The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-03
EPISCOPALIANS TO
PROHIBIT DIVORCE.
Iron-Clad Canon to Be Adopted by the
General Convention at Rich
mond.

! RlCHMOND, va, sept. ~. - Spe-
( cial. THE intellect and power of the
/ Protestant Episcopal church of the Unit
ed States will be concentrated in Rich
mond this week when the triennial con-
vention will be held. On every train dis
/ tinguished bishops, active clergymen and
! influential laymen from all parts of the
! country have been pouring into the city,
/ until even the hotel corridors for once in
+ their history might be mistaken for the
vestibules of churches. so numerous
I thereabout are men of priestly mien. At
many of the aristocratic residences bish
ops and clergymen have found splendid
quarters.
J. Pierpont Morgan to Attend.
Among the notable arrivals today were
many of the bishops of the church, in
Guiding the venerable Bishop futile, who
will preside over the triennial session
The bishop of London is another promi-
nent visitor who will receive much at
tention. j. Pierpont Morgan, with his
guests, will arrive tonight or tomorrow
morning in his private car and take pos
session of the private house which he has
rented for $1,000 a month.
Sessions Begin Wednesday.
Wednesday morning at II O'Clock the
regular sessions of the convention will
begin. The day will be uShercd in by
the celebration of holy communion in all
of the Episcopal churches of the city.
At Holy Trinity services will be held at
both I and : o'clock. and mt o'clock
prayer and litany will be celebrated. after
which the church will be put in readiness
for the ceremonial celebration of the day.
At II O'Clock the bishops will form in
procession ana march to the church.
They will be clad in the robes of their Of
Tee and will he preceded by the choir.
The professional hymn will he sung rs
the choir and bishops enter the church.
Bishop futile will preside over the Cerc-
monies. At O'Clock the first session Of
the convention will be held
Much Important Business.
Seldom if ever before in its history has
the trennial convention met with so
much important business to transact.
Two leading questions which are expect
ed to cause much discussion will be the
advocacy of canon e. prohibit ahSo-
lutely the remarriage of divorced persons
by ministers of the Episcopal church,
and Il plan for the creation of negro biSh-
ops.
At the last convention of the church Il
canon was adopted which permitted the
clergy to rcmarry the innocent party in Il
case, but only after a year had elapsed
from the time of the decree. As the rule
of the church stands now persons di-
,
may not he remarked by its clergy.
Put Ban on Divorce.
At the last convention advocates Of the
canon prohibiting any rcmarriagr of Iii
vOrccd persons were numerically in the
majority, but the convention votes hy
dioccSc@, and the riCoriSts were out-voted.
1t is predicted that at the present gather
ing they will succeed in having the canon
adopted and the remarriage of divorced
persons entirely prohibited.
Bishops for Negro Churches.
The proposal to create separate negro
districts in the Episcopal dioccSoS in the
south, with negro bishops to take charge
Of them will meet with strong opposition
in the convention, Al present no division
between white and coored communicates
exists and the only negro bishop in the
church is stationed in Africa,
Change Western Dioceses.
In addition to the two great questions
to come before the convention many 9TH
crS of minor Importance will be ConSid-
cred. 1t is probable that the convention
may elect another bishop for Episcopal
ianS in Mexico. \ arrangement of
large part of the Rocky mountain region
in its relation TO the administration of
the church is urged, and if the rpcommen-
datiOn is carried out it will mean the Gre
new bishops. 1t is probable in fact that
the present convention will break all rec
ords rs to the number of new bishops to
be elected by it.
In addition to these charges in the far
west are several proposed divisions of
dioccscS Georgia is to be divided, and
there is possible a roarrangemout of Ohio.
making three dio"e~cS there instead Of
two. Discussion will also be had as to
the disposition Of Minnesota and Iowa,
whore conditions have outgr0Wn prcSeu'
Episcopal forces. 1t is possb," also that
tie eouthern Illinois doresc and that OF
putshurg may he divided.
Celebrate the Ter-centennial.
Tile observance Of the tcr-crutennial Of
the landing at jamestown Of English set
tiers ana the establishment of the serv-
ices of the Church of England in America
will occupy some of the time of the gen
eral convention, which will be in scs aon
about four weeks. \ feature of the OBJ
servance will be the presentation of a
thank offering by the men of the Epi>CC-
pal church for the progress of the pasr
three centuries.