missionary duty at Batavia, and parts adjacent. But owing to indisposition I was unable to arrive here until August 21st. On my way, however, I officiated a Sunday at Geneva, for the Rev. Mr. Clark. Since my arrival in the county of Genesee, I have preached on Sundays at Batavia, and likewise at Rochester and Canandaigua, by way of exchange. I have officiated on week days at several other places. My prin cipal attention has, however, been directed to Batavia. At this place the present prospects of the church are good. Owing to the active and vigor ous efforts of its friends, the building erected for public worship is wrested from doubtful hands, and placed on permanent episcopal ground. Should these efforts continue to be exerted, and blessed by the great Head of the church, nothing can prevent the congregation at Batavia from becoming large and respectable. I have performed here one baptism and one marriage, and attended four funerals.

The Rev. Leveret Bush, missionary at Oxford, Chenango county, and parts adjacent, reports to the bishop as follows: Since the last convention, I have not been able, owing to particular circumstances, to visit the several congregations under my charge as frequently as their prosperity required; but I have done all that was in my power; and I have the pleasure to report that my labours have not been wholly unsuccessful. In Oxford, where I have officiated every Sunday, with the exception of one, the church is in a flourishing condition; its members are united in the bonds of peace and love; and many who have heretofore been wholly ignorant of the church, begin now to admire its doctrines and worship. The number of communicants, in the beginning of the year, was considerably diminished by removals, deaths, and dismissions; but the vacancies which have been occasioned, have all been filled up by the addition of new communicants.-Besides the regular services on Sunday, I have attended a Bible class once a week, superintended a Sunday school, and preached occasionally on Friday afternoons. On dif

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ferent days of the week, I have also of ficiated in the following places :-In Windsor three times; in Hamilton and Sherburne eight times, and administered the communion; in Coventry six times, and administered the communion.-Oxford, communicants 45-baptisms (adults 5, infants 10) 15-marriages 4-funerals 3.

The Rev. Marcus A. Perry, missionary at Unadilla, Otsego county, and parts adjacent, reports to the bishop as follows: Since my last report, my services have been continued at the church of Unadilla. Though no important change has taken place in this church, I have the happiness of stating that her numbers have gradually increased, and a growing attachment to the doctrines and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church has been apparent in the congregation. The Sunday school which was organized the last year, continued in successful operation during the spring and summer; but since the commencement of the fall, it has been interrupted by the unusual degree of sickness which has prevailed in the parish. The young people and children have been repeatedly catechised in the church, which, I hope, through divine grace, will be effectual in awakening a spirit of piety among them.-I have officiated in Unadilla every Lord's day, with the exception of a few, which have been devoted to the missionary cause. I have also occasionally given lectures on week days. In Franklin I have officiated one Sunday, two half days on Sunday, and twice on different days of the week. Baptism one.-In Windsor one Sunday, and three lectures on week days. Baptism one.—In Coventry twice, and catechised the children.-In Bainbridge, one Sunday, one lecture in the evening, and one funeral sermon. Baptism one; funeral one.-In Masonville I preached a funeral sermon.-In Sidney I have officiated twice.-In May I visited the congregation of episcopalians which reside in Lebanon and its vicinity. To this congregation I officiated on Thursday afternoon, and also on the Sunday following I officiated, and administered the communion to sixteen communi

cants. On the same day, at six o'clock in the afternoon, I preached at Sherburne, to a large and respectable congregation. In Guilford one Sunday, and one lecture in the week. Besides these different places I have officiated frequently at school-houses, which, though in the vicinity, yet are not particularly connected with my parish. The field for missionary labours is extensive in this part of the vineyard. Communicants in St. Matthew's church, Unadilla, (added 10, died 3) 48-baptisms 12-marriages 3-burials 20.

There was submitted to the convention the following

Report of the Trustees of the Episcopal

Fund.

The trustees of the fund for the support of the episcopate in the diocess of New-York, respectfully state to the annual convention of the Protestant Epis copal Church, that in consequence of the absence from the city of New-York, on account of the fever, of Mr.Thomas S. Townsend, their chairman, by whom the books and papers are kept, it is not in their power to render such a statement of the fund as is required by the second canon passed in 1821; they, however, state, that the fund has received their particular attention since the last meeting of the convention.

In behalf of the committee, EDWARD R. JONES, HENRY MCFARLAN. New-York, October 12, 1822. The above report was accepted.

