Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
EPISC0PALS.
TrienniaI General Con-
vention at Boston.
Opening Of Session at Trinity
Church, Today.
Tho Archbishop of Canterbury Will
30 Present.

poston. Oct. 4-What is conSldereu
by the leading bishops and lay depu
ties as the most important conciaNe Oh
E.piscopalians ever held in TINS couH-
try. will be formally opened IN tillS
city. tomorrow afternoon, Wheh tI4@
triennial general convention VIII az
semble in Emma nu-l church. Beiore
the opening session a service VIII ~
held in Trinity church, at when the
lord archbishop Of Canterbury ana
DreIates from four continents VIII De
present. II is expected that nearly wv
bishops will be III the solemn process
sion which precedes the serN ICES. Ire
nreacher will BE- Right Rev William
CroswelI Deane. -. d., LII. d., bishop
Of Albany, y. Y.
ahnut tyo-thirds If the bishops ar'r
deputies had reached the city. tonight,
and many more Hrc expected on the
early morning trains The archbishop
of Canterbury, the first occupant Of the
chair Of st. Augustine To attend a con
vention Of the Episcopal church III this
country, arrived from NV York Il,
ESQ this afternoon. Dr. Davidson was
accompanied b. Mrs. Davidson J. Pier
pont Morgan, who is Il deputy from
New Dfk, Kew II lt IlpI'i''li anu law
j. Ellison vicar Of Windsor, chapHilis
to the prmate. Miss Morgan was ais"
of the party
The special train stopped at the Pack
BAY station, Wh.re the archbishop was
greeted by Bishop William Lawrence
of the Massachusetts diocese, and
Richard H. Dana of Cambridge. chair
man Of the executive committee. nav
ing in charge the general arrangements
for the convention. he archbshups
party was driven to the Commonwealth
avenue residence of the bishop whose
guest DIR. Davidson will be during hts
stay.
Tonight. Amory Lawrence of this
city, rendered Il banquet To the Eng
lish primate at the Fuilicres. Plates
were laid for 40 persons. Bishop Law
renee and other leading churchmen of
this diocese We're among the guests
At the business headquarters of the
convention in Copley hall, today. hun
dl"ds of visitors registered their names
and were assigned quarters at hotels
or private houses. During the after
noon the deputies from this diocns"
assembled III Emmanuel church az
provided for by the cnnons. ana par
iripattd in the drawing Of seats for
nIl the delegates. 1t WAS not Keen d.Ii-
ritely settled who will BE- elected
chairman Of the House Of Deputies.
A number Of matters Of The first
Importance are to bc acted upon. in
Guiding the question Of cham-<lg tn .
nam" Of the church, that Of altering
the divorce canon - prevent the re-
marriage of any person whose partner
is still living: a prnnuSition to group
the dior"s..S into pro, inCcS. With a mi
mate At tn" head Of each proposed dis
trict, tn" question of adopting tn" Eng
lish system of rl"rtii,G bishops suiIrd-
gan to assist in large diocescs and II
dioccScS Whcr" the negro problem !:
uppermost. and the general plan o
meeting conditions in the insular pos
sessions. Several ncGT bishops are L
b, chosen hy the convention.
Today. bishop Leighton Coleman O
Delaware. presided over a conference
of diocesan sunday school lessons com
mitte,s in Grace church. Newton. am
at tn" Church of the Advent. Boston
Rt Rev. Reginald II. Weller, bish"
IoadiuStor of Font Du Lac. Wis. con
Quoted II quiet day for the Hroth"r
hood of tn" Way of the Cross, an or
ganiZ.'tion of clergym"n.
The guild of St BarnabaS. for nurses
n national body affiliated with tn
church. held "A convention at st. Paul
parish house. BISHOP Cortlandt Whit
head If Pittsburg, chaplain general Z
the order, presided.