Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-10
adEMPHIs. TENN SATURDAY., OCTOBER 1o 1874

and add II 10 or constitute II a mission
airy Jurisdiction. A new Lectionary Tor
Lent will be reported; and proposiieioh
with the Eastern church (Gneekl viii be re-
ported, and IL is thought that bishops lof
Havti and China viii be provided. II Is also
probable that new diOceses will be created By
the division OF New jersey, Ohio, Miohigsn,
Wisconsin, and Illinois. A canon VII De in-
troduced giving the presiding bishop the fight
20 resign the Jurisdiction of MS diocese, and
providing for his support the remainder OF ME
life. Also one 1Or the formation OF court OF
appeals. 10 provides that the court shHll ps
composed Of nine bishops, TO be selected as
follows:
First-The presiding bishop shall be the
president OF the said conrt. seoOnd-At each
triennial convention, the house OF bishops
shall elect eight bishops to be members OF me
said court, for the three years next ensuing
aud until their SUCCESSORS are elected. AT
such election, no person shall vote Tor more
than i've candidates. and the eight naFlnB
the highest number OF votes SHAH be lle
Judges. II two or more bishops shall have an
equal, and OF those not elected, the highest
number OF votes, the house shall frOIn thein
elect one or more, as the case may require, 70
Ill up the court. Third-SeVen bish0ps, IN
Guiding the PRESIDENT snail constitute q quo
rum, and a concurrence OF six shall be neces-
sSry TO judgment. The court shall nave
ments, orders, and DEGREES from the diocesan
court; and on snch appeals, ali questions may
be examined, reviewed and determined,
which were raised and determined in the
The provisional system already referred to
Is a plan for the division OF the church INTO
provinces similar to those OF the EngDhh
church and the Roman Cathohc cnurch N
this country. Bishop Smith is chairman OF
the committee, which reported plan 10 the
last convention. Another report Will be maze
TO the present convention, and II Is unuef-
stood that IL viii recommend the following
division:
First-Eastern province-Maine, Massachu-
setts New hampshire, Connecticut, hhode
Island, New York, Long Island, Albany, Cen
tai New York. Western New York-elevend do
ceses. secOnd-East Central proV1nce-NeW
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ptttsburg, Delaware,
Maryland, Eastern, Virginia-seven dioceses;
to'tnese must be aided Central Pennsylyani3.
Third--West Central provtnoe-henIuckyI
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Miehlgan, rassoIr tseon,
province-Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, mis-
souri,, Nebraska-five diocsses. Fifth
Southern province-Alabalna,I tennessee, ms MS
sissippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina
South Carolina-seN en- dioceses. SIKH
southwestern provinco-Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas-three dioceses. Seventh-Paeife pro-
vince California, Nevada, Oregon, Montana
four dioceses. This division Is thought to be
necessary on account of the rapid increase OF
diOceses, making the house OF bishops 700
large TO retain its cainDess, dignity, and SEN
atOrial character" Meetings OF the provinces
would be held trtenntally, and national coun~
ellis OF the provinces decenntally.
THE RITUALIsTIC CONTROVERSY.
Another question OF absorbing interest, and
which may, indeed, become The most m
portant OF the session, is that of the repression
of rituRlistic tendencies. IL has occupied
prominent place in the proceedings OF several
conventions. At that OF l6Tl, several canons
cOndemning euohar1sto alteration ana e4-
treme practices were elected, but resolutions
were adopted by both houses, condeInnlng
"al ceremonies, observRnces, and practlces
designed 70 express doctrines foreign 70 those
authorized BY the standards OF the chuIch'
and regarding IL sufficient at this time 70 Sc
cure the suppression Of all that is Irregular
and unseemly." Petitions 10 the convention
have been prepared, some asking Tor a reNl-
cf0 ~ TiOa|E fnVOT1nE HnTnls-
sionB and additions, some asking tha1 no al
terations of the ritual be made, some ASKING
that literally be allowed, and others thal a
law securing rigid uniformity be passed. The
subject has received attention in nearly ali
the diocesan coveniions, a majority OF Vhieh
are unfavOrable TO ritualistic extremes.
On the question of revision OF the BOOK V
C TamOn Prayer the following classification,
which is fairly accurate, Ssqs; S5s4ng ihs os
getting revision within the church, formed
a new organization, and amended the ETdyer-
Book to tuit them. SecOnd-rhe Low Church-
men, who want ritualism suppressed. 1nlrd-
The Liberals, headed by DR.. John Cotton
Smith, who want the views of all parties re-
spscted and harmonized. Eourth-Ine SOUND
Churchmen, led by DR.. Hugh Miller Thomp-
son, who condemn the alteration OF the sacra-
ment, and who are satisfied win the Prayer
Book as IL is. Fifth-The extreme High Church,
men. represented partly by the "COniraleT-
nifty OF the Blessed sacrament
There are twenty-siN permanent comnlltees
and Joint committees Of the two nousesi from
which reports are expected at the coming con-
ventiou. The most Important of these are the
following: On revision Of the course of theo-
logical study, the bishop OF Ohio (deceased)
chairman; church unity, the bishop OF Ohlo
chairman; organization of provincial synoos,
Bishop smith chairman; increase OF the mis-
siona y EpiscOpate Bishop Lee, Of Delaware,
chairman; communication with the Russo
Greek church, the bishop Of Illinois chair
man; Christian union, Bishop Green, OF MIS-
souri,, chairman; the religious reform in ltaiy,
Bishop Whittingham, of Maryland, chalr-
man; also, committees on the publication OF
the prayer book in the Spanish and German
languages.