The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1901, Page 23

A} H $ * ¢ 3 * : $ § i o WA 032; HOBG RORPLORPRPA S % O Panes B 1o 32 ...., FOIEFEIOE GREXE A PR SHOHOHOXOH Q| o Ry SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1901. 'PROPOSED CANON TO RECOGNIZE SOME FORMS OF WORSHIP OTHER THAN THOSE OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH CAUSES DEBATE P { E t | 8 i 5 | ’ i LEAVING ST LOUREES t DELEGcATES ‘é°‘ NG TO THE ) Z ONVENTION- > € 1 I . E t A d oquen peecnes re elivere i | in H f Deputi 1 mn ouse O eputies. b the House of Deputies of | Saturday afternoon by the Seuthern Pa« General Convention of the | clfic Rallroad Company. The offer was EHa - | accepted. ¢ : ‘,‘“‘"‘h_’”"’:‘*l‘“ IS |- Deputy Ringwalt of Nebraska intro- | yesterday morning in| gyced a resolution denouncing the lack of | Trinity Church, there was a|good government in many cities and the | large attendance of the members, while | countenancing by the authorities of vice the galleries were crowded with ladies. | 2nd gambling. The resolution was re- | Sharp at 10 o'clock Chairman Lindsay | ferred to the proper committee. called the house to crder and the journal | THE HOUSE AMENDS of the previous day was read by the sec- | THE CONSTITUTION retary and duly adopted. Th Gt o et The chairman then anpointed the fol- | e e lowing committee to confer with a simi- | Rev. Dr. Egar of New York presided over lar committee as to the place of meeting | the debate. for the convention of 1304, in accordance | Dr. Egar moved that article 7 of the with the.resolution of J. Pierpont Morgan: | constitution be stricken out and that the | Mr. Morgan of New York, Rev. Dr. following article be inserted in its place: | Smith of Washington, Rev. Dr. No person shall be ordered priest or deacon Georgia, John R. Triplett of Missouri and Mor- | until he shall have beeh examined by the iris W. Seymour of Connecticut. | Bishop and two priests and shall have ex- { st g | hibited such testimonials and other requisites { (ELe SOHE wins “‘“‘;{{“m “i“s,"""d to the | 8.0 Canons In that case provided may i utchins: | rect. No person shall be ordained and conse- Mass.; Oct. 1 ;‘mlml Bri:hflr', or (vr'!;r-rl priest 0\‘r d;aoo:,daum General Convi n ess at the time, in the presence of the o in. | Give my cordial thanks to the | ing Bishop or Bishops, he shall subscribe and . .| House of Depu for thelr very kind remem- | make the following declaration: Tase . i | brance of me by resolution. MORGAN DIX “I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old DEPARTUR . dioceses reported that the petition from | fion: and I do mnly engage to conform to = THE HoUSE the dioc of Massachusetts that it be | the doctrine, discipline and worship of the / tlor DEPUTIES | divided into two dioceses be granted. The | Protestant scopal church in the United repor s adopted. States of America.”” $_~/ % ADJOURNED | Re Bliss of Vermont asked lhatl No person ordained by a foreign Bishop, or = i the committee on Christian education be | by *a Bishop not in communion with this v | | allowed to sit with a similar committee of | church, shail be permitted to officiate as a = | the House. of Bishops. The request was | Mminister of this church until he shall have et | complied with the camon or canons in that | ®'The_ delegation from Southern Florlda | $a%¢ Provided and also shall haye subscribed 3 e . | presented resolution that delegates | =4 ghort debate followed on the proposed e T et Do howed to|amendment, which was carried when the ’ T * vote in the House of Deputies when such | 2mendment, W o SCENES OUTSIDE OF TRINITY CHURCH DURING PROGRESS OF BIG CONVENTION. vote is not by orders. The resolutlon was | (ol o3 Sedy AMEIMENL 4 59 B - referred to the committee on constitution. | fyar ana adopted by a unanimous. vote. & = = -+ | PROPOSES TO ELECT "l"v?x" .imhfind‘m‘epa(a_kr fl'(hg place fOtllarElc‘ls T : Resolati Fli Btlie e b | A PRESIDING -rsmop | VL1 (¢ ity o B Bk Many Important Subjects Occupy|Resolution to Elect Presiding Bishop of the Church .o, o sl mm i mers Conventlon on Fourth Day. IS Fa,vored by Many of the Delega'tes‘ | “Resotvad. That section 3 of artiele 1 of the | 55,25, B She scclesiastical suthority of the constitugion be amended to read as follows Teaily 2estlé 3. The presiding Bishop of,the church shall | “The Genera! Convention, in like manmer, ma; | d}(‘schnrpm?u:‘;\ dutri:; :‘}: m«a‘"o';s DrF‘ST;lAbeg by .;mhn,h".,r ay provide for the eszlblisfimen{ sroceed- | i 1 <. P 3 the ;canstitution and the = e Gen- | o oourts of review of the determinations of proceed- | the House of Deputles will resume its ses- | HE introduction of a resolution in | dutles that the exalted position involved. | in every direction where his attention was | ¢ral conventions. He shail be nominated to | Jiocesan or other trial courts sion. uties by the House of Bishops, the House of Deputies yesterday | Deputy Chase, when seen last evening, [ called by the exigencies of discipline, manage- | the House of D. The court for the r f the determination the C r Committees were appointed by the by Depute Chave ot dicussed the resolution he had presented | ment or spiritual oversight. He ~could be : {fom ome of their number having jurisdiction | or the trial trial of a Bishop, church produced a | House of Bishops and the House of Depu- et iy e of Nebraska, |4 o e House of Deputles. He sald: promptly reached by mail and could personally | Within the United States, and upen approval | (hail be « ps only e o s ke Debates Ll 1o o providing for the election of a attend Iunctions of importance. i by the House of Deputies he shall become and The Gene in like manner, may e in the ¢ s | ties to confer on the selection of the next | presiding Bishop of the Episcopal | The accident of age carried with it the ac- | TTMTT OF AGE = | remain the presiding Bishop of the church for | .stablish an ultimate court of appeal, solely proposed - amend- | place of convention. A resolutions was | church, who shall serve for three years, | Siient of locality. so that the prosding Bishop *E IS NOT | the term. of thizes yeacn and untl the next the review of th rmination 'of any p c of the church. | pres Smotion {'c s ot A eATS, | of the church might be fo re: Flor- session of the General Convention, when his B oF e o Cerica naf | Presented providing for the election of the | will undoubtedly cause a prolonged | ida or Oregon, boints renadts Trom the eMie GOOD FOR ADVANCEMENT | {iCicesor shall be clected in the same manner. ‘Worship. 