The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-10-01

TRIENNIAL
CONVENTION
Five Hundred Delegates and
5000 Workers.
Assembling in the Golden
Gate City of the Pacific
Coast.
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the bishops aud delegates from tn'
various dioceses Of America have A.
rived, 10 attend the Triennisl conveu'
on Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
" rich convenes in this city 'omorros.
There will be in attendance eighty ms IN
bers Of the House Of Bishops. aud cIer-
zeal and lay delegates to the nuniber Of
500. About 5000 church workers and
members Of auxiliary aud affiliated or
lganizations, are also visiting the city
and will be interested spectators ~ tho
sessions.
The membership Of the convention
stamps it as one Of the most dignifed
and conservative ecclesias.ical bodies
meeting in America, consisting as IT
does, Of all the bishops in the church,
many Of whom have national reputa-
tions for scholarship and leadership,
together with prominent rectors, psstors
Of large influential parishes. Meeting
with them as delegates are men whose
names are familiar in every walk Of life,
drawn from every business and profes-
sion.
The convention is div 'ded into an up
per house, consisting Of the bishops, and
lower house or House Of Deputies, con :
posed OF clerical and lay delegates.
Each diocese in the United States is en-
titled to four clerical and four lay dele.
gates From the missionary jurisdic
tion are appointed but one clerical and
one lay delegate.
The deliberations Of the bishops are
held in secret The presiding bishop,
who occupied the position by seniority
o. conservation, is Most Rev. Thorn sM
Clark, ID. D. l. l. D., bishop Of Rhode
leland, but owing to his advanced age,
he was not able to undertake the long
journey and bear tho ardulus duties fall
ing upon his Offices. IL is assumed that
Right Rev. w. Q. Doano, bishop oI
Albany, will preside in his place. Rev
SEm'l Hart, ID. D., dean Of the Berkeley
Divinity School, Middleton, Conn, is
secretary.
The lower house has Rev. IIor
gln Dix, distinguished rector Of
Trinity Church, New York City, as
chairman. DR.. Dix has stated
that falling health will COMPEL his
absence. Rev. O. l.. Hutching ID. d Of
Concord, Mass, is secretary.
Among the prominent Bishops in the
convention is Rt. Rev. Henry O. Potter,
d. d.. OF New York the largest, wealth.
lest, and most i'm oortant see in America.
The youRgest Bishop IL Bishop Ander-
son Of Chicago, aged 3S, The church OF
England is represented by the Lord
Bishop OF Newcastle. RI. Rev. Edgar
Jacobs, The Canadian Church by the
Lord Bishops OF British Columbia and
Niagara, Drs. Perrin and Monlin. Among
the prominent rectors from n. Y are
DR.. Rainsiord Of ST. Georges, DR.. Hunt.
ington Of Grace aud DR.. Greer Of st.
Bartholomew's.
Among the prominent lay delegates is
j. PierpoDt Morgan, who arrives tomor-
row on a train de luxe, a rustling palace
on wheels. II consists Of six parlors in
cludiug an deliberately equipped dining
car, library and n baggage car, all
most lururiantly furnished. One hun
dred Of the most prominent olergymen
in the East accompany Mr. Morgan as
his guests, the magnate bearing all Of
the expenses They will be entertained
while here at the Charles Crocker man.
sion on Mob Hin which Mr.. Morgan has
leased for period OF several months,
expecting 10 remain in the city himself
for some time after the convention al
i,urns.
The Legislation 10 be enacted at this
convention is most important, Chief
among the queations to be legislated
upon is the proposed canon prohibition
priests of the Church from marrying
divorced persons, no matter upon what
grounds the divorce was secured The
preesnt law permits tho marriage OF a
divorced person providing the divorce
WAS obtained on the groundsoi adultery,
the person desiring to be remarked
being the innocent party.
The question will also arise a. to
a change in the name Of the church,
as the name Protestant Episcopalian
ia declared TO he misleading fora brauch
of the historic Catholic church Many
new names are suggested, but there is
little prospect Of anything more than a
free discussion Of the subjec, resulting,
The question Of dividing the country
up into ecclesiastical provinces to he
presided over by PRECEDING bishop will
ilso be discussed. IL is claimed that
the csta hlshment Of the parochial sys-
tenn will greatly assist church govern.
ment Some delegates advocate thlt
the title OF Archbishop be created for
these presiding bishops after he system
IN At now prevails in the English, Cana
dian aud Australian churches.
Not the least Of the veNed questions TO
be dealt with is the Hawaiian muldl =,
where an Anglican bishop appointed by
the Archbishop OF Canterbury during
the period OF the Hawaiian Kingdom,
presi les over an American congregation
on American territory. The Hawaiian
church desirea atliIiation with he Amer.
lean church in view OF the changed gov
srnmental relations, aud memorial
rom Hawaii to this efs't has bssa