The address each year of a Protestant Episcopal bishop is thoroughly exemplified in the foregoing specimen. It is the same endless list of _enteuthen exelauneis_, varied only by the number of _parasangas_. To the lazy grammar-boy it is a most fascinating chapter of ancient history when he reaches the _enteuthen_ section in the _Anabasis_. There is an immense list of them, and the lesson for that day is easy. When the first phrase is mastered, he knows all the rest, except the occasional figures. We once saw a reporter for a prominent Daily making a short-hand report of an address before an illustrious diocesan gathering. Having had some experience in the matter, he came to the meeting with his tablets prepared. They were as follows: VISITED AT AND CONFIRMED. _______________ _____ _________ _______________ _____ _________ _______________ _____ _________ Three-quarters of the address was thus prepared beforehand, it only being necessary to leave the lines sufficiently far apart to permit the insertion of occasional notes. By his extra care he was enabled to present the most complete report of any paper in the city. The specimen we have given is a fair average. In future generations, when a classical student is given a bishop’s address to read, his labor for that day will be easy. Almost any bishop’s address will substantiate the statements we have made. We refer to them freely, without wasting time in selection. We begin a new paragraph: The system of the Protestant Episcopal Church is eminently congregational. If a parish chooses to “call” a given man, he is “called.” Should the bishop “interfere” and recommend him, the recommendation, without an exception that has ever come to our knowledge, militates against the proposed “call.” Should a parish desire to get rid of a pastor, it does so with or without the consent of the bishop, as happens, in the estimation of the wardens, to be most convenient. The officers may consult the bishop, and, if he agree with them, well and good. The words of the diocesan are quoted from Dan to Beersheba, and the pastor is made to feel the lack of sympathy--“Even his bishop is against him,” is whispered by young and old. If the bishop does not agree with them, they do not consult him again. They proceed to accomplish what they desire as if he had no existence, and--they always succeed. There is a farcical canon of the Protestant Episcopal Church which says, if a parish dismiss its rector without concurrence, it shall not be admitted into convention until it has apologized.