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still more and more beautiful; their
bloom appears to be daily heightened,
fresh odours are emitted, and new
sweets are extracted from them.
who has once tasted their excellencies
will desire to taste them again; and
he who tastes them oftenest will relish
them best. Bp. Horne.

The following Documents form an Appendix to the Journal of the late Convention of the Diocess of Ohio.

ADDRESS TO THE BISHOP.

Right Rev. and dear Sir,

WE the undersigned clergymen of the Episcopal Church, would do in

portance of giving strength and stability to the foundation of the Church in this Diocess, by a strict attention to its doctrines and discipline, must be obvious; in these, and in all other respects (as in duty bound) we promise our true and canonical obedience.

Relying upon your piety and zeal to direct the work; trusting to the promises of God to crown it with success, with prayers that your health and usefulness may long be continued a blessing to the fold of Christ, we are, Right Reverend and dear Sir, your friends and servants in the Lord, SAMUEL JOHNSTON, INTREPID MORSE.

justice to our feelings were we to omit Worthington, June 2d, 1819.
our congratulation on the establish-
ment of the Episcopate in Ohio.

We welcome your safe return to this Diocess after consecration to the holy office which you now sustain; we felicitate ourselves on the successful issue of an event so important to the interests of our infant Zion, as was this consecration; we rejoice in the opportunity now afforded by a merciful Providence, to assemble in the first Convention, west of the Alleganies, holden under its Episcopal Head.

With no ordinary feelings, Right Rev. and dear Sir, do we advert to the present situation of the Church in the west. It is a rose planted in the wilderness; may it be watered with the dews of Heaven; may it be nourished by the continual blessing of him who is the fountain of goodness, until it flourish in beauty and perfection.

There is indeed great reason to be thankful for the past, and to take courage for the time to come. Much has been done; but much yet remains to be executed. Under the blessing of God, a few more labourers in the vineyard would be instrumental to introduce a spirit of primitive piety and order, where once they were little known, and still less regarded. Are there no means by which they may be procured ?

We feel it a duty to state, that in your exertions for the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom, you will have our prayers for success, and our hearty co-operation in the work. The imVOL. III.

REPLY.

To the Clergy of the Diocess of Ohio.
Beloved Brethren in the Lord,

Your address to me, on the subject of commencing the duties of the Episcopate, and of opening the Convention of Ohio, is now before me. My feelings in reading it, are those of gratitude to God, and great friendship and love to you. I wish I could express them in a becoming manner-acceptably to him, and satisfactorily to myself and you.

The Divine Head of the Church has indeed been gracious unto us. Let us improve his mercy, by devoting-ourselves more and more ardently to his service. Let us be instruments in his hands, of watering this "Rose in the wilderness," planted by his gracious Providence. Let us, with the strength and wisdom which his word and Holy Spirit alone can give, shield and nourish it.-To the blessing of the dews of Heaven, let us pray God that he would add, on the one hand, that of keeping far from it the chilling frosts of indifference and impiety; and on the other, that of protecting it from the tempests of fanaticism. By day let it receive our constant care; and in the night season let it not depart from our pious thoughts.

Your tender solicitude for more labourers in the spiritual field before us, is by me most sincerely reciprocated. I feel the subject most deeply; and with

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you will pray the Lord, that he will dispose the hearts of many to go forth into his vineyard; but the means are as yet mostly withholden from our view. Your characters in life, and your friendship to me in particular, are a sufficient pledge of the sincerity with which you promise canonical obedience. While I live, this great honour which God has bestowed on me shall, with his help, never be abused. His glory, and the good of his Church, shall be the sole motives in prompting me to every act ofspiritual advice and discipline. That I fail not herein, a sense of my own weakness makes me entreat your fervent prayers.

To God's holy keeping and protection, you are now commended, by your faithful friend and Pastor,

PHILANDER CHASE.

Worthington, June 2d, 1819.

Constitution of the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in the

Diocess of Maryland.

