The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-19
COLOR LINES IN CHURCH.
TEXT OF THE REPORT TO TIE
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

1t is Strongly Against the Proposed
Establishment OF Missionary Epis-
copate for Colored People-Questions
of Liturgical Revision Again Con
sidered-some OF the Changes Pro-
posed.
New York, Oct 1S.-Services were
celebrated in the house OF deputies this
morning by Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee,
assisted by Bishops Spalding, of Colorado,
and Scarborough, of New Jersey. There
was a small attendance The deputies are
too well seasoned to the services to
deprive themselves of their natural rest to
come to hear their bishops The galleries,
however, were weh filled with ladies. At
1920 O'Clock DIR. Dix called the house TO
order. Not more than $50 Of the members
were present. The reports Of the different
standing committees were then presented.
The committee on caaons presented report
on the proposed establishment of mission
ary episcopate for oolored people.
TEXT OF THE REPORT.
1t was as follows:
Even II this church were prepared TO recognize
by law the difference between its white and col
ored members and provide for their separate
organization either in parishes or episcopal
Jurisdictions, we think that the mode Of doing
so, as provided in this proposed canon,
would be Tor many reasons inexpedient, and
that 1t could be properly and efficiently done
only after change in the constitution While
we do not absolutely assert that the proposed
canon would be unconstitutional, yet il
trenches 80 closely on article iv that for this
reason alone we would deprecate its adoption.
OTHER OBJECTIONS.
But waving Tor the present the constitutional
objections and those founded on the proposed
line Of distinction between the white and colored
races, We are of the opinion that other aud
fatal objections present themselves III the pro
posed canon.
/. If we had the right TO provide by canon for
the erection of missionary Jurisdiction within
one or more organized dioceses with the con-
sent OF the bishops and the conventions of the
respective dioceses, yet the difficulty il not
impossibihty OF obtaining any such consent,
which on a change Of views could not, and on
the death of bishop would not be withdrawn,
and many complications which would Ger
tainly arise under such a change of views, or
under many other supposable contingencies,
should deter us from the adoption of the sys-
TEN here proposed for the solving of the prob
lem the inherent difficulties OF which we all
fully recognize.
CLASH OF JURISDICTION.
9. This canon proposes an episcopal iurisdic-
tion of another bishop. We think that such a
proposition antagonizes the history and trad
tional policy of the church and the essential
elements of episcopal Jurisdiction, which from
the first has been territorial, and not
personal. But the real and essen
tial question which meets us at the forefront
of this whole matter, and which we think the
church should first determine before discussing
plans and modes of procedure, is that first al
luded to in this report, namely: shall the
churcn. in its law Of parochial or diocesan or
za0ns dr%" batsau or s 5it ana
| colored members2" We think this should not
be done, and we therefore for this reason alone,
| and without reference to those founded on un-
constitutionality or inexpedieucy, recommend
| that the canon be not adopted, and present the
| following resolution:
ResolUed, That the committee ON csnons be
| discharged from further consideration of the
| subject.
Discussion on the question was post
! poned.
CHANGE OF THE MEETING TIME.
DIR. Benedict, of the committee on con-
| stitutional amendments, offered a resolu-
| tion changing the time Of the assembling Of
| the next general convention from the first
| Wednesday in October to the third Wednes-
| dav in September. The resolution was
placed on the calendar.
Rev DIR. Little of Delaware read the re-
| port of the committee on the general theo-
| logical seminary, and recommended its
| adoption. The report gave the details Of
the working of the seminary. DR.. King of
Long Island requested leave to present
minority report, and discussion was post
poned.
At 11:05 o'clock the house resumed con-
sideration Of the question of liturgical re-
| vision. Six amendments, which were
adopted yesterday by the house in com
mittee of the whole, were then taken up in
order, and, after considerable debate, were
formally adopted. The noon recess was
then taken.
LITURGICAL CHANGES.
At the afternoon session the house OF
deputies confirmed its action as commit
tee of the whole on Thursday, by passing
the Joint liturgical committees resolutions
for thanksgiving for a child's recovery
from sickness; for the safe return from
voyage of travel, and for a penitential Of
flee for Ash Wednesday.
Concurrence with the upper house was
also ordered upon the following: THAT,
after the rubric following the general title Of
the collects, epistles, aud gospels there be
inserted: The collect appointed for any
Sunday or other feast may be used at the
evening service Of the dav before; also that
Gloria Patri be printed at the end of the
Easter anthems"
SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT.
Rev. DIR. Hart, Of the committee, then
presented the next resolution in order which
was: ''That in place Of the rubric after the
gospel for the Sunday next before Advent
there be substituted: If there be more than
twenty-five Sundays after Trinity the
services Of some of those Sundays
that were omitted after the Epiphany
shall be taken in 10 supply so many as are
here wanting; and, If there be fewer than
twenty-five Sundays, the overplus shall be
omitted" This was adopted, the deputa-
tion from Iowa being the only diocese in
the negative. A peculiar feature Of the
voting on these resolutions was that Iowa
took decided stand against revision OF any
sort, and desired, through Dr: Hale, to be
individually recorded in that light.
SUBSTITUTION OF THE GATH PSALM.
Dr. Phillips Brooks resolution to substi-
tute the sixtv-fourth for the sixty-ninth
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