The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-31

at o'clock, to consider the case Of
the Bishop elect, Orrick, Of China.
Rev. DR.. Lewis presented report
from the Board of Missions, which had
been recommitted q few days since for
modification, ON resolution twas modified
so as to declare that no person should be
employed by the Board OF Missions, who
was not asfnernber of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. Adopted without
debate
Rev. DIR. Fulton, Of Alabama, asked
leave to submit to the committee on
Canons, that after the first sentence. of
the first subsection of the Seventh sec
tion of Canon IL, of title l., page 81, of
the Digest, that these words be inserted:
"If the nomination is made during, or
within six months before the meeting of
the General Convention, the House Of
Bishops shall nominate ut least two per-
sons for each Missionary. District, for
which Bishop shall be chosen, and q
majority ofthe clerical votes Of the House
of Deputies, shall be necessary to thcir
election" This was, on motion, referred
to the committee on Canons.
Message No. 3, from the House Of
Bishops, in reference to the report of the
committee on. Canons on Ritual, con-
curing in the report, with an amend
ment, striking out in the specification
clauses relating to the use of incense,
| crucihx, elevation of the elements of
| eucharist, &C., was referred to the COM
mittee on Canons.
Message No. 64 from the House of
Bishops, copcurred in ther resolution
adopted by the lower house, that the
rules of order of the House Of Deputies
should be in force in the ensuing Gener-
al Convention until the organization
thereof, and until they be amended or
repealed by the said House. Placed on
the calendar. e. 49, o.. ..H
Message No. 65 from the House of
Bishops informed the House Of Clerical
and Lay Deputies that they had appoint
ed as a Committee on Conference on
Hymnal on hehalf of that House, the
Bishops of Eastern Vermont and Massa-
chusetts.
Amendment 10 Constitution.
A report was received from the Com
mittee on Amendments to the Constitu-
tiop, Ito whom was. referred the,memorial
from the dioceseNof Tennessee, asking for
snsanfehhdmeht to the Sch article of the
Constitution, which provides that no
new diocese shall be formed until the
General Convention shall have assur-
ance that there is an adequate fund for
the support Of the Bishops.
cd hn
adoption of the following resolution:
ReSOtreL, That article 5th of the Con-
stitutionibe amended by striking out the
following words:
"And such consent shall not be given
by the General Convention. until they
have satisfactory assurance OF suitable
provision for the support OF the cpisco-
pate in the contemplated new diocese.
a long discussion followed which was
interrupted.
Rev. DR.. Meade on behalf of the Com
mittee on Canons to whom was referred
the message from the House Of Bishops
in regard to the Canon on Ritual, report
ed resolution to the effect that the
House of Deputies does not concur in
message No. Is from the House of
Bishops, and asking for Committee Of
Conference. This was adopted and the
chair appointed Committee on Confer
enCe.
The discussion on the amendments to
article ) of the constitution, was then
resumed and continued at some length.
Message No. to from the House of
Bishops did not concur in message No.
53 from the House of Deputies, relating
To the conditional action of the Board of
Missions. for the reason that the House
did not consider itself competent to sub
nit to the Board of Missions such addi-
tional powers.
Message No. e. from the same House,
concurred in message 4S Of the House Of
Deputies, with the following amendment
substituted for the last resolution
Resokved, That the revised hymnal
now set forth is not to be regarded as
finalty, consequently it may be revised
whenever deemed desirable, but that it
shall not be revised until it has been in
actual use for period of six years.
Message No. 6S informed the House of
Deputies that the House of Bishops
agreed to the appointment Of a Commit
tee of Conference on the Canon OF Ritual,
and had appointed the Bishops of Con-
necticut, North Carolina, New York,
PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio as such Commit
tee on behalf of the House of Bishops.
Message No 80 informed the House of
Deputies that the House of Bishops con
Cured in message No. 56 from the House
of Deputies, discharging the Joint Com
mttce on republishing the journals, and
also concurred in Message No. 81, pro-
posing an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the Domestic and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, and also in message No.
5S, on appointing committee on Indian
affairs.
On motion message No. g. was adopt
ed and Others placed on the calendar.
Ten Self Parishes 10 Con-
stitute a Diocese.
Afterthese messages had been read and
acted upon, the discussion on the adop
ton of the amendment to article o, of the
constitution, and an amendment to the
resolution proposed by Atwater Of Min
nesots, altering in the same article where
it declares that .'si1 self.supporting par
ishes to constitute Diocese" that the
word "six" be changed to ''ten,' increas-
ing the number Of parishes by four.
This was adopted and a vote was then
taken by dioceses and the orders on the
original resolution which was adopted by
the following result: Clerical vote, ayes,
S3, noes 8; Lay vote, ayes 80, noes 3.
A message from the House Of Bishops
authorized DR.. Perry, Secretary of the
House Of Deputies, TO prepare a history
of the Church in this country for the
Centennial anniversary. This was con-
Cured in.
Another message informed the House
of Deputies, that the House Of Bishops
had appointed, rs members Of the Joint
Committee to nominate trustees for the
fund of the widows and orphans of de-
ceased clergymen, the Bishops OF New