Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
.DECALOCUE IN THE SCHOOLS
Religious Training Advocated by
Episcopal Council Of Nebraska.
TEN COMMANDMENTS MrNIMUM
Session AdjOurns, Deciding in Closing
Session Against Relinauishing
Parishes from Council
Debt,

The general council Of the Episcopal
church in Nebraska, which adjourned
a three days session at Trinity cathedral
yesterday afternoon, recorded its voice In
favor of religious training in the public
schools of the state, at least to the extent
Of teaching the ten commandments and
went on record as against the relinuuish-
ment from debt to the council Of any
parishes. Animated discussion entered
into by most of the delegates marked the
closing session. The discussion was on the
sdvisability of releasing delinquent parishes
and missions Of their debts to the council.
Wednesday the parish OF Wahoo was
released from the payment Of a small debt
on account OF many of the communicates
having moved away. This was followed
by a similar request from the parish at
Falls City, which request was granted.
II was seen that a bad precendent was
established, and Thursday afternoon Canon
Pattee of Ashland, under whose charge is
the wahoo parish, moved that the matter
OF REIMBURSEMENT be reopened The canon
then state that Wahoo would pay it's just
assessment and the council voted that all
assessments due the council by all parishes
should be paid.
Action is Ordered.
Moral and religious training in the public
schools of the state received hearty sup
| port and the committee on Christian
education was authorized to take such
steps as It deems necessary to induce SUI
perlntendehts and principals Of schools and
boards of education to include religious
education in the courses of study.
The ten commandments will be the mini
mum asked for. The clergymen and lay
delegates think believers Of no creed will
object to thisespecially the moral training.
The action was the result of a report from
the committee on Christian education,
which was unanimously adopted. The COM
mttee also reported increasing interest in
all lines of Christian education in the state
and recommended that a Sunday school
commission be formed for the purpose Of
unifying and systematizing Sunday school
work in Nebraska.
MaclTny Canon of Trinity,
Rev. T. j. Maoksy was made honorary
canon Of Trinity cathedral yesterday after
noon. and the following delegates elected
to the missionary conference at Fargo, N,
D., next November: Rev. George A.
Beecher of Omaha, Rev. James Wise Of
South Omaha Rev. A. c. Knickerbocker OF
Omaha. Rev. s. MINIS Hayes of Lincoln,
Rev Canon r. B. H. Bell Of Omaha, Glenn
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| Beatrice, George E. Bernard of Omaha, w.
g. King of South Omaha and Joseph Barber
of Omaha. The missionary conference COM
prises the states of North and South Da-
kota, Minnesota Iowa, Wyoming, Mon
tana, Colorado and Nebraska.
A committee was appointed to prepare a
suitable memorial to the late Bishop
Worthington, the following composing the
committee: Rev. John Albert Williams of
Omaha, Canon Pattee of Ashland, Rev.
James Wise OF South Omaha, T. L. Ring
walt of Omaha. s. c. Smith Of Beatrice and
c. H. Rudge of Lincoln. Resolutions of
! sympathy to John Q. Goss Of Bellevue, who
lost his house in the recent tornado, were
also drawn up. Mr. Goss was the first lay
delegate from Bellevue to the first meet
ing of the council, which was held in
Omaha in 1858.
! W. H. Yates read an extract from the
address Of Bishop Clarkson before the 1888
council in which he prophesied great things
for the church in Nebraska, and after
prayer the council adjourned to meet the
third wednesday in May, 1903. in Trinity
cathedral, Omaha.