The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-16

the ldSb OonVenGlOnaIo preph- eeaG
port upon the provincial System
an essay in favor of il It divides t.
Church In the United States into six
provinces; The first the Province of
New England; second, the Province
OF, the Atlantic, to consist of Penn
sylvania, New jersey and Delaware !;
consistof Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, IL
linois and Wisconsin; fourth, the
Province of the Allegheny, to consist
Of Virginia, North Carolina, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Maryland;
fifth, the Province of Alabama, to
consist of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi;
sixth, the Province of the Mississippi,
to consist OF California Texas, Lou
isiana, Missouri, Kansas. Iowa and
Minnesota. -
| The senior Bishop of each Province
shall be the Primate thereof, and
there shall be a Synod in each
Province. and of Clerical and Lay
Delegation from each Diocese. The
| report was accompanied by the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ResolUed, That tbs Canon on the
sub divisions of the Church of the
/ United States into six Provinces, pro
posed at the last General Convention.
be referred to a special committee of
five, to consider and perfect, and re-
port to this Convention for adoption.
/ ResotUed, That on and after the
adoption of the Canon forming the
several Provinces out of the present
one, this General Convention of the
Church shall be known by The name
and title of the National Synod.
ResotUed. That committee of five
! be appointed to draft new constitu-
ton for the National Church, and to
| report to the Convention In order to
be submitted to the several Dioceses
for consideration.
The resolutions were ordered to be
printed, and the report and resolu
tions referred to the special commit
tee of five, who were ordered to re-
port upon them at the present Con-
vention. uA
Rev. DIR. Hoight, from the Commit
tee on Canops, reported q resolution
Ia favor of eoncurring In the amend
ment proposed by the House of Bish-
ops to Section 2, Canon 10, Little /, |
so that the same shall read as follows:
And if such foreign clergyman be a
deacon, he shall reside in this coun-
try at least one year. and obtain in |
this country the requisite testimonials |
of character before he be ordained a
priest. -@.e,. ..a.
- The report was tabled for further
consideration. ~
Rev. DR.. Haight, from the same |
committee, reported In favor of a new |
canon in lieu of Section 5, Canon 13,
and on his own motion the report was |
laid on the table.
The same gentleman reported in
favor of a new canon. to be entitled |
"Canou on Conservation Of Church" !" |
and it forbids the conservation of any
edifce to purposes of Divine worship
by any Bishop. unless he is satisfied |
the building is free from debt, and |
that fhe use of such building is not
for purposes other than those to
which it is dedicated. ..--st@
On motion of DIR. Haight, the re-
portwas tabled. 4R
The Chairman announced the fol-
lowing delegates as comprising the
Committee OF Conference on the Unity
of the Church: Rev. w. Cooper, of
Meade. Conp.; Rev. B. j.. Hoight, of
New York; Rev. w. Pinkney, OF Nd.
L. B. Otis, of ILL.,; j. B. Bodwell, of
4 "
On motion of Dr. Haieht, the Con-
vention took up the Committee on
| Canons, to whom were referred sew
eral memorials praying for an amend
ment or repeal OF the third clause of
Article of the Constitution, and re-
port the following resolution:
ResolVed, the HeaIse of Bishops con
curing, That the alteration of the
constitution, together with the
amendment of the canons recon-
mended in the succeeding resolution
De proposed, and that the same be
made known to the several diocese
conventions, in pursuance of Article
8 of the Constitution, viz:
Resolved, That Article s of the
constitution be amended as follows:
1. By adding to the second clause
of the said article the following
words: And such consent shall not
be given by the General Convention
until satisfactory assurances of suit
able provision for the support of the
Episcopal Church in the contemplat-
ed diocese shall have been given and
accepted. t.
2. BY striking out of all the third
clause except the words no city shall
form more than one Diocese"
3. By inserting the words or
more between the words 1.-TWO" and
Dioceses," in the first line OF the
fourth clause.
A. By inserting the words " or
more" between the words two and
Dioceses" in the first line of the
fifth clause, and by striking out the
word two" before the word Dio
cese" 10 the third line, so that the arti-
Gle shall read asfolloRs: "a Protestant
Episcopal Church in any of the
| United Stares or any Territory not
now present, may at any time hereaf-
ter be admitted according to the Con
stitution, and a. new Diocese to be
formed from one or more Diocese,
may be admitted under the following
restrictions: No new Diocese shall
be formed or erected within the limits
of a. other Diocese, nor shall any
Dioceses or part of Diocese, unless
with the consent of the Bishop. The
Convention of each of the Dioceses
considered as we'll as of theGeneral
Convention. and such consent shall
not be given by the General Conven-
ton until satistactory assurances of
suitable provision for the support of
the e E,iscopate in the contemplated
. new Diocese shall have been given
and scepted. No city shall form
more than one, and In case
the Diocese shall be divided into
two or more Dioeeses. the
t Diocesan of the Diocese divided may
elect to one to which he will be at
: tached, and shall thereupon become
/ the Diocesan thereof, and the Assist
: ant Bishop may elect the one to which