The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-11

Recommendations of the Committee
on Constitutional Amendments.
The Name of Illinois Diocese To BE Changed
to ChicaSo-Bishop Winners Report on
Work Among COlored People.
THE CONVENTION.
One Delegate Wants 800, DOC, 900 for Schools
-"Protestant Episeopal, Title Retained.

One Delegate Wants 500 900, 900 for Schools
Protestant Episcopal" Title Retained.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1O-The general con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the United States reassembled this morn
ing. The committee on amendments to the
constitution reported that it is inexpedient to
strike out the words Protestant Episcopal"
and change the name of the general conven-
tion to the ''Triennial Council"
A resolution was referred requesting the
committee on dictionary to consider the pro-
priety of emitting from the calendar the
apocryphal lesson, aud substituting the can
onical lessons from the Scripture.
The following amendment to canOns was
referred That no person shall be eligible as
warden of any parish who is not a. commune
can't, nor shall any one be qualified to act as
vestryman until he has first filed a declara-
ton that he will conform to the doctrine
discipline and worship of the church.
Rev. Thomas w. Hardness, of Quincy, was
sorry the impression had gone forth that his
resolution of last,evening, relative to Chris
tan education. was intended as burlesque
He was not joking, but seriously in earnest.
He wants 500, 100000 for schools.
The arrival of Canada delegates was an
| nounced to the convention.
Considerable discussion occurred over a
proposition of S. Corning Judd, of Illinois,
to strike from the title page of the PRAYER
book the words protestant Episcopal and
insert in their stead the words Holy Catho-
lic." He said he was opposed to surrender
ing to the Romanists that word which means
universal, and declares that the Holy Catho-
| lie Church protests as much against the errors
of Rome as any church in this or any other
land. The propositi on was defeated by vote
| of 252 to 81
After reflection, some amendments of sec
ton ''B," as follows, were considered: A
substitute for the order of how the psalter is
appointed to be read, and for the order of
how the rest of the Holy Scripture is ap-
pointed to be read; the general order CON
corning the service of the church, including
an enlarged table of proper psalms and a
| table of selections of psalms.
Malcot NJ. HAY, of Pittsburg, called atten-
ton to the fact that while the selection of
psalms are separately printed in the standard
book, they are not so printed IN the book
annexed.
Rev. DR.. Benedict, ofsouthern Ohio, wished
to know why this arrangement of the selec-
tions of psalms, which prevailed in the past
century, was now done away with by the
committee. .t-
The committee stated that one of the OBJ
jects in not printing the selections of psalms
separately was that the prayer-book should
not be encountered, and that the psalms
should not be mutilated.
Dr. Huntingtons motion on the first part
of section G, which adds to the calendar a
feast to be called 1.-The feast of the trans
figuration," was adopted.
The committee rose, reported progress and
the session closed.
The House of Bishops reassembled this
morning in the parish building of Holy
Trinity Church. A great portion of the
session was spent in considering the report
of the joint committee on revision of the
prayer book in committee of the whole.
The Bishop of Fredericton and Metropoli-
tan of Canada, addressed the house.
The presiding bishops report stated that
during the past three years the bishops of
New Mexico, Montana, and Washington
Territory, and the assistant bishop Of Mis-
sissippi, have been consecrated, and Bishop
Adams, of New Mexico, resigned the episco-
pate
Consent was given to transfer the county
of Manitou from the diocese of Michigan to
Western Michigan. Consent was also given
to change the name of the diocese of Illinois
to Chicago.