The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . hasnever ceased. Years have been required for the nj)l)uilding of thatwhich it took years to overthrow; but the work has never beenintermitted, and the episcopates of Moore anil .Meade and Johns haveleft few traces of the old desolation, while, under their wise and care-fid stcwardshi]), the Church has strength and posititm farmore durable than that of the establishment. Two dioceses andllii-ee bisliops. with a noI)lc band of clergy and a devoted. liber:d amiintelligent laity, <arry on the work which was begun when IJiehaidC
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . hasnever ceased. Years have been required for the nj)l)uilding of thatwhich it took years to overthrow; but the work has never beenintermitted, and the episcopates of Moore anil .Meade and Johns haveleft few traces of the old desolation, while, under their wise and care-fid stcwardshi]), the Church has strength and posititm farmore durable than that of the establishment. Two dioceses andllii-ee bisliops. with a noI)lc band of clergy and a devoted. liber:d amiintelligent laity, <arry on the work which was begun when IJiehaidChaiuiing .Moore was set apart as a bisho|i in the Church of (iod. At the suggestion of IJishop While, and under the inspiration of theRev. Charles Pettigrcw, etlbrts were made as earlyas 17!)0 toorgani/ethe (hunh in \orth Carolina. On the .)th of June two clergymen, theli(!V. Charles IVtligrew and the Kev. .Fames L. Wilson, and twolaymen, Dr. John Leigh and William Clements. met in Cow-vention at Tawborough, and approved and acceded to the general. KEV. RICUAKU CUANNIXG MOOKE, 1>.1). SECONT> Bisnor of Virginia. 146 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ccclcbiiistical constitution adopted in Pliiliidolpliia in 1789. In of tlie Convention to the General Convention the stnte of theCluii-fh in North Carolina is represented as truly dejjlorable, fromthe paucity of the clergy and the nmltiplicity of opposing seclarianis,who are using every possible exertion to seduce its incnitiers to their(liUcrcnt communions. A second Convention was licid at the .sameplace, on the 12th of November, 1790. This body, under the presidencyof the Kev. Dr. Micklejohn, appointed deputies to the General Conven-tion of 1792, elected a standing committee, and took other measures toperfect the organization of the Church in the State, ihe Ke\. .lames \ilson, one of the deputies a])pointed to attend the General Conven-tion, proceeded to New York for that i), but was delaye
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