The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1901, Page 1

Call, ®ew land. They al VOLUME XC—NO., 140, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS, Solemn Servvice Closes the E piscopal Convention FINAL SCENES WITNESSED BY CROWDS OF CITIZENS Trinity Church Filled to the Doors When Bishops Enter Edifice in Stately Procession. —_— Eptscopal ca was mark- by solemn of T sessior for the past the church date those concluding ter of the ¥ unt m. and no time e platform = proceedings of were sles were ‘solidly members of the fair sex, ats by deputies, ies adjourned to notify the was in readi- religious scopalians in this city. ed their room of the a sur- e golden cross. of the Bishops and PASTORAL LETTER OF BISHOP DUDLEY Prelate of Kentucky Reads Stirring Address From Pulpit. dear las and of sreat synod A the old and also the bid you first of all rejoice because th to da rely the signs of nd unmistakable, ust still be long and trien 1 assembly has city of our and thither the.tribes have es of our Is- - and Territory ttle handful of rchmen on that other sea- ies aw o little more than d years ago. They puzzied sore to keep alive the old church in the st Gespaired of s 3 curing from the mother in bonds to the state the transmission of apostolic au- therity and ordinances, to the successful rebels against that state’s authority, and the proposition was heard, to resort to the use of self-appointed ministry as justified by providential necessity. But faithful tency did at last prevail and the coveted gift was at last beétowed, and to- day every acre of our continent of free- is under the supervision of apostolic hop and pastor. Grant, as must in honesty be granted, that in many vast re- glons the orgenization is but a skeleton; grant that there are but few sheep in many a wide wilderness for the pastor's care; grant, too, that the chief pastors look and lock in vain for men, consecrated men, to seek these widely separated wanderers, and, worse still, that finding them, they re not in thelr penury bid the volunteers to come, yet still may we rejoice and be the recognition that the flag has lanted in every provincial division great republic, and that In elmost every one of the ancient church is stronger stronger in all that makes for the ishment of its purpose than was the church in the whole country in the day when the independent nation was newbarn the world. ENCOURAGEMENT IN FIGURES OF CENSUS The cencus taker may give but doubtful ae to the progress of the church, as in the anclent days, it may be foolishnees unto the Lord to_be numbering his pecple lest our confidence shall be in de rather t! in his spirit, yet we be strengthened by the witness of Government of our country. that. the cient church of decade been greater other organization for the r mu 1 that of an of Christ ady ixi preachers is not yet great, aithough the y manhood of the church in most of r dicceses has apparently but little en- em for the work of its ministry; al- this is an alarming sign of our an evil whose explanation we may in our further consideration, yet we and must thank God that a number every year do offer themselves for the self- g service. And lastly, despite the ugubrious recountal of our parsimony ich one may hear on every hand, de- spite the deficit in the receipts of our mis- ary treasurer which has made us 1d, despite the fact that beyond all con- troversy our gifts to missions arp as noth- ing when reckoned by the rule of Christian sclf-surrender, by the proportion of the wealth of churchmen, and by comparison with the magnificent donations of church- men to objects and institutions not under church control, yet even herein may we ot be made afraid, for without the shadow of a doubt the progress in this particular, the development of the recognition of this Christian obligation, has been marvelous. Go, read the records in the mission house. You shall not be long employed in adding the paltry columns which proclaim the total of contributions to missions in these g past. Until the day came roic utterance was made that P In the church is m socie ated the company of’ the hough bership in . that the necessary of every baptized disciple is to , till then the contributions almost dare say, day the progr: we dare de- enthusiasm for miesions has 4 with an ever in ren of the ch nothing s has been and marked; that reasing flame h as organized y to the Board of vear laid upon the 4 the splendid united offering for the work of missions, whil 1l Miss altar of of $105,000 but t vears lave passed since this g was first made, when $2000 A ber that this fs but ting our triennial fes- and that vaetly more than this amount, yes, ten times this amount, is given every year by our sisters in one way and another to the work of missions, the true work of missions, though not admin- istered by our board of managers. The children of the church during the last season of Lent gathered of thelr