The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
MESSAGE TO
 AMERICANS
  Address by Archbishop of Canterbury
 - AT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION Primate of England Speaks
 Most Forcibly. Urge. the churrA te rake steps te Guard che Reiisieus Life ef the Hsme--Proslens ts Be Solved.

SdHtCN1uIys cRcaHttt8 ptACt t 8 Sytttt w sion of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church at Emmanuel Church today. delivered
 message to the American body in which he urged that the church take steps to guard the religious life of the home. The Archbishops address was forcibly delivered.
 At today's session of the House of Deputies. several resolutions to make more stringent the canon on the remar- riage of divorced persons were pre- sented. One resolution was to prohibit the remarriage of a person during the life of d former partner. The whole question wlli come up later.
 After reporting against a change in the legal name of the church at this time, the committee appointed by the last convention to consider the matter was discharged.
 Potter and the Subway Tavern. An attempt was made by |. Cameron Buxton of Winston. N. C.. to present resolution deploring the, action of Bishop Potter of New York in partic- ipatine at the opening of the subway tavern in New York city. but the res oiution was declared out of order. .. H. stotzenberg of New Albany. Ind, introduced a resolution condemn Ing Iynching. 4 number of Southern deiegates voted to table the resolution but eventually 1t was referred to a spe- cial committee
 When the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church assembled for the | second session in Emmanuel Church to- day, there was a large attendance of visitors in anticipation of the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. who yesterday announced that In the House of Deputies he would deliver q mes sage to the American Church. The convention has appointed committee I to frame a message of greeting to the l International Peace Congress, some of whose deiamatee are also delegates in Ithe Mhttrcif conveftfen tsn& of ti7eeG is Rohert Treat Paine President of the lInternationAi Peace Congress. Weman's Auxiliary. rhe trienniai conference of the Wo- mems. Auxiliary to the Board of Mis- sions was formally opened today with full service in Trinity Church, at which the united offerings of the or Ranization were made. The preacner | yaa Rt Rev. William Lawrence, D. D., Bishop of Massachusetts.
 | Later the women's Auxiliary held a largely attended missionary meeting in Fremont Temple Bishop Lawrence | welcomed the visiting women. Among ,ts sneakers were Bishops McKim of Toltio: Brent, of the Philippine Isiands; l inc Rev. Arthur Lloyd. D. D.. of New York. General Secretary of the Board
 of Missions. and Bishop Johnson of | Western Texas.
 | The house of bishops continued It's | sessions behind closed doors. | Archbishep speaks. l The Archbishop of Canterbury made 1 ~ aatA In mart .T come to tell you of the absorbing interest with which we in England watch your gathering strength. your constantly increasing use of the ap- narentiy boundless opportunities which 1 are multiplying daily to your hands
 ana your fellowship In your prayers I for the spirit of wisdom and under
 standing, of council and strength. It ' Is not for nothing that I have been | in touch during the last few weeks
 with a daily succession of your fore- most men and hava learned SC much about the things which are at issue. | "Yonr problems are not all of them | our problems. Of some of yours. and especially of some which concern the
 Southern States, we have no exper- fence whatever Of others we have
 ample knowledge, but under condi-
 tions so different from your own as to
 render the comparison academic rath-
 CT than practically serviceable.
 Safeguard the Home. l Tt would be vain to ignore the I warning voices which tell us-on
 either side of the sea--of a certain de- 1 cadence in the definitely religious life of the ordinary home--a falling off, that ia, in the very force which gives Hts distinctive impression and It's dis tinctive power to much of our grand sIres life. If that be true, it surely behooves every gathering of church. men to consider well what they can
 do to safeguard the men and women.
 and above alI the church of America
 and England from a peril whose grav-
 lty 1t is impossible to overestimate,
 because 1t affects the very foundation
 of our Christian life.
 Be 1t ours. be it yours. when an | ecclesiastical assembly, big or little
 meets for high deliberation and ex- 1 ecutive resolve, to set ourselves to es-
 timate and deal with the abiding
 level of our common life.
 ~Ties and Links"
 People speak sometimes oe the
 ties and links which unite our church
 in England with yours in the United
 States. But are the words appropri-
 ate? We are learning. I hope. to roc ! hdt0 tAD ACAoNAOhchABt 0AA SSoCtAtAA4
 things, as one of identity rather than
 as filial or fraternal. Our spiritual
 ancestry dow nto very recent days in
 absolutely one. Our power of mutual
 society, help and comfort, has been
 proved and proved again. If my prea>
 ence in your convention be permitted,
 in the providence of God. to promote
 in any degree the efficiency of our
 church's life as banded force for the
 bettering of what is amiss in public
 or in private things--for the ceaseIess | fight against impurity and seifishness
 and greed, against Ignorance and
 apathy. against cowardice and half
 heartedness. I shall rejoice indeed" Report on Divoice.
 1 The report on divorce, submitted by
 pr. Houston Eccleston of Baltimore.
 was in part as follows:
 l The commission having met and or ganized. appointed Bishop Doane, the
 Rev. Dr. Greer and Mir. Francis Lynde 1 stetson as a sub-committee to carry out q