The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-16
THE EPISCOPAL ooNvENTIoN.
The Report ON thS state OF tho Church.
The Work of Revision.

TIE Work OF kpVlalou'
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. l5.-ThO house OF
deputies OF the EpiScopaIiaa cOnyen'
tion to-day fret listened to the report
Of DR., Littsl, Of Delaware. on the gon'
oral theological seminary Of the church,
it, p rogrOHs and its need.
The petition for the new,misfioRarY
jurisdiction oI Duluth, approved by the
bishops yesterday, was presented 10 tho
house aud referred.
Resolutions were passed recommend
ing that the eSpenIs committee rRlds q
fund to pay thB travelling expenses OF
bishops in Europe in visiting churches
there, and declaring it sxpedent TO
n8mO deputation t0 attend the naxt
meHting Of the Canadian synod oi the
church oil England.
Rev. II, q. Duncan, OF Louisiana, in
his report on the state Of tile church,
said that since the last conference in '92,
ten bishops had died, fourteen had
been Consocrated, four OF whom went
into missionary districts. Tho church
now had 70 bishops, 4,6i4 clergyman,
JG7 candidates for lay orders, l0O,s2J
baptisms in the past year and 1871 ,i7S
combinations, There were now Bls,500
commandments, 5,ll7 church sdidcos,
aud nearly 800 institutions Of benovo-
lJnt or educational character, Contri-
buttons from all sources had reached
S3S0OO,
Dr. Duncan showed that the body Of
communiCantI was growing more than
tho number OF tho Clergy. The increase
in tho triennium had been 6j,70l, while
the list OF priests had grown but 1877, n
dlminu,ion Of stipends. The income
for tho tnreo years wNa $4,000 less than
for tho preceding period. The COM
mitlea made recommendation for
patriotic services ON the Fourth OF July,
for sttCtsr regard ior tho divorce law OF
the church, for better Sabbath o5ssrV-
Rnca, aud :or moro active propaganda
for Christian teaching. II being sought
10 thank tho author Of publication
for Its grAlituouI distribution, resOlu-
ton refusing to permit the distribution
in the convention OF any publication
not officially recognized was offered by
J. Pisrpons Morgan and uaaaimousiy
adopted.
The house OF bishops to-day con-
CURED in the action OF the deputies
providing Tor final adjournment on Oc-
tober -, on which day the pastoral
icttsr will be- road. The most OF the
morning session was devoted 10 cousti-
tutional revision. An amendment was
adopted TO article o making tho consent
OF the bishops Of diocsses Affected as
well as that OF the convention necessary
before any diocese or missionary jurts.
diCtion could be erected
The action Of yesterday assigning the
charge OF Alaska to the bishop OF
Olympia was reconIidersd by 4 two.
thirds vote, and the adyiARbility Of tho
election Of missionary bishop was
considered. The deputies finally passed
the Packard resolution referring tho
subject OF constitutional revision TO
new commission composed Of six cler-
ical and six lay membsra. The bishops
will have no connection with the work
Of this commission. Tho house had
previously defeated a proposal TO refer
the matter back to the present Joint
commission. Tho establishment Of a
provincial system was expected from
tho mattarS roIerrod to tho new com.
mlSJiOn.
Tho house Of bishops to-day recon.
SiderOd their action in deciding not to
send bishop to Alaska, and with tho
concurrence Of the house OF deputies,
one will DO elected this week.
The house OF deputies spent the en-
tiro afternoon debating tho question OF
establishing the provincial system in
this country. Tho Jebitc was still on
when tho doputioJ adjourned.