pennies an equal amount for this same cause.' And oA religion. And although @ BISHOP DUDLEY OF KENTUCKY DELIVERING THE PASTORAL LETTER. * DEPUTIES END TRIENNIAL GATHERING WITH ENERGY Sessions Lasting Many Hdéurs Are Held in Order to Finish Up Balance of Business. X3 VISITORS DELIGHTED WITH RECEPTION. HE General Convention of the Episcopal Church of America, which terminated yesterday, greatest religious gatherings ever witnessed in the country. Members of the convention have stated time and timz = that at no previous gathering of its kind has the attendance been so lerge or the quality of debate excelled. The prelates, clergymen and laymen have expressed their unquatified delight at the cordial reception accorded to them by the residerts of San Francisco Hundreds of the distinguished visitors have comparéed the reception given to them in San Francisco with that extended in other cities in the East and all unite in saying that no previous convention of the Episcopal church has ever been given the attention that has been accorded to the one held in this ecity. without doubt, when enthusiasm for missions shall have sained poss the mother and the little ones shall have learned to love the labor for Christ, then the victory shall draw near, careless man to love thdt which it doth love. So, then, we are bold to say “the morn- ing cometh,” although we must be quick “and also night."” for the little Continued on Page Three. —3 —_— rays of light do but penetrate with difficulty the surrounding blackness, *“light'’; they are the ‘‘fingers of the dawn,’" are they K3 its efforts to clean up the busi- ness of the session the House of Deputies went to work yesterday morning with a rush. Long speeches were looked upon with disfavor, and motions and reso- lutions were acted upon with a quickness that was surprising. An attempt was made to have the reading of the minutes dispensed with, but as this was impossi- ble, awing to a constitutional provision, tighe had to be taken to tell of the doings ¢f the preceding day. Two messages were read from the House of Bishops notifying of its concur- rence with the deputies in amending title 1, canon 13, exempting from the operation of that measure relating to the age limit for deaconesses those who have already entered as candidates for that order, and of its concurrence in amending title 1, canon 19, section 6, sub-section 5, concern- ing the constitution and canons for mi sionary districts. Upon motion of Mr. Saunders resolution on number 20 from the calendar, relative to the canon on provinces, the House of Deputies concurred with the House of Bishops. MANY COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED Rev. Dr. Lindsay appointed the follow- ing committees: On provinces—Rev. Drs. Davenport, ‘Williams, Grosvenor, Taylor, Beckwith, and Messrs. Saunders, Stiness, Battle, Bergwin and Wilson. Change of name of church—Rev. Drs. Greer, Fisk, Egar, More and Rodgers, and Messrs. Lewis, Lyman, Packard, Soden and Morehouse. Joint commission on holy matrimony and divorce—Rev. Drs. Dix, Fuilton, E cleston, and Messrs. Stetson, Old and Bradford. Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York, from the committee on amendments to the con- - stitution, presented a report on message No. 43 from the House of Bishops relative to the proviso to article 10 of the consti- « tution, viz.: that nothing in the article shall be construed as restricting the au- thority of the Bishops of the church to take such order as may’ be permitted by the rubric of the Book of Common Prayer, or by the canons of the General Convention for the use of special forms of worship. The committee reported that the privilege already existed and no ac- tion was necessary, for which reason they asked to be discharged. The matter was rlaced on the calendar. Rev. Dr. Duncan of Louisiana, chairman of the committee on the state of the church, reported that no further action could be taken on the memorial from the diocese of Indiana relative to certain meinods or «-angelization, shortened services. (he Hat!ch resolution regarding il neglect of esriara offices of the prayer book, the e Witt resoiution relative to instrucic? teachers and the Hughes reso- luticr: on the subject of the Church En- dowment Society. He asked to have the committee discharged from further con- <ideration of these subjects. It was so ordered. Rov. Dr. Moove, chairman of the joint committee un conference relative to se- cresy in the nomination of missionary Bisheps, stated that there was a rule the House of Bishops which would ma mpossible. He therefc asked for the harge of the comm SER so ordered QU:STIKN O CHANGE OF MAMZ OF CHURCH Mr. Lewis cffered a resolution asking that the joint committee on proposed change of name of the church publish their report six months before the session of the next triennial convention and that the chairman of both houses be empow- ered to fill vacancies on the