The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

IOOI Will the SIdl6H6ul d'lU
understanding that it was to enable the
delegate from Central New York to
state in his conclusive way and with his
admirable sense Of justice the purport Of
the amendment.
LAY DEPUTY OPPOSES
POWER OF BISHOPS
Mr.. Parker of Colorado next took up
the debate. In part he said:
1 hardly wish to go into any ornate SEN
tences as DIR. Huntington expressed It few
moments ago. but 1 do feel as layman that
ing to the church which, as a Iayman, and
looking at the church as we should look at it,
feel intensely about. The question, to my
mind is this; Are we to aiio" Bishops to have
If the Bishop of Fond du Lac can have tre-
mendous power in one direction and the Bishop
in another diocese can have power In another
direction We are throwing aside the solidarity
of the church itself and giving certain
submit that to any Bishop, although it may
seem presumptuous in a layman TO say so.
Again, as ! look at the church, turn to 1t
my mother TO teach me- and that 1 may
teach certain lessons to my children, and bring
ition of the Lord. 1 DO not ask that these chill
dren shall be allowed all kinds Of doctrines.
Rev. DR.: Alsop Of Long Island next
spoke as follows:
being members of several of the late conven-
tions realize that this question has been very
thoroughly discussed in every possible light.
l imagine that II would be impossible to sug-
gest an objection which mas not been made and
HE ELECTION that Vas M made and hat nre
vailed at one convention was that the Bishops
could not possibly be trusted We pride our
selves upon being an Episcopal church We
fancy that the Bishops have wisdom, that they
have sincerity. that they are earnestly desirous
ming OF souls to the head of the church: and
yet TO every amendment and proposition OF this
sort that is made it is objected that the Bishops
would prOba bly, allow some extreme and
founding position to be taken: that we should
lowed practicaTIy or that we should have
some form of service that was too nearly al
lied to that of non-Episcopal bodies That OBJ
lection. / think, weighed so heavily with one
convention that by very close vote the prn-
ciple Of this amendment was defeated. At the
last convention, however, gentleman who for
one or two conventions had been almost the
chief antagonist of the measure, feeling the
force of the objections that there were those
who feared that the Bishops could not be
trusted. devised cleverly means by which
that the whole power in the matter should
not be left to the Bishops but that the Gen
eral Convention should have it's say and should
in that way prevent any extreme position be-
The Rev Dr. Proudly therefore. brought in
the amendment that a canon should be neces-
sary to prescribe what liberty should be al
lowed. 1t was felt by the last convention that
tion that with vote Overwhelmingly strong
this article was adopted as part Of the con-
are largely likely to go on threshing old straw,
and for my part l only wish that every new
member of this house had been present at the
two conventions before. so that they might have
heard what was to be said and have had
chance to voice their opinions.
Regarding this question Rev. Mr. Tay-
lor Of Los Angeles said:
AS member of the House of Deputies.
which met three years ago in the city of Wash
ington. had the great pleasure of voting for
this resolution, and l believe that it is in ac-
cordance with the moving spirit of the church
that the Bishops should be given some liberty
and some privilege of bringing into the church
those whom they can possibly touch and lay
their hands upon
I am not in favor of throwing away the
gates and lowering the bars Of the church
in order that sheep may stray away from US.
but 1 am heartily in favor of lowering the
bars and opening the gates that sheep may
come in to US. And 1 firmly believe that if
a Bishop at an extreme end of the church,
holding extreme doctrines, and another Bishop
at another extreme end of the church. hold
ing entirely different views of churchmanship,
should in their own way. and in their
manner and according to their own device,
be able to bring men into conformity with the
church and with the sacTaments of the church
] should say, God speed them and let them
do all they can to bring such persons into
the church