The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-04
PRAYER-B0OK CHANGES.
THE EPIsOOPALIAN CONVENTION
HARD AT WORK.

All the Resolutions Already Adopted
by the House of Bishops-The Lower
House stil Debating the Twelfth
A Deputation from Canada Ex-
changes Fluctuations.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-The members of
the house of deputies of the gem
eral convention Of the Protestant Episco-
pal church assembled this morning in st.
Georges church to continue the work in
augurated yesterday. The day opened with
religious services, Rev. DIR. Morrison read.
ing the morning prayer. A brief recess
followed before Rev. Or. Dix, robed
in flowing silk gown, took
the chair as presiding officer
and called the house to order. After dis
pensing with the calling of the roll, two
messages from the house of bishops were
received. The first announced that the
house of bishops had organized yesterday
by the election of Rev. William Tullock,
secretary, and was now ready to proceed to
business
UNION OF THE CHURCH.
The second recited the fact that a union
or the Episcopal church in America was
effected Oct. 2, 1889, and that the cente-
nary anniversary of that union should be
marked by prayer of thanksgiving for the
blessings that had been bestowed upon them.
and supplication for continuance and
increase Of Gods blessings and grace. No
action upon these messages was necessary.
BY direction Of the president, the names
OF those appointed on the standing commit
tees were then read.
OREGON AS A DIOCESE.
Having secured suspension of the rules,
Mr.. Stark of Connecticut presented petit
ii n asking that Oregon be admitted as a
diocese, and the petitio was referred to the
committee on new dioceses. Deputies from
Oregon were admitted to the sittings in the
house pending the report on their petition.
Rev. MIR. Davies of Pennsylvania pre-
sented report on liturgical revision from
the committee on that subject appointed by
the last general convention, and asked that
its report should be made the order of the
day this day week at II o'clock.
DEPUTATIoN FROM CANADA.
Pending decision on this, a deputation
from the provin cial synod of Canada was
received by the house. The deputation was
presented by Rev. DR.. Harwood of Con-
nectlcut, and consisted of Rt. Rev. DR..
Sullivan, lord bishop of Algoma; Rt Rev.
DIs OOuIbuSy VI NONu GSCObld, UnS
reverend dean of Huron, the reverend
archdeacon of Montreal, and Judge
Mcdonald. DR. Dix welcomed the visitors
on behalf Of the house. The lord bishop
of Algoma then, on invitation, addressed
the house, congratulating the deputies on
the advance of the church in the United
States, and saying that the church in
Canada was endeavoring to follow in their
footsteps, and were cheered by the example
of the church in this country.
MORE KIND WORDS.
Rt. Rev. DIR. Courtney. bishop of Nova
Scotia, next spoke, and in turn conveyed
greeting and oongratulation from the
church in Canads to their brothers In this
country. The very reverend dean Of Huron,
Rev. Mr.. Craig; the venerable archdeacon
of Montreal, Rev. Mr.. Evans, and Judge
Mcdonald also spoke in a similar strain.
After the Canadian visitors had departed,
the question was Of making the report of
the committed on liturgical revision the
order of the day next Thursday. By unan-
imous vote it was 80 ordered
Rev. DIR. Swope notified the house that
there will be presented a minority report
from the committee on lIturgical revision.
PRAYER-BooK CHANGES.
Rev. DIR. Huntington then took the floor
the order Of the day now being considera-
ton of the additions and alterations in tho
book of common prayer adopted at the last
general convention. A vote was taken on
the adoption of the first Of the eighteen
resolutions approving of the changes. 1t
refers to the order Of reading the psalter
and holy scriptures. The resolution was
adopted.
The second resolution relating to the
change in the order for daily morning
prayer, was then placed on its passage and
adopted
Resolution No. 8, relating to changes in
the opening sentences IN the order for daily
morning prayer, was then adopted.
Resolution No. 4, changing the rubric
following the venite in order for daily
morning prayer, was also adopted.
THE FIFTH ADOPTED.
The fifth resolution, also relating to
changes in the order for daily morning
prayer, was unanimously adop ed. The sixth
and seventh resolutions were also adopted,
but the eighth was lost. The vote on it was:
Clerical, 90 yeas, 10 nays, and divided;
lay, % yeas, % nays, and 3 divided.
The resolution which was lost provided as
substitute for the r4bric prehxed to the
litany following the rubrics: To be used on
Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on
ember days and rogation days. To be used
also on any day in Lent at the discretion of
the minister. NODe; InaU MANY may Do OinlJ-
ted altoaethe ON Christmas day, Easter
day, and Whitsunday.
At 20 o'clock recess was taken until
2:30 o'clock
PETITIONS FOR NEW DIoCEsEs.
When the afternoon session opened, Rev.
DR.. Hauckel, of Virginia, with the permission
Of Rev. DIR. Huntington, moved that the
rules be suspended to permit the handi &
in of petitions for the organization of new
dioceses SO that they might be referred TO
the committee on new dioceses. This was
agreed to, and petitions for the organization
Of new dioceses in Southern California,
Colorado, and Missouri were handed in.
Michigan asks TO have the peninsula made
a missionary diocese
DR.. Benedict, having obtained further
suspension of the rules, presented the report
of the joint committee on hymnal, and the
house agreed to make it's consideration the
order Of the day for Tuesday next.
VOTING RESUMED.
The work Of voting on the resolutions
proposing changes in the book of common
prayer was then resumed, after message
from the house of bishops, announcing that
they had taken up the same subject had
been read. The ninth and tenth reso-
lutions were adopted, each finding only one
clerical and one lay opponent. Resolution
eleven was adopted unanimously. Consid-