The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-07
CONVENTION OF
EPISCOPALIANS
Routine Business Occupied the Delegates
at Morning Session.
RESOLUTION ON QUESTION
Di Marriage and Divorce will be COnSld-
cred Behind Closed Doors.
MANY AMENDMENTS VOTED ON
Memorial From Episcopalians in Brazil
A.l~;,,o +1oo Church to
MANY AMENDMENTS VOTED ON
Memorial From Episcopalians in Brazil
Asking the American Church to
Consecrate for Them Bishop
Referred to Committee.

Washington, October 6-Morning prayer
for the delegates to the triennial conven-
ton of the Episcopal church was held at
the Church of the Epiphany, Rev. DR.. Nc
Kim reading the prayer service Bishop
Gilbert of Minnesota pronounced the oene-
diction. When the larger portion of the
delegates had assembled, the Rev. DR.. Nor
gan, the president, called the second days
session of the house of delegates to order.
Preliminary routine business occupied the
time of the house for an hour. A number
of standing committees were appointed and
resolutions and memorials on deceased
members presented and referred to appro-
PIRATE committees. Rev. DR.. Mann, OF Mis-
souri,, offered a resolution naming Kansas
City, Mo-, as the next meeting place. From
Indiana came a resolution expressing the
earnest desire of the convention that the
instructions to the commissioners to be ap-
pointed to the International peace confer
ence, proposed by the car OF Russia, shall
recommend the establishment of a perma-
nent court for the settlement of all differ
ences by arbitration.
Several resolutions on the question OF
marriage and divorce were presented, and
Bishop Davenport of the diocese of Spring
held moved that these questions by the
convention be considered behind closed
doors, but some objection was made to i'm
mediate consideration and the matter was
referred to the calendar of business Tor
CONSIDERATION by committee.
Amendments adopted
The amendments adopted were those
adopted by both houses or the general con-
veneon OF 1899, and which require ratifi-
cation by the subsequent convention to be-
come operative. The first of these effected
the question of the titIe for the constitu-
ton, canons, ETC., for the church and pro-
Vided 1t should be as follows:
constitutions and canons for the gov
eminent of that portion of the Catholic
church known in law the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States of
America" etc. The amendment by the last
convention Incorporated in the title the
following words
That portion of the Caholic church known
In law as The Change" hau few adyo-
Gates, but many opponents who asserted
that the change made the title cumbersome
ana awkward; that it was unnecessary to
declare the Episcopalians were a part of
the Catholic church, and that some wag
would soon nickname the Episcopalians
1.-The In Law" church. The amendment was
defeated by los to 3.
The next amendment which CONTEMPLATED
the substitution of article l for articles 1.
and 3 of the old constitution, and which
was adopted almost unanimously by the
last convention, was also defeated by
vote of So to II. Meantime messages had
been received from the house of bishons
that they adopted both the amendments re-
Jected by the house, but in each ease a mo-
ton was made in the deputies that they
refused to concur in the action of the
Dlshops and that body was so informed
In the house of bishops most of the time
was consumed in the action on the amend
ments to the constitution referred to-
message of sympathy was directed to
be sent to Bishop Niles, of New Hamp-
shire, who is seriously ill.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the deputies was
consumed in the consideration of an
amendment originating with the commit
tee on constitutional revision, which in
corporated in the constitution that pro-
vision of the canonical law, which requires
that the selection of bishops shall be sane
toned by majority of the standing COM
mittee. 1t gave rise to interminabe de-
bate and the deputies adjourned without
acting on it. Most of the speakers favored
the change They argued that the provis-
ion would have tendency to bring the
people together in better church relations
than If the selection of the bishops was
left to the diocese alone. The opponents of
the change contended there was no demand
or necessity for it. 1t was announced that
the woman's auxiliary association conven-
tion had reported a collection of $50, 400 for
missions, about $4,000 more than for the
previous year.
Adjournment was then taken until to-
morrow
In the house of bishops, the. delegates
commenced the consideration of the amend
ments to the canons recommended by the
committee. Those discussed today related
mainly to ordination of bishops
The bishops referred to a committee of
five a memorial from the Episcopal in
Brazil asking that the American church
consecrate for it a bishop. The church
here has provision in her laws for conse-
Grating a missionary, but the petition pre-
sents new question. 1t was also deter
mined in view of the technical difficulties
at present encompassing the matter of con-
stitutonal revision, the subject of the con-
sideration of the amendments reported by
the joint committee be Indefinitely post
poned."
This action refers to certain amendments
to the constitution passed upon favorably
by the bishops three years ago. but which
were never finished by the deputies.
They have no bearing, however, on the
amendments now under consideration in the
deputies.
Tonight the delegates attended a recep-
ton given them by Bishop Satterlee Of
Washington.