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he fell amid the thickest of the fight. Thus passed from amongst
us a man in whom were blended te simplicity of the child, the pur-
ity and gentleness of woman, the dauntless courage of the soldier,
and the unaffected piety of the Christian. May the God of the
widow and the fatherless temper this fearful blow to the heart of
his aged and doting mother.

From this saddening record I passon to the details of my lab-
ors for the past years.

Immediately after the adjournment of out last Convention, I
accompanied the Rev. Dr. Savage to the Chapel of the Cross....

On the following Sunday, May 5th, I preached on the Deer Creek in
the forenoon to a full congregation, and in the afternoon to a very
large number of blacks.

Friday 17th, I baptized at the house of Mrs. Ann Barrow twen-
ty-nine of the children of her slaves--their mistres standing as
sponsor for all of them. Would to God that more of their masters
and mistresses amongst us would thus prove to the world that they
recognise a higher duty to their slaves than that of merely providing
for their bodily wants. In the eye of God the relation of master
and servant comes next, in its aweful responsibilities, to that of
parent and child.

The next day, the 20th (June), I set out to attend the primary
Convention of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Confederate
States, which had been appointed to meet at the Montgomery, Alabama, on
the 3rd of July. That Convention, you will remember, was held at
the recommendation of two of our older Confederate Bishops for the
purpose of considering and arranging our relations to the Protest-
ant Episcopal Church in the United States. It was truly gratify-
ing to see how prompt and full was the answer to this call; and
still more with what hearttiness and unanimity out deliberations
were conducted. All was done which the occasion demanded, and
which our delegated powers would permit us to do. A printed copy
of our proceedings is herewith laid upon your table. The only
cause for regret on that occasion was the absence of some of the
older as wel as younger of the Bishops of our Confederacy-and ab-
sence, however, excusably accounted for by the "wars and rumors of
wars" that then filled the land.

Wednesday, August 21st, I confirmed, in St. Andrew's Church,
Jackson, one person. That person was a mere youth who was in a
few hours to set off for the field of war, two of his brothers hav-
ing preceded him. These three sons were the best offering which
your Bishop couls make to the service of his country. To this he
has daily added the incense of heartfult supplication for the spee-
dy and successful termination of our present struggle.