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THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CoNvENroN.-
FOURTH DAY-SAruRDIY, MAY 16.-The Convention
was opened with prayer by Rev. p. Dawes Hny, after
which It was called to order by the Bishop and the
usual business preliminaries transacted The debate
on the proposed alteration in the constitution, pro-
viding that all lay delegates to the Convention shall
be communicates, was resumed, and long discus
sion arose. In which number of the clergy and lay
delegates present participated. The Rev. o. p Gads-
den, In reply to the remarks made yesterday by DR..
Lord In relation to the action Of the General Con.
vention on the same subject said that although the
General Convention had direct control Of the subjects
of doctrine, discipline, &C., yet the Diocesan Conven-
lions had ami Indirect control over the ssme matters
the consent Of such conventions being necessary to
the adoption Of any change In either. In fact 1t Will
be recolected that the Diocesan Convention Of South
Carolina had some years ago prevented the proposed
change in the prayer.book, which. though at that
time adopted by majority Of the General conyen.
tion is now generally acknowledged to have been an
unwise proposition. The protest against the change
originated In St Philips Church, when Bishop Gads
den was pastor, was confirmed by the action Of the
South Carolina Diocesan Convention, and gathering
strength as 1t spread to the other doceses. finally de-
ieated the measure. The amendment was opposed
by Rev. B. B. Sans, because It would deprive tho
weaker parishes of representation, and he stared. os
an example, that his parish had no male commuui-
cants.
Mr. John Hanckel said that 1t had been acinow-
lodged by the speakers the opposite side that this
Diocesan Convention as now organized had done
great good In times past and he did not know Of any
harm that had been done in the convention by the
non-communicants. A change Of the kind proposed
had been found unnecessary In the past aid no re-
son existed to make 1t necessary now.
Mr.. Ed. Moorady. ST., said that objections had
been made against the proposed amendment because
It establsheds test oath as qualification OF mem.
bership Of the convention. The fact was that no
legislative tody ever existed the members Of which
were not required to qualify in some way, except in
deed conventions which were above Law, and whose
province 1t was to frame organic laws, and were LETT
untramelled by oaths IN order that they might not
be bound by any law. The constitution which this
convention was bound to support was Of divine
origin and so was the test which was established by
the Scriptures and not by man. The mission OF the
church was to fght against the world and not to
form alliances with 1t. It was the duty Of Christians
to draw wide and deep the line Of demsrkation be.
tween the church and the world. There was no time
more suitable for abandoning dependence upon the
world and looking to God for support than the season
Of affection The afflicted heart naturally aeeks con-
ISOLATION and support from the Supreme Being. Now
is the time for the church to leave the world, and
with Gods help sustain itself against the world.
Mr. William whaley opposed the amendment, as
IN innovation both impontic and improper.
The Rev. W. P. DuBose said 1t had been stated
that the non-communicant delegates lad done no
harm in the convention. This might be true, be-
cause they were too weak In numbers for that pur-
nose; but these non-communicant members did
harm at home, and In some instances they had
brought great scandal upon the church. The lay
delegates chosen were frequently not only not dis.
tinRuished for piety. but were ungody. 1t was in
the small parishes where 1t was contended the pre-.
sent system should be continued that most harm was
done. He mentioned an instance Of q wicked man
being sent as q delegate, who afterwards scohed az
the proceedings. AS to tho argument that sending
men to the convention encouraged growth In grace
he was satisfied OF the contrary, as most OF them
got tired the first day on account Of the tedious pro-
cess of organization and left the convention dis
gusted.
MIL J. Pringle Smith spoke OF some length in
opposition to the amendment
The Rev. Paul Trapier, D. D., replied to the re.
marks Of Dr. Lord on The previous day, and explain
ed his vote given in the General Convention on a
s,milar question to that now under discussion. He
said that he did not then wish to go ahead OF his do
cese but now that the church at Large had assumed
this advanced position, he in favor of this diocese
taking the same stand. Ho thought the amendment
necessary to the spiritual welfare Of the church
When he assumed charge of ST. Michaels Church, In
1s4O there were two hundred and seventeen female,
and but twenty-six male, communicates This dis
parity was due mainly to the fact that men were not
sufficiently aroused to the importance of communion
Men with no pretensions to piety had addressed the
convention countenances, as If they
felt that lasting benefit was conferred on the church
by their presence, and he must confess that they
seemed to be sustained in that opinion BY the rest OF
the convention 1t would be much better 10 perfect
the change now than hereafter.
lay delegate then said that his parish had elect
ed four delegates three christians and one heather;
that the heather had been present and attending to
his duties to the best Of his ability during the ses-
sion while not one of the christians had appeared.
Rev. A. T Porter asked the Rev c. P. Gadsden
for an explanation of his assertion that only resident
members of a parish could be delegates He said
that two parishes had representations who were not
residents.
Mr.. Gadsden replied that the canons OF the church
recognize two kinds Of residence, local and canoni.
cal Canonical residence meant the parish with
which church member kept up his religious con-
nection and the term resident" was used in this
sense.
A lay delegate mentioned an instance in which the
vote Of pious delegate in an mporan. election was