Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-23
EPISCOPAL GREETINGS.

IN flll.
EPISCOPAL GREETINGS.
Bishop McTyeire read the following tele-
gram. which bad been received:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May %, 1SSG.
"To the Methodist General Conference:
"The Council OF the Protestant Bpisco-
pal Church in Virginia, now in session,
send fraternal greetings to the General Con-
ference Of the Methodist Church. -Ephe-
slams, Vi, "a.
[Signedl T. G. DAsmELL. Secretary"
[Applause.l
DR.. Whitehead, Of Virginia. moved that
the College Of Bishops be directed to frame
proper response TO the above. Agreed to.
REPLY.
The following reply was at once wired:
10 the Council Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Virginia, IN session al Char
lotteSriUe:
The General Conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, has received
with pleasure your fraternal greetings and
heartily reciprocate them-EIebrews xiii,
20-2l.
[Signed1 JoHN 5. MARTIN,
Secretary.
GREETINGS FROM gHE NATIONAL w0NAN'S
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
Bishop McTyeire presented TO the Con-
ference a paper from the National WO.
mans Christian Temperance Union, con-
veying the sisterly greetings OF that hume
r0us body, through Mrs. GOodall. OF New
York; also a communication from that
lady on the WORK Of the said Union.
On motion of DR.. Whitehead, the two
papers were referred TO the Committee on
Temperance.
OMISSION.
The fact that DR.. David Morton was
elected secretary Of the Board OF Church
Extension was accidentally omitted from
the DiSpdtch'S report OF the Conference
yesterday.
TUE HYMN-B0OK.
The Committee on the Hymu-Book re-
ported in favor OF a committee Of five from
The Church at large TO prepare for pubica-
ton a revised Hymn-B Book to be published
by the Book Agent as soon rs approved by
the bishops.
Mr., Peterson moved an amendment pro.
yiding for a committee OF nine from the
Church at large, TO be divided into three
sections.
Mr.. Peterson, Of Virginia, explained the
advantages OF committee working in sec
tons.
DR.. Mcintosh, OF Georgia. was IN favor
OF revision OF the Hymn. Book, and also
advocated the preparation OF tuae-bOok
to go with the Hymn Book. He took great
pains TO show the difficulty OF periectng
such book rs was desired. He was not
In favor OF the three-cornered commit
tee " proposed by MIR. Peterson.
Rev. Mr.. Hoss favored the report OF
the committee and opposed the appoint
ment OF the committee OF nine proposed by
the amendment. He thought so large a
committee would be impractlcable US =
| working force.
Rev. W. ID. Anderson, OF Georgia, was
in favor OF the revision, and wished the
committee to be clothed with full powers,
and drawl from all parts Of the Church. He
wanted a book, the hymns of which shall
be sung "from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific,
irop our northern limits TO the Rio
| Grande."
Mr.. Peterson again strongly favored. lis
amendment. He said the Hymn Book of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
haG been in Use and circulation ever since
| the division OF the Church In 1874, not be-
cause the book'was particularly meritorious
or better than any other, but because the
| Church has been in such circumstances
that reyis1l has been impracticable. We
want a new hymn.book one shat will last
L. not fifty years. but seyeniy-tve years, a
hundred years; aye, would 10 God that It
would be perfect enough 10 last until the
trump OF the Arcbsngel." Mr.. Peterson
| did not believe the work CT reylsa could
be accomplished under TWO or three years.
| He did not believe, however, that the work
OF revision would have the effect OF elimi-
mating 200 hymns. occupying about $50
pages. which are not worth the paper they
are printed on. and have never been recog-
nized by the Church by public use.
The amendment OF Mr.. Peterson was
adopted.
The report MS amended was then adopted.
Joseph ID. Hamilton, 81 Tennessee. was.
ai tue suggestion Of the secretary (Dr. Mar
tInl appointed an assistant secretary.
Adjourned.