Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-06-21
THE WOMEN SHALL NOT VOTE
At Parish Meetings, Decides the
Episcopal COnvocation After a
Lengthy Discussion.
This Is W0man's Day-Ho]y COmmu
Mon This Observation-Disclosures
Tins Evening.

After morning prayer at $3.50 a, IN.
Tuesday, the Episcopal ~convocation
went into a business session.
The order of the day was a motion,
made by F. w. Wright, a lay delegate
from Great Falls, that the constitution
be amended to permit women to vote at
the parish meetings. The motion was
referred to a committee, which reported
it back without recommendation. The
discussion of the question occupied the
remainder of the morning. The vote
was taken by orders. The clergy voted
two for the motion and eleven against,
and the laity, voting by missions and
parishes, voted unanimously against the
motion, thus defeating it.
There was 40 session in the afternoon,
and the delegates accepted an invitation
extended by the local Brotherhood of
st. Andrew to visit the falls. Carriages
were taken, and the afternoon was spent
in visiting these points OF interest.
At / p. m. Mrs. Edgar G. Maclay m
tcrtaincd the visiting ladies and many
ladies of the city at Il delightful lunch
con at her residence.
At the evening session the committee
on the state of the church presented it's
report, showing that during the year
there were 90 more baptisms and II
more combinations than during the
year ending in June, 1894, and that the
number of COMMITMENTS this year is
2lt more than d year ago. The parOcI.-
ial offerings have beer SO, 200. 2S; do
cesar offerings, s234.62; general offer
ings, SllS.G0. The value Of church prop,
erty is S7iJ.75 less than a year ago.
This is accounted for by the sale Of
some Helena property and the general
depreciation of values. The in
dcbtcdness has increased S3,22S.2 20:
but the returns last year were no cor
rect. and this is 10 causc for discourage
mcnt. The increase in the Sunday
schools has been lG teachers and l35
pupils. The Lcntcn Offering of the Sun
day schools amounted to $500. The
offerings by women ard children SHOW
an increase Of S2.O29.39, and the report
highly compllmcutCd the women. The
years work has been good and the out
look is encouraging.
Bishop Brewer said that, included in
the reported Indebtedness, was $4,000
which really belonged to the Helena
hospital, controlled by a corporation
separate from the church. There had
been no church building to call for extra
offerings. IIe did not think the popu-
lation Of the state had increased and The
increase in communicates WAS evidence
of earnest efforts on the part of the rec
tors.
Rev, Thomas E. Dickey read an article
on Tho History Of rhe Ergliei, Prayer
Book" which Was we'll received, and tho
editor Of the N1ontnpa Churchman. the
official organ of the convocation, was re-
quested to publish the article,
The secretary was instructed to have
printed and distributed 80 journals Of
the proceedings Of the conyOcatiOn.
Resolutions were adopted, thrnking
the rector and parishioners of the Great
Falls parish. and the Great Falls
Brotherhood of st. Andrew for our
tesics shown.
Rev. W. w. Love of Helena offered Il
resolution, that the Sunday schools be
requested to devote their Advent offer
ings tn diocesan missions. Considerable
opposition was manifested, but the rcsO-
luton vas adopted.
After holy communion at 10 a. IN.
Wednesday the Episcopal c~onvocation
adjourned until 4:30 p, m. and the con-
vocation of the Woman's auxiliary was
begun.
The president, Mrs. Brewer Of Helena,
delivered her annual address and $50
|. copies Of it were ordered printed. The
secretary, Mrs. Hooker OF Dillon, and
the treasurer, Nlrs. Moore Of Butte, pre-
sented their reports, and 500 copies OF
the secretary's report were ordered
printed.
The remainder of the day was devoted
to the reading of papers on 'Systematic
Giving by Mrs. Arthur G. Newill O!
Butte; "Daughters of the King" pre-,
pared by Miss Greene of Helena, read by
Miss Eanleyo of Great Falls; "MisRionary
Heroines," by Mrs. W. W. Conner Of
Great Falls; THE Woman's Auxiliary
by Mrs. S. ID, Hooker of Dillon; allow
Women May Best Aid Their Church.
Mrs. T. f. Dickey of Kalispell; "Oul
African Missions" Mrs. Greene of Hell
ena; methods of Making Our Meetings
Interesting" D%eaconess Jones of Helena
The auxiliary resolved to prepare
boxes of clothing for Alaekans and indi
gent colored people in the United States
Mrs. Edmund A. WATSON of Great
Falls described the SUCCESS of the Great
Falls parish's plan of giving no enter
tainments in order to raise money, anC
the delegates all expressed a determine