The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
WITH THE EPISCOPALIANS.

The diocesan convention which opened
its sessions on Wednesday last in AS
cension Church had little more than the
| usual routine business to transact
| Usually the conventions which are full
| of special interests are those preceding
the assembling Of the general conven-
tions, when the larger issues Of the
church have to be considered. or ought
| to be. in the elections Of representatives
TO sit in the general convention.
The bishops address was concerned
! mainly with local issues and was thereby
the more helpful and stimulating.
The principal elections were to the
standing committee, the diocesan board
of managers of missions. and the mis-.
sionary council, and resulted as follows
OF the following nominated for a place
on the standing committee. Revs. r. P.
Williams. c. Ernest Smith. D. c. L.;
C. E. Buck. w. G. Davenport, r. Cotton
Smith. D. D.; G. c. F. Bratenahl, D.
D.; R. H. McKim. D. D.: r. Talbot, H.
Scott Smith, D. D.: G. F. Dudley. T. ].
Howden, of the clergy, and Messrs. J. H.
Gordon. c. H. Stanley, NJ. Church. James
H. Taylor, w. NJ. Levin, w. c. Rives,
and T. o. Selfridge, of the laity, there
were elected and will form the standing
committee for this year: Revs. r. P.
Williams, r. H. McKim, D. D.; c. E.
Buck. and c. Ernest Smith, D. D.. of
the clergy. and Messrs. J. H. Gordon.
NJ. Church, and w. c. Rives. Of the laity.
For the board Of managers OF missions
these were elected: Clerical-Rev. c. E.
Buck, Rev. w. E. Davenport, Rev. w.
L. De Vries, Rev. c. S. Dunlap, Rev. G.
F. Dudley, and Rev. F. B. Howden; lay
Messrs, S. E. kramer, w. NJ. levin.
J. H Taylor. w. C. Rives. and George
Truesdell
For delegates to the next missionary
council of the third department, the fol-
lowing four clergymen and four laymen
were elected: Revs. w. J. D. Thomas,
G. c. F. Bratenahl, F. B. Howden. and
G. F. Peter: Messrs. w. H. Singleton,
S. E. Kramer, Admiral Stockton, and
Mrs. w. n. Levin.
Missionary night" which is always
the first night of the diocesan conven-
ton, was this year of quite exceptional
interest. Much of the routine work of
missionary night-the pledging of the
sums necessary by the various churches
had been accomplished in the afternoon.
and there was in consequence more time
for the instruction OF the delegates in
the great subject of church extension.
This was accomplished chiefly through
the Illuminating report of the board of
managers, which was read by Rev. G. +.
Dudley and an address of a very prac-
teal nature given by Rev. Charles Fiske.
rector of St. Michael and all Angels.
Baltimore. which was certainly one Of
the most helpful and instructive ad-
dresses the convention has heard.
AS a misunderstanding exists with re-
gard to the discussion of the use of
titles in the convention. it seems desir-
able to accurately state the case.
Last year a distinguished lay delegate
protested against being deprived of an
honorable title won in long service for
his country. The bishop in his address
reminded the convention OF this fact
Thereupon DR.. c. Ernest Smith moved
that a change be made in the rules of
order so that such delegates be not de-
prived or their titles, or be incorrectly
described by the conventional Mister"
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on canous and by that body it
was deemed inexpedient to make any
change. The convention. as highly
conservative body opposed to radicalism
of every kind, approved the findings of
its committee, and the incident was
closed.
Therefore the secretary of the conven-
tion will go on calling generals, admirals,
judges, &c. mister" with no regard