New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
TRxENNgAL CONVENTION OF TEE
PgOTEsTANT T.. CHURCH..
The GhHroh aud the Rebellion.
NINTH DAY.

NINTH DAY.
Religious services were conducted hy BishOrs
BuRGEss and BFpELL, and the Rev. Drs. CLsNsES
end NHiPPLE. Ia the absence OF the President, tie
Rev. DR.. HowE occupied the Chair.
The Rev. Mr. BRICK Of Delaware introduced the
following resolution;
Resirss he Hone Of Bishops ooncurripr Th.. Joint
Committee 1Afee be- spqoil',d corcr win Conti,;eo
sfhe Horse o. Bishop on tie subject O. she cioHg services
4 resolution to adjourn on Tuesday rext was
offered by the Rev. Dr. CLEAsES Of Delaware.
After briei discussion, tie resolution was with
drawn.
The Rev. DR.. MEaD read the report of the Com
m'tee on CauOns.
On motion Of the Rev. VIZ. S PERRY Of Maine
Reoree Tha; a. be o;ruod 70 The Conntiee Cauons
TO inquire aid fcior what less;ion II any 10 necessary en
The part o. this Hon,e 70 remove TIE eor in Section Ii
Car0 T. Title q the D' wherein the iesiimolis' 20 BE-
rgned " re 'tei io ca-1-e 'oI I'Ats o.eei We
~oId Deacon" 81. sl0s,.,a'el lor frlest"
The Rev. DR.. HIcnEG made al elaborate speech
the report on cauous
Dr. HAwR, gave history Of the clause in ne
canon under consideration.
Dr. sHArTucK said puriisrisn and Popery were
opposite.
The Rev. DR.. GoopwIS criticised the remarls
made ly the gentlemen VINO preceded hiu, and gave
u definition OF the term minister.
The Rev. hr. DotSE who has a brother in the
Catholic prierthoOcl assumed tie province Of admin
isteriDg a rebuke 10 Dr. Goodwin ios HE views Of
the ninlEtry.
Tie Hon. MURRAY IloFFVAs desired 20 make q
fc| suggeltiOns. lie gave minute history Of the
canon under discussion and supported his views 10
few stirring marks
Yesterday an attempt was made 10 distribute
copies o. a Secession document entitled " Addonda
10 the huniGpsis, among the clerical aud lay dele
gate at this Convention.
DR.. CRkIx promptly prohibited The circulation Of
ihese documents when Ae asceTtaincd tie nature Of
their contents.
Rev. DIR. NiHAE, Rev. DR.. Hare, Rev. D..
HAwKs, Hon. K. c. WIsrHAoP Rev DR.. Mao
and olheTs, continued the debate Oh ;he report Oh
Canons.
. The Rev. Mr. BURorsi Of Maine hoped that the
canOns would show that there are certain crimes
which degrade minister that be cannot be 81
lowed 10 return 20 tie ministry. There arc cpres
which exclude men tom he lury-boX and from the
ballCt-boz. lie would have IL underoOd That
man guilty Of treason cannot be restored % the
Church. Restore hin who bas ioined the Purtans.
Restore MIN who IN an hour of despoudencv has
forgotten biz dpty. Restore him who has bo@oc 70
idols If you leasc; but do not restore the traitor,
whore hands are 50 black aud 20 bloody they cannot
touch the Church without Ceilement.
DIR. HiCHEE insisted upon the passage Of the reso-
luton and tie report ON CanOnq.
The Rev. Mr. GooDws Of California made
speech IN opposition TO The report.
Judge CONYNGHAN dctIred The pOstpOnemeut o.
the rubject until tie next General Convention.
TIE Rev. Nr. WHrTTLE, Dr. HAWKS, DR.. MEAD,
DIR. HiGBEE, and Judge CHAMBERS continued the
debate.
The Rev. MI. BURGESS moved an amendment,
NAlNH "e' iVnt' Ihc mum iAtS.lOi " u AhtH I't
and carried.
The Hon. MURr.Y HoFrm,N Immediately rose
and proceeded 70 address the Convention. Owing
10 lack Of space can give little than the
leading points in biz very eloquent argument. he
stated the principles involved IN biz resolution;
they differed from those piesened by the Commit
tee, inasnuch az they were antagonstic 20 each
Other. The resolutions Of tie Committee were pros
yectiye, consequently did not embrace tie matter III
ms resolutions, which provided Tor scb,m an
abandonment from the Church and its authority.
lie proceeded 20 quote from Can0ns and 10 Of the
Church Of England; from Bishop Gray's System,
page 100; from Hawks Constitution and Canons,
page 10 and H. and other works on Church pOlity,
60 show that the churches Of the Southern doceses
are m state Of scnsm liz affirmed that they Lad
violated their vOws-renouncei the forms Of the
Church lad down ID the Book Of Common Prayer.
Tie Church South had fallen into the ofeuse OF
schism and rebellion, having made a new consiitu-
tion for its government, having framed new organ
izatiOn, and taken title. II had an oTganiHa-
lion from which we are excluded aud into which If
we faithful we cannot enter. II had framed new
ordination VOW IN conformity 10 the doctrines and
worship Of the Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
Confederate States Of America, thus establishing
what bad already been established by another BODY
ST. Auyustine Gays II is not a different faith but "A
broken bond OF communion which makes schifmstics /
" "Scaism0itcGs nOH Jdes di UeTsa Jach 8cd COM /
1nuHaOnls disrupia sOctcias" lie spoke Of the
rebellion and the Church in the Confederate States
praying for is eUccess, OF tho Apostolic Injunction
10 submit which bade them not 70 revolt. The fret
prOseytes out OF Judea were from Pagan nations, |
but when Christianity aecended, the throne oil The
Caesars did n0t necessarily control the actions or
limit the freedom Of Christians. When the Bar |
bariins who gored IN the Gothic name 0verran the
Provinces Oi the DuDube-when tho bercc Goth |
for The Tine assumed authority-did the repre-
Ssntauves v civilization oecapy tte portion