Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-22
HE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

Book of Common Prayer reported Il
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to orange certain
Office for occasions where no Offices are
now provided. This was adopted.
The committee on the fund for aged
and infrm clergymen and their widows
and orphans made an appeal for great
er consideration of these needs. and Of
fered canon providing that each gen.
eral convention shall elect Is persons to
act as trustees OF the fund to make q
full report on September of each year,
and send copies of the same TO every
bishop and clergyman of the church.
This proposition met with general ia
vor, but, under the rules, had 10 so 10
the committee on canons.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the joint committee to name 10 persons
to act as the first board of trustees OF
the fund
The order of the day was taken up
and the report of the committee Oil
Canons was continued. The canon de-
filming the authorized contents ofthe
Book of Common Prayer was explain
ee by Mr.. Burgwin, of Pittsburg, and
adopted. The canon on marriage and
divorce created some discussion. Each
house had formulated a separate canon,
and the deputies discussed that sent
down by the House of Bishops. Judge
Bennett, OF Massachusetts, objected 10
the clause prohibiting tie administers
ton OF the sacrament to the man who
marrics his deceased wiie's sister, and
also the the clause which left certain
questions in the premises to the decis-
ION of the bishop, us bishops do not all
agree a lay deputy from Louisiana
obi,..cd to tie expression of affinity =
as it was difficult TO determine what
relationship meant. lie supposed the
canon referred to sisters-in-aw, as few
men would care to wed that other rela-
tive Of ''of affinity the mother-in-law.
The deputies non-concuued with the
bishops of this canon, and appointed
Dr. Davenport, Dr. Mcconnell and
JUDI Bennett lis conferecs.
'af, debate ensucd over the canon
! .alring all amendments to the consti-
tuition, new clnons and changes in the
PRAYER book to be adopted by two
thirds vote 1t was proposed. rs a sub
stitution. that all such amendments
and changes shall be submitted to one
general convention, ratified by ma
iority of the diocesan conventions. and
approved by a ma, ority of all bishops
entitled 10 seats in the cOnvcu 90, ,,ud
by {, majority Of all dicceses entitled to
approximation in the House of Depu-
tie.
The substitute was hen adopted with
few dissenting vo' d. X vote was then
taken Oh the amendment to the consti-
tuition rs amended. The amendment
was adopted by the following vote
Clerical vote, IL ayes, nays, ) divided:
lay vote, tayes, nays and l divided.
Several message were then received
from the House of Bishops and distrib-
uted. The House of Bishops has APP
pointed Bishops Scarborough and Ruli-
son & c0nmttee to arrange for the
meeting Of the Missionary Council in
San Francisco next year. The Housc
appointed on the same committee Revs
DR.. Brown, of New York, Blanchard
of Pennsylvania. and Messrs. Low, Of
Long Island and Stork, of New Jersey
The chair appointed the following com
mittee on the prayer-boOk Revs. DR.
McN'ickar and Dean Hoffman, and Mr.
Moorchouse.
The resolution of Rev. DR. Gwynne
OF Maine. in reference to the rearrange-
mcnt OF the spelling in the Hymnal to
COMFORT TO the spelling of the PRAYER
Book Rev. DR., Gray's motion to lay
on the table was adopted.
! committee of conference WAS grant
ed on 4 resolution relating to the ap
pointment of dcaconesses, which had
been rejected ~ the House of Bishops
The House concurred in message
from the House OF Bishops which pro-
vided that ministers going into new
dioceses should have letters of transfer
except in case of professors in institu-
tons of learning, OIL ,ers of the Board
of Missions and chapiains in the army
and navy.
Dean +. A. Hoff' nan, chairman OF
the Joint committee on provincial sys-
TEN, appointed in 1889 to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY ofcuttin sthe United States,
which is one large province, up into
several smaller provinces, reported that
they had not completed the work, and
asked to be continued over to the next
convention. The general tenor of the
report presented seems to show that
the committee were more or less favor
ably impressed with the plan of cutting
up the country into smaller provinces
The House of Bishops elected bishops
for the seven newly-created missionary
dioceses, as follows:
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Rev. f. X. Brooke, of Atchison, Kan.
Western Colorado-Rev. Vim. A. Bar
ker. of Duluth, MINI.
Southern Florida-Rev. W. C. Gray
D. D., of Nashville, Tenn.
Northern Michigan-Rev Joseph II
Johnson, of Michigan.
Yeddo, Japan-Rev Thomas A. It'd
ball, ID. D., of Camden. \. J.
China-Rev. :. r. ]. Hoyt, of Iowa
Spokane, or Eastern Washington
Rev. l.. II. Wells, of Tacoma, Washing
ton.
The bishops determined that the new
jurisdiction Of the eastern part of the
State of Washington shall be known as
Spokane and that the western part shall
be called Olympia. The latter. iurisdic-
ton will remain under the supervision
of Bishop John a. Paddock: the present
bishop Of Washington Great interest
wa Unlisted in the election of these
new bishops. and it was felt to be one OF