The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-10
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.


PHILADELPHIA Oct 9.-Ihe Ihlrty- thlru
General Convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church of the United States reassembled
this morning. The committee on new do
ceses recommended that consent be given to
the memorial of the deputies of the diocese
of North Carolina asking the creation OF
new diocese in that State. The report was
adopted.
The committee on canons reported favora-
bly, on changing the name of the diocese of
Illinois to Chicago. Adopted.
Mr.. Arthur c. Stilson, of Iowa, was ap-
pointed fourth assistant secretary. The re-
port of the committee on canons was recon-
nitted.
The committee on prayer-book recon-
mended that the proposed amendment to
Article of the constitution be not submit
ted to the convention.
The report of the conference on relation
OF the church to the colored people
of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn,
July rs to % contains a draft
of a canon, providing that in any diocese
containing a large number of persons OF
color it shall be lawful for the bishop i'll
convention of the same to constitute such
population into special missionary organiza-
ton under charge of the bishop.
! 1t was moved that after the 'Gloria
Patri" at the end of the altar rubric in the
prayer-book the following words be added:
''Gloria patri, glory be to the Father and to
the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in
the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
amen" Referred.
The following resolution of Rev. L. s.
Burford, of western Michigan, was also re-
ferred.
] oh min xyita no
rubrc preceding confession in the order of holy
communion be taken from it's present location
and placed after the first rubric following the
conversation"
Rev. Thomas w. Haskins, of Quincy, of
fered resolutions providing for a church
school board with a capital of 500 600, with
the object of establishing uniform systems
i'll the dioceses and missionary jurisdictions.
The order of the day, the report of the
| Joint committee on the book of prayer, was
taken up, and the convention went into conf
mittee of the whole. Rev. Francis Harrison
said the whole object proposed could
be accomplished by adding a rubric
of about five lines to the morning prayer.
! He would ask the convention relative to the
! small amendments to let them alone and al
low the church to have the same as in former
| years. The second amendment offered the
| following changes: Are proposed instead of
''are made in connection with the title page
| of the book OF common prayer, and that the
| same be sent TO the uiHere0I QlOceSeS.
Malcolm Hay of Pittsburg said as he I'M
derstood it the committee had very wisely
proposed a series of resolutions for adoption.
| The resolutions should be acted on seriatim
Rev John B. Faude, Of Indiana, said it
seemed to him the language of the committee
was perfectly correct.
After recess the convention again went
into committee of the whole on revision of
the prayer-book, and discussed the first reso-
luton relative to the title of the book s.
Corning Judd, of Illinois, moved to strike
out from the title page the words protestant
Episcopal" and insert in lieu thereof the
words Holy Catholic" He was opposed to
surrendering to the Romanists that word
which means universal. The Holy Catholic
church protests just as much against the
| errors of Rome as any church in
this or any other land He yielded
to no man in his opposition to the
| errors of the Roman church. He wan ted
some sort of consistency in our professions
of faith before Almighty God.
Rev. John T. Girault, of Louisiana, moved
to lay on the table the amendment of the
deputy from Illinois. [Cries of mo, no."l
Rev. Daniel C. Roberts moved an addi-
| tional amendment to leave out all of the
title page after the words Rites and Ceremo-
MES of the Church" The words left out
would be According to the use of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church of the United
States" and the title would read, ''The book
OF common prayer, ana administration OF
| the sacrament and other rites and ceremo-
MES of the church,
Mr.. Judd said he was not SO particular
about the words Holy Catholic" but he was
not ashamed TO call himself member of the
Holy Catholic Church.
| Bradford Prince, of New Mexico, said it
seemed to him the mission of the church in
the United States cannot be carried out one
tenth part with the present name. There
was large number of persons in this coun-
try, not connected with any church, who
would be attracted by the proposed change
of name and would learn that which would
bring them to Christianity through the
church. No one uses the words Protestant
Episcopal when it can be avoided.