Evening journal., 1910-09-29

! elected by the House OF Bishops as
a missionary bishop.
, At The last General Convention this
3 amendment passed The House OF
5 Bishops. ayes, As, noes. 33. and the
? House of Deputies voting by diocese)
3 clerical, ayes Sc, noes 5, divided 3;
2 lay, ayes so, noes 5. divided l.
When this amendment was FIRST
[ passed it was thought that it would
afford some solution Of the negro
question, either by electing colored
J suffragans or white suffragans for col
cred people. II is now admitted that
so far as the negro question is con-
cerned the plan is not workable.
Suffragans. however. would be very
useful In many, and particularly in
urban diocoses.
Il is always difficult TO predict what
action large body like the general
convention will take on given sub
ject, but the better opinion is that
the amendment will pass. The fact
that the convention Of New York has
petitiOned for its adoption and that
the bishop of that diocese has pub
licly favored It, will have great weight.
Proposed Preamble.
The last amendment is a proposed
preamble TO the constitution, and
reads as follows:
This AmericanNchurch first planted
in Virginia In the year of our Lord,
/ 1907, by representatives Of the an
Client Church of England acknowledge
Ing the Holy Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments to be the word
of God, the record of Gods revela
ton of Himself in His Son, and to
contain all things necessary to saliva
ton; holding the Catholic creeds, to
wit, the Apostles reed and the
Nicene creed, to be a sufficient state
ment of the Christion faith; main
tanning the orders of the sacred min
{ istry In such form as from the Apos-
. ties time they have been continued ;
s reverently conserving the sacramento
D ordained by Christ Himself, and, ac-
e. cording to the members of the flock
e of Christ, all who have been duly bap-
tiled in the Names of the Faith, and
Of the Son, and by the Holy Ghost
3 has set forth and established for the
, furtherance of the work to which il
: has been called by God, the follow
Z ing constitution:
This preamble was the work of the
late DR.. William r. Huntington, of
New York. 1t will undoubtedly be de-
foated for a variety Of reasons.
Dr. Huntington is dead and it has
no particular champion. Some OPP
pose it on the ground that it says
too little, others on the ground that
It says too much.
Still others say a preamble is not
necessary and that it is purely aca-
demic legislation. This combination
OF opposition renders its adoption
practically impossible.
At the last convention a canon was
adopted by the House Of Bishops
establishing the provincial system in
{ this country. II was defeated i'm the
House of Deputies by the lay vote
The committee having the matter in
charge was continued but the project
has been abandoned, at least for the
J present, and the matter will not oe-
cupy any of the time of this conven-
Z ton.
Marriage and Divorce.
Much of the time of the conven-
tions of 1901 and 1904 was taken NJ
by the consideration of this question
The canon adopted at Boston in 1904
has proved satisfactory I'm practically
preventing the remarriage Of divorc-
. ed persons by the clergy of the Pro
NinAAuA IlHiNNOUAA ANulNn anu Ait SUI
iect is not likely to come up at Gin.
r cinnati
|, This faomus canon (which permits
the bishops of any diocese or mis-.
r sionary district to give permission Il
Christian men who are not ministers
u Of the church to make addresses il
3 the church on special occasions) wat
enacted IN 1907 at Baltimore.
For months thereafter a grave con
? troversy ragged over t. and its re
: peal was loudly demanded.
Like most excitements this one hal
!, Quilted down. and while someone may
y offer a resolution looking TO its modi
flcation or repeal, II is most improb
Z able that the General Convention viii
5 be willing TO change IL in any way.
G Those who are looking for any fur
Their agitation on this question vii
! likely be disappointed
The Negro Question.
The Episcopal Church feels. and
= rightly, that Il is not doing The worl
II should do among the colored PEG
pie. particularly in the South. An ef
fort will be made TO provide foi
one or more missionary bishops {,
this race. Not necessarily negro
p bishops, but bishops for the negroes
= This is a very large question, ant
> can probably be reached only by
y constitutional amendment, but il il
l. likely 20 receive very careful con
II sideration at the hands of the con
= vention.
!, At intervals during the past quartz
- of century attempts have been mad
10 change the name of the Protestan
Is Episcopal Church. The word Protest
u ant is very offensive to a certain part
% In the church. but the difficulty is tina
2 no satisfactory substitute has bee
proposed. "The American Church
q has been suggested, but that w0ul
Il be a piece OF ecclesiastical snobbish
% ness. American Catholic" please
IN some. but sounds ridiculous TO Others
e. Protestant Episcopal may not be
/ very beautiful name. but il seems suf
IN dciently 10 serve the purpose Of an,
uarrn which o. Go ido .i''- tNs -,n-