WHEREAS it has been recommended by the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocess of Maryland, to raise a fund for the support of Missionaries and the education of young men for the ministry, it is therefore proposed to establish a Society to accomplish these laudable objects. This Society shall be called "The Society for the Advancement of Christianity in the diocess of Maryland. 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, all the Episcopal Clergy in the city who are entitled to seats in the Convention, and who are willing to join in the promotion of the objects of this Society; and also of three LayManagers from each Episcopal congregation in Baltimore, provided the congregations be willing to promote the interests of the Society. The Bishop of Maryland, for the time being, shall be President, ex officio. The VicePresidents shall be chosen by ballot by the Clergy of the city, and the Managers from each congregation by the Vestry thereof. The Managers shall appoint annually a Secretary and Treasurer

2. Meetings of the Managers shall be called by the President, or by a majority of the Standing Committee, except the annual meeting, which shall be on the Feast of the Epiphany, when a sermon shall be delivered by some one of the Clergy, and a colleetion made for the benefit of the Funds. If the Epiphany should happen on Sunday, the meeting shall be on the Monday following. Eight of the Managers shall form a quorum for the transaction of business.

3. The Managers shall appoint, by ballot, at their annual meeting, a Standing Committee, consisting of one Lay-Manager from each Episcopal congregation in the city. The Episcopal Clergy of the city shall be members of the Committee, and the President of the Managers shall be President of the Standing Committee. This Committee shall manage all the ordinary concerns of the Society. They shall apply the Funds to the as

sistance of students of divinity, and such young men as may be prosecuting their studies with a view to the ministry, as may require pecuniary assistance: and also to the support of such missionary or missionaries as may be deemed necessary, and appointed by the Committee, with the approbation of the Bishop. The Bishopshall fix the stations of these missionaries, and regulate their services.

4. Annual contributions to this So.

ciety shall be five dollars; but those who pay fifty dollars or upwards at once, shall be considered as members for life.

5. The Ministers and Vestries of the different parishes in the diocess shall be requested to form Auxiliary Societies.

6. This Constitution shall be unalterable, unless at an Annual Meeting, two-thirds of the Managers being present.

Constitution of the Protestant Epis copal Sunday School Society in Charleston, South-Carolina. Instituted August, 1819.

THIS Society is formed for the purpose of aiding and supporting the Superintendent of the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School in the performance of his duties. It shall be called the Charleston Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Society; and its object shall be solely and exclusively to carry into full effect the pious and charitable end of the above named institution.

2. The Bishop of the diocess of South-Carolina shall be, ex officio, President of this Society; and the Rectors of the several churches in this city shall be its Vice-Presidents, ranking 1, 2, 3, &c. according to the dates of their appointments.

3. The persons composing this Society shall meet as soon as may be convenient, and always thereafter, on Tuesday in Witsun-week, and elect from among themselves eight persons, who, together with the Assistant Ministers of the different churches in the city, and a Secretary and Treasurer, (the last mentioned officer to be elected at the time specified by the rule) shall constitute a board of direction and government.

4. It shall be the business of the board of direction and government (to be denominated the Board of Managers) personally, or by means which they may institute, to collect children and others for the Sunday School, and assist in governing and disciplining it. They shall hold four stated meetings in each year, viz. on the Thursday next after the day of the annual meeting of the members of the Society, for the election of officers, and quarterly from that day; at each of these meetings they shall appoint a committee of their number, consisting of three, to continue in appointment until the next meeting, whose business it shall be to attend the exercises of the School, and give their counsel and advice in all matters which may require them.

5. Each member of the Society shall pay into the hands of the Treasurer, a sum not exceeding one dollar per annum. And the payment of ten dollars shall constitute any person a member for life.

6. Persons of colour shall be encouraged by the Society to partake of the benefits of the Sunday School Institution; but in all cases where they are

slaves, they shall be required to produce to the Superintendent, a certifi. cate from their owners, that it is their pleasure they should attend and be instructed.

