 2 persons. 
 
 21. Southern Pines, Emmanuel Church: 4 p. m. Preached. 
 
 24. Palm Sunday. Raleigh. 
 
 11 a. m. Christ Church: Confirmed 26 persons; made 
 an address, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 5 p. m. St. Mary's Chapel: Confirmed 12 persons, and 
 made an address. 
 
 7:30 p. m. St. Saviour's Chapel: Preached; confirmed 
 8 persons, and made an address. 
 
 25. Confirmed a sick person in private. 
 
 26. 7:30 p. m. In the Chapel of St. Mary's School, confirmed 
 
 1 person. 
 8 p. m. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of St. 
 Mary's School. 
 
 27. 6:15 p. m. St. Augustine's School Chapel: Confirmed 11 
 
 pupils of the school, and made an address. 
 31. Easter Day. Raleigh. . 
 
 8 a. m. Church of the G-ood Shepherd: Administered 
 the Holy Communion. 8 p. m. In the church, preached, 
 and confirmed 12 persons. 
 4 p. m. In Rex Hospital: Officiated at the dedication of 
 a statue of "Christ the Divine Healer." 
 April 3. Raleigh, St. Ambrose' Church: 8 p. m. Confirmed 8 per- 
 sons, and made an address. 
 
 4. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
 
 Convocation of Raleigh. 
 
 5. Rockingham, Church of the Messiah: Said Evening 
 
 Prayer, and preached. 
 7. The First Sunday After Easter. 
 
 11 a. m. Wadesboro, Calvary Church: The parish being 
 vacant, I said Morning Prayer; preached, and admin- 
 istered the Holy Communion. After the service had 
 a conference with the vestry. 
 
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 14. The Second Sunday After Easter. 
 
 Chapel Hill, Chapel of the Cross: Preached; confirmed 
 7 persons, and made an address. 
 
 16. In the same church, attended the annual meeting of the 
 
 Diocesan Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary; had a 
 short service, and made an address. 
 
 17. In the same church, administered the Holy Communion. 
 2:30 p. m. Durham: Examined a candidate for Deacon's 
 
 Orders. 
 
 21. The Third Sunday After Easter. Burlington. 
 
 11 a. m. Church of the Holy Comforter: Preached. 
 4 p. m. In the same church, officiated at a funeral. 
 
 22. Charlotte, Church of the Holy Comforter: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 6 persons. 
 
 23. Charlotte. Annual meeting of the Board of Managers of 
 
 the Thompson Orphanage and Training Institution, 10 
 a. m. The Board met. 11 a. m. Chapel of St. Mary the 
 Virgin: I confirmed 7 pupils of the institution; made 
 an address, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 24. 8 p. m. Monroe, St. Paul's Church: Preached. 
 
 25. St. Mark's Day. 
 
 Monroe, Holy Trinity, Colored Mission: Preached, and 
 confirmed one person. 
 
 26. Charlotte, Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Colored 
 
 Mission: Preached, and confirmed 3 persons. 
 28. The Fourth Sunday After Easter. Charlotte. 
 
 9 a. m. Administered the Holy Communion in a Y. M. 
 
 C. A. "Hut" at Camp Greene, assisted by the Rev. 
 
 Harry O. Nash. 
 11 a. m. St. Peter's Church: Preached; confirmed 26 
 
 persons, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. St. Martin's Church: Confirmed 4 persons, and 
 
 made an address. 
 May 5. The Fifth Sunday After Easter. 
 
 11 a. m. Durham, St. Philip's Church: Ordained a 
 
 Deacon; preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 6. Officiated at a funeral in Durham County. 
 
 7. Confirmed in private a sick person. 
 12. The Sunday After Ascension Day. 
 
 St. Mary's School Chapel: Confirmed 1 person, and made 
 an address. 
 14. 10 a. m. Salisbury, St'. Luke's Church: The One Hun- 
 dred and Second Annual Convention of the Diocese. 
 
 11 a. m. Opening Service: Administered the Holy 
 Communion. Presided during the sessions. After the 
 8:30 p. m. service, read my annual address. 
 
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 15. 7:30 a. m. In the same church, administered the Holy 
 
 Communion. Presided in the Convention during the 
 day, and at 8:30 p. m. officiated at the Missionary 
 service. 
 
