The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-11
TIE EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
Important Matters Presented for consid
erati III.

Important Matters Presented for Consid
erati IN.
Washington, October 10. There was ,
abatement today in the public interest," at
tending the triennial COUNCIL Oh the
Eni scopal church and large crowd
joined in the religious service az the
Epiphany church which preceded the bus
mess of the day. The expanding CT the
Influence of the church was indi cat by
the memorial from the japanese diocese
urging the creation of a southern jurisdic-
ton in that country and from the
ANGLICAN church in Honolulu, heretofore
| fostered by the English church asking
that in view of the annexation of Hawai-
| to the United States the church of Hawaii
| be amalsamated with chat in this
country becoming missionary jurisdi c.
ton. The propositions were referred The
| first evidence of friendly rivalry for the
| honor of holding the next council was
shown In the adoption of resolution for
the appointment of a COMMITTEES OF five
deputies to meet with a committee of
bishops to select the city of meeting. The
| CQtalF HulHou an WIG CullIulGU 0G VI uCHuDAOS
| Messrs. Morgan of New York, Spaulding
| of California, Mann of Missouri, Landsay
of Massa ohusetts and Walters OF Louisi-
ana The divorce question came up and
4 was placed on the calendar for discus sion
| following the resolution on peace con-
| ference Among the resolutions presented
and referred was one expressing thanks
to England for The sympathy toward tnis
government during the recent war with
Spain and hoping the time would come
| when the two great nations would stand
shoulder to shoulder and flag to flag In
the peace of the world"
! Discussion took place on amendment OF
the constitution which related to the
am endmen5 of the article for the establish
ment of u standing committee in each
diocese. Before action was had on ths
motion, the deputies adjourned for lunch.
just before this the deputies agreed to n
resolution of the bishnp'a repeating the
canon establishing the prayer book distri
button society, whose work has been COM
| pleted.
The bishops appointed the following as
members of the joint committee on the
selection of a city in which to hold the
convention of 1901: Messrs. Potter. New
| York; Randolph, Virginia; Worthington,
| Nebraska, Lawrence, Massachusetts Aid
Morrison Of Duluth. An invitation was
received from San Francisco to hold the
next co nveutlon Gnere.
1t was decided to create new mission
airy district in Japan to be known as tins
Kyoto district, which is ooterminous with
| the Japanese diocese. The missionary
will be elected by the bishops.
| A resolution was agreed to providing
| for general committee to which shall be
referred the resolutions presented by ths
Lambeth conferences.
| Article 4, in regard to standing com.
Il 0f n xrya0 f0 a Far
adoption of an uni1nportant amendment
| Article g. governing the formation Of
new dioceses led to considerable debate.
It was explained by DR.. Dix, the chair
man of the committee that the article
contrayened no existing regulation but
laid down broad principles governing the
whole case. Explanations of several
| features were also made by Chancellor
Woolworth who had assisted in the
preparation of the article. Delegate
Lighter of Minnesota moved to strike out
| that feature Of the article which provides
that no city shall form more than one
diocese, except when the civil authority
consolidates into one city portions OF
| territory belonging to different dioceses,
in which case each portion of said terri
tory shall remain attached to the diocese
to which it previously belonged until q
change is made by the consent Of the gen
| eral convention.
| For an hour the bishops considered the
proposed Few canon relating to the ques.
ton of marriage and divorce, but ao'
| journed for recess without taking action.
| At the afternoon session the deputies
resumed the discussion on the proposed
amendment to the constitution, striking
fout the provision that mo city shall form
more than one dioce &c..
| 1t was urged that the diocese OF New
York and Brooklyn was SO large as to be
1 ioll hat iuSci oil
| The amendment finally prevailed. Article
five was then reoommitted for further
consideration by the committee. Article
seven was adopted on vote by diooeses.
Article eight led to sharp division over
| the called provisical s, stem. The com
mittee report provided for uniting dioceset
into provinces. DR.. John ii. Egarl OF
| the committee presented a minority re-
port, holding that the civil division of the
country IN states should be followed by
the church, without the creation Of strict
| ~ ecclesiastical provinces. The debate
| was carried on by Rev. Drs. Taylor Of
| Springfield, Fulton of Pennsylvania and
| Rev. G. H. Ward Of Florida, in support
Of the provincial SYSTEM and Rev. Or.
Faude of Minnesota, against 1T. The sub.
| ject went over until tomorrow.
The house of bishops devoted the entire
afternoon to discussing the divorce ques'
tion Secretary Hart announced that con-
siderable progress had been made but no
decision was reached.
The marriage and divorce canon under
consideration by the bishops today was as
| follows: Canon 8 of marriage:
Section mo minister shall sOlemize a
marriage, the parties to which are within
| the degrees of consanguinity and affinity
defined in the 18th chapter of the Book Of
Leviticus.
Section Alt shall be the duty OF the
minister to admonish the people from
time to time that the church disoounte-
nances clandestine marriage. (2)-No
minister shall solemnizs the marriage of
any person who is minor under the law
| of the place of marriage unless the parent
| or guardian of such minor is present or
shall have given written consent to the
marriage or is permanently resident in a
foreign country. (3).-No minister shall
solemnize a marriage except in the
| D resence of at least two witnesses, him
self or the witnesses being personally &C.
ouainted with the parties. delivery
minister of the church shall at the time
of the marriage record in the register OF
the Parish in which the marriage takes
nIaoe the name, birthplace, age and