St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-11
CANON AMENDMENTS
Occupy the Time Of the House of
Bishops in the Episcopal Con-
ventiOn.
Revision of the Prayer Book Still
Before the House of Dep
uties.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 10.-The house of
bishops of the t%riennial general conven-
ton OF tie Protestant Episcopal church,
in secret session, as is customary, was
at work today on amendments to
the canons, while the deputies
passed upon amendments to the prayer
book. The order of the day of the
bishops was the report of the commit
tee on canonS. The first matter taken
up was the proposed amendments to the
canon relating to the communion aims,
which was adopted. The amendment
requires the clergy to reportt the am cunt
of such aims to the bishop of the do
cese if required by him.
The proposed providing for the
appointment of Sutfragan bishops also
caused a great deal of discussion, and
was finally referred 20 a special com
mittee. The new canon OH marriage
and divorce also come in for a large
share of the bishops attention. Action
was not on leted, although a portion
of it was acted on favorabIy. 1t con-
tains the following provisions:
No minister shall SOlemniZe the mar
rage of any person under eighteen
years of age, unless the parent or guar
dian OF such person be present. or shall
have given written consent to the mar
riage. No minister shall SolemniZe a
marriage except i'll the presence of at
least two witnesses. Every minister of
the Protestant Episcopal church shall
keep an official register of marriages, to
contain the names, birthplace. age, resi-
dence and condition of all persons mar
ried, which shall be signed at the time
of marriage by each couple married two
witnesses, and by the minister perform
ing he ceremony.
No minister shall solemniZe the mar
rage of any person who has a divorced
husband or wife living if the husband
OF wife has been put away for any cause
arising after marriage, but this shall
not be held 10 apply to the innocent
party in a divorce for the cause of adul-
terry, or to parties once divorced seeking
to be united again. No minister shall
administer holy baptism or the holy
communion to any person married in
violation of the disciple of the church,
but the sacrament shall not be refused
to penitents in imminent danger of
death. Action on this canon will be
completed tomorrow.
Bishop Scarborough. of New Jersey;
Bishop Seymour, of Springfield; Assist
ant Bishop RuliSon, of Central PennSyl-
vania; Bishop Nicholson, of Milwaukee,
and Assistant Bishop jackson. of Ala
bama, were appointed a committee to
prepare a special purpose for Columbia
day, Oct. q.
The devotional exercises of the tri-
ennial general convention OF the Pro-
testant Episcopal church today were
conducted by Bishop Walker. of North
Dakota, assisted by Rev. p. G. Robert.
of Missouri. The house took up the re-
vision of the prayer book, beginning at
resolution %, which was lost. ReSOlu-
tons %, 26. 81 and % vera carried with
out discussion. Resolution % was then
called up. 1t is as follows:
That in the form OF solemniZatiOn of
matrimOEy between the word (which"
and the words sit commanded" in the
eXhOrtation, there be inserted: lis all
honorable estate. instituted of God in
the time of mans innocence, signifying
unto us the mystical union that is be-
twiXt Christ and His church; which holy
estate Christ adorned and beautlfied
with His presence and first miracle
that He wrought in Cana, of Galilee
and -" The resolution was carried.
Resolutions so and 81 were lost. ResO-
lntion 50 was adopted. The greatest
discussion was on resolution AZ. which
had been sent back to the bishops and
which provided for the substitution of
Psalm No. GA for Psalm No. SO in the
service for good Friday afternoon. 1t
was finally defeated. The last resolu-
ton acted on was No. 43, which pro-
vided that the canticles and psalms be
in every case printed with the musical
notes as in the English PRAYER book.