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therefore moved to lay it on the table.

| therefore moved to lay it on the table,
/ Carried.
The Rev, Samuel Clements, of Ohio, pre-
sented memorial from Passiac, n. J., il
favor of uniformity of worship.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin, of ofPennsylyania
| offered the following resolution:
| Resolre9 That it be referred to the committee
on canons, whether change be not required il
article Of the constitution, by adding some
phrase equivalent to '' or by the Bishop himsel
of some other diocese" Referred.
At II o'clock the President announced
the order of the day, and, on motion ot
the Rev. DR.. Adams, of Wisconsin, the
| consideration OF it was temporarily post
poned.
The Rev. DR.. Pitkin, from the commit
tee on new I1oceses, reported a resolution
III favor Of the division of the Diocese ot
Western New York, the Diocese having
complied IL every respect with the require
ments Of the constitution and canops
4 motion to adopt the resolution was
made, but as it designated enormously the
counties to constitute the new diocese, il
was sent back to the committee to be per
fected.
The President announced o message
from the House OF Bishops, that they had
adopted a resolution to amend canon 10,
section 2, title l, by substituting for the
words cat least three years. the words
cat least one year." Referred to the COM
mittee on canCns.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin resumed the
floor, and continued his remarks, which
were interrupted by the adjournment yes
terday. He reviewed historically the adop-
ton Of the word " convention " as the de-
sgnation Of the supreme legislative body of
the church. and argued that the attempt
TO substitute d" council " for it was the en-
tering wedge Of d purpose to convert the
Protestant Episcopal Church of this coun-
try into Reformed Catholic" " Church,
or something of that kind, which should
compete with the Roman Church for the
position of 1.-The Church of America
For his part he had 10 moro earnest feeling
than his desire to see the Protestant Episco-
pal Church universally accepted, but he
wanted it accepted as the Protestant Epis-
c0pal Church, and not as the Catholic
Church Of America"
! little after l o'clock the House took the
usual recess. After recess the Hon. S. B.
Nuggles proceeded to discuss, in an elabo-
rate speech, the propriety of adopting the
term National " as a part of the name of
the church. He thought it unnecessary
and even pathological to use the word, be-
cause the term "Protestant Episcopal
Church il the United States - included its
meaning. 70 be citizen of the United
States and member of the Episcopal
Church in the United States was enough
for him, and he would not insist upon be-
ing called a citizen Of "natiOn or of O
national" church.
Two messages were received from the
House Of Bishops concurring in the action
of the House of Deputies relative to the
creation OF two new dioceses in the State of
New York.
The Rev. DIR. Norton, OF Virginia, said
that the question was wholly question Of
name, aud did not involve any such extern
sive purposes or results as had been attri-
Dujed 10 It by DIR. Goodwin. His chief rea-
son for favoring the proposed change was
that he believed there was a general dispo-
sltlOn among the dioceses to make it gen
elal preference OF the term "council " to
" convention
The terms ''triennial council and 'sgreat
council were suggested as substitutes, but
lnsurmOuntable objections to them were
suggested.
MIR. Parsons, of Kansas, proposed to dis
pose OF the subject by the following reso-
tion
Iteso2red, The House of Bishops concurring,
that = jjInt committee, TO consist of three bish-
pointed to consider and report upon the expedi-
ency OF changing, in whole or in part, the desig-
nations Of the general and diocesan conventions :;
and tha' the resolution offered by the Rev. Dr..
AOgC0a CT NrSi mia, be referred to said committee.
Mr.. Wm. Welch, of Pennsylvania, op-
posed the change from convention to
- council, because he thought there was
TO be no practical advantage from it.
The Rev. Dr. Mead opposed the appoint
ment OF the joint committee. He was op-
posed TO joint committees upon subjects
that had been fully discussed in the House
of Deputies, and he thought deputies we're
prepared to vote upon the question at
once.
The Rev. Dr.. Littlejohn moved to post
pone the whole matter indefinitely. There
was tie vote upon this notion, but, by
the casting vote OF the president, it was
carried and the subject indefinitely post
poned.
i message was received from the House
OF Bishops non-concurring in the action of
the House of Deputies in regard to the pre-
amble and resolutions on church unity, in
troduced by the Rev. DIR. Mead, of Connec-
ticut, and expressing their willingness to
have a committee Of conference. On mo-
ton of the Rev. DR.. Mead, q committee of
conference, to consist of three clergymen
and three laynen, was ordered.
The secretary read communication from
the secretary of the Board of Trustees OF
the General Theological Seminary, and an
nOunced the reception of the triennial re-
port OF the Trustees. Referred.
The Rev. Samuel Clements, of Ohio, Of
fered a resolution for joint committee, tc
consider the canons to admission to the
ministry, with view both to making then
meaning more obvious, and rendering &C
| cess TO the ministry more difficult to un
| suitable persons and providing that the
committee on the part of the House should
! be the committee on canons. Adopted.
On motion of the Rev. DIR. Haight, th'
report on canon Y (the canon for the VIC
| latiOn of which the Rev. S. Fl. Tying, Jr.
was tried last winter) was made a specia
order for Friday at u o'clock.
at ?. NJ. the Convention adjourned.
EIGHTH DAY.
This body reassembled in New York ol
| Thursday. The committee on dioceses
reported IN favor Of cOncurrlng with tn
House OF Bishops in erecting new dioces
in Western New York. The new diocese /
to be formally established on All Saint