Excerpt from Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio: Held in Trinity Church, Columbus, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 13, 14, 15, and 16, A. D. 1818 The Rev. Tronas M. Smith, Milnor Professor of Divinity in the Theological Seminary of Ohio, at Gambier. The Rev. Charles B. Stout, Rector of the Church of the Epiph any, Urbana, and Missionary. 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.