Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15
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to-day. When tn house resumed it's
sittin@', after the committee of the
| Nhol, had voted, Il discussion dnpeIon u
over the amount of time which should
| h.. allotted for constellation of the di.
-orce question.
| 1t was eventually decided to consider,
| tho Issue at O'clock this afternoo,,
| and ii was expected! 4 vote would b.
reached before adjournment, this even
ing.
The House of Bishops at their first
session, today. co,i:'ine"ed contlic
| ton of jurisdiction by the American
and English churches in China. 1t APP
| pears that missionaries We're sent there
by the American church ahead of those
| ut from England. Later the Eng
| lish divided China into dioceses ana
! took no rct omit of the American mis-
| SionS. At various times disputes r.
gardin@ authority nHd risen and RI
! Gently the matter was laid before IN
| Archbishop Of Canterbury by bishoa.
Of tht Episcopal church in this coun-
! try An agreement has been practi-
| cally arranged and. today, the Hou%c
Of Bishops recommended that the fo.'
eign clergy and their people Che Eng
lish and Americana il Shanghai should
! continue to recognize the bishops by
whom they nave beeen directed. TIL,
remainder of The congregations j..
Shanghai and in The province of Khan
| Su are to recognize the American
! church authority.
! The House of Bishops passed a res0-
! luton calling upon all Christians H.
observe the spirit of the Lords day.
| The bishops also voted to give their
! consent - the conservation of Rev.
+! Father Edward W. Osborne of BOs-
ton. as bishop co-adjuctor of the dio
case Of Sr,infield. Ill.
The House of Deputies resumed the
discussion on the divorce question at
3 o'clock Chief Justice ]. H. Stincss
of the Rhode Island supreme court.
said divorce was becoming social
I menace and this convention should
: take Z stand in line towards stopping
! that evil. The speaker was profoundly
convinced that there was no way by
which divorces could be stopped eX-
| crpt. by preventing re-marriage.
hev DR.. William r. Huntington of
New York, said: We are all in perfect
agreement as to tire sanctity of Holy
mn trimony ana are agreed as to the
evils Of divorce. 1t is simply a ques-
/ ton IF means. The whole question is
how may the integrity of the family
b., best preserved. | claim it can be
! best preserved by adherinS to our
present lew.
| The closing argument in favor Of the
cid canon was made by Rev. DR.. J.
| Lewis Parks of New York. and Rev
| Dir. Davenport Of Memphis, Tenn.
! chairman of the committee on canons.
made, the concluding argument for the
amendment.
| A vote was taken by orders and di-
| oceaes with the result that the pro-
posed amendment failed to receive a
| ma jority and two other amendments
+, contingent on the passage of the one
relating. to re-marriage. We're tabled.
The clerical vote was rs follows: For
! the amendment, 30: against. 81: divid-
ed. 10 lay vote, for, IS; against, "a; di-
vided. 6.
The vote of the divided doceses was
counted in the negative under the rule.
| The House then adjourned until Mon
! day.
The House Of Bishops. this afternoon
, introduced a resolution that in vieW OF
! the authorization by the general con-
| vention If the Bible with marginal
readings further authorization OF ar
other Version was premature and IN
necessary.
A service under the auspices Of the
Girls Friendly Society. national or
J ganiza ton connected with the denom-
In held n TRINITY Thnrrh to-
night.