The daily gazette., 1883-10-05
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION
PRocEEplNGsOF THEsEcoNp
DAYS GATHERING.
A GREETING FROM ENGLAND
of the TrIenniaI Session
Appointments OF COmmiItees-ResoIu
tiOns offered aud Referred.

Ocbs H.-IQ6 06nef0l
Convt nlion of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States reassembied
this morning at 10 o'clock In the Church of
the Holy Trinity. Morning prayer was said
by Rev. George Worthlngton, S. I. D., of
the diocese of Michigan, and Rev. Cyrus +.
knight, d. D., OF the diocese of Central
Pennsylvania. The benedction was pro-
nounced by the Rt. Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D.,
D. D. L., Bishop of Delaware. The Lord
Bishop OF Rochester, England, the Rt. Rev.
Anthony Wilson Thorold, was also in the
chancel The roll was called, and the depu.
ties not present yesterday answered to their
| names.
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, of New York, pre-
sented the papers relative to the election of
Rev. DR.. IL. q. Potter as Assistant Bishop of
New York, and asked that an early day be
| fixed for bis conservation. 1t wss referred
to the committee on Episcopal conservation.
Rev. DR.. Wakefield Of Indiana, offered the
| papers relative to the election of Rev. DR..
Knickerbocker as Bishop of Indiana, which
were referred to the Committee on Episcopal
Conservation.
The standing committees were announced
by the President. The I elaware members
are as follows: Rev. Mr.. Douglass, Com
mittee on the State Of the Church; Mr.. 8.
NJ. Curtis, on Education; DIR. Burr, on
Memorials on Deceased Members.
Rev. George White, d. D., of Tennessee,
offered a resolution, which was adopted, pro-
viding for a meeting of the House Of Bishops
with the House of Deputies.
Mr.. Lloyd w. Wells, treasurer OF the con-
ventiOn, reported that the balance, October
q, 1850, was 81 ,2l8.75; assessments from
., 1913 clergy, 50 ,369; triennial expenses, S0,-
9S6. l2; balance, S599.6 Expenses 1880 to
1883, salaries, $1,000; journal, S2,SUS. 10;
stationery ard printing, 81 1,904.72; misce,-
laneous, 81, 1880.
An invitation was extended from the
board OF directors of the Union League to
visit and use their building. A similar invi-
| tatlon was received from the Young Mems
| Christian Association
The report Of the joint committee on the
dictionary, which was made the order of the
| day for Wednesday next, states that the
| committee have during the past three years
very carefully reconsldered the dictionary
| reported by them, and approved by the con-
vention in 1880. In doing SO they have
been aided by the experience of its actual
use and by large number of suggestions to
which they have given respectful attention,
not only for their intrinsic value, but as in
dicating the general sentiment of the
| church. The tables appended to the report
are substantially the same as those which
were presented to the last convention, but
with several alterations. The most import
ant of these ia in the Old Testimant lsssone
| for Easter Day, where the account of the in
stitution of the Passover has been assigned
to the morning and the Song of Moses to the
evening, with liberty TO substitute one for
the other. The dictionary thus revised is
| recommended to the convention for final
| adoption by the annexed act, which is as
follows:
"The dictionary contained in the Book of
Common Prayer is hereby amended by sub
stituting the tables appended for the table of
lessons of Holy Scripture and by inserting
after the third paragraph Of the order how
to be read,' the three rules following: fif In
any church; on Sunday or holy day, both
morning and evening prayer be not said, the
minister may read the lessons appointed
either for morning or for evening prayer. At
evening prayer ON Sunday the minister NAV
read the lesson from the gospel appointed
for that day of the month in place of the
second lesson for the Sunday. Upon any day
for which no proper lessons are provided,
the lessons appointed in the calendar for
any day in the same week may be
read in place of the lessons for the
day."
On motion OF Rev. DR.. Hoffman, of New
York, a committee was appointed to invite
the Lord Bishop OF Rochester to a seat by
the president.
The secretary read a cablegram from the
Church Congress In session at Reading.
England, signed by the Lord Bishop of Ok
ford. and sending from the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the president of the con-
gress brotherly greeting. A resolution was
adopted returning the cordial greetings of
the English Church Congress.
Rev. 8. G. Thrall, D. D., of the Diocese
of Springfield, offered resolution that the
words protestant EpiscopaP' be dropped
from the Book of Common Prayer
Rev. DR.. Thrall moved that tie words
protestant Episcopal" be omitted from the
constitution of the church, and requested
Its reference to the committee on amend
ments to the constitution.
Rev. Noah ii. Schenck, ID. D., of the do
cese of Long Island, moved to lay 1t on the
table.
Rev. DR.. Thrall trusted this would not be
done, as he was acting under instructions
from his diocese. He maintained that it
would not be an act of courtesy to lay 1t on
the table. The resolution was referred to
the Committee on Amendments to the Con-
stitution. Rev. DR.. Thrall moved TO omit
the words protestant Episcopal from the
canons. Referred to the Committee on
Canons
Rev. DR.. George Leeds, of the diocese of
Maryland, presented memorial asking for
change In the phTaseology of the testimo-
malls in the canon for the admission of can
d'dates for holy orders. Referred to the
Committee on Canons.
Rev. George Morgan Hills, D. D., of New
Jersey, offered resolution that the House
of Bishops concurring article OF the con-
s'itution be SO amended that for the words
general convention" "triennial council, be
substituted, and that the constitution and
cancns throughout be made to correspond
with this change. Referred to the Com
mittee on Constitution.
THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS.
The House of Bishops met this morning
in the parish building of the Church of the
Holy Trinity, the Right Rev. Bishop Lee, of
Delaware, in the chair The new bishops
consecrated since the last General Conven-
ton were introduced and took their seats.
Five bishops thus received were the Mis-
sionary Bishop ef New Mexico, Missionary
Bishop of Montana, Missionary Bishop of
Washington Territory, the Bishop of Pitts
burg AMI the assistant Bishop OF Miss
issippi.
The names of the bishops deceased since
the last General Convention were read, viz;
Right Rev. DR.. Atkinson, of North
Carolina; Right Rev. DR. Kerfoo, of Pitte-
burg and the Right Rev. DIR. Talbot, of
Indiana.
The Lord Bishop of Rochester was IN ro
duced and addressed the house.
Among the members of the standing com.