The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-22
Episcopal General Convention.

BosToS, October 20.-In the E piscopsl
General Convention, to-day, message
from the House Of Bishops Was amended
so as to allow each diocese member of
the Beard OF Trustees of the General
Thee logical Seminary for every eight
clergymen.
The Committee on Canons was in
structed to consider whether or not Title
l, Canon Is, section l6, includes Mis-
sionsry Bishops who may have resigned
from belng eligible to election as Bishop
of any regularly constituted diocese
The Committee on Diminishing the
Representation IN the Convention, was
Instructed TO especially consider the fes.-
ibillty of havlrg the represen tstIon bas.
ed on the size o, the diocese
twenty four members OF the CoAven-
tion died the past three years.
The resolution from the Committee IN
Canons declaring that it is the opinion Of
the Convention that the order Of the
Committee on Prayer could be broken up
into distinct and separate services, WAS
y ter some debate, LAID on the table by u
vote of ll6 to 80.
The report of the Committee on
Amendments and Constitution, 10 v nom
was referred the memorial from the
Diocesan convention of Wisconsin and
Iowa, for an amendment, so rs TO allow
the name OF the church to be changed 10
that oi Church of America" WAS then
discussed The report declared that no
such amendment rs proposed Was neces-
sary, and the question came up on the
adoption OF the report.
DIR. Hill, OF California, read long let
ter II. opposition to any change AS pro
posed, and WAS followed By DR.. Fulton,
of Wisconsin, d.. Goodwin, OF Penn
sylvania, and others in opposition to any
change. On the request OF the deputs.
ton from Pennsylvania vote was taken
and by almost unanimous vote the re-
port WAS adopted.
The Committee on the Book OF Com
mon Prayer reported that any consider
alton sf the following subjects WAS mex
pedIent: To request the House of blsh
ops To select special committee tor the
burial service, TO precede the lesson; u
special form OF service for the bur al OF
children; OF making the prayer tor Con.
gress applicable to the Legislatures of
the different States and Territories, and
changes IN the rubric. Report adopted.
A ballot WAS taken on the report OF the
Committee on Amendments to the Con-
sttution, to which WAS referred the me.
MORALS OF the Diocesan ConventlOis Of
Wisconsin and Iowa, in favor of a
change of name TO that OF the Church OF
America. The report conslier-
ed no change necessary. Toe
result OF the vote was: Clerical deputs-
tons: Dioceses represented, 43; ayes ~
nays l. Lay deputstions: Dtoceses rep.
resented, 40; ayes 40 Tnose voting
against the report were DR.. DeKoVen and
DR.. Cole, OF Wisconsin,; Rev. Hunt, OF
Alabama, and Rev. George Vernon, OF
Fond du Lac.
The resolution of Dr. Mead, in relation
to the dictionary for Lent, for sundays,
and fast and feast days, was taken up,
and the amendments OF the committee,
and also the arrangement of the table OF
lessons Tor Sundays, WAS adopted, subject
TO be further discussed on Monday. to
which time the Convention adjourned
II is expected the business OF the Con
yention will be finished certainly the
coming week.