The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-06
TEE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
News for Readers of Every
Denomination.
EPIsCOPALIANS IN COUNCIL.
Roman Catholic Prelates on the
GiOrdano Bruno Incident
---SSecond Presbyterian
Church's Jubilee.


The Triennial Convention of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church was formally
opened by Presiding Bishop Williams, OF
Connecticut, at St. Georges Church, New
York city, Wednesday, There were
present over five hundred bishops, clergy
men and laymen, and the convention pre-
scented a very imposing appearance
= Every diocese in the United States was
represented. The convention is divided
into two houses, one the House of Bish
ops, and the other the House of Deputies
composed of four clergymen and like
number of laymen from each diocese.
The House of Deputies elected the
Rev. Morgan Dix, d, D., president, and
the Rev. Charles l.. Hastings secretary
On Wednesday but little else than per.
fecting organization of both houses was
done, but on Thursday active business
was engaged in.
Eighteen resolutions commencing the
final changes in the Book OF Common
Prayer were introduced and passed by
the House of Bishops, and the House OF
Deputies concurred In all but two of them.
One was lost In this house and the other
is still under debate Both referred to
changes ana additions to the rubrics.
PSALMS FOR HOLY DAYS.
Among the resolutions that were
adopted and additions made were the Sc
lection of proper psalms for large num-
Der of holy days and the setting forth of
twenty selections of psalms. Provision
was also made for the shortening of
morningp rayer before the celebration of
the Communion, and the addition of u
larger Number of sentences for morning
and evening prayer at the chief festivals
of the Church.
There were also additional offertory
sentences adopted.
Many memorials and petitions from the
various dioceses on the subject of proper
tionate representation in the General Con-
vention were received and read with
much attention The number of dele
gates is so large now that there is a gen
eral desire to adopt this method of de-
creasing it. This matter will come up
later in the session for general discussion
and action.
On Friday both houses sat jointly as a
Board of Missions Of the Church, and the
Missionary Bishop. Particular attention
was paid to the Missionary Bishops of
Oregon and Colorado, who asked to be
admitted as diocese.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
A representative of Missionary Bishop
Williams, of Japan, and Bishop Garrett,
of North Texas, gave glowing accounts of
the work done in their fields of labor, and
Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, of the Col
ored Commission of Missionary Work,
also made a very favorable report. Dur
ing the day report was made by the
Rev Dr. Langford, of New York, general
secretary of the Board of Missions,
The work done as shown by this report
is very encouraging A resolution was
adopted favoring a plan for the erection
of mission house in New York city
which will contain the general offices OF
the Board OF Missions of the Domestic
and Foreign Missions.
The work before the convention will
keep both houses busy for at least three
weeks longer.
The representatives of this diocese
the Diocese of Newark-at the conyen-
ton are Bishop Starkey, the Rev. A.
Schuyler, d. D., Grace Church, Orange
the Rev Nicholas Stanisoury, Christ
Church, Newark; the Rev. George S.
Rev George NJ. Christian, Newark. The
Law delegates are Courtlandt Parker,
Newark; Alfred Mills, Morristown:
Henry Hayes, Newark, and d. Smith
Wood, Newark.
The Holy Family's New Altar.
The new altar in the Church of the Holy
Family at Union Hill, the gift of Mr. and
Mrs. Och, parishioners, will be dedicated
this morning with impressive ceremonies
by Right Rev. Bishop Wigger. At half
past ten O'Clock solemn high mass will
be celebrated at which these priests will
assist
Rev. J. N. Grief, Rev j. J. Hasel. Rev.
Rev. j. Huygen, of Union Hill; Mgr. De
Concilio, Of St. MichaePs, Jersey; Rev. NJ
7 Brophy, of New York; Rev. j. Wey-
1f Tor To-
merry. of Easton, Pa, Rev. Bernier, of
PhiIiipsburg; Rev. e.. Huygen. of Jersey
CITY: Rev. A. M. Hammer, of New York;
Rev. a. j. SHIFTS, Englewood; Rev.
Father Cassidy, Of Jersey City, and Rev.
James Hanly, Jersey City.
The Cecilia Choral Association, under
the direction of the Rev. J. Huygen, will
sing Mozart's Seventh Mass in B fiat.
This association is connected with the
church.
The altar is beautiful specimen of
Gothic architecture; is fifteen feet high
and twenty-four feet wide. The Holy
Family,u four figures, is beautifully
carved in wood, together with Four
Fathers, Agnus Del from the celebrated
art institute of Mayer, in Munich; Twelve
Apostles and four angels. The altar pic
lures in stained glass represent the
Alteration OF the Mali and the shepherds,
from the art institute Of Innsbruck
In the afternoon Bishop Wlgger Will
administer the Sacrament. of Confirma-
ton to about one hundred children and
adults in the church.
Second Presbyterian Church.
Today the Second Presbyterian Church
which has been closed during the sum
mer for extensive repairs, will reopen.
and the services will be of unusual inter
est. There will be three services during
the day, The four O'Clock service will be
a union service of the Park Reformed,
Wayne Street Reformed, the Tabernacle
and Free Reformed. DIR. McKelvy, pas
tor Of the church, will preside at the
morning service, and i'll the evening Dr..
WalforG will make an address The mu-
sic, under the direction of the organist,
Prot flranrner will he unusually fine at