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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-30
PANEL II.

That the century now begun may unite in
the bonds Of peace, knowledge, good will,
friendship and noble emulation all the
dwellers on the continents and islands Of the
new world.
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REV. CAMERON MANN
HIGHLY HONORED
Nominated to Be the Missionary
Bishop of North Dakota.


House of Bishops and an authorization
was given to have the translation printed
and used by congregations using the Ger
man language.
The report of the joint committee on
the church in Sweden was presented The
committee stated that It mad not time
to take definite action, and urgently rec
commended the most cordial relation with
the church of Sweden and that the work
among the Swedish immigrants be
pushed. The report was referred to the
committee on ecclesiastical relations.
The joint committee on the validity Of
the Reform Episcopal church asked to
next General Convention. The request
was granted.
The following nominations were made
for the general relief fund:
The Bishops of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Rev. Morgan Dix of New York. Rev. Reeves
Smith. Elihu Chauncey and George G. Thomas
Of Pennsylvania.
The House of Bishops elected Bishop
Potter to prepare the pastoral letter for
1904 and to consult with the Bishops of
Southern Virginia and Albany. The pas
toral letter to be read tomorrow night
will be prepared by the Bishop of Ken
the Bishops of New York and Alabama.
The house also received the testimonials
of the Bishops elected by the House of
Deputies, and they were referred to the
committee on consecrations. An ad-
journment was taken until this morning.
which is composed of the Bishops of
New York and Massachusetts and the
Coadjutor of Chicago, submitted a Sc
ries Of resolutions on the subject. These
resolutions were published exclusively in
The Call last Friday.
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House of Bishops was going to be voted upon,
tried to have it amended, but Chairman Pack
ard ruled his amendment out of order.
The Rev DR.. Hopkins of Chicago followed
with sharp speech and supplemented it with
an amendment asking the House of Deputies
not to concur with message SO of the House of
Bishops. Chairman Packard ruled that such
an amendment would be proper in the House
whole
A motion was then made on the following
resolution and carried:
Resolved the House of Deputies concur
ring. That sections g. and of message NO.
sc be repealed"
The question next came UP on the report Of
the House of Deputies in adopting the reso-
luton amended.
Upon motion the committee of the whole
arose and Chairman Packard, after reporting
asked that the committee be discharged from
further consideration of the subject and that
the message be made the order of the day
Immediately upon the assembling of the house
in the afternoon. 1t so ordered.
A message from the House of Bishops in
formed the House Of Deputies that 1t had con-
CURED in message No. 49, with reference to
marginal readings for the apocrypha. An
Bishops had adopted a resolution concurring
with the version Of the prayer book in the
German language and approved It's being print
ed and used by German-speaking congrega-
tions. Another message was received to the
effect that the Bishops had received the re-
port of the joint commission on the church of
Sweden.
The Rev. Dr. Lindsay then read the names Of
the following members of the church to act as
a committee on capital and labor
Rev. DR.. McKim of WASHINGTON Rev. c. D.
Williams of Ohio. Rev. Dr. Hodges of Mary
land, Rev. Samuel Mather of Ohio, Seth
Low of New York and Jacob Reece of New
York
An adjournment was then taken until 2:so
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HEN the House Of Bish-
w !: J: s: :: !: $: !: :::::: 6: & {
OF the five missionary
Bishops nominated by
the upper house, the Bishops proceeded
to discuss the qualifications of a candi-
date worthy to fulfill the arduoUs duties
Of missionary Bishop to the vacant dis
trict Of North Dakota Their choice fell
upon the Rev. Cameron Mann Of West
IN the discussions in the House Of Depu-
ties. The choice Of the House Of Bish-
ops was unanimous, and the House OF
Deputies was Immediately informed of
Inc selection.
DR.. Mann is prominent rector Of his
State. He is a man Of commanding
presence and is an able speaker Dur
ing the present session Of the House Of
Deputies he has been TO the front on all
important questions He took q very
prominent part in the learned cOnSidera-
ton Of marginal readings, which came up
before both houses.
The house confirmed the election Of the
four Bishops who were elected by the
Deputies, and committees were appointed
to apprise the fortunate clerics who were
chosen by the high honor. Cablegrams
were sent to DR.. Brown and Dr. Ingalls,,
who are respectively in Brazil and Han
kow.
The Bishops received a message from
the House Of Deputies TO the effect that
they had concurred in the report on mar
ginal readings.
The committee on prayer-book asked
that the version in the German language
be accepted. This was done by the
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Continued From Page Four.

