Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-24
CHURCHES WILL MEET VITAL QUESTIONS AT
 COMING CONCLAvES
Marriage and Divorce and Missionary Policy Among Issues to Be Discussed

T. usually important church conferences or conciaves will be held during the i coming month and in view of the vital questions to be discussed and de- ] cided at some of these gatherings their outcome is awaited with a great l deal of interest in church circles ! throughout the country.
 Bishops and clerical and lay depu- 1 ties of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States will gath CT in New York City on October s, to the number of about eight hundred to attend the forty-third triennial gen eral convention. It is twenty-five years since a general convention mas been held in New York City and the leading clergymen and laymen of the diocese -hbye made every effort to make the occasion notable in the an uais of the church.
 The completion of the new Synod Hall, at Amsterdam avenue and 10th street, will afford a magnificent meet ing place for the House of Deputies. The House of Bishops sits separate ly from the House of Deputies and will hold it's sessions in Old Synod Hall. The delegates will come from every part of the United States and will represent the communieants of the Protestant Episcopal church in this country. of whom there are about 1 .000. .O00 The convention will in clude 100 bishops and eco deputies. 300 of whom are clergymen and 300 laymen.
 One of the proposed changes in church law which will come up at the convention and which, 1t is expected. will be debated with great forceful- ness by the advocates of both sides. will affect the representation in the convention. so that such representa- l tion in the convention shall be based ou the number Of communicants ID any diocese instead of being the same for all regardless of the num- her of communicants.
 Another matter which is expected to give rise 10 considerable discussion is inc ouestiou of changing the name I of inc church. This matter has been apitated for a long time, but the views { concerning the name to be su0stltut- ed for the present designation or tle church are widely divergent, A ma i ioritv of those who are dlssatlsIleo with the present name, seem 70 Le' or inc name of American Catho.lc 1 Church Another subject ot consloeI- abla importance to be considered iS the attitude of ,tbe church to mar i riage and divorce. ,,,-
 ,Tba second Americas Catholic Ms ! siouary Congress under the ausplceS of the Catholic Church Extension oyr riety. which will open It's session lh
 postort on october 19, is looked upon se one of the most important Catholc | cE,,rcb gatherings held in this cotH-
 tr,, for many years. Eighty bishops
 sro,, different parts of the Unltea 1 statcs Canada, Mexico and other cerntries hundreds of minor mem ,,ers of inc catholic clergy and thous-
 ands Inf laymen will attend the galh- | ering. ,,,,-y of l.ba world will te discussed at tue | coming congress and plans VIII Ds
 z, ,rrn,,Iated for carrying on this Worh
 1vitb even greater zeal than hefeto' 1 sora The necessity for this. IS rear iad and appreciated by the entlre lH.EboIic clergy. The Holy See mas
 onr,o;nted the Most Rev. John Boh
 % n n. Archbishop of Mltilehe
 |nd | Apostolic delegate to the Unlteu
 States as his special pontiiical deis,
 sste +o this congress, most slsna 1r;bute to the importance oi the
 gathering. ,,o, eassiou of the Rock River conference oi sl,l
 Methodist church will open a' el' |. Fmbury Methodist Church at e a,
 mort. H.. on October l. The noS. 3s. River conference is composea oi o-'
 fpll members and eight proDatlole's =. ?
 and in addition to these there ar
 ninetv4go supply ministers l serNius } within the bounds of the coniere1ce , The conference will close it's sess'o' Ton October 6. 1,ro rhe National Council of the Congre .,.tionaI Churches. which meets onc'
 sr-ary three years will hold one oL lo : .-.+sngs next month at Kansas Cl-s , N-a,,es ,,-oly are already discussed TOT .l i,
 ,'o-t.{c., of moderator Of the couhCH sr,ong these are President Heni ,, f 61hnrcb,u King. Of Oberiin College, Y
 t,-~e,- Tones former mayor or sliili.- < anasie and the Rev. Dr. Char'es ..
 ! Sts11s of NTontcIair, successor or 'il
 ta.a Amorv H. Bradley as pastor
 +he First Congregational o, E philadelphia. President king' oI e,. G, r erIin College, seems to nave eol,s.s nrts lerable support in the west anu iSana nS, ar IT | vest or the secretarysnip theEe sl ss t also several possible candidates .,ic,e ln .s z, seJd and a lively contest IS eApsS'eD a.A",~ :
 The office is important ln A sien S,,,,s
 the fact that the powers ana .1essI pss,I connected with 1t are to be a,ss gtssJ tI
 enlarged. It is said to be ..,I PfSospdI Soeid Y tbas q,. ths National Council viii ,se seelp <, a ,o meet every two years in the ' |, ture.
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