Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-21
COMPROMISE.
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1 eT OBSERVANCE tllt Lulu doy, a.,
the religion education Of children and
other matters which would bring about
a better understanding.
| No action at this time was recon-
mended by the majority Of the commits
| sion on prohibited degrees in mar
! riage, but minority report signed by
Bishop Leighton Colman of Delaware,
| included a resolution asking that the
| table of prohibited degrees of the
Church Of England be binding upon
clergymen Of the American church.
The minority report was defeated and
| the recommendation of the majority
| was accepted.
After Rev. DR.. Hodges had presented
| the report Of the committee on the re-
| lations between capital and labor made
public by the chairman, Bishop Henry
! C. Potter Of New York, the house voted
| in favor Of continuing the committee.
After II o'clock, when the divorce
matter was called up, it was announced
| that printed copies of the proposed
compromise had not been received and
discussion was postponed for half an
hour.
Rev. DR.. w. r. Huntington of New
York. addressing the house, said he
| thought the convention had accom-
plished little in the way of enacting
| positive legislation during the past
fortnight. The time had been largely
de voted to negative matters WAS
this" he asked, "a lengthening of the
cords Of the Holy Catholic church,"
Rev DR.. Huntington, some time ago,
introduced a resolution permitting the
use of special prayers for special oc-
casions and for certain conditions of
people and he proceeded to advocate its
adoption.
The church had taken the ground, he
continued that liturgical uniformity
was not necessary Cor Christian unity.
The mOtherland had never made a
greater mistake whan she made an
ironclad act of uniformity. Rev. DR..
Huntington hoped the American church
would not repeat that mistake.
Rev. DR.. II. p. Nichols of New York,
supported the resolution and made a
strong plea to permit the Swedes of
Minnesota who might be brought into
the Episcopal church, to use their old
PRAYER book.
Inc next speaker, "a -. L dI heI VI
Denver, Col, did not believe in throw
ing the church wide open in the way
proposed by the New York deputies.
He thought the bishops were the ones
to deal with the problem and the House
of Bishops has so expressed itself re-
garding Swedish work.
w. w. Old of Norfolk. Va, also OPP
posed Rev. DR.. HuntingtOn's plan.
The discussion was postponed and at
1130, the report on the divorce issue
was laid before the deputies by the
committee on canOns. The members
of the committee We're. with the excep-
ton of Judge J. II. Stiness of Rhode
Island, unanimous in proposing the
compromise.
On motion of Rev. DR.. F. w. Clam
petit of san Francisco, the house voted
| to limit addresses to five minutes each
! and to take d vote not later than Il. 40
| O'Clock.
! The first speaker, Francis A. Lewis
| of Philadelphia. a member of the COM
| mittee who had favored the so-called
rigid canon, advocated the adoption
| of the latest amendments, as he be-
| lieved their provisions were 50 strict
| they would make remarriage extreme
| ~ difficult. He thought they would put
| the church out of the divorce business.
Rev. Robert Richie of Falls of the
Schuylkill. Pa, a high church man.
moved that the house concur with the
| bishops amendment which would abb
solutely prevent remarriage of divorced
| persons. The House of Bishops had
| adopted it and he thought this house
should do the same.
| Rev. DR.. George McC. Fiske Of
| Providence. the dissenting member OF
the committee. supported the rigid
canon. When Rev. DR.. Fiske said thu
house had already morally adopted this
canon. which was only actually lost by
a complicated system of voting, many
deSutics cried mo, No Chairman
| Mckim informed Rev. DR.. FiSke thai
he should not have said the house hat
morally voted in favor of the change
and the Rhode Island deputy with
drew the remark. Continuing, Rev. DR.
Fiske said a certain moral force at
tached to the Roman Catholic church
because of it's strict divorce laws, ant
he thought if the Episcopal churcf
should prevent the remarriage, mucf
of the force, among Protestants espec
tally, would attach to the EpiscOpa
body. without being impaired, such II:
the Roman churches divorce tenet:
were, by numerous exceptions.
The Rhode Island deputy started tC
speak of the action of the upper house
but was called to order by Rev. j
Lewis Parks of New York. who thought
reference to the House of Bishops ac-
ton was out of place. Rev. DR.. Fiskt
retorted that he was endeavOring tc
speak of the upper house of Canterbury
in England
The house was then divided on the
, question of COncurring with the House
of Bishops. Fly vote by dioceses and
orders Rev. MIR. Ritchie's motion was
lost The clergy of "a dioceses voted
, for. and those from IS against it, while
the laymen OF u dioceses favored il
and those from IS opposed. The clergy
in II dioceses We're divided in senti-
ment. as Were the laymelt in four do
ceses. on i vote of this kind the divid-
ed vote is counted in the negative. The
high church dioceses all voted to con-
cur with the bishops
| Con do