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Diocese of Northern Indiana
(Formerly MICHIGAN CITY)
JOURNAL
OF THE
Twenty -first Annual Council
HELD IN
GETHSEMANE CHURCH Marion, Indiana
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May 20, 1919
NOTE
The Financial Reports, Reports of Services and of Official Acts published in this Journal are for the year, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1918.
®fje Stocese
Organized 1899 THE BISHOP
The Eight Eeverend John Hazen White, D.D., South Bend.
THE STANDING COMMITTEE The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D.D., L.H.D., President, Howe.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, M.A., Secretary, Mishawaka.
The Rev. James A. Miller, Michigan City.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks, B.D., Goshen.
The Rev. John F. Plummer, B.D., Kokomo.
ARCHDEACON
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Kokomo.
SECRETARY
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, Mishawaka.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Mr. Lloyd F. Blunden, Kokomo.
REGISTRAR
The Rev. James A. Miller, Michigan City TREASURER
Mr. G. Truesdell Vail, Michigan City.
TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS Mr. William G. Elliott, South Bend.
CHANCELLOR
Hon. Stuart MacKibbin, M.A., LL.M., South Bend.
THE MISSIONARY COMMITTEE
The Rt. Rev. The Bishop, Ex-officio.
The Ven. The Archdeacon, Ex-officio.
The Rev. Wm. J. Hawthorne. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. John F. Plummer. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. W. D. Elliott. Mr. Wm. G. Elliott.
The Rev. Wm. J. Cordick. Mr. Cosmo Ellwood.
THE BISHOP’S EXAMINING CHAPLAINS The Reverend John Heyward McKenzie, D.D., L.H.D. The Reverend Howard Russell White, B.A.
The Reverend Edward Wilson Averill, B.A.
The Reverend Lewis C. Rogers, M.A.
The Reverend F. J. Barwell-Walker, Ph.D., D.C.L.
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TRUSTEES OF THE DIOCESE ( INCORPORATED )
The Right Reverend The Bishop, Ex-officio.
The Treasurer of the Diocese, Ex-officio.
The Chancellor of the Diocese, Ex-officio.
Mr. Thomas H. Brandon, South Bend, retiring 1920. Mr. Archy Campbell, Kendallville, retiring 1921. Mr. L. B. Slaughter, South Bend, retiring 1922.
DEPUTIES TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION
The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D.D.,Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers. Mr. W. B. Conkey.
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne. Mr. Dudley M. Shively.
SUPPLEMENTAL DEPUTIES TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION
The Yen. Robert J. Long. The Rev. John F. Plummer. The Rev. James A. Miller. The Rev. Wilbur D. Elliott.
Mr. M. V. Starr.
Mr. Archie Price. Mr. A. L. Randall. Mr. L. B. Slaughter.
DELEGATES TO THE SYNOD OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MID-WEST
The Rev. John F. Plummer. The Rev. Ray Everett Carr. The Rev. Duncan Weeks. The Rev. Wilbur D. Elliott.
Mr. M. V. Starr.
Mr. Archie Price.
Mr. John M. Sweeney. Mr. L. B. Slaughter.
DIOCESAN BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The Right Reverend The Bishop, Ex-officio. The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D.D. Mr. J. Alvin Scott. The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. H. A. Pershing.
The Rev. John F. Plummer. Mr. E. N. White.
The Rev. Clinton B. Cromwell. Mr. M. V. Starr.
SOCIAL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DIOCESE
The Ven. Robert J. Long,
Kokomo.
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr,
South Bend.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks,
Goshen.
The Rev. Leon E. Morris,
Indiana Harbor.
Mr. Chester Henderson,
Kokomo.
Mrs. James P. Wason,
Delphi.
Mr. R. M. Hemming,
Fort Wayne.
Mr. E. M. Parker,
Valparaiso.
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g>tanb(ng Committee*
TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL OF 1920
ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Rev. Thomas Hines. Mr. John B. Duret.
ON ADMISSION OF NEW PARISHES
The Rev. L. W. Applegate.
ON CONSTITUTION AND CANONS
The Chancellor of the Docese, Mr. Stuart MacKibbin, Chairman. The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D.D. Mr. W. B. Conkey.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers. Mr. Dudley M. Shively.
The Rev. George H. Richardson. Mr. James P. Wason.
Ph.D.
ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH
The Ven. Robert J. Long. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston. Mr. John M. Sweeney.
The Rev. F. J. Barwell-Walker, Mr. Wm. H. Young.
Ph.D.
ON AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr. Mr. Donald MacGregor.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Rev. William The Rev. James A. Miller. The Rev. William J. Cordick. The Rev. Wilbur D. Elliott. Mr. J. Abner Seybold.
Hawthorne, Chairman. Mr. L. W. McNamee.
Mr. Duncan J. Campbell. Mr. E. W. Gingrich.
Mr. A. H. Lord.
COMMITTEE ON CHURCH PENSION FUND
Mr. E. D. Gaston, Chairman.
The Ven. Robert J. Long. Mr. Thomas H. Brandon.
The Rev. James A. Miller. Mr. Henry P. Conkey.
The Rev. Wilbur D. Elliott. Mr. William B. Hosford.
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3Li$t of tfje Clergp
IN THE ORDER OF CANONICAL RESIDENCE BISHOP
1895 White, John Hazen Consecrated May 1
PRIESTS
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1894 |
* McKenzie, John Heyward. |
.Southern Ohio |
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1897 |
Averill, Edward Wilson.. |
. Chicago |
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1900 |
* Smith, Charles Albert... |
.West Missouri |
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* Applegate, L. W |
.Olympia |
.November 13 |
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1901 |
* Streeter, Henry S |
.Minnesota |
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1908 |
Bogers, Lewis C |
.Western Michigan.. |
..November 3 |
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1910 |
* White, Howard Bussell. . . |
. Chicago |
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1912 |
Plummer, John F |
.Southern Ohio |
.September 18 |
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1913 |
Johnston, Forest B. B. . . |
.Pennsylvania |
April 21 |
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Baup, William Wesley... |
. Texas |
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1914 |
Hawthorne, William J . . . |
. Ohio |
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*Hines, Thomas |
.Quincy |
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*Westman, Charles F |
.Western Michigan. . |
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1915 |
* Griffith, George Taylor. . . |
.Chicago |
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1916 |
Cordick, William J |
.Chicago |
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Pancoast, Edgar T |
.Chicago |
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Long, Bobert J |
.Missouri |
July 7 |
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1917 |
Cromwell, Clinton B |
.Chicago |
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Elliott, Wilbur Bean |
. Chicago |
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Weeks, Buncan |
.Minnesota |
July 7 |
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Accomando, Nicolo |
.Ordained |
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Carr, Bay Everett |
. Ordained |
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1918 |
Miller, James A |
. Southern Ohio |
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Barwell-Walker, F. John. |
.Chicago |
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*Sennett, Lucien Frank. . . |
.Ordained |
.November 7 |
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Bichardson, George Harry. Ordained |
.November 7 |
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Smith, Edwin Elsworth. . |
.Ordained |
.November 7 |
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1919 |
Morris, Leon E . . . |
. Minnesota |
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DEACONS |
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1892 |
*Baker, Merritt A |
.Ordained |
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1903 |
Todd, Irving |
.Kansas |
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1918 |
Jennings, Earl Thomas. . . |
.Ordained |
.November 7 |
*Not present at this Council.
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Alphabetical TLisft of tfje Cletgp
TWENTY -FIRST ANNUAL COUNCIL
The Right Reverend John Hazen White , D.D., Bishop of Northern Indiana, Rector S. James’ Cliurcli, South Bend, Ind.
The Rev. Nicolo Accomando, Priest-in-charge, San Antonio’s Church, Gary, Ind.
*The Rev. Leigh W. Applegate, Without Cure, Publisher of The Wit- ness, Hobart, Ind.
The Rev. Edward Wilson Averill, B.A., Rector, Trinity Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.
*The Rev. Merritt A. Baker, without cure.
The Rev. F. John Barwell-Walher, Ph.D., D.C.L., Rector S. Paul’s Church, LaPorte, Ind.
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr, B.D., Vicar, S. James’ Church, South Bend, Ind.
The Rev. William J. Cordiclc, Rector, S. Thomas’ Church, Plym- outh, Ind.
The Rev. Clinton Bradshaw Cromwell, S.T.B., Priest-in-charge, S. Andrew’s Church, Valparaiso, and S. Stephen’s Church, Hobart, Ind.
The Rev. William Wesley Daup, B.A., Rector S. John’s Church, Elk- hart, Ind.
The Rev. Wilbur Bean Elliott, Rector Christ Church, Gary, Ind.
*The Rev. George Taylor Griffith, without cure.
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne, Rector S. Paul ’s Church, Hammond, Ind.
*The Rev. Thomas Hines, Priest-in-charge, Good Shepherd Church, East Chicago, Ind.
The Rev. Earl Thomas Jennings, B.A., Instructor, Howe School, Howe, Ind.
The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston, Rector Gethsemane Church, Marion, and Priest-in-charge, S. Paul ’s Church, Gas City.
The Ven. Robert J. Long, Archdeacon, Kokomo, Ind.
*The Rev. John Heyward McKenzie, L.H.D., D.D., dRector of Howe School, and of S. Mark’s Parish, Howe, Ind.
The Rev. Leon E. Morris, Priest-in-charge, S. Alban’s Church, In- diana Harbor, Ind.
The Rev. James A. Miller, Rector Trinity Church, Michigan City, Ind.
The Rev. Edgar T. Pancoast, Rector Trinity Church, Peru, Ind.
The Rev. John F. Plummer, B.D., Priest-in-charge, S. Andrew’s Mis- sion, Kokomo, Ind.
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The Rev. George Harry Richardson , Ph.D., Rector Trinity Church, Logansport, Ind.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, N.A., Rector S. Paul’s Church, Misha- waka, Ind.
*The Rev. Lucien Frank Sennett, M.A., Instructor, Howe School, Howe, Ind.
*The Rev. Charles Albert Smith, without cure, Hammond, Ind.
The Rev. Edwin Elsworth Smith, Priest-in-charge, Trinity Hungarian Church, South Bend, Ind.
*The Rev. Henry S. Streeter, without cure, retired on pension, Elk- hart, Ind.
The Rev. Irving Todd, M.A., Instructor, Howe School, Howe, Ind.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks, B.D., Rector S. James’ Church, Goshen, Ind.
*The Rev. Charles F. Westman, M.A., without cure.
*The Rev. Howard] Russell White, B.A., Chaplain, 19th Transporta- tion Corps, at Nivers, France.
*Not present at this Council.
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iPartefjetf anb jJWtestong
IN THE ORDER OE THEIR ORGANIZATION With a list of Lay Delegates to this Council.
PARISHES
1837 Mishawaka — S. Paul’s Church. J. Alvin Scott, *Wm. B. Hos-
ford, *R. H. Jernegan. Alternates — *D. J. Campbell, *W. H. Young, *Chas. A. Ostrom.
1838 Michigan City — Trinity Church. Edward P. Johnson, J. A.
Johnson, *A. J. Henry. Alternates — *E. A. Simpson, *H. A. Stein, * Wallace Gilmore.
1840 LaPorte — S. Paul ’s Church. F. R. Parker, *Wm. Chulip, Chas.
Baylor. Alternates — *A. L. Boyd, *F. C. Hauze, *Carl Sauter.
1842 Logansport — Trinity Church. J. A. Seybold, C. H. Shaefer,
Carl J. Manders. Alternates — *A. F. Rothstein, *R. R. Brad- field, *Robert Manders.
1843 Bristol — S. John’s Church.
1843 Delphi — S. Mary’s Church. * James P. Wason, *John H. Burr.
1844 Fort Wayne — Trinity Church. E. D. Gaston, Joseph Slater,
*R. N. Hemming. Alternates — *Wm. Lowe, *Chas. Puddy, A. L. Randall.
1852 Rowe — S. Mark’s Church.
1859 Goshen — S. James’ Church. M. V. Starr, W. W. Fobes, *E. G. Jones. Alternates — *Harry P. Latta, *Guy Dausman, *Cfias. E. Morrice.
1861 Plymouth — S. Thomas’ Church. *Guy Baker, *Harry Lockey, *Dr. G. F. Hitchcock. Alternates — *Geo. Vinall, Imell
Scheock, *Sam Selby.
1868 Elkhart — S. John’s Church. *E. C. Borneman, *A. H. Lord, *G. R. Sawyer. Alternates — *E. Hill Turnock, Edwin Schoe- mann, Robert O’Hearn.
1870 Peru — Trinity Church. E. H. Griswold, C. S. Dunn, G. J.
Derbyshire. Alternates — *Hugh Lawrence, *T. B. Genay, *E. H. Doherty.
1879 South Bend — S. James’ Church. Dudley M. Shively, Edw. W.
Gingrich, Donald MacGregor. Alternates — *G. A. Elliott, *Sam R. Pace, *E. M. Anders.
1890 Marion — Gethsemane Church. Archie Price, Field Swezey, Dr.
G. S. Grubb. Alternates — *W. B. Dodds, *Albert Jephcott, *Lewis F. Cole.
1899 Hammond — S. Paul’s Church. W. B. Conkey, Charles H. True, *Fred Mott, Jr. Alternates — *Ralph Tennant, *W. F. Nagle, Henry P. Conkey.
1908 Gary — Christ Church. Harry Hall, John M. Sweeney, L. W. McNamee. Alternates— *Emmett N. White, *John Slocum, *L. P. Godwin.
*Not present at this Council.
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ORGANIZED MISSIONS
1876 Garrett — Emanuel Church.
1878 Eochester — S. Paul’s Church.
1882 Huntington — Christ Church.
1892 Kendallville — Trinity Church.
1895 Indiana Harbor — S. Alban’s Church. John Golder.
1896 Gas City — S. Paul’s Church. David Jones. Alternate — Thomas
Heale.
1897 Kokomo — S. Andrew’s Church. Joseph Golightly. Alternate—
Lloyd F. Blunden.
1900 Valparaiso — S. Andrew’s Church. E. M. Parker. Alternate — *Glen Dean.
1902 Whiting — S. Luke’s Church.
1907 Wawasee — All Saints’ Church.
1907 East Chicago — Good Shepherd Church.
1913 South Bend — Szent Haromsag — Holy Trinity Church (Hun-
garian).
1914 Hobart — S. Stephen’s Church. *Geo. H. White.
1915 Hartford City — S. Luke’s Church.
1917 Gary — San Antonio — S. Anthony’s Church (Italian). *Peter Guaynano.
1917 Auburn — S. Elizabeth’s Church.
UNOEGANIZED MISSIONS
1. Columbia City.
2. Argos.
3. La Grange.
4 . Monticello.
5. Eensselaer.
6. Warsaw.
7. Montpelier.
8. Winnemac.
*Not present at this Council.
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Rules of ©tier
TOR CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL Adopted November 12, 1902.
Rule I. After divine service, the President shall take the chair and call the Council to order.
Rule II. The Secretary of the Council, if present (if not, the Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese), shall call the names of the clergy entitled to seats, and enter on the minutes the names of those present.
Rule III. The Secretary shall call the names of the lay delegates of the parishes entitled to representation, whose certificates shall have been presented to him.
Rule IV. The President shall appoint a Committee on Credentials to receive, examine and report on the credentials of lay delegates.
Rule V. The Secretary shall call the names of such lay delegates as shall have been reported by the Committee on Credentials and adopted by the Council, and enter the names of those present on the minutes.
Rule VI. A quorum of both orders being found present, the President shall declare the Council organized for business.
Rule VII. The Council shall then proceed to election, by ballot, of a Secretary, who, being chosen, shall have the power to appoint an assistant with the concurrence of the Council.
Rule VIII. The Bishop shall then deliver his annual address.
Rule IX. Reports shall then be presented in the following order:
1. Report of the Standing Committee on Unfinished Business.
2. Report of the Standing Committee on Admission of New
Parishes.
3. Report of the Archdeacon.
4. Report of the Missionary Committee on the Diocese.
5. Report of the Standing Committee of the Diocese.
6. Report of the Standing Committee on Funds and Finance.
7. Report of the Treasurer of the Diocese.
8. Report of the Treasurer of Missionary Funds.
9. Report of the Standing Committee on Audit of Accounts.
10. Report of the Registrar.
11. Report of the Standing Committee on Constitution and
Canons.
12. Report of the Diocesan Board of Religious Education.
13. Report of the Social Service Commission.
14. Report of the Standing Committee on the State of the
Church.
15. Reports of Special Committees.
Rule X. Then shall follow the election of the Standing Com- mittee of the Diocese, Missionary Committee of the Diocese, Diocesan Board of Religious Education, Social Service Commission, Diocesan Officers, Delegates to the Provincial Synod Fifth Depart- ment, and Delegates to the General Convention.
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Rule XI. Before the close of the Council the Bishop shall appoint the standing committees provided for by Title I, Canon II, Section 7, and such other officers as he has to appoint.
Rule XII. At each session the business of the Council shall be called and acted upon in the following order, unless changed by vote of the Council:
1. The Roll Call.
2. Reading of the minutes.
3. Communications from the President.
4. Reports in their order as in Rule IX.
5. Miscellaneous Business.
Rule XIII. When the President takes the chair no member shall continue standing, or shall afterwards stand, unless to address the chair.
Rule XIV. In case the Bishop shall withdraw temporarily from the sittings of the Council, he shall appoint a Presbyter to preside 1 during his absence.
Rule XV. No member shall absent himself from the service of the house unless he have leave, or be unable to attend.
Rule XVI. When a member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the Council, he shall rise from his seat and with due respect address himself in an audible voice to the President, confining himself strictly to the point of debate. -
Rule XVII. No member shall speak more than twice in the same debate without the consent of the house.
Rule XVIII. While the President is putting any question the members shall continue in their seats and not hold any private discourse.
Rule XIX. Every member present shall vote when a question is put, unless excused by the Council and upon a vote by orders the name of the presiding officer shall be called last.
Rule XX. When a question is under consideration no motion shall be made, unless to lay it upon the table, to postpone it in- definitely, to postpone it to a certain time, to commit it, to amend it or to divide it, and motions for any of these purposes shall have precedence in the order herein named.
Rule XXI. A motion to lay upon the table shall be decided without debate.
Rule XXII. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and if unqualified, shall be settled without debate.
Rule XXIII. No motion shall be considered as before the house unless it be seconded and reduced to writing.
Rule XXIV. A question being once determined shall stand as the judgment of the Council, and shall not be again considered dur- ing the session, but a question being decided may be reconsidered with the consent of two-thirds of the members present on a motion to that purpose by one of the majority on the first decision.
Rule XXV. All committees shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise ordered.
Rule XXVI. The reports of all committees shall be in writing and shall be entered on the minutes unless otherwise ordered. If
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recommending or requiring any action or expression of opinion by the Council, they shall be accompanied by a resolution or resolutions for its consideration.
Buie XXVII. All question of order shall be decided by the President in the first instance, but any member may appeal from such decision; and on such appeal no member shall speak more than once without leave of the Council.
Buie XXVIII. Clergymen of the Church not entitled to seats, and Candidates for Holy Orders in this Diocese, shall be admitted to the sittings of the Council, and their names entered on the journal, on their reporting themselves to the Secretary, but without the right to take part in the proceedings.
Buie XXIX. Before the final adjournment of the Council the minutes of the last day's proceedings shall be read, corrected if neeessary, and approved.
Buie XXX. The rules of order may be suspended on a vote of two-thirds of the members present.
Buie XXXI. The above shall be the rules of order of all future Councils unless altered or rescinded, and shall be published in the journal of each Council.
Journal of fkoceebmgs
Gethsemane Church, Marion, Inch,
Tuesday, May 20, 1919, 10 o’clock a. m.
The Twenty-first Annual Council of the Diocese assem- bled at the above time and place, pursuant to the call of the Ecclesiastical Authority.
After the Conciliar Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, at which the Eight Reverend John Hazen White, D.D., the Bishop of the Diocese, was the Celebrant; the Reverend Forest B. B. Johnston, Deacon ; the Reverend Edgar T. Pan- coast, Subdeacon; the Reverend Ray Everett Carr, the Bishop’s Chaplain; the Right Reverend the Bishop of the Diocese, called the Council to order, and directed the Secre- tary of the last Council, the Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, to read the Official Call, as follows :
The Clergy House, 319 West Colfax Avenue,
South Bend, Indiana, May 4, 1919.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers,
Secretary, Diocese of Michigan City:
By virtue of the Authority vested in me I hereby direct you to send out the canonical notices, convening the Annual Council of the Diocese in Gethsemane Church, Marion, Ind., Tuesday, May 20, 1919.
There will be a Celebration of the Holy Communion at ten o’clock, and immediately thereafter the Council will be organized, and remain in session until adjourned by its own act.
JOHN HAZEN WHITE,
Bishop of Michigan City.
By the Bishop ’s direction the Secretary of the last Council then called the roll of the Clergy canonically resident in the Diocese, from the list furnished by the Bishop, and the fol- lowing answered to their names:
The Right Reverend John Hazen White, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese.
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Archdeacon.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. The Rev. Nicolo Accomando.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers. The Rev. Ray Everett Carr.
The Rev. John F. Plummer. The Rev. James A. Miller.
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The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston. The Rev. William Wesley Daup. The Rev. William J. Hawthorne. The Rev. William J. Cordick. The Rev. Edgar T. Paneoast. The Rev. Clinton B. Cromwell. The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott. The Rev. Duncan Weeks.
The Rev. F. J. Barwell-Walker, Ph. D.
The Rev. George Harry Richard- son, Ph. D.
The Rev. Edwin Elsworth Smith. The Rev. Leon E. Morris.
The Rev. Irving Todd.
The Rev. Earl Thomas Jennings.
