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On Tuesday night services were held in St. Paul's church, Louisburg, Franklin county. Prayers were read by Rev. Messrs. Roberts and Sutton, and the sermon preached by Rev. R. Hines, from the decisive words of Joshua, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." [The Bishop, being confined to the house by indisposition, was not present.] On Wednesday, Morning Prayers were read by Rev. S. Roberts, assisted by Rev. R. Hines, and the Bishop preached. The Rev. R. B. Sutton read the preface to the confirmation service, and one person was confirmed. In the afternoon the Bishop went on his way to the Western part of the Diocese, and the clergy separated to go to their various charges. Thus closed a most delightful and profitable visitation. s.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Bishop consecrated the Church of the Cross, at Bluffton, Beaufort District, on Sunday, July 19th. The building is described by a correspondent of the Southern Episcopalian, as a "handsome, gothic, cruciform building, capable of accommodating from five to six hundred persons." On the preceding afternoon the Bishop administered confirmation to a number of persons; and on Monday, the 20th, Mr. J. Mercier Green was admitted to the Diaconate. Besides the Bishop and the rector of St. Luke's parish (the Rev. James Stoney, M.D.), there were present the Rev. Mr. Seabrook, Rev. Dr. Taylor, Rev. Stephen Elliott, and Rev. C. C. Pinckney.
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TENNESSEE.
[For some unknown reason, the following interesting letter was exactly one month "on the way." The strong in-
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terest which attaches to the subject of the contemplated Southern University, renders it a valuable supplement to the account which we transferred, from another source, to the Journal of July 29th.--Eds. Ch. Jour.]
[Correspondence of the Church Journal.]
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, East Tennessee, July 7th, 1857.
Messrs. Editors:--Your readers have been apprised of the meeting proposed to be held by the representatives of the Church in the ten most Southern States, for the purpose of founding a University for their common benefit. The day appointed for the meeting was the 4th inst., and the place the top of this mountain. All the Dioceses were represented. The morning opened auspiciously; the weather throughout the day was charmingly bright and cool. At an early hour crowds of horsemen, carriages, and other vehicles, began to throng the mountain brow in front of the hotel, and all seemed animated by the inspiration of the occasion. At the request of the meeting, Col. A. M. Lea, a graduate of West Point, and a Churchman, acted as Marshal of the Day, and at 11 A. M. announced as the order of proceedings, on the locality selected for the occasion, the following programme:
1. The One Hundredth Psalm. Tune--Old Hundredth.
2. A portion of Scripture. To be read by Rt. Rev. Wm. M. Green, D.D., Bishop of Miss.
3. The Te Deum. To be Chaunted.
4. Prayer. By the Rt Rev. N. H. Cobbs, D.D. Bishop of Alabama.
5. Gloria in Excelsis. To be Chaunted.
6. The Declaration of Independence. To be read by Greer B. Duncan, Esq., of Louisiana.
7. The Star Spangled Banner. By the Band.
8. Address. By the Rt. Rev. J. H. Otey, D.D., Bishop of Tennessee.
9. Hail Columbia. By the Band.
A procession was then formed under the direction of the Marshal. Immediately following the Band came a Revolutionary soldier of venerable age. bearing the national flag. By his side walked a lad of 10 years, presenting together Old and Young America--those who had handed down to us our political and religious freedom, and their blessings and those unto whom we were here to devise means to transmit them. Next in order came the Rt. Rev. Drs. Green and Cobbs, then the Rt. Rev. Dr. Otey and Greer B. Duncan, Esq.; next the Rt. Rev. Drs. Polk, Elliot, and Rutledge, accompanied by ladies of their families; then the Reverend Clergy, with ladies of their families and others; then then the lay members of the Board, with their families, and citizens generally. The procession moved, under the conduct of the Marshal, to the place appointed--an elevated plateau on the mountain top--and on reaching it, the delegates arranged themselves on either side of the Speaker's stand, the audience seated itself in front on the rude benches which art had extemporized, or the ruder ones which nature had strewn around; the choir, with its melodeon, on the right, and the Band, with its brazen array, on the left. The Marshal, from the stand--a huge rock, covered by the branches and thick foliage of a venerable oak--commenced Old Hundredth, to be sung by all standing. And never was that magnificent old Psalm poured forth from hearts more full, or in more earnest strains of grateful praise. The choir was extemporized, but all congregations represented, from all Dioceses, contributed their men singers and their women singers, who, gathering thickly around the improvised organ, sent up a tide of song from that mountain top, which seemed to sweep the heavens. I have often heard Old Hundredth, under circumstances calculated to excite and impress, but never did I see before such a combination of incidents, prompting all parties to enter on its use with such whole-souled earnestness. The grandeur of the surrounding scenery, the occasion, the associations, the future, all contributed of their influence, to give zest and impressiveness to the singing of that Psalm. May the strains in which it was uttered ascend as acceptable incense before the Throne of the Lord of Sabaoth!
After the Psalm of the Bishop of Mississippi read the 22d Chapter of Joshua, as not inappropriate. The Te Deum was then chaunted in full voice by the whole assembly. An ap{part of last line not included in scan} offered by the Bishop of Alabama.
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Hon. George S. Guion, of Louisiana, Col. Charles T. Pollard, of Alabama, and others, they were modified in a few slight particulars, and adopted unanimously.
The resolutions of the Bishop of Louisiana were then taken up. They provided for the appointment of
1. A Committee on location.
2. A Committee to prepare a Charter.
3. A Committee to raise the necessary funds.
4. A Committee to digest a plan for the internal life and working machinery of the University.
5. A Building Committee.
After discussion, it was perceived that the question of location was one of the gravest character, and so deeply affecting the success of the enterprise, that it was thought expedient to take time for a thorough examination. The first resolution was then adopted, and the Committee appointed. It was composed of one from each of the Dioceses represented, and was instructed to report at an adjourned meeting, to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 25th of November next.
That Committee was composed of
Bishop Polk, of Louisiana;
Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina;
Rev. Alexander Gregg, of South Carolina;
Bishop Elliot, of Georgia;
Bishop Rutledge, of Florida;
Bishop Cobbs, of Alabama;
George S. Yerger, Esq., of Mississippi;
Rev. J. W. Dunn, of Texas;
Bishop Freeman, of Arkansas;
Rev. Dr. Pise, of Tennessee;
Bishop Otey, of Tennessee.
The resolution to appoint a Committee to prepare a Charter was then adopted, and the following gentlemen nominated to compose it:
Francis B. Fogg, Esq., of Tennessee;
Ex-Governor John Manning, of South Carolina;
Hon. George S. Guion, of Louisiana;
George S. Yerger, Esq., of Mississippi.
It was also made the duty of this Committee to report to the adjourned meeting at Montgomery.
The mover then withdrew for the present the three remaining resolutions, and gave notice that he should call them up so soon as the organization was completed.
The Board then adjourned, to meet in Montgomery, Alabama, on the 25th of November next.
The utmost harmony prevailed throughout the proceedings of the meeting. But one mind and will seemed to animate those who composed it. The importance and value of the movement to the interests of religion and learning throughout the South, was duly impressed on every heart, and though from the magnitude of the enterprise, and the great variety of its details, it was presumed to involve a vast amount of personal sacrifice, untiring energy and labor, it was yet believed to be entirely practicable. That it is earnestly called for by those for whose benefit, chiefly, it is to be undertaken, we have increasing and unmistakeable proofs. We have therefore strong confidence, under the Divine blessing, it wll be carried forward to a successful consummation.
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