Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
Delegates Elected to General Convention
After Many Votes Are Cast.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TO BE URGED
Next Council Will Ievote Half Day to
the tunday Schools,
APPORTloNHENr SYSTEM is RETAINED
Church VIII Raise Fund of Four
Thousand Dollars for Mission
AIRY work Next Year In
the Diocese.


Rev. John Albert Williams, assistant SEQ
retary Of the Protestant Episcopal church
of the diocese Of Nebraska, sprung gcnu-
inc surprise on the delegates. clerical and
lay, Thursday afternoon, somewhat late in
| the session, when he read a letter from
Bishop Worthington, in which, from June
/ next, the head of the diocese of Me-
braska resigns all claim to salary as
bishop the stipend of 5000 year hereto
fore being paid him being added to the
salary Of Bishop Coadjutor Williams. The
bishop also informed the council that on or
before his death all money received by
him from the diocese since the appoint
ment of the coadjutor would be returned to
the Episcopal endowment fund,
| The announcement took the bishop CO.
adjutor completely by surprise and after he
had succeeded in controlling his emotions
he announced that he would endeavor to
make some provision whereby the money
should result in financial benefit to the
diocese.
Warm Contest for Delegates.
The last session of the council which adj
journed about o'colck in the evening,
was lively from start to finish, the principal
work being the election of delegates to the
general convention to be held in Richmond,
Va, in October and other officers Of the
pied the greater part Of the time and
after numerous debates and discussions,
in which canon law was the principal
theme, the following delegates were chosen:
Clerical Delegates-Rev. John Williams,
Rev. w A. Mulligan of Beatrice, Rev.
w. II. Moor of Omaha and Rev. A. e.
Marsh Of Blair
Lay Delegates-R s. Hall Of Omaha, E.
A. Wiggenhorn of Ashland, T. L. Ringwalt
and II. w. Yates of Omaha
Alternates-Rev. ]. c. S. WELLS of Nor
folk, Rev. James Wise of South Omaha,
Z Rev. d. c. Pattee of Schuyler, Rev. r. B.
II. Bell OF Omaha, Joseph Barker, w. S.
King, Edgar Howard Of Columbus and
c. S. Montgomery.
Delegates to the Missionary Conference
to be held in Des Moines in January, 1908
Very Rev. George A. Beecher. Rev. w. II.
Moor, Rev.eA. j. Westcott of Columbus
and Rev. r. r. Dggs, Clement Chase, ].
e. C. Fisher, A j. Phelphs, Joseph Barker
and @. W. Farnham
The resolution providing that the chan
cellor and treasurer of the diocese have a
vote in the council went over under the
rules for year.
The bishop named standing committee:
Rev. John Williams Rev. A. z. Marsh,
Very Rev. G. A Beecher. c. w. Lyman, c.
H. Rudge of Lincoln and c. S. Montgomery
A memorial to the late chancellor of the
diocese, ]. NJ. Wooworth. will be pre-
pared by a committee. of which Rev. John
Williams is chairman, and spread on the
minutes of the meeting.
Meeting starts EARLY.
The session of the forty-hrst annual coun-
ell began Thursday with the celebration OF
holy communion at 1880 o'clock Following
morning prayer at 8 O'Clock the first busi-
ness meeting opened with reports from
committees. The report of the committee
or Incorporation Of churches made by
Rev. George stockwell. and Grace church.
Columbus, was raised from a mission to q
parish.
The report OF the standing committee
was presented by Canon Marsh The re-
port of the committee on Christian educa-
ton, presented by Canon Bell, the
first one Of importance. providing that one
half a day be devoted at next session OF
the council to the consideration OF Sum
day school work; that a uniform system
of Sunday schools be adopted for use In
the diocese, and that in lieu Of other plans
the system In vogue at All Saints church,
Omaha. be tried. Under this system the
Sunday school becomes a Juvenile church.
all children over 10 years of age being
recognized as members, and the use OF the
prayer book and instruction in the cate
T. chism is impaired. Resolutions were ~
g ferred.
Church Extension Work.
The report of the committee on church
extension was the first to occasion debate.
The report, submitted by T. l.. Ringwalt.
y recommended the retention of the appor-
tionment system OF raising funds; that
o $4,000 be appropriated for missionary work
+ In the diocese; that 500 be appropriated
r for the publication of The Crosier. the
r church paper; that the bishop coadjutor be
8 empowered to appoint committee to take
steps for the construction Of church
house at Lincoln.
In course Of debate on this report a ten
dency was shown in some quarters to re-
duce the appropriation for the missions.
while one or two OF the delegates desired
10 have the sum increased. The bishop
coadjutor explained the manner In which
| the appropriation had been assigned by
. the committee and the resolutions were
adopted, the only votes In the negative
being cast by delegates under instruction.
In connection with this report Rev.
j James Wise of South Omaha made a
strong plea for city mission work and the
! thank Offering missionary fund which men
OF the church have undertaken TO raise
by the time of the meeting Of the general
I convention at Richmond, Va, in October.
I Plan 90 secure Funds.
! The report Of the committee on Epis-
copal endowment fund was received and
the committee continued. The plan of the
committee Is 10 secure 900 members OF
the church TO pay 81 a month for iS9
months with the object Of securing fund
OF 10000.
An amendment to the constitution pro-
vidng that the chancellor and treasurer
OF the diocese should have a vote In the
council was referred 70 the committee on
Q legislation
The general and district missionaries sub
: mitted annual reports showing work done
In the state.
: resolution offered by Canon Bell was
adopted requesting the delegates from this