PREFACE ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION. THE Memoirs of the Episcopal Church, edited some years ago by the present author, being out of print; and there being none on hand so far as is known to him, except a few copies in his possession; he lays by the following sheets, under the idea, that in the event of a future reprint, they may be thought a desirable addition to the volume. It will then contain whatever relates materially to the concerns of the Episcopal Church for the space of fifty-two years; of which the former publication was devoted to the first thirty; and the present is limited to the remaining twenty-two. The author cannot expect, at his time of life, that he will much longer live to be present at the counsels of the Church; or that, if living, his mind will be competent to the continuation of the present work. Accordingly, in these considerations, he perceives a call on him, to say, in accordance with a sentiment of the Mantuan poet-" Claudite jam Rivos.” To whatever period the days of his earthly pilgrimage may be extended; and whatever may be the dispensations of Providence in the course of them; whether, as hitherto, the uninterrupted enjoyment of health, and a considerable measure of worldly comforts; or such visitations, as he has witnessed in the persons of many, whose merits and whose usefulness, had they been the rule of divine procedure, in this life of uncertainty of change, as they are not, are far beyond what can be supposed his own; it will be his endeavour and his prayer, that he may live in daily dependence on the gracious Providence which has conducted him to an advance in years beyond that of the usual lot of man; and under the assurance, that if there should be for him, in reserve, any portion of bodily suffering or of sorrow, it will be sent in mercy, and will be no more than is necessary for the correction of his frailties. Whether prosperity or adversity be his appointed lot, he is sure, that if his reason should be continued to him, his life will not end, without prayer for the Church, in the concerns of which he has been so long engaged; and especially for the divine blessing on her ministry and her institutions; to be manifested in the conversion of sinners, in the edification of the godly, and in the end of both-the glory of God, and the enlargement of the kingdom of his Son, the adorable Redeemer. April, 1836. Of Proceedings in sundry States, previous to the Meetings in 1784, at Of the General Convention, in Philadelphia, in September and October, Of the Convention in Philadelphia and Wilmington, in 1786 Communication with the Court of Denmark Communication of the Clergy of Connecticut, to the Archbishop of York A Letter from the Rev. Abraham Jarvis, in the Name of the Clergy of A Memorial from the Convention in New-Jersey, to the General Conven- tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, An Act of the General Convention of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the States of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and South-Carolina, held at Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1786 Note of the Archbishop of Canterbury Letters from the President of Congress, (Richard Henry Lee, Esq.) and from the Minister of the United States at the Court of Great-Britain, (John Adams, Esq.) and from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Mr. Adams: also Certificates from the Executive of Pennsylvania and Vir- An Act of the Clergy of Massachusetts and New-Hampshire An Address to the Most Reverend the Archbishops of Canterbury and Thoughts on the Proposal of Alterations in the Book of Psalms in Metre, and in the Hymns, now before a Committee of the General Convention: Constitution of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, as established |