The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-27
MENDTNU OANUNC.
One Small Word Puzzles
the Divines.
THEY FINALLY LOCATE 1T.
Officers Elected for the Dio-
CeSe.
pARoChIAL BOUNDARIES FIXED.
The Next Annual Episcopal Diocesan
Convention Will Be Held at Los
Angeles in May.

At the morning session of the Episcopal
Diocesan convention yesterday officers
were elected for the next term. There was
but one change in the list as it already
stood. and this consisted in the election Of
Rev. w. H. Moreand to the board of mis-
sions in the place OF Rev. G. L.. Mel. The
officers now are as follows:
Board of missions-Rev. E. j. Lion, Rev.
John A. Emery. Rev. W. 81. Moreland,
Rev. +. j. Mynard. a. II. Phelps. G. ID.
kellogg, w. A. Nj. Van Bokkelen, DR.. II.
c. Davis.
Board of directors-Right Rev. w. F.
Nichols, DID,. Rev. d. 0. Kelley, Rev. r.
{. Foute. Colonel.G. H. Mendell. George
w. Gibbs. John A. Wright, A. n. Drown.
Standing committee-Rsv. r. G. Foute,
Rev. A. Il. Perkins, Rev. E. b. Spalding.
D., Rev. hobart Chetwood, George
W. Gibbs. A. n. Drown. w. B. Hooper, G.
d. Haven.
Registrar, Rev. Benjamin Ackerley. DID.
Chancellor. john A. Stanley.
In the matter of the division OF the do
ceSe, Bishop Nichols announced the fol-
lowing committee appointed 10y him in
conformance with resolution passed Oh
Tuesday:
From the northern convocation-Rev r.
C. Foute. DIR. E. b. Spalding. Rev. F. J..
Maynard. Lay delegates : George w.
Gibbs. w. b. Hooper. A. N. Drown.
From the southern convocation-Rev A.
G. L. Trew, Rev. II. B. Restrick. Rev.
John Gray. Lay delegates-H. I. Lee,
DR.. Winder, j. E. Cowles.
DR., Foutes resolution permitting the
committee to fill its own vacancies was
carried.
Rev. w. Fell of the local seamen's mis-
| sion was invited to give an account of his
| work. He stated that "a. 800 sailors have
been visited in the past eleven months.
| The convention passed resolution show
| ing their readiness 10 support the work. 1t
was decided that the next diocesan con-
vention shall be held in st. Paups Church,
Los Angeles. beginning on May IA, 1895.
The matter of parochial boundaries
came up for consideration in the after
| noon and occupied the major portion of
the session. The little word only" caused
a good deal of agony to the reverend con-
ventioners. DR.. Spalding wanted To get an
"oniv" into the last amendment given, as
adopted below, for the purpose of dis
countenancing any tendency there Nigh,
be to attend such privileged cases for
church service instead of attending the
parish church. Rev. d. 0. Kelley amended
the section that "alP' should be made
1.-THE" and the word ''only" inserted after
purposes. At the request of another he
withdrew the definite article so that the
sentence read "for all purposes only
! This raised laugh. 1t was moved to put
"only" after administering" Then it was
moved to put ii at the tail of the section.
making 1t read thereof only" Finally
! Judge Highton's legal love OF verbiage in
| duced him to suggest 'for those purposes
| only" and after some discussion it was
decided that the proper place for the word
"only" had at last been discovered, so the
two following sections were added to can on
III:
For the purposes only of private or domestic
| pastoral mInistrat0ns, The residence. wherever
situated, OF each registered parishioner of any
parish or mission shall be deemed a part of the
| parish or mission III which such parishioner is
| registered.
Any diocesan or -parochal church instl.
| tuition apart from The regularly established
| parishes aud missions of the diocese in which
by appointment OF the Bishop Il clergyman OF
| the diocese Ot1iciates as chaplain, and any
secular institution in which ths mnistrations
| of the church are 10 be provided by or under
! the appointment OF the Bishop, may be desig.
mated by the BlshOp as The special care of the
! clergyman officiating therein or In charge
| inmates, pupils, patients and employees for
| those purposes only.
A sigh of relief went round when the
| sections were finally adopted, and even
| then members read them several times to
make sure they had finally got ''only" into
| a place from which it could not possibly
extended to tho pastor and congregation
| of the Church of the Advent and services
| heard, the convention adjourned.