Mining the Minutes Exploring Different Uses of Historic Congregational Resources DR. ANN NORTON GREENE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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66 The Com m ittee on Claim s of Clerg ym en to Seats w ere, at their ow n request, discharg ed. The Rev. Dr. Goodw in the follow ing offered pream ble and resolutions, w hich w ere read and seconded: W hereas, There exists in this country, an org anized and arm ed rebellion, of our National w hose avow ed purpose is the destruction Union and the of Neg ro perpetuation Slavery. And W hereas, This rebellion has m ore and m ore assum ed a character of barbarous fanaticism and the part of the enem ies m urderous ferocity on of the nation and character of this strug g le, ; therefore, in view of the causes That Church this Convention of the Protestant Episcopal in the Resolved, Diocese of Pennsylvania, as a body of christian m en, pledg e to the g overn m ent of our country, our prayers, and in this w ar sym pathy, support for existence, union, liberty and peace. That the authors and abettors of this rebellion, Resolved, w herever they are are alone g uilty of all found, the bloodshed and desolation on either side, by this contest upon North and South, entailed now or hereafter. That delay of success in the long in suppressing this m onstrous Resolved, see w onderfully m anifest rebellion, w e hand of God His the training by severest chastisem ents, this reluctant to a readiness do justice people to and show m ercy to a long oppressed and outrag ed race. That under present circum stances, National Resolved, the Governm ent, w hether or judicial, in our judg m ent executive, leg islative is solem nly bound to use all its pow er, and em ploy every authorized and constitutional of slavery m eans for the speedy and toial abolition the land, throug hout that as patriots, freem en and christians, w e shall hail w ith jubilant g lad to God the day of its tinal extinction. ness and devout g ratitude Fending the consideration of w hich, the hour of seven m otion w hich having arrived, w as m ade to adjourn, a Rev. Mr. Childs w as w ithdraw n, upon the that stating of w ere certain routine w hich there m atters required attention before the House adjourned. On m otion of the Rev. Mr. Childs, the Annual Report of the Board of Missions of the Diocese of Pennsylvania 1864 by title, and and reatl w as read ordered to be presented
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ournal of 1877. J 215 Tem poral Relief. Ow ing to a variety of obvious causes, the num bers of the needy w ere g reater last year than any previous year, and the City for constant dem ands w ere Mission m ade upon aid. Hundreds of individuals and fam ilies have tem poral Money, been relieved. coal, g roceries and clothing have been liberally bestow ed, and children hung ry m en, w om en have been fed ; w anderers have been lodg ed and fed ; and the sick and m aim ed have been cared for. Daily calls have com e to the office to attend the dying and to bury the dead, to ad m inister the Holy all of w hich Baptism or Com m union, duties have to the best of our ability. been done The is a statem ent of w ork of the follow ing the g eneral Mission : STATISTICS. No. of Services, Serm ons and Addresses 3, 202 " " Baptism s, children (adults 19, 278 254) " " Persons confirm ed 14 " Marriag es 81 "Funerals 128 " Holy Com m unions 76 " Com m unicants 122 " Sunday School Scholars 836 " Teachers 38 " Bihle Class Scholars 50 " Children sent to Sunday School 57 " Tim es Catechised 99 ' ' Mothers' Meeting s held 25 " " "Cottag e 10 " Tim es Bible Reading s 529 " Bibles, and Prayer Books Testam ents Distributed 469 " Meals and Lodg ing s Furnished 801 " Visits, General and Special 17,718 " Consum ptives Treated 103 " Different Articles g iven Diet Kitchen from 6,831 " Grocery Orders 2,330 ' ' Orders g iven for Shoes 206 " Visits W ards to Hospital 1,499 " Tracts and Mag azines Distributed 16,277
ournal of J 1878. 49 their exhausted treasuries, and thus equip them for the afresh w ork w hich clam ors for help and for m en all around us. There oug ht to be collection for this Board, in every parish and a m issionary and I fear that the station, once a year, reason w hy so have not g iven, in charg e m any parishes is because those of them have not rem em bered to ask their alm s for the w ork. I do not believe that any parish w hich lim its its collections to If it w ould its ow n healthful or thriving . needs, can ever be and g row , it m ust w ork expand and g ive. There m atters of w hich I are m any other w ould like to speak, but you have not tim e now , yet suffer to hear them m e one w ord an approaching evil, w hich, like the in reference to cloud w hich the Prophet's servant saw in the W est, as he stood on Mt. Carm el, thoug h now no larg er than m ay a m an's hand, soon like that burst in its fury upon w e are fully con us before scious of its approach. I refer the effort now being to m ade, behalf of the ostensibly in laboring m en, but really by com m unistic infidels, to bring about a conflict labor betw een and the rich and the poor, the w orkm en capital, and corporations, w hich cannot but result in devastation W e experi and ruin. fruit of this enced the first outcropping evil in the labor derang em ent of trade strikes and travel w hich so startled and us last sum m er. The pow er w hich then put itself forth, w as com paratively harm less, because not w ell org anized and con That defect of last year solidated. is being rem edied by the party leaders this year. W e hear all around us, and especially at the W est, of associations and g athering s and w ith drilling s arm s, of this dang erous and m ilitary m anuals and inflam m able elem ent. W e effort to m ake see it show ing its g hastly face in the their view s and policy felt in the state and g eneral g overnm ent, and seat of justice is being to do the even the sacred m ade w ork of law lessness and w rong . This evil, our w e loom ing in m idst, before are up m ay, aw are of our fields. it, darken our sky and redden It can be m et, not by arg um ent, not by leg islative action, but only by outbreaks or its m ove physical force to quell its overaw e 4
(1878) The Committee on Feeble Churches, appointed by the last Convention, presented their report, as follows:
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