 16. In the same church, presided in the Convention during 
 
 the day. 8:30 p. m.: Officiated at the closing service. 
 
 20. 8:30 p. m. Raleigh, in the City Auditorium: At a mass 
 meeting in behalf of the Red Cross, offered the opening 
 prayer, and gave the benediction at the close. 
 
 26. Trinity Sunday. 
 
 Raleigh, St. Augustine's Chapel: Officiated at the Com- 
 mencement Sunday service, and made an address. 
 
 29. St. Augustine's School Commencement, fiftieth anniver- 
 
 sary of the school, in Taylor Hall: Participated in the 
 exercises; presented the diplomas, and gave the final 
 blessing. 
 
 3 p. m. Presided at the annual meeting of the Board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 8:30 p. m. In the City Auditorium: Participated in the 
 proceedings of a mass meeting in commemoration of 
 the fiftieth anniversary of St. Augustine's School. 
 
 30. National Fast Day. 
 
 Attended the services in Raleigh churches. 
 8:30 p. m. Hamlet: Had a conference with the repre- 
 sentatives of the vestry of Calvary Church, Wadesboro. 
 June 2. The First Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 8:10 a. m. St. Mary's Chapel, Raleigh: Administered 
 
 the Holy Communion. 
 11 a. m. In the same chapel, officiated at the Commence- 
 ment Sunday service. 
 4. 11 a. m. Attended the Commencement Exercises of St. 
 Mary's School. 12:30. Officiated at the closing service 
 in St. Mary's Chapel; delivered the diplomas, and made 
 an address. 
 3 p. m. Presided in the annual meeting of the Board of 
 Trustees. 
 16. The Third Sunday After Trinity. Salisbury. 
 
 7:30 a. m. St. Luke's Church: Administered the Holy 
 Communion, and at the 11 a. m. service preached. 
 19. Attended meeting of the Executive Meeting of the Con- 
 vocation of Raleigh. 
 
 22. Examined Candidate for Ordination. 
 
 23. The Fourth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Ordained a 
 Priest, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 25. Presided at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees 
 of St. Mary's School. 
 
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 30. The Fifth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Raleigh, Church, of the Good Shepherd: Baptized an 
 infant. 
 July 7. The Sixth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 11 a. m. Milton, Christ Church: Preached, and admin- 
 istered the Holy Communion. 
 8:30 p. m. Spray: Preached, and confirmed 4 persons. 
 
 8. Rockingham County, St. Andrew's Mission: Preached. 
 
 9. Leaksville, Church of the Epiphany: Preached. 
 
 10. Reidsville, St. Thomas's Church: Preached, and con- 
 
 firmed 5 persons. 
 
 11. Stoneville, Emmanuel Church: Preached. 
 
 13. 7:30 a. m. Mayodan, Church of the Messiah: Admin- 
 
 istered the Holy Communion. 
 
 14. The Seventh Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Mayodan, Church of the Messiah: Preached; confirmed 
 1 person; administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 8 p. m. Walnut Cove, Christ Church: Baptized an adult. 
 Preached; confirmed 2 persons. 
 
 19. Mecklenburg County, St. Mark's Church: Officiated at 
 
 the evening service. 
 
 20. In the hospital at Camp Greene, Charlotte: Confirmed 
 
 a sick soldier. 
 
 21. The Eighth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 11 a. m. Mecklenburg County, St. Mark's Church: 
 Preached; confirmed 4 persons, and administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 
 8:30 p. m. Salisbury, St. Paul's Church: Preached; con- 
 firmed 1 person. 
 
 22. Rowan County, St. Jude's Church: Preached, and ad- 
 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 23. Cooleemee, Church of the Good Shepherd: Preached, and 
 
 confirmed 9 persons. 
 
 24. Cleveland, Christ Church: Confirmed 1 person; preached, 
 
 and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 25. St. James' Day. 
 
 Iredell County, St. James' Church: Preached, and ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 26. Officiated at a funeral in Charlotte. 
 28. The Ninth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Rowan County, St. Andrew's Church: Preached, and ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 
 5:30 p. m. Rowan County, St. Matthew's Church: 
 Preached, and confirmed 1 person. 
 
 8:30 p. m. Salisbury, St. Luke's Church: Confirmed 1 
 person. 
 30. Raleigh: Confirmed sick girl in private. 
 
