The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-10-07
GENERAL CONVENTION.

The tricnnal convention of the Protes
| tant Episcopal Church of the United States
of America began its sessions on Wednes
day of this week at Epiphany Church
| WashingtOn 1t is estimated that there
are about three thousand delegates an(
visitors to the convention and the meeting
of the Woman'S Auxiliary. The first SEES
sion of the convention was held at Epiph
any Church at / a m. Wednesday, wher
| the tritnnial sermon was delivered. The
same day the Woman's Auxiliary held {
special service at Trinity Church.
The delegates to this convention include
many men prominent not only in church
affairs, but in social and business life, anC
many of them are men of large means
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan, who is delegate
from New York, has rented house or
Sixteenth street, where he will entertain
his friends during the convention.
Cornelius Nanderbilt, who was formerly
Il conspicuous figure at these conventions
will not be present, owing to ill-health
but in the list of those who will be present
are ex-senator George F. Edmunds, Henry
F. Pierpont, of Brooklyn, president of the
Long Island Trust Company; John r
Triplett, of Missouri: David B. Lyman, OF
La Grange, H., president of the Chicago
Title and Trust Company; Chief Justice
Melville W. Fuller, of the Supreme Court
of the United States: Justice Charles An.
drcws, Of the Supreme Court of New York
William Wade Hampton, of Florida
Judge T. S. Maxey, of Texas; Justice John
H. Stiness, of Rhode Island; George T
Sewall, the Maine ship builder; James c.
Biddle, of Philadelphia; Joseph Bryan, Of
Richmond; Robert Treat Paine, of Boston;
Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, and
Capt Alfred 7. Mahan, United States
Navy, New York.
Prominent among the ashingtonians
who will extend their hospitality to these
visitors will be Right Rev H. Y. Satter-
lee, Bishop of the Diocese of Washington,
whose home on Massachusetts avenue will
be the centre of the social life of the visit
ing bishops. Mr.. Henry Pellew, Judge
Bancroft Davis, Rev. DR.. Mackay Smith,
Secretary of State Hay and many others
will entertain during the convention. The
local committees have arranged to afford
every possible facility to the visitors and
have taken house opposite Epiphany
Church, where postoffice will be estab-
lished for the use of the delegates.
The delegates from MARYLAND and Wash.
ington are as follows:
Diocese of Maryland Rev. Will
liam Paret, Baltimore, Bishop; clerical
Revs. J. II. Eccleston, J. S. B. Hodges,
Hall Harrison and William F. Brand; lay,
Messrs. Skipwith Wilmer, Joseph Pack
ard Jr., William Kevser and Bernard
Carter.
Diocese of Washington-Right Rev.
Henry Y. Satterlee, Washington, Bishop;
clerical, Revs. Drs. John H. Elliott, Ran
dolph H McKim, Alfred Harding and
Alexander Mackay- Smith; lay, Messrs. ].
G. Bancroft Davis, Charles H. Stanley,
W lllldiil ~ IolliN III duu al VI VI c.DloN Ill.,
The chief work of the council will be
the reading and consideration of the re-
port of the joint commission on the con-
stitution and canons of the church. 9th
er subjects discussed will be the question
of marriage, the question of provincial
system, the establishment of an appellate
;pb
ecclesiastical relations, the translation of
the prayerbook, the relations of the
church to the Lambeth conference, etc
Considerable time will also be given to
the consideration of missionary work
both at home and abroad. In this discus
sion prominent part will be taken by
delegates from the Woman's Auxiliary
from all over the country, and who are
also in attendance at the convention, and
who held their triennial thanksgiv-
ing services in Trinity Church on Thurs
day morning.
In connection with the mission work
the attention of members will be drawn to
the fact that since the triennial council
the territory of the United States has
been vastly enlarged aud consequently
the responsibilities of the church have
been co-ordinately and contemporaneous-
ly extended, But the discussion of doc
trine, church organization and charities
will not be the only features of the con-
vention. There are many wealthy men
and women in public affairs who will sit
in the council as delegates and these will
entertain their associate members lavish
ly during the three weeks the assemblage
will remain in session. President Nc
kinley will give a reception to the dele
gates on Friday evening, to which the
formal invitation reads as follows:
"The President of the United States
and Mrs. Mckinley invite the members of
the general convention and their families
to reception at the Executive Mansion
on Friday, October :, from $50 to 10 p IN"