St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-16
THE EPqSCOPALHANS.
The House of Bishops Sends Some
Important Messages to the Depu-

The House of Bishops Sends Some
Important Messages TO the Depu.
ties.
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The Protestant
Episcopal convention was opened this aft
ernoon by the reading of prayers by Rev.
G. A. l.. Richardson, of Rhode Island. A
message from the house of bishops, while
expressing sympathy for all wise efforts to
increase the knowledge of the bible in hea-
then lands, does not deem it eXpedient to
incur further expense. The house of bish-
ops also recommends the appointment of
a Joint committee to whom shall be referred
all reports relating to the aged and infirm
clergy fund. Another message recon-
mended that the two
COMMITTEES ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION,
under the auspices of the church, report
such ways and means as seemed practical.
The conservation of Rev. DR.. Mahlon Gill
bert to be assistant bishop of Minnesota was
approved by the house of bishops. The
house of bishops also passed the following:
The house of bishops takes the opportunity
to assure the house of deputies of its pro-
found sympathy with the spirit of their reso-
luton. This house declares its hearty respect
and affection for all who have the Lord Jesus
Christ in sincerity, and at this time espec-
tally for their fellow Christians assembled in
this city as the national council of Congre-
gational churches in the United States. This
house always avOwS
ITS SOLEMN PURPOSE
under the guidance OF the Holy Spirit to pro-
mote with the concurrence of the house of
deputies, some practical plan for bringing
before all our fellow Christians in this land
the duty to our common Lord and Saviour
of terminating the unhappy divisions which
dishonor His blessed name and hinder the
triumph upon earth of His glorious kingdom.
The communication states that the reso-
luton is returned with the foregoing state
ment as the reason for the failure to ap-
prove the resolution contained in the mes
sage. The house of deputies ageeed to
the change of the name of the
diocese of Wisconsin to that of Milwaukee,
and the committee on judicial system re-
ported as the sense of the committee that
the system should be amended, provid-
ing that in every diocese the mode of try
ing presbyters and deacons may be insti-
tuted by the convention of the diocese,
unless the general convention shall 9th er-
wise provide. The report recommends the
appointment OF
JOINT COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
to report the legislation necessary to the
next special convention. The report was
made the order of the day next Monday.
A deputy from Pittsburg presented a
memorial of the late Hon. Malcolm Hay,
formerly member of the house. A mo-
ton was adopted providing that a vote be
taken upon the proposal to drop the words
protestant Episcopal at II o'clock to-
morrow forenoon. The two houses then
assembled as board of missions, and en-
tered upon the discussion of the PROPOSE
ton to change the composition of the board
of management of missions, as recon.
mended by the special committee on mis-
sions. Without reaching a vote the ses-
sion adjourned to $3.50 p. m.
When the afternoon was fairly under
way the bishop OF Michigan made an adj
dress strongly
FAvORING ANNUAL MEETINGS
of the board of missions. There was, he
said, profound discomfort in many quarters
This should be promptly met and the
work OF missionary labor popularized. The