Resolved, That the female members of the Protestant Episcopal Church be respectfully invited to form themselves into an association, for the purpose of providing systematically for the instruction of the females, under the direction and in aid of the Superintern dent, and also in furtherance of the views of the Society.

Rev. Andrew Fowler, A. M. Superintendent of the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School. Officers of the Society for 1819-20. The Right Rev. Nathanael Bowen, D. D.

ex officio President. The Rev. Christopher E. Gadsden, D. D. Rector of St. Philip's Church, ex officio first Vice-President.

The Rev., Rector of St. Paul's Church, ex-officio second Vice-President. Ebenezer Thayer, jun. See'y & Treasurer.

Board of Managers. Rev. Robert S. Symes, Rev. Frederick Dalcho, M. D. Rev. Allston Gibbes, Assistant Ministers of St. Paul's, St. Michael's, and St. Philip's

Churches, ex officio Managers. Rev. Milward Pogson, and the following gentlemen of the Laity, Thomas W. Bacot, Daniel Huger, John W. Mitchell, Charles W. D'Oyley, Col. Simon Magwood, James S. Johnson, Alexander W. Marshall.

FOR THE CHRISTIAN JOURNAL.

Extract from an Address occasioned by the Death of Mrs. W and Mrs. M

We are warned by the word and Spirit of God, not to procrastinate the work of religion, and the interests of our immortal souls. This warning is renewed in the occurrences of almost every day, but more particularly in those afflictive dispensations of Providence which press on our minds the lesson of the shortness and uncertainty of human life-and that more important lesson, the duty and happiness of being at all times prepared for death and judgment. My brethren who receive the communion of the body and blood of our Lord, I have said, we are all warned not to delay the work of salvation, and the profession of Christ's religion, and that fre.

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quent afflictive dispensations of Providence impress on the minds of us all the lessons of the uncertainty of life, and the necessity of constant preparation for death and judgment; but since we last celebrated the Lord's supper, this warning and these lessons have been taught us most forcibly. Two of our number, who have often joined with us in these holy solemnities, and who have been long beloved and respected, have been removed from us to the world of spirits. United to Christ by affection and duty, by interest and gratitude, they continued faithful unto death. They have finished their course with joy, and do now rest from their labours. One of them had passed the years allotted to man, and had arrived at that age when friends hardly allow themselves to anticipate, that they shall be blessed by a continuance of their lives from month to month. The sincerity of her piety, the amiableness and humility of her disposition, and the purity of her life, while they endeared her to her friends, rendered every moment of her existence valuable to them; and they have the satisfaction of contemplating her relief from the infirmities and sorrows of life, and her enjoyment of the rest prepared for the people of God.

But the other has been taken from us in the prime of her years, and in the midst of her usefulness-endued to a most eminent degree with the disposition, and also with the means of doing good, she spent her life in the service of our blessed Master, in acts of piety, kindness, and charity. It is due to the character which she sustained, and to those who have not passed beyond her years, that the example of one of their own age may be impressed on their minds, and that her virtues should receive a more particular notice.

We are rarely called on to mingle our tears with those of afflicted relatives, by a more severe dispensation of Providence, than that by which this excellent person has been removed from us. In her death her friends have sustained an irreparable loss; society has been deprived of one of its most useful and valuable members; the poor, of one, who, feelingly alive to all their wants,

