Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-04
PENNSYLVANIA.

EpfscopaIians i'm Conv of
 the Thfrty-Thfrd General COnvention-
 The First Days Proceedings.
 PH1LApE1PH1A, Oct. 3.-The thirty-third general convention of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in the United States was opened this morning with services held in the vensr- able Christ church, on Second street, near Market, the cornerstone of which edifice was laid in 1772. The gold aims dish pre- scented to the House of Bishops by the Con- vocation of Canterbury, Eng, occupied place upon the altar, surrounded by the ves- sels of the silver communion service present ed to the parish by Queen Anne in 1780. The church was crowded, HOS tickets hay ing been issued for the service. At 10:35 the procession of the clergy filed in as the 202d hymn was sung. The Rev. 0. l.. Hutchins, of Medford, Mass, secretary of the conven- tion, read the services through the Psalter, Bishop Smith of Kentucky pronouncing the dissolution. The first lesson, from Micah, iv. chap, was read by the Rev. Dr. H. J. Morton, of Philadelphia; the second lesson, from Ephesians, iii chap, by the Rev. Dr. Henry 0. Potter, assistant bishop elect of New York. The Rev. Dr. Anstice, of Rochester, N. Y, read the prayers to the Litany. The Litany was read by the Rev. Dr. w. Nelson McVickar, of Philadelphia. and the Creed and Versicles by the Rev. Dr.. E. A. Fogge, rector of Christ church. The Collects and Command ments were read by Bishop Lay, of Easton, Md.
 The Gospel was read by the Bishop of On- r;o FY0ick klo hu fbn af Pa l chester. Bishop Clrake, of Rhode Island, delivered the sermon, taking his text from 1 Exodus, 18th chapter, 17th verse. He treated of the history of the church at the time when the first general convention in the United States met in September, 1785, the dangers i that assailed it and it's want of organization, while other churches in the late colonies were fully organized.
 1 At o'clock this afternoon the House of Bishops, which consists of fifty.six prelates of the church, met at the Holy Trinity 1 church. corner of Nineteenth and Walnut | street. in the body of which at the same hour the convention entered upon it's open ing session. The legislative proceedings of the House of Bishops were held with closed
 doors, neither clerical nor lay delegates being
 permitted to enter. Right Rev. Benjamin
 Bosworth Smith, D. D., ILL. D, of Kentucky.
 now in his ninetieth year, is the
 presiding bishop, Rev. H. c; Pot William Tatlock D. D., assistant
 secretary. Should Bishop Smith be unable to preside at all the sessions Bishop Lee of Delaware will take the chair by right of seniority. Should Assistant Bishop-elect Potter be consecrated during the convention
 & vacancy may be created which will no doubt be filled by Rev. Dr. T. Atloek, some one else being elected assistant. The stand ing committees will be announced at the first or second days session. They are as fol- lows On the state of the church gener al
 theological seminary domestic and foreign
 missions admission of new dioceses con.
 secration of bishops amendments to the constitutions canons expenses unfnish- ed business; Christian education memorials
 of deceased members and prayer book. The prelimAary session of the convention will be offered by the officers holding over ss fol lows: Rev. F. Edward Beardsley, D. D., l.. l.. D., of Connecticut, president; Rev. Charles l.. Hutchins secretary, and Rev. Dr. Henry
 Austice, the rector of an important parish in 1 western New York, first assistant secretary; Rev. Louis P. Tischefeley, second assistant; | Lloyd W. Wells, treasurer. Among the wis itors expected to attend the sessions of the | convention are Rt. Rev. Anthony Wilson
 Harold, D. D., bishop of Rochester; Rt. Rev.
 Hsnry C. Cothrell, D. D., bishop of Edin.
 burgh.
 | A Mothers Desperatfon-An Attempt to
 Kill Herself and Two Children.
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3.-A desperate at- tempt was made by an Italian woman named