The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-09
FIRST EDITIO N
RELIGIOUS.
Tr5enninI Convention Of the Protestant
EPISCOPAL Church,

TrienDiaI Convention Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
At the Convention held In Trinity Church,
New York, yesterday, among other business
the following took place. @
BISHOP OF MISSOURI.
On motion, the election of the Rev. DR.; Robin-
son as Bishop of Missouri was referred TO the
Committee on the Conservation OF Bishops,
NEW DIoCEsEs.
The Rev, DR.. Adams, of Wisconsin, presented
memorial from that diocese for a change In
the ifth article OF the constitution on the ad-
mission of new dioceses, in reference to the
admission of new dioceses, which he character
lied as unchurchly and obstructive, shaokling
the Ch1roh, and preventing It's propagation,
particularly in the West. The memorial recom-
mends the substitution of an article EN- bodying
these provisions:-
providing tbs. there should ultimately be Bishop Of
Inc Church with bis Bishops church or cathedral Ia
second When 10 any diocese it shall seem e1ped
upon the yo,e q msjoTiIy Of 6S,S I[ders Passed ia
Two eonseentve Conventions Win the approval OF
Third. That ihe division Of the parlshe, and the
made by mutual consent. the final decision thereof
Ssos STATE ssa sypponed an theme
Referred 70 The oommlttge on CsnGns: i: -.
sented for that diocese q memorial for the re
the restrictions therein imposed. The memo
rial requests the General Con nvention to repeal
this NTH article with all the restrictions that IL
i'm poses upon the increase of the Epis scopate, in
accordance with primitive aud Scriptural
usages, or TO so modify and change the same by
General Convention assembled may supply"
1t also requests that such legislation may be
city, with his cathedral the centre Of all his
work, religious. educational and benevolent.
bless ed temple and heavenly home, TO which all
eyes may turn and in which all hearts may re.
of the Constitution OF 1889, and provides that
no new diocese can be formed without the
diocese concerned, as well as the General Con-
ventiop that there cannot be less than htteen
tiers who shall have been at least one year or
dained, and no city 10 form more than one
power to Choose which diocese he will belong
to IN case OF n diyisen and directs that new
canons of the new diocese.
BISHOP LEES SERMON.
After recess motion was made by the Rev.
DR.. Goodwin. OF. Pennsylvania. to print 5000
copies OF Bishop Lees sermon delivered before
the Convention. Some objections were made,
as the former number printed was but 1870, and
Mr.. Wallace, of ST. Louis. Mo-, said he thought
the sermon was calculated 10 do harm, and
The Rev. Dr. LittIejohn ana the Rev DR.. Mead
both rose to protest strongly against ying the
of to refuse printing the Convention sermon,
and would be a breach OF a rule of courtesy
Mead said that though he differed in toto cdslo
nom the doctrines OF that Sermon he should be
Msjor George E. Fairbanks was opposed to
printing controversial sermon. It was time
b
were to obtain in one instance. it would in ali.
He would In future, as now. vote against print
House OF Bi. hops, published with the Journal,
expressed the consolidated views of the Bishops,
and there was propriety in publishing that, but
there was no propriety in publishing the views
of an individual Bishop
The Rev. pr: Hsignt spoke in favor Of the
doctrine preached, but the Bishop preached ac-
cordine 10 his conscience. He hoped the SER
The Rev DR.. Goodwin said we could not legis.
late for future conventions. He hoped they
would not the would nOtsay insuiD show such
disrespect TO a Bishop, and one OF sucn high
standing The Bishop spoke according to his
meDt on MIN who was appointed by the Con-
veniion to preach the sermon. He (the speaker)
TRIES preached by the Bishop. Was that a
reason that they should refuse TO print his
sermon? He was amazed, and so he would sit
The Rev. Dr.. Mead said he had book of SER
mons in his hand preached since 1889, and if
they were 10 refuse 10 print that sermon now,
It would not only be disrespectful but leave
Tne Hon s. b. R1ggles, of New York, favored
the printing on the same grounds as the pre-
| Msjor Parsons. of Kansas, would vote against
the printing, not as q mark OF disrespect to
the Bishop, but because the sermon was con-
The Hon. John N. Conysgham. OF Penusyl-
vania favored the printing, and spoke eio-
Bishop of Delaware. The sermon would be
print. d whether the Convention would agree to
every one, and to throw halo of martyrdom
round its author. they could not do 80 better
Than by refusing to print
vored the publication. He strongly urged on
the Convention not to refuse to publish q
mon preached in Trinity Church by a bishop of
the Church on their own appointment Any
man would print that sermon who had sound
reason and common sense.
BY request of Dr. Littlejohn the Secretary
read an extract from Whites Memoirs of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. in relation TO the
action OF the Convention OF 1870 on printing the
4 sermon Of Bishop Moore.
The vote was taken, after considerable discus
I sion, and the motion to Law on the taole lost.
The resolution TO print 1900 copies was then
carried.
The Rev. DIR. Haight moved the following,
which was passed, the members rising
Resolved That this House has heard with deep
of the death Of the Most Reverend DIR. ru ord,
bishop of Montreal, presence aud services NJ
and that this House do communicate TO the House OF
dor his memory as they sh all see Ht To prepare.
DELEGATES.
The following are the delegates from Penn
sylvania and adjacent States;-
Goodwin. ID. d., George Emleo Hare. DID, Au-
gustus A Marple John Conyngham. William
Welsh, George L. Harrison, Lemuel Coffin.
New JeTsey-Alfred Stubbs, ID. D., II. M. Aber-
Xcrombie, ID. d., ]. g. b. Hodges ID. D., Spencer
/|B. Rice, Joseph Thompson, Henry Meigs Jr.,
R 8. Conover, j. Q. Garthwaite.
borough. John F. spanlding,. William White.
John h Shoenberger George w. Cass, Thomas
A. Howe, B. Is. Vincent
Delswate-Cbarles Breck John b: Clemson,
.ID D. j Leie ehton McKim, L. q. Littell, William
y. r. ell. James Brown, Franklin Fell .. M
Lurus.
NATURALLZAT TION.