committee. Rev. Dr. Egar of Albany, from the com- mittee on conference in regard to the amendment of section 3, artiele I, of the constitution. relative to the presiding Bishop of the church, presented a report recommending that the house recede from its proposed amendment and concur with the Bishops. The report Rev. Dr. Bennett of M reso was adopted ewark offered a ution, the House of Bishops con= curring, that the joint comm ns exists ing at the close of ion con< tinue until the next convention and the chairman of the house be empowered to fill all vacancies on h It was adopted. Rev. Dr. Alsop of Long Island offered a resolution, which was adopted, author- izinz the committee on marginal readings 3¢ print as an appendix to the edition of the Bible which they have bee hor- ized to pr > in their report. Items on the calendar were next taken up. Robert Treat e took the platform to tell what the committee on new dio- ceses had done in relation to the memorial of the diocese of Kansas, asking that a certain portion of that State be set off as a missionary distr He was opposed to the resolution to make a permanent mis- slonary district out of that portion of Kansas referred to in the majority report. “If we make it a missionary district,” he said, “it is so for years and years to come. It is taking off of the Eastern portion of Kansas that responsibility that belongs to the wealthier portion of a single com- monwealth. In concluding his speech Mr. Paine moved to lay the enti ble. His motion was feated. Deputy Talbot of West Missour! argued for the adoption of the majority report, intimating that the Bishop of Kansas would socon work himself to death unless relieved by the division of his territory. Rev. Dr. Restarick of Los Angeles spoke in favor of the majority report of the committee. He asked that the cass be decided on its merits, no matter what the House of Bishops did or did not do in the matter. He sald Kansas did not want an archdeacon, as it already hai an able one. What the State needed was a missicnary Bishop who wéuld assist the Bishop of the diocese in his work. STATE OF KANSAs IS ACCIDENTALLY DIVIDED Upon motion of a clerical delegate a map of the State under consideration was presented to the convention so that the deputies could appreciate the extent of its territory and the necessity of dividing it into two sections. W) the delegates were putting up the big map it was acci- dentally torn in half and the convention was convulsed with laughter. This was aggravated by the chairman, who asked trat the next speaker sho be allowed to continue his speech on the “division of Kans Deputy Lyman of Chicago spoke in fa- vor of the adoption of the majority re- port, which was favorable to the petition for division. The conv commissions. au d the reac e matter on the ta- overwhelmingly de- 5 act that there were but twent o ¢ s in a territor which had 500,000 population showed the necessity for some active work there. Rev. Dr. Tayler of Los Angeles said that the arguments made in favor of the minority report had convinced him of tha wisdom of adopting the majority report. He believed that if the work of the church was encouraged by the proposed division the time would come when _its growth would require four or five dioceses in Kansas, instead of the two now asked for. Lay Deputy Brown raised the point that all the requirements of the constitution had not been complied W Deputy Randall took the platform to show that Mr. Brown was mistaken. Lay Deputy Thomas Withers followed and told of the growth of the church. He said it was a great country and the Bishop of Eastern Kansas had more work than he could do. He therefore hoped the convention would give that State an- other Bishop. Charles Maxwell Clement of Pennsyl- vania, a majority member of the com- mittee, added something more in favor of its report. At the conclusion of his speech he asked that a vote be taken on the subiect in flve minutes. This was agreed upon. Mr. Fairbanks followed and also spoke in favor of the resolution. Robert Treat Paine, in support of the minority report, argued that inasmouch as all the railroads in Kansas r: east and vest the proposed division was on wrong ) ent propo- tion was defeated the next move, he ought be to get a more reason- able and practical division. Rev. Dr. Short of Oregon answered the aker. He said the Bishop of Kane s had answered the question most sat- factorily to the majority of the commite tee of which he had the honor of being a member. The Bishop of Kansas said he d rather have nothing if the State was to be divided east and west. There were cries of “Why?' from the deputies. Dr. Short said he considered the growth of the State and the missionary work of the church could be better carried on if the division was made on north-and west lines. There were further cries of ‘““Why?" and Archdeacon Watkins replied: “The preceding speaker sald the State Continued on Page Two.