Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
THE EPISCOPAL SESSION.
IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE IN
THE DICTIONARY.

many SUBJECTS brought L p in the House
of Bishops-Changes Proposed in Sew
eral Instances-RepOrt on the Re
vision of the Book of Common
Prayer.
/ PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-The General
/ Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
/ Church OF the United States reassembled
/ this morning at 10 O'Clock in the Church
1 of the Holy Trinity. The Lord Bishop of
/ Rochester, Eng. Rt. Rev Anthony Wilson
ThOrOld, was in the chancel. After the
/ opening services papers relative to the
/ election Of Bishop KnickerbOcker, Of In
diana, and Assistant Bishop Potter, of
I New York, We're presented, and referred
to the Committee on Episcopal COnse-
Grafton.
\ memorial relative to the division of
the diocese Of North Carolina was re-
lerred to the Committee on Dioceses.
! The report Of the joint committee on the
dictionary was made the order of the dav
for Wednesday next, at II O'Clock.
The President announced at this point
the standing committees.
a resolution was adopted providing for
a meeting of the House of Bishops with
the House of Delegates.
An invitation was extended from the
Board of Directors Of the Union League
to visit and use their building. A similar
invitation was received from the Young
/ Mems Christian Association.
The body then adjourned until O'Clock
this afternoon.
The report of the joint committee on
the dictionary, which was made the order
of the day for Wednesday next at u
O'Clock, states that the committee have
during the past three years very carefully
recOnsidered the dictionary reported by
them and approved by the convention i'm
1880. In doing so they have been aided by
the experience of its actual use. and bv a
/ large number of suggestions, to which
they have given respectful attention, not
only for their intrinsic value, but as indi-
| eating 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 i'm
portant of these is in the Old Testament
lessons for yesterday, where the account
/ of the Institution OF the passover has been
assigned to the morning and the song of
Moses to the evening, with liberty to sub
stitute one for the other. The dictionary
thus revised is recommended to the con-
ventiOn for final adoption by an annexed
act. in the firm conviction that the use of
il will tend to the edifcatOn of the
CuuItus 1 ut dCb ItltIIttl W Is as lOIlONS.
BY the General Convention of the Pro
test Episcopal Church in the United
States of America the dictionary con-
tanned in the Book of Common PRAYERS is
hereby amended by substituting the tables
appended for the table of lessons of the
holy Scripture, and by inserting after the
third paragraph of the order how the rest
of this Holy Scripture is appointed to be
read, the three rules following. If in
any church upon 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 the evening
prayer on sunday the ministers may read
the lessons from the gospel appointed for
that day of the month in place of the
second lesson for a 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.
Y committee was appointed to invite
the Lord Bishop of Rochester to seat by
the President.
The sessions of the House of Bishops
are conducted with closed doors. Right
Rev. Robert w. b. Elliott, Missionary
| Bishop of Western Texas, who was a
Major in the Confederate army, has been
mentioned as a possible successor to the
late Bishep Pmckney. cable telegram
was received and read, conveying greet
ing from the Church Congress in session
at Reading, England, and a suitable reply
was returned. Rev. ). c. Thrall, ID. D., OF
the Diocese of Springfield, offered a resO-
luton that the words protestant
| Episcopal" be dropped from the Book of
Common Prayer, from the constitution OF
the church and from the canOns, and re-
! Quested that they be referred to commit
tees upon these subjects, which was done.
! DR.. Schenck, of Brooklyn. moved to lay
u Al Al n,.
/ tested, saying that it would be an act of
/ discOurtesy. as he was acting under the
I instructions of his diocese. Rev. DR..
I George Leeds, Of the Diocese Of Maryland,
presented memorial asking for change
4 in the phraseOlOgy of the testimonial in
! the canOns for the admission of candi-
/ dates for holy orders. 1t was re-
! ferred to the Committee on CanOns
Rev. George Morgan Hills, d. D., of the
/ Diocese of New Jersey, Offered resolution
! thas if the Bishops concur the article OF
! the constitution be so amended that for
| the words General Convention" Trien-
nial COuncil' be substituted, and that the
constitution and canOns throughout be
made to correspond with this change. 1t
was referred to the Committee on the
Constitution.
\ communication, which was the cause
of much merriment in the House Of
| Delegates, was an invitation from Secre-
/ tary Barclay, of the Board of Managers,
to visit the House Of Refuge. 1t
stated that the Delegates would be
! admitted when they called if they
| stated that they were members of the con-
| ventiOn. The invitation was, on motion,
/ accepted
| Rev. Francis Harrison, of the diocese of
! Albany, offered a resolution, which was
| referred to the Committee on CanOns. 1t
was with regard to the canon relating to
| the officiating OF ministers ordained in
foreign countries.
Rev. w. II. Huntington, d. D., of the
! diocese of Massachusetts,, presented his |
report as Secretary OF the Committee on
/ the Revision of the Book of Common
/ PRAYER. 1t was made the order of the day
/ for Tuesday next at u O'Clock.
Rev. Charles A. l.. Richards, of the diO-
/ case of Rhode Island, offered the follow
4 ing, which was referred to the Committee
/ on CanOns.
Res0lred, That an addition be made to
| section /, canon -, title l, except that the
| General Convention may authorize tenta-
/ tive use during the intervals from one of |
its sessions to another, of any proposed al
/ teratiOns to the book of Common Prayer
/ that may have been recommended by the
committee appointed at the previous ses-
sion. The House of Delegates then ad-
/ jOurned.
The House of Bishops met this morning
/ in the parish building at the Church of
/ the Holy Trinity, with Rt. Rev Bishop
/ Lee. of Delaware, in the chair. The new
Bishops cOnsecrated since the
/ last General Convention were
introduced ana took their seats. The five
! Bishops thus received wee the Missionary
Bishops of New Mexico, the Missionary
! Bishop of Montana, the Missionary Bishop
of Washington Territory, the Bishop of
Pittsburg, and the Assistant Bishop of Mis-
sissippi The names of the Bishops de-
/ ceased since the last General Convention
were read, viz: Rt. Rev. DIR. Atkinson,
of North Carolina; Rt. Rev. DR.. kerfoot,
1 of Pittsburg. and Rt. Rev. Dr.. Talbot, of
| Indiana. The Lord Bishop of Rochester
was introduced and addressed the house.
| 1t was resolved that the house shall meet
! from 1920 O'Clock in the morning to l
O'Clock in the afternoon, and from to 1
O'Clock. The standing committees were
announced and the House of Bishops adj
lOuTnea.
MARYLAND POLITICS.
Mayor LatrObe Nominated the Fourth