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116 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
consecutive sessions as the United States Senators are ;
so that they are, in fact (although elected by the Diocesan Conventions, which, it must be remembered, are
themselves new every year), more popular and representative of the peculiar and changing views and interests of the passing and present day than are the United
States Senators, and actually correspond in this respect
(as holding their seats for a single session, and being
elected under the peculiar circumstances and changing
interests of the passing day) to the United States Representatives. Then the bishops, although members of
the upper House for life, are not hereditary (like most
members of the upper House in the British Parliament),
but elective, like our United States Senators, being
elected each one by the convention of the diocese to
which he belongs, subject to the consent of the majority of all the standing committees or dioceses, and of all
the bishops. The bishops, too, are generally elected
when in mature and experienced and somewhat advanced life; so that, actually, the bishop, as a member of
the upper House in the General Convention, will not
occupy his seat through many sessions more than the
three several Congresses to which each United States
Senator is elected. Hence members of the House of
Bishops as elected by the Diocesan Conventions, and
holding their seats for a few consecutive sessions, do
actually, and almost exactly, correspond to the members
of the Senate in the American Congress.
Furthermore, there is an analogy in the mode of conducting business between the legislative bodies of the
Protestant Episcopal Church and those of the United
States, especially in the necessity of a concurrence of
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000120 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 116 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. consecutive sessions as the United States Senators are ; so that they are, in fact (although elected by the Diocesan Conventions, which, it must be remembered, are themselves new every year), more popular and representative of the peculiar and changing views and interests of the passing and present day than are the United States Senators, and actually correspond in this respect (as holding their seats for a single session, and being elected under the peculiar circumstances and changing interests of the passing day) to the United States Representatives. Then the bishops, although members of the upper House for life, are not hereditary (like most members of the upper House in the British Parliament), but elective, like our United States Senators, being elected each one by the convention of the diocese to which he belongs, subject to the consent of the majority of all the standing committees or dioceses, and of all the bishops. The bishops, too, are generally elected when in mature and experienced and somewhat advanced life; so that, actually, the bishop, as a member of the upper House in the General Convention, will not occupy his seat through many sessions more than the three several Congresses to which each United States Senator is elected. Hence members of the House of Bishops as elected by the Diocesan Conventions, and holding their seats for a few consecutive sessions, do actually, and almost exactly, correspond to the members of the Senate in the American Congress. Furthermore, there is an analogy in the mode of conducting business between the legislative bodies of the Protestant Episcopal Church and those of the United States, especially in the necessity of a concurrence of |
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