The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-18
ADJOURNED SINE DIE
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION AT SAN
FRANCISCO ENDS.
TO MEET IN BOSTON IN 1904
IMPRESSIVE CLOSING EXERCISES
HELD AT TRINITY.


by Bishop Dudley of kentucky,
Comments Especially Upon the
Reckless Spirit of Individual Lii
cense, the Caricature md Contra-
diction of the Ideal of Personal
Liberty-DeniaI of God Leads to
Denial of Human Authority-Presi-
dent Mckinley Slain by the Spirit
of the Age-Anarchy the Legiti-
mate Offspring of UnbeIief.
San Francisco, Oct 1.-THE triennial
convention of the Episcopal Church of
America has adjourned sine die. The
next convention is to be held in Boston
IN 1904 The day was a busy one in
both houses. most of the time, however,
being taken up in the discussion of
matters which were not definitely de-
cided. 1t was agreed to make Homo
lulu and Cuba missionary districts and
to create the missionary district of
Salina out of the diocese of Kansas.
The houses failed to concur, however,
in the proposed setting apart of a por-
ton of the diocese of Springfield, ILL.,,
as a missionary district. The election
of Rev. Cameron Mann as missionary
bishop ofsNorth Dakota was concurred
in by the house. of bishops.
Both houses agreed TO the report of
the committee on the proposed Hun
| tington amendment to Article 10 of
the constitution. This action virtually
relegates the matter to the next gen
eral convention. On the adoption of
the report DIR. 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 miiior matters, and
the usual resolutions of thanks were
passed. On the part of the House of
Deputies the following were appointed
members of the Joint Commission on
| Marriage and Divorces: Rev. Morgan
Dix OF New York, Rev. John Fulton of
Pennsylvania, Rev. ]. H. Eccleston of
| Maryland, F. L. Stetson of New York,
w. w Old of Southern Virginia, and
E. G. Bradford of Delaware.
The Closing Exercises.
The closing exercises of the convep-
| ton We're impressive. The bishops, at
tired in their robes of Office and pre-
ceded by DIR. Samuel Hart, secretary
of the House Of Bishops, and Rev. c.
L. Hutchins, secretary of the House of
! Deputies, marched in procession into
the church. AS they walked up the
main aisle the vested choir of Trinity
and the congregation Joined in singing.
The bishops were seated inside the
chancel and prayer service was. con-
Quoted by President Lindsey of the
House of Deputies. Bishop Doane of
Albany then called for a contribution
to be applied towards reducing the de-
ficit 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. 1t
says:
1--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 caricature
and contradiction of that ideal of per-
sonal 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 corollary that there is no
human authority or right demanding
his recognition and obedience.
And, finally, the defiant denial of
the God who ordaineth, finds culmi-
| be no longer powers of human gov
ernment, to whom in superstitious faith
| obedience has been rendered, and an
archy is here as the legitimate off,
spring of unbelief.
Murder of the President.
1.-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 close about us on either
| hand, themselves the strength of the
| family of lawlessness, who make
possible and certain these giant
monsters whose deeds of violence have
shocked our souls. The failure Of a
citizen of a republican government to
do his duty in the endeavor to elect
honest and true men to the offices of
that government is the earliest politi-
cal manifestation of this pernicious
| life.
Result of Corruption.
1.-THE citizen who first selfishly re-
fuses his civic duty, and then in nat
ural descent along the easy path be-
comes the giver of bribes and the cor
ruptor of his fellows is himself de-
graded more and more in the process
and the bottom is found when civic
rights and civic righteousness are alike
forgotten, when duty TO his neighbor
demands performance when protection
to weakness, the equality Of free men,
the conservation of. honesty are no
| longer the ends of the government but
only the securing of peculiar privileges
for a class, the comfortable enjoyment
of a protected license; when duty to
man is forgotten because duty to God
! is denied"
The benediction was pronounced by
! Bishop Tuttle of Missouri and the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
Many OF the bishops, presbyters and
lay delegates, will remain in Califor-
MIA for some time, visiting places of
interest. but the majority will depart
at once for their homes.