The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-15


own position, that Christ did not intend
to absolutely deny to the innocent party
the right to marry again, and declared
that he had the uniform authority of the
Reformed Episcopate in favoraof his po-
sluoh. lie said it had not been shown
that stringent canon would operate to
conserve the purity OF the home.
On motion OF James c. Buxton OF North
carolina, it was decided to take a vote
on the subject at l. O'clock
HUNTINGTON. AMENDMENT.
The Huntington amendment to section
d. canon SO, which excerpts the innocent
party to divorce from the prohibition Of
remarriage, was defeated in the Commit
tee Of the Whole by vote OF I55 against
l.3. The original section was then adopted
as it came from the House OF Bishops,
which had already passed it by a vote OF
15S TO 1S2.
After the result Of the vote on the
canon concerning marriage and divorce
was announced, the Committee OF the
Whole rose but was Immediately re-
convened. The amendment to the consti-
tuition adopted by the House of Bishops.
as substitute for canon 81, referring to
the discipline OF persons marrying again
after divorce, was placed before the COM
mittee for consideration. Without action
the committee again arose. and after it
had reported progress TO the House a re-
cess was taken until P. NJ
At this hour the House of Deputies pro-,
ceeded in executive session to the cleo
ton of missionary bishops.
The election resulted in the choice of
the following:
Rev James Addison Ingle. district or
Han Kow: Rev. Charles II. Brent. Dis
trict of the Philippines; Rev. Frederick
William Keator, District Of Olympia;
Rev William Cabell Brown, district OF
Forto Rico.
The only nomination rejected was that
>oc Rev. Charles Campbell Pierce. to be
missionary bishop of North Dakota.
HOUSE OF BISHOPS.
The House OF Bishops, so far as its ac-
ton goes, has settled the Hawaiian
Church problem through the conference
of its committee, consisting of the bs
ops of Pennsylvania, South Carolina and
California. with Bishop Willis The terms
Of settlement, in brief. are the resigna-
ton OF the bishop of Honolulu. to take
effect the LIST of next April: the formation
of the Hawaiian Islands as a missionary
district, to be placed, for the present, in
charge of a bishop designated by the pre-
siding bishop.
The House of Bishops took up the re-
port of the joint committee on revising
the canOnS. Certain portions OF II were
adopted and the remainder. recomnlittcd
to be reported at the next General Con-
vention.
MARGINAL READINGS.
The House of Bishops agreed to the
conference report on marginal readings,
already accepted by the House of Depu-
ties and also to the Mckinley memorial
resolutions. The following amendment to
article OF the constitution was adopted
by the House of Bishops:
Provided, That nothing in this article
shall be construed as restricting the au-
thority of the bishops of the church to
take such action as may be provided by
the rubrics of the book of common
prayer and by the canons of the General
Convention for the use of special forms
of worship
This is intended to apply especially in.
cases of Swedish congregations in the
Northwest.
In response to a communication from
the Synod Of Mexico, requesting the APP
pointment of bishops, the draft of a let
ter on the subject, prepared by the bish-
ops in council. was adopted.
A committee consisting Of the bishops
OF Maryland, California and Los Angeles
was appointed to consider the question of
conservation OF not more than two bish-
OPS for Mexico. when all the necessary
preliminary conditions shall have been
complied with