A Constitutional quorum of the Clergy being present, the Secretary then read the list of the Lay Delegates, as reported in the Credentials received by him from the various Parishes and Missions, and the following were found present :
The Treasurer of the Diocese, Mr. Geo. Truesdell Vail.
The Treasurer of Missionary Funds, Mr. William G. Elliott. Mishawaka— S. Paul’s Church. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
Michigan City — Trinity Church. Mr. Edward P. Johnson, Mr. J. A. Johnson.
LaPorte — S. Paul’s Church. Mr. F. R. Parker, Mr. Charles Baylor.
Logansport — Trinity Church. Mr. J. A. Seybold, Mr. C. H. Schaefer, Mr. Carl T. Manders.
Fort Wayne — Trinity Church. Mr. E. D. Gaston, Mr. Joseph Slater, Mr. A. L. Randall.
Goshen — S. James’ Church. Mr. M. V. Starr, Mr. W. W. Fobes. Plymouth — S. Thomas’ Church. Mr. Imell Scheock.
Elkhart — S. John’s Church. Mr. Edwin Sehoemann, Mr. Robert O ’Hearn.
Peru — Trinity Church. Dr. E. H. Griswold, Mr. C. S. Dunn, Mr. G. J. Derbyshire.
South Bend — S. James’ Church. Mr. D. M. Shively, Mr. Edw. W. Gingrich, Mr. Donald MacGregor.
Marion — Gethsemane Church. Mr. Archie Price, Mr. Field Swezey.
Hammond — S. Paul’s Church. Mr. W. B. Conkey, Mr. Chas. H. True, Mr. Henry P. Conkey.
Gary — Christ Church. Mr. Harry Hall, Mr. John M. Sweeney, Mr. L. W. McNamee.
Gas City — S. Paul’s Church. Mr. David Jones, Mr. Thos. Heale. Kokomo — S. Andrew’s Church. Mr. Joseph Golightly, Mr. Lloyd F. Blunden.
Valparaiso — S. Andrew’s Church. Mr. E. M. Parker.
Indiana Harbor — S. Alban’s Church. Mr. John Golder.
The Right Reverend the Bishop then appointed the Rev. Leon E. Morris, and Mr. Thomas Heale to act with the Sec- retary as the Committee on Credentials.
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After consultation with the Diocesan Treasurer the Rev. Leon E. Morris reported for the Committee as follows :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
The Committee on Credentials respectfully reports that the Credentials as furnished have been examined, and are found cor- rect; and that the persons named are entitled to seats in this Council.
(Signed) LEON E. MORRIS,
THOS. HEALE,
LEWIS C. ROGERS, Committee on Credentials.
The Secretary reported 13 parishes and four missions rep- resented by Lay Delegates, and that a quorum of both or- ders was present. The Bishop then declared the Council duly convened and ready for business.
The election of Secretary of the Diocese being first in or- der, the Rev. Lewis C. Rogers was nominated for the office- There being no further nominations, on motion, the Bishop was instructed to cast the ballot for the one named, and he was thereupon declared duly elected.
The Secretary appointed Mr. Lloyd F. Blunden as As- sistant Secretary, the Council consenting.
The Bishop then introduced the Rev. William H. Milton, D.D., of Wilmington, North Carolina, who addressed the Council on the objects and methods of the “Nation-Wide Campaign,” as proposed by the Board of Missions of the Church.
The Right Reverend the Bishop of the Diocese then read his Annual Address, and also submitted his Journal, to- gether with his Annual Report, with the receipts for the Emergency Fund. These were received and placed on file.
(See Appendix A.)
The Bishop appointed the following Standing Committees to report to the Council of 1920 :
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ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS The Rev. Thomas Hines. Mr. John B. Duret.
ON ADMISSION OF NEW PARISHES The Rev. L. W. Applegate.
ON CONSTITUTIONS AND CANONS
The Chancellor of the Diocese, Mr. Stuart MacKibbin, Chairman. The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D.D. Mr. W. B. Conkey.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers. Mr. Dudley M. Shively.
The Rev. George H. Richardson, Ph.D.Mr. James Wason.
ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH
The Yen. Robert J. Long. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston. Mr. John M. Sweeny.
The Rev. F. J. Barwell- Walker, Ph.D. Mr. Wm. H. Young.
ON AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr. Mr. Donald MacGregor.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne^ Chairman. The Rev. James A. Miller. Mr. L. W. McNamee.
The Rev. William J. Cordick. Mr. D. J. Campbell.
The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott. Mr. E. W. Gingrich.
Mr. J. Abner Seybold. Mr. A. H. Lord.
COMMITTEE ON CHURCH PENSION FUND Mr. E. D. Gaston, Chairman.
The Ven. Robert J. Long. Mr. Thomas H. Brandon.
The Rev. James A. Miller. Mr. Henry P. Conkey.
The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott. Mr. W. B. Hosford.
EXAMINING CHAPLAINS
The Rev. John Heyward McKenzie, D. D., L. H. D.
The Rev. Howard Russell White, B. A.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill, B. A.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, M. A.
The Rev. F. J. Barwell-Walker, Ph. D., D. C. L.
The Bishop also submitted the following Nominations for Officers to be elected by this Council :
FOR CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE (For three years) Hon. Stuart MacKibbin, M. A., LL. M. Mr. Eli F. Seebirt.
FOR TRUSTEE OF THE DIOCESE (INCORPORATED)
For three years Mr. L. B. Slaughter.
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The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston announced that luncheon was ready to be served, and the Council, on motion, took a recess until 2:15 p. m.
Gethsemane Church, Marion, Ind.
Tuesday, May 20, 1919, 2 :15 p. m-
After luncheon, served by the ladies of Gethsemane Church in the Parish House, the Bishop resumed the chair, and called the Council to order.
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Archdeacon of the Dio- cese, read his Annual Report, which, together with his Jour- nal, was received and placed on file.
(See Appendix B.)
The Rev. John F. Plummer, Secretary of the Missionary Committee, then read the following :
THE REPORT OF THE MISSIONARY COMMITTEE
The Missionary Committee of the Diocese of Michigan City respectfully reports: That at a meeting held immediately following the adjournment of the Twentieth Council, the Rev. John F. Plum- mer was elected Secretary of this Committee for the ensuing year.
The appropriations for missionary work in the Diocese were authorized as follows:
Bristol, $500.00; Indiana Harbor, $900.00; East Chicago, $800.00; Valparaiso, $600.00; Gary (San Antonio Italian), $600.00; Gary (Educational work), $250.00; Kokomo, $600.00; Gas City, $200.00; Hartford city, $600.00; Kendallville, $300.00; South Bend (Hun- garian), $800.00; Archdeacon, $1,800.00; Secretary, $100.00; Treasurer’s bond, $5.00.
An additional appropriation of $150.00 was authorized to be added to the stipend of the Rev. C. B. Cromwell to carry on the work at Hobart and Chesterton.
A meeting of the Missionary Committee was called by the Bishop, and held at his residence in South Bend, July 26, 1918. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. Bishop White reported the ordination of Mr. Edwin E. Smith to the Diaconate, and his residence in Bristol, Ind., with charge of the work at St. John’s Church, Bristol, and the consequent renewal of the original stipend of $500.00 annually to the officiating Minister.
Bishop White reported the resignation of the Rev. Victor von Kubinyi, priest in charge of Trinity Hungarian Mission, South Bend, Ind. Mr. J. A. Scott moved that an annual amount of $800.00 be authorized for the provision of the work at this mission, to be expended according to the judgment of the Bishop. This was duly seconded and carried.
Upon receipt of an appeal for assistance in the payment of taxes and assessments against the property of San Antonio Mission, Gary,
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Ind., and after favorable reports, the Committee authorized the sum of $98.52 to be paid to liquidate this obligation.
At a meeting of the Missionary Committee called by the Bishop, and held at his residence in South Bend, April 31, 1919, the minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. Bishop White reported upon the work at Trinity Hungarian Mission, South Bend. The property upon which the chapel stands is now the property of the Diocese, having been bought with money from the Trust Funds of the Diocese. The interest due the Trust Fund for the first quarter of the year, amounting to $50.00, was authorized to be paid from the missionary treasury. The Rev. Edwin E. Smith is Priest in Charge of Trinity Hungarian Mission, having recently relinquished his charge at Bristol, and giving his entire time to the Hungarian work of the Church in South Bend.
Mr. W. G. Elliott, Treasurer of Missionary Funds of the Diocese, gave his annual report.
Reports were made of the commendable work being done by the Rev. Nicolo Accomando, Priest in Charge of San Antonio Italian Mission, Gary, Ind. The mission is in need of a basement under the chapel. With a view of assisting in the building of this base- ment the Missionary Committee respectfully recommended to the Board of Trustees of the Diocese the sale of two vacant lots at Gary Gardens, Gary, Ind.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN F. PLUMMER,
Secretary.
The report was, on motion, received.
The Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese then presented
THE REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE
The Standing Committee respectfully submits the following report:
The Committee met in St. John’s Church, Elkhart, May 21, 1918, immediately after the adjournment of the Twentieth Annual Council, and organized by the election of the Rev. John H. McKenzie, D. D., President, and the Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, Secretary.
Mr. Edwin E. Smith, a Candidate for Holy Orders, was recom- mended to the Bishop for ordination to the Diaconate.
At a meeting held in South Bend September 16, 1918, Consent was given to the Consecration of the Rev. Clinton Simon Quinn, to be Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Texas; and of the Rev. Henry Beard Delaney, to be Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, for Negro work.
Consent was given to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Western New York, on account of extent of Diocesan work; and to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Southern Virginia, for the same reason.
The Rev. George Harry Richardson, and the Rev. Lucien Frank Sennett, Deacons, were recommended to the Bishop for ordination to the Priesthood.
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Mr. Earl Thomas Jennings, a Candidate for Holy Orders, was recommended to the Bishop for ordination to the Diaconate; and the time of the Diaconate of the Rev. Edwin E. Smith was shortened.
At a meeting held in Plymouth, October 8, 1918, the Rev. Edwin E. Smith was recommended to the Bishop for ordination to the Priesthood.
Consent was given that the Bishop of the Diocese should pro- nounce sentence of Deposition upon Rev. Victor von Kubinyi, he having declared to the Bishop, in writing, his renunciation of the Ministry of this Church.
At a meeting held at Marion, May 20, 1919, Consent was given that the Rector, Wardens, and Vestry of St. Thomas’ Parish, Ply- mouth, might plaqe a mortgage upon the Parish property for an amount not to exceed $2,000.00, instead of $1,500.00, as previously permitted.
Consent was given to the Consecration of the Rev. William Mercer Green, to be Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Mississippi, and to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of California.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN H. McKENZIE, President.
LEWIS C. ROGERS, Secretary.
On motion the report was received.
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne, Chairman, read the re- port of the Finance Committee, which had been previously printed and distributed to the members of the Council, as follows1
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee begs to report that no progress has been made in the adoption of a uniform set of books for parochial finances to conform with the annual report to the Diocese. We must confine ourselves to facts, even if it is the truth that hurts. Finan- cial reform in church bookkeeping is on, and failure to comply with the adopted new methods is a handicap to your committee.
We presented to the council last year a carefully prepared printed report containing important questions to be answered immediately that we might be aided in our decision upon a paro- chial form for bookkeeping; these questions received the attention of but two Parishes.
We find that out of sixteen Parishes and nineteen organized Missions, four Parishes failed to send in their report — Trinity, Fort Wayne; St. Mark’s, Howe; Trinity, Logansport; St. Paul’s, Mishawaka; and six Missions — Emmanuel, Garrett; St. Paul’s, Rochester; Christ, Huntington; Trinity, Kendallville; St. Paul’s, Gas City, and St. Elizabeth’s, Auburn. Only two Parishes, St. James, Goshen; St. Paul’s, Hammond; and three Missions, St. Luke’s, Hartford City; St. Stephen’s, Hobart, and St. Andrew’s,
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Kokomo, had their reports properly audited and signed according to Canon, and as provided by the forms adopted for annual reports.
All reports were received by your committee five weeks after the date required by resolution, February 1st. Several reports did not reach us till May. This is all a great hindrance to the committee.
The Report of the Treasurer for Diocesan Missions, Mr. William G. Elliot, was received and all accounts examined and approved and found correct.
We received no Report from the Treasurer of the Diocese, on Investments held by trust funds, the Clergy Pension Fund, the Archdeacon.
Reports from the Treasurer of the United Offering, Diocesan Secretary of the Woman’s Auxiliary, “Box Work,” Personal Pledges for Diocesan Missions from the Woman’s Auxiliary, Gen- eral Missions Receipts, have been received and all found correct.
Included in our report is the budget and apportionments to meet the same with the necessary resolutions. The budget for Diocesan Expenses is the same as that of last year, because after consider- able effort we were unable to have a new budget presented to us.
Please Note — The apportionment for General Missions is for the calendar year 1919, but the apportionment for “Diocesan Ex- penses’’* and Diocesan Missions* is for eight months only, from May 1 to December 31, 1919, in order to get all apportionments after this year on the uniform basis of the calendar year in con- formity with the plan recommended by the General Convention and which we assume will be concurred in by this Council.
Continuing the present system of equitable taxation upon the Parishes and Missions, and the Diocese having accepted the appor- tionment for General Missions of $3,430.00 for the calendar year 1919, be it therefore
Resolved, That the same be met by laying upon the Parishes and Missions an apportionment consisting of 11.36% of the average Current Expenses of each cure as reported in the past five Journals.
Resolved, That an assessment for Diocesan Expenses be laid upon the Parishes and Missions, consisting of 3.31% of the Aver- age Current Expenses of each cure as reported in the past five Journals, and that of the sum raised $500.00 be given to the Bishop for the expenses of his office.
Resolved, That an assessment for Diocesan Missions be levied upon the Parishes and Missions, consisting of 9.5% of the Average Current Expenses of the several cures as reported in the past five Journals, and that the Mission Committee be instructed to con- tinue its present appropriations from the sum so raised to the Educational Work at Gary, and to the Hungarian Mission at South Bend.
* From May 1 to December 31, 1919.
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DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CITY
Apportionment of “Diocesan Expense/7 “Diocesan Missions7 7 and “General Missions77
On the Parishes and Missions in the Diocese For (8) Months, from May
|
Location |
1 to Dec. 31,1919 Diocesan Diocesan Expense Mission |
Year 1919 General Missions |
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Argos |
$ 1.00 |
$ 2.00 |
$ 2.00 |
|
|
Auburn |
2.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
|
|
Bristol |
11.20 |
32.11 |
38.08 |
|
|
Columbia City. . . . |
3.00 |
7.00 |
5.00 |
|
|
Delphi |
10.10 |
28.96 |
34.27 |
|
|
East Chicago |
17.50 |
50.17 |
59.36 |
|
|
Elkhart |
168.87 |
200.37 |
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Fort Wayne |
129.00 |
369.84 |
438.54 |
|
|
Garrett |
4.30 |
12.33 |
14.48 |
|
|
Gary |
54.30 |
155.68 |
184.72 |
|
|
Gas City |
15.00 |
9.00 |
||
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Goshen |
46.40 |
133.03 |
157.77 |
|
|
Hammond |
82.20 |
235.67 |
279.31 |
|
|
Hartford City |
19.40 |
55.62 |
65.87 |
|
|
Hobart |
2.20 |
6.31 |
7.61 |
|
|
Howe |
6.60 |
18.92 |
22.52 |
|
|
Huntington |
2.29 |
2.76 |
||
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Indiana Harbor. . . |
25.20 |
72.25 |
85.61 |
|
|
Kendallville |
6.90 |
19.78 |
23.38 |
|
|
Kokomo |
79.70 |
94.42 |
||
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LaPorte |
39.10 |
112.10 |
133.06 |
|
|
Logansport |
49.80 |
142.78 |
169.32 |
|
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Marion |
36.20 |
103.79 |
123.20 |
|
|
Michigan City. . . . |
99.40 |
284.98 |
337.94 |
|
|
Mishawaka |
35.80 |
102.64 |
121.66 |
|
|
Montieello |
2.00 |
2.00 |
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Montpelier |
1.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
|
|
Peru |
46.20 |
132.45 |
157.14 |
|
|
Plymouth |
51.00 |
146.22 |
173.40 |
|
|
Rochester |
2.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
|
|
South Bend |
94.40 |
270.64 |
321.12 |
|
|
South Bend |
16.20 |
46.44 |
55.21 |
|
|
Valparaiso |
21.20 |
60.78 |
72.18 |
|
|
Warsaw |
1.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
|
|
Gary |
7.90 |
22.65 |
26.70 |
|
|
Total |
$1,019.00 |
$2,905.00 |
$3,430.00 |
|
|
Per cent |
3.31 |
9.5 |
11.36 |
Respectfully submitted,
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Mr. L. W. McNamee, a member of the Finance Commit- tee, addressed the Council on the necessity of accuracy in making out the Parochial Keports, and the importance of
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sending them promptly at the appointed time to the Com- mittee for examination and consideration.
The Bishop expressed his appreciation of the time and attention which the Committee had devoted to its work, and the form in which the report was presented. He also emphasized the remarks of Mr. McNamee, and called at- tention to the fact that every parish should contribute its share toward sustaining, financially, the work of the Diocese.
It was then moved that the budget presented by the Finance Committee of $1,019 for Diocesan expense, and of $2,905 for Diocesan missions, from May 1 to Dec. 31, 1919, be adopted, and that assessments be made to Dec. 31, 1919. The motion was seconded and carried.
The Rev. Wm. J. Hawthorne presented the following and moved its adoption :
The Diocese having accepted the apportionment for General Missions of $3,430.00 for the calendar year 1919, be it therefore
Resolved, That the same be met by laying upon the Parishes and Missions an apportionment consisting of 11.36% of the average Cur- rent Expenses of each cure as reported in the past five Journals.
The motion was seconded and the resolution was adopted.
On motion of the Rev. Wm. J. Hawthorne the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That an assessment for Diocesan Expenses be laid upon the Parishes and Missions, consisting of 3.31% of the Average Current Expenses of each cure as reported in the past five Journals, and that of the sum raised $500.00 be given to the Bishop for the expenses of his office.
The Rev. Wm. J. Hawthorne moved the adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That an assessment for Diocesan Missions be levied upon the Parishes and Missions, consisting of 9.5% of the Average Current Expenses of the several cures as reported in the past five Journals, and that the Mission Committee be instructed to continue its present appropriations from the sum so raised to the Educational Work at Gary, and to the Hungarian Mission at South Bend.
The motion was seconded and carried, and the resolution was adopted.
