The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-05
EPISCOPALIAN GROWTH.
REPORTS AND MEMORIALS LAID
BEFORE THE CONVENTION.

The Triennial Statement of the Board
/ OF Missions Pressnted-A Proposition
to -uld a. Headquarters at New
York at Cost of 100000 Indorsed.
Needs of Different Fields.
NEW York, Oct AT to-iay's session
of the gen raj co vention Of the Protestant
E iscopal church, Rev. DR.. Franklin sub
mitted the report Of the committee on
ma rage and divorce, and asked that 1t be
read. The house decided against this and
the report was presented without being
read. Dr. Franklin then moved that the
report be pri ted and that its discussion be
made the order of the day for Thursday
next, or as soon as the presen. subjects that
have precedence have been disposed OF. He
said the report would make only one printed
page. The motion was carried.
DR.. Hoffman of New York presented the
report from the committee on the canons of
urdination and had it made the order of tue
day for Wednesday next.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Petitions aud memorials we're then re-
ceived, ano which were several memo
rails favoring and opposing proportionate
representation in general convention.
the delegation from Nebraska presented
a memorial approved by the bishop OF
their iii cese, asking that the limit of the
present area of the diocese be contracted,
and that the caurch shall resume control
owe the we>ter part of the di cese.
Memorials from the Maryland and Michi-
gan delegatl n protesting against change
OF the name Of the C urea were presented.
The secretary announced that the date for
the recep ion to be given to the deleg ties
by the church club had been changed to
Oct. IA.
INTO A MISSIONARY COUNCIL.
The house of deputies then transformed
itself into a mi,sionars council a ID Bishop
Whipple of Minnesota, in black bes, a
purple velvet skull cap, and a purple silk
| ribbon to his eve glasses took tine q esi-
de rs chair, and, after calling, for the sing
ing of the 2S4th hymn, offered prayer.
Rev. DIR. La gford, secretary of the
board of mi siols, then presented the tri-
en- ial report of the board. The report
was ferred to a special committee. 1t
showed that the gross receipts of tue society
for the p st year were $3.50, 12l. 10, of which
| $66, 031 was the proceeds uf legacies OF
this su n $113,3 42 was devoted 10 domestic
missions; SAL, 1862 to Indian missions;
| $31 $40 to colorel missio IS, and to foreign
missions $l4l, 1921.
DIR. Langford offered mo ion that the
board of missions indorse the efforts # the
| board If managers to secure a site and build
mission headquarters in this city at a cost
of al bout 500, 900 Rev. DR.. Holland OF st.
| Louis and B shop Brewer of Mo tana spoke
| N favor If the resolution q d IL was una l.
mously adopted. Missionary Bis p Morris
| # Oregon was the invited to address the
board, AMI he spoke at so ne length on the
orb n 1arh q OH in
WORK OF BISHOP PIERCE.
When the afternoon session opened,
Bishop Pierce of Arkansas AID In liam ter
ritIry to b platform, and told the DO lrd
o missions of the needs of his diocese, and
of the work dono there during the last three
| years.
Rev. II. d. Payne. delegate from the m s.
siol If japan, spoke of tue work do Q there,
| aud entreated that further aid be given
tuem
NJ siionary shop Spa Hiding of Colorado
{ Id how the property Of the C iurch in hi )
diocese had grown in value from 500, 900 to
81 900, 900 81 ice he ha b. n stationed thsre.
| The mum Der 4 co nunic nts, 10 al l. had
increased from 80 to 1900 during the same
| period.
NEEDS OF TEXAS.
Bishop Garrett of Tex * said they needed
| there ~ixteen more churc les, chapel for a
| tomato seminary at DallaS, nel as mlSSlol-
aries and money to support the II.
Missionary ever of Montana took the
| platform, and told of the neel of aid in that
ield. He aid the churc had kept il ad-
va ce of the growth of the state 10 e, b 4
It needed help. Mi sfonaries imbued with
the spirit of Christ were waited there
rney would rec i've salary sufficisnt fol-
the support. but they must be teo ncilec
to hard work and to many deprivations.
The Missionary council, or board of mis-
sions, adj urned until Monday.