The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-18
CONVENTION is OVER
TRIENNTAL MEETING OF PROTEs-
TANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF
AMERICA ADJOURNS
TO MEET IN BOSTON IN 1904
Pastoral Letter of the Bishops Adj
verts to the Failure of the
Citizen to Do His
Civic Duty.

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 Bos>
ton in 1904. The day was a busy one
in both houses, most of the time how
ever, being taken up in the discussion
of matters which We're not definitely
decided.
1t was agreed to make Honolulu and
Cuba missionary districts, and to create
the missionary district of Salina out of
the diocese of Kansas. The houses fail
ed to concur, however in the proposed
setting apart of a portion of the diocese
of Springfield ILL.,, a missionary dis
trct. 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.
Following is the text of the joint reso-
luton as adopted:
Resolved, the house of bishops concur
ton that a bishop of this church has
the right to take under his spiritual
oversight any congregation Of Christian
people not in communion with this
20,
and that it is further the sense OF this
convention that the use of the book of
common prayer is not obligatory under
such circumstances, provided that such
congregation be not admitted to a union
with the diocesan convention until it
has organized as a parish or congrega-
ton of that character, in accordance
with the canoaic1l requirements and
duly certified that the book of common
prayer is in use in such congregation.
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.
The closing exercises of the conyen-
ton were impressive. lie bishops at
tired in their robes of office, and pre-
ceded by Dr. Samuel Hart, secretary of
the house of bishops, and Rev. C. L.
Hutchins, secretary of the house of depu-
ties, marched in procession into the
church. AS they walked up the main
aisle the vested choir of Trinity and lie
congregation joined in singing The
bishops were seated on the platform in
side the chancel and prayer Service was
conducted by President Lindsey, of the
house of deputies.
for a contribution to be applied towards
reducing the deficit in the general mis-
sionary fund The amount given was
not announced, but was Very liberal.
The triennial pastoral letter was read
by Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky:
The letter, which is very long, begins
as follows:
THE PASTORAL LETTER.
In compliance with your request.
dear brethren of the clergy and of the
laity, and in accordance with our time
honored custom, your bishops are come
to speak parting words of eXhortation
and of blessing. The session of the great
synod is ended: We have taken counsel
together of things concerning the king
dom OF God; We have made more nearly
perfect, as we trust, the organization
for the accomplishment of it's work: we
have chosen new leaders of the militant
noSt;s we have devised, as we believe
larger enterprise of future advance.
surely We have gained new coura ge
by claSping the hands of brothers be-
loved, and We go forth boldly into the
nlght, the night of trial and of battle
looking for and waiting for the dawn
OF victory and peace"
The letter then reviews the missionary
work of the church and continues:
Perhaps we may describe the chief
hlndrance in the way of the kingdom s
advancement in our time, as indeed, it
mas been In every period of the church s
history, as the zeitgeist, the spirit of the
age, the very atmosphere in which We
must have our life. Because that spirit
changes; because that Unfolding atnios-
nhere is different now from any that be-
tore did encompass Christian warriors
therefore it is that the new dangers are
apparent and new methods of warfare
must be employed.
But we must bid you note and strive
against the last and NEST evil result of
our age, tendency in the reckless Spirit
of individual license, the caricatuce and
contradiction of that ideal 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 tS the natural cor
oliary that there is no human author
lty or right demanding his recognition
and obedience. The man who derides
the revealed foundation of all ethical
obligation is the easy victim of the
DEVILS delusion that self-interest is the
sore motlve OF human action, and self
advancement the only test of moral con-
duct.
And. finally, the defiant denial of the
GOD who ordaineth. finds culmina ton
longer powers of human government to
Whom IN superstltious faith obedience
has been rendered, and anarchy is here
as the legitimate offspring of unbelief.
The crime in Buffalo month ago by
which the head of our nation was taken
away, was but the natural fruit of this
GOd-defying denial. The great and good
president was slain by the spirit of
our age. We must recognize that this
awful crime thrice repeated within
forty years, is the offspring of the spirit
OF laWlessness, full-grown to maturity.
and of malevolence, and that other chill
dren of this same evil spirit are close
about us on either hand themselves the
strength of the family of laWless, who
make possible and certain these giant
monsters whose deeds of violence have
shocked foiI In, sc II.
CITIZEN OF republican government to do
his duty in the endeavor to elect honest
ana true lnen. to the Offices Of that gov
eminent is the earliest political mani
festation Of that pernicious life
The citizen who first selfiShly refuses
his civic duty, and then in natural de-
scent along the easy. path becomes the
fellows is himself degraded 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 no longer demands
performance, when protection to weak
ness, the equality of the 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
protected license; when duty to man is
forgotten because duty to God is de-
MED.
9 people are called upon to guard
th> sanctity of their homes, and the
growing disregard of the observance of
Sunday is deplored.
Lastly. the letter urges the members
to carry away from the great synod
the watchword of battle for the time
to come-lnissions, missions, missions
The close of the pastoral is a benedic-
ton on the workers in the Christian
fields.
The -benediction was pronounced by