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 Aug. 18. The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 8 a. m. Hillsboro, St. Matthew's Church: Administered 
 
 the Holy Communion. 
 11 a. m. In same church: Preached. 
 4 p. m. Orange County, St. Mary's Chapel: Said Even- 
 ing Prayer. 
 25. The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Administered 
 the Holy Communion. 
 Sept. 1. The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 8 a. m. Durham, St. Philip's Church: Administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 
 11 a. m. In same church: Made an address. After the 
 service, called a meeting of the congregation, and had 
 a conference with them in the interest of St. Mary's 
 School. 
 
 8:15 p. m. West Durham, St. Joseph's Chapel: Preached. 
 After the service, received a report from a committee 
 appointed at the conference with the congregation in 
 St. Philip's Church. 
 
 4. 8 p. m. Statesville, Holy Cross Chapel: Annual Meet- 
 
 ing of the Colored Convocation. Evening Prayer. 
 
 5. 9:30 a. m. Examined Candidate for Ordination. Or- 
 
 dained a Deacon; preached, and administered the Holy 
 Communion. 
 
 12 m. Read my address to the Convocation. Presided 
 during the forenoon and afternoon in the business ses- 
 sions of the Convocation. 
 
 8 p. m. Statesville, Trinity Church: Preached; con- 
 firmed 2 persons. 
 
 6. China Grove, Church of the Ascension: Preached. 
 8. The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Concord, All Saints' Church: Confirmed 3 persons; 
 preached, and administered the Holy Communion. 
 
 8:30 p. m. Greensboro, St. Andrew's Church: Confirmed 
 15 persons (two of the candidates being from St Paul's 
 Church, Winston-Salem), and made an address. 
 12. Had conference in Tarboro with members of Calvary 
 Church and Mr. Wm. A. Erwin, in regard to proposed 
 commemoration on October 15th of twenty-fifth anni- 
 versary of the Consecration of the Bishop of the 
 Diocese. 
 
 8 p. m. Rocky Mount, Church of the Good Shepherd: 
 Made an address on St. Mary's School. Mr. Wm. A. 
 Erwin also spoke. 
 
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 15. The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Raleigh, St. Ambrose' Church: Ordained a Deacon; ad- 
 ministered the Holy Communion. 
 19. St. Mary's School Chapel: Officiated at the opening 
 
 service, and made an address. 
 22. The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 11 a. m. Rocky Mount, Church of the Good Shepherd: 
 Made an address on St. Mary's School. After the serv- 
 ice had a conference with the congregation. 
 8 p. m. In the same church: Preached. 
 26. 10 a. m. Raleigh: Attended meeting of Executive Com- 
 mittee of St. Mary's School. 
 8 p. m. Wake County, Holly Springs: Preached, and 
 confirmed 1 person. 
 
 29. The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity. Feast of St. 
 
 Michael and All Angels: 
 11:30 a. m. Williamsboro, St. John's Church: Preached, 
 
 and administered the Holy Communion. 
 8 p. m. Townesville, Holy Trinity Church: Preached, 
 
 and confirmed 3 persons. 
 
 30. Stovall, St. Peter's Church: Preached. 
 
 Oct. 4. Middleburg, Church of the Heavenly Rest: Preached, 
 and confirmed 3 persons. 
 6. The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Northampton County, St. Luke's Church: Confirmed 2 
 persons; preached, and administered the Holy Com- 
 munion. 
 
 8 p. m. Roanoke Rapids, All Saints Church: Preached, 
 and confirmed 6 persons. 
 
 At this point the general prevalence throughout the State 
 of an epidemic of influenza caused a cessation of public 
 meetings of all kinds, and compelled me to suspend my 
 visitations for the rest of the year, except in the few 
 instances following. November 28th I was myself 
 taken with the disease, which disabled me for some 
 time. The services performed after October 6th were 
 as follows: 
 11. Louisburg: Officiated at a funeral. Also baptized an in- 
 fant in a private house, using the office of Public 
 Baptism. 
 15. The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of my Consecration. 
 
 Raleigh, Christ Church: The prohibition as to public 
 meetings continuing, I procured special permission for 
 a service with a limited attendance — my own family, 
 the clergy of the city, and half a dozen intimate friends. 
 I administered the Holy Communion, assisted by the 
 Rev. A. Burtis Hunter, D.D., and the Rev. Milton A. 
 Barber. 
 