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The Treasurer of the Diocese, Mr. George Truesdell Vail, presented the report of the Treasurer of the Diocese, and the Financial Report of “The Diocese of Michigan City, In- corporated,J ’ with a list of the investments.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CITY— JAN. 1, 1918, TO DEC. 31, 1918 EXPENSE FUND
RECEIPTS
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' |
Cash balance $ |
114.06 |
|
|
February |
6, 1918 |
South Bend |
30.00 |
|
13 |
Kokomo |
3.20 |
|
|
March |
1 |
South Bend |
60.00 |
|
4 |
Kokomo |
3.20 |
|
|
14 |
Indiana Harbor |
20.53 |
|
|
April |
5 |
LaPorte |
56.26 |
|
6 |
Columbia City |
3.00 |
|
|
• |
8 |
South Bend |
17.49 |
|
9 |
Michigan City |
144.43 |
|
|
10 |
Howe |
11.52 |
|
|
15 |
Garrett |
7.04 |
|
|
16 |
Gary |
79.59 |
|
|
19 |
Argos |
1.00 |
|
|
Monticello |
1.00 |
||
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Rochester |
2.00 |
||
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Montpelier |
1.00 |
||
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Warsaw |
1.00 |
||
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Huntington |
1.18 |
||
|
20 |
East Chicago |
9.37 |
|
|
25 |
Kendallville |
8.60 |
|
|
30 |
Hammond |
93.06 |
|
|
May |
1 |
Marion |
52.59 |
|
2 |
Valparaiso |
27.25 |
|
|
9 |
Plymouth |
59.95 |
|
|
18 |
Hobart |
1.72 |
|
|
21 |
Elkhart |
90.42 |
|
|
Goshen • |
105.93 |
||
|
Logansport |
56.83 |
||
|
31 |
Kokomo |
4.36 |
|
|
Fort Wayne |
170.97 |
||
|
June |
12 |
Bristol |
11.40 |
|
29 |
M. C. Trust & Savings Bank (note) . . |
200.00 |
|
|
July |
2 |
South Bend |
70.00 |
|
10 |
Kokomo |
3.50 |
|
|
August |
5 |
Delphi |
15.00 |
|
16 |
Kokomo |
3.50 |
|
|
30 |
South Bend |
68.15 |
|
|
September |
4 |
Indiana Harbor |
6.42 |
|
22 |
Bristol |
18.30 |
|
|
30 |
Valparaiso |
32.70 |
|
|
Howe (Religious Education) |
62.00 |
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M. C. Trust & Savings Bank (note)..$ 500.00
October 7 Kokomo 3.50
14 Kokomo 3.50
November 1 Indiana Harbor 7.00
7 Kokomo 3.50
December 5 Kokomo 3.50
16 LaPorte 60.72
31 Michigan City 103.50
Hammond 78.24
Kokomo 14.00
Fort Wayne 127.23
Indiana Harbor 5.00
Gary 83.37
Peru 65.22
Total $2,787.80
|
J anuary |
31, 1918 |
|
March |
1 |
|
April |
5 |
|
May |
2 |
|
13 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
August |
5 |
|
17 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
October |
15 |
November 1 December 16
EXPENDITURES
Church Pension Fund $ 52.50
Church Pension Fund 26.25
Church Pension Fund 26.25
M. C. Trust & Savs. Bk. (note & int.) 612.62 F. M. Crouch-Secy., social service... 27.58
Church Pension Fund 26.25
Hamilton Printing Co., reports 2.50
M. C. Trust & Savs. Bk. (notes & int.) 487.68
Bishop White 125.00
Church Pension Fund 26.25
Church Pension Fund 52.61
Rev. L. C. Rogers 125.00
Bishop White 125.00
W. B. Conkey Co., journals 349.25
Yrooman-Smith Co 15.10
Church Pension Fund 52.61
Board Religious Education 62.00
Church Pension Fund 26.25
Church Pension Fund 26.25
Cash balance 540.85
Total
$2,787.80
1 ‘ DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CITY — INCORPORATED * f ENDOWMENT FUND
Treasurer’s Report for the Year of 1918
RECEIPTS
Cash balance $ 475.77
January 18, 1918 Madison-Wabash bonds 55.00
Hub bonds 55.00
Howe bonds 60.00
Montana Power bonds 50.00
Stevens bonds 30.00
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March
May
May
June
June
July
July
August
August
September
October
November
December
Decern oer December
February
March
March
April
May
June
Ledbetter bonds $ 150.00
27 Wilson bonds 150.00
Booth bonds 60.00
Kesner bonds 75.00
Bruce bonds 120.00
Ecker bonds 3.00
16 Gravel Road bonds, paid 550.00
Gravel Road bonds 13.75
17 Mark bonds 120.00
25 Montana Power bonds 50.00
Ledbetter bonds. 150.00
Stevens bonds 30.00
Hub bonds. 55.00
Howe bonds 60.00
Clark mortgage 750.00
28 Latham mortgage 30.00
1 Crum mortgage 42.00
3 Tasker mortgage 78.00
Tasker mortgage, paid 1,000.00
5 Kokomo mortgage 75.93
19 Crum mortgage, paid 1,400.00
Crum mortgage 11.00
Madison- Wabash bonds 55.00
30 Wilson bonds 150.00
Booth bonds 60.00
Ecker bonds 3.00
28 White mortgage 60.00
30 White mortgage 210.00
2 Blodgett bonds, paid 2,000.00
Blodgett bonds 60.00
Ledbetter bonds 150.00
Bruce bonds 120.00
Kesner bonds 75.00
Clark mortgage 750.00
Mark bonds 120.00
Hub bonds 55.00
Stevens bonds 30.00
Montana Power bonds 50.00
0 Hungarian Church 50.00
31 Kokomo mortgage 97.50
Kokomo mortgage, paid 200.00
Latham mortgage 30.00
Tasker mortgage 48.00
Total $10,110.92
EXPENDITURES
2, 1918 Bishop White $ 350.00
7 Bishop White 350.00
27 Bishop White 350.00
29 Bishop White 350.00
31 Bishop White 350.00
25 Bishop White 350.00
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July 29 Bishop White 350.00
August 19 John Roller (Hungarian property) . . 2,450.00
September 3 Bishop White 350.00
September 30 Bishop White 350.00
November 1 Bishop White 350.00
November 22 Mich. City Trust & Sav. Bank (box
rent) 10.00
December 2 Bishop White 350.00
December 21 Mich. City Trust & Sav. Bank (in- vestments) 892.50
December 31 Bishop V/liite 350.00
Cash balance 2,558.42
Total $10,110.92
DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CITY— INCORPORATED- MAY 20, 1919
INVESTMENTS
Armour & Company, 6% bonds $ 200.00
Booth Fisheries Company, 6% bonds 2,000.00
Malcolm G. Bruce, 6 % bonds 4,000.00
Compania Metalurgica Mexicana, bonds 500.00
John W. Clark, 6% mortgage 25,000.00
Empire Gas & Fuel Company, 6% bonds 1,000.00
Emergency Fund, 6% 1,000.00
The Hub, 5*4% bonds 2,000.00
Jacob L. Kesner, 5% bonds 3,000.00
Kokomo property, 6% deed 2,331.25
W. F. Latham, 6% mortgage 1,000.00
J. N. Ledbetter, 6% bonds 5,000.00
Madison & Wabash Realty Trust, 5*4% bonds 2,000.00
Mark Manufacturing Company, 6% bonds 4,000.00
Montana Power Company, 5% bonds 2,000.00
Morris & Company, 4*4% bonds 1,000.00
South Bend Hungarian property, 6% deed 2,450.00
Chas. A. Stevens & Bros., 6 % bonds 1,000.00
Lucy J. Tasker, 6% mortgage 1,600.00
Wilson & Company, 6% bonds 5,000.00
Mary Louise White, 6% mortgage 3,450.00
Wawasee property, deed 7,500.00
Total $77,031.25
Journal of Proceedings —
The Report of the Treasurer was received and referred to the Committee on Audit of Accounts.
Mr. William G. Elliott, Treasurer of Missionary Funds, read his Annual Report :
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REPOET OF THE TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1918 RECEIPTS
From Parishes and Missions:
Argos $ 2.00
Bristol 40.00
Columbia City 10.50
Delphi 40.67
East Chicago 43.25
Elkhart 149.00
Fort Wayne 610.35
Garrett, O/Pd. 2.97 43.29
Gary 188.69
Gas City 30.64
Goshen 156.00
Hammond 355.27
Hartford City 105.98
Hobart 4.03
Howe — St. Marks 68.32
Howe — St. James 140.00
Indiana Harbor 47.55
Kendallville 15.15
Kokomo 133.35
LaPorte 137.35
Logansport 43.64
Marion 182.15
Michigan City 245.00
Mishawaka .v. . 90.80
Monticello 2.00
Montpelier 2.00
Peru 63.56
Plymouth 167.25
Rochester 4.00
South Bend 123.31
Valparaiso 103.87
Warsaw 2.00
Total $3,350.97
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society 4,033.26
Woman’s Auxiliary 910.81
Special offerings:
Offering at Council, St. John’s, Elkhart 19.52
Gift of member of St. Mary’s Guild, South Bend 5.00
Total of receipts for 1918 $8,319.56
Balance forwarded from 1917 346.58
Total *» $8,666.14
DISBURSEMENTS
Account Missions:
N. Accomando, Gary, Italian $ 600.00
W. F. Bachman, Indiana Harbor 600.00
M. M. Day, Indiana Harbor 150.00
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C. B. Cromwell, Valparaiso and Hobart $ 700.00
C. H. Chapman, temporary appointment 20.00
Thos. Hines, East Chicago 799.98
F. B. B. Johnston, Gas City 199.98
V. von Kubinyi, Hungarian, South Bend 250.00
R. J. Long, Archdeacon 1,800.00
Miss V. L. Noyes, Gary 250.00
J. F. Plummer, Kokomo 600.00
E. T. Pancoast, Hartford City 600.00
L. C. Rogers, Kendallville 300.00
E. E. Smith, Bristol and Hungarian Mission 416.67
Church Pension Fund 212.80
For publishing Hungarian paper 60.00
Miscellaneous expenditures authorized by board:
Printing and stationery 7.50
Treasurer’s bond 5.00
January 31 H. R. White, secretary’s salary to June 1. . 50.00
May 27 Bishop Griswold, traveling expenses to Coun- cil at Elkhart 10.00
July 25 E. N. White, taxes on Gary property 98.52
July 25 G. T. Vail, interest on Kokomo note 75.93
July 25 J. F. Plummer, secretary’s salary to August
1, 1918 25.00
August 31 Rent, Hungarian Mission 25.00
October 31 J. F. Plummer, secretary’s salary to De- cember 31, 1918 25.00
November 30 Interest on Hungarian property 50.00
November 30 Bishop White, Hungarian supplies 10.00
November 30 G. T. Vail, interest on Kokomo note 37.97
Total $7,979.35
CASH ACCOUNT
Cash on hand January 1, 1919 $ 346.58
Receipts during 1918, as per statement 8,319.56
Disbursements during 1918, as per statement $7,979.35
Balance as per treasurer’s books 686.79
Totals $8,666.14 $8,666.14
RECONCILIATION
Our balance $ 686.79
Outstanding checks Nos. 147 to 151, 153 to 163,
inclusive 706.67
Balance as per bank statement $1,393.39
Error of bank in deposit of May 2, 1918, cor- rected in 1919 .07
Totals
$1,393.46 $1,393.46
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ACCOUNTS WITH PARISHES AND MISSIONS
Due and
|
Bal. from |
Current |
Total |
Amt. |
unpaid |
||
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Name |
Location |
prev. yr. |
appor. |
Dr. |
Paid |
5/12/19 |
|
$ 2 no $ 2 no * 2 on |
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|
4 00 |
4.00 |
|||||
|
St. John’s |
. Bristol |
.$ 29.51 |
46.80 |
76.31 |
'40.00 |
|
|
Mission |
.Columbia City. . |
3.00 |
7.00 |
10.50 |
10.50 |
|
|
St. Mary’s |
.Delphi |
40.67 |
40.67 |
40.67 |
||
|
Good Shepherd. |
.East Chicago.. |
43.25 |
43.25 |
43.25 |
||
|
St. John’s |
. Elkhart |
, 88.76 |
225.64 |
314.40 |
149.00 |
|
|
Trinity |
.Fort Wayne.. . . |
. 284.95 |
488.10 |
773.05 |
610.35 $162.70 |
|
|
Emmanuel . . . . |
. Garrett |
, 23.29 |
17.03 |
40.32 |
43.29 |
|
|
Christ |
.Gary |
. 609.94 |
213.23 |
823.17 |
188.69 |
527.98 |
|
St. Paul’s |
.Gas City |
30.64 |
20.66 |
51.30 |
30.64 |
|
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St. James’. . . . . |
.Goshen ", |
, 843.89 |
199.38 |
1,043.27 |
156.00 |
787.27 |
|
St. Paul’s. |
. Hammond . . . . |
. 155.11 |
300.25 |
455.36 |
355.27 |
|
|
St. Luke’s |
.Hartford City.. |
. 67.20 |
77.57 |
144.77 |
105.98 |
38.79 |
|
St. Stephen’s. . . |
.Hobart |
4.03 |
7.50 |
11.53 |
4.03 |
7.50 |
|
St. Mark’s |
. Howe |
38.40 |
29.92 |
68.32 |
68.32 |
|
|
Christ |
.Huntington . . . |
3.93 |
3.10 |
7.03 |
||
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St. Janies’ |
. Howe |
140.00 |
||||
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St. Alban’s |
.Indiana Harbor |
67.55 |
*67.55 |
47.55 |
||
|
Trinity |
. Kendallville . . . |
21.15 |
25.30 |
46.45 |
15.15 |
31.30 |
|
St. Andrew’s... |
. Kokomo |
32.65 |
100.70 |
133.35 |
133.35 |
|
|
St. Paul’s |
. LaPorte |
137.35 |
155.30 |
292.65 |
137.35 |
60.00 |
|
Trinity |
. Logansport . . . |
349.17 |
188.50 |
537.67 |
43.64 |
489.03 |
|
Gethsemane . . . |
. Marion |
100.30 |
159.83 |
260.13 |
182.15 |
|
|
Trinity |
. Michigan City . |
552.71 |
396.88 |
949.59 |
245.00 |
644.59 |
|
St. Paul’s |
. Mishawaka . . . |
90.80 |
152.63 |
243.43 |
90.80 |
|
|
Mission |
.Monticello . . . . |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
||
|
Mission |
. Montpelier . . . . |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
||
|
Trinity |
. Peru |
415.55 |
166.84 |
582.39 |
63.56 |
518.83 |
|
St. Thomas’. . . . |
.Plymouth |
451.76 |
184.67 |
636.43 |
167.25 |
327.79 |
|
St. Paul’s |
. Rochester . . . . |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
||
|
St. James’ |
. South Bend . . . |
68.3i |
353.35 |
421.66 |
123.31 |
|
|
Holy Trinity. . . |
. South Bend . . . |
79.68 |
73.18 |
152.81 |
152.81 |
|
|
St. Andrew’s. . . |
. Valparaiso |
50.84 |
83.87 |
134.71 |
103.87 |
|
|
Mission |
.Warsaw |
..... |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
Total as per report of receipts. . . .$3,350.97
Respectfully submitted,
W. G. ELLIOTT, Diocesan Missionary Treasurer.
The Report of the Treasurer of Missionary Funds was re- ceived, and referred to the Committee on Audit of Accounts.
The Chairman of the Committee on Audit of Accounts, the Ven. Robert J. Long, presented the
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
The Auditing Committee begs leave to report that it has examined and compared the reports of the Diocesan Treasurer, and the Mission- ary Treasurer with the bank statements, and canceled vouchers, and finds them correct.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ROBERT J. LONG,
Chairman.
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The Rev. James A. Miller presented the
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR
The Registrar begs leave to report the filing of all Diocesan Jour- nals received by him during the past year. He has not been called upon to render any other services during the year.
(Signed) JAMES A. MILLER,
Registrar.
On motion the report was received.
The Rev* John F. Plummer presented the
REPORT OF THE DIOCESAN BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The Board of Religious Education of the Diocese has met twice during the year. At the initial meeting the Rev. John H. McKenzie, D. D., was elected chairman and the Rev. J ohn F. Plummer was elected secretary. The chief topic of discussion was the Church-School work in the Diocese coupled with the educational work of the Diocesan Woman’s Auxiliary under the leadership of Miss Alice Goldthwaite, Educational Secretary of the Woman’s Auxiliary. It is gratifying to know that the larger proportion of Church Schools of parishes and missions of the Diocese are using graded lessons and many schools are using the Christian Nurture Series of lessons recommended by the General Board of Religious Education. At the second meeting the subject of Nation Wide Teacher Training Campaign was discussed. Favorable reports had been received from a number of parishes and missions in response to a questionnaire sent out by the chairman, ask- ing co-operation. Methods of conducting teacher training classes were discussed. With a view to this important responsibility the annual Summer School of the Diocese was commended to all parishes and missions. The 1918 school was most successful. Speakers from Chi- cago, some being members of the General Board of Religious Educa- tion, and others were secured for the program. The Board authorized Miss Alice Goldthwaite and the Rev. John F. Plummer to be the pro- gram committee for the coming school. This committee has secured exceptional speakers and instructors for this third annual school and programs have been printed and distributed. The school is to be held at Yawter Park, Lake Wawasee, June 16-21. The Board respectfully commends this school to all church workers and offers this resolution:
Resolved, That this Diocesan Council give its support in every way possible to the Diocesan Summer School, and that time be given in this Council to discuss this topic of the Summer School.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. PLUMMER.
The report was, on motion, received.
On motion of the Rev. John F. Plummer the following resolution was adopted:
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Besolved, That this Diocesan Council give its support in every way possible to the Diocesan Summer School, and that time be given to this Council to discuss this topic of the Summer School.
The Bishop heartily commended the plans formed for the School at Lake Wawasee, and urged a large attendance of the Clergy, and the teachers in the Church Schools.
On the Bishop’s invitation Miss Alice Goldthwaite, Edu- cational Secretary of the Woman’s Auxiliary, and Corre- sponding Secretary of the School, addressed the Council, dwelling upon the advantages of the course of instruction provided, and the opportunities for recreation in connection with the studies.
On motion of the Rev. E. W. Averill, seconded by the Ven. R. J. Long, the following was adopted :
Besolved, That this Council hereby recommends to each Parish in the Diocese that it should pay the expenses of its Rector at the Summer School.
The annual elections being in order the Bishop appointed the following Tellers :
The Rev. Earl Thomas Jennings and Mr. W. W. Fobes.
The term of the present Chancellor expiring this year, the Bishop nominated for that office,
Mr. Stuart MacKibbin, and Mr. Eli F. Seebirt.
The ballot was then taken, and the tellers retired.
The Venerable Robert J. Long presented the
REPORT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
The Social Service Commission of the Diocese begs leave to report:
During the past year the Commission of the Diocese met, and organized by electing the Archdeacon, Chairman, and Mr. E. M. Parker, of Valparaiso, Secretary.
The Reverend R. E. Carr was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the deposition of the Rev. Victor von Kubinyi.
Upon the request of the Joint Commission on Social Service, a meeting was called to hear the Reverend Augustine Elmendorf, Field Secretary of the Joint Commission on Social Service of the General Convention. He outlined the plans and work suggested for the Dio- cesan Commissions. The Archdeacon also attended a meeting of the Social Service Commission of the Province of the Mid-West.
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Your Commission feels, very strongly, that there are abundant opportunities for Social Service activities in our Diocese; and, in order that the Diocese may join with the general church in such work, offers the following resolutions :
Resolved, That this Council endorses and recommends the institu- tion of Social Service study classes in the Parishes and Missions of the Diocese.
Resolved, That the Council requests that an investigation regarding Juvenile Courts, in the territory covered by the Diocese, be made, to determine what disposition is made of the boys and girls who get into the Juvenile Courts, and what is the duty of the church towards such boys and girls.
Resolved, That the Council recommends that a representative of the Woman’s Activities be on the Diocesan Commission of Social Service.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ROBERT J. LONG,
Chairman.
The report was, on motion, received.
On motion of the Ven. R. J. Long, each of the resolutions accompanying the report was adopted by the Council.
The Bishop nominated the following as members of the Social Service Commission of the Diocese :
The Ven. Robert J. Long. The Rev. Ray Everett Carr. The Rev. Duncan Weeks. The Rev. Leon E. Morris.
Mr. Chester Henderson. Mr. R. M. Hemming. Mr. E. M. Parker.
Mrs. J. P. Wason.
On motion of Mr. E. M. Parker the nominations were confirmed by the Council and the Commission declared duly elected.
DIOCESAN BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
On the Diocesan Board of Religious Education, the Right Reverend the Bishop appointed the Rev. John H. McKen- zie, D. D., L. H. D., and Mr. J. Alvin Scott, and the following were elected the remaining members of the Board :
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. H. A. Pershing.
The Rev. John F. Plummer. Mr. E. N. White.
The Rev. C. B. Cromwell. Mr. M. V. Starr.
The Ven. Robert J. Long read the report of the Committee on the State of the Church.
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REPOET OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH
The Committee on the State of the Church begs to submit the following report :
We feel the Diocese should feel gratified in the helpful and pro- gressive year in the work of the Church in our Diocese. The reports that come to us show most generous responses to the calls for the work and extension of the Church.
We learn, with the greatest pleasure, of the new material additions to the Church property of the Diocese, and the many reduction^ of the various parochial mortgages, and debts of the Diocese.
Again we are unable to make any comparison in actual statistics, for the pagt year, as the reports have not been received from all the Parishes, and the General Church year, and the Counciliar year are at variance, and the reports given in the Diocese are incomplete.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ROBERT J. LONG,
Chairman.
On motion the report was received.
The tellers returned to the Council, and reported that, as a result of the ballot for Chancellor of the Diocese, Mr. Stuart MacKibbin had received the highest number of votes.
The Bishop therefore declared him elected to that office, to serve for three years.
Nominations were made for members of the Standing Committee. The ballot was cast, and the tellers retired.
The Bishop nominated Mr. L. B. Slaughter for Trustee of the Diocese, for a term of three years.
On motion the nomination was unanimously confirmed, and he was declared elected.
No member of the Committee on Unfinished Business be- ing present at this Council the Bishop appointed Mr. Chas. H. True on the Committee.
Mr. Chas. H. True presented the
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Committee on Unfinished Business respectfully report:
That, on pages 29 and 30 of the Journal of the Last Council, they find amendments to the Constitution which were proposed and ap- proved by that Council, changing the name of the Diocese from “Michigan City’’ to “Northern Indiana,” and striking out the words 1 ‘ Following ancient custom ’ ’ from Art. I, should be acted upon by this Council.
There are also amendments to the Canons on “The House of Church Women.” Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. H. TRUE.
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CHANGE OF THE NAME OF THE DIOCESE
Mr. Dudley M. Shively moved : That the Amendments to the Constitution proposed, and approved by the Council of 1918, be adopted; and the name “Northern Indiana” be sub- stituted for “Michigan City,” where it occurs in the Con- stitution.
The motion was seconded.
The vote being by Orders, the Secretary was directed to call the roll.
The result was announced, as follows :
Aye No
Clergy 22 0
Lay Delegates 33 0
The vote being unanimously in favor of the adoption of the amendments, the Right Reverend the Bishop of the Dio- cese expressed his full approval; declared the amendments finally adopted; and the Name of the Diocese changed, it being now
THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
The Bishop instructed the Secretary to immediately send notice, of the change of the name of the Diocese, to the Pre- siding Bishop, the Secretary of the House of Bishops, and the Secretary of the House of Deputies, of the General Con- vention.
The Articles of the Constitution, as amended, are as fol- lows:
Article I
The name of this Diocese shall be The Diocese of Northern Indiana.
Article II
The Diocese of Northern Indiana comprises all of that part of the State of Indiana lying north of the south line of the following counties, to-wit: Benton, White, Carroll, Howard, Grant, Blackford and Jay.
Article III
The Church in the Diocese of Northern Indiana accedes to the Constitution and Canons of that branch of the Holy Catholic Church
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known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and recognizes the authority of the General Convention of the same.
The Rev. W. D. Elliott presented the following resolution, and moved its adoption :
Resolved, That Parishes and Missions be urged to pay assessments due the Board of Missions of this Diocese monthly ; and that any por- tion unpaid at the end of the Counciliar year shall accrue interest from that date at the rate of six per cent per annum until paid; provided, however, that this shall be not retroactive.
The resolution was seconded, and, after discussion, carried by a standing vote.
The Rev. W. D. Elliott presented the following resolution, and moved its adoption :
Resolved, That the Board of Missions of the Diocese be instructed to make an annual reduction of ten per cent on the stipends paid by the Board to Missionary Priests, a corresponding amount to be added to the amount paid to the Priest by the Mission of which he' is in charge; provided, however, that if, after investigation, the Board finds this to be unjust, the reduction may be modified.
The resolution being seconded, was discussed, and on mo- tion was laid on the table.
