Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-14

mission on the STANDARD Book OF Common
Prayer This report is ready for presenta-.
tion. In its revision the committee aimed
10 follow the text Of the Standard Prayer-
Book of 1874. and the sealed Prayer-Book
OF the Church OF England OF 1919. :,
Changes IN spelling are MADE sna
changes In the lessons from the SCRIPTURES
are reported by the Leetionary oommitIee.
Among other matters brought over
from the last General Convention on which
comnittees will report are tho following;
The commission on MorsviaD orders in re-
gard 10 their validity, etc. the report OF
The COMMITTEES to confer with the English
Church es to board OF reference on
foreign missions Of the Anglican commu-
Mon; reports OF the COMMITTEES on Canons
OF the House Of Bishops IN regard 10 the
relation of wardcns, vestrymen. ana rec
tors. and in regard 10 marriage. divorce,
etc, the report IN regard TO the govern
ment of brotherhoods. sisterhoods, and
mission priests; the report OF the Commit
tee on Due Supply OF Candidates Tor Holy
Orders.
AsTo CHRISTIAN UNITY.
The report of the Committee on Chris-
tian Unity bids fair to be OF great interest.
II relates 20 the unity OF the many denomi-
nations, and is IN connection with the ae-
ton on the same subject by the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly aud other bodies.
Other reports OF more than ordinary IN
terest will be those of the Committee on
the Spiritual Care of Immigrants. III pre-,
sents the interesting and much-discussed
question of how to reach the masses, etc.
| The Committee on the Provincial System
gill present the matter OF the division OF
dioceses into provinces under a mead
bishop, with an assistant bisnop OF Dlshops
over a urOylnce or provinces.
10 is fact worthy OF note that the Cen
eral Convention meets in Maryland IN the
bi-centennial year of the establishment OF
the Church OF England as the state church
of the colony of Maryland, 1892.
The wear 1892 is also the centennial year
of the first conservation 10 the episcopacy
of the Episcopal Church in Amerloa-that
of Bishop Claggett on September IL, 1892.
LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
The following are the Baltimore mem
beers of the Committee of Arrangements Of
the General Convention: Joseph Packard,
Jr., chairman; Rev. DR.. J. $. b. Hodges.
Rev. DR.. j. IL. Eccleston. Messrs; sxipwlth
Wilmer, G.. Morton Stewart, Cnarie5 ~.
Fisher, and II. Irvine keyser: The wash
ington city members are; Judge j., q. Is.
Davis and Calderon Carlisle. Rev. Drs. X,
| III. McKim and John II. Elliott.
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, rector OF Trinity
church, New York, has served as pre5i-
dent of the House OF Deputies for two
successive conventions. He probably will
preside over the coming convention.
Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, IS the
| primate. being the oldest bishop in the
United States.
The clergy and laity OF the convention
are TO meet in Emanuel church and the
House Of Bishops will assemble IN the
parish house adjoining the church. a
desk will be provided for each bishop.
Rev. James s. Smiley. secretary of the
Local Committee of Arrangements. has
sent out circulars to tho bishops and
clergy, giving list of hotels ana
boarding. houses, with prices, whete
they can stop when in Baltimore.
The lay delegates will have TO dc
fray their own expenses, but each
diocese pays the expenses of its ow1r.
bishop or bishops and clergy. Mr.. j..
Pierrepont Morgan, the well-known New
York banker, will rent house in Bait
more and entertain during the convention
Right Rev Henry G. Potter, bishop O.
New York; Right Rev. William Croswell
Doane. bishop of Albany; Right Rev
John Williams. bishop OF Connecticut.
and Right Rev. II. Is. Whipple, bishop OF
Minnesota. -,
The hospitality of Baltimore will pro
vide entertainment tor many or the
bishops and clergy.