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Ordinations in Brazil.
Vicente Brande ordered Deacon in the Chapel of Our Sav- ior, Rio Grande do Sul, on Monday, August 28th. 1893. Bish- op Peterkin.
Antonio Fraga ordered Deacon in Chapel of the Redeemer. Pelotas, on Friday, September 1st, 1893. Bishop Peterkin.
A. V. Cabral ordered Deacon, in Chapel of Good Shepherd, Porto Alegre. on Tuesday, September 12th, 1893. Bishop Peterkin.
Boaventura Oliveira ordered Deacon in Calvary Chapel, at Contracto, on Thursday, September 14th, 1893. Bishop Peter- kin.
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Confirmations.
Number of- Number con- casions. firmed.
Alderson
9
24
Ansted
17
54
Athens
1
3
Bayard
2
4
Beckley
1
1
Berkeley Springs
9
22
Black Band
11
Bluefield
14
39
Blue Ridge
25
Boone County
:1
7
Bramwell
11
32
Brooke County
10
27
Bruce Chapel (Mercer's Bottom
10
21
Buckhannon
9
24
Burnsville
1
1
C'aperton
3
4
Charleston, St. John's
27
205
Charleston, St. James'
19
2
Charleston, St. Matthew's
6
35
Charleston, St. Luke's
4
23
Charles Town, Zion
35
308
Charles Town, St. Phillips
14
70
Clarksburg
18
102
Clarksburg, North View Mission
2
31
Clover Lick
1-
10
('resaps
11
31
Coalburg
2
6
Davis
3
.1
Davis Creek, St. Peter's
1
11
Dry Branch
1
19
Dry Creek
1
Dubree
Davis Creek, St. Andrew's
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Bunker Hill
18
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Number of- Number con- firmed.
casions.
Duffields
5
18
Eckman
3
7
Elkins
4
10
Elkhorn
2
4
Elizabeth
1
4
Elm Grove
24
126
Fayetteville
1
1
Fort Spring
5
9
Glencoe
1
2
Grafton
20
71
Glen Jean
1
13
Harper's Ferry
17
54
Hartford
3
17
Hedgesville
21
89
Hernshaw
2
3
Hillsboro
1
1
Hinton
21
45
Howard's Creek
3
S
Huntington
30
193
Huntersville
2
3
Kanawha City
1
8
Keeney's Creek
1
2
Keeney's Mountain
4
16
Kenova
5
7
Keyser
3
S
Leetown
16
39
Leroy .
2
Lewisburg
17
37
Lorentz
3
9
Long Reach
1
1
Mannington
6
10
Martinsburg
37
235
Mason .
5
9
Middleway
23
77
18
Fairmont
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Number oc- Number con- casions.
Milton
2
Montgomery (Coal Valley)
19
57
Moorefield.
12
44
Morgantown
16
72
Morris Creek
2
4
Moundsville
28
151
Moundsville Prison
3
46
Mountain, The
4
20
Mt. Carbon
1
2
Newark,
5
9
New Martinsville
20
69
Nuttall
I
3
Okonoko
9
17
Parkersburg, Trinity
34
280
Parkersburg, Chapel
2
6
Parkersburg, St. Stephen's
1 10
Paw Paw
I
Poca
1
1
Pt. Pleasant
24
99
Powellton
S
35
Princeton
11
27
Ravenswood
6
16
Ripley
9
41
Ripon
14
35
Romney ·
14
28
Ronceverte
6
9
Rush Run
1
1
Shaw ..
3
5
Shepherdstown
24
175
Sistersville
16
45
Smithtown
2
3
Spencer
3
4
Spiilman
6
17
St. Albans
20
71
St. Andrew's on the Mountain
1
I
St. Mary's
6
11
firmed.
.
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Number of- Number con- casions. firmed.
Summit Point
14
52
Sutton
6
15
Tavennersville
1
3
Terra Alta
1
1
Union
6
18
Waverly
1
1
Wellsburg
18
71
Weston .
