TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE-THE NAME "PROTESTANT

EPISCOPAL CHURCH" FIRST GIVEN TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AT THIS

CONVENTION

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CHAPTER XLI.

DR. SMITH PREACHES A NEW YEAR'S SERMON IN ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PHILA-

DELPHIA-PROPOSES GENERAL WASHINGTON AS A MEMBER OF THE AMERI-

CAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY-GENERAL WASHINGTON'S LETTER OF AC-

CEPTANCE TO DR. SMITH-DR. SMITH TO CESAR RODNEY-DR. SMITH

PREACHES A FUNERAL SERMON AT THE BURIAL OF MRS. COUDON-

PREACHES IN MAY, 1781, A FAST SERMON IN CHESTERTOWN, AND IN DE-

CEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR A THANKSGIVING SERMON-EXTRACTS IROM

THESE TWO LAST-DEATH OF JOHN WEMYSS-EXTRACT FROM THE MIN-

UTES OF THE GRAND LODGE-THE AHIMAN REZON..

CHAPTER XLII.

DR. SMITH PREACHES A FUNERAL DISCOURSE on the Rev. HUGH NEILL, of

WHOM SOME ACCOUNT IS GIVEN-DEATH OF MRS. BLACKWELL, WIFE OF

THE REV. MR. BLACKWELL-NOTICE AND ELEGIAC STANZAS UPON HER

DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO DR. SMITH-THE CONVENTION OF 1782 IN MARY-

LAND-SUCCESS OF KENT COUNTY SCHOOL, AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASH-

INGTON COLLEGE, MARYLAND-DEATH OF WILLIAM MOORE, ESQ., OF

MOORE HALL...

CHAPTER XLIII.

DR. SMITH'S ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON COllege-AddrESS TO THE INHABI-

TANTS OF MARYLAND IN REGARD TO THE COLLEGE-LIST OF THE SUB-

SCRIPTIONS-DR. SMITH AND PEREGRIN LETHBURY TO THE ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND-ADDRESS OF THE VISITORS TO THE ASSEMBLY-DR. SMITH IN

BEHALF OF THE VISITORS TO GENERAL WASHINGTON-GENERAL WASH-

INGTON TO DR. SMITH IN REPLY-PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND

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CHAPTER XLIV.

FIRST COMMENCEMENT OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE, MAY 14, 1783-LIST of

GRADUATES-CORNER-STONE LAID-CONVENTION AT CHESTERTOWN, MAY

12, 1783-PETITION THE ASSEMBLY-DR. SMITH TO REV. DR. WHITE-

CONVENTION AT ANNAPOLIS, AUGUST 13, 1783-PETITIONS TO THE GEN-

ERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND-DECLARATION OF RIGHTS-NOTICE OF

REV. THOMAS GATES-DR. SMITH CHOSEN FOR BISHOP OF MARYLAND—

CLERGY OF MARYLAND GIVE RECOMMENDATION OF HIM FOR CONSECRATION

TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON-NOTICES OF THE REV. DR. GORDON AND OF

THE REV. DR. WEST-MARRIAGE OF DR. SMITH'S ELDEST Daughter....

CHAPTER XLV.

DR. WHITE, DR. BLACKWELL OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DR. BEACH OF NEW

JERSEY DESIROUS OF A CONTINENTAL CONVENTION-DR. SMITH IN MARY-

LAND ASSISTS THE PROJECT-DR. SMITH TO DR. WHITE-A CHURCH

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CONFERENCE IS MADE AT A Meeting of THE CLERGY TO RE-ESTABLISH THE

CORPORATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF THE

CLERGY, FOUNDED, 1769-ECCLESIASTICAL CONVENTION OF PENNSYLVANIA,

MAY 25TH, 1784-DECLARATION BY IT OF PRINCIPLES-ECCLESIASTICAL

CONVENTION OF MARYLAND, JUNE 22d, 1784—Dr. Smith's SermON AT IT—

DECLARATION BY IT OF PRINCIPLES SUFFICIENTLY HARMONIOUS WITH THOSE

OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION-CONVENTION OF SEVERAL STATES IN

NEW YORK, OCTOBER 6TH, 1784-DR. SMITH PRESIDES-FUNDAMENTAL

PRINCIPLES DECLARED BY IT, AND PROCEEDINGS END-DR. SMITH CHAIR-

MAN OF COMMITTEE TO FRAME AN ECCLESIASTICAL CONSTITUTION AND TO

FRAME AND PROPOSE A PROPER SUBSTITUTE FOR THE STATE PRAYERS-DR.

SMITH ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE

WIDOWS, ETC..

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CHAPTER XLVI.

