Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-10-21
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION ENDED

for several weeks, came TO sn Ind Satur
day afternoon with 8 joint session of th'
House of Bishops and House of DePu
ties 10 Holy Trinity Chunh, vher
Bishop futile, of Missouri, The presiding
bishop, delivered u farewell pastoral Cd
dress. The FIRST portion Of The service
was conducted by the Bishop OF Dallas
The pastoral address was delivered b!
Bishop Tuttle, the convention cor ing tt
a formal close with the benediclion oy
the aged dignilary.
The lsst day Of the couveoiioo wal
marked by the consideration in rsPiC
succession of matters Of much import
anee TO the church, which mstleis had
been necessarily deferred.
Among The more important matters
which csne up for consideration duriDl
the closing of the hours was the concur
renee by the House Of Deputies In th'
action OF the House or Bishops IL
adopting canon creating the cpsr
pulpit aud allowing the use of The
church by Christian people not mem
bers Of it. This question csme t
tie attention of The deputies in The
form of a message from the Hou'e o
Bishops, which message proposed the
concurrence Of the deputies in the follow
ing canon, WHICH wstsdopted:
No minister in cAsrge of shy con.
gregation of this church, no church war.
dsns, vestrymen or trustees of the cor
g'egsii0n she'll permit any person to Of
iciste therein withont sufficient evidence
of his being duly Licensed or ordained to
minister 10 this church, provided thai
nothing herein shall be 50 construed as
to forbid communicates of the church e
set as lay readers or to prevent the bi'hop
of any diocese or missionary district from
giving permission TO christian men not
members Of this church from making
addreae5 IN churches on specisl occa-
sions."
Immediately following the conclusion
Of The reading of the canon Rev. DR..
Hold es, of Marylsnd, delivered an adj
dress in which be bitterly opposed the
open pulpit. he took occasion 10 direct
several sarcastic remsrks st Dr.. Hunt
ington, who quickly stated that be was
not responsible for the open pulpit resc-
luton. DR.. Hodges thereupOn with
drew bis remlrks relative to D.. Hunt
iogton.
A statement. credited TO Deputy Stet-
so7, OF New Yolk, that the House of
Bishops had voted unanimously on the
proposed canon, was denied.
Considerable feeling was manifested
during the DISCUSSION. The vote was
finally taken, with the result that the
canon was adopted.
Several messages from the House OF
Bishops, advising the House OF Deputies
Of their concurrence in various changes
in the canons Of the church, were re-
ceived. Notification was also received
that the upper house had adopted
resolution to the effect that the COM
mi'tee appointed for the purpose of 10
vestipaing the ACCESSIBILITY of creating
an Office for Tie JUNCTION Of the sick be
continued and that the committee be in
stIucted TO report at the uext general
convention. The resolution was con-
Cured in.
A resolution, adopted by the House
of B.sh ops, providing that The consti-
tuition be changed in relation to the
tile pages of prayer.books translated in
to foreign Languages, leaving such changes
to the discretion Of The bishops residing
in The Districts for which the translation
is made, was likewise copcurred 10.
Ii was deci led that at The end of the
term of the presiding bi;h'p, the new
{ fl ;er should. be elected by vote Of
the House Of Bishops, subject to the
concurrence of the House OF Deputies,
and that his term of Office should be six
years, unless he should reach the sgn
of 20 years before his tenn expires, or
unless for other gooi reasons he should
be unable to serve.
4 message from the upper house was
received, in which that body njt.fed Il g
lower house OF its adverse action on the
proposed change of the constitution rels-
tive to the adoption of standard Bible.
Upon motion OF Rev. Mr. SimonsoD, Of
Central Pennsylvania, the house asked
for committee Of conference in relation
to this leslion. The conferees on the
part Of the House were named By the
chair az follows: Rev. Mr.. Simonson,
Rev. DR.. Huntington and Mr. Chase, Of
Missouri. A recess OF 80 minutes was
lskeD, in order 10 allow the committee
time in which TO confer and formulate
report.
At the resumption of business the
C ,nferees reported that the committee
had been unable to agree 10 The matter
of the adoption OF the Kiog Jsmss YER
sion of the Bible as the standard OF the
church, sni asked that they be dis
missed from further consideration Of the
subject. This WAS accordingly done,
owing TO the fact that the life Of the
vas then too short 10 allow
Of the matter being further discussed
either 10 convention or in committee.
/. being eyfden: that considerable
:ime must elspse before the final message
from the House of Bishops could be re-
eeised, mos 6uing tribute to the mem
DRY of the SonttTS great chieftaiu, Gen.
Robert Z. bse, was offered. Rev. DR..
Huntington suggested that he time be
speLt in singing the fayorite hymn of
General Lee.
The suggestion was adopted without a
dssentiug v)ice, aud the entire assem-
blage ofdi,tinguished clergy and laymen,
rising, filled the church 10 which Gen.
tial Lee aud bis family had 50 often wor-
8 hi ned with ol0Tioua mueip Al the com