Excerpt from Tenth Annual Address of the Bishop of the Diocese of Illinois, 1861 In the evening I confirmed six in the Church where we are assembled; and in the afternoon a, sick lady, in private, making an aggregate for the year Of twenty-one no small proof Of the general pastoral fidelity with which its interests are cared for. During the Opening services Of Wednesday, September 11th, I ordained to the Priesthood Rev. Salmon Riego Weldon and Rev. Charles A. Gilbert. The former was presented by Rev. Dr. Chase, and the latter by Rev. John Wilkinson. The clergy assisting in the Opening services of the Convention united in the: laying on Of hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.