Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-10
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

Various petitions and resolutions
were included in the preliminary rou-
tine business which came up before the
House of Deputies of the Episcopal
Church in Washington on Saturday.
Delegate Sloutzsnburg, Of Indiana, Of
fered resolution restoring the Office of
Evangelist to the Episcopal Church.
The bishops resolved to consider in
addition 10 the election of missionary
bishops, next week, the question of the
election OF missionary bishop to the
vacant Jurisdiction OF Asheville, n. G.
Originally North Carolina was d.
vided into two dioceses, but the build.
ing of Bltmcre at Asheville by Mr..
Vanderbilt, who is an Epscopalion,
led to the immediate prospective up.
growth Of population in that section
which could not be successfully cared
for by the original diocese, therefore
the missionary jurisdiction OF Asheville
was established several years ago but
no bishop has ever been consecrated.
As q matter of fact the expected growth
did not materialze and there has never
been felt the need of bishop there
The whole question will be gone over
by the bishops and the vacancy may be
filled although there is considerable be-
lief in the House that the best thing
to do would be to abolish the jurisdic-
ton and divide the State as before.
Then the house resumed considera~
ton of the amendments to the constitu.
ton, the pending proposition being the
incorporation into the constitution OF
the canonical provision requiring the
sanction of the standing committees of
all the dioceses to the election OF bishop.
Rev. DR.. Taylor, of Indiana, moved to
strike it out. DR.. Taylor's motion was
lost by an overwhelming vote.
An amendment offered by DIR. Jewell,
of Milwaukee, was adopted: changing
the phraseology of the section under
consideration by making the provision
for the consent of the standing commit
tees of the dioceses to the ordination
and conservation of bishops precede the
provision requiring such consent of the
bishops, which makes the language con
form 10 Tue CbuOuIChl law.
A number of other amendments were
proposed, but all were rejected and
then article two OF the constitution, re-
ported by the committee, with the
amendment by DR.. Jewell, was carried
by an almost unanimous vote. This artl-
Gle relates entirely to the selection, Or
dination and jurisdiction of bishops.
IL sc tho Ctifntinn
was adopted almost unanimously. 1t
eliminates the provision in the eX'
isting constitution which prohibits bish-
obs for churches in foreign lands from
having g seat in the House of Bishops
and making them ineligible to dioce-
san Office in the United States.
For the purpose of keeping fully
alive the missionary interest it was de-
termined by the bishops, the deputies
concurring, that the country be divided
into four districts or divisions IN each OF
which there shall be held missionary
council every year in which the general
triennial convention does not meet in
stead of one general missionary council
in those years. Its personnel is to be
made up of the bishops in the district
and three clergymen and three members
of the laity from each diocese.
Mr.. J. h. Ochisi, native of Japan,
was ordained deacon at the morning
service of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
in Washington yesterday. Bishop Nc
Laren. of Chicago, officiated and de.
livered the sermon. Mr.. Ochial was
presented by the Rev. W. J. Gold. ID,
dean of the Western Theological Semi |
nary, in Chicago, where Mr.. Ochiai has
been studying. Dr. McKim, the Bishop |
of Toxic, assisted in the services. MIR.
Ochiai will take postgraduate course
at the Theological Seminary in New
York and will then go to Japan.