The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-20
GENERAL CONVENTION
OF the
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Of the UNITED STATES.
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Tw ELrTH DAY.
WEDNEspAY, Oct. 10, 1885

WV: II. HILL Of Cal, and Rev. ALIEN BURGESS
of Maine. -
on printing the Journals Of The
s,s seefd ns ri nsee OF " Rev Mr. Wiley oil
Conn. Rev. w s. Perry of n: ~, Mr. heggies
of N. Y, Mr.. Simeon ide OF y . -. ,a.xa 80
absence for the remainder OF the session, for
Me.srs, Keene of Wis. Daizell of Texas, and Hill
of Cal. Leave was granted accordingly. The
Committee further reported the name OF Kew.
J. NJ Mitchell as deputy from Alabama, IN
place uf Rev. henry q. Lay, ID. D. resigned.
DIR. Littieiohn moved that the Committee on
the part of this Houss 10 devise plan for the
creation of a church building fund, be increas-
ed by the addition of two members. Carried.
Mr. Hill moved that the House take up the
resolution fixing day OF final adjournment
but by the request of several members, with
drew his motion for the present.
Rev. Mr.. Kelly, of N. j., nominated the fol-
lowing gentlemen as the committee to confer
with the Trustees OF the General Theological
Seminary, relative to a severance between
ADMINISTRATION and the General Convention !:
Dir. Francis yinton, Mr. Pinckney OF ;. o.,
DR.. Mead. Mr.. Murray Holman, ana Judge
Conyngham.
On motion, Mr.. Pinckney's resolution on
the subject was referred to the same commit
tee.
Mr. Fairbanks, of Fla. offered resolution,
EXPRESSING the assent OF the House to the con-
secration of Rev. jacob Lyman Clark, ID. ID d.
as Bishop Of the Northwest, and Rev. Henry
Champlin Lay, ID. d., as Bishop OF the South
west.
Al the suggestion of Mr. Ruggles, Of N. Y,
the resolution was laid on the table until to-
morrow; aud then, ON motion, the House
voted to return to the House OF Bishops me
message defining the boundaries OF the mis-
sionary Jurisdictions of the Northwest ana
Southwest. with view to alteration.
Mr.. Fairbanks, OF Fla, offered a resolution
oreeriag the printing of the Conservation SER
IN ms preached in this city on the 18th inst
The resolution WIS obect 10 on the ground
thai the General Convention was already
oyerburdeued with expenses.
DR.. Fitch, OF Ohio, said The printing had
beeu undertaken by personal friends of the
Bishops, and the resolution was thereupon
Wi hdrawn.
Ga motion of DIR. Higbee, the Secretary of
the House was added TO the committee on
printing the Journals of the Convention from
1859 TO SOB.
The President announced the two additional
members of the Committee on the Church
Bui ldipg Fund, viz: Rev. DIR. ID. j. Grin
nell of Mich, and Rev. DIR. Vinton of N. Y.
Dir. Craik, OF KY, offered the following reso-
luton:
Rssoired, The House of Bishops concurris:,
That special committee OF hive be appointed to
consider and report to the next General Gonven
the H,mn"dy and Metr;cal Psanody of the
Church. and especlsll, TO inqulr. whe h:r an, in
proyenent be introduced INTO our present col
lection oil MetrIca Psalms and hymns.
Adopted.
On motion of DR. Hawks, the House pro-
ceeded TO the consideration of the report OF
The Special Committee, to whom We're referred
the following preamble and resolution. offered
by MIR. Memnlnger. OF ). Z.
Wt.reas, The preamble and resolutions adopted
by the House of Bishops the 18th day of the last
session OF the GENERAL Convention, IN relation 10
lis ned in toe Journal of the said Convention has
disturbed the uniformity OF worship which shoald
p, eya throughout our Church, and have bsen re-
,.4 ma rtSi as In
dsviatins from the RuDrlcs; and whereas, IN the
opinion of this House no such chan e can lawfully
I've made except by the JOINT action OF both Houses
in General Convention, made known to the several
Dioceses and adopted IN the n,annsr prescribed
M the Constitution OF The Caurch: Therefore,
f.soTrrd, That the House of Bishops is hereby
respectiully requested to reconsider the said pre-
anu lie ana resolutions, and instead OF any separate
action upon the subject matter, to send down to
this House such proposal Tor any chance OF wor
ship 1t may deem expedIent, to be acted upon IN
the manner required by the Constitution OF the
Church, for making alterations In the Book I'll
Common Prayer
The special committee to whom the subject
was referred, consisted of Francis l.. Hawks
c. g. Memminger, VIM. Cooper Mead T. H.
