Evening journal., 1904-10-07
MESSAGE OF PRIMATE
Archbishop of Canterbury Ad-
dresses EpiscopaIianS
In Boston.
PLEA FOR RELIGION IN HOME

churehmen Urged to Safeguard the
Family Life by Checking the APP
parent Doeadenoe Of the Spirit Of
Christianity In the Ordinary Home.
Change Of Church Name Offered.
Boston. Oct. THE archbishop Of
canterbury. speaking before joint
cssion Of the house of bishops and
ouse of deputies of the Episcopal
hurch at Emmanuel church, delivered
message to the American body i'm
ehich he urged that the church take
teps to guard the religious life Of the
ONE. The archbishops address was
orcibly delivered and easily heard in
IL parts of the edifice. He spoke in
lart as follows:
/ suppose it Is true-but you, my broth
ars can correct me II 1 am wrong-l sup
lose It is true to say that the business
Il any convention or council of the church
consists largely in their asserting the
superiority Of the END" over the
means" in firmly subordnating machin-
cry TO that which machinery is intended
to produce and in readjusting and adapt
Ing that machinery so as to insure what
we are striving after, shall be really at
tanned and that neither inside nor out
side our walls shall there be any doubt
AS 10 what our main purpose is. And
that purpose. large and deep and high, Is
surely identical on whichever side Of the
ocean the work field lies. Naturally We
want by all means to make certain thai
aI.a NI.a
and canons and our church services are
loyal and orthodox. are coherent anC
straightforward, are reverent and helpful
10 those for whose good they are devised
md that our manner OF worship Is Of th'
sort to evoke the very best that men car
offer But at this iuncture as IL seem
TO me. the paramount necessity OF all d
that which concerns the family and tn
homc-the common workday life, that is
1f the Christian people az large. II is al
their officers or ministers or representa-
tives that any and every council or con
vcntion meets.
Religion In the Home.
/ HERE'S If not so?-are the condition
with which we have to do. We can thanl
/ God for strong material progress. for a.
often high note OF moral earnest ness and
/ here in America at least, for an cage
output OF Intellectual force. And We ar
prone to be pleased and even satisfied
But Il would be vain 10 ignore the warn
I ing voices which tell US, on either side O
the sea. of n certain decadence in tn
| definitely religious life OF the ordinar
/ hone--a falling of that is, Ia the yer
/ force which gave its distinctive inspra
ton and its distinctive power 10 so muc
of our grandsires' life. If that be true
and in spite Of all explanatory qualif
cations nobody Will. I think say it
D f.f hahnQrfaG
gathering OF churchmen TO consider we
what they can do TO safeguard the me
| and women and, above all, the childre
/ Of America and Of England from a per
| whose gravity 1t is Impossible TO ovel
estimate. because II affects the ver
foundation of our Christian life. al
not presumptuous enough to try to iudf
Of the degree 20 which this danger is
present yours. You can tell. as
course cannot, whether adequate prov
sion is somehow being made in the Ame
lea OF today for securing that the ch
dren OF your people shall nowhere gre
up ignorant Of the fullness and the 81
nifieance Of their Christian heritage.
People speak sometimes Of the I'll
E and links which unite our church
) England with yours in the. United STATE
But are the words appropriate We a
T learning. I hope. 70 regard the relatio
ship in all essential things as one Of ide
tity rather than as hlial or fraternal o
! spiritual ancestry down TO very rece
> days is absolutely one. Our power
mutual society, help and comfort HI
been proved and proved again. In Lar
/ beth Palace chapel no instructed ms
can look round him without the inrul
of thoughts, associations and memorie
rich and plentiful. modern as well
r old. belonging in a special sense to 70
II my presence IN your convention be pc
an. .F tlaI 10 rlH
D mote in any degree the efficiency Of o.
churchs life as a banded force for q
lettering of what Is amiss in public
in private things. for the ceaseless fig
E against impurity and selnshness al
, greed. against ignorance and apath
r against moral cowardice and half heal
y edness. ! shall rejoice indeed
At Yesterdays session of the hou
Of deputies several resolutions to maj
e more stringent the canon on the !
+ marriage Of divorced persons we
n presented. One resolution was aim
y to prohibit the remarriage Of Z
n vorced person during the life of t
r former partner The whole quest
J will come up later
Against Change Of Name.
/, After reporting against a change
O the legal name Of the church at Il
g time, the committee appointed by I
o last convention to consider the mat
y was discharged. A member of I
e committee. Rev. B. Talbot Rogers
! Fond du Lac Wis, attempted to ha
a resolution drawn up by the minor
members of the committee VIII
% dropped the words Protestant Epis
" pal' from the title page Of the pray
d book placed on the calendar, but
Il was referred to the committee
D. prayer book and will be discus:
y Iater
+ An attempt was made by Gamer
Buxton Of Winston, n. c., to pres
y a resolution deploring the action
l. Bishop Potter of New York in p
L ticipating at the opening of the s