Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-04
BOSTON OPENS HER DOORS
TO INTELLECT AND POWER
OF P. E CHURCH
TODAY.
Distinguished Bishops, Active Cler-
gymen And Influential
LaYmen Pour
Into City.

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and the power of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the United States are
concentrated in Boston today. On
every train distinguished bishops. &C
tive lay clergymen and influential lay
men have been pouring in 70 the city,
until even the hotel corridors for once
in their history might be mistaken for
the vetsibules of churches, so numer-
GUS thereabOut are men of priestly
mien. At many of the aristocTatic
residences in the Back Bay district
bishops and clergymen have found
splendid quarters. The handsome
home of Mrs. Jack Gardner is but
one of large number that has been
placed at the disposal of the visiting
bishops and clericals.
The use of the palatial residence of
Montgomery Sears by ]. Pierpont
Morgan and the use of the Head resi-
dence by Bishop Potter, of New
York. are among the number. The
Archbishop of Canterbury is being
entertained as the guest of Mr.. Nor
gan. At Emanuel Church this morn
ing, where the business sessions of the
convention will be held, a great
throng of churchmen were assembled.
The gathering was informal, the gen.
tlemen visiting the meeting place for
the purpose of getting their mail and
obtaining information relative to
their quarters. Prominent among the
bishops from abroad who are here TO
attend the triennial are the Right
Rev. John McKim, Bishop of Toxic;
the Right Rev. s. ID. Ferguson, (col-
,ed). Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia;
the Right Rev. Charles II. Brent,
Bishop of the Philippines; the Right
Rev. III. B. Restarick, Bishop of the
Hawaiian Islands; the Right Rev. j.
H. Van Buren,, Bishop of Porto Rico;
the Right Rev. p. I. Rowe. Bishop
of Alaska, and the Right Rev. l.. l..
Kinsolving, Bishop of Southern Brazil.
In addition to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Church OF England
has as representatives here the Right
Rev. William Boyd Carpenter, Lord
Bishop of Ripon, and one or two other
members of the Anglican Episcopate.
The Anglican Church in Canada is
officially represented by the Right
Rev. Charles Hamilton, Lord Bishop
of Ottowa; the Right Rev. James
Carmichael, Bishop Coadjutor of Mon
treal, and number of prominent
priests and laymen. Talks with the
prominent churchmen already here in
dictate that the coming convention
will be full of interest and impor-
lance. Among the important topics
of business to be considered and acted
upon is the report of the commission
which was appointed three years
ago to consider the question of chang
ing the legal name of the Church,
Protestant Episcopal, and to ask
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mission in report made public last
spring decided against change at
this time. The agitation for a more
explicit and stricter canon on the pro-
hibition of marriage of divorced per-
sons, except for one cause, will also be
discussed at length, and the advisa-
bility of grouping the dioceses of the
country into provinces, with a primate
be considered. A proposed board of
review, where appeals from the do
cesar courts may be heard the question
of meeting the situation in the insular
possessions and other issues will also
be taken mp.
AT ii O'Clock tomorrow morning the
opening services of the convention is
to be held in Trinity Church at which
the preacher will be Right Rev. Will
lam Crosswell Doane ID. d. Bishop of
Albany and one of the prominent lead
ers of the American Church. The
Archbishop of Canterbury had been
invited to preach the first sermon but
he declined. The Archbishop will
preach in Trinity Church however
next Sunday and will probably address
two or three missionary meetins dur
ing the week Bishop Lawrence of
this city will be the presiding officer
over the business sessions of the con-
vention.