The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-12
Rpi.copnI Convention.

NEW YORK, OctopeI ~
pal Convention admitted Nebraska IN
conditionally. Her deputies were calleu
and took their seats
Mr.. w. II. Battle offered an amend
ment to the constitution thai the tol-
lowing be added to the Canon: THAT
a mem Der of chnrch removing from
one parish to another shall be amenable
TO the jurisdiction and subject to the
pastoral care of the parish to which he
removes" Referred to the committee on
Canons.
The Rev. DIR. Goodwin, of Pennsyl-
vania, presented the following memo
rial:
To the House of Bishops and House Of
ssClerical and Lay Delegates, &C., &C.:
The undersigned, ministers and lay
men of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch,
would respectfully submit to your ven
cradle body the following statement
and petition:
There is a construction of a section
to Canon II, Title l, which fOrbids an
officiating minister of our church, in
any way or under any circumstances,
officiating in certain territorial limits
of parishes other than their own with
out the express permission of the min
lister of the parish, or a majority if
there be more than one. According to
this q minister of our church is for
hidden to officiate within such terri
tory, even in places of worship belong
ing to other christian bodies. Without
such permission he is forbidden to eff
ciate for his own practitioners within
such limits, and he is forbidden, al
though he be an agent for some mis-
sionary and without parish, to otficiate
within such limits, even at the invita-
ton of the minister of the church in
which he is requested to do so, if there
be more than Que minister in the city,
until he shall receive the express per-
mission of majority of such ministers.
AS to the question whether this is the
true construction, your petitioners
would express no opinion, but simply
state their conviction to be that the
Canon is inconsistent, at least in some
of its applications, with the reasonable
liberties of the clergy of your church,
and would respectfully ask that it may
be repealed, or so modified as to apply
only to unauthorized attempts for the
formation of new parishes and the in
trusion upon the actual acknowledged
and enrolled parishioners of other min
listers of this church. Signed, VIM. A.
Muhlenberg, ID. D.; John Cotton Smith
ID. D.; Edward A. Washburne, ID. ID.
A. II. Vinton, d. D.; IL. Dyer, d. d..
Rev. p. b. Brooks, Daniel Goodwin, ID
D., LII. D.; Henry Montgomery, d. D..
Ii. D.; X. Bethel ClaXton, ID. D.; Glenn.
ent NJ. Butler, ID. D.; Richard Newton,
D. D.; Rev. X. L. Parvin, Rev. 4. NJ
Morrison, Stephen II. Tying, d. d. and
others. Referred to committee on
Canons.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin presented an
other memorial signed in the main by
the same parties, reciting that it APP
pears Canon II, title is differently
understood in our church. On one
hand it is claimed that it was original
ly intended to apply only to those false
ly representing themselves as ministers.
On the other it is claimed that it is in
tended TO apply as we'll to ministers of
christian bodies. In regard to the
question of construction your petition
ers would express no opinion, but in
view of their diversity of Interpretation,
and the difficulty arising from its lit
eral application to lay readers and
the absence of any necessity which
may formerly have existed of
legislation i'll reference to those falsely
claiming to be ministers, of the fact
that the Church has sufficiently ex-
pressed its mind on the subject of Eps.
cOpal orders in the preface to the or
dinal, and finally of the ineXpediency of
any legislation which can be claimed to
apply to subject in regard to which
it has been the wise policy of the Church
to allow diversity of opinion. Your pc
titiOners would respectfully ask that it
be repealed, and thus, by common con-
sent, the subject of the Canon, so far as
it relates at all to question Of the
Episcopal order, may be left to the di-
rection of the preface of the ordinal in
the book of Common Prayer. Referred
to committee on CanOns.
Rev. DR.. Stubs, of New jersey, pre-
scented a resolution amending paragraph
;, of section l3, Canon 3, Title |, relative
to the duties and powers of Bishops,
so as to read as follows: "Any Bishop,
or Bishops, elected and cOnsecrated I'M
der this section, shall be entitled to q
seat in the House of Bishops, and when
ever diocese shall have been organ
lied within the jurisdiction of each
Missionary Bishop, he shall be the
Bishop of such diocese, and may accept
the office without vacating his mission
airy; provided he continues to discharge
the duty of Missionary Bishop within
his jurisdiction, il there be residue"
Referred to the committee on CaAous.
Adjourned till Monday.