The following resolution presented by Mr. D. M. Shively, and seconded by Mr. Thos. H. Brandon, was adopted :
Resolved, That the matter of the Canon regarding The House of Church Women be referred to the Bishop, and the Chancellor of the Diocese; and, as prepared by them be inserted in the minutes, and declared as adopted by this Council.
The tellers returned to the Council and announced the result of the ballot for members of the Standing Committee.
The following, having received the required number of votes, were declared members of the Standing Committee for the ensuing year :
The Rev. John H. McKenzie, D. D.
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers.
The Rev. James A. Miller.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks.
The Rev. John F. Plummer.
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Nominations were then made for members of the Mission- ary Committee. The ballot was taken and the tellers retired.
It was moved by the Rev. B. W. Averill that the Treasurer be instructed to pay the assessment of the Diocese to the Provincial Synod.
The motion being seconded, was carried.
On motion of the Ven. R. J. Long the Apportionment of the Diocese for The Joint Commission on Social Service, amounting to $34.30, was ordered paid by the Treasurer.
On motion of the Rev. W. J. Hawthorne the Treasurer was instructed to pay the assessment upon the Diocese made by the Board of Religious Education.
It was moved by the Yen. Robert J. Long, that a committee be appointed to prepare for the proper celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Consecration to the Episco- pate of the Right Reverend John Hazen White, D. D., the Bishop of the Diocese, on May 1st, 1920.
The motion was seconded, and adopted unanimously by a rising vote.
The Bishop appointed the following :
COMMITTEE ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BISHOP’S CONSECRATION
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. Robert J. Long. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne. Mr. Thos. H. Brandon.
It was moved and seconded that a committee be appointed to take into consideration so much of the Bishop’s address as related to an Episcopal residence for the Diocese.
It was moved, as an amendment, that the matter be re- ferred to the Committee on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Bishop.
The motion was seconded and carried, and the matter so referred.
Mr. E. D. Gaston, Chairman of the Diocesan Committee on the Church Pension Fund, presented and read the
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CHURCH PENSION
FUND
Your Committee beg to report: That all Parishes, Missions and Non-Parochial Clergy are paying their premiums to the fund with com- mendable regularity.
Your Committee desires to congratulate the Diocese on its main- taining a record of 100 per cent.
One Clergyman in the Diocese is receiving from the fund the full disability allowance.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) E. D. GASTON, Chairman.
W. D. ELLIOTT, Sec’y.
On motion of Mr. J. Alvin Scott, the Secretary was in- structed to send a message of sympathy to the Rev. John H. McKenzie, D. D., who was prevented by illness from at- tending this Council.
(The Secretary reports that in compliance with these instructions a proper message was sent to Rev. Dr. McKenzie from Marion.)
CHANGE OF TIME FOR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
It was moved, seconded, and carried, that the Bishop be requested to call the next Annual Council of the Diocese to meet on, or before, the second Tuesday in February, 1920.
The tellers returning to the Council reported the follow- ing elected members of the
MISSIONARY COMMITTEE
The Rev. Wm. J. Hawthorne. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. John F. Plummer. Mr. E. D. Gaston.
The Rev. Wilbur D. Elliott. Mr. William G. Elliott.
Mr. Cosmo Ellwood.
On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the Rev. William J. Cordick, for the fourth clerical member of the Missionary Committee, he having received the next highest number of votes.
This was done and he was thereupon declared elected.
Nominations were then made for Deputies to the General Convention, the ballot was cast, and the tellers retired.
The Rev. James A. Miller presented the following resolu- tion, and moved its adoption :
Eesolved, That the Council of this Diocese of Northern Indiana, assembled at Marion, Indiana, May 20, 1919, having heard the plans
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for a Nation-Wide Campaign to be conducted during the current year, and ending in December, hereby endorse the plan and do request the Bishop to appoint an Executive Committee of at least five to co-operate with the National Executive Committee, and to carry into effect its plans in this Diocese. And do direct the Secretary of the Council to wire this action to the Central Office.
Further, that a sub-committee, on the survey contemplated in the plan, be formed in such a way as the Bishop and Campaign Committee deem best, and that immediate steps be taken to make and complete such a survey at the earliest possible date.
The motion was seconded, and the resolution was adopted.
The Bishop of the Diocese thereupon appointed the fol- lowing :
NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
The Rev. James A. Miller, General Chairman.
The Rev. C. B. Cromwell.
The Rev. R. E. Carr.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks.
Mr. James P. Wason Delphi Prof. Keeler Michigan City
Mr. G. R. Sawyer Elkhart Mr. C. A. Ostrom Mishawaka
Mr. A. L. Randall. . .Fort Wayne Mr. W. C. Bickel Peru
Mr. J. M. Sweeny Gary Mr. Guy Baker Plymouth
Mr. W. W. Fobes Goshen Mr. G. A. Elliott South Bend
Mr. Chas. H. True Hammond Mr. E. E. Cox Hartford City
Mr. F. C. Hauze La Porte Mr. William Tiddy. Indiana Harbor
Mr. J. A. Seybold Logansport Mr. L. F. Blunden Kokomo
Mr. Archie Price Marion Mr. E. M. Parker Valparaiso
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FIVE
The Rev. James A. Miller, Michigan City.
Mr. J. M. Sweeny. Gary The Rev. R. E. Carr. .South Bend
Mr. W. W. Fobes Goshen Miss Alice Goldfhwaite . . . Marion
The Ven. R. J. Long presented the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to express to the Rector, Vestry, and the ladies of Gethsemane Church, Marion, the thanks of this Council for their generous hospitality; and to the Choir, their appreciation of the beautiful musical service.
On motion of the Rev. John F. Plummer, the Secretary was instructed to have five hundred copies of the Journal of this Council printed and distributed in the usual manner, and the Treasurer was instructed to pay to the Secretary $100 as salary, and $25 for office expenses.
It was moved and seconded “that a vote of thanks be
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given Mr. W. B. Conkey for his kindness in furnishing to the Council the printed copies of the Report of the Finance Committee, with the Assessments and Apportionments.”
This was carried, unanimously.
The election of the Treasurer of the Diocese being in order, the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for Mr. George Truesdell Vail for that office. The Secretary reported that he had done this, and Mr. Vail was declared elected.
On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for Mr. William G. Elliott, for Treasurer of Missionary Funds. The ballot was cast, and Mr. Elliott declared elected to that office.
On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the Rev. James A. Miller, as Registrar. This was done, and he was declared elected.
The tellers returned and announced, as the result of the first ballot for Deputies to the General Convention, the fol- lowing two Clergymen and four Laymen had received a sufficient number of votes to constitute an election :
The Rev. J ohn H. McKenzie, D. D. Mr. J. Alvin Scott.
The Rev. Edward W. Averill. Mr. W. B. Conkey.
Mr. E. D. Gaston.
Mr. Dudley M. Shively.
These were declared elected Deputies to the General Con- vention.
The ballots were then cast for the two remaining Clerical Deputies, and the tellers again retired.
Nominations were made for Delegates to the Synod of the Province of the Mid-West, and the Bishop appointed as tellers for this election, the Rev. E. T. Pancoast and Mr. Robert O’Hearn. The ballot was taken and the tellers retired.
The tellers on election of Deputies to General Convention returned and reported, as the result of the second ballot, that the Rev. Lewis C. Rogers had received a sufficient number
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of votes, and he was therefore declared elected the third Clerical Deputy.
The ballots were then cast for the fourth Clerical Deputy, and the Tellers retired.
The Tellers returned and reported that there was no election as the result of the third ballot.
On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the Rev. William J. Hawthorne as the fourth Clerical Deputy to the General Convention, he having received the highest number of votes in the last ballot. This was done, and the Rev. W. J. Hawthorne was declared elected.
On motion the Secretary was instructed tc cast the ballot of the Council for the following Clergy as Supplemental Deputies to the General Convention :
The Ven. Robert J. Long.
The Rev. John F. Plummer.
The Rev. James A. Miller.
The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott.
The Secretary reported the ballot cast, and the Bishop declared them duly elected.
By vote of the Council the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the following Laymen as Supplemental Deputies to the General Convention :
Mr. M. V. Starr.
Mr. Archie Price.
Mr. A. L. Randall.
Mr. L. B. Slaughter.
This was done, and they were declared elected.
The Tellers on the election of Delegates to the Provincial Synod, returned and reported that on the first ballot no one had received a sufficient number of votes to constitute an election.
On motion of the Yen. Robert J. Long the Secretary was directed to cast the ballot for the following as Clerical Dele- gates to the Provincial Synod :
The Rev. John F. Plummer.
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr.
The Rev. Duncan Weeks.
The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott.
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The Secretary reported the ballot cast, and they were declared elected.
On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the following as Lay Delegates to the Provincial Synod :
Mr. M. V. Starr.
Mr. Archie Price.
Mr. John M. Sweeny.
Mr. L. B. Slaughter.
This was done and they were declared elected.
The minutes were then read, corrected and approved ; and, after suitable devotions and benediction by the Right Rev- erend the Bishop of the Diocese, the Twenty-first Annual Council adjourned sine die.
(Signed) JOHN HAZEN WHITE,
Attest: LEWIS C. ROGERS, President.
Secretary.
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To Clergy and Laity in Council Assembled .
Dear Brethren: In the Providence of God we assemble for our Annual Council under kindlier skies than those of a year ago. The angry grum- blings of war have ceased. The confusion and dis- order incident to such conflict is passing. The Vic- tory of Righteousness, Justice and Mercy, which have again triumphed over those of selfish greed, iniquity, hate and oppression, has given confirma- tion to the proclamation that the Kingdom of the Risen Christ is a permanent and abiding Kingdom against which the powers of falsehood, hatred and injustice shall never prevail. It were well for us all if we could take that great lesson to ourselves as a final and conclusive lesson of this awful strug- gle. Oppression, opposition, scorn we may have; and they may recur from time to time, and with in- creasing severity ; but the Risen Christ and His be- nign rule will never be overthrown, but will ulti- mately be firmly established, and forever. The ene- mies of that benign rule may gloatingly congratu- late themselves that they have put the Christ to
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death and buried Him beyond return ; but, in a mo- ment when they think not, He will, as He has re- peatedly, roll the great rock away, scatter the guard, and stand forth in all His majesty to proclaim His sovereignty and the permanency of His rule.
It is well for us all to bethink ourselves of these things when, because of the confusion and disorder incident to war, men’s hearts are failing them for fear of those things that are coming upon the earth. Fear, my brethren, is doubt and distrust of God. Whenever you give expression to such timid and anxious doubts about the future you are playing directly into the hands of the forces of opposition, who vauntingly proclaim that they will yet defeat and overthrow the Christ. Those who profess the Catholic Faith have no business to doubt or distrust God. You may have to endure hardness as good sol- diers of Jesus Christ. But you can never fail. Take a lesson from the brave boys in the trenches. Yours is not a lost cause. Don’t talk defeat; but go out and win, or spend your life in the struggle. I feel a tinge of disgust when I hear a Soldier of the Cross proposing compromise or surrender in order to es- cape defeat. War is a time of tremendous upheaval, foundations seem to be shaken. It is the opportunity for the adventurer. The wild idealist gets abroad and obtains a hearing where, in ordinary times, he would be laughed into retirement. The dreamers, who imagine they have a firmer foundation for our faith and life than that which Christ has laid, seize the opportunity in the hope of successfully making the substitution. The wildest suggestions are afloat, but rest assured, my companions in faith and serv-
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ice, “The Foundation of God standeth sure, and let them that name the name of God depart from iniquity. ’ 9
It is on this proposition that I would have my Diocese stand as we face these confusions of the future, the upheaval in religious thought which has got possession of men’s minds for the time being. It is in that spirit I would have the Clergy and Laity of this Diocese face the approaching General Con- vention and the disquieting legislation that will cer- tainly appear there. Throw away this craven spirit ! Quit you like men; be strong! Don’t be alarmed by the beating of the tom-toms ! Remember that they who are conscious that they are weak, are they who resort to that method of instilling courage into their forces, and imparting fear to their opponents. We believe that, as far as we can, and as near as we can, we represent that which the Incarnate and Risen Christ established as His Kingdom upon earth. We believe we are witness to that order, for all time, and for the benefit of all men. Let us be true to our stewardship; and only when it is the pleasure of Him who established this order, to dispense with it or alter it, think of ceasing in either our loyal devo- tion to Him, or active defense of that which He has committed to our care.
In the Providence of God, too, this Council marks the Twentieth Anniversary of the creation of this Diocese as an independent Jurisdiction, and the Twenty-fourth of your Bishop’s Administration.
The organization of the Diocese took place April 25, 1899, and your Bishop was consecrated May 1, 1895. The records of these twenty years of Diocesan
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history effectually dissipate the fear and alarm, ex- pressed at the time, that the erection of the northern part of Indiana into an independent Diocese was a visionary move doomed only to failure. Much was the surprise that I should resign the old Diocese, and accept this as my future sphere of service. Why, my dear brethren, I could not do anything else. Having not only given my consent to the move, but been its strongest advocate, I was compelled to prove my faith in the enterprise by casting in my lot with you. I have never for a moment regretted it. And today, after twenty years of service, in which I have enjoyed your confidence, hearty co-operation, and affection, I think I can fairly and justly say that there is not, in the Church, a more happy, united and peaceful people ; who, in proportion to their numbers and ability, address themselves more promptly and cheerfully to their duty as Churchmen, than the Clergy and Laity of this Diocese. So far from re- gretting my choice, I am proud to have been your Bishop these twenty years, and to have worked out with you, so far as they have been worked out successfully, the problems that present themselves to every Diocese. We have accomplished a very great deal in these twenty years, but there is yet much, very much, to be done; to which I trust you will address yourselves just as cheerfully, willingly and generously in the -future, as you have done in the past.
In the early years of Diocesan history I was very much blessed, as were you, in securing so much of an endowment for the Diocese as to make the sup- port of the Bishop sure, and without burden to tlue
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Diocese. That endowment is sufficient to provide a modest living for your Bishop. It is now seventy thousand dollars, yielding income. It should he made one hundred thousand dollars to insure you, under all conditions, against loss or mortification. If you would kindly remember this as a most worthy object when making your wills, it would not be long before the fund was adequate to its service. When you remember that very little of this fund has come from within the Diocese, I feel that it should the more move you, as a matter of pride and gratitude, to complete your Bishop’s work by caring for the future of Diocesan work and service by putting your Episcopate upon a strong and sufficient foundation.
To do this you should move in the matter of pro- viding a suitable residence for the Bishop, owned and erected by the Diocese. It is not a credit to you to have it said that the most of the parishes and missions have a home for their Clergy ; but that your Bishop lives in a rented house, entirely inadequate to his duties. I am sure this condition need not exist very long if the influential laymen determine that it shall not. I am quite sure a committee such as you might create, could within one year remove this want and make at the same time adequate provision for the safe and proper care of Diocesan records.
It also remains for you at this Council, if you still deem it wise, to give this Diocese its proper name, which I feel it should have had from the first, that of “ Northern Indiana.”
While I am on the subject of what lies before you in the way of providing for greater efficiency, it is with some reluctance that I feel compelled to advise
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you to change the time of your Annual Council from May to January. The confusion and annoyance growing out of trying to adjust parish finances to a Counciliar year and a calendar year are almost in- surmountable. While there will be difficulties in holding our Council in January, still, if as late a date in January as possible he selected, some of these may in measure he obviated. I am very sure they are not to be compared to those we are now enduring. I merely throw out this suggestion for your consid- eration and shall accept most cheerfully your deci- sion in the matter.
For certain reasons, which must be apparent, I have varied from my custom of first making mention of those who have passed on to the Church Tri- umphant. Of these three have been called from the Episcopate : the Et. Eev. the Bishop of Virginia ; the Et. Eev. the Bishop of Nebraska and the Et. Eev. the Bishop of New York. Dr. Gibson was a modest and quiet man, rarely heard in the House of Bishops, but whose power was that of a most godly life. Dr. Williams was much younger, hut had received rare training for his western Episcopate in the years of service in still more remote western fields as a Lay- man. He was a most genial and kindly Christian gentleman, and prosecuted the work of the Church, to which he was deeply and devotedly attached, with v great wisdom and vigor.
The Eight Eeverend David Hummel Greer, D. D., LL. D., occupied a most conspicuous place in the activities of both the Church and the world; not alone because he was Bishop of New York, the most powerful and important Diocese in the American
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Church, hut because before his elevation to the Epis- copate he had won his way to great distinction and influence, as Rector of Grace Church, Providence, R. I., and of St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York.
In our own Diocese we have lost one of our Clergy, the youngest in point of service, who had so recently come to us that few among us had as yet come to know what a fine soldier of the cross he was, and what a splendid addition to our working force. The Rev. W. F. Bachman, Priest in charge of St. Al- bans’, Indiana Harbor, fell a prey to that dreadful epidemic that swept over the land during the fall and early winter. After a sickness of but two days he died, at Mercy hospital, Gary, and was buried from his own Church on that eventful morning of the signing of the Armistice. Fr. Cromwell said a requiem. Fathers Elliott and Hines, the Burial Of- fice ; and I made the address, with the final prayers and benediction. The interment was at Grand Rap- ids, whither Father Cromwell escorted the body, with the bereaved Mother and Sister. Father Bach- man had been with us but six months, but in that time had proven himself a most capable and conse- crated man, and had greatly endeared himself to the people to whom he ministered.
I feel at liberty to include, in my mention of those we mourn, the name of one who served many years among us; first as Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Mishawaka, and later as an Instructor at Howe School: The Rev. John Addams Linn, as a Chaplain in the army, and while bravely ministering to his men, fell in action in France, where he was buried by those to whom he ministered in life. With rare
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delicacy and most commendable devotion, the Rec- tor and Vestry of St. Paul’s Church have placed a most beautiful tablet in the Sanctuary of that Church, to commemorate his faithful service to both Church and State. This, by the kind invitation of the Rector, it was my great privilege to consecrate and bless on the occasion of my annual visitation. A very beautiful and appropriate service had been prepared for the day, which made it most memor- able.
Another Priest, who had served this Diocese long and faithfully as Archdeacon and Rector of this, Gethsemane, Parish, Marion, the Rev. George Pauli Torrence, has gone to his reward during the year. A friend of my boyhood, I ever had a high regard for his sterling integrity, and intense devotion to duty as he saw it. It was my privilege to attend his funeral at Hamilton, Ohio, and, on invitation of Bishop Vincent, assist in the services. It is a joy to me to think of him in death, as in life; for he passed to his rest while at his post of duty, in appar- ent health, and without any premonition of the ap- proach of the messenger of Peace. One of our brave and efficient men to fall was Mr. Sterling A. Win- chell, a Vestryman of St. James ’, South Bend, Clerk of that Parish, and a delegate at the last Annual Council. He, too, doing duty for the government* was stricken by that fell destroyer, Influenza, and died after a day’s sickness, at the hospital in Ham- mond, affectionately ministered to by the Rector of that Parish. He was buried from St. James’ Church, South Bend, the Vestry acting as Honorary Pall Bearers; the Active Bearers being members of
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South Bend Chapter, of which he was High Priest at the time of his death. Others there are, in your various Parishes, who have left onr active service for that rest which remaineth for the people of God. May they rest in Peace, and may perpetual light shine upon them!
The work of the Diocese has been carried on under great difficulty, during the entire year, and yet is able to exhibit splendid results at its close. The in- tense cold of the early months, last winter, greatly retarded Parish work ; while the Influenza, with the consequent closing of the Parish Churches and Sun- day Schools, threw organized work into such con- fusion that it was very difficult for your Clergy to recover it to normal conditions when the restrictions were removed. Now that one may speak one ’s mind without being misunderstood, let me say that I very seriously question whether any Civil Authority is not exceeding its powers when it assumes to close God’s Churches, which are open by His Authority. And I furthermore doubt the wisdom of such a move, when people are permitted to congregate, and min- gle, with the utmost freedom at most other places, and under conditions much more calculated to spread disease than a clean and well ventilated Church. I submitted to the arbitrary order simply because I felt very deeply that, under all the trying conditions surrounding the Nation, the one and most important and imperative duty was prompt and cheerful obedience to lawfully constituted authority. I still have the same conviction. At another time I might feel compelled to take the opposite position, even though it involved serious and severe conse- quences to me.
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During the year I have suffered one of the most severe blows of my Episcopate in the betrayal of trust by the Eev. Victor von Kubinyi. Had he been a true and devoted Priest, living up to his vows, and doing his whole duty to his people, with that splen- did capacity which was his by inheritance and educa- tion, I feel sure we might have had by this time an Hungarian Parish, with a thousand Communicants. Instead of that, without any intimation to me of what was going on, he borrowed from his poor people all they had, in small sums and large, until his borrow- ings amounted to not less than ten thousand dollars. Then he went off and left them to shift for them- selves. It is one of the splendid tributes to their worth that his wickedness has not, in the slightest, shaken their faith, or their devotion. I immediately threw myself into their service, and from June to November I officiated every Sunday, in Trinity Hun- garian Church, conducting Sunday School, saying Mass, and preaching. This without interrupting any other of my duties. Their response was splendid. A fine Sunday School and a good congregation greeted me very Sunday. With the approval of the Trustees of the Diocese we have bought the property to save it from going into hostile hands. I have ordained Edwin Elsworth Smith, and placed him in charge, and I have every hope we may yet realize our best wishes in this important work. On Septem- ber 23rd I received, in writing, the Renunciation of the Ministry, with request for Deposition from Rev. Victor von Kubinyi, and on November 15, in the Oratory of St. James’ Church, South Bend, and in the presence of the Rev. L. C. Rogers, and the Rev.
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R. E. Carr, I pronounced the Deposition of the said Victor von Kubinyi and made due record of the same.