left US called TO the rest Of paradise. Into
their room others have come. AS many as
fourteen Bishops have been consecrated; the
clergy is go larger to-day than II was three
years ago and upward of 17s. 600 laymen have
been bsCtizeo-'
The tSbulated statement Of the returns pre-
seated shows the following footings:
Number Of clergy reported, 5022, Of whom
sc are Bishops, 1888 priests and 353 deacons;
oeacons ordained, 505; priests ordained, 529;
candidates for holy orders z71s pOstulantS, 29G;
lay readers. 2069: baDtisns 17s, S93; persons
confirmed, lSl, 245; communicates, T43, 622; Sun
day-schoOl officers and teachers, 46 $40; pupils,
z39 LIZ; pupils in parish schools, 13,947; pupils
in industrial schools. 10,S55; parishes, 3217;
missions, 350z; in all, 67S1; church edihces,
1888; church edifces free, z077; sittinRs in
churches, 11S5, ,206 free sittings in churches,
S05 le5; churches consecratec. 80; rectories,
220I: church hospitals, 70 orphan asylums, 80;
homes, So: academic institutions 116; collie
gfafe 12: theological, I6; other Institutions 81
O97 81; diocesan missions, sl,523, ,55S 10; other
diocesan objects. $5.240. 553 y. Total diocesan
contributions 6.76z. 093 % and TO which must
be added a certain but unreported amount con-
rrfbuted to AGED and inflrTn clergyInen and the
widows and orphans Of clergymen, for the
education Of DOstulants ana candidates, but
which amount Is contained in the return given
below as contributed at large toward the
necessities OF such persons.
Missions without dioceses and districts. 81
zO2 7O6 28: education Of the ministry, s6l590 81;
aged and iufirm clergynen. S2O0.565 10; widows
and orphans Of clergynen, $lS9 S46 49; other eX-
ira diocesan objects g. $50, Sl3 e6. Total for all
purposes. s45 $50, 7l5 40
EndoWnents-Episcopa funds, 2,656,Z5O 10;
support of parishes s. 531. 81 %; aged and in
firm cIerayrnen. $3.50. e4e So; hospital and other
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-16
Professor Booth on Fire.

Professor Booth of the University OF
California delivered an interesting lecture
yesterday afternoon at the Hopkins Art
Institute on the subject of Fire" He de-
scribed combustion in all It's processes,
from the slow oxidation Of matter,
through the course of time, to the rapid
burning of substances in pure oxygen.
He declared that spontaneous combustion
is produced by the generation of heat in
material that is a non-conductor of heat
and possessing at the same time a low
kindling point. His remarks were accom-
panied by appropriate chemical expert
ments, aptly illustrating the subject The
spectroscope will form the subject Of the
lecture for next week
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MISSIONARY BOARD
ENDS ITS LABORS
Eminent Clergymen Tell of the
Needs of the Negroes.

day become able to appreciate and utilize
a liberal education. He claimed that the
Episcopal church, rather than any other
denomination was best adapted to solve
the negro problem.
The Bishops of Haiti and Cape Palrnas
made appeals for assistance in estab-
fishing industrial schools in their respect
i've provinces. The Bishop of Palnnas gave
an interesting description of the work
which is being accomplished in Africa,
and made a request for more misSiOna-
ries lay and clerical, to go to the Dark
Continent to preach the word of God. He
also asked for mechanics and all classes
of skilled labOrerS to instruct the people
of Africa in the use of tools, but he de-
manded that these men should not teach
the natives any vice, such as intemper-
ance.
Before missionary work among the col
ored people came up, the Bishop of
Alaska told of the progress that the
Episcopal church is meeting with in the
far north. Last nights session practi-
cally winds up the work of the Board of
Missions, and the board adjourned sine
die.
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FIGURES TO STUDY.

