Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-26
THE COUNCIL ENDS.
EpIsCOPALIANs ADJOURN AFTER A
THREE-wEEKs SESSION.
MUCH IMPORTANT WORK DONE.
Advance Toward Church Unity-EIec-
ton of Missionary BishOps-Exten-
sion of Cburch's sphere of Opera
tion-Tbe Bishops Pastoral.

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After a session OF three weeks. the Eps-
copal Convention Of 1898 came to an end
| tonight Never has the council trans
acted more business than at this meet
] ing, or so much business OF vital i'm
portance. The work has included a
complete revision of the constitution,
| with many important amendments 20 the
canons. The new constitution will have
| to be ratified by the next succeeding con-
vention, three years hence, before it be-
comes operative,
A matter which has received the earnest
attention OF the council has been the
| question of Church unity, upon which
an amendment to the constitution was
adopted. A readjustment has been made
of the boundary lines of the missionary
districts I'm the western and northwestern
parts Of the United States; new diocese
In Indiana has been created; six mission
airy bishops have been elected. one for
the church in Brazil, and discussions have
been held bearing on the extension Of the
Church's work in Cuba, Porto Rico, and
the Philippines.
The failure of the new proposed canon
on marriage and divorce caused consider
able surprise, but this has been left TO a
committee Of thirteen members. TO pre-
pare a report to be made public nine
months before the next convention.
FAILURE TO ELECT
The Rev. George Calvin Hall. arch
deacon Of Wilmington, Del, nominated by
the House of Bishops for missionary
bishop of Kioto, Japan failed of election
by the Deputies to-day. The highest
testimonials were paid to the character
of DR.. Hall, but, in the opinion OF the
Deputies, his age-52 years-is bar to the
successful conduct of active work In the
new field, and TO ready acquisition OF
the japanese language.
In the House of Deputies the following
were appointed members Of the special
committee TO examine and report on
matters pertaining TO marriage and d.
vorce, and to print their report nine
months before the meeting OF the next
general convention: Rev. DIS. HOFFMAN
of New York, Davenport OF Tennessee
Mann OF West Missouri, Fulton of Penn
sylvania, Eccleston Of Maryland, and
Lobedel Of Western New York, and
Messrs. +. A. Lewis, of Pennsylvania;
Stetson Of New York, Miller Of Georgia,
Stanley Of Washington. Lghtner of
Minnesota, and Bradford OF Delaware.
The presiding officer, Rev. Morgan Dix, |
is eX-oficio chairman Of the committee. |
COURTS OF APPEAL.
Article TX, on which there has been |
some difference between the two houses, |
was finally agreed upon to-day. An es-
sential feature is that which provides |
for courts Of appeal for the revision of |
the determination OF courts Of review |
on questions Of doctrine, faith, and wor-
ship.
The election Of bishop for the mis-
sionary district Of Kioto, Japan, will be
filed during the recess according TO the |
canons provided therefor
Tonight both houses, sitting in Joint
session. brought the convention to close
with devotional exercises and the read
ing of the pastoral letter. The service
was a most impressive one. the bishops
appearing in their full robes of office.
THE BISHOPS PASTORAL.
The pastoral recounts briefly the work
done by the council, asks that next Whit
Sunday, the seventh semi-centennial an
niversary of the Book of Common Prayer,
be observed in the churches; halls with
satisfaction the wonderful harmony with
which this general convention. by the
adoption of an amendment to our consti-
tuition. has, without weakening the use
or lowering the value of the Prayer-Book,
opened the way toward training congre-
cations of Christians unused 20 our litur-
gical forms, to accustom themselves, by
process of education, to approach and de-
sire them"
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
II saws: 1--WE are glad, while insisting
upon the importance of keeping the pub
lic-school system of education free from
intrigue or UNCONVENTIONAL in
trusion, to urge all the more that It must
be complemented and oonsecrated by the
most careful and definite training in re-
ligious truth in the family and in the
Sunday school, in church schools. and In
and in the careful teaching OF
the clergy Of the Church. 1t recognizes
the earnest and effective work of the var-
Gus organizations Of the Church. and calls
attention TO the fact that the list Of com
nunicants has grown 10 per cent In the
last three years, and that the contribu-
tons during that time have exceeded
these Of the like preceding period by
81 l50,Ol4
MEMORIAL, AT JAMESTOWN.
A resolution by Rev. Mr.. Stuck, OF
Dallas proposing a memorial chapel at
Jamestown, Va, where the first Episco-
pal church in this country was erected,
after being modified by giving the appro-
baton Of the council with view to the
future erection Of the chapel, was adopt