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half past 6 o'clock this morning, the Pontiff, full of virtues and of courage, expired.

The Cardinals de Clermont Tonnerre, and de la Fare, are upon the point of setting out for Rome to the conclave.

His late holiness, Pius VII. (Barnabas Chiaramonti) was born in the town of Cesene, on the 14th of August, 1742, and was created a Cardinal in April, 1785. He was elected Pope at Venice, on the 14th of March, 1800, and his exaltation took place on the 21st of the same month. At that time he occupied the See of Imola.

Extract of a private letter of the 21st inst. from Rome" According to immemorial custom, the body of the Pope will lie in state for nine days, in an illuminated chapel, where all the religious bodies and ecclesiastics of the city will come to celebrate the holy mysteries. The burial will take place on the ninth day, and on the tenth, the sacred college will assemble in conclave. Arrangements are making for the first formalities observed at the selec

tion of a Pope. The foreign Cardinals

will be admitted to the conclave on the first or second day after their arrival at Rome. Cardinal Pacca, Camerlingo of the Roman Catholic religion, has taken the temporal government of the states of the church."

For the Christian Journal. SCRIPTURE HYMNS. Version of Joel ii. 11-17. The Lord shall utter forth his voice, His messengers of wrath call down: Who can his dreadful day abide?

Who can abide his vengeful frown? Now therefore, saith the gracious Lord, Turn ye to me with all your heart, With fasting and with tears return;

Mourn in th' assembly, mourn apart. Come not to me with outward woe,

But rend your hearts, in spirit grieve: Who knoweth but I may repent,

My wrath recal, a blessing leave? Lord! we now sanctify thy fast,

And all our vain delights forget, Renounce our sins, our follies mourn, And humbly in thy temple meet. Within thy porch, thy altar near,

We weep; our souls we pray thee spare; Give not thy people to reproach,

Nor cast us wholly from thy care.

O spare thy chosen heritage,

Remove thy judgments threaten'd rod; And let not our triumphant foe Exclaim, Ah! where is now their God! JEDUTHUN.

Version of John xvii. 1, &c.

Father! the hour is come,
Thy work completed see!
Now glorify thy Son belov'd,
That he may honour thee.

For thou hast giv'n him pow'r
O'er all on earth who live,
That those thou lovest may through him
Eternal life receive.

This is eternal life

Thee, only God above,

And Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent,
To know, obey, and love.
Father! 1 come to thee,

My saints are left alone;

O keep them stablish'd through thy name,
For they are all thine own.
O! may they all be one

In truth, in love, in grace;
As thou in me, and I in thee,
So be they one in peace!
And be the glory theirs

Which thou to me hast giv'n!
And be they with me where I am,
To see my face in heav'n!
Father! thy work is done,
Thy name and truth declar'd:-
Now glorify thy Son belov❜d,
And grant him his reward.

JEDUTHUN.

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Report on the State of the Church-From the Journals of the General Convention.See page 311.

Connecticut.-The state of the church in the diocese of Connecticut has been steadily improving since the last triennial report; and now generally appears under prosperous circumstances. In some instances, the increase of communicants has been altogether unprecedented; and in every parish, where the ministrations of the word and ordinances are regularly enjoyed, the congregations are advancing in number, zeal, and respectability.

The following churches have been finished and consecrated, viz.-St. Paul's, Sharon; St. John's, Kent; St. Paul's, Ripton; St. John's, Washington; St. John's, Essex; St. Paul's, Woodbury; and Grace church, Hamden. These are all new, spacious, and commodious edifices, reflecting great credit on the zeal and liberality of the respective parishes. St. Andrew's church, in Northford, raised before the revolutionary war, having been completely refitted and finished, has also been consecrated. The churches in Hartford and Bridgeport, in consequence of the increasing demand for seats, have been so altered as to accommodate their growing congregations. Three other churches are now building in the diocese.

The following persons have been admitted to the holy order of deacons :-Edward Rutledge, since removed to South-Carolina; Daniel Somers, since removed to Maryland; Beardsley Northrup, lately a minister of the Methodist connexion; David Botsford, since deceased; Bennet Glover; Thomas Warner, late of the Associate Reformed Church in New-York; Moses P. Bennet, since removed to Pennsylvania; Seth B. Paddock; Palmer Dyer, since removed to New-York; John M. Garfield; Lemuel B. Hull; William Jarvis; and Ransom Waruer.

