The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-14

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Rev. Stephen II. Tying, Jr., was tried on the
complaint of the Rev. DR.. Stubbs, of New
Jersey, convicted and "censured aud admon-
ished," which trial received such universal at
tention throughout the Church at the time. The
report of the committee was to the effect that
after the word necessary In the twentieth line
OF the second clause of section six, canon twelve,
words:-
But ohlng shall be construed to prevent any cIer
Church, or in any place Of public worship used by
any congregation OF tine church with the consent OF
his absence Of the Church 'T wsrdens and vestfy or
With this sddition the canon, sectionsone and TWO.
will read as tollows:-- .,,.,,,,
CSsSs either Il , by reSSaps sSa op 9
of another Clergyman, unless he have received ek.
press permission for tnat purpose from the minister
ohuIohwardens and vesttymen. or trustees Of the
CONGREGATION or msoiEty OF them oro M, seres
by law or settled by doeessn a1ihqr IN under & the
oT Srs net C,herwse Settled they saa for the pu
poses Of this section, be defined by the civil div,-
aries shall be the limits, as now nxed by law, Of
city city or he limits Of some DIVISION thereof WScn
may have been recognized by the Bishop: acting
COMMITTEES, CONSTITUTING the boundaries OF parish:
p diyisIon q city .Swn as herein provided
minister having charge thereof Il there be two or
deemed the cure OF the ministe-s thereof and the
sent of majority ofsuch ministers shall be necessary
vent any Clergyman OF this Church from OH ioa'ing In
amy With
the clergyman In charge OF such congregation, Or In
trustees Of such congregation. or Of majority of
them when: nn6sr diocesan s auapE neT
ihis section shall be applicable to the same as SO
established.
The canon as proposed to be amended to-
gether with the report of the committee, was,
on melton of Rev. DIR. Haight, ordered TO be
printed AID made the special order on Friday,
at noon. This vote was subsequently recon-
sdered, as will be seen from the report of the
afternoon proceedings.
On the same day with the before mentioned
memorial Rev. DR. Goodwin presented another
one from Pennsylvania, praying for a change in
canon XI, title !, of the Digest. This canon,
for the modification or conclusive interpreta-
ton of which the memorial prays, is the fol-
Section No person shall be permitted 10 ofciate
In congregation of this Church wtaout first pro-
the minister or case of vacancy absence, the
church wardens vesrymen or trustees of the congre
Section q No minister shall oficate transiently In
which Is sick or absent unless the wardens or Vesry
satisfied that he is at the time minister IN good
letters commendaory from the ecotesiastcal autho-
rity thereof may be required.
Rev. DIR. Mahan made report from the Com
mittee on Canons, the substance of which was
that it is inexpedient to change this canon pro-
hbiting persons not ordained ministers OF the
Protestant Eplscopal Cnurcn rom onclatln5 as
such in any congregation OF the Church. and
pronounces it highly expedient and necessary to
retain this restriction; but to prevent all am
bguous construction or its application to lay
readers, mere change in the phraseology of the
title is recommended. Rev. DR.. Crane con-
sidered this subject to be intimately connected
with the other, and moved 1t be recommitted
to the committee and to be made the special
order for. Friday next. DR.. Goodwin, OF Penn
sylvania, called attention to the fact that the
question may arse whether the canon would
not include ministers OF the Church of England,
and hence the subject should be carefully looked
into before decision IS reached Mr.. Welsh,
OF Pennsylvania, did not object to the canon,
but to the Interpretation given to it by the
committee, 1t being partial Interpretation, and
as such dangerous thing. desultory debate
ensued, and the report was at last made the
special order of the day mentioned Immediately
after the other special order.
Rev. DIR. Tying, Jr.
This reverend gentlemen, to whom these re-
ports essentially referred, and whose course in
the Church may probably undergo some criti-
cism when the debate is opened on them, was
present on the floor of thesConvention engaged
in occasional earnest conversation with nun
ber of deputies of both orders, and listening
also attentivey to the reports as they were read
and to the remarks made upon them.