Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-10-07

proper time he should support apropos;t!on 10
discontinue the practice of printing ConHeh-
ton sermons, as matter Of course, by the or
der of the Convention On former occasion
he was called on to vote for printing y sermon
dnlivered by man who has since lett the
church and ioircd the Church of Rome. He
nrrochcd the same doctrine then that
l.. breaches now. fCres %! "order," = or
der - He (,!e dclcgatc) then endearored
80 nFsr resolution, which was ruled out,
- d;.rcnsa in future with the publication OF
tbos. cnnver,jon sermons He was in favor Of
nrin,;no, his sermon, and he made tncsc re-
marx, in this connection, because on the for
mer occasion to which he referred, when he
cried ort mo to the motion 10 PRINT tiiat
sermon, il; WIS said that It was Il stanu'hg
rule 10 priut the Convention sermons, ana
that particular sermon must be printed
He was in favor Of disseminating inc
practice as rule Of the Convention; theh' II
sermon is preached which We DO not "PP'":'
Of it will not be incumbent on lis 10 print II,
WHY should the Convention. As matter o'
course, print these sermons: The preacher Is
not chosen BY this House. The SUBJECT Is Sc
lccted Lv the preacher himself, ard MS as
tOiISe II DDt SubHiiNlSi " ~ ''' "
or approval 1t is not Ike Il report winch
comes before us for our adoption before :. goes
forth rs the opinion OF the body. lie thought
the practice ought TO be discontinued.
Mr. Conyngham had made the motion to
print because, as 4 parent, in listening 10 that
sermon he felt DESTROYS that the principles set
forth in it should be known throughout the
land and that they should be known as prIn-
,y,l ..,,ptnl Isrn hV
General Convention Of the Protestant Episco'
pal Church. There is nothing more impor-
tant than general Christian education. Let
that 90 abroad AS the opinion OF this Conven-
ton. He hoped the resolution would be unan!-
mously adopted.
The resolution. As modified, was unanimous
~ adopted.
ABANDONMENT OF THE CohMuSloS.
Rev. Dr. Vinton, of New York. said that at
the last General Convention the House passed
the following resolution
Resolved, The House Of bishops concur;iRg
that CanonS and II, Of 1873, he repealed.
These Canons were made originally for the
purpose of allowing action to be taken III the
case of tic Bishop Of North Carolina; and
having accomplished the purpose for which
they were enacted they ought no longer 10 be
permitted to blot the pages Of the statute
book. They provide FOR dcpoSing il'o .Jarto
any Bishop, Presbytcr or Deacon, who should
not conform to the doctrines or discipline OF the
Church, and are a denial absolutely Of the right
Of appeal of every clergyman in the Church.
However the Convention Of 1913 might have
been justified in passing these Canons at that
time for the purposes for which they were IN
tended. the cause now no longer exists. They
arc liable to abuse and accordingly this House
in the last Convention passed resolution to
repeal them.
By reference to page al Of the Journal o.!
the last Convention, it will he seen that the
House Of Bishops sent down the following mes
sage
Resolved, That this IIomsc DO not concur
in the action of the House Of Clerical and Lay
Deputies respecting Canons md II Of ls5:.
These Canons stand on our statute book
now BY virtue Of the noll-concurrcncc "l The
House of Bishops in the resolution 81 this
House for their repeal. BY reference TO Article
III. of the Constitution oil the Church which 1t
is now proposed to repeal, it will he seen that
provision is made that il the House Of bishops
10 not concur with the House Of Clerical AMI
Law Deputies they shall inform such House OF
their non.conc,lrrence. within three DAYS with
the reasons therefor The message from the
House Of Bishops, non.cOncuvring in the action
Of this House repeating these two CanonS, as
signs no reasons whatever for their noncon-
currencc. lie (Dr W therefore claimed that
under the circumstances these Canons were re-
pcslctl, and moved tina, the Secretary be d!-
rcctcd To strike them from the statute book,
and to notify the same 10 the House Of Bishops.
4 precedent for this action is furnished in
the proceedings of the Convention Of 1850,
respecting the action Of the Bishop OF Illinois,
refusing TO receive PrcSbytcr. The Bishop
of Illinois, for reasons satisfactory to himself.
refused to receive n clergyman who came with
clean letters from another Diocese An appeal
was taken from Tie action of the Bishop Of
Illinois to the General Convention. The
House Of Bishops did not concur with the
action Of this House upon the subject. One,
two and three Committees OF Conference
were appointed until it was finally discovered
in the House OF Bishops that a Canon of siini-
lar import had been passed by a previous
House OF Clerical and Lay Deputies, which
had not been consttutionally non-concurrcd
in by the House Of Bishops, they having
failed to inform the other House of their non
concurrence within three days, giving their
TcaSOflS III NTilIIIH liltISIi' NV NH''''' "''''
was then passed by this House. giving any
clergyman carrying with him clean letters.
the right 10 remove into another Diocese was
rejected by the House of Bishops on the
ground that Bishop ought To have the right
to keep out those he did not want in his do
ccsc. But the matter was finally settled by the
discovery that Canon passed by this House in
1850. OF similar import, had not been conSti-
tutionally rejected by the House of Bishops,
they not having sent 20 the other licusc notice
Of their Inconvenience, with their reasons II:
writing, within three days, aud that Canon was
therefore held to he in force.
Rev Mr.. Burgess, Of MaiGe, concurred eli
trcly with the gentleman from New York, that
the action of this House WAS final or will be
final when he three days shall have expired.
But it will be seen hy reference To the pro-
cccdin:s Of the last Convention. that this Canon
was not repealed by the House until the last
day bu; one of the session, and that the mes
sage from the House Of Bishops was sent IN
the same day. The Bishops have. by the Con-
st;tution, three days in which to send their
reasons. Yesterday was the second day OF the
sitting of the Convention, and to-day is the
third day. Now, hy adopting this motion
and notifying the House OF Bishops an op.
pcrunity would be afforded them to send us
their reasons and prevent us from asserting
our constitutional right, by striking these Ga
mons from the statute book. He hoped the
matter would be permitted to lie over until to-