The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07
CHURCH, DUTY
TO THE HOME
Archbishop of Canterbury
Points Out the Decadence
OF the Religious Life
SOUNDS WARNING NOTE
English Primate Speaks at
the Episcopal Convention
in Session in Boston

BOSTON. Oct. s.-The Archbishop Of
Canterbury, speaking before a joint
session Of the house Of bishops and
house of deputies of the Episcopal
church at Emmanuel Church to-day.
delivered a message to the American
body in which he urged that the church
take steps to guard the religious life
Of the home.
At to-day's session of the house or
deputies several resolutions to make
more stringent the canon on the re-
marriage Of divorced persons were pre-
sented. 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
matter was discharged.
When the house of deputies as
sembled to-day there was a large at
tendance of visitors in anticipation OF
the presence Of the Archbishop OF Can
terbury, who yesterday announced that
he would deliver a message to the
American church. He said in part:
come to tell you OF the absorbing interest
with which we in England watch your gath
erfng strength. your constantly increasing
OF the apparently -boundess opportunities
which are multiplying daily. and OF our fellow
ship in your prayers for the spirit OF wis
dom and understanding, of counsel and OF
strength. Your problems are not all OF them
our Problems Anyhow this at least is certain.
that beneath them all we ind underlying ele-
ments which absolutely common TO Us
both Among them is the temptation common
cline and in every century the temptation to
give means rather than ends the main
place in our thoughts. the temptation to lose
the true proportion between large matters and
small, the temptation TO take petty view OF
what Iife's issues really are.
IL seems TO me the paramount necessity Of
all is that which concerns the family and the
home. the common workday life, that is, OF
the Christian people at large. 1t would be
vain to ignore the warning voices which tell
US. either side Of the sea. OF a certain de-
cadence in the religious life Of the ordinary
home
II that be true. IL surely behooves every
gathering Of churchmen to consider well what
and above all the children OF America and OF
England from peril whose gravity % is i'm
possible to overestimate, because II affects the
very foundation Of our Christian life.
At the afternoon session the Arch
bishop of Canterbury was invited to
occupy a seat on the platform during
the convention
DR.. j. Houston Eccleston of BaIti-
more. on behalf of the committee ap-
pointed to confer with the various re-
ligious bodies regarding conformity as
to the marriage of divorced persons.
submitted a report. 1t included a
resolution drawn up by the joint
church conference on divorce enjOin-
ing ministers to refuse to unite in
marriage any person or persons whose
marriage such minister shall have
reason to believe is forbidden by the
laws of the church in which either
party seeking to be married holds
membership.
The committee on national legisIa-
tiOn reoOrted that action must first
come through a united church move
ment- The Archbishop of Canterbury
pronounced the benediction-
At the opening service of the
woman's auxiliary Of the board OF
missions to-day the sum of S143,117
was contributed to the board This
sum represents the work of the aux
iliary organization during the last
three years.