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 27. The Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity. 
 St. Mary's School Chapel: Preached. 
 
 31. In Warren County, at a private house, confirmed an aged 
 man, and administered the Holy Communion to him 
 and to other persons present. 
 Nov. 7. Upon a premature report of the signing of the armistice, 
 I held an extemporized Thanksgiving service in the 
 Chapel of St. Mary's School, assisted by the Rev. War- 
 ren W. Way. 
 
 13. Set forth a Form of Thanksgiving for Victory, to be used 
 at the discretion of the clergy of the Diocese. 
 
 17. The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 Greensboro, Holy Trinity Church: Confirmed 8 persons, 
 
 and made an address. 
 7:30 p. m. High Point, St. Mary's Church: Assisted by 
 the Rev. Thos. L. Trott, Rector, held the special service 
 of Thanksgiving for Victory; confirmed 3 persons, and 
 preached. 
 
 19. Raleigh, St. Augustine's Chapel: Participated in the 
 opening service of the "Conference op the Colored 
 Workers of the Church in the United States," and 
 made an address. 
 
 21. In St. Augustine's Chapel, in cooperation with other 
 Bishops and clergy, consecrated as a Bishop in the 
 Church of God, to be the Suffragan Bishop of the Dio- 
 cese of North Carolina, the Rev. Henry Beard Delany, 
 D.D., Archdeacon of the Colored Convocation; and, 
 upon his being so consecrated, assigned to him the 
 Episcopal care and oversight of the negro churches,, 
 congregations, and clergy of the Diocese. 
 
 24. The Sunday Next Before Advent. 
 
 7:30 a. m. Weldon, Grace Church: Administered the 
 Holy Communion. 
 
 11 a. m. Held special service of Thanksgiving for Vic- 
 tory, and preached. 
 
 8 p. m. Scotland Neck, Trinity Church: Preached, and 
 confirmed one person. 
 Dec. 15. The Third Sunday in Advent. 
 
 Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Confirmed 4 
 persons. 
 11. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of the Convo- 
 cation of Raleigh. 
 
 17. Examined Candidates for Priest's Orders. 
 
 18. Ember Day. Raleigh, Christ Church: Advanced two 
 
 Deacons to the Priesthood; administered the Holy 
 Communion. 
 
 25. Christmas Day. 
 
 Raleigh, Church of the Good Shepherd: Administered 
 the Holy Communion. 
 
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 My services and ministrations outside the Diocese during the year 
 1918 were as follows: 
 
 Attended a meeting of the Board of Missions in New 
 York. 
 
 In the Chapel of St. Thomas' Church, New York City: 
 I officiated at a marriage, the parties being my personal 
 friends, and one of them a former parishoner. 
 
 New Orleans, Christ Church Cathedral: Delivered an 
 address before the Church Club of New Orleans. 
 
 12 m. In a moving picture theater in New Orleans: 
 Conducted short service and made an address, one of 
 a series of Lenten addresses. 
 
 Norfolk, St. Luke's Church: Took part in the funeral 
 of the late Rt. Rev. Alfred M. Randolph, D.D., Bishop 
 of Southern Virginia. 
 
 In New York, in attendance of session of the House of 
 Bishops, until April 12th. 
 
 Feast of St. Philip and St. James. 
 
 New Albany, Indiana, Diocese of Indianapolis, St. Paul's 
 Church: By permission of the Ecclesiastical authority 
 of the Diocese of Indianapolis, I ordained to the Diac- 
 onate a Candidate for Orders of the Diocese of North 
 Carolina, whose father, the Rev. Frank J. Mallett, is 
 Rector of this parish. 
 
 Attended meeting of Board of Missions in New York. 
 
 Attended the meeting of the Trustees of the University 
 of the South at Sewanee, and the services in connec- 
 tion with annual commencement, until June 10th. 
 
 The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity. 
 
 St. Mary's County, Maryland, Diocese of Washington, All 
 Faith Church: Preached. 
 
 Attended meeting of the Board of Missions in New York. 
 
 U a. m. New Orleans, St. Paul's Church: Said the 
 Litany; baptized an infant. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 6. 
 
 
 7, 
 
 
 19. 
 
 
 20. 
 
