The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-20
BISHOPS SPENT
LAST BUSY DAY
Many Important Matters, Con-
sidercd al Final Session
Held Yesterday. Az. n.

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The closing session of the upper house
proved a busy one the bishops con-
1 tinuing their WORK right up to i
I.o'ciook, although, notified by the depu-
ties before ~ O'Clock that they were
ready to adjourn. Most of the bus
mess before the bishops was In the
nature OF concurrence, In Resolutions
Already pissed upon by the Houge OF
deputies. and the action OF the hish-
ops was communicated to the low,,
mouse IN a serios OF messages through
OUT the morning. there being but lit
Tie TO necessitatc action by the dcpu-
tlss except In the acceptance OF few
MINOR amendments.
Tiarty-NInr Articles.
Perhaps tho most important action
taken by, the bishops was the reso-
luton declining to concur with the
House Of Deputies In the motion to
appoint an tad interim committee look
ING to the revision or amendment OF
the Thirty-ninc Articles No legisla-
tlon is therefore passed by this con-
ntion In regard to the articles. and
they remain in the Prayer Book uss
heretofore.
1t developed Yesterday that slip
had been made by one OF the secre-
itaries in the House of Bishops In
transcribing the action of the bishops
on tho so-called open pulpit" The
matter was correctly entered on the
minutes of the House OF Bishops and
correctly printed In The Times-Dis
patch of yesterday, but in the copy OF
the amendment sent to the House of
Deputies "a clerk Inadvertently wrote
ister," considerably changing the pur-
port Of the amendment. When the slip
was explained and corrected both
houses agreed on the resolution, pro-
viding that ministers of any other de-
nomination may be invited into Episco-
pal pulp!ts to make addresses on spe-
ciul occasions, with the consent OF the
Presiding bishop.
In the matter of the change pro-
posed in the title page of the Prayer
Book, the action of the deputies,passed
some days ago. proposed the Omission
of the clause1"According to the use OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church III the
United States OF America.
The bishops proposed as n suosti-
tute, whicI,.wass accepted by the house.
that in-sthc title page to the prayer
book. when translated into toreish
languages for work in mission helds.
such verbal changes might pc maze
us would make the purport most clear
to the foreign people, the changes 10
be approved by the presiding bishop.
The House of Bishops passed the
canon providing for the election of the
presiding bishop, with several amend
ments. which We're accepted by the
House of Deputies. The first amend
ment provided that the presiding
bishop shall hold office for six years
from the time of his election, unless
in, that time he shall attain the age
of seventy wears. ~
bishops AUST Act. al ~.
a isecond;n impoftant amendment
provides that II .thsc presiding bishop
dies. or becomes disabled or incapa-
citated from performing the duties of
the position, the House oIBishops must
select u presiding bishop to serve
to the next convention. The import
of this amendment is obvious, since
the original resolution provided that
should the Office Of presiding bishop
become vacant. the senior bishop hay
ing jurisdiction III the United States
should become presiding bishop until
a presiding bishop be elected. The
WHICH WAS adCSSplSup VIII
necessitate the calling together OF the
House OF Bishops Immediately on the
death of presiding bishop.
II was pointed out, however, that
the House of Bishops always has Its
chairman, who can transact the ordt-
nary business of that house and call
the body together in the event Of
such ah emergency.
missionary CnnOn
The bishops also made certain
amendments to the missionary canon.
which were accepted by the lower
house, and the canon ns a whole was
concurred Inc The amendments make
the phraseology conform to the COR
rect legal TECHNOLOGY In referring to
various States and Territories. and
adds at the end of section II: Each
department shall have the right, If 1t
so desire, to require that the Board
of Missions in making It's annual APP
portionment shall make such APP
portionment to a department. in gross,
for subdivision by the missionary
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