The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-09-23
BISHOP CUERRY
TELLS OF MEETING
RETURNS FROM LAMBETH CON.
FERENCE IN LONDON.
In Very Good Health.
Discusses Divorce and Prohibition
England Desires Friendship
of America.

sIt may be of some interest to
South Carolinans to know that the
position which the state has taken
on marriage and divorce was brought
to the attention of Lambeth confer
Nence in London" said Bishop W. A.
Guerry yesterday afternoon. Bishop
Guerry arrived in Columbia Friday
from New York after having spent
about six weeks in London, and spent
the night with DR.. LeGrande Guerry,
leaving this city yesterday for Lau-
rens and Newberry.
"When the subject of marriage and
divorce was before the conference,
one bishop said that to view marriage
as an indissoluble union between
one man and one woman was imprac-
ticable and that the people would
not stand for it. In answer to this
statement, I told the conference that
the people of South Carolina stood
for it and that it was written in the
organic law of our state and that it
had the approval of an overwhelming
majority of our people. I believe that
the statement had some influence on
the conference which went on record
as saying that the Christian standard
Of marriage was the indissoluble
union of one man and one woman till
parted by death.
FFThe American bishops," continued
DR.. Guerry, Exercised decided in
fuence on the conference on the sub
ject of prohibition. The English
bishops were disposed to bring in a
noncommittal resolution on prohibi-
tion, but the American bishops, back
ed up by the Canadian and the Aus
tralian bishops, were able to swing
the conference to position indorsing
prohibition. Out of so votes cast on
the motion, only three were against
it,"
Wants American Friendship.
Bishop Guerry did not care to dis
cuss the hunger strike of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney, of Cork, nor did he say
what attitude the English people took
on the candidates. of Cox and Hard
ing.
"The general attitude in England,
said the bishop, "is to cement in
every way possible the ties between
the two nations. I was present when
the Lincoln statute. given by Elihu
Root, to the English people, was un-
yelled and 1 heard Lord Georges re-
sponse on that occasion. He said that
the face of Lincoln was the most ia
miliar and the best beloved of any
stateman throughout the English
speaking world. The world needs,
Lloyd George said, men Of the type
of Lincoln and Lee. The English
people favor anything that will bring
about better understanding be-
tween the two great nations.
"The most notable utterance of the
conference is the manifesto or appeal
to Christians throughout the world
on the subject of church unity. In
England" says DR.. Query, lit is
said that this appeal marks an epoch
in the religious history of that coun-
try and of the world. I would com
mend this appeal to the careful at
tention of all Christians who have
not yet read it in the religious press
Out of the $50 bishops present only
four voted against adopting the ap'
peal, and three Of them were from
the United States. This vote is al
the more remarkable because sc
many schools of thought were repre-
sented at the conference; the very
fact that representatives of these diff
ferent schools could agree upon a
platform of unity was not only an
evidence of deep desire for unity
but was also evidence Of the leading
of the Holy Spirit
An American bishop was requested
to preach the concluding sermon in
St. Pauls cathedral, Bishop Query
said.
Bishop Guerry returned to the
states in good health and is glad to be
once again in South Carolina and a
work in this state.
"While the old world has much tt
teach u.s. said the bishop, land We
have much to learn from it, I have
come back to this country better
American than when I went over.
am convinced that we have the great
est country in the world, countr.
full of opportunity, and with pro