 April 
 
 9. 
 
 
 10. 
 
 May 
 
 1. 
 
 9. 
 June 6. 
 
 Aug. 11. 
 
 Oct. 2. 
 Nov. 13. 
 
 It will be seen that I have during the year officiated within the 
 Diocese at 132 services, preached 66 sermons, made 28 addresses, 
 administered the Holy Communion 40 times, baptized 2 infants and 
 1 adult, officiated at 5 funerals, confirmed 287 persons, ordained 3 
 Deacons and 3 Priests, and consecrated the Suffragan Bishop. Out- 
 side the Diocese I have officiated at 7 services, preached once, made 2 
 addresses, administered the Holy Communion once, baptized 1 in- 
 fant, ordained 1 Deacon, and officiated at 1 funeral and at 1 mar- 
 riage: a total of 139 services, 67 sermons, 30 addresses, 41 celebra- 
 tions of the Holy Communion, 7 ordinations, 1 Bishop consecrated, 
 
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 5 baptisms, 6 funerals, 1 marriage, and 287 confirmations. The num- 
 ber of services and of confirmations has been markedly below the 
 average, on account of the epidemic of influenza, and also on account 
 of my own sickness. 
 
 The importance of the subject requires that I should give a 
 more detailed statement of the several ordinations which are 
 only briefly mentioned in the chronological record of services. 
 
 The consecration of the Suffragan Bishop had been appointed 
 for St. Luke's Day, October 18th, but had to be postponed on 
 account of the prevailing epidemic. On Thursday, November 
 21st, in the Chapel of 'St. Augustine's School, Raleigh, with 
 the cooperation of the Bishops of Southern Virginia, and East 
 Carolina, I consecrated Henry Beard Delany, 'Doctor in Divin- 
 ity, as a Bishop in the Church of God. The Bishop-elect was pre- 
 sented by the Bishops of Florida and Asheville, the sermon was 
 preached by Bishop Lloyd, President of the Board of Missions. 
 The Suffragan Bishop of Arkansas also participated in the 
 services, with many clergymen of this and of other Dioceses, 
 both white and colored. All the Bishops present united in the 
 Imposition of Hands. 
 
 May 1st, the Feast of SS. Philip and James, in St. Paul's Church, 
 New Albany, Indiana, I ordained to the Diaconate, with the consent 
 of the Ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese of Indianapolis, James 
 Reginald Mallett, son of the Rector of the parish. The candidate 
 was presented by his father, the Rev. Prank J. Mallett; the sermon 
 was preached by the Rev. Lewis Brown. There' were present also 
 the Rev. Richard L. McCready, the Rev. Edward C. McAllister, and 
 the Rev. Francis W. Hardy. 
 
 May 5th, the Fifth Sunday After Trinity, in St. Philip's Church, 
 Durham, I ordained to the Diaconate Roma Coxey Fortune, a deaf 
 mute. The candidate was presented by the Rev. Sidney S. Bost. I 
 preached the sermon. The Rev. A. Burtis Hunter, D D., and the 
 Rev. Thos. L. Trott also participated in the service. 
 
 June 23d, the Fourth Sunday After Trinity, in the Church of the 
 Good Shepherd, Raleigh, I advanced to the Priesthood, the Rev. San- 
 ford L. Rotter.' The Candidate was presented by the Rev. Edgar H. 
 Goold; the sermon was preached by the Rev. I. McK. Pittenger, D.D. 
 The Rev. Julian E. Ingle assisted in the services. All the Priests 
 present joined in the Imposition of Hands. 
 
 Thursday, September 5th, in Holy Cross Chapel, Statesville, I 
 ordained to the Diaconate Arthur Myron Cochran, a Colored Can- 
 
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 didate, who was presented by the Rev. James E. King. I preached 
 the sermon. I was assisted in the services by Archdeacon Delany 
 and the other clergy of the Colored Convocation then in session. 
 
 September 15th, the Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity, in St. Am- 
 brose' Church, Raleigh, I ordained to the Diaconate Roger Edgar 
 Bunn, a Colored Candidate, presented by the Rev. James K. Satter- 
 white. Archdeacon Delany preached the sermon. The Rev. Julian 
 E. Ingle and the Rev. Warren W. Way also participated in the service. 
 