When we stop to consider all the interruptions and difficulties that have beset Church work during the year it is most gratifying to report the Diocese in such splendid condition at this time. Much to my gratification there have been but few changes among the Clergy, for you all know that I am a very strong believer in the efficiency that grows out of per- manency of Rectorships. If, instead of seeking changes, Clergy and Laity would alike throw all their energy and activity into cordial and commendable co-operation, I think they would find a most satis- factory solution to many of the apparent troubles, which prompt and encourage them to change, and with very much greater and more satisfactory re- sults. The vacancy caused at St. Albans’, Indiana Harbor, by the death of Father Bachman, has been filled by the coming to us of the Rev. Leon E. Morris, a young and most consecrated Priest from the Dio- cese of Minnesota. You may safely accord him a most cordial welcome as he takes his seat among you at this Council. I expect great things of him, and I do not believe I am going to be disappointed. The Rev. Charles F. Westman has resigned the Rector- ship of Trinity Church, Logansport, and with it his care of St. Mary’s, Delphi. The Rev. George H.
' Richardson, Ph. D., of Peru, has become rector of Trinity Church, Logansport, and the Rev. Edgar T. Pancoast, who has served most faithfully for four years at Hartford City, has become rector of Trinity Church, Peru. This leaves Hartford City without
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ministrations for the present. After many years of effort the people of Kendallville have, through their Warden, somewhat imperiously ordered the cessa- tion of services there. This order I have carried out with much regret. The work at Garrett has been most discouraging for some years, and the Trustees have ordered the sale of the property there, which is rapidly going into decay, with no one to care for it. I have negotiated for the sale of it for $6,000. Outside of these cases the work of the Diocese is in splendid condition. My visitations, though sadly interrupted by the Influenza, have, when made, re- vealed most earnest and splendid work being done by the Clergy, and a condition of harmony and con- fidence on the part of the Laity, that is most promis- ing for the future. I have already made mention in my last year’s address of the beautiful gifts of a Rectory to St. John’s Parish, Elkhart, by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Foster; and of the gift by Mrs. Jesse Uhl, of a splendid Parish House to Trinity Parish, Logansport. Mrs. Uhl has further enriched her gift by adding another thousand dollars, the fifth, to the fund for the proper upkeep of the Parish House and, what is of infinitely greater value than her other gifts, has given herself to the active service of the Church in her Parish.
During the year I have been permitted to make some visitations for Bishop McCormick, while he was absent in France ; and in this capacity have vis- ited Battle Creek, Niles, St. Joseph, Dowagiac, Grace, Grand Rapids, and Ackley Hall, Grand Haven. It was a special privilege to visit this fine school for girls, and officiate at its commencement exercises. Its Principals, the Misses Yerkes, were for some
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years at the head of Knickerbacker Hall, and won my great affection and admiration by their splendid service. I was honored by the Presiding Bishop’s appointment as one of the Consecrators of the Rev. Robert LeRoy Harris, D. D., as Bishop-Coadjutor of Marquette, and, on February 7, in St. Mark’s Church, Toledo, Ohio, acting with the Presiding Bishop, and the Bishop of Ohio, Consecrated him to his high Office.
On February 20, in Trinity Church, Peru, I or- dained as Deacon the Reverend George Harry Rich- ardson, Ph. D. The Rev. Edward W. Averill was Preacher and Presentor, and the Rev. Charles F. Westman said the Litany.
On November 7, in St. James’ Chapel, Howe School, and with an exceedingly solemn service pre- pared for the occasion by the Rector, I ordained to the Diaconate Mr. Earl Thomas Jennings; and to the Sacred order of Priests, Rev. Lucien Frank Sen- nett, Rev. George Harry Richardson, Ph. D., and the Rev. Edward Elsworth Smith.
Mr. Jennings and Rev. Mr. Sennett were pre- sented by the Rev. Dr. McKenzie ; Rev. Dr. Richard- son, by Father Averill, and Rev. Mr. Smith, by Father Carr. The sermon was by the Bishop, the Litany by Rev. Irving Todd, and Father Carr was Bishop’s Chaplain.
On April 10 and 11 1 attended a special meeting of the House of Bishops in New York.
On the signing of the Armistice I appointed the following Sunday as a day of Thanksgiving through- out the Diocese, and suggested — though I did not order — a special service for that occasion.
In June I delivered the Baccalaureate sermon at
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Eacine College. I always enjoy the thought that I have been permitted to do a little work at least for the world outside my Diocese.
There are some branches of our work I love to commend. These especially include the work of the Woman’s Auxiliary, and that of Howe School. The Woman’s Auxiliary continues to be a most efficient organization in the Diocese, and its efficiency, I am happy to say, increases with each new year of serv- ice. It is now a great honor to be an officer in that organization. I have attended as many of its Dis- trict meetings as X could during the year, and have been deeply impressed with the large attendance and great interest manifest in all. Let it be remembered that it was from this organization that the concep- tion of the Summer School originated. In this con- nection let me say that this enterprise has my high- est commendation, and I most enthusiastically com- mend it to your generous support. Last year it pro- vided one of the most enjoyable and profitable weeks of my life. With this most commendable effort to improve and enrich our Diocesan life, I was much surprised, and not a little pained, that so many evinced no interest in it whatever. It can be a suc- cess only when the whole Diocese gets behind it with energy, and when the whole Diocese does this it will be found to contribute more to our strength, unity, and work-together efficiency. This year’s Summer School will be held under similar conditions to last year, but from June 16 to 21. I sincerely hope all will give it hearty and enthusiastic support. Ee- member the boys who are coming home have a su- preme contempt for slackers. Don’t be one.
Howe School has had another year of wonderful
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prosperity. In spite of all the adverse conditions prevailing this year its patronage has been fully sus- tained, and its work carried on with its usual effi- ciency. With so splendid an institution of learning in your very midst it is a wonder to me that Church- men will pass it by, and send their sons to institu- tions with far less prestige, and a course of training, both moral and intellectual, in no way to be com- pared with that which has been firmly established at Howe. For let it never be forgotten that the place assured to this school comes not from our own vain conceit, but from the generous commendation of those higher institutions which have, for a period of years, been receiving our graduates for higher scholastic work, and have universally found them splendidly equipped for that higher training. In connection with its interests, I regret to record the deaths, during the year, of Dr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Blake of Boston. For many years Dr. Blake has been a generous friend and supporter of the school, and one of its faithful Trustees. It was their wish to be buried in the Crypt, under the Lady Chapel of St. James’ Chapel. Thus, in death, they remain closely identified with the splendid work, which in life they did so much to create.
It remains for me to say some kindly but earnest words about our future work. I still regard with grave concern the indifference, which some of our Parishes continue to show, with regard to their Dio- cesan obligations ; and, so long as that disposition is adhered to, so long must I admonish you that these obligations are of equal dignity and importance to any others resting upon a Parish. It is not to your credit that, without apparent shame, you permit
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those obligations to stand unredeemed, while you come to Council, year after year, and vote new ex- penditures for others to pay. The Diocese will not be in a healthy, or safe, or strong position, until you all show commendable zeal and enthusiasm in meet- ing, promptly and fully, your share of Diocesan ex- pense and support. It does not sound at all well to hear men plead to be excused from their general ob- ligations, because they have so much to expend upon themselves at home. Were that a legitimate plea we should cease to exist, as a Diocese, because we have all had heavy tasks at home. Strange to say that they who have most energetically and success- fully addressed themselves to their tasks at home, are they who have fully discharged their general obligations, without complaint. My dear brethren, I beg of you preserve the cordial, united, and general harmony of the Diocese, and do not invite and incur the contempt of your fellow Chirchmen by an act of repudiation which attracts contempt in the world; not to speak of the Church, which claims to be actu- ated by very much higher principles.
I am coming to think that both our Board of Re- ligious Education and our Social Service Commis- sion should cultivate more close and intimate rela- tions than they now have with their General Organ- izations, and work. The appeals and requests I am continually receiving from headquarters, would seem to indicate that there is not a very great deal of life or interest in the Diocesan organizations. I have communications on my desk, this morning, which should have reached this Council through you and not through me ; and surely would have done so
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had you been in active touch with the General work. I feel that there is great service to he done, by both Commissions, in the immediate future. If we do not engage in it, and heartily and intelligently, we shall be just so much the losers. The General Church is proposing to launch a three years drive for a twenty million dollar fund, and for greater efficiency. They have promised to have a representative at this Council, to submit to you, in detail, their plans : and to ask your cooperation. That being done it will re- main for you to decide upon the course you wish adopted, and then to put it into vigorous operation. Again Blessing God’s Holy Name for His many mer- cies, let us address ourselves to the business of the Council.
I append my Journal with summary of my Official Acts.
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®{j c Pte flop’s journal
JANUARY, 1918
1. Cleveland, O. Guest of Bishop Leonard. Attended the Holy
Communion at the Cathedral. Called to see my daughter Charlotte at the hospital. Luncheon and dinner at the Bishop’s. Mr. White; the Abbots; Walker.
2. Cleveland, O. Spent the day at my son’s home.
3. Cleveland, O. Spent the morning at Mr. White ’s great factory.
Dined at Mr. William Mather’s.
4. Cleveland, O. Left for home, arriving at 6:30 p. m.
5. South Bend. Spent the whole day at home, quite miserable.
6. South Bend. Feast of the Epiphany. All day at home, sick.
7. South Bend. Very snowy. Still quite ill.
8. South Bend. Presided at the Council, conferred degrees.
10. South Bend. At home. Attended meeting of Commandery.
11. South Bend. Left at 9:45 for Howe.
12. Howe. Terrible blizzard; twenty-eight below zero. Frozen-
in three days; missed my first visitation.
14. Howe. Said Mass in St. James’ Chapel.
15. South Bend. Returned home, Portage Lodge, Arthur May
raised.
17* Michigan City. Officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Walter Vail. Very cold.
19. Logansport. Guest at the rectory.
20. Logansport. Trinity Church, second Sunday after the
Epiphany. 7:30 a. m., celebrated the Holy Eucharist. 11 a. m., High Celebration and sermon. Confirmed 10. Offer- ing Emergency Fund, $4.25. Went to Peru for conference with Dr. Richardson. Returned to South Bend.
21. South Bend. Busy in office all day.
22. South Bend. Appointed Consecrator for Dr. Harris.
23. South Bend. Attended Rotary luncheon.
25. South Bend. Attended University Club luncheon.
27. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Septuagesima Sunday. Owing
to bitter cold cancelled appointments at Gary and East Chi- cago. Said Mass in St. James’ and preached after Matins.
28. South Bend. Busy preparing for Katherine’s departure.
29. South Bend. Missionary committee, 2 p. m. Vestry meeting,
8 p. m.
30. Mrs. White and Mary May leave for the South.
31. South Bend. Katherine leaves for Army Service, Washing-
ton, D. C.
FEBRUARY
1. South Bend. Busy in office all day.
2. Fort Wayne. Left for Fort Wayne; arrived at 12:27.
.3 Fort Wayne. Trinity Church, Sexagesima Sunday. Said Mass at 7:30. Address to the Sunday School. Morning Prayer, Sermon and Confirmed 12. Offering, $16.81. Vespers and sermon.
4. South Bend. At home fighting the cold. Father White re- ceives his appointment as Chaplain.
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6. Toledo, O. Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Shields.
7. Toledo, O. Consecration of Robert LeRoy Harris, D.D., as
Bishop-Coadjutor of Marquette. I was one of the Conseera- tors. I was Celebrant at one of the early Celebrations. Rev. Dr. Richardson was examined at Fort Wayne. Returned home at midnight.
8. South Bend. Busy in office all day. Went to Chicago with
Father White for uniform.
9. Chicago. All day in Chicago, fitting out Father White.
10. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Quinquagesima Sunday.
Father White ’s Benediction and farewell. Mass. High Mass and Sermon. Benediction of Chaplain. Went to Goshen for Vespers, Sermon and Confirmation. Confirmed 7. Offer- ing, $6.42.
11. South Bend. Father White leaves for Camp Grant.
12. South Bend. Busy all day at my desk.
13. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Ash Wednesday. Mass, 7:30.
Mass and sermon, 10. Vespers, 4. Litany and address, 7:30.
14. South Bend. Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
15. South Bend. Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m. Credit
Men’s dinner, Oliver House, 6:30 p. m.
16. South Bend. Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
17. South Bend. St. James’; first Sunday in Lent. Mass, 7:30.
Sunday School, 9:45. Matins and Sermon, 11. East Chi- cago, Good Shepherd. Evening Prayer and Sermon. Con- firmed 9. Offering, $14.27.
18. South Bend. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
19. Peru. Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gould.
20. Peru. Trinity Church, Lent Ember Day. Ordained George
Harry Richardson, Ph.D., Deacon. Rev. Edward W. Averill, Presentor and Preacher. I Celebrated the Holy Communion. Rev. Charles F. Westman said the Litany. Offering, $13.25.
21. South Bend. Said Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
22. South Bend. Said Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
23. South Bend. Said Mass, 7:30. Vespers and address, 4 p. m.
24. South Bend. St. James’; second Sunday in Lent. Mass, Sunday
School, Matins, Litany and Sermon. Christ Church, Gary. Evening Prayer, Sermon. Confirmed 14. Offering, $12.22.
25. South Bend. Vespers and address.
26. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address. Vestry meeting.
27. South Bend. Mass. The Archdeacon said Vespers at 4 and
7:30 p.m.
28. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address. Charlotte and I
dined with Mrs. Keller.
MARCH
1. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address.
2. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address.
3. South Bend. St. James, third Sunday in Lent. Mass, Sunday
School, High Mass and Sermon, Vespers, Y. P. S.
4. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and Sermon. Conference, Father
Kubinyi.
5. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address. Spent the morning
with Father Erhart, just arrived.
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6. South Bend. Mass, Vespers and address. Litany and address. 9. Hammond. Guest of Henry P. Conkey.
10. Hammond. St. Paul's Church, Mid-Lent Sunday. Mass. Preached and confirmed 18. Offering, $24.89.
12. South Bend. Presided in Council, conferred degrees.
13. South Bend. In the Oratory. Confirmed one lady for Father
Holt of Niles, Mich.; Carrie Frances Mulligan.
16. South Bend. Spent the morning with the Archdeacon.
16. Elkhart. Baptised George Frank Lord in St. John’s Church.
17. Elkhart. St. John’s Church, Passion Sunday. Celebrated the
Holy Eucharist, 7:30. Address to the Sunday School, 9:30. Preached and Confirmed 21 at 11 a. m. Offering, $12.27. Drove to Howe in the afternoon. Vespers and Sermon. Con- firmed 31. Offering, $31.
19. South Bend. Toastmaster, Knife and Fork Club dinner.
22. South Bend. Issued Easter letters to St. James’ Parish.
24. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Palm Sunday. Celebrated the Holy Communion. Was preacher at High Mass. Went to St. Joseph, Michigan, for Rev. Mr. Grannis. Evening Prayer and Sermon. Confirmed 3.
29. South Bend. Good Friday. Preached the Three Hours ’
Service.
30. South Bend. Easter Even. Baptised three children.
31. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Easter Day. Mass, 6 a. m.
Mass, 8 a. m. High Mass and Sermon, 11 a. m. Left for Syracuse, N. Y.
APRIL
1. Syracuse, N. Y. Guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Kemp.
3. Syracuse, N. Y. Left at 8 a. m. for New York.
4. New York. Guest of Father and Mrs. Wilson, St. Andrew’s
House.
5. New York. Drove to Garden City to see my daughter Katha-
rine.
7. Brooklyn. St. Paul’s Church, Low Sunday. Mass: Was
preacher at High Mass and Vespers.
8. Brooklyn. Said Mass. Went to Glen Cove for the day with my
children.
9. Brooklyn. Said the Parish Mass. Dined with my children at
Shanley ’s.
10. New York. Meeting of the House of Bishops, Synod Hall.
11. New York. Celebration of the Holy Communion in Cathedral.
House of Bishops in session all day.
12. Brooklyn. At St. Andrew ’s House all day. Left at 5 p. m. for
Battle Creek, Mich.
13. Battle Creek, Mich. Guest of Rev. and Mrs. Walter J. Lockton.
Visited Camp Custer in the evening.
14. Battle Creek, Mich. St. Thomas’ Church. Second Sunday
after Easter. Celebrated the Holy Communion. After Matins I preached and Confirmed 17.
Niles, Mich. In the afternoon went to Niles and after Eve- ning Prayer preached and Confirmed 5. Was driven home in automobile.
15. South Bend. Busy at my desk all day with letters.
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16. Chicago. University Club.
17. Chicago. Eained hard all day.
18. Rockford, 111. Guest for two days at Camp Grant with my son.
19. South Bend. Returned home at 9 p. m.
20. Hartford City. Conferred with VanCleve, Cox, VanWinkle,
Corey.
21. Hartford City. St. Luke’s Mission, Third Sunday after Easter.
Holy Eucharist, Morning Prayer and Sermon. Conferred with the congregation on the the future of Mission. Went to Gas City; after Vespers in parish church, I preached and went to Marion with Rather Johnson.
22. Marion. Left Marion at 9:25; Elkhart 1 p. m. Conference
with Father Daup. Left for home 3 p. m.
23. South Bend. Busy at my desk all day. Dined with Mr. and
Mrs. Mayr.
24. South Bend. Busy at my desk all the morning. Attended the
Rotary luncheon. Baptised Earl Adelbert Cox, 21.
25. South Bend. Busy at my desk all day.
26. South Bend. Busy at my desk all day. Gave instruction on
Confirmation in the evening.
27. South Bend. Conferred M. M. degree at Portage Lodge.
28. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Fourth Sunday after Easter.
Officiated at a marriage at 9 a. m. Said Mass. Delivered address on Parish finances. In the evening gave address to Young People’s meeting.
30. South Bend. Conference Todd McKenzie. Vestry meeting in the evening.
MAY
1. South Bend. Feast of St. Philip and St. James. My twenty-
third anniversary. I Celebrated the Holy Communion. In the evening I made an address at the Round Table.
2. South Bend. Began the preparation of my Annual Address.
3. South Bend. Busy on Annual Address. Confirmation instruc-
tion in the evening.
4. Kokomo. Guest of Father Plummer.
5. Kokomo. St. Andrew’s Mission, Rogation Sunday. Celebrated
the Holy Communion. Address to Sunday School. High Mass and Sermon. Confirmed 21. Offering $9.17.
Peru. In Trinity Church, after Evening Prayer I preached and Confirmed 8. Offering $5.92.
6. South Bend. Reached home 1 p. m. Presided at the Annual
Parish Meeting.
7. South Bend. Worked on Annual Address all day. Portage
Lodge at night.
8. South Bend. Worked on Annual Address all day. Called on
Dr. and Mrs. Walsh at night.
9. South Bend. St. James’ Church. Feast of the Ascension. I
said Mass and then went to Logansport for the Benediction of the new Parish House, erected and presented to the parish by Mrs. Jesse Uhl. Made address.
10. South Bend. Returned to South Bend; busy with letters after-
noon. Gave instruction on Confirmation in evening.
11. South Bend. Important conference with Father Ehrhard.
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12. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Sunday after the Ascension. Mass. Matins and sermon. Drove with Mr. Brandon to Valparaiso.
12. Valparaiso. St. Andrew’s Church. Preached and Confirmed
5. Offering Emergency Fund, $5.85. Drove home.
13. Wawasee. Drove to Wawasee with family.
14. Wawasee. Writing Annual Address.
15. Wawasee. Writing Annual Address.
16. Wawasee. Drove to South Bend with Mrs. White and daugh-
ters.
17. South Bend. Fathers Plummer, Long and Ehrhard, guests.
Instruction on Confirmation in the evening.
17. South Bend. Preparing for Sunday.
19. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Feast of Whit-Sunday. Said Mass. Preached and Confirmed 13. Offering $15.59.
LaPorte p. m. Vespers, Sermon. Confirmed 16. Offering $9.05.
20. South Bend. Baptised an infant, in extremis.
21. Elkhart. St. John’s Church, Annual Council of the Diocese.
Solemn High Mass, after which called Council to order. Or- ganized the Council and delivered Address. Presided in the Council all day. Adjourned at night.
22. Elkhart. Annual meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary. Quiet
hour conducted by Bishop Griswold. Beautiful reception in the rectory.
23. Corporate Communion of the Auxiliary. I was obliged to
leave to conduct the funeral of Richard Genge in South Bend.
25. Grand Rapids, Mich. Guest of Rev. and Mrs. Torrence.
26. Grand Rapids, Mich. Grace Church, Trinity Sunday. Cele-
brated the Holy Communion. Address to Sunday School. Preached and Confirmed 40.
27. Grand Haven. Went to Grand Haven. Guest of the Misses
Yerkes. In Akeley Hall, Baptised 1, Confirmed 2.
28. Grand Haven. Said Mass. Spent the day quietly at the school.
29. Grand Haven. Said Mass. Made address at the School Com-
mencement. Presented medal. Attended meeting Trustees. Drove to Grand Rapids and took the train for Niles.
30. South Bend. Reached home in time to say the early Mass. It
was Decoration Day and we had second Mass and Sermon.
31. Michigan City. Trinity Church, special service. Preached and
confirmed 1. No offering.
JUNE
2. South Bend. St. James’ Church, First Sunday after Trinity.
Mass. Baptized 1 adult. Solemn High Mass. Preached and Ordained as Deacon Edwin Elsworth Smith, presented by Father Carr.
3. Howe School. Presided at Commencement, made address, de-
livered the diplomas, and at Vespers pronounced the Bene- diction.
4. Howe School. Annual meeting adjourned till fall, lacking
quorum. Returned home.
5. South Bend. Officiated at Mildred Poehlman ’s wedding.
9. Racine, Wis. Said Mass in the Chapel of Racine College.
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After High Mass I preached the Baccalureate Sermon. Re- turned to Chicago, met Mary May and returned to Lake.
10. Wawasee. I spent the week quietly at my summer home.
16. South Bend. St. James’ Church, third Sunday after Trinity. Said Mass. Preached at High Mass and returned to the Lake. The week was devoted to the Summer School. One of the delightful experiences of my Ministry.
