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Hawaiian Islands was invited to an hon
orary seat in the house. The same courtesy
was extended to the Rev. Burton s. Ben
nett of Alaska.
DR.. Richards, from the committee on the
admission Of new dioceses, reported ad-
Versely on the memorial for the form ton
of a new diocese in northern California.
The adverse report was made on account
of the absence of documentary evidence
from the clergy and laity of that diocese in
the case.
ernial report of the trustees general of the
Theological Seminary. which was referred
to the committee on the seminary.
Memorials upon deceased members of the
house Of deputies were presented and re-
ferred.
Dr. Carey presented partial report of
the joint commission on the marginal read
ings of the Bible. 1t was made special
order to follow the pending special order.
New Canon Proposed.
The Rev. Mr.. Brand of Maryland offered
a resolution directing that the committee
on canons be instructed to consider the
propriety of reporting a canon providing
that the holy sacrament shall be admin
istered by giving the wine and bread sep
arately. II a communicant is physically
unable TO take the sacrament this way, the
two elements may be combined.
Dr.. Brand said he wished to prohibit the
ping the waters in the wine and adminis-
tering them between two other waters
DR.. Brand was interrupted by q delegate
in the rear of the church, who claimed that
portion Of the delegates could not hear
the proceedings.
DIR. McI<im said the persons near the
platform could hear the delegate then
speaking and it was queer he could not
hear what was said from the platform.
DIR. Brands resolution was referred TO
the committee ON canOnS.
The Joint Session.
At this point the regular proceedings
were suspended to receive the delegation
from the church in Canada, and the house
of bishops, which came to sit in joint ses-
sion with the house of deputies as the
board of missions.
The members of the house of deputies
stood while the bishops filed in and found
seats in the sections of their respective
delegations.
Members of Delegation.
The delegation consists of his grace the
Most Reverend John Travers Lewis, DID,
LID, archbishop of Ontario and metro
politan of Canada: the Very Reverend J..
Dallas O'Meara, ID. dean of Ruperts
Land. and his honor, Judge Herbert s.
Mcdonald of Ontario. Absentee members
of the delegation are Dean Carmichael Of
Montreal. the bishop of Fredericton and
Chancellor Worrell, Q. c., of the diocese
of Quebec. The delegates are the official
representatives of the Episcopal Church in
Canada and are entertained at the Airing
ton Hotel in this city as the guests of The
convention. They We're met at the hotel
this morning by the bishop coadjutor Of
Minnesota and the bishop of Marquette,
representing the house of bishops, and
Rev. DR.. Green of Iowa, Rev. DR.. Sills of
Maine, clerical delegates, and Mr. J. NJ
Woolworth of Nebraska and Mr.. Peter
White, lay delegates, on behalf of the house
of deputies. The Canadian dignitaries and
the escort committees were driven in car
| r:ages from the hotel to the church. where
they We're taken through the west door to
the platform and assigned to seats on the
left of the presiding officers, Bishop Doane
and DR.. Dix. The visitors were ali dressed
| in dark clothes, the archbishop and the
| dean in the prescribed garments of their
| station.
Archbishop Lewis is a tall, weil-formed.
| hale old gentleman, with genial expressive
| face fringed at the sides by sparse iron
gray whiskers. His lips and chin are clean
| shaven, and he has the ruddy complexion
| of a man of great vitality and splendid con-
stitution. His eyes are most kindly and
penetrating, and his voice and tones pro-