 Wednesday, December 18th, in Christ Church, Raleigh, I advanced 
 to the Priesthood the Rev. James Reginald Mallett, presented by his 
 father, the Rev. Frank J. Mallett; and the Rev. Samuel Whitney 
 Hale, presented by the Rev. Warren W. Way. The sermon was 
 preached by the Rev. Robert Bruce Owens. The Rev. Julian E. 
 Ingle, the Rev. A. Burtis Hunter, D.D., the Rev. Milton A. Barber, 
 and the Rev. Norvin C. Duncan also took part in the services. All 
 the Priests present united with me in the Imposition of Hands. 
 
 We lost during the year and up to May 1, 1919, the following 
 clergymen : 
 
 The Rev. Girard William Phelps, died December 5, 1918. 
 The Rev. Samuel Merrill Hanff, died February 12, 1919. 
 
 By transfer to other Dioceses : 
 
 The Rev. James D. Miller, to Georgia, June 26, 1918. 
 The Rev. Cyprian P. Willcox, to Atlanta, September 14, 1918. 
 The Rev. Theodore Andrews, to Newark, October 1, 1918. 
 The Rev. Robert A. Tuft, to Washington, April 29, 1919. 
 
 We have gained, not counting again those ordained in 1918 
 before our last Convention, and therefore included in last year's 
 list: 
 
 The Rev. Arthur Myron Cochran, Deacon, ordained September 5, 
 1918. 
 
 The Rev. Roger Edgar Bunn, Deacon, ordained September 15, 1918. 
 
 The Rev. Basil M. Walton, from East Carolina, May 23, 1918. 
 
 The Rev. Mark Hemingway Milne, from Milwaukee, October 4, 
 1918. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Whitman Hale, from New Hampshire, October 17, 
 1918. 
 
 The Rev. Donald R. Ottman, from Colorado, January 22, 1919. 
 
 Our total number of clergy last year was sixty-four. We 
 have lost since the last Convention two by death and four by 
 transfer. We have gained since the last Convention, two by 
 
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 ordination and four by transfer, so that our total remains sixty- 
 four — two Bishops, fifty-five Priests, and seven Deacons. 
 
 Of the clergy thus enumerated, however, the Rev. James K. 
 Satterwhite and the Rev. Theodore Stroup are understood to 
 have accepted work in other Dioceses, though they have not yet 
 taken letters dismissory. Also the Rev. William Hoke Ramsaur, 
 though still canonically connected with this Diocese, has been 
 accepted by the Board of Missions for work in Liberia, and has 
 departed to his distant field. Mr. Ramsaur is one of the most 
 admirable and efficient young Priests of the Diocese. We very 
 greatly regret to have him leave us, but are proud to contribute 
 him to the great cause of Foreign Missions. 
 
 The fields of work of the clergy remain the same as last year, 
 except as follows: 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Pittenger has resigned the charge of St. 
 Gabriel's Mission, Selma, but retains St. John's, Wake County. 
 St. Gabriel's has been assigned to the Rev. Howard S. Hartzell 
 of Duke. 
 
 The Rev. Geo. W. Lay, D.C.L., resigned the rectorship of St. 
 Mary's School, August 15, 1918, and has for some months been 
 serving Christ Church, Springfield, Diocese of Western Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 The Rev. N. Collin Hughes has resigned the work as Chap- 
 lain at the State Penal Farm, and has been assigned to the 
 charge of St. Paul's Church, Louisburg, and St. James', Kit- 
 trell. 
 
 The Rev. Bertram E. Brown, having served for some 
 months at a Training Camp, has resumed his work at Tar- 
 boro. 
 
 The Rev. Warren W. Way resigned the rectorship of St. 
 Luke's Church, Salisbury in August, 1918, and has succeeded 
 the Rev. Dr. Lay as Rector of St. Mjary's School. 
 
 The Rev. Alfred S. Lawrence resigned his work as Archdeacon 
 of Raleigh, November 1, 1918, and acepted a commission as 
 Chaplain in the Army. Having obtained his discharge March 
 1, 1919, he was called to succeed the Rev. Samuel M. Hanff at 
 All Saints', Concord, where he is now serving. 
 
 • The Rev. Harry O. Nash, upon the discontinuance of Camp 
 Greene, accepted a call to St. Andrew's Church, Greensboro, 
 
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 vacant by the removal of the Rev. James D. Miller to the Diocese 
 of Georgia, and assumed charge October 1st. 
 