33
168
West Columbia
3
7
Wheeling, St. Matthew's
35
503
Wheeling, St. Luke's
24
280
Wheeling, St. Andrew's
S
63
White Sulphur
10
22
Whittle Mission
2
5
Williamstown
13
29
Willow Island
7
14
Winfield
3
Totals
.1076 5078
Episcopal Work done in other Dioceses.
Acting by the request of the ecclesiastical authorities, the Bishop has in the last few years made visitations in the neigh- boring Dioceses, on which occasions there have been the fol- lowing services rendered:
Ordinations.
Ordinations in Ohio, one Deacon.
" Virginia, 9 Priests, on 2 occasions.
.. " Southern Ohio, 2 Priests, on 2 occasions.
" Southern Ohio, 2 Priests.
" Southern Ohio, 4 Deacons.
" Brazil, 4 Deacons.
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" Kentucky, 1 Deacon.
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Welch
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Confirmations.
Confirmations in Virginia, 287 on 56 occasions.
..
" Pennsylvania, 58 on 5 occasions.
" Easton, 50 on 10 occasions.
" Maryland, 107 on 11 occasions.
" Pittsburg. 20 on 1 occasion.
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" Ohio. 52 on 1 occasion. ..
..
" Southern Ohio, 641 on 74 occasions.
..
· Brazil, 142 on 13 occasions.
" Porto Rico, 19 on 3 occasions. ..
Total confirmations, 1,376; occasions, 174.
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APPENDIX II. Contract between the Rev. Joseph Doddridge and his several Congregations in 1800.
The following is taken from an old manuscript marked "Rev. Dr. Doddridge's Subscription Book, 1800." It will be of interest to our people to-day, showing as it does the "con- tract" between pastor and congregation one hundred years ago. Dr. Doddridge ministered to four country Churches. and received as a salary from all $246.25 "in cash or mer -- chantable."
The Rev. Joseph Doddridge hereby obligates himself to preach the Gospel on every third Sabbath at West Liberty, in Ohio county, to baptize and catechize children, to preach funeral sermons, and read the funeral service, in and for said congregation, and to administer the Holy Sacrament at least twice in every year at said place. And we, whose names are hereto subscribed, do promise to the said Joseph Doddridge, his heirs, and executors, administrators. or assigns, the sums to our names respectively annexed, weli and truly, to pay as a compensation for his said services either in cash or mer- chantable, which delivered into some merchant mill, at market price, on or before the first day of December, in the present year, 1800, and the like sum on the first day of the same month on each and every year hereafter, so long as we shall think proper to employ him, and he to continue his ser- vices in said place, reserving to ourselves, however, the lib- erty of withdrawing our names at the expiration of each, all accounts being paid. Signed by Moses Chapline, Benjamin Biggs, Andrew Fout, John Hedges, son of Joseph; Nicholas Rogers, Samuel Beck, Nathan Harding, J. Stephen, John
REV. JOHN T. FOSTER.
ST. MATTHIAS, GRAFTON.
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Francis, William Demont, Zaccheus Biggs, Benajah Demont, John Wilson, Walter Skinner, Elzy Swearingen, William Griffith, John Kirk, Charles Febergheim, Abraham Bolin, Thomas Decherform, Christian Foster, Simon Fouts, Thomas Beck. Thomas Wirgman, himself and family; John Willis, William Willis, Jacob Foll, Isaac Taylor, William Cully, John Cully. James Wilson, Guy Cooper, John Abrahams, George G. Dement. Subscribing in all $78.
A similar contract was made with St. Paul's Church, Brooke county, for the third Sabbath, and signed by Aaron Robinson, Israel Robinson, James Robinson, Peter Moss, William Hand- ling for himself and family. Peter Mooney, who subscribed in all $19.
