Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-26
The EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Last Days Stssion--sympathy for Pres
Harrison-PrGyet-B Royalty

fBy telegraph TO the Dispatcnl
! EAtTryoRF. October 2J.-Thisis the eighteenth
and Last DAVIS session OF the General Episcopal
Convention. After the House Of Deputies hid
| been called 10 order Rev. DR.. Randolph hckim'
| rector OF the Churcn oil tho Epiphany, Nd5hlhS-
| ton d. G., offered mis- resolution:
Resohsd Int the President of THIS house De
! requested % convey to the President C1 INC
United States. IN such manner Ne he may dstm
most hitting, an expression 81 our sincere anu -
| spectful sympathy IN the bereavement Which
| has darkenei hts homo and his heart ..
| The resolution was adopted by standlng No'c;
! A message was received from the House Oh
| Bishops providing for The establishment o, .
ROYALTY on editions Of the PTGyer-BooH hHu
| lymual psbushed for fo1oties hnother me-
sage from the House Of Bishops snnounceI me
! appointment OF the Bishops Of Minnesota, Della
ware and Louisiana on tho Joint commission 70
consider the question ofr0yalty:
MT Packard, OF Maryland, said that ne
| Thought the action Of the House Of Deputies 10
| voting DOM the proposition 10 place royalty
! on tho books was decisive, ana that the house
! ehould remember what was due to iteeli.
| Rev Dr.. Hoffman, OF New York, took n SINH
lar view Of the matter OF royalty, and the mos
! sageF were laid aside.
Row. DR.. Nelson, Of virginia, offered resolu-
! ton Of thanks 20 Dr., Dix for the liable AMI IN
| partial manner" In which no had pres led
| 1ther dioreses seconded the resolution. ana sec
rotary Hutchins put the question. Dr. DIX
! made n warm and cordial speech. referring
| simultaneously 20 what no called the "hinlc-
/ tive side Of his position. lie com Plimehted
| the personnel Of the house, and said he was
| urOud of the Office be held, because the chAfac-
| Ter Of tne house was what II was.
| Rev. DR.. Robert, Of Missouri, moved mat the
| thanks of the house be extended 10 tho 81. Co.
| ella Guild for the music furnished ~ them "a
| the religious exercises OF the Convention, which
! was done.
| The subject Of placing royalty on the Prayer
| Book was again brought up. Dr. Nelson moved
| that the house decline 10 further discuss tho
! subiect with the House Of Bishops This motion
| was laid on the table By close vote, and Pres'-
| dent Dix appointed Rev. DR.. Brown, Of New
| York. Joseph Bryan, Of Richmond, Va, and >.
| A. King, Of Long Island, as n committee oil con-
| ference .,
| Rev Dr. Lockwood, Of ArkansGs, presented n
! resolution Of thanks 70 the local COMMITTED OF
! Arrangements. tho rector ana officers OF Ein-
| manuel church, and tue citizens OF Baltimore Tor
| their hospitality and kindness 70 the convention
! Adopted. ..,.- ,.,..--.,..,
! The Commission on Christian Unity presented
a cheering report; resolution OF thanks was
| extended Postmaster w. W. johnson for bis
/ Kindness In establishing branch ONCE AT the
! church, and, upon motion Of Rev. DR.. Campbell
/ Fair. of West Michigan. a resolution thanking
the newspapers TOR their valuable reports OF
| tho proceedings OF this house" Was also unsni-
| mously adopted.
| receive the report OF the Committee on the
| Conservation Of Bishops, presented by Rev. Dr.
| Hoffman, OF Now York. The committee ordered
| tho ratification Of the nomination OF Roy. Dr.
| William Reed Thomas as bishop OF Northern
| Michigan. Tho new bishop has been rector OF
| Holy Innocents church, Highland Falls, y. y.
| snca 1871.