The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06
BishOprics of Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands Are COnsti-
tuted by the House
of Bishops.


is that of the Philippine islands, which
are recognized as being we'll worthy the
attention of the church The house Of
bishops also effected an important change
by concurring in the action of the house
Of deputies in consenting to the division
of the diocese of Mass chuSetts. fact
worthy OF note is that the old diocese
gives 100000 in cash to the new one. be-
sides turning over to 1t valuable church
property.
The gift was raised entirely by volun-
tary contributions.
The bishops also took action on the
first seven amendments to the constitu-
ton already adopted by the deputies. all
of them being affirmed with the excep-
ton of the fifth which was temporarily
held in allegiance. Consent was given TO
change the name of the diocese of In
diana~-to that of indianapolis as not all
the state is within the boundary of the
diocese. This, with the appointment OF q
committee to take into consideration the
question of examination of candidates for
admission to holy orders, constituted the
chief work of the bishops.
An interesting feature of the day was
the DISCUSSION created in the house Of
bishops by the reading of a proposed
amendment to the constitution, which
provides for the temporary use of other
forms and directories of worship by con-
gregations not in union with the church.
who are willing to accept the spiritual
oversight of the bishop of the diocese
serztlle missionary diocese"
Some of the opponents of the measure
professed, to see in it a menace to the
soIidity of the church through the ex-
traordinary' individual power it would
confer on the bishops, while others de-
clared it would open a way for the III
PRODUCTION of mass and other forms Of
Romanish worship. It's champions as
-erted that the whole purpose of the pro-
d amendment was to give the mis-
s a freer scope in their efforts to
I,.;,ao. -, lin the church those converts
pt,ns W. Sc unable or unwilling to ac-
MIIo iiidy IF Common Prayer. Con-
e go tne JooH was developed by the
debate. and when the>> hour of adjourn
ment came the lay an'i< - - roents nv
tired of listening to the arge'l> >e.i's @;on 81
The Kings Daughters held U.s. IN Ia a :
St Luke's church, being welcomed to -
city by Bishop Nichols, of California;
After communion service reports were
read, the election of officers being de-
ferred until the next session.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
The fourth day of the triennial Episeo
Pal convention opened today with large
attendance at the prayer service in Trim
"
Bishop Grafton, of Fond du Lac, Wis,
assisted by Rev. DR.. Stuck, of Dallas,
Tex. The house of bishops then convened
for half days session, it having been
decided to hold no afternoon business
session on Saturday. Several memorials
and sets of resolutions were presented
and referred to the proper committees
and an invitation from the local COM
mittee to participate in an excursion on
the bay next Saturday was accepted.
The consideration Of amendments to the
constitution was then resumed
The house of bishops met at the usual
hour and continued the consideration of
other matters. The afternoon session was
held at st. Luke's church on Van Ness
avenue and after a preliminary prayer,
the address of welcome was delivered
by Rev. William T. Nichols, of Cali
fornia. Organization was then effected
and committees appointed. Prayer for
missions was followed by greeting from
Mrs. M. D. Wilson, chairman of the hos
pital committee of the Faithful chapter
Of San Francisco.
The afternoon was devoted to the hear
ing of the presidents address and the re-
CGption of reports.
After calling the house of deputies to
order the chair appointed the following
committee to select the place of meet
ing of the next trienniai convention: j.
Pierpont Morgan, New York; Alexander
Mackay-Smith, D. D., of Washington; f.
Tripplett, of Missouri; S. o. Symons, D.
D., Connecticut.
The house of bishops later appointed to
this committee the following: The
bishops of New Hampshire, West Mis-
souri,, Georgia, Lexington and Los An
geles.
The committee on division of dioceses
recommended that the application for a
division of the diocese of Massachusetts
be granted. The report was adopted, a
special note being made of the fact that
$4,000 had been raised as an endowment
for, the support of the bishop of the new
diocese.
T. l.. Ringwalt, of Nebraska, offered a
resolution in substance as follows:
Resolved, That the house of bishops
concurring it is the sense of this con-
vention that good citizenship should be
encouraged and promoted by this church
and the church, mindful of the great
tendency to vice and corruption
throughout the United States and indif-
ference to civic honesty and morality, ex-
poets her sons to take an active part at
the ballot boxes and elsewhere when &C.
casion permits"
was offered. by Mr.. Chase, of Nebraska,
providing that there shall be a presiding
bishop of the church to be nominated by
the house of bishops from among the
bishops having jurisdiction in the United
States to the house of deputies for it's
action. This will have to be passed upon
by the convention and then go through
the process provided or to be provided,
for amendments to the constitution
Action on the amendments to the consti-
tuition was taken up and article VIII was
adopted, prescribing qualifications, testi-
monials or examinations of those seeking
ordination as bishop, priest or deacon. 1t
requires a renewal of the declaration of
belief In the holy scriptures and loyalty
to the doctrine, discipline and worship of
the church by candidates for the priest
hood and the episcopate, which Is first
made at the ordination to the deaconate.
Article TX. was then taken up. 1t pro-
vides that the general convention may
by canon establish a court for the trial
of bishops; that courts for trial Of pres
byters and deacons may be established
by diocesan conventions and that the
general convention may by canon estab-
liSh courts of review of the determina-
tions of diocesan or other trial courts and
may also establish an ultimate court of
appeals solely for the review Of the de-
termination of any court of review on
questions of doctrine, faith and worship
Other provisions are similar to those
now existing.
The article was adopted by a nearly
unanimous VOTE Virginia and Fond du
Lac voting together in the negative with
North Carolina Thara was ahS0Il1taJxy