The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-07
GUARD RELIGIOUS
LIFE OF THE HOME
AN APPEAL WAS MADE
BY THE archbishop OF CANTER-
BURY AT BOSTON.

Certain Decadence in the ReIi-
giOus Life of the Ordinary Home
Noted by the English Primate.
Question of Change of Name of
the Episcopal Church Up Again.
Bishop POtter's Tnvern-Lynching
One OF the Questions.
Boston, Oct. 6.-The Archbishop of
Canterbury, speaking before a joint
session of the House of Bishops and
House of Deputies of the Episcopal
Church at Emmanuel Church to-day,
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 Archbish-
ops address was forcibly delivered and
easily heard in all parts of the edifice.
The Archbishop said in part:
I'VE 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 out
put of intellectual force. And we are
prone to be pleased and even satisfied.
But 1t would be vain to ignore the
warning voices which tell us-on either
side of the sea-of a certain decadence
in the definitely religious life of the
ordinary home-a falling off, that is,
in the very force which gave it's dis
tinctive inspiration and it's distinctive
power to so much of our grandsire's S
life. If that be true-and in spite of
all explanatory qualifications nobody
will, l think, say it it is wholly false
1t surely behooves every gathering of
chufchmen to consider we'll what they
can do to safeguard the men and wom-
en- and, above all. the children of
America and of England from peril
whose gravity it is impossible to over
estimate, because it affects the very
foundation of our Christian life.'
Remarriage of Divorced Persons.
At to-day's session of the House of
Deputies several resolutions to make
more stringent the canon on the re-
marriage of divorced persons was pre-
Sented. One resolution was aimed to
prohibit the remarriage of a divorced
person during the life of the former
partner. The whole question will come
up later.
After reporting against a change in
time, the committee appointed by the
last convention to consider the mat
ter was discharged. A member of the
committee, Rev. B. Talbot Rogers of
Fond Du Lac, Wis, attempted to have
a resolution drawn up by the minority
members of the committee which drop
ped the words Protestant Episcopal"
from the title page of the prayer book
placed on the calendar, but it was re-
ferred to the Committee on Prayer
Book and will be discussed later.
An attempt was made by /. Cameron
Buxton of Winston, n. c., to present
a resolution deploring the action of
Bishop Potter of New York for par
ticipating at the opening of the Sub
way Tavern in New York city, but the
resolution was declared out of order.
Resolution CondemninG Lynching.
Gen. ]. H. Stotsenburg of Indianap-
oils introduced a resolution condemning
lynching. A number of the Southern
delegates voted to table the resolution,
but eventually it was referred 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 Balti-
more, on behalf of the commission ap-
pointed to confer with the various re-
ligious bodies, regarding uniformity as
to the marriage of divorced persons,
submitted a report. The house vot-
ed to continue the commission in Of
flee. The report says it may be doubt
ed whether uniformity of divorce leg
islation can be brought about, but that
success will largely depend on whether
the churches shall agree on a uniform
canon to apply to their church men,
bers and clergy.