Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-03
ON TO RICHMOND.
The City On the James Gives
Royal Welcome.
The Intellect and The Power OF The
Protestant Episcopal Church OF
The United States Are
Concentrated in Rich
mOnd To-day.
(By Special Wire to the ARGUs.)

lBY special wire 10 the ARGUS.J
Richmond, Va, Oct. 1.-The intel
lect and the power of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the United States
are concentrated in Richmond today.
On every train distinguished bishops,
active clergymen and influential lay
men from all parts of the untr have
been pouring into the city, until even
the hotel corridors tor once in their
history might be mistaken for the yes
tibules of churches, so numerous there
about are men of priestly mien. AT
many of the aristocrat1c residences
bishops and clergymen nave found
splendid quarters.
In Holy Trinity church this morn
ing, where the sessions of the triennial
convention will begin tomorrow, a
great throng of churchmen assembled.
The gathering was informal, the gen
tlemen visiting the convention hall for
the purpose of getting their mail and
obtaining information relative to their
quarters. Among the notable arrivals
today were many of the bishops Of the
church, including the venerable Bishop
Tuttle who will preside over the trien-
NAL session. The bishop of London is
another prominent visitor who will re-
ceive much attention. J. Pierpont
Morgan, with his guests, will arrive
tonight or tomorrow morning in his
private car to take possession of the
private house which he has rented for
s. 5000 a month.
Tomorrow morning at IL o'clock the
regular sessions of the convention will
begin. The day will be ushered in by
the celebration of the holy communion
in all of the Episcopal churches of the
city. At Holy Trinity services will be
held at both Z and 8 O'Clock and at 9
O'Clock prayer and litany will be OBJ
served, after which the church will be
put in readiness for the ceremonial
celebration Of the day. AT IL o'clock
the bishops will formin procession and
march to the church. They will be
clad in the robes of their office and will
be preceded by the choir. The process
sional hymn will be sung as the choir
and bishops enter the church. Bishop
Tuttle will preside over the ceremo-
MES. At 4 o'clock the first session of
the convention will be held.
Seldom if ever before in it's history
has the %triennial convention met with
so much important business to trans
act. The leading questions which are
expected to cause much discussion
will be the advocacy of a canon to pro-
Shibit absolutely the remarriage of di-
>vorced persons by ministers of the
Episcopal church, and a plan for the
creation of negro bishops.
AT the last convention of the church
a canon was adopted which permitted
the clergy to remarry the innocent par
ty in a case, but after a year had elaps-
ed from the time Of the decree. AS the
rule ofthe church stands now persons
divorced for any other cause than
adultery may not be remarked by its
CLERGY.
At the last convention advocates OF
1he canon prohibiting any remarriage
of divorced persons were numerically
in the majority, but the convention
votes by dioceses, and the rigorists
were outvoted. 1t is predicted that a.
the present gathering they will succeed
in having the canon adopted and tn
remarriage ofdivorced persons entirely
prohibited.
The proposal to create separate Negro
districts in the Episcopal dioceses il
the South, with negro bishops to taxi
charge ofthem, will meet with stron.
opposition in the convention. At pres
ent no division between white and col
ored commandments exists, and tn
only negro bishop in the church is sta
toned in Africa.
In addition to the two great ques
lions to come before the convention
many others of minor importance will
be considered. It is probable that tn
convention may elect another bishop
for ~Episcopalians in Mexico. A rear
rangement of a large part Of the Rock,