Telegram-herald., 1890-06-05
CHURCH
ne sessions Of The Convention Goa
tlnusd Yesterday.
REGULAR BUSINESS GOES FORWARD
ne Naming II tAs st4aaing Con uai aittess,
She hs@elEx ~ ths Reports of ths
treasurer ~ she N4rIous funds
aad 5llss1sasry Meeting

+ The convention reassembled II 30
o'clock yesterday morning, and tie
morning Vas set spsrt 70 the ceiebTA-
+ ton o. dly,ue worship ana the reading
OF the uucompietsd part OF the Bishop :
address. 1ne address coAs.stedsof TIE
usual survey OF the state Of the church,
a. home and abroad, moral spiritual
and financial Tue address covers
about twenty speelal topics and Is very
extended. Copies Of It ale plentIfully
supplied 70 al deslnng them.
Tne afternoon session opened with
the reading Of the htany and roll oail.
The following standing committees
we're appointed by the Bishop:
On the Admlsslon OF Churches into
Union Wlth the Conyentlon-Reg. S. c.
Ihall, p. D.. chairman.
ON Account of the Treasurer Of the
Diocese-H. A. Goodyear, chairman.
Ca the Report Of the Association OF
the D.ocese-ReY. {. /. Stout, char
man.
on Constitution and Cauous-Rey. +.
Il. Irvine, chairman.
On Report of the Accounts OF the
Treasurer Of the Board OF Missions
Rev. J. r. Wilkinson, chairman.
On Christian Educauon-Key. J. ".
Bancroft, chairman.
On diminished Bus!ness-Rey. 4. L.
Wells, chairman.
The special committee created by the
convention last year 10 report 10 this
convention relative 10 certain changes
IN the canons on the basis of repre-
sentauOn IN the convention, was called
II give It's report. On the reception Of
tie report the convention went into
committee OF the whole 10 consider II.
The committee rose with the recon-
mendat!On 20 the convention 10 adopt
the special committees report, The
whole matter viii again come up today
under canOnIcal rule.
The report OF the standing commit
tee Of the diocese was then read; also
the reports OF the treasurerS of the fol-
lowing funds: Treasurer of the do
cese; of the fund for aged and infim
clergy; OF the Association OF the Do.
ceSe Of Western Michigan.
so much of the Bishops address ,s
referred 10 the death of Rev. Joseuh !
Large and Rev. Mr.. Huson was referred |
10 committee, consisting of Rev. D.. |
G.. {. Y. Eastman, Rev. Henry Hughes |
and ID. ;. Goodyear and L. p. Love |
ridge.
y special committee on the increase
of the Episcopal fund, ". r. Shelby,
chairman, reported progress, and the !
committee was continued.
Rev. Or. FAIR announced that the |
time had arrived tor the funeral of Ole |
lady Watson, a former resident Of St |
Marks home, and the convention al. |
journed. The funeral was held in the |
church at 4:3O O'Clock.
The convention Teassemhled in the |
evening with q very small attendance |
OF visitors. The principal business of !
the session was the taking of pledges !
from the various parishes Tor the sup |!
port of the missionary operations Of the !
coming year. The missionary service" |
preceded the pledging. Rev. W. W. |
werp, OF Charlotte, made addresses cal ,
culated 70 touch the missionary enthu (
slasm of the people.
The pledges were then taken by q
call of the roll OF the parishes and mis-
siOns, and the representative of each 1
rs the name was called. The |
total amount raised was 81, ,773, of which
81 ,40j was pledged by parishes, and the
by individuals and Sunday
schools.
Today mOrniag PRAYER viii be said at
$50 O'Clock, after which the business of
the convention will proceed. That
business VIII be, principally. the reports
)f the committees above mentioned,
the election OF officers and miscellane-
Ous matters.