The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-08
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
OREGON ADMITTED AS A SEP
ARATE DIOCESE.
western bishops speak of the
Need for CIcrRymen ia Their Re-
sDectiye DIOceseS-A Tribute to
RIsI,OD Wallis Memory.

Need for SICTRyINCH AAA
spective DIOceses-A Tribute 10
bishop VaiI's Memory.
NEW YORK, October 1.-The General
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church of America opened its session as
usuaI to-day with reading of the morn
ing prayer. The House of Deputies was
called to order at 10 a. m. The Rev. DR..
Hauckel, chairman of the committee on
new dioccses, presented a report on me
mortal from the missionary diocese OF
Oregon, asking that it be admitted as
diocese, and that missionary Bishop
Morris be made bishop of the diocese.
The report was accompanied withresolu-
tions that the request contained in the
memorial be complied with, and that
Oregon he admitted as regular diocese.
The vote was taken upon the single
uestion, whether Oregon should bf ad-
mitted as diocese, and it was unanl-
mously decided that it should be so adj
mitted, The question then remained
whether the consent of the convention
should be given to the election of Bishop
Morris as. bishop of Oregon. Mr..
Burgwin, of Pittsburg, and Rev. DIR.
Goodwin, of Pennsylvania, spoke in OPP
position to the resolution, but when 1t
was voted upon, it was unanimously
adopted. so that Oregon is now rcgu-
lar diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
church, and Bishop Morris is its do
ccscan. There was then prescntcdby the
Rev. DR.. Hanckel report recommending
the admission ola new diocese in Missouri
and it was adopted with but one dis
scnting vote.
A delegation from Fond du Lac pre-
scnted memorial asking that no further
revision be made i'll the prayer book, and
It was referred to the committee on
liturgy revision.
A delegation from Rhode Island pre-
sented a memorial stating that any
change in the name of the church was in
cxpedicnt. The House of Deputies then
adjourned; and with the addition OF the
House OF Bishops, went into session as a
board of missions.
Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri, presided
over the session OF the board of missions.
II began with the singing of the 18th
hvmn. Many ladies representing the
woman's auxiliary were present and
took seats in the body of the church with
the delegates. Bishop Tuttle announced
that the board would listen to All adj
dress by the missionary bishops, each to
sneak for not more than twenty minutes.
The first speaker was Bishop Hare, OF
South Dakota. He spoke OF the need OF
financial assistance of South Dakota,
but said the greatest need was OF great
men, strong, Jealous, earnest ministers
of Christ who would be satisfied to find
their pay mostly in giving the word oi
God to those who are i'll darkness. AT
the conclusion Of Bishop Hare's address,
Bishop Whipple, OF Minnesota, reported
back the report ofthc colored commission
accompanied with an appeal in behalf o
their work, asking that $40, 200 be ap
Dropriated for that work during the
coming wear, and that the diocese o
Kentucky be asked to permit BlShoI
dudley, who he said, seemed destined tt
be an apostle to the COlOred people
to give as much time as possible tc
the work undertaken by the commission
The report was made the order of tht
dav to be taken up as soon as the ordc1
Of the day preceding was disposed OF.
The next speaker was Missionary
bishop Paddock, of Washington. He alsc
told OF the work done during the pas
three wears. and of the needs of the dlo
cese for financial assistance.
He was followed by Missionary Bishop
Walker, of Northern Dakota. He salt
that when he went to Dakota he wa
clad to learn that il was an agricultural
AND not a mining community. But h
had learned that even farmers might b
migratory. With the exception OF TIVE
or three towns in North Dakota, all othe
towns have shrivelled during the pas
year. and many who have settled a
farmers there have moved away. On
great cause of this, he said, might b
found in the blizzards. Despite the diff
entities encountered, the number q
churches increased from four to seven
tccn, and of these, only three are Ill debt
The bishop said he needed four nev
churches, and also asked that he be pre-
v;dcd with a car in which he and othe
missionaries could travel and sleep, an
from the rear of which they could preac
along the line of railroads. In Dakota
he said, were numerous so-called town
or cities, many Of them numberln
only seven or eight houses, and thes
houses so small that there was not roor
IN them to give accommodation to a VI:
itor for the night. The exceeding colo
ness of the winters made it necessary t
huild houses as small as the requirement
nf the family would admit. Bisho
Walkers time was extended TO or
o'clock. when the board took recess fc
an hour.
In the afternoon session, Bishop Clark
o( Rhode Island, presided. The FIR:
sneaker was the Rev. Robert Shaw Lock
who. for the past fifteen years has been
missionary i'll China. He said that IL
only hope of converting the Chimes
Iananese, or the natives of India was b
having native missionaries. To think
converting China by means ofone bisho
md five missionaries was absurd
The next speaker was a colored MAJ
Rev, Paulus Moore, of Cape Pain
Africa. He suggested that the Unite
States should subsidize a line OF steame
to Liberia. This, he urged, would be
eft the commercial interests OF the ur
ted States, and benefit the interests
The church in Africa. Christianity,
said. was a practical question, and
sho,ld be found in commerce, IN trad
and In politics as we'll as in religion. /
concluded by asking that $15O,OOO
given to the Liberian mission to bui
Churches and schools, and sustain mi
sionaries.
Missionary Bishop Talbot, of Wy
ming and Idaho, spoke of the work pr
crossing in his diocese and OF its need
10th in money and men. AT the concl
sion OF Bishop Talbot's address Rev. L
Beattie, of Kansas, moved that the boa
omissions adjourn as a token of rt
nect to the memory of Bishop Val
ofKansas. who died on the 9th, inst,
Bryn Mawr, Pa, while on his way
tbs convention. Before the motion W
odopted it was resolved that the resol
tons of regret for the death of Bish'
Vail be adopted and that deputati'
should be appointed to attend his tuner'
Al the session of the House of Bisho
it was resolved that Bishops Clarke
Rhode Island, Ouintard, of Tenness