Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
PULHTS OPEN ONLY
TO ORDAINED PRIESTS
Episcopal House of Bishops
Rules Officially on
Canon 19.

| CINCINNATI. Ohio. October s.-That
canon 10. the various interpreta-
| tiOns of which led to the veXed open
pulpit question. provides that only Or
| dained clergymen may occupy pulpits of
| the Protestant Episcopal Church was de-
cided today by the house Of bishops OF
| the organization.
| The question. one Of the most Inn
| portant to be brought before the present
| triennial convention, came UP to the
bishops on petition signed by 1900 lay
men and clergymen, who asked for an
authoritative Interpretation Of the church
law.
Reply of the Bishops.
| The reply of the bishops follows:
ut Canon 100 cannot be fairly inter-
| preted as in the least degree modifying
| the position of the church as expressed
in the prayer books and ordinal, which
| restricts the ministry of the word and
the sacraments in our congregations to
| men who have received episcopal ordina-
ton"
Reconsideration Not Ordered.
The bishops failed to reach an under
standing for reconsideration of the bal
ny WHICH tIfe proposed creation vi
suffragan bishops was rejected.
1t is pointed out that because of the
bad weather Thursday ten of the 14
bishops were absent when the vote was
| taken. A majority of the entire mem
bership is necessary to pass the project,
which lacked but one vote of this margin.
although clear plurality of those voting
was recorded i'm its favor. The matter
! was made a special order for Wednesday.
The house of deputies refused to
change the name of the church by re-
tecting by an overwhelming vote q
proposed new preamble for the con-
stitution. Rev. a. II. Morrison Of Ore
gon led the opposition. and by a strong
address was largely responsible for the
| action.
The clerical vote on the project was
Is ayes, ~ nays.
| While the convention body was in
session communion service was being
held i'm Christ Church. where the do
nations were being received from the
Women's Auxiliary for the general mis-
siOnary fund.
At the conclusion it was announced
that the plates placed upon the tables
in front of the trustees had been piled
with funds aggregating s242. 1l0s3.
The showing was nearly 100000 in
excess Of the collection made at Rich
mOnd three years ago.
Washingtonians Popular.
Bishop Albert Harding of Washington
| city is taking a prominent part in the
deliberations of the house of bishops
Bishop Harding has been much feted
| since his arrival in Cincinnati, and this
evening he was one of the honor guests
at the dinner given by, Mr. and Mrs
William Cooper Proctor at the Woman s
Exchange. Last evening he also attend
ed a function given by them at the
same place.
DR.. III. r. Mckim Of Washington. who
| is the presiding officer of ths house of
bishops during the absence from any of
the sessions of Bishop Daniel Sylvester
futile of st. Louis, is one of the most
popular men at the convention. He and
Bishop Harding will be the guests at din
ner Of J. Pierpont Morgan Monday even
ing at Dalvay. the beautiful home which
the late Alexander Mcdonald built on
Clifton avenue Cincinnati. and which is
now the residence Of his granddaughter,
the Misses StaIlo.
MIR. Morgan has been at the convention
convention will be held In the east and
that it probably will be held in New York
city. The influence of Mr.. Morgan is
said to he predominant in most matters Of
this kind. and the mere fact that he
asked for the convention for New York
city will take it there.
Bishop Harding Kept Busy.
Bishop Harding of Washington will
preach here tomorrow morning at Grace
Church services, and in the afternoon he
will attend a meeting of the church tenn
perance society, which will be held in the
Church Of the Advent al Walnut Hills
In the evening he will be present at a
meeting Of the board Of missions in Christ
Church. at which the triennial sermon
will be delivered by the Ri. Rev. Theo-
1rr t,1,> ~
side of these two meetings tomorrow aft
ernoon and evening. the rest Of the gath
erinss will be Of laymen Of the church.
1t is expected that all the churches will
be crowded tomorrow morning to hear the
bishops Of the church. This afternoon
the bishops and the house of deputies
voted to close their sessions October II
at 1 o'clock They had intended remain
find that their business is moving along
much better than it formerly has, and
SO will cut short their sessions.
Rev. II. r. Mckim Of Washington. D.
c., denied this afternoon that the west
has been ruled against in the distribution
Of delegates to the principal committees.
However. in the debate that followed one
western delegate showed that twelve out
of thirteen members of one committee
were people from the original thirteen
states.
A resolution was passed today making
it necessary to have copy of the Bible
at every meeting. Just before this 1t had
been found that not single Bible was
in the building