During the last week of the Convention there were some special reunions of colleges and theological seminaries.  Among the most interesting of these, that of the Philadelphia Divinity School, with Bishop Whitaker presiding, may be mentioned, and also that of St. Stephen’s College, Annandale, with its first Warden, Bishop Seymour, at the head of the table.  Bishop Dudley honoured the gathering of alumni at this banquet, in the Occidental Hotel, with his presence, and Warden Lawrence T. Cole was a prominent figure.

The Convention attracted to San Francisco several well-known clergymen who, although not deputies, were nevertheless deeply interested listeners, in the galleries and on the floor of the House, during the sessions, and were also participants in services and missionary gatherings.  Among these was the Rev. Dr. Lawrence T. Cole, the energetic Warden of St. Stephen’s College, Annandale, N.Y., of whom we have already spoken.  There was also in attendance the Rev. A. Burtis Hunter, Principal of St. Augustine’s School for Coloured Students, in Raleigh, N.C.  In this Church Institute Rev. Mr. Hunter and his excellent wife are doing a grand work for the negro people of the South, on lines somewhat similar to those followed by Booker T. Washington at Tuskeegee.  We also noticed at the Convention and Missionary Services the Rev. William Wilmerding Moir, B.D., the zealous missionary at Lake Placid, N.Y., in the Diocese of Albany.  His Missions, which have been phenomenal in their growth, are St. Eustace-by-the-Lakes and St. Hubert’s-at-Newman.  Under his sowing beside all waters, the Adirondack wilderness, in the field committed to him, is blossoming as the rose.  Never was missionary more indefatigable and self-denying than he, and his rich reward now is in the possession of the confidence and love of his flock.  It shows what a true and beautiful life can accomplish for the Divine Master and for the souls of perishing men, when the apostolic injunction is observed to the letter,—­“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”  This is indeed the true spirit in all missionary labours; and, thank God, it animates the Church in all its fulness, as evidenced here in San Francisco in the devising of methods for the extension of the Gospel of the Kingdom!

During the last hour of the final session of the Convention, Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, Rector of Grace Church, New York city, a man whom every one who knows him respects and honours for his learning, his eloquence, his integrity, his character as a man, his devotion as a Clergyman, to the Church, and his love for his Divine Master, created a sensation by a speech which he made.  Indeed it was dramatic in its character, and it made a profound impression on all who heard it.  As he spoke, a deep silence came over the members of the House.  As is well known, Dr. Huntington has for years advocated an amendment to Article X of the Constitution by which there should be given