Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-26
Several Committee Reports Adopted.

some OF lne OeleHdtes nelO LnaL IL re-
quired two-thirds majority of both of the
orders to carry vote when there was a
division. The question was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
The committee on the next Ecumenical
Conference submitted report in favor OF
having a committee of 1S appointed. The
report was adopted. The committee on
seating the next General Conference sub
mitted a report fayoring the separate seat
ing of the laymen and ministerial delegates.
Adopted.
Every ear was bent to catch the report of
the Committee on Judiciary touching the
prerogative of the bishops at meetings OF
the Book Committee when vacancies were
to be filled. The Judiciary Committee oe-
cided that the Bishops had right to dis
cuss the questions before the committee
only when the committee gave them such
privilege. The Bishops had no right to vote
in meetings of the Book Committee. They
might vote upon the action of the Book
Committee in their own meetings, and the
Bishops might concur or refuse to concur in
the action of the Book Committee The
Bishops have the veto power upon the
action of the Book Committee in all matters
pertaining to elections; but they have no
right to vote in the meetings of the Book
Committe. The report was adopted.
Some Actions of Missionary Bishops.
The only matters of Importance handled
at the afternoon session were the reports of
the Committee on Episcopacy touching the
actions of Bishops Taylor and Thoburn in
OrGaining missionaries and deaconesses 1t
seems that Bishop Taylor, who is a mis-
sionary Bishop and has episcopal authority
in Africa only, ordained a missionary in
England last fall, and the question was
raised as to his right to ordain ANYBODY out
side of his territory.
The committee reported that missionary
bishop had the right to ordain missionaries
for work in his own territory, even though
he might not be at the time of the ordina-
tion in his own territory, provided the serv-
ices of another bishop, clothed with full
episcopal authority, could not be had at the
time without great inconvenience
In the matter concerning Bishop Thoburn
the committee reported that he had en-
ployed form of conservation services not
authorized by the church. He had laid his
hands on the heads of the deaconesses in the
conservation services, and had spoken words
not authorized in the discipline.
The Report Not Condemnation.
The committee did not condemn Bishop
Thobourn for this. He had explained that,
inasmUch as the form of ceremony for dea-
conesses consecrated in the church was
rather indefinite, he had employed a form
that he thought would be impressive, and
had no intention of violating the rules of
the church or setting up precedent. The
report OF the committee was adopted.
A lively contest took place over the
effort TO unite the Order of Deacopnesses
and the Woman's Home Missionary Society,
by placing the deaconnesses' work under
the supervision of the Missionary Society.
After wrangling over the matter for nearly
an hour, both reports of the committee
having the matter in hand were tabled. and
the Order of Deaconnesses was left exactly
where 1t has been during the past four
years, under the care of the Quarterly Con-
1erenceS.