The following deacons have been admit ted to the holy order of priests :-The Rev. Peter G. Clarke; the Rev. Origen P. Holcomb; the Rev. George B. Andrews; the Rev. Thomas Warner, since removed to the island of St. Croix, West-Indies; the Rev. Beardsley Northrup; and the Rev. Seth B. Paddock.

The following clergymen have been removed by death-The Rev. Richard MansVOL. VII

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field, D. D. at the age of 97; the Rev. John Tyler, also at a very advanced age; the Rev. William Smith, D. D, and the Rev. David Botsford, deacon.

The Rev. Solomon Blakesley has removed to the eastern diocese, and the Rev. Jonathan Judd to Maryland; and the following clergymen have been received into the diocese:-The Rev. Ambrose S. Todd, and the Rev. Stephen Jewett, from NewYork; the Rev. William J. Bulkley, and the Rev. Henry R. Judah, from Maryland; and the Rev. Stephen Beach, from Vermont, employed as a missionary

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The clergy of the diocese consist at present of the bishop, forty presbyters, and four deacons and the following persons are candidates for holy orders :-William Shelton, George Shelton, - Todd, Edward Ives, Hector Humphreys, Enoch Huntington.

The rite of confirmation has been administered to rising of 1600 persons.

For the purpose of preserving that strict regard to the canons and rubrics of the church, which is one of the characteristics of the diocese, the convocations of the clergy have been employed in settling an uniform practice throughout the respective parishes; and it is believed that departures from the established rules of the church seldom or never occur.

The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, having determined to devote its receipts for the present to the support of missionaries within the diocese, has been enabled, by the annual collections in the several parishes, and by the aid of auxiliary societies established in many of them, to employ two or three active missionaries, whose labours have been already crowned with the most flattering success.

The agent for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society has visited a few of the larger parishes in the diocese, for the purpose of making collections, and his success has been such as to afford an earnest that the claims of that society will not be neglected in Connecticut.

The episcopal fund, partly through the munificence of the state administration, and partly by the liberality of the respective parishes in the diocese, now amounts to a sum nearly sufficient to give to the bishop an adequate support.

Sunday schools are generally established throughout the diocese; and by the 41

adoption of measures for pursuing a systematic course of instruction, are becoming highly beneficial to the interests of the church.

A memorial is now before the state legislature, praying for the charter of a college, to be located either in Hartford, Middletown, or New-Haven, and to be under the patronage and direction of episcopalians.

Amid the general prosperity of the church in Connecticut, however, it is not to be disguised that there are some circumstances of an unfavourable tendency. Many of the parishes are still small and depressed; and in consequence of the frequent emigrations from the state, are sometimes deprived of their most active members. These are only partially supplied; as, in many cases, one clergyman has the care of two, three, or more parishes; and even with this laborious charge, it too frequently happens that his support is altogether disproportioned to his labours. But the hope is indulged, that through the instrumentality of missionary exertions, the Lord will cause the waste places to be repaired, and the whole diocese to become a flourishing portion of his vineyard.

New-York. The diocese of New-York contains eighty-nine clergymen, (viz.— The bishop, sixty-nine presbyters, and nineteen deacons,) and 127 congregations. Since the last stated General Convention, the following persons have been ordained deacons viz.-Benjamin Dorr, Ambrose S. Todd, (since removed to Connecticut,) Henry P. Powers, (since removed to New-Jersey,) Moses Burt, Peter Williams, jun. (a coloured man,) James P. F. Clarke, William Thompson, (since removed to Pennsylvania,) George W. Doane, Lawson Carter, Ezra B. Kellogg, (since removed to Ohio,) Phineas L. Whipple, Wil liam B. Thomas, Algernon S. Hollister, Alonzo P. Potter, Manton Eastburn, Thomas K. Peck, Levi S. Ives, William S. Irving, Richard Bury, William L. Johnson, (since removed to New-Jersey,) Seth W. Beardsley, Burton H. Hecox, John Sellon, and Agustus L. Converse-total 24.

