Evening star., 1898-09-26

marriage; but this canon shall not be held
| to apply to the innocent party in divorce
| for the cause of adultery, to parties once
| divorced seeking to- be united again
| The joint commission on revision which
considered this subject during the past
| three years is composed of Bishop D0ane
Of Albany, Bishop. Dudley of Kentucky
| Bishop McLaren of Chicago, Bishop Pot
| ter of New York, Bishop Paret of Mary
| land and Bishop Burgess of quincy, the
| Rey. Eugene \. Hoffman. the Rev. James
s Stone. the Rev Hall Harrison the Rev
| r L. Davenport, the Rev.J. Houston Eccle-
| ston and the Rev. William r. Huntington
| ard Messrs. w II. Lightner z. G. Brad
| ford, +. u. Swayne, G. G. Saunders, j. A
| Beal, F. II. Miller and w. S. Laidley. AS
| might have been expected in commission
| of this size. and representing so many
| shades of opinions. the commission could
not agree on the canon regarding the mar
| r1dge of divorced persons.
| TIE majority report to be submitted to
| the convention will recommend. in lieu OF
| canon IL, above mentioned the following
| No minister of this church shall sol
emnize the marriage of either party to a
| divorce during the life OF the other party -
The minority is led by no less a person
| than Bishop II. c. Potter of New York.
| VINO Is ably seconded by the Rev. j. H. Ec-
Gieston or baltimore. w. II. Lightner of St
Paul. Mr. Frank H. Miller OF Georgia. and
the Rev. William r. Huntington of New
York They Will present to the conven-
uon minority report on this subject,
recommending that section 3 of canon 81
! OF the revised canon. as proposed by the
| Joint committee, shall read:
NO minister of this Church shall solemn
re lhe marriage of any person who has a
divorced husband or wife living. This shall
not apply to the innocent party in a divorce
! obtained for the cause of adultery on his or
| her ming with the minister as evidence of
| Such innocence, a legally certified tran
| script or the record, showing final iudg-
| hent or decree of court of record having
| jurisdiction on the subject matter, award
| lfS hlm or her a divorce vinculo matri-
| hohll on the grounds of adultery.
Other changes in canon Is will be accept
ed without considerable debate. One sec
tiOn at present reads:
IF any persons be Joined together other
wise than as Gods Word doth allow. the
Hiarfldge is not lawful. The committee on
the revision of the canon will recommend
Ghe substitution for this section of the fol-
lowing No minister shall soemnize a
marriage ma the parties to which are within
the degrees of cOnSanguinity and affinity
Gehned IN the eighteenth chapter of the
book of Leviticus''
In section of canon 13 it is provided
tnat the minister shall refer cases to the
plSnop Wnere ne has reasonable cause to
doubt that parties desiring baptism. con-
iFfial1on or communion have been married
Improperly according to the church but
win the proVlsO that TO minister shall in
any case, refuse the sacraments TO any
pemtent person in imminent danger of
death The substitute for this section
which Will be presented by the Joint COM
MISSION proposes sweeping change, and is
as follows:
No person married otherwise than as
the discipline of this church allows shall
be admitted to holy baptism or to confirma
tion or to receive the holy coumunion
without the written direc,iln f ~
given upon application. and after due in
veStigatiOn of the facts"
IN another canon (section of canon 36)
the proviso regarding the administration of
the sacraments is Inserted 'Tbe init 90 49, VI
mission will recommend the afinnti,,l oe ~
following new provisions regardine. I,arI
rlages:
Canon "a, section . par II shall he
the duty of ministers to adrnonfsh the Moo
pie from time to time that the church dis
countenances clandestine marriages.
Par = No minister shall solennize the
marriage of any person who is a rninor nm
Ger the law of the place of the marriage
HA4sSs the parent or guardian is present
OF shall nave given written consent to
oie marriage or is a permanent resident in
d tGFeiSn country
Tar. . No minister shall solemnize a
S t--'ti iaSe except IN tne presence of two wit
so,7.II i~iiiiseiI ~ or the witnesses being per-
"oii''ii9 acquainted with the parties"
Change of Name.
The proDosition loolin, 70 - a,,-- :.
,br -, - " chahge IN
@4i' Ne'lie VI the church Will excite pro-
tracted debate. The high churchmen sug-
gested that it shall he called tho .,,ar,.a,,
pr,.o.,,,. 'iidt the name
Episcopal does not really indi-
cate what the church purports to be. This
name, they say. makes il annaar tho. +t,o
Protestant Episcopal Church is , &C.. ~
denomination, like the Nethodis,s nv proe ~
byterians while It is reaII, tba ~. T,tS
olic Chul ch, or a part of tho Hol,, =. 49,
Church in direct line with conti-yi+, 80
the apostles lust as the Ronna,, - - - Ti,
Church and the Greek catholic C'b,rnb
Put in order to distinguish il - Tho
Roman Catholic Church the s,egae+ad rat,,
name is to be further modifaE so ~ 'I ~ "
vCcatcs Of II add and mo eiroT1 .cTt,
Church in America - The bjob cb,Iyo,I,l,,
insist that the church has - tr,lri u
from the time of the arnet1ae ~, 'i 4i = =. ~
is A mart Of thn HnI,, CatbIi 80, 80 Iti'o u
therefore nart of IT, CbraI - ~ IN, "il.'
the only cburcb which 49,, -, ''!h' 10
anostfas and which 10. ,ra,. nach 10 the
the teaCbintre Of ~ .t' 80 Ntu intact
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Gt dney ats9e mat 1t is
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