Journal of the ... Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Volumes 98-100order of the convention, 1882 |
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Page 92
... visits have been made in Bethlehem , Easton , and other places . In New Jersey , two services have been held in Hunterdon county , at Stockton and Lambertville ; in Delaware , a monthly service at Wilmington . I attended the Convention ...
... visits have been made in Bethlehem , Easton , and other places . In New Jersey , two services have been held in Hunterdon county , at Stockton and Lambertville ; in Delaware , a monthly service at Wilmington . I attended the Convention ...
Page 95
... visit . DENOMINATIONAL DIFFICULTIES . Some are held back by family ties , their relatives being members of other denominations . These latter , while per- sonally cordial , and pleased , even desirous to have their deaf relations attend ...
... visit . DENOMINATIONAL DIFFICULTIES . Some are held back by family ties , their relatives being members of other denominations . These latter , while per- sonally cordial , and pleased , even desirous to have their deaf relations attend ...
Page 96
... visits , statements explanatory of our Mission and the condition of the deaf that called for it , afforded an oppor ... visit and gave a strong impetus to the movement , which had already been taken up by an influential committee and has ...
... visits , statements explanatory of our Mission and the condition of the deaf that called for it , afforded an oppor ... visit and gave a strong impetus to the movement , which had already been taken up by an influential committee and has ...
Page 97
... visiting and personal instruction . The latter is essential , all the more that the deaf must be dealt with singly , not in families ; without it , the occasional service or sermon may be little more than a passing entertainment . The ...
... visiting and personal instruction . The latter is essential , all the more that the deaf must be dealt with singly , not in families ; without it , the occasional service or sermon may be little more than a passing entertainment . The ...
Page 99
... visits paid to those already started . STATISTICS . In connection with this subject , I submit a table of the number of Deaf - Mutes in our district by Dioceses , Convoca- tions and Counties . The figures for this class by the census ...
... visits paid to those already started . STATISTICS . In connection with this subject , I submit a table of the number of Deaf - Mutes in our district by Dioceses , Convoca- tions and Counties . The figures for this class by the census ...
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Accounting Warden Admitted adults Appropriations.-Current ex arrears of salary Baptisms Bible Bible Classes Board of Missions buildings or lands burials children catechised Christ Church Church building Church edifice Clergy collections in Church communicants confirmed Convention Fund Deaf-Mute Diocesan Diocese of Pennsylvania Disabled Clergymen Domestic donations encumbrances Episcopal and Convention Episcopal Hospital Expenditures and Appropriations.-Current Financial Condition.-Aggregate value free sittings Germantown ground rent Guild Holy Communion Hulmeville indebtedness infants James John marriages meeting miscellaneous Missionary Money Expenditures Money Receipts mortgages on Church number of free offertory at Holy officers and teachers Parish agencies Parochial Parochial Missions parsonage penses including salary Prayer Books preached present number public services real and personal Rector of St Rector per annum Rector's Warden removal rent on buildings repairs and improvements Russell Thayer salary of Rector scholars school building Sources.-Pew-rents subscriptions Sunday Schools support of Sunday value of property West Philadelphia
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Page 57 - AD 1789— set forth and established a Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Kites and Ceremonies of the Church...
Page 123 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 62 - States represented in that Order. The concurrence of both Orders shall be necessary to constitute a vote of the Convention.
Page 62 - And in all cases the House of Bishops shall signify to the House of Deputies their approbation or disapprobation (the latter with their reasons in writing), within three days after the proposed act shall have been reported to them for concurrence ; and, in failure thereof, it shall have the operation of a law.
Page 43 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 63 - The bishop or bishops in every diocese shall be chosen agreeably to such rules as shall be fixed by the convention of that diocese...
Page 57 - Cor. xiii. 14, using so much of the Lessons appointed for the day, and so much of the Psalter, as he shall judge to be for edification. And note, also, that on any day when Morning and Evening Prayer shall have been duly said, or are to be said, and...
Page 57 - AD 1790, — the same book is hereby ratified and confirmed, and ordered to be the use of this Church from this time forth. But note, however, that on days other than Sunday, Christmas Day, the Epiphany, Ash Wednesday. Good Friday, and Ascension Day, it shall suffice if the Minister begin Morning or Evening Prayer at the General Confession or the Lord's Prayer, preceded by one or more of the sentences appointed at the...
Page 63 - Diocese; and every Bishop of this Church shall confine the exercise of his Episcopal office to his proper Diocese, unless requested to ordain or confirm, or perform any other act of the Episcopal office by any Church destitute of a Bishop.
Page 102 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.