Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-18
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Proceedings In the Houses Of Deputies M
of Bishous.

Proceedings in the Houses of Deputies and
of Bishops.
In the house of bishops at the Episcopal gen.
eral convention at Baltimore held yesterday DIR.
Nelson presented resolution that the present
hymnsl be used until the next convention in
addition to the revised ore.
The hymns omitted by the commission are
Nos. 5, 20, 80, As, 1o2, 104, 1879, l4l, 14s, 1872,
1865 1872, 1877, 1873, 209 210. all, 212, PIG, ASS,
45s, $50, 4s3, 4ss, 500, SOC, SIG, 500. $50, 675,
$50, 609, GIG, 632, 63s, 672 Those restored from,
the present hymnal are Nos. Il, rs. 26, 81, 43,
So IS, sc, ~ IS, 81, 101 lis, 1913, 149 l47, 163,
1872, 1876, 1877. 2l9, 224 299, PSI, 29O, 1884, 347,
$50, 372. 403. 405, 4Os, 460, 467, All, 496, sos,
5l9. The report concludes:
The only other changes which the coumis-
sion has made are in hymn 81, verses and S.
and In hymn 1876, verse 2 line l, SO that 1t shall
read, as in the report Of 1889, GAN the world
is Gods own field"
Although some very desirable new hymns
had come into the hands Of the commission.
and others from existing hymnals had been
asked for by several of the delegations, ii did
not seem just to the convention to ask its con-
sideration Of anything which had not already
been before Ii.
Rev. DIR. McKim of Washington favored q mo-
ton to recommit.
Rev. DR.. Richards of Rhode Island thought
every one had had ample time to examine the
work of the committee and suggested that every
deputy construct a hymnal for himself.
While the discussion was at its height mes
sage from the house of bishops announced that
the upper house had passed a resolution adopt
ing the report of the joint commission on the
hymnal with only a few changes.
Mr.. Foster of Pittsborg said the hymnal was
not vet perfect. The bishops had made
changes in the report and others should be
made and would be if the house took time for
consideration.
Motions and resolutions were made in mex
tricable confusion. A motion to lay on the
table was voted down and vote by dioceses
Nken on a motion to concur with the house Of
bishops. The vote resulted: Clerical (fifty-two
dioceses voting), 81 ayes, 10 nays, 8 divided;
lay forty-three dioceses voting), 20 ayes, ID
nays, divided.
President Dix announced that the house Of
deputies concurred in the message from the
house of bishops
Rev. DR.. Brown. by unanimous consent, had
the report of the committee on canons relative
to the copyright ON the prayer book made an
order Of the day, following existing special
orders.
message received from the house of bishops
concurrsd in the division Of the dioceses of
Florida and Michigan.
1.-THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS.
In the house of bishops the proposed new
canon on marriage and divorce discussed
and various amendments adopted.
The action on the order of the day, the re-
port of the commission on the hymnal. has
already been referred to in the proceedings Of
the house OF deputies.
The report of the committee missions re-
garding China and Japan was considered.
Resolutions to divide the Japanese territory
between the English and the American bishops
and to nominate bishop for this Asiatic juris-
dictiOn were discussed.
The house of deputies took up the considera-
ton of the constitution offered by Rev. DIR.
Huntingdon of New York looking to the inser-
| ton of the Apostolic and Nicene creeds as the
first article of the constitution and what books
of the Old and New Testaments are to be re-
ceved by the church as canonical and what
books for instruction. the compounding Of the
present first and second articles of the consti-
tuition as one. to be known as the second article,
and certain changes i'll the eighth article.
lively discussion at once followed and was
not ended up TO the hour of adjournment as
the question involved was one recognized as
most vital to the church, both by the friends
and opponents Of the proposed change, the
question of church unity as understood and set
forth in the Chicago-Lsmbeth platforms.
The resolution was finally postponed and
made the order Of the day for today. Nominal
tons for missionary bishops of China and Japan
will also be made at the same time.
resolution offered permitting the re-
tirement of bishops by resignation at the age of
| sixty-fve. Referred.
Nominations were made for bishops of the
new missionary jurisdictions of northern Mich
igan, southern Florida and western Colorado.
Ten names were placed In nomination for each
place and all were referred to the committee on
the conservation Of new bishops.
The committee on place of holding the next
general convention reported unanimously in
favor Of Saratoga Springs n. Y, and the selec-
ton will probably be ratified by both houses