The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-03
CHURCHMEN MEET
 IN CONVENTION Episcopal Delegates Take Up
 Important Matters BISHOP INGRAM SPEAKS
Welcome Address Is Made by Governor SWanson-House of Bishops Gath CTS in Executive Session Dur
 ing the Day.

Richmond, Va, October 2.-The forty fifth triennial general convention of Pro- testant Episcopal church in the United States convened today and organized for business. Of the 102 members of the house of bishops only 10 were absent and the attendance of clerical and lay mem bers of the house of deputies was nearly complete. A large number of foreign high church dlgntaries were present, including the archbishop of the West Indies and the bishops of London, St. Albans, Mont somery, Niagara, Quebec, Ontario and Mackenzie River. The business of the two houses was confined to organization and both bodies reelected all of their officers by exclamation. Routine bus- ness preliminary to the general business that will come before the convention was then disposed of.
 By far the most interesting of the pro- ceedings today was the holy communion al Holy Trinity church, where the Right Key. Wilmington Ingram, bishop of Lon uon, preached the sermon and all of the visiting clergy participated In the process sonal. Thousands of spectators sur rounded the church and filled Monroe park, opposite the church. where a num- ber of overflow meetings were held during the service inside.
 An adapted form of the morning prayer service was used to open the convention After singing by the choir the ten com mandmentS were read by Bishop Futile and extracts from the scriptures by Bishop Potter of New York and Bishop Satterlee of Washington, D. C. The congregation sang hymn and then came the sermon of the bishop of London.
 The sessions of the house of bishops where were held in the Virginia state capitol building, were executive and will continue to be so during the convention At the close a statement of the proceed lnBs was made by pr. Samuel Hart of Connecticut, secretary of the house.
 After the house was called to order by Bishop Futile II bishops were presented They were; Bishops Strange of North Carolina; Roots, Hankow; Spaldng, Salt Lake; w. r.. Johnson, South Dakota; $. D. Williams, Michigan. Parker, New Hampshire; Mccormick, Western Michi- gan; Webb, Milwaukee, Scadding. Ore gon; Tucker, Southern Virginia, and Guerry, South Carolina
 Bishop Futile then announced the deaths that had occurred in the member ship since the last convention
 Bishop William Lawrence of Massachu- Seits was Ie-electeu cnalfman aud pr. Samuel Hart of Connecticut secretary of the house. After this business had been disposed of Governor Swanson was ushered into the house and welcomed the convention. He was given an ovation
 Archbishop Nuttall of the West Indies and Bishop Ingram of London were es4 corted to the house by a special commit lee, and both received an enthusiastic welcome and responded by making brief remarks The house of bishops then ad- Journed until tomorrow at o'clock
 Simultaneously with the assembling of the house of bishops the house of deputies was holding its preliminary gathering at St. Pauls church. The sessions of the house of deputies are open to the public and the galleries of the church were crowded today chiefly with ladies' The delegates were assigned to stations in the church in the manner of a politica convention. Dr. Randolph Nick inn of Washington, D. C.. and the Rev Henry Anslie of New York were reelected pres 1dent and secretary, respectively. the cleo ton being by exclamation. Dr. McKim made the brief address of honor and the fact that since the last convention in Richmond, AS years ago, the number Of commandments in the church in the United States had increased more than 600 per cent and now numbers Soo,000. He com pared the two convention and showed that a number of the questions now before the convention were waeed furiously in 1859