The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-29
KILLS DIOCESAN DIVISION.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION PUTS TT
OFF FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
Hears Demand for an American Primate
Archbishop There-Ilishop Potter Ne
nounces Divorce and Cans This Church
"Waywaed Babe" Of Engiand's.

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--Archbisiiop There Bishop Potter Ne
nounces Divorce and CaEIs This Church
Maynard Babe" Of Engiand's.
After a warm debate. the i2ist annual
convention Of the Episcopal diocese OF New
York killed yesterday the project to es-
tablish another diocese within its bounds.
The plan has, In one form or another, come
before pretty nearly every diocesan con-
vention In the last fifty years.
The Rev. DR.. w. r. Huntington, chair
man Of the committee on division, reported
that the committee had decided, like its
predecessors, for postponement Of division
and asked that the committee be discharged
and the matter dropped, .r..
The Rev. Ootavius Apologize, Jr., OF
Kingston told the convention that II was
verging on trivial treatment OF q question
he considered vital. The Rev. W. W. Page
OF Cornwall declared:
There Is a bigger question before us than
diocesan division. The need for Primate
OF the Episcopal Church In the United States
s a much more timely thing to discuss We
need Prmate more than England ever
needed one; we stand on our own bottom.
while England has the force OF the Estab-
lished Church We need. too, a magnificent
eybem III OuI Vhoh !
look through the country districts and find
the Episcopal Church the weakest religious
body there and see also vast population
not being touched by any religious organl-
7ation then am constrained to get up on
my feet and speak In favor Of sufragan
Bishops and Archbishops.
"No interest OF this diocese will suffer
if we let this question die" declared the
Rev. DR.. W. Batten, rector Of st Mark 8
Church. resolution asking the appoint
ment OF another committee to consider
division was finally tabled by 1l2 votes
to Io5, and the diocesan division can't be
revived for at least year.
The convention opened with oelebra.
tion of the communion by the Archbishop
Of Canterbury in the Crypt Of the Cathedral
OF st. John the Divine. Many were crowded
out OF this service.
Bishop Potter's annual address, de-
livered at the service, was. shorter, than
usual, 1t dealt principally with the divorce
evil and lax observance OF law, and con-
tanned these passages:
read Of young LAWYER In The he f a., West to
cure q divorce: Five hundred dollars was
csas T xnS they asa fG Ssoa a
p thu, young and penniless advocate 70 lend
o e,sso1 ' last BY his ssrneas pleading
that they should reconsider, their purpose
and recognize the sSsm bSpd which,
at drst we may, recognize. We make laws
sHm ea Hsry s as' ssSafy s would '
you more than the legal enaotmsnts, which.
Ike much Of our American dive. divorce iesisiia.
mere within or the coarsest passion. And IL
need not surprise us. when we see the law
t as .h ssd f. ind ieh enas to %sr
vindiotive or sentimental exactions.
But the worst aspect Of such a situation 10
legislation crowds our statute books with
laws which arc too often a dead letter, IL
. s ss n q e
perhaps. but lpc9p p venient; Ard any law law
and unreasonable II 1t gets in his way. =,
In. In ~ ass IN ss.ss INT
q all legal bonds, we are to take care that +
our scrapuloas respect. and that then. in the
other 'ns x sSan ' that
which is In Christ Jesus. Whose We are and
Whom we are called upon to serve.
Il have asked his Grace, the Archbishop,
nounced at the close Of the communion
service. 'One Is for. that woman, the
wife Of the Viceroy Of India, whom some
OF us have met, and who now, / believe, y
lying at the point Of death. The other is
that always said at the opening OF con-
The first business session OF the convention
was held in the new Synod House, con-
etructed In the old Leake and Watts Orphan
Asylum adjoining the Cathedral. The
k<I Ia ~
the hall, and to cover the bare spots there
were hung about the valuable tapestries
given to the cathedral corporation several
years ago and American and British flags.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury occupied
the left Of Bishop Potter. who presided.
Bishop Coadjutor Greer Sat at Bishop
Potter's right.
sga it, The im sStsS IsSa Ia.
Our friends Of the labor union have been in
great measure responsible for the condition
e But . We ss' End n e.
Ar sslS =: =: r. thank them for what
sion 10 the advent q hIs Gra9e. the Arch.
dsss who lad 'fa eds
lions Of our church herei What yatchful
and loving care she gave the church mere ana
elsewhere. with sins ular care and for.
bea rance she continued her interest In us,
when like q hayward babe, We snatohed
ourselves from her breast. God be praised
she has not ceased to love us. deem IL q
privile re to present to you his Grace. the
Archbishop Of Canterbury.
The Archbishop spoke at length. He
said among other things:
I appreciate In full the Significance. Of my
take part as a spectator In ope Americ9p
representative church assembly. i thank
you for the chance to speak. AZ crossed
the Atlantic looked forward with interest
to just such an event as this. Obviously
there are not o few things the new, world
has learned from the old--how to do and
the customs OF centuries on the other
side. But there are marked contrasts
and exceptions. for we are only just
learning the right manner Of CARRYING on
representative church assemblies. We are
having to do the strange thing OF adapting
the rules and regulations Of the past 20
present necessities. Nothing can help 70
better than to see how. at first hand, you do
the work
the water, and its head. presiding here. ~
one whose name IL as much a household
word In England as here. You In this do
cese are building 10 that sure and certain
hope of great 1Pportunities and areat re.
as the generations will come as the years
roll on.
The Archbishop said a brief prayer Of