Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-20
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Business of Yesterday CUES
tiOn Of Adjournment and Secret
siOhs-Amendments TO
the Constitution.
The Missionaries Fund-The Status OF
Bishops in the House Of Bishops
AmendatOry OF the CanOns-
Bishop seymour.

NEW York, October l9.-In the Prot
esiaut Episcopal convention this morning
mes age No >, relating 70 the canon on
church music, wa taken rom The calendar
aud ref arred 20 tire committee on canous
Mr.. Wech moved that n the sessions OF the
/ convention extend over next week the body
hold night sessions, and that the board Of mis-
Rev. Mr.. barber moved as an amendment
| that during the present week the house shall
hold evening sessions from half-psst seven 10
Rev. Or. stearns moved as an amendment
/ 10 the amendment that all words after the
word "resOlved" be stricken oui, and 20 add
the words 'that on and after to-day the house
/ sit in open session every day from ten TO four
O'Clock, and that the discussion Of the ques-
on Of confirming the bishop Of ILLINOIS be
taken up In the evening session every evening
until the discussion snail have closed, and
that on the day sftfr the discussion shall
have closed vote shall be taken at merid-
! ian"
| DR.. stearns's amendment was put and lost,
as was also Mr.. BarOer's, while the resolution
| OF hr. Welch was adopted.
Mr.. Welch then moved that The sessions o {
The house this week be from ten O'Clock in
! the morning until five o'clock in the after
4 nooo except Saturday. This was also adopted.
Mr.. Blair, Of Maryland, moved thai the
house take up his motion, offered Saturday,
with regard 70 rule seventeen, on secret SEES
sions being revoked. The motion was lost by
/ q vote OF ninety-five 10 ninety-two.
The committee on amendments TO the con
situation, 70 whom was referred the resolu
ton of Rev. Or. Burr, OF Ohio, a. to the expe-
diency Of proposing an amendment 70 The
constitution reducing the number OF clerical
and lsy-deputies nom each diocese, and the
] resolution Of Rev. DIR. Bearusly, OF COnnecti-
| cut, as 70 rearrangtng the same on a new ba-
/ SIS, reported that such an amendment would
| be mex psdient at The present time, and asl ed
| 10 be discharged nom further consideration
OF the subject The report was placed on the
The committee on the state Of the church
reported that In conformity with the req uire-
nents OF canons !, title s, OF the Dtgest, the
committee nominate i've laymen TO cOnsti-
/ tute board OF trustees OF the missionary
bishops fund. The committee ex ore sSed re-
lret that 50 little hal been contributed 10 this
/ fund, and recommended that steps be taken
/ 20 increase the subscription, The committee
80 reported great delay in the reception Of
! the journal and other documents which
should be received by the committee, and Of
/ fered a resolution making il a duty to present
documents promptly, which was placed on
| the calendar.
mons, 20 whom was referred messages tgeive,
I thirteen, sixteen, and seventeen, from
the mouse Of bishops, reported that the COM
mittee had considered the same, and recon-
mended that the house concur in the firsttwO,
| and do not concur in the two last,
Mr.. Montgomery, Of Georgia, proposed 8
| substitute Tor article Of the constitution,
with regard 10 the joint action of both houses
| proposing that the house of bishops shall
! signify their appreciation or dlsapprObation o.
/ any act proposed within three days after IL
shall have been reported 70 them for concur
/ renee, and in failure thereof II shall have the
/ shall finally adjourn within three days after
/ the duly proposed act shall have been report
| ed to the house Of bishops, in which event the
I proposed canon shall be imperative. This
! was referred 20 the committee on consLitu-
ton.
Rev. DR.. sehenck presented the following
ISesolued, Thatit b. referred to the commit
I Tee on amendments 10 the constitution TO in
Quire and report to this house what amend
ments, If any, may be necessary 10 equalize
the status OF bishops OF this church. having
either diocesan or missionary jurisdiction,
for the purpose Of securing TO all alike The
following franchise, viz: That All have seats
IN the house Of bishops upon the same terms
OF membership; second, that all may be eli
gibie and transferable TO any of the duly con-
Stituted Jurisdictions Of the church, whether
diocesan or missionary, 10 which they may he
elected OF appointed; third, that all laws he
as far as practical Bile under the circumstances,
of the same jurisdictional organization, TO
the effect that the coordinate ecclesiastical
authoiities Of the standing committees msy
be the same in missionary Jurisdictions As in
dioceses; fourth, that the utular distin elton
between diocesan and missionary bishops
may be abrogdtei, and the latter be styled
bishops OF such and such missionary Joris.
diciiOn. That the foregoing resolution and lis
several specifications De also r, ferred 10 the
committee on canOns 10 report u this house
may be necessary to carry the same INTO eject.
This was referred 10 the committee on
amendments 10 the constitution. The house
then went into secret session.
II Is understood thai during the secret Sos
sion DR.. sullivan. Of Illinois, made very
bitter speech denunclatory Of BishOp-elect
Seymour.
Amer recess the session with closed doors
was continued.
Messages seventeen aud eighteen, In regard
to canon twelve were recalled from the house
OF bishops for the purpose Of substituting
the following proposed amendment 70 canon
twelve, lection Fix, entitled ION the Ofiicist
ing Of ministers within the cures OF others
Ifegolred That the committee or canOnS be
requested to consider the eXpediency OF
amending canon twelve by stri king out article
one. section six, or OF adding thereto the fol
lowirg: "Fhis canon shall not apply TO cler-
gymeu ministering TO their own parishOners
IN spt cIat services, such as baptism, mar
riages er burials, whenever such may be re-
quired.'
Referred 10 committee on canOns.
Adjourned.