The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
EPISCOPAL COUNCILS WORK.
ROUTINE BUSINESS pEFoaE THE
HOUSE OF DEPUTIES YESTERDAY.


HOUSE OF DEPUTIES YESTERDAY.
A Resolution by Rev. TnyIOr Ex-
pressing Gratitude for Great
Hritain's Friendly Attitude Dur
ing the War with spain, ana
Praying Tint the Two nations
May stand Together In Defense az
Christian CisiIizntrOn-Vacnncy at
AsheviIe to BE Considered This
Week Constitutional Amend
ments C0nsidered-Prnyer service
for Families In Addiction Was
Read.
Washington. Oct S.-Various petitions
ana resolutions were included in the pre-
Mminary routine business which came up
before the House Of Deputies Of the Epls-
copal council to-day.
Among the resolutions was one by Rev.
Taylor of Los Angeles. expressing the
sense of gratitude of this nation at The
Enany manifestations Of friendly feeling
shown by Great Britain in the recent war
with the Spaniards and praying that the
time may arrive when the United States
and the mother country shah stand should
er 70 shoulder to defend the liberty Of
mankind and the Christian civilization Of
the nations of the earth.
Delegate stoutzenburg of Indiana, Of
fered a resolution which was referred to
the committee on canons, restoring The
office Of evangelist 10 the Episcopal
Church.
de ~ adj
dition 70 the election Of missionary bishops
next week, the question Of the election of
a missionary bishop to the vacant jurs-
diction of Ashevlle, \. C.
Originally North Carolina was divided
into two dioceses, but the building of
BHtmore at Asheynle by Mr.. Vanderbilt
who is an Episcopalian, led to the belief
that there would be an Immediate up
growth Of population in that section,
which could not be thoroughly cared for
by the original diocese. Therefore, the
missionary jurisdiction Of Ashevil!e was
established several years ago, but no
bishop has ever been consecrated. As a
matter of fact, the expected growth did
not rnaterialize. and there has never been
felt The need of a bishop there. The
whole question will be gone over by the
bishops. and the vacancy may be filled,
although there is considerable belief in
the House that the best thing to do
would be to abolish the jurisdiction and
divide the state. as before.
Then the House resumed consideration
Of the amendments to the constitution,
Deiegate Packard of Maryland in the
chair, the pending proposition being the
Incorporating into the constitution OF the
can0nical provision requiring the sanction
of the standing committees OF all the
dioceses to the election of bishop This
proposed amendment led 90 a long debate
during the session of the House on Thurs
aav. the Rev DIR. Taylor of Indiana hay
ing moved to strike it out DR.. Taylors
motion was lost by an overwhelming viva
voce vote.
An amendment offered by Rev DIR.
Jewell OF Milwaukee was adopted chang
ing the phraseology of the section under
consideration by making the provision for
the consent OF the standing committees
of the dioceses TO the ordination and con-
secration of bishops precede the provision
recurring such consent of the bishops
which makes the language conform 10 the
canonical law.
A number of other amendments were
proposed, but all were rejected, and then
article ? of the constitution, as report
ed bv the committee, with the amendment
adopted. on motion of DR.. Jewell was car
ried by an almost unanimous vote. This
article relates entirely to the selection
ordination and jurisdiction of bishops.
Article Of the new constitution was
adopted almost unanimously. 1t elimi-
mates the provision in the existing con-
stjtutIon which prohibits bishops for
churches in foreign lands from having a
seat in the House of Bishops and making
them Ineligible to a diocesan Office in the
United States.
For the purpose of keeping fully alive
the missionary interests, il was deter
mined by the bishops, the deputies con-
curing that the country be divided into
four districts, or division, in each of
which there shall be held a missionary
council every year, in which the general
trfgnnial convention does not meet, in
stead of one general missionary council
in those years.
Its personnel is to be made up of the
bishops in the district and three clergy
men and three members of the laity from
each diocese. The deputies and bishops
held but one session each to-day, ana
then adjourned untl Monday.
In the joint open meeting preliminary
10 the separate sessions to-day, the prayer
service for families IN affection was read
a thought suggested by the death of the
Presidents brother-in-law.
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