The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-24

quest of the lower house for a committee of
conference in regard TO theTejected division
Of the diocese of Michigan.
At the afternoon session the house of
deputies sat with closed doors to consider
one of the most momentous sections of the
canonical law, that of marriage and di-
vorce. DR.. Benz. Franklin, of New Jersey.
chairman OF the committee. opened the pro-
comprising the groundwork of the existing
canon. with the proposed amendments
Section !; If any persons be Joined together
Sec. 2. Marriage is prohibited by the word of
God and by His church within the degrees OF con-
sagrinity and affinity specified in Leyiticus xviii,
sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty Of ministers to
admonish the people from time to time that the
public. solemnization ought not to be dis
pensed with except for good cause
ister u sSslI s sPec,a1, eirf fSe marriage 20 Of m anr
person under the age Of eighteen years. except
the parent having legal charge OF such person
written consent to the marriage. No minister
shall s0lemnize a marriage except In the pres
ence OF az least two witnesses, himself en;,S or ho d1s
parties. Every minister of the church should
keep an Official register of marriage, in WHICH he
shall record the name, birthplace, age, residence
and condition of each party, and the said record,
duly transcribed in the same register, shall be
signed by both parties to the MARRIAGE, by at
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forms the ceremony.
Sec. A. The law of the church concerning d.
etc. Marriage. when duly solemnized; may notbe
dissolved except for adultery and fornicatlon.
The guilty party in a divorce for adultery Is
prohibited from marrying again during the hfe-
time or the other party. Persons divorced may
not be married again to each other. if the woman
meanwhile shall have married again..
Sec. 5. II any minister OF this church shall
perform a ceremony of marriage In violation or
IN Qnnnnifi0n for fhA first nfQnsa and 10 Sis
pension or deposition for a repetition OF th9
same.
of the provisions of this canon shall not be per-
mitted to receive the communion, except upon
penitence and avowed final separation, pro
yided, however, that no minister shall In any
case refuse the sacraments TO a penitent person
in imminent danger OF death.
Sec. z. Questions touching the facts In any
case arising under the provisions of this canon
may be decided by the ordinary, after such in
quiry as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 8. This canon, so far as 1t fixes penalties,
has no retrospective effect.
Sec. 9. All previous canons on the subject are
hereby annulled.
II presenting the foregoing Dr. Franklin
stated that the principle of c~anonical law is
peculiar, as compared with civic and crlm-
lnal law. The spirit of the devil cometh
like a flood. and the question is whether the
church should meet and grspple with that
spirit and take her position against the
flood. Nh. Burgwin. of Pittsburg, an
swered the arguments of Mr.. Packard. of
Maryland, that 1t was out of order
TO vcte upon the first section on
the : Constitution, and by Offering an
amendment by adding to the words, 'and
such marriage is hereby prohibited" and
following Section q. This brought the
of a man marrying his deceased wife's Sis
ter. DR.. Burgwin's amendment was car
ried by q vote of 14 to 90.
Another debate occurred on Subsection
4 nf Sarffnn 2 ofQffnn fhofttho .h,rala fnr
babe clandestine marriages. On the mo-
ton of Dr.. Z. Brown. of Massachusetts,, it
was stricken out and a recess until 8 O'Clock
was taken.
session. completed the work of liturgical
revision and adopted the canon relating to
the creation OF an order of deaconesses.
The upper house declined to re-
diSiison from Of it the podsiit oesse rs q MIohit tae
as recommended by the conference CON-
mittee. 1t gave its consent to making the
lines of boundary between North and South
Dakota the lines of the mi ssionary juris-
dietion. The bishops have elected,
house of deputies. the Rev. Edward
Abbott, rector of the st. James Church,
Cambridge. Mass, as Bishop of the juris-
Jams, and the Rev. Arson II. Graves, recIcr
of the Gethsemane Church. Minneapolis,
as missionary bishop of the new diocese OF
Ilatte, or w est Nebraska.
The night session of the house of depu-
ties was unproductive of results. The
question of marriage and divorce again
came up for consideration, and after a de-
bate of an hour was referred to the conven-
ton of 1892 for action. The question of
admission of the foreign churches was also
brought up and action postponed until to-
morrow. The convention then adjourned.
woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
DETROIT, Oct. 23.-The general executive
committee of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society convened in the Central
NJ. Z. Church, to-day. There was a large
number of delegates and others interested
in the work present. This is the twentieth
annual session of the committee. The
morning session opened with devotional
exercises. Mrs. Danforth, of Chicago, was
chosen president, and Mrs. Gracey. of Buff
falo, secretary. After the appointment of
the Central NJ. E. Church, delivered an adj
dress of welcome to the delegates. He
congratulated the ladies OIL the great
and good work which they had
The treasurers' reports for the various dis
tricts were then presented. They showed
a marked Improvement in the order for
the past year. In the afternoon session
in the German branch of the work, adj
dressed the meeting. The rest of the day
was taken up by committee meetings, and
in the evening there was O prayer-meeting,
led by Miss Mary Sharps Wheeler, of Phil
adelphia.
General Convention of Universaiists.
LYNN, Mass, Oct. ~2S.-The session of the
General Convention of the Universalist
Church began at Q o'clock with q meeting
of prayer under charge of Rev. V. Tomlin-
son. of Rhode Island. 1t was largely at
| tended. The speaking was general and most
satisfactory to the people. At 10 A. NJ. the
business meeting for organization began,
shire, in the chair. An application from
the California Universalist convention for
the fellowship of this general convention
was referred to the monitors. Assistant
| secretaries and committees on elections and
religious service were then appointed.
The board of trustees report shows that
| during the past year the total expenditures
current for church editices. aymen of debt
and general purposes were 81. 127, SO3, against
| S972, 199 last year. The total amount paid on
| scholarship accounts since the Inauguration
of the enterprise in 1866 appears to be $780,
| 500. The colleges and academies report an
encouraging prospect for the coming
| scholastic year. Greeting was received
| from the Unitarian convention in session at
Chicago.
Believes job to BE q Poetical Myth.