viour, may be exhibited against a Clergyman to the State Convention; and, on clear and sufficient proof thereof, by viva voce evidence, on oath duly administered, in the Convention, or by a commission to take such evidence, duly executed, such Clergyman shall be excluded the Convention; and the Convention shall request of the Vestry or Congregation of the Church, in which he officiates at the time, to dismiss him from the charge of their Church, for the reasons before mentioned; and also to inform the Bishop (and, if there be no Bishop, the Standing Committee) which Bishop, or Standing Committee, shall inform the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, that such Clergyman is an improper person to officiate in the sacred order of Priest or Deacon, in any Protestant Episcopal Church. RULE XI. The Minister of every Protestant Episcopal Church, in this State, shall keep a register of births, baptisms, marriages, funerals and communicants; and shall likewise every year, deliver to the State Convention, a fair and correct statement of the number of each, to be published in the Journals of the Convention. RULE XII. It shall be the business of the Standing Committee, to call a meeting of the Convention, whenever they shall deem it necessary; and they shall report their proceedings to the succeeding Convention, to be confirmed or rescinded. RULE XIII. The Delegates of the several Churches to the State Convention, shall, during, the intervals of the Convention, be Corresponding Committees, entrusted with the duty of informing the Standing Committee of the situation of their respective Churches; and generally such other things, as may relate to the temporal and spiritual interests of the Protestant Episcopal Churches in this state. RULE XIV. No Article, Canon, Rule, or other regulation, of any General or State Convention, shall be obligatory on any Episcopal Church within this State, where the same shall be found to infringe on any of its chartered rights. . RULE XV. To the intent that the Church in this State may not be unrepresented in General Convention, the Clerical and Lay-Delegate or Delegates, who may be hereafter nominated thereto, shall, on the absence of one or more of their colleagues, be empowered to nominate and appoint, in the place of such absent Delegate or Delegates, any citizen or citizens of this State; provided that such citizen or citizens is, or are a Member or Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State. RULE XVI. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, shall be used in the Churches of this association. RULE XVII. None of the foregoing Rules shall be altered, nor shall any new Rule be adopted, unless the alterations, or new Rule or Rules proposed, shall be concurred in by two-thirds of the Churches in Convention; seven at least, of the Churches of the State, by their Delegates, being present, ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. We have noticed several typographical errors, which have remained uncorrected; but as they will be readily perceived by every Reader, they need not, here, be particularly specified. Page 90-line 5. Dele*, and place it after year, line 16. Page 178-second Note. After the words Bishop Bowen, add, now its President, ex officio. Page 214-line 5. After A. M. read-He was Ordained Deacon, June 5, 1797, by Dr. North, Page 232-line 34-for 1812, read 1813. Page 263-since this page was printed, the Rev. Milward Pogson, has been elected Rector of St. James', Goose-Creek. Page 265-line 10, for Tuilliard, read Florent Philip Troulliard. Page 294-Add at the end of line 10-The Rev. Edward Rutledge is officiating here during the winter and spring of 1820. He was Ordained Deacon, Nov. 17, 1819, by Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut. Page 310-line 8-Add, after the word plan--A Permanent Parochial fund for the support of the Church, was first established in Carolina, by the inhabitants of Edisto Island. See page 390. And in St. John's, Berkley, a fund for that purpose was raised by the Parishioners, by a voluntary per centage on their crops, for a few years. See page 542. Page 400-line 12-for Presbyterian, read Congregational. Page 452 to page 456-The running title should have been the subject matter of the several pages. Since page 365 was printed, a Monument has been erected in the Church of St. John's, Colleton, with the following Inscription: Filial Affection here records the nante The following Epitaph on the Rev. Thomas D. Frost,* came to hand too late for insertion in its proper place. His remains having been interred in the Cemetery of the Roman Catholic Church, in St. Mark's Parish, Cuba, permission has been obtained to place a stone over the grave, with a suitable inscription, excluding, however, any allusion to his having been a Clergyman or even a Protestant. Under these restrictions, this Epitaph has been composed, and is intended to be sent out to the Ilavana. Although it is thus necessarily incomplete, yet we owe it to the faithful Minister, of whose virtues it is a Memorial, to place it here upon record. SACRED To the Memory of Of St. Philip's Parish, South Carolina, In that State, 24th of February, 1794: He was distinguished, In Childhood, in Youth, in Manhood, For simplicity, tenderness, purity, diligence, modesty. And gifted with excellent talents. He loved Knowledge, Rather as a Duty, for its usefulness, Than as an Ornament or a Pleasure. As a Son, He was ever respectful and obedient, affectionate and grateful: * See page 282. As a Brother and Friend, He was steadfast through principle, Lived and moved the beauty of holiness, Young in the Years of Time, A burning light, Shining more and more unto the perfect day: He died, The heir of peace, and joy, and life eternal. After Death, in a foreign land, In life, the ornament and blessing, Is placed here by his Widere, |