The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-07

ground of adultery, in which he y
or she is found to be the inno- =
cent party by a court of compe- 4
Z tent jurisdiction"
Opposes National Divorce Law.
The report is one of the principal
bones Of contention in the present gen.
eral conventiIl. The majority report
of the committee, signed by Dr. Nor
gan Dix, as chairman, goes on to say
that in its judgment no successful ac-
ton can be had in amending the con-
St1tutiOn Of the United States so as
to make uniform the law of marriage
and divorce in the United States. ans
that the only practicable way toward
securing such uniformity should be
sought through the enactment of sim
liar laws by the several states.
In the house of deputies the discus
sion of DR.. HuntingtOns amendment
To the constitution in regard to special
forms of service to be provided by
canon for certain classes Of congrega-
items not in full communion with the
church viii be continued. Some able
speeches are expected.
Change as to Hawaii.
The Right Rev. Alfred Willis, bishop
OF Honolulu, has arrived here to attend
the Episcopal convention. He comes in
response to an invitation from the
church authorities for the purpose Of
discussing the change in jurisdiction
N
islands to the United States makes nee
essary.
1T is impossible for me to discuss in
advance he said. the question o.
jurisdiction that has been raised by the
annexation of Hawaii to the United
states. Fourteen years ago saw that
it must inevitably come. and the per-
picking question which il has raised.S1
church government is not altogether
new to me.
=, -
for US to follow. il is a difficult COM
pick question, which can only &c set
[ tied by the most careful cOnsidera ton.
The Hawaiian diocese is not, as Is
generally supposed, subject 10 the
English jurisdiction. Like the church
in America at the close of the revolu-
ton a new jurisdiction was established,
entirely separate from the English,
except the connection which comes
from the fact that / have as my met
ropolitan the archbishop of Canterbury.
w hen my predecessor went to the
| islands the church had no constitution.
I That and other laws have been made
with the growth of the church.
No. we have not a large church.
think we number about 1000. But that
is not surprising when you consider
that more than half the population is
heathen.'
Bishop Willis went to the Hawaiian
islands eight years ago under appoint
ment from the English church. Re
was ordained in 1872 aRd Immediately
afterward left for his new field o.
work. His thirty years service has
been marked by a gradual increase II
the strength and power of the Angl-
can Hawaiian church. He is the sec
ond bishop under that jurisdiction.
Services in the Church.
The first Sunday of the triennial
Episcopal convention was devoted en-
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rious churches OF the denomination in
this city and adjacent towns. The
weather was perfect and the attend
ance at all the meetings was large. The
sidewalks in front of Grace church
were crowded an hour before the doors
were opened and the edifice was not
able to contain the thrOng that pre-
scented itself for admission. At. St.
Luke's and Trinity the situation was
the same, but the overflow was pro-
vided for in other churches.
The services at Grace church were
conducted by the Lord Bishop of Co
lambia. the sermon being preached by
Bishop Potter of New York. His text
was from Luke XIV, .. And the Phar-
! isees and scribes murmured. saying.
This man receiveth sinners and eateth
with them. He spoke of the atti-
tude of the church in relation to the
problems of modern life and showed
the necessity for individual salvation
before others could be saved.
In the evening Bishop Dudley of Ken
| lucky spoke at this church
The Daughters of the King cOnsti-
tuted a large part of the congreg cation
at st. Luke's church on Van Ness av-
enue. where the morning sermon was
preached by Bishop Dudley, who was
also the celebrant Bishop Whitaker
of Pennsylvania preached here in the
evening
Bishop Leonard Takes Part
The services at Trinity church were
| particularly impressive. They were
conducted by Right Rev. Edgar ia
cob, lord bishop OF Newcastle, assisted
| by Bishop Leonard of Utah and Rev.
| Dr. Clampitt, rector of the church
/ The sermon by the lord bishop of New
castle was a review of the work Of
the Church of Antioch and the APP
1 plication OF the lesson it contains to
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