Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-24
He EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

cret session OF the present convention,
end considered the nominations sent
down by the House Of Bishops for &C.
clesiastical heads of the new missionary
Illustrations. All the nominations were
con ed. and Bishops-elect Brooke.
/ j. Ner, Gray, Johnson, Tidball, Hoyt
and Wells now only await the solemn
ceremony Of conservation to become
duly qualified prelates Of the church.
Before going into secret session, the
house got through with considerable
work. y message was received from
The House of Bishops, stating that it
non-concurred with the lower house GA
the resolution providing for speci'.. OIL
fees or occasions on which there are
nore now, giving as reason that the
bisnop Of each diocese has the power to
arrange such Office when necessary.
The upper horso 80 non-concurred IN
Dr.. Huntington resolution affirming
the Chicago-Lambeth platform, for the
reason that it has already twice affirmed
these principles.
The special committee TO consider
the resolution providing for separate
service book, to be compiled from the
Book of Common Prayer, reported adj
yersely upo. hat measure, and the re-
port was eptcd. The following dep
utaticn was appointed TO visit the next
Canadian Provincial Synod Rev. DR..
John W. Brown, OF New York Mr..
John Nicholas Brown, of'Rhode Island;
Mr.. John NJ. Brown, of Maine, and Rev
DR.. Wm. prall, of Michigan.
Rev. DR.. Kedney made an Intellectual
effort in behalf of IN ecclesiastical court
Of appeals.
;hat the canons Of ordination had been
before the committee and thoroughly
considered. AS they were of great i'm
portancc the committee had decided to
have them printed before,being brought
into the house, and they would net,
therefore, appear until Monday;
Tn same committee reported favor
ably on the canon which came down
from the House Of Bishops, and which
provides that every rector Of parish
shall report annually to his bishop the
number of baptsms, combinations,
births. marriages and deaths that
have taken place i'll his parish during
the year and the number Of communi-
Giants thea in his church..
The House refused to concur with the
House of Bishops on the measure by
vote of 1l2 to ~.
A canon adopted by the House of
Bishops, providing that foreign minis
tiers should be required to produce Gre
dentials in the shape OF letters of holy
orders and testimonials of recent date
before they could enter the ministry of
the church IN this country, was adopt
ed without debai e.
The House of Bishops had heavy
days work The special committee to
which was referred the resignation OF
Rev. DR.. William Tatlock, secretary to
the House, reported favorab!y on the
acceptance of the resignation, but with
regrets The House adopted the re-
port. To-day DR.. Tatlock was pre-
sented with a handsome silver water
pitcher. as a mark of the esteem of the
house. The House then unanimously
elected Rev. Samuel Hart. of Trinity
College. as DR.. Tatlock' : successor.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with the committee from the House
of Deputies on the matter OF the royal
ty to be placed Oh the prayer book.
The house concurred with the lower
house on Minneapolis as the place for
the holding of the next general convcn-
ton. The bishops also concurrcd with
the deputies in the latter's decision TO
continue the committee in charge OF
consideration of the provincial system
Ii was decided to send deputation
from the House of Bishops to the Can
adam synod, to be held soon. Bishop
Huntnaton Of central New York, pre-
SEN IN" report of the committee on
fuad for aged women and orphans and
aged ministers. The report was adopted
A committee was appointed to see il
royalty could not be placed on the
musical hymnal of the church. There
is now royalty on the hymnal proper
a TIGERS LOVE FOR PEITrME.-A
lady correspondent writes tha- he re,
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