The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-11
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH.

The Episcopalians are having a
great time at their triennial conven-
ton in Cincinnati, and have been do
ing some very aggressive work
The newspapers report that there
have been some signs of insurgency"
in the Church in the West against the
Church in the East, the idea being en-
tertained by some of the Westerners
that the Atlantic coast has been try
ing 10 dominate the Church in vital
matters affecting the laws of the
Church. A clerical delegate from Min
nesota. bearing the good name of
Johnson. insisted that the West should
be more largely represented in such
stitution, canons and Prayer-Book.
and ii was done. Then another clerical
delegate from the West, the Rev. a. A.
Morrison. of Oregon. startled the depu-
ties when, according to the report in
the New York Sun. The questioned the
acknowledgment in the preamble Ito
the Constitution which was inspired
by the late pr Huntington, of New
York; that the Bible is the word of
Cod Mr.. Morrison said:
The Scriptures are SO full of mac
curacy that the adoption of the pro-
posed preamble would place us in such
position before the scholastic world
that II would Interfere with men OF
education entering the ministry and
subscribing TO our doctrines"
II Is said that the Convention will
decide this week whether. or not there
shall be any preamble at all. Some
old fashioned fellows have an idea
that If the Bible is not the word Of
God the whole thing will fall to the
ground, and that If little more at
ten,ion were given to the spiritual
side OF the general problem OF religion
and little less to the so-called
scholastic side. the Church might
possibly get along just aboutFas well.
Some embarrassing incidents have oc-
cured Of late years in more than one
iof the denominations by the respect
which they have shown to the discov-
1 cries of those given to the art of high
er criticism. Only week or two ago
The New York Presbyterians gave their
approval to the policy of sending
/ three young sprouts from the theologi-
cal seminarics as Christian mission
aries TO Asia. although they had de-
clared their disbelief in the divinity OF
the Christ they were going out Ia
preach
| These several matters were the sub
1 ject of discussion on Saturday, but
there was still another subject of large
| interest to many persons outside the
| pale that received attention. The
House of Bishops In answer to the
! petition az eleven hundred clergymer
81 the country announced Its interpre-
Itation Of Canon 10, or the open Pull
PIT canon, adopted at the Convention
held in Richmond three years ago, as
| follows: ny,
'"rhe clause which restricts 70 tho
bighop the right To give permission to
those Who are not ministers of this
Church to make addresses in any oil
II our churches on special occasions was
not intended TO alter and cannot be
fairly Interpreted ~ IN the least niodi-
\ fyina the position OF the Church a,
expressed IN the Prayer-Book and ordl
. nate, which restricts she ministry t,
Il the word and sacrainents in our con,
fRfegationa 10 men who have received
Il episcopal ordination
That settles Il. and In spite of AL
the 1ibefal constructions that hav.
Y tesn placed UPON the Open PULPIT