 The Rev. ISForvin C. Duncan, up to February 1st, Rector of 
 Grace Church, Weldon, and the Church of the Saviour, Jack- 
 son, on that day assumed the duties of Archdeacon of Raleigh, 
 to Avhich I had appointed him as successor to the Rev. Mr. 
 Lawrence, then serving as Chaplain in the Army. 
 
 The Rev. Howard S. Hartzell, immediately after our last 
 Convention, was relieved of his duties as assistant to the Rev. 
 Wm. J. Gordon, and was placed in charge of St. Stephen's 
 Church, Duke, and St. Paul's, Smithfield, to which has since 
 been added St. Gabriel's, Selma. 
 
 The Rev. Sanford L. Rotter was in July, 1919, placed in 
 charge of St. Paul's, Monroe, and All Saints', Hamlet; and in 
 August the Church of the Messiah, Rockingham, was also 
 assigned to his care. 
 
 The Rev. Arthur Myron Cochran is serving temporarily in 
 Philadelphia, with my approval. 
 
 The Rev. Roger Edgar Bunn is in charge of our colored mis- 
 sions, Holy Cross, Statesville, and St. Philip's, Salisbury. 
 
 The Rev. Basil M. Walton, received from East Carolina, 
 served for some months in Trinity Church, Statesville, but 
 November 1st accepted the Rectorship of Calvary Church, 
 Wadesboro, and has charge also of All Souls', Ansonville. 
 
 The Rev. Donald R. Ottman is Rector of Grace Church, 
 Lexington, succeeding the Rev. Theodore Andrews. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel W. Hale is associated with the Rev. J. 
 Reginald Mallett in the charge of the Mount Airy, "Walnut Cove, 
 Mayodan, and the neighboring missions. 
 
 The Rev. Mark H. Milne has succeeded the Rev. Warren W. 
 Way as Rector of St. Luke's Church, Salisbury. 
 
 The Rev. Francis Joyner, February 1st, resigned the charge 
 of St. Alban's, Littleton, where for eighteen years he has faith- 
 fully labored and greatly endeared himself to the people of his 
 own congregation and to the entire community. At the earnest 
 solicitation of the congregation, however, Mr. Joyner is still con- 
 tinuing to serve them. 
 
 The most notable event in our diocesan life during the year 
 1918 was the consecration of a ISTegro Suffragan Bishop for work 
 
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 among the colored people of the Diocese. This was done after 
 very mature consideration, and with a very remarkable unanim- 
 ity, entirely unexpected I believe, by those who most earn- 
 estly advocated that cause. I say, after mature consideration, 
 though this particular measure had been brought forward only 
 in one or two preceding Conventions. But for more than ten 
 years past the subject of the best organization for our colored 
 work had been before this Diocese and the Church at large; 
 and had received more consideration and had been more ex- 
 haustively discussed in our Church press, by committees and 
 commissions of our General and Diocesan Conventions, and in 
 the sessions of those bodies, than any subject in my time, except 
 the subject of Liturgical Revision. It had come to be generally 
 admitted that it was desirable to give our Negro people the 
 benefit of the ministrations of a Bishop of their own race; and 
 a long course of effort in the General Convention had finally 
 made it plain that this could be done only by taking advantage 
 of the recently enacted legislation enabling a Diocese to elect a 
 Suffragan Bishop. Personally, I had not desired a Suffragan 
 Bishop ; but it seems quite apparent that there was no other way 
 in which the experiment could be tried with any fair prospect 
 of success. It was understood that the Dioceses of East Caro- 
 lina and South Carolina stood ready to cooperate in this" 
 measure, if North Carolina would elect a Negro Suffragan 
 Bishop, though neither of those Dioceses was prepared to do so. 
 These three Dioceses have an aggregate of 30 colored clergymen, 
 60 parishes and missions, and 2,944 communicants. Thus a field 
 of labor, sufficient to occupy the energies of a Bishop, is afforded, 
 and also a body of clergy and people, within a reasonable com- 
 pass, numerous enough to give their Bishop some feeling of 
 being sustained by their sympathy and cooperation. Upon the 
 consecration of Bishop Delany, November 21, 1918, Bishop 
 Darst of East Carolina, and Bishop Guerry of South Carolina, 
 officially assigned to him the Episcopal oversight of their 
 colored clergy and congregations, and with the beginning of the 
 year 1919 he entered upon his work in those Dioceses. By my 
 understanding with those Bishops, he is to give three months 
 of each year to the work in South Carolina and two months to 
 the work in East Carolina. His salary, as fixed by a resolution 
 
