The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-31
me EpI,copal Convention.

diately alter the morning prayer, and
voted 10 90 into secret session At 4 o'clock
70 consider the chse Of Blshop elect Or
rich, Of Cleveland.
Rev. Dr.. Leids presented report from
the Board Of Missions which had been
recommitted few days ago for some
modihcatonS The resolution attaehed
was modified so as TO declare that no per.
son should be employed by the Board Of
Missions who was not q member Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. Adopted
without debate.
Rev. Dr.. Fulton, Of Alabama, asked
leave TO submit 10 the Committee on
Canons, that alter the first sentence Of the
first subsection OF the seventh Section oil
Canon thirteen ot title one, page six Of
Digest, relating 10 the nomination and
election Of Missionary Bishops, that these
words be inserted, II the nomination is
made during or within six months before
the meeting Of the General Convention,
the House Of Bishops shall nominate at
least two persons for each Missionary
District, for which Z Bishop shall be
chosen and q msjority Of all tho Clerical
and Lay votes Of the House Of Deputies
shall be necessary 10 their election. This
was on motion referred 10 the Committee
on Canons .. Z
Message No. 63 from the House Of Bish.
ops in relation 10 the report oi the Com
mittee on Canons on the ritual and con.
curing In the report, with an amendment
striking out in the specifications the
Nl0OaRa YA10 Ntpr ~ tho ,,ea NJ {pcanan aad
the crucihx, elevation Of the elements oil
eucharist, &c, was referred TO the Com,
mittee on Canons. ....
Message No. Ga from the House Of Blsh.
ops concurred in the resolutions adopted
by the lower House that the rules Of order
OF the House Of Deputies should be in
force in the ensuing General Convention
until the organization thereof and until
they be amended or repealed by said
House. Placed on the calendar.
Message No. G5 from the House Of Bish.
ops informed the House Of Clerical and
Lay Deputies that :hey had appointed as
Committee Of Conference on the Hym-
nal on behalf Of that House the Bishops OF
Eastern Vermont and Massachusetts.
A report was read from the Committee
on Amendments to the Constitution, to
whom was referred memorial from the
Diocese Of Tennessee asking for an amend.
ment 10 the fifth article OF the Constitu.
tion, which provides that no new Diocese
shall be formed until the General Conven.
tion shall have the assurance that there is
an adequate fund for the support oi the
Bishop. s-r
The committee recommended the adop.
ton Of the following resolution
ResolCsd, That article 5 of the constitu.
tion be amended by striking out the fol-
lowing words: "And such consent shall
not be given by the General Convention
until they have satisfactory assurance oil
a suitable provision for the support OF the
Episcopate in the contemplated new Dio-
cese."
A long discussion ensued, which was
interrupted.
Rev. Dr.. Meade, from the Committee on
Canons, to whom was referred the meg
sage from the House Of Bishops in regard
10 the Canon on the Ritual, reported q
resolution 10 the effect that the House Of
Deputies does not concur in Message No.
So from the House oil Bishops, and asking
for Committee of Conference. This was
adopted, and the chair appointed as
Committee on Conference the Committee
on Csnons.
The discussion on the amendment TO
article OF the constitution was then re-
sumed and continued at some length.
Message No. &c from the House Of Bish.
ops did not concur in Message No, SO
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 10 sub
nit TO the Board ol Missions such addi-
ionsl powers.
Message No. 6S from the same house
was conCurred in.
Message No. 4S CT the House oI Depu-
ties was also concuned in, with the fol-
lowing amendment substituted for the
last resolution:
Res0lred, That the revised hymnsl now
set forth is not 10 be regarded as finally,
consequently 1t may be revised whenever
deemed desirable; but that it shall not be
revised until it has been in actual use for
q period Of six years.
Message No. 6S informed the House Of
Deputies that the House Of Bishops
agreed TO the appointment OF commit
tee OF conference on the Canon of Ritual,
and had appointed the Bishops OF Con-
nectcut North Carolina, New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio such committee
on behalf OF the House of Bishops.
Message No. 67 informed the House of
Deputies that the House OF BiIhops con-
Cured in message No. 56trom the House
Of Deputies, discharging the joint COM
mittee on republishipg the journals, and
also concurred in message No. 81, pro.
posing an amendment to the Constitution
Of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society, and sho in message No So, on
appointing committee on Indian affairs
On motion message No. 81 was then
adopted and the Others placed on the
calender.
After those messages had been read
and acted upon, the discussion on the
adoption Of an amendment 10 article 8 Of
the Constitution was continued, and the
amendment to the resolution proposed by
MIR. Atwater, oi Minnesota, altering in
the same article where Il declares that
six seitGupporting parishes constitute q
diocese, that the word six be changed to
ten, increasing the number Of parishes by
four. =
This was adopted, and vote was then
taken by dioceses and orders on the
original resolution, which was adopted by
the following resules Clerical voie-ayes
50; nays 8. Lay vote-syes 80; nays 8.
A message from the House oil Bishops
\, authorized Dr. Perry, Secretary OF the
House Of Deputies, TO prepare history
o! the Church OF this country for the Cen.
te1nial anniversary. This was concur.
red in.
Another message informed the House
OF Deputies that the House Of Bishops had
ADDointed "a memharn NJ tho jnyrt cor,