Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-19

| passage of State and Federal laws regu-
lating the marriage of persons who
are physically or mentally defective.
1t was referred to the commission on
marriage and divorce.
Rev. DR.. Percy Kammerrerr of Pitts
burgh presented the report ON the Joint
committee on marriage and divorce to
the House of Deputies, which concurred
with previous action of the Bishops,
| who adopted it.
The Deputies approved the setting aside
OF Sunday, November Is, as a day upon
which special offerings are to be taken
to repair the damage to church prop
erty in Porto Rico and Florida.
An amendment to the constitution
| which would require one clerical and
one lay deputy from each diocese to
be under IS years of age was defeat
ed by the House.
/ The report of the commission on
1.-The dictionary. which provides a new
table Of Scripture lessons for morning
ana evening services, was approved by
| the Deputies
A resolution by Arthur S. Browne
! Of this city was approved by the Deputies
| TO provide for joint commission to
| look into the status and prospects OF
three negro theological schools. These
three schools were the King Theological
Hail OF this city, no longer operat-
! ing, but for which funds still exist:
Payne Divinity School of Petersburg,
| va, and st. Augustine School, at Ra-
lelgh, N. G. The commission would
: include representatives from the Amer
lean Church Institute for Negroes. and
from the three schools
The House of Bishops voted fa7orably
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| prayer books for use in missions and
where the people are as yet unfamiliar
with the Book of Common PRAYER.
The last item in the fifth report of
the Commission on the revision and
enrichment of the Book of Common
Prayer was reached by the House of
Bishops yesterday
| This item provides for the creating of
I, a Hturgical commission, a Joint COM
mission composed of eight bishops.
eight presbyters and eight layman to
which may be referred such matters
as are not fully determined by the con-
vention-adopted and sent to the House
of Deputies for concurrence. The item
also provides for the discharge of the
Joint commission on prayer book
Canon Report Discussed.
The Bishop of Vermont, Arthur
Crawshay Alliston Hall, chairman of
the commission on canons, reported
with a printed document of 81 pages.
containing proposed amendments to
Canons 81 TO "a, inc, and also Canons
40 and 81. Two things are urgently
needed to complete our ecclesiastical
judicial system" he said. first, a uni
form code of constituting diocesan trial
courts and the conduct of trials in such
courts, and second, final court of APP
peals, Heretofore no provision has been
made If bishop is accused of an Of
Tense against doctrine, faith or worship
OF the church The most minute queS-
ton OF disputed doctrine or worship can
be pressed to decision by the whole
House Of Bishops, but if the accused
can be presbyter or deacon, the do
cesar court consisting possibly Of three
utterly incompetent men so far as the
question at issue is concerned. may set
tie the most fundamental articles of
the Christian faith and if this decision
is sustained by one single bishop there
is no appeal from its decision"
Bishop William Lawrence of Massa-
chusettS and Bishop Charles NJ Brent
Of Western New York addressed the
members of the House of Bishops ano
the House of Deputies letter embody-
ing the joint resolutions of the two
bodies which it is proposed to present
to the Archbishop of Canterbury upon
his retirement from that office. The
members of the two houses are tolc
that a purse is being made up for the
archbishop's personal use. Gifts of 81
and upward to the fund have already
reached the $4,000 mark, and contri-
buttons are being made to Lewis b
Franklin, treasurer of the Nationa
Council, 23l Fourth avenue. New YORK
!, City.
, Gen. Pershing headed the list O.
speakers last night at banquet at TIM
. Mayf1ower Hotel for the benefit of st
Luke's International Hospital at Toxic
Other speakers included Hirosi Saito
| the consul general of Japan to New
York, and DR.. Rudolf Boiling Teusler
director of the hospital.
\ The following members of st. Luke
staff, in addition TO DR.. TeuSler, Wer
in the receiving line at the reception
given Immediately preceding the din
I ner: Right Rev. John McKim, Bishop
g of Toxic Right Rev Charles S. Ref
g snider, Bishop of North Toxic; Rev
i Norman S. Binsted, chaplain; Miss Ma
r save Ando, Miss Kiku Arai. Mrs. Lucill
o c. Kellam, Miss Helen Ross Lade. Mis-
e Helen M. Pond. Paul Rasch and Mis-
Masu Yunski.
= Others present at the dinner Wer