SECOND DAY. Trinity College, Toronto, September 14th, 1893. The meeting of the Clerical and Lay Delegates was resumed at 10.30 a.m. this morning, the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale in the chair. After prayers had been offered by the Chairman, the minutes of yesterday's meeting were read and confirmed. The following Delegates who were not present yesterday answered to their names: HURON DIOCESE-Ven. Archdeacon Marsh. MACKENZIE RIVER DIOCESE-Rev. Septimus Jones. NIAGARA DIOCESE-Mr. John Hoodless. Their Lordships the Bishops having entered the room, the joint meeting which had been arranged to take place was then proceeded with, and this meeting closed. At the joint meeting the following Bishops were present :— PROVINCE OF CANADA. The Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Canada, The Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan and Calgary, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Qu'Appelle. INDEPENDENT DIOCESES. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of New Westminster. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Metropolitan of Canada, who presided. It was moved by the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan and Calgary, seconded by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., That the Bishops and Clerical and Lay Delegates now assembled form themselves into a Committee of the Whole, the Metropolitan in the chair, for the purpose of receiving and adopting such resolutions as will tend to the formation of a Constitution for the General Synod.-Carried. It was moved by the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, and seconded by Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C., That Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., do act as Secretary of the meeting.— Carried. It was then moved by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, seconded by the Rev. John Langtry, D.C.L., That the following be a Joint Committee of this Body to draft a resolution solemnly declaring the position of this Body as empowered by the Diocesan Synods, and assembled in pursuance of the action of the Winnipeg Conference :-The, Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, the Bishop of New Westminster, the Bishop of Toronto, the Very Rev. Dean Innes, the Very Rev. Dean Carmichael, the Very Rev. Dean Grisdale, the Ven. Archdeacon Roe, the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, the Ven. Archdeacon Lauder, the Ven. Archdeacon McKay, the Rev. Canon Partridge, the Rev. Canon Pentreath, the Rev. Rural Dean Llwyd, the Rev. Dr. Langtry, the Rev. E. M. Bland, the Hon. Mr. Justice Ritchie, the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, His Honor Judge Senkler, Mr. Chancellor Bethune, Mr. Chancellor Walkem, Mr. Chancellor Heneker, L. H. Davidson, Q.C., J. A. Worrell, Q.C., Matthew Wilson, Q.C., Mr. H. S. Crotty, Mr. W. M. Grey, Mr. Charles Jenkins. This motion having been put and carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned until 4 o'clock to receive the report of the Committee. At 4 p.m. the meeting re-assembled, the Metropolitan of Canada in the chair. The Lord Bishop of Columbia was present in addition to the prelates present at the meeting in the morning. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land read the following Report of the Special Committee, stating that the three Declarations contained in the report were unanimously agreed to by the Committee as the fundamental basis on which the General Synod shall be formed. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTING AND ORGANIZING THE SYNOD. The Committee beg to report as follows: That having considered the action of the Provincial Synods of Canada and Rupert's Land, and of the several Dioceses, your Committee are of opinion that the position of this body now is that it is prepared to declare itself a General Synod upon the following basis, subject to any amendments which may be made and assented to at this Session. SOLEMN DECLARATION. We, the Bishops of the Holy Catholic Church in full communion with the Church of England, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity now assembled in the first General Synod of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, hereby make the following solemn declaration: We desire the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada to continue an integral portion of the great Anglican Communion composed of Churches which-united under One Divine Head in the fellowship of the One Catholic and Apostolic Church, holding the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided Primitive Church in the first four Ecumenical Councils, receiving the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation-teach the same Word of God, partake of the same divinely ordained Sacraments through the Ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship One God and Father, through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit, who is given to those that believe to guide them into all truth. And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine and Sacraments of Christ, together with the Order and Government of The Church as the Lord hath commanded in His Holy Word, and as the Church of England hath received and set forth the same in the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; and in the Thirtynine Articles of Religion; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity. CONSTITUTION. 1. There shall be a General Synod consisting of the Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada and of Delegates chosen from the Clergy and the Laity. The Delegates shall be chosen by the several Diocesan Synods according to such rules as they may adopt, or in a Diocese which has no Synodical organization may be appointed by the Bishop. The representation shall be as follows:-Dioceses having fewer than twenty-five licensed Clergymen, one Delegate from each Order; Dioceses having twenty-five and fewer than fifty licensed Clergymen, two of each Order; Dioceses having fifty and fewer than one hundred, three of each Order; Dioceses having one hundred licensed Clergymen and upwards, four of each Order. 2. The Synod shall consist of two Houses; the Bishops constituting the Upper, and the Clergy and Laity together the Lower House. The Clergy and Laity shall vote by Orders if required. 3. The President of the General Synod, who shall be styled the Primate, shall be elected by the House of Bishops from among the Metropolitans or Bishops of Dioceses not in any Ecclesiastical Province. The Primate shall hold office for life, or so long as he is Bishop of any Diocese of the General Synod; nevertheless, he may resign at any time. 4. The General Synod shall have the power to deal with all matters affecting in any way the general interests and well-being of the Church within its jurisdiction. Provided, that no Canons or resolutions of a coercive character, or involving penalties or disabilities, shall be operative in any Ecclesiastical Province, or in any Diocese not included in an Ecclesiastical Province, until accepted by the Synod of such Province or Diocese, and that the jurisdiction of the General Synod shall not withdraw from the Provincial Synod the right of passing upon any object falling within its jurisdiction at the time of the formation of the General Synod. 5. The following, or such like objects, may be suggested as properly coming within the jurisdiction of the General Synod : (a) Matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline. (6) All agencies employed in the carrying on of the general work of the Church. (c) The general missionary and educational work of the Church. (d) The adjustment, with consent of the Dioceses, of the relations between Dioceses in respect to Clergy Widows and Orphans' and Superannuation Funds. (e) Regulations affecting the transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to another. (f) Education and training of Candidates for Holy Orders. (g) Constitution and powers of an Appellate Tribunal. (h) The erection, division, or re-arrangement of Provinces, with the consent of any existing Provinces affected; but the erection, division, or re-arrangement of Dioceses, and the appointment and consecration of Bishops, within a Province, shall be dealt with by the Synod of that Province. 6. That nothing in the foregoing scheme or in the Constitution to be framed thereunder shall affect any Canons or enactments of any Provincial or Diocesan Synods in force at the time of the adoption of this Constitution. 7. For the expenses of the Synod, including the necessary travelling expenses of the members, there shall be an annual assessment of the Dioceses, proportioned to their representation, exempting those which are entitled to send only one representative of each Order. 8. The words "Ecclesiastical Province" heretofore used shall mean any group of Dioceses under the jurisdiction of a Provincial Synod. We declare that the General Synod when formed does not intend to, and shall not, take away from or interfere with any |