The Portland daily press., 1897-06-10
A Spicy Incident in the hus Epis-
copal Convention.
RGY. A. 3. PAPINEAU'S OBJECTION
10 THE PROTECTANT .BIBE,
A RESOLUTION Which Started a LieIy
Breeze N st. Luke's Cathedral Yeser~
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day After.oon-Accusers and AccuAd
Have Thar Say.
The 18th annual convention of the Epis-
copal church in the diocese of Maine held !
in st. Lukes cathedral yesterday, was
an interesting occasion, and at one time
during the afternoon session it was al
most as lively as was that eventful day of
the recent Methodist conference, when
Brewer Jones was handled without
gloves.
The lively discussion referred TO was
| precipitated by the introduction of
seemingly innocent communication from
the Maine Bible Society's state s1perin-
tendent, who outlined the work Of the
organization and solicited the conven-
tion's approval of it.
| Incidentally the name of Rev. A. B.
Papineau, rector of the Episcopal church
at Oldtown, was brought up in connec-
| tion with the consideration of that CON-
munication, and some of the brother
clergy made uncomplimentary remarks
about his attitude toward the Maine Bible
Society and it's representatives. The con-
| luton, endorsing the work of the Society
in question and urging courteous treat
ment of it's agents.
| The convention began at 9 o'clock,
morning prayer being conducted by Rev.
H. W. Winkley, rector of Trinity church,
Saco, and Christ church, Biddeford.
| A Of
ed at the convention and Dean Sills was
elected secretary. Twenty-six priests, one
deacon and twenty deputies responded to
the roll call. The clergymen in atten-
dance were: Rev. DIR. Asa Dalton, Rev.
Joseph B. Sheperd, Rev. Dwight Gal
loupe, Portland; Rev. G. I. Ogden,
Woodfords; Rev. G. S. Leffingwell, Bar
Harbor; Rev. Henry Jones, Camden;
Rev. John M. Foster, Bangor; Rev. L.
W. Fowler, Rev. H W. Winkley, Sacos
Rev. James W. Sparks, Waterville; Rev.
H. W. R. Stafford, Rev. John S. Moody,
Rockland; Rev. George B. Nicholson,
Caribou; Rev. c. f. Sweet, Presque
Isle; Rev. Harry Hudson, Rev. Arthur
B. Papineau, Oldtown; Rev. R. W
Plant, Gardiner; Rev. Ivan G. Forth,
Lewiston; Rev. W. F. Livingstone, Rev.
W. J. Thomas, Calais; Rev. Hudson
Sawyer, Auburn; Rev. Charles f. Lee,
Newcastle; Rev. H. B. Phelps, Thomas
ton; Rev. W. G. Stuart, Bath Rev. Mel
vile Mclaughlin Brunswick; Rev. Ed
ward P Lee, Ashland; Rev. M. H. Car
roll, Norway; Dean Samuel l.. Mitchell,
Eastport.
After the Bishops appointment of COM
mittees, the annual financial reports were
presented and referred to the proper COM
mittees without the formality of being
read Candidates for holy orders were in-
yited to seats in to the convention.
At this point Rev. Joseph B. Sheperd,
rector of ST. Paul's, presented and read
communication of State Superintendent
Wilson of the Maine Bible society. It
stated that 80, $50 people were called upon
in the state, last year, by the agents of
that society, and II 500 Bibles were either
sold or given in homes where no copies of
that book were to be found. The society
found that there are eighty towns in the
state in which no form of public religious
worship is indulged in. The letter solicit
ed from the Maine Episcopal convention
a vote of approval, and asked that the
clergy of the diocese be requested to rem
der to the society such aid as they can
consistently give furthering the work
of that organization.
This was the matter which stirred up
the convention later in the day. The let
ter was referred to special committee,
consisting of Rev. j. B. Shepherd of
Portland, Rev. H. W. Plant of Gardiner
and Rev. l. C. Fortin of Lewiston.
Dean Sills brought up the question Of
the advisability of changing the date of
the annual conventions, from the second
Wednesday in June to the third Wednes-
day in May. He explained that one OBJ