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WHICH WAS agreed TO. He then presented a
resolution amending canon7 7 governing or
dination to the priesthood.
| Inc proposed amendment provided that
no candidate for holy orders should be ad-
| mltted to deacons orders in less than three
years without the consent of three-fourths
OF the standing committee, and then shall
| not De admitted in less than one year.
Should candidate however, be thirty-five
years of age, who has been confirmed and
| admitted to communion with the church,
J who desires to- take orders and has had
| experience In teaching and directing, and
| who shall be al. graduate in arts of some
! reputable college or university. may be
| made a deacon within six months with
| consent OF thrse-fpurths of the standing
committee. After IA few moments Of de-
| pate the resolution was adopted.
Other Committee Reports.
The present trustees of the General Theo-
| logical Seminary, who were renominated
| by the committeeson that institution, were
! formally elected.
| On motion of Rev. Dr. Duncan, the COM
mittee on state of sthe church was dis
| charged from further consideration of the
| resolution providing stipend Of 500 a
year for missionaries.
| The committe, on memorials of deceased
members requested and was granted leave
| to make its report at 10:45 o'clock tomor-
row. -! - 3
The Churchf in New Possessions.
iSeN. FhieAtLIiuei W. Dtdbi coSS' iioiit INV
joint committee appointed on the third day
| of the session to consider and report upon
the increased responsibilities that will meet
the church in Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, and the duties of the
church toward missionary work in Chris
tan countries of the western hemisphere.
submitted a lengthy report. 1t was listen
ed to with the closest attention.
The report recited that the committee
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closest and most earnest attention. Re
Sarding Hawaii, the committee had found
that an agreement was entered into several
years ago by the late Bishop Kip of Cali
fornia and the authorities of the English
church in Hawaii, by which a joint rela-
tionship was established there. While the
ultimate unqualified jurisdiction of the
church in al lparts of the United states
was certainty, 1t would be a breach of
faith for the American church to take any
action without first comforting with the au-
thorities Of the Anglican church.
The committee found upon Investigation
that the present domestic, political and re-
Egious conditions in Porto Rico warranted
Immediate action py the church therein
Already IN Ponce was church building
and a congregation, now under supervision
of the bishop of Antigua. Representatives
of the educated classes of Porto Rico were
opposed to the Church of Rome, 1t was
stated. and antagonistic to its priesthood
Seventy-fve per cent of the people were
iOus for education The liturgical worship
of the church would be favored by them,
and it was deemed advisable to begin mis-
sionary work at once there.
The same conditions existed in Cuba, said
the report. The Cuban people had already
been helped by missionary work. Hasty
action should be avoided, however, and 1t
was believed d joint commission should be
created to consider church work there. AT
ter considering the duty of the church and
its obligations in the Christian countries
of the western hetnisrhere. the committee
reported several resolutions.
There was some debate on the subject Of
the report, and a motion was made to allow
Rev. Mr. Osborne of Hawaii to address the
house on the subject of the church in the
islands. 1t was deVhoped that Mr.. Osborne
had been before'the committee which made
the report and HAD given his views at
length to it, so. by p big majority the mo-
ton to permit him to speak was laid on the
table
The resolutlo1s Altered by the committee
were adopted unanimously:
The RcsaIntions as Adopted.
The first resolution provided, the bishops
the church in Haw3ii is such as to render
it inexpedienl that the church in the United
States should Interfere at this time with
the existing states. and the consideration
OF spiritual ilrFdiqtion therein should be
postponed uElls conference shall he bad
with the authc rftifs Of the Church of Eng
land. s-.'' - S1o1f e't~--"
The pror:sie nsrnb shs second sresolutfen
Were-thS.t in bshsds Of Porto Rico the board
OF manager Of. the. board Of missions be
requested to take such action as after con-
ference wi"h the,sfshop of Antigua, may be
deemed practicable and desirable. .'' .
The third resolution recommended that
the matter of the care of English -sped king
people in MexieoLbe referred to the mem
bers of this Joint commission Ghe bishop
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who are members Of the provisional com
mittee for church work in Mexico with in
structtons tc bring the subject to the no
tice of said provisional committee.
| The fourth resolution provided that a
joint mission, toaconsist of three bishops
three presbyters and three layrnen be APP
pointed, to whom shall be referred the
question of responsibilities growing out of
Increased territory, assumed or to be as
, Su01ed by this government, with instruc-
| tiors to ascertain by correspondence and
iH practicable personal visitation all avail -.
ahlC fact in the case and to report 10 the
be card of maragers of the hoard of missions
such facts, with any recommenda ton
which they may think it expedient to make
An Issue With the Bishops.
This important matter having been set
tied. a message vas received from the
hlshops concurrng in the action of the
deputies on article enc, but making amend
nents thereto which, in the opinion Of
many deputies, unnecessarily changed
present laws regarding the rights of for
eign bishops as well as interfered with pre-
negatives of the deputies 1t was unani-
mously resolved that the deputies non-con-
cur, and joint conference be requested
Another message from the bisnops an
nounced their noHconcurrence in the a.-
ton of the deputies in adopting resolu-
ticn providing to prefix the words I'm the
name of God amen, to the title of the
constitution, stating that the bishops
deemed any such prefix unnecessary.
A message was also received requesting
the house of deputies to reconsider its ac-
ton in passing the resolution fixing the
time of the adjournment of the convention
Tuesday, October % A conference COM
mittee appointed
The conference committee on the subject
Of the proposed missionary district of
southern Indiana was discharged at its own
request from further consideration of the
subject, thus defeating the proposition.
The committee On hymnal having report
ed that it's work was completed, requested
that it be discontinued. A division vote
was made necessary by objectors and the
vote was 1S1 to S3 in favor of discontinue
ance.
By unanimous consent Dr. Davenport in
troduced a resolution and had 1t placed on
the calendar providing for the appointment