He also agreed to serve St. John's Church, Brooke county, specifying the same duties to be performed for them and giving them a service on the third Sabbath also. This con- tract is signed by - Adkerson, - Wells, Archibald Elli- son, -- Adkerson, George Davis, Aseh Owings. Charles El- liot, Andrew Manneally, Thomas Nicholasson, John Mires, Simon Elliot, George Richardson. Andrew Lackey. Hew Lin- gin, Charles McHey, William AAckerson. John Strong, John Foster, Abel Johnson, William Baester, William Adams. John Hendricks, Richard Turner Ellson, - Ellson, - Swearin- gen, William Elliott, John Swearingen, Richard Ellson, Wil- liam Davis, George Wells, George Mahan, Daniel Swearingen, George Swearingen, JJames White, James Britte. Anthony Wilcoxon, Alexander Monroe, Thomas Crawford, John Craw- ford, Andrew Morehead, George Elliot, Simon Elliot, Jr., Jane Morrow, Peter Hay, William Lowther, all of whom agreed to pay $97.50.
Ile also "engaged" to preach and perform such other proper services of the Protestant Episcopal Church on every other Sunday evening in Brooke Academy, or any other place agreed upon by the subscribers in Charlestown (now Wells- burg), in the following order: From the twentieth of Au- gust to the twentieth of AApril. Divine Service is to begin at
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seven o'clock, and during the remainder of the year, between three and four in the afternoon. Also, to preach in the said place on the festival of Christmas and the fast of Ash Wed- nesday."
The other duties were specified as for West Liberty. To this paper P. Doddridge, Nicholas Tillinghast for himself and family, William McConnell, John Caswell, James Clark, Silas Bent, Alexander Caldwell, William Thorp, Josiah Neeves, Robert H. Johnston, Oliver Brown, John Bly, Nicholas Mur- ray, Robert A. Moore, Samuel Tallman, Sabastian Derr, James Darrow, Thomas Crain, Henry Prather signed their names, agreeing to pay $51.75.
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APPENDIX III. Constitution of the Episcopal Society of the Valley, organized 1819.
Constitution of the Episcopal Society of the Valley.
ARTICLE I.
The object of this Society shall be the promotion and dis- semination of Christian knowledge, especially in that district of country west of the Blue Ridge, in Virginia and Maryland, by sending forth missionaries, the distribution of tracts and by such other means as the managers, from time to time, shall deem most expedient.
ARTICLE HI.
The officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice- Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Board of Man- agers, to be chosen annually. The President, Vice-Presidents. Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected by the members of the Society generally. The Board of Managers shall consist of the clergyman and two laymen from each vestry, the cler- gyman to be a member ex-officio, and the lay-managers to be elected by their vestries respectively.
ARTICLE III.
Every person contributing annually the sum of one dollar or more shall be a member of this Society, and those who shall contribute the sum of twenty dollars or more at any one time, shall be members for life.
ARTICLE IV.
Any Episcopal Clergyman not residing in the district em- braced by this Society, upon the request of his vestry. and
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their eleeting two members of the Board of Managers, shall be received into this Society, and become entitled, in com- mon with the district before designated, to all the privileges and all the benefits which may result from the same.
ARTICLE V.
It shall be deemed the duty of each clergyman who shall be a member of this Society to use his utmost endeavors to raise funds in aid of the views thereof, either by public col- lections, establishing within his parish auxiliary Societies, ob- taining annual and life contributions, or such other means as to his judgment may seem most advisable.
ARTICLE VI.
There shall be a meeting of this Society annually at Win- chester, on the third Thursday of November, at which a re- port of the proceedings of the past year shall be presented by the Board of Managers, the officers for the ensuing year elected, a sermon preached appropriate to the occasion by sneh clergyman as the President shall designate, a collection taken up in aid of its funds, and, in general, all things trans- acted of a nature interesting to its affairs.
ARTICLE VII.
The President or either of the Vice-Presidents shall have the power of calling a meeting of the Board of Managers whenever, and wherever, in his judgment, the same may be necessary to the interests of the Society, any five members of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE VIII.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers, upon the ap- pointment of a Missionary, to furnish him with a letter of in- structions, designating the place, &c., in which he will be ex- pected to labor.
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ARTICLE IX.
No part of this constitution shall be altered or amended except at an annual meeting of the members of the Society, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of those present.