CONVENTION OF THE CHURCH IN SEVEN STATES, HELD A. D. 1785, AT CHRIST

CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA-DR. SMITH CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE TO

MAKE A REVIEW OF AND FURTHER ALTERATIONS, WITH ADDITIONS TO THE

LITURGY THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES PRESENTED IN A CONDENSED

FORM THE ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND CONDENSATION ADOPTED BY

THE CONVENTION-THE Whole OrderED TO BE PRINTED IN A BOOK-

THE PROPOSED BOOK-DR. SMITH REQUESTED TO PREACH A SERMON AT

THE CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION SUITED TO THE SOLEMN OCCASION-HE

DOES SO-EXTRACTS FROM THE SERMON-DR. WHITE, DR. SMITH AND THE

REV. MR. C. H. WHARTON, AT THIS TIME OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE,

BUT BETTER KNOWN AFTERWARDS AS DR. WHARTON, OF BURLINGTON, NEW

JERSEY, APPOINted a CommittEE TO SEE THE PROPOSED BOOK THROUGH

THE PRESS...

CHAPTER XLVII.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DR. SMITH AND DR. WHITE, WITH A LETTER

FROM DR. WHARTON TO THE LATTER WHILE THE COPY OF THE" PROPOSED

BOOK" WAS GOING THROUGH THE PRESS, INCLUDING DR. WHITE'S "HINTS

FOR A PREFACE," AND DR. SMITH'S PREFACE-DR. SMITH TO THE REV.

SAMUEL PARKER.....

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CHAPTER XLVIII.

THE "PROPOSED BOOK "-ABSURD PRETENSIONS OF THE SO-CALLED "RE-

FORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH," THAT THE SCHISM OF THEIR SECT FOUND

SUPPORT IN IT-HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE BOOK-DR. SMITH

CHIEFLY ENTITLED TO THE CREDIT OF IT-SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE

RESPECTIVE ECCLESIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS AND TASTES OF DR. SMITH, DR.

WHITE AND DR. WHARTON, AS APPLIED TO THIS SUBJECT-DR. SMITH'S

SERVICES IN PROCURING THE EPISCOPAL SUCCESSION-ADJOURNED GENERAL

CONVENTION OF 1786 AT WILMINGTON-A PARTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE

SUGGESTIONS OF THE ENGLISH ARCHBISHOPS-DR. WHITE, DR. PROVOST

AND DR. GRIFFITH RECOMMENDED TO THE ENGLISH BISHOPS FOR CONSE-

CRATION-MARYLAND CONVENTION OF 1786-ATTESTATION BY HIS PARISH

OFFICERS IN MARYLAND OF DR. SMITH'S FITNESS FOR CONSECRATION.

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CHAPTER XLIX.

MATTERS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH AND COLLATERAL TO THE GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCILS-THE PROPOSED Book, etc.-CHURCH CONVENTION IN MARYLAND, 1784-Efforts to PREVENT THE APOSTACY OF THE METHODISTS SECOND COMMENCEMENT OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE — General WASHINGTON HONORS IT WITH HIS PRESENCE-DR. SMITH TO DR. WEST ABOUT THE FUNDS FOR THE COLLEGE-CHRISTIAN FREDERICK POST-HIS DEATH AND A NOTICE OF HIM-A FRIENDLY LETTER FROM DR. MUHLENBERG TO DR. SMITH-ORDINATION BY BISHOP SEABURY OF A PUPIL OF DR. SMITH PREPARED FOR HOLY ORDERS BY THE LATTER AND RECOMMENDED FOR THEM BY HIM-BISHOP SEABURY'S GREAT SATISFACTION WITH THE CANDIDATE-CHURCH CONVENTION IN MARYLAND, A. D. 1785-DEATH OF DR. CHARLES RIDGELY, A BROTHER-IN-LAW OF DR. SMITH-THE REV. JOHN M. LANGUTH-DEATH OF GENERAL JOHN CADWALADER, A NEPHEW OF DR. SMITH BY MARRIAGE-DR. SMITH PREACHES AT THE FUNERALLETTER OF DR. SMITH'S WIFE REFERRING TO THE DEATHS OF DR. RIDGELY AND GENERAL CADWALADER-MARYLAND CONVENTION OF 1787ORDINATION OF DR. SMITH'S KINSMAN, RICHARD CANNING MOOREEFFORTS TO HAVE THE CHARTER OF THE COLLEGE AT PHILADELPHIA RESTORED-DR. SMITH TO DR. WEST.....

CHAPTER L.

THE PROPOSED BOOK NOT SO WELL RECEIVED AS MIGHT HAVE BEEN REASON-
ABLY EXPECTED-THE CAUSE OF THIS THUS EXPLAINED-PROPOSED BY A
CONVENTION BEFORE THE CHURCH WAS PROPERLY ORGANIZED BY THE
PRESENCE OF THE EPISCOPAL ORDER-THE NEW ENGLAND CLERGY ALARMED
BY A WRONG IMPRESSION OF THE PURPOSE OF DR. WHITE'S
"CASE OF
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES CONSIDERED"-THE
ALTERATIONS NOT AGREEABLE TO ALL-BISHOP SEABURY'S STATEMENT OF
SOME OF THE GROUNDS OF DISLIKE-STATE PRIDE AND JEALOUSY AS MUCH
A CAUSE FOR THE NON-RECEPTION AS ANY BETTER REASONS-THE WORK
TOO HASTILY DONE-LETTER TO DR. WEST.....

CHAPTER LI.

