Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-18
NICE FIGHT Is ON
The Burgwein Resolution Gre
ates Lively Rumpus.
THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
Many Changes Are Suggested In Both
PIaysIbook and Hymnai-Are
Stiil Undecided.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-THE two houses
Of the triennial Episcopal conferences
promptly went into business session
this morning. In the house, DR.. Hunt
lngdon read = report. asking that the
committee on constitutional amend
ments be discharged from con-
sidering all resolutions amending
the constitution, as under recent
action OF the house (the adop-
q Of the Burgweln resolution OF
Saturday, all such reports from this
committee are referred to lOint COM
mission, and that me committee be
discharged from further service during
the remainder of the session.
Or. Nelson presented resolution
that the present hymnal be used until
tho next convention In addition TO the
revised one. The Rev. Dr.. Mckim of
Washington, D. c., favored motion
to recommit. The Rev. DR.. Richards
or Rhode Island thought every one had
had ample time 10 examine the work
OF the committee and suggested that
every deputy construct a hymnal for
himself. While discussion was az Its
height, u message from the house OF
bishops announced that the upper
house had passed a resolution adopting
the report OF the JOINT commission on
the hymnal with only few changes.
A motion to lay on the table was voted
down and a vote taken on n motion 10
concur with the house of bishops.
President Dix announced that the house
OF deputies concurred IN the message
from the house of bishops.
The Rev. DIR. Brown, by unanimous
consent, had the report of the commit
tee on cannons, relative TO the copy
right on the prayer book, made an
order OF tho day, following existing
special orders. A message received
from the house of bishops concurred
In the division of the dloceses of Flor
ida and Michigan. In the house of
bishops the proposed new canon on
marriage and divorce was discussed and
| various amendments adopted. The re-
| port OF the committee on missions re-
garding China and Japan was consld-
cred. Resolutions to divide the jap
anese territory between the English
and the American bishops and to NOM
iuate the bishop for this Asiatic juris-
| dictlon were discussed.
The house of deputies as the next
business order took up the considers-
ton OF legislation offered bv the Rev.
DR.. Huntington of New York, looking
to the insertion of apostolic and
Nicen creeds as the first article of
the legislation, and what books of
| the old and new testiments are to
be received by the church as canonical
and what books for instruction; the
compromising Of the present first and
second articles of the legislation as one
to be known as the second a. tlcleS and
changes III eighth article. The resolu-
ton was finally proposed and made the
| order Of the day for tomorrow. Nomi-
nations were made for bishops of the
new missionary jurisdictions for North
| ern Michigan, Southern Florida and
! Colorado. Ten names were placed
IN nomination for each place aud all
were referred 10 the committee on
conservation of new bishops. The
committees on. place of holding the
next general convention reported unan-
| imously in favor of Saratoga Springs,
/ y. y, and the selection will probably
| be retltied by both houses.