The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-11
INTENSE INTEREST
Marked Days Session Of Epis-
Copa| Convention
MARRIAGE AHO DIVORCE
Bishops Vote AGAINST Maxine Any
Change in Canon
House of Deputies Spend Entire Day
in Discussing DIR. Huntington's
Preamble-Was Approved by Com
mittee-Many Amendments Offer
ed-Action Postponed Until Fri
day.

Richmond, Va. October 9.-The
sixth days session of the Epiccopal
convention was one Of intense inter-
est for important MASTERS were dis
cussed in both the upper and lower
houses while an interesting mission
ary meeting was held by the womanIs
auxiliary The most important action
taken by the house of bishops was in
voting down the motion made by the
bishop of Albany, making still more
stringent canOns on marriage and dl-
vorce. The bishops decided that dur
| ing this convention no change would
| be made in the canons on this sub
! jec1 which are now in effect.
/ Hardly had the house begun
Its business this morning when word
was brought to the president. Dr.. NC
Kim. of Washington. that DR.. L. NJ.
| Biackford. one of the most disting-
uished members of the general con-
vention and head master Of the Epls-
copal high school, the church school,
!near Alexandria. Va. had been fatally
| injured. by. a motor. car owned by
lDeputy Robert c.. Pruyn, of Albany.
The president at once ordered that all
business cease and the prayers OF the
house were offered for Dr. Black
f0rd's speedy recovery Later in the
day 1T was officially announced that
DR.. Blackford was not seriously IN
jured.
The entire day was spent in, a dis
idiscussion of the row famous pream
b1e offered by DR.. HUNTINGTON, of New
| York and approved by the cOmm1uoee
on cannons. Amendments WlUhout
number were offered to this pream-
BILE, the most important of which was
the substitution Of the words: "The
word Of Cod instead of the words as
offered in DIR. Huntington's pream-
BILE THE Record of Gods Revolution
! of Himself in His Son.
A most spirited debate followed the
amendment which was offered by the
, Rev Mr.. Shayler, of Chicago, anc
which finally prevailed. Later in The
day another amendment was carried
which resulted In both eXpresslons
being used Mr.. joseph Bryan, o.
Virginia, offered as amendment tina
1.-THE words seventeenth century bt
stricken out and ''in the wear 1907
be inserted as describing the founda
ton of the church in America.
= A delegate from North Carolina at
= tempted to- amend the preamble b;
D letriking out the words in Virginia
as the place where the church had 1T
r Arst Foundation in America. insisting
r that the church was first tounde'
= lin North Carolina in 1887. Thl
, amendment was overwhelmingly vote
down by the deputies
! During the discussion of the phras
, ''the word Of Cod DR.. Thomas Mel
:. son Page, the author, and DR.. Cyru
4 i T. Brady, another author. took
q prominent part. Dr.. BradV create
i a sensation by his criticism OF one
+ the bishops and was called to orde
nv the Rev. DE- GrOSvenor. or NeN
s York, DR.. Brady. however. was abl
Ito continue his criticim bv alluding t
+ the bishop as high church dlgnltar
, land he kept with II the rnleS-
Rev. DR.. Wilmer. Of Georgia, ere
r ated another sensation when he place
: himself on record as being in sym
pathv with the doctrines Of the h1shC
of Michigan, and was rOundly hlSse
l. a number of times by certain deputle
d and by people who We're seated
r. the galleries At the end of the lay
session the preamble had been
| amended that a vote was 1e@dy 10 |
taken, but on account Of the ob1ectlC
- of the Rev DR. Roberts. of Fond q
!, Lac. this important matter was pos
- poned until Friday morning al
l, o'clock in order to allow Dr.. Hun
tington Opportunity 10 be present
! At the missionary meeting held VI
der the auspices of the woman au
Hilary. Miss Emery of New York pr
-, icided Among the speakers were MI
or packard of Brazil. Mrs. KinsolVll
wife of the bishop of BraZlt. Mrs. Je
l1,ins and Mrs Evans, of Alaska, Mr
1e funston. wife of bishop Of Boise, al
ri, Deaconess Drant of the Chinese m
:, sion of San Francisco
Ii The mems Offering which was q
rs nounced at a great mems meeting I
rs might amounted to s1I5.O0O.
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