The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-23
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL
CONVENTION.
Report OF the Board OF Trustees OF
the American Church Build
Ing Fund.


Ing Fund.
CHICAGO, III, October %. The
G neral Convention OF the Protestant
Episcc pal Church resumed its sitting
this forenoon. The Committee on the
General Theological Seminary re-
ported thai the Indications Of present
prosperity were very gratifying. The
receipts Of the past three years were
1924, 600, fully 80 per cent. more than
in any three preceding yeas in the
history n the church.
The joint Committee on Christian
Education presented a report rec 1m
mending that the Committee on Chris
tian Education in each House be con-
tinued until the next general conven-
ton, aud be instructed TO devise and
execute measures for attracting atten-
ton 10 schools, colleges and other
seminsries Of learning, to put the
church in mind of its duty to endow
and furnish these institutions, and to
invite the directors OF these insiitu-
tons to meet together, with the view
OF taking combined action for the
furtheTanCe OF Christian education.
The report went on the calendar.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin presented
two reports from the Committee on
Canons. The fret was ON TIE report
Of the joint Committee on Marrisge
ard Divorce, and tte message OF the
House OF Bishops on the same subjec +,
with which the commit 30 was unable
10 agree either in whole or in part,
The committee recommended that the
House OF Deputies do not concur in
the message from the House OF Bish-
ops, and recommended this adoption
OF canon providing that marriage s
not authorized by Gods word are un-
lawful; that ministers admonish their
people from time to time; that the
church forbids clandestine marriages,
declaring that the public sol
emnization OF marriages ought
not to be dispensed with
except for good and sufficient cause
that no minister shall solemnizs the
marriage OF persons under Is years Of
age unless the parents or Ia wful guar
dian are present or have given con.
sent in VIZ ng; that marriVgs may not
be di 8 lved exec p, for adultery; that
the guilty party Ia divorce euit b.
prohibited from marrying again dur.
ing the life OF the other party. The
report in its other features was the
same as that presented by special
committee early during the session
Placed on the calender.
A resolution was offered providing
that the convention adjourn mex
Wednesday. Placsd on thu calender
A resolution to hold evening SEES
sions alec went on the ca endar.
The report OF the Board OF Trustees
OF the American Church Building
Fund Commission was read. Il
showed that during the past year the
trustees had granted leans to fifty.ioul
churches and missions, in sums vary
ing from $3.50 to $4,000. Toe totsl
amount paid out during the year wat
$25,0t0. The two houses then weni
into Joint session as q Board of Mis-
sions.
The board, adopting the ideas o.
Bishop McLaren and others, declined
to interfere in the management OF the
Woman's Auxiliary. The burning
question in legislation for the mission
airy work-apprepristions for domestic
missions---was then taken up. The
Board OF Managers had reduced the
appropriations for the current quarter
20 per cent. on domestic work and
8 per cent, on the foreign. Lack o.
money was the reason assigned
Earnest process against reduction
were entered by Bishop Whipple, o.
Minnesota, and Bishop Hare, Of South
Dakota. An eloquent appeal for the
old amounts was also made by DIR
Wm. S Langford, general secretary
OF the Board OF Managers. He warmly
defended the Board Of Managers
against the charge that it was auto
cratic and inclined to arrogatC
power. He advocated the endowment
OF missionary Episcopates. The dis
cussion was prolonged until late in
the evening Finally resolution o
sympathy with the Board OF Manager
in their financial perplexity wal
passed, and then, by vote OF So to Sc
1t was agreed that the appropriations
for the remainder Of this year should
not be reduced. The Board of Man
ayers were ordered to restore the Sp
preparations to the old basis, truslinI
tn God and the laity to supply any de
ficiency. The board elected Mr.. R
Fulton Cutting, OF New York, it,
treasurer. On the Board OF Mansgeri
the Rev. VIM. lawrence, Of Msssachu
eetts, and Mr.. James NJ. Brown, o
New York, were chosen in place of III,
Rev. DIR. Schenck, deceased, and Mr.
Cutting made treasurer. The boarC
then adjourned sine die.