The Portland daily press., 1897-06-10

Ulg. The HpteP was discussed at SOM
langth, a. was referred to the commit
tee on cans, at the. suggestion of tn
Bishop, 10 took occasion to remarl
that he Il not been consulted in regar,
to the posed changes, and he though
1t migh7e well for the convenience o
the Bisb to be taken into consideration
to somectent in fixing the date.
A relFltion, offered by Rev. H. Say
yer of .lburn, favoring greater equ1i
zationi expenses of clergymen Attending
the alual convention, was referred tt
speci committee. ~
At0.3o an adjournment was taken, and
haDan hour later holy communion was
ceprated by the Bishop, assisted by
Csons Leffiingwell and Foster and Dean
sis.
At this service the Bishop read his an
ual address. He made reference to the
ecent celebration of the Both anniversary
If his conservation at the head of this
diocese, and briefly alluded to the growth
of the churches and development OF the
power of the church during that period.
He touchingly referred to the deaths of
several prominent lay members Of the
church in various parts Of the state with
in the last year.
Then he gave detailed report of his
visitations, combinations and other
official acts during the church year just
closed. He paid high compliment to
Rev. M. Hart of Quebec, who has been
conducting missions in Maine borders
towns near his field of labor. Pleasing
reference was also made to the Episcopal
Church club of Maine. He reported a
total of 261 combinations in the diocese
in the year.
He urged a more general cooperation
of the clergy in assisting to develop
religious interest in the the sections of
the state not now in touch with the de-
nominational WORK.
He also referred to the approaching
celebration of the Queens diamond jubi
lee, and authorized the clergy, to insert.
in the prayer book, for temporary use,
a clause invoking Divine blessing on Her
Majesty, Queen Victoria.
The Bishop took occasion to announce
his intention of visiting Europe, in COM
pany with Mrs. Nicely, next month, and
attending the Lambeth conference in Lon
don.
Lunch was served in the parish house,
and at $50 the convention re-assembled.
These officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year:
Treasurer-William g. Ellis, Gardiner.
Standing Committee-Dean Stills, Port
land: Rev. James W. Sparks, Waterville;
Rev. Henry W. Winkley, Saco; John
Marshall Brown, Portland; William G.
Ellis, Gardiner; r. H. Gardiner, Halo
we'll
Messrs. A. R. Wright and John F. A.
Merrill of Portland were elected to the
board of trustees of diocesan funds, to
succeed William L. Putnam and the late
Henry Ingalls,. Mr.. Ingalls's place on the
board of trustees of St. Catherine Hall,
Augusta, was filed by the choice of W.
s. Choate of Augusta.
Rev. J. B. Shepherd of Portland, in
behalf of the committee to whom was re-
ferred the communication from the su-
perintendent of the Maine Bible Society,
submitted report in the shape of a reso-
luton, expressing approval of the socie-
TVS work, wishing its success in the fu-
ture, and adding that it's representatives
were entitled to courteous treatment at
the hands of the Episcopal clergy of the
Maine diocese.
A motion that the report of the COM
mittee be accepted and the resolution
adopted was passed, before any debate
had taken place. Rev. DR.. Asa Dalton
of Portland said he desired to speak on
the question and the Bishop accorded him
that privilege, even though the vote had
been declared. He recalled the incident,
recently described in the PRESS, where
in Rev. A. B. Papineau of Oldtown
had declared himself, to an agent of the
Maine Bible Society, as wanting nothing
to do with that organization and con-
denning it's Bible because it is Protes-
tant Bible. DIR. Dalton did not wish to
censure anybody, but he suggested that
as the clergyman referred to was present
it would be good time for him to ex-
pam Alii1oOA III oilo 'ldOucr Ill QUESTION.
Rev. r. W. Plant of Gardiner said he
would like to know what this reference
was all about. The Bishop declared that
the vote had already been declared and
further debate along that line would be
entirely out of order.
Thereupon the Rev. ]. B. Shepherd
arose to a question of privilege, desiring
as a member of the committee, to ex-
plain the matter. He said the committee
was not authorized to go into the details
of what any member of the diocese had
said. The convention had received cour-
teous communication from the Bible So
ciety, and the committee had endeavored
to embody as much as possible of COM
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