2 e ;" g © TeNREIng shop for a term of three| gehate when it is referred back to the |of church work : activit; 1t is the opinion Such a happy condition of affairs can only | Continuing, Deputy Chase said: None but a Bishop shall pronounce sentence for and | rs, dolng away with the present sys- | hoy by the coi . of the men best informed in this convention, | be accomplished by making the office elective. | = Int 1) the committee on constitution. | \yn™“whom I have discussed my resolution, | This is the object of this resolution amending, I move, Mr. President, a_reference to the | 3¢ 80F0 nterviews with some of the prominent | that the presiding Bishop should not only be | the constitution, in which I have taken sug. | committee on constitution. 1 merely wish to 8! on, depesition or try, on any Bishop, of admonition, or of from the »w Bishops | tem of the Senior Bishop by order of con- nis 1 « . over congre- | secration presiding over the church. hvtchmen. S = presbyter or deacon. v pritms . | 5 0 1 who are attending the con- |a man in the height of his bodily powers, but | gestions made on every side and put them into That this resolution s not altogether my vee of sispension shal c ’ ay not be in union with:the | “he resolution was referred to & com- | yention show that there has been a grow- | o€, Whose residence was In a diocese elthor | & form that I trust will meet the approba- . but I have received very excellent ad: | u oy tarira o conditions and at what time I centrally located or located near the seat of | tion of a majority of both houses. There ate | Vice from different sources, the result of which | 1o oni was a section of one | il IS reported to the house, The House of | In& impression for some years that a|the church's greatest point of influence, by | thcse who would favor an age limit instead of | is the resolutlon just presented to you. the suspenston shall cease. Bishops held a brief morning session, but stronger an more inclusive oversight of | which, of course, is understood the East. an annual election, the consensus of opiniol e W TTe e principal change rovided tl ned the Book of Com- ‘ ession, d ; se, 1s : = a 5 5 | The resolution was referred to the com- | aroie Soeaent 1o that 1t ere iy s ned th ””\ of ~ nothing of importance was reported as | churc affairs and church discipline | This last idea would find expression in the 'esting at the age of seventy, but allarsé' mmeerg: constitution. o Mae Aoy A SERGRE B tRat 16 arinten CauR rm and manner of or- | having been accomplished. should be had than that which has ob- | manner in which nearly all the church looks | DUmber fear that under such a law a presiding i of appéal sk foviep. atmilar. to the o stical _courts "of the established d. n of article XI as an constitution In_place | of the present article VIII gave rise to the first prolonged debate of the conven- tion proceedings. The article was divided into two sec- | | | | - g mittee and will be debated at length when | | | - £ Rev. Dr. Ashton of Florfda presented a tained through the practice of making the | upon certain Eastern men as the ideal pri- Bishop might be had whose inability to carry | n ridi . = cles entire ritual to be|in the afternoon and deliberated over sev- | Bishop longest consecrated the presiding | mates. On the other hand, were less active or | o1 the office would be patent to all save him- :fizmt“l;mrls{lou‘umill'x‘gcefl?l‘nl;hepl;'cnel:s:gn»"1){ oy et ere in favor of enlarg- | 8ies finlshed their labors it was, decided | This, many are of the opinion, leaves too | i ' 3¢ e wn seetion of the. countraturally | "ip, ‘elect every three vears, to a few minds,, | the committee on the prayer book. I ops, while others | L0 £5tablish two new missionary ‘districts | much to the accldent of age and places | ®\iL . JCh 0n ust made of a chairm may take away something from the dignity | Rev. Dr. Foute of San Francisco pre- Rl opition, thets | [ the territories of the United States, one | the church in danger of having good men | 4o e Tishone evactly finiman bY | of the office, but that it safeguards it is quite [ sented a communication from the local | d " ¢ Toposition, fheir | for Porto Rico and the other for Viequs, | in that exalted position whose advanced | Bishop Dudley of Kentucky is not only a may | [UlIY agreed. g y reception committee to the effect that the b St - The acbuts win] years and delicate health prevented even |in his very prime. but his location is sush | _1f_any_fuller limitation s required it might | Bighops, their families, the deputies and | _ “higa clen Oottaned = =R their attendance at the General Conven- | that were he, for instance, to be mad i e their famili a ven- 7 be cmntinued to-morrow morning, when | on Page Twenty-Four. | {imn 1o say nothing of the many extra | ing Bishop o the church’ he could reavh na;| Continued on Page Twenty-Four. | i Fames A0 mg:efi;’y 2&&:‘&;;";31 | Continued on Page Twenty-Four. ating Bishops, priests | The House of Bishops convened again | , y trongly op; peing