Evening journal., 1892-10-08
TOBETTER THE CHURCH
Fourth Day of the Episcopal
Convention Uneventful.
\ NEW DIOCESE FOR VIRGINIA.

h Committees Appointed to Prepare Ap-
propriate Columbus Day services-Uni-
form Pointing of the Psalm Book.
Canon Churton the Guest of the Day.
Against CoIored Bishops.
IBy Telegraph to the Evening Journal.l
n BALTIMORE, Oct. S.-Rt Rev. Dr.
\ Nahlon w. Gilbert assistant bishop of
y Minnesota, and Rev. DR.. Joseph Carey,
IF Saratoga, n. Y, conducted the relig-
GUS exercises which opened the fourth
lays session of the triennial Episcopal
Il convention.
y When President Dix called the house
5 If deputies to order the attendance was
Deagre. Deputies kept arriving, how
Il sver, until every diocese was fairly rep
4 'esented. The galleries were filed
With the usual quota of ladies.
Secretary Hutchins read yesterdays
+ ournal and Dr. Dix read out
iwo committees he had appointed These
we're the committees on the Columbus
celebration, comprising Skipwith Wilmer,
& If Maryland: j. Pierepont Morgan, of
New York and Rev. DIR. McViekar, of
Philadelphia. These act in conjunction
with the bishops of western New York,
Iowa, Pittsburg, Maryland and Della
ware.
The committee appointed on the use of
& the revised version of the Bible is Rev
Drs. Abbot of Massachusetts,; Batter
shall, of New York; Olmsted, of Central
New York and Mr.. Brown, of Massachu
setts, and Mr. Stark, of Connecticut
New Diocese for virginia.
Rev. DR.. Allen, chairman of the COM
mittee on new dioceses, reported favor
ably the resolution for the erection of
new diocese within the diocese of
q Virginia. The question was put to the
house and the erection of the new diocese
was unanimously passed.
Uniform Punctuation.
A voluminous report of the board Of
trustees Of the general theological semi
nary was referred to the proper commit
tee. DIR. Hart, chairman of the commit-
tee on standard prayer-book, favorably
reported the resolution offered some days
ago by DR.. Olmstead of Central
New York, that of a uniform system of
pointing the canticle, Gloria Patrie and
the whole Book of Psalms The resolu-
tion was adopted with the amendment
that five suitable persons be appointed
to conduct the work; that they report at
the next general convention, and that no
expense be attached to the work
DR.. Hart asked that his committee be
discharged from the further considera-
tion of the California memorial asking
that no further change be made in the
prayer book. he said the memorial was
not authentic and was merely a set of
AL. .ae.A
addressed to the convention.
Canon Churton Present.
Canon Churton, of the Church of
England occupied a seat upon the plat
form beside President Dix at this morn
ing's session Canon Churtons father
was the late Rev. Edward Churton, the
famous author of "The Early History OF
the English Church, and he is brother
of the Lord Bishop of Nassau. The
canon is rector of st. Adams and a
fellow of Kings College, Cambridge.
BIiscelIanies Disposed OF.
Mr. Burgwin. of Pennsylvania, offered
memorial on the subject Of prayer
book. Referred to the committee
Stephen IS. Nash. lay deputy, from
New York moved constitutional
amendment providing for more perfect
system. of ecclesiastical courts for the
trial of ecclesiastical offenses. Referred
DR.. Beattie of Kansas, presen ted the re-
port on finished business from the last
convention.
Changing the Prayer-Book.
DR.. Hart called for the order Of tn,
day This was the proposed changes il
the prayer book No. 10 was the frs
taken up and it with the two following
were soon adopted. A snag was strucl
however, in No. 1S, IN which a new
rubric is proposed. The rubric reads: 9TH,
decalogue may be omitted, provided il
be said once on each Sunday. But, not,
that whenever it is omitted the minister
shall say the summary of the law, begin
ming hear what our Lord Jesus Chris
saith. This occasioned considerable de
bate in which many members took part
At one time the debate was rathe
sharp and the lines were evidentl,
clearly drawn between the variou
schools. One delegate, Dr. Robert 0
Missouri. boldly declared that he woul,
much rather hear the words Of Chris
than those of Moses
A super-Abundance of Deealogue.
There was well-defned objection Z
what several of the delegates called
continual pumping Of the decalogue int
their congregations. Any one Of the oil
Puritans would have expired had b
heard the Ten Commandments treated s
lightly.
The sentiment of the convention wa
y clearly against the compulsory readin
of the Ten Commandments, and whe
put TO a vote the resolution was adopted
4 the clergy voting 43 ayes. nays and
divisions, and the laity 80 ayes, nay
and divisions
N0 n0T0RED RTSH0PS.