The times., 1898-10-13
FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Principal Subject Under
Discussion by Episcopalians.
DIR. HUNTINGTON'S METHOD
Francisco as the Next Meeting
Piace-Deputies May Not Concur
Renewed Debate ON Amendments
Jamestown.

The message from the House of Bishops
to the House of Deputies which caused
the most excitement in the latter body
during yesterday mornings session of the
Episcopal convention. or to be more cor
rect. at the last moment of that session,
was the report of the choosing of San
Francisco as the city for the triennial
session of 1901.
The House of Deputies was asked to
concur in this selection of place. but the
Importance of the question deferred the
members from acting upon the matter
until more time could be given 1t. The
probabilities are that the choice of place
ar selected by the House of Bishops may
be defeated in the House of Deputies. as
many are of the opinion that San Fran
cisco is too remote and not centrally To-
Gated for the convenience of such a gath
ering
The first business of Importance before
the House of Bishops was the report of
the committee on Encouragement of the
boundaries of missionary Jurisdictions
This had the effect of postponing the
nomination of bishops to the vacant mis-
sionary jurisdictions. The report opens
up large question, considered of great
Importance by leading churchmen, and
there were long and warm debates
upon it.
The purpose is to readjust the jurisdic-
tions more on the lines of convenience
with regard TO transportation facilities
within them. The inability of mission
workers TO go from one boundary to
another of their jurisdictions frequently
arises because there are no connecting
railway lines or other means of travel.
Some districts belonging to certain jur.s-
dictions, il is held, could be much more
conveniently reached If they were made
d part of other jurisdictions than the one
in which they now are. 1t is felt that re-
arrangement would facilitate work and
make a great difference in the results ac-
complished by the mission department Of
the church.
Under the head of appointments the
Bishop Of Delaware was authorized to MI
a vacancy on the joint commission on
Christian union, and the Bishop of Mar
quette was appointed a member OF the
Joint commission of the Church of Swe-
den.
A committee was appointed TO take ae-
tion on the memorial from the conference
of church workers among colored people.
1t consists of the Bishops of West Vir-
ginia Pittsburg, Easton, South Carolina,
and Kansas.
The House of Deputies passed the
morning in the call of committees, pre-
senting resolutions and receiving memo
rails The committee on canons reported
a resolution providing for the taking up
of a collection on Quinquagesima Sunday
in behalf of aged and infirm c!ergymen,
and the establishment of an endowment
fund for such purpose. The resolution
was passed.
The Educational Committee.
The educational committee begged 10 be
relieved from consideration of the reso-
luton recently presented providing for
the consolidation of the various societies
now engaged in preparing young men for
the priesthood and making the organiza-
tion thus created an institution OF the
church. This. the committee thought,
would lead to much legal and other en-
barrassments. Their request was granted.
A request for an institution of learning
for the colored youth of the South waS
embraced in a memorial to the conven-
tion, the memorial being referred TO a
committee of five for future report.
Resolutions on Christian unity in rela-
ton to deaf mutes, prepared by the Rev.
Austin W. Mann, and adopted at the
tenth conference of church workers
among deaf mutes, held July q and Is
last at Columbus, Ohio, were read by
DR. Pratt and referred to a committee.
letter to the Car of Russia express
ing the satisfaction of the triennial con-
vention with the formers recently issued
peace manifesto. was read by Robert
Treat Paine and placed upon the calen-
| dar
The balance of the morning was given
| over to constitutional amendments. Ar
ticie of the constitution, concerning the
| provincial system, was again brought up
| This question is one of the most stubborn
| in the conventions 5 work, and its settle
ment will brush away great difficulty.
Constitutional Amendments.
Constitutional amendments formed tn,
basis for the afternoon session yester
day of the House of Deputies, which
convened at o'clock. They had beer
! freely thrust before the deputies anc
eagerly discussed by interested partie.
at the morning session, and their con
tinuation furnished the entire day.
work.
The galleries of the church at botl
sessions were filled with ladies, an,
standing room was at a premium at diff
ferent hours of the day.
The willingness of many deputies t
| hasten the work of the convention
which is apparently dragging. was evi
denced by the readiness with which th'
cries of question, question brok
in upon numerous attempts at furthe
debating.
A conspicuous feature of the after
| Moons discussions, of which there wer
! many was the fact that the discussion
/ were INDUCED in largely by lay deputies
who are legal shining lights Thei
| matchiess eloquence and quick wits en-
abled them to hurl shafts of rhetorical
force and crushing weight at their op
ponents' head, only TO have the shaft re
| turned boomerang fashion into their Owl
| camps.
All this made interesting scenes 70
| the spectator and the occupants of TIL
/ galleries strained their bodies in the en-
| deayor to see as well as hear each re
| spective speaker Side by side with TIL
legal thinker, of course, the clerical dep
| uty kept pace, and the result was a mas
| of knowledge and able reasoning diff
| cult to surpass.
Dr. Huntington's Resolution.
The most interesting of the afternoon
| discussions was that subsequent on tn
| resolution of the Rev. DR.. Huntington
of New York, which iss contained in re
port No. 5, page 2e0 of the Churcl
Journal This resolution deals with tn
attitude of bishops of the church in re
lation to congregations of any Chris