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CONVENTION
OF The Episcopal Church 10
Occur In New York
Leading CIGfgymGn Of Country
Will Be Present

New York, Sept. 20-Seyeral un.
usually important church conferences
or conclaves will be held during the
month and in view of the vital ques- |
tions to be discussed and decided at
some Of these gatherings their out
come is awaited with a great deal of
interest in church circles throughout
the country
Bishops and clerical and lay depu.
ties of the Protestant Episcopal
church in the United States will gath
er in New York City on October s, to
the number of about eight hundred to
attend the forty-third triennial gem
eral convention. 1t is twenty-five
years since general convention has
been held in New York City and the
leading clergymen and laymen of the
diocese have made every effort to
make the occasion notable in the an
mails of the church.
The completion OF the new Synod
Hail. at Amsterdam avenue and 10th
street, will afford magnificent meet
ing place for the House of Deputies.
| The House of Bishops sits separately
| 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 communicates OF the
| Protestant Episcopal church in this
country, of whom there are about l.
100000. The convention will include
100 bishops and 600 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, it 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-
tion in the convention, shall
be based on the number of communi-
cants in any diocese instead of being
the same for all regardless of the
number of communicates.
Another matter which is expected
to give rise to considerable discussion
is the question of changing the name
of the church. This matter has been
agitated for a long time, but the
views concerning the name to be sub
stituted for the present designation of
the church are widely divergent. A
majority of those who are dissatisfied
with the present name, seem to favor
the name of American Catholic
| church. Another subject of consider
able Importance to be considered is
the attitude of the church to marriage
and divorce.
The Second American Catholic Con-
gress, under the auspices of the Cath
olic Church Extension Society, which
will open its session in Boston on
October 19, is looked upon as one of
the most important Catholic church
: gatherings held in this country for
many years. Eighty bishops from diff
: ferent parts of the United States, Can
) ada, Mexico and other countries, hun
dreds of minor members of the catho-
lie clergy and thousands of laymen
; will attend the gathering.
The Catholic missionary work of
: the world will be discussed at the
coming congress and plans will be
!, formulated for carrying on this work
, with even greater zeal than hereto
. fore. The necessity for this is real
, lied and appreciated by the entire
}, Catholic clergy. The Holy See has
$ appointed the Most Rev. John Bon
zano, D. D., Archbishop of Mitilene
and Apostolic delegate to the United
States, as his special pontifcial dele
gate to this congress, most sigma
X tribute to the importance of the gath
t ering
= The seventy-fourth annual session
: of the Rock River conference of the
M6luOuiSI Will Op6H at INK
= Embury Methodist Church at Free
y, port, ILL.,, on October /, The Rocl
: River conference is composed of 80;
full members and eight probationers
=, and in addition to these there are
: ninety-two supply ministers serving
within the bounds of the conference
The conference will close its session
on October 6.
The National Council of the Congre
gational Churches, which meets onc'
every three years will hold one of iti
} meetings next month at Kansas City
4 Names are already discussed for thu
| position of moderator of the council
I Among these are President Henr.
! Churchill King, of Oberlin College; D
Percy Jones, former Mayor Of Min