22. Marion. Went to Marion. Guest of the Rector.
23. Marion. Gethsemane Church, Fourth Sunday after Trinity.
Said Mass. At High Mass I preached and Confirmed 7. No offering. St. Paul’s, Gas City. Vespers, Sermon. Confirmed
5. Offering $3.80.
24. South Bend. At home for one day.
25. Michigan City. Checked up with Treasurer.
26. South Bend. Vestry meeting.
27-28-29. Wawasee. Gave my consent to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for Western New York. Went to Mishawaka. Guest of Father and Mrs. Rogers.
30. Mishawaka. St. Paul ’s Church, V. S. after Trinity. Said Mass. Matins and Sermon. Confirmed 3. Offering $8.10. Left for Wawasee at 3 p. m.
JULY
1. Wawasee. Spent the week at my summer home.
6. Goshen. Confirmed 1 in private; an invalid. Started the
Lescher boys back to Grand Rapids.
7. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church. Said Mass with sermon at 9 a. m. St. James’ Church. Was preacher at High Mass. Returned to Wawasee for the week.
11. Wawasee. Nicholas Senn Auxiliary, Guests of Mrs. White.
14. South Bend. St. James’ Church, seventh Sunday after Trinity.
Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church. Said Mass with sermon at 9 a. m. St. James’ Church, was preached at 11 a. m. Went to Dowagiac, Mich., for Bishop McCormick. Vespers. Confirmed 2. Offering $2.80.
15. South Bend. Returned to South Bend, joined by Mrs. White
and Father White, and returned to Wawasee.
18. Wawasee. Father White returned to Camp Grant.
19. South Bend. Went to South Bend for farewell party to men
going to camp.
21. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Said Mass at 7 :30. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher at 11. Dined with Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter.
24. Wawasee. Gave consent to the Consecration of Rev. Edward Thomas Denby, to be Bishop Suffragan of Arkansas.
28. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Said Mass at 7:30. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher at 11.
30. South Bend. Presided at Vestry meeting.
31. South Bend. Trustees of the Diocese met in Chancellor ’s office.
Authorized purchase of Hungarian Church property. Ordered sale of Garrett property. Received from Father Pancoast $23.23.
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AUGUST
4. Wawasee. All Saints ’ Chapel, Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Father Daup took duty at South Bend, I remained. Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Sunday School, Matins and Sermon later.
6. South Bend. St. James’ Church. Officiated at marriage Flor-
ence Burt and Geo. W. Ford.
7. Wawasee. Spent rest of the week at summer home.
11. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Eleventh Sunday after Trin-
ity. Said Mass at St. James’ Church at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher at 11.
12. Wawasee. Went to summer home for three days.
14. South Bend. Funeral Mrs. Muessel’s mother.
18. Wawasee. All Saints’ Chapel, Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
Mass, Sunday School, Matins and Sermon.
19. South Bend. Father White leaves Camp Grant for overseas.
Bought and paid for Hungarian Church property.
20. South Bend. Charlotte leaves for Walter Reed General Hos-
pital.
21. Wawasee. At the Lake the remainder of the week.
25. Wawasee. All Saints’ Chapel, Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Mass, Sunday School, Matins and Sermon. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Conkey our guests.
26. Howe. Examination of Sennett, Richardson and Jennings.
27. South Bend. Presided at Vestry meeting.
28. Wawasee. At my summer home. My son Elwood our guest.
SEPTEMBER
1. South Bend. St. James Church, Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher at High Mass. Spent the remainder of the week at my summer home. Elwood and his family return to New York.
8. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Fifteenth Sunday after Trin-
ity. Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher after Matins.
9. South Bend. Occupied with business all day.
10. South Bend. Presided at Council and conferred degrees. Rest of the week at Wawasee.
14. South Bend. Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayr. Father White
sails for France.
15. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Sixteenth Sunday after Trin-
ity. Said Mass at 7:30 a, m. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, was preacher after Matins.
16. South Bend. Meeting of Standing Committee. Drove to the
Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Mayr. Rest of the week at summer home.
21. South Bend. Conference with Father Weeks and Father Smith
on the way.
22. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Seventeenth Sunday after
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Trinity. Said Mass at 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’, was preacher after Matins.
23. South Bend. Received, in writing, from Rev. Victor von
Kubinyi his Renunciation of the Ministry, and request for Deposition.
24. Wawasee. Devoted three days to preparation of Candidates
for Ordination. Said Mass each day, with meditations.
27. Wawasee. Father White arrives safely in France. Letters from the other children.
29. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Eighteenth Sunday after
Trinity. Said Mass. Father Carr was preacher. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. Dined with Mr. and Mrs. Mayr.
30. Michigan City. Checked up with the Treasurer.
OCTOBER
3. South Bend. Attended Scottish Rite dinner in honor of Will
Swintz.
4. South Bend. Delivered lecture on “The Temple,” in Masonic
Hall before South Bend Lodge 294 and guests.
6. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. Said Mass at St. James’ 7:30 a. m. Trinity Hun- garian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. St. James’ Church, Sermon at 11 o ’clock service.
10. Wawasee. Gave consent to the Consecration of Rev. Charles
C. Quinn to be Bishop Coadjutor of Texas.
11. South Bend. Board of Health closes churches because of
influenza. This threw us into great confusion for some weeks.
17. Wawasee. Received word of the death of Sterling A. Winehell,
and went immediately with my daughter to South Bend.
18. South Bend. Received Mrs. Winehell, returning with the body
of her husband, and cared for her at my house. The body taken directly to the church.
19. South Bend. By permission of Dr. Freyermouth funeral was
held in the church. None present but choir, family and Vestry.
20. South Bend. Continued care of Mrs. Winehell for several days.
23. Officiated at the Marriage of Howard Pruyn in Oratory.
24. South Bend. Death of Mrs. Evelyn M. Birdsell.
26. South Bend. Funeral of Mrs. Evelyn N. Birdsell from the church permitted by Dr. Freyermouth. None present but family.
NOVEMBER
1. South Bend. The Ban still on, there are no services throughout the Diocese. Most injurious to all work.
5. South Bend. It being election day I went to South Bend to
vote.
6. South Bend. Drove with my daughter, Father Carr and Mr.
Pershing to Howe for Ordination.
7. Howe. St. James’ Chapel. Ordination. Solemn High Mass.
I preached the Sermon. Ordained as Priests Lucien F. Sen- nett, George Harry Richardson, Ph.D.; Edwin Elsworth Smith
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and as Deacon, Earl Thomas Jennings. Presenters: Rev.
J. H. McKenzie, D.D., Rev. Edward W. Averill, Rev. Ray Everett Carr. Litany, Rev. Irving Todd. Bishop’s Chaplain, Rev. R. E. Carr.
10. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Twenty-fourth Sunday after
Trinity. Ban lifted. Said Mass. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. Baptized 1 infant. St. James’ Church, Sermon after Mass. Received word of the death of Father Bachman of Indiana Harbor.
11. South Bend. Great demonstration on the announcement of
Armistice. Went to Indiana Harbor for funeral of Father Bachman. Father Cromwell said requiem, Father Elliott the burial office and I made address. Returned to South Bend.
12. South Bend. Appointed the following Sunday as day of
Thanksgiving throughout the Diocese, and appointed a service.
14. LaPorte. Woman’s Auxiliary, District meeting. Holy Com-
munion and address.
15. South Bend. In the Oratory of St. James’ Church, and in the
presence of Rev. L. C. Rogers and Rev. R. E. Carr I pro- nounced and recorded the Deposition of Victor von Kubinyi from the Ministry of this Church. I then mailed the notices required by canon.
17. South Bend. In St. James’ Church I held Thanksgiving service for both congregations. Celebrated and preached. Went to Bristol for evening service and sermon.
20. South Bend. Attended Red Cross meeting in the High School,
and made the opening prayer. Dr. Francis made address.
21. Fort Wayne. Woman’s Auxiliary District Meeting. Was late
in arriving. Made address after luncheon.
23. South Bend. Received word of the death of Rev. Geo. P. Tor-
rence.
24. South Bend. St. James’ Church, Sunday before Advent. Said
Mass. Trinity Hungarian Church, Sunday School, Mass and Sermon. Inducted Father E. E. Smith as Priest in charge of the Mission. Left for Hamilton, Ohio, for funeral of Rev. G. P. Torrence.
25. Hamilton, O. At the request of Bishop Vincent I assisted in
the service for the burial of Rev. Geo. P. Torrence. Returned to South Bend by way of Toledo.
26. South Bend. Presided at meeting of vestry.
28. South Bend. Day of National Thanksgiving. St. James’ Church. Said Mass at 7:30; was preacher at later service.
DECEMBER
1. South Bend. St. James’ Church, First Sunday in Advent. Said
Mass at 7:30; was preacher at later service.
2. Michigan City. Went to Michigan City for conference with
Treasurer.
3. South Bend. Portage Lodge.
4. South Bend. Officiated at funeral of Elizabeth Baker.
6. In connection with the “Advent Call” I conducted a Quiet Hour for the Women in the Oratory.
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8. South Bend. St. James' Church, Second Sunday in Advent. Said Mass at 7:30; was preacher at later service. Drove to Bristol for Vespers and Sermon, St. John's.
10. South Bend. Presided in Council and conferred degrees. Went to bed sick with influenza until Christmas.
24. South Bend. Celebrated Christmas Eve with children at Trin-
ity Church.
25. South Bend. Was Celebrant at the Midnight Mass, St. James'.
Was Celebrant at High Mass, Trinity Hungarian Church. Made address before the Commandery at 11 o’clock.
28. Logansport. Guest of C. O. Hefiley. Had most delightful visit.
29. Logansport. Trinity Church. Sunday after Christmas. Cele-
brated the Holy Communion, with Sermon. Offering Emer- gency Fund, $9.35. In the afternoon had fine Parish Meeting. Excellent spirit shown. Bright prospect for future.
30. Logansport. Made address before the Rotary Club by invita-
tion.
SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL ACTS January 1 to December 31, 1918
Visitations 22
Confirmations 20
Persons confirmed 207
Holy Communion celebrated 110
Other services 70
Sermons and addresses 110
Ordinations: Deacons, 3; Priests, 3; total 6
Deposition 1
Parish House blessed 1
Board Meetings 9
Conferences 12
Baptisms: Infant, 6; Adult, 2 8
Marriages 5
Funerals 7
Meeting House of Bishops 1
For the Diocese of Western Michigan I made 6 visitations, with 1 Baptism, and 69 Confirmations.
LAY READERS
William Cox.
Robert Manders.
Charles H. Redding.
Dr. William A. Funk.
William C. Benson.
F. R. Parker.
Dr. Geo. F. Hitchcock.
POSTULANT
Carroll W. Wellman.
CANDIDATE FOR HOLY ORDERS
William A. C. Ivans.
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DEACONS ORDAINED
Edwin Elsworth Smith.
George Harry Richardson, Ph. D.
Earl Thomas Jennings.
PRIESTS ORDAINED
Lucien Frank Sennett.
George Harry Richardson, Ph. D.
Edwin Elsworth Smith.
CLERGY RECEIVED
Rev. Leon E. Morris, Minnesota, February 17, 1919.
CONSENT TO CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS
Rev. Edward Thomas Denby, Bishop Suffragan of Arkansas. Rev. Clinton Simon Quinn, Bishop Coadjutor of Texas.
Rev. Henry Beard Delany, Bishop Suffragan of N. Carolina. Rev. William Mercer Green, Bishop Coadjutor of Mississippi.
CONFIRMATIONS AND OFFERINGS
Logansport
Peru, in private
Fort Wayne
Goshen
East Chicago
Peru, ordination
Gary
Hammond
Elkhart
Howe
Kokomo
Peru
Valparaiso
South Bend, St. James’
LaPorte
Michigan City
Marion
Gas City
South Bend, in private
Mishawaka
Howe, for Fort Wayne
Howe, offering at ordination
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APPENDIX B
3?.q;otf of tfje 3rdjiica:ou
To the Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D. T)., and members of the Council:
I herewith submit my third annual report as Archdeacon of the Diocese. I append my Diary.
I am very happy to report that the sacraments have been ad- ministered and the services of the church held throughout the Diocese as opportunity and time presented itself to the Archdeacon. I have continued the general plan of conducting and maintaining services in those stations ministered unto by myself as outlined in my previous reports. There have been the usual interruptions from time to time, such as I assume we must expect in the mission field. The most serious interruption of the past year was that of the influenza epidemic which prevented me from conducting any services in the mission field for more than a month, and occasionally thereafter.
In the past year I have found a half dozen Communicants of the Church in Winnemac. It has been the greatest possible pleasure to visit them and minister among them. It is my plan to have monthly services in Winnemac. I have had some very hearty services there with most excellent congregations and generous offerings.
In December the Bishop assigned to me the general oversight of the Church and our work in Delphi. You probably know St. Mary’s Parish, Delphi, is one of the historic parishes of our Dio- cese. May I take your time to give you a more intimate knowledge of our work there. We have about fifteen faithful Communicants. The Senior Warden conducts a most splendidly organized Church- School of some twenty with a greater majority of the scholars from outside the Church. In this school there are four teachers, all most enthusiastic in their work. The parish itself has kept all of its assessments and apportionments well paid up. They have far more than doubled their General Missionary apportionment — giving more than any other parish or mission in the Diocese relatively. They have already written me asking of their assessments and appor- tionments for the coming year. During the Lenten season I planned one week-night service each week — the average attendance at these services was almost double the number of Communicants of the parish. I feel all should know of this excellent record.
I again want to express my gratitude for the great assistance I have received from the Clergy of the Diocese in the missionary work. I could not have carried on the work as I have without that assistance and their unfailing interest. The Clergy have frequently made visits in the mission field paying their own expenses. I realize what it means for a busy Parish-Priest to leave his work and give me a day or two. I also know how helpful it has been to have them go into the mission field and say the encouraging word, in
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every way. The best part is in the fact that many of them come to me repeatedly to say that they want to go again some time. Please let me say at this time — I am most grateful for all of your interest and co-operation, and I thank you dear brethren.
After three years of work among you, as your missionary, I can perhaps speak with some little knowledge of our Missionary prob- lems. First of all I am constantly reminded of the manner in which the Bishop of the Diocese presented the work to me before coming among you. He wrote: ‘‘I fully realize that it is a hard work.
There are parts of the Diocese in which the Church is almost wholly unknown * * * they know nothing about the Church and care nothing for it * * * it is a discouraging work * * * get- ting in and among such people, to learn to know them and to dis- tribute literature among them, holding services as one can, and teaching them as one is able; until out of this devoted service are gathered first the few followers, and then guiding them into larger centers until at last we have a Church where we have nothing now. ’ ’ The Bishop wrote again: “It takes courage and energy for such
constructive work, and the perseverance to keep everlastingly at it until you come out the victor. * * * The indomitable spirit
of don’t know what failure is.” I can testify to you today of the reality and great truth of these words after my experiences of the past three years. I believe we are trying, and have tried for the past three years, to follow those plans in making the Church known, where she is unknown, and establishing our work, even on the smallest scale, throughout the Diocese. I fully realize my own limitations; but, dear friends, I beg of you to give your unlimited and enthusiastic support of the work this Diocese is doing in our great rural missionary field.
I want to thank the Woman’s Auxiliary, and the Missionary Committee of the Diocese, for their increasing interest in the mis- sionary work. I wish also to thank the Bishop of the Diocese for the encouragement and time he has given me.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT J. LONG.
DIARY OF THE ARCHDEACON
JANUARY, 1918
1. Delphi. Celebrated the Holy Communion, Address.
3. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
4. Monticello. Holy Communion and address.
5. Rochester. Calling.
6. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
7. Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
8. Elkhart. Address to Woman’s Auxiliary.
9. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
12. Spent day trying to get to Columbia City.
13. Spent day trying to get to Huntington.
16. Marion. St. Mary’s Guild, Address.
17. Marion. Woman’s Auxiliary, Address.
18. Mishawaka. Woman’s Auxiliary, Address.
20. Spent day trying to get to Warsaw.
21. Goshen. Celebrated the Holy Communion and preached.
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22. Akron. Snowbound.
26. Huntington. Calling.
27. Peru. Celebrated the Holy Communion and preached. Huntington. Calling.
28. Huntington. Calling.
29. Peru. Spent day trying to get to South Bend.
FEBRUARY
1. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
2. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
3. Rochester. Calling.
6. Spent day trying to get to Rensselaer.
7. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
8. Monticello. Calling.
9. Spent day trying to get to Columbia City.
10. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
11. Huntington. Calling.
13. Rochester. Celebrated the Holy Communion, address.
15. Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
16. Warsaw. Calling.
17. Warsaw. Holy Communion and sermon.
18. Huntington. Litany and sermon.
19. Montpeilier. Evening Prayer and sermon.
20. Montpeilier. Holy Communion and address.
Ft. Wayne. Address to Woman’s Auxiliary.
22. Rochester. Litany and sermon.
23. Rochester. Holy Communion and address.
24. Marion. Preached.
Idaville. Evening Prayer and sermon.
26. Warsaw. Calling.
27. South Bend. Evening Prayer and address.
South Bend. Litany and address.
28. South Bend. Celebrated the Holy Communion.
Argos. Calling.
MARCH
1. Rochester. Litany and sermon.
2. Rochester. Holy Communion and address.
3. Rochester. Holy Communion and address.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
4. Huntington. Litany and sermon.
5. Rensselaer. Calling.
6. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and address.
7. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
8. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
9. Rochester. Calling.
10. Garrett. Calling.
11. Huntington. Litany and sermon.
12. Huntington. Calling.
13. Logansport. Preached.
15. Rochester. Litany and sermon.
16. Indiana Harbor. Calling.
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17. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion and sermon.
South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
18. Huntington. Litany and sermon.
19. Huntington. Calling.
23. Columbia City. Calling.
24. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
25. Huntington. Litany and sermon.
26. Warsaw. Holy Communion and sermon.
28. Delphi. Holy Communion and sermon.
Delphi. Woman’s Auxiliary Address.
29. Marion. Three Hour service.
Rochester. Litany and sermon.
30. Indiana Harbor. Calling, etc.
31. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion, Holy Communion and ser-
mon, Evening Prayer and sermon.
APRIL
1. Rochester. Calling, etc.
2. Rochester. District Meeting of Woman’s Auxiliary.
3. Plymouth. District Meeting of Woman’s Auxiliary.
4. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
5. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and address.
6. Huntington. Holy Communion and address.
7. Rochester. Holy Communion and address.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and address.
8. Rochester. Calling, etc.
13. Columbia City. Calling, etc.
14. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
15. Huntington. Calling, etc.
16. Bluffton. Calling, etc.
17. Warren. Calling, etc.
20. Argos. Calling, etc.
21. Argos. Holy Communion and address.
Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
22. Mentone. Calling, etc.
23. Warsaw. Calling, etc.
24. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
25. Warsaw. Read Burial Office. Evening Prayer and sermon.
26. Garrett. Calling, etc.
27. Auburn. Calling, etc.
28. Garrett. Holy Communion and sermon.
30. Rensselaer. Calling, etc.
MAY
1. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and address.
2. Monticello. Evening Prayer and address.
3. Monticello. Holy Communion.
4. Kokomo. Conference with the Bishop.
5. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
6. Rochester. Calling, etc.
7. Kewanee. Calling, etc.
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9. Logansport. Dedication of Parish House.
10. Columbia City. Calling, etc.
11. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon. Huntington. Holy Communion and sermon. Montpeilier. Calling.
12. Hartford City. Calling, etc.
15. Akron. Calling, etc.
16. Warsaw. Calling.
17. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
18. Rochester. Calling, etc.
19. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon, Argos. Evening Prayer.
20. Elkhart. Calling, etc.
21. Elkhart. Council.
22. Elkhart. Woman’s Auxiliary Annual Meeting.
23. Elkhart. Woman’s Auxiliary Annual Meeting.
24. Rochester. Calling, etc.
26. Huntington. Holy Communion and address.
27 to 29. Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
30. South Bend. Celebrated the Holy Communion.
JUNE
1. Rochester. Calling, etc.
2. Argos. Holy Communion and address. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon. Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
3. Winnemac. Calling, etc.
5. Rensselaer. Calling, etc.
6. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and address. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
7. Monticello. Holy Communion and sermon.
8. Huntington. Calling, etc.
9. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
10. Decatur. Calling, etc.
11. Portland. Calling, etc.
15. Huntington. Calling, etc.
16. Huntington. Holy Communion.
17 to 22. Lake Wawasee. Diocesan Summer School.
23. Warsaw. Holy Communion and sermon.
24. Mishawaka. Calling.
27 to 29. Ft. Benj. Harrison.
30. Noblesville. Services for Y. M. C. A.
JULY
1. Rensselaer. Calling, etc.
2. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and sermon.
3. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
6. Rochester. Calling, etc.
7. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
8. Rochester. Calling, etc.
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11. Winnemac. Calling, etc.
12. Winnemac. Holy Communion and address.
13. Columbia City. Calling, etc.
14. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
15. Huntington. Calling, etc.
19. Wabash. Calling, etc.
20. Huntington. Calling, etc.
21. Huntington. Holy Communion.
22. Bluffton. Calling, etc.
24. Warsaw. Calling, etc.
25. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
26. South Bend. Meeting of the Missionary Committee.
27. Rochester. Calling, etc.
28 to 30. Ft. Benj. Harrison. Ministering.
