The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-05
CHURCH COUNCIL.
THIRD DAY OF THE TRiENN'Al
CONVENTION.

CONVENTION.
Reports Of special committecs-Ihe se'-
sion Devoted Mainly to nissions-Mis-
siouarv Work Of the Church standing
Committees of the House of Bishops. b
MN YoRK. October Is special. AFTER
morning PRAYER today both houses ol ti'e
General Episcopal Convention met for bust
Hess. In the House ef Deputies inc ear!
part # ihe session was occupied VIA -
pori- Of special committees. resolutions anu
memorial, from various dioceses. 'he oi
fbr most imuortant memorials presented
WAS ihai from the diocese Of Maryland, pro
testing against any change IN the name vl
the Church. II was referred tO the 'oih-
mifiee oH Constitutional Amendments.
4 motion was adopted extending tue
rieht 10 delegates from certain iorei4n con-
,euiion- fs.reat- in the House on the same
terms ~ delegates from missionary a'o-
ccrc5.
At n o'clock the President announcer
that the hour had arrived when. according
tn me Standing orders. the House should
Join with House Of Bishops il meeting ~
BOARD OF MISSIONS.
and "A motion for the suspension Of the busi-
ness of the House for that purpose would he
i'm order. \ motion 10 that effect was there
upOn adopted. The Church was tlen
thrown npen. and all the seats were quickly
filled. MANY Bishops sat on the platform.
Rey. Dr. Mhipple. Bishop Of Minnesota,
prc,idod over the meeting ON motion oi
Rev. DR.. Dix the Ni~itin. delegates from
the Canadian Church were invited to seals
on the platform.
TIE TRIENNIAL REPORT
If the board Of missions was then read hy
cencral-~ccrptary Rev. DIR. W. :. Langiord.
The report referred tO Narions change, in
membership since last convention. and said
that the House Of Bishops had received
request tO appoint bishop over the mis-
-ionary jurisdiction Of Alaska. and that they
should take into consideration the election
of he Territory Of Arizona into a separate
missionary jurisdiction. and reference wa'
also made 10 property secured in " a-nil.-
ton for the education Of cOlorcd candidates
for the ministry The institution viii lie
known H.
KING THEOLOGICAL HALL
and the property is valued at twenty thou
sand dollars The report says interest IN
missions has largely increased. ard give,
many interesting details concerning the
work and contributions Tor various pur-
moses. The gross receipts Of the society for
ihe wear aside from the business of stated
notifications. were slN0l2l.lH: of which
over sixty thousand dollars were icsacies'
contributions were $2!ls.s3.l>.
The report WAS referred 10 q special COM
mitttc t0 hc appointed 10y the chair. and the
report in relation to the work oi thc No-
mans Auxiliary wa. referred To >lwclal
committee of nine. io consist oi ihfce
bishops. three clerical dcputi =. and three
lay deputies.
WORK or THE CHURCH IS inK MISSION
YIELD.
Roy. rr. Holland. II Missouri. moved that
Ola. thanks Of the Assembly lc accorded L.
ih board Of manager, Of the Domestic ana
Foreign Missionary Society. aud moved
thlt their recommendations Dee endorsed.
/ Iic spoke strongly in praise of the work oi
I the Church IN the mission field and nd's-
Gated ii- continuance Oh the hroadc~t lines.
His motion was seconded hv Bl.hop oi
Montana. lie said they might revise the
prl,or-s00k and lIymnal. bat unless the
work ofihe Church was done. they might ~
we'll burn their Irayer-B0ok and bur} their
h,mu-hOok. llo made strong appeal Tor
s1pu. .Olp the amount required to huild the
prnta-ai new mission house. "a, recon-
mondcd in the report oi the board oi man
ager~.
The motion Of Or. Holland was 'nen put
and adopted.
WORK N OREGON.
The Missionary Bishop of OREGON. the
Rev. pr. BENJAMIN Nisfar Morris. adj
dressed the meeting. and told Of tic work
Do. Va- doing in his Jurisdiction. The value
of 400 church property and crd"vmeni-.
schools hospitals etc.. in ftn diocese was
stated % he sG-iGu2. After Bishop Morris
had finished a recess "a~ taken.
AFTER RECESS
addresses on missionary work were given
by several delegates.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF IHE HOUSE OF
Bf>Hors.
Al fhi. mornings session Of The House Of
Bishop, tine following standing committees
wer. named by Presiding Bishop Williams
Dn prINcr-3onh l}i-hop- Coke. QuiiIrd.
Il B.rkwith. Dude, and Whitehead.
Amendments 90 the Constitution Bishops
Clarke, Wilmer Dcaue. Whitaker and Pad
dock
Canon, bishops Lutte. Howe. McLa-
rem. Perry. Burgess. Potter and Watson.
General Theological seminary Bishop
seymour. Whitehead. Talbot. Coleman and
KNIGHT.
Memorials and Petitions Bishops Deane.
Unfinished Business Bishops Gillespic.
kendrick and Grafton.
pi~pptch Of Business Bishops Burgess.
Washington and Leonard.
Rul,s 81 Order Bishops Berry. Watson
and RulesOn.
Conservation Of bishops Bishops Pierce.
~paiding. Gillespie Peterkin. and >tarkey.
Christian Education Bishops Quiniard.
/ Deanc. Huntington. Niles. and Potter.
Nomination of Missionary Bishops -Blsh-
on- Howe. Garrett. Brewer. ALL Paddock.
Admission Of New DiOcese-- bishops
4 Whippie. scarborough. hnickerb0ckef, Ran
d0lph. ana rarcf
Religious Ser, ices bishops Howe, Scar
/ borough. seymour Ruleson and NOrihing-
ton. .. ,-.
Pastoral Letter Bishops Williams. Kip
J Grege. Galleher and Nlics.
Domestic Missions Bishops Morris,
/ Walker. Weed. Paret and Gilbert.
Foreign Missions Bishops Nhittle, Bis
sicl. Huntington. Hare aud Adans'
RrPonTs FROM NEw DIOcyshs.
To-dav's business Of the House of Bishops
was devoted to receiving reports from the
newly organized diOce-e- of Oregon ana
! Colorado, and discussing the changes IN
/ the prayer book adopted yesterday by The
House of Deputies
WORK AMONG COLoRED PEOPLE.
At the afternoon session the report Of the
commission on the work among cOlOfed
people was presented by Bishop Dudley, OF
/ kentucky. Bishop Dud,ay spoke Of the
work done among the colOrcd people o. the
/ south bv the commission with comparative
Is little noip from the board Of missions.
The report stated that for three years
the commission has done IL work
with unfulhled promises OF as>i-tanc" i'om
the board The Bishop also said that the
commission understood how hard u was iof
the board 10 gi,o substantial aid 10 the
work. "\eNeriheles-.' continued iht
Kishop. whatever method may be- des i-,s'
for continuation Of the work care should IL
taken not 10 undo rhc work alrcad, begun
and ~ successfully carried Vn.
At the end of the report Bishop Dude,
offered resolution to the effect that the r.
por which be- had ju,, read be submitted 10
a special committee to report 90 TIE meet
ing M their earlic-; convenience. The com
. mittee consisted Of the bishops OF MINNIE
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