The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-18

or Sprlngheld, H., as missionary dlS' | trict, The election of Rev. Dr. Gamer l on Mann as missionary bishop of Nortf
 Dakota was concurred in by the house
 of bishops.
 Both houses agreed to the report oi
 the committee on the proposed Hunt ington amendment to Article 10 of the constitution This action virtually rel-
 egates the matter to the next Genera convention
 On the adoption of the report Rev Dr. Huntington said he would now leave to younger men the continuance of the fight he had begun.
 Agreements were reached by the two houses on several minor matters, ano the usual resolutions of thanks were passed.
 The closing exercises of the conven- ton were impressive. The bishops, at tired in their robes of office and preced- ed by Dr. Samuel Hart, the secretary of the house of bishops, and Rev c. IL. Hutchins, secretary of the house Of dep uties, marched in procession into the church As they walked up the main aisle the vested choir of Trinity ana the congregation joined in singing. The bishops were seated on the platform in side the chancel, and a prayer service was conducted by President Lindsey, of the house of deputies. Bishop Doane, of Albany, then called for a contribution to be applied towards reducing the de- felt in the general missionary fund. The amount given was not announced, but it was very liberal.
 The triennial pastoral letter was read by Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky
 The benediction was pronounced by Bishop Futile, of Missouri and the con- vention adjourned sine die.
 Many of the bishops, presbyters and lay delegates will remain in California for some time, visiting places of inter- est, but the majority will depart at once for their homes.
 The following is a synopsis of the triennal pastoral letter read in the Episcopal convention to-day:
 Tn compliance with your request dear brethren of the clergy and of the laity and in accordance with our time honored custom, your bishops are come to speak parting words of exhortation and of blessing. The session of the great synod is ended We have taken council together of the things concern ing the Kingdom of God; we have made more nearly perfect, as we trust, the organization for the accomplish ment of it's work; we have chosen new leaders of the militant host; we have devised, as we believed, larger enter prise of future advance. Surely, we have gained new courage by clasping the hands of brothers beloved and we go forth boldly into the night, the night of trial and of battle, looking for and waiting for the dawn of victory and peace"
 The letter then reviews the mission ary work of the church and continues: "Perhaps we may described the chief hindrance in the way of the kingdoms advancement in our time, as indeed it has been in every period of the church's history, as the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age, the very atmosphere in which we must have our life. Because that spirit changes becaues that enfolding atmosphere is different now from any that before did encompass Christian warriors, therefore it is the new dan gers are apparent and new methods of warfare must be employed.
 But we must bid you note and strive against the last and most evil result of our age, tendency in the reckless spirit of individual license, the cari- cature and contradiction of that ideal of personal liberty, which the church has created and perpetuated among men. The fool who saith in his heart there is no God Is quick to go forward to the natural colloray that there is no human authority or right demanding his recognition and obedience. The man who derides the revealed founda- tion of all ethical obligation is the easy victim of the devils deluson that self interest is the sole motive of man ac- ton and self advancement the only test of moral conduct
 And, finally, the liant denial of the God who ordaineth finds continuation in the assertion that there shall be no longer powers of human government to whom in superstitious faith obedience has been rendered, and anarchy is here as the legitimate offspring of unbelief.
 "The crime at Buffalo a month ago, by which the head of our nation was taken away, was but the natural fruit of this tree of God -defying denial. The great and good president was slain by the spirit of our age. We must recog- nize that this awful crime, thrice re- peated within forty years, is the off, spring of the spirit of lawlessness, full grown to maturity, and of malevolence, and that other children of this same evil spirit are closesabout us on either hand, themselves the strength of the family of lawlessness, who make possi- ble and certain these giant monsters whose deeds of violence have shocked our souls. The failure of the citizens