Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-28
Episcapa|Ians Adjourn After Busy
Three Day Session.
MITIGATION OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Bishop Randolph Authorized tc Ap-
point Commission to Revise Meth
DDS Employed at Present-sody
Meets at Lynohburs Next Year.

Finally disposing of the subject OF
Sunday school work in the Episcopal
churches of the diocese by adoptiho
q resolution empowering Bishop Ran
dolpt to appoint a permanent Sunday
school commission. whose work VIII
be the unifying OF the Sunday Schools
of the church throughout the dioeese'
and adopting resolution OF thanks
TO the Episcopal churches and peo-
pie of this section generally. for their
entertainment. the fourteenth annual
meeting of the Episcopal Council OF
the Diocese of Southern virginia.
which has been in session in this city
since Tuesday morning, adjourned
Yesterday afternoon to meet In
Lynchburg the latter part of May
1910. A majority of the delegates.
both clerical and Law, left the city
during the afternoon and night for
their respective homes.
Bishop Randolph did not announce
the personnel Of the Sunday School
Commission which he is TO appoint
last night. but will give out their
names later.
Some rather interesting figures
were presented to the council at the
meeting yesterday afternoon relative
to the Sunday school work through
out the diocese. and il was shown
that the condition of the various Sun
day schools was on the whole vers.
good.
Resolution of Thanks.
The resolution OF thanks which
was offered by Dr. Barnwell wa
adopted by the council by a rising
vote. The resolution follows:
Resolved. 1nat the heartiest
thanks OF the council be extended to
the rector, vestry and congregation OF
st. Paul's to the committee on enter
tainment of the Newport News.
Hampton and Phoebus churches, and
10 the people of these cities generally
for the excellent provision they nave
made for the work of the council and
the entertainment Of the delegates
Also to the choir of St Paul's for
their spiritual and inspiring music at
the services, and to the press for
the reports of the session.
That the thanks of the council al
so be extended to the pastor ana
congregation of the Presbyterian
church for their most kind and we,-
come loan of their Sunday school
room for the uses of our entertain
ment."
Morning session.
The session yesterday morning was
opened with the morning service. leu
by Bishop Tucker and Rev. Mr..
Miner, and after a few routine mat
tiers a report from the committee on
the state of the church was present
ed by Rev. DR.. Barr. The report was
very optimistic and set forth that the
principal need of the church was
mere of the consecrated laymen OF
the different churches TO take orders.
The falling of in attendance of
children at church service as shown
by statistics prepared by the COM
mittee was greatly deplored.
The diocesan missionary committee
was reelected as whole.
Diocesan Journal.
Quite a spirited discussion was
caused by a report recommending
that the Diocesan Missionary Journa,
be discontinued as the journal is M
debt but a number of warm sup
porters of the paper were in evil
dence, and after a rather long and
spirited debate. a resolution was car
ried to the effect that the Journai
would be under the continued direc-
tion of the Diocesan Missionary So
ciety.