The following deacons have been ordained priests, viz.-The Rev. George Upfold, M. D. the Rev, Alexis P. Proal, the Rev. Charles M'Cabe, the Rev. Leverett Bush, the Rev. Henry M. Shaw, (since removed to Maryland,) the Rev. William Barlow, the Rev. John Grigg, the Rev. Francis H. Cuming, the Rev. Deodatus Babcock, the Rev. Marcus A. Perry, the Rev. William Richmond, the Rev. William H. De Lancey, (since removed to Pennsylvania,) the Rev. Lawson Carter, the Rev. James P. F. Clarke, and the Rev. Benjamin Dorrtotal 15.

The institution of the following clergy

men to their respective rectorships has taken place, viz.-The Rev. William A. Clarke, to that of Christ Church, BalstonSpa, Saratoga county; the Rev. Cyrus Stebbins, to that of Christ church, Hudson, Columbia county; the Rev. Parker Adams, from South-Carolina, to that of St. John's church, Johnstown, Montgomery county; the Rev. Alexis P. Proal, to that of St. George's church, Schenectady; and the Rev. Henry Anthon, to that of Trinity church, Utica, Oneida county.

The following clergymen have also been settled in their respective stations, viz.— The Rev. David Huntington, rector of St. Paul's and St. Mary's churches, Charlton, Saratoga county; the Rev. John V. E. Thorne, from Pennsylvania, rector of St. George's church, Flushing, Queen's county; the Rev. William Richmond, from Pennsylvania, rector of St. Michael's and St. James's churches, New-York; the Rev. Peter Williams, jun. (a coloured_man,) deacon, minister of St. Philip's church, New-York, of which the congregation is composed of coloured persons; the Rev. George Upfold, M. D. rector of St. Luke's church, New-York; the Rev. Benjamin Dorr,rector of Trinity church,Lansingburg, Rensselaer county, and Grace church, Waterford, Saratoga county; the Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, rector of Grace church, New-York; the Rev. George W. Doane, deacon, a temporary assistant minister of Trinity church, New-York; the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, from New-Jersey, rector of Trinity church, New-Rochelle, Westchester county; the Rev. Samuel Phinney, rector of St. John's church, Ithica, Tompkins county; the Rev. William B. Thomas, deacon, minister of Trinity church, Fishkill, Dutchess county; the Rev. William S. Irving, deacon, minister of St. Mark's church, Le Roy, Genesee county; the Rev. Seth W. Beardsley, deacon, minister of Christ church, Sackett's Harbour, Jefferson county; the Rev. James P. F. Clarke, rector of St. John's church, Canandaigua, Ontario county; the Rev. Richard Bury, deacon, minister of Christ church, Duanesburgh, Schenectady county; the Rev. Manton Eastburn, deacon, assistant minister of Christ church, New-York.

The Rev. John Sellon, deacon, officiates to a congregation which occupies the building formerly the parish church of the parish of Christ church; which congregation, it is expected, will soon be organized.

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Twenty missionaries are at present employed in this diocese; of whom the following have entered on their duties since the last stated General Convention :— Rev. Marcus A. Perry, from the eastern diocese; the Rev. Algernon S. Hollister, deacon; the Rev. Thomas K. Peck, deacon; the Rev. Levi S. Ives, deacon; the Rev. Palmer Dyer, deacon, from Connecticut; the Rev. Lawson Carter; the Rey

Phineas L. Whipple, deacon: the Rev. Moses Burt, deacon; the Rev. Frederick T. Tiffany, deacon; and the Rev. David

Brown.

The following persons are candidates for orders :-George M. Robinson, Eleazar Williams, Samuel R. Johnson, Augustus G. Danby, David Osborne, Henry N. Hotchkiss, Richard Salmon, Orsimus H. Smith, Marvin Cady, W. W. Bostwick, Edward K. Fowler, W. C. Meade, Samuel Morse, Edward Neufville, jun. Cornelius R. Duffie, Lewis Bixley, William R. Whittingham, Danforth Billings, James L.Yvonnet, Benja. min Holmes, Isaac Low, Henry J. White house, Charles P. Elliot, John Duer-24.

