The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-15
BARRED OUT FReM THE FOLD
NEW AND sTRICTER CANON RE.
GARDING REAEARRIAGE OF
OFFENDERS
REPORT MADE BY COMMITTEE
VIII Come Up for Adoption and
Probably BECOME Part of
Church Law at Next
Conference.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-When the oen-
eral conference of the Protestant Esnie-
copal church meets in San Francisco navt
Octoper, three new canons on the s1b-
Ject OF marriage and divorce will be
paced before the body for It's considera
ton. Should these canons become a Ian,
OIL the episcopal church through the ap-
proVal OF the general conference then .+he
Episcopal church will have pronounced
us anathema against divorce. and more
particularly against the remarryinc of
divorced persons, while another party to
the divorce still is in life
The subject of marriage and divorce
came In for a good deal of attention at
the hands of the general Episcopal con.
ference of 1898. So much in fact that a
committee of twelve was appointed for
the purpose of taking the matter under
consideration and make such recon-,
mendation to the next conference of thar
body, as would pave the way for changes
IN the present tenets of the church on
these subjects
This committee, after having met a
year ago, When it failed to reach an
agreement looking toward reform. again
went into session today At the c,ose
of this session it was announced that the
conference of the committee had been
adjourned sine die AMI that three canors
dealing with the subject of the confer
ence had been drafted
The first canon adopted is entitled;
Holy matrimony and impediments there,
to- The full text Of this canon is IS
follows:
MATRIMONY DEFINED
Section 1-(A) Holy matrimonv is an
estate of life which for the purposes of
this canon is sufficiently defined in the
form appointed for the solemnization Of
matrimony in this church. OBJ The SOL
emnization of holy matrimony is a serv-
ygyh hn7~ f1AV ,vsn1 ~
ties is given in the presence of a minis
ter who then pronounces them in the
name of the Holy Trinity to be man and
wife.
RULES LAID DOWN.
Sec. 2-This section defines the impede
stated in the books Of Leviticus and
Deuteronomy. The second canon draft
eG deals with the subject Of the Sol
ennizatlon OF holy matTimony. II IS
suhdivided in four sections. as follows
Section lit, shall be the duty Of All
ministers of this church to conform to
the civil authorities relating to mar
Sec 2Every minister who shall sol
emnize marriage, shall without DELAY,
make such record of same as NAV be
civil authority
Sec: 3-No minister shall soIemnize
marriage without the presence OF wit
neSseS, nor without witnesses to whom
the parties are personally known. exceDt
in a case in which it is Impossible for such
witnesses 70 be secured. No minister
shall solemniZe the marriage of anv ner--
son not identified to his satisfaction.
Sec: mo minister shall solemnize
marriage between any two persons un-
less, nor until by inquiry, he shall have
satisfied himself that neither party has
been or IS the husband or wife of anv
person living unless the former marriage
was annuled by decree of some court Of
competent jurisdiction for cause exist
Ing before such former marriage
MAY NOT EEMARRY.
The third canon goes one step further
ami excludes from all means of grace
within the dispense ton Of the church ary
divorced person who shall have remar-
ried and be living with husband or wife
as the case may be while the other party
to the divorce still is IN life. This caron
is subdivided into three sections, as fol-
lows:
Section l. No person divirced for caus
es arising after marriage an6 marrying
again during the lifetime of the other
to baptism or confirmation or receive
holy communion, except when penitent
and separated from the other party to
the subsequent marriage, or when peni-
tent and in immediate danger of DEATH
but this canon shall not apply to the
Innocent party in divorce for the cause
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied bap-
tism or confirmation or the holy COM
mun1on until after the minister shall
have given to the person due and suffi-
cient notice of such intended denial and
of the right Of appeal therefrom as
here and after permitted.
Sec. 3. This section provides for appeal
to the bishop if the diocese or mission
arY district which, If he deems the
cause sufficient may take counsel with
two neighhoring bishops and decide
whether there shall be any dispensation.
ADOPTION WAS UNANIMOUS.
The canons in this form were Unani
mously adopted by those taking part in
the conference The committee, when
appointed by the general conference of
1898, consisted of twelve members Only
nine of these members were present at
the meeting today, one having died and
two not having been heard from.
The committee was made up of an
equal number Of clergymen anG laynen.
Those present We're:
Rev Dr. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity
parish; Rev. DR.. Hoffman, Of New York;
Rev. DR.. Mann, of st. Louis; Rev. DIR.
Fulton, of Philadelphia, and Rev. DR..
Eccleston, of Baltimore.
The lay members of the committee
who were present We're:
Francis A. Lewis, of Philadelphia;
Francis L. Stetson. of New York; Charles
H Stanley, of Washington, and Judge
E. Bradford, of Wilmington, Del.
DR.. Morgan Dix presided, and Francis
A. Lewis, of Philadelphia, acted as Sec
retary.