SEPTEMBER
1. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
2. Lake Wawasee. Conference with the Bishop.
5. Warsaw. Calling, etc.
6. Warsaw. Holy Communion.
7. Columbia City. Calling, etc.
8. Kokomo. Celebrated the Holy Communion and preached. Kokomo. Evening Prayer and sermon.
9. Kokomo. Meeting of Bishop's Committee.
11. Idaville. Calling, etc.
12. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
13. Monticello. Holy Communion and address.
15. Kokomo. Holy Communion. Holy Communion and sermon. Kokomo. Evening Prayer and sermon.
16. Winnemac. Evening Prayer and sermon.
17. Winnemac. Holy Communion and address.
18. Mishawaka. Woman's Auxiliary, Address.
19. Wabash. Calling, etc. y
20. Huntington. Calling, etc.
22. Kokomo. Holy Communion, Holy Communion and sermon. Kokomo. Evening Prayer and sermon.
23. Montpelier. Calling, etc.
24. Portland and Decatur. Calling, etc.
26. Monticello. Calling, etc.
27. Rensselaer. Calling, etc.
29. Kokomo. Holy Communion. Holy Communion and sermon. Wabash. Calling, etc.
30. Wabash. Holy Communion and address.
OCTOBER
Immediately after my services the first Sunday in October the influenza ban was put on and thereafter I could only visit in the mission field, holding no services during the month.
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NOVEMBER
1. Columbia City. Calling, etc. '
2. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon.
Warsaw. Calling.
3. Warsaw. Holy Communion.
6. Monticello. Calling, etc.
7. Delphi. Calling.
9. Rochester. Calling, etc.
10. Argos. Holy Communion and address.
Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Argos. Evening Prayer and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
11. Rochester. Calling, etc.
13. LaPorte. District Meeting, Woman’s Auxiliary.
14. South Bend. District Meeting, Woman’s Auxiliary.
15. Huntington. Calling, etc.
16. Michigan City. Calling.
17. Michigan City. Celebrated the Holy Communion. 11 a. m
Assisted Rector and preached. 7:30 Assisted Rector and preached.
18. Indiana Harbor. Calling, etc.
21. Winnemac. Calling, etc.
22. Winnemac. Holy Communion and address.
23. North Judson. Calling, etc.
24. Indiana Harbor. Celebrated the Holy Communion. 11 a. m.
Assisted and preached.
27. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
28. Goshen. Holy Communion and sermon.
29. Warsaw. Calling, etc.
30. Rochester. Calling, etc.
DECEMBER
1. Rochester. Holy Communion and sermon.
Rochester. Evening Prayer and sermon.
2. Argos. Calling, etc.
4. Monticello. Evening Prayer and sermon.
5. Rensselaer. Calling, etc.
6. Rensselaer. Holy Communion and address.
7. Indiana Harbor. Calling, etc.
8. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion and sermon.
Hammond. Assisted and preached at Evening Prayer.
9. South Bend. Conference with the Bishop.
12. Marion. Woman’s Auxiliary.
13. Huntington. Calling, etc.
14. Garrett. Calling, etc.
15. Goshen. Holy Communion. Assisted Rector and preached.
16. Warsaw. Calling, etc.
17. Warsaw. Holy Communion.
18. Akron. Calling, etc.
20. Chicago. Missionary Meeting.
21. Indiana Harbor. Calling, etc.
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22. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion and sermon.
24. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion and sermon.
25. Indiana Harbor. Holy Communion.
26. Monon. Calling, etc.
27. Huntington. Holy Communion and sermon.
28. Columbia City. Calling, etc.
29. Columbia City. Holy Communion and sermon. Garrett. Evening Prayer, Baptism and sermon.
30. Garrett. Holy Communion and address.
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APPENDIX G
•Parodjial Reports
From January 1 to December 31, 1918
PARISHES
Bristol, Elkhart County — S. John’s Church
Organized 1843
Wardens: H. W. Dussell, M. J. Clark.
Vestrymen: H. H. Mosier, Clerk; M. J. Clark, Treasurer; W.
W. Bickel, J. A. Albers, Charles Haas.
Salary of Rector, $300. Not in arrears. Pension premium $26.25. Paid.
Proper Parish register. Accounts not audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children 1; Burials 1.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 77; Communicants, last report, 29; present number, 31.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 90; holy days, 9; other days,
194; total, 293. Holy Communion: Sundays, 4; holy days, 1; other
days, 2 ; total, 7 ; private, 1.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 2;
female, 3; total, 5; pupils, 30.
Parish Societies: Ladies Guild, 22.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 51.51
Parish Support —
Envelopes $275.65
Plate collections 27.03
Guild 10.00
Total 312.68
Special Parochial —
Communion Alms 2.72
Outside the Parish —
Diocesan Missions $ 31.30
All other Diocesan purposes 18.30
Total 49.60
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions 7.68
Parish Guild $254.04
Sunday School 21.39
Total 275.43
Total Receipts $ 699.62
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary, Clergy $265.00
Fuel, light, water 10.47
Care buildings, etc 40.75
Total $ 316.22
Other Parochial Expenses —
For the poor $ 2.02
Extraordinary repairs 28.57
Total 30.59
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Expenses $ 29.70
Diocesan Missions 40.00
Total 69.70
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions 7.68
Parish Guilds, etc. —
Ladies’ Guild $245.28
Sunday School 21.39
Total 266.67
Total Expenditures $ 690.86
Balances 8.76
Sum Total $ 699.62
Property
Buildings Value Insurance
Church $3,000.00 $1,700.00
Bectory 1,000.00 650.00
Total $4,000.00 $2,350.00
Sittings in Church, 150.
Delphi, Carrol County — S. Mary’s Church
Organized 1893
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Priest in Charge Warden: James B. Wason.
Vestrymen: James P. Wason, Clerk; John H. Burr, Treasurer;
Charles B. Lyon, Major Charles Robert Pollard.
Proper Parish Register: Accounts audited.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 31; Communicants, last re-
port, 17; present number, 16.
Services: Daily offices; Sundays, 28. Holy Communion, other
days, 3.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 1; teachers, male, 1;
female, 3; total, 4; pupils, 13.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Auxiliary, Ladies’ Guild.
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FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 22.32
Parish Support —
Plate Collections $ 51.23
Subscriptions 233.50
Rent of Rectory 156.00
Total 440.73
Outside the Parish —
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
Sunday School 7.83
Parish Guilds, etc. —
Sunday School $ 28.25
Woman’s Auxiliary 17.80
Ladies’ Guild ...'. 57.80
Total 104.45
Total Receipts $ 575.33
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary, Clergy $186.65
Fuel, light, water 54.60
Care of buildings, etc 89.07
Total $ 330.32
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium, Clergy 19.62
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Missions $ 40.67
Diocesan Expenses 15.00
War Fund 1.40
Total 57.07
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions, on Apportionment $ 44.46
General Missions, not on Apportionment 10.00
Total 54.46
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School $ 18.39
Woman’s Auxiliary 14.10
Total 32.49
Total Expenditures $ 493.96
Balances 81.37
Sum Total $ 575.33
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Property
Buildings Value
Church $4,000.00
Rectory 1,600.00
Appraised value Land 1,900.00
Church Furniture 500.00
Total $8,000.00
Sittings in Church, 100. All Free.
Insurance
$3,000.00
1,000.00
$4,000.00
Elkhart, Elkhart County — S. John’s Church
Organized 1868
The Rev. William Wesley Daup, B. A., Rector
Lay Reader: Charles H. Reding.
Wardens: Cosmo C. Elwood, Chas. H. Reding.
Vestrymen: Fred Swinehart, Clerk; Harvey Elliott, Treasurer;
A. H. Lord, G. R. Sawyer, I. E. Zigler, Charles Wadley, J. S. Fischer.
Salary of Rector, $1,300. Pension premium, $200. Paid.
Parish register.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 11; adults, 5; total, 16. Con- firmed, male, 9; female, 12; total, 21. Marriages, 6. Burials, 14.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 347; communicants, last re-
port, 261; present number, 270.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 76; holy days, 8; other days,
46; total, 120. Holy Communion: Sundays, 63; holy days, 5; other
days, 6; private, 4; total, 78.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 3; teachers, male, 3;
female, 6; total, 9; pupils, 80.
Parish Societies: Parish Guild, 60; Woman’s Auxiliary, 24;
Altar Guild, 6; Server’s Guild, 14; S. Elizabeth’s Society, 35; Junior Auxiliary, 10; Young People’s Society, 30.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 98.08
Parish Support —
Envelopes $1,027.00
Plate collections 68.00
Guilds, Organizations, etc 576.42
Loans 1,000.00
Total 2,671.42
Special Parochial —
Permanent Improvements $1,000.00
Rector’s Discretionary Fund 10.00
Total
1,010.00
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Outside the Parish —
Diocesan Missions $ 108.32
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions 10.00
Sunday School, Lenten 17.33
Total 135.65
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Woman’s Auxiliary 63.75
Total Receipts $3,978.90
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary, Clergy $1,300.00
Salary, Others 160.00
Organist and Choir 75.50
Fuel, light, water 275.00
Taxes, rent, insurance 80.00
Interest 120.00
Care buildings, etc 100.00
Total $2,110.50
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension Premium Clergy $ 200.00
Permanent Improvements 1,500.00
Total 1,700.00
Diocesan Expenditures —
Episcopal Fund $ 12.00
Diocesan Missions 108.32
Total 120.32
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions 10.00
Total Expenditures $3,940.82
Balances 38.08
Sum Total $3,978.90
Property
Buildings
Church
Rectory
Furniture, Organ, etc . . Land, Estimated Value
Value Insurance
$40,000.00 $12,000.00
8.000. 00 4,000.00
9.000. 00
8.000. 00
Total $65,000.00 $16,000.00
Indebtedness, including Mortgage, $3,500.00.
Sittings in Church, 300. All free.
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Fort Wayne, Allen County- — Trinity Church
Organized 1844
The Eev. Edward Wilson Averill, B. A., Rector The Rev. H. P. Chapman, Curate
Wardens: Ellis D. Gaston, Joseph Slater.
Vestrymen: W. L. Pettit, Jr., William Lowe, R. N. Hemming,
Charles Puddy, D. B. Stall, A. L. Randall, H. C. Durnell.
Treasurer: Mrs. H. M. Williams.
Salary of Rector, $2,400. Not in arrears. Pension Premium, Paid. Proper Parish Register Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 18; adults, 4; total, 22; Con- firmed, male, 2; female, 11; total, 13; marriages, 3; burials, 21.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 800; Communicants, last re-
port, 500; present number, 500.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 100; other days, 60; total, 160; Holy Communion, Sundays, 75; holy days, 15; other days, 65; pri- vate, 15; total, 170.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 6; teachers, male, 1;
female, 11; total, 12; pupils, 182. Bible Classes, Teachers, 1; mem- bers, 12.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Auxiliary, 55; Woman’s Guild, 200; Men’s Club, 75; St. Andrew’s Brotherhood, 10; St. Ann’s Guild, 30; Young People’s Society, 20; Boy Scouts, 36.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report
Parish Support —
Envelopes
Plate Collections
Subscriptions
Loans
Total
Special Parochial —
Communion Alms
Outside the Parish — Extra-Diocesan —
General Missions
Sunday School, Lent
Woman’s Auxiliary
Total
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Woman’s Auxiliary
$ 272.28
$4,791.54
202.05
1,412.53
1,000.00
7,406.12
14.50
$ 225.37
125.00
325.00
674.27
275.34
Total Receipts
$8,642.51
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salaries, Clergy $2,400.00
Salaries, Other 572.00
Music, Organist, Choir 1,076.00
Fuel, Light, Water . . 545.93
Interest 227.21
Care buildings, etc 505.44
Total $5,326.58
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension Premium, Clergy $ 368.02
Permanent Improvements 245.34
On Principal of Mortgage 300.00
Total 913.36
Diocesan Expenditures —
Episcopal Fund $ 170.97
Diocesan Missions 847.58
Total 1,018.55
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 519.62
War Fund 133.25
Visiting Nurse League 93.37
Total 746.24
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Y. M. C. A. Building $ 20.00
Day Nursery 10.00
Total 30.00
Total Expenditures $8,034.75
Balances 607.78
Sum Total $8,642.51
Property-
Buildings Value
Church $36,000.00
Rectory 14,000.00
Parish House 5,000.00
Land, Appraised 10,000.00
Church Furniture, Organ 5,700.00
Insurance
$20,000.00
Total $70,700.00 $20,000.00
Sittings in Church, 500. All free.
Indebtedness — Secured by Mortgage on Rectory, $2,600.
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Gary, Lake County — Christ Church
Organized 1908
The Rev. Wilbur Dean Elliott, Rector
Wardens: Harry L. Hall, Capt. Arthur P. Melton.
Vestrymen: William A. Bray, Clerk; Emmet N. White, Treas-
urer; John M. Sweeny, L. P. Godwin, L. W. McNamee, Jas. H. Ward, Bert G. Wheeler.
Salary of Rector, $1,380, paid. Pension Fund Premium, $103.58 per year, paid.
Proper Parish Register: Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 14, of which private, 3.
Received after baptism, 2. Confirmed, male 7, female 7; total, 14. Marriages, 4. Burial, 7.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 398; communicants, last report, 200; present number, 210.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 20; Holy days, 7; other days,
12; total, 39. Holy Communion: Sundays, 67; Holy days, 18; other days, 27; total, 112. Private, 4.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 5; teachers, male, 2;
female, 9; total, 11; pupils, 117. Parish Day School, officer, 1; teacher, 1; pupils, 88.
Parish Societies: Christ Church Guild, 40; Altar Guild, 12; Boy Scouts, 16; Teachers’ Club, 20.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance last report $ 226.92
For Parish Support —
Envelopes and Subscriptions $1,621.07
Plate Collections 326.92
Sunday School 10.00
Altar Guild 90.00
Rent of Rectory 315.00
Total 2,362.99
Special Parochial —
Other Indebtedness $ 368.99
Sunday School 194.51
From Woman’s Guild 1,075.00
From Easter Offering 3,613.34
From Sunday School Easter Offering 50.00
Church War Fund 36.45
Total 5,338.29
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Expenses 175.18
Diocesan Missions 195.19
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Extra Diocesan —
Sunday School (Lenten Offering) 95.00
Good Friday Collections 4.03
Total 469.40
Total Receipts $8,397.60
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,380.00
Music: organist and choir 375.39
Fuel, light, water 323.22
Taxes, Rent, Insurance 167.11
Interest • 33.24
Care buildings, etc 42.50
Printing, etc 115.80
Total $2,437.26
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension Premium of Clergy $ 103.58
Payment of Debts 4,657.84
Extraordinary Repairs 152.67
Parish Missions 45.19
Sunday School 206.51
Miscellaneous 11.96
Total 5,175.75
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Expenses $ 175.18
Diocesan Missions 195.19
Total 370.37
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 95.00
Church War Fund 36.45
Jerusalem and East Mission 4.03
Total 135.48
Total Expenditures $8,118.86
Balance 278.74
Sum Total
Property
Buildings Value
Church $35,000.00
Rectory 4,500.00
Other Buildings 250.00
Appraised Value of Land 12,500.00
Church Furniture, Organ, Bell 5,000.00
$8,397.60
Insurance
$15,500.00
3,500.00
3,000.00
Total
$57,250.00
$22,000.00
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Information
Funded Debt, Secured by Mortgage on Church and Rec-
tory $12,600.00
Floating Debt 1,500.00
Total debt $14,100.00
Title to property — Church vested in Diocese.
Rectory vested in Parish.
Goshen, Elkhart County — S. James’ Church
Organized 1859
The Rev. Duncan Weeks, B. D., Rector
Wardens: Martin V. Starr, B. K. Putman.
Vestrymen: Harry P. Latta, Clerk; Chas. E. Morrice, Treas-
urer; E. G. Jones, W. W. Forbes, Dr. F. M. Freeman.
Salary of Rector, $1,200, and Rectory; not in arrears. Pension Fund, $7.29 per month, paid. Proper Parish Register: Accounts
audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 2; adults, 3; total, 5. Con-
firmed, male, 2; female, 6; total, 8. Marriages, 4. Burials, 5.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 239; Communicants, last re-
port, 120; present number, 123.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 60; Holy days, 7; other days, 31; total, 98. Holy Communion, Sundays, 55; Holy days, 27; pri- vate, 4; total, 86.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 1; teachers, male, 1;
female, 4; total, 5; pupils, 40. Bible Classes, teacher, 1; mem- bers, 12.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Auxiliary, 20; Ladies’ Guild, 26.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 277.50
Parish Support —
Envelopes $1,121.35
Plate collections 94.99
Sunday School 86.00
Guilds, Organizations, etc 195.55
Loans 568.33
Total $2,066.22
Special Parochial —
Other Indebtedness 1,298.79
Outside the Parish.
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions $ 119.00
War Commission 55.73
Total 174.73
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Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Woman’s Auxiliary 65.50
Total Receipts $3,882.74
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary, Clergy $1,065.00
Music: organist, choir 119.20
Fuel, light, water 478.86
Taxes, rent, insurance 206.45
Care buildings, etc 259.81
Total $2,129.32
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy .....$ 87.86
Payment of Debts 1,252.36
Total 1,340.22
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Missions .....$ 170.05
Social Service 25.00
Total 195.05
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 86.00
War Commission 55.73
Total 141.73
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Woman’s Auxiliary 65.50
Total Expenditures $3,871.82
Balances 10.92
Sum Total
$3,882.74
Property
Buildings
Church (exclusive of land)
Rectory (exclusive of land)
Appraised value of land
Church furniture, organ, bell, etc
Total
Sittings in Church, 225, all free.
Value $11,000.00 3,500.00 , 4,000.00
2,000.00
$20,500.00
Insurance
$3,800.00
1,500.00
2,200.00
$7,500.00
Hammond, Lake County — S. Paul’s Church
Organized 1888
The Rev. William J. Hawthorne, Rector Wardens: W. B. Conkey, J. D. Smalley.
Vestrymen: Chas. H. True, Clerk; J. D. Smalley, Treasurer;
H. P. Conkey, J. D. Brusel, L. Harwood, H. Mueller, T. R. Tennant, T. North.
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Salary of Rector, $1,800, paid. Church Pension Fund Premium, $13.13 monthly, paid.
Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 11; adults, 1; total, 12, of which private, 3. Confirmed, male, 6; female, 12; total, 18. Mar- riages, 2. Burials, 7.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 448. Communicants, last re-
port, 292; present number, 301.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 82; Holy days, 4; other days, 22; total, 108. Holy Communion, Sundays, 30; Holy days, 5; other days, 15; total, 58; private, 8.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 2;
female, 5; total, 7; pupils, 85. Bible Classes, teachers, 2; mem- bers, 15.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Guild, 45; St. Agnes’ Guild, 22;
Woman’s Auxiliary, 17; Junior Auxiliary, 15; Boys’ Club, 12.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 201.91
For Parish Support —
Envelopes $2,222.35
Plate collections 171.59
Subscriptions, Special 1,037.80
Sunday School 30.00
Guilds, Organizations, etc 165.00
From Rectory 25.00
Loans 200.00
Endowments 40.90
Total 3,892.64
Special Parochial Purposes —
For principal of mortgage $1,250.00
For other indebtedness 211.28
Communion Alms 62.43
Support of Sunday School 83.17
For Choir 152.87
Total 1,759.75
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions $ 239.19
Etxra-Diocesan —
Sunday School (Lenten offering) 60.00
For the Bishop 24.89
Total 324.08
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School $ 80.82
Woman’s Auxiliary 139.91
Junior Auxiliary 39.12
United Offering 12.50
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Woman’s Guild 353.06
St. Agnes’ Guild 152.73
Total 778.14
Total receipts and balance $6,956.52
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,800.00
Music: organist, choir 263.69
Fuel, light, water, power 171.23
Taxes, rent, insurance 432.72
Interest 223.36
Care buildings, etc 367.14
Choir outing 114.87
Total $3,373.01
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy $ 145.91
For the poor, etc 46.54
Paid on mortgage 1,250.00
Support of Sunday School 83.17
Guilds 398.08
Total 1,922.80
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Missions $ 303.57
Diocesan Expenses 171.30
Woman’s Auxiliary pledge 35.00
Woman’s Auxiliary expense 10.00
Total 519.87
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions (on apportionment) $ 168.35
General Missions (not on apportionment) 10.00
For the Bishop 24.89
War work and Red Cross 15.00
Allies’ Widows 1.00
Total 219.24
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School, Armenians $ 30.00
Woman’s Auxiliary, hospital 5.00
United offering 12.50
War Fund 5.00
Alaska Junior Auxiliary 22.23
Guild of Mission Church 1.00
Total 75.73
Total Expenditures $6,110.65
Balances 845.87
Sum Total $6,956.52
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Property
Buildings Value
Church $14,000.00
Furniture, organ, etc 2,000.00
Appraised value Land 500.00
Insurance
$5,000.00
1.000.00
Total $16,500.00
Sittings in Church, 225, all free.
$6,000.00
Information.
Funded Debt, $2,500.
Property vested in Rector and Vestry.
Howe, La Grange County — S. Mark’s Church
Organized 1852
The Rev. John Heyward McKenzie, D.D., L.H.D., Rector Warden: A. A. Wade, Sr.
Vestrymen: W. H. W. Hardiman, Clerk; John Merritt, William Wright, Lewis Taylor, Frank Wade, M. D.
Salary of Rector, $300. Pension Fund premium, paid. Proper Parish Register, Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Confirmed, female, 1.
Congregation: Baptized, persons, 60. Communicants, last re-
port, 43; present number, 44.
Services: With St. James’ in School Chapel.
Organizations: Sunday School, officer, 1; teachers, male, 2;
female, 3; total, 5; pupils, 35.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Auxiliary, 25; S. Mark’s Guild, 26;
Junior Auxiliary, 11.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 79.35
For Parish Support —
Envelopes $ 181.54
Subscriptions 65.00
Sunday School 24.13
Total 270.67
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions $ 33.40
All other Diocesan purposes 11.52
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions 25.37
Total
Total Receipts
70.29 $ 350.02
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy .$ 200.00
Other Parochial Expenses —
Sunday School 37.97
Total Expenditures $ 237.97
Balance 112.05
Sum Total $ 350.02
La Porte, La Porte County — S. Paul’s Church
Organized 1840
The Rev. F. J. Bar well- Walker, D.D., Rector Wardens: J. W. Ludlow, F. C. Hauze.
