Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-15
THE EPIsCOPAL CONVENTION.

DR.. Huntingtsn's Motion for STAN
dara Prayer Book Postponed - Re
ports On Missionary work.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Bishop Knight Of
Milwaukee presided at this mornings session
of the Episcopal convention. Business on
the calendar was taken up.
The first matter considered was DR.. Hun
tington's melton for joint committee to
prepare standard prayer book before 1902.
DR.. Huntington took the floor, and after two
dilatory motions were lost he said that the
plates were In the possession of . London
firm and In such condition that 1t would
be impossible to produce the prayer book
this year. He hoped that the standard prayer
book would not be issued before 1892. The
matter was postponed until the pending reso-
luton of action by the present convention
was disposed of.
A resolution was then offered by S.C.Judd
of Chicago asking that the title Protestant
Episcopal was misleading as applied to the
Holy Catholic church and incomprehensible
to the uniformed; that the words be omitted
and the American church" be substituted.
It was referred to the committee on the
prayer book.
DR.. Phillips Brooks of Massachusetts, then
took the floor and called attention to the
fact that the sixty-ninth psalm had been
substituted for the sixty-fourth in the psal-
ter, and asked that as the matter had doubt
less been overlooked, the change be recon-
sidered immediately. A motion to postpone
was carried.
The house then resolved itself into board
of missions. RI. Rev. Abiel Leonard, mis-
sionary bishop of Nevada, reported on the
progress Of the church within the limits Of
his diocese. He told the board that In spite
nf Aa{k ~ n StQtA
her sterility and poverty. the cause was aotu
ally advancing. He desires that liberia
donation be given for the purposes OF schools
and hospitals In his diocese.
RI. Rev. John Mills Kendrick followed OF
the labors and needs of New Mexico and Ari
IONA. Before he had concluded recess wa
taken until 2:s0 p. m. ,,,,v
| After recess Rev. William b. GordoI
made q lengthy report on missionary worl
| in Mexico. The committee to whom was re-
ferred the report of the board of manager
| of foreign and domestic missions regarding
| the proposed million dollar endowment funt
which failed of it's purpose, suggested tina
the money be returned to the subscribers
laid on the table.
|, The COMMITTEES on colored svangelists pre-
scented it, report and moved that ~, 900 b
appropriated for the purpose OF tho commit
tee for two years: carried.
The return of the money subscribed to tn
enrolment fund was discussed, but withou
action, and the convention adjourned unit
tomorrow.
The Church club gave reception at Del
monioo's tonight to the delegates attendin
the Episcopal convention. President Evel
EFT Wheeler, of the club, Bishop William.
of Connecticut, 8. Corning Judd, OF Obi
csgo, Bishop wilmer, of Alabama, and Rev
Dr.. Davenport, of Cairo, Ill, were the speak
ers.
New Yonx, Dot. 1.-The American boar
begins IL eiehtieth annual meeting to mol
row afternoon in the Broadway Tabernacle
1t is the frat meeting Of the board held
this city since 1889. The following Is tt
programme for tomorrow:
Three D. m.--IntroduotorY business an
devotional exercises; report Of the prudensi
commission on the Home department, pr
scented by the home secretary, Rev. Dr.; Aide
; treasurer's report; annual survey Of the mi
sionary fields by the foreign secretaEy.
7:45 o. m.-Sermon by Rev. LlewllJ
Pratt, D. D., Of Norwich, Conn.