Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-10-17
EPIscoPAL CONVENTION.

reported to the House OF Deputies tina, 1t
had agreed upon 1910 SIS The time and
Cinciunsti, 10 the Diocese Of Southern
Ohio, as the place for the next tiiennisl
CONVENTION. DR.. Battershall. secretary
of the committee, reported that the com
mittee bad received Invitations from
Ksnsas City, Denver, St. Louis, Asbury
Park and Philadelphia, snd that after
due consideration the OHIO city bad been
agreed UPON. Secretary Bat;ershall
further reported that j. Pierpout Nor
gan, a member of The committee, had ex-
tended cordial invitation to The con-
vention to hold the next assembly 10
New York.
Rev. DR.. Huntington, OF New YORK,
offered an amendment inserting New
York" in the place of the word "Cin-
cinnati." This was defeated snd Gin
cinnsti was chosen.
After the hearing of committee reports
the regular order OF the day, permitting
ministers OF other denominations to de-
liver sermons and addresses in the Epit-
copsl Church, was taken up, and, after
y discussion, the following resolution
was adopted:
"No minister in charge of any con-
gregation of this church, or, in case OF
vacancy or absence, DO charge warden,
ves,ryman or trustee of the congregation
shall permit any person 10 ofiicia!e there
ia without sufficient evidence OF his be-
ing duly licensed OF ord aimed to minister
in this church; provided that nothing
herein shall be so construed IS TO forbid
communicates of the church to act as
lay readers or to prevent the minister in
charge OF any congregation in this church
when authorized by hi, bishop OF per-
hitting a sermon or address therein by
sny christian person approved by the
bishop"
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady spoke 10
favor of the resolution, stating that un-
der certain conditions such liceus was
allowable. Rev. B. Talbot, Rogers Of
Fond du Lac, Wis spoke in opposition to
the resolution. After a long debate the
vote was taken by the dioceses in order
and was overwhelmingly Carried. The
vote stood-yeas 81, nays %.
The most important action taken by
the House of Bishops was concurrence
10 the recommendation Of The commit
tee on time and place Of the next con-
ventop. The vote in concurrence wa:
unanimous.
A resolution requesting the board oil
missions to appoint special commit
tee to confer regarding the preparation
OF q course in missionary work and
other literary matters pertaining thereto,
and also to lay plans for publishing q
work on the missions of Anglican COM
muniOn throughout the world, was
adopted, subject to the approval of the
lower house.
The House of Bishops voted that, al
the present time, it would be inexpedi'
ent TO raise the question of the legal
title of the church, but in view Of cir.
cumstances arising in connection with
The missionary work of the church and
in the publication of the prayer book in
foreign languages it seems expedient tc
make a change in the title page of the
Book OF Common Prayer 10 order to
avoid all possibility of misunderstanding
concerning the character of this church.
The result of this decision is that it be
recommended that the title page of the
prayer book be changed by emitting the
words According to the use o
the Protestant Episcopal Church il
America"
This amendment cannot be full y actet
upon until the next general convention
IS Inc constitution of The convention
requires that matters pertaining to the
change of prayer-books must lay oveI
one convention before being acted upo J.
A committee, consisting Of the bishops
of Massachusetts,, California and Chicago
was appointed 10 look int the es'sb
lishment of a permanent memorial a
jamestown.
The features of lest nights session o.
the house Of deputies was the pssssg'
BY an overwhelming vote of the so-cslled
archbishop bill, which provides for The
election Of a presiding bishop. Of tbs
church, who will be paid, elected, ant
controlled by The general convention,
and will serve until he becomes seventy
years Of ege. This bishop can only BIZ
selected from among those presiding
over dioceses of the United States.
The most vigorous opponent OF the
bill was the Rev. DR.. Grosvenor, OF New
York. He contended that the election
OF presiding bishop was following the
example of the Church Of Rome and
placing pope ov.r the American church.
The vote was taken by orders, and re-
sulled in So to 6 10 the clergy and Al to
9 in the laily, in favor Of the measure.
As stated yesterday the House of
Deputies, sitting as CT mmittee OF the
whole, on Tuesday night accepted a
resolution proposed by the joint commit
tee on memorials, from conference OF
Vo'kers among colored people, recon-.
met ding the appointment of sufragan
bishops as disposition Of the ecclesi-
astical negro question.
The restitution as recommended to
the house and referred to a joint COM
mittee for report, provides for The sp-
poiutmeut of sufirsgaD bishops, With
seat and written vote in the House of
Bishops. The resolution further recon-
mends that the suffragsn bishop shall o
eligible as bishop or bishop coadjutor of
diocese, or as suifrsgan in another do
&c e, or he may be elected by the House
Of Bishops as a missionary bishop.