The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-02
Protestant Episcopal Convention.

Protestant Episcopal Convention.
III New YORK, October Gl.-At the open
Bng ofthe proceedings to-day in the genera
Protestant Episcopal Convention, a reso
Button was adopted that as the number o.
he trustees Of the Theological Seminary
kswas SO large US to interfere with the eff.
tciency Of the committee appointed Of two
Hbishops. two clergymen, and two lsymen
TO enquire what legislation is necessary
30 enable the trustees to govern the semi.
mary with increased facilities, and fol
kother purposes connected with its useful.
tness. Message No. 7S Of the House Of
SBishops, relating to hymnal, was concur.
fred in. The following are the trustees OF
sthe widows and orphans fund: Bishop
bf Delaware and Easton, Rev. DR.. Henry
&c. Potter, of New York, Rev DR.. Nor.
&an Dix, Of New York, and Miss Steven
~. Nash, VIM. Alexander Smith, Lloyd
kW. Wells.
The Committee Of Canons appointed
iFby the Committee of Conference on
amended canons on ritual, made their re-
port, which amended the original canon
lJeported by the committee, by striking
out in the specifications, clauses relating
TO the Use of incense; in the retaining OF
Ethe crucitix in any part of the place OF
itpublic worship with few unmpVrtsnt
l.changes.
u Mr.. Hill Burgwin, lay delegate from
tPittsburgh, desired that no action be
Aakcn until the Committee of Conference
Should make report.
Il Rev. Dr. DekOvcn, of Wisconsin. said
Ehe should oppose the report on account
!'of its unconStitutionalty. He was of the
topinion that none of these ceremonies
could be suppressed by the canon, but
l,only by the rubrics in the prayer book.
II A further discussion on this subject
Twas prevented by the order of the day
Ebeing called for.
Change Of Office for Infant Baptism.
Z Report of the Committee on Canons
mo, Is, on a memorial from four hundred
Iiclcrgymen of the church, praying for the
llalteration of the rnbrics in the Office for
infant baptism was taken up.
The resolution reported by the COM
mittee proposed that there be added, us a
krubrc at the end of the Office for infant
hbaptism. the following words: "The
minister may, at his discretion, omit the
exhortation preceding the Lords Prayer
in the above office, and in place of
thanksgiving, substitut" the collect for
!. Easter. Even this rubrlc. however, is
Enot to be construed aS implying any
kchange in the doctrine Of the church,
and to authorize the secretary of the
House Of Deputies to cause the proposed
rubric to be made known to the dioccses
us required to by the constitution and
canOns.
The discussion was interrupted by
message from the House of Bishops. con-
curing in the messages from the House
of Deputies, relating to the appointment
of Joint committees on the French and
Spanish prayer books; in the election of
trustees for the widow and orphans fund.
and in the appointment of commission
ers or trustees the theological seminary.
X Another message from the House of
Bishops, contained the report of the
Committee on Canons of that House, to
whom was referred the considerations of
the ritual. Their report was similar i'll
sall respects, to the report of the commit
stee on canons of the House Of Deputies.
The vote was taken by diocesCs and
orders on the question Of concurrence III
tee message from the House of Bishops
relating to ritual. The message was con-
CURED in with the following results:
Clerical vote, forty-one dioceses repre-
scntcd ayes, 90; noes, 2; divided, !; lay
vote, 3S; .diocescs represented, ayes 2s;
noes, l; divided, 2.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the Secretary To- transmit 10 the House
of Bishops testimonials of the Bishops
elect.
A message was read from the House Of
Bishops stating that they did not concur
in message No 63, with regard to the
canon on church music, and asking the
appointment of II Committee on Confer
encc.
|, 1t was resolved to conclude the session
Monday evening next, after celebrating
devotional exercises and hearing the
pastoral letter.
Message No. 80 from the House of
Bishops conveyed the information that
they did not concur in message IS Of the
House of Deputies, relating TO the amend
ment to article 5 of the Constitution as
to suitable provision for the Episcopate,
and that they concurred in message No.
66 relating to the amendment to the
same article rs TO the number Of parishes
required to constitute missionary do
ccse.
The subject of baptismal regeneration
was called up and briefly discussed.
After the motion to lay the subject on
the table was lost, the measure was de-
feated by the following vote:
Clerical vote, 40 dioceses represented,
ayes 81 noes "a; divided TO- Lay vote,
81 dioccses represented, ayes 5; noes "a;
divided !.
The Committee on Amendments tOs the
Constitution reported resolution
amending article 81 by adding the fol-
lowing: provided. that the General
Convention may BY canon arrange and
set forth shortened forms of morning and
evening prayer, to be composed wholly
from the Book of Common Prayer, or
may authorize it to be done by any do
cese for its own use. Adopted. Clerical
vote, ayes 81, noes 4; lay vote, ayes "A,
noes 3.
The Committee on Amendments TO
the Constitution also reported that it
would be inexpedient to appoint any
committee to revise the Constitution, or
to devise provincial system for church
results. After long discussion the
matter was laid on the table.
The Convention Then adjourned till
Monday.
Female shop Lifters.
COLUMBUS, o.. October 3l.-TwU wo-
men stole FIVE hundred dollars worth of
silks from Osborne. Kershaw & Cos dry
goods store yesterday, by the shop lifting
plan. By the use Of the telegraph Sarah
Albert and Mary Ellis were arrested this
morning, at Logansport Indiana, and
the goods recovered. The women escaped
from an officer, however. while eating
bres fast Of a hotel