The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-26
BISHOP E. & LINES SPEAKS
REVIEWS WORK OF THE GEN.
 ERAL CONVENTION.

Large Number of St. PauTs People Well
 come Former ReetOr-COnstitatiOn of
 ConventIon-Great Missionary Work
 Done-Visit of English Bishops.
 Several hundred members and friends of St. PauPs parish gathered in the parish house of the church last even- ing to welcome their former loved rec tor and friend, Bishop E. S. Lines of Newark, N. J. Bishop Lines came to New Haven to speak upon the work of the general convention of the Episcopal church held in Boston this autumn be- fore the Mems club and at the invita- ton of the club the members of the parish were asked to meet Dr. Lines and renew their acquaintance with him.
 After a few introductory personal re- marks in which he referred to his past relations with the church and his pleas ure at meeting his former parishioners again Bishop Lines prefaced his talk on the work of the convention with an account of the organization of that great body. The organization is effect ed by the house of bishops. The con- yention sits In two bodies, the other as- sembly being the house of deputies. This latter body consists of four cler- ....... .,,5 eo,,,. 1ax.y-,s,3 H,.oy,,l ooot, aio cese and there are sixty-two dioceses represented. Eg2-
 He spoke of the attendance at the meetings of the convention of the three high English dignitaries, the Archbish- op of Canterbury, the Bishop of Here ford, who was formerly headmaster at the Rugby school, and the Bishop of Rippon, Boyd Carpenter, whom Bishop Lines characterized as the greatest preacher, not only of the Angelican church, but the greatest preacher in the English language. All these bishops came as fellow ehurchmen and impress ed the convention with their great in- terest in it's meetings. They remarked the difference in the church govern | ment here contrasted with that of Eng land, where the layrnen have no voice
 in the conventions,
 The bishop of Hereford in an address
 to the clergy of his diocese gave some of his impressions gathered on his trip 1 to this country He noted especially
 the fact that there is considerable less intemperance in this country than in [ England, the excellent public school system of this country and the leveling of distinctions between the congrega- tions of different denominations in this country.
 Bishop Lines next spoke of the great
 missionary work done by the general
 convention which he said was greater
 even than its legislative work, import ant as that was. Four new missionary
 bishops were appointed to the dioceses Z of Mexico, Cuba, China and South Da-
 kota. The latter appointee is to be { bishop coadjutor.
 The former missionary dioeeses of ! western Texas and Montana were ad- Initted as regular dioceses Of the. church.
 1 On the question of divorce Dr. Lines dppIONGu VI $lllS ttCllOu# ldhGlL@Uy lu6
 convention. He strongly deplored the { present divorce conditions prevailing in
 this country. He considered them a
 menace not only to the church but to icivilization. His remedy is to teach the boys and girls a greater reverence
 for the religious significance of the cer- emony and to be more thoughtful about marriage. Tn closing the bishop dwelt briefly up-
 on the relation of the church to the coll
 ored people. At the conclusion of the address the
 practitioners met Bishop Lines person.
 ally in the manner of an informal re-
 ception., -