Vestrymen: Elwood Haun, Clerk; George P. Morriss, Treasurer; A. L. Boyd, Dr. J. H. Fargher, E. L. Fetzer, S. W. Lower, F. R. Parker.
Salary of Rector, $1,200, paid. Pension Fund Premium, $8.75 per month, paid.
Proper Parish Register : Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 4; adults, 1; total, 5; private, 1. Confirmed, male, 6; female, 8; total, 14. Marriages, 5; Burials, 11.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 360. Communicants, last re-
port, 200; present number, 198.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 107; Holy days and other, 100. Holy Communion, Sundays, 77; Holy and other days, 131; total, 208; private, 8.
Organizations: Sunday School officers, 3; teachers, male, 2;
female, 7; total, 9; pupils, 75.
Parish Societies: Woman’s Auxiliary, 30; Ladies’ Guild, 25;
Altar Guild, 15; Acolytes, 7.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
For Parish Support —
Envelopes $1,251.52
Plate collections 409.88
Subscriptions 5.00
Sunday School 42.04
Guild, Organizations, etc 300.00
Loans .' 200.00
All other sources .402
Total Receipts $2,212.46
Expenditures
Deficit, last report $ 9.48
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,000.00
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Salary of others 30.00
Fuel, light, water, power 302.98
Taxes, rent, insurance 102.12
Interest 18.00
Care buildings, etc 132.32
Stationery, printing 38.72
Total 1,623.14
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy 87.54
Diocesan Expenditures —
Bishop’s Emergency Fund $ 9.00
Diocesan Expenses 116.98
Diocesan Missions 116.40
Total 242.38
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 47.04
Religious Education 8.00
Total 55.04
Total Expenditures $2,017.68
Balance 194.88
Sum Total
Property
Buildings Value
Church $10,000.00
Rectory 1,800.00
Parish House 250.00
Appraised value of Land 4,500.00
Church, furniture, organ, etc 450.00
$2,212.46
Insurance
$1,500.00
1.000.00
Total $17,000.00
$2,500.00
Information
Floating debt, $540.
Title to property vested in the Vestry of the Parish.
Sittings in the Church, 400, all free.
Logansport, Cass County — Trinity Church
Organized 1842
The Rev. George Harry Richardson, Ph. D., Rector
Lay Reader: Robert Manders.
Wardens: Robert Manders, Charles Michelle.
Vestrymen: A. H. Hillman, Clerk; Robert Manders, Treasurer;
Charles O. Heffiy, Charles H. Schaefer.
Proper Parish Register.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 5. Confirmed, 10. Marriages, 2. Burials, 11.
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Congregation: Baptized persons, 212. Communicants, last re-
port, 106; present number, 123.
Services: Daily offices, 51; Holy Communion, 45.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 1;
female, 4; total, 5; pupils, 25.
Parish Societies: Trinity Guild, 20; S. Cecilia’s Guild, 14;
Brotherhood of S. Andrew, 4; Woman’s Auxiliary, 10.
There is no financial report from this Parish, which was vacant Jan. 1, 1919. The above statistics are furnished by the Rev. Dr. Richardson, who became Rector March 2, 1919.
Marion, Grant County — Gethsemane Church
Organized 1890
The Rev. Forest B. B. Johnston, Rector
Wardens: Archie Price, Field Swezey.
Vestrymen: Albert Jephcott, Clerk; Miss Erma Morrison, Treas- urer; Dr. G. S. Grubb, Edwin Ball, Walter Pritchett, Lewis F. Cole.
Salary of Rector, $800, paid. Pension Premium, paid. Proper Parish Register. Treasurer ’s Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 3; adults, 4; total, 7. Con-
firmed, male, 1; female, 5; total, 6. Marriages, 3. Burials, 3.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 143. Communicants, last re-
port, 122; present number, 125.
Services: Daily offices, other days, total 46. Holy Communion, Sundays, 90; Holy days, 16; other days, 10; total, 116.
Organizations: Sunday School, teachers, male, 1; female, 4;
total, 5; pupils, 31.
Parish Societies: Church Woman’s Guild, 32; St. Mary’s Guild, 21; S. Joseph’s Altar League, 9.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report
Parish Support —
Envelopes
Plate collections
Total
Special Parochial Purposes —
Permanent improvements
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions
Extra Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions
Total
Total Receipts
$ 210.62
$ 616.67 80.18
696.85
727.33
.$ 81.85
44.82
126.67
$1,761.47
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $ 583.33
Music: organist, chior 105.14
Fuel, light, water, power 34.08
Taxes, rent, insurance 4.58
Interest 17.70
Care buildings, etc 72.64
Total $ 817.47
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension Premium of Clergy .....$ 48.72
Extraordinary repairs 694.32
Total 741.04
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Missions 81.85
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 44.82
Bishop’s Emergency Fund 21.56
Total 66.38
Total Expenditures $1,706.74
Balances 54.73
Sum Total $1,761.47
Michigan City, La Porte County — Trinity Church
Organized 1838
The Rev. James Andrew Miller, Rector
Wardens: A. J. Henry, E. G. Dunn, Sr.
Vestrymen: E. G. Dunn, Sr., Clerk; J. A. Johnson, Treasurer;
George Baker, Otto Aicher, William Gilmore, E. Simpson, Harry Westphal, H. V. Armstrong.
Salary of Rector, $1,800. Not in arrears. Church Pension Fund, premium, paid.
Proper Parish Register.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 14; adults, 4; total, 18. Con- firmed, female, 1. Marriages, 2; burials, 13.
Congregation: Baptized persons, — . Communicants, last report, 220; present number, 225.
Services: Daily offices, total, 151. Holy Communion, Sundays,
57; Holy days, 13.; total, 70; private, 6.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 3; teachers, male, 1;
female, 10; total, 11; pupils, 125.
Parish Societies: Ladies’ Guild, Altar Guild.
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FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 15.00
Parish Support —
Envelopes $1,568.98
Plate collections 212.92
Guilds, Organizations, etc 150.00
Loans 799.90
Endowments 980,11
All other sources 712.36
Total 4,424.27
Special Parochial Purposes —
For permanent improvements 450.00
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions $ 156.47
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Mission $ 45.04
War Commission 30.00
Total 231.51
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Ladies’ Guild .$ 222.21
Woman’s Auxiliary 45.00
Altar Guild 119.25
Total 386.46
Total Receipts $5,507.24
Deficits 273,03
Sum Total $5,780.27
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy ..$1,837.50
Music: organist and choir 400.00
Fuel, light, water, power 300.17
Taxes, rent, insurance 51.20
Interest 214.21
Care buildings, etc 600.00
Total $3,403.08
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy $ 236.57
Payment of debts 223.34
Extraordinary repairs 439.66
Sunday School 31.03
Other expenses 41.40
Total
1,511.29
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Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan expenses $ 247.93
Diocesan Missions 156.47
Total
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 39.00
Jews 6.04
War Commission 30.00
404.40
Total 75.04
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Books, Red Cross, etc $ 222.21
Woman’s Auxiliary 45.00
Altar Guild, charity, etc 119.25
Total
386.46
Total Expenditures
Property
Buildings Value
Church $50,000.00
Rectory 25,000.00
Parish House 25,000.00
Other buildings 175.00
Appraised value of Land 57,750.00
Church furniture, organ, bell 4,000.00
Total $161,925.00
Information
. . .$5,780.27 Insurance
$30,000.00
Amount of Endowments, $16,388.50.
Floating deft, $3,000.
Sittings in Church, 480, all free.
Remarks
During the early months of the year Sunday evening and week- day services were discontinued owing to fuel shortage. The Church was only open for service three Sundays from October to Christmas on account of “Flu” ban ordered by the Board of Health.
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County — S. Paul’s Church
Organized 1837
The Rev. Lewis C. Rogers, M. A., Rector
Wardens : William B. Hosford, Duncan J. Campbell.
Vestrymen: W. H. Young, Clerk; J. Alvin Scott, Treasurer;
R. H. Jernegan, Chas. A. Ostrom, G. S. Pomeroy.
Salary of Rector, $900, paid. Pension Fund Premium, $78.75, paid.
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Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 2. Confirmed, male, 3; female, 1; total, 3. Marriages, 2. Burials, 5.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 200. Communicants, last re-
port, 100; present number, 100.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 66; Holy days, 7; other days, 27; total, 100. Holy Communion, Sundays, 58; Holy days, 25; other days, 17; private, 5; total, 105.
Organizations: Sunday School, officer, 1; teachers, female, 5;
pupils, 45.
Parish Societies: Bp. Knickerbacker Guild, 32; Woman’s
Auxiliary, 24; Altar Guild, 8.
FINANCIAL
Eeceipts
Balance, last report $ 101.80
For Parish Support:
Envelopes .$ 807.85
Plate collections 78.84
Special offerings 363.89
Guilds, organizations, etc 186.50
Loans 275.00
Interest on bond 1.49
Total 1,713.57
Special Parochial Purposes —
Increase of Endowment .$ 100.00
Communion Alms 41.97
Total 141.97
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions $ 35.85
Diocesan Expenses 43.13
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
General Missions 10.40
Sunday School (Lenten offering) 20.00
Woman’s Auxiliary (money) 85.97
Church War Commission 70.00
Total 265.35
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School $ 57.76
Woman’s Auxiliary 7.00
Altar Guild 14.50
Bp. Knickerbacker Guild 219.98
Total 299.24
Total Eeceipts $2,521.93
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $ 900.12
Music: organist and choir 121.00
Fuel, light, water, power 101.29
Taxes, rent, insurance 196.25
Interest 146.13
Care of buildings, etc 106.00
Miscellaneous 14.61
Total $1,495.40
Other -Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy $ 78.84
Payment of notes 275.00
For the poor 10.00
Repairs, etc 31.88
Payment on mortgage 50.00
Liberty Loan bond 100.00
Care of Altar 24.00
Total 569.72
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Missions 50.00
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions, on apportionment $ 30.00
Chinese Hospital 5.00
Church War Commission 70.00
United offering, Woman’s Auxiliary 20.97
Living Church War Relief Fund 10.00
Total 135.97
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School $ 57.76
Woman’s Auxiliary 10.26
Altar Guild 7.50
Bp. Knickerbacker Guild 129.74
Total 205.26
Total Expenditures $2,456.35
Balances 65.58
Sum Total $2,521.93
Property
Buildings Value Insurance
Church $13,500.00 $4,500.00
Rectory 3,500.00
Furniture, organ 900.00 500.00
Appraised value land 2,500.00
Total $20,400.00 $5,000.00
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Information
Funded debt, $2,250.00.
Sittings in church, 250. All free.
Title of property vested in Rector, Wardens and Vestry.
Peru, Miami County — Trinity Church
Organized 1870
The Rev. Edgar T. Pancoast, Rector
Wardens: Dr. E. H. Griswold, Charles Dunne.
Vestrymen: Harry H. Griswold, Clerk; Walter C. Bickle, Treas- urer; Edward H. Doherty, Oscar L. Miner.
Salary of Rector, $1,200. Not in arrears. Proper Parish Regis- ter. Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 1; adults, 1; total, 2. Con-
firmed, male, 6; female, 1; total, 7. Marriages, 4. Burials, 4.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 171. Communicants, last re-
port, 129; present number, 136.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 48. Holy Communion, Sun-
days, 18; Holy days, 3 other days, 1; total, 22.
Organizations: Sunday School officers, 7; teachers, male, 2;
female, 5; total, 7; pupils, 40. Bible class, teacher, 1; members, 30.
Parish Societies; Guild, 40; Auxiliary, 12.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 414.30
For Parish Support —
Envelopes $ 446.85
Plate collections 179.05
Subscriptions 496.66
Sunday School 46.24
Guilds, organizations, etc 150.87
Total 1,319.67
Special Parochial Purposes —
For indebtedness $ 898.00
Communion Alms 13.00
Sunday School 45.20
Temperance 7.00
Clergy pension 20.00
Total 983.20
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Expenses $ 65.22
Extra-Diocesan Purposes —
Sunday School (Lenten offering) 22.00
Total 87.22
Total Receipts $2,804.39
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Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,200.00
Fuel, light, water, power 102.60
Taxes, rent, insurance. 38.20
Interest 222.17
Care buildings, etc 171.00
Total $1,733.97
Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy $ 20.00
Payment of debts 898.00
Sunday School 45.20
For the poor 10.00
Total
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Expenses
Extra-Diocesan Expenditures —
General Missions $ 22.00
Temperance Society 7.00
Total 29.00
973.20
65.22
Total Expenditures $2,801.39
Balances 3.00
Sum Total
Property-
Buildings Value
Church $25,000.00
Parish House 5,000.00
Furniture, organ, etc 1,200.00
Appraised value, Land 10,000.00
$2,804.39
Insurance
$6,000.00
Total $41,200.00 $6,000.00
Information
Funded debt, $3,500.
Sittings in Church, 300, all free.
At the time this report was made the Rev. George H. Richardson was in charge of the Parish. The Rev. Edgar T. Pancoast is now the Rector.
Plymouth, Marshall County — S. Thomas’ Church
Organized 1861
The Rev. William John Cordick, Rector
Lay Reader: Dr. G. F. Hitchcock.
Wardens: Geo. H. Thayer, Jr., David E. Snyder.
Vestrymen: Dr. G. F. Hitchcock, Clerk; Guy Baker, Treasurer; Fred Wenzler, George Vinall, Harry Lackey, Frank Lamson.
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Salary of Rector, $1,500. Not in arrears. Pension Fund premium, paid.
Proper Parish Register.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 4; adults, 2; total, 6. Mar-
riages,/3. Burials, 10.
Congregation: Communicants, last report, 167; present num-
ber, 171.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 80; Holy days, 22; other days, 121; total, 223. Holy Communion, Sundays, 76; Holy days, 25; other days, 62; private, 7; total, 170.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 2;
female, 5; total, 7; pupils, 61. Bible class, 1; members, 26.
Parish Societies: S. Catherine’s Guild (Altar), 17; S. Mary’s
Guild, 20; Parish Guild, 24; Woman’s Auxiliary, 35; Men’s Parish Guild, 20; Junior S. Andrew’s Brotherhood, 12; Acolyte’s Guild, 14.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report
Parish Support —
Subscriptions
Guilds, organizations, etc
Loans
All other sources
Total
Special Parochial Purposes —
Communion Alms
Clergy Pension
Total
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions
Total Receipts
Deficit
Sum Total
Expenditures
$ 22.84
$1,555.68
77.70
250.00
462.70
2,346.08
$ 26.13
254.98
281.11
229.88
$2,879.91
8.05
$2,887.96
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,500.00
Salary of others 67.00
Music: organist, choir 60.61
Fuel, light, water, power 58.22
Taxes, rent, insurance 117.48
Interest 161.50
Care buildings, etc 44.08
Miscellaneous 137.05
Total
$2,145.94
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Other Parochial Expenses —
Pension Premium of Clergy / 254.98
Payment of debts 126.59
For the poor 26.13
Extraordinary repairs 44.49
Total 452.19
Diocesan Expenditures —
Diocesan Expenses $ 59.95
Diocesan Missions 229.68
Total 289.83
Total Expenditures
Property
Buildings Value
Church $25,000.00
Rectory 3,500.00
Parish House 2,000.00
Appraised value of Land 10,000.00
Church furniture, organ, etc 3,500.00
$2,887.96
Insurance
$10,000.00
Total
$44,000.00
Information
$10,000.00
Amount of Endowments, $1,500.
Floating debt, $3,975.
Sittings in Church, 200, all free.
South Bend, St, Joseph County — S. James’ Church
Organized 1868
The Right Reverend John Hazen White, D. D., Rector
The Rev. Ray Everett Carr, Vicar
Lay Reader: William C. Benson.
Wardens: Dudley M. Shively, Thomas H. Brandon.
Vestrymen: E. M. Anders, Clerk; E. W. Gingrich, Treasurer;
L. B. Slaughter, Donald MacGregor, Walter A. Weed, Sterling A. Winchell, George F. Miltenberger, Gilbert A. Elliott.
Salary of Rector, $1,800, paid. Pension Fund Premium, $105, paid.
Proper Parish Register.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 4; adults, 4; total, 8. Con-
firmed, male, 10; female, 5; total, 15. Marriages, 11. Burials, 18.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 450. Communicants, last re-
port, 248; present number, 257. Candidate ordained to Diaconate, 1.
Services: Daily offices, Sundays, 77; Holy days, 12; other days, 46; total, 135. Holy Communion, Sundays, 74; Holy days, 46; other days, 135; total, 255.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 3;
female, 5; total, 8; pupils, 68.
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Parish Societies: St. Mary’s Guild, 30; Young People’s Society, 25; St. Vincent’s Guild, 12; Altar Guild, 12; Woman’s Guild and Auxiliary.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Balance, last report $ 374.80
For Parish Support —
Envelopes $2,735.56
Plate collections 232.66
Loans 150.00
All other sources 577.33
Total 3,695.55
Special Parochial —
For principal of mortgage 2,341.73
Outside the Parish.
Diocesan Purposes —
Diocesan Missions $ 178.31
All other Diocesan purposes 258.97
Extra-Diocesan —
General Missions $ 220.00
Other Extra-Diocesan purposes 121.12
Total 778.40
Parish Guilds, Etc. —
Sunday School $ 35.46
Woman’s Auxiliary 60.26
Young People’s Society 2.00
Altar Guild 61.92
Total 159.64
Total Receipts and Balance $7,350.12
Expenditures
Current Expenses —
Salary of Clergy $1,800.00
Music: organist and choir 779.80
Fuel, light, water, power 245.24
Taxes, rent, insurance 84.12
Interest 22.66
Care buildings, etc 527.69
Sundries 84.28
Total $3,543.79
Other Parochial expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy 105.00
Payment of debts 50.00
Paid on mortgage 900.00
Interest on mortgage 154.00
Total 1,209.00
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The Diocese of Northern Indiana [ May
Diocesan expenditures —
Diocesan Missions 178.31
Diocesan expenses 245.64
Bishop’s Emergency Fund 15.36
Total 439.31
Extra-Diocesan expenditures —
General Missions 220.00
War Commission 'A 110.00
Jerusalem and East Mission 11.12
Total 341.12
Parish Guilds, etc. —
Sunday School 31.20
Woman’s Auxiliary 48.53
Altar Guild 61.34
Total 141.07
Total Expenditures $5,674.29
Balances 1,675.83
Sum total
Property
Buildings, etc. Value
Church $30,000
Furniture, organ, etc 5,000
Appraised value, land 15,000
..$7,350.12
Insurance
$16,000
Total $50,000 $16,000
Sittings in church, 400. All free. Sittings in chapel, 50.
Information
Funded debt $3,300
Secured by mortgage on church property
Floating debt 150
Total Indebtedness $3,450
Title to property vested in Rector, Wardens and Vestry.
MISSIONS
Argos, Marshall County — S. Luke’s Church
Unorganized
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Priest in Charge Congregation: Families, 3; individuals, 8; Communicants, 4.
Services: Daily offices, 8; Holy Communion, 5.
Financial receipts, balance last report, $7.40; offerings, $11.85; total receipts, $19.25.
Expenditures : Current expenses, $1 ; Diocesan expenses, $1 ; Dioc-
esan missions, $12 ; General missions, $5 ; total expenditures, $19 ; bal- ance on hand, 25 cents.
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Columbia City, Whitley County —
Unorganized
The Venerable Robert J. Long, Priest in Charge
Congregation: Families, 6; individuals, 14; Communicants, 10.
Services: Holy Communion, 8.
Financial: Receipts, balance last report, $9.95; offerings, $12.15;
total, $22.10.
Expenditures: Current expenses, $6.50; Diocesan expenses, $2;
Diocesan missions, $7; General missions, $5; total, $20.50; balance, $1.60.
East Chicago, Lake County — Church of the Good Shepherd
Organized 1907
The Rev. Thomas Hines, Priest in Charge
Warden: William Meade.
Executive Committee: Ray M. Royce, Clerk; Peter Jamieson,
Treasurer; Charles Jordan, Robert Lippe, Carl Lippe, Floyd Stephens.
Salary of Priest, $400. Not in arrears. Pension Fund Premium, $30 paid.
Proper Parish Register: Accounts audited.
Official Acts: Baptisms, children, 5; total 5; private, 1; confirmed, male, 4 ; female, 5 ; total, 9 ; burials, 6.
Congregation: Baptized persons, 175; Communicants, last report,
97 ; present number, 114.
Services : Daily offices, Sundays, 40 ; Holy days, 5 ; other days, 12 ;
total, 57; Holy Communion, Sundays, 49; Holy days, 7; other days, 1; private, 6; total, 63.
Organizations: Sunday School, officers, 2; teachers, male, 1; fe-
male, 2; total, 3; pupils, 30.
Parish societies: Woman’s Guild, 15; S. Agnes’ Altar Guild, 6.
FINANCIAL
Receipts
Parish support —
Envelopes $ 405.20
Plate collections 145.32
Subscriptions 24.00
Guilds, organizations, etc 200.00
Sources outside parish 300.00
Total
Parish Guilds, etc. — Sunday School
$1,074.52
59.96
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Woman’s Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
Total
Total receipts _.
Deficit
Sum total
Expenditures
Deficit last report
Current expenses —
Salary of Clergy
Fuel, light, water, power . . . ,
Taxes, rent, insurance
Interest
Care buildings, etc
Total
Other Parochial expenses —
Pension premium of Clergy
Paid on mortgage
Total
Diocesan expenditures —
Diocesan expenses
Diocesan missions
Total
Parish Guilds,