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Episcopal Triennial Council
Ended a Three Weeks SEES
sion Tuesday Night.
THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
tho Contribution Completely Revised
Church Unity Discassed-Boundary
Lines Readjusted-Six Missionary
Bishops Elected-Marriage and
Divorce Left to Committee.

Washington. Oct 25-After session OF
three weeks the Episcopal triennial couu-
ell of 1875 came to an end tonight PGub-
ably never before at one convention mas
the council transacted more business than
at this meeting or 50 much of vital inn
portance to the church. The work accom-
plished Included Il complete revision Of
the constitution, with many important
amendments, also the adoption OF "A num-
Der Of amendments. most of them of IL
minor character to the cununs. The new
constitution will have 10 be ratified by
the next succeeding convention three
years hence, before ii becomes Operative.
4 matter which has received the earnest
attention of the council has been the qucs-
ton of church unity, upon which an
amendment to the constitution was
adopted. a read justmcnt has been mulo
of the boundary lines Of the missionary
districts in the west and northwestern
parts in the United States, a new diocese
in Indiana has been created. six missions
airy bishops elected one for the church IN
Brazil, ana discussions had bearing ou me
extension Of the church work In cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. The iJil-
urc Of the new proposed canon on mar
rage and divorce caused considerable sur
prise. but this has been left to a comm I
tee Of 10 members to prepare a report 10
be made public nine months before the
next convention.
Tonight the bishops and house sitting
in joint session brought the convention
to 4 close VITA u devotional exercise and
the reading Of tn, pastoral letter. The
service was Il most impressive one the
bishops appearing in their iull robes II
office. Rev. Morgan DIX of New York
read the opening service. Bishop Gailur
the pastoral. Bishop Doane made the clos
ing prayer and Bishop Wnipple proc
uounCed the ben-diction.
no ul~tur1l rcgDuutS briefly the work
done oy the council. asks that next Wh!t-
sunday, the seventh >.!m-Crntcnial ami
yersary of the bpo!, of common prayer. 30
observed in the churches nails with sat-
isfaction the wonderful harmony with
which this general convention 10y tho
adoption of an amendment to our consti-
tuition has without weakening tae use or
lowering the value Of the prayer book,
opened the way towards training cousre-
gators of Christians unus. Il to our litur-
gical forms, TO acustUm themselves 10y
processes of education to approach md
desire th'm," says that we are glad
while insisting upon the Importance OF
keeping tn, public school system of ciu-
cation free from political intrigue or de-
nominational intrusion. to urge all ne
more careful and definite training IN re-
ligiOus truth in the family and IN the Sun
day schools, in church schools and coll
leges, and in the careful teaching of the
clergy Of the church" recognizes The
earnest and effective work of the various
organizations of the cauroh and call, at
tention to the fact that the list OF COM
municants has grown ten per cent in the
last three years and that the contrDu-
lions during that time exceeded those OF
the Ike preceding period by Sl,liH Jos
While this record is encouraging on tho
enc hand yet tnr pastoral says: IT leaves
us impressed, almost We may say, op-
pressed, with the sense of duties left un-
done and Of opened doors into which We
have not entered.