The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-19
BISHOP DUDLEY'S APPEAL
The Triennial Pastoral Letter to the
Episcopal Convention.
THE LAST SESSION CLo:ED YESTERDAY
The Convention Meets Next at Boston in 1904
The Huntington Amendment TO Ar
ticIe Ten viii be Considered
Again Ttan
Again Tten.
(By the Associated Press.)


San Francisco, Oct. 17-The tri-ennial
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 busy one in both houses,
most of the time, however, being taken
up in the discussion of matters which
were not definitely decided. 1t was
agreed to make Honolulu and Cuba mis-
sionary districts and to create the mis-
sionary district of Salina out of the
diocese of Kansas The houses failed to
concur, however, in the proposed setting
apart of a portion of the diocese of
Springfield, Illinois, as a missionary dis
trict. The election OF Rev. Cameron
Mann, as missionary bishop OF North
Dakota. was concurred in by the House
of Bishops Both houses agreed to the
report of the committee on the proposed
Huntington amendment to article 10 of
the constitution. This action virtually
relegates the matter TO the next general
convention.
On the adoption of the report, 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 and
the usual resolutions of thanks were
passed
On the part of the House of Bishops
the following were appointed members
of the joint commission on marriage and
divorce: Rev. Morgan Dix of New York;
Rev. John Fulton, of Pennsylvania; Rev.
j. Huston Eccleston, of Maryland;
Francis L. Steton. of New York; w. w.
Old, of Southern Virginia, and Edward G.
Bradford, of Delaware.
The closing exercises of the convention
were impressive The bishops attfred in
their robes Of office and preceded by DR..
Samuel Hart. secretary Of the House of
Bishops and Rev. C.. l.. Hutchins. secre-
tary 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 conduct
ed by President Lindsey, of the House OF
Deputies. Bishop Doane, of Albany, then
called for contribution TO be applied
towards reducing the deficit in the gen.
eral missionary fund. The amount given
was not announced, but it was very lib
eral.
The triennial pastoral letter was read
by Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky. 1t says
I'VE must bid you vote and strive
against the most evil result of our age,
tendency to the reckless spirit of indi-
vidual license, the caricature and con-
tradiction OF that ideal of personal lib
erty 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 coroi-
larry that there is no human authority or
right demanding his recognition and
obedience.
.And finally, the defiant denial of the
God who ordaineth, finds elimination in
the assertion that there shall be no lon
ger 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. The failure of the
citizen of a republican government to do
his duty in the endeavor to elect honest
and true men to the offices of the gov
eminent is the earliest political mani
festation of this pernicious life
1.-THE citizen who first selfishly refuses
his civic duty and then in natural de-
scent along the easy path becomes the
giver of brides and the corrupter of his
fellows is himself degraded more and
more in the process. and bottom is found
when civic rights and righ-
teousness are alike forgotten. when duty
to his neighbor demands per-
Torrance, When protection to weakness.