The evening times., 1898-10-22
HOUSES IN JOINT session
Bishops and Deputies on
Christian Schools.
WILL ADJOURN ON TUESDAY
Committee TO Whom Request of the
House of Bishops for Postpone
ment of Final Session of the Epfs-
copaI Convention Was Referred
Report Adversely. -

1t was definitely decided at this morn
! ing's session of the Triennial Episcopal
| Convention that adjournment would be
had on Tuesday evening. The committee
| to whom was referred the request OF the
House of Bishops for a postponement of
adjournment reported that it would be ex-
| pedient to conclude the sessions of the
convention Tuesday evening at o'clock,
as had been originally decided upon
The decision gave general satisfaction
| to those deputies who are still in the city.
Many have already returned to their
homes, and those who remain are thor
| oughly tired out. A vast amount of work
has been accomplished during the last
that the business as yet unfinished can be
disposed of by Tuesday evening.
The business session this morning was n
| brief one, the two houses going into joint
| session at II O'Clock to receive the re-
port of the committee on Christian edu-
was transacted during the morning hours.
The session was opened by Chairman
Dix and after the reading of the minutes
the routine work of the day began
House of bishops Concur
! Messages Were read from the House of
Bishops, in which concurrence was
agreed upon with the deputies in regard
TO the resolution on revision of canons
and constitution, with but two excep-
| tons These exceptions were based upon
/ the provision that no new diocese be con-
fined to any State or territory. con-
| ference committee comprising DIR. Egar.
! MIR. Gilbert and Judge Earl was appoint
ed 10 confer with the bishop of Kentucky.
coadjutor bishop of Ohio and the bishop
! OF Vermont. III taN
The committee on expenses reported
| that all printing, the expense Of which
! shall be borne by this house, shall be
| done under the direction of the secretary
! of the house of deputies.
The committee on memorials to de-
ceased members. through its chairman.
DR.. Alsop presented its report Before
I the reading of the memorial the Lord s
Prayer was repeated by the entire assem-
blage. The Rev. DR.. Dix followed this
with a special prayer the responses be-
ing made by the deputies on the floor
The report OF the committee was
lengthy and complete including the
names, date of birth and death, of all
the members of the House of Deputies
who have Joined the great majority since
the last Triennial Convention. In their
report the committee said ut is d list of
men who have dropped their tasks and
are now gone TO their reward. We drop
a tear To their memory and follow them
in our thoughts, thinking not of the life
they left behind them, but the one they
have entered into
To Adjourn on Tuesday.
The report of the committee on confer
ence with the House of Bishops in regard
to the adjournment of the house on next
| Tuesday reported that as many of the
deputies had made arrangements 10 re-
| turn home on that evening and as a
| consequence the danger of a quorum not
! being had on important questions was
| feared, the committee deemed il advisa-
BILE to adhere to the original proposition
of adjourning Tuesday evening, October
% at O'Clock. The house adopted the
| committees report.
The Rev. DIR. McKim presented a resolu-
tion asking the House of Bishops TO re-
turn the message sent them from the
House of Deputies appointing a conference
committee upon the question of allowing
missionary districts vote in the general
convention.
Governor Prince, of the missionary ju-
rfsdiction of New Mexico made stirring
appeal against the passage of the reso-
luton. stating the rights of missionary
districts and the good which would ac-
crue from the privilege of a vote in the
house. motion was made to lay Dr.
McKim's resolution on the table, but the
motion was lost
Houses Sit Together.
The hour for special orders having ar
rived, DR.. McKim's resolution was left
pending and the joint commission on edu-
cation and the relations of the church
and schools presented their arguments
Bishop Doane presided over the session,
the bishops and deputies sitting together
The committee on Christian educa ion
through its chairman, said in substance:
The relation between the church and
the schools is a close one. The school is
the church's opportunity for spreading
good. The church is diyinely commits
stoned to teach the lessons necessary for
the forming of character and the field of
public and private schools is a large one
The duty Of the state is the formal on
of good citizens of intelligence and
worth, but the church wants the state
to turn out Christians as well. While
excellent they are yet lacking in the
teachings of Christian doctrine. The
first element necessary is for the .eail-
dren to be taught by men and women of
sterling Christian worth"
The report concluded with a statement
of the condition of church schools, and
presented two resolutions. one offering
the thanks of the convention to the Rev.
DR.. Charles +. Hoffman for his efforts in
behalf of the Society for Promoting the
Interests of Church Schools and Col
leges. The second resolution urged the
encouragement of men of wealth in be-
half of established schools and colleges
in the church.
The Bishop of Minnesota made an elo-
auent address to the house, in which he
referred especially TO st. Mary's Hall, an
institution for the education of clergy