The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-15

proceeding. Several delegates pro-
tested as they desired it passed and
had voted on the first section expecting
that the second would be presented.
Rev. Mr.. Ottoman wanted something
done to find out the minds of the
as to what the committee had before
it. and il was claimed that the portion
of the resolution making suggestions
to the General Convention was out of
order. A motion to reconsider the
first resolution was then moved and
lost, on a vote of &c to 81. The Com
mittee of the Whole then rose, and
through it's chairman, reported to the
convention.
feet that the committee recommended
that the name of the church be not
changed at this time.
Before the Convention.
The matter was then before the con-
vention. Bishop Nelson, as presiding
officer, acknowledged the report from
Chairman Cunningham of the commit
tee and recognized Rev. Mr. Scully,
who rose to speak against the adoption
of the report.
Mr. Scully said that he had hoped
and prayed for a change in the name
of the church for fifteen years. The
name Protestant Episcopal had greet
ed him when he first saw it in the
book of Common Prayer and had caused
him much sorrow. 1t was, as the Bish-
op had said, incorrect, misleading, and
improper. He wanted the name of
Catholic because it rightly belonged
to the church and not because he ex-
pected it to bring masses without COM
municants. and other features of the
Romish Church. He stood with the
Bishop in condemning such practices
In answer to implications that might
be made that the Catholic Church was
name already held and claimed, he
said that the Roman Catholic Church.
by virtue of its adoption of that name
practically divorced itself from the
Holy Catholic Church
Mr.. Scully then went into a discus
sion of the practices of the Roman
Catholic Church and blamed the peo-
pie of other denominations for helping
build Roman Catholic Churches.
The argument against the adoption of
the report was to the effect that the
present name was not appropriate and
should be changed as soon as possible
to one more expressive and correct. 1t
Is right, he said, that the Holy Catholic
Church in America should be designat-
ed as such and not as the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
DIR. Wilmer for Resolution.
Rev. c. B. Wilmer was heartily in
favor of the adoption of the report
of the committee. He spoke at some
length, and gave some history to show
that the name of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in the United States was
more than an excuse and had excellent
reasons for continuing to be the desig-
nation of the Holy Catholic Church
in America.
Among other things Rev. Mr.
Wilmer said that he was not in
favor of adopting a name that would
unchurch any body of Christians and
that to take the name of the Catholic
Church in America would be practical
~ unohurching the Roman Catholics.
The words in the title expressed exact
ly the conditions upon which the
church came from England to this
country.
In referring to some of the por-
tions of the Bishops address Mr..
Wilmer said that there was much in
history to show why the name should
continue and not be a reproach or
msnomer. In an illustration to show
where the Protestant Episcopal Church
stood Mr.. Wilmer compared the Roman
Church to a despotisn, and from this
to the other extreme was, he said,
leading to anarchy. But the Protest
ant Episcopal Church is in the ideal
position of individual rights, with the
good of the community also considered
In closing he asked that the members
of the church appeal to the American
people as to what it could do. and not
by clamor for a change of name and
raking up of history. 1t were better, he
said, to look more closely after the
missions, and give less time to talk
about changing the name that the
church has borne in this country so
we'll and honorably and effectively for
so many years.
Against Change of Name.
The matter then came up to a vote
and the roll being called, the resolution
offered by the Committee of the Whole
was adopted the vote standing 3S 1-3
for adoption and Is 1-3 against. The
clergy list stood 90 for and II against
and the parishes voted Is 1-3 for and
1-3 against. The following were the
clergymen and parishes voting against
the adoption of the resolutions and re-
port of the committee Clergy-Rev.
Messrs. Beatty, Bradley. BURY, But
Ter, Carpenter, Cassil. Coombs, Knight,
Ottmann, Perry, Rede and Scully.
Parishes-St. PauIs, Albany, Trinity,
Columbus; st. Pauls, Macon; Way
cross, 1-3. vote.
The remainder of the morning ses-
sion was taken up in receiving notices
of proposed changes in canons, and
reports of committees.