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Journal of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1907 Digital Copyright Notice Copyright 2017. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America / The Archives of the Episcopal Church All rights reserved. Limited reproduction of excerpts of this is permitted for personal research and educational activities. Systematic or multiple copy reproduction; electronic retransmission or redistribution; print or electronic duplication of any material for a fee or for commercial purposes; altering or recompiling any contents of this document for electronic re-display, and all other re-publication that does not qualify as fair use are not permitted without prior written permission. Send written requests for permission to re-publish to: Rights and Permissions Office The Archives of the Episcopal Church 606 Rathervue Place P.O. Box 2247 Austin, Texas 78768 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 512-472-6816 Fax: 512-480-0437 JOURNAL OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE -roe~tant epizopal eburib IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Held in the City of Richmond From October Second to October Nineteenth, inclusive In the Year of Our Lord 1907 WITH APPENDIcES PRINTED FOR THE CONVENTION 1907 SECRETABY OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES. THE REV. HENRY ANSTICE, D.D. Office, 281 FOURTH AVE., NEW YORK. aTo whom, as Secretary of the Convention, all communications relating to the general work of the Convention should be addressed; and to whom should be forwarded copies of the Journals of Diocesan Conventions or Convocations, together with Episcopal Charges, State- ments, Pastoral Letters, and other papers which may throw light upon the state of the Church in the Diocese or Missionary District, as re- quired by Canon 47, Section II. A certified copy of the testimonials of members appointed as Deputies to the next General Convention should be forwarded to the Secretary as soon as may be practicable. SECRETARY OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS. THE REV. SAMUEL HART, D.D. Residence, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT. rTo whom communications relating to the House of Bishops should be addressed. TBEASURER OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. MR. WILLIAM W. SKIDDY. Office, 82 Wall Street, NEW YORK CITY. t'Canon 46, Section v. In order that the contingent expenses of the General Convention may be defrayed, it shall be the duty of the several Diocesan Conventions to forward to the Treasurer of the General Con- vention, on the first Monday in September immediately preceding the meeting of the General Convention, three dollars for each Bishop, Pres- byter and Deacon canonically resident in such Diocese as recorded in the Journal of the General Convention last preceding. tThe Secretary and the Treasurer of the Convention are authorized to make an additional assessment of one dollar for each Clergyman, if the needs of the Convention so require. trHThe GENERAL CONVENTION will meet in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the first Wednesday in October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten. THE WINTHROP PRESS, NEW YORK CITY. COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO REPORT TO THE NEXT GENERAL CONVENTION, AND SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. HOUSE OF BISHOPS. Commission on a German Version of the Prayer Book. The Bishop of Nebraska, the Bishop of Ohio, the Bishop of Lexington, the Rev. Charles T. Seibt, D.D., the Rev. Johannes Rockstroh, the Rev. John P. Peters, D.D., the Rev. August Ulman, D.D., Mr. Benjamin W. Wells. Commission on a French Version of the Ordinal. The Bishop of Nebraska, the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. Committee to Confer with Swedish Bishops as to Letters of Transfer. The Bishop of Marquette, the Bishop of Minnesota, the Bishop of North Dakota. Committee to Prepare Draft of Canons for. Missionary Districts. The Bishop of New Mexico and Arizona, the Bishop of California, the Bishop of Utah. Committee on the Relation of Hebrew Christians to the Law. The Bishop of Tennessee, the Bishop of Springfield, the Bishop of Kentucky. Committee on a Declaration as to the Solemnization of Matrimony. The Bishop of Chicago, the Bishop of Long Island, the Bishop Co- adjutor of Pennsylvania. Committee on the subject of a Book of Offices. The Bishop of Texas, the Bishop of Kansas, the Bishop of Newark, the Bishop of Springfield, the Bishop Coadjutor of Fond du Lac. Committee to Memorialize Congress for Increase of Number of Naval Chaplains. The Bishop of Maryland, the Bishop of Washington, the Bishop of the Philippine Islands. Committee to Prepare the Pastoral Letter of 1907. The Bishop of Dallas, the Bishop of New York, the Bishop of Southern Virginia, the Bishop of California, the Bishop of Tennessee, the