The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
MISSIONARY WORK AT
 HOME AND ABROAD
An Interesting Feature of the Report to the Episcopal Council Relates
 to New Territory.

WASHINGTON, Oct S-The triennial report of the Board of Missions has been submitted to the Episcopal Council. It reviews the whole field of mission work, domestic and foreign. An interesting feature iss a reference to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, etc, as follows
 Tt can only be positively stated at this time that by reason of the action of Con- gross, approved by the President of the United States, Hawaii has become United States territory, as Porto Rico will be- come also such territory upon the con- clusfon of the treaty of peace with Spain. What will occur with regard to Cuba, the Philippines and one or more of the La drones 1t is premature to say. It is cer- tain, however, that the accession of terri tory means increased missionary respon- Siblity.
 Questions that may arise with regard to Hawaii are different from those that will come to the front with respect to other localities. Since 1861 the English church has been represented there by a Bishop, a small staff of clergy, and by one or more educational institutions ill Honolulu and elsewhere. The Bishop has approached the board of managers more than once for assistance in this work, but feeling inconsistent policy 1t has been unwilling to enter where the English church had already undertaken work"
 The financial statement een1ee on missions shows gross receipts $G7O,966, of which the contributions are $402 ,540 and legacies $92 615 Among the recent legacies are: Estate of Miss Ann Tweddle. Albany, sl5,- lUS, estate or MISS NldTy MeQSOn, NSW York. $4O;0Q0; estate of Mi Miss Emily Miss Laura Wiggins, Cincinnati BIO 900; estate of Mrs. Mary G. Rand, Watkins,
 The house resumed consideration of the amendments to the constitution, the pend ing proposition being the incorporation into the constitution of the canonfcal pro- vision requiring the sanction of standing committees of all dioceses to the election
 Rev Sp4ulding of California opened to- days djs oussion, resenting many of the artsl ments made against the change. and ma l:rg an earnest appeal for the incor- poration into the constitution.
 were made by Rev. Morgan Dix of New York, the chairman of the revision com mittee of the deputies, and others and the motion to strihe out the amendment of the committee was lost by an over whelming viva voce vote.
 An amendment offered by Rev. Dr.. Jewell of Milwaukee was adopted, chang ing the phraseology of the section under consideration to make the language con- other amendments were proposed but all were rejected, and then article II of the constitution. as reported and amended, was carried by an almost unanimous vote. This article relates entirely to the setec- ton, ordination and Jurisdiction of Bish- ops
 Article III of the new constitution was adopted almost unanimously. It eliln- mates the provision in the existing con. stitution which prohibits Bishops of 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 keep ing fully alive to the missionary iater- ests it was determined by the Bishops. the deputies concurring. that the country be divided into four divisions, in each of which there shall be held a missionary council every year. in which the general triepnial convention does not meet, in stead of one general missionary counC il in those years. Its personnel is made up of Bishops in the district and three clel- gymen and three members of th4 laity from each diocese