Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Episcopal Convention viii Con-
slider It Immediately. !
CONDITIONS NOW CHAOTIC
May Adopt Something Equivalent to
Graded System.
BISHOP INGRAM GOING NORTH
Many Subsidiary Bodies Will Hold
Meetings at Various Places Today.
Million Thank Offering.

RICHMOND, Va, October Tho
second week of the triennial convention
of the Protestant Episcopal Church COM
merced today, the several subsidiary
bodies meeting at the various places of
assembly. The early morning hour in
both the house of bishops and the house
of deputies was devoted largely to rou-
tine work. The woman's auxiliary will
have an allday conference on diocesan
offices. The features of the work will
be the mems thank offering and the
Sunday school exhibit. with the mass
meetings to be connected with it. 1t is
anticipated that the mems thank offer
ing will amount to a million dollars,
which fund will be used in some perma-
nant work of the chruch and not TO pay
current expenses
In the matter of Sunday schools some
action will be taken as regards the Diff
ferent series of lessons. The present
condition is admitted by those most in
terested in the work to be chaotic and
there is a strong sentiment in favor Of
a general graded system of instruction
similar to that in the public schools, but
Of modified form. Tonight there will be
public missionary meeting in the audi
torium, which will be addressed by dis
tinguished speakers.
Ingram at Harvard.
The Lord Bishop Of London left today
for Harvard. where he has an appoint
ment to make an address. He has ex-
tended invitations to Bishop Randolph,
Bishop Gibson Of Virginia and others to
attend the Lambert conference next year.
During the proceedings of the house of
deputies DR.. Huntington chairman of the
committee on amendments to the constitu-
ton, offered a preamble to the constitu-
ton in which he referred to this Ameri-
can church" This brought DR. w. w.
Old of Norfolk to his feet in protest He
said adoption would be in viola ton of the
constitution and involve change of the
name of the church without consideration.
A heated debate followed and the matter
finally went over until tomorrow.
The woman's auxiliary decided today
to devote the womens offering, s223, 900.
to woman's work in home missions.
Morgan Makes a Motion.
The resolution introduced by ]. Pierpont
Morgan to reduce the lay and clerical rep
house of deputies was, after a bitter de-
bate, rejected. The western New York
delegation, of which Mr. Morgan is
member. voted against the resolution. A
committee of five was appointed to raise
a fund of s5.OOOOOO for the clerical relief
fund. Adjournment to reassemble at
o'clock.
The only feature of the session of the
house of bishops was the defeat of
resolution sent from the house of depu-
ties requesting that the former have open
sessions.
Many Attended the Churches.
The prominent foreign and domestic
dignitaries of the church in attendance
upon the triennial convention. now in ses-
sion, occupied the pulpits of various
churches in the city yesterday and last
night Members of the general conven-
ton attended holy communion at st.
Paurs Church at O'Clock in the morning.
The Young Mems Christian Association
held theater meeting for men at the
Academy of Music in the afternoon. at
which addresses were made by the Rev.
Arthur S. Lloyd, DID, secretary of the
board of missions; the Rev. w. G. Marsh
of Adelaide South Australia, and the
Rev. William Wilkinson of Minn polls,
MINI.
The Bishop of St Albans delivered
noon.
The triennal missionary service for the
general convention was held in St. Pauls
Church last night. The sermon this
Lucian L. kinsolying, d. D., Bishop Of
Southern Brazil.
An open-air meeting held in the
Capitol Square in the afternoon at which
hnl do nf nvla n arf1h led n
hear the Lord Bishop of London speak.
The open-air service was decided upon
because there is not a building in Rich
mond capable of holding the large crowd
anxious to hear the bishop. The bishop
was ACCOMPANIED to the capitol by many
prominent churchmen and laymen. The
governor and Mrs Swanson were among
those in attendance. The bishop spoke
from the southern portico of the capitol,
the audience being banked on the sloping
grounds in front of him The united
Episcopal choirs were seated on the cap
itol steps, the church dignitari.s and
prominent people being grouped about the
speaker on the portico. This is the first
time since the convention opened that the
general public have been afford ID an op-
portunity of hearing the dis .ingushed
man.
President Davis Pew.
The delegates from the diocese OF Wash
ington occupy the same seat in st. Paul's
SHuTCn WHICH was lIe ytdTb
of the confederacy the pew of President
Jefferson Davis. DIR. Thomas Nelson Page
of this delegation gathered his party
around him Saturday and gave them a
graphic description of the m7morable
service in St. Paul's held by DIR, Mime
gerode, when a undiscovered courier en-
tered the church and told Presid mt Davis
of the fall of Petersburg and the immi-
nent danger of Richmond. With a hasty
word of explanation to the rector Pres
ident Davis left the church, while DR..
Minnegerode stopped his sermon and led
the congregation In prayer for the city and
tlle Confederacy.
OF all the members of the upper house
Bishop Greer, the coadjutor of New York,
is perhaps. the most noted for his elocu-
tionary power. having a truly raTnarkable
control of his voice in speaking. Bishop
Greer has been the chairman OF the spe-
cal committee on mems thank Offering.
the collection from the men IN recogni-
ton of 300 years of church work. 1t was
Bishop Greer's private secretary who got
off the famous saying that the ch ldren of
the church took their collection annually,
the women of the auxiliary present their