Officers of the Society for the present year (1819): Rev. Alexander Balmaine, D. D., President; Rev. Daniel Stephens and Rev. Enoch M. Lowe, Vice-Presidents; Rev. Benjamin Allen, Secretary; Obed Waite, Esq., Treasurer.
Letter subjoined, is to Rev. John Doddridge, Wellsburg, Brooke county, Virginia .:
Reverend and Dear Sir-The Managers of this Society are expected to meet at Winchester on Tuesday, the fourth of January. Any information you may be able to forward us concerning the counties of Virginia, near you, would aid us essentially in making our arrangements. Properly speaking, you are one of our Board, and we should be glad to see you, if practicable. However that may be, we hope the beneficial influence of our Society will be felt even on the banks of the Ohio.
Affectionately. you brother in the Gospel.
B. ALLEN.
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APPENDIX IV. Circular letter issued by the Episcopal Society of the Valley December 2nd, 1819. .
SIR- We address you upon a subject which must commend itself to your affections as a philanthropist and a Christian. It is well known that there are many districts of our country, west of the Blue Ridge, destitute of the stated ministrations of the Gospel; there are many cottagers among the moun- tains without any to break unto them the bread of life; there are many inhabitants of the valleys, who, on the return of each hallowed day, have no one to tell them of the Saviour and point them the road to Heaven. Their children are grow- ing up without being instructed in the things that belong to their everlasting peace, without being taught that sacred system which is the foundation of good order, of morality, and of comfort in this world, and of glory in the world to come.
Christians generally are engaged in spreading the knowl- edge of the Redeemer from one end of the earth to the other; they are translating the Scriptures, distributing tracts, send- ing forth Missionaries, educating young men for the ministry, and by every other means which enlightened piety can de- vise seeking to reclaim the dark corners of the earth from the dominion of Satan. It becomes us not to be idle. We have an immense field of labor at our very door, a tract of country equal in extent to a European kingdom, calling on us for help; we have wealth in abundance; let us, then, no longer remain inactive; let us unite our means; let us send forth Missionaries to every vacant county; let us rain tracts upon every habitation; let us take by the hand such pious young men as our funds may allow, and prepare them for pro-
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claiming the glad tidings of the Gospel; let us consecrate of our ability to the service of Him who has given us all. Then shall the blessing of them who are ready to perish come upon us; then shall we be pioneers of the latter-day glory; then, perhaps, shall we meet many in future life,-many in the Paradise of Rest,-who will thank us for our labor of love. The people of New England have been sending Missionaries to the very field we propose to occupy, a field lying at our very door; let us not suffer this reproach to continue longer upon us. While we are providing for our families, let us pro- vide for the souls of our fellows and hand down to posterity the knowledge of our God and an example of usefulness.
By uniting our exertions, we can accomplish much more than by acting separately, and, through the medium of our Society, we may supply, in some degree, those vacant parishes, which, though willing to support clergymen, are unable im- mediately to procure them.
We ask your assistance in carrying into operation the plan subjoined, by procuring donations. annual or life contribu- tions, the formation of auxiliary societies, or by such other means as to your judgment may appear most expedient.
Praying that the blessing of the Most High may attend our united exertions for the good of our fellow-creatures, and that you may experience the fulfilment of that precious prom- ise, "The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself," we subscribe ourselves, affec- tionately,
Your brethren in the Gospel,
By order of the Society,
B. ALLEN, Secretary. Christ Church, Berkeley County, Virginia, December 2d, 1819.
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APPENDIX V. Records of the Northwestern Convocation, 1850-1877.
On the occasion of the opening of Trinity Church, Parkers- burg, on May 12th, 1850, the Convocation of Northwestern Virginia was organized, embracing the parishes of Wells- burg, Wheeling, Grave Creek, (Marietta, Ohio,) Parkersburg, Weston, Coalsmouth and Kanawha. There were present Rev. Messrs. J. D. McCabe, of Wheeling; E. T. Perkins, of Parkers- burg. and D. W. Tolford, of Marietta, Ohio. The Rev. Wil- liam Armstrong, of Wheeling, was elected President; the Rev. D. W. Tolford, Treasurer, and the Rev. E. T. Perkins, Secre- tary.
