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MISSIONARY BISHOPS APPOINTED
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of the missionary district of Shanghai. to
be missionary Bishop of Hankow; Rev.
Charles II. Brent, a presbyter Of the do
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Frederick William Gator. presbyter of the
diocese of Iowa, TO be missionary Bishop
OF the district of Porto Rico; Rev Viii
liam Cabel Brown, d. D., presbyter of the
church in Brazil, to be missionary Bishop
Charles Campbell Pierce d. D.. presbyter
Of Washington, to be missionary Bishop
of the District of North Dakota.
A message was also sent to the House
of Deputies that the Bishops had con
of the constitution and that it had dis
agreed to the ratification Of the proposed
article V and the second part of the pro-
posed article x.
At its session in the afternoon the pre-
lates discussed canon 81, relating to di-
voree. and concluded by adopting the fol-
lowing substitute:
Title--"Of Persons Marrying After Di-
vorce."
No person divorced for causes arising after
marriage and marrying again during the
any person marrying a person so divorced.
shall be admitted to baptism confirmation or
the written approval of the Bishop shall be
given; provided, that this prohibition shall not
| divorce for the cause of adultery. and pro-
vided also. that the sacrament shall in
case pc refused TO a penitent person in irnmi-
| The House of Bishops also considered
State of Kansas as a missionary district
/ A vote was taken and it was decided that
/ action upon the matter should be defer
| red 1t was recommended, however, that
| the Board of Missions should take cog
niZance of the fact that the Bishop of the
| diocese was labOring under extraordinary
| burdens.
a committee of five. composed of the
/ Bishops of Albany, Fond du Lac. Texas,
! Vermont and Los Angeles. was appointed
/ to prepare canon on provinces and sub
! NIT it to the next convention.
/ A committee composed of three presby-
| tiers and three laynnen was appointed to
, take up the consideration of the transla-
! ton of Bishops and report at the next
| convention. The committee appointed by
! the House of Bishops consists OF the Bish-
/ ops of New York, Maryland and .coadjutor
of Southern Ohio.
|: : I. + : a
debate that took place in the upper house the
islators will respect the opinion of DR.. King.
the Bishop of Lincoln. who tried for his
| ritualism This is what he said
. The argument from Scripture seems to be
such that I cannot regard marriage as abso-
lutely indissoluoie. The excepting clause to
to me. limit the general statement to ST.
Mark and st. Luke. Such would be the ques-
weight of the authority Of our greatest Bib
lical scholars | dare not put it aside. Such
was the question put by Bishop Wadsworth,
whose learning is known to all of us -
The speaker quoted other noted churchmen
IAN these men agree in saying that in case
of adultery the marriage may be dissolved and
the innocent party at least allowed to marry
again The responsibility OF opposing their
Judgment is very great Gentlemen, I think
the responsibility Of opposing the Judgment OF
those great scholars and Of opposing their
Judgment in the English-speaking world in
the nineteenth century. is very great indeed.
Now. gentlemen. there is your canon in
which you say the innocent party shall not be
permitted to have the services of this church
shall not have the services of it's pastor in
connection with such ceremony, and If that
canon is passed then we will be in tbs posi-
. ! tfOn-yOu will refuse your own children the
right to matrimony in such cases. but you
will accept them in your communion.
} RESPONSIBILITY OF CLERGY.
/ Mr. Chairman aIlusion has been made here