From these figures" the report says, we
study the state Of the church, ever
mindful Of the fact that mere figures can never
give us more than a partial conception OF lts
conditions. The returns of the number OF
clergymen and ordinations show an increase OF
something less than per cent while the mum
Der of communicates has increased a little
less than per cent
The conditions Of church life are such that
u is 70 be expected that the communicates
VIII increase more rapidly than the clergy, yet
we believe this showing is an admOnition 70 US
lnat We ought TO pray more earnestly than
heretofore that the Lord Of the harvest would
SEND forth more laborers into his field
ms duty is impressed upon us more strongly
when We find that the ordinations to diaconate
ana priesthood number 81 less IN the last three
years than in the like time preceding the last
Ceheral convention. Then to reinforce the les
Eol We mo that there are So fewer candidates
Sna postulants for holy orders and nearly 200
ever lay readers than there were three years
go Ano again, We find the number Of Sun
tag-school teachers fewer by 377 now than
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MESSAGES FROM THE BISHOPS.

A message received from the House OF
Bishops notifying the deputies that it had not
concurred with the deputies in it's message No.
40, passed at the morning session, requiring
the Withholding Of the names of those nom.
mated for missionary Bishoprics until final
and favorable action has been had upon the
nominations The Bishops asked for a COM
nlittee of conference. and announced as their
part of such committee the Bishops Of Mary
land and Delaware. The house. on motion OF
Delegate Clement Chase OF Nebraska, author
lied the nresident to appoint three members
on the committee, and the president announced
the appointment of Mr.. Chase and the Revs-
Drs. Moore of West Virginia and Clampett OF
San Francisco.
Several messages were received from thu
House of Bishops. the first of which notified
the deputies that it had concurred with them
in it's message No As to the publication OF
marginal readings for the Bible.
The second gave notice Of it's concurrence in
tine preamble and resolution as to capital and
labor, and had appointed as it's part OF the
committee therein provided for the Bishops OF
COadjutor Of Chicago
The third message gave notice of concurrence
with the deputies in amending title 1. canon
10. section I. subsection z, and section 8. sub
section l. on the election Of a Missionary
Bishop to diocese
The last message informed the deputies that
the House of Bishops had nominated for cleo
tion Bishop of the missionary district OF
North Dakota the Rev. Cameron Mann, DID,,
of Western Missouri.
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~ ~ ISSIONARY work among
NJ ) s: $: : : :: :: ) 8 !: !:
"a Board of Missions. Differ
ent phases of the work were
ably presented to the board
by clergymen eminent in the missionary
field. The Bishops of Haiti and Cape
Palmas, Archdeacon Russell and the
Bishop of Georgia described the work
which the Episcopal church Is prosecut-
ing in their respective districts for the
amelioration of the condition of the COL
ored race.
The Bishop CT Georgia stated that he
believed that much of the work that had
been done for the education of the ne
groes in the Southern States had been
misdirected, in that it has educated the
negroes out of sympathy for their people
and out of sympathy Cor their environ
ments. He declared that industrial train,
ing is especially adapted for their uplift
ing and through it the negro would some
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PROLONGING SESSION.

Ex-Governor Prince offered a resolution ask
ing that the afternoon session begin at 2:3O
and continue until the house decided to adj
journ. 1t was adopted.
DR. Estell offered a resolution OF sympathy
on the death Of Mrs. living. 1t was adopted
by a rising vote and the secretary was instruct
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DISCUSSION ON DISCIPLINE.

