The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06
TWO MORE BISHOPS
CONVENTIU-, IN SESSION AT
SAN FRANCISCO
IN THE NEW POSSESSIONS

BisbOprics of Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands Are Consti-
- tuted by the House
of Bishops.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5-The trier-
| NAL convention of the Episcopal church
accomplished considerable work today
Though 1.-The session of the house of depu-
ties was ended shortly after L o'clock.
fs4hef house of bishops, however, remained
IN session later, and their action Will be
far-reacfing in it's effect. In recognition of
the Importance of the new possessions OF
the United States two new biShoprlcS
.swere constituted. One of these, which
consists of the islands of Porto Rico and
/ ldaueZ,A~has long been controlled by the
bishop of Antigua, who owes allegiance
Tto~the Church of England. BY the terms
of a mutual agreement, the monetary
consideration being only $3.50, the bishop
of Antigua withdraWS his right to the re-
llgious control of the church in these ISL
Sandss aud transfers all the church build
ings to the Protestant Episcopal Church
of America. The second new biShoprlc
is that of the Philippine islands, which
are recognized as being well 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 Massachusetts. A fact
worthy of note is that the .old diocese
gives slice. 600 in cash to the new one. be-
sides turning over to it 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
>fliecese. This, with the appointment OF q
committee to take into consideration the
questioned examination of candidates for
admission to holy orders, constituted the
Chief work ;of the bishops.
An interesting feature of the day was
the disussion created in the house of
bishops by the reading of proposed
amendment to the constitution, which
provides for 1.-The temporary use of other
forms and directories of worship by con-
gregatioRs not in union with the church,
who are willing to accept the spiritual
oversight of the bishop of the diocese
or the missionary diocese
Some of the opponents of the measure
professed to see in 1t a menace to the
solidity of the church through the ex-
traordiAary individual power it would
confer on the bishops, while Others de-
clared it would open way for the i'll
PRODUCTION of mass and other forms of
Romanish worship It's champions as
serted that, the whole purpose of the pro
posed amendment was to give the mis-
sionaries a. freer scope in their efforts to
bring within the church those Converts
who may be unable or unwilling to ac-
ecept-=the Book of Common. Prayer. Con-
siderable eloquence was developed by the
debate, and when the hour of adjourn
ment came the lay auditors were not
tired of listening to the arguments.
The King 81 Daughters held a session at
st. Euke's church. being welcomed to the
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 Episco-
pal convention opened today with a large
attendance at the prayer service in Trim
ity church, which was conducted by
Bishop Grafton, of Fond du Lac, Wis,
assisted by Rev. Dr. Stuck, of Dallas,
Tex. The house of bishops then convened
for a 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
rnittee 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
hcur and continued the cons Iteration 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. MD. 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-
CeEtion 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 triennial convention: j.
Pierpont Morgan, New York; Alexander
Mackay-Smith, D. d.. of Washington; f.
F. Reese, d. D., Of Georgia; John r.
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
100000 had been raised as an endowment
for the support of the bishop of the new
diocese.
7. L. Ringwalt,- of Nebraska, offered a
resolution in substance as follows:
Resolved, That the house of bishops
concarri1g, 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 sops,to take an active part at
the ballot boxes and elsewhere when &C.
casion permits
An amendment to section 3, article l.
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 constitutions
Action on the amendments to the consti-
tuition was taken up and article VIII. was
adopted, prescribing qualifications, testi-
monia1s 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