The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-08
THH HPISCOPALIANS.
The Subject Of Missions the
Topic for Discussion,
WORK IN CHINA AND JAPAN
Tho Only Hope is tn Have Native
AIlsslonaFIOs-A ooIored Mans
Practical Suggestions Regard.
Ing AlrIea-ANew Diocese,

ing Alrieh-A New Diocese,
NEw YoRE, oct7,-The general con
ventlon Of the Protestant Eplscopa
Church Of America opened It's session as
usual to-day with the reading Of tue
morning prayer, Rev, DR., r, w, Blow,
Of Fond Du Lac, officiating, The house
Of deputies was called to order at 1915,
Rev. pr, Hauckel, chairman ofthe Com
mittee on New DloCeses, presented a re.
portion thememoriali from the missionary
diocese OF Oregon asking that 1t be ad,
mitted as a diocese and that Missionary
Bishop Morris bo made the Bishop Of
the diocese, The report was accom-.
panied with resolutions that the re.
quest contained in the memorial be
complied with and that Oregon be ad.
mitted as u regular diocese.
Mr., Burgewin, lay deputy from Pitts.
burgh, moved that the question be
divided, the vote to be taken first on the
admission OF Oregon as u diocese and
second on the validity OF the election OF
Bishop Morris, DR., HauCkel spoke in
opposition to this, saying that the adop.
tion Of the first portion Of the question
would place them In position Of hay.
ing diocese without a Bishop. The
vote was then taken upon the single
question, whether Oregon should be ad.
mitted rs q diocese, and 1t was uuani.
mQusly decided that 1t should he 80 adj
mittGd. The question then remained
whether the consent OF the convention
should be given 10 the election OF Bishop
Morris as Bishop OF Oregon.
Mr. Hill Burgewin, OF Pittsburgh, and
anu Roy. DR., Goodwin, OF PenAsyl.
yania, spoke in opposition to the resolu-
tion, but when II was voted on It was
unanimously adopted. So that Oregon
is now a regular diocese Of the PRO,
ttstant Episcopal church and Bishop
Morris Is the diocesan. There was
then presented BY Rev. DR.. HauCkel a
report recommending the admission OF
a new diocese In Missouri, and II was
adopted with but one dissenting vote.
Tho delegation from Fond Du Lac pre-.
senteda memorial asking that no fur
ther revision be made in the prayer
book, and 1t was referred to the Com.
nittve on LiturgiCal Revision. Tue del
egation from Rhode Island presented
memorial stating that any change In the
name Of the church was inexpedient.
The House Of Deputies then adj
journed, aud with the addition OF the
House OF Bishops went into session as
Board Of Missions.
Bishop Tuttle, Of Missouri, presided
over tho session Of the Board OF Missions.
II began with the singing Of the 19O!h
hymn. Many ladies, representing the
Woman's Auxiliary, were present aud
took seats IN the body Of the church
with the delegates, Bishop Tuttle an.
nUunCed that lie Board would listen to
addresses by missionary bishops, each to
speak for not more than twenty minutes,
The first speaker was Missionary Bishop
Hare, Of South Dakota. He told Of the
difficulties with which he aud the clergy
under his charge were obliged to cOn.
tend aud Of the progress they had made,
AT the conclusion Of Bishop Hare's
address, Bishop whipple, OF Minnesota,
reported back the report OF the colored
commission, accompanied with IN ap.
peal In nvllallO Ol their work, asking thai
$4,000 be appropriated for that work
turing the coming year and that the
diocese OF Kentucky be asked to permit
Bishop Dudley, who, he said, seemed DE-.
stined 10 he theapOstle 10 the colored
people, to give Rs much time as possible
10 the work undertaken by tue CONE
mission. The report was made the or
der Of the day 10 De taken up as soon as
the ofderoi the day preceding as dis
posed Of,
lhe next speaker was Missionary
Bishop Paddock, Of Washington. HI
was followed by Missionary Bishop
Walker, Of North Dakota.
At the afternoon session, Bishop
Clarke, Of Rhode Island, presided. The
first speaker was tile Rev. Robert Shaw
Locke, who for the past fifteen years has
been d missionary in China. He said
that the only hops OF converting the
Chinese, the Japanese, opthe natives Of
India was by having native mlssiona.
rips. 10 think Of converting China by
means Of one bishop and five missiona-
rits was absurd.
The next speaker was colored man,
Rev. Pauius Moore, Of Cape Palmas, Al.
riua. He suggested that tho United
States should subsidiEe a line oisteam.
ets to Liberia. This, he urged, would
benefit the commercial interests Of the
United States and benefit the interests
Of tho church In Africa. Christianity,
he said, was Il practical question, and II
should be found In commerce, IN trade,
in politics, as well Us in religion. He
concluded by asking that Sl6O,000 be
given to the Libetian mission to build
churches and schools and sustain mis-
sinnatipR.