The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29
TIE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION
The General ROdy Will Meet in Mime
apoIS EeXt Wednesday.
THOSE WHO ARE ENTITLED TO SEATS.
qhc Clerical aud Lay Deputies from Nir-
rinia, West Virginia. and North
CaroIiona Sketches of Bishops
white. Newton, Ran
doiph. and Petcrkin.
Tn. General Convention OF the Protcs-

The General Convention OF the Protes-
tart Episcopal Church in the United
States will meet in Gc,hsemanc church,
Minneapolis, Mimi. next Wednesday. oc-
totcr %. and win be IN session over Two
and perhaps three weeks.
The General Convention is composer
OF two scporate houses. the house OF
bishcp s. composed OF all the bishops In
the United states. and the houses OF
Clerical ana lay deputies, consisting oil
four clorgNmrn and four laymen from
each diocese with two OF each order from
each missionary jurisdiction. The whole
number of delegates entitled 10 sit IN the
convention is nearly six hundred.
Ia the United states there are hf'y-threc
s.occses and eighteen missionary juris-
6ictions. There are. best les, seven Ter
eign missionary districts, ana aeNeI"i
American churchos in Europe. There are
cighiy-one bishops, 4,i93 minist srs, ana
Jcs.oa COMMITMENTS. The grand total OF
contributions for 1894 was Sl2'2ol 'lzo'oo'
The General Convention IS the leglsia-
tive boay Of the whole church IN inc
United states. This year among the SUD-
iects to comca up before the po"y 'oi
consideration non5 VIII cause more gen
cral discussion than the question oi 'ho
revision Of the constitution and cahohs'
~ IL understood that some of the pro-
rosed changes will meet with vigorous
opposition.
The STATE DFLrGATis.
The bishops who are entitled 10 a lea, heat
On the convention from Virginia anu " =.
Virginia. ana North Carolina, are lsght
H. Francis NJ. White. y. D., hlShop
Of ,he diocese of Virginia; kisnt HeN.
.Iohn r.. Newton. y. D., asslstdlt plshoP
of the diocese of virginia Risht ny
A. NJ Randolph ID. p, hlshoP OF u;e
diocese OF Southern Virginia, WHICH a.
composed of an the counties OF virginia
south Of James RIVER from lis mouth 10
Nelson county thence across ~ M
Including Augusta, Bath, and nlenilainu
ID ID. bishop of the diocese OF west Nr-
ginia' Right Rev. Joseph b. Cnesflre'
b. H. bishop of the liOcese OF Nortu NdIV-
lima: ght Rev. Alfred a. watson - D''
The clerical and lay deputies from Hlr-
piria. Clcr.cal-Rev. @. r. Granmer. rev.
John X. Mason ID. D., SeV' hartissr 80 -,
michael u. D.. Rev. G. ". Neisson; LS ~
Nr. Joseph Bryan. Mr.. X. T. scott ~, Mr'
James Nj. Gamett. and Mr.. Joseph VII
rner. ~,,., D.. II II
Tucker. Rev. W. II. Meade, .. d., Rey r.
]. Mcbride. ID . ID. RCv. J. j. Lloyd - T.
Iav-Air G NJ. Bldcdord, Mr T. r..
Wiihcrs. Mr. ". W. Ola, Mr.. NJ T.
WEST West Virginia: -leriell-Ray. S. $.
NIeore' u. D., Rev. j. Birmingham. Rev.
r. r. swope, p. D., Rev X. 10. K no
j. p. Lay-Mr. p. N. A Il,,,h Nr; General
North Carolina: Clerical-Rev., Jarvis
buxton. j.. p, Rev; NJ. n Mar f,ns. NJ -.
Ncely DuBose. Lay-Mr. john Wilkes
Mr.. Richard II. Battle, Mr.. Samuel .
Nash, Mr.. Slas McBee.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
From an editorial in the New York sun
The following, in reference 10 the cohNen-
lion and the Episcopal Church IS takeh'
.,I'he General Convention OF the Epls-
.onal church in this country VIII hoid
ia next triennial session at MihheapohS.
beginning on the "a OF next month. AZ
goes thus far West. though humeIlcdils
lie Episcopal strength IS concentrated
chiefly 10 the east of the AlleghaiE Noun
,ains' OF its total membership OF H'.'-
G4 I'm 1890. nearly three-niths was III .ne
State of Connecticut, Maryland, Md's1
chusetts, New Jersey New YORK. Iei'n-
..'rhe strength OF the Epscopalians Is IN
the large cities more particularly, htaiiy
one-hfth OF all their comnuni4aim,ts II
1890 having been IN New YORK, fhlladei,
s,hia. Brooklyn, and Baltimore. In an
ifese cities the Roman Catholics out
numbered them greatly, In New oIh anu
brooklyn by more than Yen 70 one ou'
I'm New York they were the most numer,
Gus Protestant denomination. Inc total
number of religious communicates IN the
l2f cities of 2o,VD inhabitants ana over
was 5.SO2,Ols, and they were distributed
Noman Catholics ....................S,V1a,li no
Methodists
Bapusts ...........'''''''''.'''' 900 20
1rcShytcrianS ..........s.'''..'......' .'-''ov
.
uJpiScOpalanS .....r...'...'...'''''' -,o', ~
Congregationalists ............''''''' isi'i1
Jews ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Af'ft.
Reformed .............. ...s'..''''''. 'V'-i-
An others: the remainder
1T will be seen, therefore, that about
one-half of the EpiscOpalians were IN
these cities alone. and that Of the whole
number of Christian communlcants OUT
side OF the Roman Catholic Church, the
lspiscopalians were toward one-eighth. In
Minneapolis, whore the coming renefal
convention Is TO be held. the number OF
religious communicates returned in 1890
was 65.1si, of whom $3.50 were Roman
Catholics The Episconalians numbered
2 40. of about one-tcnth Of the Irotes-
tants. Out of $3.50 communicates IN the
state OF Minnesota. more than one-half,
or 21l .3l9 were Roman CTholics. ana OF
the remaining Christian membership only
l.i42 were Episcopalians. though the
seating capacity OF their churches was
= .62.
ITS SOCIAL STRENGTH.
This indicates that in Minnesota as
elsewhere generally. the number OF Epis-
copalian communicates does not furnish
any measure of the influence OF the
Episcopal Church or the number OF people
who attached to its worship. In a large
part OF the cities. as Is well known its
social strength Is far greater than its
meml rshp. 10 IL so especially here In
New York. though IT has more communi-
cants I'm this city than any other Protes-
tant church. 1t includes among its at
tendants the greatest majority of New
York PrOtestants belonging to the cir
Gle Of fashion. and the tendency of such
people 10 its churches Is steadily in
creasing. As members of other Protest
ant determinations are admitted 70 that
circle. they are apt TO become associated
with the Episcopal churches, and the
same is true Of other cities. perhaps al
the East more especially. At Providence.
81 Rhode Island, and Albany, in New
NO.e, for instance. where the Baptists
were formerly more numerous by FAR,
the Eplscopalian communicates are row
about as many as they. In Detroit
they are the most numerous Protestant
denomination. with the exception OF the
1.utherans. Al Boston they are third in
the number Of their communicates, but