DIR. Mcconnell of Long Island was the first
speaker to take the platform. In part he said:
The matter before us Is the proposed amend
ment to canon 13 as sent down by the House
of Bishops. That canon provides that any man
woman who has been divorced and
ries, or who, having been divorced, remarries
the person who is divorced, shall ipso facto
be excommunicated, and it provides that the
Bishop in any case may set aside this canon,
matter what is the cause of the divorce.
L simply ask, do you want to pass it? Do
you want to discharge not only the individual
but every power of discipline in this church
and turn 1t over absolutely to the Bishop in
his own diocese?
IF you do you will allow as many excuses
as there are dioceses in the country. One
Bishop may claim that marriage is indissolu-
BILE; another will take the ground that there are
two or three more scriptural causes that al
low divorce and permit the divorced persons to
be in good church standing. You will then
find the church as the States are now doing,
Why, then, is it that such monstrous canon
that is sent down to US from so wise and
intelligent a house? The reason is very SIM
pie. We are confronted with a task diff
cult that have been nearly twenty
years trying all sorts of devices to meet it.
HOUSE WANTS TO DO RIGHT.
This house wants to do right 1 do not
believe there is any disposition on the part
of any. member Of this house to simply carry
to let the State grant the divorce. We are
all satisfied that 1t should grant the divorce,
but We want the power regulated. There are
b
OF these divorces 10 per cent have been gained
by Now gentlemen does this conven-
ton want to say that the State shall grant
no divorces? Is that what you want? Is there
any gentleman here willing to say that he
wishes the State to grant divorces? 1 dont
believe there are ten men this floor to
say it. We want the State to grant them but
what we want is to have the individual power
regulated"
Robert Treat Paine of Massachusetts fol-
lowed and said:
May a layman say a serious word from his
heart in solemn protest against this of
prohibition? 1t seems to me an awful thing
for the church to be SO eager to prevent men
and women coming to the communion of our
Lord. II there is any question about a person 6
coming and he is forbidden on the ground OF
sin, almost say that the side of the
sinner.
II wish also to call the attention of this
house to the dreadful inconsistency between
this proposed canon and that which was consid-
cred yesterday and temporarily adopted Under
that the proposed parties who are to be married
after divorce come up to the church door on
Thursday asking to be married and the door is
shut In their faces and the blessings of the
church is refused on Thursday morning, but on
Sunday morning they come up and are welcome
to the communion of Lord
Rev. Dr. Fulton of Pennsylvania said:
I think 1t only right to say with regard to
the committee of this house which has been In
charge Of this fearful subject during the last
three years that they have been struggling
most conscientiously to prepare something
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ed to transmit copy of the resolutions to the

ed to transmit a copy Of the resolutions to the
family of deceased.
Under suspension of the rules. motion of
Rev. DR.. Mann of West Missouri the resolu-
tions offered by him few days ago continuing
the commission on marginal readings and au-
thorizng the printing Of the readings at an
expense not to exceed $500 were taken from
the calendar and adopted
On motion of DR.. Mcconnell the house re-
solved itself into a committee Of the whole
to take a vote upon the canon relating to
marriage and divorce. Chairman Packard took
the chair and called the members attention to
the value of time. He suggested that all the
members could not be heard on the subject, but
could show their attitude by their votes
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CONDITION OF CHURCH INTERESTINGLY TOLD IN FIGURES BY DR. DUNCAN

