The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-09
CREATEP|SCOPAL
CONVENTION HELD
IN new YORK CITY
Opened by Bishop Lawrence of Mass
aehusetts, Who Has Held Office
For wenty Years.
WILL DISCUSS A CHANGE
In THE NAME OF CHURCH

| . New York, Oct. S--IThe forty~third
iTriennial General convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church opened
in this city today, the first time tha.
the gathering has been held in New
York City for nearly twenty-five
years. The opening sermon was
preached by Bishop Lawrence Of Mas
sachusetts, who has just celebrated
the twentieth anniversary of his or
dination as bishop, in Boston. One
hundred and fs'srn bishops will sit
in the upper house during the cont
vention. and 61t clergy and laymen
in the lower.
The plan during the present con-
Ivention is to make the session of the
House Of Bishops as open to tho
newspapers and to she general pub
lic as are those of, tire House of Dep
uties. For the 12S years that the
House of Bishops has met in conyen-
tions, its business has geen conduct
cd behind closed doors, and only the
results of the legislation have been
made public.
| Important measures bearing on the
greater efficiency of the protestant
Episcopal church in the United
States will be considered during the
meeting. Tho delegates come from
every part of the country, represent
| ing 900, 900 communicates
Change in Law,
| one of the proposed changes in
church law will some up at the con-
yention 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 much such rep
'esentation in the convention. shall
be based on the number of communi-
2ants in any diocese instead of be-
ng the same for all regardless Of the
number OF eommuniaants
Another matter which is expected
70 give rise to considerable discus
ion is the question Of changing the
name of the church. This matter
has been aeitated for a long time.
but the views concerning the name
% be substituted for the presen.
iesi gnation Of the church are wide
y divergent. A majority of those who
lre dissatisfied with the present
1ame, seems to favor the name OF
\merican Catholic church.
Another Subject of considerable
Importance is to be considered is the
attitude of the church to marriage
md divorce
Other important matters for dis
ussion include the report of the com
mission on church unity: marriage
land divorce, religious education: n
more adequate provision for the sup
port Of disabled clergy and their
families; training for the ministry
and more vigorous prosecution of the
ministry work of the church, both at
home and abroad
Societies Have Exhibits.
Included among the meetings to he
Held in the various departments of
church work will be those of the Do
nestle and Foreign Missionary So
"iety, the Wcman's Auxiliary, the
Girls Friendly Society, Daughters
of the King, the Sunday School Com
mission, the Church Temperance
Society, Joint Commission on Social
Service, Church Association for the
Advancement Of the Interest of La
Dor, Church Mission of Help and the
\merican Institute for Colored Per
sons. Arrangements are being made
or extensive exhibits ILLUSTRATING
the scope of some of these societies
The convention will be in session
three weeks.
The question of the change ot
name will probably come before th,
convention I'm half dozen forms
hut is bound to be presented in a
least one instance, for the Dioces,
Of California has framed mem
? oriar for the convention asking it t,
authorize the dropping of the wor,
Protestant from the title page o
the prayer book. Probably in an,
lovent, the convention will be calIe,
. upon to define the word Protestant
authoritatively as to its meaning a
applied to the Episcopal Church.
Word Catholic" Defined.
A counter proposition, whicI
is pleasing to the High Church party
has been made recently that the wor
Catholic" shall be defined and OF