The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-19
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
THE EPISCOPATE FOR TIKI:
NEGROES OPPOSED.
The House of Deputies Concur In
the Action of the Upper House
ON a Number of EHOints-Dr. Hun
tinHtOn's Resolution Passed.

celebrated III the mouse OF deputies TINS
morning by Bishop Quintard, OF IeIneS-
see, assisted by bishops Spaldlng, OF Col
orado' and scarborough OF New Jersey.
There was small attendance. The dep
utIes are too well seasoned to services to
deprive themselves OF their natural rest
to come to hear their Bishops. The gal
leries, however, were well tlled with la
dies.
AT 1920 DR.. DIX called the house to
order. Not more than $50 OF the MEM
.bers were present.
Reports OF the different standing conf
1nlttees were then presented.
The committee on canons then pre-
scented report on the proposed estah-
ilshncnt OF II missionary EplsG0pate ior
the colored people. IL is as toll"wS;
Even ii this church were prepared t"
recognize by law the dliicrence between
ITS white and colored members ana pro-
vide tor their separate orSanHatlon
either INTO parishes nr Episcopal lurisdlc-
tlons' we thlnk that the ih"de OF doinS
so as provided III tins proposed canon
would be, for in my reasons ineNpcdient'
and that 1T could be properly and eih-
cientiy "ohc "iilI Hiter Il cnanRe Ill tie
constitutions me W" 40 not aoso-
lutelv assert that the pr"Poscd canon
would be eunc"nS''tutional'S yet IL toucncS
so closely on Artlclc ~. tlat' Ior tnlS
reason alone we Would depiecalc is
adoption: tut, waving Ior the present
constitutional oilectlons, ana those
founded on the proposed line Oh us
junction between the White ana colored
races, we are OF the opInion tnat other
ana tatal op)cctlonS present themselves
I'm 3he proposed canon.
FIRST, 1t we had the right TO provide
Dy ca1on tor the erection OF missionary
jurisdiction wlthln one or more organized
'dloceseS with the consent OF l'lShopS ana
conventions OF the respective diocescs,
yet the dlthculty, II not ilnposSiDllity, OF
00t2ining any such consent WINCH on
change OF views, could not, ana on the
death OF the bIShop would not be With
hrawn, ana many compllcatlonS winch
would almost certainly arise under such
change OF the views utder many other
SuppoSable contingencies, should deter
us from adopting the system mere pro
posed Tor solving the problem ot inherent
difhcultles winch we all tuily recog
ME.
second ihiS canon proposes an Fps
copal jurisdiction IN person as within
the territorial jurisdiction OF another
BISHOP. We think that Snch proposition
.antAgonized the Traditional policy OF
the church, and the essential elements OF
Episcopal jurisdiction winch, from the
.hrst, has been territorial and not per
Scnal. but the real ana essential queS-
ton which meets US at the forefront OF
this whole matter and winch we think
fne church should hrSt determine before
discussing plans ana MODES OF proceed
are, " that hrSt alluded 10 Ill TINS report
namely: Shall the church IN It's law
ot parochIaI or diocesan organiza-
tions draw or recognize line OF distlnc,
ton between its white and its colored
menIberS. We think this should not be
done: and we therefore, tor this reason
atone, and without reference to those
founded on the unconstltutIonlIty or Ill
eNpedency, recommend that the canon he |
not adopted and present the following
resolution:
Resolved That the committee on canons
be discharged from the further considera-
tion of the subject. Discussion on the
question was postponed.
DIR. Benedict OF the committee on the
constitutional amendments offered res |
olution to change the time of the as
$ 'nbling OF the next general convention
from the first Wednesday in October to
the third Wednesday in September The
resolution was placed on the calendar.
Rev. d. Littell, of Delaware, read the
report of the committee on the general
theological seminary, and recommended
its adoption. The report gave details OF
the workings of the seminary.
MIR kInu Mt InnU Island p6 |
leave to present minority report. Dis
cussion was postponed.
At 11.05 O'Clock Il. M, the house re-
sumed the consideration of the question
of liturgcal revision.
Ska SIX amendments E zen, s which we were adopted
yesterday by the house IN the committee
ot the whole were then taken up in order,
and after considerable debate were form
ally adopted The noon recess was
then taken.
At the afternoon session the house OF
deputies confirmed its action as COM
Inittee OF the whole on Thursday by pass
ing the joint liturgical committees rcso- |
lutions for child's recovery from sick
ness, for sale return from voyage or
travel, and Tor penitential office for Ash |
Wednesday.
Concurrence with the upper house was
also ordered upon the following: THAT
after the rubric following the general tt |
tie of the collects, epistlcs and gospels, |
there be inserted, the collect appointed
for any Sunday or other feast may be
used at the evening service of the day be-
fore, also that the gloria patri be printed |
at the end of the Easter anthems"
Kew. Dr. Hart, OF the committee tlen
presented the next resolution Ill order
which was, that IN place OF the rubric at
OnGDel tOT the SUNDAY next before Adj /,