TWO EXCELLENT CHURCH BOARDING SCHOOLS. These schools have been established to give to Churchmen throughout the State a Thorough, Practical, Christian Education for their Children. They are conducted on plans which make them first-class in all respects. Every advantage which Church Schools can give, can be found here. Parents, who desire such culture for their children, are requested to send for a prospectus. The Committee on Christian Education "recommend * private schools under churchly teachings and influence, until the Diocese is in a condition to establish and support its own." Page 33. OF THE SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE Protestant Episcopal Church IN THE DIOCESE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN, WHICH MET IN TRINITY CHURCH, MARSHALL, Wednesday, May 31, A. D. 1876. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.: DYGERT BROS. & CO., PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS. Of the General Convention, and of the Diocese of Western Michigan. TITLE I.-CANON XIV.-GENERAL REGULATIONS OF MINISTERS AND THEIR DUTIES. I. [1] It is hereby required, that on the election of a Minister into any Church or Parish, the Vestry shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Bishop, or, where there is no Bishop, to the Standing Committee of the Diocese, notice of the same, in the following form, or to this effect: We, the Church Wardens (or, in case of an Assistant Minister, We, the Rector and Church Wardens), de certify to the Right Rev. (naming the Bishop), or to the Rev. (naming the President of the Standing Committee) that (naming the person) has been duly chosen Rector (or Assistant Minister, as the case may be) of (naming the Parish or Church.) Which certificate shall be signed by the names of those who certify. 2 II. No Minister, removing from one Diocese or Missionary District to another, shall officiate as the Rector, stated Minister, or Assistant Minister of any Parish or Congregation of the Diocese or Missionary District to which he removes, until he shall have obtained from the ecclesiastical authority a certificate in the words following: I hereby certify that the Rev. A-B has been canonically transferred to my jurisdiction and is a Minister in regular standing. TITLE II.-CANON XII.-GENERAL CONVENTION.—REGULATION RESPECTING THE LAITY. II. A Communicant removing from one Parish to another shall procure from the Rector (if any) of the Parish of his last residence, or, if there be no Rector, from one of the Wardens, a certificate stating that he or she is a Communicant in good standing; and the Rector of the Parish or Congregation to which he or she removes shall not be required to receive him or her as a Communicant until such letter be produced. CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN-X.- -OF ?II Whenever a Church becomes vacant, it shall be the duty of the Vestry to give mmediate notice thereof to the Bishop. III. The bishop may appoint those of the Clergy in the Diocese who can with most convenience discharge the duty, to supply such vacant Parishes, at suh time as may be deemed convenient and proper. shall be the du y of such vacant Churches thus supplied, to defray all the expenses incidental to such occasional service. It Diocese of Western Michigan. A. D. 1876. BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE, THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE D. GILLESPIE, D. D. Grand Rapids. SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, The Rev. SIDNEY BECKWITH, Grand Rapids. TREASURER OF THE CONVENTION, AND OF THE FUND FOR AGED AND INFIRM CLERGY, Mr. THEODORE P. SHELDON, Kalamazoo. REGISTRAR OF THE DIOCESE, The Rev. SIDNEY BECKWITH, Grand Rapids. THE STANDING COMMITTEE. The Rev. WILLIAM STOWE, President, Grand Haven. The Rev. JAMES F. CONOVER, Secretary, Kalamazoo. The Rev. SAMUEL EARP, Mr. ALONZO PLATT, The Rev. HENRY B. WHITTEMORE, Mr. NOAH P. LOVERIDGE. THE BOARD OF MISSIONS. The Right Reverend GEORGE D. GILLESPIE, D. D., PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO. The Rev. HERBERT J. COOK, Secretary, Coldwater. The Rev. SAMUEL EARP, The Rev. ALBERT C. LEWIS, The Rev. HENRY B. WHITTEMORE, The Rev. WALTER SCOTT, Mr. CHARLES P. DIBBLE, Mr. PETER R. L. PEIRCE, Mr. HENRY A. GOODYEAR, Mr. ALPHEUS G. SMITH, Treasurer, Muskegon, |