The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-18

missionary council. The House Of Bishops
asked concurrence IN the adoption OF reso-
iufione making the island a. Cuba q for
eign missionary district and authorizing
the presiding Bishop 20 take that and the
district OF Honolulu under HE jurisdiction
until a Bi~hop rhsll have been chosen for
said districts. Tho Rev DIR. Fulton OF
Philadelphia inquired what Information
the House had uron the CONDITION 81 ahair.
Of the Church In Honolulu. DIR Alsop OF
Long Island. announced that Bishop VIII
liz OF Honolulu had agreed 20 resign on
April I mex and h a NJ further emhar-
rssemant need he anticipated. The
House then ~concurred.
On motion a. Dr Huntington the report
81 the Constitutional amendment Commit
tee to the effect that ~ amendm ent 70
Article Y Of IN. Constitution H. neceTSsry
~regariing the use 81 the Rock az Common
Prayer was taken from the calendar The
message II tho House Of Bishope relating
To this sub oct vas referred Ia the joini
Committee OIL Constitutional Amendments
10 report AZ the next session. Buford
WILSON 81 Springfield, III. was heard up9n,
the PETITION ~ the dioc~s@ NJ Springfield
to ccdc a portion OF ~. territory 20 iorm
missionary district. After much debate
tho motion was lost. The House Of BISHOPS
asked the concurrence 81 the Hour ot
Deputies In the creation OF a new missionary
district 10 he known a. The district Of Salina
out II the dioc~re ~ kansss and asked
FNNF w FNffN ~ btrtffl ''a'ht -
Tn. Depii',e- on account of the late
closing ~ III. morning session. we're show
IN returning for the afternoon ana IN"
session oJ-ped late President IintsaN
read n letter from the Womsn's AUXILIARY
Offering siS.Op for tho erection Of y mem
ORAL school In Shanghai ~ q tribute u"
the memory Of the late Mrs living
The Rev Dr Huntington Of New YORK
presented the eporf NJ the Committee OF
Conference on the proposed amendment
81 - H. Lin 40 nj
outside congregations which. he said. was
unanimous Tho first part ~ the renor'
was In the nature ~ an amendment IN"
second part was er expression OF the -efls'
of the convention with regard to tho inter
pretAtion Of the provisions offered "
stated that nothing In the articl" II 20 tr'
construed as n restriction 81 the authority
Of the Bishop 90 take such order NJ u I"r-
mittcd 10y the canonS Of the t'"u"ral Ton
vcntion for ure ~ the special forms OF W"r-
ship Tn report then continued that "
wa the sense ~ the convention that the
Bishop has the right 10 take under h's
spiritual oversight any congregation OF
Christian T-sDple not In communion that
NAV desire him 40 to do. n that u was the
further sense Of the convention that IN"
Use Of the book Of common PRAYER II not
obligatory under such circumstRnona, pro-
Niding that no such congregation h b'
admitted 10 union with the diocesan con
/ vention until II has certified that the book
Of common praye II In u-s IN such non
grgation and The minister % sucll con-
gr.gaiion regularly ordained. DR. Hunt
tington aid.
This IL not a compromL-e. II IL compTe-
hension. I consider II the h~st form the
legislation has assumes sif,ce beginnlng
The Rev. DIR Fulton OF Philadelphia
argued in opposition that there were three
points involved lie oontinued In the
first place | fail to find anything further
than speculation that the Bishops he not
deprived of any rights. That ~ suPerfiu-
Gus Secondly, there Is a mere resolution
Of construction which II w0rthlers. IL ~
mere opinion and binds nobody The third
uar; l. dangerous. 4, Is legislation 10y reso-
luton Legislation In this cody ought
20 he effected by canon
Upon vote the first part was adopted,
hut the second was rejected. DR. Hunting
ton arose To move a reconsideration Of the
vote hut he wa interrupted bN a number
OF messages from the Bishoi~ Gaining
the floor. Dr. Huntington stated tina b"
considered II du" To the Committee OF ton
ference. inasmuch a. they had approv'I
part Of the committees report and rejected
the other part. that tho vote by which
the approval Of a potion ~ the report was
given be rccnnsidered In speaking at
this time. feeling that the legislation for
which he has lpsrn the chief advocate Tor a
number Of years was finally, irrevocably
defeated 80 far a. this convention ~ n
cerned. Or Huntington said
Il NAV L. hardened u personal word
or two. I desire To say ] entertain some
faith in the Measure ] have had the honor
20 support for some years But you have
seen M TO rriect IL for this time II viii
come up again. But | shall withdraw |
resign 20 Younger n ] surrender lead
ership which has b-en 40 graciously granted
me The measure has been known as an
irid~scent dream and they have seen
what they ar. pleased to think il the end
OF The dream We nave rejected the lam
beth platform for n time and ave put IN,
what I NAV call without offence, the Oxen
ard. Milwaukee platform Henc,torth
shall have no Nervousness regarding the
next G.neral Convention. live IN peace
The Hou-e refused To reconsider The
question was evidently settled for good
and Or Huntington eft the House, bust
ness drifting To other matters later,
howe ger. J " Randall of Maryland made
a point that the report 81 'hc Conference
| Committee could not IT. divided Dur
ing the discussion Of this point u was sub
mitted that the proper way out OF the III,
lemma was To concur with the report oi
the Hou-e 81 Bishops. which had IN the
meanwhile come in upon the subject
tcing an agreement 20 the tonferencf
Committees report with one minor chang"
This was approved and the vote 10y diocsse'
and orders resulted "a follows Clericals
Ayes, ~, noes. rs. divided, S; lsvtnen. ayes
r.. noes 10, divided. l. Or. Huntington
amendment. therefore. In substance, n
again before the next General Convention
The two houses adopted votes ar thank
10 the Bishop of California and the loca
committees and expressed appreciation
Of the efforts In their behalf The SEMI
ment was general that this first convention
IN the Far West Was one OF the most ruc
cessful Of recent YEAR