The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-11
TO Preserve THE HOME.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
APPEALS TO CHURCDH-N.
He Says There Is q Failing on Of the
Religious Life I'm the Homc-Re-
marriage Of Divorced Persons Con-
sidered-A Memorial In the Interest
Of Work Among the Negroes.

Boston, october 6.-The archbishop of
Canterbury, speaking before a joint
session of the House Of Bishops and
church at Emmanuel church today, de-
livered a message to the American body
in which he urged that the church take
steps TO guard the religious life Of the
home. The archbishop's 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 mate
rial progress, for an often high note
Of moral earnestness, and-here in
America at least-for an cage output
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
denitely religious life of the ordinary
home, a falling off, that is, in the very
force which gave its distinctive inspira-
ton n it's distinctive power to so
much OF u grand sire's life. II that
be true, and in spite of all explanatory
qualifications nobody will, / think, say
1t is wholly false-it surely behooves
every gathering of church men to con-
slider we'll what they can do to safe
guard the men and m and above
all, the children, of America and of
England from a peril whose gravity
1t is impossible to over estimate, be-
cause it affects the very foundation OF
our Christian life.'
AT today's session of the House OF
Deputies several resolutions to make
more stringent the canon on the re-
marriage of divorced persons were
presented. One resolution was aimed to
prohibit the re-marriage of a divorced
person during the life of the former
partner. The whole question will
come up later.
After reporting against a change in
legal name of church at this time, the
committee appointed by the last con
vention to consider the matter was dis
charged. A member of the commit
tee, Rev. B. Talbot Rogers, of Fond du
Lac, Wis, attempted to have a resolu-
ton drawn up by the minority MEM
bers 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.
IAN attempt was made by I. Cameron
Buxton, of Winston, n. c., to present a
resolution deploring the action Of Bish-
op Potter, of New York, in participating
at the opening of the subway tavern
in New York city, but the resolution
was declared out of order.
General j. H. Stotsenburg, Of Indian
apolis, introduced a resolution con
demning lynching. A number Of the
southern delegates voted to table the
resolve, hut eventually it was referred
to a special committee.
A memorial was presented by the dio-
cese of North Carolina in the interest
Of work among the negroes.
DIR. J.. Houston lEccleston, of Balti-
more. on behalf of the commission ap-
pointed to confer with the various re-
ligious bodies, regarding conformity to
the marriage of divorced persons, sub
mitted a report. The house voted to
continue the commission in office. The
report says it may be dc ubted whether
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.