The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-12
EPISCOPALIANSW WEEK
FROM EVERY PART OF STATE
DELEGATES COME TO ATTEND
DIST DIOCESAN CONVENTION.
BISHOP TO DELIVER ADDRESS AT
OPENING SESSION TOMORROW.

brotherhood of ST. Andrew Meets
in Annual Council To-day.
Exercises VIII BE Held This Att
ernOOn and Tonight at Christ
Church-PrincipaI Matter Before
Diocesan Convention Is Question
Church in the United states.
WOman's Auxiliary Also Meets.
The eighty-first annual convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of
| the Diocese of Georgia will begin in
Christ Church tomorrow morning and
will continue three days. Right Rev.
| Cleland Kinloch Nelson. D. D., Bishop
| of Georgia, will arrive in Savannah this
morning, and with Rev. Frederick F.
Reese, D. D., secretary of the diocese,
will be the guests of Judge and Mrs.
Henry McAlpin.
This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock the
members of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew will have a preliminary meet
| ing for the purpose of perfecting ar
rangements for the Georgia council,
which will begin it's meetings tonight
at $50 o'clock in Christ Church. The
opening exercises will consist of an
address by Rev. Albion w. Knight,
dean of the Cathedral, Atlanta, and
an address by Mr.. Eugene NJ. Camp,
of New York city, together with a
! song service.
To Organize Convention.
The opening of the convention of the
Diocesan Convention of the Church
will be marked by the celebration of
the holy communion, following which
there will be an address by Bishop
Nelson. The convention will then be
organized for business. The holy COM
munion will be celebrated each day
at the opening of the session, and, be-
| ginning this morning, at St. Pauls
Church, every morning at 1880 o'clock
until the close of the convention.
The principal matter before the con-
vention will be the question of chang
ing the name of the church in the
! United States from that of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church to the Amer
| lean Catholic Church. The decision of
| the question will be but tentative, the
diocesan conventions making known
their choice. which will be finally ex-
pressed in the General Convention
which meets in Boston two years
| hence.
Business Before Convention.
The report of the committee appoint
ed to investigate missionary work in
the state will be received at to-mor-
rows session. This committee, COM
posed of Messrs. w. N. Hawks, E. S.
Elliott, B. H. Smith, Jr., f. r. Jones
and H. L. B. Virgins, all from the
laity were appointed at the last con-
Vention to investigate the missionary
work of the diocese, both as to it's past
and future, to ascertain what can be
| done for the advancement Of this
cause, and recommend accordingly.
| The election of officers will probably
not be held under the second days ses-
sion. 1t is not yet known how often
| the sessions win be held, but it is
| probable that they will be held in the
morning, afternoon and evening of each
day. This will be decided tomorrow.
The Committee on the Division of
the Diocese will make its report. The
division of the diocese is retarded by
the inability of some of the parishes
to increase their payments for diocesan
expenses. The committee is composed
of Revs. D. Watson Winn. S. B. Car
penter, Robb. White, H. o. Judd, w.
j. Page and F. r. Jones.
WOman's Auxiliary.
The reports of many standing and
special committees and the annual re-
ports of the officers, will in addition to
, new business, engage the attention of
the convention during it's three days
session.
The Woman's Auxiliary will be en-
tertained by Miss Annie Johnston to-
morrow afternoon at a reception. The
meeting of the auxiliary will be held
at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon, and
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.