The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-11
Important CanonAdo dopted
by Bishops; New Dio-
ceses Created.
DISCUS $40 I'M @ F
NECiRO o PR ROBL EN-
Question Will Conc Up This
Morning. the House Of Dep,t-
ties. and Lively Session Is 81
Expected 8 Elect
Bishops Te-
Day.

Day.
ny. THE REV. JOHN III. BROWN,
Secretary of the Diocese of Florida.
1t was an eventtul day In tho General
Convention, and one even more event
full will begin this morning. The ses
sion of the House OF Deputies yestnr-s
day was given up almost entirely
to certain necessary rcvistons of tho
canons. mostly of purely technical
nature, but in the House OF Bishops 1T
was quite different. a renrrangements
was made OF the Western missionary
districts. tho United States OF Brazii
was made q missionary district OF this
Protestant Episcopal Church. and ~
canon on provinces was adopted In
the afternoon the two houses met In
Joint session to consider missions.
GrOund Clenrcd. s
Eight days OF the convention have
passed, and the House OF Deputies has
done nothing on It's greatest question.
The ground has, however. been pretty
well cleared of minor nntters, so that
opportunity will now be given for Its
considerations. 'ss
y, Many might consider the proceedings
of the house yesterday morning as
time wasted, but all the apparently
trivial amendments OF the canons were
necessary. in order 10 secure defnite-
ness and accuracy. II must be re-
membered that these canons are new.
and that the verbal Inaccuracies be-
came evident by use. In every case
there was a gain made by the amend
.ments. One was OF more than a tech
tnical mature. as was shown by the
words Sof the two deputies who had
served in the mission fields 1t will
help to preclude the possibility of in-s5
Justice being done to the missionaries
by removals from ii place to place
|; .whethe they desire 1t or not n
The discus sssptI II Hata nrose ever tia
canon on the transfer OF L coMmunt-s.
Ecants from one parish TO another .indt-.
Ecates the necessity 81 9of some means
lSwheraby the communicates is OF tile
jltiiurci, can be kept In active church
lltfe. 1t also Indicates an unfor ortunate
condition ns prevailing, The only trou &
!! bic is that no matter what can ons sart;ss
passed on this subject they will not
help matters much, tor ifs the present
canon was observed 1t would be suffi-h
| Client, but how is 1t to be enforced?
llcn's Ihnnk Offering. .4
The report of thes committee on mis-
\ sioEs, brought before the house at {;
4 most epportune time a matter which
| Knight be OF the greatest Importance
7 to tho c!lurcn Tho committee recon- 4
mended that the men be requested to
| jmuke an Offering every three years.
| and that the present committees and /,
other agencies which hnd worked up
1 the thang offering be continued This
Twill be the means of creating q per-
| mnnent and successful auxiliary to the
4 Board OF Missions. for 1t is quite
probnble that the offering would
iamount to almost, II notsqutte. as much
as that Of the thank offering. 1t would
mean also, il worked along the lines
laid down for this thank offering. that
many more men would become inter-
ested in the work of the church. This
| Is one of the objects sought by the
originators OF the thank Offering. and
while this offering is freshtn the mind
n word on itSis not out OF place. n In
spite OF the fact that Mr. Thomas says
he Is not dissatisfied nor disappointed
at the amount given, careful perusal
of the list of amounts given by the tlif-f
ferent dioceses must create some con-
siderable surprise. and disappointment.
too. When one sees some OF the sdio-
ceses that contributed less than a thou
sand dollars 1t Is7very evident that the
whole offering could easily have been
more than q million, which it certainly
should have been. It is understood
that MIR, Thomas has said his books
will be open for at least sixsweeks in
order that the opportunity might be.
given to raise the amount nearer to-
the million. It is not difficult to de-
termineS why tho offering was not
larger. Leaving out all consideration
Of any spirit OF parochialism, whichl
did not to any great extent enter into
the matter. the trouble lay in tho de-s
lay in getting the matter; before tho
men. The central committee is not to
blame; It did It's work very promptly
and wcll. But q it's plans were nok
carried ont. AS different members i or
the committee have said, the or rferinE
was not Representatives enough. Il.
should have been Joined by every.
churchman In the country, ind not
only by a. comparative few. IT. showed. /.
however, what can be "a one. nj
II was a & glorio us % frering and those
nre to be pitied who had no share In
1t, SO the church has determined to
give them another opportunity, Mr.
Thomas said yesterday morning that
when he suggested tho offering three
years go he expected about 81 90, 900. so
he was not disap nted. But the Spur-
pose now Is to retain and keep. 5lp the
Interest, and not et 1t so iby Default
The Negro Problem. y
The Pennsy ylvaniaS eputation,5 grow
Ing impatient over the delay oil n thu
commtttes In charge OF tho negro 3quea-5
ton. asked that this committee he in-s
|structed to report at once if possihls.
I'm reply the house was informed
that the report would ii be, rresente ed
this morning at q clock. ~ 4 desired,
| Natural ~ every one Is on tha alert
and an xtons to know R,Slt the report
will be. One thing Is known, The!
committee is not ntirely greed. and
no one is surprised Tho report musr
necessal,ily be moro or less Of a cons.
4 promise unless q minority report a Is.
also to appear, ,rke majority, IL isl
l|raported. favor missionary districts.
4 Rut, regnrdle less of what It Isl. All 5phasesi
.of the question Will BIO discussed. So
great is the. interest Ii this question
sEthats several 6ot the Il PIP VI les " no fsGtS
lcompellad 10 80 hon1es Ara rem. nirlsg.S
lflts rs 40 snnco nlnao hin = 70 he ar onIsH