The times., 1898-10-26
REJECTED BY THE DEPUTIES.
In Nomination for
Bishop or yoto.

Bishop OF kyOto.
The final sessions of the Triennial Com
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America,
held yesterday in the Church of the Epi-
phany, We're made notable chiefly by the
assertion by the House of Deputies of
their prerogative in the selection of bish-
ops for missionary jurisdictions.
The house went into executive session
at noon to consider the nomination of the
Rev. DR.. George Calvin Hall, of Winning
ton, Del, to be bishop of the newly erect
ed missionary Jurisdiction of Kyoto. ia
pan. and after sitting nearly an hour.
voted to non-cOncur.
The committee on the conservation of
bishops, TO whom the nomination was re-
ferred by the house, made an adverse
report, basing their opposition on the
age of the candidate. They were of the
opinion that young man should be Sc
lected for the position.
The missionary bishop of Kyoto will
find i practically new field, involving ar
duous labors, and requiring an adapta-
bility to new surroundings which could
hardly be expected from a man so far
past the middle age as DIR. Hall. They
paid tribute TO his energy and zeal as
church worker in home mission fields,
but moved that the house non-concur
with the action of the House of Bishops.
Will Elect During Recess.
Several addresses were made by men,
bers of the house, after which the action
recommended by the committee was talk
en-. The House of Bishops was notified
by message of the action of the junior
house.
Notwithstanding this action of the dep
uties however, the missionary jurisdic-
ton will not be without n bishop until the
next triennial convention assemblies. Dur
ing the afternoon the House of Bishops
asked for and obtained the consent of
the House of Deputies to nominate to
the presiding bishop for election some
time during the recess, the name of u
presbyter to fill the bishopric, and this
will be done as soon as 1t is convenient
for a majority of the bishops to as
semble
Final action for this convention was
taken on the canon of marriage and di-
vorce In the appointment of the members
of the joint committee from the House
of Deputies, 10 whom lliS lutstioH IL ~
be referred for consideration and report
at the next convention. The report will
be printed and circulated ON or before
December 81. 1900
The Morning Session.
The morning work in the house began
with President Dix appointing the MEM
bers of the committee on standard Bible
as follows: Rev DIR. Gold, of Chicago;
DIR. Waterman, of New Hampshire, and
Charles G. Saunders, of Massachusetts.
The Rev. DR.. Davenport, from the COM
mittee on canons, reported in favor OF
| concurrence with the bishops on changes
| In the canons. The report was agreed to
| by the deputies.
The house proceeded to the work of
special order. the first report being from
| the committee on the Lambeth confer
| ence, in special reference to the invitation
| from the archbishop of Canterbury for
representatives from the church in this
| country to be present at the annual
meetings in Lambeth. This conference Is
made up of sixteen bishops, two of whom
| would represent the church in this coun-
| try.
The committee would not recommend
| official action by the deputies on the
| ground that the conference was merely
a voluntary organization, not an organ
| lied ecclesiastical body. They favored ac-
| cepting the invitation of the archbishop
| and asked to be discharged from further
consideration of the subject.
Opposed the Report.
| George Lewis, of Pennsylvania, was
against accepting the report of the COM
mittee, and made resolution to the ef-
| feet that in the directing of its affairs
| the church in this country should pre-.
serve its own autonomy.
The Rev. DR.. Elliott deemed it more ap.