The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-05
THH MISSIONARY WORK
OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America,
THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
At Yesterdays Session ofthe General
convept:op-Report ofthe Board,
Protests Against changiugthe
Name OF the Church,

NEw YoRK, Oct, 4,-To'day's session
OF the General Convention ottheProtest
ant Episcopal Church opened with the
morning prayer, at which Rev. Dr.
Henry A, Colt, Of New Hampshire, was
the officiating clergyman, When the
Convention was called to order the
minutes of yesterdays proceedings were
read aud approved, Rev. DR.. franklin
submitted a report Of the Committee on
Marriage and Divorce and asked that it
be read, The House decided against
this aud the report was presented with
out being read. DR., franklin then
moved that the report be printed and
that its discussion be made the order OF
the day for Thursday next, or us soon as
the present subjects that have pre-
cedcnce have been disposed oil. He said
tho report would make only one printed
page. The motion was carried.
DR.. Hoffman, Of New York, presented
a report from the Committee on Canons
OF Ordination aud had it made the order
OF the day for Wednesday next. N
The delegation from Nebraska pre-
sented a memorial, approved by the
Bishop OF their diocese, asking that the
limit Of the present area Oi the diocese
be contracted and that the churches
shall resume control over the western
part Of the diocese.
Memorials from the Maryland and
Michigan delegations protesting against
a change In the name OF the church
were presented,
The secretary announced that the date
for the reception TO be given to the dele-
gates by the Church Club had been
changed to the 14th inst.
THE MISSIONARY REPORT.
Tho House Of Deputies then trans
formed itself into Missionary Council,
and Bishop Whipplo, Of Minnesota, in
black robes and purple velvet skull cap,
took the Presidents chair, and after
calling for the singing Of the 2S4tb
hymn, offered prayer. Rev. DR.. Lang.
ford, Secretary OF the Bonrd OF Missions,
then presented the tri.ennial report Of
the Board.
The report was referred to a special
1tshOws that the gross re-
ceipts OF the society for the past year
was $3.50, l2l, OF which SB8,O3l was the
proceeds Ol legscies, Ol this sum Sll3,.
342 was devoted to domestic missions,
Sill, l62 to Indian missions, $3l $40 "
cpIOrrd missions, aud tO foreign missions
SAL, ,G2s.
DR.. Laugtord offered a motion that the
Board Of Missions endorse the efforts Of
the Board OF Managers to secure site
aud build mission headquarters in this
city at a cost oi about S200,0O0.
Rev. DR.. Holland, Of 81. Louis, and
Bishop Brewer, OF Montana, spoke in !
favor Of the resolution, and 1t was unani-
mously adopted,
Missionary Bishop Morris, Of Oregon,
was then invited to address the Board,
aud he spoke ut some length on the
work under his charge in Oregon.
Missionary Bishop Spaulding, Of Colo.
RADIO, said the property Of the church
there had grown Ia value from 100000 |
TO 81, 900, 900 since he had been stationed
there. Tie numberU vi Communicates, he
said, had Increased from 800 to 5000
during the same period.
Bishop Garrett, Of Texas, said they
needed there sixteen more churches, a
chapel for the Female Cemetary ut Dali
las, men as missionaries and money TO
Missionary Brewer, Of Mon
tana, told OF the need Of aid In that field.