The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-08
EPISCOPALIAN MISSIONS.
BISHOP WALKERS EXPERIENCE
AMONG THE BLIz1ARDs.

A4ASStOhdIloe NSCeSSaEy II anything
is to Be Accomplished in China or
Japan-Bishop Vail Dead.
NEW YoRK, Oct. THE general confer
e1ce of the Protestant Episcopal church of
America opened its session as usual to-day
with the reading of the morning prayer.
The house of deputies was called to order
at 1910 o'clock. Rev DIR. Hauckel, the
chairman of the committee on new do
ceses, presented the report on the memorial
from the diocese of Oregon. asking that it
be admitted as a diocese and that Missionary
Bishop Morris be made bishop of the diocese
The report was accompanied with resolu-
tie4ss thGt the request contained in the me
mortal be complied with, and that Oregon
be admitted as a regular diocese. The vote
was taken upon the single question whether
Oregon should be admitted IS a diocese, and
it was unanimously decided that it should
be SO admitted.
MORRIS THE BISHOP.
The question then remained whether the
consent of the convention should be- given
to the election of Bishop Morris as bishop
of Oregon. Rev. DR.. Burgwin of Pittsburg
and Rev. Dr. Goodwin of Pc nsylvania
spoke in opposition to the resolution, but
when it was voted upon it was unanimously
adopted; 50 that Oregon is now regular
diocese Of the Protestant Episcopal church,
and Bishop Morris is the diocesa
A NEW DIOCESE IN MISSOURI.
There was then presented by Rev. DR..
Hanckel the report recommending the adj
mission of a new diocese in Missouri, and it
was adopted with but one dissenting vote
A delegation from Fond du Lac presented
a memorial asking that no further revision
be made in the prayer book, and it was re-
ferred to the committee on liturgical
revision.
The delegation from Rhode Island pre-
sented a memorial stating that any change
in the name Of the church was inexpedie /.
The house Of deputies then e,ljouruel, and,
with addiiioI of the house of bishops,
went into session as a board Of missions.
BISHOP TUTTLE IN THE CHAIR.
Bishop Tutte of Missouri presided over
the session of the board of missions Il be-
; an with the singing of the nineteenth
hymn. Many ladies, representing the
women's auxiliary, were present and took
seats in the body of tie church with the
delegates. Bishop Tuttle announced that
the board would listen to addresses
by the missionary bishops, each TO speak
for not more than twenty mi utes. The
first speaker was Missionary Bishop Hare
Of South Dakota. BisIop Hare spoke of
the need Of financial assistance in South
Dakota, but said the greatest need was that
Of men-strong, Jealous, earnest ministers
of Christ, who would be satisfied to find
their pay mainly in giving the word Of God
to those who are in darkness.
APPEAL OF THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
At the conclusion of Bishop Hare's ad-
dress, Bishop Whipple of Minnesota re-
p rted back the report of the colored
commission, accompanied with an ppeal in
behalf of their work, asking that SAC, 900 be
ppropriated for that work during the
coming year, and that the diocese of Ken
lucky be asked to permit Bishop Dudley,
who, he said, seemed destined TO be- an
apostle to the colored people, to give as
mucu time as possible to the work under
taken by the commission. The repo t was
made the order of the day. to be taken up
as soon as the order of the day preceding
was disposed OF.
WAsHIEGToN's NEEDS.
The next speaker was Missionary Bishop
Paddock of Washington. He also told of
the work done during the past three years,
and of the needs of the diocese for fiAan-
cial assistance. He was followed by
Missionary Bishop Walker Of Northern
Dakota, he was glad TO learn that IL was an
agricultural, and not mining commu ity.
But he had learned that even farmers might
be migratory.
sHRIvELED BY THE BILLIARDS..
With the exception of two or three towns
in North Dakota, all the other towns have
shriveed during the past year, and many
who have settled as farmers there have
moved away. One great cause of this, he
said, N ght be found in the blizzards. De-
spite the difficulties encountered, the num-
ber of churches increased from four TO seven
teen, and Of these only three are in debt.
The bishop said he needed four new
churches, and also asked that he be pro
vided with car In which he and other
missionaries could travel and sleep, and
from the rear of which they could preach.
DAKoTA's CITIES.
Along the line Of the railroads In Dakota,
he said, were numerous so-oalled towns or
cities, many of them numbering only seven
or eight houses, and these houses so small
that there was not room in them to give
accommodation to q visitor for the night.
The exceeding GOODNESS of the winters made
it necessary to build the houses as small as
the reduiremen Of the IA uIly would admit.
Bishop Walkers time was extended to
o'clock, when the board took a recess for an
hour.
THE WORK IN CHINA.
At the afternoon session Bishop Clark, Of
Rhode Island, presided. The first speaker
was Rev. Robert Shaw-Locke, who for the
past fifteen years has been missionary in
China. He said tina the only hope Of con-
verting the Chinese, japanese or natives Of
India was by having native missionaries.
To thi of converting China by means Of
one bishop and five missionar aes was absurd.
LIBERALS WANTS.
The next speaker was a colored man,
Rev. Paulus Moore of Cape Palmas, Africa.
He suggested that the United States should
subsidies a line of steamers to Liberia.
This, he urged, would benefit the C MINER
cial interests Of the United States and
benefit the interests Of the church In Africa.
Christianity, he said, was a prac ical ques-
ton, and il should be fou d in commerce, in
trade, and in politics as well as in religion.
He concluded by asking that $l50,00O be
given to the Liberian mission TO build
churches and schools, and sustain mission
aries.
Missionary Bishop Talbot, Of Wyoming
and Idaho, spoke of the work progressing
In his diocese, and Of its needs both In
money and men.
BISHOP VANS DEATH.
At tho conclusion Of Bishop ralbott's ad-
dress Rev. DIR. Beattie OF Kansas moved
that the session adjourn as a mark Of re-
spect 70 the memory Of Bishop Veal of Kan
sas. who died Dot. at Bryn Mawr, Pa,
while on his way 70 this convention. Before
the motion was adopted 10 was resolved
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