River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
IN TRIENNIAL COUNCIL.
A Notable Gathering of Episcopal
Prelates in Minneapolis.
Revision of the Constitution Made a
Special Order-Organization of the
House of Deputies aud
House of Bishops.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 4.-The
triennial convention of the Episcopal
church was opened Wednesday morn
ing with the celebration of holy com
munion. The regular order of common
prayer and litany had been said at the
Z o'clock service. The epistle was read
by Bishop Nicely, of Maine, the Gospel
was read by the archbishop of Rupert's
Land, and the aims were received by
Assistant Bishop Gilbert, of Mime
sofa. After the reading of the Gospel
the sermon was delivered by Rt Rev.
Bishop Cox, of the diocese of central
New York. This service was COM
menced at IL O'Clock and il was afte /
o'clock when Bishop futile, of Mis-
souri,, pronounced the benediction.
Shortly after the formal organization
of the house of deputies had been
effected the consideration of the report
of the commission appointed 10y the
convention Of '92 was made the special
order for Thursday morning, to be con-
tinued in the same status until finally
disposed of. Outside of this the pro-
ceedings of the session were of a pure
" routine nature. When the roll was
called by Secretary Hutchins, of Hart
ford, Conn, between 500 and GOO cler-
ical and lay delegates answered to their
names. BY unanimous vote Rev. DIR.
Morgan Dix, of New York, who has
presided over every general convention
since 1856, was elected chairman Rev.
DIR. Hutchinson, of New York, was
again elected general secretary.
While the deputies were in session
the house of bishops organized in
Knickerboclxer hall, adjoining Geth-
semane church. and which mad been
fitted up with individual desks loaned
from the senate chamber. at 81. Paul.
In the absence of the bishops of Con-
necticut and Rhode Island, Bishop
Whipple, the senior bishop in attend
ance, presided, and Bishop Doane was
elected as chairman, or vice president.
Rev. DIR. Hart, of Hartford, was
chosen secretary. Greetings of the
Church of England were presented
by the archbishop of Van Rupert's
Land and the bishop of Qu'Appelle,
after which the bishops adjourned.
MINNEAPoLIs, Oct. 5.--The prospect
OF battle royal over the disposition to
be made of the revision report brought
the clerical and lay delegates to the
Episcopal convention ont in force
at Gethsemane church Thursday
morning, while the galleries were
crowded with local and visiting church
men and churchwomen. At the out
set of the session DIR. Dix announced
the committees on the state of the
church, new dioceses, canons, the
prayer-book and other subjects to be
brought before the convention.
After much discussion a resolution
of fraternal greeting was voted sent
to the Methodist conference of north
ern Minnesota, in session few
blocks away. This is the first time
in the history of general
convention of the Episcopal church
that greetings have been sent to a
conference of another denomination,
and the action is regarded as a signiti-
cant mark of the advance of Christian
unity
In committee of the whole at the
Thursday afternoon session, the
house of deputies threw overheard
bodily the solemn declaration
of faith with which the pro-
posed new constitution and canons
was prefaced; refused to concur in
the recommendation of the committee
that the name of the trienial gather
ing be changed TO the General Synod, :"
and likewise twice rejected a
proposition to recognize the title
1.-The Protestant Episcopal Church
-, Tnif Tho
whelminC victory of the anti-revision-
lists in the matter of the declaration of
faith and rrir ciples and upon which
the conn lissIon % 1892 had expended
much ne, though and labor, APP
parertly demoralized its supporters,
and 10 the motion to reject the new
name of the assemblage they made but
feeble resistance.
The anti-revisionists abandoned their
intention of endeavoring to shelve the
report at the outset, and, as the docu-
ment, when re-revised by the present
gathering, must be submitted 20 every
diocesan convention in the United
States for its action, the contest be-
tween the two elements will necessari-
ly be renewed in the convention of
'9s. Meanwhile the old constitution
remains in force.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct s.-When
the house of deputies of the Episcopal
convention commenced its fourth days
session Saturday morning DIR. Nor
gan Dix as chairman an
nounced the appointment of
Revs. DIR. Stone, of Chicago,
Brewster, Long Island; Lawrence,
Massachusetts,; Judge Fairbanks. Flor
ida, committee to fill vacancies
on the commission on church unity
After the house had received and ac-
cepted the final report of the joint
commission of 1889 on the revision
of the prayer book and which was APP
proved at the last convention,
and had also accepted a magnificent
ly bound copy of the ritual printed on
vellum, the body again went into the
committee of the whole on the new
constitution with Lay Delegate Pack
ard, of Maryland. presiding. The pend
ing question when the committee
adjourned on Wednesday was the mo-
ton of DIR. Harrison, of Springfield, re-
enacting the first clause of the para
graph putting into legal effect
all legislation of the deputies in
which the bishops had failed to
concur or had demurred within three
days. A number of technical amend
ments were submitted, the speakers in
favor of the clause insisting that it
was intended to prevent the bishops
''pocketing" matters with which they
were not in harmony.
At ll:40 o'clock the committee. in re-
Spouse to an urgent appeal from tn,
general secretary of the board of mis-
sions, sent by a deputation from the
| Lyceum, rose by vote of l57 to III
and the house adjourned.
MINNEAPoIIs, Mimi, Oct. s.-The
! Lyceum theater was packed Saturday
morning in response to a call for
mass meeting in behalf of the mission
airy work of the Episcopal church. The
opening hour was occupied with brief
addresses from the missionary bishops
of China, Japan and Africa, and ex-
Secretary of State Foster was given
cordial reception upon being presented
to speak upon his personal observation
of foreign missions.
The missionary meeting at the
Lyceum Saturday afternoon was an
other great success, an immense audi
ence being present The enthusiasm
was something remarkable. Bishop