Journal of the Annual Convention

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1848
 

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Page 7 - No member shall absent himself from the service of the House unless he have leave, or be sick and unable to attend.
Page 66 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient ; stablish your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 20 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 108 - Clergyman belonging to this Church shall officiate, either by preaching, reading prayers, or otherwise, in the Parish, or within the Parochial Cure of another Clergyman, unless he have received express permission for that purpose from the Minister of the Parish or Cure, or, in his absence, from the Church Wardens and Vestrymen, or Trustees of the Congregation.
Page 96 - ... and shall hold office for the term of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Page 25 - A Protestant Episcopal Church in any of the United States, or any Territory thereof, not now represented, may, at any time hereafter, be admitted on acceding to this Constitution ; and a new Diocese, to be formed from one or more existing Dioceses, may be admitted under the following restrictions...
Page 24 - Church, and of the members of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the General Convention of...
Page 108 - Every Minister shall, before all sermons and lectures, and on all other occasions of public worship, use the Book of Common Prayer, as the same is or may be established by the authority of the General Convention of this Church. And in performing said service, no other prayer shall be used than those prescribed by the said book.
Page 107 - Wardens, shall present, or cause to be delivered, on or before the first day of every Annual Convention, to the Bishop of the Diocese, or where there is no Bishop to the President of the Convention, a statement of the number of Baptisms...
Page 2 - He was a member of the corporation for the relief of the widows and children of clergymen in the communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church from 1831, until his death, and much of the time its President.

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