KKl'ORMED EPISCOPAL CIll'Ki II. 



KIIODK ISLAND. 



II Full faith uiiil credit shall he given by each of 

 tin- denomination* t<> tin- act*, pr- -e. tin-/-., and rec- 

 ord* ot tin- iluly constituted uutlmritii .- of the other 

 denomination. 



III. For the management of certain common inter 



thiM- fcdiraled Chun-he,. an ecclesiastical 

 !y is heivl.y constituted, which shall he 



known fiy the name and style of The Federal s\ no i 

 of the Reformed Churches. 



IV. Tin- Federal Synod shall consi.-t of sixteen 

 ministers ami sixteen elder* from each of tin- '-'>n 

 htitueiit denominations, who shall be chosen with 

 M0A<fr under the direction of their lopcctive (iin- 

 cral S\no.ls in such manner as these Synods shall iv- 

 s[ e,-ii\ely determine. 



[This article goes on to direct the method of 

 allotting the terms of the members of the Federal dictions 

 Synod, so that one fourth of those represent ing 

 either Church shall go out every year the full 

 term being four years.] 



V. To the Federal Synod shall he eommitted 

 powers relating to missions, domestic and foreign, 

 to new edueational enterprises e< niunon to hotli de- 

 nominations, to the general superintendence of Sun 

 day school interests and literature, and to other 

 eeelesiastieal matters, such. as shall be, determined hy 

 the eoneurreiit aetion of the constituent General 

 Synods. 



VI. The Federal Synod may advise and recom- 

 mend in all matters pertaining to the jrcneral welfare 

 of the kingdom of Christ, but shall not exercise 

 authority except such as is expressly Driven it under 

 this constitution. Whenever anything recommended 

 by the Federal Synod shall have received the asM-nt 

 of each of the General Synods, it shall have the force 

 of law in both denominations. 



VII. The Federal Synod shall have power of open- 

 ing and niaintaininjr a friendly correspondi nee with 

 the highest assemblies of other religious denomina- 

 tions, For the purpose of promoting union and concert 

 of action in general or common interests. 



VIII. The Federal Synod shall not interfere with 

 the creed, cultus, or government of either denomina- 

 tion. Also, all matters of discipline shall be left to 

 the exclusive and final judgment of the ecclesiastical 

 authorities of the denomination in which the same 

 may arise. 



IX. All conflicting interests between the two de- 

 nominations shall he arbitrated by such executive 

 agencies as may lie created by the Federal Synod, 

 under this constitution, with the right of appeal to 

 the Federal Synod for final adjudication. 



Other articles relate to the officers of the 

 Federal Synod, its meetings, provision for its 

 contingent expenses, and amendments to the 

 constitution, for which the concurrent action of 

 the three bodies is required. Supplementary 

 articles, styled recommendations of the joint 

 commission, provide for the future management 

 of home and foreign missions, Sunday school 

 work and literature, and educational work under 

 co-operative direction. 



REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

 The committee on the state of the Synod re- 

 ported to the General Council of this Church 

 in June that the number of parishes and mis- 

 sions was 111, and of communicants 9,967, the 

 latter item showing a gain of 764 over the report 

 of two years previously ; amount of contributions 

 for the last year only, $192,197, being a gain of 

 $16,086 over the last report: value of church 

 property. $1,490,912; total value of property, 



Ohio, .Inne 1. The treasurer'- r. |H.rt showed 

 that his total n-reipts hud IN-I-H 115,944 



bis i-x|*-nditurv.s $1 '' r ihc fund f.,r 



Mil-rial Chnrrh exteiiMon $20,141 had I., 

 reived and $20,080 expanded. Tin- n . .|.t- f. r 

 tin- Theological Sciniimry had bpen $16,60; 

 the expenditures $1> iann-s . : 



ported in favor of the SnMentation fund of $10.- 

 578; of the Widows' and Orphans' fund, of $9,- 

 432: of the special Mi iotiary fund, of $4.000; 



of the Eleanor H. Strand fund', of $7.000 : and .f 



the estate of George. Curt is, of $2*.0h. r ,. The 

 receipts for missions had Ix-en $11,HU5. A mis- 

 sion had been begun in Alaska. 



I Jrports of the condition of their several juri-- 

 ictions were made by Hishop Cheney, of < 

 go; Bishop Nicholson, of New York 'and Phila- 

 delphia; Bishop Stevens, of t l ic mivuonarr 

 jurisdiction of the South ; Bishop Latanc, of Haf- 

 timore; Bishop Fallows; and Bishop ("ridge, of 

 British Columbia. All except the last recorded 

 healt hy growt h. The Council recorded its " dis- 

 tinct and emphatic opposition " to the appropri- 

 ation by the civil authorities national. State, 

 and municipal of money or properties to 

 ecclesiastical organizations, and its fixed pur- 

 pose not to ask or accept in future any Mich ap- 



The thirteenth General Council of the Re- 

 formed Episcopal Church met in Cleveland, 

 VOL. xxxi. 49 A 



ously set apart and formallv ordained to the 

 ministry of the Gospel shalf be reordained by 

 the authorities of this Church." The canon 

 has, however, to be approved by another General 

 Council before it can become a law of the 

 Church. The election of the Rev. T. W. Camp- 

 bell as Bishop of the First Synod of the Domin- 

 ion of Canada was confirmed, and he was conse- 

 crated bishop in the presence of the Council. 

 The Canadian Synod was authorized, at its dis- 

 cretion, to use informally the style "Protestant 

 Church of England, which is the Reformed 

 Episcopal Church of Canada." A delegate was 

 appointed to represent the Church in the con- 

 ference in favor of arbitration in place of war as 

 a means of settling international disputes, which 

 has been invited by the Southern Presbyterian 

 General Assembly. 



RHODE ISLAND, a New England State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 May 29, 1790; area, 1,250 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 68,825 in 1790; 69,122 in 1800; 76,931 in 

 1810; 83,015 in 1820; 97,199 in 1830; 108.830 

 in 1840; 147,545 in 1850; 174,620 in 1H>0 : 217.- 

 353 in 1870; 276,531 in 1880: and 345,506 in 

 1890. Capitals, Newport and Provid< 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor. John W. 

 Davis, Democrat, succeeded by Herbert W. Ladd. 

 Republican ; Lieutenant-Oovernor. William T. 

 C. Wardwell, succeeded by Henry A. Si 

 Secretary of State. Edwin ' D. McGuinness, suc- 

 ceeded by George H. Utter ; General Treasurer, 

 John G. Perry, succeeded by Samuel Clark: 

 State Auditor and Insurance OommMBkmer, 

 Elisha W. Bucklin. succeeded 1 y Albert C. I^and- 

 \ i torney-General, Zilm (). Slocnm, succeeded 

 i.\ Robert Butwnk ; Kail mad CotnmisBJoMr, 

 l\. I.. l-Yeeman : CommisMonomf Public Schools 

 Thomas B. Stockwell ; Chief Justice of tl. 



