The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-15
TME CIRCULATION OF AMY NURUM GABUlNA
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The Subject of Chnrch Unity was Dis
cussed Yesterday.

MINNEAP0Ls. Mimi, Oct. 14.-The
subject of church unity came to the
front almost at the opening Of the ses-
sion of the Episcopal House of Deputies
to day. A report was presented by a
majority of the committee on amend
ments to the constitution presenting an
amendment empowering a bishop to
recognize congregations outside the
Episcopal church and take them under
his special care, provided such congre-
cation subscribe to the Episcopal creed,
in which case it need not necessarily be
Confirmed.
A minority report signed by six mem
bers of the committee was presented by
Rev. J. J. Faude, of Minneapolis. The
minority opposed the amendment be-
cause it touched the book of common
prayer, gave bishops the right to set
aside the customs and canons of the
church, even gave a bishop power to
celebrate the mass if a congregation de-
sired without confirmation, would
ALLEVIATE many from the church and had
no compensating advantages In the
mind of the minority, the amendment,
instead of being a step toward church
unity, was really in the direction Of ag-
gregation and not spiritual unity.
The report called attention to the fact
that there had been absolutely no re
sponse to the advances made by the
church toward unity in the Chicago
Lambeth declaration, and that this move
was premature. Even if it passed the
minority believed that few congregations
would avail themselves Of the privilege
The whole matter was made a special
order.
The committee on unfinished busi-
ness offered q resolution for final ad-
journment on Tuesday, Oct. q, which
was finally adopted.
A message from the House Of Bishops
announced that that body had receded
from its opposition to the new diocese of
Marquette, and concurred in its erec-
ton.
The constitutional revision committee
submitted its final report, with the eX-
ceptlOn Of the canon on marriage and
divorce, which was promised to morrow.
The report is substantially the same as
that already printed, the changes being
minor and verbal ones. Consideration
of the report being resumed, section 8,
Of article l, was taken up.
This precipitated the debate over the
representation of missionary jurisdictions
in the House.
Governor Prince, off, New Mexico,
made a strong speech in favor of giving
the missionary Jurisdiction representa-
tives all the privileges of other delegates
save that of voting He declared that
the $40 clergymen and 26, 900 communi-
cants in the missionary Jurisdictions had
a right to be heard.
An amendment was adopted giving
jurisdiction in Europe the same repre-
sentalions that those in the United States
have
In the House of Bishops Bishop Gar
rett, of Northern Texas, presented a
memorial asking that the missionary
jurisdiction of Northern Texas be erected
into a diocese. The order of the day,
the erection of the missionary district of
Duluth in Northern Minnesota, was then
taken up.
Gov. Prince finally won his point by a
substantially unanimous vote. The
term Presiding Officer of the House of
Bishops" was substituted for "Primate"
in article l.