St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-11
THE ALHANIsAN CREED.
Its Insertion in the Episcopal
Prayer Book Deemed Inexpedi-

eDI.
New YORK, Oct. 1O.-After the read
ing of the morning prayer by Rev. DIR.
Doty, of Western New York, and the
pronunciation of the benedictiOn by
Bishop Watson, of Eastern Carolina,
the general convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church went into regular ses-
sion again to-day at 10 o'clock, with
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix in the chair. The
secretary. Rev. DR.. Hutchins, read a
number of messages from the house of
bishops informing the house Of deputies
that number of changes in the book
Of common prayer had been resolved
upon, and that the house of depu
ties cOncurring notification of these
changes should be sent to the
several diOceses preliminary to
action upon them at the next general
convention. The standing committee
on prayer book reported, substituting
psalm GA for psalm SO in the proper
psalms for good Friday: that the hymnal
Nunc Dimittus has been legally added
to the book of Common Prayer. and
that the insertion of the Athansian creed
is deemed ineXpedient. The reports
went Oh the calendar. The committee
on constitutional amendments reported
in favor of an amendment to the con-
stitution, providing that no change shall
hereafter be made in the book of com
mon prayer or the articles of the cOnSti-
tuition, unless it has been adopted by
a majority of the house of deputies and
house of bishops of one general conven-
ton, and similarly approved by the sue
ceeding convention. The resolution
was adopted. Dean Gardner. of Omaha,
presented a memorial to the committee
on liturgieal revision. recommending
an addition to the office for
the burial of the dead, COM
mending the departed soul to its creator
and savior. An objection being made,
it went on the calendar. Resolutions in
reference to provisions for an increase
OF chaplains in the army; tor increased
religious provision for seamen and for
proportional representation in the gen.
eral convention were offered. They all
went on the calendar. At IL o'clock
the report of the committee on the jul
dicial system of the church being the
order of the day, came up for discus
sion. After a long discussion the vote
was taken on the resolution, which
reads:
In every diocese the mode Of trying pres
byters and deacOns may be instituted by the
convention of the diocese, except in so far as
the general convention shall otherwise pro-
vide.
The resolution was lost, the vote
standing: Clerical, % ayes and is nays,
) divided; lay, % ayes, "a nays. 2 di-
vided. The house adjourned at 1885
o'clock until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. At o'clock the delegates partook
of the luncheon to which the missionary
society had invited them in the Acad-
envy of Music. and in the afternoon they
listened to addresses made before the
society by number of missionary bis
hops, who told of their work and ex-
periences in their respective fields.
A large missionary meeting was held in
the Academy of Music this afternoon.
Bishop futile, of Missouri. conducted
the preliminary services, and the other
bishops and clergy occupied seats on
the stage. Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky,
presided. Speeches were made by DR..
Courtney, bishop of Nova Scotia; Rev.
Philip Brooks, of Boston; the mission
aary bishops of Wyoming and Idaho
and Hon. Seth Low, the newly elected
president of Columbia college,