Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-09
nil EPiStOPALIANs.
Vroefcdinss of House OF Bishops and
House Of Deputies.

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,u.aGc, October S.-Ihe House OF
U.pn'i.. If 90, Protestant Episcopal Con-
1..iuu began IL, third day. session THIS
forenoon. The Committee on Amend
mont. ia tie Constitution reported they
t.I Or. >wlpt'- resolution Of The subject
81 uaIolnify.i1 the marriage laws before
D.. md reuorigd that thew found no con~-l-
t.7rsi question IN D.. aud asked u be di>'
Dar-tj.
T.y. Dr. III moved that IL be- referred
'.t.. Joint Committee on MarriA.e and
Divorce. AIRED n.
Itr, .mc committee reported tAlt thew
Bad fi. resolution % Or. Adams before
t..r..rdm. the reduction Of TIE number
...rr.~. They reported that lue change
v.. Xptdieni. Adopted
It committee on The state OF The CLdrch
..r.-. hat the secretary OF The House be
t.lt.Ito summarize the statistics 10 The
rruIt. q several diocese and MISSIONARIES
."r,J c,i.u and publish them as an adj.
d,tu4ts %, fiscal report Of tins cOmm.i-
t,l.
E.,.Ur. GRAY. o. Tennessee, moved that
90 order = bring order ont Of chaos the
Hos. grant Permission 10 use Tor the next
three yegr ,te first Prayer Book OF J. l.
ward the SIKH. 10 support Of the re,olu-
'on Dr. Gf.y said il afforded the rfii-f
sought To. meeting service began with
%. Lord, Pr1ycr and ended with The
fI rd collect. so thst the shortening was
nNartt. while for addition the mienill-
e-t, utHadrtian, and HuRc d'muftS were
-1usI. II va. q book thoroughly scrip
tlls.. 1nd there was nothing in IL that was
Iat wholly authorized bv Holy Writ.
1t..w seconded ~ Dr. Huntington.
vio moved that i; be laid on the 'aife.
t-I.tIfo.
4 message Wa received from The House
~ Bishops. which said that they had con
.-fttI .u message No. = OF the House OF
p,Itie, amending message No. oil the
llri's ot Bishops.
BE vrp.ldeut said that the House OF
t.top having c9ncuIud in The motion Of
tlt Uou,, o. DppUtie. for a join, commit
o., 90 revision OF the PTayer-BoOs, be
would ap1oiHt ihe following committee
Zen. DR.. Huntington, Edgar Y. Gould,
Isle. gui Ilsit, Judge shelley, Mf. Na.1'
Dr.. siatiuck, Judge Gilbert, and MI.
I.cAlId.
ID, House Of Dcpu,ie. then adjourned
saf, being Joined by the House Of Bishop,
resolved themselves into q Board OF Mis-
s..f-. kislt ReV. Ice, of Delaware, pre-
.1.lc. Tue order Of business observed al
'lt preceding session OF The Board OF Ml>'
sons vas adopted. Tae secretary pro-
coded 20 read the annual report OF the
secretary q tie Board Of VI ssion, review
.i~ ne work Of he preceding three years.
CHANGE % NAME.
4 ,p,cial 10 the Baltimore SIN OF yester-
d,l .ays: IN connection with the question
g U,iiy with other bodies il = interesting
90 observe the different opinions OF The
I,pr ,eutaiiyes Of TIE Protestant Episcopil
'luIcb itseh. This afternoon Hon. :. Corn
lhk Judd. VITO j. postmaster % chicago,
Introduced the following prtSmoies ana
icsolution:
90 W hereas the name Protestant Episco-
i3i j. too nsrrOw and eXciu.iye a. desig'
hal'on o. bran ca. a. ours l., Of the Oae
Holy Catholic and Apostolic CbuTcb' OF
'tfei, IN which we express our belief m
solemn creed; and wherea. such design
non Il not only thus inc )mprebe0siye in
u, sisnileance, but misleading 70 the un-
,Hioiued, and % that extent pernicioI.s and
iImiul: tbcTeioie
" EtSOlUed, a. the sense Of the House,
lAal such name should be expunged from
ile present desig nation OF thls Church in
pa lave snd formalisms. aud that proper
legislative action should be taken 10 that
tnd.o
Mr. Judd stated that he thought II was
'iuie Tor such q chsnge 10 be made.
Judge shehey, Of Virginia, said: :" As
isI ~ my judgment goes, the time has not
come Tor The General Convention 10 deny
lhf Pfo'esiantlsm Of the Church" On bis
motion the resolution was placed upon the
ealeBdar.
- The Rev. Dr. Gibson, OF Central New
u orr, offered resolution, which was re-
hritd. thai tbe words t" Protestant Eplseo-
pai be removed from the tile page Of the