The next meeting was appointed for Weston, on July 27th, but on account of the anticipated prevalence of cholera in Wheeling, which might prevent the clergy leaving their par- ishes, the day was changed to August 10th. There were pres- ent the Rev. Messrs. Armstrong, McCabe, Perkins and Hy- land; also Bishop Johns, on his visitation.
Mr. Tolford of Marietta, having resigned his parish, it was left off the list.
It was resolved that the interests of the Church in North- western Virginia would be greatly advanced by the establish- ment of a Literary Institution, under its direction and patron- age, and a committee was appointed to see what could be done.
Also resolved that this Convocation most affectionately and respectfully represent to our beloved Bishops, that the interests of the Church will be greatly advanced by the resi- dence of one of them in the western part of the Diocese.
The following assignments for Missionary work were made: Rev. Mr. Hyland, to St. John's, Brooke county.
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Rev. Messrs. Armstrong and MeCabe, to Fish Creek, Mar- tinsville, Sistersville and Middlebourne.
Rev. Mr. Perkins, to Ravenswood.
Rev. Mr. Nash, to Point Pleasant and Mercer's Bottom.
Rev. Mr. Brown, to Buffalo.
Rev. Mr. Tompkins, to Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg and Buckhannon.
The Convocation pledged itself for $100 for Mr. Tompkins' salary, provided the Diocesan Missionary Society would give $200. This, on account of the destitution of points named above.
Wheeling, November 2d, 1850.
Rev. Mr. Tompkins reported two services in Clarksburg and one in Fairmont; at the latter place he administered the Lord's Supper to six persons and baptized two children. He also visited Morgantown, with Bishop Johns, and put him- self in communication with persons interested in the Church, where there are six communicants anxious for the services of the Church.
Mr. Hyland reported that he visited St. John's Church, Brooke county, with Bishop Johns. The church was conse- crated and seven persons confirmed.
The Secretary reported that the Diocesan Missionary So- ciety of Virginia could not increase the appropriation to Mr. Tompkins from one to two hundred dollars, as requested. Also, that he had received no response from Bishop Meade to the request that one of the Bishops should reside west of the mountains.
It was resolved not to meet in parishes, the Rectors of which did not attend the Convocation.
It was resolved to establish in Parkersburg an institution of learning, to be known as the Meade Institute, and a com- mittee was appointed to secure incorporation from the Leg- islature.
Rev. Mr. McCabe reported a visit to New Martinsville, in company with several other of the clergy, on January 14th,
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1831. Several services were held and Wetzel Parish was or- ganized. Robert Cox, Esq., gave a lot and subscriptions re- ceived within $200 of the amount needed to erect a church. Mr. MeCabe and Mr. Hyland have arranged to make a weekly visit to New Martinsville, giving services on Tuesday even- ings and Wednesday mornings. At this time there was no church building of any name in the entire county.
The Rev. Mr. Perkins reported a visit to Ravenswood and Point Pleasant; the Church-people at these places pledge $300 and board, with a horse, to a young minister who will take charge.
Wellsburg, April 25th, 1851.
This was the fourth quarterly meeting of Convocation. A committee was appointed to prepare an address to be laid before the Diocesan Convention of 1853, presenting in detail the condition of the Church, &c., with a view to urging the re- moval of one of our Bishops west of the Alleghany Moun- tains.
Rev. Mr. McCabe reported that the Church at New Mar- tinsville would be completed by July 1st, at a cost of $800.
Ravenswood. July 26th, 1851.
Rev. R. T. Brown, of Charleston, reports encouraging ser- vices at Guyandotte, Point Pleasant and Mercer's Bottom.
In view of the fact that there was no hope of securing the residence of one of the Bishops west of the mountains, a com- mittee was appointed to look into the question of the ability of this part of the Diocese to sustain a Bishop of its own.
