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RAJ CONVENTION.
PROCEEDINGS OF THURSDAY AFTERNooN.

PROCEEDINGS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Dr.. Adams moved for the reference o,
two canons, on marriage and divorce, and
to authorize ministers to use hymns Of GER
tain collections named. Referred.
DR.. Pitkin asked for similar reference
of memorial asking power for standing
months Of the term of probation Of foreign
ministers seeking admission-to communion
with this Church. Referred.
DR.. Stubbs also asked for the reference
to the same committee of resolutions bear
ing upon this subject, and found on page 81
of the Journal Of the last General Conyen-
ton. Referred.
DR.. Mead presented the report Of the
committee of conference on the restoration
Of church unity. It deprecates the diyi-
sions of the Church of Christ, and ex-
presses the strong desire that exists for
such unity. 1t presents the following reso,
luton for adoption:
"That, with the concurrence Of the House
of Clerical and Lay Deputies, a committee
from the House of Bishops shall be appoint
ed to confer with other Christian bodies
with view to a more complete union OF
the Church of God said committee to be
entitled sthe Commission of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States on
Church Unity"
Mr.. Ruggles asked why the clergy and
laiety were excluded from this committee.
DR.. Mead replied that in treating on
this subject other Bhurches would natu-
rally seek to treat with the Bishops as the
heads of the Church, and that what is now
granted to the House of Bishops by this
House has been claimed as a right by the
former heretofore. While the Bishops will
have the sole appointment Of this commits
sion, they must have the sanction Of the
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies to do
so. Adopted.
A message from the House of Bishops
presented the report Of the Committee on
the "Italian Reform Movement" appointed
by the last General Convention, and reso-
luton adopting the same. Mr.. LaDgdon,
who was sent to Europe in the interest of
this committee, has written and published
in neat volume the result of his expe-
rience and inquiry upon this movement.
He says that the Italians are fast breaking
away from temporal and spiritual adhesion
to the Pope, and that priests of Rome are
outspoken and determined in their hostility
to the Pontiff. They are ready for union
with the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
have asked that chaplaincies should be
established throughout that nation, SO that
the principles, rites, and doctrines of the
Church may be properly set forth before
the Italian people.
DR.. Pierce, Of Alabama, presented me-
MORALS from twenty one dioceses asking for
literal translation of tire Nicene Greed
from the original Greek. DR.. Rylance, Of
Illinois, and DR.. Adams, of Wisconsin,
stated that similar memorials had been sent
to them. DR.. Adams presented canon on
the subject, together with literal transla-
ton of the Creed, which he asked to have
referred to the Committee on Prayer Book,
All the papers were SO referred.
The order of the day, being the report OF
the Committee on Christian Education, was
then called up, and the discussion opened
by DR.. Littlejohn. lie did not believe that
this Church was to expand by conversions
from without, but rather by expansion
from within. He dissented from the prac-
tice of the Church hitherto in educating
the intellects of the young to the injury OF
the souls sheath. He contended that all edu-
cation should be made subordinate to that
great interest-the health of the soul. That
is where the greatest laxity Of the Church
is shown.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin took exception to
the grounds upon which it was urged to
carry on Christian education. He hardly
knew, after the eloquent address Of his
brother, what Christian education is. Ac-
cording to DR.. Littlejohn, the Church must
teach shoemaking and tanning and other
mechanical branches in her schools. He
dissented also from the statement that this
Church can only grow by developing the
young within herself. He knew from the
statistics of the Church that she had made
progress within the last twenty years.
The Rev. W. F. Adams, of Louisiana,
attempted to portray the desolation of the
South, and denounced the addresses and
subscriptions in the interest Of the Chinese
and Japanese, and the pagans of Africa, to
the neglect Of the members of the house
hold of faith in this land.
Mr.. Hugh w. Sheffey, of Virginia, took the
floor, and in some eloquent remarks eulo-
gized the Church of his choice, which he
said is stronger than party, and more pow
erful than sections. [Applause.l He knew
that, as gentlemen and churchmen, they
would come to the relief. of common heri-
tage from a common calamity. [Applause.
The resolutions presented by the Committee
on Christian Education were then taken up
seriatim,, and, after amending the second by
the insertion of the names of the gentle
men composing the joint committee on the
part of this House, were adopted.
Mr.. Taylor's resolution expressing the
sense of the House on the inexpediency OF
making any changes in the Book of Com
mon Prayer was, after some discussion,
referred to the Committee on Prayer Book.
! The amendments to Canon ii were then
called up, and DR.. Crane, of Rhode leland,
offered an amendment, by striking out all
after the word "being'' in the last line,
and substituting therefor the verbs:
"Subject to the jurisdiction of this
Church, or of some Church in communion
with this Church provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to ap-
ply to lay readers"
An amendment to this amendment was
offered to insert the word licensed y;
which was opposed.
/ DR.. Peterkin and DR.. Goodwin spoke on
the question, and stated that lay readers
oficiate now without license, and there
were cases (cited) in which it would be
utterly impossible to carry on church SER
vices If every reader had to be licensed.
The Bishop may license and the reader may
accept, but only those designed for holy
orders are required to belicensed.
DIR. Adams made an argument on the
word sspersoaa," which, in connection
with the word &C officiating" applied neces.
sarily to an ecclesiastical person, and could
not have any reference to lay readers.