Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
Thousands of EpiscopaIians
Already Here-Bishop An
derSon to Be Keynoter.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
PROVISIONS COMING UP
Active Missionary Work Among
College Students Urged-China
Affords Topic.

tells of the city, final arrangements are
being made today for the opening to-
morrow morning of the Forty-ninth
Triennial Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
The first meeting will be at 1890
am. at the Cathedral Close on Mount
st. Allan, with an address of welcome
by President Coolidge and a keynote
sermon by Right Rev. Charles P. An.
derson, Bishop of Chicago.
Preceding this meeting there will be
robed procession of approximately 130
bishops, 325 clerical deputies, 120 clergy
of the diocese of Washington, $50 visit
ing clergy. the Cathedral clergy, par
ticipants in the service and $50 mem
bers Of the choir and band. The white
stoled clergymen will proceed from the
Peace Cross to the amphitheater.
Afternoon Business Session.
The opening sessions of the House OF
Bishops at the Willard Hotel and oi
the House of Deputies at the D. A. r
Hall will begin at pm, with inn
portant matters slated for consideration
from the first.
Right Rev. John Gardner Murray,
Bishop of Maryland, will preside in ths
House of Bishops, while the deput1e'
will elect their presiding officer from the
floor. There are six active candidates
Phillips, rector of Epiphany Church,
and Rev. Caleb r. Stetson, rector OF
Trinity Church. New York, and for.
merly stationed at st. Margarett
Church in Washington. Other card1-
dates are: Rev. George Craig Stewart,
pastor of st. Luke's Church, Evanston,
ILL.,: Rev Arthur B. Kinsolving of st,
Paul's Church, Baltimore; Rev. H. IL
Powell, dean of the Divinity School OF
the Pacific at San Francisco, and Rev.
H. E. Coddington of Syracuse.
The master of ceremonies will be
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of the
Cathedral Those who will have part
in the service besides Bishop Anderson
include Most Rev. John Gardner MUIR
ray, the presiding bishop; Bishop Free
man, Bishop Thomas Casady Of Okla
l1oma, Rev. DR.. Carroll M. Davis, Sec
retary of the House of Deputies; Rev.
DR.. G. L. Pardee, secretary OF the
House of Bishops, and Bishop John T.
Dallas of New Hampshire.
Canon Stokes today announced the
following order of the procession:
Senior Cathedral crucifer, master of
ceremonies. Cathedral Choir, other
church choirs, led by their cruciferS:
procession marshal, second assistant
Cathedral crucifer, with United States
flag; visiting clergy. first assistant
Cathedral crucifer. with diocesan ban
ner, diocesan clergy, assistant marshal,
lay members of the National Council,
Presbyters of the National Council. as
sistant marshal. clerical deputies Of
the General Convention, Cathedral
banner, Cathedral clergy, secretary of
the House of Deputies, secretary of the
House of Bishops, dean of the Cathe-
dral, assistant marshal, bishops Of
Oriental churches in communion, bishops
of the Anglican communion outside
of the United States, assistant crucifer,
with flag of st. George: American
bishops in order of conservation, Cathe-
dral verger, the Bishop of Chicago
convention preacher) and his chap
lain. the Bishop of Washington and
his chaplain, the presiding bishop and
his chaplain, assistant Cathedral verger.
Prayer Book on Program.
One of the first tasks which face the
two houses is the final ratification of
important prayer book revisions which
were approved at the New Orleans Con-
vention in 1925. Included in these re-
visions are two new prayerS-one for
the blessing of the marriage ring and
the other for every man in his work"
The revision of the marriage service
providing for the omission of the brides
promise to obey and that paragraph in
which the bridegroom endows the bride
with "all his worldly goods already
have been approved and the only mat
ter which remains for action is the fol-
lowing prayer:
Bless this ring, o gracious Lord, and
grant that these thy servants may
faithfully keep their solemn pledge and
abound evermore in love and holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Plea for World Peace.
The other prayer, which awaits
God, Our Heavenly Father, guide, we
beseech Thee, the nations of the world
into the way of justice and truth, and
establish among them that peace
which is the fruit of Righteousness that
they may become the kingdom of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen
In connection with the marriage cere-
mony there will be received by the con-
vention a report from a commission
headed by Bishop Herman Page, Michi-
gan, which has been studying for three
years the divorce problem in the United
States. The Episcopal Church hitherto
has maintained a rigid attitude on di
vorce, refusing to remarry divorced per
sons without clear proof of innocence
the recommendations will not
be known until the arrival of Bishor
Page, it is not expected that any great
change will be recommended by the
commission.
Rev. C.. Leslie Glenn, secretary for
college work in the social service de-
oartment of the National Council, who
declared recently that many of the
colleges and universities of the United
States were goddess" today told q
group of college workers who are here
10 attend the convention that these
institutions are "the newest
mission field of the church.
Work Among Colleges.
This new mission field,' said Mr.
Glenn, is not on the geographical out.
skirts Of the world, but in the heart OF
ohristendom. The Ameri.
general sense that every church Is
sense that 1T Is geographically removes
The fact that the fallacy stiii neRs