Your committee re-echoes the cry that these hes
activities of the church's life. We trust that
the youth Of the church will be alert to re-
spond to the call to service"
When Dr. Duncan concluded reading the re-
port, he offered the following resolution. which
RESOLVED That a copy of the report pre-
sented be transmitted to the reverend fathers
in God. the House Of Bishops. with the re-
quest that they issue pastoral letter and ask
their united prayers and benedictions.
TRUSTEES ARE APPOINTED.
tees of funds for widows and orphans of de-
ceased clergymen and for disabled and in1rm
afs6p, Rev. T Dr. AleSander Mackay- s Smith, h
Rev. DR.. Elihu Clancy, George c. Thomas,
Rev Dr.. ]. S. B. Hodges. Rev. DR.. Littele,
Rev. DR.. Greer and Rev. DR.. Olmsted.
The committee appointed in 1888 to take into
consideration the question of the validity of
whether reconfrmation of the members of said
church is necessary asked for further time,
and on motion was continued, with instructions
to report to the next General Convention. the
president being given power to I'LL vacancies
The Rev Dr. Parks of New York. from the
committee on nomination of trustees for the
relief of widows and orphans Of deceased
clergymen, presented the following names for
trustees The Bishops Of Pennsylvania and
Alsop, William Alexander Smith. Mr. Chauncey
and George T. Thomas. The action of the COM
mittee was approved and those proposed were
elected trustees.
Rev DR.. Davenport, chairman of the COM
nittee on canons. read the report of the COM
mittee and offered the following resolution
Resolved. Any Bishop or Bishops elected and
consecrated under section shall be entitled to
q seat in the House of Bishops and shall be
eligible to the office of Bishop or Bishop coad-
Jutor in organized diocese within the
United States. provided that such Bishop shall
not be so eligible within five years from the
date Of his conservation, except to the office
Of Bishop of diocese formed in whole or
in part out of his missionary district"
Deputy Clement Chase of Nebraska offered
Joint resolution providing that hereafter NOM
nations Of Bishops to missionary districts be
not made public until after the names have
been finally acted upon in executive session
by the House of Deputies, and in event shall
any nominations be made public that have been
acted upon unfavorably. Under suspension of
the rules the resolution was adopted.
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o @
REMARR|AGE IS NOT PROHIBITED
Continued From Page Four.

same time, and Chairman Lindsay had diff
Guilty in maintaining order
"A deputy became involved in argument
with Secretary Hutchins to the duty of the
latter to state what was being voted on. the
genial secretary retorting that it was the duty
of the presiding officer to give the required
information.
The situation was finally cleared up by Judge
Stiness of Rhode Island being called upon t.
explain the proper course to pursue after
Chairman Lindsay had said:
The talk will be endless unless we have
definite proposition as to how to act there
fore I call Judge Stiness to EXPLAIN
Judge Stiness informed the house that tn.
proper course to pursue, in order not to inter-
fere with the existing canons on the subject.
was to take vote that the House of Deputies
concurred in the debated canon as received
from the House of Bishops, and, in the face of
the vote sections. to defeat the motion to
concur
The final vote that the House of Deputies
concur with the House of Bishops in the canon
on divorce and marriage was then taken and
resulted follows:
Clerical. Lay.
Ayes ....................'.....'
Noes .............'.'....''... oS AZ
Divided .......................... l
The motion to concur was therefore declared
lost.
VOTES AGAINST DISCIPLINING.
The house then took up the report of the com
mittee of the whole on the canon for disciplin-
ing divorced persons who remarry which was
defeated in the committee.
The Rev. DR.. Mann of West Missouri moved
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against the adoption of the report on the
ground that there were not sufficient safe
guards in it, and moved to amend it so as to
provide that Bishop should not confer holy
orders until certain stringent requirements had
been complied with
The Rev. Mr.. Tayler of Los Angeles moved
4 substitute insert certain words in the
iginal report, which he thought would meet
the gist of the amendment proposed by the
previous speaker.
The substitute of the Rev. Mr.. TayIer was
lost and the amendment of the Rev. Mr. ROG-
laid the table
The Rev. DR.. Spaulding of Alabama advised
against any hasty action on the report Of the
committee.
A number of speeches were made by depu-
ties from all parts of the house. which could
not be heard by the presiding officer.
The Rev. DIR. McKim of Washington moved
that vote be taken in two minutes and the
Rev. DR.. Huntington of New York asked for
the two minutes to close the debate He said
that he did not wish the sympathy OF any
deputy, but asked every to vote for the
report on its merits.
This whole matter" he said, els opening
the door by a little crack instead of double
boltin-1 It,"
The was then taken the report of the
committee and resulted as follows: