The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-06
ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS WORK
Martinsville Selected for Next Meeting
of the Indiana III. E. Conference.
Fraternal Addresses-Nicene Greed Section Of
the:Liturgy Adopted by the Protestant
Episcopal Convention.


Special 10 the Indianapolis JournsL
RoCKPoRT, Ind, Oct. 5.-The confer
ence began to-day's session at $50, with
Bishop Warren presiding. T. d. Welker,
of Martinsville, led devotional exercises.
Five thousand copies of the minute were
ordered printed.
The place for holding the next session
OF the conference was taken up. Martins
vile was nominated, as was also Trinity
Church, of New Albany, both places being
represented by their pastors and presiding
elders. M~artinsville was finally chosen.
The fraternal delegates from the South
east Conference were introduced. j. II.
Doddridge. j. Sergeant and DR.. John con.
stituted the delegation. They made adj
dresses, and o good. old-fashioned love-
feast followed that will not soon be for
gotten. 1t was a fine delegation of minis
tiers. and their visit awakened much en-
thusiasm. A committee of five will be ap-
pointed from the Indiana Conference for a
like visit to the Southeast Conference next
year.
. The Bishop, in an excellent speech, pre-
by the preachers of the New Albany dis
trict, of which he has been presiding elder
during the past year. This year he goes to
Nebraska. His response was touching, and
the conference gave him a kind farewell.
The class admitted into full membership
consists of eleven this year, n was called
forward and addressed by the Bishop in a
forcible amer. He admonished them to
be loyal to the church. The usual questions
were asked and answered, and the class
was admitted by the conference.
The Salem and New Philadelphia charges
were ordered to raise funds to erect a stone
at the grave of Rev. Isaac Crawford at Sa-
lem.
N. T. DePauw and P. r. Story, of New
Albany, were ON the conference floor this
afternoon. The resolution looking to lift
ing the lines between the Indiana and
Southeast conferences created much inter
est. A vote was taken resulting in thirty
SIX votes for and tifty-eight against said
resolution. B. +. .Rawlins then followed
with q conference lecture.
Episcopalians Adopt the Nicene Creed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-After the opening
services of the general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, this morn
ing, a memorial from the colored members
of the church was presented, in which it
was asked that they have equal represen-
tation. The order of the day, the consider
alton ofresolution No. II. coming up. Rev. DIR.
j. j. Baulex, of Arkansas, took the floor
and spoke in opposition to it. He argued
that the Nicene creed presented to the con-
vention was not a Catholic creed,
but a Roman creed, and should
not be accepted by the convention.
Dr.. Keddny. of Michigan, next spoke. He
was in favor of the adoption of the resolu-
ton. The next speaker was Rev. Dr..
Christian, rector of the House of Prayer, of
Newark, N. j. He was strongly in favor of
the adoption of the resolution. Rev. James
p. Vaulx. of Arkansas. and Stephen P.
Nash, lay delegate from the New York do
cese, also spoke in favor of the resolution.
The resolution was put to q vote by diocese
and adopted. The house of deputies then
adjourned until Monday.
The house of bishops at their session
took up the question of dividing the
church territory into provinces and noti-
fed the house to that effect.
The house of bishops Int the house of
deputies of the Episcopal convention were
given a reception this afternoon by the
dean, Dr.. Hoffman, and the faculty of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary, Ninth
avenue and Twenty-tirst street. Previous
to the reception high celebration was held
in the chapel, Bishop Potter officiating.
Within the chancel were Bishops Scar
borough, Knickerbacker and Coke. A reel
tation by the junior class followed, after
which lunch was served and the visitors
showed over the institution.