St. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne county. Baptisms-infants, white 6, colored 19; adults, colored 2, Confirmed, Communicants, Catechumens, Marriages-white 2, colored 18, Funerals, Centreville, May 26, 1849. 27 57 50 20 6 HENRY BROWN, Rector. King and Queen Parish, St. Mary's county. Baptisms-infants, white 14, colored 15, Confirmed-white, Communicants-added 11, received from another parish 2, died 11, removed 4, present number, Marriages white 8, colored 1, Funerals-white 5, colored 8, Contributions to Missions and other objects, Communicants-last reported unknown, added 1, died 4, re A subscription has been raised for repairing, improving and enclosing the church, which I think will realize 300 00 The present Rector commenced Divine service in the noble old church of this parish in August last. He is happy to report an increasing attend ance upon his ministrations,-devout reverence and earnest responses in public worship, and a confident hope of the fulfilment of the promise, that "in due time ye shall reap if ye faint not." JAMES A. BUCK, Rector. Leonard Town P. O., May 27, 1849. William and Mary Parish St. Mary's county. Baptisms-infants, Confirmed by the Bishop, Communicants-added 16, removed 2, dead 2, present num ber, Marriages, Burials, Collected for Domestic Missions, 53 13 P. O. Great Mills, Tuesday in Whitsun- Week, 1849. Somerset Parish. Baptisms-infants, white 9, colored 7, Communicants-last reported 70-added, new and by re 16 350 00 Subscribed for church repairs, about, God's blessing has been on us for the past, and we pray for it for the future. Princess Anne, Md. JOS. J. NICHOLSON, Rector. Spring Hill Parish, Somerset and Worcester counties. Baptisms-children 22, adults 8, Marriages, 30 10 6 Funerals, Communicants-added 23, died 4, removed 1-present num Stepney Parish, Somerset county. Communicants-last reported, 23-removed 1, added 1, dropped for non-attendance 2-present number, Contributions for Parish and other purposes, 21 $26.00 This report dates from September, when I assumed the charge of the Parish. May 29, 1849. THOS. R. B. TRADER, Rector. Wicomico Parish, Somerset county. Baptisms-infants, Communicants-last reported, 19-added by removal 1, present $17.00 Contributions for parish and other purposes, This report dates from September, when I assumed the charge of the said Parish. May 29, 1849. THOS. R. B. TRADER, Rector. Coventry Parish, Somerset and Worcester counties. 13 Funerals-white, 34 2 Marriages-white, Communicants—died 2, removed 3, added 12, (5 from other parishes)-present number, 80 Sunday Offerings, $73 00 JOHN CROSDALE, Rector. Newtown, Worcester county, May, 1849. St. Michael's Parish, Talbot county. Baptisms-adults, white 3-infants, white 6, colored 4, Communicants last reported 52-died 2, removed 6, added 2, present number, Collections for Missions and other religious purposes, 353 46 $83 00 Communicants-died 3, removed 9, added 13-present number, Marriages, Funerals, Sunday School-teachers, scholars, Contributions to pious uses, including Missions, and another organ for the Whitemarsh Church, 32 1 119 14 11 11 51 $45 00 330 00 With rare exceptions, the Church's order respecting Holy days, has been methodically observed; and the useful services of the Rev. John Neely, as Deacon, have afforded to the congregation in Easton the benefit of more frequent public worship on every Lord's day. HENRY M. MASON, Rector. Communicants-last reported, 122-died 2, removed 8, added In addition to this amount, the ladies of the Parish, by their faithful exertions, have raised, during the year, about $500-which has been applied in part, to the current expenses of the Church, but chiefly, to the removal of some old standing debts of the Parish. The Rector is happy also to report, that during the year a successful effort has been made to collect a congregation near Lappon's Cross Roads, six miles from the Parish Church, where a stone edifice, in pointed style of architecture, is now in course of erection. It is hoped to have it in readiness for consecration by the latter part of July, when regular weekly services will be celebrated in it. The congregation already gathered, will apply at the approaching Convention for leave to organize under the name and title of St. Mark's Church. Hagerstown, May 29th, 1849. THEO. B. LYMAN, Rector. Baptisms, Marriages, St. Andrew's Church, Clear Spring. Communicants-last reported, 14-added 8, died 1, removed 543 20 105 16 |