The record-union., 1895-10-03
ITS CELEBRATION A MOST IMPOSING
EVENT.
Eight Hundred Clerical and Lay Dele
gates aud Local Churchmen Oc-
cupy Pews in the Body of the
Church of st. Gethsemane. M1nne-
apolis, While the Galleries We're
Crowded With Visitors.


ton on this continent. Six Bishops. at
tired in vestments of snowy white, over
these the black chemire, and over this
again their hoods of scarlet, purple and
blue, occupied the ohancel of st. Geth-
semane, which was brilliantly illumi-
mated with candles and fragrant floral
offerings.
Eight hundred clerical aud lay dele
gates and local churchmen occupied the
pews in the body of the church, while
the temporary galleries were filled with
the wives and daughters of the visitors,
and who, in toilets rich. although sub
dued in color, furnished an appr opriate
background to the picture.
Admission to the church was by ticket,
and a crowd of several thousand gathered
on the outside to witness the arrival OF
the distinguished prelaies.
At the opening notes of The processional
hymn, Forward Be Our Watchword," :"
the head of the procession moved from
knick booker Hail, and,t crossing the
lawn, reached the edifice through the
main aisle. The Bishops of Kansas and
Indiana, as the Junior of the Episcopal
Lords led the column and the senior
Bishops brought up the rear, the dele
of honor between Bishops Whipple and
Coke, the two seniors In attendance.
The regular service OF Common Prayer
and Litany had been said at the 1-o'clock
service, and when the Bishops had taken
their places the communion service was
begun by the reading Of the epistle by
Bishop Neely of Maine.
The Gospel WAS reaG by the Archbishop
of Ruperrs Land, and the aims were re-
ceived by Assistant Bishop Gilbert of
Minnesota, IN golden bowl, valued at
several thousand dollars, and which was
brought from England many years ago.
Bishop Whipple was the celebrant OF
holy communion, and every Bishop and
delegate approached the Lords table.
The service was fully CHORAL, the chants
and hymns being rendered by sur
pliced male choir OF fifty voices.
After the reading of the gospel the an
nual sermon was delivered by Right
Rev. Bishop Coke of the diocese of Cen
tral New York. The service commenced
at ii o'clock and it was after l when
Bishop Tuttle of Missouri pronounced
the benediction.
Within fourteen minutes after the for
NAL organization of the House Deputies
had been effected this afternoon the call
to arms for the prospective great battle
over the revision OF the constitution and
cauons ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States was sounded. Rising
from beside j. Pierpont Morgan, the
New Ork hnancler and head of the re-
cent bond syndicate, DR.. Eugene A. Hotf
man of the same city made the announce
ment that the commission appointed by
the general convention of 1892 had COM
pleted it's task, and that a certified copy
of its report had been laid upon the Sec
retary's table. There WAS a note of de-
fiance. if not challenge, in his voice as
l. lzl
that the report be made special order
for Thursday morning, and that it con-
tinue in the same status day by day, un-
TIL final disposition had been made Of 1t.
Apparently taken off its guard, the OPP
position was about to let the resolution go
through without comment, when dele
gate in the rear of the church made in
quiry as to whether any substantial
change had been made III the report as
printed. TO this DR.. Hoffman gave
positive negative. What alterations had
been made, he said, were purely verbal.
Then DIR. Fulton OF Philadelphia. edi-
tor of the Church Standard. desired to
know explicitly whether in adopting the
resolution the conference bound or COM
mitted itself to a full and detailed dis
cussion of the report, or whether to-mor-
row or any other day it could do with the
document as it saw fit.
Upon this the ruling was made by
Chairman Morgan Dix that only the re-
port was made a special order tor fixed
time-the conference could either proceed
to its consideration or dispose OF il by
any parliamentary method. This satisfied
the opposition. and the resolution was
unanimously approved. Tomorrow, ac-
cording to the present programme, de-
termined effort will be made to pigeon
hole the report by referring it to the
General Convention of 1898, and some
fervid oratory, pro and con, may be eX-
pected.
Outside of this episode, the proceed
lngs OF the session were of purely
routine nature. When the roll was called
by Secretary Hutcbins of Hartford,
Conn.,, between tive and six hundred
clerical and lay delegates answered to
their names, and there was q cranlng OF
necks on the part of both delegates and
visitors as l.. Il. Morgan, ex-senator Ed
munds OF Vermont, Charles Treat Payne
of Boston, Cortland Parker of New Jer-
sey, W. Bayard Cutting of New York. c.
Stuart Patterson and DR.. MoNicar OF
| Philadelphia, Columbus Delano of Ohio,
Ex-Governor Bradford T.. Prince of New
Mexico and others of national repute
gave assent to their presence.
By unanimous vote Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix OF New York was elected Chairman
of the board, and as the eminent divine
who has presided over every general con-
vention, commencing with that of 1856,
was escorted to the platform by DR..
Leffingwell of Quincy and John A. King
/ Of Long Island, the deputies rose to their
feet. In tones broken by emotion DR..
Dix thanked his associates for the honor
once again conferred upon him. Matters
of great importance, he said. were to be
considered. Some of their work bristled
with difficulties, and would occasion
great diversion of opinion. Beside the
revision issue, the question of mission
work, the cause of Christian unity would
require careful attention. God guide
them in their deliberations, TO the end
that this convention might rank among
the most important in the history OF tho
church.
Rev. Dr.. Hutchins of New York was
once again designated as General Sec
rotary. with Revs. Antisce of Western
New ork. Worthington of Ohio, Carroll
NJ. Davis of Missouri and Prout of AL
bany, \. y, as assistants
Ex-senator Edmunds, with Rev. DR..
Froude of Minneapolis, were appointed
to wait upon the House of Bishops and
convey the information that the Deputies
had fully organized and were in session.
The conference authorized the sending of
telegram to Bishop Williams Of Con-
necticui, the senior Bishop of the church,
deploring his illness and expressing
hopes for his speedy recovery.
When the revision question had been
temporarily disposed of, as previously
narrated, resolution was submitted by