It has pleased the Divine Head of the church to preserve this diocese from any loss of its clergy by death. It is painful, however, to be obliged to notice that the Rev. James P. Cotter, a presbyter, and the Rev. Asahel Davis, a deacon, of the diocese, have been displaced from their respective grades in the ministry, under the seventh canon of the General Convention of 1820.

The following churches have been duly organized, and received into union with the convention of this diocese:-St. John's church, Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county; Zion church, Russel, St. Lawrence county; St. Mary's church, Charlton, Saratoga county; St. Luke's church, New York; St. John's church, Ithica, Tomp, kins county Trinity church, Fredonia, Chatauque county; Trinity church, Cherry Valley, Otsego county.-Total 7,

The following churches have been consecrated by the bishop:-St. Luke's church, Rochester, Monroe county; St. Paul's church, Buffalo, Erie county; St. George's church, Flushing, Queen's county; St. Luke's church, New-York; Grace church, Jamaica, Queen's county; St. Philip's church, New York, (rebuilt after de struction by fire;) Christ church, Bing hamton, Broome county; Christ church, New-York-8.

The churches at Flushing and Jamaica have been erected in the place of former edifices, which had gone to decay. Christ church, New-York, has been built by the old parish of that name, who have disposed of their former church; the present situation of which is noticed above.

Again-the third time in less than eight years-the members of our communion in the city of New-York, have lost a church by fire. In December, 1821, St. Philip's was destroyed. It is highly creditable, however, to the prudence of the vestry of that church, which is composed of coloured persons, that the building was insured. This circumstance enabled them to erect on the same spot, the very neat edifice which was consecrated in December last.

The missionary and parochial reports for the last three years, furnish the following aggregate :-baptisms (adults 529, in

fants 2713, not specified 1282,) 4524marriages 1112--funerals 3488. The number of communicants reported at the last convention, is 4722.

The number of persons reported by the bishop as confirmed, since the last stated General Convention, is 1797.

The collections for the missionary fund, reported at the last three conventions, amount to $4603 251; and for the epis. copal fund, to $1866 833.

Missionary labours continue to receive much attention, and to be very usefully prosecuted. The appointment and charge of the missionaries rest solely with the ecclesiastical authority. There are a number of missionary societies; but their only object is to collect funds to be placed at the disposal of the Committee for Propagating the Gospel, which is appointed by the convention, and of which the bishop is, ex officio, chairman. As an important portion of our western country is included within the bounds of New-York, and the rapid increase of its population renders obvious the duty of extending to it pro portionable means for the diffusion of the principles and practice of the gospel, it is gratifying to find this section of our church bestowing its efforts in this way. There are annually raised, in various ways, within the diocese, and devoted to this object, about $2500. The reports of the missionaries afford the gratifying hope that much good to religion and the church is thus effecting.

Besides these missionary exertions at home, the members of the church in this diocese lent a willing ear to the late earnest and affecting appeal of the bishop of Ohio for assistance to the missionary soci ety of that diocese, from the more favoured sections of the church in the Atlantic states. It appears by the returns of the agent of the Ohio society, that of the

2911 9, raised by him, $1339 17, were from the diocese of New-York.

The several societies of the church in this diocese continue their beneficial operations. Under their auspices, Bibles Common Prayer Books, and Religious Tracts, are distributed in considerable numbers, funds are raised for missionary purposes, and the benefits of gratuitous Sunday instruction extended to a large number of children and others. As connected with this latter branch of religious charity, may be mentioned the existence and successful operation, in the city of New-York, of an episcopal charity school, originally established long before the revolution, but lately enlarged and organized on Dr. Bell's system, extending daily instruction to 250 poor children, and particularly devoted to their improvement in christian knowledge and piety.

It appears by the address of the bisho to the last convention, that there is now

fair prospect of securing, at Geneva, in this diocese, what has been so long a desideratum in our church-a college, to be under the management and direction of her members. Should the efforts to this end prove successful, as there is every reason to hope they will, very essential benefit to the cause of our church and religion, may be anticipated.