The following gentlemen were elected trustees, to be nominated to the next General Convention, as trustees, on the part of this diocess, of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States:The Rev. William Harris, D. D. the Rev. David Butler, the Rev. Thomas Lyell, D. D. the Rev. William Berrian, the Rev. John McVickar, the Rev. James Milnor, D.D. the Rev. William Creighton, the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. the Rev. Jonathan M. Wain wright, the Rev. Henry Anthon, the Rev. Lucius Smith, the Hon. Brockholst Livingston, Wright Post, M. D. Nehe VOL, VII.

miah Rogers, Isaac Lawrence, esq. Thomas L. Ogden, esq. John Wells, esq. David S. Jones, esq. Henry M'Farlan, Thomas S. Townsend, Edward R. Jones, Stephen Warren, esq. Robert Troup, esq. Philip S. Van Rensselaer, esq.

Agreeably to the recommendation of the committee on the subject, the convention proceeded to elect "two additional trustees," to be also nominated, "provided the funds necessary to entitle the diocess to the same, be actually placed under the control of the seminary before the meeting of the next General Convention."-The Hon. James Emmot, and Daniel Paris, esq. were chosen.

delegates to the General Convention:The following gentlemen were elected The Rev. David Butler, the Rev. Tho mas Lyell, D. D. the Rev. Benjamin T, Onderdonk, the Rev. Orin Clark, Philip S. Van Rensselaer, esq. Richard Harison, esq. the Hon. Morris S. Miller, John Wells, esq.

The following gentlemen were elected the standing committee of the diocess:The Rev. William Harris, D. D. the Rev. Thomas Lyell, D. D. the Rev. William Berrian, the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. Richard Harison, esq. William Ogden, esq. Nicholas Fish, esq. Henry Rogers, esq.

The following gentlemen were elected members of the committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church for Propagating the Gospel in the State of NewYork, of which the bishop is, ex officio, chairman :-The Rev. Thomas Lyell, D. D. the Rev. Henry J. Feltus, D. D. the Rev. John M'Vickar, Dr. John Onderdonk, Thomas L. Ogden, esq. Hú bert Van Wagenen.

The list of the clergy of the diocess, appended to the journal of the above convention, contains

the names of the bishop, seventy presbyters, and

nineteen deacons. Total 90.

Auxiliary New-York Bible and Com

mon Prayer Book Society.

THE seventh annual meeting of this institution was held in Trinity church, New-York, on the evening of Saturday, January 25th, 1823; Mr. Floyd Smith, senior vice-president, in the chair, and Charles Keeler, secretary.

The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved.

The seventh annual report of the board of managers was read by Mr. Cornelius R. Duffie..

The following gentlemen were elected a board of managers for the ensuing year, viz.-Henry Barclay, president; Cornelius R. Duffie, 1st vice-president; William E. Dunscomb, 2d vice-president; J. Smyth Rogers, 3d vice-president; Charles W. Sandford, corresponding secretary; Charles Keeler, recording secretary; Floyd Smith,* treasurer; Thomas N. Stanford, agent.

Managers. Luther Bradish, John Watts, jun. John J. Lambert, Charles Nichols, William H. Harison, Peter Kean, H. W. Ducachet, Thomas T. Groshon, Charles N. S. Rowland, Cor nelius S. Bartow, Robert Hyslop, Jacob Stout, jun. Samuel W. Moore, Richard Oakley, J. Lawrence Moore, Henry Bicker, D. A. Cushman.

Report.

THE Managers of the Auxiliary NewYork Bible and Common Prayer Book Society come before their constituents with diffidence and regret. On former occasions they have had the satisfaction to present reports of their proceedings, which warmed their hearts with gratitude for the blessings of which they were made the instruments; and proudly carried forward their views to labours of future usefulness: for then they contemplated only the rapid progress and rising hopes of this society. From the tender plant of the forest, they had seen it advancing to the vigour of confirmed strength, its roots seemed to have fixed

* Dr. John Smyth Rogers, for five years past the treasurer of the society, and to whom it is indebted for his very efficient and valuable exertions from the period of its establishment, having relinquished his office, Mr. Smith, late 1st vice-president, yielded to the unanimous desire of the board in undertaking its duties.

in a kindly soil, and, in their fond imagination, they looked forward to the time when its branches should spread widely, and its fruit supply the wants of many who looked to it for spiritual nourishment and strength.

