The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-07
Sidewalks in Front of Grace
Church, San Francisco Were
Crowded and Many Were Un-
able to Secure Admission
SERMONS DEVOTED TO
MISSIONARY TOPICS
Today the EpisCopaIians Will
Take Up Remaining Amend
ment to Constitution and then
Consider Marriage and Divorce
Question in Earnest

San Francisco, Oct. 6.-The first Sun
day of the triennial Episcopal confer
ence was devoted to missionary per-
mons in the various churches of the
denomination in this city and adjacent
towns. The weather was perfect and the
attendance at all of the meetings was
large. The sidewalks in front of Grace
Church were crowded an hour before
the doors were opened, and that edifice
was unable to accommodate the throng
that presented itself for admission. At
ST. Luke's and Trinity the situation
provided for in other churches.
The services at Grace Church were
conducted by the Lord Bishop of Col
umbia, the sermon being preached by
Bishop Potter of New York.
| In the evening Bishop Dudley of
Kentucky spoke at this church. The
Daughters of the King constituted a
| large part of the congregation at st.
Luke's Church on Van Mes Avenue,
where the morning sermon was
preached by Bishop Dudley, who was
also the celebrant. Bishop Whitaker
of Pennsylvania preached here in the
evening.
The services at Trinity Church were
particularly impressive. They were
conducted by Rt. Rev. Edgar Jacob,
Lord Bishop of Newcastle, assisted by
Bishop Leonard of Utah and Rev. DR..
Clam Pitt. rector of the church. The
sermon by the Lord Bishop of New
castle was review of the work of the
Church of Antioch. In the evening the
triennial missionary sermon was
preached at Trinity Church, before the
board of missions, by Rt. Rev Fred
erick r. Graves, bishop of Shanghai.
At st. Pauls Church Bishop Nichol-
son of Milwaukee preached in the
morning and Bishop Whitaker of
| Pennsylvania in the evening.
The new chancel of ST. Stephens was
opened in the morning by Bishop
Nichols of California, the sermon being
preached by Bishop futile of Missouri
] Bishop Garrett Of Dallas, Tex, assist
| ing in the service. ~
| AT the cathedral mission of the Coco
| Samaritan, Rev. W. s. Huntington
! rector of Grace Church, New York
| preached this morning, and Rev. ]. H
| Hopkins, rector of the Church of the
Epiphany of Chicago, conducted the
| evening services.
Bishop Millspaugh of Kansa:
|
In the chapels of the University of Cal
ifornia, services were held by Eastern
clergymen, who also filled many pulpiti
| in Oakland and Alameda. At o'clocl
this afternoon, Bishop Potter of New
| York, delivered a short address in the
Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium which wa.
crowded to the doors. He dealt with the
importance of civic, as well as mora
right 50 sness.
!
service was held at Trinity Church il
the afternoon, the children comine
from all directions and marching into
| the church carrying banners. The ser.
vice was read by Bishop Ferguson o.
| West Africa.
Bishop Hare of South Dakota. VIII.
liam r. Butler of Mauch Chunk. Pa.
and DR.. Duhring of Philadelphia. SaIjv.
cred addresses. The bishop coadJuta.
tor of Chicago preached at St Piers
| in the morning, and the bishop OF
! Tennessee in the evening. At st. Johns
Church, Bishop Lawrence of Massachu.
| sets preached in the morning and was
also the celebrant.
| The house of bishops of the Episco-
pal Church on Monday will take UP the
remaining amendment to the constitu-
ton. AS soon as this question shall he
. 0 the
report of the committee on maria ages
and divorces. The committee has re-
ported, by vote of Ill to l, in favor of
amending the canon of the solemniza-
ton of matrimony. by adding the fol-
lowing section:
mo minister shall solemnize A mar
Ir1age between any two persons unless
NOR until by inquiry, he shall have sat
isfied himself that neither person has
been or is the husband or the wife of
any other person living. unless the
former marriage was annulled by a
decree of some civil court of competent
jurisdiction for cause existing before
such former marriage"
| The committee, in Offering this amend
ment, does not discuss the question of
+the remarriage of divorced persons. nor
refer to the belief held by many in the
ichurch that an innocent party in a di-
Ivorce, obtained because of adultery. is
lentitled to marry again. The minor
lty report, which is signed by Frank
II. Miller, suggests that the following
Droviso be added to the proposed
amendment:
This shall not apply to any one pro-
ducing certified copy Of a decree of
divorce on the ground of adultery. in
which he or she is found to be the in
nocent party by a court of competent