was unwearied in her endeavours to relieve their distresses, and to comfort them in their sorrows; and this Church, of one who, devoted to its interests, adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all the various scenes of life. She was endeared to her friends by the strongest ties of affection and by the amiableness of her disposition; to society, by her usefulness and the example of her virtues; to the poor, by her tender regard for them, and her constant and innumerable acts of kindness and charity; and to this Church, by the ardour of her piety and the fervour of her zeal. In the recollection of her excellent qualities her friends have a bright example of every Christian grace and virtue. Amiable and affectionate in her disposition, firm and decided in her principles, correct and independent in her judgment, and persevering in her endeavours to do good, she enjoyed in an eminent degree, the love, the esteem, and the respect of all who knew her. Remarkable for self-denial, she sought, with unremitting perseverance, the happiness of her family and friends, and the relief and comfort of the poor; nor were any personal sacrifices deeıned by her too great for the attainment of their objects. Aspiring after the happiness and glory of heaven, her pe-" culiar delight here on earth was in the courts of Zion, in the services of which she always aimed to engage with an holy fervour and devotion. Firm and strong in the faith, she confessed Christ without ostentation in the services of the sanctuary, in the ordinances of the Gospel, and in works of piety and charity. Devout and holy in her temper and conduct, she was a most interesting example of meekness, humility, and patience; a pattern of virtue, she ascribed to herself no merit, but acknowledged her sufficiency to be of God, and reposed for acceptance on the divine goodness and mercy through the merits of the Redeemer-and though she wished to have lived for the happiness of her friends, yet united to Christ by faith, by love, and by steadfast obedience, and supported by a sense of the Divine presence, favour, and acceptance, she was perfectly resigned to the Divine

will, and was enabled to endure a painful decline with exemplary fortitude and submission, and to view the approach of death with the utmost calmness and composure. She has now finished her course with joy, and rests from her labours in the arms of the

Saviour. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his; for such shall inherit the realms

of felicity and glory.

While we drop the tear of affliction and grief, and pay this tribute to the worth of our departed friends, let us seek the aids of Divine grace, that we may follow the example of their virtues, and by our experience, and practice of our holy religion, be pre pre pared to join them in the other world.

It behoves us to imitate the good

examples of all those who have departed to the world of spirits in the true faith and love of God, that we, with them, may have our perfect consummation and bliss in the kingdom of glory. These instances of mortality are solemn admonitions both to the young and the old of the uncertainty of life, and of the necessity and happiness of being at all times prepared to meet God in judgment. If we would meet death with composure, and in the world beyond the skies ascend to regions of life and glory, it is necessary that we should embrace the gospel of Christ with all our hearts, that we should renounce our sins, and that we should walk by faith and steadfast obedience in the way of life eternal. By mortifying and subduing our passions, by elevating our affections to the bliss of heaven, by the fervour of our devotion, and the sincerity of our piety and obedience, we should constantly aspire towards the mansions of blessedness.

Then when death overtakes us, supported by just hopes of a celestial inheritance, we shall meet him without terror; we shall join the society of the spirits of just men made perfect, and

ascend with our beloved Master to his Father and our Father, to his God and our God. But on the other hand, if by reason of our impenitence and sin we have no interest in the Saviour, we shall be without comfort in death, and miserable throughout eternity.

Shepherd's Town Sunday School. (From the Informer, published at Shepherd's Town, Maryland, of Sept. 16, 1819.)

AT a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Shepherd's Town Sunday School, on Wednesday evening, the 8th inst. on motion,

Resolved, That the thanks of this board be returned to the Rev. Mr. CLAY, for his address delivered this day; and a copy of the same be requested for publication.

Resolved, That the thanks of this board be returned to the superintendent and teachers of the Shepherd's Town Sunday School, for their faithful and diligent attention to the children under their care.

Resolved, That this board have witnessed, with particular pleasure, the improvement of the children belonging to this school, and their orderly and respectful behaviour this day.

Extract from the records,
A. JEWETT,

Secretary to the Board of Managers.

The following is a Copy of a Letter from James S. Lane, President of the Shepherd's Town Sunday School Society, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Clay, with the Answer of the latter annexed.

Shepherd's Town, Thursday,
Sept. 9th, 1819.

Rev. Sir,

I am requested by the Managers of the Shepherd's Town Sunday School, to tender you their thanks for your excellent address, delivered to said school at the examination and distribution of premiums yesterday, and to ask a copy of the same for publication.

Please accept, Sir, my highest re-
JAMES S. LANE,
Prest. S. T. S. S.

spect and esteem.

Rev. Mr. CLAY.

My dear Sir,

The satisfaction you have been pleased to express in behalf of the

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