The sun., 1916-10-01

The minority of the commission favors
the appointment OF suffragan bishops
selected in the various dioceses.
Personally | believe in the appoint
ment Of sufrragan bishops. as I think
the selection of bishops on racial lines
would be III advised. can see that in
the South there might be reasons for
such action which would not exist
In the North. And yet the creation OF
a racial eplscopate would in my opin-
ion, tend To- destroy the unity OF the
church.
Almost before Nc realized It We
would have another colored church.
Once the race considerations were APP
Piled to church organization We might
in this country have IA japanese episco-
pate. In city like New York, where
there are said to b" more foreign born
inhabitants than those Of American
birth. we should find tho church cleav-
ing into various naI.onalitics. There
arc probably twenty well defined ruclal
strains to he traced here. We have an
enormous Italian population, for in
stance, which might demand that a
special bishop bc appointed for them.
II is quite true that the spiritual care
/ 81 10000 900 negroes. most Of whom
are in the South, represents a great
! problem. and they are entitled to
! bishops OF their own race. yet it would
| be much better to have such bishops
under the direct control Of the head of
the diocese. They should be suffragan
| bishops.
! These suTragan bishops should
| have n vote IN the House Of bishops.
At the present time suffragans have
Il seat in the House Of Bishops. but
| no vote.
| The question as to the change in the
! proportionatc representation in the
House of Deputies ~ To come up be-
| fore the General Convention. 1t is
probable that there VIII be lmporta NJ
readjustments In order tn give to
! each diocese it's adequate quota, .Ac-
cording t. the present laws Of the
church each diocerc, whether It be
| great or small. has the same rcprescn-
+ tation In the House Of Deputies.
Dloceses which have only thirty or
| forty clergyinen in their borders arc
entitled now to send four clerical and
four lay deputies. tine same number as
the diocese Of New York with its i50
clergymen.
We have had the diocese of $1,000 or
10000 communicates ON the same rasis
with one Of 1000. Each diocese Is
represented by its own bishop In tho
House of Bishops, just as each state
in the Union is represented by its sen,
ntors. The Episcopal Church in tho
, United states. being formed about the
same time az was our national Consti-
tuition. has many points IN It's govern
ment in common with the govern.
mental machinery % the nation. II
does, however. lacN pror ortiCnatc rep
resenta,lun in the lower house, an6
this condition il likely to be remcdled
II h proposed that each diocese bt
represented In the House Of Deputies
by three clergymon and three laymer
ana that In addition Il have an addi.
tional clerical delegate and an addi
tional layman fr every 100 clergy
men IN the diUC's" ar for ma jo
fraction ~ u hundred, II is undcr
stood. however, that Eo diocese II t.
have more than S.N Of each order II
'hr House Of Deputies.
There has been much discussion o
late in the public prints with regar,
t. marriage and divorce. and II IL
likely that there will bo radical lcg;s
lation on this important subject b,
the General Convention.
The proposal 70 omit the wort