Surely this was not an idle nor unjustifiable expectation-for this society had received the patronage of churchmen of every degree. The rich had given it their bounty, the zealous their exertions, and the poor their prayers. With such encouragement, an institution whose first organization was effected by a few individuals, was raised into public favour, solely from a sense of its importance to the interests of religion, and of its usefulness to the church. In two years 10,000 volumes, distributed by its care, had "made its name known and coupled with honourable appellation to the furthest limit of our federal union."* Even then this seedling was "found to be of the true species and of the right kind;" and the society was declared to need "no higher encomium than the unvarnished tale of its recent origin and wide-spread labours."

One of the first advantages of its operation had been to reduce the price of the Book of Common Prayer to nearly cost; an object which had before been effected as respects the Bible, and which was always highly desirable as to both these volumes. The benefit of

such a reduction was of itself a charity of thousands of dollars, as it was thus put in the power of societies and individuals to double their beneficence; and our church was enabled to accompany her progress among the poor of our borders with this book, at an expense much less than what was formerly required.

had already effected: and which procured for it, though only in its infancy, the honourable expression of public thanks from episcopalians of other

states.

In the close of the fifth year, by the continuance of a liberal patronage, this institution was possessed of a set of stereotype plates of the Holy Bible, in addition to one of the Book of Common Prayer, which together cost upwards of $3,550, and it had distributed nearly 18,000 volumes. The managers had gone still further in their hopes, and anticipated that through the continuance of the same liberality, the time would come when no application should be made to them for Bibles or Prayer Books with out meeting a prompt and full supply, and fixing in the breasts of thousands of your brethren the sentiments of thank fulness for your beneficent provision.'

On our sixth anniversary, however, with an exhausted treasury, and a diminished subscription list, your board of managers began almost "to despair of being enabled to resume those active and beneficent labours which, with the blessing of heaven, had shed the light of the gospel and the purity of Christian worship on the remotest borders of our land." Still, "trusting in their hallowed cause," the board then put to you the question, "Shall we ask in vain for the means of continuing our labours? Shall we in vain address to Christians our supplications for relief for those who are treading the thorny ways of wretchedness, and the dark valley of death? Shall the beacon which your bounty has erected to light the traveller on his way, and to guide the wanderer to a haven of rest, be extinguished;-now when the solitary places have been made glad by its rays, and its beams have begun to shed the light of glory on the ocean and the wilderness."*

The seventh year has just elapsed, and we are now compelled to confess that the appeal has been in vain, and that our expectations are disappointed. So far from being supported by increasing liberality, a large proportion of our members, when called upon for their subscription, have withdrawn their

Vide Sixth Annual Report,

names; and while our resources are thus continually decreasing, very few subscribers are added to our list. Until the last month, not a single Bible nor Prayer Book had issued from our depository during the whole of the past year. And unless churchmen feel it their duty to renew and extend their aid, the board must yield to the prevailing apathy; their plates must be permitted to lie unemployed; they must close their ears to the calls for aid, and shut the doors of their depository against the demand for that knowledge which maketh "wise unto salvation."

On every account the board feel grieved by this constant diminution of their ability. Qur church suffers in her reputation from this backwardness of her members, the spirit of our whole communion is represented as torpid, and seems indeed incapable of little more than a flushed and transient effort, and all that is gained is soon lost in the 'supineness of returning lethargy. But more than all, the knowledge of God is restrained, and with more apparent justice than kindness, the world suspects them of undervaluing the gospel who make such light efforts to extend it.

Yet we are assured by abundant evidence, that there is among churchmen a spirit of liberality of which our church might boast, but its effects are not generally seen nor appreciated, because it is diverted and scattered through the inconsiderate kindness of an excursive charity. The church of our choice, so far from being preferred, is placed last in the participation of our bounty; and, abandoning all that we profess to value, our contributions give impulse to the current of other streams, but leave dry and forsaken their own channels, whose banks they might enrich and adorn.

This disposition to aid others in their works of piety and benevolence argues an amiable and liberal character, and were it answered by a correspondent return of benefits, it might be also desirable and wise. The very name of charity is lovely, as that of sect is odiaus; and next to a frank and honest rivalry of benevolence, we would delight in a mutual interchange of benefits and gifts. Either one of these plans