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THE EPISCOPAL TRIENNIIL con-
;.ENTION.
Change Of u mons Prescribing the Use Of
the Book of Common Prayer-Constf-
tuting Missionary Bishops. .

TENTH DAYS PoCEEDINGS, OCTOBER Il.
Rev. DR.. Ha .,ht, OF New Jersey, said the
committee on canons were ready to report on
the subject of change of Canon 20, Title l,
of the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
He asked the undivided attention of the house,
as the report proposed alterations of very
radical character.
Rev. Mr.. Paddock then read the report, de-
failing the proposed changes Of omission and
addition and concluding with recommen-
dation of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, the House Of Bishops concurring,
OF the Book of Common Prayer" be amended
to read as follows:
"Canon 20, of the use of the Book of Com
mon Prayer-Every minister shall on all occa-
sions of public worship use the Book OF Com
mon Prayer as the same is or may be estao-
lishec. by the authority of the general conVen.
tion Of this church, and this rule shall be un-
derstood to prohibit all additions to and % omls-
sions from the prescribed order OF said BOOK,
except in the cases prescribed by section IA OF
canon l3 of title l; provided that on other oc..
casions than on Sundays and the morning OF
those week days tor which special service Is
ordered, and at all times in mission stations
and other places than parish churches where
the prescribed order OF morning and evening
prayer cannot be used to the edidcatlon OF
other services, may be used, compiled only
from the Book O; Common Prayer. but nc such
decorations shall be permissible eXcep! on
emergencies without the appreciation OF the
ecclesiastical authority of the diocese"
Rev. Dr. Paddock stated that the two me-
MORALS brought before the committee pointed
cut inconsistencies in the two canons TO Which
reference Is made, and these Inconsistencies
are provided for in the proposed new canon.
The committee are unanimously OF the opinion
that there are cases where greater liberty
should be allowed ia the service, such as, Tor
instance In garrets or cellars, where an as
sembly may be gathered, and where there may
be no Book of Common Prayer, and also during
lenten services. The committee recommend
this new canon for that 1t will allow an aoore.
Waited form of prayer, compiled from tne
book, TO those whose consciences will not
allow them to transgress the existing canon.
All services used are to be found within the
pages OF the Book of Common Prayer, and all
services except those In cases of emergency
are to meet The ecclesiastical authority OF the
diocese.
The committee do not propose this change
to cover any unauthorized or lawless action
In the past, but to meet felt want Oh lhe
church.
Rev. DR.. Goodwin. OF Pennsylvania, offered
a proviso that this canon does not apply IN
terms to congregations worshipping IN ior'
eign language.
Rev. DR.. Adams, OF Wisconsin, said this
canon would allow any one TO improvlse ser
vice of his own secret will, because 1t would
be IN his discretion to decide when an emer-
gency occurred.
The subject was then, on motion OF Dr.
Haight, made the special order for "Wednesday
next.
DR.. Leeds from the committee on domestic
and foreign missions, 10 whom was referred
the expediency Of giving to each rector OF TINS
church, ey ofico, u seat In the board oil mis-
slons, limiting each diocese 10 one vote, re-
ported the same was ineXpedtent.
The committee Oh canons, to whom was re-
ferred memorials from the dioceses Of Texas
and of California and question relating to the
relief of doceses LOO large for the supervision
of single bishop, made report, Win rec.
ommendation that clause Of section Is OF
canon l3, title l, be amended to read as fol-
lows:
"A diocese without bishop, or of which
the bishop is for the time under disability by
reason oil a judicial sentence, or any part of
a diocese In which the bishop OF such diocese,
by reason of its extent or other physical I'm
pediment, mot In person duly exercise the
functions of his office, 1t may, by the act OF
the convention Of such diocese, and with the
consent, In the latter case, Of the bishop there
OF, be placed under the fall episcopal charge
and authority OF a bishop of another dloces,
or of missionary bishop, who shal! there
upon be authorized to perform, within such
diocese or such part of diocese, oil the duties
and offices of the bishop thereof until such
vacancy has been supplied or such disqualih..
cation has been removed, or until the act CT
such convention has been revoked, and 10
,e latter case until the consent OF the bishop
=. such diocese has been also withdrawn pro-
yided that 10 such last-named case the bishop
or missionary bishop shall exercise such juris-
diction within the part of the diocese placed
under his episcopal charge as the act OF the
Diocesan Convention may prescribe"
The report was passed over without action,
and message from the House of Bishops au-
thorizing the use In this church of the hymnal,
reported by the joint committee Of the Gene
raj Convention. was taken up for consldera-
tion, the question being on concurrlng In the
message from the bishops.
Rev. DR.. Hume, OF Pennsylvania, remarke1
that the resolutions OF the House of Bishops
not only authorized the use Of the hymnal as
reported By the committee, but forbid the use
Of any other hymns in the public worship of the
church.
After debate Rev. Dr.. Adams, of Wisconsin,
offered an amendment that the use OF the hym-
nal be provisional until the session OF the next
General Assembly.
protracted and general debate followed
until o'clock, when, without taking vote,
the convention adjourned until Monday.