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| failure to comply with this rule to be con-
sidered equivalent to the acquiescence of
the House of Bishops on said resolution.
The committee also embodied in the same
report their refusal to concur in proposed
amendment to canon l3, title !, section 16,
subsection 8, authorizing the House Of
Bishops to accept the resignation of any
one Bishop by correspondence, without call
ing general meeting. Both of these re-
ports were adopted.
A report from the Joint Committee on the
Publication of the Early Journals Of the
Church, that they had experienced great
difficulty in procuring publisher for the
second volume. They recommend the pur-
chase of certain stereotype plates, which
are offered to the Convention for the sum of
$3.50, and the continuation Of the publica-
ton of the Journals. This report was
adopted, and after some debate the recon-
mendations were incorporated in resolu-
tions and passed.
! The Committee on Aid to the Clergy pre-
sented, through their chairman, DR.. George
G. Shattuck, Of Massachusetts, the follow
ing resolutions: "at
4 Resolued, That in the opinion of this
1 House it is o solemn and urgent duty Of
each and all of the lay members of the
Church to make systematic and constant
efforts for the better maintenance Of the
clergy and of their families.
"Resolued, That this House approves of
and recommends the establishment of in
corporated societies for the relief of widows
and orphans Of deceased clergymen, as well
as of those clergymen who are disabled by
age or infrmity, and that in this or some
other way each parish should be making
provision for its own clergy.
ReSolued, That the lay members of this
House recommend that after due notice q
collection be made annually during the
season of Advent, Christmas, or Epiphany,
in every parish, and that one-half of the
sum thus gathered shall be appropriated
by the wardens and vestry in some way
toward the better maintenance of the clergy
Of the parish or diocese, and the other half
shall be sent to the treasurer of the Board
of Domestic Missions, to be by them dis
tributed among the clergy of the southern
missionary dioceses.
Resolued, That the committee be di-
rected to confer with the bishops and clergy
of this city and vicinity, and to ask that
measures be taken 60 that the attention of
the people be called to the physical and
spiritual destitution in the southern dio-
ceses, on Sunday next, and that collections
be made.
Resolued, That the House of Bishops
be respectfully requested to present promi-
nently in o pastoral letter the suffering and
wants of the clergy of this Church in many
portions Of our country, and of the vital
necessity of prompt and efficient relief.
! Resolved, That committee of one from
each Of the dioceses be appointed by the
President, and it shall be the duty Of each
one to call the attention of the brethren in
his diocese to this important matter and to
the measures recommended by this House" :"
On motion, the word " southern" occur
ring in the second resolution, was changed
to " suffering" as the word was considered
by the southern delegates as indefinite and
somewhat invidious. Several other amend
ments were proposed, and the debate be-
came very lively. Finally, however, they
were passed, and the special order of the
day was taken up.
The following resolutions were received
from the House of Bishops:
"Resolved (the House of Clerical and Lay
Deputies concurring), That the Joint Com
mittee on Religious Reform in Italy be con-
tinued, with the addition of three laymen,
and that the committee on the part of the
House of Bishops be the Bishops of Mary
land and Pennsylvania and the assistant
Bishop of Ohio.
" Resolued, That the committee have
power to fill vacancies"
A message was also received from the
same body concurring in the resolution
amending section 3, canon 9, title 2, SO as
to read sthe residing bishop" instead of
"the residing bishop of this church.
The following resolution was also re-
ceived:
''Resolved, That the last clause of section
l of canon 10, title l, beginning with the
words "provided also," be, and the same
is hereby, repealed" (See canon l0.)
In compliance with a message from the
House of Bishops, the vacancy in the Office
of Historographer of the Church in the
United States, occasioned by the death of
the late Rev. DR.. Francis Lester Hawkes.,
D. D., LID, was filed by the appointment
| to the same of the Rev. William Stevens
Perry, M. A.
After the reading of these messages the
consideration of the memorial of the laity
and clergy of the Diocese Of New York,
having reference to the adoption Of new
canon authorizing the formation of fede-
rate council of the dioceses within any
| State, was resumed.
The Rev. DR.. Haight delivered long
and eloquent address in advocacy of the
adoption of the canon.
The Rev. James Mulcahey, D. D., of
Massachusetts,, opposed the adoption of the
canon, remarking that the history of the
Church showed that the plan of federate
council had already been tried, and found
to be failure.
The Hon. S. B. Ruggles, of New York,
spoke earnestly in opposition to the canon.
Edward McCrady, Esq, of South Carolina,
opposed the canon. He urged that it should
not be adopted without much more con-
! sideration than the time of the Convention
would allow. He also maintained that the
Convention should take no action on the
matter until it had been referred to q COM
mittee competent to decide on the law.
The Rev. George E. Hare, of Pennsylva-
nia, explained the bearing of the canon on
the Church in general, and opposed its
adoption.
The Rev. DR.. Mahan, of Maryland, op-
posed the canon on the ground that it was
rather sectional in its nature. He said
that, perhaps accidentally, there were no
propositions Of similar nature from any
other than the Diocese of New York. he
thought that some other dioceses should be
heard from before the Convention take &C