Excerpt from A Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Other Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: From the Bishops of Said Church, Assembled in General Convention in the City of Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1838 This Convention has been fully attended the bish ops have all been present, and the business has been 'conducted with much diligence, perfect harmony, and brotherly-kindness. 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.