New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-12
THE EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
opocEFDINGS OF THE BALTIMORE GEN
FRAL CONVENTION.
vorSG TO RETAIN THEIR NAME-CcNPLEIlNG
TIE HEvgtION OF THE PRAYER EOoK-
MR. BURGwIN IN OPPOSITION.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE,

TIE REVg-ION OF THE PRAYER EOOk-
MR. BURGwIN IN OPPOSITION.
icy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEIBUNE.I
Baltimore oct. 1.-THE Episcopal General '"h-
venuon today showed It's desire 10 Hi'Sh Wv ~
,tsion OF the pray erbook and ADOPT s'anoai" ooo
bv voting down Il proposition OF Hi hurgWh' one
n 81. Oldest members. which tended TO Keep thc'e
Questions open. Mr.. Burgwin was not suppressed
however Ills speeches numerous and long. ana
the house finally only ESCAPED by the arHN'l u u,
hour OF adjournment. The remaining rSoiuuohs VI
rraver- book amendment-Nos Al. 40, AZ a. 40 AZ,
~ 81 and bowere considered. and al were adoPle"
except No a. Dr. Huntington presented piln'ea
co,v Of the new standard praycr-book 10 the '"h-
vcntion revived up TO T. o'clock today. I'M Burg
win offered a series Of resolutions as to the me'hou
NJ printng the contents OF the book when the
house refused consider. The old question OF chang
ing the name Of the church came up on resolution
10 drop the words protestant Episcopal' from the
,ttle page OF the prayer book. which was defeated
The house got into snarl several times on points
raised in debate. In his championship 81 inc pro
posed standard prayer book. DR.. Huntington oil New
York again displayed his remarkable ability as
parliamentary leader In his skill In disentanglng the
house from the meshes into which IT occasionally iell
IN. action OF the house showed that II appreciated
,he able report OF the joint committee on the standard
Prayer book The House of Bishops has formulated
q proposd canon susracsn bishops which VIII come
LID for discussion in the House of Deputies at later
canon marriage and divorce. large number OF
bishops and deputies went to Philadelphia to be
present al the conservation OF DR.. Herbert knSolV-
Ing as Assistant Bishop of Texas.
Apparently there is color line in The convention.
for ono OF the deputies from Texas is the Rev l. W.
Pain. prominent colored clergyman Of that state,
and he mas 4 scat with his colleagues.
Morning praye- was said by Bishop Brooks and the
Rcv. p B. Licntner. DR.. Huntington. Of New-York,
chatrnan Of the Committee Constitutional Amend
rnonts reported adversely propositions TO change
the da&S Of The convention from October to september
and to reduce TIE representation Of doccses fOm four
TO thrcc deputies lie reported in iavor OF setting
of q part Of Colorado missionary territory.
fzayer-book rcviSion was then taken up. Resolu-
ton No. ~. allowing morning PRAYER TO be omitted
bsf,rc ordpaton service, brought up tn question
Of evening ordination AID communion which it seemed
10 pe1uit. II Lost by The following vote Clerical
Sc dooesAs votng-leA 10; nay, 50; diTiGed, >.
Law A. dioceses voting ID nav 80 divided. /.
Resolutions Nos. As, As and ~, relating to minor
verbal changes in the service OF ordination, were
adopted. SO also Resolutions Nos. IL, 80,
SO and 81 making verbal amendments In the onlcs
for the conservation OF u church. RESOLUTION No 81,
substituting Arabic for Roman numerals In tho
Psalter and the continuous numbering OF the verses
In Psalm CXIX, was adopted.
This ended the consideration OF the fytwo re>olu-
ions Of amendment to tho Prayer Book. DR.. Hunt
ington, on behalf of the Joint Committee on the
Standard Prayer Book, presented printed copy OF
standard book, corrected to IL O'Clock today.
and offered n series Of resolutions with reference to
the adoption OF the proposed book. geographically
tho book Will lie finer than any edition Of the PRAYER
Cook issued I'LL Burgwin, of Pittsburg, olierec
resolutions looking Encouragement of the contents
pf the Prayer Book, the printing in full Of the selec
tons Of Psalms, merely indicated by number in the
proposed standard book. and pos,poning the publca
ton Of the standard book until the next General
MT v1,i. that Mr. Ilr rims
resolution involved new amendments TO the PRAYER
Book, and 90 were out Of order. Mr.. Burgwln finally
offered his resolution about the selections in per-
missive form. The resolution rejected by an
emphatic vote
After recess several messages from the House OF
Bishops were read one of which announced the CON
currsnce of the bishops with the lower houses vote
In favor of Psalm LINK. They asked for commit:
tee Of about s hT re- a graves
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Morehouse. of MI.
from the fge Of the Ok: In e., speaE ts
the vote Of a single convention. Mr.; wilmer, OF
Masnd "s ERE as 'f .oe Would
decay the standard book The substitute WIS tabled.
sa ws O @at to PE Eve n S' ss OF
by dioceses and orders, the vote was taken in
Before each ss vote was ana aiken was much
pressed excitement and little CONFUSION ior II was
the Anglo-Catnoiic party III The convention The
vote stood as follows: Clerical. 80 doceses voting
Yea, o. nay, 20; divided ,. Lay, 45 dioceses vot-
ing-yea 81: nay. 10 divided, ]. The motion was
therefore tabled and the question OF changing the
name o, the Church received its Quietu for at least
three years
the standard piayerbook be accepted was then taken
up and provoked a rambling discussion abou; ne
Conference Committee the houss reconstructed It's vote
rejecting Resolution No. 81. The vote taken as
follows Clerical, SO dioccses voung-yea. SO; nav.
II: DIVIDED: g. Lay, As dioceses TSnnsmyea: a. ~
In he burial Office were therefore adopted. After
adopting some OF DR.. Hntington's resolutions In re-
gard 10 the standard book the house stood adjourned