Show The Church Conventions I I v I CHICAGO October 20At the session of the Protestant Episcopal Church today to-day the committee reported irifayor of a joint conruittee of fifteen to open communication with various other Christian bodies and ascertain whether there is a disposition among them for union on the basis of the apostles creed breaking of bread and prayer It was decided to hold the next convention in New York City The convention then resumed the discussion of missionary mission-ary work among the colored people At the national council of Congregationalists Congrega-tionalists a resolution approving the public school system was unanimously adopted A resolution declaring for arbitration to prevent international war was also adop ed and also a resolution urging the proper observance of The Sabbath After a long discussion it was decided to appoint a commission for whom shall be raised 50OOJ to carry on missionary work in the south the commission to report the results to the next general convention The principal business of I the remainder of the day was in taking action on the proposed change in the liturgy There was but little opposition offered to any prop sitions of a significant nature considering of a conservative character A message of the Episcopal body was received from t the house of bisho s It was a recommendation recom-mendation that a committee composed of five bishops five priests and five laymen lay-men be appointed to open communications communica-tions with other Christian bodieain the land with a view of ascertaining if they had a disposition to promote unity upon up-on the basis of apostolic fellowship The committee is also to inquire what benefit they think can be materially imparted im-parted by these separate bodies one to to another and to devise methods for the evanzelization of the world One section of the message was as follows We believe that all whO have been duly baptized with water in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit are membersof the Holy Catholic Church The delegates selected New York as the place for holding the convention con-vention of 1SS9 |