Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-09
EPISCOPAL coNvrtr1oN.
Everything in Readiness for It's Meet
ing in November.

Everything is in READINGS fog the twenty
second annual convention Of the Episcopal
Church. which is to take place in Pitts
burg. Pa, in Novemberg 1t will open on
November 3. and will continue for four
days. Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead will be
honorary chairman of the convention, and
Rev. Dr. c. c. Tiffany of Sharon Conn,
will be chairman Of the executive commit
tee. There will be upwards of 1900 dele
gates present; every state and territory is
to be well represented. Outside Of the more
important clergymen of the church who
will attend all or some of the sessions, the
convention will be especially noteworthy
for the number of prominent laymen who
have already decided to be present. Among
some of those more or less well known are:
j. Pierpont Morgan. member Of the gen.
eral committee: George Foster Peabody.
Hamilton w. Mabie, Thomas Nelson Page,
Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, U. s. N; Thomas
Whitaker of the Bible House. New York:
Rathbone Gardner. Harcourt Armory. Gen.
j. Ford Kent, DR.. VIM p. Mason, Gen. r.
S. Oliver. w. B. Van Rensselaer, and Arthur
Ryerson.
Among the clerical representatives will be
DR.. e. w. Donald, Boston. Mass; the Rev.
l.. H. Schwab, New York; DR.. H. G. Swent-
eel Brooklyn; DIR. w. r. Huntingdon, New
York: DR.. J. H. Darlington. Brooklyn; DR..
J. L. Parks, New York; DR.. Arthur Law
renee. Stockbridge. Mass: DR.. T. r. Har-
ris, Scarborough, N. Y: DR.. j. p. Peters,
New York: DR.. w. S. Rainsford. New York;
Dr. c. c. Edmunds, Newark, N. j.; DR.. s.
D. Mcconnell New York, and DR.. II. L.
Myrick. New York.
The local committee is composed of
Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead, the Rev. A.
w. Arundel, chairman: the Rev. II. A.
Flint. secretary, and w. w. McCandleSs,
treasurer.
Among the lay representatives who will
serve on the various committees are E. T.
Hot
A. Phillips, Harvey Childs, William Met
calf, Stewart Brown, Wilson Miller, d. B.
Oliver, ]. w. Brown, ]. b. jackson. Reu-
ben Miller, E. M. Ferguson, William Nc
Conway E. E. Childers l.. H. Wheeler, s.
c. McCandless, George H. Randall, c. s.
Shoemaker, Marcellus Edams. w. D. Cor
coran, N. P. Hyndman, J. x. Blackwell
H. D. w. English, Harvey H. Smith, Will
liam Robbins. E. P. Botsford. ]. K. Bur
nett r. C. Cornelius, E. G. Crisswell, H. r.
Scully, A. P. Burgwin, E. j. Napier g. r.
Broadberry, Walter E. Hall, ]. H. B. Phil
lips Edwin Logan, E. G. Saunders w. c.
Lynne ]. K. Bryden, Robert Garland, H
P. Bope, T. M. Kopkc.
The congress yGll hold it's first session at
the Trinity CIV rch. The bishop Of the
western diocese of Massachusetts, the Right
Rev. A. H. Vinton. will deliver the sermon
With the exception of November A. all the
meetings of the congress will be held in
Carnegie Hall, Schenley tark, Allegheny
Some of the more important topics to be
discussed will be Marriage and Divorce
THE Limitations of Industrial Liberty
Miracles as an Element of Christianity
and the subject of Immortality" The
most important topic to be considered will
be the proposed change of name of the
denomination. At the recent meeting OF
the diocesan conferences the vote cast IA
vored a delay in changin5 the name, but
should this convention decide in favor OF
such change the matter will be in such a
position to be brought before the next tri-
ennial convention and legislation secured
for 1t along that line.