The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-17
EPloC,IPALI4NS.
Some Very Warm Discussions In
dulged i'll Yesterday.


MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 16.-Among the
reports presented at the opeLing SEES
sion of the house of deputies on the
! Eplscopalian convention was one from
the committee on nOmina tiOnS, namine
as trustees of the general Theological
seminary all of the old board, ana pro
posing Henry Butt as the successor OF
Rev. Dr. Hall, deceased.
majority and minority reports on the
proposition of the bishops to change
the TUE page of the book of common
prayer, precipitated a warm discussion
The bishops desired to insert the words
according to the American use, -
rather than insert the whole name of
the change. This was interpreted by
some as move towards changing the
name Of the church. 1t was also ar
gued that the revision of the prayer
book had been completed in 1892, and
dropped, and that it would be unwise
TO take 1t up again. Vote being taken,
the deputies refused to concur in the
revision. There was a lively debate
over another message from the bish-
ops recommending the reference of the
canons to the present revision commits
sion with instructions to report TO the
next convention.
A large element wanted the canons
to go to the new commission, to which
the constitutional revision was referred
yesterday. but this was overruled in
the end and the action of the bishops
cOncurred in.
The house of bishops today appointed
a commission to prepare a version of
the prayer book in German, the COM
mittee to confer with the English
church as to a board of reference on
foreign missions of the Anglican COM
muniOn appointment in 1880, reported
the object for which it had been ap-
pointed had been accomplished and it
was discharged. The revision commit
tee reported finally with canon 80 on
marriage and divorce. The canon as
reported forbids any minister to sol
emnize the marriage of any person who
has been divorced unless that person
was the innocent party in "a divorce
granted by the court for adultery. If
any minister knows or. believes that
anyone has married otherwise than
allowed by the discipline OF the church,
he may not administer baptism or
communion to that person unless a
death be imminent, and the person be
penitent, without the consent of the
bishop
The deputies, after a vigorous dis
cussiOn of the proposed system of
intended to give the church a judicial
system, voted to refer it to the new
stitUtional commission Most of the
speeches We're in favor of the innova,
ton
Rev. DR.. Taylor of Springfield ILL.,,
described the attempt to erect a prov
ince of Illinois without the sanction of
the convention, and showed how it
W7s handicapped BY lack Of authority
The house of deputies had an inter
esting debate regarding church unity
this afternoon. 1t came on the con-
of the report of the COM
mittee on amendment to the constitu-
ton proposing an amendment to article
s allowing bishops to take certain con-
gregations under their spiritual care
and permitting these outside congrega-
tons to use d special service selected
by the bishop. This was a step in the
direction of church unity and it was
debated with great warmth. The COM
mittee was about evenly divided on the
subject. DR.. W. H. Huntington. of
New York. made a forcible argument
In favor of the plan and said that there
was every reason to believe that it
would become a successful experiment
and in the Swedish Episcopal churches
of Minneapolis, they had an example
Of what could be done in this direction.
If the church believed what it had pre-
viously declared about church unity,
here was a chance to be consistent.
Rev j. j. Faude of Minneapolis, OPP
posed the plan and said that it meant
giving the bishops carte blanche 10
adopt whatever form of service they
saw fit 1t would, in a way regulate
the book of common prayer to the
backgrounds in these spoadic congre-
cations and would prove IA dangerous
experiment. Others took part in the
debate and will be continued tomorrow.