The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-14
THREE CHURCH CONVENTIONS.
DIOCESAN. ST. ANDREWS BROTH
ERIOOD AND UNIVERSITY OF
THE SOUTH.

savaHnafs's Delegates 30 the Atlanta
Meetings This Week-Change Ot
Diocese by CIergymen and DiVi-
sion of the Diocese to Be COnsid-
cred by the Diocesan Convention.
How the city PuIpits VIII BE FIJI
ed To-day.
The delegates Of the diocesan conven-
ton Of Georgia TO meet at Atlanta We'd
uesday. VIII begin leaving tomorrow,
though some will not leave until Tuesday
Many are DESTROYS of attending The meet
ing of the Council of the Brotherhood OF
St. Andrew which viii meet Tuesday
morning Besides the diocesan convention
and he brotherhood meeting, the meet
ing of the alumni of the University of
the South which is connected with the
church work VIII also be held during the
week. 1t is expected there viii be large
attendance at the three gatherings.
one Of the questions of Importance that
will come before che diocesan convention
is the changing of some of the church
canons Under the general laws of the
Episcopal Church a clergyman who is call
ed to a parish in any diocese must pre-
sent letter from the bishop of the do
cese in which he Is located TO the bishop
of the diocese to which he goes, stating
that he is in good standing. If the bishop
of the new diocese deems him an unfit
person to exercise the ecclesiastical func-
lions under the general law he must pre-
fer charges in writing, which are then
heard as directed by law In 1883 the do
cese of Georgia adopted a canon now
known as canon 80. Under the provisions
of this canon no rector can be called reg
ulnrly to any parish in the diocese with
out the approval OF the bishop in writing.
which approval should be made part
of the records Of the vcstry before the
call is made. Several efforts have been
made TO repeal this canon, but without
success The question will come up be-
fore the approaching convention upon the
report of the committee on the revision of
canons. This committee has recommend
ed that canon 20, which provides in sub
stance that the vestry must confer with
the ecclesiastical authority before making
any call of a rector the effect of this is
to repeal the present veto power of the
bishop.
The diocese up to this time has been
about evenly divided on the subject. and
there is some doubt as how the convention
with vote. The action on the proposed
change will be watched with interest by
Episcopalians all over the state. The
contention of those favoring the veto
power is that it enables the bishop TO
quietly, and without doing any harm, to
control the class of men who will fiji the
important position of rector in the diocese
and 10 see that the class of churchman-
ship prevalent in the diocese, is proper On
the other side the contention is that as
the general law of the church
preseribes a method of trying
who is called to the diocese, il is unjust
and unconstitutional to deprive the people
of his services as rector without the right
TO be tried by law.
Another matter that will come up Is the
division of the diocese This however.
cannot he completed for some time as ac-
ton must be taken by the next general
convention which meets three years
hence in San Francisco.
Among those who viii attend the dioce-
san convention from Savannah are Capt.
II. c. Cunningham, and Mr. c. Iucien
Jones' who represent Christ Church; Mr.
3. f. Finney and Mr. ]. w. Howard, as
delegates representing the St Andrews
brotherhood; Mr.. David Wells. Col j. H.
Estill and Col. G. T. Cam, as the dee
gates from st. Johns, and Mr.. ]. II. Ell
ton, Mr.. A. b. Moore and Mr.. c. w How
ard. as delegates from ST Paurs. Rev.
Charles n. Strong, Rev j. L. Scully, and
Rev. Richard Bright (colored), are the
clerical delegates from Savannah.