The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-17
MAIDS the special order for Wednes'
ny0craAN RELIEF.

DIOCESAN RELIEF
Rev, DR.. Vinton, Of MassachuSc.tss, ' tbot
the Committee on Canons, rcpoIaei; :, nm.
I'm cases where the Bishop oil dioce ao,,so In
der judicial sentence, or tr9in n.a' or where
ca facilitated to perform his duties; Q, Nv, 49, ho
tha axtant of his diocese IL such tnat ~
cannot properly minister TO u, .no n,, n,;s
nr Tho ndioIningadiocese may act, VI IL
sIonary bishop may be aproih'cu W ''"'
charge.
r,,,,6,,ehcd business. being The consult
.ratio,, of the message from the Housc VI
R;shone concerning resolutions aut'in nS
,ba use of the Hynnal, reported ny 'ne
Joint committee OF that SUBJECT was ''"'''
up. - pa,rcplvania said
tba resolutions not only authorized the
Hv1nnal as reported by the committee, out
inierdirtcd the use of anV other HYMNS.
Rev. DR.. Mason, of North Carolina, said
there was one line Of a hymn which he
never would tolerate. 1t IL in the third
verse of the seth hymn : "By Thy conflict
with despair" THIS was intolerable. No
Christian man could admit that the merest
shadow of despair ever passed over Inc
soul Of our blessed Lord. 1t Is an Insult 10
Him. ,,
Rev. DIR. Haieht suggested that Or. Ma
son could present his objections before Inc
committee, who are to make a supplement
tary report.
Rev. DIR. Adams, Of Wisconsin. moved
that the hYmn be used professionally until
the next General Convention. He objected
tn fastening it upon the Church, and
claimed that it was susceptible OF mllch
Improvement. Some of the hymns llau
been so changed that the good men who
wrote them would not recognize them.
he had seen in Bishop Whit.'nghaln'S
brary a collection Of 1900 hymns. From
! such collection az this many GOOD and
{ appropriate hymns may he selected o!lu
he did not want this Convention by Its
action to exclude them.
! key, Or, Goodwin, of Pennsylvania, said
many Of the hymns were exceptional.
poetical nnd rhetoricnlly they were very
| well, hut az to the doctrine. that whF very
, different. He hoped The amendment would
prevail. .o-c,,,
Rev, DIR. Howe said ever since 1856 he had
been engaged in this work, and he almost
| lesuaired Of the Church ever getting hymn
: nal. In every convention the same Inter
! minable debate eusued on the subject.
| Rev. DR.. Paddock, Of Long Island, sA'a
! for fifteen years had this effort to secure
! hymual been going on. This. OF all Inc
; Christian Churches, was the only one lna1
had not bymnal. Ii we cannot tfu,e
: committee, can we ever have h!mnui III
the American Church! Should not pf'7a'e
oninion he sacrificed to expectancy! be-
cause some good men or good Wonian OBJ
jects to some particular line In me par
tiruar hymn, must this controversy ioi'
ever 90 on
| Rev. Or. Huntingdon, OF MlssachUScits,
argued against the adoption o. ~; ~"
amS'S amendment. To ADOPT y " pi,. =.
to break Heavens first "a" III ll''s ,H ;,i;,
! Dir. Gordon, of Alabama, was "naanE'
after looking OYER the lt<' ol we tonl'LI',
tee. 10 accept The llyniai "h'ch ih's n'1
1nnortcu without turning F@gf. ANA
o,his IIrmnal, it will be in the power OF
snv surcecdlng General Convention TO re-
wise IL. 1,;n,,;u,o ,o;,
tho onaslon was reduced to this Are we
IN haye II IIymnal or not? To adopt the
amendment of the deputy from Wisconsin
would he to answer in the negative. TWAS
simply impossible 10 secure Hymnal thai
would be acceptable to every shade OF
opinion.
The discussion was continued at muGh
length, and DR.. Howe stated tbst If any IN
accuracies in doctrine in the Hymnal We're
pointed out to the committee they would
be carefully considered in the supplemental
report which the committee Is TO make.
Mr.. Carter, of Maryland, replied IN 2
forcible and practical manner to many CT
the objections that hod been raised, and
was proceeding with his argument when
the hour of 3 O'Clock arrived, aud the
House adjourned.