The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-11
SOME LEADING FEATURES
OF THE LATE GENERAL CONYEN- TION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

the subJect at christ Church, West
 Haven, Last Evening, by Barton Mansfield.
 | Burton Mansfield, who was deputy to the general convention of the Epis- copal church, recently held in San
 Francisco, and who returned from
 there about ten days ago, spoke on the convention last night at Christ church. West Haven. He said in part as fol-
 lows:
 Contrary to the expectations of many
 the convention was very well attend ed, although many new men took part therein. It was perhaps as well at tended as any convention ever held, the
 low rates which the railroad offered and the attraction of a trip across the continent and visit to California add
 ed much no doubt to increase the num-
 Der.
 The principal things considered by
 the convention were the adoption of q
 new constitution, the consideration of
 what is commonly called the canon on
 marriage and divorce and the mission
 ary work of the church. The constitu-
 tion which came up for final action at
 this time was the one passed three
 years ago at the general convention in
 Washington and which had been In the
 meantime ratified by the various dio-
 ceses. All but two of its provisions as
 originally passed were passed also at
 this session These two provisions re-
 lated to the organization of new dio-
 ceses and the use of certain forms of
 worship not provided for by the prayer
 book by congregations desiring. but not
 ready, to unite with the Episcopal
 church. This latter proposition was
 generally known as the Faude- Hunt
 ington resolution. It was ably and
 fully discussed both in the house of
 bishops and house f,deputies. It fall
 ed to pass by a slight number of votes.
 The only amendment to the canons of any great importance was the so- called canon on marriage and divorce.
 This question arose on an amendment to the canon now existing. It did not seek to control directly the question of marriage and divorce, but rather pro- vided that no marriage should be sol emnized by clergyman of the church where the parties thereto had been di- vorced for reasons arising after mar riage. This called forth long and earnest debate in which large num- Der of the deputies participated Those of course who favored the new canon did so on the ground of the indissolu- bility of the marriage relation while those who were opposed to 1t and who desired less stritc canon, such as pr. Huntington proposed for instance, al- lowing marriage to be celebrated by a clergyman of the church, where the person divorced was the innocent par ty, claimed that the proposed canon was a great handship and contrary to the teachings of the New Testament and the law and custom of the church. The house of bishops passed the canon in it's strictest form, and the house of deputies, in the committee of the whole, by viva voce vote also passed the strict canon by a majority of about twenty, but when the report of the committe of the whole was acted on by the house of deputies and q vote was taken by doceses and orders the pro- position was defeated, the laity voting i against 1t.
 By the action of the convention ev- | cry inch of territory belonging to the l United States either is or soon will be | under a bishop. A new foreign mis- | district was created in China. | to be known as Hankow, and the Rev. | Dr. Ingle was elected bishop. Cuba | was also set apart as a foreign mis- district and the house of | authorized to elect bishop thereof within a short time. Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands were created into domestic missionary dis tricts as were also the Philippines. The Rev. Charles H. Brent of Boston was elected bishop of the Philippines, and he Rev. MT. Brown, now of Brazil, bishop of Porto Rico. No bishop was elected for Hawai-, but the house of bishops was authorized to elect one, he English bishop, Willis, having re- signed his bishopric. The Rev. Cam eron Mann of Kansas City was elected bishop of North Dakota in place of the Rev. Dr. Edsall, who was called to Min lesota as bishop -coadjutor short ime before Bishop Whipple's death. The Rev r. w. Keator of Dubuque, owa, was elected bishop of Olympia to succeed the late Bishop Barker MT. leator will be remembered by many people in this vicinity, as he gradu- ted from Yale college in 1880 and from he Law school in 1882. A new diocese vas also created out of western Kan as. and the western part of Massa- hi1setts was also set off as a new dio- csc.
 The convention also appointed per- commission on capital and la or, on the change of name of the hurch and on the question of marriage nd divorce, the latter with the idea of recurring uniform action on the sub etc by the various religious bodies.
 Among the matters introduced at this onvention and to be acted on at the |, ext convention, which will be held in l .oston in 1904, are a new method of lecting presiding, bishop and in- I reased representation for the mission " districts. The division of the ; ountry into provinces and the creation S f courts of appeal, which came over s ,om the last convention, were contin- ed to the next. Most of these mat T ers would have come up at this time I ad there been any opportunity for :, leir consideration. Various church. I
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