The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-12
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
NO CHANGES TO he MADE IN
REPRESENTATION.

Resolutions of Regret for the
Death of Bishop Vail-The Re.
vision of the HylnnaI Before the
HOuse-COnsecrat
NEW YORK, October 11.-When the roll
call of committees was read in the gen.
eral convention of the p. +. church to.
day, Rev. DR.. Benedict, chairman of the
committee on constitutional amend
ments, submitted report that the COM
mittee deemed it lnexpedient to make any
chngge in representation to the general
convention, or to make a change i'll the
method of voting. The committee also
asked to be discharged from further con-
sideration of the subject. The report
was signed by nine members of the com
mittee, two were absent, and the two
houses assented to the discharge of the
committee asked for; but when their re-
= port was submitted, objection to its
present consideration was made, and
under the rule it was placed on the cal.
endar. The subject of the report, pro-
portionate representation, and to which
it is opposed, is one of the most import
ant to be acted upon by the present con-
.vention. DR.. Benedict, from the same
committee, reported i'll favor of allowing
bishops to have the Offices of the church
set forth in modern tongues other than
English when number of persons unac-
quainted with the English tongue is con-
siderable. This also went on the Calen-
dar. Resolutions of regret for the death
of Bishhop Vail, of Kansas, and of ap-
probation tor his memory were adopted
by standing vote. Rev. DR.. Hunting
ton offered a resolution providing for the
addition OF Il short office Of prayer to the
book of common PRAYER. Ii was placed
on the calendar. S. S.Corning Judd offered
a resolution providing for the establish
mcnt of courts of appeal i'll the various
dioceses. Rev. DR.. Egar, of central New
York, and John H. StOtsenburgh, of In
diana, offered resolutions looking to the
same object. They were all placed on the
calendar. A message from the House OF
Bishops was received announcing the
consent to the conservation of Rev. Dr.
Morris and Spading as bishops of Ore
gon and Colorado, respectively The
house then took up the order of the day,
the report on hymnal. The report was
in favor of several changes in the present
hymnal, comprising omissions subSti-
secretary OF the committee, presented a
report and spoken favor of its adoption.
| Hill Burgwin moved that the matter be
referred to the committee of the whole;
and to avoid general discussion that
might occupy their time until the end of
the session, the motion was carried, and
the house went into a committee of the
whole, DR.. Dix calling Hill Burgwin, ol
Pittsburg, to the chair. 1t was decided
that the hymns should he called by num-
bers, one by one, and that each hymn to
which no Objection is made shall be con-
Sidered approved. Rev. DR.. Harwood of
the committee moved that hymn No. $50
in the present hymnal he substituted for
No. 3 in the proposed hymnal; the new
hymn was similar to No. $50 excepting
that two verses was omitted. The mo-
ton was carried.
At the afternoon session the announce
ment was made that the convention of
the whole was incompetent to revise the
hymnal, and it was again referred to the
House of Bishops. The following reso-
luton was moved:
That the House of Bishops cOncurring
the hymnal reported to this house be re-
committed to the house OF special COM
mittee to report at the next general con-
vention, and that they be instructed to
report: First, which hymns should be
omitted. Second, what hymns not i'll
cluded in the committees report should
be added Third, what hymns from
other sources should be added and what
revisions should be made in the text.
Resolved, That, hymns i'll the hymnal
reported to be authorized for use in this
church do stand until the next general
convention.
The amendment proposed by DR.. Har-
wood of the committee was that the sub
ject be referred to the original lcommittee.
DR.. Huntington, of New York, i'll a short
speech, proposed that the new hymnal
should continue to be used. DR.. Har-
woods amendment was laid on the table |
by vote of 1876 to so. Several other
amendments were then proposed, some
with view to pushing the question, and
some with view to shelving. Finally |
the members of the hymnal committee
was called upon to speak, and DR.. Bene-
dict responded. He deplored the policy
of fputting off from time to time the re-
vision.
DR.. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, again
moved that the revision be sent back to
the committee, in which there are two
vacancies, and that these be filled. A
proposal was made to make the number
of the hymnal committee nine but an
amendment putting it at seven was car
ried.
The vote to carry the original motion
resulted as follows: Clerical so, diocese,
81, ayes and IS, navs, divided; lay 40
n 4
Thus the matter was referred.
DR.. Hammond, of Virginia, advocated |
the old hymnal. DIR. Il annexed moved the |
following resolution: That the pro-
posed hynnal having been referred to
committee, it is inexpedient to allow its
use until said committee have reported"
The motion permitting the use of the
present hymnal, however, was carried
after several intervening motions and the
amendment was put.
The House of Bishops sent a message
informing the House of Deputies that
they declined to adopt the alterations
suggested i'll the TIE Deum. They wanted, |
however, to amend title l, section 2, ofI
the constitution, agreeing to the election
of bishops three months after the general |
convention. They also said they had not
fully considered the matter of consecra-
tion of new bishops in the dioceses of
Missouri and California.
Electric Death Again.
New YORK, October 11.-An electric
lineman met with horrible death at the
corner of Centre and Chambers streets
at o'clock this morning from contact
with an electric light wire. He was em-
ployed by .he Western Union Company,
and presented a terrible sight as he died