On motion, the nominations were closed; and the Rev. Mr. Fulforth was elected Assistant Secretary, Committee on Claims of Clergy to Seats. The Rev. H. R. Harris, S. T. D., The Rev. W. W. Steel, Committee on Claims of Laity to Seats. Mr. Charles Henry Jones, 66 J. R. Rhoads, Mr. C. M. Peterson, Committee on Parochial History. The Rev. C. E. Stevens, LL. D., D.C.L. Mr. Thomas H. Montgomery, Mr. William B. Wilson, "William J. Peale. The Secretary read the Report of Unfinished Business of last Convention, as follows: UNFINISHED BUSINESS (FROM 1898). Report of Committee of Arrangements; page 160. Report of Committee on Recommended Charter and Canon XX; pages 157, 166. Report of Committee of Conference, Board of Missions and Stewards. Report of Committee of Sustentation Fund; page 165; Canon XXI. Report of Committee on Bishop's Address; page 153. Report of Archdeacon on Work among the Jews; page 160. Alteration Note, Section 3, Standing Order Convention; page 154. Mr. E. G. McCollin presented the Charter of St. Paul's Church, Overbrook, and the Secretary presented the Charter of the Memorial Church of the Holy Nativity, Rockledge, both of which had been approved by the Bishop and the Standing Committee, and were referred to the Committee on Charters. The President made the following announcement: That, in accordance with the arrangements adopted by the Executive Committee of General Board of Missions to send a representative to the several Diocesan Conventions, the Committee had invited the Rev. Louis S. Osborne to address the members of this Convention on the subject of Missions. The President therefore asked that the matter be made a special order for three o'clock to-day or three o'clock to-mor row. P. M. On motion, it was Resolved, That the subject of Missions be the order at three o'clock Mr. Francis A. Lewis offered the following resolution: Resolved, Amend Canon XXI by striking out Subsection ii, Sec tion 4: which was referred to the Committee on Canons. Mr. Francis A. Lewis offered the following resolution: Resolved, That Article IX of the Constitution be amended by striking out so much of the said Article as precedes the proviso and inserting in the place thereof the following: "The election of a Bishop or of a Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese shall be made in Convention by a concurrent vote of the Clergy and of the Laity, the two orders voting by ballot, separately and simultaneously, in open Convention; and when all the votes of both orders shall have been deposited, the tellers of the Clerical and the Lay vote respectively shall proceed to count the votes, and if among those voted for, one shall be found to have received the majority of the votes of the Clergy and a majority of the votes of the Laity, he shall be declared duly elected:" which was referred to the Committee on Canons. The Report of Committee of Conference of Stewards of Sustentation Fund and Board of Missions, was read by Mr. R. Francis Wood, as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE OF STEWARDS OF SUSTENTATION FUND AND BOARD OF MISSIONS. The Committee begs leave to report that, at the meeting held on April 28, 1899, it instructed Mr. R. Francis Wood to report to the Convention the following amendment to Canon XXI, and to recommend its adoption by the Convention: Amend Canon XXI, Section 4, by adding to the list of conditions subject to which appropriations shall be made, the following, to be numbered 6: "Any Rector receiving an appropriation from the Sustentation Fund shall, in addition to the care of his own Parish, perform such other duty in the Convocation to which he belongs as shall be assigned him by the Convocation with the approval of the Bishop." On behalf of the Committee, R. FRANCIS WOOD: which was referred to the Committee on Canons. The Rev. Edgar Cope presented the Report of the Committee on Hours of Meeting of the Convention, as follows: THE COMMITTEE ON HOURS OF MEETING OF THE CONVENTION respectfully reports as follows: That luncheon for the Clerical and Lay Deputies to the Convention will be served in the basement of this Church, Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3. The Committee recommends that the morning sessions be held from 9.30 to 1 P. M., at which time luncheon will be served, and the afternoon sessions from 2.30 to 6 P. M. EDGAR COPE, Chairman. WM. M. COATES, C. M. BAYARD. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Cope, it was Resolved, That the sessions of the Convention be as follows: From 9.30 A. M. to 1 o'clock P. M., and from 2.30 to 6 P. M. The President read a communication from the Custodians of the Standard Book of Common Prayer, as follows: DECEMBER 30, 1898. To the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Pennsylvania: In accordance with the provisions of Title I, Canon XXII, Section 3, of the Digest, I have the honor of notifying you that, by a Joint Resolution of the General Convention holden in the City of Washington in October last, it was ordered that corrections be made of two typographical errors in the Standard Book of Common Prayer, to wit: 1. That on page 262 the word "Question" be substituted for the word " Minister" at the beginning of the first line of the text. 2. That on page 263 a comma be inserted between the word "him" and the word "saying" at the end of the first rubric. I have also the honor of certifying you that at the said General Convention the following change in the Book of Common Prayer, having been proposed in the preceding General Convention and made known to the several Diocesan Conventions, was finally approved and adopted in accordance with Article VIII of the Constitution: That, on the first day of January in the year of our Lord 1900, the place of the Golden Numbers prefixed to several days in the Calendar, between the twenty-first day of March and the eighteenth day of April, both inclusive, be changed, and that the Golden Numbers be prefixed to days in the Calendar in March and April as in the following table: and that in the fifth line of page xxv the figures "1899" be changed to "2199." And I have the honor to be Very respectfully yours, SAMUEL HART, Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. |