Bishop of Vermont, the Bishop of Long Island. To act with the Secretary in the Publication of the Journal. The Bishop of New York, the Bishop of Connecticut. HOUSE OF DEPUTIES. Standing Committee on Expenses. Mr. John N. Carpender, the Rev. Fred. W. Oakes, the Rev. W. T. Forsythe, the Rev. T. H. Green, Mr. Saml. Mather, Mr. Jos. Wilmer, Mr. Peter White, Mr. W. H. Gibson, Mr. P. K. Roots, Mr. G. Pomeroy Keese, Mr. J. A. Seybold, Mr. W. H. Crocker, Mr. Wi. P. Craig- hill,, LL.D. Committee on Courts of Appeal. The Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D., the Rev. C. B. Wilmer, D.D., the Rev. ].. K. Storrs, D.D., the Rev. E. L. Parsons, Mr. Chas. Andrews, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. LL.D., Mr. Miles F. Gilbert, Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson, Mr. James McConnell, Mr. W. W. Old. Committee on Expediency of, Change of Name of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. The Rev. W. M. Grosvenor, D.D., the Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D., and Mr. Geo. C. Thomas. JOINT COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. Commission on Ecclesiastical Relations. The Bishop of Western New York, the Bishop of Delaware, the Bishop of Fond du Lac, the Bishop of California, the Bishop of Southern Florida, the Bishop of Washington, the Bishop of Maine, the Bishop of Long Island, the Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania, the Rev. W. H. Vibbert, D.D., the Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, D.D., the Rev. F. A. DeRosset, the Rev. Lucius Waterman, D.D., the Rev. Carroll M. Davis, the Rev. Henry L. Jones, D.D., the Rev. J. Lewis Parks, D.D., the Rev. J. H. McIlvaine, D.D., the Rev. J. F. Butter- worth, Mr. Melville W. Fuller, Mr. Henry Chauncey, Mr. William Bayard Cutting, Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry, Mr. Francis P. Nash, Mr. George E. Copeland, Mr. Bluford Wilson, Mr. W. A. M. .Van Bok- kelen, Mr. F. J. McMaster. Commission on Christian Unity. The Bishop of Pennsylvania, the Bishop of Western Michigan, the Bishop of West Virginia, the Bishop of Pittsburg, the Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, the Bishop of Delaware, the Bishop of Ten- nessee, the Bishop of Kansas, the Bishop of Chicago, the Rev. A. W. Little, D.D., the Rev. F. J. Murdoch, D.D., the Rev. James S. Stone, D.D., the Rev. Arthur Lawrence, D.D., the Rev. George S. Bennitt, the Rev. R. J. McBride, D.D., the Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D., the Rev. S. D. McConnell, D.D., the Rev. G. Woolsey Hodge, D.D., the Rev. H. H. Oberly, D.D., the Rev. Beverly Warner, D.D., Mr. J. H. Stotsenberg, Mr. Arthur Ryerson, Mr. H. D. Forsyth, Mr. Bernard Carter, Mr. A. T. Mahan, Mr. L. Bradford Prince, Mr. George W. Pepper, Mr. J. W. Randall, Mr. F. C. Morehouse. Commission on Provinces. The Bishop of Albany, the Bishop of Fond du Lac, the Bishop of Texas, the Bishop of Vermont, the Bishop of Los Angeles, the Rev. F. P. Davenport, D.D., the Rev. John Williams, D.D., the Rev. W. M. Grosvenor, D.D., the Rev. B. W. R. Tayler, the Rev. E. B. Niver, Mr. Charles G. Saunders, Mr. J. H. Stiness, Mr. M. F. Gilbert, Mr. R. H. Battle, Mr. G. C. Burgwin. Commission to Confer as to Uniformity in Regard to Marriage and Divorce. The Bishop of Albany, the Bishop of Maryland, the Bishop of Rhode Island, the Bishop Coadjutor of New York, the Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D., the Rev. R. H. McKim, D.D., the Rev. W. R. Huntington, D.D., the Rev. George C. Foley, D.D., Mr. F. L. Stetson, Mr. W. W. Old, Mr. E. G. Bradford, Mr. T. W. Bacot. Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor. The Bishop of New York, the Bishop of Massachusetts, the Bishop of Chicago, the Rev. R. H. McKim, D.D., the Rev. George Hodges, D.D., the Rev. E. L. Parsons, Mr. Samuel Mather, Mr. Jacob Riis, Mr. Henry Lewis Morris. COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. Commission on Sunday School Instruction. The Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, the Bishop of Delaware, the Bishop of Connecticut, the Bishop of Chicago, the Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania, the Bishop of Newark, the Bishop Coadjutor of New York, the Rev. A. A. Butler, D.D., the Rev. George W. Shinn, D.D., the Rev. H. L. Duhring, D.D., the Rev. Pascal Harrower, the Rev. J. S. Stone, D.D., the Rev. Lester Bradner, Ph.D., the Rev. S. R. Colladay; Mr. George C. Thomas, Nicholas Murray Butler, LL.D., Mr. W. R. Butler, Mr. H. V. Seymour, Mr. W. McAllen, Mr. R. H. Gardiner, G. A. Aschman, M.D. Commission to Prepare Mission Hymnal. The Bishop of Pittsburg, the Bishop of Harrisburg, -Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D., Rev. W. R. Huntington, D.D., Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D., Rev. Carroll M. Davis, Mr. George C. Thomas, Mr. George Wharton Pepper, Mr. R.
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