St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-04
The Lay and Clerical Dele
gates Wrangle Over the
Nicene Creed.
Laxity Of the Church in En-
forcing Its Laws Regard
ing Belief.
Another Day to Be Devoted
to Discussing This Impor-
tant Matter.


Georges church to continue the work
inaugurated yesterday. The day opened
with religious services, Rev. DIR. Nor
risOn reading the morning prayer. A
brief recess followed before Rev. DIR.
Dix, robed in a flowing silk gown, took
the chair as presiding officer, and
called the house to order. After dis
pensing with the calling of the roll,
two messages from the house of Bishops
were received. The first announced
that the house of bishops had organized
yesterday by the election of Rev. Will
liam Tuttler, secretary, and was
ness. The. second recited the
fact that the union of the Episcopal
church in America was effected Oct. Q,
1883. and that the cente nary anniver-
sary of that union should be marked by
prayer of thanksgiving TOR the blessings
that had blessed them and of Supplica-
ton for continuance and increase OF
Gods blessings and grace. No action
upon these messages was necessary.
By direction of the president, there was
then read the names of those appointed
on the standing committees. Having
secured suspension of the rules, Mr..
Stark, of Connecticut, presented petit
ton asking that
OREGON BE ADMITTED
as diocese and the petition was re-
ferred to the committee on new diOceseS.
The deputies from Oregon were adj
mitted to sittingS in the house pending
report on their petition. Rev. Mr..
Davies. of Pennsylvania, presented a
report on "Liturgical Revision" from
the committee on that subject appointed
by the last general convention and
asked that it should be made the order
of the day this day week at 10 o'clock.
Pending decision on this a deputatiOn
from the provincial synod Of Canada
deputation was presented by Rev.
consisted of Right Rev. DR.. Sullivan,
Lord Bishop of Algoma; Rt. Rev. DR..
Courtney, of Nova Scotia, Rev. Dean
of Huron: the Rev. ArchdeacOn of
Montreal and Judge Mcdonald. DR..
Dix welcomed the visitors on behalf of
the house. The Lord Bishop of Al
gonna then, on invitation, addressed the
house, congratulating the deputies on
the advance of the church In the United
States, and saying that the church in
Canada was endeavOrlng to follow in
their footsteps, and were cheereG by
the example Of the church in this cOun-
try. Rt. Rev. DR.. Courtney, bishop of
Nova Scotia, next spoke, and in turn
conveyed greeting and congratulatiOn
from the church in Canada to their
brothers in this country. The very
reverend dean of Huron, Rev. Mr..
Craig; the venerable archdeacon of
Montreal. Rev. Mr.. Evans, and Judge
Mcdonald also spoke In similar strain.
After the Canadian visitors had de-
parted the question Of making the re-
port of the committee on liturgical reVi-
sion the order of the day next Thursday
came up, and by unanimous vote it was
SO ordered. Kew. DIR. w. Swope noti-
fed the house that there will be pre-
scented minority report from the COM
mittee on
LITURGICAL REVISION.
Rev. DIR. Huntington then took the
floor, the order of the day now being
consideration of the additions and alter
atoms in the book of common prayer
adopted at the last general convention.
A vote was taken on the adoption of the
first of the eighteen resolutions approx
ing of changes. 1t refers to the order
of reading the Psalter and the Holy
Scriptures. The resolution was adopt
ed. The second resolution relating to a
change in the order for daily morning
prayer. was then placed on its passage
and adopted. Resolution No. 3, relat-
ing to changes in the opening services
in order for daily morning prayer, was
adopted. Resolution No. 4, chang
ing the rubric following the
venite in the order for
daily morning prayer, was also
adopted. The fifth resolution, also re
lating to changes in the order for daily
morning prayer, was unanimously
adopted. The sixth and seventh reSO-
luti0ns were also adopted, but the
eighth was lost. The last resolution
provided as substitute for the rubric
prefixed to the tiffany the following rub
ries:
To be used on SUNDAYS, Wednesdays and
Fridays and on the Ember days and Roga-
ton DAYS.
To be used also on any day in Lent, at the
discretion of the minister.
NOte-That the litany may be omitted alto.
gether on Christmas day, Easter day and
" hitsunday.
At 1:20 o'clock recess was taken un.
til $50 D. m. When the afternoon SEES
sion opened Rev. DR.. Hauckel, of Vir-
GINA, with permission of Rev. Dr.. Hunt
ingtoD, moved that the rules be sus-
pended to permit the handing in of pc
titions for the organization of new do
eeses, so that they might be referred to
| the committee on new diOceSeS. This
| was agreed TO, and petitions for the or
ganiZatiOn of new dioceSes In Southern
California, Colorado and Missouri were
| handed in. Michigan asks to have the
upper peninsula made missionary do
ceSe. DR.. Benedict having obtained a
,-%E rr1nn Of 10 MI 70
scented the report of the joint committee
on the Hymnal, and the no use agreed
| to make its consideration the order of
| the day for Tuesday next. The work
| of voting on the resolutions proposing
changes in the Book of Common Prayer
was then resumed after message from
| the house of bishops announcing that
| they had taken up the same subject had
been read. The ninth and tenth reso-
| lutionS were adopted, each finding
| only one clerical and one lay opponent.
Resolution IL was adopted unani-
mously. Consideration of Resolution
XII. was postponed, and Resolution
XIII. was voted on. 1t makes addition
to the offertory sentences. The vote on
1t was clerical, 80 ayes, Is nays. di-
| vided; lay. % ayes, II nays, and l di-
vided, ana it was accordingly adopted.
1nere was OUT Ollo lay NOtc OppOSeQ u
| Resolution XIV. and Resolutions XIV,
| XVI, XVII. and XVIII. were also
ADOPTED WITH UNANIMITY.
Just after the. vote on resolution XIV.
was taken, two messages from the
house of bishops were received. The
| first announced that the house of bish-
ops had adopted, conditional on the
concurrence of the house of deputies,
the entire eighteen resolutions npon
which the house of deputies had been
voting all day and was still voting.
| Action on all the other resolutions hav-
ing been taken, the twelfth resolution
came up for consideration. DR.. Hunt
ington said that personally he was op-
posed to the resolution, and therefore
did not wish to move its adoption. He
suggested that Rev. DR.. Egar, of New
York, a member of the committee who
was in favor of it, make the motion.
This DR.. Egar did. He also spoke in
support of the resolution, which was:
In the order for the administration of the
Lords supper, for the rubric:
Then shall be read the Apostles or Nicene
creed - ptQ