The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
ARCHBISHOP oAF CANTEABERY
ADDRESSES EPISc1PhLIAAS.
Church Admonished 10 Guard the
Religion of the Home.
Liquor and Lynching Issues Injected
into the Proceedings.

Boston, Oct. 6.-The Archbishop of
Canterbury speaking before joint
session of the house of bishops and
house Of deputies of the Episcopal
church at Emmanuel 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 focibly deliver
ed and easily heard in all parts of the
edifce. The archbishop said in part:
1--WE can thank God for strong
material progress, for an often high
note of moral earnstness and here in
America at least, for an eager output
of intellectual force. And we are
prone to be pleased and even satisfied.
But it would be vain to ignore the
warning voices which tell us-on
either side of the sea-of certain
decadence 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 its
distinctive power to so much of our
grandsira's life If that IL true-and
in spite of all explanatory qualifca-
tions nobody will, I think, say it 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 Eng
land from a peril whose gravity it is
impossible to over-estimate. because
it affect the very foundation OF our
Christian life.''
At today's session of the house of
deputies sevreal resolutions to make
more stringent the cannon on the re-
marriage of divorced persons was pre-
sented One resolution was aimed to
prohibit the remarriage Of divorced
person during the life of the former
partner. The whole question will
come up later.
After reporting against change in
the legal name of the church at this
time, the committee appointed by
the last convention to consider the
matter was discharged. A member Of
the committee, Rev. B. Talbot Rogers
of Fond du Lac, Wis, attempted to
have resolution drawn by the mi
uority members of the committee
which dropped the words Protestant
Episcopal'' from the title page of the
prayer book placed on the calendar,
but it was referred to the committee
on prayer book and will be discussed
later.
An attempt was made by j. Came
ron Buxton, of Winston-Salem, N.
c., to present resolution deploring
the action of Bishop Potter of New
York in participating at the opening
of the Subway tavern in New York
city, but the resolution was declared
odt of order.
Gen. j. II. Stotsenbeerg of Indian
apolis introduced a resolution con-
demning lynching., A number of the
southern delegates voted to table the
resolve, but eventually it was referred
to 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, OH behalf of the commission
appointed to confer with the various
religious bodies regarding conformity
as to the marriage of divorced persons,
submitted report. The house voted
to continue the commission in Office.
The report says it may be doubted
whether the uniformity of divorce
legislation 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 members and clergy.