THE CONVENTION OF 1789, A GREAT ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL-DR. SMITH IS CALLED ON UNEXPECTEDLY TO PREACH ON ITS OPENING, AND SOON AFTERWARDS ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. GRIFFITH, BISHOP-ELECT OF VIRGINIA A MEMOIR OF DR. GRIFFITH-THE CONVENTION DELICATELY SITUATED IN REGARD TO BISHOP SEABURY-BISHOP PROVOOST'S SOMEWHAT ECCENTRIC COURSE IN REGARD TO THIS EMINENT AND PIOUS PRELATEDIGNIFIED COURSE OF BISHOP SEABURY-DR. SMITH, ALONG WITH BISHOP WHITE, ACCOMMODATE MATTERS BETWEEN BISHOP SEABURY AND THE CONVENTION-THE VALIDITY OF BISHOP SEABURY'S EPISCOPAL ORDERS, ON MOTION OF DR. SMITH, FULLY RECOGNIZED BY THE CONVENTION-THE CONVENTION TEMPORARILY ADJOURNS IN ORDER TO GIVE TIME FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION-CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DR. SMITH AND BISHOP SEABURY THE LATTER, WITH RepresentativeS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE, COMES INTO THE ADJOURNED CONVENTION-A GENERAL UNION EFFECTED A. D. 1789, IN PHILADELPHIA, IN THE SAME ROOM IN THE STATE

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HOUSE WHERE INDEPENDENCE WAS DECLARED IN 1776, AND THE CONSTITU-

TION OF THE UNITED STATES SIGNED IN 1787-HAPPY CONCLUSION OF

MUCH LABOR AND OF MANY SOLICITUDES

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CHAPTER LII.

THE CONVENTION NOW BECOMES BI-CAMERAL-BOTH HOUSES SIT IN THE

STATE HOUSE; THE CLERICAL AND LAY DEPUTIES, OVER WHOM DR.

SMITH IS ELECTED TO PRESIDE, IN THE CHAMBER OF INDEPENDENCE-

STRANGE VICISSITUDES IN DR. SMITH'S LIFE-THE HISTORY OF THE

FORMATION OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF THE PROTESTANT EPIS-

COPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-THE HOUSE OF

BISHOPS CONSISTS OF BISHOP SEABURY AND BISHOP WHITE, BISHOP PRO-

VOOST ABSENT-THE SELECTION OF PSALMS-SOME COMPARISON OF THE

PROPOSED BOOK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER-PROSPECTS

OF THE CHURCH-ALTERATIONS OF THE PRAYER BOOK DEPRECATED UNLESS

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND UNLESS THE BOOKS

OF THE TWO CHURCHES ARE MADE NEARLY OR QUITE ALIKE-DR. SMITH

WRITES AN ADDRESS ORDERED BY THE CONVENTION TO PRESIDENT WASH-

INGTON AND ONE TO THE ENGLISH ARCHBISHOPS..
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CHAPTER LIII.

RESTORATION BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA OF THE CHARTER OF THE

COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, UNJUSTLY TAKEN AWAY IN 1779-AN ANEC-

DOTE ILLUSTRATIVE OF DR. SMITH'S READY HUMOR-HE TAKES LEAVE

OF THE CONVENTION IN MARYLAND-BISHOP WHITE'S TRIBUTE TO HIS

SERVICES TO THE CHURCH AND OTHERWISE IN THAT STATE-DR. WROTH'S

ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE-DR. SMITH'S RETURN TO PHILADEL-

PHIA, JULY 1ST, 1789-PROPOSED INSCRIPTION UPON HIS COLLEGE-PRO-

CEEDINGS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION-FIRST

COMMENCEMENTS, MEDICAL, AND IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ARTS, SINCE

THE RESTORATION-UNION OF THE COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA WITH THE

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA UNDER THE NAME OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-THE REV. JOHN EWING ELECTED PROVOST

-THE NEW INSTITUTION LANGUISHED AND CONTINUED TO LANGUISH FOR

MANY YEARS, AND UNTIL THE PROVOSTSHIP OF DR. STILLE-DR. SMITH

PREACHES BEFORE THE CINCINNATI, JULY 4TH, 1790-ENGAGEMENT AND

MARRIAGE OF HIS SON CHARLES WITH MISS YEATES-DEATH OF HIS

DAUGHTER, Mrs. Goldsborough-BeautIFUL INSCRIPTION ON HER TOMB

-LETTERS IN CONNECTION WITH HER DEATH.....

CHAPTER LIV.

DEATH OF FRANKLIN-IMPROMPTU THEREON AT A DINNER PARTY BY DR.

SMITH-CAPPED BY MR. THOMAS WILLING-FRANKLIN'S FUNERAL-DR.

SMITH TO DR. WEST-THE SAME TO THE SAME-DR. SMITH'S EULOGY

ON FRANKLIN-UNE ANECDOTE DE FAMILLE-DR. ODEL'S VERSES ON THE

FRANKLIN STOVE-FRANKLIN A NATURAL PHILOSOPHER AND NOT A

STATESMAN.

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