To this notice of matters relating to the outward state of the church in this diocese, it is gratifying to be able to add, that there is reason to hope, that in the much more essential point of spiritual prosperity, the divine blessing continues to rest upon it; and that in the enjoyment of this, very satisfactory evidence is afforded of the natural tendency of the institutions of our church, and of conscientious adherence to her primitive and evangelical order, to promote the interests of true gospel piety, and with them, the glory of the Saviour, and the spiritual and eternal good of his people.

New-Jersey-In New-Jersey the church continues gradually to improve. The number of clergymen is thirteen; the bishop, nine presbyters, and three deacons. The number of congregations is twentyeight; eighteen of which have the enjoy ment of regular service; the remainder, of occasional service by a missionary. The number of churches is twenty-five, which, with one exception, are in excellent repair. A new one, of considerable size, to be constructed of stone, is in progress in Newton, in Sussex county, in which place no episcopal church has ever been erected.

Since the last stated General Convention, the bishop of the diocese has admitted to deacons' orders, John Mortimer Ward; and the following deacons, viz. the Rev. Richard F. Cadle, and the Rev. Henry P. Powers, to priests' orders.

Within the same period, the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard has removed to the diocese of New-York; the Rev. Simon Wilmer, to the diocese of Virginia; the Rev. Augustus Fitch, deacon, to the diocese of NewYork; the Rev. Daniel Higbie, to the diocese of Delaware; the Rev. George H. Woodruff, (since deceased,) to the diocese of Pennsylvania; and the Rev. Abiel Carter, to Savannah, in Georgia.

The bishop has also, within that time, instituted the Rev. Richard F. Cadle, to the rectorship of St. John's church, Salem ; the Rev. Jacob M. Douglass, to the rectorship of Trinity church, Swedesborough ; and the Rev. Henry P. Powers, to the rectorship of Trinity church, Newark.

The Rev. John M. Ward has taken charge of St. Peter's church, Spotswood, and St. Peter's, Freehold; and the Rev. Wm. L.Johnson, late of the diocese of NewYork, of St. Michael's church, Trenton.

Robert B. Croes is at present the only tandidate for holy orders.

The number of baptisms reported to the last three diocesan conventions, is four hundred and twenty three. The number of persons who have been confirmed, is two hundred and eleven. The communicants in the diocese amount to about seven hundred and forty." Attention is generally paid to the canons and rubrics of the church, and her authority is respected in the diocese.

The Sunday schools are flourishing, and promise much good. Very considerable benefit is derived from the missionary fund, which is gradually increasing. It has already been the means, under the divine blessing,of preserving and rescuing several churches from impending ruin, and of fostering and improving the condition of

others.

The fund of the Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen, is likewise in a very prosperous state; upwards of $8000 of which are now at interest.

The Episcopal Society of this diocese, for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and Piety, which was instituted principally for the distribution of Bibles, Prayer Books, and Tracts, has succeeded beyond calculation. Its support is derived chiefly from four or five congregations; yet it has been able, through the smiles of Providence, to distribute, and almost altogether gratuitously, upwards of two thousand Prayer Books, besides a large number of Bibles, and more than five thousand Tracts. Its permanent fund also exceeds $1000.

The congregations, with an occasional exception of one or two, are visited yearly by the bishop.

From all these circumstances, it is evident that the church in this diocese is re gularly improving, both in its temporal and spiritual concerns. May it, under the blessing of its Divine Founder and Head, still progress, and become instrumental in a higher degree, to the promotion of his glory, and the best interests of men,

Pennsylvania-The diocese of Pennsyl vania consists at present of the bishop, twenty-nine presbyters, four deacons, and forty-four congregations.

Since the last stated General Convention, the following persons have been admitted by the bishop of this diocese, to the holy order of deacons :-Charles P. M'Ilvaine, (since removed to the diocese of Mary. land,) Joseph Jaquett, Thomas H. Taylor, (under letters dimissory from the bishop of South-Carolina,) Peter Van Pelt, jun. (since removed to South-Carolina,) and Richard U. Morgan.-5.

Within the same period, the following deacons have been ordained priests:The Rev Charles G. Snowden, the Rev.

*In the last report there was an error in the calculation, it should have been seven not eight hundred.

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