The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-07
AS TO,MARR|ACE
AND DIVORCE
Question Of Conformity Of Church
and Secular Laws Considered
AR BOSTON CONVENTION
EPISCOPAL COMMITTEE APPOINT
ED TO INVESTIGATE MAT
TER THINKS HARMONY
HARD 70 OBTAIN.
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By the Associated Press.
Boston, Mass. Oct G--Thc report
of the committee on conformity In re-
gard TO marriage and divorce was
submitted to the Episcopal general
convention today. The report says
that the results 20 far attained are
contained in the following.
Resolved, That In recognition OF
the comfy which should exist be
tween Christian churches, 1t is desiT-
able and would tend to increase the
spirit OF Christian unity for each
church represented in the conference
10 advise, and If ecclesiastical author
Iity will allow. to enjoin its minister's
TO refuse to unite In marriage any
person or persons whose marriage
guch ministers have good reason to
believe Is forbidden by the laws OF
the church in which either party seek
ing to be married holds membership.
A committee of the conference In
reference to the question of STATE and
national legislation made report. OF
which the closing paragraph is:
THAT 1t is possible TO produce har.
mony In place of the prevailing want
of uniformity may seriously be doubt
ed. Il would require not only uniform
Legislation at particular period, but
that the statutes of the several states
upon the Eubjec. OF divorce and re-
marriage shonld remain unchanged,
or should only be changed by common
consent. so that the original uniform
! ity should continue to prevail. What.
| II any, success can attend an effort In
this direction will depend materially
upon the possibility that the churches
represented in the conference shall
agree upon uniform canon to apply
to their church members and clergy.
Whether this is possible the confer
ence cannot best determine: but the
committee easily reached the conclu-
sion that IL this be impossible, the
task of endeayoring TO bring about
legislative harmony certainly will be
hopeless The states are not likely
to cooperate In producing uniform
laws more stringent than the existing
laws Of the majority of the several
states"
And their report having been con-
sidered In the conference. II was re.
solved That the report of the com.
mittee on national and state leglsla-
tion be recommitted TO the committee
for further inquiry. and for suggest.
ions as to the best methods of secur-
ing such uniformity OF law and usage
among churches as may tend TO Sc
cure legislative harmony"
The house of deputies voted to con.
tinue the commission in office.
Remarriage of Divorced Persons.
AT today's session of the Episcopa-
llan House OF Deputies several reso-
lutions to make more stringent the
canon on remarriage of divorced per.
sons were presented. One resolution
was aimed to prohibit the remarriage
of a divorced person during the life of
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
ter was discharged. A member of the
committee. Rev. b. Talbot Rogers. Of
Fond du Lac, Wis, attempted TO have
the resolution drawn up minority
members of the committee. which
dropped the words Protestant Epis-
copal" from the title page Of the pray
er book placed on the calendar. but it
was referred 20 the committee on
prayer book and will be discussed lat
err Tonight Bishop Lawrence gave
reception to the house of bishops at
his residence and conference of do
ccsan secretaries and assistants was
held at Episcopal headquarters.