Morrison, j. Mason Campbell, Edward A.
Newton and Vim. Welsh. The majority OF
the committee subseq uently made "A report OF
which the following is the conclusion:
Upon the whole matter, then, it seems to
your committee that the separate action of the
House of Bishops, as published in the Journal
OF the Convention. is an Infringement of the
privileges OF this House; aud that it becomes
a solemn duty which we owe to ourselves, to
cur constituents, to the Church, and 10 our
pos Gritty, to take appropriate action upon the
matter. Such an infringement even in cases
OF ordinary legislation, would present grave
considerat Ions. But in a case like this where
the PRAYER Book and the Constitution: where
the rights of Clergy and Laity; where the or
der and good government of the Church are
involved the matter assumes the grayest i'm
portance.
believing these views to be founded OH
truth and justice, your committee entertain
the hope that they will have weight in indu-
cling the Right Reverend Bishops to reconsider
their action. The preamble and resolution
referred to your committee are conceived in
that Christian spirit which directs us to apply
in the first instance 10 our brother to correct
what we think an error; and therefore meet
our appreciation. No opinion whatever is ex-
pressed upon the expediency of the measures
proposed by the House of Bishops. All that
is asked for, is the recognition of the just rights
of this House as a coordinate branch of the
General Convention, and each member is left
free to act as he shall see fit, upon any mea-
sures that may be proposed.
The committee therefore recommend the
adoption of the preamble and resolution refer
red to them.''
A the s3,ue time, Mr.. Welsh, the minority
of the committee, submitted a report, giving
reasons why he could not unite with his COLI
leagues in asking the House to pass the pre-
amble and resolution referred tor the conside-
ration of the committee and closing with
the following resolution
RsSolred That the preamble and resolution
submitted TO this committee for consideration,
together with Canons ALV. and XLVII. of
1852, be referred to joint committee of the
two Houses, to consider aud report, at the next
General Convention, what notifications, II
any, are needed in the mode of conducting tue
services of the Church, or in The use OF the
Book of Common Prayer in established parish
churches, and in the missionary field, foreign
and dom.s ic
Dir. Memminger commenced the discussion
in an argument in favor OF MS fesoiutioh.-.
Mr. Welsh commenced his speech In opposi-
ton, when
the House of Bishops:
The House of Bishops informs the House OF
Clerical and Law Deputies that II has adopted
the following resolution
nomination of the board OF trustees 'ior the
dows and orphans Of deceased clergymen,' y
&c. made to this House by the Joint Commit
tee aud have appointed the persons SO nom-
mated, said Board OF Trustees for the three
wears next ems iiing.
LEWIS p w BALcH, Sec,y.
The House of Bishops informs the House of
Clerical and Lay Deputies that it has passed
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That all those portions of our
country North of line running along the
northern boundary of the Cherokee country
aud New Mexico, until it reaches the Diocese
OF Cali tornia, not yet organized into Dioceses
or included within Missionary Districts. be
within the jurisdiction of the Missionary
Bishop OF the Northwest
Resoired, That all those portions of our
country South of a line running along the
Northern boundary of the Cherokee co,intry
and New Mexico, until ii reaches the Diocese
OF California, notyet organized into Dioceses
or included within Missionary Districts. To-
gether with Arkansas, be within The iurisdic-
iIon OF the Missionary Bishop of the South.
west. LEWIS p. W. BALcH, Sec'y
Mr.. Welsh resumed and finished his long
speech sustaining the minority report.
Judge Conrad wanted to know ii the rule
limiting speeches to fifteen minutes was to be
enforced. There were other important mat
ters yet 10 be considered by the House, and 1t
was necessary TO economic time. lie respect