Evening star., 1898-10-17
ton such form St directory as tn. said

I U -nUCn1nK COntrary to the
doctrine OF this church. shall make provi-
sion for the apostolic rite of confirmation
and shall require in the administration Of
the sacraments Of baptism and the supper
OF the Lord the unfRiling use of the words,
acts and elements ordained by Christ Him
| self; and. provided further. that no such
| congregation shall be admitted into union
with diocesan convention until 1t has
| been organized as parish or congreea-
| tion of this church in accordance with ca
! nonical requirements, and until 1t has been
| duly certified, In isuch form as shall be
| provided by canon! that the Book of Com
| mon prayer Is In use by such congrega-
| ton" ~
sati.factory Solution.
Everybody apparently settled himself to
| hearing a continuance of the discussion on
church unity. but the very interesting ex-
change of opinions which characterized the
consideration of the subject last week was
| destined to be suddenly cut short.
| Rev. John ]. Faude of Minnesota arose
after President DIX had called Mr. John
| Packard of Maryland to the chair. and Of
| fered the following as substitute for Dr.
Huntington's amendment:
! But provision may be made by canon
| for the temporary use of other forms and
| directories of worship by congregations not
| already in unison with this church"
| Mr.. Faude supported his proposition in a
| few forcibe sentences. and it was evident
| he had solved the problem to the salts
| faction of the deputies
l MS " uTlIcT dCc6ntuateQ by the buzz
OF approval that went up when DR.. Hunt
ington accepted the substitute in place of
his amendment.
Mr.. John Wilkes Of North Carolina moved
that vote be taken In five minutes, and
this was agreed to. Rev. DIR. Eager moved
and Rev. Mr.. Faude seconded an amend
ment to add the following words: Who
are willing to accept the spiritual oversight
OF the bishop of the diocese" The roll was
called and the vote resulted as follows:
clerical, 30 ayes. l no, divided.
Lay, 81 ayes, noes.
The Substitute.
The substitute thus adopted is as follows:
But provision may be made by canon
for the temporary use of other forms and
directories of worship by congregations not
already in unison with this church, who
are willing to accept the spiritual oversight
of tn bishop of the diocese"
Power of the Bishops.
Rev DR.. Dix. chairman of the committee
on the constitution, then moved the adop-
ton of his committees recommendation, as
follows:
Strike out article 9 of the constitution
and insert the following as constitution XI
of the constitutions, viz:
No alteration or amendment of these con-
sttutons shall be made unless the same
snail be first proposed in one trennial meet
ing of the general convention, and by a
resolve thereof sent within six months 20
the secretary of the convention of every
diocese. to be made known to the diocesan
convention at its next meeting, and adopted
by the general convention at it's next sue
ceeding triennial meeting by a majority of
the whole number of bishops entitled to
votes in the house Of bishops and by a
majority of the clerical and lay deputies of
all the dioceses entitled to representation in
the house of deputies. voting by orders.
Rev. DR.. Hall Harrison of Baltimore and
a6n
ton of the article. taking the ground that
its passage would prevent any amendment
to the constitution, no matter how de-
sirable such action might be- for a hundred
years DR.. Harttsohe moved the adoption
of present articsee in lieu of the PROPOSE
ton Of the comnittee.
Rev. DR.. John Elliott of this city said
there was great sdeal of unnecessary
alarm over the possible restrictions due to
the committees Recommendations and
stated that 1t would not change any power
of voting by house of deputies.
Plain Words From DIR. Mackay-smith.
Rev. Dr. Mackay-Srlith of this city sup
ported DR.. Harrison's amendment. He said,
in beginning his brief remarks, that he
wanted TO put It, to ~ the deputies If they
wanted the constitution. petrified There
were changes sometimes desirable. Those
made in the past twenty years had been
wise and effectiye. The prayer book could
not have been changed without them. But
he warned the house that the adoption of
the committees arfiSle would place radical
power in the house @of bishops.
with great respect for the house of
bishops he remarked ,7"it has quite enough
power already. It's power indeed. has been
steadily increasing and 1t ought to be Iii.
minished.'' l
In conclusion. he again warned the house
against ''rashly' passing a measure that
would almost absolutely prevent any
changes in the constitution
DIR. DIX Explains.
Remarks pro and con were submitted by
several delegates. and then Rev. DIR. Moo
gan Dix defended the action of the COM
mittee. 1t was not it's intention to increase
any power, hut merely to place safeguards;
around the constitution so as to prevent
hasty changes in it.. He called the atten-
ton of the house to the danger of has.y
action toward the close of the convention,
when SO many lay and clerical deputies
had left. The majority of the whole house
OF bishops was provided for in order to pre-
vent hasty action on the constitution. The
proposed amendment was then voted down.
After further debate 1t was moved by
New York delegate that action article
Nl be postponed until the other articles of
the constitution remaining to be acted on
were considered, and by division vote of
l5l ayes to 165 noes the motion was lost
The debate vas continued and various
amendments We're offered and laid on the
table.
MI StSlS0n OF New YORK Onere1 ana the
hcLSe adopted a motion to strike out the
words within six MONTHS it being pointed
out that the validity of an amendment to
the constitution might be affected by he
failure of a diocese to be informed of the
proposition within the specified time
The Article Adopted.
The vote on the main question and the
recommendation of he committee was
adopted, as follows:
Strike out Article * of the constitution
and insert the following as XI of the con-
stitution:
Constitution NI-No alteration or amend
meht OF these constitutions shall be made
unless the same shall be first proposed in
one trlennial meeting of the general con-
Vention, and by resolve thereof sent to
the secretary of the convention of every
diocese, to be made known to the dioc asan
convention at its next meeting and adopted
by the general convention at its next SIC
ceedlng triennial meeting by majority If
the whole number of bishops entitled to
vote in the house of bishops and by ma
Jorlty OF the clerical and lay deputies Of
all the dioceses entitled to represel tor
IN the house of deputies. voting by orders
The foil