The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-15
CHURCH UNITY
Causes Some Differences of OplnIOn In the
EplIoophl Communicative RepnEta,


Episcopal Couvoutlou-TwO Reports
MMNEAPous, MlSS., Oct, l4.-The
subject Of church unity came TO the
front almost at the opening Of the sos
sion Of tho Episcopal hOu'o OF deputies
to-day. A report was presented by u
majority OF the committee on amond'
msnls to the constitution, presenting
an amendment empowering bishop to
recognize congregations outside tho
Episcopal church and take them under
hlI special care, provided such congTe'
CATION subscribe TO the Episcopal creed,
in which case it need not necessarily
be confirmed.
A minority report signed by aix mom'
bers Of the committee wai presented by
Rev. j. j. Fauie, OF Minneapolis, The
majority opposed the amendment be-
cause 1t touched the book OF common
prayer, gave bishops tho right 10 set
aside tho customs and cSnons OF the
church, oven gave a bishop power 10
celebrate mass II a congregation de-
sired without confirmation, wouIdOlien'
ats many from the church and had no
compsnIatlng advantages. In the
mind Of the minority the amendment
instead OF being step toward church
unity WIS really in tho direction OF aGgre'
CATION aud not spiritual unity.
The report called attention TO tho TACT
that there had been no response to the
advances made by the church toward
unity in Chicago, LRmbeth's daclara'
tiou and that this move was premature
Even il It paIBed the minority be.
loVed that low congregations would
avail themselves OF the privilege.
TIE committee on unfinished bHsi-
ness offered a resolution for final adj
ournmont ou Tuesday, October %,
which was 9aally adopted, a message
from the house oil bishops announced
that that body had rsCedsd from its op-
position to tho now diocese OF Mar
quslto, and concurred IN its erection.
The constitutional revision committee
submitted its final report with the e&.
ception OF tho canon on marriage and
divorce, which was promised tomorrow.
The report ls substantially the same rs
that already printed, the changes being
minor and verbal ones.
Consideration OF tho report being re-
sumed, section 6 OF article wus taken
up. This procipitated the dobatO over
the representation Of missionary juris.
dictionS In the house. Gov. Prince, OF
Now Mexico, made q strong speech in
favor OF giving the missionary inrisdic'
ton representatives all the privileges
Of other delegates save that OF voting.
lie declared that the $40 clergymon
and 10000 communicants in the mis-
siouary jurisdictions had right to bo
heard.
An amendment was adopted giving
Jurisdictions In Europe the same repfe.
,eutations that those in the United
States have.
In tho house OF bishops Bishop Gar.
rott, OF northern Texas, presented n
memorial asking that the missionary
Jurisdiction Of northern Texas DO erect
ed into diocese. The order OF the
day-the erection OF thu missionary dis
trict OF Duluth ID northern Michigan
was then taken up.
Tho house OF deputies spent all this
aisernoon over propositions looking TO
a ceSsntion OF tho debate on the con-
sLilulionRI revision question aud the
reference Of the entire matter to a spe.
cial committee, which will consider the
various amendments 10 the constitution
proposed and report to tho next con.
yention. All tho speakers conceded
that It would DO impossible to got
through the revision at this session,
aud tho only differences that arose were
as to where tho revision should 20.
Tho house OF bishops this afternoon
decided not TO elect bishop OF Alaska
at present, but to ndd the territory to
the missionary district OF Olympia and
place it in charge Of Bishop Barker, tho
present bishop ol Olympia.