Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-10-03
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The house of bishops and the house o.

The house of bishops and the house o.
deputies of the Episcopal Church in
America met for the frst time in separ-
ate sessions yesterday in Richmond.
The house Of bishops met in the ball OF
the House of Delegates, in the State
Capitol, in which building the American
church was organized two years after
the close of the war of the revolution,
which brought about a dissolution OF
the church in America and the parent
church. The House Of Deputies met
in St. Pauls Church, in which edlfice
the family of Robert E. Lee worshiped
during a portion of the four years of war
between the States.
These sessions were for the purpose of
perfectiDg organization and electing Off
GERS preliminary to the business of TIE
convention, which will be taken up with
the sessions today. The two bodies will
meet, respectively, in these two houses
throughout the life of the convention.
In the House of Bishops all Of the
old officers were reelected, as fjllows:
Presiding bishop, Daniel s. Tuttle, of
Missouri; chairman of house, William
Lawrence, of Massachusetts; secretary
Samuel Hart, Of Middletown, Ct: assis-
tant secretaries, G. F. Nelson, of New
York, aud 7. j. Packard, of Rockville,
Md.
Ninety-two bishops answered to their
names when the roll was called yester-
day afternoon just after the house as
sembled for organization at $3.50 p. m.
OF the ten absentees several have sent
excuses on account of sickness and
others are expected to come within the
next few days.
By invitation Gov. Swanson addressed
the bishops in a vigorous speech and
extended the Inequalities Of the State,
and of the Capitol building.
The Lord Bishop of London made
brief remarks, referring to the historical
character and association of having the
meeting of the bishops in the State Capt.
tol Of Virginia, and closed by saying
that he would elaborate this idea more
fully in his historical address at the City
Auditorium on Friday night.
The House of Deputies also reelected
the old officers: President, Randolph
II. McKim, of Washington; secretary,
Htn'y ADstice, of New York; assistant
setre aries, Henry w. Worthiugton, of
Cleveland, O.; Carroll M. Davis, OF st.
Louis, No., William O. Prout, of Her
kimer, N. Y, and James G.. Glass, of
Admission, Ala.
William P. Skiddy, of New York,
was elected treasurer of the convention.
One resolution of importance was that
introduced by the Rev. DR.. W. r. Hunt
ington, as follows:
Resolved, the House of Bishops con-
curing, that the following change be
made in the constitution, aud thai the
proposed alteration be made known to
the several dioceses ia order that the
same may be adopted in the next Gen.
eral Convention in accordance with Ar
ticle Xl. OF the coosti u ion, as follows:
Prefix to the constitution the follow
ing Preamble:
This American church, first planted
in Virginia early in the seventeenth
century by representative of the ancient
church of Englanl, acknowledging the
Holy Scriptures Of the Old and New
Testaments to be the record of Gods rev.
citation of Himself and His Son, and to
contain sll things necessary to salvation,
holding the catholic creeds--to-wit, the
Apostles Creed and the Nicene Greed,
to be a sufficient statement Of the Chris
tian faith, maintaining the orders of the
Sacred Ministry in such form as from
the hands of faithful men it frat re-
ceived the same, reverently conserving
the sacrsments ordained by Christ Him.
self, and accounting to be members of
the flock of Christ, all who have been
duly baptized in the name of the Father
and of the Son and OF the Holy Ghost,
has ordained and established for the fur
therance OF the work to which il has been
called Of God the following.
Today's programme includes:
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