Evening star., 1907-10-17
Both Houses of P. E. Conven-
ton Busy Today.
NEGRO ISSUE DISCUSSED
Cincinnati Selected for the Meeting
in 1910.
FOR JAMESTOWN MEMORIAL
House Of Bishops Refused to Con-
cur In Deputies Action Rejecting
tho Resolution on Provinces.

a.
the morning hour OF both houses Of the
tine business. At o'clock pm. there will
be meeting in the interest Of men and
missions and at 8 pm. public missionary
meetings in two Of the city churches.
The principal business in the house Of
bishops today will be the negro question.
The house Of bishops refused to concur
in the action OF the house of deputies in
their rejection Of q resolution presented
by the bishops asking the establishment
Of provinces. The matter was referred to
q committee Of conferences.
Cincinnati Chosen for Next Meeting
Cincinnati was selected as the place
wherein the next triennial convention will
be held in 1910. Other cities competing
for the prestige Of entertaining the great
Episcopal body were New York. Asbury
Park. N. j.: Denver. Col: st. Louis Mo. !:
Kansas City. Philadelphia and Atlantic
City. The New York delegation made q
strong plea to have tho convention meet
in their city on the ground that it had
not met in New York for twenty-one
years, and the churchmen there wanted
an Incentive toward the finishing Of their
definite time
Dr. Rhodes Of Cincinnati replied that
with the exception Of visiting Chicago.
the convention had not been west since
1850 The vote showed q large majority
in favor Of the middle west.
A most important and, for the Episcopal
Church a radical, measure adopted was
the resolution to SO amend the canons on
church government as to admit speakers
OF other Christian denominations to the
nit 70 NJ "a INF MI
Church. providing the rector of the church
first obtained the consent Of the bishop
of the diocese.
Opening the Pulpits.
DR.. J. H. Eccleston Of Baltimore. chair
said that II the proposed amendment
copa1 churches to other than their own
clergy without restraint he would him.
self disapprove it. but with the good tudg-
ment of rector and bishop as a safe
guard. he was heartily in favor Of 1t. and
that since some Of the Episcopal clergy
were already doing 1t without permission
or restraint, the measure was designed as
a safeguard The resolution was carried
by large majority, the Maryland dele
cation voting solidly for 1t. as did also
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page OF Washington.
The resolution in full is as follows:
mo minister in charge of any congrega-
ton OF this church or, in case OF vacancy
or absence, no church warden. vestryman
or trustee Of the congregation shall per-
NIT any person to offlciate therein without
sufficient evidence OF his being duly
licensed o. ordained to minister in this
church: provided that nothing herein
shall be 80 construed as to forbid COM:
municants of the church to act as lay
readers or to prevent the minister, In
charge Of any congregation in this church,
when authorized by his bishop. Of per-
mitting sermon or address therein by
any Christian person approved by the
bishop
In view Of the circumstances arising
in mission work Of the church and in the
publication of the prayer book in for
eign languages. the house Of bishops, in
executive session, adopted a resolution
deeming 1t expedient to make q change
in the title page Of the prayer book in
order to avoid all possibility Of misun-
derstanding regarding the character of
the church.
It was, therefore, recommended that
the title of the prayer book be changed
by striking out the words according to
United States" It was explained that the
translation Of the term Protestant Epis-
copar' was impossible IN many languages,
involving at all times a substitution of
terms, and that In foreign fields 1t seemed
tmpracticable to speak of the church as
being confined to the United States.
The house deemed 1t inexpedient to ask
any change in the legal title of the
church. The question of the prayer book
will be referred to the house OF deputies
for its concurrence. and in case the reso-
luton is adopted the change in title, in
volving change In the constitution, will
not be finally accepted until adopted in
the convention Of 1910
Permanent Memorial at Jamestown.
The house Of bishops concurred in the
the action Of the deputies in their reso-
luton recommending Cincinnati as the
next place of meeting of the triennial
convention. and it was further decided
that no new business should be presented
to the house after yesterday afternoon.
The bishops of Massachusetts,, Colorado
and Chicago were appointed a committee
to erect q permanent memorial of the
church on jamestown Island.
The holy communion will be celebrated
this morning by the house of bishops
in Monumental Church. and after the
meeting a private session Of the bishops
will be held in the church for the pur-
pose of appointing bishops to fill vacan--
cies resulting from the establishment OF
missionary districts in ths west.
Rev. DR.. J. 8. B. Hodges OF Baltimore
has been appointed on the committee of
those commissioned to raise IS. OOO 600 for