The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-05
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
AN EPITOhE OF THE THIRD
DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Day Consumed in Reports
From Committees and I'm the
Presentation of MemOrlaIs-A
Good Showing for Missions.

The Day Consumed in Reports
From Committees and In the
| Presentation of MemOrlaIs-A
Good Showing for Missions.
New YORK, October AT to-day's
session of the general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, Rev. DR..
Franklin submitted thereport of the COM
mittee on marriage and divorce, and
asked that it be read.
The house decided against this and the
report was presented without being
read
DR.. Franklin then moved that the re-
port be printed, and that its discussion
be made the order of the day for Thurs
day next, or as soon as the present sub
lects that dave precedence have been dis
posed of. He said the report would make
only one printed page. The motion was
carried
DR.. Hoffman, of New York, presented a
report from the committee on Canons on
ordination, and had it made the order of
the day for Wednesday next
Petitions and memorials were then re-
ceived, and several memorials favoring
and opposing proportionate representa-
A delegation from Nebraska presented
a memorial approved by the bishop of
their diocese asking that the limit of the
present area of the diocese be contracted
and that the church shall resume control
over the western part of the diocese.
Memorials from Maryland and Michi-
gan delegations protesting against the
change of name Of the church were pre-
sented.
The secretary announced that the date
for the reception to be given to the dele
gates by the church club had been
changed to the 14th inst.
The house of deputies then transformed
itself into missionary council, and
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, in black
robes, purple velvet skull cap and purple
silk ribbon to his eye glasses. took the
presidents chan, and after calling for the
singing of the 2S4th hymn, offered
PRAYER.
Rev. DR.. Langford, secretary of the
board OF missions, then presented the tri-
cnnial report of the board.
The report was referred to a special
committee. 1t showed that the gross re-
ecipts of the secretary for the past year
was $3.50, ,121. 10, of which $66 ,O31 was
the proceeds of legacies. Of this sum
$l13,3+2 was devoted to domestic mis-
Sions, $41 ,162 to Indian missions, $31,-
646 to colored missions, and to foreign
missions $141 ,627.
DR.. Langford offered motion that
the board of missions endorse the efforts
OF the board of managers to secure site
and build a mission headquarters i'll this
city at cost OF about 100000. Rev.
DR.. Holland, of st. Louis, and Bishop
Brewer, of Montana, spoke in favor of
the resolution and it was unanimously
adopted.
Missionary Bishop Morris, of Oregon
was then invited to address the board,
and he spoke at some length on the work
under his charge in Oregon.
When the afternoon session opened,
Bishop Pierce, of the Arkansas and In
dian Territory, took the platform and
told the board of missions Of the needs of
his diocese and of the work done there
during the last three years.
Rev. II. d. payue, delegate from the
mission of Japan, spoke of the work done
there, and entreated that further aid be
given them.
Missionary Bishop Spaulding, of Colo
RADIO, told how the property ofthe church
in his diocese had grown in value from
100000 to $1,O0O,OOO, since he had
been stationed there. The number of
communicates, he said, had increased
from 800 to 5000 during the same period.
Bishop Garrett, of Texas, said they
needed there sixteen more churches, a
chapel for the Female Seminary at Dal-
las, men as missionaries, and money to
support them.
Missionary Brewer, of Montana, took
the platform and told of the need of aid
in that field. He said the church had
kept in advance of the growth of the
State there, but it needed help. A mis-
sionary imbued with the spirit of Christ
was wanted there. They would receive
a salary sufficient for their support, but
they must be rcconcied to hard work
and to many deprivations.
The missionary council, or board of
missions, adjourned until Monday.