The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-08
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
THIRD DAY OF THIS NEETINt-
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Hymn Book il the Question Of Inn
portance-t Damper Thrown
on the subject.

By Telegraph 10 the state Chronicle
BALTIMORE, Oct. 7-The third day IF
the great Episcopal General Convention
opened with half hours devotional ex
ercises which were we'll attended by
members of both houses. The bodies
then separated. After routine business
the bishops and deputies again met TO
gether as u board OF mission, at which
The missionary bishops gave an account
of their work.
After reading Of the minutes Of the
meetings Of yesterday, Dr. Dix announc-
Ell that the house was ready for the re
ceptl0n of memorials and petitions. DR..
Iatlock, secretary of the house of bish-
ops, approached with message from the
bishops. Rev John Williams objected
TO the reading of the message, referring
to the number of proposed changes in the
book Of prayer, which had been adopted
by the house of bishops. Mr. Williams
stated that his reason for raising the
point was TO render the action Of the
house entirely independent from that of
the house Of bishops.
DIR. Dix did not think the point was
We'll taken and the message was read 1t
was announced that All of the proposed
changes from % to 81 inclusive, had been
adopted, except numbers 80, 81, 81 and
Al. Another message WAS annexed
which conveyed to the lower house the
announcement that the house of bishops
would require that Joint committee De
| appointed to consider some proper cere-
monies To celebrate the discovery of the
new world by Christopher Columbus on
! October 2l, 1892
| Several memorials were presented
Rev. Dr. Nelson, Of western New York,
| the chairman, presented the report Of the
committee on hymnal, stating that re
quests for the restoring Of sixty seven
| hymns had been received He asked
that the report be committed To the com
mission, and that the amended report Of
the commission be presented and made
The order Of the day for next Friday al
II O'clock.
There was some discussion on the re-
port Of this committee IN which DR.
Cope, from Central Pennsylvania; Dir.
McNicar, from Philadelphia, and others,
took part; but ii was brought to a sud
den close by Rev. DR.. Roberts, of Mis-
sour, who jumped to his feet and
offered "a resolution that the present
Hymnal be adopted as the Hymn Book
Of the church Il am sick and tired
Of this referring and re referring,
said the Doctor The present Hym
nal is good enough for ne" Ii
seemed as if his opinion was shared by
great many of the delegates. 1t was a,
this time that the house of bishops en-
tered the church in procession, led by
the venerable bishop Williams. The
house Of deputies arose to receive them
and most of the bishops took seats OF
the platform The house Of deputies ad
journed as soon as the bishops wer
seated
A hymn was sung and prayer read b
Rev DR.. John Williams, bishop of Con
necticut, and president of .he house 0
bishops Bishop Williams then delegatct
bishop Clark of Rhode Island to TAX
the chair and Rev. DR.. Dix and bisho
Williams sat upon his left. Whel
the JOINT session opened the churcl
was crowded with visitors All tn
vacant seats in the pews set apart for tn
deputies were filed by ladies, and tn
attendance in the galleries was evel
larger than Yesterday.
The bishops occupied seats upon tn
, platform. Secretary Langford read tn
missionary report. The names Of con
tributors to the missionary fund VIII
, have died since the last convention wer
! read by the secretary.