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 of our Convention last year, is paid by the Treasurer of this 
 Diocese, but the Bishops of the other two Dioceses have periodi- 
 cal remittances made to our Treasurer, to cover their propor- 
 tionate share of the salary and traveling expenses. I mention 
 these details, as they are a very essential element in the practical 
 problems of sustaining our work, and therefore should appear 
 authoritatively stated in our record. 
 
 In the many complicated questions before the Church and 
 the country, more or less affected by the upheavels in business 
 and in social order caused by the tremendous conflict from which 
 we are but just emerging, none can be more important than 
 those involving the interests and the development of our im- 
 mense Negro population, now beginning to be felt in the North 
 as well as in the South. And it is only on the principles of 
 Christian truth and justice and love, that any great questions 
 can ever be properly and solidly settled. I cannot help feeling 
 that this Diocese has done, and is doing, not a little in the great 
 work of adjusting the relations among all classes of our people, 
 by its consistent course, from 1865 to the present time, of 
 sincere sympathy and cooperation in all efforts for the welfare 
 of our colored brethren, and by our cordial recognition of their 
 place and their rights in the Church of Christ. May this latest 
 effort on our part, to supply them with the fatherly oversight 
 and spiritual ministrations of a Bishop of their own race, be 
 blessed to their spiritual and moral enlightenment and develop- 
 ment in all that tends to make them faithful servants of God 
 and of the State. 
 
 The vast and potent forces evoked by the demands of our 
 country during the past two years have been a revelation to us 
 of our unsuspected powers. None of us realized what America 
 was capable of. The way in which all rose to the demands of 
 the hour was as surprising to the indifferent observer as it was 
 gratifying to the patriot. And those demands upon our self- 
 sacrificing citizenship have not abated. We still bear the bur- 
 dens of the great World War. But this revelation of our ability, 
 and of the response men make to great and heroic demands, has 
 awakened the Church to a higher sense of its duty and of its 
 opportunity. We must now turn some of our effort and of our 
 generosity into the current of our Church life. We have learned 
 
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 that our citizenship calls upon us for our heart's blood and for 
 our choicest treasurers. Now let us realize that our religion, 
 if it be vital, must also demand more than it has known how to 
 demand in the past. Let us put our heart and our life and our 
 treasure into our work for God and for His Church and His 
 people. I know not what demands may increasingly come upon 
 us for the Church outside our Diocese. Whatever they be, let 
 us prepare ourselves to respond to them. For the Diocese, for 
 my own work as your Bishop, I make now only one demand. 
 Our country two years ago called for our sons and brothers. 
 We sent them ungrudgingly. We sent them knowingly and con- 
 sciously "into the gates of death and into the jaws of hell." And 
 they faltered not, neither did we. I ask now for those same sons 
 and brothers, that they may serve as soldiers and as officers in 
 the Army of Christ, in His Company of Preachers and Heralds 
 of the Cross. I appoint each clergyman of this Diocese a recruit- 
 ing officer to enlist men for our Church Training Camps. And I 
 specially want men whose fiber has been hardened and whose 
 spirit has been refined in the fires of battle. We, who had no 
 such experience, may hope and believe that God will bless our 
 poor work, when we strive and do our best. But with how much 
 more power can he speak the word of truth who has daily looked 
 death in the face, and blanched not ! Can we be satisfied not to 
 enlist in the ranks of our clergy these young lives who have 
 learned that first lesson which our Lord taught those whom He 
 sent out: "He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that 
 loseth his life for my sake shall find it"? 
 
 ' I have said nothing of our regular diocesan work, and of our 
 important diocsan institutions ; not because I have been thought- 
 less of them, but because I had these other things to say at this 
 time, and also because abundant provision has been made to 
 bring, them before you, in the several reports which have been 
 or will be laid before you, and by those specially appointed to 
 address you upon the subject-matter of the reports. May God 
 be with us in our work. 
 
 Jos. Blount Cheshire.