The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-07
GUARD HOME
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Canterbury DepIores Its
Rapid Decadence.
THE DIVORCE EVIL
Resolutions by Buxton Of Winston
Salem Against Bishop Potter's Ac-
lion in Opening the Subway
Tavern is Declared Out
of Order.
(By the Associated Press. }

Boston, Mass. Oct. 6.-The Arch
bishop of Canterbury speaking before
a Joint session of the House of Bishops
and House of Deputies of the Episco-
pal Church at Emanuel Church today,
delivered a message to the American
body in which he urged that the
church, take steps to guard the reli-
gious life of the home. The Arch
bishops address was forcibly deliver
ed and easily heard in all parts of the
edifce.
The Archbishop said in part:
1--WE can thank God for strong ma
terial progress. for an often high note
of moral earnestness. and--here in
America at least-for an eager output
of intellectual force. And we are
prone TO be pleased and even salts
fed. But it would be vain to ignore
the warning voices which tell us-on
either side of the sea-of certain de-
cadence in the definitely religious life
of the ordinary home-a falling off,
that is, IN the very force which gave
it's distinctive inspiration and it's dis
tinctive power to so much OF our
grandsires' life If that be true. and
in spite of all explanatory qualifica-
tons nobody will, | think, say 1T is
wholly false--it surely behooves every
gathering of churchmen to consider
we'll what they can do to safeguard the
men and women, and above all, the
children of America and of England,
from peril whose gravity IT is impos-
sible to r-estimate, because 1t af-
fects the very foundation of our Chris
tian life
Divorce and Remarriagc.
At today's session of the House of
Deputies several resolutions to make
more stringent the canon on the re-
marriage of divorced persons were
presented. One resolution was aimed
Ia prohibit the re-marriage of di-
vorced person during the life of the
former partner The whole question
will 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 mat
fer was discharged. A member of the
committee, Rev. b. Talbot Rogers, of
Fond Du Lac, Wis, attempted to have
resolution drawn up by the minority
~ embers of the committee which
dropped the words Protestant Epis-
cupal" from the title page of the pray
err book placed on the calendar, but
prayer book and will be discussed
Ia ter.
BUXTON on Potter.
An attempt was made. by /. Gamer
on Buxton. of Winston, N. c., to pre-
sent a resolution deploring the action
of Bishop Potter, of New York, in par
t!cipating at the opening of the Sub
way Tavern in New York City, but
The resolution was declared out of Or
Ger.
General j. N. Stotsenburr. of In
dianapoIis, introduced a resolution
condemning lynching. A number of
the Southern delegates voted to table
the resolve but eventually 1t was re-
ferred to a special committee.
A memorial was presented by the
diocese of North Carolina in the in
terest of work among the negroes.
DR.. j. Houston Eccleston, of Baltl-
more, on behalf of the commission ap-
pointed to confer, with the various re-
ligious bodies, regarding conformity as
to the marriage of divorced persons.
submitted a report.
The House voted to continue the
commission in office. The report SAYS
it may be doubted whether uniform
ity of divorce legislation can be
brought about, but that success Will
largely depend on whether the
churches shall agree on uniform
canon to apply to their church mem
bers and clergy.