It was resolved that the causes existing in 1821 to render a division of the Diocese necessary, and which were set forth at a meeting of the clergy and laity, held in the town of Win- chester on the first of January of that year, at present exist in an eminent degree and with combined intensity, and that the proceedings of said meeting be published.
Monday, July 28th, 1851, the Convocation met with the citizens of Ravenswood, and assisted in the formation of a new parish, to be called Ravenswood Parish.
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Charleston, November 1st, 1851.
The committee to take into consideration the expediency and feasibility of forming a new Diocese made a long and ex- haustive report, which it is impossible to reproduce here. It may be found in full in the Conventional Record. The com- mittee estimates the number of communicants in Western Virginia at 500. They report the following organized par- ishes: Coalsmouth, Charleston, Kanawha Salines, Ravens- wood, Parkersburg, Wetzel, Grave Creek, St. Matthew's and St. John's, Wheeling, Wellsburg, St. John's, Brooke county. They also report services at Cow Creek. Belleville, Point Pleasant, Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Buckhannon and Guyandotte, and several other places (names not given). They report nineteen missionaries sustained in whole or in part by the Virginia Diocesan Missionary Society, at an ex- penditure of $2,254.17. Of this amount $450 was appropriated to four men west of the mountains. The committee also ex- presses the belief that the resources of the Church in the West are fully adequate to the comfortable support of a Bishop, and, in conclusion, they offer resolutions looking to- wards a division of the Diocese by canonical process.
Rev. R. T. Brown reports services at Scary, Buffalo and Winfield.
Mr. Hyland reports services at McMechen's Creek, Mar- shall county.
On Sunday, November 2d, the Bishop confirmed seven at 3 p. m. in St. Luke's Salines. The Bishop confirmed nine in St. John's Church, Wheeling, February 19th, 1852.
Rev. Mr. MeCabe reports St. Paul's Church, New Martins- ville, consecrated and seven confirmed.
Rev. Mr. Perkins reports consecration of Church at Belle- ville and two confirmed.
On motion, the members of Convocation were requested to avoid as far as practicable in their publie discourses the dis- cussion of doctrines about which there are essential differ- ences of opinion in the Church.
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Wellsburg, January 3d, 1853.
Rev. R. A. Castleman reports $1,000 raised for erection of a church in Clarksburg, and on July Sth, at the meeting in Clarksburg, he reports $800 additional.
The minute book records meetings in Parkersburg Sep- tember Sth, 1853, in Moundsville September 18th, 1856 and in Weston December 19th, 1856. The next meeting after this recorded. is Clarksburg June 27th, 1867, when the Convoca- tion seems to have been reorganized as the Convocation of West Virginia. There were present Rev. Messrs. Hyland, Woods, Curtis and Greer.
The record says: Scattering remarks were made on the state of the Church in West Virginia, different points where the Church may be established, and the probability of induc- ing young men in the ministry to come here and settle.
Rev. Mr. Woods was requested to report at the next meet- ing on female education.
Weston, October 16th, 1867.
A school was reported at Moundsville, with four teachers and twenty-two pupils, designed to be a Diocesan Seminary, and at the next meeting, January, 1868, at Fairmont, the Moundsville Female Seminary was cordially recommended as deserving the hearty support of all Episcopalians having daughters to educate.
After this the meetings of the Convocation were semi- annual, instead of quarterly, and two clerical associations were formed under the jurisdiction of the Convocation, the Upper Ohio Association and the Kanawha Association, both to be holden between the semi-annual meeting of Convoca- tion.
Charleston, November 13th, 1872. .
Major A. T. Laidley was appointed to correspond with the vestries, asking their co-operation in a movement looking to a division of the Diocese. Report was made of this corre- spondence at the meeting in Voleano, April 23d, 1873, to the effect. that of the twenty parishes in West Virginia, replies
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had been received from twelve, of which nine were in the affirmative and three in the negative, of which only one dis- senting parish west of the Alleghany Mountains, &c. This was referred to the Bishop, asking his advice and consent for a reference of the whole question to a committee at the ap- proaching Council.
Huntington. November 6, 1873.
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