The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-03
CONVENTION OPENS
THE GREAT EPIsCOPALIAN GATH
ERING BEGINS.
SEvENTY-FIvE BISHOPS MEET.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES HELD AT
TRINITY CHURCH.

bishop Morris of Oregon, the Senior
Bishop Present, Comments Upon
the Failure of the Church to RoaI-
Ire the Great Future of the West
In Its EARLY Days-BishOp Dudley
of Kentucky Made Chairman of
the House of Bishops and Rev.
John $. Lindsay of Massachusetts,
President OF the Lower House.
San Francisco, Oct. 2.-The triennial
convention of Episcopal bishops, clergy
and laity was inaugurated at 7:30 a.
M. with the celebration of the holy
| communion in the local Episcopal
churches. At II a. m. the convention
was formally opened at Trinity Church
with solemn religious exercises. Sew
enty-flve bishops assembled in the
guild room of the church, and put on
their robes. They then formed in pro-
cession and leaving the guild room
marched up Bush street to the main
entrance of the church, continuing up
the centre aisle. The procession was
headed by Rev. F. w. Clampett, rector
of Trinity Church. Then came Secre-
tary Hart, of the house of bishops, and
Rev. Charles l.. Hutchins, secretary Of
the house of deputies. Following were
the Junior bishops and then the older
prelates in the order of seniority of
conservation. When the head of the
procession reached the chancel it stood
for a moment and divided into two
lines to allow the senior bishops to pass
and enter the sanctuary in the re-
verseA order of entering the church.
The choir sang the professional hymn
while the bishops moved along and the
introit of the service was intonei
Communion followed the preparatory
prayers and the religious offices con-
cluded with ul'e recessional Bishop
Doane was tae oelebrant. The congo
cation sermon was preached by Bishop
Morris of Oregon the senior att ending
bishop.
Neglected Opportunities.
The bishop quoted from a speech
lately delivered by President Roosevelt
at Denver In which the then Vice
President showed how SLOW the states
men of the early davs of OF" cuuntry's
history were to realize that the great
West was 20 hetom an Inhabited and
civilized lan1 within any reasonable
period. This ignorance was reflected
in the church. Opportunities were neg
lected lneause of il. and the consequent
loss to the church is irreparable.
Speaking of the suggestion from some
quarters that the missionary organiza-
ton needs reconstructing the bishop
placed himself on record as an unbe-
lever in the necessity of radical reor-
ganization. He said he did not believe
the church ever had a more efficient
missionary administration than at
present
1T is the OLD story" he added, "of
seeking some one else on whom to lay
the blame instead of taking it home to
ourselves. If all the clergy, bishops
and lalty had done as well as a few
have done there would have been no
occasion for tins cry for the recon-
struction of our missionary system"
1t was nearly 4 o'clock when Rev. DIR.
Hutchins, secretary of the last house.
called the convention to order and
called the roll. The result showed a
very large attendance of both clergy
and laity.
Selecting a President.
The secretary announced that ma
jority of the dioceses were represented
and the first order of business would
be the organization of the house. Dr.
Greer of New York expressed the uni
versal regret that DR.. Morgan Dix was
not present and could not be unani-
mously reelected to preside, and placed
Rev DIR. Huntington in nomination.
DIR. William Hodges of Maryland,
named Rev. John S. Lindsay of Massa-
chusetts, and this was seconded by DR..
Fulton. Other nominations were DR..
Cameron Mann, DR.. Davenport and DIR.
r. f. Alsop.
In a neat speech DIR. Huntington de-
clined the nomination and then many
delegates rallied to the support of DIR.
Lindsay, whose election followed by
the following vote. The whole number
of votes cast was $50, of which DR..
Lindsay had 234. The secretary de-
clared DR.. Lindsay president of the
house of deputies. DR.. Lindsay ex-
pressed his appreciation of the honor
conferred upon him, and of the respon-
sibilities of the position, especially
when he remembered that 1t was to
succeed such a man as DR.. Dix. He
spoke of the significance of this, the
first convention on the Pacific coast,
and urged the members to make the
most of it's sessions, discussing schemes
and passing laws for the furtherance
of the church in other countries.
Rev. DR.. Hutchins was unanimously
elected secretary of the house.
A resolution was submitted by DR..
Huntington to make the report on the
new constitution the first order OF
business tomorrow.
Bishop Dudley Chairman.
In the house of bishops, Bishop Dud-
ley of Kentucky was elected chairman,
and DR.. Samuel Hart, secretary. Bish-
op Tuttle presented Rev. DR.. Jacobs,
lord bishop of Newcastle, who respond
ed in his own behalf, and also present.
ed greeting from the archbishop OF
Canterbeury.
The house of bishops passed a reso-
luton suggesting a joint committee to
prepare an order of business for this
session, with view to getting the
most important matters promptly and
systematically before the convention
in both houses. and preventing their
working at cross-purposes.
ENGINEER sEITz KILLED.